EXHIBIT 10.2
U.S.$110,000,000 LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITIES
Dated as of July 9, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1 PERFORMANCE-BASED LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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Section 1.1 Issuance of Performance-Based Letters of Credit |
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Section 1.2 Conditions to Each Issuance after Closing |
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Section 1.3 Performance-Based Letters of Credit in Optional Currency |
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SECTION 2 FINANCIAL LETTER OF CREDIT |
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SECTION 3 PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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Section 3.1 Responsibility of Issuing Bank |
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Section 3.2 Reimbursement by the Company of Amounts Drawn or Paid Under Letters of
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Section 3.3 Obligations Absolute |
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Section 3.4 Interest and Fees |
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Section 3.5 Credit Support |
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Section 3.6 Maturity |
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Section 3.7 Evidence of Debt |
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Section 3.8 Irish Insurance Acts |
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Section 3.9 Requirement to Provide Credit Support Upon a Change of Control |
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SECTION 4 CONDITIONS TO CLOSING |
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Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties |
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Section 4.2 Performance; No Default |
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Section 4.3 Compliance Certificates |
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Section 4.4 Opinions of Counsel |
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Section 4.5 Issuance Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc. |
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Section 4.6 [Intentionally Omitted] |
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Section 4.7 Payment of Fees |
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Section 4.8 [Intentionally Omitted] |
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Section 4.9 Changes in Corporate Structure |
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Section 4.10 Acceptance of Appointment to Receive Service of Process |
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Section 4.11 [Intentionally Omitted] |
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Section 4.12 Proceedings and Documents |
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Section 4.13 Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement |
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Section 4.15 No Material Adverse Effect |
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Section 4.16 Leverage Ratio |
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Section 4.17 USA Patriot Act |
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Section 4.18 Solvency Certificate |
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SECTION 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE OBLIGORS |
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Section 5.1 Organization; Power and Authority |
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Section 5.2 Authorization, Etc. |
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Section 5.3 Disclosure |
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Section 5.4 Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates |
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Section 5.5 Financial Statements; Material Liabilities |
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Section 5.6 Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc. |
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Section 5.7 Governmental Authorizations, Etc. |
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Section 5.8 Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders |
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Section 5.9 Taxes |
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Section 5.10 Title to Property; Leases |
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Section 5.11 Licenses, Permits, Etc. |
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Section 5.12 Compliance with ERISA; Non-U.S. Plans |
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Section 5.13 [Intentionally Omitted] |
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Section 5.14 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations |
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Section 5.15 Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens |
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Section 5.16 Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc. |
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Section 5.17 Status under Certain Statutes |
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Section 5.18 Environmental Matters |
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Section 5.19 Ranking of Obligations |
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Section 5.20 Obligor Group |
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Section 5.21 CASS Reserve |
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Section 5.22 Labor Matters |
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Section 5.23 Insolvency |
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Section 5.24 Taiwan Guarantor |
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Section 5.25 Lake States Trucking |
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SECTION 6 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
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SECTION 7 INFORMATION AS TO COMPANY |
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Section 7.1 Financial and Business Information |
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Section 7.2 Officer’s Certificate |
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Section 7.3 Visitation |
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Section 7.4 Limitation on Disclosure Obligation |
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SECTION 8 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
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SECTION 9 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 9.1 Compliance with Law |
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Section 9.2 Insurance |
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Section 9.3 Maintenance of Properties |
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Section 9.4 Payment of Taxes and Claims |
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Section 9.5 Corporate Existence, Etc. |
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Section 9.6 Books and Records |
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Section 9.7 Priority of Obligations |
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Section 9.8 Minimum Interest Charge Coverage |
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Section 9.9 Dividend Capture from South Africa |
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Section 9.10 Additional Guarantors |
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Section 9.11 Release of Subsidiary Guarantors |
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Section 9.12 Guarantor Cover Ratio |
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Section 9.13 Group Structure |
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Section 9.14 CASS Agreement |
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Section 9.15 Further Assurances |
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Section 9.16 Additional Restrictions |
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Section 9.17 “Know Your Customer” checks |
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Section 9.18 Post-Closing Obligations |
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SECTION 10 NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 10.1 Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 10.2 Consolidated Net Worth |
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Section 10.3 Consolidated Total Debt Coverage |
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Section 10.4 Priority Debt |
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Section 10.5 Liens |
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Section 10.6 Subsidiary Indebtedness |
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Section 10.7 Merger, Consolidation, Etc. |
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Section 10.8 Sale of Assets |
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Section 10.9 Line of Business |
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Section 10.10 Terrorism Sanctions Regulations |
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Section 10.11 Subsidiaries in South Africa |
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Section 10.12 Capital Leases |
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Section 10.14 [Reserved] |
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Section 10.15 Acquisitions |
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Section 10.16 No Further Negative Pledges |
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Section 10.17 Restricted Payments |
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Section 10.18 Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents |
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Section 10.19 Fiscal Year |
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Section 10.20 Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio |
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SECTION 11 EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 12 REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC. |
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Section 12.1 Acceleration |
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Section 12.2 Other Remedies |
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Section 12.3 [Intentionally Omitted] |
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Section 12.4 No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc. |
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Section 12.5 Executive Proceedings in Spain |
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SECTION 13 TAX INDEMNIFICATION |
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SECTION 14 ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION |
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Section 14.1 [Intentionally Omitted] |
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Section 14.2 Assignment and Participation |
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Section 14.3 [Intentionally Omitted] |
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Section 14.4 [Intentionally Omitted] |
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SECTION 15 PAYMENTS GENERALLY |
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Section 15.1 Place of Payment |
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Section 15.2 [Intentionally Omitted] |
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Section 15.3 Set-off |
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SECTION 16 EXPENSES, ETC. |
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Section 16.1 Transaction Expenses |
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Section 16.2 Indemnification |
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Section 16.3 Certain Taxes |
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Section 16.4 Survival |
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SECTION 17 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT |
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SECTION 18 AMENDMENT AND WAIVER |
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Section 18.1 Requirements |
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Section 18.2 Solicitation of Issuing Banks |
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Section 18.3 Binding Effect, Etc. |
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Section 18.4 Reference to Issuing Banks |
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SECTION 19 NOTICES; ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
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SECTION 20 REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS |
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SECTION 21 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION |
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SECTION 22 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
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SECTION 23 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE AGREEMENT |
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Section 23.1 Guarantee and Indemnity |
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Section 23.2 Continuing Guarantee |
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Section 23.3 Reinstatement |
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Section 23.4 Waiver of Defenses |
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Section 23.5 Immediate Recourse |
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Section 23.6 Appropriations |
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Section 23.7 Non-competition |
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Section 23.8 Release of Subsidiary Guarantors’ Right of Contribution |
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Section 23.9 Releases |
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Section 23.10 Marshaling |
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Section 23.11 Liability |
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Section 23.12 Character of Obligation |
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Section 23.13 Election to Perform Obligations |
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Section 23.14 No Election |
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Section 23.15 [Intentionally Omitted] |
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Section 23.16 Other Enforcement Rights |
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Section 23.17 Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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Section 23.18 Survival |
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Section 23.19 Miscellaneous |
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Section 23.20 Limitation |
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Section 23.21 Written Notice |
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Section 23.22 Unenforceability of Obligations |
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Section 23.23 Contribution |
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Section 23.24 Additional Security |
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Section 23.25 Limitations — UK |
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Section 23.26 Limitations — Spain |
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Section 23.27 Limitations — Hong Kong |
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Section 23.28 Limitations — Germany |
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Section 23.29 Limitations — the Netherlands |
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Section 23.30 U.S. Guarantors |
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Section 23.31 Limitation on Pyramid Freight |
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Section 23.32 Limitations — Belgium |
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Section 23.33 Irish Obligors |
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Section 23.34 Limitations — Singapore |
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SECTION 24 MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 24.1 Successors and Assigns |
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Section 24.2 Payments Due on Non-Business Days |
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Section 24.3 Accounting Terms |
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Section 24.4 Severability |
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Section 24.5 Construction, Etc. |
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Section 24.6 Counterparts |
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Section 24.7 Governing Law |
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Section 24.8 Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 24.9 Obligation to Make Payment in Dollars |
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SCHEDULE A*
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Information Relating to Issuing Banks |
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SCHEDULE B
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Defined Terms |
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EXHIBIT 1
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EXHIBIT 1.1*
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Form of Closing Date Performance-Based LC |
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EXHIBIT 1.2*
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Issuance Notice |
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EXHIBIT 2*
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Form of Financial LC |
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EXHIBIT 4.4(a)(i),
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Form of Opinion of U.S. Special Counsel to the Obligors |
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EXHIBIT 4.4(a)(vi),
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Form of Opinion of British Virgin Islands Special Counsel |
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EXHIBIT 4.4(a)(viii)*
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Form of Opinion of Australian Special Counsel |
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EXHIBIT 4.4(a)(ix),
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Form of Opinion of Canadian Special Counsel |
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EXHIBIT 4.4(a)(xi)*
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Form of Opinion of German Special Counsel |
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EXHIBIT 4.4(a)(xii)*
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Form of Opinion of Hong Kong Special Counsel |
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EXHIBIT 4.4(a)(xiii)*
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Form of Opinion of Netherlands Antilles Special Counsel |
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EXHIBIT 4.4(a)(xvi)*
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EXHIBIT 4.4(a)(xvii)*
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EXHIBIT 4.4(a)(xviii)*
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Form of Opinion of Belgium Special Counsel |
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EXHIBIT 4.4(a)(xxi)*
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EXHIBIT 4.4(b)
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EXHIBIT 9.10*
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Form of Joinder Agreement |
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EXHIBIT 14.4
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SCHEDULE 5.3*
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Disclosure Materials |
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SCHEDULE 5.4*
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Subsidiaries of the Company and Ownership of Subsidiary Stock |
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SCHEDULE 5.5*
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Financial Statements |
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SCHEDULE 5.7*
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Governmental Authorizations |
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SCHEDULE 5.9*
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Liability for Taxes |
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SCHEDULE 5.15*
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Existing Indebtedness and Liens |
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SCHEDULE 5.22*
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Collective Bargaining Agreements |
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UTi WORLDWIDE INC.
c/o UTi, Services, Inc.
000 XXXXXXXXX, XXXXX 0000
XXXX XXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
U.S.$110,000,000 LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITIES
July 9, 2009
To Each of the Issuing Banks Listed in
Schedule A Hereto:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
UTi Worldwide Inc., a BVI Business Company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin
Islands with company number 141257 (the “
Company”) and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors jointly
and severally agree with ABN, in its capacity as Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank, and RBS, in its
capacity as Financial LC Issuing Bank, as follows:
SECTION 1 PERFORMANCE-BASED LETTERS OF CREDIT
Section 1.1 Issuance of Performance-Based Letters of Credit
During the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of (i) the
Performance-Based LC Maturity Date and (ii) the date of termination pursuant to Section 12.1,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank agrees to issue
(i) on the Closing Date, a standby letter of credit to ABN AMRO Bank N.V. in the face amount of
$29,629,276.63 for the account of the Company in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 (the
“Closing Date Performance-Based Letter of Credit”) and (ii) after the Closing Date, standby letters
of credit for the account of the Company; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of all such
Performance-Based Letters of Credit (including the Closing Date Performance-Based Letter of Credit
and any Performance-Based Letters of Credit for which the Company has provided Credit Support)
shall not exceed the Maximum Draw Amount; provided, in the case of Letters of Credit issued after
the Closing Date, (i) each such Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars or in any Optional
Currency; and (ii) in no event shall any Performance-Based Letter of Credit have an expiration date
later than the date which is two years from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit unless
agreed to by the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank. Subject to the foregoing, the
Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank may agree that any Letter of Credit issued by it may be
automatically extended for one or more successive periods not to exceed one year each, unless it
elects not to extend for any such additional period.
Whenever the Company desires the issuance of a Performance-Based Letter of Credit after the
Closing Date, it shall deliver to the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank an Issuance Notice no later
than 2:00 p.m. (
New York City time) at least three (3) Business Days, or such shorter period as may
be agreed to by the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank in any particular instance, in advance of the
proposed date of issuance. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 1.2,
the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank shall issue the
requested Performance-Based Letter of Credit only in accordance with the Performance-Based LC
Issuing Bank’s standard operating procedures.
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Section 1.2 Conditions to Each Issuance after Closing
The obligation of the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank to issue any Performance-Based Letter
of Credit on any Credit Date after the Closing Date, is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in
accordance with Section 18, of the following conditions precedent:
(i) the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank shall have received a fully executed and
delivered Issuance Notice;
(ii) as of such Credit Date, (a) the representations and warranties contained herein
and in the other Financing Agreements shall be true and correct in all material respects on
and as of that Credit Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except
to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in
which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all
material respects on and as of such earlier date and (b) each Issuing Bank’s obligation to
issue Letters of Credit shall (a) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including,
without limitation, Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System) and (b) not subject such Issuing Bank to any tax, penalty or liability under or
pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on
the date hereof;
(iii) as of such Credit Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing or would
result from the consummation of the applicable issuance of a Performance-Based Letter of
Credit that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default; and
(iv) on or before the date of issuance of any Performance-Based Letter of Credit, the
Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank shall have received all other information required by the
applicable Issuance Notice and any letter of credit applications or similar documentation
requested by the Issuing Bank.
The Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank shall be entitled, but not obligated, to request and
receive, prior to the issuance of a Performance-Based Letter of Credit, additional information
reasonably satisfactory to the requesting party confirming the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) above, if, in the good faith judgment of the
Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank such request is warranted under the circumstances.
Section 1.3 Performance-Based Letters of Credit in Optional Currency
(a) The Company must select the currency of a Performance-Based Letter of Credit issued after
the Closing Date in its Issuance Notice.
(b) A Performance-Based Letter of Credit issued after the Closing Date may be denominated in
Dollars or any Optional Currency.
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(c) Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, in the event that (i) the Optional
Currency requested is not readily available to it in the relevant interbank market in the amount
and for the period required or (ii) issuing a Letter of Credit in the proposed Optional Currency
might contravene any law or regulation applicable to it, the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank will
promptly notify the Company to that effect and the parties hereto agree to enter into an amendment
hereto and/or to the applicable Letter of Credit, which is reasonably acceptable to both parties,
to resolve such situation.
(d) If a Performance-Based Letter of Credit is denominated in an Optional Currency, the
Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank must at monthly intervals after the date of this Agreement (on a
Business Day chosen by the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank in its sole discretion) recalculate
the U.S. Dollar Amount of that Performance-Based Letter of Credit by notionally converting the
outstanding amount of that Performance-Based Letter of Credit into US Dollars on the basis of the
Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank’s Spot Exchange Rate on the date of calculation.
(e) The Company must, if requested by the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank within 5 days of
any calculation under paragraph (d) above, ensure that sufficient Credit Support pursuant to
Section 3.5 with respect to the relevant Performance-Based Letter of Credit are made in order to
prevent the U.S. Dollar Amount of all of the Performance-Based Letters of Credit outstanding from
exceeding the Maximum Draw Amount.
(f) Unless a Financing Agreement specifies that payments under it are to be made in a
different manner, the currency of each amount payable under the Financing Agreements is the
currency in which the relevant amount in respect of which it is payable is denominated.
SECTION 2 FINANCIAL LETTER OF CREDIT
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Financial LC Issuing Bank agrees to issue a
standby letter of credit to ABN AMRO Bank N.V. in the face amount of $43,502,552.38 for the account
of the Company with an expiration date of December 31, 2009 (as it may be extended pursuant to the
terms thereof), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2. The Financial LC Issuing Bank will not
be obligated to issue any other Letters of Credit.
SECTION 3 PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL LETTERS OF CREDIT
Section 3.1 Responsibility of Issuing Bank
In determining whether to honor any drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary
thereof, the applicable Issuing Bank shall be responsible only to examine the documents delivered
under such Letter of Credit with reasonable care so as to ascertain whether they appear on their
face to be in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. As between the
Company and each Issuing Bank, the Company assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or
misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, by the respective beneficiaries of
such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, no Issuing Bank
shall be responsible for: (i) the form, validity, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any
document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of any such
Letter of Credit, even if
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it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects
invalid, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity of any instrument transferring or
assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits
thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective
for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to comply fully with
any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions,
interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph,
telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical
terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to
make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication
by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of
Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the applicable Issuing
Bank, including any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure
or de facto government or Governmental Authority; none of the above shall affect or impair, or
prevent the vesting of, any of such Issuing Bank’s rights or powers hereunder. Without limiting
the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, any action taken or omitted by an Issuing Bank under or
in connection with the Letters of Credit or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if
taken or omitted in good faith, shall not give rise to any liability on the part of such Issuing
Bank to the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.1, the
Company shall retain any and all rights it may have against the Issuing Banks for any liability
arising solely out of the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Bank.
Section 3.2 Reimbursement by the Company of Amounts Drawn or Paid Under Letters of
Credit
In the event an Issuing Bank has determined to honor a drawing under a Letter of Credit, it
shall immediately notify the Company, and the Company shall reimburse such Issuing Bank on or
before (i) the Business Day immediately following the date on which such drawing is honored (the
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Reimbursement Date”) in the event the Issuing Bank delivers such notice to the Company on or
before 12:00 p.m. (
New York City time) on the Business Day immediately before the Reimbursement
Date or (ii) the second Business Day immediately following the Reimbursement Date in the event the
Issuing Bank delivers such notice to the Company after 12:00 p.m. (
New York City time) on the
Business Day immediately before the Reimbursement Date, in each case in an amount in the currency
of the drawing under such Letter of Credit and in same day funds equal to the amount of such
honored drawing. Notices to the Company made pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall be made to:
UTi Worldwide
X.X. Xxx 000
Picquerel House
L’Islet
St. Sampson
Guernsey CYI 3NY
Channel Islands
Attention: Global Financial Treasury Manager or such other address as provided by the
Company in writing to the Issuing Banks from time to time.
Fax: 00 0000 000 000
With a copy to:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Fax: 000-000-0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Fax: 000-000-0000
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Section 3.3 Obligations Absolute
The obligation of the Company to reimburse an Issuing Bank for drawings honored under the
Letters of Credit issued by it and the obligations of the Issuing Banks hereunder shall be
unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under
all circumstances including any of the following circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or
enforceability of any Letter of Credit; (ii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other
right which the Company or any Issuing Bank may have at any time against a beneficiary or any
transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting),
such Issuing Bank or any other Person or, in the case of an Issuing Bank, against the Company,
whether in connection herewith, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction
(including any underlying transaction between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the
beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was procured); (iii) any draft or other document
presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in
any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (iv) payment by an
Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document which
does not substantially comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; (v) any adverse change in
the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vi) any breach hereof or any other Financing Agreements by
any party thereto; (vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to
any of the foregoing; or (viii) the fact that an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred
and be continuing; provided, in each case, that payment by such Issuing Bank under the applicable
Letter of Credit shall not have constituted bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Issuing Bank under the circumstances in question.
Section 3.4 Interest and Fees
(a) The Company agrees to pay to each Issuing Bank, with respect to drawings honored under any
Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, interest on the amount paid by such Issuing Bank in
respect of each such honored drawing from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the
Reimbursement Date at a rate equal to the Base Rate plus 5.00% per annum. Interest payable
pursuant to this Section 3.4(a) shall be computed on the basis of a 365/366-day year for the actual
number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues, and shall be payable on demand or on
the Reimbursement Date.
(b) The Company agrees to pay to the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank:
(i) commitment fees equal to (1) the average of the daily difference between (A)
Maximum Draw Amount with respect to the Performance-Based Letters of Credit, and (B) the
Performance-Based LC Usage, times (2) 0.75% per annum during the period
from the Closing Date to but excluding the earliest of (i) the Performance-Based LC
Maturity Date, (ii) the date of termination of the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank’s
commitments pursuant to Section 12.1 and (iii) the date that the Performance-Based LC
Commitment is no longer in effect, all Obligations have been paid in full and the
Performance-Based Letters of Credit have been cancelled or have expired or the Company has
provided Credit Support with respect thereto;
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(ii) with respect to each outstanding Performance-Based Letter of Credit, letter of
credit fees equal to the greater of (A) (1) 3.85% per annum, times (2) the daily maximum
amount available to be drawn under such outstanding Performance-Based Letter of Credit
(regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met and determined as of the
close of business on any date of determination) and (B) $75.00, for each calendar quarter
ended after the Closing Date; and
(iii) such documentary, processing, correspondent and other usual and customary fees
and charges for any issuance, amendment, transfer or payment of a Performance-Based Letter
of Credit as are in accordance with the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank’s standard
schedule for such charges and as in effect at the time of such issuance, amendment, transfer
or payment, as the case may be.
All fees referred to in this Section 3.4(b) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
and the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June
30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the
Closing Date, on the Performance-Based LC Maturity Date and any date on which the Performance-Based
Letters of Credit have been cancelled or the Company has provided Credit Support with respect
thereto.
(c) The Company agrees to pay to the Financial LC Issuing Bank:
(i) letter of credit fees equal to (1) the Applicable Percentage, times (2) the maximum
aggregate amount available to be drawn under the Financial Letter of Credit (regardless of
whether any conditions for drawing could then be met and determined as of the close of
business on any date of determination); and
(ii) such documentary and processing charges for any issuance, amendment, transfer or
payment of the Financial Letter of Credit as are in accordance with the Performance-Based LC
Issuing Bank’s standard schedule for such charges and as in effect at the time of such
issuance, amendment, transfer or payment, as the case may be.
All fees referred to in this Section 3.4(c) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year
and the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June
30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the
Closing Date, on the Financial LC Maturity Date and on any date on which the Financial Letter of
Credit has been cancelled or the Company has provided Credit Support with respect thereto.
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(d) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, (a) the per annum
rate used to calculate (i) the interest rate payable pursuant to Section 3.4(a), (ii) the
commitment fees and letter of credit fees payable pursuant to Section 3.4(b) and (iii) the
letter of credit fees payable pursuant to Section 3.4(c) shall be automatically increased by 200
basis points, and (b) any overdue fees, interest or other amounts owed hereunder shall thereafter
bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any bankruptcy or
insolvency laws) payable on demand at a rate that is 200 basis points per annum in excess of the
interest rate that was payable pursuant to Section 3.4(a) prior to the occurrence of such Event of
Default. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates provided for in this Section 3.4(d) is not a
permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default
or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of the Issuing Banks.
(e) If the Company provides Credit Support with respect to any part of a Letter of Credit then
the letter of credit fee pursuant to Sections 3.4(b)(ii) or 3.4(c)(i), as applicable, shall
continue to be payable until the expiry or termination of the Letter of Credit.
Section 3.5 Credit Support
(a) A Letter of Credit is repaid or prepaid to the extent that:
(i) the Company provides cash collateral or a backstop letter of credit with respect to
that Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 3.5(b);
(ii) the maximum amount payable under the Letter of Credit is reduced or cancelled in
accordance with its terms;
(iii) the relevant Letter of Credit has been returned to the relevant Issuing Bank and
the relevant Issuing Bank is satisfied that it has no further liability under that Letter of
Credit; or
(iv) the relevant Issuing Bank is otherwise satisfied that it has no further liability
under that Letter of Credit.
The amount by which a Letter of Credit is repaid or prepaid under sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii)
above is the amount of the relevant cash collateral or a backstop letter of credit, reduction or
cancellation.
(b) “Credit Support” means the Company has provided to the relevant Issuing Bank (or one of
its Affiliates) with respect to a Letter of Credit:
(i) payment of an amount sufficient to provide the relevant Issuing Bank with coverage
with respect to at least 105% of the aggregate amount available for drawings under such
outstanding Letter of Credit in the currency of such Letter of Credit to an interest-bearing
account or time deposit with the relevant Issuing Bank (or one of its Affiliates) and the
following conditions are met:
(A) until no amount is or may be outstanding under that Letter of Credit,
withdrawals from such account or time deposit may only be made to pay the relevant
Issuing Bank for which the cash collateral is provided under this clause;
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(B) the Company has executed and delivered a security document with respect to
such account or time deposit, in form and substance satisfactory to the relevant
Issuing Bank for which the cash collateral is provided, creating a first ranking
security interest over such account or time deposit (it being acknowledged that such
cash collateral shall also secure obligations with respect to the LC Agreement and
the notes issued under the Existing Financing Agreements and the Notes on a pari
passu basis); and
(C) such other conditions as are reasonably satisfactory to the relevant
Issuing Bank; or
(ii) receipt of a backstop letter of credit in a face amount sufficient to provide the
relevant Issuing Bank with coverage with respect to at least 105% of the aggregate amount
available for drawings under such outstanding Letter of Credit in the currency of such
Letter of Credit and such backstop letter of credit is on terms and conditions and from a
financial institution acceptable to the relevant Issuing Bank in its sole discretion.
(c) The outstanding amount of a Letter of Credit at any time is the maximum amount (actual or
contingent) that is or may be payable by the Company in respect of that Letter of Credit at that
time.
Section 3.6 Maturity
(a) On or prior to the Business Day prior to the Performance-Based LC Maturity Date, the
Company shall provide Credit Support in accordance with Section 3.5(b) with respect to the
aggregate amount available for drawing under each Performance-Based Letter of Credit that is
anticipated to remain outstanding after the Performance-Based LC Maturity Date.
(b) On or prior to the Business Day prior to the Financial LC Maturity Date, the Company shall
provide Credit Support in accordance with Section 3.5(b) with respect to the aggregate amount
available for drawing under the Financial Letter of Credit that is anticipated to remain
outstanding after the Financial LC Maturity Date.
Section 3.7 Evidence of Debt
Each Issuing Bank shall maintain on its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the
Indebtedness of the Company to such Issuing Bank, including the amounts of the Letters of Credit
and other Obligations and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation
shall be conclusive and binding on the Company, absent manifest error; provided, failure to make
any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect the Company’s Obligations.
Section 3.8 Irish Insurance Acts
For the avoidance of doubt, neither Issuing Bank shall issue any Letter of Credit either (i)
at the request of or for the account of any Person incorporated in Ireland or (ii) to any Person
resident in Ireland, in each case where the applicable Issuing Bank is not duly authorized to carry
on the business of issuing contracts of suretyship in Ireland (or otherwise exempted under the
laws of Ireland from the requirement to have any such authorization) or where the issuance of
any such Letter of Credit by such Issuing Bank would otherwise contravene any law of Ireland.
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Section 3.9 Requirement to Provide Credit Support Upon a Change of Control
Following the occurrence of a Change of Control and within 5 Business Days of the request of
the Issuing Banks, the Company shall ensure that sufficient Credit Support is provided to the
Issuing Banks pursuant to Section 3.5 with respect to all outstanding Letters of Credit.
SECTION 4 CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.
Each Issuing Bank’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit hereunder at the Closing is subject
to the fulfillment to Issuing Bank’s satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following
conditions:
Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties The representations and warranties of the Obligors in the Financing Agreements to which they
are a party shall be correct in all material respects at the time of the Closing.
Section 4.2 Performance; No Default The Obligors shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements
and conditions contained in this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements to which they are a
party required to be performed or complied with by each of them prior to or at the Closing and
after giving effect to the issuance of the Letters of Credit, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
Section 4.3 Compliance Certificates
(a) Officer’s Certificate. Each Obligor shall have delivered to such Issuing Bank an
Officer’s Certificate (or a certificate from a person authorized by the board of directors (or
equivalent governing body) of the Obligor to sign documents on behalf of the Obligor in connection
with this Agreement), dated the date of the Closing, certifying that the conditions specified in
Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled.
(b) Secretary’s or Director’s Certificate. Each Obligor shall have delivered to such Issuing
Bank a certificate of its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or a Director (or another appropriate
person authorized by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Obligor to sign
documents on behalf of the Obligor in connection with this Agreement), dated the date of the
Closing, certifying as to the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating
to the authorization, execution and delivery of the Financing Agreements to which it is a party.
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Section 4.4 Opinions of Counsel
Such Issuing Bank shall have received opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to such Issuing Bank, dated the date of the Closing from (i) Paul, Hastings, Xxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxx LLP, U.S. counsel for the Obligors, (ii) Xxxxxx Xxxx LLP, Oregon, counsel for the
Obligors, (iii) Xxxxxx Law Offices, South Carolina counsel for the Obligors, (iv) Xxxxx & Xxxxxx,
Arizona counsel for the Obligors, (v) Xxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx, P.C., Montana counsel for the
Obligors, (vi) Xxxxxx Westwood & Riegels, British Virgin Islands counsel for the Obligors, (vii)
Walkers, British Virgin Islands counsel for the Issuing Banks, (viii) Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Australian
counsel for the Obligors, (ix) WeirFoulds, Ontario, Canadian counsel for the Obligors, (x) Xxx &
Xxxxxx, New Brunswick, Canadian counsel for the Obligors, (xi) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, German counsel
for the Issuing Banks, (xii) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx XXX, Xxxx Xxxx counsel for the Issuing Banks, (xiii)
Boekel De Nerée, Dutch counsel for the Obligors, (xiv) Spigthoff, Netherlands Antilles counsel for
the Obligors, (xv) Xxxxxxx-Lestache Burdiel Abogados, Spanish counsel for the Obligors, (xvi) Xxxxx
& XxXxxxxx, Taiwan counsel for the Obligors, (xvii) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, English counsel for the
Issuing Banks, (xviii) Xxxxxx & Associes, Belgium counsel for the Obligors, (xix) Xxxx Gully, New
Zealand counsel for the Obligors, (xx) XxXxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Solicitors, Ireland counsel for the
Obligors, and (xxi) Xxxxx and XxXxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxx, Singapore counsel for the Obligors,
substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibits 4.4(a)(i) through 4.4(a)(xxi) and
covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as such Issuing Bank
or its counsel may reasonably request (and the Obligors hereby instruct their counsel to deliver
such opinions to the Issuing Banks).
Section 4.5 Issuance Permitted By Applicable Law, Etc.
On the date of the Closing, each Issuing Bank’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit shall
(a) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation T, U or
X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (b) not subject such Issuing Bank to
any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or
regulation was not in effect on the date hereof. If requested by such Issuing Bank, such Issuing
Bank shall have received an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as such
Issuing Bank may reasonably specify to enable such Issuing Bank to determine whether such issuance
is so permitted.
Section 4.6 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 4.7 Payment of Fees
Without limiting the provisions of Section 16.1, the Company shall have paid on or before the
Closing (i) the fees, charges and disbursements of the Issuing Banks’ special counsel referred to
in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at
least one Business Day prior to the Closing and (ii) the fees payable by the Company under the
Commitment and Fee Letters.
Section 4.8 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 4.9 Changes in Corporate Structure
No Obligor shall have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as
applicable, or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial
part of the liabilities of any other entity, at any time following the date of the most recent
financial statements referred to in Schedule 5.5. The debt and equity structure of the Group (and
the terms thereof) shall not be materially different than the structure disclosed to the
Issuing Banks on or prior to the date of the Commitment and Fee Letters.
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Section 4.10 Acceptance of Appointment to Receive Service of Process
Such Issuing Bank shall have received evidence of the acceptance by Corporation Service
Company of the appointment and designation provided for by Section 24.8(e) for the period from the
date of the Closing to July 9, 2011 (and the payment in full of all fees in respect thereof).
Section 4.11 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 4.12 Proceedings and Documents
All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Financing Agreements and all documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be
reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank and its special counsel, and such Issuing Bank and its
special counsel in their reasonable discretion shall have received all such counterpart originals
or certified or other copies of such documents as such Issuing Bank or such special counsel may
reasonably request.
Section 4.13 Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement. Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have executed and delivered (and each Issuing Bank shall
have received an original copy thereof) the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, and the Subsidiary
Guarantee Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
Section 4.14 Existing Credit Agreement
The Company shall have (i) repaid in full the Existing Credit Agreement, (ii) terminated any
commitments to lend or make other extensions of credit thereunder, (iii) delivered to the Issuing
Banks all documents or instruments necessary to release all guarantees with respect to such
Existing Credit Agreement and (iv) made arrangements satisfactory to the Issuing Banks with respect
to the cash collateralization, termination, cancellation or replacement of, or other arrangement
for, any letters of credit outstanding thereunder or the issuance of Letters of Credit to support
the obligations of the Company with respect thereto.
Section 4.15 No Material Adverse Effect
Since the date of the Commitment and Fee Letters, no event, circumstance or change has
occurred that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 4.16 Leverage Ratio
The Company shall have delivered to the Issuing Banks a chief financial officer certificate
certifying that the pro forma Leverage Ratio (which shall be calculated reflecting the
transactions contemplated hereby on a pro-forma basis and shall be acceptable to the Issuing
Banks) was not greater than 2.50:1.00 for the twelve-month period ended as of April 30, 2009.
Section 4.17 USA Patriot Act
The Issuing Banks shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank
regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and
regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act.
Section 4.18 Solvency Certificate
The Issuing Banks shall have received a solvency certificate from the chief financial officer
of the Company in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuing Banks.
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SECTION 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE OBLIGORS
Each Obligor, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to each Issuing Bank on each
Credit Date that:
Section 5.1 Organization; Power and Authority
Each Obligor is a corporation or other legal entity duly incorporated or organized, validly
existing and, where legally applicable, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity, where
applicable, and, where legally applicable, is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Obligor has the corporate (or other organizational) power
and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to
transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver the Financing
Agreements to which it is a party and to perform the provisions hereof and thereof.
Section 5.2 Authorization, Etc.
The Financing Agreements to which each Obligor is a party have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or other entity action on the part of each Obligor, and each Financing
Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Obligor party thereto
enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
Section 5.3 Disclosure
No representation or warranty of any Obligor contained in this Agreement or in any other
documents, certificates or written statements furnished to the Issuing Banks in connection with the
Closing Date or as required under this Agreement by or on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact (known to the Company, in the case of any document not furnished by it) necessary in
order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances in which the same were made. As of the Closing Date, any projections and pro forma
financial information contained in such materials delivered on or prior to the Closing Date are
based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable at the
time made, it being recognized by the Issuing Banks that such projections as to future events are
not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such
projections may differ from the projected results. Except as disclosed in the documents identified
in Schedule 5.3, since January 31, 2009, there has been no change in the financial condition,
operations, business or properties of any Obligor, or any Subsidiary except changes that
individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. As of the Closing Date, there is no fact known to any Obligor that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or identified in
Schedule 5.3.
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Section 5.4 Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates
(a) As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete and
correct lists (i) of each Obligor’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the correct name
thereof, the jurisdiction of its organization, and the percentage of shares of each class of its
capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by each Obligor and each other
Subsidiary and whether such Subsidiary will on the date of the Closing be a Subsidiary Guarantor,
(ii) of each Obligor’s Affiliates, other than Subsidiaries, and (iii) of each Obligor’s directors
and senior officers.
(b) All of the outstanding or issued shares of capital stock, shares or similar equity
interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned by each Obligor and its
Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by each
Obligor or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (except as otherwise disclosed in Schedule
5.4).
(c) Each Subsidiary (other than the Obligors) identified in Schedule 5.4 is a corporation or
other legal entity duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and, where legally applicable,
in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation, where applicable, or other legal entity and, where legally
applicable, is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by
law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under
lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it
transacts and proposes to transact except where the failure to have such power or authority would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) As of the Closing Date, no Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any legal,
regulatory, contractual or other restriction (other than the Financing Agreements, the LC
Agreement, the Existing Financing Agreements, the Notes Financing Agreements, the
agreements listed on Schedule 5.4 and customary limitations imposed by applicable law or
similar statutes) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or
make any other similar distributions of profits to any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries that owns
outstanding or issued shares of capital stock, shares or similar equity interests of such
Subsidiary.
(e) A group structure chart included in Schedule 5.4 shows all members of the Group (and all
Joint Ventures and minority interests held by any member of the Group) as of the Closing Date.
(f) 100% of the issued share capital of each Obligor is directly or indirectly wholly owned by
the Company and, in respect of the Irish Obligor, the Company and each other Obligor are members of
the same group of companies consisting of a holding company and its subsidiaries (within the
meaning of section 155 of the Companies Xxx 0000 of Ireland) for the purposes of Section 35 of the
Companies Act, 1990 of Ireland.
(g) In the case of each borrower or guarantor under the South African Facility, the group
structure chart in Schedule 5.4 shows the shareholders of and their percentage shareholdings in
each obligor under the South African Facility and the shareholders of or partners in such entities
as of the Closing Date.
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Section 5.5 Financial Statements; Material Liabilities
(a) The Obligors have delivered to each Issuing Bank copies of the consolidated financial
statements of the Company listed on Schedule 5.5. All of said financial statements (including in
each case the related schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial position of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified in
such Schedule and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective
periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with applicable generally accepted
accounting principles (which shall be GAAP in the case of the Company) consistently applied
throughout the periods involved except as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of
any interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes). As
of the Closing Date, the Obligors and their Subsidiaries do not have any Material liabilities that
are not disclosed on such financial statements or otherwise disclosed in Schedule 5.3.
Section 5.6 Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc.
The execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of the Financing Agreements to which
it is a party will not (a) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or
result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of any Obligor or any Subsidiary
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease, corporate
charter, memorandum and articles of association, regulations or by-laws, or any other agreement or
instrument to which any Obligor or any Subsidiary is bound or by which any Obligor or any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected, (b) conflict with or
result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or
ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to any Obligor or any
Subsidiary, except for such conflicts or breaches that would not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (c) violate any
provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to
any Obligor or any Subsidiary, in each case, except for such contraventions, breaches, defaults,
Liens, conflicts and violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.7 Governmental Authorizations, Etc.
Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.7, as of the Closing Date, no consent, approval or
authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is
required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by any Obligor of the Financing
Agreements to which it is a party, including, without limitation, any thereof required in
connection with the obtaining of Dollars to make payments under any Financing Agreement and the
payment of such Dollars to Persons resident in the United States of America. Except as disclosed in
Schedule 5.7, it is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility
into evidence in the Applicable Jurisdiction of any Financing Agreement that any thereof or any
other document be filed, recorded or enrolled with any Governmental Authority, or that any such
agreement or document be stamped with any stamp, registration or similar transaction tax.
Section 5.8 Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders
(a) There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of
any Obligor, threatened against or affecting any Obligor or any Subsidiary or any property of any
Obligor or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any
Governmental Authority that, individually or in the aggregate, based on the facts known to the
Company, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) No Obligor nor any Subsidiary is in default under any term of any agreement or instrument
to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any
court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance,
rule or regulation (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws or the USA Patriot Act) of
any Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, based on
the facts known to the Company, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.9 Taxes
Except as set forth on Schedule 5.9, the Obligor and their Subsidiaries have filed all tax
returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to
be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their
properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due
and payable and before they have become delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (i) for
purposes of making this representation on the Closing Date, the amount of which is not individually
or in the aggregate Material (or for purposes of making this representation after the Closing Date,
the amount that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) or (ii) the amount,
applicability or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and with respect to which such Obligor or a Subsidiary, as the case
may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance with applicable generally accepted
accounting principles (which shall be GAAP in the case of the Company). Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.9, no Obligor knows of any basis for any other tax or assessment that would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of
each Obligor and its Subsidiaries in respect of Federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal
periods are adequate.
No liability for any Tax, directly or indirectly, imposed, assessed, levied or collected by or
for the account of any Governmental Authority of any Applicable Jurisdiction or any political
subdivision thereof will be incurred by any Obligor or any Issuing Bank as a result of the
execution or delivery of the Financing Agreements and, as of the Closing Date, except as specified
in Schedule 5.9, no deduction or withholding in respect of Taxes imposed by or for the account of
any Applicable Jurisdiction or, to the knowledge of any Obligor, any other Taxing Jurisdiction, is
required to be made from any payment by any Obligor under the Financing Agreements except for any
such liability, withholding or deduction imposed, assessed, levied or collected by or for the
account of any such Governmental Authority of any Applicable Jurisdiction arising out of
circumstances described in clause (a), (b) or (c) of Section 13.
Section 5.10 Title to Property; Leases
Each Obligor and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their respective
properties that individually or in the aggregate are Material, including all such properties
reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have
been acquired by any Obligor or any Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise
disposed of in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise not prohibited hereby), in each case
free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement. All leases that individually or in the
aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material
respects.
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Section 5.11 Licenses, Permits, Etc.
(a) Each Obligor and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises,
authorizations, patents, copyrights, proprietary software, service marks, trademarks and trade
names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate are Material, without known
conflict with the rights of others.
(b) To the knowledge of each Obligor, no product of such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries
infringes in any material respect any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright,
proprietary software, service xxxx, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other Person.
(c) To the knowledge of each Obligor, there is no Material violation by any Person of any
right of such Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any patent, copyright, proprietary
software, service xxxx, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by such Obligor or any
of its Subsidiaries.
Section 5.12 Compliance with ERISA; Non-U.S. Plans
(a) Each Obligor and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in
compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance as have not resulted
in and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Obligor nor any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or
excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in section 3 of
ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that, in either case, would
reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by any Obligor or any
ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of any
Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to such
penalty or excise tax provisions or to section 401(a)(29) or 412 of the Code, other than such
liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate Material.
(b) As of the Closing Date, the present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each
of the Plans (other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the end of such Plan’s most
recently ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes
in such Plan’s most recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the aggregate current value
of the assets of such Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities. As of the Closing Date, the
present value of the accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Non-U.S. Plan
that is funded, determined as of the end of each Obligor’s most recently ended fiscal year on the
basis of reasonable actuarial assumptions, did not exceed the current value of the assets of such
Non-U.S. Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities by more than U.S.$10,000,000 (or its equivalent
in any other currency) and the aggregate amount of such excess benefit liabilities for all such
Non-U.S. Plans did not exceed U.S.$10,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency). The term
“benefit liabilities” has the meaning specified in section 4001 of ERISA and the terms “current
value” and “present value” have the meaning specified in section 3 of ERISA.
(c) Each Obligor and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred (i) withdrawal liabilities (and
are not subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities) under section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in
respect of Multiemployer Plans that individually or in the aggregate are Material or (ii) any
obligation in connection with the termination of or withdrawal from any Non-U.S Plan that
individually or in the aggregate is Material.
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(d) The expected postretirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of each
Obligor’s most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement No. 106, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by
section 4980B of the Code) of each Obligor and its Subsidiaries is not Material.
(e) The execution and delivery of the Financing Agreements by the Obligors and the issuance of
the Letters of Credit for the benefit of the Company hereunder will not involve any non-exempt
transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which
a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code.
(f) All Non-U.S. Plans have been established, operated, administered and maintained in
compliance with all laws, regulations and orders applicable thereto, except where failure so to
comply would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All premiums,
contributions and any other amounts required by applicable Non-U.S. Plan documents or
applicable laws to be paid or accrued by each Obligor and its Subsidiaries have been paid or
accrued as required, except where failure so to pay or accrue would not be reasonably expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.13 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 5.14 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations
(a) The Performance-Based Letters of Credit will only be (i) available on the Closing Date to
backstop the performance-based letters of credit issued by ABN for the account of the Company under
the Existing Credit Agreement and (ii) issued after the Closing Date for the account of the Company
to support the general corporate purposes of the Company and its Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures and
entities of which the Company, either directly or indirectly, owns 50% or less of the outstanding
equity interests; provided that Performance-Based Letters of Credit will not be outstanding for the
benefit of the Joint Ventures and entities of which the Company, either directly or indirectly,
owns 50% or less of the outstanding equity interests in an aggregate face amount exceeding
$3,000,000 at any time.
(b) The Financial Letter of Credit will only be available on the Closing Date to backstop the
financial letters of credit issued by ABN for the account of the Company under the Existing Credit
Agreement.
(c) The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes (i) to repay the loans under
the Existing Credit Agreement in their entirety, (ii) for working capital and (iii) for other
corporate purposes. The application of such proceeds will not result in a violation of any
financial assistance laws under any Applicable Jurisdiction. The Letters of Credit hereunder will
not be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within
the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221),
or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any securities under such circumstances as
to involve any Obligor in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any
broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does not
constitute more than 1% of the value of the consolidated assets of any Obligor and its Subsidiaries
and no Obligor has any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than 1% of the
value of such assets. As used in this Section, the terms “margin stock” and “purpose of buying or
carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U.
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Section 5.15 Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens
(a) Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of all Indebtedness of (or the
commitment to extend credit to) the Obligors and their Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness under
the Existing Financing Agreements, the Existing Credit Agreement and certain items of Indebtedness
which individually are not in excess of U.S.$5,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency)
and in the aggregate are not in excess of U.S.$20,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other
currency), each as of April 30, 2009 (including the principal amount outstanding and
collateral therefor, if any, and the Guaranty thereof, if any) since which date there has been
no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or
maturities of the Indebtedness of such Obligors or their Subsidiaries, other than a
U.S.$250,000,000 senior credit facility which is to be repaid concurrently with the Closing and
amounts related to permitted earnout arrangements specified in Schedule 5.15 (“Permitted Earnout
Arrangements”). As of the Closing Date, no Obligor nor any Subsidiary is in default and no waiver
of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any principal or interest on any Indebtedness
of any Obligor or such Subsidiary and no event or condition exists with respect to any Indebtedness
of any Obligor or any Subsidiary that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or
both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before
its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, except for such defaults
(other than payment defaults), events or conditions in a single credit facility in an amount less
than U.S.$5,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) or under multiple credit facilities
which in the aggregate are less than U.S.$20,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) that
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Obligor nor any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit in the future
(upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien not permitted by Section 10.5.
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.15, as of the Closing Date, no Obligor nor any
Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument
evidencing Indebtedness of such Obligor or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any
other agreement (including, but not limited to, its charter, memorandum and articles of association
or other organizational document) other than the LC Agreement, the Existing Financing Agreements
and the Notes Financing Agreements, which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions
on the incurring of, Indebtedness of such Obligor.
Section 5.16 Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.
(a) Neither the issuance of the Letters of Credit hereunder nor the guarantee hereof by the
Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder nor their use of the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with
the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States
Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or
executive order relating thereto.
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(b) No Obligor nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a Person described or designated in the
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or
in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (ii) engages in any dealings or transactions with any
such Person. Each Obligor and its Subsidiaries are in compliance, in all material respects, with
the USA Patriot Act.
(c) The Letters of Credit issued hereunder will not be used, directly or indirectly, for any
payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party,
candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain,
retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, assuming in all cases that such Act applies to
the Obligors.
Section 5.17 Status under Certain Statutes
No Obligor nor any Subsidiary is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended, the ICC Termination
Act of 1995, as amended, or the Federal Power Act, as amended.
Section 5.18 Environmental Matters
(a) No Obligor nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any claim or has received any notice of any
claim, and no proceeding has been instituted raising any claim against any Obligor or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated
by any of them or other assets, alleging any damage to the environment or violation of any
Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Obligor nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any
claim, public or private, of violation of Environmental Laws or damage to the environment emanating
from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly owned, leased or
operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as would not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No Obligor nor any Subsidiary has stored any Hazardous Materials on real properties now or
formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them and has not disposed of any Hazardous Materials
in a manner contrary to any Environmental Laws in each case in any manner that would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) All buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by any Obligor or any
Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply
would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.19 Ranking of Obligations
The Company’s payment obligations with respect to the Letters of Credit and the payment
obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement rank at least
pari passu, without preference or priority, with all other unsecured and unsubordinated
Indebtedness of such Obligor, as the case may be, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by
any applicable law applying to companies generally.
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Section 5.20 Obligor Group
Each Subsidiary of the Company which is a borrower or guarantor under the LC Agreement, the
Existing Financing Agreements or the Notes Financing Agreements as of the date hereof is a
Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.
Section 5.21 CASS Reserve
Each member of the Group, that is a party to the CASS Agreement, has timely paid all accounts
payable due and owing to CASS in accordance with the terms and provisions of the CASS Agreement,
except any such accounts payable which are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the jurisdiction of incorporation of that member of the Group shall have been set
aside on its books and records.
Section 5.22 Labor Matters
(a) As of the Closing Date, no member of the Group is subject to any collective bargaining or
similar agreement, other than those companies set out in Schedule 5.22 (Collective Bargaining
Agreements).
(b) There are no existing or threatened strikes, slowdowns, lockouts or other similar labor
disputes involving any member of the Group that singly or in the aggregate have or are reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Hours worked by and payment made to employees of each member of the Group are not in
violation of the United States Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (if applicable) or any other
applicable law, rule or regulation dealing with such matters, except to the extent such violations
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 5.23 Insolvency
As at the date of this Agreement:
(a) no Obligor, is unable, or is deemed to be unable for the purposes of any applicable law,
or admits or has admitted its inability, to pay its debts as and when they fall due or has
suspended, or announced an intention to suspend, making payments on any of its debts;
(b) no Obligor, by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties has begun
negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to rescheduling or restructuring any of
its Indebtedness; and
(c) no moratorium has been declared in respect of any Indebtedness of any Obligor.
Section 5.24 Taiwan Guarantor
The shares of the Taiwan Guarantor have not been publicly issued and the Taiwan Guarantor has
not adopted internal guarantee rules.
Xxxxxxx 0.00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx Trucking, Inc. is a holding company and it does not carry out any business or hold
any assets other than (i) the ownership of the shares in Xxxxxxx Transportation, Inc., (ii) assets
that do not constitute more than 2.0% of the Group’s assets or income, and (iii) incurring
Indebtedness under the Financing Agreements, the Existing Financing Agreements the LC Agreement and
the Notes Financing Agreements.
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SECTION 6 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
SECTION 7 INFORMATION AS TO COMPANY
Section 7.1 Financial and Business Information
The Company shall deliver to each Issuing Bank (and for purposes of this Agreement the
information required by this Section 7.1 shall be deemed delivered on the date of delivery of such
information in the English language or the date of delivery of an English translation thereof):
(a) Quarterly Statements — promptly after the same are available and in any event within 45
days (or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Form 10-Q”) with the SEC regardless of whether the
Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each quarterly fiscal
period in each fiscal year of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such
fiscal year), duplicate copies of
(i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of
such quarter, and
(ii) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in the case of the second and
third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year-ending with such quarter,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in the
previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to
quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly
presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and
their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments;
provided that delivery within the time period specified above of copies of the Company’s Form 10-Q
prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the SEC shall be deemed to
satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(a) as they pertain to consolidated statements;
(b) Annual Statements — promptly after the same are available and in any event within 90 days
(or such shorter period as is 15 days greater than the period applicable to the filing of the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) with the SEC regardless of whether the
Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof) after the end of each fiscal year of the
Company, duplicate copies of
(i) consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of
such year, and
(ii) consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows
of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in
reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP and accompanied by
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(A) an opinion thereon of an independent registered public accounting firm of
recognized international standing without any Impermissible Qualification, which
opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of the Company and its results of operations and
cash flows in conformity with GAAP, and that the audit of such registered public
accounting firm was performed in accordance with the standards of the Public
Accounting Oversight Board (United States), and that such audit provides a
reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances, and
(B) a report of such registered public accounting firm accountants stating that
they have reviewed this Agreement and stating further whether, in connection with
their audit, they have become aware of any condition or event that then constitutes
a Default or Event of Default or that caused them to believe the Company failed to
comply with the terms, conditions, provisions or conditions of Sections 9.8, 9.12.
10.2 through and including 10.4, 10.13 and 10.20 in as far as they related to
financial and accounting matters, and if they are aware that any such condition or
event then exists, specifying the nature and period of the existence thereof (it
being understood that such accountants shall not be liable to any Issuing Bank,
directly or indirectly, for any failure to obtain knowledge of any Default or Event
of Default); and
provided that the delivery within the time period specified above of the Company’s Form 10-K for
such fiscal year (together with the Company’s annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared
pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange Act) prepared in accordance with the requirements
therefor and filed with the SEC, together with the accountants’ report described in clause (B)
above, shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(b);
(c) SEC and Other Reports — promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (i) each
financial statement, report, circular, notice or proxy statement or similar document (including any
form of compliance certificate related to the LC Agreement and any consolidation working papers)
sent by any Obligor or any Subsidiary to its principal lending banks as a whole (excluding
information sent to such banks in the ordinary course of administration of a bank facility, such as
information relating to pricing and borrowing availability) or to its public securities holders
generally, and (ii) each regular or periodic report, each registration statement (without exhibits
except as expressly requested by such Issuing Bank), and each prospectus and all amendments thereto
filed by any Obligor or any Subsidiary with the SEC or any similar Governmental Authority or
securities exchange and of all press releases and other statements made available generally by any
Obligor or any Subsidiary to the public concerning developments that are Material; provided that
the Company shall be deemed to have made deliveries required under this Section 7.1(c)(ii) if it
shall have timely made such documents available on “XXXXX” and on its home page on the worldwide
web (at the date of this Agreement located at http//xxx.xx0xxx.xxx) and shall have given each
Issuing Bank notice of its availability on XXXXX and on its home page in connection with each
delivery promptly after such documents become available on XXXXX;
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(d) Notice of Default or Event of Default or Litigation or Arbitration —
(i) promptly and in any event within five Business Days after a Responsible Officer becomes
aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice
or taken any action with respect to a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any
notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default of the type referred to in Section
11(f), a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the
Obligors are taking or propose to take with respect thereto; and
(ii) promptly and in any event within five Business Days after a Responsible Officer
becomes aware of any current, threatened or pending litigation, arbitration or
administrative proceedings which has or would, if adversely determined, have a Material
Adverse Effect, provide a written notice specifying the details of such litigation,
arbitration or administrative proceeding.
(e) Employee Benefit Matters — promptly and in any event within five Business Days after a
Responsible Officer becoming aware of any of the following, a written notice setting forth the
nature thereof and the action, if any, that any Obligor or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with
respect thereto:
(i) with respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in section 4043(b) of
ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has not been waived pursuant
to such regulations as in effect on the date hereof; or
(ii) the taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the PBGC of
the institution of, proceedings under section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by any Obligor or any ERISA
Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC
with respect to such Multiemployer Plan; or
(iii) any event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence of any
liability by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the
penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, or in the
imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of any Obligor or any
ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions,
if such liability or Lien, taken together with any other such liabilities or Liens then
existing, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(iv) receipt of notice of the imposition of a Material financial penalty (which for
this purpose shall mean any tax, penalty or other liability, whether by way of indemnity or
otherwise) with respect to one or more Non-U.S. Plans;
(f) Notices from Governmental Authority — promptly, and in any event within 30 days of
receipt thereof, copies of any notice to any Obligor or any Subsidiary from any Governmental
Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(g) Requested Information — with reasonable promptness, such other data and information
relating to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of any
Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries (including, but without limitation, actual copies of the
Company’s Form 10-Q and Form 10-K) or relating to the ability of any Obligor to perform its
obligations hereunder as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such Issuing Bank;
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(h) Quarterly Consolidating Working Papers — Within 45 days after the end of each quarterly
fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of
each such fiscal year which shall be within 90 days after the end of such fiscal year), copies of
unaudited consolidating working papers for each Subsidiary Guarantor providing the information
necessary to determine the Obligors’ ability to comply with Section 9.12 hereof.
Section 7.2 Officer’s Certificate
Each set of financial statements delivered to an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or
Section 7.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer setting forth:
(a) Covenant Compliance — the information (including detailed calculations) required in order
to establish whether the Company was in compliance with the requirements of Section 9.8, Section
9.10, Section 9.12, Sections 10.2 through 10.9, inclusive, during the quarterly or annual period
covered by the statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such Section, where
applicable, the calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may
be, permissible under the terms of such Sections, and the calculation of the amount, ratio or
percentage then in existence); and
(b) Event of Default — a statement that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the
relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of
the transactions and conditions of any Obligor and its Subsidiaries from the beginning of the
quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the
certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any
condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or
event existed or exists (including, without limitation, any such event or condition resulting from
the failure of any Obligor or any Subsidiary to comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the
nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Obligors shall have taken or proposes to
take with respect thereto.
Section 7.3 Visitation
The Obligors shall permit the representatives of each Issuing Bank:
(a) No Default — if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such
Issuing Bank and upon reasonable prior notice to the Obligors, to visit the principal executive
office of the Obligors, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Obligors and their
Subsidiaries with any Obligor’s officers, and (with the consent of the Obligors, which consent will
not be unreasonably withheld) their independent public accountants, and (with the consent of the
Obligors, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) to visit the other offices and
properties of any Obligor and each Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be
reasonably requested in writing; and
(b) Default — if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Obligors to
visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of any Obligor or any Subsidiary, to examine all
their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts
therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective
officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Obligors authorize said
accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Obligors and their Subsidiaries),
all at such times and as often as may be requested.
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Section 7.4 Limitation on Disclosure Obligation
The Obligors shall not be required to disclose the following information pursuant to Section
7.1(d)(ii), 7.1(g) or 7.3:
(a) information that the Obligors determine after consultation with counsel qualified to
advise on such matters that, notwithstanding the confidentiality requirements of Section 21, it
would be prohibited from disclosing by applicable law or regulations without making public
disclosure thereof; or
(b) information that, notwithstanding the confidentiality requirements of Section 21, the
Obligors are prohibited from disclosing by the terms of an obligation of confidentiality contained
in any agreement with any non-Affiliate binding upon the Obligors and not entered into in
contemplation of this clause (b), provided that the Obligors shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain consent from the party in whose favor the obligation of confidentiality was made
to permit the disclosure of the relevant information and provided further that the Obligors have
received a written opinion of counsel confirming that disclosure of such information without
consent from such other contractual party would constitute a breach of such agreement.
Promptly after a request therefor from any Issuing Bank, the Obligors will provide such Issuing
Bank with a written opinion of counsel (which may be addressed to the Obligors) relied upon as to
any requested information that the Obligors are prohibited from disclosing to such Issuing Bank
under circumstances described in this Section 7.4.
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SECTION 9 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Obligor, jointly and severally, covenants that so long as any Performance-Based LC
Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations and cancellation or expiration
of all Letters of Credit or provision of Credit Support with respect to all Letters of Credit:
Section 9.1 Compliance with Law
Without limiting Section 10.10, the Obligors will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries
to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is
subject, including, without limitation, ERISA, the USA Patriot Act and Environmental Laws, and will
obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other
governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective properties or to the
conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that
non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to
obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other
governmental authorizations would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 9.2 Insurance
The Obligors will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially
sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and businesses
against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts
(including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with
respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the
same or a similar business and similarly situated.
Section 9.3 Maintenance of Properties
The Obligors will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause
to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition
(other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section shall not prevent the Obligors or any
Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such
discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Obligors have concluded that
such discontinuance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 9.4 Payment of Taxes and Claims
The Obligors will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required
to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on
such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or
any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments
have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and all claims for which sums
have become due and payable that have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of any Obligor
or any Subsidiary, provided that no Obligor nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax or assessment
or claims if (i) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is contested by such Obligor or such
Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Obligors or a
Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with applicable generally
accepted accounting principles (which shall be GAAP in the case of the Company) on the books of
such Obligor or such Subsidiary or (ii) the non-filing and nonpayment of all such taxes,
assessments and claims in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 9.5 Corporate Existence, Etc.
Subject to Section 10.7, the Obligors will at all times preserve and keep in full force and
effect their corporate existence. Subject to Sections 10.7 and 10.8, the Obligors will at all
times preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate existence of each of their
Subsidiaries (except that (i) Subsidiaries which are not members of the South African Group may
merge into an Obligor and (ii) Subsidiaries which are members of the South African Group may merge
with other members of the South African Group) and all rights and franchises of the Obligors and
their Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Obligors, the termination of or
failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such corporate existence, right or franchise
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 9.6 Books and Records
The Obligors will, and will cause each of their Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of
record and account in conformity with applicable generally accepted accounting principles and all
applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over
such Obligor or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
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Section 9.7 Priority of Obligations
The Obligors will ensure that their payment obligations under the Financing Agreements will at
all times rank at least pari passu, without preference or priority, with all other unsecured and
unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Obligors except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law
applying to companies generally. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at all times, the Company’s
payment obligations with respect to the Letters of Credit and the payment obligations of the
Subsidiary Guarantors under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement will rank at least pari passu,
without preference or priority, with the respective obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors under the Existing Financing Agreements, the LC Agreement and the Notes Financing
Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Company is required to cash
collateralize the letters of credit under the LC Agreement, the Company may provide up to
U.S.$15,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) as cash collateral to collateralize such
letters of credit without providing collateral to the Issuing Banks hereunder; provided (i) no
Default or Event Default has occurred or would result from the provision of such cash collateral
(other than any default or event of default caused by the Company’s failure to comply with Section
1.3(e) of the LC Agreement) and (ii) such cash collateralization is made pursuant to Section 1.3(e)
of the LC Agreement.
Section 9.8 Minimum Interest Charge Coverage
The Company will ensure that the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Payable
is not, at the end of each Measurement Period, less than 4.00 to 1.00.
Section 9.9 Dividend Capture from South Africa
The Obligors will ensure that cash Distributions are made to Pyramid Freight BVI in accordance
with the general distribution principles applied by the Company in respect of cash Distributions
made out of South Africa taking into account at any time the requirements of any applicable South
African exchange control regulations, the local financial needs of the South African Group and any
projected financial requirements of the South African Group.
Section 9.10 Additional Guarantors
(a) The Company (i) will cause any Subsidiary of the Company, whether now owned or hereafter
formed or acquired, that becomes a borrower, guarantor or other obligor under the LC Agreement, the
Existing Financing Agreements or the Notes Financing Agreements, substantially concurrently, and
(ii) may cause any Subsidiary of the Company to become a Subsidiary Guarantor (an “Additional
Guarantor”) under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement by executing a joinder agreement to this
Agreement in the form set out in Part 1 of Exhibit 9.10 (the “Joinder Agreement”) and in any such
event the Company will cause such Subsidiary to deliver the relevant documents and evidence listed
in Part 2 of Exhibit 9.10.
(b) As from the date of the Joinder Agreement, the relevant Subsidiary shall become an Obligor
and Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement.
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(c) The Company agrees that:
(i) within 10 days following execution of a Joinder Agreement it will provide at least
one original and to each Issuing Bank a copy of that Joinder Agreement (with evidence as to
payment of any applicable stamp duty or similar tax); and
(ii) immediately on execution of any such Joinder Agreement it will provide to each
Issuing Bank a legal opinion (from legal counsel approved by the Issuing Banks acting
reasonably) confirming (1) the due execution and delivery of such Joinder Agreement, and the
validity and enforceability of the obligations of the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor under
such Joinder Agreement and this Agreement subject to such exceptions, assumptions and
qualifications as are substantially similar to those delivered with respect to the
obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors as of the date of Closing and (2) such other
matters as the Issuing Banks may reasonably request so long as such opinions are
substantially similar in scope to the opinions delivered in connection with the Closing of
this Agreement. The Company shall cause such additional Subsidiary Guarantor to deliver
such other closing showings as may be reasonably requested by the Issuing Banks
substantially similar in scope to the closing showings delivered by the original Subsidiary
Guarantors at the Closing.
(d) The Company shall, by not less than 3 Business Days’ prior written notice to each Issuing
Bank, notify each Issuing Bank of its intention to request that one of its Subsidiaries becomes an
Additional Guarantor pursuant to this Section 9.10.
(e) Following the giving of any notice pursuant to paragraph (d) above, if the accession of
such Additional Guarantor obliges each Issuing Bank to comply with “know your customer” or similar
identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available
to it, the Company shall promptly upon the request of each Issuing Bank supply, or procure the
supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by each Issuing Bank in
order for each Issuing Bank or any prospective new Issuing Bank to carry out and be satisfied it
has complied with all necessary “know your customer” or other similar checks under all applicable
laws and regulations pursuant to the accession of such Subsidiary to this Agreement as an
Additional Guarantor.
Section 9.11 Release of Subsidiary Guarantors
(i) Upon notice by the Company to each Issuing Bank (which notice shall contain a
certification by the Company as to the applicable matters specified below), a Subsidiary shall
cease to be an Obligor under this Agreement if such Subsidiary has been (or will be concurrently)
released as a borrower, guarantor or other obligor under the LC Agreement, the Existing Financing
Agreements (and so long as the Existing Financing Agreements remain in place and such provision is
contained therein such Subsidiary is not then designated as a borrower, guarantor or other obligor
under any other credit facility of the Company or any Subsidiary that provides for credit in excess
of U.S.$5,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) in the aggregate) and the Notes
Financing Agreements, provided, that, both immediately before and after giving effect to any such
release (x) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) other than
the payment of reasonable legal fees, no consideration was granted to any agent or Issuing Bank
under the LC Agreement, the Existing Financing Agreements or the Notes Financing Agreements,
directly or indirectly in connection with such release including, but not limited to, any payment
of any fees, any increase in pricing, any additional Guaranty, any participation in other
transactions or any other credit enhancement or other benefit or (ii) a Subsidiary shall cease to
be an Obligor under this Agreement if the release of such Obligor is consented to by the Issuing
Banks.
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Section 9.12 Guarantor Cover Ratio (a) The Company will ensure that:
(i) the Gross Assets of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall at all times constitute 50% or
more of the Gross Assets of the Group at that time; and
(ii) the aggregate contribution of the Subsidiary Guarantors to Consolidated EBITDA
shall at all times be at least 45% of Consolidated EBITDA.
As used in this Section 9.12, the term “Subsidiary Guarantor” shall not include any Subsidiary
Guarantor with respect to which (i) the Subsidiary Guaranty of such Subsidiary Guarantor for any
reason, other than the satisfaction in full of all Obligations, has ceased to be in full force and
effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or shall be declared to be null and void or such
Subsidiary Guarantor shall repudiate its obligations thereunder, (ii) such Subsidiary Guarantor
shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Financing Agreement in writing or deny in
writing that it has any further liability thereunder or (iii) it becomes unlawful for such
Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Financing
Agreement (other than as set forth therein).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.12, in the event that the
Company fails to comply with the requirements of this Section 9.12, the Company shall have the
right, until thirty calendar days after the Company obtains knowledge of the occurrence of any of
the events set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) of the paragraph above, to cure such failure by
providing one or more replacement Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with Section 9.10.
(b) The Company will ensure that the aggregate contribution of the Subsidiary Guarantors to
Consolidated EBITDA shall at all times be at least equal to the aggregate contribution of the
Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Notes Financing Agreements) to Consolidated EBITDA.
(c) For the purpose of paragraphs (a) and (b) above:
(i) subject to sub-paragraph (ii) below:
(A) the contribution of each Subsidiary Guarantor will be determined from its
financial statements which were delivered to each Issuing Bank pursuant to Section
7.1(h); and
(B) the financial condition of the Group will be determined from the latest
consolidated financial statements of the Company;
(ii) if a person becomes a member of the Group after the date on which the latest
consolidated financial statements of the Company were prepared:
(A) the contribution of that person will be determined from its latest
quarterly or annual (as the case may be) financial statements; and
(B) the financial condition of the Group will still be determined from the
latest consolidated financial statements of the Company but will be adjusted by
reference to the financial statements referred to in paragraph (ii) (A) above to
take into account that person becoming a member of the Group;
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(iii) the contribution of a Subsidiary Guarantor will:
(A) if it has Subsidiaries, be determined from its unconsolidated financial
statements; and
(B) exclude intra-group items which would be eliminated in the consolidated
financial statements of the Company; and
(C) in the case of Pyramid Freight BVI, Pyramid Freight BVI will exclude any
amount of Pyramid Freight Debt owing to it and any other assets located in South
Africa.
Section 9.13 Group Structure
The Company will maintain its group structure in accordance with the group structure chart set
forth in Schedule 5.4, except for changes which, individually or in the aggregate could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. In no event shall any Subsidiary
incorporated in any country other than South Africa be owned directly or indirectly by any member
of the South African Group.
Section 9.14 CASS Agreement
The Company will ensure that all amounts payable under the CASS Agreement are promptly paid
when due unless such payment is being diligently contested in good faith by a member of the Group
by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles of the relevant member of the Group have been set aside on its books.
Section 9.15 Further Assurances
At any time or from time to time upon the request of an Issuing Bank, each Obligor will, at
its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other
acts and things as an Issuing Bank may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of
the Financing Agreements. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Obligor
shall take such actions as an Issuing Bank may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that
the Obligations are guarantied by the Subsidiary Guarantors.
Section 9.16 Additional Restrictions
If at any time the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party to or shall enter into any
agreement, instrument or other document with respect to any Indebtedness that provides for more
than U.S.$25,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) in principal amount of borrowings or
availability, including, without limitation, any amendment to or modification or replacement of an
agreement existing on the date of Closing (a “Reference Agreement”), or any subsequent amendment or
modification to any such Reference Agreement (or waiver or consent modifying the terms of any
Reference Agreement), which Reference Agreement includes financial covenants (whether expressed in
ratios or as numerical or dollar thresholds in respect of future financial performance or
condition), including such financial covenants which are expressed as “events of default”, in each
case which are not otherwise included in this Agreement (herein referred to as “New Covenants”) or
which would be more beneficial to the Issuing Banks than relevant similar covenants or like
provisions contained in this Agreement (herein referred to as “Improved Covenants” and, together
with New Covenants, “Additional Covenants”), then such Additional Covenants and all related
provisions and definitions shall be deemed incorporated by reference into Section 7.2(a), Section
10 and Section 11(c) of this Agreement, mutatis mutandi, as if set forth fully in this Agreement
effective as of the date when such Additional Covenants became effective under the applicable
Reference Agreement. The Company shall
(1) provide a copy of such Additional Covenants and all related provisions and definitions to
the Issuing Banks promptly upon entering into the Reference Agreement, including with such copy a
notice to the Issuing Banks, provided that the failure of the Company to provide a copy of such
Additional Covenants to the Issuing Banks shall not adversely affect the automatic incorporation of
the Additional Covenants into this Agreement as provided above in this Section 9.16; and
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(2) as promptly as possible following delivery of such copy, provide the draft of a statement
of incorporation (a “Memorialization”) to be executed by the Company and the Issuing Banks, which
Memorialization shall set out the terms of the Additional Covenants and related provisions and
definitions as incorporated into this Agreement, with all appropriate changes required in
connection with incorporating the Additional Covenants mutatis mutandi.
If the Company fails to provide a draft of a Memorialization, then any Issuing Bank may
produce a draft for the consideration of the Company and the other Issuing Banks. Any
Memorialization executed and delivered by the Company and by the Issuing Banks shall be good and
sufficient evidence of the terms of any such Additional Covenant as incorporated into this
Agreement, provided that the failure of the Issuing Banks and the Company to execute and deliver
any Memorialization shall not adversely affect the automatic incorporation of the Additional
Covenants into this Agreement as provided above in this Section 9.16.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is then continuing, (A) if any Additional Covenant that has been incorporated herein pursuant to
this Section 9.16 is subsequently amended or modified in the relevant Reference Agreement with the
effect that such Additional Covenant is made less restrictive on the Company, such Additional
Covenant, as amended or modified, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Agreement
replacing such Additional Covenant as originally incorporated, mutatis mutandi, as if set forth
fully in this Agreement, effective beginning on the date on which such amendment or modification is
effective under the relevant Reference Agreement and (B) if any Additional Covenant that has been
incorporated herein pursuant to this Section 9.16 is subsequently removed or terminated from the
relevant Reference Agreement or the Company and its Subsidiary Guarantors are otherwise no longer
required to comply therewith under the relevant Reference Agreement, the Company and its
Subsidiaries, beginning on the effective date such Additional Covenant is removed or terminated
from the relevant Reference Agreement or the Company and its Subsidiary Guarantors are otherwise no
longer required to comply with such Additional Covenant, shall no longer be or remain obligated to
comply with such Additional Covenant hereunder; provided, however, that in no event shall an
Improved Covenant be amended, modified, terminated or removed pursuant to this Section 9.16 such
that it is made less restrictive on the Company than the form of the relevant similar covenant or
like provision in this Agreement that it replaced, amended or modified, it being the intent of this
Agreement in such cases to return such covenants or provisions, upon the date of such amendment,
modification, termination or removal, to the text of such covenant or provision as it existed
immediately prior to the incorporation of such Improved Covenant pursuant to this Section 9.16.
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Section 9.17 “Know Your Customer” checks If:
(i) The introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or
application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;
(ii) any change in the status of an Obligor after the date of this Agreement; or
(iii) a proposed assignment or transfer by the Issuing Bank of any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement in accordance with Section 14.2,
obliges the Issuing Bank (or, in the case of paragraph (iii) above, any prospective Issuing Bank)
to comply with “know your customer” or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the
necessary information is not already available to it, each Obligor shall promptly upon the request
of the Issuing Bank supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is
reasonably requested by the Issuing Bank (or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii)
above, any prospective new Issuing Bank to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all
necessary “know your customer” or similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant
to the transactions contemplated in the Financing Agreements.
Section 9.18 Post-Closing Obligations
Within 20 days from Closing Date, or such other date to which the Issuing Banks expressly
agree, the Company, on behalf of itself, each Spanish Obligor, and the Issuing Banks shall have
formalized the ratification of the position of each Spanish Obligor as Subsidiary Guarantors under
this Agreement into a public document (escritura pública) for the purposes of article 517,
paragraph 2, number 4 of the Spanish Civil Procedural Law (Ley 1/2000 de 7 de enero, Ley de
Enjuiciamiento Civil) (the “Civil Procedural Law”) before a Spanish notary public, at the expense
of the Company. Within two Business Days from the execution of the notarial deed, the Company shall
have supplied to each Issuing Bank an authorized copy (primera copia autorizada) of that deed.
SECTION 10 NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Obligor, jointly and severally, covenants that so long as any Performance-Based LC
Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations and cancellation, expiration
or cash collateralization of all Letters of Credit or receipt of a backstop letter of credit with
respect to all Letters of Credit:
Section 10.1 Transactions with Affiliates
The Obligors will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to enter into directly or indirectly
any transaction or group of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase,
lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any
Affiliate (other than the Obligors or another Subsidiary which is not a member of the South African
Group), except in the ordinary course and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of such Obligor’s
or such Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Obligors
or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person
not an Affiliate.
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Section 10.2 Consolidated Net Worth
The Company will ensure that Consolidated Net Worth is not, as of the end of any fiscal
quarter in each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2009, less than
U.S.$637,049,000 (the “Threshold CNW Amount”) plus:
(a) (from and including the last day of the fiscal year of the Company ending January 31,
2010) an amount equal to 25% of the annual net earnings of the Company in respect of each fiscal
year (but, in each case, only if a positive number); and
(b) the aggregate of any amounts by which the Threshold CNW Amount has been increased by any
additions under paragraph (a) above in previous years.
Section 10.3 Consolidated Total Debt Coverage
The Company will ensure that the ratio of Consolidated Total Borrowings to Consolidated EBITDA
(the “Leverage Ratio”) is not, at the end of each Measurement Period, greater than 3.00 to 1.00.
Section 10.4 Priority Debt
The Obligors will not, at any time, permit Priority Debt to exceed 15% of Consolidated Total
Capitalization determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter.
Section 10.5 Liens
The Obligors will not, and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to exist (upon the happening of a contingency or
otherwise) any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset (including, without limitation, any
document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of the Company or any such
Subsidiary, whether now owned or held or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom or
assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income or profits, except:
(a) any Lien comprising a netting or set-off arrangement entered into by a member of the Group
in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit
balances;
(b) any Lien arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies which are not yet due
and payable or the payment of which is not at the time required by Section 9.4;
(d) any Lien in column 11 (Security) of Schedule 5.15;
(e) attachments, appeal bonds, judgments and other similar Liens for sums not exceeding in
aggregate U.S.$5,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) arising in connection with any
court proceedings, provided the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed
and the claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings;
(f) easements, rights of way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other
similar Liens not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of
any member of the Group;
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(g) any Lien granted pursuant to the Financing Agreements and any Lien granted pursuant to the
Existing Financing Agreements, the LC Agreement or the Notes Financing Agreements to the extent an
equal and ratable Lien is granted to the Issuing Banks to the extent required by Section 9.7;
(h) any Lien constituted by the Cession in Security Agreement and in respect of a New Zealand
Obligor, any “security interest” as defined in section 17(1)(b) of the Personal Property Securities
Xxx 0000 (NZ) which does not secure payment or performance of any obligation;
(i) any Lien in favor of CASS arising under the CASS Agreement;
(j) any Lien arising as a result of a Capital Lease permitted to exist under Section 10.13;
(k) Liens that constitute purchase money security interests on any property securing debt
incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring such property,
provided that any such Lien attaches to such property within 60 days of the acquisition thereof and
attaches solely to the property so acquired;
(l) Liens securing obligations of a Subsidiary (other than a member of the South African Group
or Pyramid Freight BVI) to the Company or to another Subsidiary (other than a member of the South
African Group or Pyramid Freight BVI) and Liens securing obligations of a member of the South
African Group or Pyramid Freight BVI (to the extent that such Liens attach only to assets located
in South Africa) to another member of the South African Group or Pyramid Freight BVI;
(m) any Lien on an asset, or an asset of any person, acquired by a member of the Group after
the date of this Agreement but only provided that (i) the aggregate amount covered by any such Lien
does not exceed U.S.$10,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency) at any time, (ii) such
Lien is only in place for the period of six (6) months from the date of acquisition and (iii) the
principal amount secured by that Lien has not been incurred or increased in contemplation of, or
since, the acquisition; and
(n) if and so long as on the date such Liens are granted no Default or Event of Default exists
hereunder or would result hereunder, including, without limitation, under Section 10.4, Liens
securing Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary in addition to those described in clauses
(a) through (m) above.
For the purposes of this Section 10.5, any Person becoming a Subsidiary after the date of this
Agreement shall be deemed to have incurred all of its then outstanding Liens at the time it becomes
a Subsidiary, and any Person extending, renewing or refunding any Indebtedness secured by any Lien
shall be deemed to have incurred such Lien at the time of such extension, renewal or refunding.
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Section 10.6 Subsidiary Indebtedness
In addition to and not in limitation of any other applicable restrictions herein, including
Sections 10.3 and 10.4, the Company will not, at any time, permit any Subsidiary to, directly or
indirectly, create, incur, assume, guarantee, have outstanding, or otherwise become or remain
directly or indirectly liable with respect to, any Indebtedness other than:
(a) Indebtedness consisting of direct obligations or Guaranties of the LC Agreement by
Subsidiaries of the Company which Subsidiaries also guarantee the obligations of the Company under
the Financing Agreements;
(b) any Indebtedness incurred under the Financing Agreements;
(c) Indebtedness of (or the commitment to extend credit to) a Subsidiary on the date of
Closing and identified in Schedule 5.15; provided that such Indebtedness shall not be extended,
renewed, refinanced or refunded except as otherwise provided in subsection (f) below;
(d) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary (other than a member of the South African Group or Pyramid
Freight BVI) owed to the Company, an Obligor or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (other than a member of
the South African Group or Pyramid Freight BVI);
(e) Indebtedness incurred under any Capital Lease permitted to exist under Section 10.13;
(f) Refinancing Indebtedness;
(g) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary outstanding at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary,
provided that (i) such Indebtedness shall not have been incurred in contemplation of such
Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary and (ii) immediately after such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary,
no Default or Event of Default shall exist, and provided, further, that such Indebtedness shall not
be extended, renewed, refinanced or refunded except as otherwise provided herein;
(h) Indebtedness of members of the South African Group owed under the South African Facility
in an amount not to exceed South African Rand 1,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other
currency) at any time;
(i) Indebtedness under the (i) Permitted Earnout Arrangements and (ii) any similar earnout
arrangements entered into in the future in an aggregate amount of up to U.S.$100,000,000 (or its
equivalent in any other currency) to the extent such indebtedness remains contingent in accordance
with the terms of the earnout arrangements;
(j) any Indebtedness owed by a member of the South African Group to another member of the
South African Group;
(k) any Indebtedness consisting of direct obligations or Guaranties of the Existing Financing
Agreements and the Notes Financing Agreements by Subsidiaries of the Company which Subsidiaries
also guarantee the obligations of the Company under the Financing Agreements; and
(l) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary in addition to that otherwise permitted by the foregoing
provisions, provided that on the date such Subsidiary incurs or otherwise becomes liable with
respect to any such Indebtedness, and immediately after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, no
Default or Event of Default exists hereunder, including, without limitation, under Section 10.4.
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For the purpose of this Section 10.6, any Person becoming a Subsidiary after the date of the
Closing shall be deemed, at the time it becomes such a Subsidiary, to have incurred all of its then
outstanding Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred or owed by
members of the South African Group (and by Pyramid Freight BVI to the extent that such amount is
owed to an entity located in South Africa) under paragraphs (c), (e), (g), (h) and (i), above
(excluding, for the avoidance of doubt the Pyramid Freight Debt or any amounts owing under the
Pyramid Freight Loan Agreements) shall not at any time exceed South African Rand 1,000,000,000 (or
its equivalent) and (y) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness in respect of which interest or
equivalent payments are payable and incurred or owed by members of the South African Group under
paragraphs (c), (e), (g) and (i) above (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt the Pyramid Freight
Debt or any amounts owing under the Pyramid Freight Loan Agreements) shall not at any time exceed
South African Rand 650,000,000 (or its equivalent).
Section 10.7 Merger, Consolidation, Etc.
The Company will not consolidate with or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer or
lease all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to
any Person unless:
(a) the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the Person
that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company as an entirety, as the case may be, shall be a solvent corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the United States or any State thereof (including the District of Columbia) or
any other Permitted Jurisdiction, and, if the Company is not such corporation, (i) such corporation
shall have executed and delivered to each Issuing Bank its assumption of the due and punctual
performance and observance of each covenant and condition of this Agreement and (ii) such
corporation shall have caused to be delivered to each Issuing Bank an opinion of internationally
recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing
Banks, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable
in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof; and
(b) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
No such conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of the Company shall have
the effect of releasing the Company or any successor corporation or limited liability company that
shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed in this Section 10.7 from its liability
under this Agreement.
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Section 10.8 Sale of Assets
Except as permitted by Section 10.7, the Obligors will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary
to, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, including by way of merger (collectively, a
“Disposition”), any assets, including capital stock of Subsidiaries, in one or a series of
transactions, to any Person, other than:
(a) Dispositions in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Dispositions by a Subsidiary to the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary which is not a
member of the South African Group or Pyramid Freight BVI and Dispositions by a Subsidiary which is
a member of the South African Group to a Subsidiary which is a member of the South African Group or
Pyramid Freight BVI; and
(c) Dispositions not otherwise permitted by clause (a) or (b) of this Section 10.8, provided
that (i) the aggregate net book value of all assets so disposed of in any twelve-month period
pursuant to this Section 10.8(c) does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last
day of the most recently ended fiscal year and (ii) after giving effect to such transaction, no
Default or Event of Default shall exist.
The Obligors may, or may permit a Subsidiary to, make a Disposition and the assets subject to such
Disposition shall not be subject to or included in the foregoing limitation and computation
contained in clause (c)(i) of the preceding sentence if:
(A) (x) in the case of a Disposition by a Person who is not a member of the
South African Group, the net proceeds from such Disposition are reinvested in
productive assets to be used in the existing business of the Company or a Subsidiary
which is not (i) a member of the South African Group or (ii) Pyramid Freight BVI (to
the extent such assets are in South Africa) and (y) in the case of a Disposition by
a Person who is a member of the South African Group, the net proceeds from such
Disposition are reinvested in productive assets to be used in the existing business
of the Company or a Subsidiary; or
(B) (x) in the case of a Disposition by a Person who is not a member of the
South African Group, the net proceeds from such Disposition are applied to the
payment or prepayment of Senior Indebtedness (other than Senior Indebtedness in
respect of any revolving credit or similar credit facility providing the Company or
any Subsidiary with the right to obtain loans or other extensions of credit from
time to time, except to the extent that in connection with such payment of Senior
Indebtedness the available credit under such credit facility is permanently reduced
by an amount not less than the amount of such proceeds applied to the payment of
Senior Indebtedness) and (y) in the case of a Disposition by a Person who is a
member of the South African Group, the net proceeds from such Disposition are
applied to the payment or prepayment of Indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary owing to any Person that is not a Subsidiary or Affiliate and which is
not expressed to be junior or subordinate to any other Indebtedness of the Company
or Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness in respect of any revolving credit or similar
facility except to the extent that such facility is permanently reduced).
For purposes of the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), to the extent that the assets that are disposed
of are assets owned by a Person other than a member of the South African Group or Pyramid Freight
BVI, the proceeds of such Disposition shall only be applied to acquire assets, or prepay debt of,
an Obligor or a Subsidiary which is not a member of the South African Group or Pyramid Freight BVI.
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Section 10.9 Line of Business
The Obligors will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to engage in any business if, as a
result, the general nature of the business in which the Obligors and their Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, would then be engaged would be substantially changed from the general nature of the business
in which the Obligors and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are engaged on the date of this
Agreement.
Section 10.10 Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
The Obligors will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to (a) become a Person described or
designated in the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the Office of Foreign
Assets Control or in Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (b) engage in any dealings or
transactions with any such Person.
Section 10.11 Subsidiaries in South Africa
No Subsidiary of the Company incorporated in South Africa may become an obligor or guarantor
under the LC Agreement, Existing Financing Agreements or Notes Financing Agreements. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company incorporated in any jurisdiction other than South Africa
may become an obligor or guarantor under the South African Facility. The Company will not at any
time have any Indebtedness outstanding under which the creditor with respect to such Indebtedness
is a member of the South African Group or Pyramid Freight BVI.
Section 10.12 Capital Leases
Capital Leases of the Company and its Subsidiaries will not, at any time, exceed in the
aggregate U.S.$90,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency).
Xxxxxxx 00.00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Trucking
So long as Lake States Trucking, Inc. remains a Subsidiary Guarantor, it will not carry out
any business other than incurring Indebtedness under the Financing Agreements, the Existing
Financing Agreements and the LC Agreement or hold any assets other than assets that do not
constitute more than 2.0% of the Group’s assets or income.
Section 10.14 [Reserved]
Section 10.15 Acquisitions
No Obligor shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make
any acquisition except:
(a) acquisition by Pyramid Freight of Kagiso Sisonke Empowerment Trust’s interest in the
Sisonke Partnership on the terms set out in the Sisonke Partnership agreement between Pyramid
Freight, Kagiso Ventures Limited, UTi Worldwide Inc. and the Trustees of the Kagiso Sisonke
Empowerment Trust;
(b) acquisition by Span America Holding Company, Inc. of all or a portion of Excel MPL-AVBA &
Co.’s shares of Ema, United States, Inc. on the terms set forth in the Shareholder Agreement dated
May 25, 2007, by Span America Holding Company, Inc. and Excel MPL-AVBA & Co., as amended from time
to time;
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(c) acquisition by UTi (Netherlands) Holdings B.V. of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.’s
shares of UTi Logistics Israel Ltd. on the terms set forth in the Shareholder Agreement dated April
26, 2007, by and among UTi (Netherlands) Holdings B.V., ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. and
UTi Logistics Israel Ltd., as amended from time to time, and
(d) acquisitions made by an Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under
sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) where the consideration in respect of that acquisition when aggregated
with (A) the amount that could become payable in respect of any earn out arrangements that form
part of that acquisition and (B) the amount that the Company, acting reasonably, considers could
become payable under any indemnities connected with that such acquisitions does not exceed
US$100,000,000 in the aggregate for any twelve-month period; provided:
(i) immediately after completing that acquisition the Company is in compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in Sections 9.8 and 10.3 on a pro forma basis after giving
effect to such acquisition as of the last quarter most recently ended; and
(ii) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom.
Section 10.16 No Further Negative Pledges
Except with respect to (a) specific property encumbered to secure payment of particular
Indebtedness or to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with respect to a permitted
Disposition and (b) restrictions in the Financing Agreements, the LC Agreement, the Existing
Financing Agreements, the Notes Financing Agreements, the agreements evidencing Indebtedness listed
on Schedule 5.15 by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other
transfers contained in leases, licenses and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course
of business (provided that such restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such
Liens or the property or assets subject to such leases, licenses or similar agreements, as the case
may be) no Obligor shall enter into any agreement prohibiting the creation or assumption of any
Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired to the extent it
would prohibit the granting of a lien required by Section 3.5 or Section 9.7 hereof.
Section 10.17 Restricted Payments
The Company will not through any manner or means or through any other Person to, directly or
indirectly, declare, pay or make dividend (or interest on any unpaid dividend), charge, fee or
other distribution (whether in cash or in kind) on or in respect of its share capital (or any class
of its share capital) or do anything with the same economic effect or repay or distribute any
dividend or share premium reserve (collectively, “Distributions”), except that (a) the Company may
make Distributions in an amount not to exceed US$15,000,000 (or its equivalent) in any fiscal year
of the Company and (b) the Company may declare and pay dividends with respect to its capital stock
payable solely in additional shares of its capital stock.
Section 10.18 Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents
The Obligors will not agree to any material amendment, restatement, supplement or other
modification to, or waiver of, any of its Organizational Documents after the Closing Date in a
manner materially adverse to the Issuing Banks without in each case obtaining the prior written
consent of the Issuing Banks to such amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification or
waiver.
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Section 10.19 Fiscal Year
The Obligors will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to change its fiscal year end from
January 31.
Section 10.20 Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio
The Company will not, as of the end of any Measurement Period, permit the Fixed Charges
Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.75 to 1:00 on or prior to July 31, 2010 or 2.00 to 1.00 at any
time thereafter.
SECTION 11 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An “Event of Default” shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and
be continuing:
(a) any Obligor defaults in the payment of any reimbursement obligation with respect to any
Letter of Credit when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or by declaration or
otherwise; or
(b) any Obligor defaults in the payment of any interest, any commitment fee or any fee with
respect to any Letter of Credit or any amount payable pursuant to Section 13 or otherwise pursuant
to this Agreement for more than five Business Days after the same becomes due and payable; or
(c) (i) any Subsidiary Guarantor defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term
contained in Section 23, or (ii) any Obligor defaults in the performance of or compliance with any
term contained in Section 7.1(d) or Sections 9.8, 9.12, 10.1 through 10.10, inclusive, or Section
10.16 through 10.20, inclusive, or (iii) the Company delivers audited financial statements with an
Impermissible Qualification; or
(d) any Obligor defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein
(other than those referred to in Sections 11(a), (b) and (c)) and such default is not remedied
within 30 days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such
default and (ii) any Obligor receiving written notice of such default from any Issuing Bank (any
such written notice to be identified as a “notice of default” and to refer specifically to this
Section 11(d)); or
(e) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of any Obligor or by any
officer of any Obligor in any Financing Agreement or in any writing furnished in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect
on the date as of which made; or
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(f) (i) any Obligor or any Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other
surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium or make-whole amount or interest on any
Indebtedness that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least U.S.$10,000,000 (or
its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) beyond any period of grace provided with
respect thereto, or (ii) any Obligor or any Subsidiary is in default in the performance of or
compliance with any term of any evidence of any Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal
amount of at least U.S.$10,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) or of
any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a
consequence of such default or condition such Indebtedness has become, or has been declared (or one
or more Persons are entitled to declare such Indebtedness to be), due and payable before its stated
maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii) as a consequence of the
occurrence or continuation of any event or condition (other than the passage of time or the right
of the holder of Indebtedness to convert such Indebtedness into equity interests), (x) any Obligor
or any Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Indebtedness before its regular
maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal
amount of at least U.S.$10,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment), or (y)
one or more Persons have the right to require any Obligor or any Subsidiary so to purchase or repay
such Indebtedness other than (in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iii) immediately above)
Indebtedness consisting of Capital Leases if the non-payment of such Indebtedness has resulted from
the loss of the asset which is subject to the Capital Lease to the extent the obligations under
that Capital Lease are covered by insurance; or
(g) any Obligor or any Significant Subsidiary (i) is generally not paying, or admits in
writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or
otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or
any other petition in bankruptcy, winding up, for liquidation or to take advantage of any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up, moratorium or other similar law of any
jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment, composition or arrangement for the benefit of its
creditors, (iv) consents to the appointment of a liquidator, custodian, receiver, administrative
receiver or administrator, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with
respect to any substantial part of its property, (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be
liquidated, or (vi) takes corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or
(h) a court or Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing,
without consent by any Obligor or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, a liquidator, custodian,
receiver, administrative receiver or administrator, trustee or other officer with similar powers
with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its assets or property, or
constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization or any other
petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law
of any jurisdiction, or ordering the dissolution, winding up or liquidation of any Obligor or any
of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any such petition shall be filed against any Obligor or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days (unless (x)
such petition is a winding-up petition instructed under the laws of England and Wales which is
vexatious or frivolous, in which case such period shall be shortened to 14 days or (y) any such
other petition, proceedings or other action is instigated under the laws of England and Wales, in
which case such period shall be shortened to zero days); or
(i) any event occurs with respect to any Obligor or any Significant Subsidiary which under the
laws of any jurisdiction is analogous to any of the events described in Section 11(g) or (h),
including but not limited to, (x) a Dutch Obligor being declared bankrupt (failliet verklaard) or
dissolved (ontbonden) and (y) a winding-up, administration or dissolution (and each of those terms)
and including insolvency proceedings (Insolvenzverfahren) in Germany, provided that the applicable
grace period, if any, which shall apply shall be the one applicable to the relevant proceeding
which most closely corresponds to the proceeding described in Section 11(g) or (h); or
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(j) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of 5% of
Consolidated Net Worth (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) are rendered against
one or more of any Obligor and its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within 60 days after
entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days
after the expiration of such stay; or
(k) if (i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code
for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization
period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of intent to terminate any
Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have
instituted proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any
Plan or the PBGC shall have notified any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a
subject of any such proceedings, (iii) the sum of (x) the aggregate “amount of unfunded benefit
liabilities” (within the meaning of section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in
accordance with Title IV of ERISA, plus (y) the amount (if any) by which the aggregate present
value of accrued benefit liabilities under all funded Non-U.S. Plans exceeds the aggregate current
value of the assets of such Non-U.S. Plans allocable to such liabilities, shall exceed 5% of
Consolidated Net Worth, (iv) any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is
reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or
excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (v) any Obligor or any ERISA
Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, (vi) any Obligor or any Subsidiary establishes or
amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner
that would increase the liability of any Obligor or any Subsidiary thereunder, (vii) any Obligor or
any Subsidiary fails to administer or maintain a Non-U.S. Plan in compliance with the requirements
of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations or court orders or any Non-U.S. Plan
is involuntarily terminated or wound up or (viii) any Obligor or any Subsidiary becomes subject to
the imposition of a financial penalty (which for this purpose shall mean any tax, penalty or other
liability, whether by way of indemnity or otherwise) with respect to one or more Non-U.S. Plans;
and any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (viii) above, either individually or
together with any other such event or events, would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; or
(l) an Obligor (other than the Company) is not or ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Company; or
(m) a Material Adverse Effect has occurred; provided that in the event that the
Company fails to comply with clause (b) or (c) of the definition of “Material Adverse Effect” with
respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company shall have the right, until thirty calendar days
after obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of such event, to cure such failure by providing one or
more replacement Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with Section 9.10 and such Material Adverse
Effect shall not be a Default or Event of Default until such 30 calendar day period has expired
without cure.
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As used in Section 11(k), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee welfare benefit plan”
shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA.
SECTION 12 REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.
Section 12.1 Acceleration
If an Event of Default with respect to any Obligor described in Section 11(g), (h) or (i)
(other than an Event of Default described in clause (i) of Section 11(g) or described in clause
(vi) of Section 11(g) by virtue of the fact that such clause encompasses clause (i) of Section
11(g)) has occurred, (i) all of the Obligors’ liabilities and obligations hereunder shall
automatically become immediately due and payable without any election or action on the part of the
Issuing Banks, (ii) the obligation of the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank to issue any additional
Letters of Credit shall immediately terminate and (iii) an amount equal to 105% of the maximum
amount that may at any time be drawn under all Letters of Credit then outstanding (regardless of
whether any beneficiary under any such Letter of Credit shall have presented, or shall be entitled
at such time to present, the drafts or other documents or certificates required to draw under such
Letters of Credit) shall immediately become due and payable and held in accordance with Section
3.5, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of
which are hereby expressly waived by each Obligor. Upon any such termination of a Letter of Credit
outstanding hereunder, the applicable Issuing Bank shall be unconditionally and irrevocably
released from any and all obligations thereunder without any further action by such Issuing Bank,
Beneficiary, the Obligor or any other Person.
Section 12.2 Other Remedies
If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether
any Letters of Credit have become or have been declared immediately due and payable under Section
12.1, any Issuing Bank at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of
such Issuing Bank by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for
the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any other Financing Agreement, or
for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise.
Section 12.3 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 12.4 No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc.
No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any Issuing Bank in exercising any right,
power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such Issuing Bank’s
rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement or any other
Financing Agreement upon any Issuing Bank thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or
remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or
otherwise. Without limiting the obligations of the Company under Section 16, the Company will pay
to each Issuing Bank on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and
expenses of such Issuing Bank incurred in any enforcement or collection under this Section 12,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements.
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Section 12.5 Executive Proceedings in Spain
(a) At the discretion of Issuing Banks, the ratification of the position of each Spanish
Obligor as Guarantors under this Agreement shall be formalized into a Spanish public document
(escritura pública), so that it has the status of a notarial document of loan for all purposes
contemplated in Article 517, paragraph 2, number 4 of the Civil Procedural Law.
(b) Upon enforcement, the sum payable by any Spanish Obligor shall be the total aggregate
amount of the entries made of the accounts maintained by each Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 3.7.
For the purposes of Articles 571 et seq. of the Civil Procedural Law, the Obligors and the Issuing
Banks expressly agree that such balances shall be considered as due, liquid and payable and may be
claimed pursuant to the same provisions of such law.
(c) For the purposes of Articles 571 et seq. of the Civil Procedural Law, it is expressly
agreed by the Obligors and the Issuing Banks that the determination of the debt to be claimed
through the executive proceedings shall be effected by each Issuing Bank by means of the
appropriate certificate evidencing the balances shown in the relevant account(s) referred to in
paragraph (b) above. By virtue of the foregoing, to exercise executive action by the Issuing Banks
it will be sufficient to deliver (i) an original notarial first or authentic copy of this
Agreement, (ii) the notarial document (acta notarial) which incorporates the certificate issued by
the Issuing Bank of the amount due by any Spanish Obligor including an excerpt of the credits and
debits, including the interest applied, which appear in the relevant account(s) referred to in
paragraph (b) above, evidencing that the determination of the amounts due and payable by the
Spanish Obligor has been calculated as agreed in this Agreement and that such amounts coincide with
the balance of such accounts, and (iii) a notarial document (acta notarial) evidencing that the
Obligors have been served notice of the amount that is due and payable.
(d) The amount of the balances so established shall be notified to the Obligors in an
attestable manner at least three days in advance of exercising the executive action set out in
paragraph (c) above.
(e) The Spanish Obligors hereby expressly authorize each Issuing Bank to request and obtain
certificates and documents, including second or further copies of the deed in which the position of
each Spanish Obligor as Subsidiary Guarantors under this Agreement is formalized, issued by the
notary who has formalized the position of each Spanish Obligor as Subsidiary Guarantors under this
Agreement in order to evidence its compliance with the entries of his registry-book and the
relevant entry date for the purpose Article 517, paragraph 2, number 4 of the Civil Procedural Law.
The cost of such certificates and documents will be for the account of the Obligors.
SECTION 13 TAX INDEMNIFICATION
All payments whatsoever under the Financing Agreements will be made by the Obligors in lawful
currency of the United States of America free and clear of, and without liability for withholding
or deduction for or on account of, any present or future Taxes of whatever nature imposed or levied
by or on behalf of any jurisdiction other than the United States (or any political subdivision or
taxing authority of or in such jurisdiction) (hereinafter a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the
withholding or deduction of such Tax is compelled by law.
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If any deduction or withholding for any Tax of a Taxing Jurisdiction shall at any time be
required in respect of any amounts to be paid by any Obligor under the Financing Agreements, the
Obligors will pay to the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction the full amount required to be withheld,
deducted or otherwise paid before penalties attach thereto or interest accrues thereon and pay to
each Issuing Bank such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to
such Issuing Bank pursuant to the terms of the Financing Agreements after such deduction,
withholding or payment (including, without limitation, any required deduction or withholding of Tax
on or with respect to such additional amount), shall be not less than the amounts then due and
payable to such Issuing Bank under the terms of the Financing Agreements before the assessment of
such Tax, provided that no payment of any additional amounts shall be required to be made for or on
account of:
(a) any Tax that would not have been imposed but for the existence of any present or former
connection between such Issuing Bank (or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member of, shareholder
of, or possessor of a power over, such Issuing Bank, if such Issuing Bank is an estate, trust,
partnership or corporation or any Person other than the Issuing Bank to whom the Letters of Credit
or any amount payable thereon is attributable for the purposes of such Tax) and the Taxing
Jurisdiction, other than the mere holding of the relevant Letter of Credit or the receipt of
payments thereunder or in respect thereof, including, without limitation, such Issuing Bank (or
such other Person described in the above parenthetical) being or having been a citizen or resident
thereof, or being or having been present or engaged in trade or business therein or having or
having had an establishment, office, fixed base or branch therein, provided that this exclusion
shall not apply with respect to a Tax that would not have been imposed but for an Obligor, after
the date of the Closing, opening an office in, moving an office to, reincorporating in, or changing
the Taxing Jurisdiction from or through which payments on account of this Agreement are made to,
the Taxing Jurisdiction imposing the relevant Tax;
(b) any Tax that would not have been imposed but for the delay or failure by such Issuing Bank
(following a written request by an Obligor) in the filing with the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction of
Forms (as defined below) that are required to be filed by such Issuing Bank to avoid or reduce such
Taxes (including for such purpose any refilings or renewals of filings that may from time to time
be required by the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction), provided that the filing of such Forms would not
(in such Issuing Bank’s reasonable judgment) impose any unreasonable burden (in time, resources or
otherwise) on such Issuing Bank or result in any confidential or proprietary income tax return
information being revealed, either directly or indirectly, to any Person and such delay or failure
could have been lawfully avoided by such Issuing Bank, and provided further that such Issuing Bank
shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of this clause (b) upon the good faith
completion and submission of such Forms (including refilings or renewals of filings) as may be
specified in a written request of an Obligor no later than 60 days after receipt by such Issuing
Bank of such written request (accompanied by copies of such Forms and related instructions, if any,
all in the English language or with an English translation thereof); or
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(c) any combination of clauses (a) and (b) above;
and provided further that in no event shall the Obligors be obligated to pay such additional
amounts (i) to any Issuing Bank not resident in the United States of America or any other
jurisdiction in which an original Issuing Bank is resident for tax purposes on the date of the
Closing (the “Original Jurisdiction”) in excess of the amounts that the Obligors would be obligated
to pay if such Issuing Bank had been a resident of the United States of America or the Original
Jurisdiction, as applicable, for purposes of, and eligible for the benefits of, any double taxation
treaty from time to time in effect between the United States of America or the Original
Jurisdiction, as applicable, and the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, or (ii) to any Issuing Bank
registered in the name of a nominee if under the law of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (or the
current regulatory interpretation of such law) securities held in the name of a nominee do not
qualify for an exemption from the relevant Tax and the Obligors shall have given timely notice of
such law or interpretation to such Issuing Bank.
Each Issuing Bank agrees, subject to the limitations of clause (b) above, that it will from
time to time with reasonable promptness (x) duly complete and deliver to or as reasonably directed
by an Obligor all such forms, certificates, documents and returns provided to such Issuing Bank by
such Obligor (collectively, together with instructions for completing the same, “Forms”) required
to be filed by or on behalf of such Issuing Bank in order to avoid or reduce any such Tax pursuant
to the provisions of an applicable statute, regulation or administrative practice of the relevant
Taxing Jurisdiction or of a tax treaty between the United States or the Original Jurisdiction and
such Taxing Jurisdiction and (y) provide an Obligor with such information with respect to such
Issuing Bank as such Obligor may reasonably request in order to complete any such Forms, provided
that nothing in this Section 13 shall require any Issuing Bank to provide information with respect
to any such Form or otherwise if in the opinion of such Issuing Bank such Form or disclosure of
information would involve the disclosure of tax return or other information that is confidential or
proprietary to such Issuing Bank, and provided further that each such Issuing Bank shall be deemed
to have complied with its obligation under this paragraph with respect to any Form if such Form
shall have been duly completed and delivered by such Issuing Bank to an Obligor or mailed to the
appropriate taxing authority (which shall be deemed to occur when such Form is submitted to the
United States Internal Revenue Service in accordance with instructions contained in such Form),
whichever is applicable, within 60 days following a written request of an Obligor (which request
shall be accompanied by copies of such Form and English translations of any such Form not in the
English language) and, in the case of a transfer of all or a portion of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement, at least 90 days prior to the relevant interest payment date.
On or before the date of the Closing the Company will furnish each Issuing Bank with copies of
the appropriate Form (and English translation if required as aforesaid) currently required to be
filed in the British Virgin Islands pursuant to clause (b) of the first paragraph of this Section
13, if any, and in connection with the transfer of any Issuing Bank’s obligation to issue Letters
of Credit hereunder the Company will furnish the transferee of such Issuing Bank’s obligation to
issue Letters of Credit hereunder with copies of any Form and English translation then required.
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If any payment is made by an Obligor to or for the account of the Issuing Bank after deduction
for or on account of any Taxes, and increased payments are made by such Obligor pursuant to this
Section 13, then, if such Issuing Bank at its sole discretion determines that it has received or
been granted a refund of such Taxes, such Issuing Bank shall, to the extent that it can do so
without prejudice to the retention of the amount of such refund, reimburse to such Obligor such
amount as such Issuing Bank shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be attributable to the
relevant Taxes or deduction or withholding. Nothing herein contained shall interfere with the
right of the Issuing Bank to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit and, in
particular, no Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to claim relief from its corporate
profits or similar tax liability in respect of such Tax in priority to any other claims, reliefs,
credits or deductions available to it or (other than as set forth in clause (b) above) oblige any
Issuing Bank to disclose any information relating to its tax affairs or any computations in respect
thereof.
The Obligors will furnish the Issuing Banks, promptly and in any event within 60 days after
the date of any payment by an Obligor of any Tax in respect of any amounts paid under the Financing
Agreements, the original tax receipt issued by the relevant taxation or other authorities involved
for all amounts paid as aforesaid (or if such original tax receipt is not available or must legally
be kept in the possession of an Obligor, a duly certified copy of the original tax receipt or any
other reasonably satisfactory evidence of payment), together with such other documentary evidence
with respect to such payments as may be reasonably requested from time to time by any Issuing Bank.
If an Obligor is required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of the taxation
or other authority of any relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, to make any deduction or withholding of any
Tax in respect of which such Obligor would be required to pay any additional amount under this
Section 13, but for any reason does not make such deduction or withholding with the result that a
liability in respect of such Tax is assessed directly against the Issuing Bank, and such Issuing
Bank pays such liability, then such Obligor will promptly reimburse such Issuing Bank for such
payment (including any related interest or penalties to the extent such interest or penalties arise
by virtue of a default or delay by such Obligor) upon demand by such Issuing Bank accompanied by an
official receipt (or a duly certified copy thereof) issued by the taxation or other authority of
the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction.
If an Obligor makes payment to or for the account of any Issuing Bank and such Issuing Bank is
entitled to a refund of the Tax to which such payment is attributable upon the making of a filing
(other than a Form described above), then such Issuing Bank shall, as soon as practicable after
receiving written request from such Obligor (which shall specify in reasonable detail and supply
the refund forms to be filed) use reasonable efforts to complete and deliver such refund forms to
or as directed by the Obligors, subject, however, to the same limitations with respect to Forms as
are set forth above.
The obligations of the Obligors under this Section 13 shall survive the payment in full of all
amounts payable under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements and cancellation or
expiration of all Letters of Credit, or provision of Credit Support with respect to all Letters of
Credit and the provisions of this Section 13 shall also apply to successive transferees of all or a
portion of the Issuing Bank’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.
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SECTION 14 ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION
Section 14.1 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 14.2 Assignment and Participation
(a) Each Issuing Bank may assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement and/or sell or otherwise dispose of all or a portion of any of its claims in any case,
proceeding or other action commenced by or against the Obligors under any existing or future law of
any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief
of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it or seeking to adjudicate
it a bankrupt or insolvency, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding up,
liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, in each
case, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of the
Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that the Company’s
consent will not be required in the case of assignments to an Affiliate of the Issuing Bank.
(b) In addition, at any time, each Issuing Bank may, without the consent of the Company, sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such
Issuing Bank’s rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided that (i) the participating
Issuing Bank’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) the participating
Issuing Bank shall remain solely responsible to the Company for the performance of such
obligations, and (iii) the Company shall continue to deal solely and directly with the
participating Issuing Bank in connection with such Issuing Bank’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which an Issuing Bank sells such a
participation shall provide that the relevant Issuing Bank 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 Issuing Bank will not,
without the consent of each Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver which (x)
has the effect of increasing the Maximum Draw Amount, reducing the rate of interest, letter of
credit fees, commitment fees or any other amount payable to such Issuing Bank hereunder or under
any other Financing Agreement, extending the applicable termination date, and releasing all or
substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors or all or substantially all of the value of the
Guaranty from the Guaranty or all or substantially all of any Credit Support provided under this
Agreement and (y) directly affects such Participant (it being understood that a waiver of any
Default or Event of Default shall not constitute a change in the terms of such participation, and
that an increase in the Maximum Draw Amount shall be permitted without consent of any Participant
if the Participant’s participation is not increased as a result thereof). The Company agrees that
each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 16.1, 16.2 and 16.3 to the same
extent as if it were an Issuing Bank; provided, that no Participant shall be entitled to receive
any greater amount pursuant to such subsections than the participating Issuing Bank would have been
entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by the participating
Issuing Bank to such Participant had no such transfer occurred. To the extent permitted by law,
each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 15.3 as though it were an
Issuing Bank.
Section 14.3 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 14.4 [Intentionally Omitted]
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SECTION 15 PAYMENTS GENERALLY
Section 15.1 Place of Payment
Payments made hereunder shall be made in
New York,
New York at the principal office of The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc. The Company may at any time, by notice to each Issuing Bank, change
the place of payments hereunder so long as such place of payment shall be either the principal
office of the Company in such jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in
such jurisdiction.
Section 15.2 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 15.3 Set-off. An Issuing Bank may set off any matured obligation owed to it by an Obligor under the
Financing Agreements (to the extent beneficially owned by that Issuing Bank) against any obligation
(whether or not matured) owed by that Issuing Bank to an Obligor, regardless of the place of
payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different
currencies, the Issuing Bank may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its
usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.
SECTION 16 EXPENSES, ETC.
Section 16.1 Transaction Expenses
Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Obligors will pay all
costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees of one special counsel and, if reasonably
required by the Issuing Banks, local or other counsel) incurred by the Issuing Banks in connection
with such transactions and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in
respect of any Financing Agreement (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes
effective), including, without limitation: (a) the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or
defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under any Financing
Agreement or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand
issued in connection with any Financing Agreement, or by reason of being an Issuing Bank, and (b)
the costs and expenses, including financial advisors’ fees, incurred in connection with the
insolvency or bankruptcy of any Obligor or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or
restructuring of the transactions contemplated by any Financing Agreement. The Company will pay,
and will save each Issuing Bank harmless from, all claims in respect of any fees, costs or
expenses, if any, of brokers and finders.
Section 16.2 Indemnification
(a) The Company shall indemnify each Issuing Bank, and each such Person’s Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s
Affiliates (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee
harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the
fees, charges and disbursements of any outside counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted
against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or
delivery of this Agreement, any other Financing Agreements or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective
obligations hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii)
any Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by
an Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented
in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit) or
(iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third
party or by the Company or any other Obligor, 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 are determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith,
gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
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(b) Without duplication of any obligation of the Company under Section 16.2(a), in addition to
amounts payable as provided herein, the Company hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save
harmless each Issuing Bank from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages,
losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of
counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel) which Issuing Bank may incur or be subject to as a
consequence, direct or indirect, of (i) the issuance of any Letter of Credit by an Issuing Bank,
other than as a result of (1) the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of an Issuing
Bank or (2) the wrongful dishonor by an Issuing Bank of a proper demand for payment made under any
Letter of Credit issued by it, or (ii) the failure of an Issuing Bank to honor a drawing under any
such Letter of Credit as a result of any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any
present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority.
Section 16.3 Certain Taxes
Each Obligor agrees to pay all stamp, documentary or similar taxes or fees which may be
payable in respect of the execution and delivery or the enforcement of this Agreement, the
Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement or the execution and delivery (but not the assignment or transfer)
or the enforcement of any of the Obligations in the United States or any Applicable Jurisdiction or
in any jurisdiction where an Obligor is organized or where an Obligor has assets or of any
amendment of, or waiver or consent under or with respect to, any Financing Agreement, and to pay
any value added tax due and payable in respect of reimbursement of costs and expenses by the
Obligors pursuant to this Section 16 or any other tax of a similar nature which might be
chargeable, and will save each Issuing Bank to the extent permitted by applicable law harmless
against any loss or liability resulting from nonpayment or delay in payment of any such tax or fee
required to be paid by the Obligors hereunder.
Section 16.4 Survival
The obligations of the Obligors under this Section 16 will survive the payment or transfer of
all or a portion of the Issuing Bank’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, the
enforcement, amendment or waiver of any provision of any Financing Agreement, and the termination
of any Financing Agreement.
SECTION 17 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT
All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery
of the Financing Agreements, the purchase or transfer by any Issuing Bank or portion thereof or
interest therein and the payment with respect to the Letters of Credit, and may be relied upon by
any subsequent Issuing Bank, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of
such Issuing Bank or any other Issuing Bank. All statements contained in any certificate or other
instrument delivered by or on behalf of any Obligor pursuant to any Financing Agreement shall be
deemed representations and warranties of such Obligor under such Financing Agreement. Subject to
the preceding sentence, the Financing Agreements embody the entire agreement and understanding
between each Issuing Bank and the Obligors and supersede all prior agreements and understandings
relating to the subject matter hereof.
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SECTION 18 AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
Section 18.1 Requirements
This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements may be amended, and the observance of any
term hereof or of any other Financing Agreement may be waived (either retroactively or
prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the Obligors and the Issuing Banks.
Section 18.2 Solicitation of Issuing Banks
(a) Solicitation. The Company will provide each Issuing Bank (irrespective of the amount of
Letters of Credit then issued by it) with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of
the date a decision is required, to enable such Issuing Bank to make an informed and considered
decision with respect to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the
provisions hereof or of any other Financing Agreement. The Company will deliver executed or true
and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 18 to each Issuing Bank promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered
by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite Issuing Bank.
(b) Payment. No Obligor will directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration,
whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security or
provide other credit support, to any Issuing Bank as consideration for or as an inducement to the
entering into by any Issuing Bank of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions
hereof unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted or other
credit support concurrently provided, on the same terms, ratably to each Issuing Bank even if such
Issuing Bank did not consent to such waiver or amendment.
Section 18.3 Binding Effect, Etc.
Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 18 applies equally to all
Issuing Banks and is binding upon them and upon each future Issuing Bank and upon the Obligors. No
such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or
Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course
of dealing between the Obligors and any Issuing Bank nor any delay in exercising any rights
hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any Issuing Bank. As used herein, the term
“this Agreement” and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be
amended or supplemented.
Section 18.4 Reference to Issuing Banks
Upon the termination or expiration of the Financial Letter of Credit or provision of Credit
Support with respect to the Financial Letter of Credit, any consent, approval or waiver of an
Issuing Bank required hereunder shall be deemed to refer only to the Performance-Based Letter of
Credit Issuing Bank (and its successors and assignees).
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SECTION 19 NOTICES; ENGLISH LANGUAGE
All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by
telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by a recognized
international commercial delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by a recognized international
commercial delivery service (with charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent:
(i) if to an Issuing Bank or its nominee, to such Issuing Bank or nominee at the
address specified for such communications in Schedule A, or at such other address as such
Issuing Bank or nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing, or
(ii) if to any Obligor, to the Company at its address set forth at the beginning hereof
to the attention of Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer, or at such other address
as the Company shall have specified to each Issuing Bank in writing; provided that notices
pursuant to Section 3.2 shall be sent to the address provided therein.
Notices under this Section 19 will be deemed given only when actually received.
Each document, instrument, financial statement, report, notice or other communication
delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be in English or accompanied by an English
translation thereof.
This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements have been prepared and signed in English and
the parties hereto agree that the English version hereof and thereof (to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law) shall be the only version valid for the purpose of the interpretation
and construction hereof and thereof notwithstanding the preparation of any translation into another
language hereof or thereof, whether official or otherwise or whether prepared in relation to any
proceedings which may be brought in an Applicable Jurisdiction or in any jurisdiction where an
Obligor is organized or where an Obligor has assets or any other jurisdiction in respect hereof or
thereof.
SECTION 20 REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (a)
consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents received by any
Issuing Bank at the Closing, and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information
previously or hereafter furnished to any Issuing Bank, may be reproduced by such Issuing Bank by
any photographic, photostatic, electronic, digital or other similar process and such Issuing Bank
may destroy any original document so reproduced. The Obligors agree and stipulate that, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the
original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in
existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by such Issuing Bank in the regular course
of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction shall
likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 20 shall not prohibit the Obligors or any other
Issuing Bank from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the
original, or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.
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SECTION 21 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
For the purposes of this Section 21, “Confidential Information” means information delivered to
any Issuing Bank by or on behalf of any Obligor or any Subsidiary in connection with the
transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature
and that was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by such
Issuing Bank as being confidential information of such Obligor or such Subsidiary, provided that
such term does not include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to such
Issuing Bank prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through
no act or omission by such Issuing Bank or any person acting on such Issuing Bank’s behalf, (c)
otherwise becomes known to such Issuing Bank other than through disclosure by such Obligor or such
Subsidiary or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered to such Issuing Bank under Section 7.1
that are otherwise publicly available. Each Issuing Bank will maintain the confidentiality of such
Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Issuing Bank in good faith
to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to such Issuing Bank, provided that
such Issuing Bank may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors, trustees,
officers, employees and attorneys (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the Letters
of Credit and the obligations of the Issuing Banks hereunder), and provided such Issuing Banks
advise such Person of the confidential nature of such information, (ii) its financial advisors,
other professional advisors, agents and affiliates who agree to hold confidential the Confidential
Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Section 21, (iii) any other Issuing
Bank, (iv) any assignee or any participant with respect to the Issuing Bank’s obligations hereunder
(if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be
bound by the provisions of this Section 21), (v) any Person from which it offers to purchase any
security of an Obligor (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such
Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 21), (vi) any federal or
state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank, (vii) the NAIC or any
similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to
information about such Issuing Bank’s investment portfolio, or (viii) any other Person to which
such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any law,
rule, regulation or order applicable to such Issuing Bank, (x) in response to any subpoena or other
legal process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which such Issuing Bank is a party or (z)
if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Issuing Bank may
reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement
or for the protection of the rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Financing
Agreements. Each Issuing Bank will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to
the benefits of this Section 21 as though it were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request
by the Company in connection with the delivery to any Issuing Bank of information required to be
delivered to such Issuing Bank under this Agreement or requested by such Issuing Bank (other than
an Issuing Bank that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such Issuing Bank will enter
into an agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this Section 21.
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SECTION 22 [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
SECTION 23 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
Section 23.1 Guarantee and Indemnity
Each Subsidiary Guarantor jointly and severally and irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) guarantees to each Issuing Bank punctual performance by each Obligor of all its
obligations under the Financing Agreements;
(b) undertakes with each Issuing Bank to pay as primary obligor and not as surety, principal,
interest and all other amounts due under or in connection with any Financing Agreement including
but not limited to the payment of principal, interest (including default interest and post-petition
interest) and the make-whole amount or swap breakage amounts or libor breakage amounts, if any, and
the due and punctual payment of all other amounts payable (all such obligations so guaranteed are
herein collectively referred to as the “Guaranteed Obligations”), it must immediately on demand by
the Issuing Banks pay that amount as if it were the principal obligor in respect of that amount;
and
(c) indemnifies each Issuing Bank immediately on demand against any loss or liability suffered
by that Issuing Bank if any obligation guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or
illegal; the amount of the loss or liability under this indemnity will be equal to the amount the
Issuing Banks would otherwise have been entitled to recover.
Section 23.2 Continuing Guarantee
(a) This Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the
ultimate balance of all sums payable by any Obligor under the Financing Agreements, regardless of
any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.
(b) The obligations guaranteed by each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Section 23 and the
losses and liabilities against which each Subsidiary Guarantor indemnifies the Issuing Bank
include, in each case, all amounts which arise under the Financing Agreements after a petition is
filed by, or against, any Obligor under the US Bankruptcy Code of 1978 (or in analogous
circumstances under any applicable law in any other applicable jurisdiction) even if the
liabilities or obligations do not accrue against such Obligor because of the automatic stay under
section 362 of the US Bankruptcy Code of 1978 (or because of any analogous provision under any
applicable law in any other jurisdiction) or because any such obligation is not an allowed claim
against such Obligor in any such bankruptcy proceedings or otherwise.
Section 23.3 Reinstatement
(a) If any discharge (whether in respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security for
those obligations or otherwise) or arrangement is made in whole or in part on the faith of any
payment, security or other disposition which is avoided or must be restored on insolvency,
liquidation, administration or otherwise without limitation, the liability of each Subsidiary
Guarantor under this Section 23 will continue or be reinstated as if the discharge or arrangement
had not occurred.
(b) Each Issuing Bank may concede or compromise any claim that any payment, security or other
disposition is liable to avoidance or restoration.
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Section 23.4 Waiver of Defenses
(a) The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Section 23 will not be affected by
any act, omission or thing which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice any of
its obligations under this Section 23 (whether or not known to it or any Issuing Bank). This
includes:
(i) any time or waiver granted to, or composition with, any person;
(ii) any release of any person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;
(iii) the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or
neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any
person;
(iv) any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in
respect of any instrument or any failure to realize the full value of any security;
(v) any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution
or change in the members or status of any person and including notice of an adverse change
in the financial condition of any Obligor or any other fact that might increase or expand
any Subsidiary Guarantor’s risk hereunder;
(vi) any amendment, novation, supplement, extension or reinstatement (however
fundamental and of whatever nature) of a Financing Agreement or any other document or
security;
(vii) any unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or non-provability of any obligation
of any person under any Financing Agreement or any other document or security;
(viii) any insolvency or similar proceedings;
(ix) notice of acceptance of this Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement;
(x) notice of any issuance of Letters of Credit under this Agreement, or the creation,
existence or acquisition of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, subject to such Subsidiary
Guarantor’s right to make inquiry of each Issuing Bank to ascertain the amount of the
Guaranteed Obligations at any reasonable time;
(xi) notice of the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, subject to such Subsidiary
Guarantor’s right to make inquiry of each Issuing Bank to ascertain the amount of the
Guaranteed Obligations at any reasonable time;
(xii) all other notices and demands to which such Subsidiary Guarantor might otherwise
be entitled;
(xiii) the defense of the “single action” rule or any similar right or protection, and
the right by statute or otherwise to require any Issuing Bank to institute suit against the
Company or to exhaust its rights and remedies against the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantor
being bound to the payment of each and all Guaranteed Obligations, whether now existing or
hereafter accruing, as fully as if such Guaranteed Obligations were directly owing to the
Issuing Banks by such Subsidiary Guarantor; and
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(xiv) any other defense which the Subsidiary Guarantor may have to the full and
complete performance of its obligations hereunder.
(b) Each Spanish Obligor waives any right of exclusion, order or division (beneficios de
excusión, orden y división) under Article 1830 et seq. of the Spanish Civil Code.
(c) Each Belgian Obligor waives any right of discussion or division (bénéfice de discussion et
de division) under article 2021 and 2026 of the Belgian Civil Code.
Section 23.5 Immediate Recourse
(a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Issuing Bank
(or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other right or security
or claim payment from any person before claiming from that Subsidiary Guarantor under this Section
23.
(b) This waiver applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Financing Agreement to
the contrary.
Section 23.6 Appropriations
Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with
the Financing Agreements have been irrevocably paid in full, each Issuing Bank (or any trustee or
agent on its behalf) may without affecting the liability of any Subsidiary Guarantor under this
Section 23:
(a) (i) refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security or rights held or
received by that Issuing Bank (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) against those amounts; or
(ii) apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against
those amounts or otherwise); and
(b) hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys received from any Subsidiary
Guarantor or on account of that Subsidiary Guarantor’s liability under this Section 23.
Section 23.7 Non-competition
Unless:
(a) all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the
Financing Agreements have been irrevocably paid in full; or
(b) the Issuing Banks, acting reasonably, otherwise direct,
no Subsidiary Guarantor will, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or
performance by it under this Section 23:
(i) be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held, received or receivable by any
Issuing Bank (or any trustee or agent on its behalf);
(ii) be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in respect of any payment
made or moneys received on account of that Subsidiary Guarantor’s liability under this
Section 23;
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(iii) claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Obligor or its estate in
competition with any Issuing Bank (or any trustee or agent on its behalf); or
(iv) receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment, distribution or security from
or on account of any Obligor, or exercise any right of set-off as against any Obligor.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor must hold in trust for and immediately pay or transfer to the Issuing
Banks on a pro rata basis any payment or distribution or benefit of security received by it
contrary to this Section 23 or in accordance with any directions given by the Issuing Banks under
this Section 23.
Section 23.8 Release of Subsidiary Guarantors’ Right of Contribution
If any Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the terms
of the Financing Agreements for the purposes of any sale or other disposal of that Subsidiary
Guarantor:
(a) that Subsidiary Guarantor will be released by each other Subsidiary Guarantor from any
liability whatsoever to make a contribution to any other Subsidiary Guarantor arising by reason of
the performance by any other Subsidiary Guarantor of its obligations under the Financing
Agreements; and
(b) each other Subsidiary Guarantor will waive any rights it may have by reason of the
performance of its obligations under the Financing Agreements to take the benefit (in whole or in
part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any right of any Issuing Bank under any
Financing Agreement or of any other security taken under, or in connection with, any Financing
Agreement where the rights or security are granted by or in relation to the assets of the retiring
Subsidiary Guarantor.
Section 23.9 Releases
Each Subsidiary Guarantor consents and agrees that, without notice to or by such Subsidiary
Guarantor and without impairing, releasing, abating, deferring, suspending, reducing, terminating
or otherwise affecting the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, each Issuing Bank,
in the manner provided herein, by action or inaction, may:
(a) compromise or settle, renew or extend the period of duration or the time for the payment,
or discharge the performance of, or may refuse to, or otherwise not, enforce, or may, by action or
inaction, release all or any one or more parties to, this Agreement;
(b) assign, sell or transfer, or otherwise dispose of, any one or more of the Letters of
Credit and Obligations hereunder;
(c) grant waivers, extensions, consents and other indulgences to the Company in respect of
this Agreement;
(d) amend, modify or supplement in any manner and at any time (or from time to time) this
Agreement including, without limitation, by any increase in the amount of the Obligations or any
Letter of Credit or any change in interest rates or make-whole or swap breakage determinations;
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(e) release or substitute any one or more of the endorsers or guarantors of the Guaranteed
Obligations whether parties hereto or not;
(f) sell, exchange, release or surrender any property at any time pledged or granted by the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor as security in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations in
accordance with the agreement or instrument granting any such security;
(g) exchange, enforce, waive, or release, by action or inaction, any security for the
Guaranteed Obligations or any other guarantee of any of the Letters of Credit or Obligations
hereunder; and
(h) do any other act or event which could have the effect of releasing the Subsidiary
Guarantor from the full and complete performance of its obligations hereunder.
Section 23.10 Marshaling
Each Subsidiary Guarantor consents and agrees that:
(a) each Issuing Bank shall be under no obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any
Subsidiary Guarantor or against or in payment of any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; and
(b) to the extent the Company makes a payment or payments to any Issuing Bank, which payment
or payments or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside, or required, for any of the foregoing reasons or for any other reason, to
be repaid or paid over to a custodian, trustee, receiver, or any other party under any bankruptcy
law, common law, or equitable cause, then to the extent of such payment or repayment, the
obligation or part thereof intended to be satisfied thereby shall be revived and continued in full
force and effect as if said payment or payments had not been made and each Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be primarily liable for such obligation.
Section 23.11 Liability
Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the liability of each Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of
this Section 23 shall be immediate, and shall not be contingent upon the exercise or enforcement by
any Issuing Bank of whatever remedies such Issuing Bank may have against the Company or the
enforcement of any Lien or realization upon any security such Issuing Bank may at any time possess.
Section 23.12 Character of Obligation
The Guaranty set forth in this Section 23 is a primary and original obligation of each
Subsidiary Guarantor and is an absolute, unconditional, continuing and irrevocable guarantee of
payment and performance (and not of collectibility) and shall remain in full force and effect until
the full, final and indefeasible payment in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations without respect to
future changes in conditions, except as provided in Section 9.11.
The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and the
rights of the Issuing Banks to enforce such obligations by any proceedings, whether by action at
law, suit in equity or otherwise, shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or
termination, whether by reason of any claim of any character whatsoever or otherwise, including,
without limitation, claims of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not
be subject to any defense, set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor
hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by:
(a) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance by any Obligor of
any obligations of any kind or character whatsoever of such Obligor;
(b) any creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, receivership or other insolvency proceeding of any
Obligor or any other Person or in respect of the property of any Obligor or any other Person or any
merger, consolidation, reorganization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of any Obligor or any
other Person;
(c) impossibility or illegality of performance on the part of any Obligor of its obligations
under any Financing Agreement or any other instruments or agreements;
(d) the validity or enforceability of any Financing Agreement or any other instruments or
agreements;
(e) in respect of any Obligor or any other Person, any change of circumstances, whether or not
foreseen or foreseeable, whether or not imputable to any Obligor or any other Person, or other
impossibility of performance through fire, explosion, accident, labor disturbance, floods,
droughts, embargoes, wars (whether or not declared), civil commotions, acts of terrorism, acts of
God or the public enemy, delays or failure of suppliers or carriers, inability to obtain materials,
action of any federal or state regulatory body or agency, change of law or any other causes
affecting performance, or any other force majeure, whether or not beyond the control of any Obligor
or any other Person and whether or not of the kind hereinbefore specified;
(f) any attachment, claim, demand, charge, lien, order, process, encumbrance or any other
happening or event or reason, similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, or any withholding or
diminution at the source, by reason of any taxes, assessments, expenses, debt, obligations or
liabilities of any charter, foreseen or unforeseen, and whether or not valid, incurred by or
against any Person, or any claims, demands, charges or Liens of any nature, foreseen or unforeseen,
incurred by any Person, or against any sums payable under any Financing Agreement, so that such
sums would be rendered inadequate or would be unavailable to make the payments herein provided;
(g) any order, judgment, decree, law, ruling or regulation (whether or not valid) of any court
of any nation or of any political subdivision thereof or any body, agency, department, official or
administrative or regulatory agency of any thereof or any other action, happening, event or reason
whatsoever which shall delay, interfere with, hinder or prevent, or in any way adversely affect,
the performance by any party of its respective obligations under any instruments; or
(h) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor
under this Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement.
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Section 23.13 Election to Perform Obligations
Any election by any Subsidiary Guarantor to pay or otherwise perform any of the obligations of
any Obligor under any Financing Agreement, whether pursuant to this Section 23 or otherwise, shall
not release such Obligor from such obligations (except to the extent such obligation is
indefeasibly paid or performed) or any of such Obligor’s other obligations under this Agreement.
Section 23.14 No Election
Each Issuing Bank shall have the right to seek recourse against each Subsidiary Guarantor to
the fullest extent provided for in this Section 23 and elsewhere as provided in this Agreement, and
against the Company, to the full extent provided for in this Agreement. Each Subsidiary Guarantor
hereby acknowledges that it has other undertakings in this Agreement and running in favor of each
Issuing Bank that are separate and apart from its obligations under this Section 23. No election
to proceed in one form of action or proceeding, or against any party, or on any obligation, shall
constitute a waiver of the right of such Issuing Bank to proceed in any other form of action or
proceeding or against other parties unless such Issuing Bank has expressly waived such right in
writing. Specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no action or
proceeding by any Issuing Bank against the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under any document
or instrument evidencing obligations of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor to such Issuing
Bank shall serve to diminish the liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, this Section 23) except to the extent that such Issuing Bank
finally and unconditionally shall have realized payment of the Guaranteed Obligations by such
action or proceeding, notwithstanding the effect of any such action or proceeding upon such
Subsidiary Guarantor’s right of subrogation against the Company.
Section 23.15 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 23.16 Other Enforcement Rights
Each Issuing Bank may proceed to protect and enforce the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement under
this Section 23 by suit or suits or proceedings in equity, at law or in bankruptcy, and whether for
the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Section 23 or in execution
or aid of any power herein granted or for the recovery of judgment for or in respect of the
Guaranteed Obligations or for the enforcement of any other proper, legal or equitable remedy
available under applicable law.
Section 23.17 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
If any Issuing Bank shall have instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy in
this Section 23 and such proceeding shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or
shall have been determined adversely to such Issuing Bank, then and in every such case each such
Issuing Bank, the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall, except as may be limited or affected
by any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their respective
former positions hereunder and thereunder, and thereafter the rights and remedies of such Issuing
Bank shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 23.18 Survival
So long as the Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been fully and finally performed and
indefeasibly paid, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Section 23 shall survive
the payment in full of all amounts payable under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements
and cancellation, expiration or cash collateralization of all Letters of Credit or receipt of a
backstop letter of credit with respect to all Letters of Credit.
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Section 23.19 Miscellaneous
So long as the Guaranteed Obligations owed by the Company shall not have been fully and
finally performed and indefeasibly paid, each Subsidiary Guarantor (to the fullest extent that it
may lawfully do so) expressly waives any claim of any nature arising out of any right of indemnity,
contribution, reimbursement or any similar right in respect of any payment made by such Subsidiary
Guarantor on or with respect to such Guaranteed Obligations under this Section 23 or in connection
with this Section 23 or otherwise, or any claim of subrogation arising with respect to any such
payment made under this Section 23 or otherwise, against any Obligor or the estate of such Obligor
(including Liens on the property of such Obligor or the estate of such Obligor), in each case if,
and for so long as, such Obligor is the subject of any proceeding brought under any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, administration, readjustment of debt, dissolution or
liquidation law of any jurisdiction, whether now or hereafter in effect, and further agrees that it
will not file any claims against such Obligor or the estate of such Obligor in the course of such
proceeding in respect of the rights referred to in this Section 23, and further agrees that each
Issuing Bank may specifically enforce the provisions of this
Section 23 This clause creates a promise which is intended to create obligations enforceable
at the suit of each Issuing Bank.
If an Event of Default exists, then the Issuing Banks shall have the right to declare all of
the Guaranteed Obligations to be, and such Guaranteed Obligations shall thereupon become, forthwith
due and payable, without any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which
have been expressly waived by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, and notwithstanding any
stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such Guaranteed Obligations
from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Company. In any such event, the
Issuing Banks shall have immediate recourse to such Subsidiary Guarantor to the fullest extent set
forth herein.
Section 23.20 Limitation
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the liability of each Subsidiary Guarantor
under this Agreement shall in no event exceed an amount equal to the maximum amount which can be
legally guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor under applicable laws relating to the insolvency of
debtors and fraudulent conveyance.
Section 23.21 Written Notice
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 23, in the event of any acceleration of
the Obligations in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 hereof, any requirement of written
notice to, or demand of, the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to this Section 23 shall be deemed
automatically satisfied upon such acceleration without further action on the part of any Issuing
Bank (notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing any notice, demand or
acceleration).
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Section 23.22 Unenforceability of Obligations
As a separate and continuing undertaking, each Subsidiary Guarantor unconditionally and
irrevocably undertakes to each Issuing Bank that, should any Guaranteed Obligations not be
recoverable against such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement on the
footing of a guarantee for any reason, including, without limitation, a provision of this
Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement or an obligation (or purported obligation) of any Obligor to pay any
Guaranteed Obligation being or becoming void, voidable, unenforceable or otherwise invalid, and
whether or not that reason is or was known to any Issuing Bank, and whether or not that reason is:
(a) a defect in or lack of powers affecting any Obligor, or the irregular exercise of those
powers; or
(b) a defect in or lack of authority by a Person purporting to act on behalf of any Obligor;
or
(c) a dissolution, change in status, constitution or control, reconstruction or reorganization
of any Obligor (or the commencement of steps to effect the same),
then such Subsidiary Guarantor will, as a separate and additional obligation under this Subsidiary
Guarantee Agreement, indemnify the Issuing Bank concerned immediately on demand against the amount
which such Issuing Bank would otherwise have been able to recover (on a full indemnity basis). In
this subsection 23.22 the expression “Guaranteed Obligations” includes any Indebtedness which would
have been included in that expression but for anything referred to in this clause.
Section 23.23 Contribution
To the extent of any payments made under this Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, each Subsidiary
Guarantor making such payment shall have a right of contribution from the other Subsidiary
Guarantors, but such Subsidiary Guarantor covenants and agrees that such right of contribution
shall be subordinate in right of payment to the rights of the Issuing Banks for which full payment
has not been made or provided for and, to that end, such Subsidiary Guarantor agrees not to claim
or enforce any such right of contribution unless and until all sums due and payable under this
Agreement have been fully and irrevocably paid and discharged.
Section 23.24 Additional Security
This Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any
other security now or subsequently held by any Issuing Bank.
Section 23.25 Limitations — UK
This Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement does not apply to any liability to the extent that it
would result in this Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement constituting unlawful financial assistance
within the meaning of s678 of the Companies Xxx 0000.
Section 23.26 Limitations — Spain
This Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement does not apply to any liability to the extent it would
result in this Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement constituting unlawful financial assistance under
Article 81 of the Spanish Joint Stock Company Law (Real Decreto Legislativo 1564/1989, de 22 de
Diciembre, por el que se aprueba el Texto Refundido de xx Xxx de Sociedades Anónimas) and/or under
Article 40.5 of the Spanish Private Limited Companies Law (Ley 0/0000, xx 00 xx xxxxx, xx
Xxxxxxxxxx de Responsabilidad Limitada).
Section 23.27 Limitations — Hong Kong
This Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement does not apply to any liability to the extent it would
result in this Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement constituting unlawful financial assistance within the
meaning of Section 47A of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32) of the Laws of Hong Kong.
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Section 23.28 Limitations — Germany
(a) Each Issuing Bank agrees that its right to enforce any guarantee or indemnity granted by a
Subsidiary Guarantor incorporated in Germany which is constituted in the form of a limited
partnership (Kommanditgesellschaft) with a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit
beschränkter Haftung) as general partner (GmbH & Co. KG) or a limited liability company
(Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung — GmbH) (each a “Relevant German Obligor”) shall, if and to
the extent that such guarantee or indemnity is an up-stream or cross-stream security which secures
liabilities of the Relevant German Obligor’s shareholders or of an affiliated company (verbundenes
Unternehmen) of any such shareholder within the meaning of §15 of the German Stock Corporation Act
(Aktiengesetz) of such Relevant German Obligor, at all times be limited if and to the extent that
(i) the enforcement of the guarantee granted by the Relevant German Obligor would cause the
Relevant German Obligor’s, and, in the case of a GmbH & Co. KG, also such Relevant German Obligor’s
general partner’s, assets (the calculation of which shall include all items set forth in §266(2) A,
B, and C of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) less the Relevant German Obligor’s or in
the case of a GmbH & Co. KG, such Relevant German Obligor’s general partner’s, liabilities (the
calculation of which shall take into account the captions reflected in §266(3) B, C (but
disregarding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Relevant German Obligor’s liabilities under this
Agreement and D of the German Commercial Code) (the “Net Asset”), being less than its respective
registered share capital (Stammkapital) plus reserves for its own shares (Rücklage für eigene
Anteile) (the aggregate of the registered share capital and the reserves for its own shares, the
“Protected Capital”) (Begüendung einer Unterbilanz) or (ii) where the amount of the Relevant German
Obligor’s Net Assets (or the Net Assets of its general partner if the Relevant German Obligor is a
GmbH & Co. KG) are already less than its Protected Capital causing such amount to be further
reduced (Vertiefung einer Unterbilanz).
(b) For the purposes of the calculation of the amounts to which enforcement is limited, the
following balance sheet items shall be adjusted as follows:
(i) the amount of any increase after the date of this Agreement of the Relevant German
Obligor’s, or, in the case of a German GmbH & Co. KG, its general partner’s, registered
share capital (1) which has been effected without the prior written consent of the Issuing
Banks and which is made out of retained earnings (Kapitalerhöhug aus Gesellschaftsmitteln)
or (2) to the extent that it is not fully paid up shall be deducted from the share capital;
and
(ii) loans and other contractual liabilities incurred in violation of any Financing
Agreement shall be disregarded.
(c) The limitations set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall only apply if:
(i) within five (5) Business Days following the receipt of notice of enforcement of the
guarantee the managing directors of the Relevant German Obligor have confirmed in writing to
the Issuing Banks (A) to what extent the guarantee is an up-stream or cross-stream security
and (B) the amount which cannot be enforced due to it causing the Net Assets of the Relevant
German Obligor to fall below its stated share capital and such confirmation is supported by
interim financial statements up to the end of the last completed calendar month (the
“Management Determination”); or
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(ii) within ten (10) Business Days from the date the Issuing Banks have contested the
Management Determination the Issuing Banks receive an up to date balance sheet drawn-up by a
firm of auditors of international standard and repute together with a determination of the
Net Assets. Such balance sheet and determination of Net Assets shall be prepared in
accordance with accounting principles pursuant to the German Commercial Code
(Handelsgesetzbuch) and be based on the same principles that were applied when establishing
the previous year’s balance sheet.
(d) Should the Relevant German Obligor fail to deliver such balance sheets and/or
determinations of the Net Assets within the time periods referred to above, the Issuing Banks shall
be entitled to enforce the security granted under this Agreement subject only to paragraphs (a) and
(b) above.
(e) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted as a
restriction or limitation of:
(i) the enforcement of the guarantee to the extent such guarantee guarantees
obligations of a Subsidiary Guarantor incorporated in Germany itself or obligations of any
of its 100% owned subsidiaries or
(ii) the enforcement of any claim of any Issuing Bank against the Company (in such
capacity) under this Agreement.
Section 23.29 Limitations — the Netherlands
The guarantee and indemnities contained in this Section 23 do not apply to any liability to
the extent that that liability would result in any Subsidiary Guarantor violating any applicable
financial assistance laws.
Section 23.30 U.S. Guarantors
(a) In this Subsection:
“fraudulent transfer law” means any applicable bankruptcy and fraudulent transfer and
conveyance statute and any related case law of the United States of America or any State
thereof (including the District of Columbia); and
terms used in this Subsection are to be construed in accordance with the fraudulent transfer
laws.
(b) Each U.S. Guarantor acknowledges that:
(i) it will receive valuable direct or indirect benefits as a result of the
transactions financed by the Financing Agreements;
(ii) those benefits will constitute reasonably equivalent value and fair consideration
for the purpose of any fraudulent transfer law; and
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(iii) each Issuing Bank has acted in good faith in connection with the guarantee given
by that U.S. Guarantor and the transactions contemplated by the Financing Agreements.
(c) Each Issuing Bank agrees that each U.S. Guarantor’s liability under this Section 23 is
limited so that no obligation of, or transfer by, any U.S. Guarantor under this Section 23 is
subject to avoidance and turnover under any fraudulent transfer law.
(d) Each U.S. Guarantor represents and warrants to each Issuing Bank that:
(i) the fair value of its consolidated assets is greater than the amount of its
liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is
established and liabilities evaluated in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) the present fair saleable value of its assets is not less than the amount that
will be required to pay the probable liability on its or their debts as they become absolute
and matured;
(iii) it is able to realize upon its or their assets and pay its or their debts and
other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they
mature in the normal course of business;
(iv) it has not incurred and does not intend to, and does not believe that it will,
incur debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature;
(v) it is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in
business or a transaction, for which its property would constitute unreasonably small
capital; and
(vi) it has not made a transfer or incurred an obligation under this Agreement or any
other Financing Agreement with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its present or
future creditors.
(e) Each acknowledgement, representation and warranty:
(i) in Section 23.31(b) is made by each U.S. Guarantor on the date of this Agreement;
(ii) in Section 23.31(d) is made on the date of this Agreement by each U.S. Guarantor
on an individual basis or in the case of a U.S. Guarantor that has Subsidiaries that are
also Subsidiary Guarantors, on the basis of the consolidated assets and liabilities of that
U.S. Guarantor and its Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Guarantors.
(iii) in this Section 23.31 is deemed to be repeated whenever a representation is
deemed to by repeated under any Financing Agreement; and
(iv) in this Section 23.31 is, when repeated, applied to the circumstances existing at
the time of repetition.
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Section 23.31 Limitation on Pyramid Freight. Under this Section 23.32 the liability of Pyramid Freight BVI is limited to the aggregate
amount generated from any of its assets not located in South Africa. Notwithstanding any term of
this Section 23.32, nothing in this Section will result in Pyramid Freight, South Africa being
liable to apply assets located in South Africa in respect of this Agreement.
Section 23.32 Limitations — Belgium. This Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement does not apply to any liability to the extent it would
result in this Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement constituting unlawful financial assistance under
Articles 329, 430 and/or 629 of the Belgian Corporate Code (Code des Sociétés).
Section 23.33 Irish Obligors. Each Issuing Bank agrees that the liability of each Irish Obligor under this Section 23
does not apply or extend to any liability to the extent that it would result in this Subsidiary
Guarantee Agreement constituting unlawful financial assistance within the meaning of Section 60 (as
amended) of the Companies Xxx 0000 of Ireland.
Section 23.34 Limitations — Singapore. This Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement does not apply to any liability to the extent it would
result in this Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement constituting unlawful financial assistance within the
meaning of Section 76 of the Companies Act (Cap 50) of the Statutes of the Republic of Singapore.
SECTION 24 MISCELLANEOUS
Section 24.1 Successors and Assigns All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement and the other Financing
Agreements by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their
respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any subsequent Issuing Bank)
whether so expressed or not.
Section 24.2 Payments Due on Non-Business Days Anything in this Agreement or in any other Financing Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, any payment required hereunder that is due on a date other than a Business Day
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in
the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.
Section 24.3 Accounting Terms (a) All accounting terms used herein or in any other Financing Agreement which are not
expressly defined in this Agreement or such other Financing Agreement have the meanings
respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise specifically provided
herein, all computations made pursuant to this Agreement or in any other Financing Agreement shall
be made in accordance with GAAP, and all financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with
GAAP. For purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants contained in this
Agreement or any other Financing Agreement, any election by the Company to measure an item of
Indebtedness using fair value (as permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159
or any similar accounting standard) shall be disregarded and such determination shall be made as if
such election had not been made.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there is a change in GAAP after the date of this
Agreement, the result of which is to cause the Company to be in default in respect of any financial
covenant contained in Section 9 or Section 10, then such default shall be stayed and no Default or
Event of Default shall occur hereunder. The Company shall then, in consultation with its
independent accountants, negotiate in good faith with the Issuing Banks for a period of at least 90
days to make any necessary adjustments to such covenant or any component of financial computations
used to calculate such covenant to provide the Issuing Banks with substantially the same protection
as such covenant provided prior to the relevant change in GAAP. During such 90-day period and in
the event that no agreement is reached by the end of such 90-day negotiation period, then the
Company’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect at the
date of this Agreement and each subsequent set of financial statements delivered to the Issuing
Banks pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or (b) shall include detailed reconciliations reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuing Banks as to the effect of such change in GAAP.
Section 24.4 Severability Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall,
as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability
without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability
in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 24.5 Construction, Etc. Each covenant contained herein and in any other Financing Agreement shall be construed (absent
express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein and
in such other Financing Agreement, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such
an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Where any
provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person,
or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether
such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.
For the avoidance of doubt, all Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement and the
other Financing Agreements shall be deemed to be a part hereof and thereof, as the case may be.
Section 24.6 Counterparts This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one
instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than
all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.
Section 24.7 Governing Law This Agreement and (except as otherwise expressly stated therein) the other Financing
Agreements shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall
be governed by, the law of the State of
New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of
such State that would permit the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.
Section 24.8 Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial (a) Each Obligor irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any
New York State
or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, over any suit, action
or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Financing Agreement. To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Obligor irrevocably waives and agrees not to
assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of
the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any
such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.
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(b) Each Obligor agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, that a final
judgment in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 24.8(a) brought in
any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon it subject to rights of appeal, as the case may
be, and may be enforced in the courts of the United States of America or the State of
New York (or
any other courts to the jurisdiction of which it or any of its assets is or may be subject) by a
suit upon such judgment.
(c) Each Obligor consents to process being served by or on behalf of any Issuing Bank in any
suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 24.8(a) by mailing a copy thereof
by registered or certified or priority mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or
delivering a copy thereof in the manner for delivery of notices specified in Section 19, to
Corporation Service Company, as its agent for the purpose of accepting service of any process in
the United States. Each Obligor agrees that such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every
respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii)
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid
personal service upon and personal delivery to it. Notices under this Section 24.8 shall be
conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States
Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service.
(d) Nothing in this Section 24.8 shall affect the right of any Issuing Bank to serve process
in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the Issuing Banks may have to bring
proceedings against an Obligor in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any
lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.
(e) Each Obligor hereby irrevocably appoints Corporation Service Company to receive for it,
and on its behalf, service of process in the United States.
(f) THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT ON OR
WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR
THEREWITH.
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Section 24.9 Obligation to Make Payment in Dollars Any payment on account of an amount that is payable hereunder or under any other Financing
Agreement in Dollars which is made to or for the account of any Issuing Bank in any other currency,
whether as a result of any judgment or order or the enforcement thereof or the realization of any
security or the liquidation of any Obligor, shall constitute a discharge of the obligation of the
Obligors under this Agreement or such other Financing Agreements only to the extent of the amount
of Dollars which such Issuing Bank could purchase in the foreign exchange markets in London,
England, with the amount of such other currency in accordance with normal banking procedures at the
rate of exchange prevailing on the London Banking Day following receipt of the payment first
referred to above. If the amount of Dollars that could be so purchased is less than the amount of
Dollars originally due to such Issuing Bank, each Obligor agrees, jointly and severally, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, to indemnify and save harmless such Issuing Bank from and against
all loss or damage arising out of or as a result of such deficiency. This indemnity shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other
obligations contained in this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, shall give rise to a
separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by
such Issuing Bank from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any
judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an amount due hereunder or under the other
Financing Agreements or under any judgment or order. As used herein the term “London Banking Day”
shall mean any day other than Saturday or Sunday or a day on which commercial banks are required or
authorized by law to be closed in London, England.
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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement on a counterpart
of this Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon this Agreement shall become a binding
agreement between you and the Obligors.
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Xxxxxxx Transportation, Inc.
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Lake States Trucking, Inc.
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Concentrek, Inc.
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United Express, Ltd.
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African Investments B.V.
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UTi Worldwide Inc.
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UTi Asia Pacific Limited
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Xxxxxxx Company Limited
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UTi International Inc.
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UTi (Netherlands) Holdings B.V.
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Pyramid Freight (Proprietary) Limited
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This Agreement is hereby accepted and agreed to as of the date thereof.
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ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as Performance-Based
LC Issuing Bank
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DEFINED TERMS
As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth
in the Section hereof following such term:
“action” taken in connection with insolvency proceedings includes a Dutch entity having filed
a notice under Section 36 of the Tax Collection Act of the Netherlands (Invorderingswet 1990).
“ABN” means ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
“Additional Guarantor” is defined in Section 9.10.
“Affiliate” means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, any other Person that at such
time directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is
under common Control with, such first Person, and, with respect to any Obligor, shall include any
Person beneficially owning or holding, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting
or equity interests of such Obligor or any Subsidiary or any corporation of which such Obligor and
its Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of
any class of voting or equity interests. As used in this definition, “Control” means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to an “Affiliate” is a
reference to an Affiliate of the Company.
“Anti-Terrorism Order” means Executive Order No. 13,224 of September 24, 2001, Blocking
Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support
Terrorism, 66 U.S. Fed. Reg. 49, 079 (2001), as amended.
“Applicable Jurisdiction” means the British Virgin Islands, Australia, Canada or any province
thereof, Germany, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, Spain, Taiwan, the Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Singapore.
“Applicable Percentage” means a percentage, per annum, determined by reference to the date of
cash collateralization pursuant to Section 3.5, if any, with respect to the Financial Letter of
Credit from time to time as set forth below:
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“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (i) the Prime Rate in
effect on such day and (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%.
Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate
shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate, respectively.
“
Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial
banks in
New York, New York or British Virgin Islands are required or authorized to be closed.
“Capital Lease” means, at any time, a lease with respect to which the lessee is required
concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a liability in
accordance with GAAP.
“CASS” means the Cargo Air Settlement System of Cargo Network Services Corp., a Subsidiary of
the International Air Transport Association.
“CASS Agreement” means that certain Cargo Agency and Authorized Intermediary Agreement, dated
31st December, 2001 between The Cargo Network Services Corporation and UTi, United States, Inc., as
such is amended, restated or replaced from time to time.
“Cession in Security Agreement” means the cession in security agreement between Pyramid
Freight, South Africa and Nedbank Limited to secure the obligations of members of the South African
Group under the South African Facility.
“Change of Control” means any of the following events or circumstances:
(i) if any person (as such term is used in section 13(d) and section 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act as in effect on the date of the Closing) or related persons constituting a
group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), become the “beneficial
owners” (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date
of the Closing), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of all
classes then outstanding of the Company’s voting stock, or
(ii) the acquisition after the date of the Closing by any person (as such term is used
in section 13(d) and section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of the
Closing) or related persons constituting a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under
the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of the Closing) of (i) the power to elect, appoint
or cause the election or appointment of at least a majority of the members of the board of
directors of the Company, through beneficial ownership of the capital stock of the Company
or otherwise, or (ii) all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company,
or
(iii) so long as the Existing Financing Agreements remain in place and such provision
is contained therein, a disposal of a material part of the Group.
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“Closing” means the date on which the Closing Date Performance-Based LC and the Financial
Letter of Credit are issued.
“Closing Date” means the date on which the Closing occurs.
“Closing Date Performance-Based Letter of Credit” is defined in Section 1.1.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.
“Commitment and Fee Letters” means (i) the Commitment and Fee Letter dated as of May 21, 2009
between ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and the Company with respect to the $50,000,000 Committed Letter of
Credit Facility and (ii) the Commitment and Fee Letter dated as of May 21, 2009 between The Royal
Bank of Scotland plc and the Company with respect to the $60,000,000 Declining Commitment Letter of
Credit Facility.
“Company” means UTi Worldwide Inc., a BVI Business Company incorporated under the laws of the
British Virgin Islands with company number 141257 or any successor that becomes such in the manner
prescribed in Section 10.7.
“Confidential Information” is defined in Section 21.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means the consolidated net Pre-taxation Profits of the Group for a
Measurement Period:
(a) including the net Pre-taxation Profits of a member of the Group or business or assets
acquired by a member of the Group during that Measurement Period for the part of that Measurement
Period when it was not a member of the Group and/or the business or assets were not owned by a
member of the Group; but
(b) excluding the net Pre-taxation Profits attributable to any member of the Group or to any
business or assets sold during that Measurement Period,
and all as adjusted by:
(i) adding back Consolidated Interest Payable;
(ii) taking no account of any extraordinary item (or any exceptional items); and
(iii) adding back depreciation and amortization.
“Consolidated Interest Payable” means all interest and other financing charges (whether, in
each case, paid, payable or capitalized) incurred by the Group during a Measurement Period.
“Consolidated Net Worth” means at any time the aggregate of:
(a) the amount paid up or credited as paid up on the issued share capital of the Company; and
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(b) the net amount standing to the credit (or debit) of the consolidated reserves of the
Group,
based on the latest published consolidated balance sheet of the Company (the “latest balance
sheet”) but adjusted by:
(i) deducting any amount attributable to any mandatorily redeemable preference shares
redeemable before the Final Maturity Date;
(ii) deducting any dividend or other distribution proposed, declared or made by the
Company (except to the extent it has been taken into account in the latest balance sheet);
and
(iii) deducting any amount attributable to an upward revaluation of assets after the
date of the Original Financial Statements or, in the case of assets of a company which
becomes a member of the Group after that date, the date on which that company becomes a
member of the Group.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, at any time, the total assets of the Group as of such time
determined in accordance with GAAP, after eliminating all amounts properly attributable to minority
interests, if any, in the stock and surplus of Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Total Borrowings” means, in respect of the Group, at any time the aggregate of
the following liabilities:
(a) any moneys borrowed;
(b) any acceptance under any acceptance credit (including any dematerialised equivalent);
(c) any bond, note, debenture, loan stock or other similar instrument;
(d) any Indebtedness under a finance lease or Capital Lease;
(e) any moneys owing in connection with the sale or discounting of receivables (except to the
extent that there is no recourse);
(f) any amounts attributable to any redeemable preference shares which are redeemable before
the Final Maturity Date;
(g) any obligation arising from any deferred payment agreements arranged primarily as a method
of raising finance or financing the acquisition of an asset (excluding the U.S.$70,000,000 (or its
equivalent) earn out arrangement in connection with the acquisition of Grupo SLI and Union S.L.);
(h) any Indebtedness arising in connection with any other transaction (including any forward
sale or purchase agreement) which has the commercial effect of a borrowing;
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(i) any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of any guarantee, indemnity, bond, letter of
credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution (but excluding the amount
of any letter of credit issued in respect of a Local Working Capital Facility); and
(j) any obligation of any person of a type referred to in the above paragraphs which is the
subject of a Guaranty, indemnity or similar assurance against financial loss given by a member of
the Group.
“Consolidated Total Capitalization” means, at any time, the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Worth
and (ii) Consolidated Total Borrowings.
“Credit Date” means the date of the issuing of a Letter of Credit.
“Credit Support” is defined in Section 3.5
“Default” means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the
lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, become an Event of Default.
“disposal” where it relates to a German Obligor includes:
(i) the entry into an agreement upon a priority notice (Auflassungsvormerkung);
(ii) an agreement on the transfer of title to a property (Auflassung); and
(iii) the partition of its ownership in a property (Grundstücksteilung).
“Disposition” is defined in Section 10.8.
“Distribution” includes if a member of the Group (i) declares, makes or pays any dividend (or
interest on any unpaid dividend), charge, fee or other distribution (whether in cash or in kind) on
or in respect of its share capital (or any class of its share capital); (ii) repays or distributes
any dividend or share premium reserve; or (iii) pays or allows any member of the Group to pay any
management, advisory or other fee to or to the order of the shareholders of the Company.
“Dollars” or “$” or “U.S.$” means lawful money of the United States of America.
“duly authorized” where it relates to a Dutch Obligor, includes without limitation:
(i) any action required to comply with the Works Councils Act of the Netherlands (Wet
op de ondernemingsraden); and
(ii) obtaining an unconditional positive advice (advies) from the competent works
council(s).
“Dutch Civil Code” means the Burgerlijk Wetboek.
“Dutch Obligor” means an Obligor incorporated or formed in the Netherlands.
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“Environmental Laws” means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants,
franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the
protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including but
not limited to those related to Hazardous Materials.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated
as a single employer together with any Obligor under section 414 of the Code.
“Event of Default” is defined in Section 11.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement dated July 13, 2006 between
and among the Company and the other obligors parties thereto and ABN Amro Bank N.V. as global
facility agent, as amended from time to time on or prior to the date hereof.
“Existing Financing Agreements” means that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July
13, 2006 between the Company, the subsidiary guarantors described therein and the purchasers of
notes signatory thereto, the notes issued thereunder and the guarantee provided therein, all as
amended, modified, replaced or refinanced from time to time.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means for any day, the rate per annum (expressed, as a decimal,
rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged
by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the
Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal
Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day
as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on
such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate
charged to the Issuing Banks on such day on such transactions as determined by the Issuing Banks.
“Final Maturity Date” means the Final Maturity Date (as defined in the Notes).
“financial assistance” where it relates to a Dutch Obligor means any act contemplated by:
(i) (for a besloten vennootschap) Article 2:207(c) of the Dutch Civil Code; or
(ii) (for a naamloze vennootschap) Article 2:98(c) of the Dutch Civil Code.
“Financial LC Issuing Bank” means RBS as Issuing Bank of the Financial Letter of Credit
hereunder, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.
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“Financial LC Maturity Date” means December 31, 2009.
“Financial Letter of Credit” means the Letter of Credit issued pursuant to Section 2.
“Financing Agreements” means this Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and the
Commitment and Fee Letters, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, replaced or
refinanced from time to time.
“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Measurement Period, the sum (without duplication)
of (a) Consolidated Interest Payable for such period and (b) Lease Rentals for such period.
“Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio” means, for any Measurement Period, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period plus Lease Rentals for such Measurement Period to
(b) Fixed Charges for such Measurement Period.
“Form 10-K” is defined in Section 7.1(b).
“Form 10-Q” is defined in Section 7.1(a).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles, standards and practices as in effect
from time to time in the United States, provided that from and after the date on which the Company
is required or elects to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), GAAP shall
mean IFRS as in effect from time to time.
“Governmental Authority” means
(a) the government of
(i) the United States of America or any Applicable Jurisdiction or any State or other
political subdivision of either thereof, or
(ii) any other jurisdiction in which any Obligor or any Subsidiary conducts all or any
part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties of any Obligor or
any Subsidiary, or
(iii) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.
“Gross Assets” means gross assets which are not subject to any Lien.
“Group” means the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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“Guaranty” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the
ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person
guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any other
Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including (without limitation) obligations
incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person:
(a) to purchase such indebtedness or obligation or any property constituting security
therefor;
(b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or
obligation, or (ii) to maintain any working capital or other balance sheet condition or any income
statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the
purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation;
(c) to lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose of
assuring the owner of such indebtedness or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make
payment of the indebtedness or obligation; or
(d) otherwise to assure the owner of such indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect
thereof.
In any computation of the indebtedness or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the
indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty shall be assumed to be
direct obligations of such obligor.
“Hazardous Material” means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or other
substances that pose a hazard to health and safety, the removal of which is required or the
generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling,
transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage or filtration of
which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law, including, without
limitation, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum,
petroleum products, lead based paint, radon gas or similar restricted, prohibited or penalized
substances.
“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards as in effect from time to time which
are adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board.
“Impermissible Qualification” means any qualification or exception set forth in the audit
opinion of the Company’s independent public accountant regarding the Company’s consolidated
financial statements
(1) which is of a “going concern”;
(2) which limits the scope of examination of matters relevant to such consolidated financial
statements in any material respect; or
(3) which relates to the accounting treatment or classification of any item in such
consolidated financial statements and which, as a condition to its removal, would require any
adjustment to such item the effect of which would be to cause a Default or Event of Default.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties agree that an “Impermissible Qualification” shall
not be deemed to have occurred as a result of any qualification, limitation, treatment or
classification which
(a) is applied or imposed by the Company’s public accountants to public companies generally;
(b) results from the application or adoption of a new accounting pronouncement or IFRS; or
(c) which relates to the audit concerning internal control over financial reporting.
“inability to pay its debts” where it relates to a German Obligor includes that person being
in a state of illiquidity (Zahlungsunfähigkeit) or being overindebted (Überschuldung) or being at
risk of being unable to pay its debts as they fall due (drohende Zahlungsunfähigkeit) all within
the meaning of §17-§19 (each inclusive) German Insolvency Code.
“Indebtedness” with respect to any Person means, at any time, without duplication,
(d) its liabilities for borrowed money and its redemption obligations in respect of
mandatorily redeemable Preferred Stock;
(e) its liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person
(excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business but including all
liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with
respect to any such property);
(f) (i) all liabilities appearing on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect of
Capital Leases and (ii) all liabilities which would appear on its balance sheet in accordance with
GAAP in respect of Synthetic Leases assuming such Synthetic Leases were accounted for as Capital
Leases;
(g) all liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property owned
by such Person (whether or not it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such liabilities);
(h) all its liabilities in respect of letters of credit or instruments serving a similar
function issued or accepted for its account by banks and other financial institutions (whether or
not representing obligations for borrowed money); and
(i) any Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of
clauses (a) through (e) hereof.
Indebtedness of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described
in clauses (a) through (f) to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof
notwithstanding that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.
“insolvent” where it relates to a German Obligor includes illiquidity (Zahlungsunfähigkeit),
an imminent inability to pay debts as they fall due (drohende Zahlungsunfähigkeit) and
overindebtedness (Überschuldung).
“Irish Obligor” means an Obligor incorporated under the laws of Ireland.
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“Issuance Notice” means an Issuance Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1.
“Issuing Banks” means the Financial LC Issuing Bank and the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank.
“Joinder Agreement” is defined in Section 9.10.
“Joint Venture” means any joint venture entity, partnership or similar person, the ownership
of or other interest in which does not require any member of the Group to consolidate the results
of such person with their own as a Subsidiary.
“LC Agreement” means, collectively, (i) the NedBank LC Agreement, and (ii) LC Agreement shall
also mean any subsequent agreement entered into by the Company, which is similar in scope and size
to the LC Agreement or which constitutes the Company’s main credit facility.
“Lease Rentals” means, with respect to any Measurement Period, the sum of the rental and other
obligations required to be paid during such period by a member of the Group as lessee under all
leases of real or personal property (other than Capital Leases), excluding any amount required to
be paid by the lessee (whether or not therein designated as rental or additional rental) on account
of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates and similar charges,
provided that, if at the date of determination, any such rental or other obligations (or portion
thereof) are contingent or not otherwise definitely determinable by the terms of the related lease,
the amount of such obligations (or such portion thereof) (i) shall be assumed to be equal to the
amount of such obligations for the period of 12 consecutive calendar months immediately preceding
the date of determination or (ii) if the related lease was not in effect during such preceding
12-month period, shall be the amount estimated by a Senior Financial Officer of the Company on a
reasonable basis and in good faith.
“Letter of Credit” means a standby letter of credit or bank guarantee issued or to be issued
by an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit 1.1 or Exhibit 2 or
as otherwise agreed to by the Issuing Bank issuing such letter of credit or bank guarantee.
“Leverage Ratio” as defined in Section 10.3.
“Lien” means, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or other encumbrance, or any interest or title of any vendor, lessor, Issuing Bank or
other secured party to or of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement or Capital Lease, upon or with respect to any property or asset of such Person (including
in the case of stock, stockholder agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar
arrangements).
“Lien” where it relates to a Dutch Obligor includes any mortgage (hypotheek), pledge
(pandrecht), retention of title arrangement (eigendomsvoorbehoud), privilege (voorrecht), right of
retention (recht van retentie), right to reclaim goods (recht van reclame), and, in general, any
right in rem (beperkte recht), created for the purpose of granting security (goederenrechtelijk
zekerheidsrecht).
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“Local Working Capital Facility” means any local working capital facility entered into by a
member of the Group in any jurisdiction under which that member of the Group is provided with,
among other things, bilateral facilities, cash overdraft, FX hedging facilities and letter of
credit and/or guarantee facilities, in each case, for working capital purposes.
“Material” means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial
condition, assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations,
affairs, financial condition, assets, properties or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of any Obligor to perform its obligations under any Financing
Agreement, or (c) the validity or enforceability of any Financing Agreement.
“Maximum Draw Amount” means (a) $50,000,000 in the case of Performance-Based Letters of Credit
and (b) $60,000,000 in the case of the Financial Letter of Credit.
“Measurement Period” means a period of 12 months ending on the last day of a financial quarter
year of the Company.
“moratorium” where it relates to a Dutch Obligor includes surséance van betaling and “granted
a moratorium” includes surséance verleend.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined in
section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
“NAIC” means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor thereto.
“NedBank LC Agreement” means that certain Letter of Credit Agreement dated as of July 9, 2009
among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors described therein and Nedbank Limited, acting through
its London Branch, all as amended, modified, replaced or refinanced from time to time.
“Non-U.S. Plan” means any plan, fund or other similar program that (a) is established or
maintained outside the United States of America by any Obligor or any Subsidiary primarily for the
benefit of employees of such Obligor or one or more Subsidiaries residing outside the United States
of America, which plan, fund or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income, a
deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of
employment, and (b) is not subject to ERISA or the Code.
“Notes Financing Agreements” means that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 9,
2009 between the Company, the subsidiary guarantors described therein and the purchasers of notes
signatory thereto, the notes issued thereunder and the guarantee provided therein, all as amended,
modified, replaced or refinanced from time to time.
“Notes” means the notes issued under the Notes Financing Agreements, all as amended, modified,
replaced or refinanced from time to time.
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“Obligations” means all obligations of every nature of each Obligor from time to time owed to
the Issuing Banks (including former Issuing Banks), or any of them under any Financing Agreement,
whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in
bankruptcy with respect to such Obligor, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a
claim is allowed against such Obligor for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding),
reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, fees, expenses, indemnification or
otherwise.
“Obligors” means the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer or of any other
officer of the Company or any other applicable Obligor, as the context indicates, whose
responsibilities extend to the subject matter of such certificate.
“Optional Currency” means any of the following currencies: Australian dollar, Burundi Franc,
Pula (Botswana), Canadian dollar, Yuan Reenminbi (China), Columbia Peso, Euro, pound sterling, Hong
Kong dollar, Yen (Japan), South African Rand, Sri Lanka Rupee, Mauritius Rupee, Kwacha (Malawi),
Malaysian Ringat, New Zealand dollar, zloty (Poland), Swedish Krona, Singapore dollar, Baht
(Thailand), Turkish Lira and Zimbabwe dollar and any other currency that the Performance-Based LC
Issuing Bank is permitted to issue under all applicable laws and regulations applicable to it and
that is reasonably acceptable to the Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank.
“Organizational Documents” means (i) with respect to any corporation, its certificate or
articles of incorporation or organization, as amended, and its by-laws, as amended, (ii) with
respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership, as amended, and its
partnership agreement, as amended, (iii) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership
agreement, as amended, (iv) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of
organization, as amended, and its operating agreement, as amended and (v) with respect to any
Subsidiary not organized in the United States, the equivalent thereof in its jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization.
“Original Financial Statements” means the Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year-ended
January 31, 2009.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA or any
successor thereto.
“Performance-Based Letter of Credit” means a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to Section 1.
“Performance-Based LC Commitment” means the commitment of the Performance-Based LC Issuing
Bank to issue the Performance-Based Letters of Credit after the Closing Date provided, however,
that the aggregate amount of such Performance-Based Letters of Credit (including the Closing Date
Performance-Based LC and any Performance-Based Letters of Credit for which the Company has provided
Credit Support) shall not exceed the Maximum Draw Amount.
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“Performance-Based LC Issuing Bank” means ABN as Issuing Bank of Performance-Based Letters of
Credit hereunder, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.
“Performance-Based LC Maturity Date” means the second anniversary of the Closing Date.
“Performance-Based LC Usage” means, as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the
maximum aggregate amount which is, or at any time thereafter may become, available for drawing
under all Performance-Based Letters of Credit then outstanding, and (ii) the aggregate amount of
all drawings under Performance-Based Letters of Credit honored by the Performance-Based LC Issuing
Bank and not theretofore reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company.
“Permitted Earnout Arrangements” is defined in Section 5.15.
“Permitted Jurisdiction” means (a) the United States of America, (b) the British Virgin
Islands and (c) any other country that on the April 30, 2004 was a member of the European Union
(other than Greece or Turkey).
“Person” means an individual, partnership, company, body corporate, corporation, limited
liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, business entity or Governmental
Authority.
“Plan” means an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title
I of ERISA that is or, within the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to
which contributions are or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made,
by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which such Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate
may have any liability.
“Preferred Stock” means any class of capital stock of a Person that is preferred over any
other class of capital stock (or similar equity interests) of such Person as to the payment of
dividends or the payment of any amount upon liquidation or dissolution of such Person.
“Pre-taxation Profits” means net income adding back minority interest expense and provision
for income tax.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum that RBS announces from time to time as its
prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does
not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. RBS or any
other Issuing Bank may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below
the Prime Rate.
“Priority Debt” means the sum, without duplication, of (i) Indebtedness of the Company or any
Subsidiary secured by Liens not otherwise permitted by clauses (a) through (m) of Section 10.5; and
(ii) all other Indebtedness of all Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted pursuant to clauses (a)
through (k) of Section 10.6.
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“property” or “properties” means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or personal
property of any kind, tangible or intangible, xxxxxx or inchoate.
“Pyramid Freight” means Pyramid Freight BVI and Pyramid Freight, South Africa.
“Pyramid Freight BVI” means Pyramid Freight (Proprietary) Limited a company incorporated with
limited liability in the British Virgin Islands with company number 530960 (excluding Pyramid
Freight, South Africa).
“Pyramid Freight Debt” means a principal amount not exceeding South African Rand 898,725,000
owing by Pyramid Freight, South Africa to Pyramid Freight BVI, and any interest or other liability
(actual or contingent) payable in connection with that amount.
“Pyramid Freight Loan Agreements” means the Loan Agreements as defined in the Cession in
Security Agreement.
“Pyramid Freight, South Africa” means Pyramid Freight (Proprietary) Limited, South Africa
branch, a branch of Pyramid Freight BVI with company number 1987/003687/10 in respect only of its
operations in South Africa.
“RBS” means The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.
“receiver” or “administrator” where it relates to a German Obligor includes an
Insolvenzverwalter or creditor’s trustee (Sachwalter).
“Refinance” means, in respect of any security or Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew,
refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue a security or Indebtedness in
exchange or replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in whole or in part. “Refinanced” and
“Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.
“Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Refinancing by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 10.6 (other than pursuant to clause (a), (d), (e),
(f) or (h) of Section 10.6) in each case that does not:
(1) result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of such Person as
of the date of such proposed Refinancing (plus the amount of any fees and premium required to be
paid under the terms of the instrument governing such Indebtedness and plus the amount of
reasonable expenses incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in connection with such
Refinancing plus accrued and unpaid interest) (except to the extent such increases are otherwise
permitted pursuant to Section 10.6(l)); or
(2) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is Subordinated Indebtedness, create Indebtedness
with a final maturity earlier than the final maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or, if
shorter, the Final Maturity Date); provided that (a) if such Subordinated Indebtedness being
Refinanced is Indebtedness solely of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, then such Refinancing
Indebtedness shall be Indebtedness solely of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor and (b) such
Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinate to the
Obligations or in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor, such Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement,
at least to the same extent and in the same manner as the Indebtedness being Refinanced.
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“Reimbursement Date” is defined in Section 3.2.
“reorganization” where it relates to a German Obligor includes any of the reorganisations
mentioned in Section 1 of the Corporate Transformation Act (Umwandlungsgesetz).
“Responsible Officer” means any Senior Financial Officer and any other officer or director of
the Company or another applicable Obligor, as the context indicates, with responsibility for the
administration of the relevant portion of this Agreement.
“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States, or any successor
thereto.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.
“Senior Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or comptroller of the Company, or another applicable Obligor, as the context indicates.
“Senior Indebtedness” means and includes all Indebtedness of the Company, or any Subsidiary
owing to any Person that is not a Subsidiary or Affiliate and which is not expressed to be junior
or subordinate to any other Indebtedness of the Company or Subsidiary except for Indebtedness of a
member of the South African Group or Pyramid Freight BVI.
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of
any Obligor within the meaning of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC and in any event shall
include each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“South African Facility” means the revolving credit facility dated as of July 9, 2009 made
available to any member of the South African Group as such agreement is amended, modified, replaced
or refinanced from time to time and shall also mean any subsequent credit facility that is similar
to the South African Facility made available to any member of the South African Group.
“South African Group” means Pyramid Freight South Africa and each South African Subsidiary.
“South African Rand” means the lawful currency of South Africa.
“South African Subsidiary” means any member of the Group incorporated in South Africa.
“Spanish Obligor” means an Obligor incorporated or formed in Spain.
“Spot Exchange Rate” means, at any date of determination thereof, the spot rate of exchange in
London that appears on the display page applicable to the relevant currency on the Telerate System
Incorporated Service (or such other page as may replace such page on such
service for the purpose of displaying the spot rate of exchange in London for the conversion
of Dollars into the relevant Optional Currency or the relevant Optional Currency into Dollars);
provided that if there shall at any time no longer exist such a page on such service, the spot rate
of exchange shall be determined by reference to another similar rate publishing service selected by
the applicable Issuing Bank and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
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“Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor that
is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations or the Guaranty of such
Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be.
“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any other Person in which such first Person or one or
more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient
equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of
contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of
such second Person, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits
or capital thereof is owned by such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first
Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership can and does ordinarily take
major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its
Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary” is a
reference to a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement” means the subsidiary guarantee agreement contained in Section
23 (and any and all supplements or joinders thereto) and executed by each Subsidiary Guarantor, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means (x):
(i) UTi (Aust) Pty Limited, ABN 48 006 734 747, a company incorporated in Australia,
(ii) UTi Africa Services Limited, a BVI Business company incorporated under the laws of
the British Virgin Islands,
(iii) Unigistix Inc, a corporation formed under the laws of New Brunswick,
(iv) UTi, Canada, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of Canada,
(v) UTi Canada Holdings Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of Canada,
(vi) Span Manufacturing Limited, a corporation formed under the laws of Ontario,
(vii) UTi Deutschland GmbH, a corporation formed under the laws of Germany,
(viii) UTi (HK) Limited, a corporation formed under the laws of Hong Kong,
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(ix) UTi Nederland B.V., a corporation formed under the laws of the Netherlands,
(x) Servicios Logisticos Integrados SLI, S.A., Sociedad Unipersonal, a corporation
formed under the laws of Spain,
(xi) Unión de Servicios Logísticos Integrados, S.A., Sociedad Unipersonal, a
corporation formed under the laws of Spain,
(xii) UTi Spain S.A., Sociedad Unipersonal, a corporation formed under the laws of
Spain,
(xiii) UTi (Taiwan) Limited, a corporation formed under the laws of Taiwan,
(xiv) UTi Logistics (Taiwan) Ltd., a corporation formed under the laws of Taiwan,
(xv) UTi Worldwide (UK) Limited, a corporation formed under the laws of the United
Kingdom,
(xvi) UTi, (U.S.) Holdings, Inc, a corporation formed under the laws of Delaware,
(xvii) UTi, United States, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of New York,
(xviii) UTi, Services, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of California,
(xix) UTi Brokerage, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of California,
(xx) UTi Logistics, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of Delaware,
(xxi) Vanguard Cargo Systems, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of New York,
(xxii) UTi Integrated Logistics, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of South
Carolina,
(xxiii) Market Industries, Ltd., a corporation formed under the laws of Oregon,
(xxiv) Market Transport, Ltd, a corporation formed under the laws of Oregon,
(xxv) Triple Express, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of Oregon,
(xxvi) InTransit, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of Oregon,
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(xxvii) Market Logistics Services, Ltd., a corporation formed under the laws of Oregon,
(xxviii) Market Logistics Brokerage, Ltd., a corporation formed under the laws of
Oregon,
(xxix) Xxxxxxx Transportation, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of Montana,
(xxx) Lake States Trucking, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of Indiana,
(xxxi) United Express, Ltd. a corporation formed under the laws of Oregon,
(xxxii) Concentrek, Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of Arizona,
(xxxiii) African Investments B.V., a private limited liability company formed under the
laws of the Netherlands,
(xxxiv) UTi Asia Pacific Limited, a BVI Business company incorporated under the laws of
the British Virgin Islands,
(xxxv) Xxxxxxx Company Limited, a BVI Business company incorporated formed under the
laws of the British Virgin Islands,
(xxxvi) UTi International Inc., a BVI Business company incorporated formed under the
laws of the British Virgin Islands,
(xxxvii) UTi (N.A.) Holdings N.V., a corporation formed under the laws of Netherlands
Antilles,
(xxxviii) UTi (Netherlands) Holdings B.V., a private limited company formed under the
laws of the Netherlands,
(xxxix) Pyramid Freight (Proprietary) Limited, a BVI Business company incorporated
under the laws of the British Virgin Islands with company number 530960 (provided that
Pyramid Freight BVI is only a Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of assets that are not located
in South Africa),
(xl) UTi Logistics N.V., a company formed under the laws of Belgium,
(xli) UTi New Zealand Ltd., a company organized under the laws of New Zealand;
(xlii) UTi Ireland Limited, a company organized under the laws of Ireland;
(xliii) UTi Worldwide (Singapore) Pte Ltd., a company organized under the laws of
Singapore; and
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(y) each other Subsidiary which has executed and delivered a Joinder Agreement pursuant to
Section 9.10.
“Synthetic Lease” means, at any time, any lease (including leases that may be terminated by
the lessee at any time) of any property (a) that is accounted for as an operating lease under GAAP
and (b) in respect of which the lessee retains or obtains ownership of the property so leased for
income tax purposes, other than any such lease under which such Person is the lessor.
“Taiwan Guarantor” means a Subsidiary Guarantor incorporated or formed in Taiwan.
“Tax” means any tax (whether income, documentary, sales, stamp, registration, issue, capital,
property, excise or otherwise), duty, assessment, levy, impost, fee, compulsory loan, charge or
withholding.
“Taxing Jurisdiction” is defined in Section 13.
“Threshold CNW Amount” is defined in Section 10.2.
“trustee” related to a bankruptcy of a Dutch Obligor includes a curator.
“U.S. Dollar Amount” means (a) if a Letter of Credit is denominated in Dollars, its amount; or
(b) if a Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency, its equivalent in Dollars calculated
on the basis of the relevant Issuing Bank’s Spot Exchange Rate on the date of determination for
that Letter of Credit.
“U.S. Guarantor” means any Subsidiary Guarantor that is incorporated or organized under the
laws of the United States of America or any State of the United States of America (including the
District of Colombia) or that resides or has a domicile, a place of business or property in the
United States of America.
“USA Patriot Act” means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of
2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time
to time in effect.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, at any time, any Subsidiary one hundred
percent of all of the equity interests (except directors’ qualifying shares) and voting interests
of which are owned by any one or more of such Person and such Person’s other Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries at such time. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a “Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary” is a reference to a direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company.
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