CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of November 12, 2010 among NEWMARKET CORPORATION The Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers Party Hereto The Lenders Party Hereto JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, BANK OF AMERICA,...
EXHIBIT 10.1
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dated as of
NovemberΒ 12, 2010
among
NEWMARKET CORPORATION
The Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers Party Hereto
The Lenders Party Hereto
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
and
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
and CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA
as Co-Syndication Agents
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X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions |
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SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms |
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SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
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SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally |
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SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP |
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SECTION 1.05. Status of Obligations |
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ARTICLE II The Credits |
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SECTION 2.01. Commitments |
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SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.04. Determination of Dollar Amounts |
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SECTION 2.05. Swingline Loans |
Β Β | Β | 26 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.06. Letters of Credit |
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SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.08. Interest Elections |
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SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments |
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SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
Β Β | Β | 33 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans |
Β Β | Β | 34 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.12. Fees |
Β Β | Β | 35 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.13. Interest |
Β Β | Β | 36 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest |
Β Β | Β | 36 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs |
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SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments |
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SECTION 2.17. Taxes |
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SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs |
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SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
Β Β | Β | 43 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.20. Expansion Option |
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SECTION 2.21. Administrative Borrower |
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SECTION 2.22. Judgment Currency |
Β Β | Β | 45 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.23. Designation of Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers |
Β Β | Β | 46 | Β Β |
SECTION 2.24. Defaulting Lenders |
Β Β | Β | 46 | Β Β |
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties |
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SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries |
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SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability |
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SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts |
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SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change |
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SECTION 3.05. Properties |
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SECTION 3.06. Litigation, Environmental and Labor Matters |
Β Β | Β | 49 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
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SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Status |
Β Β | Β | 49 | Β Β |
SECTION 3.09. Taxes |
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SECTION 3.10. ERISA |
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SECTION 3.11. Disclosure |
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SECTION 3.12. Federal Reserve Regulations |
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SECTION 3.13. Liens |
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SECTION 3.14. No Default |
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SECTION 3.15. No Burdensome Restrictions |
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ARTICLE IV Conditions |
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SECTION 4.01. Effective Date |
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SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event |
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SECTION 4.03. Designation of a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower |
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ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants |
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SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information |
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SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events |
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SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business |
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SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations |
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SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance |
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SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights |
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SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws and Material Contractual Obligations |
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SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds |
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SECTION 5.09. Subsidiary Guaranty |
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ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants |
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SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness |
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SECTION 6.02. Liens |
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SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes and Asset Sales |
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SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions |
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SECTION 6.05. Swap Agreements |
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SECTION 6.06. Transactions with Affiliates |
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SECTION 6.07. Restricted Payments |
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SECTION 6.08. Restrictive Agreements |
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SECTION 6.09. Subordinated Indebtedness and Amendments to Subordinated Indebtedness Documents |
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SECTION 6.10. Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
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SECTION 6.11. Financial Covenants |
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ARTICLE VII Events of Default |
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ARTICLE VIII The Administrative Agent |
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ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous |
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SECTION 9.01. Notices |
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SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments |
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SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 9.05. Survival |
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SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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SECTION 9.07. Severability |
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SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff |
Β Β | Β | 74 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SECTION 9.11. Headings |
Β Β | Β | 76 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality |
Β Β | Β | 76 | Β Β |
SECTION 9.13. USA PATRIOT Act |
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SECTION 9.14. Releases of Subsidiary Guarantors |
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SECTION 9.15. No Advisory or Fiduciary Duty |
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SECTION 9.16. Interest Rate Limitation |
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ARTICLE X Cross-Guarantee |
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SCHEDULES: | Β Β | |||
ScheduleΒ 1.01 | Β Β | β Excluded Real Property | Β Β | |
ScheduleΒ 2.01 | Β Β | β Commitments | Β Β | |
ScheduleΒ 2.02 | Β Β | β Mandatory Cost | Β Β | |
ScheduleΒ 2.06 | Β Β | β Existing Letters of Credit | Β Β | |
ScheduleΒ 3.01 | Β Β | β Subsidiaries | Β Β | |
ScheduleΒ 6.01 | Β Β | β Existing Indebtedness | Β Β | |
ScheduleΒ 6.02 | Β Β | β Existing Liens | Β Β |
EXHIBITS: | Β Β | |||
ExhibitΒ A | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of Assignment and Assumption | Β Β | |
ExhibitΒ B-1 | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of Opinion of the Companyβs General Counsel | Β Β | |
Exhibit B-2 | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of Opinion of Loan Partiesβ Special Counsel | Β Β | |
Exhibit C | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of Increasing Lender Supplement | Β Β | |
Exhibit D | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement | Β Β | |
Exhibit E | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β List of Closing Documents | Β Β | |
Exhibit F-1 | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement | Β Β | |
Exhibit F-2 | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Termination | Β Β | |
Exhibit G | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of Subsidiary Guaranty | Β Β | |
ExhibitΒ H-1 | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships) | Β Β | |
Exhibit H-2 | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships) | Β Β | |
Exhibit H-3 | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships) | Β Β | |
Exhibit H-4 | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships) | Β Β | |
Exhibit I-1 | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of Borrowing Request | Β Β | |
Exhibit I-2 | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of Interest Election Request | Β Β | |
Exhibit I-3 | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of Swingline Borrowing Request | Β Β | |
Exhibit J | Β Β | β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Form of Note | Β Β |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT (this βAgreementβ) dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 among NEWMARKET CORPORATION, the FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS from time to time party hereto, the LENDERS from time to time party hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Co-Syndication Agents.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
βABRβ, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to a Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
βAdjusted Covenant Requirementβ means, with respect to the incurrence of any applicable Indebtedness or the making of any Restricted Payment, the Leverage Ratio shall not exceed, at the time thereof and after giving effect thereto (including giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis), 2.50 to 1.00.
βAdjusted LIBO Rateβ means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the sum of (i)Β (a)Β the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b)Β the Statutory Reserve Rate plus, without duplication (ii)Β in the case of Loans by a Lender from its office or branch in the United Kingdom, the Mandatory Cost.
βAdministrative Agentβ means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (including its branches and affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
βAdministrative Questionnaireβ means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
βAffected Foreign Subsidiaryβ means any Foreign Subsidiary to the extent such Foreign Subsidiary acting as a Subsidiary Guarantor of the Obligations of the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary would cause a Deemed Dividend Problem.
βAffiliateβ means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
βAggregate Commitmentβ means the aggregate of the Commitments of all of the Lenders, as reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. As of the Effective Date, the Aggregate Commitment is $300,000,000.
βAgreed Currenciesβ means (i)Β Dollars, (ii)Β euro, (iii)Β Pounds Sterling, (iv)Β Swiss Francs, (v)Β Canadian Dollars, (vi)Β Japanese Yen and (vii)Β any other Foreign Currency agreed to by the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders.
βAlternate Base Rateβ means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a)Β the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b)Β the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plusΒ Β 1/2 of 1% and (c)Β the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.
βApplicable Percentageβ means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment represented by such Lenderβs Commitment; provided that, in the case of SectionΒ 2.24 when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, βApplicable Percentageβ shall mean the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment (disregarding any Defaulting Lenderβs Commitment) represented by such Lenderβs Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments and to any Lenderβs status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination.
βApplicable Rateβ means, for any day, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan or any ABR Revolving Loan or with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption βEurocurrency Spreadβ, βABR Spreadβ or βCommitment Fee Rateβ, as the case may be, based upon the Leverage Ratio applicable on such date:
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Category 1: |
Β Β | < 1.00 to 1.00 | Β Β | Β | 2.00 | %Β | Β | Β | 1.00 | %Β | Β | Β | 0.30 | %Β |
Category 2: |
Β Β | Β³Β 1.00Β toΒ 1.00Β but < 2.00 to 1.00 |
Β Β | Β | 2.25 | %Β | Β | Β | 1.25 | %Β | Β | Β | 0.375 | %Β |
Category 3: |
Β Β | Β³ 2.00 to 1.00 | Β Β | Β | 2.50 | %Β | Β | Β | 1.50 | %Β | Β | Β | 0.50 | %Β |
For purposes of the foregoing,
(i) if at any time the Company fails to deliver the Financials on or before the date the Financials are due pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01, Category 3 shall be deemed applicable for the period commencing three (3)Β Business Days after the required date of delivery and ending on the date which is three (3)Β Business Days after the Financials are actually delivered, after which the Category shall be determined in accordance with the table above as applicable;
(ii) adjustments, if any, to the Category then in effect shall be effective three (3)Β Business Days after the Administrative Agent has received the applicable Financials (it being understood and agreed that each change in Category shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change); and
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(iii) notwithstanding the foregoing, Category 1 shall be deemed to be applicable until the Administrative Agentβs receipt of the applicable Financials for the Companyβs first fiscal quarter ending after the Effective Date (unless such Financials demonstrate that Category 2 or 3 should have been applicable during such period, in which case such other Category shall be deemed to be applicable during such period) and adjustments to the Category then in effect shall thereafter be effected in accordance with the preceding paragraphs.
βApproved Fundβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 9.04.
βAssignment and Assumptionβ means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by SectionΒ 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
βAugmenting Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.20.
βAvailable Revolving Commitmentβ means, at any time with respect to any Lender, the Commitment of such Lender then in effect minus the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender at such time; it being understood and agreed that any Lenderβs Swingline Exposure shall not be deemed to be a component of the Revolving Credit Exposure for purposes of calculating the commitment fee under SectionΒ 2.12(a).
βAvailability Periodβ means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
βBanking Servicesβ means each and any of the following bank services provided to the Company or any Subsidiary by any Lender or any of its Affiliates: (a)Β credit cards for commercial customers (including, without limitation, commercial credit cards and purchasing cards), (b)Β stored value cards and (c)Β treasury management services (including, without limitation, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network services).
βBanking Services Agreementβ means any agreement entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with Banking Services.
βBankruptcy Eventβ means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
βBoardβ means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
βBorrowerβ means the Company or any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower.
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βBorrowingβ means (a)Β Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (b)Β a Swingline Loan.
βBorrowing Requestβ means a request by any Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with SectionΒ 2.03.
βBorrowing Subsidiary Agreementβ means a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ F-1.
βBorrowing Subsidiary Terminationβ means a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ F-2.
βBurdensome Restrictionsβ means any consensual encumbrance or restriction of the type described in clause (a)Β or (b)Β of SectionΒ 6.08.
βBusiness Dayβ means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term βBusiness Dayβ shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in the relevant Agreed Currency in the London interbank market or the principal financial center of such Agreed Currency (and, if the Borrowings or LC Disbursements which are the subject of a borrowing, drawing, payment, reimbursement or rate selection are denominated in euro, the term βBusiness Dayβ shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET payment system is not open for the settlement of payments in euro).
βCanadian Dollarsβ means the lawful currency of Canada.
βCapital Lease Obligationsβ of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
βChange in Controlβ means: (i)Β any Person, other than Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx. or members of their respective families, or investment entities owned entirely (directly or indirectly) by them, either individually or acting in concert with one or more other persons, shall have acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (or other securities convertible into such securities) representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of all securities of the Company entitled to vote in the election of members of the governing body of the Company, other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency; (ii)Β the occurrence of a change in the composition of the governing body of the Company such that a majority of the members of any such governing body are not Continuing Members; (iii)Β the occurrence of any βChange of Controlβ or similar event as defined in any agreement or instrument evidencing any Material Indebtedness with an original principal amount in excess of $25,000,000; (iv)Β the failure at any time of the Company to legally and beneficially own and control 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Ethyl Corporation or Afton Chemical Corporation or the failure at any time of the Company to have the ability to elect all of the governing body of Ethyl Corporation or Afton Chemical Corporation; or (v)Β the Company ceases to own, directly or indirectly, and Control 100% (other than directorsβ qualifying shares) of the ordinary voting and economic power of any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower.
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βChange in Lawβ means (a)Β the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty after the date of this Agreement, (b)Β any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c)Β compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of SectionΒ 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith shall be deemed to be a βChange in Lawβ, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
βCharitable Foundationβ means The NewMarket Foundation, a non-stock, non-profit Virginia corporation formed by the Company which qualifies as an exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Code which is organized and operated solely for charitable purposes.
βClassβ, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.
βCodeβ means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
βCommitmentβ means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a)Β reduced or terminated from time to time pursuant to SectionΒ 2.09, (b)Β increased from time to time pursuant to SectionΒ 2.20 and (c)Β reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 9.04. The initial amount of each Lenderβs Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation contemplated hereby pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.
βCompanyβ means NewMarket Corporation, a Virginia corporation.
βCompetitorβ means any Person who is engaged directly, as a significant part of its activities, in the business of manufacturing and selling lubricant and fuel additives.
βComputation Dateβ is defined in SectionΒ 2.04.
βConsolidated Capital Expendituresβ means, without duplication, any expenditures for any purchase or other acquisition of any asset which would be classified as a fixed or capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.
βConsolidated EBITβ means, for any period, (a)Β Consolidated EBITDA for such period minus (b)Β depreciation and amortization associated with Consolidated EBITDA for such period.
βConsolidated EBITDAβ means Consolidated Net Income plus, to the extent deducted from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income, (i)Β Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii)Β expense for taxes paid or accrued, (iii)Β depreciation, (iv)Β amortization, (v)Β extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash expenses or losses incurred other than in the ordinary course of business, (vi)Β non-cash expenses related to stock based compensation minus, to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, (1)Β interest income, (2)Β income tax credits and refunds (to the extent not netted from tax expense), (3)Β any cash payments made during such period in respect of items described in clauses (v)Β or (vi)Β above subsequent to
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the fiscal quarter in which the relevant non-cash expenses or losses were incurred and (4)Β extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains realized other than in the ordinary course of business, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis. For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a βReference Periodβ), (i)Β if at any time during such Reference Period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Reference Period, and (ii)Β if during such Reference Period the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference Period.
βConsolidated Interest Expenseβ means, with reference to any period, the interest expense (including without limitation interest expense under Capital Lease Obligations that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP) of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP (including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptance financing and net costs under interest rate Swap Agreements to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP). In the event that the Company or any Subsidiary shall have completed a Material Acquisition or a Material Disposition since the beginning of the relevant period, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be determined for such period on a Pro Forma Basis as if such acquisition or disposition, and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, had occurred at the beginning of such period.
βConsolidated Net Incomeβ means, with reference to any period, the net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis (without duplication) for such period; provided that there shall be excluded (i)Β any income (or loss) of any Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary, but any such income so excluded may be included in such period or any later period to the extent of any cash dividends or distributions actually paid in the relevant period to the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company and (ii)Β the income (or loss) arising from Net Xxxx-to-Market Exposure of the Foundry Park Rate Lock in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000.
βConsolidated Tangible Net Worthβ means at any time, with respect to any Person, the consolidated stockholdersβ equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP minus any Intangible Assets.
βConsolidated Total Assetsβ means, as of the date of any determination thereof, total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis as of such date.
βConsolidated Total Indebtednessβ means at any time the sum, without duplication, of (a)Β the aggregate Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis as of such time in accordance with GAAP, (b)Β the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries relating to the maximum drawing amount of all letters of credit outstanding and bankers acceptances and (c)Β Indebtedness of the type referred to in clauses (a)Β or (b)Β hereof of another Person guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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βContinuing Membersβ means any member of the governing body of the Company (i)Β who was a member of such governing body on the Effective Date or (ii)Β whose nomination for election or election to such governing body was approved by a majority of the members who were either members of such governing body on the Effective Date or whose nomination or election was previously so approved.
βControlβ means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. βControllingβ and βControlledβ have meanings correlative thereto.
βCo-Syndication Agentβ means each of PNC Bank, National Association, Bank of America, N.A. and RBS Citizens, National Association in its capacity as co-syndication agent for the credit facility evidenced by this Agreement.
βCredit Eventβ means a Borrowing, the issuance of a Letter of Credit, an LC Disbursement or any of the foregoing.
βCredit Partyβ means the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender.
βDeemed Dividend Problemβ means, with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, such Foreign Subsidiaryβs accumulated and undistributed earnings and profits being deemed to be repatriated to the Company or the applicable parent Domestic Subsidiary under section 956 of the Code and the effect of such repatriation causing materially adverse tax consequences to the Company or such parent Domestic Subsidiary, in each case as determined by the Company in its commercially reasonable judgment acting in good faith and in consultation with its legal and tax advisors.
βDefaultβ means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
βDefaulting Lenderβ means any Lender that (a)Β has failed, within two (2)Β Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i)Β fund any portion of its Loans, (ii)Β fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii)Β pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i)Β above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenderβs good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b)Β has notified the Company or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lenderβs good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c)Β has failed, within three (3)Β Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c)Β upon such Credit Partyβs receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d)Β has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.
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βDollar Amountβ of any currency at any date shall mean (i)Β the amount of such currency if such currency is Dollars or (ii)Β the equivalent in such currency of Dollars if such currency is a Foreign Currency, calculated on the basis of the Exchange Rate for such currency, on or as of the most recent Computation Date provided for in SectionΒ 2.04.
βDollarsβ or β$β refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
βDomestic Subsidiaryβ means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America.
βEffective Dateβ means the date on which the conditions specified in SectionΒ 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with SectionΒ 9.02).
βEligible Foreign Subsidiaryβ means any Foreign Subsidiary that is approved from time to time by the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
βEnvironmental Lawsβ means all applicable laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to human health and safety matters (including occupational health and safety).
βEnvironmental Liabilityβ means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Company or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a)Β violation of any Environmental Law, (b)Β the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c)Β exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d)Β the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e)Β any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
βEquity Interestsβ means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing.
βEquivalent Amountβ of any currency with respect to any amount of Dollars at any date shall mean the equivalent in such currency of such amount of Dollars, calculated on the basis of the Exchange Rate for such other currency at 11:00 a.m., London time, on the date on or as of which such amount is to be determined.
βERISAβ means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
βERISA Affiliateβ means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Company, is treated as a single employer under section 414(b) or (c)Β of the Code or, solely for purposes of SectionΒ 302 of ERISA and SectionΒ 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under section 414 of the Code.
βERISA Eventβ means (a)Β any βreportable eventβ, as defined in SectionΒ 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b)Β the existence with respect to any Plan of an βaccumulated funding deficiencyβ (as defined in section 412 of the Code or SectionΒ 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c)Β the filing pursuant to section 412(d) of the Code or SectionΒ 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a
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waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d)Β the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e)Β the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f)Β the incurrence by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g)Β the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
βEUβ means the European Union.
βeuroβ and/or βEURβ means the single currency of the participating member states of the EU.
βEurocurrencyβ, when used in reference to a currency means an Agreed Currency and when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, means that such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
βEurocurrency Payment Officeβ of the Administrative Agent shall mean, for each Foreign Currency, the office, branch, affiliate or correspondent bank of the Administrative Agent for such currency as specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Company and each Lender.
βEvent of Defaultβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
βExchange Rateβ means, on any day, with respect to any Foreign Currency, the rate at which such Foreign Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date on the Reuters World Currency Page for such Foreign Currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate with respect to such Foreign Currency shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the event no such service is selected, such Exchange Rate shall instead be calculated on the basis of the arithmetical mean of the buy and sell spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent for such Foreign Currency on the London market at 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date for the purchase of Dollars with such Foreign Currency, for delivery two Business Days later; provided, that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent, after consultation with the Company, may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
βExcluded Real Propertyβ means the real property listed on Schedule 1.01.
βExcluded Taxesβ means, with respect to any payment made by any Loan Party under any Loan Document, any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient:
(a) Other Connection Taxes;
(b) Taxes attributable to such Recipientβs failure to comply with SectionΒ 2.17(f); and
(c) U.S. federal withholding Taxes resulting from any law in effect (including FATCA) on the date on which (i)Β such Recipient acquires its applicable ownership interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than a Recipient acquiring its applicable ownership interest pursuant to
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SectionΒ 2.19(b)) or (ii)Β such Recipient changes its lending office, except to the extent that, in the case of clause (i), pursuant to SectionΒ 2.17, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Recipientβs assignor immediately before such Recipient became a Recipient with respect to its applicable ownership interest in the Loan or Commitment or, in the case of clause (ii), pursuant to SectionΒ 2.17, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable to such Recipient immediately before it changed its lending office).
βExisting Credit Agreementβ means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of DecemberΒ 21, 2006 by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto and SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Effective Date.
βExisting Letters of Creditβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.06(a).
βFATCAβ means sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.
βFederal Funds Effective Rateβ means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
βFinancial Officerβ means the principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, director of treasury and corporate development, treasurer or controller of the Company.
βFinancialsβ means the annual or quarterly financial statements, and accompanying certificates and other documents, of the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01(a) or 5.01(b).
βForeign Currenciesβ means Agreed Currencies other than Dollars.
βForeign Currency LC Exposureβ means, at any time, the sum of (a)Β the Dollar Amount of the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of all outstanding Foreign Currency Letters of Credit at such time plus (b)Β the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all LC Disbursements in respect of Foreign Currency Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed at such time.
βForeign Currency Letter of Creditβ means a Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency.
βForeign Currency Sublimitβ means $100,000,000.
βForeign Subsidiaryβ means any Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
βForeign Subsidiary Borrowerβ means any Eligible Foreign Subsidiary that becomes a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 2.23 and, in either case, that has not ceased to be a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to such Section.
βFoundry Park Loan Documentsβ means, collectively, the loan agreement, the promissory note, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents and security agreement, environmental indemnity, deposit account control agreement, cash management agreement and all other documents and instruments evidencing and securing the $68,400,000 loan from PB (USA) Realty Corporation to Foundry Park Subsidiary, as amended, extended, renewed and replaced from time to time.
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βFoundry Park Rate Lockβ means (i)Β that certain transaction dated as of JuneΒ 25, 2009 under which the Foundry Park Subsidiary entered into a rate lock with Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA and (ii)Β that certain transaction dated as of JanuaryΒ 29, 2010 under which the Foundry Park Subsidiary entered into a rate lock with PB Capital Corporation.
βFoundry Park Subsidiaryβ means Foundry Park I, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company.
βGAAPβ means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
βGovernmental Authorityβ means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
βGuaranteeβ of or by any Person (the βguarantorβ) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other payment obligation of any other Person (the βprimary obligorβ) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a)Β to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other payment obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b)Β to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other payment obligation of the payment thereof, (c)Β to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other payment obligation or (d)Β as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or payment obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case, in the ordinary course of business.
βHazardous Materialsβ means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
βIncreasing Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.20.
βIncremental Term Loanβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.20.
βIncremental Term Loan Amendmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.20.
βIndebtednessβ of any Person means, without duplication, (a)Β all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b)Β all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c)Β all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid (other than accounts payable), (d)Β all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e)Β all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services
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(excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f)Β all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, provided that the amount of such Indebtedness shall be deemed to be the lesser of (i)Β the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness plus all accrued and unpaid interest relating thereto and (ii)Β the fair market value of the property secured by any such Lien, (g)Β all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h)Β all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i)Β all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j)Β all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankersβ acceptances and (k)Β all obligations of such Person under Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Personβs ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
βIndemnified Taxesβ means (a)Β Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b)Β Other Taxes.
βInformation Memorandumβ means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated October 2010 relating to the Company and the Transactions.
βIntangible Assetsβ means the aggregate amount, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, of all assets classified as intangible assets under GAAP, including, without limitation, customer lists, acquired technology, goodwill, computer software, trademarks, patents, copyrights, organization expenses, franchises, licenses, trade names, brand names, mailing lists, catalogs, unamortized debt discount and capitalized research and development costs.
βInterest Coverage Ratioβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 6.11(b).
βInterest Election Requestβ means a request by the applicable Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with SectionΒ 2.08.
βInterest Payment Dateβ means (a)Β with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date, (b)Β with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three monthsβ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three monthsβ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and the Maturity Date and (c)Β with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid and the Maturity Date.
βInterest Periodβ means with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is two weeks or one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the applicable Borrower (or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower) may elect; provided, that (i)Β if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii)Β any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
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βIRSβ means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
βIssuing Bankβ means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., PNC Bank, National Association and SunTrust Bank and each other Lender designated by the Company as an βIssuing Bankβ hereunder that has agreed to such designation (and is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), each in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in SectionΒ 2.06(i). Any Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term βIssuing Bankβ shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
βJapanese Yenβ means the lawful currency of Japan.
βLC Collateral Accountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.06(j).
βLC Disbursementβ means a payment made by any Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
βLC Exposureβ means, at any time, the sum of (a)Β the aggregate undrawn Dollar Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b)Β the aggregate Dollar Amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Company at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
βLendersβ means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a Lender hereunder pursuant to SectionΒ 2.20 or pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term βLendersβ includes the Swingline Lender.
βLetter of Creditβ means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.
βLeverage Ratioβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 6.11(a).
βLIBO Rateβ means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on, in the case of Dollars, Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page and, in the case of any Foreign Currency, the appropriate page of such service which displays British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in such Foreign Currency (or, in each case, on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to deposits in the relevant Agreed Currency in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2)Β Business Days prior to (or, in the case of Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling, on the day of) the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for deposits in the relevant Agreed Currency with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the βLIBO Rateβ with respect to such Eurocurrency Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which deposits in the relevant Agreed Currency in an Equivalent Amount of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2)Β Business Days prior to (or, in the case of Loans denominated in Pounds Sterling, on the day of) the commencement of such Interest Period.
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βLienβ means, with respect to any asset, (a)Β any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b)Β the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c)Β in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
βLoan Documentsβ means this Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary Termination, the Subsidiary Guaranty, any promissory notes issued pursuant to SectionΒ 2.10(e), any Letter of Credit applications and any and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates identified in SectionΒ 4.01 executed and delivered to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lenders and including all consents, assignments, contracts, notices, letter of credit agreements and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party, or any employee of any Loan Party, and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.
βLoan Partiesβ means, collectively, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
βLoansβ means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement.
βLocal Timeβ means (i)Β New York City time in the case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC Disbursement denominated in Dollars and (ii)Β local time in the case of a Loan, Borrowing or LC Disbursement denominated in a Foreign Currency (it being understood that such local time shall mean London, England time unless otherwise notified by the Administrative Agent).
βMandatory Costβ is described in Schedule 2.02.
βMaterial Acquisitionβ means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that (a)Β constitutes (i)Β assets comprising all or substantially all or any significant portion of a business or operating unit of a business, or (ii)Β all or substantially all of the common stock or other Equity Interests of a Person, and (b)Β involves the payment of consideration by the Company and its Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000,000.
βMaterial Adverse Effectβ means a material adverse effect on (a)Β the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b)Β the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any and all other Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.
βMaterial Dispositionβ means any sale, transfer or disposition of property or series of related sales, transfers, or dispositions of property that yields gross proceeds to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000,000.
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βMaterial Indebtednessβ means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the βprincipal amountβ of the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Company or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
βMaterial Subsidiaryβ means each Subsidiary (i)Β which guarantees Material Indebtedness with an original principal amount in excess of $25,000,000, (ii)Β which, as of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company, for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended, for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01, contributed greater than five percent (5%)Β of the Companyβs Consolidated EBITDA for such period or (iii)Β which contributed greater than five percent (5%)Β of the Companyβs Consolidated Total Assets as of such date; provided that, if at any time the aggregate amount of the Companyβs Consolidated EBITDA or Companyβs Consolidated Total Assets attributable to Subsidiaries (other than Affected Foreign Subsidiaries) that are not Subsidiary Guarantors exceeds fifteen percent (15%)Β of the Companyβs Consolidated EBITDA for any such period or fifteen percent (15%)Β of the Companyβs Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of any such fiscal quarter, the Company (or, in the event the Company has failed to do so within ten days, the Administrative Agent) shall designate sufficient Subsidiaries (other than Affected Foreign Subsidiaries) as βMaterial Subsidiariesβ to eliminate such excess, and such designated Subsidiaries shall for all purposes of this Agreement constitute Material Subsidiaries.
βMaturity Dateβ means NovemberΒ 12, 2015.
βMeadWestvaco Leaseβ means that certain Deed of Lease dated as of JanuaryΒ 11, 2007, as amended AugustΒ 6, 2007,Β DecemberΒ 18, 2009 and thereafter from time to time, between the Foundry Park Subsidiary and MeadWestvaco Corporation.
βMoodyβsβ means Xxxxxβx Investors Service, Inc.
βMultiemployer Planβ means a multiemployer plan as defined in SectionΒ 4001(a)(3) of ERISA that is subject to Title IV of ERISA.
βNet Xxxx-to-Market Exposureβ of any Person shall mean, as of any date of determination with respect to any obligations arising under any Swap Agreement, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from such obligation. βUnrealized lossesβ shall mean the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing the Swap Agreement giving rise to such obligation as of the date of determination (assuming the Swap Agreement to be terminated as of that date), and βunrealized profitsβ means the fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Swap Agreement as of the date of determination (assuming such Swap Agreement were to be terminated as of that date).
βNon-Recourse Indebtednessβ means Indebtedness: (i)Β as to which neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (a)Β provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b)Β is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise (except as an obligor under customary indemnification obligations (including those arising under contractual arrangements) and other similar arrangements), or (c)Β constitutes the lender; (ii)Β no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against a Real Estate Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Real Estate
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Subsidiary) to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and (iii)Β as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Equity Interests of a Real Estate Subsidiary).
βNon-U.S. Lenderβ means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
βObligationsβ means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations and indebtedness (including interest and fees accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), obligations and liabilities of any of the Company and its Subsidiaries to any of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any indemnified party, individually or collectively, existing on the Effective Date or arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, arising or incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to the Lenders or any of their Affiliates (to the extent (i)Β such Lender is party hereto at the time such Lender or Affiliate enters into the related Swap Agreement or Banking Services Agreement and (ii)Β in the case of an initial Lender or its Affiliate, such Lender or Affiliate is party to the related Swap Agreement or Banking Services Agreement entered into prior to the Effective Date) under any Swap Agreement or any Banking Services Agreement.
βOther Connection Taxesβ means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes (including branch profit Taxes) imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Taxes (other than a connection arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, any Loan Document).
βOther Taxesβ means any present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar excise or property Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or from the registration, receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment or participation.
βOvernight Foreign Currency Rateβ means, for any amount payable in a Foreign Currency, the rate of interest per annum as determined by the Administrative Agent at which overnight or weekend deposits in the relevant currency (or if such amount due remains unpaid for more than three (3)Β Business Days, then for such other period of time as the Administrative Agent may elect) for delivery in immediately available and freely transferable funds would be offered by the Administrative Agent to major banks in the interbank market upon request of such major banks for the relevant currency as determined above and in an amount comparable to the unpaid principal amount of the related Credit Event, plus any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed upon, or charged to, the Administrative Agent by any relevant correspondent bank in respect of such amount in such relevant currency.
βParentβ means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
βParticipantβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 9.04.
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βPBGCβ means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
βPermitted Acquisitionβ means any acquisition (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) or series of related acquisitions by the Company or any Subsidiary of (i)Β all or substantially all the assets of or (ii)Β all or substantially all the Equity Interests in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person, if, at the time of and immediately after giving effect thereto (except in the case of clause (c)Β below, in which case within the time period set forth in SectionΒ 5.09), (a)Β no Default has occurred and is continuing or would arise after giving effect thereto, (b)Β such Person or division or line of business is engaged in the same or a similar line of business as the Company and the Subsidiaries or business reasonably related or ancillary thereto, (c)Β all actions required to be taken with respect to such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under SectionΒ 5.09 shall have been taken within the applicable time period set forth in SectionΒ 5.09, (d)Β the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such acquisition (but without giving effect to any synergies or cost savings), with the covenants contained in SectionΒ 6.11 recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available, as if such acquisition (and any related incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, with any new Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable testing period in accordance with its terms) had occurred on the first day of each relevant period for testing such compliance and, if the aggregate consideration paid in respect of such acquisition exceeds $75,000,000, the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company to such effect, together with all relevant financial information, statements and projections reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, (e)Β in the case of an acquisition or merger involving the Company or a Subsidiary, the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving entity of such merger and/or consolidation and (f)Β the aggregate consideration paid in respect of such acquisition, when taken together with the aggregate consideration paid in respect of all other acquisitions, does not exceed $25,000,000 during any fiscal year of the Company; provided that no such Dollar limitation shall apply if at the time of the consummation of such acquisition and immediately after giving effect (on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto, the Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 2.75 to 1.00.
βPermitted Encumbrancesβ means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with SectionΒ 5.04;
(b) carriersβ, warehousemenβs, mechanicsβ, materialmenβs, repairmenβs and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are either not overdue by more than forty-five (45)Β days or are being contested in compliance with SectionΒ 5.04;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workersβ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment Liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k)Β of Article VII;
(f) easements, minor defects in title, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, covenants, restrictions and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law, recorded in land records or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any Subsidiary;
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(g) any (i)Β interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease not prohibited by this Agreement, (ii)Β Lien or restriction that the interest or title of such lessor or sublessor may be subject to, or (iii)Β subordination of the interest of the lessee or sublessee under such lease to any Lien or restriction referred to in the preceding clause (ii), so long as the holder of such Lien or restriction agrees to recognize the rights of such lessee or sublessee under such lease;
(h) Liens arising from filing UCC financing statements relating solely to (i)Β leases not prohibited by this Agreement and (ii)Β consignments and/or bailments;
(i) Liens and deposits in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(j) customary rights of set-off, revocation, refund or chargeback under deposit agreements or under the Uniform Commercial Code or common law of banks or other financial institutions where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries maintains deposits (other than deposits intended as cash collateral) in the ordinary course of business; and
(k) licenses (with respect to intellectual property and other property), leases or subleases granted to third parties and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries;
provided that the term βPermitted Encumbrancesβ shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.
βPermitted Investmentsβ means:
(a) cash;
(b) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
(c) investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Xxxxxβx;
(d) investments in certificates of deposit, bankerβs acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(e) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than thirty (30)Β days for securities described in clause (b)Β above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (d)Β above;
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(f) money market funds that (i)Β comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii)Β are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Xxxxxβx and (iii)Β have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and
(g) readily marketable securities, including Indebtedness or preferred stock, rated BBB or higher by S&P or Baa3 or higher by Xxxxxβx;
βPersonβ means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
βPlanβ means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or section 412 of the Code or SectionΒ 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under SectionΒ 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an βemployerβ as defined in SectionΒ 3(5) of ERISA.
βPounds Sterlingβ means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
βPrime Rateβ means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
βPro Forma Basisβ means, with respect to any event, that the Company is in compliance on a pro forma basis with the applicable covenant, calculation or requirement herein recomputed as if the event with respect to which compliance on a Pro Forma Basis is being tested had occurred on the first day of the four fiscal quarter period most recently ended on or prior to such date for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01.
βReal Estate Subsidiariesβ means all special-purpose real estate holding and/or development entities which are Subsidiaries of the Company (other than those formed to hold the Companyβs and its Domestic Subsidiariesβ headquarters and research and development facilities) with respect to real estate holding and/or development activities located in the City of Richmond, Virginia, including, without limitation, the Foundry Park Subsidiary.
βRecipientβ means, as applicable, (a)Β the Administrative Agent, (b)Β any Lender (and, in the case of a Lender that is classified as a partnership for U.S. Federal tax purposes, a Person treated as the beneficial owner thereof for U.S. Federal tax purposes), (c)Β any Issuing Bank and (d)Β any other recipient of any payment to be made under or on account of any Loan Document.
βRegisterβ has the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 9.04.
βRelated Partiesβ means, with respect to any specified Person, such Personβs Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Personβs Affiliates.
βRequired Lendersβ means, at any time and subject to SectionΒ 2.24, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time.
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βRequired Subsidiaryβ means (i)Β each Material Subsidiary which is a Domestic Subsidiary (other than Foundry Park I, LLC to the extent such Subsidiary is prohibited from acting as a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder pursuant to its Loan Agreement dated as of JanuaryΒ 28, 2010 with PB (USA) Realty Corporation as lender and PB Capital Corporation as administrative agent, as such Loan Agreement may be amended, extended, or modified from time to time, or pursuant to any financing arrangementΒ replacing or refinancing such Loan Agreement), (ii)Β with respect to the Obligations of the Company, each Material Subsidiary which is a Foreign Subsidiary (other than Affected Foreign Subsidiaries) and (iii)Β with respect to the Obligations of any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, each Material Subsidiary which is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower.
βResponsible Officerβ shall mean any of the president, the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, a Financial Officer or a vice president of the Company or such other representative of the Company as may be designated in writing by any one of the foregoing with the consent of the Administrative Agent; and, with respect to the financial covenants only, a Financial Officer of the Company.
βRestricted Paymentβ means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary.
βRevolving Credit Exposureβ means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such time.
βRevolving Loanβ means a Loan made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.01.
βS&Pβ means StandardΒ & Poorβs Ratings Services, a StandardΒ & Poorβs Financial Services LLC business.
βSale and Leaseback Transactionβ means any sale or other transfer of any property or asset by any Person with the intent to lease such property or asset as lessee.
βSECβ means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
βSenior Note Documentsβ means the Senior Notes, the Senior Note Indenture, the Senior Note Guaranty and each other document executed in connection with the Senior Notes, as each such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time thereafter.
βSenior Note Guarantyβ means any guaranty executed and delivered pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture.
βSenior Note Indentureβ means the Indenture entered into by the Company and the trustee named therein pursuant to which the Senior Notes are issued, as such Indenture may be amended, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time thereafter.
βSenior Notesβ means the Companyβs $150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 7 1/8% Senior Notes due DecemberΒ 15, 2016, issued pursuant to the Senior Note Indenture, as such Notes may be amended, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
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βStatutory Reserve Rateβ means, with respect to any currency, a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves or other requirements) established by any central bank, monetary authority, the Board, the Financial Services Authority, the European Central Bank or other Governmental Authority for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency, expressed in the case of each such requirement as a decimal. Such reserve, liquid asset, fees or similar requirements shall, in the case of Dollar denominated Loans, include those imposed pursuant to RegulationΒ D of the Board. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to be subject to such reserve, liquid asset, fee or similar requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under any applicable law, rule or regulation, including RegulationΒ D of the Board. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve, liquid asset or similar requirement.
βSubordinated Indebtednessβ means any Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company or any Subsidiary with an original principal amount in excess of $25,000,000 (other than intercompany Indebtedness permitted by SectionΒ 6.01(c)) which is subordinated by the terms of the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents in right of payment to the Obligations under the Loan Documents.
βSubordinated Indebtedness Documentsβ means any document, agreement or instrument evidencing any Subordinated Indebtedness or entered into in connection with any Subordinated Indebtedness.
βsubsidiaryβ means, with respect to any Person (the βparentβ) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parentβs consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a)Β of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held, or (b)Β that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
βSubsidiaryβ means any subsidiary of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Charitable Foundation shall not be considered to be a Subsidiary of the Company.
βSubsidiary Guarantorβ means each Subsidiary that is party to the Subsidiary Guaranty. The Subsidiary Guarantors on the Effective Date are identified as such in Schedule 3.01 hereto.
βSubsidiary Guarantyβ means that certain Guaranty dated as of the Effective Date in the form of Exhibit G (including any and all supplements thereto) and executed by each Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto, and, in the case of any guaranty by a Foreign Subsidiary, any other guaranty agreements as are requested by the Administrative Agent and its counsel, in each case as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
βSwap Agreementβ means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
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βSwingline Exposureβ means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time.
βSwingline Lenderβ means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
βSwingline Loanβ means a Loan made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05.
βSwiss Francsβ means the lawful currency of Switzerland.
βTARGETβ means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any)Β reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) for the settlement of payments in euro.
βTaxesβ means any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
βTransactionsβ means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
βTypeβ, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
βU.S. Personβ means a βUnited States personβ within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
βU.S. Tax Certificateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in SectionΒ 2.17(f)(ii)(D)(2).
βWithdrawal Liabilityβ means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
βWithholding Agentβ means the Company and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a βRevolving Loanβ) or by Type (e.g., a βEurocurrency Loanβ) or by Class and Type (e.g., a βEurocurrency Revolving Loanβ). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a βRevolving Borrowingβ) or by Type (e.g., a βEurocurrency Borrowingβ) or by Class and Type (e.g., a βEurocurrency Revolving Borrowingβ).
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words βincludeβ, βincludesβ and
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βincludingβ shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase βwithout limitationβ. The word βwillβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word βshallβ. The word βlawβ shall be construed as referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments, orders and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities. Unless the context requires otherwise (a)Β any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b)Β any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c)Β any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Personβs successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d)Β the words βhereinβ, βhereofβ and βhereunderβ, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e)Β all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (f)Β the words βassetβ and βpropertyβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company wishes to amend any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then the Companyβs compliance with such provision shall be determined on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrowers and the Required Lenders. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i)Β without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 000-00-00 (previously referred to as Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159) (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary at βfair valueβ, as defined therein and (ii)Β without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position APB 14-1 to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.
SECTION 1.05. Status of Obligations. The Obligations are hereby designated as βsenior indebtednessβ and as βdesignated senior indebtednessβ and words of similar import under and in respect of any indenture or other agreement or instrument under which any Subordinated Indebtedness is outstanding and are further given all such other designations as shall be required under the terms of any such Subordinated Indebtedness in order that the Lenders may have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness.
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ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers in Agreed Currencies from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a)Β subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lenderβs Commitment, (b)Β subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the sum of the Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Aggregate Commitment or (c)Β subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of the total outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure, in each case denominated in Foreign Currencies, exceeding the Foreign Currency Sublimit. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a)Β Each Revolving Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lenderβs failure to make Loans as required. Any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in SectionΒ 2.05.
(b) Subject to SectionΒ 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the relevant Borrower may request in accordance herewith; provided that each ABR Loan shall only be made in Dollars and shall only be made to the Company. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurocurrency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the relevant Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 ((or, if such Borrowing is denominated in (i)Β Japanese Yen, JPY 100,000,000 or (ii)Β a Foreign Currency other than Japanese Yen, 1,000,000 units of such currency)) and not less than $5,000,000 (or, if such Borrowing is denominated in (i)Β Japanese Yen, JPY 500,000,000 or (ii)Β a Foreign Currency other than Japanese Yen, 5,000,000 units of such currency). At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Aggregate Commitment or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by SectionΒ 2.06(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $250,000 and not less than $250,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of six (6)Β Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
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SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing, the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by irrevocable written notice (via a written Borrowing Request substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I-1 and signed by the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower) (a)Β in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, three (3)Β Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Dollars to the Company) or not later than four (4)Β Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency or a Eurocurrency Borrowing to a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower), in each case before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b)Β in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the requested date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by SectionΒ 2.06(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with SectionΒ 2.02:
(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Agreed Currency and initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term βInterest Periodβ; and
(v) the location and number of the applicable Borrowerβs account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of SectionΒ 2.07.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then, in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars to the Company, the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, then the relevant Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one monthβs duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lenderβs Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Determination of Dollar Amounts. The Administrative Agent will determine the Dollar Amount of:
(a) each Eurocurrency Borrowing as of the date two (2)Β Business Days prior to the date of such Borrowing or, if applicable, the date of conversion/continuation of any Borrowing as a Eurocurrency Borrowing,
(b) the LC Exposure as of the date of each request for the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, and
(c) all outstanding Credit Events on and as of the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and, during the continuation of an Event of Default, on any other Business Day elected by the Administrative Agent in its discretion or upon instruction by the Required Lenders.
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Each day upon or as of which the Administrative Agent determines Dollar Amounts as described in the preceding clauses (a), (b)Β and (c)Β is herein described as a βComputation Dateβ with respect to each Credit Event for which a Dollar Amount is determined on or as of such day.
SECTION 2.05. Swingline Loans. (a)Β Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans in Dollars to the Company from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i)Β the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $20,000,000 or (ii)Β the Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the Aggregate Commitment; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telecopy substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I-3, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Company. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Company by means of a credit to an account of the Company designated by the Company (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in SectionΒ 2.06(e), by remittance to such Issuing Bank) by 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.
(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in SectionΒ 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and SectionΒ 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Company (or other party on behalf of the Company) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Company for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Company of any default in the payment thereof.
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SECTION 2.06. Letters of Credit. (a)Β General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company may request the issuance of Letters of Credit denominated in Agreed Currencies for its own account or the account of any of its Subsidiaries, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Company to, or entered into by the Company with, the relevant Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. The letters of credit identified on Schedule 2.06 (the βExisting Letters of Creditβ) shall be deemed to be βLetters of Creditβ issued on the Effective Date for all purposes of the Loan Documents.
(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Company shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the relevant Issuing Bank) to an Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c)Β of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the Agreed Currency applicable thereto, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by an Issuing Bank, the Company also shall submit a letter of credit application on the relevant Issuing Bankβs standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Company shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i)Β subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure shall not exceed $100,000,000, (ii)Β subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the sum of the Dollar Amount of the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitment and (iii)Β subject to Sections 2.04 and 2.11(b), the Dollar Amount of the total outstanding Revolving Loans and LC Exposure, in each case denominated in Foreign Currencies, shall not exceed the Foreign Currency Sublimit.
(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i)Β the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii)Β the date that is five (5)Β Business Days prior to the Maturity Date; provided that any Letter of Credit (x)Β with a one-year tenor may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods and (y)Β may provide for a tenor in excess of one year if approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) (which tenor shall not, in the case of each of clauses (x)Β and (y), in any event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii)Β above).
(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of any Issuing Bank or the Lenders, each Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from each Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Dollar Amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the relevant Issuing Bank, such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage
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of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Company on the date due as provided in paragraph (e)Β of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Company for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent in Dollars the Dollar Amount equal to such LC Disbursement, calculated as of the date such Issuing Bank made such LC Disbursement (or if an Issuing Bank shall so elect in its sole discretion by notice to the Company, in such other Agreed Currency which was paid by such Issuing Bank pursuant to such LC Disbursement in an amount equal to such LC Disbursement) not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Company shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Company prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Company receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that the Company may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with SectionΒ 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in an equivalent Dollar Amount of such LC Disbursement and, to the extent so financed, the Companyβs obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the Company fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Company in respect thereof and such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Company, in the same manner as provided in SectionΒ 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and SectionΒ 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the relevant Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Company pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the relevant Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement. If the Companyβs reimbursement of, or obligation to reimburse, any amounts in any Foreign Currency would subject the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to any stamp duty, ad valorem charge or similar tax that would not be payable if such reimbursement were made or required to be made in Dollars, the Company shall, at its option, either (x)Β pay the amount of any such tax requested by the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Bank or the relevant Lender or (y)Β reimburse each LC Disbursement made in such Foreign Currency in Dollars, in an amount equal to the Equivalent Amount, calculated using the applicable exchange rates, on the date such LC Disbursement is made, of such LC Disbursement.
(f) Obligations Absolute. The Companyβs obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e)Β of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i)Β any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this
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Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii)Β any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii)Β payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv)Β any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Companyβs obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor any Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the relevant Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to the Company to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Company to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Company that are caused by such Issuing Bankβs failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct (or breach of its express obligations under the Loan Documents) on the part of any Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, each Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement Procedures. Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Each Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Company by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Company shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Company reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans (or in the case such LC Disbursement is denominated in a Foreign Currency, at the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate for such Agreed Currency plus the then effective Applicable Rate with respect to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans); provided that, if the Company fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e)Β of this Section, then SectionΒ 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of such Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (e)Β of this Section to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
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(i) Replacement of Issuing Bank. Any Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Company, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Company shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to SectionΒ 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i)Β the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii)Β references herein to the term βIssuing Bankβ shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit then outstanding and issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Company receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders (the βLC Collateral Accountβ), an amount in cash equal to 105% of the Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that (i)Β the portions of such amount attributable to undrawn Foreign Currency Letters of Credit or LC Disbursements in a Foreign Currency that the Company is not late in reimbursing shall be deposited in the applicable Foreign Currencies in the actual amounts of such undrawn Letters of Credit and LC Disbursements and (ii)Β the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Company described in clause (h)Β or (i)Β of Article VII. For the purposes of this paragraph, the Foreign Currency LC Exposure shall be calculated using the applicable Exchange Rate on the date notice demanding cash collateralization is delivered to the Company. The Company also shall deposit cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required by SectionΒ 2.11(b). Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Companyβs risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the relevant Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Company for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other Obligations. If the Company is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Company within three (3)Β Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.
(k) Issuing Bank Agreements. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank shall report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i)Β on or prior to each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank issues, amends, renews or extends any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, and the currency and aggregate face amount of the Letters of Credit issued, amended, renewed or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance,
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amendment, renewal or extension (and whether the amount thereof shall have changed), it being understood that such Issuing Bank shall not effect any issuance, renewal, extension or amendment resulting in an increase in the amount of any Letter of Credit without first obtaining written confirmation from the Administrative Agent that such increase is then permitted under this Agreement, (ii)Β on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any LC Disbursement, the date, currency and amount of such LC Disbursement, (iii)Β on any Business Day on which a Company fails to reimburse an LC Disbursement required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the currency and amount of such LC Disbursement and (iv)Β on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings. (a)Β Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds (i)Β in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars to the Company, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders and (ii)Β in the case of each Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency or to a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, by 12:00 noon, Local Time, in the city of the Administrative Agentβs Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency and Borrower and at such Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency and Borrower; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in SectionΒ 2.05. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the relevant Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds by the close of business (New York City time or Local Time, as applicable) on the proposed date of the relevant Loans, to (x)Β an account of the Company designated by the Company in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars to the Company and (y)Β an account of such Borrower in the relevant jurisdiction and designated by such Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request, in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency or to a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in SectionΒ 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the relevant Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lenderβs share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a)Β of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the relevant Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and such Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i)Β in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (including without limitation the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency) or (ii)Β in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lenderβs Loan included in such Borrowing.
SECTION 2.08. Interest Elections. (a)Β Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the relevant Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. A Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the
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affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, a Borrower, or the Company on its behalf, shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election (by telephone or irrevocable written notice in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars or by irrevocable written notice (via an Interest Election Request substantially in form attached hereto as Exhibit I-2 and signed by such Borrower, or the Company on its behalf) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under SectionΒ 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I-2 and signed by the relevant Borrower, or the Company on its behalf. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, this Section shall not be construed to permit any Borrower to (i)Β change the currency of any Borrowing, (ii)Β elect an Interest Period for Eurocurrency Loans that does not comply with SectionΒ 2.02(d) or (iii)Β convert any Borrowing to a Borrowing of a Type not available under such Borrowing.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with SectionΒ 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii)Β and (iv)Β below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period and Agreed Currency to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which Interest Period shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term βInterest Periodβ.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one monthβs duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lenderβs portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the relevant Borrower (or the Company on its behalf) fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period (i)Β in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars borrowed by the Company, such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing and (ii)Β in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency (or in Dollars by a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower) in respect of which the applicable
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Borrower shall have failed to deliver an Interest Election Request prior to the third (3rd)Β Business Day preceding the end of such Interest Period, such Borrowing shall automatically continue as a Eurocurrency Borrowing in the same Agreed Currency with an Interest Period of one month unless such Eurocurrency Borrowing is or was repaid in accordance with SectionΒ 2.11. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Company, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i)Β no outstanding Revolving Borrowing borrowed by the Company may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (ii)Β unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing borrowed by the Company shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing (and any such Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing in a Foreign Currency shall be redenominated in Dollars at the time of such conversion) at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii)Β unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing by a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall automatically be continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month.
SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a)Β Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i)Β each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii)Β the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with SectionΒ 2.11, the Dollar Amount of the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the Aggregate Commitment.
(c) The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b)Β of this Section at least three (3)Β Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Company may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a)Β Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i)Β to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan made to such Borrower on the Maturity Date in the currency of such Loan and (ii)Β in the case of the Company, to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day of a calendar month and is at least two (2)Β Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Company shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
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(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i)Β the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class, Agreed Currency and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii)Β the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii)Β the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lenderβs share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b)Β or (c)Β of this Section shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it to any Borrower be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the relevant Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit J. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to SectionΒ 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if any such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans.
(a) Any Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with the provisions of this SectionΒ 2.11(a). The applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i)Β in the case of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, three (3)Β Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in Dollars) or four (4)Β Business Days (in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency), in each case before the date of prepayment, (ii)Β in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of prepayment or (iii)Β in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by SectionΒ 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with SectionΒ 2.09. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in SectionΒ 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i)Β accrued interest to the extent required by SectionΒ 2.13 and (ii)Β break funding payments pursuant to SectionΒ 2.16.
(b) If at any time, (i)Β other than as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, (A)Β the sum of the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all of the Revolving Credit Exposures (calculated, with respect to those Credit Events denominated in Foreign Currencies, as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such Credit Event) exceeds the Aggregate Commitment or (B)Β the sum of the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all of the outstanding Revolving Credit Exposures
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denominated in Foreign Currencies (the βForeign Currency Exposureβ) (so calculated), as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such Credit Event, exceeds the Foreign Currency Sublimit or (ii)Β solely as a result of fluctuations in currency exchange rates, (A)Β the sum of the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of all of the Revolving Credit Exposures (so calculated) exceeds 105% of the Aggregate Commitment or (B)Β the Foreign Currency Exposure, as of the most recent Computation Date with respect to each such Credit Event, exceeds 105% of the Foreign Currency Sublimit, the Borrowers shall in each case immediately repay Borrowings or cash collateralize LC Exposure in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 2.06(j), as applicable, in an aggregate principal amount sufficient to cause (x)Β the aggregate Dollar Amount of all Revolving Credit Exposures (so calculated) to be less than or equal to the Aggregate Commitment and (y)Β the Foreign Currency Exposure to be less than or equal to the Foreign Currency Sublimit, as applicable.
SECTION 2.12. Fees. (a)Β The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates; provided that, if such Lender continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after its Commitment terminates, then such commitment fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Credit Exposure from and including the date on which its Commitment terminates to but excluding the date on which such Lender ceases to have any Revolving Credit Exposure. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof; provided that any commitment fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b) The Company agrees to pay (i)Β to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans on the average daily Dollar Amount of such Lenderβs LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lenderβs Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure and (ii)Β to the relevant Issuing Bank for its own account a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125%Β per annum on the average daily Dollar Amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bankβs standard fees and commissions with respect to the issuance, amendment, cancellation, negotiation, transfer, presentment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Unless otherwise specified above, participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third (3rd)Β Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to any Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten (10)Β days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
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(c) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Company and the Administrative Agent.
(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in Dollars (except as otherwise expressly provided in this SectionΒ 2.12) and immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the relevant Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable absent manifest error in the calculation of the amount thereof.
SECTION 2.13. Interest. (a)Β The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by any Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i)Β in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii)Β in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a)Β of this Section.
(d) Accrued interest on each Revolving Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Revolving Loan and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i)Β interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c)Β of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii)Β in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii)Β in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest (i)Β computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and (ii)Β for Borrowings denominated in Pounds Sterling shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days, and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:
(a) the Administrative Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders in their reasonable determination that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
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then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the applicable Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the applicable Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i)Β any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be ineffective and any such Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be repaid on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii)Β any Eurocurrency Borrowing by a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower that is requested to be continued shall be repaid on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii)Β if any Borrowing Request by the Company requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing (and if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing by a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower or denominated in a Foreign Currency, such Borrowing Request shall be ineffective); provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.
SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs. (a)Β If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or any Issuing Bank;
(ii) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or
(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A)Β Indemnified Taxes and (B)Β Excluded Taxes) on its loans, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan (including, without limitation, pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in an Agreed Currency into a Borrowing denominated in any other Agreed Currency) or to increase the cost to such Lender or such Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (including, without limitation, pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in an Agreed Currency into a Borrowing denominated in any other Agreed Currency) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such Issuing Bank hereunder, whether of principal, interest or otherwise (including, without limitation, pursuant to any conversion of any Borrowing denominated in an Agreed Currency into a Borrowing denominated in any other Agreed Currency), then the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs capital or on the capital of such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such
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Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs policies and the policies of such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the applicable Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a)Β or (b)Β of this Section shall be delivered to the Company and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Company shall pay, or cause the other Borrowers to pay, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10)Β days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs right to demand such compensation; provided that the Company shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 90 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lenderβs or such Issuing Bankβs intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 90-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a)Β the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11), (b)Β the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c)Β the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under SectionΒ 2.11(a) and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (d)Β the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to SectionΒ 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i)Β the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii)Β the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in the relevant currency of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurocurrency market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the applicable Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10)Β days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.17. Taxes. (a)Β Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up. Each payment by any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without withholding for any Taxes, unless such withholding is required by any law. If any Withholding Agent determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so required to withhold Taxes, then such Withholding Agent may so withhold and
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shall timely pay the full amount of withheld Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law. If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by such Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such withholding (including such withholding applicable to additional amounts payable under this Section), the applicable Recipient receives the amount it would have received had no such withholding been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers. The relevant Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes (except Other Connection Taxes) to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Indemnification by the Borrowers. The relevant Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient for any Indemnified Taxes that are paid or payable by such Recipient in connection with any Loan Document (including amounts payable under this SectionΒ 2.17(d)) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority except with respect to any such Taxes, penalties, interest and expenses arising from the Administrative Agentβs, any Lenderβs or an Issuing Bankβs, as the case may be, gross negligence or willful misconduct. The indemnity under this SectionΒ 2.17(d) shall be paid within ten (10)Β days after the Recipient delivers to the relevant Borrower a certificate stating the amount of any Indemnified Taxes so payable by such Recipient. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so payable absent manifest error. Such Recipient shall deliver a copy of such certificate to the Administrative Agent. In the case of any Lender making a claim under this SectionΒ 2.17(d) on behalf of any of its beneficial owners, an indemnity payment under this SectionΒ 2.17(d) shall be due only to the extent that such Lender is able to establish that, with respect to the applicable Indemnified Taxes, such beneficial owners supplied to the applicable Persons such properly completed and executed documentation necessary to claim any applicable exemption from, or reduction of, such Indemnified Taxes.
(e) Indemnification by the Lenders. Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent for any Taxes (but, in the case of any Indemnified Taxes, only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so) and the Loan Parties for any Excluded Taxes, in each case attributable to such Lender that are paid or payable by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Loan Party (as applicable) in connection with any Loan Document and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Excluded Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The indemnity under this SectionΒ 2.17(e) shall be paid within ten (10)Β days after the Administrative Agent or the applicable Loan Party (as applicable) delivers to the applicable Lender a certificate stating the amount of Taxes or Excluded Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Loan Party (as applicable). Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.
(f) Status of Lenders. (i)Β Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from, or reduction of, any applicable withholding Tax with respect to any payments under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law or reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by law or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative
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Agent as will permit such payments to be made without, or at a reduced rate of, withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by law or reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in SectionΒ 2.17(f)(ii) and (iii)Β below) shall not be required if in the Lenderβs reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender. Upon the reasonable request of any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, any Lender shall update any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.17(f). If any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect with respect to a Lender, such Lender shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10)Β days after such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy) notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy and update the form or certification if it is legally eligible to do so.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Borrower is a U.S. Person, any Lender with respect to such Borrower shall, if it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to such Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies reasonably requested by such Borrower and the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a party hereto, duly completed and executed copies of whichever of the following is applicable:
(A) in the case of a Lender that is a U.S. Person, IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (1)Β with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the βinterestβ article of such tax treaty and (2)Β with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the βbusiness profitsβ or βother incomeβ article of such tax treaty;
(C) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender for whom payments under any Loan Document constitute income that is effectively connected with such Lenderβs conduct of a trade or business in the United States, IRS Form W-8ECI;
(D) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code both (1)Β IRS Form W-8BEN and (2)Β a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H (a βU.S. Tax Certificateβ) to the effect that such Lender is not (a)Β a βbankβ within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (b)Β a β10 percent shareholderβ of such Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, (c)Β a βcontrolled foreign corporationβ described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (d)Β conducting a trade or business in the United States with which the relevant interest payments are effectively connected;
(E) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender that is not the beneficial owner of payments made under this Agreement (including a partnership or a participating Lender) (1)Β an IRS Form W-8IMY on behalf of itself and (2)Β the relevant forms prescribed in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D)Β and (F)Β of this paragraph (f)(ii) that would be required of each such
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beneficial owner or partner of such partnership if such beneficial owner or partner were a Lender; provided, however, that if the Lender is a partnership and one or more of its partners are claiming the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, such Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Certificate on behalf of such partners; or
(F) any other form prescribed by law as a basis for claiming exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax together with such supplementary documentation necessary to enable such Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the amount of Tax (if any) required by law to be withheld.
(iii) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Withholding Agent as may be necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lenderβs obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.
(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or a Tax benefit from a credit for Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.17 (including additional amounts paid pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund or Tax benefit (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund or Tax benefit), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund or Tax benefit). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid to such indemnified party pursuant to the previous sentence (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event such indemnified party is required to repay such refund or Tax benefit to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this SectionΒ 2.17(g), in no event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.17(g) if such payment would place such indemnified party in a less favorable position (on a net after-Tax basis) than such indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund or Tax benefit had never been paid. This SectionΒ 2.17(g) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(h) Issuing Bank. For purposes of SectionΒ 2.17(e), (f)Β and (g), the term βLenderβ includes each Issuing Bank.
SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) Each Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under SectionΒ 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to (i)Β in the case of payments denominated in Dollars by the Company, 12:00 noon, New York City time and (ii)Β in the case of payments denominated in a Foreign Currency or by a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, 12:00 noon, Local Time, in the city of the Administrative
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Agentβs Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency, in each case on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made (i)Β in the same currency in which the applicable Credit Event was made (or where such currency has been converted to euro, in euro) and (ii)Β to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 or, in the case of a Credit Event denominated in a Foreign Currency or to a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, the Administrative Agentβs Eurocurrency Payment Office for such currency, except payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments denominated in the same currency received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, if, after the making of any Credit Event in any Foreign Currency, currency control or exchange regulations are imposed in the country which issues such currency with the result that the type of currency in which the Credit Event was made (the βOriginal Currencyβ) no longer exists or any Borrower is not able to make payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders in such Original Currency, then all payments to be made by such Borrower hereunder in such currency shall instead be made when due in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount (as of the date of repayment) of such payment due, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the Borrowers take all risks of the imposition of any such currency control or exchange regulations.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i)Β first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii)Β second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i)Β if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii)Β the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by any Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).
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Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the relevant Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or each of the Issuing Banks, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (including without limitation the Overnight Foreign Currency Rate in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency).
(f) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(e) or 9.03(c), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), (i)Β apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender and for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Banks to satisfy such Lenderβs obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii)Β hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under such Sections; in the case of each of (i)Β and (ii)Β above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.
SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a)Β If any Lender requests compensation under SectionΒ 2.15, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i)Β would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to SectionΒ 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii)Β would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Company hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) In addition to the Companyβs rights under SectionΒ 9.02(d), if (i)Β any Lender requests compensation under SectionΒ 2.15, (ii)Β any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 2.17 or (iii)Β any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in SectionΒ 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under the Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i)Β the Company shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and if a Commitment is being assigned, the relevant Issuing Bank), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii)Β such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and
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participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii)Β in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under SectionΒ 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to SectionΒ 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION 2.20. Expansion Option. The Company may from time to time elect to increase the Commitments or enter into one or more tranches of term loans (each an βIncremental Term Loanβ), in each case in minimum increments of $10,000,000 so long as, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such increases and all such Incremental Term Loans does not exceed $150,000,000. The Company may arrange for any such increase or tranche to be provided by one or more Lenders (each Lender so agreeing to an increase in its Commitment, or to participate in such Incremental Term Loans, an βIncreasing Lenderβ), or by one or more new banks, financial institutions or other entities (each such new bank, financial institution or other entity, an βAugmenting Lenderβ), to increase their existing Commitments, or to participate in such Incremental Term Loans, or extend Commitments, as the case may be; provided that (i)Β each Augmenting Lender, shall be subject to the approval of the Company and the Administrative Agent, (ii)Β no Augmenting Lender shall be the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company and (iii)Β (x)Β in the case of an Increasing Lender, the Company and such Increasing Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, and (y)Β in the case of an Augmenting Lender, the Company and such Augmenting Lender execute an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto. No consent of any Lender (other than the Lenders participating in the increase or any Incremental Term Loan) shall be required for any increase in Commitments or Incremental Term Loan pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.20. Increases and new Commitments and Incremental Term Loans created pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.20 shall become effective on the date agreed by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the relevant Increasing Lenders or Augmenting Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no increase in the Commitments (or in the Commitment of any Lender) or tranche of Incremental Term Loans shall become effective under this paragraph unless, (i)Β on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such increase or Incremental Term Loans, (A)Β the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a)Β and (b)Β of SectionΒ 4.02 shall be satisfied or waived by the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Company and (B)Β the Company shall be in compliance (on a Pro Forma Basis) with the covenants contained in SectionΒ 6.11 and (ii)Β the Administrative Agent shall have received documents consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date as to the corporate power and authority of the Borrowers to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such increase. On the effective date of any increase in the Commitments or any Incremental Term Loans being made, (i)Β each relevant Increasing Lender and Augmenting Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lenderβs portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Lenders to equal its Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Revolving Loans, and (ii)Β except in the case of any Incremental Term Loans, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans as of the date of any increase in the Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the applicable Borrower, or the Company on behalf of the applicable Borrower, in accordance with the requirements of SectionΒ 2.03). The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii)Β of the immediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Eurocurrency Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrowers pursuant to the provisions of
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SectionΒ 2.16 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods. The Incremental Term Loans (a)Β shall rank pari passu in right of payment with the Revolving Loans, (b)Β shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date (but may have amortization prior to such date) and (c)Β shall be treated substantially the same as (and in any event no more favorably than) the Revolving Loans; provided that (i)Β the terms and conditions applicable to any tranche of Incremental Term Loans maturing after the Maturity Date may provide for material additional or different financial or other covenants or prepayment requirements applicable only during periods after the Maturity Date and (ii)Β the Incremental Term Loans may be priced differently than the Revolving Loans. Incremental Term Loans may be made hereunder pursuant to an amendment or restatement (an βIncremental Term Loan Amendmentβ) of this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrowers, each Increasing Lender participating in such tranche, each Augmenting Lender participating in such tranche, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Term Loan Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the Incremental Term Loans as described in this SectionΒ 2.20; provided that any such Incremental Term Loan Amendment shall require that any waivers or amendments of SectionΒ 4.02 (including the waiver of any Default that has the effect of waiving the conditions in SectionΒ 4.02) shall also require the written consent or approval of Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments in respect of Revolving Loans representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments in respect of Revolving Loans. Nothing contained in this SectionΒ 2.20 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to increase its Commitment hereunder, or provide Incremental Term Loans, at any time.
SECTION 2.21. Administrative Borrower. Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent for all purposes relevant to the administration of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including (i)Β the giving and receipt of notices and (ii)Β the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein (other than any waiver, amendment or other modification contemplated by SectionΒ 9.02). Any notice, demand, consent, acknowledgement, direction, certification or other communication delivered to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered to the Borrowers.
SECTION 2.22. Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from any Borrower hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (the βspecified currencyβ) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agentβs main New York City office on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of each Borrower in respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency, each Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a)Β the sum originally due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b)Β any amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such Lender under SectionΒ 2.18, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, agrees to remit such excess to such Borrower.
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SECTION 2.23. Designation of Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers. The Company may at any time and from time to time designate any Eligible Foreign Subsidiary as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement executed by such Subsidiary and the Company and the satisfaction of the other conditions precedent set forth in SectionΒ 4.03, and upon such delivery and satisfaction such Subsidiary shall for all purposes of this Agreement be a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and a party to this Agreement until the Company shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination with respect to such Subsidiary, whereupon such Subsidiary shall cease to be a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and a party to this Agreement. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, no Borrowing Subsidiary Termination will become effective as to any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower at a time when any principal of or interest on any Loan to such Borrower shall be outstanding hereunder, provided that such Borrowing Subsidiary Termination shall be effective to terminate the right of such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower to make further Borrowings under this Agreement. As soon as practicable upon receipt of a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall furnish a copy thereof to each Lender.
SECTION 2.24. Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 2.12(a);
(b) the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to SectionΒ 9.02); provided, that this clause (b)Β shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender affected thereby;
(c) if any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
(i) all or any part of the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting Lendersβ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lenderβs Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lendersβ Commitments;
(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i)Β above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Company shall within one (1)Β Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x)Β first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y)Β second, cash collateralize for the benefit of the relevant Issuing Banks only the Borrowersβ obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i)Β above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in SectionΒ 2.06(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;
(iii) if the Company cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii)Β above, the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure is cash collateralized;
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(iv) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i)Β above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to SectionΒ 2.12(a) and SectionΒ 2.12(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lendersβ Applicable Percentages; and
(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i)Β or (ii)Β above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of any Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under SectionΒ 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure shall be payable to the relevant Issuing Banks until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and
(d) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Banks shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lenderβs then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Company in accordance with SectionΒ 2.24(c), and participating interests in any such newly made Swingline Loan or any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with SectionΒ 2.24(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
If (i)Β a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Parent of any Lender shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii)Β the Swingline Lender or any Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Company or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swingline Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Company, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lenderβs Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
Each Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers; Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite organizational power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a
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Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable) in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required. Schedule 3.01 hereto (as supplemented from time to time) identifies each Subsidiary, noting whether such Subsidiary is a Material Subsidiary, the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of each class of its capital stock or other equity interests owned by the Company and the other Subsidiaries and, if such percentage is not 100% (excluding directorsβ qualifying shares as required by law), a description of each class issued and outstanding. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock and other equity interests of each Subsidiary are validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and nonassessable and all such shares and other equity interests indicated on Schedule 3.01 as owned by the Company or another Subsidiary are owned, beneficially and of record, by the Company or any Subsidiary free and clear of all Liens. There are no outstanding commitments or other obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary to issue, and no options, warrants or other rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any class of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary.
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Loan Partyβs organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational actions and, if required, actions by equity holders. The Loan Documents to which each Loan Party is a party have been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditorsβ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a)Β do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b)Β will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c)Β will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, material agreement or other material instrument binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d)Β will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change. (a)Β The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows (i)Β as of and for the fiscal year ended DecemberΒ 31, 2009 reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii)Β as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended JuneΒ 30, 2010, certified by a Financial Officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii)Β above.
(b) Since DecemberΒ 31, 2009, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.05. Properties. (a)Β Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, other than Liens permitted by SectionΒ 6.02.
(b) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Company and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 3.06. Litigation, Environmental and Labor Matters. (a)Β There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of a Responsible Officer the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i)Β as to which there is a reasonable likelihood of an adverse determination and which, if adversely determined, could, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii)Β that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.
(b) Except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i)Β has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii)Β has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii)Β has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv)Β knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
(c) There are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer, threatened in writing. The hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation in any material respect of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law relating to such matters. All material payments due from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or for which any claim may be made against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as liabilities on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary. The consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound.
SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Status. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is an βinvestment companyβ as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
SECTION 3.09. Taxes. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a)Β Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b)Β to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.10. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 3.11. Disclosure. The Company has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information (other than information of a general economic or industry nature) furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished), taken a whole, contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrowers represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
SECTION 3.12. Federal Reserve Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loan have been used or will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
SECTION 3.13. Liens. There are no Liens on any of the real or personal properties of the Company or any Subsidiary except for Liens permitted by SectionΒ 6.02.
SECTION 3.14. No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3.15. No Burdensome Restrictions. No Borrower is subject to any Burdensome Restrictions except Burdensome Restrictions permitted under SectionΒ 6.08.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with SectionΒ 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from (i)Β each party hereto either (A)Β a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (B)Β written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and (ii)Β each initial Subsidiary Guarantor either (A)Β a counterpart of the Subsidiary Guaranty signed on behalf of such Subsidiary Guarantor or (B)Β written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic transmission of a signed signature page of the Subsidiary Guaranty) that such Subsidiary Guarantor has signed a counterpart of the Subsidiary Guaranty.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of (i)Β Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, general counsel of the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 and (ii)Β HuntonΒ & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special counsel for the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2, in each case covering such other matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. The Company hereby requests such counsels to deliver such opinions.
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(c) The Lenders shall have received (i)Β satisfactory audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the two most recent fiscal years ended prior to the Effective Date as to which such financial statements are available, (ii)Β satisfactory unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company for each quarterly period ended subsequent to the date of the latest financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (i)Β of this paragraph as to which such financial statements are publicly available and (iii)Β satisfactory financial statement projections through and including the Companyβs 2015 fiscal year, together with such information as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall reasonably request (including, without limitation, a detailed description of the assumptions used in preparing such projections).
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i)Β such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the initial Loan Parties, the authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to such Loan Parties, the Loan Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel and as further described in the list of closing documents attached as Exhibit E and (ii)Β to the extent requested by any of the Lenders, all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable βknow-your-customerβ and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Company, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a)Β and (b)Β of SectionΒ 4.02.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that Existing Credit Agreement shall have been terminated and cancelled and all indebtedness thereunder shall have been fully repaid (except to the extent being so repaid with the initial Revolving Loans) and any and all liens thereunder shall have been terminated.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all governmental and third party approvals necessary or, in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent, advisable in connection with the Transactions have been obtained and are in full force and effect.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received (or provisions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent shall have been made for the concurrent payment of) all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Company hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (other than in the case of a refinancing of a Borrowing with a new Borrowing that does not increase the aggregate principal amount of the Loans of any Lender outstanding), and of the Issuing Banks to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
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(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrowers set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a)Β and (b)Β of this Section.
SECTION 4.03. Designation of a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower. The designation of a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 2.23 is subject to the condition precedent that the Company or such proposed Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Administrative Agent:
(a) Copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Subsidiary, of its Board of Directorsβ resolutions (and resolutions of other bodies, if any are deemed necessary by counsel for the Administrative Agent) approving the Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement and any other Loan Documents to which such Subsidiary is becoming a party and such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of such Subsidiary;
(b) An incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Subsidiary, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signature of the officers of such Subsidiary authorized to request Borrowings hereunder and sign the Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Subsidiary is becoming a party, upon which certificate the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the Company or such Subsidiary;
(c) Opinions of counsel to such Subsidiary, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, with respect to the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and such other matters as are reasonably requested by counsel to the Administrative Agent and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; and
(d) Any promissory notes requested by any Lender, and any other instruments and documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable) and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Company covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
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SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each Lender:
(a) within ninety (90)Β days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (or, if earlier, by the date that the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for such fiscal year would be required to be filed under the rules and regulations of the SEC, giving effect to any automatic extension available thereunder for the filing of such form), its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholdersβ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a βgoing concernβ or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) within forty-five (45)Β days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company (or, if earlier, by the date that the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for such fiscal quarter would be required to be filed under the rules and regulations of the SEC, giving effect to any automatic extension available thereunder for the filing of such form), its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholdersβ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a)Β or (b)Β above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Company (i)Β certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii)Β setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with SectionΒ 6.11 and (iii)Β stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in SectionΒ 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a)Β above, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such financial statements of any Default under SectionΒ 6.11 (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);
(e) as soon as available, but in any event not more than forty-five (45)Β days following the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the plan and forecast (including a projected consolidated balance sheet, income statement and funds flow statement) of the Company for each quarter of such fiscal year in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(f) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with the SEC, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by the Company to its shareholders generally, as the case may be; and
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(g) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Company or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b)Β and (f)Β of this SectionΒ 5.01 may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such documents are filed for public availability on the SECβs Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System; provided that the Company shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the filing of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance the Company shall be required to provide paper copies of the compliance certificates required by clause (c)Β of this SectionΒ 5.01 to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to each Lender) prompt written notice of the following:
(a) the occurrence of any Default known to a Responsible Officer of the Company;
(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against the Company or any Subsidiary thereof that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer or other executive officer of the Company setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, qualifications, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, governmental authorizations and intellectual property rights material to the conduct of its business, and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted except where the failure to so maintain such authority, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any asset sale, merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under SectionΒ 6.03; provided, further that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall be required to preserve any such rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names if the governing body of the Company or such Subsidiary should reasonably determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the Companyβs or such Subsidiaryβs business and such failure to so preserve is not materially adverse to the Lenders.
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SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a)Β the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b)Β the Company or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c)Β the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a)Β keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and casualty excepted, and (b)Β maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.
SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in accordance with GAAP. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent (or if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any Lender), upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties during normal business hours, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants (provided that the Company may, if it so chooses, be present or participate in any such discussions), all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested; provided, that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (i)Β the Administrative Agent and its designated representatives shall not be reimbursed for more than one such visit and inspection per year and (ii)Β the Administrative Agent shall give the Company not less than three (3)Β Business Daysβ prior notice of its intent to conduct any such visit and inspection. The Company acknowledges that the Administrative Agent, after exercising its rights of inspection, may prepare and distribute to the Lenders certain reports pertaining to the Company and its Subsidiariesβ assets for internal use by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. To the extent that the Administrative Agent or any Lender obtains possession of any proprietary information in the course of such visit or inspection, the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall handle such information in accordance with SectionΒ 9.12 of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws and Material Contractual Obligations. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i)Β comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including without limitation Environmental Laws) and (ii)Β perform in all material respects its obligations under material agreements to which it is a party, in each case except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be used only to finance the working capital needs, and for general corporate purposes, of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation (i)Β to refinance the Existing Credit Agreement and (ii)Β to finance Permitted Acquisitions and capital expenditures. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X.
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SECTION 5.09. Subsidiary Guaranty. Promptly but in any event within thirty (30)Β days (or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent) after any Person becomes a Required Subsidiary, the Company shall provide the Administrative Agent with written notice thereof setting forth information in reasonable detail describing the material assets of such Person and shall cause each such Required Subsidiary to deliver to the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guaranty (or a joinder to an existing Subsidiary Guaranty (in the form contemplated thereby)) pursuant to which such Required Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, such Subsidiary Guaranty to be accompanied by appropriate corporate resolutions, other corporate documentation and legal opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable) and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Company covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness with Indebtedness of a similar type that does not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than for accrued interest, premiums, costs and expenses);
(c) Indebtedness of the Company to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary; provided that Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any Loan Party shall be subject to the limitations set forth in SectionΒ 6.04(d);
(d) Guarantees by the Company of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Company or any other Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Companyβs Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties permitted to be guaranteed by the Loan Parties in reliance on this clause (d)Β shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(e) Guarantees by any Loan Party of the Senior Notes and guarantees by any Loan Party pursuant to the Foundry Park Loan Documents and any other Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 6.01(h);
(f) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than for accrued interest, premiums, costs and expenses); provided that (i)Β such
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Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within ninety (90)Β days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii)Β the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (f)Β shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(g) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of trade letters of credit;
(h) Indebtedness of any Real Estate Subsidiary with respect to the finance, acquisition or improvement of real estate development projects; provided that (i)Β the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (h)Β shall not exceed $200,000,000 at any time and (ii)Β the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such Indebtedness permitted by this clause (h)Β that is not Non-Recourse Indebtedness shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time;
(i) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary secured by a Lien on any asset of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (i)Β shall not exceed $30,000,000 at any time; and
(j) unsecured Indebtedness (including Subordinated Indebtedness with subordination terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that (i)Β both immediately prior to and after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom, (ii)Β such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Company other than the Subsidiary Guarantors and (iii)Β if the Company is not in compliance with the Adjusted Covenant Requirement, (x)Β the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed the greater of (1)Β $300,000,000 and (2)Β the amount of such Indebtedness incurred when the Company was in compliance with the Adjusted Covenant Requirement and (y)Β such Indebtedness shall mature after, and shall not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the date that is 181 days after the Maturity Date (it being understood that any provision requiring an offer to purchase such Indebtedness as a result of a change of control or asset sale shall not violate the foregoing restriction); provided, further, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Companyβs Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties permitted by this clause (i)Β shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding.
SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Permitted Encumbrances;
(b) any Lien on Excluded Real Property;
(c) the MeadWestvaco Lease;
(d) any Lien on any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that (i)Β such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary and (ii)Β such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (other than for accrued interest, premiums, costs and expenses);
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(e) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i)Β such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii)Β such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary and (iii)Β such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(f) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that (i)Β such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by clauseΒ (f) of SectionΒ 6.01, (ii)Β such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within ninety (90)Β days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii)Β the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv)Β such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary; and
(g) Liens on cash in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 in connection with the cash collateralization of the Foundry Park Rate Lock;
(h) Liens on the Equity Interests and/or assets of Real Estate Subsidiaries in connection with Indebtedness permitted under SectionΒ 6.01(h) so long as such Liens attach only to the real property financed by such Indebtedness and or the Equity Interests and/or assets related to such real property of such Real Estate Subsidiaries, as the case may be; and
(i) Liens on assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted above so long as the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness and other obligations subject to such Liens does not at any time exceed $30,000,000.
SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes and Asset Sales. (a)Β The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) any of its assets, (including pursuant to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction), or any of the Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) any Person (including any Subsidiary) may merge into the Company in a transaction in which the Company is the surviving corporation;
(ii) (a)Β any Subsidiary may merge into a Loan Party in which the surviving entity is such Loan Party (provided that any such merger involving the Company must result in the Company as the surviving entity) and (b)Β any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge into any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
(iii) (a)Β any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to a Loan Party and (b)Β any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
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(iv) the Foundry Park Subsidiary may amend, renew and replace the MeadWestvaco Lease;
(v) the Company and its Subsidiaries may (A)Β sell inventory and Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business, (B)Β effect sales, trade-ins or dispositions of obsolete, surplus or used property for value in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (C)Β enter into licenses of technology in the ordinary course of business, (D)Β lease, license, sublease, sublicense or co-locate space within real property, the interest of which is owned or held by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, (E)Β sell, transfer, lease, donate or otherwise dispose of the Excluded Real Property, (F)Β in order to resolve disputes that occur in the ordinary course of business, discount or otherwise compromise for less than the face value thereof, notes or accounts receivables, (G)Β sell or dispose of shares of Equity Interests of any Subsidiary in order to qualify members of the governing body of such Subsidiary as required by applicable law, and (H)Β make any other sales, transfers, leases or dispositions that, together with all other property of the Company and its Subsidiaries previously leased, sold or disposed of as permitted by this clause (H)Β during any fiscal year of the Company, does not exceed 5% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Company as of the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company;
(vi) the Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by SectionΒ 6.10; and
(vii) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may liquidate or dissolve if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders.
(b) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto.
(c) The Company will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, change its fiscal year from the basis in effect on the Effective Date.
SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger or consolidation with any Person that was not a wholly owned Subsidiary prior to such merger or consolidation) any capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any Person or any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit, except:
(a) Permitted Investments;
(b) Permitted Acquisitions;
(c) (i)Β investments by the Company and its Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof in the capital stock of its Subsidiaries and (ii)Β intercompany loans and advances described on Schedule 6.01 hereto;
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(d) investments, loans or advances made by the Company in or to any Subsidiary and made by any Subsidiary in or to the Company or any other Subsidiary (provided that not more than an aggregate amount of $200,000,000 in investments, loans or advances or capital contributions may be made and remain outstanding, at any time, by Loan Parties to Subsidiaries which are not Loan Parties; provided that (i)Β no such Dollar limitation shall apply if at the time of incurrence of any applicable Indebtedness or the making of any applicable investment, loan or advance and immediately after giving effect (on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto, the Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 2.00 to 1.00 and (ii)Β intercompany accounts receivable and accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business for services rendered or the purchase or sale of assets among the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not count against any limitation set forth in this SectionΒ 6.04(d) and shall be permitted under this SectionΒ 6.04(d) so long as such arrangements are in compliance with SectionΒ 6.06(a));
(e) Guarantees of trade account payables incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and on payment terms not to exceed 120 days;
(f) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by SectionΒ 6.01;
(g) Swap Agreements permitted by SectionΒ 6.05 below;
(h) loans or advances to employees, officers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business for travel, relocation and related expenses;
(i) Equity Interests in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims due or owing to the Company or such Subsidiary or as security for any such Indebtedness or claim; and
(j) any other investment, loan or advance (other than acquisitions) so long as the aggregate amount of all such investments, loans and advances does not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
SECTION 6.05. Swap Agreements. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a)Β Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Company or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), and (b)Β Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Company or any Subsidiary, including, without limitation, Indebtedness evidenced by the Foundry Park Loan Documents.
SECTION 6.06. Transactions with Affiliates. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a)Β in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an armβs-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b)Β transactions between or among the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate and (c)Β any Restricted Payment permitted by SectionΒ 6.07. Notwithstanding the foregoing, transactions with the Charitable Foundation shall in no event be considered to be transactions with an Affiliate.
SECTION 6.07. Restricted Payments. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except (a)Β the Company may declare and pay dividends, including in connection with any stock split, with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, (b)
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Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests, (c)Β the Company may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (d)Β the Company and its Subsidiaries may make any other Restricted Payment so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing prior to making such Restricted Payment or would arise after giving effect (including giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis) thereto and, if the Company is not in compliance with the Adjusted Covenant Requirement, the aggregate amount of all such Restricted Payments during any fiscal year of the Company does not exceed $35,000,000.
SECTION 6.08. Restrictive Agreements. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a)Β the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to holders of its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to the Company or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Company or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i)Β the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by any Loan Document or the Senior Note Documents, (ii)Β the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iii)Β the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to any asset sale pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to such assets and such sale is permitted hereunder (iv)Β the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if (A)Β such restrictions or conditions are customary for such Indebtedness and (B)Β in the case of such restrictions or conditions applicable to Loan Parties (other than restrictions or conditions imposed by agreements relating to Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of less than $10,000,000), such restrictions and conditions are no more restrictive than the comparable restrictions and conditions set forth in this Agreement, (v)Β clause (a)Β of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (vi)Β clause (a)Β of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof.
SECTION 6.09. Subordinated Indebtedness and Amendments to Subordinated Indebtedness Documents. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary after the Effective Date to, directly or indirectly voluntarily prepay, defease or in substance defease, purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire, any Subordinated Indebtedness, except regularly scheduled payments of principal and interest as permitted by the terms of the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents. Furthermore, the Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary after the Effective Date to, amend any Subordinated Indebtedness Documents (or any replacements, substitutions, extensions or renewals thereof) where such amendment, modification or supplement provides for the following or which has any of the following effects:
(a) increases the overall principal amount of any such Subordinated Indebtedness or increases the amount of any single scheduled installment of principal or interest;
(b) shortens or accelerates the date upon which any installment of principal or interest becomes due or adds any additional mandatory redemption provisions;
(c) shortens the final maturity date of such Subordinated Indebtedness or otherwise accelerates the amortization schedule with respect to such Subordinated Indebtedness;
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(d) increases the rate of interest accruing on such Subordinated Indebtedness;
(e) provides for the payment of additional fees or increases existing fees;
(f) amends or modifies any financial or negative covenant (or covenant which prohibits or restricts the Company or any Subsidiary from taking certain actions) in a manner which is more onerous or more restrictive in any material respect to the Company or such Subsidiary or which is otherwise materially adverse to the Company, any Subsidiary and/or the Lenders or, in the case of any such covenant, which places material additional restrictions on the Company or such Subsidiary or which requires the Company or such Subsidiary to comply with more restrictive financial ratios or which requires the Company to better its financial performance, in each case from that set forth in the existing applicable covenants in the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents or the applicable covenants in this Agreement; or
(g) amends, modifies or adds any affirmative covenant in a manner which (i)Β when taken as a whole, is materially adverse to the Company, any Subsidiary and/or the Lenders or (ii)Β is more onerous in any material respect than the existing applicable covenant in the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents or the applicable covenant in this Agreement.
SECTION 6.10. Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction after the Effective Date, other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions in respect of which the net cash proceeds received in connection therewith does not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate during any fiscal year of the Company, determined on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 6.11. Financial Covenants.
(a) Maximum Leverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the ratio (the βLeverage Ratioβ), determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters ending on and after DecemberΒ 31, 2010, of (i)Β Consolidated Total Indebtedness to (ii)Β Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4)Β consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, to be greater than 3.00 to 1.00.
(b) Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the ratio (the βInterest Coverage Ratioβ), determined as of the end of each of its fiscal quarters ending on and after DecemberΒ 31, 2010, of (i)Β Consolidated EBIT to (ii)Β Consolidated Interest Expense, in each case for the period of four (4)Β consecutive fiscal quarters ending with the end of such fiscal quarter, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
If any of the following events (βEvents of Defaultβ) shall occur:
(a) any Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
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(b) any Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a)Β of this Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3)Β Business Days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;
(d) any Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in SectionΒ 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to any Borrowerβs existence), 5.08 or 5.09, in Article VI or in Article X;
(e) any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b)Β or (d)Β of this Article) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30)Β days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Company (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);
(f) the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable grace and cure periods);
(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g)Β shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i)Β liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Company or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii)Β the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60)Β days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i) the Company or any Material Subsidiary shall (i)Β voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii)Β consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h)Β of this Article, (iii)Β apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv)Β file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v)Β make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi)Β take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
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(j) the Company or any Material Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000 (to the extent not covered by an unaffiliated third party insurer that has not denied coverage) shall be rendered against the Company, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of thirty (30)Β consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Company or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) a Change in Control shall occur;
(n) any material provision of any Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (or the Company or any Subsidiary shall challenge the enforceability of any Loan Document or shall assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction based on any such assertion, that any provision of any of the Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms); or
(o) the subordination provisions of any Subordinated Indebtedness shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with their terms);
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Company described in clause (h)Β or (i)Β of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Company, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i)Β terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii)Β declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers; and in case of any event with respect to any Borrower described in clause (h)Β or (i)Β of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other Obligations accrued hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, exercise any rights and remedies provided to the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity.
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ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
Each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf, including execution of the other Loan Documents, and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a)Β the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b)Β the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in SectionΒ 9.02), and (c)Β except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in SectionΒ 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i)Β any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii)Β the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii)Β the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv)Β the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v)Β the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
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The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor (such successor to be approved by the Company, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, if an Event of Default shall exist at such time, no approval of the Company shall be required hereunder). If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30)Β days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by any Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between such Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agentβs resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and SectionΒ 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
None of the Lenders, if any, identified in this Agreement as a Co-Syndication Agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of such Lenders shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to the relevant Lenders in their respective capacities as Co-Syndication Agent as it makes with respect to the Administrative Agent in the preceding paragraph.
The Lenders are not partners or co-venturers, and no Lender shall be liable for the acts or omissions of, or (except as otherwise set forth herein in case of the Administrative Agent) authorized to act for, any other Lender. The Administrative Agent shall have the exclusive right on behalf of the Lenders to enforce the payment of the principal of and interest on any Loan after the date such principal or interest has become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Notices. (a)Β Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b)Β below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i) if to any Borrower, to it c/o NewMarket Corporation, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention of Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Principal Financial Officer (Telecopy No. (000)Β 000-0000; Telephone No. (000)Β 000-0000); and Attention of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx., Director of Treasury and Corporate Development (Telecopy No. (000)Β 000-0000, Telephone No. (000)Β 000-0000).
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, (A)Β in the case of Borrowings by the Company denominated in Dollars, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention of Xxxxx Xxxx (Telecopy No. (000)Β 000-0000) and (B)Β in the case of Borrowings by any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower or Borrowings denominated in Foreign Currencies, to X.X. Xxxxxx Europe Limited, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx XX0X 0XX, Attention of The Manager (Telecopy No.Β 44 207 777 2360), in each case with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx (Telecopy No. (000)Β 000-0000);
(iii) if to JPMorgan as an Issuing Bank, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention of Xxxxx Xxxx (Telecopy No. (000)Β 000-0000),or in the case of any other Issuing Bank, to it at the address and telecopy number specified from time to time by such Issuing Bank to the Company and the Administrative Agent;
(iv) if to the Swingline Lender, to it at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention of Xxxxx Xxxx (Telecopy No. (000)Β 000-0000); and
(v) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Company agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
(c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a)Β No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any
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other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b)Β of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Except as provided in SectionΒ 2.20 with respect to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment, neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders or by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i)Β increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii)Β reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iii)Β postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement (other than any reduction of the amount of, or any extension of the payment date for, the mandatory prepayments required under SectionΒ 2.11, in each case which shall only require the consent of the Required Lenders), or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, (iv)Β change SectionΒ 2.18(b) or (d)Β in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v)Β change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of βRequired Lendersβ or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (it being understood that, solely with the consent of the parties prescribed by SectionΒ 2.20 to be parties to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment, Incremental Term Loans may be included in the determination of Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Commitments and the Revolving Loans are included on the Effective Date), or (vi)Β release the Company or all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations under Article X or the Subsidiary Guaranty, as applicable, without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement and any other Loan Document may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers party to each relevant Loan Document (x)Β to add one or more credit facilities (in addition to the Incremental Term Loans pursuant to an Incremental Term Loan Amendment) to this Agreement and to permit extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Revolving Loans, Incremental Term Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (y)Β to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and Lenders.
(d) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of βeach Lenderβ or βeach Lender directly affected thereby,β the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is
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necessary but not obtained being referred to herein as a βNon-Consenting Lenderβ), then the Company may elect to replace a Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement, provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i)Β another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Administrative Agent shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b)Β of SectionΒ 9.04, and (ii)Β each Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement (1)Β all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by such Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections 2.15 and 2.17, and (2)Β an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under SectionΒ 2.16 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement Lender.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Borrowers only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency.
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a)Β The Company shall pay (i)Β all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one primary counsel for the Administrative Agent and one additional local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through a service such as Intralinks), the preparation and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii)Β all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii)Β all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of one primary counsel (and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction) for the Administrative Agent and one additional counsel for all of the Lenders and additional counsel as the Administrative Agent or any Lender or group of Lenders reasonably determines are necessary in light of actual or potential conflicts of interest or the availability of different claims or defenses, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an βIndemniteeβ) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i)Β the execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii)Β any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any 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), (iii)Β any actual or alleged presence
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or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv)Β 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 of its Subsidiaries, 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 gross negligence or willful misconduct of (or breach of its express obligations under the applicable Loan Documents by) such Indemnitee. This SectionΒ 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that are permitted under relevant applicable law as losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c) To the extent that the Company fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a)Β or (b)Β of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount (it being understood that the Companyβs failure to pay any such amount shall not relieve the Company of any default in the payment thereof); provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such.
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Borrower shall assert, and each Borrower hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee (i)Β for any damages arising from the use by others of information or other materials obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet) other than damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, or (ii)Β on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than fifteen (15)Β days after written demand (together with reasonably detailed invoices) therefor.
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns. (a)Β The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the relevant Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i)Β no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii)Β no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the relevant Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c)Β of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
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(b)(i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
(A) the Company (provided that the Company shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10)Β Business Days after having received notice thereof); provided, further, that no consent of the Company shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, subject to SectionΒ 9.04(b)(ii)(E) below, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to any other assignee;
(B) the Administrative Agent; and
(C) the Issuing Banks.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenderβs Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenderβs rights and obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, such fee to be paid by either the assigning Lender or the assignee Lender or shared between such Lenders;
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Company and its affiliates and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assigneeβs compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws;
(E) the assignee shall not be a Competitor unless an Event of Default referred to in clause (a), (b), (h), (i)Β or (j)Β of Article VII has occurred and is continuing or the Company has consented in writing to such assignment;
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(F) without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, no assignment shall be made to a prospective assignee that bears a relationship to any Borrower described in section 108(e)(4) of the Code; and
(G) the assignee shall not be the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company.
For the purposes of this SectionΒ 9.04(b), the term βApproved Fundβ has the following meaning:
βApproved Fundβ means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a)Β a Lender, (b)Β an Affiliate of a Lender or (c)Β an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this SectionΒ 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c)Β of this Section.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of each Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the βRegisterβ). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company, any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assigneeβs completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b)Β of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b)Β of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05(c), 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(e) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
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(c) Any Lender may, without the consent of any Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a βParticipantβ) in all or a portion of such Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A)Β such Lenderβs obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (B)Β such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; (C)Β the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement; and (D)Β without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, no participation shall be sold to a prospective participant that bears a relationship to any Borrower described in section 108(e)(4) of the Code. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to SectionΒ 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b)Β of this Section; provided that such Participant (A)Β shall be subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under SectionΒ 2.17(f) (it being understood that the documentation required under SectionΒ 2.17(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender); (B)Β agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.18 and 2.19 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b)Β of this Section; and (C)Β shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.15 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent (i)Β such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation and (ii)Β the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Companyβs prior written consent. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of SectionΒ 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to SectionΒ 2.18(d) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participantβs interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the βParticipant Registerβ). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount
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payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.
SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in SectionΒ 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic imaging shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.07. Severability. Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final and in whatever currency denominated) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor against any of and all of the Obligations held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under the Loan Documents and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION 9.09. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS. (a)Β THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) EACH BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL
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COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
(c) EACH BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LEGALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO SO, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B)Β OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTIONΒ 9.01. EACH FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES AND APPOINTS THE COMPANY, AS ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT, TO ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE ON ITS BEHALF, SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF THE NATURE REFERRED TO IN SECTIONΒ 9.09(B) IN ANY FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY. THE COMPANY HEREBY REPRESENTS, WARRANTS AND CONFIRMS THAT THE COMPANY HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT SUCH APPOINTMENT (AND ANY SIMILAR APPOINTMENT BY A SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR WHICH IS A FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY). SAID DESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE BY EACH SUCH FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER UNTIL ALL LOANS, ALL REIMBURSEMENT OBLIGATIONS, INTEREST THEREON AND ALL OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE BY SUCH FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER HEREUNDER AND UNDER THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREOF AND THEREOF AND SUCH FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER SHALL HAVE BEEN TERMINATED AS A BORROWER HEREUNDER PURSUANT TO SECTIONΒ 2.23. EACH FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER HEREBY CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF THE NATURE REFERRED TO IN SECTIONΒ 9.09(B) IN ANY FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY BY SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE COMPANY AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTIONΒ 9.09(D); PROVIDED THAT, TO THE EXTENT LAWFUL AND POSSIBLE, NOTICE OF SAID SERVICE UPON SUCH AGENT SHALL BE MAILED BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED AIR MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE COMPANY AND (IF APPLICABLE TO) SUCH FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THE BORROWING SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENT TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY OR TO ANY OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH SUCH FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER SHALL HAVE GIVEN WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT (WITH A COPY THEREOF TO THE COMPANY). EACH FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL CLAIM OF ERROR BY REASON OF ANY SUCH SERVICE IN SUCH MANNER AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON SUCH FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER IN ANY SUCH SUIT,
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ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND SHALL, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BE TAKEN AND HELD TO BE VALID AND PERSONAL SERVICE UPON AND PERSONAL DELIVERY TO SUCH FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER. TO THE EXTENT ANY FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER FROM SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OF A JUDGMENT, EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE), EACH FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A)Β CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B)Β ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a)Β to its and its Affiliatesβ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b)Β to the extent requested by any regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c)Β to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d)Β to any other party to this Agreement, (e)Β in connection with the exercise of any remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f)Β subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i)Β any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii)Β any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Borrower and its obligations, (g)Β with the consent of the Company or (h)Β to the extent such Information (i)Β becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii)Β becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company. For the purposes of this Section, βInformationβ means all information received from the Company relating to the Company or its business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Company. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
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SECTION 9.13. USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law OctoberΒ 26, 2001)) (the βActβ) hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the Act.
SECTION 9.14. Releases of Subsidiary Guarantors.
(a) A Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by this Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary; provided that, if so required by this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall have consented to such transaction and the terms of such consent shall not have provided otherwise.Β In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to) execute and deliver to any Loan Party, at such Loan Partyβs expense, all documents that such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release.Β Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.
(b) Further, the Administrative Agent may (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender to), upon the request of the Company, release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty if such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Material Subsidiary.
(c) At such time as the principal and interest on the Loans, all LC Disbursements, the fees, expenses and other amounts payable under the Loan Documents (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable) and the other Obligations (other than obligations under any Swap Agreement or any Banking Services Agreement, and other Obligations expressly stated to survive such payment and termination) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments shall have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, the Subsidiary Guaranty and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of each Subsidiary Guarantor thereunder shall automatically terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.
SECTION 9.15. No Advisory or Fiduciary Duty. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Company acknowledges and agrees that: (i)Β (A)Β the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Lenders are armβs-length commercial transactions between the Borrowers and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B)Β the Borrowers have consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C)Β the Borrowers are capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii)Β (A)Β each of the Lenders is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrowers or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B)Β no Lender has any obligation to any Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii)Β each of the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrowers and their respective
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Affiliates, and no Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrowers or its respective Affiliates.Β To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrowers hereby waive and release any claims that they may have against each of the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
SECTION 9.16. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the βChargesβ), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the βMaximum Rateβ) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
ARTICLE X
Cross-Guarantee
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article X to the contrary, no Foreign Subsidiary Borrower which is and remains an Affected Foreign Subsidiary shall be liable hereunder for any of the Loans made to, or any other Obligation incurred solely by or on behalf of, the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor which is a Domestic Subsidiary.
In order to induce the Lenders to extend credit to the other Borrowers hereunder, but subject to the last sentence of this Article X, each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the payment when and as due of the Obligations. Each Borrower further agrees that the due and punctual payment of such Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any such extension or renewal of any such Obligation.
Each Borrower waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to any Borrower of any of the Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its obligations and notice of protest for nonpayment. The obligations of each Borrower hereunder shall not be affected by (a)Β the failure of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against any Borrower under the provisions of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise; (b)Β any extension or renewal of any of the Obligations; (c)Β any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or release from, any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, or any other Loan Document or agreement; (d)Β any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of any of the Obligations; (e)Β the failure of the Administrative Agent to take any steps to perfect and maintain any security interest in, or to preserve any rights to, any security or collateral for the Obligations, if any; (f)Β any change in the corporate, partnership or other existence, structure or ownership of any Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Obligations; (g)Β the enforceability or validity of the Obligations or any part thereof or the genuineness, enforceability or validity of any agreement relating thereto or with respect to any collateral securing the Obligations or any part thereof, or any other invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against any Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the
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Obligations, for any reason related to this Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any provision of applicable law, decree, order or regulation of any jurisdiction purporting to prohibit the payment by such Borrower or any other guarantor of the Obligations, of any of the Obligations or otherwise affecting any term of any of the Obligations; or (h)Β any other act, omission or delay to do any other act which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Borrower or otherwise operate as a discharge of a guarantor as a matter of law or equity or which would impair or eliminate any right of such Borrower to subrogation.
Each Borrower further agrees that its agreement hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (whether or not any bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not merely of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in favor of any Borrower or any other Person.
The obligations of each Borrower hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever, by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any of the Obligations, any impossibility in the performance of any of the Obligations or otherwise.
Each Borrower further agrees that its obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower or otherwise.
Each Borrower agrees that any and all claims of such Borrower against any other Borrower or any other guarantor of the Obligations (each an βObligorβ) with respect to any βIntercompany Indebtednessβ (as hereinafter defined), any endorser, obligor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Obligations, or against any of its properties shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment, in full and in cash, of all Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable); provided that, as long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such Borrower may receive payments of principal and interest from any Obligor with respect to Intercompany Indebtedness. Notwithstanding any right of any Borrower to ask, demand, xxx for, take or receive any payment from any Obligor, all rights, liens and security interests of such Borrower, whether now or hereafter arising and howsoever existing, in any assets of any other Obligor shall be and are subordinated to the rights of the holders of Obligations and the Administrative Agent in those assets. No Borrower shall have any right to possession of any such asset or to foreclose upon any such asset, whether by judicial action or otherwise, unless and until all of the Obligations shall have been fully paid and satisfied (in cash) and all financing arrangements pursuant to any Loan Document, any Swap Agreement or any Banking Services Agreement have been terminated. If all or any part of the assets of any Obligor, or the proceeds thereof, are subject to any distribution, division or application to the creditors of such Obligor, whether partial or complete, voluntary or involuntary, and whether by reason of liquidation, bankruptcy, arrangement, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other action or proceeding, or if the business of any such Obligor is dissolved or if substantially all of the assets of any such Obligor are sold, then, and in any such event (such events being herein referred to as an βInsolvency Eventβ), any payment or distribution of any kind or character, either in cash, securities or other property, which shall be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to any indebtedness of any Obligor to any Borrower (βIntercompany Indebtednessβ) shall be paid or delivered directly to the Administrative Agent for application on any of the Obligations, due or to become due, until such Obligations shall have first been fully paid and satisfied (in cash). Should any payment, distribution,
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security or instrument or proceeds thereof be received by the applicable Borrower upon or with respect to the Intercompany Indebtedness after any Insolvency Event and prior to the satisfaction of all of the Obligations and the termination of all financing arrangements pursuant to any Loan Document among any Borrower and the holders of Obligations, such Borrower shall receive and hold the same in trust, as trustee, for the benefit of the holders of Obligations and shall forthwith deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Obligations, in the form received (except for the endorsement or assignment of the Borrower where necessary), for application to any of the Obligations, due or not due, and, until so delivered, the same shall be held in trust by the Borrower as the property of the holders of Obligations. If any such Borrower fails to make any such endorsement or assignment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent or any of its officers or employees is irrevocably authorized to make the same. Each Borrower agrees that until the Obligations (other than the contingent indemnity obligations) have been paid in full (in cash) and satisfied and all financing arrangements pursuant to any Loan Document among any Borrower and the holders of Obligations have been terminated, no Borrower will assign or transfer to any Person (other than the Administrative Agent) any claim any such Borrower has or may have against any Obligor.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have at law or in equity against any Borrower by virtue hereof, upon the failure of any other Borrower to pay any Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Borrower hereby promises to and will, upon receipt of written demand by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in cash an amount equal toΒ the unpaid principal amount of such Obligations then due, together withΒ accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Each Borrower further agrees that if payment in respect of any Obligation shall be due in a currency other than Dollars and/or at a place of payment other than NewΒ York, Chicago or any other Eurocurrency Payment Office and if, by reason of any Change in Law, disruption of currency or foreign exchange markets, war or civil disturbance or other event, payment of such Obligation in such currency or at such place of payment shall be impossible or, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, disadvantageous to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in any material respect, then, at the election of the Administrative Agent, such Borrower shall make payment of such Obligation in Dollars (based upon the applicable Equivalent Amount in effect on the date of payment) and/or in NewΒ York, Chicago or such other Eurocurrency Payment Office as is designated by the Administrative Agent and, as a separate and independent obligation, shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank and any Lender against any losses or reasonable out-of-pocket expenses that it shall sustain as a result of such alternative payment.
Upon payment by any Borrower of any sums as provided above, all rights of such Borrower against any Borrower arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations owed by such Borrower to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank and the Lenders.
Nothing shall discharge or satisfy the liability of any Borrower hereunder except the full performance and payment of the Obligations.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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NEWMARKET CORPORATION, as the Company | ||
By | Β | Β Β /s/ Xxxxx X. XxxxxxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Β | Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Β | Title:Β Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Financial Officer | |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually as a Lender, as Swingline Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as Administrative Agent | ||
By | Β | Β Β Β Β /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Β | Title: Credit Executive | |
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, individually as a Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as a Co-Syndication Agent | ||
By | Β | Β Β Β Β /s/ Β Β D. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Β | Name: D. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Β | Title: Senior Vice President | |
BANK OR AMERICA, N.A., individually as a Lender, as an Issuing Bank and as a Co-Syndication Agent | ||
By | Β | Β Β Β Β /s/ Β Β Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx | |
Β | Title:Β Vice President | |
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, individually as a Lender and as a Co-Syndication Agent | ||
By | Β | Β Β Β Β /s/ Β Β Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
Β | Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Β | Title: Senior Vice President |
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Signature Page to Credit Agreement
NewMarket Corporation
BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender | ||
By | Β | Β Β Β Β /s/ Β Β Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President | ||
SOVEREIGN BANK, as a Lender | ||
By | Β | Β Β Β Β /s/ Β Β Xxxxxxx XxxxxxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Assistant Vice President | ||
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as a Lender | ||
By | Β | Β Β Β Β /s/ Β Β Xxxxx X. XxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx | ||
Title: Administrative Vice President | ||
SUNTRUST BANK, as an Issuing Bank and as a Lender | ||
By | Β | Β Β Β Β /s/ Β Β Xxxxxx X. XxxxxxΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Executive Vice President |
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NewMarket Corporation
SCHEDULE 1.01
EXCLUDED REAL PROPERTY
All real property owned by the following Real Estate Subsidiaries:
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Β | 1. | Foundry Park II, LLC |
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Β | 2. | Xxxxxxβx Xxxx, LLC |
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Β | 3. | Xxxxxxβx Hill Third Street, LLC |
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Β | 4. | Xxxxxxβx Xxxx Tredegar, LLC |
SCHEDULE 2.01
COMMITMENTS
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LENDER |
Β Β | COMMITMENT | Β | |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. |
Β Β | $ | 56,000,000 | Β Β |
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
Β Β | $ | 48,000,000 | Β Β |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. |
Β Β | $ | 48,000,000 | Β Β |
CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA |
Β Β | $ | 48,000,000 | Β Β |
BRANCH BANKINGΒ & TRUST COMPANY |
Β Β | $ | 30,000,000 | Β Β |
SOVEREIGN BANK |
Β Β | $ | 30,000,000 | Β Β |
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY |
Β Β | $ | 20,000,000 | Β Β |
SUNTRUST BANK |
Β Β | $ | 20,000,000 | Β Β |
AGGREGATE COMMITMENT |
Β Β | $ | 300,000,000 | Β Β |
SCHEDULE 2.02
MANDATORY COST
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1. | The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with (a)Β the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or, in either case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) or (b)Β the requirements of the European Central Bank. |
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2. | On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the Administrative Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the βAssociated Costs Rateβ) for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Administrative Agent as a weighted average of the Lendersβ Associated Costs Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum. |
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3. | The Associated Costs Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the Administrative Agent. This percentage will be certified by that Lender in its notice to the Administrative Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that Lenderβs participation in all Loans made from that Facility Office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from that Facility Office. |
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4. | The Associated Costs Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the Administrative Agent as follows: |
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ABΒ +Β C(BΒ βΒ D)Β +Β EΒ ΓΒ 0.01 | Β Β | perΒ cent.Β perΒ annum |
100 β (A+C) | Β Β |
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EΒ ΓΒ 0.01 | Β Β | perΒ cent.Β perΒ annum |
300 | Β Β |
Where:
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Β | A | is the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be in excess of any stated minimum) which that Lender is from time to time required to maintain as an interest free cash ratio deposit with the Bank of England to comply with cash ratio requirements. |
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Β | B | is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Applicable Rate and the Mandatory Cost and, if the Loan is an Unpaid Sum, the additional rate of interest specified in SectionΒ 2.13(c)) payable for the relevant Interest Period on the Loan. |
Β | C | is the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which that Lender is required from time to time to maintain as interest bearing Special Deposits with the Bank of England. |
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Β | D | is the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to the Administrative Agent on interest bearing Special Deposits. |
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Β | (a) | βEligible Liabilitiesβ and βSpecial Depositsβ have the meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of England; |
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Β | (b) | βFacility Officeβ means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Administrative Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five Business Daysβ written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement. |
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Β | (c) | βFees Rulesβ means the rules on periodic fees contained in the Financial Services Authority Fees Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits; |
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Β | (e) | βParticipating Member Stateβ means any member state of the European Union that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to economic and monetary union. |
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Β | (f) | βReference Banksβ means, in relation to Mandatory Cost, the principal London offices of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
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Β | (g) | βTariff Baseβ has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules. |
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Β | (h) | βUnpaid Sumβ means any sum due and payable but unpaid by any Borrower under the Loan Documents. |
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7. | If requested by the Administrative Agent, each Reference Bank shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the Administrative Agent, the rate of charge payable by that Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by that Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to that Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per Β£1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of that Reference Bank. |
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8. | Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of calculating its Associated Costs Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender: |
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Β | (a) | the jurisdiction of its Facility Office; and |
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Β | (b) | any other information that the Administrative Agent may reasonably require for such purpose. |
Each Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any change to the information provided by it pursuant to this paragraph.
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10. | The Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination results in an Associated Costs Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender or Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct in all respects. |
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SCHEDULE 2.06
EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT
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Issuer |
Β | LOC # |
Β | Beneficiary |
Β | Expiration Date |
Β | Purpose |
Β | Outstanding Balance |
SunTrust | Β | F841232 | Β | Travelers | Β | 12/31/11 | Β | Insurance | Β | 2,516,400.50 |
SunTrust | Β | F848983 | Β | Zurich American | Β | 03/01/11 | Β | Insurance | Β | 1,738,000.00 |
SunTrust | Β | F841807 | Β | IEMA | Β | 08/31/11 | Β | Insurance | Β | 25,000.00 |
SunTrust | Β | F854636 | Β | HSBC (China) | Β | 05/24/11 | Β | Polartech Operations | Β | 1,000,000.00 |
PNC | Β | 18113125-00-000 | Β | Ace Insurance | Β | 4/23/2011 | Β | Insurance | Β | 505,000.00 |
Bank of America | Β | 00000000 | Β | Petroperu S.A.A./Scotiabank |
Β | 1/31/2012 | Β | Trade support | Β | 281,775.00 |
SCHEDULE 3.01
SUBSIDIARIES
Β
Subsidiary |
Β Β | Jurisdiction of Formation |
Β Β | Companyβs Ownership Interest |
Β Β | βMaterial Subsidiaryβ (Y or blank for No) |
Β Β | βSubsidiary Guarantorβ (Y or blank for No) |
AftonΒ ChemicalΒ AdditivesΒ Corporation | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100%Β indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Afton Chemical Asia | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Afton Chemical Asia PTE LTD. | Β Β | Singapore | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | |
Afton Chemical Canada Corporation | Β Β | Canada | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Afton Chemical Canada Holdings, Inc. | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Afton Chemical China Corporation, PTE Ltd. | Β Β | Singapore | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Afton Chemical Corporation | Β Β | DE | Β Β | 100% directly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Afton Chemical De Mexico, S.A. De C.V. | Β Β | Mexico | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Afton Chemical De Venezuela, C.A. | Β Β | Venezuela | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Afton Chemical GmbH | Β Β | Germany | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Afton Chemical India Private Limited | Β Β | India | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Afton Chemical Industria de Aditivos Ltda | Β Β | Brazil | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | |
Afton Chemical Intangibles, LLC | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Afton Chemical Japan Corporation | Β Β | Japan | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Afton Chemical Japan Holdings, Inc. | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Afton Chemical SPRL | Β Β | Belgium | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Afton Chemical Technology Co., Ltd. | Β Β | Shanghai | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Afton Chemical Trading Co. Ltd. | Β Β | Beijing | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Afton Chemical UK Holdings Limited | Β Β | UK | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Afton Chemical UK Limited | Β Β | UK | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | |
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Limited | Β Β | UK | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
EID Corporation | Β Β | Liberia | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Ethyl Asia Pacific LLC | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Ethyl Canada Holdings, Inc. | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Ethyl Canada Inc. | Β Β | Canada | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β |
Ethyl Corporation | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% directly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Ethyl Export Corporation | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
EthylΒ InteramericaΒ Corporation | Β Β | DE | Β Β | 100%Β indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Ethyl Services Gmbh | Β Β | Switzerland | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Ethyl Ventures, Inc. | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Foundry Park I, LLC | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | |
Foundry Park II, LLC | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
X.X. Xxxxxx & Co. Ltd. | Β Β | UK | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Xxxxxxβx Xxxx Lab, LLC | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | X | Β Β | X |
Xxxxxxβx Hill Landing, LLC | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | X | Β Β | X |
Xxxxxxβx Xxxx Third Street, LLC | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | X | Β Β | X |
Xxxxxxβx Hill Tredegar, LLC | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | X | Β Β | X |
Xxxxxxβx Xxxx, LLC | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Interamerica Terminals Corporation | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | X | Β Β | X |
Xxxxx G Corporation | Β Β | Liberia | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
NewMarket Development Corporation | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% directly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
NewMarket Investment Corporation | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% directly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
NewMarket Services Corporation | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% directly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Old Town, LLC | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
Polartech (Asia Pacific) Ltd. | Β Β | China | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Polartech Additives China Holdings AG |
Β Β | Switzerland | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Polartech Additives Holdings AG |
Β Β | Switzerland | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Polartech Additives Inc. | Β Β | DE | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Polartech Additives Suzhou | Β Β | China | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Polartech Eastern Europe Ltd. | Β Β | Hungary | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Polartech India Pvt Ltd. | Β Β | India | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Polartech Ltd. | Β Β | UK | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
Servicios Afton De Mexico, S.A. De C.V. | Β Β | Mexico | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Β Β | ||
The Xxxxx Xxxxxx Corporation | Β Β | VA | Β Β | 100% indirectly | Β Β | Y | Β Β | Y |
SCHEDULE 6.01
EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS
Β
1. | Indebtedness under the Foundry Park Loan Documents. |
Β
2. | Indebtedness under the Senior Note Documents. |
Β
3. | Afton Chemical Corporation loan to Afton Chemical UK Holding for $45,237,000. |
Β
4. | Afton Chemical Corporation loan to Afton Chemical Asia PTE for $13,402,000. |
SCHEDULE 6.02
EXISTING LIENS
Β
1. | Liens securing the obligations under the Foundry Park Loan Documents |
Β
2. | Liens by HSBC on Manchester, UK plant site associated with the Polartech acquisition. |
EXHIBIT A
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (the βAssignment and Assumptionβ) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the βAssignorβ) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the βAssigneeβ). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the βCredit Agreementβ), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i)Β all of the Assignorβs rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans included in such facilities) and (ii)Β to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i)Β above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i)Β and (ii)Β above being referred to herein collectively as the βAssigned Interestβ). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
Β
1. | Β Β | Assignor: | Β Β Β Β | Β |
Β Β | |
2. | Β Β | Assignee: | Β Β Β Β | Β |
Β Β | |
Β Β | Β Β Β Β | [and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1] | ||||
3. | Β Β | Borrowers: | Β Β Β Β | NewMarket Corporation and certain Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers | ||
4. | Β Β | AdministrativeΒ Agent: | Β Β Β Β | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement | ||
5. | Β Β | Credit Agreement: | Β Β Β Β | The Credit Agreement dated as of November 12, 2010 among NewMarket Corporation, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time parties thereto, the Lenders parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other agents parties thereto | ||
6. | Β Β | Assigned Interest: | Β Β Β Β | Β Β |
Β
Β
1 | Select as applicable. |
Aggregate Amount of Commitment/Loans for all Lenders |
Β | Amount of Commitment/ Loans Assigned |
Β | Percentage Assigned of Commitment/Loans2 |
$ |
Β | $ | Β | % |
$ |
Β | $ | Β | % |
$ |
Β | $ | Β | % |
Effective Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
Β
ASSIGNOR | ||
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR] |
By: | Β | Β |
Β | Title: |
ASSIGNEE | Β | |
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE] |
By: | Β | Β |
Β | Title: |
Β
Consented to and Accepted: | ||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent and an Issuing Bank | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Β | Title: | |
[Consented to:]3 | ||
NEWMARKET CORPORATION | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Β | Title: |
Β
Β
2 | Set forth, so at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder. |
3 | To be added only if the consent of the Company is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
ANNEX I
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a)Β represents and warrants that (i)Β it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii)Β the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii)Β it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b)Β assumes no responsibility with respect to (i)Β any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii)Β the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii)Β the financial condition of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv)Β the performance or observance by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a)Β represents and warrants that (i)Β it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii)Β it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii)Β from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv)Β it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (v)Β if it is a Non-U.S. Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (vi)Β it does not bear a relationship to any Borrower described in section 108(e)(4) of the Code; and (b)Β agrees that (i)Β it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii)Β it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
EXHIBIT B-1
[LETTERHEAD OF NEWMARKET]
NovemberΒ 12, 2010
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Β Β Β Β Β Β Administrative Agent for the Lenders
Β Β Β Β Β Β under the Credit Agreement described below
and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement described below
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As Vice President and General Counsel of NewMarket Corporation, a Virginia corporation (βNewMarketβ), and the Domestic Subsidiaries of NewMarket listed on Schedule A attached hereto (individually a βLoan Partyβ and collectively with NewMarket the βLoan Partiesβ), in connection with the execution and delivery of that certain Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the βCredit Agreementβ), by and among NewMarket, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ) and the Lenders from time to time party thereto. This opinion is being delivered at the request of the Loan Parties pursuant to SectionΒ 4.01(b) of the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings provided to them in the Credit Agreement.
In rendering this opinion, I have reviewed execution copies of the following documents (collectively, the βLoan Documentsβ):
(1) the Credit Agreement;
(2) the Notes; and
(3) the Subsidiary Guaranty.
In rendering the opinions expressed below, I have examined the Loan Documents and originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials (including the certificates of the Virginia State Corporation Commission and Delaware Secretary of State as to the existence and good standing of the respective Loan Parties in the respective jurisdictions of their organization, hereinafter referred to as the βState Certificatesβ) and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives, as I have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth.
In making the examinations described above, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures (other than the signatures of the Loan Parties), the capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted
to me as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such documents. I have also assumed the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Loan Documents by all parties thereto (other than the Loan Parties) and the binding effect of such documents on such parties.
On the basis of the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:
1. Each of the Loan Parties (a)Β is, based solely on the State Certificates, a corporation or limited liability company duly organized, in good standing and validly existing under the laws of the state of its incorporation or formation, as applicable, and (b)Β has all requisite corporate or limited liability company power and authority to own its properties and assets and to transact the business in which it is currently engaged.
2. Each of the Loan Parties has all requisite corporate or limited liability company power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the terms and provisions of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party to and carry out the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents to which it is a party. The Loan Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action.
3. Each of the Loan Parties has duly executed and delivered each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
4. Neither the execution and delivery by any Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, nor the performance by such Loan Party of the transactions contemplated in such Loan Documents, will (a)Β violate any provision of the articles or certificates of incorporation, articles of organization, bylaws or operating agreement, as applicable, of such Loan Party, (b)Β violate any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or permit applicable to such Loan Party, (c)Β violate the contractual provisions of, or cause an event of default under any contract listed on Schedule B attached hereto or (d)Β result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any property or asset of any Loan Party.
5. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any court or Governmental Authority or third party in respect of any Loan Party is required in connection with the execution or delivery of the Loan Documents by such Loan Party, or if required, such consent, approval or authorization has been obtained.
6. To my knowledge, after due investigation, there are no judicial, administrative or arbitration orders, awards or proceedings pending or threatened against any Loan Party in any court or before any Governmental Authority or arbitration board or tribunal that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
I am a member of the bar of the Commonwealth of Virginia and do not express any opinion as to any matters governed by any law other than the law of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal law of the United States of America.
This opinion is provided by me in my capacity as an officer of the Borrower and is subject to the following conditions: (a)Β nothing contained herein shall create any obligation of or right to look to me individually for any claim, liability, damage, loss or expense whatsoever whether arising in contract, in tort (including negligence and strict liability) or otherwise in connection with this opinion or with the Loan Documents or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated herein or therein and (b)Β no judgment, order or execution entered in any suit, action or proceeding, whether legal or equitable, with respect to any such matters shall be taken against me.
The opinions set forth herein are rendered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement and their respective successors and permitted assigns in accordance with the Credit Agreement (the βOpinion Recipientsβ) in connection with the transactions referred to in this letter, are solely for the benefit of the Opinion Recipients and may not be distributed to or relied upon by any other person or relied upon by the Opinion Recipients in any other context, or quoted in whole or in part or otherwise reproduced in any other document, nor is this opinion to be filed with any Governmental Authority, except that the Opinion Recipients may disclose this opinion to their respective counsel, accountants, auditors, other consultants and advisors and regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over them. I expressly disclaim any obligation to advise you of any changes of law or facts that may hereafter come or be brought to my attention which would alter the opinions herein set forth. Finally, the opinions set forth herein are limited to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly so stated.
Β
Very truly yours, |
NEWMARKET CORPORATION |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
Vice President and General Counsel |
Schedule A
Afton Chemical Corporation
Ethyl Corporation
NewMarket Services Corporation
NewMarket Investment Company
NewMarket Development Corporation
Old Town LLC
Ethyl Asia Pacific LLC
Ethyl Canada Holdings, Inc.
Ethyl Export Corporation
Ethyl Interamerica Corporation
Ethyl Ventures, Inc.
Interamerica Terminals Corporation
Afton Chemical Asia Pacific LLC
Afton Chemical Additives Corporation
Afton Chemical Japan Holdings, Inc.
Afton Chemical Canada Holdings, Inc.
The Xxxxx Xxxxxx Corporation
Afton Chemical Intangibles LLC
Foundry Park II, LLC
Xxxxxxβx Xxxx Landing, LLC
Xxxxxxβx Hill, LLC
Xxxxxxβx Xxxx Lab, LLC
Xxxxxxβx Hill Third Street, LLC
Xxxxxxβx Xxxx Tredegar, LLC
Polartech Additives Inc.
Schedule B
Β
1. | Deed of Lease Agreement, dated as of JanuaryΒ 11, 2007 by and between Foundry Park I, LLC and MeadWestvaco Corporation |
Β
2. | Guaranty of Payment β Deed of Trust Loan, dated JanuaryΒ 28, 2010, among the Foundry Park I, LLC, as Borrower, NewMarket Corporation, as Guarantor, PB (USA) Realty Corporation, as Lender, and PB Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent |
EXHIBIT X-0
XxxxxxxxΒ 00, 0000
XXXxxxxx Chase Bank, N.A., as
Β Β Β Β Β Β Administrative Agent for the Lenders
Β Β Β Β Β Β under the Credit Agreement described below
and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement described below
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
NewMarket Corporation
Credit Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to NewMarket Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the βBorrowerβ), in connection with the execution and delivery by the Borrower of that certain Credit Agreement (the βCredit Agreementβ) dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010, among the Borrower, the Lenders identified therein, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ). This opinion is being delivered at the request of the Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 4.01(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guaranty are hereinafter referred to collectively as the βCredit Documents.β The Borrower and the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower party to the Subsidiary Guaranty are hereinafter referred to collectively as the βLoan Parties.β
In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined execution copies of the Credit Documents. We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such documents.
We have also assumed, with your permission, the due organization, valid existence and good standing of the Loan Parties, the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by all parties thereto and, except as expressly set forth in opinion Paragraph 1 below with respect to the Loan Parties, the validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof against all parties thereto. Various legal issues, including the due organization, valid existence and good standing of the Loan Parties and the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Credit Documents by such Loan Parties, are addressed in the separate opinion of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, General Counsel of the Borrower, and we express no opinion with respect to those matters.
As to factual matters, we have relied on the representations of the Loan Parties included the Credit Documents and certificates of officers of the Borrower.
We express no opinion with regard to any matter which may be governed by any law (including any foreign law) other than the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of New York and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Additionally, we express no opinion regarding compliance with (1)Β the laws of any municipality or any local government, (2)Β antitrust and unfair competition laws, (3)Β securities laws, (4)Β environmental laws, (5)Β zoning or land use laws or regulations, (6)Β fiduciary duties, (7)Β pension and employee benefit laws and regulations, (8)Β federal and state tax laws and regulations or (9)Β federal and state labor laws and regulations.
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. Each Credit Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms.
2. (a) Neither the execution and delivery by any Loan Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party, nor the performance by such Loan Party of its obligations thereunder, will violate any material provision of any applicable statutory law or regulation applicable to the Loan Parties. In expressing the opinion set forth in this paragraph, we are not expressing an opinion as to whether Loans made under the Credit Agreement comply with (i)Β any statutory, regulatory or other loan limits applicable to the Lenders or (ii)Β any statutes, laws, rules or regulations that prescribe permissible and lawful investments for the Lenders.
(b) The execution and delivery by any Loan Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and performance by such Loan Party of its obligations thereunder will not violate that certain Indenture, dated as of DecemberΒ 12, 2006, among NewMarket Corporation, the guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, asamended or supplement prior to the date hereof (the βIndentureβ).
3. The Borrower is not, and after giving effect to the financing transaction contemplated by the Credit Agreement, the Borrower will not be, required to register as an βinvestment companyβ within the meaning of SectionΒ 3(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
We have assumed for purposes of the opinions given in Paragraph 2 that (i)Β theΒ Loan Parties will not take in the future any discretionary action (including a decision not to act) permitted under the Credit Documents that would result in a violation ofΒ applicable statutory law or regulationΒ orΒ aΒ violation of the Indenture, (ii)Β the Loan Parties will obtain all permits and governmental approvals required in the future, and take all actions similarly required, relevant to subsequent consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents or performance of the Credit Documents and (iii)Β all parties to the Credit Documents will act in accordance with, and will refrain from taking any action that is forbidden by, the terms and conditions of the Credit Documents.
Our opinion herein regarding the enforceability or effect, as applicable, of the Credit Agreement (i)Β assumes that in any proceeding brought in a state or Federal court, the choice of New York law as the governing law of the Credit Agreement will be recognized and enforced and (ii)Β is qualified to the extent that enforceability is subject to (a)Β bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, including without limitation fraudulent conveyance or transfer laws (including, but not limited to, the common law trust fund doctrine and XxxxxxxΒ 000 xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Bankruptcy Code), and preference and equitable subordination laws and principles; (b)Β general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity); and (c)Β concepts of materiality, unconscionability, reasonableness, impracticability or impossibility of performance, good faith and fair dealing. Further, we express no opinion as to the legality, validity, enforceability or effect, as applicable, of:
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Β | A. | any provision of the Credit Documents pursuant to which the Loan Parties may purport to waive the benefit of any constitutional, statutory or common law right to the extent that such a waiver is deemed to violate federal law or public policy; |
Β | B. | any provision of the Credit Documents with respect to the waiver of affirmative duties of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent that are not by law waivable by the Loan Parties or are by law waivable only after a default by the Loan Parties; |
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Β | C. | any provision of the Credit Documents requiring the payment or reimbursement of attorneysβ fees other than reasonable attorneysβ fees; |
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Β | D. | any provision of the Credit Documents which would require the Loan Parties to indemnify any other Person in an unreasonable amount or against his or its own negligent or criminal acts in contravention of public policy; |
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Β | E. | any provision of the Credit Documents regarding severability; |
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Β | F. | any provision of the Credit Agreement that would alter the terms or rights and obligations of the parties based on course of dealing, course of performance or the like, or that provides that failure or delay in taking action may not constitute a waiver of rights; |
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Β | G. | any provision of the Credit Documents that purports to authorize a party to act in its sole discretion or provide that any determination by a party is conclusive; |
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Β | H. | any provision of the Credit Documents that requires waivers or amendments to be made only in writing; |
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Β | I. | any provision of the Credit Documents purporting to waive the right of jury trial or concerning choice of forum or consent to the jurisdiction of courts, venue of actions or means of service of process; |
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Β | J. | any provision of the Credit Documents purporting to reconstitute the terms thereof as necessary to avoid a claim or defense of usury; |
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Β | K. | provisions of the Credit Documents permitting the exercise of rights without notice or without providing opportunity to cure failures to perform; |
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Β | L. | provisions of the Credit Documents that purport to create rights of setoff otherwise than in accordance with applicable law; |
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Β | M. | provisions of the Credit Documents that purport to direct how a judgment in Dollars would be converted into another currency for payment or how a debt denominated in a foreign currency would be converted into a judgment payable in Dollars; or |
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Β | N. | any provision that requires the payment of liquidated or punitive damages, interest on interest, prepayment penalties or premiums, late fees or default rates of interest to the extent that they are found to constitute unenforceable penalties or forfeitures. |
We express no opinion as to the enforceability of the provisions contained in SectionΒ 8 of the Subsidiary Guaranty to the extent that such provisions limit the obligation of any Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guaranty or any right of contribution of any other party with respect to such Subsidiary Guaranty or as to the effect of any such provisions on the enforceability of the Subsidiary Guaranty.
WeΒ have made no examination of or determination, and express no opinion, as to any accounting, financialΒ or similar covenant or provision contained in the Credit Documents or the IndentureΒ or the accuracy as to factual matters of any representation, warranty, data or other information, whether oral or written, that may have been made by any entity involved in the transaction described above, whether named herein or otherwise.
The opinions set forth herein are rendered to the addressees and their successors and permitted assigns (including any Person who becomes a Lender under the Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms of SectionΒ 9.04 of the Credit Agreement) in connection with the transactions referred to in this letter, are solely for the benefit of the addressees, and their successors and permitted assigns (including any Person who becomes a Lender under the Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms of SectionΒ 9.04 of the Credit Agreement) and may not be distributed to or relied upon by any other Person or relied upon by the addressees in any other context, or quoted in whole or in part or otherwise reproduced in any other document, nor is this opinion to be filed with any governmental entity, except that the addressees and their successors and permitted assigns may disclose this opinion to their respective counsel, accountants, auditors, other consultants and advisors and regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over them. This opinion speaks as of its date and does not purport to address matters which may arise after such date. We expressly disclaim any obligation to advise you of any changes of law or facts that may hereafter come or be brought to our attention which would alter the opinions herein set forth.
Finally, our opinions set forth herein are limited to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly so stated.
Very truly yours,
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF INCREASING LENDER SUPPLEMENT
INCREASING LENDER SUPPLEMENT, dated Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β (this βSupplementβ), by and among each of the signatories hereto, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among NewMarket Corporation (the βCompanyβ), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, pursuant to SectionΒ 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the Company has the right, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to effectuate from time to time an increase in the Aggregate Commitment and/or one or more tranches of Incremental Term Loans under the Credit Agreement by requesting one or more Lenders to increase the amount of its Commitment and/or to participate in such a tranche;
WHEREAS, the Company has given notice to the Administrative Agent of its intention to [increase the Aggregate Commitment] [and] [enter into a tranche of Incremental Term Loans] pursuant to such SectionΒ 2.20; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to SectionΒ 2.20 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned Increasing Lender now desires to [increase the amount of its Commitment] [and] [participate in a tranche of Incremental Term Loans] under the Credit Agreement by executing and delivering to the Company and the Administrative Agent this Supplement;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:
1. The undersigned Increasing Lender agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, that on the date of this Supplement it shall [have its Commitment increased by $[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ], thereby making the aggregate amount of its total Commitments equal to $[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]] [and] [participate in a tranche of Incremental Term Loans with a commitment amount equal to $[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] with respect thereto].
2. The Company hereby represents and warrants that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on and as of the date hereof.
3. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have their defined meanings when used herein.
4. This Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
5. This Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplement to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer on the date first above written.
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[INSERT NAME OF INCREASING LENDER] |
By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
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AcceptedΒ andΒ agreedΒ toΒ asΒ ofΒ theΒ dateΒ firstΒ writtenΒ above: |
NEWMARKET CORPORATION |
By: | Β | Β |
Name: | Β | |
Title: | Β | |
Acknowledged as of the date first written above: | ||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent |
By: | Β | Β |
Name: | Β | |
Title: | Β |
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF AUGMENTING LENDER SUPPLEMENT
AUGMENTING LENDER SUPPLEMENT, dated Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β (this βSupplementβ), to the Credit Agreement, dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among NewMarket Corporation (the βCompanyβ), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement provides in SectionΒ 2.20 thereof that any bank, financial institution or other entity may [extend Commitments] [and] [participate in tranches of Incremental Term Loans] under the Credit Agreement subject to the approval of the Company and the Administrative Agent, by executing and delivering to the Company and the Administrative Agent a supplement to the Credit Agreement in substantially the form of this Supplement; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned Augmenting Lender was not an original party to the Credit Agreement but now desires to become a party thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees as follows:
1. The undersigned Augmenting Lender agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and agrees that it shall, on the date of this Supplement, become a Lender for all purposes of the Credit Agreement to the same extent as if originally a party thereto, with a [Commitment with respect to Revolving Loans of $[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]] [and] [a commitment with respect to Incremental Term Loans of $[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]].
2. The undersigned Augmenting Lender (a)Β represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Supplement; (b)Β confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and has reviewed such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Supplement; (c)Β agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d)Β appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e)Β agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
3. The undersignedβs address for notices for the purposes of the Credit Agreement is as follows:
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
4. The Company hereby represents and warrants that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on and as of the date hereof.
5. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement shall have their defined meanings when used herein.
6. This Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
7. This Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Supplement to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer on the date first above written.
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[INSERT NAME OF AUGMENTING LENDER] |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: |
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Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above: |
NEWMARKET CORPORATION |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
Title: |
Acknowledged as of the date first written above: |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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EXHIBIT E
LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS
NEWMARKET CORPORATION
CERTAIN FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS
CREDIT FACILITIES
NovemberΒ 12, 2010
LIST OF CLOSING DOCUMENTS1
A.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β LOAN DOCUMENTS
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1. | Credit Agreement (the βCredit Agreementβ) by and among NewMarket Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the βCompanyβ), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time parties thereto (collectively with the Company, the βBorrowersβ), the institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders (the βLendersβ) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for itself and the other Lenders (the βAdministrative Agentβ), evidencing a revolving credit facility to the Borrowers from the Lenders in an initial aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000. |
SCHEDULES
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ScheduleΒ 1.01 | Β Β Β Β | β | Β Β | Excluded Real Property |
Schedule 2.01 | Β Β Β Β | β | Β Β | Commitments |
Schedule 2.02 | Β Β Β Β | β | Β Β | Mandatory Cost |
Schedule 2.06 | Β Β Β Β | β | Β Β | Existing Letters of Credit |
Schedule 3.01 | Β Β Β Β | β | Β Β | Subsidiaries |
Schedule 6.01 | Β Β Β Β | β | Β Β | Existing Indebtedness |
Schedule 6.02 | Β Β Β Β | β | Β Β | Existing Liens |
EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of Assignment and Assumption |
Exhibit B-1 |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of Opinion of the Companyβs General Counsel |
Exhibit B-2 |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of Opinion of Loan Partiesβ Special Counsel |
Exhibit C |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of Increasing Lender Supplement |
Exhibit D |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of Augmenting Lender Supplement |
Exhibit E |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | List of Closing Documents |
Exhibit F-1 |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement |
Exhibit F-2 |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of Borrowing Subsidiary Termination |
Exhibit G |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of Subsidiary Guaranty |
ExhibitΒ H-1 |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships |
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1 | Each capitalized term used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the above-defined Credit Agreement. Items appearing in bold and italics shall be prepared and/or provided by the Company and/or Companyβs counsel. |
ExhibitΒ H-2 |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships) |
ExhibitΒ H-3 |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships) |
ExhibitΒ H-4 |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of U.S. Tax Certificate (Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships) |
Exhibit I-1 |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of Borrowing Request |
Exhibit I-2 |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of Interest Election Request |
Exhibit I-3 |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of Swingline Borrowing Request |
Exhibit J |
Β Β Β Β | Β | β | Β Β | Β Β | Form of Note |
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2. | Notes executed by the initial Borrowers in favor of each Lender, if any, which has requested a note pursuant to SectionΒ 2.10(e) of the Credit Agreement. |
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3. | Guaranty executed by the initial Subsidiary Guarantors (collectively with the Borrowers, the βLoan Partiesβ) in favor of the Administrative Agent |
B. Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β CORPORATE DOCUMENTS
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4. | Certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party certifying (i)Β that there have been no changes in the Certificate of Incorporation or other charter document of such Loan Party, as attached thereto and as certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or analogous governmental entity) of the jurisdiction of its organization, since the date of the certification thereof by such governmental entity, (ii)Β the By-Laws or other applicable organizational document, as attached thereto, of such Loan Party as in effect on the date of such certification, (iii)Β resolutions of the Board of Directors or other governing body of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which it is a party, and (iv)Β the names and true signatures of the incumbent officers of each Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (in the case of each Borrower) authorized to request a Borrowing or the issuance of a Letter of Credit under the Credit Agreement. |
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5. | Good Standing Certificate (or analogous documentation if applicable) for each Loan Party from the Secretary of State (or analogous governmental entity) of the jurisdiction of its organization, to the extent generally available in such jurisdiction. |
C.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β OPINIONS
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6. | Opinion of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq., general counsel of the Company. |
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7. | Opinion of HuntonΒ & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special counsel for the Loan Parties. |
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D.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β CLOSING CERTIFICATES AND MISCELLANEOUS
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8. | A Certificate signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Company certifying the following: (i)Β all of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects and (ii)Β no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing. |
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9. | Payoff documentation providing evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Existing Credit Agreement has been terminated and cancelled (along with all of the agreements, documents and instruments delivered in connection therewith) and all Indebtedness owing thereunder has been repaid and any and all liens thereunder have been terminated. |
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EXHIBIT F-1
[FORM OF]
BORROWING SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENT
BORROWING SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENT dated as of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ], among NewMarket Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the βCompanyβ), [Name of Foreign Subsidiary Borrower], a [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] (the βNew Borrowing Subsidiaryβ), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent (the βAdministrative Agentβ).
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among the Company, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. Under the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions therein set forth, to make Loans to certain Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers (collectively with the Company, the βBorrowersβ), and the Company and the New Borrowing Subsidiary desire that the New Borrowing Subsidiary become a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower. In addition, the New Borrowing Subsidiary hereby authorizes the Company to act on its behalf as and to the extent provided for in Article II of the Credit Agreement. [Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the New Borrowing Subsidiary hereby designates the following officers as being authorized to request Borrowings under the Credit Agreement on behalf of the New Subsidiary Borrower and sign this Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the New Borrowing Subsidiary is, or may from time to time become, a party: [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ].]
Each of the Company and the New Borrowing Subsidiary represents and warrants that the representations and warranties of the Company in the Credit Agreement relating to the New Borrowing Subsidiary and this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, other than representations given as of a particular date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all materials respects as of that date. [The Company and the New Borrowing Subsidiary further represent and warrant that the execution, delivery and performance by the New Borrowing Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the use of any of the proceeds raised in connection with this Agreement will not contravene or conflict with, or otherwise constitute unlawful financial assistance under, Sections 677 to 683 (inclusive) of the United Kingdom Companies Xxx 0000 of England and Wales (as amended).]5 [INSERT OTHER PROVISIONS REASONABLY REQUESTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ITS COUNSELS] The Company agrees that the Guarantee of the Company contained in the Credit Agreement will apply to the Obligations of the New Borrowing Subsidiary. Upon execution of this Agreement by each of the Company, the New Borrowing Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent, the New Borrowing Subsidiary shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and shall constitute a βForeign Subsidiary Borrowerβ for all purposes thereof, and the New Borrowing Subsidiary hereby agrees to be bound by all provisions of the Credit Agreement.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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5 | To be included only if a New Borrowing Subsidiary will be a Borrower organized under the laws of England and Wales. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their authorized officers as of the date first appearing above.
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NEWMARKET CORPORATION | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Β | Name: | |
Β | Title: | |
[NAME OF NEW BORROWING SUBSIDIARY] | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Β | Name: | |
Β | Title: | |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Β | Name: | |
Β | Title: |
EXHIBIT F-2
[FORM OF]
BORROWING SUBSIDIARY TERMINATION
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
0 Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, NewMarket Corporation (the βCompanyβ), refers to the Credit Agreement dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among the Company, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The Company hereby terminates the status of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] (the βTerminated Borrowing Subsidiaryβ) as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower under the Credit Agreement. [The Company represents and warrants that no Loans made to the Terminated Borrowing Subsidiary are outstanding as of the date hereof and that all amounts payable by the Terminated Borrowing Subsidiary in respect of interest and/or fees (and, to the extent notified by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement) pursuant to the Credit Agreement have been paid in full on or prior to the date hereof.] [The Company acknowledges that the Terminated Borrowing Subsidiary shall continue to be a Borrower until such time as all Loans made to the Terminated Borrowing Subsidiary shall have been prepaid and all amounts payable by the Terminated Borrowing Subsidiary in respect of interest and/or fees (and, to the extent notified by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement) pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall have been paid in full, provided that the Terminated Borrowing Subsidiary shall not have the right to make further Borrowings under the Credit Agreement.]
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This instrument shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
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Very truly yours, | ||
NEWMARKET CORPORATION | ||
By: | Β | Β |
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Copy | to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
Β Β Β Β | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx |
Β Β Β Β | Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 |
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EXHIBIT G
[FORM OF]
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY
GUARANTY
THIS GUARANTY (this βGuarantyβ) is made as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010, by and among each of the undersigned (the βInitial Guarantorsβ and along with any additional Subsidiaries of the Company which become parties to this Guaranty by executing a supplement hereto in the form attached as Annex I, the βGuarantorsβ) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations (as defined below), under the Credit Agreement referred to below.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, NewMarket Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the βCompanyβ), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers parties thereto (the βForeign Subsidiary Borrowersβ and, together with the Company, the βBorrowersβ), the institutions from time to time parties thereto as lenders (the βLendersβ), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the βAdministrative Agentβ) have entered into a certain Credit Agreement dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 (as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated, and as in effect from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), providing, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for extensions of credit and other financial accommodations to be made by the Lenders to the Borrowers;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the extensions of credit by the Lenders under the Credit Agreement that each of the Guarantors execute and deliver this Guaranty, whereby each of the Guarantors shall guarantee the payment when due of all Obligations; and
WHEREAS, in consideration of the direct and indirect financial and other support that the Borrowers have provided, and such direct and indirect financial and other support as the Borrowers may in the future provide, to the Guarantors, and in order to induce the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to enter into the Credit Agreement, each of the Guarantors is willing to guarantee the Obligations of the Borrowers;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have, as used herein, the respective meanings provided for therein.
SECTION 2. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Each of the Guarantors represents and warrants (which representations and warranties shall be deemed to have been renewed at the time of the making of any Loan or issuance of any Letter of Credit) that:
(A) It is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or
formation and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except to the extent that the failure to have such authority could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(B) It (to the extent applicable) has the requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by each Guarantor of this Guaranty and the performance by each of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, action, and this Guaranty constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, respectively, enforceable against such Guarantor, respectively, in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditorsβ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(C) The execution and delivery by it of this Guaranty, the consummation by it of the transactions herein contemplated, or compliance by it with the provisions hereof (a)Β do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b)Β will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of such Guarantor or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c)Β will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, material agreement or other material instrument binding upon such Guarantor or its assets, and (d)Β will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of such Guarantor.
SECTION 3. The Guaranty. Each of the Guarantors hereby unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, the full and punctual payment when due (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations, including, without limitation, (i)Β the principal of and interest on each Loan made to any Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, (ii)Β any obligations of any Borrower to reimburse LC Disbursements (βReimbursement Obligationsβ), (iii)Β all obligations of any Borrower owing to any Lender or any affiliate of any Lender under any Swap Agreement or Banking Services Agreement and (iv)Β all other amounts payable by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement and the other Loan Documents (all of the foregoing being referred to collectively as the βGuaranteed Obligationsβ and the holders from time to time of the Guaranteed Obligations being referred to collectively as the βHolders of Guaranteed Obligationsβ). Upon (x)Β the failure by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to pay punctually any such amount, and (y)Β such failure continuing beyond any applicable grace or notice and cure period, each of the Guarantors agrees that it shall forthwith on demand pay such amount at the place and in the manner specified in the Credit Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement or the relevant Loan Document, as the case may be. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that this Guaranty is an absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guaranty of payment and is not a guaranty of collection.
SECTION 4. Guaranty Unconditional. The obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall be unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by:
(A) any extension, renewal, settlement, indulgence, compromise, waiver or release of or with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether (in any such case) by operation of law or otherwise, or any failure or omission to enforce
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any right, power or remedy with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any obligation of any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(B) any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Credit Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement or any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, any such amendment which may increase the amount of, or the interest rates applicable to, any of the Obligations guaranteed hereby;
(C) any release, surrender, compromise, settlement, waiver, subordination or modification, with or without consideration, of any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, any other guaranties with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other obligation of any person or entity with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any nonperfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect security for the Guaranteed Obligations;
(D) any change in the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence, structure or ownership of any Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting such Borrower or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any of their respective assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of such Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(E) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which the Guarantors may have at any time against any Borrower, any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Administrative Agent, any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or in connection with any unrelated transactions; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;
(F) the enforceability or validity of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof or the genuineness, enforceability or validity of any agreement relating thereto or with respect to any collateral securing the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof, or any other invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against any Borrower or any other guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason related to the Credit Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any provision of applicable law decree, order or regulation of any jurisdiction purporting to prohibit the payment by such Borrower or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise affecting any term of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(G) the failure of the Administrative Agent to take any steps to perfect and maintain any security interest in, or to preserve any rights to, any security or collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, if any;
(H) the election by, or on behalf of, any one or more of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations, in any proceeding instituted under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) (the βBankruptcy Codeβ), of the application of SectionΒ 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(I) any borrowing or grant of a security interest by any Borrower, as debtor-in-possession, under SectionΒ 364 of the Bankruptcy Code;
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(J) the disallowance, under SectionΒ 502 of the Bankruptcy Code, of all or any portion of the claims of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations or the Administrative Agent for repayment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(K) the failure of any other guarantor to sign or become party to this Guaranty or any amendment, change, or reaffirmation hereof; or
(L) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by any Borrower, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Administrative Agent, any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this SectionΒ 4, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any Guarantorβs obligations hereunder except as provided in SectionΒ 5.
SECTION 5. Discharge Only Upon Payment In Full: Reinstatement In Certain Circumstances. Subject to SectionΒ 25 of this Guaranty, each of the Guarantorsβ obligations hereunder shall remain in full force and effect until all Guaranteed Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable) shall have been paid in full in cash and the Commitments and all Letters of Credit issued under the Credit Agreement shall have terminated or expired or, in the case of all Letters of Credit, are fully collateralized on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, at which time this Guaranty shall automatically terminate with no further act of the parties hereto. If at any time any payment of the principal of or interest on any Loan, any Reimbursement Obligation or any other amount payable by any Borrower or any other Loan Party under the Credit Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement or any other Loan Document is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower or otherwise, each of the Guarantorsβ obligations hereunder with respect to such payment shall be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at such time. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that each of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be due and payable in the same currency as such Guaranteed Obligation is denominated but if currency control or exchange regulations are imposed in the country which issues such currency with the result that such currency (the βOriginal Currencyβ) no longer exists or the relevant Guarantor is not able to make payment in such Original Currency, then all payments to be made by such Guarantor hereunder in such currency shall instead be made when due in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Amount (as of the date of payment) of such payment due, it being the intention of the parties hereto that each Guarantor takes all risks of the imposition of any such currency control or exchange regulations.
SECTION 6. General Waivers; Additional Waivers.
(A) General Waivers. Each of the Guarantors irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand or action on delinquency, protest, the benefit of any statutes of limitations and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against any Borrower, any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other Person.
(B) Additional Waivers. To the fullest extent permitted by law and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Guarantors hereby absolutely, unconditionally, knowingly, and expressly waives:
(i) any right it may have to revoke this Guaranty as to future indebtedness or notice of acceptance hereof;
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(ii) (a)Β notice of acceptance hereof; (b)Β notice of any loans or other financial accommodations made or extended under the Loan Documents or the creation or existence of any Guaranteed Obligations; (c)Β notice of the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations, subject, however, to each Guarantorβs right to make inquiry of Administrative Agent and Holders of Guaranteed Obligations to ascertain the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations at any reasonable time; (d)Β notice of any adverse change in the financial condition of any Borrower or of any other fact that might increase such Guarantorβs risk hereunder; (e)Β notice of presentment for payment, demand, protest, and notice thereof as to any instruments among the Loan Documents; (f)Β notice of any Default or Event of Default; and (g)Β all other notices (except if such notice is specifically required to be given to such Guarantor hereunder or under the Loan Documents) and demands to which each Guarantor might otherwise be entitled;
(iii) its right, if any, to require the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations to institute suit against, or to exhaust any rights and remedies which the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations has or may have against, the other Guarantors or any third party, or any third party; and each Guarantor further waives any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense (other than the defense that the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been fully and finally performed and indefeasibly paid) of the other Guarantors or by reason of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of the other Guarantors in respect thereof;
(iv) (a)Β any rights to assert against the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations any defense (legal or equitable), set-off, counterclaim, or claim which such Guarantor may now or at any time hereafter have against the other Guarantors or any other party liable to the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations; (b)Β any defense, set-off, counterclaim, or claim, of any kind or nature, arising directly or indirectly from the present or future lack of perfection, sufficiency, validity, or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor; (c)Β any defense such Guarantor has to performance hereunder, and any right such Guarantor has to be exonerated, arising by reason of: the impairment or suspension of the Administrative Agentβs and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligationsβ rights or remedies against the other Guarantors; the alteration by the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations of the Guaranteed Obligations; any discharge of the other Guarantorsβ obligations to the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations by operation of law as a result of the Administrative Agentβs and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligationsβ intervention or omission; or the acceptance by the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations of anything in partial satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations; and (d)Β the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantorβs liability hereunder or the enforcement thereof, and any act which shall defer or delay the operation of any statute of limitations applicable to the Guaranteed Obligations shall similarly operate to defer or delay the operation of such statute of limitations applicable to such Guarantorβs liability hereunder; and
(v) any defense arising by reason of or deriving from (a)Β any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations; or (b)Β any election by the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations under SectionΒ 1111(b) of Title 11 of the United States Code entitled βBankruptcyβ, as now and hereafter in effect (or any successor statute), to limit the amount of, or any collateral securing, its claim against the Guarantors.
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SECTION 7. Subordination of Subrogation; Subordination of Intercompany Indebtedness.
(A) Subordination of Subrogation. Until the Guaranteed Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable) have been fully and finally performed and indefeasibly paid in full in cash, the Guarantors (i)Β shall have no right of subrogation with respect to such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii)Β to the extent permitted by law, waive any right to enforce any remedy which the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations, the Issuing Banks or the Administrative Agent now have or may hereafter have against any Borrower, any endorser or any guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, and (iii)Β to the extent permitted by law, waive any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or collateral given to the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent to secure the payment or performance of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other liability of any Borrower to the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations or the Issuing Banks. Should any Guarantor have the right, notwithstanding the foregoing, to exercise its subrogation rights, each Guarantor hereby expressly and irrevocably (A)Β subordinates any and all rights at law or in equity to subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off that such Guarantor may have to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable) and (B)Β waives any and all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor until the Guaranteed Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable) are indefeasibly paid in full in cash. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this subordination is intended to benefit the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and shall not limit or otherwise affect such Guarantorβs liability hereunder or the enforceability of this Guaranty, and that the Administrative Agent, the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and their respective successors and permitted assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of the waivers and agreements set forth in this SectionΒ 7(A).
(B) Subordination of Intercompany Indebtedness. Each Guarantor agrees that any and all claims of such Guarantor against any Borrower or any other Guarantor hereunder (each an βObligorβ) with respect to any βIntercompany Indebtednessβ (as hereinafter defined), any endorser, obligor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or against any of its properties shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment, in full and in cash, of all Guaranteed Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable); provided that, as long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such Guarantor may receive payments of principal and interest from any Obligor with respect to Intercompany Indebtedness. Notwithstanding any right of any Guarantor to ask, demand, xxx for, take or receive any payment from any Obligor, all rights, liens and security interests of such Guarantor, whether now or hereafter arising and howsoever existing, in any assets of any other Obligor shall be and are subordinated to the rights of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and the Administrative Agent in those assets. No Guarantor shall have any right to possession of any such asset or to foreclose upon any such asset, whether by judicial action or otherwise, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been fully paid and satisfied (in cash) and all financing arrangements pursuant to any Loan Document, any Swap Agreement or any Banking Services Agreement have been terminated. If all or any part of the assets of any Obligor, or the proceeds thereof, are subject to any distribution, division or application to the creditors of such Obligor, whether partial or complete, voluntary or involuntary, and whether by reason of liquidation, bankruptcy, arrangement, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other action or proceeding, or if the business of any such Obligor is dissolved or if substantially all of the assets of any such Obligor are sold, then,
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and in any such event (such events being herein referred to as an βInsolvency Eventβ), any payment or distribution of any kind or character, either in cash, securities or other property, which shall be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to any indebtedness of any Obligor to any Guarantor (βIntercompany Indebtednessβ) shall be paid or delivered directly to the Administrative Agent for application on any of the Guaranteed Obligations, due or to become due, until such Guaranteed Obligations shall have first been fully paid and satisfied (in cash). Should any payment, distribution, security or instrument or proceeds thereof be received by the applicable Guarantor upon or with respect to the Intercompany Indebtedness after any Insolvency Event and prior to the satisfaction of all of the Guaranteed Obligations and the termination of all financing arrangements pursuant to any Loan Document among any Borrower and the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations, such Guarantor shall receive and hold the same in trust, as trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and shall forthwith deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations, in the form received (except for the endorsement or assignment of the Guarantor where necessary), for application to any of the Guaranteed Obligations, due or not due, and, until so delivered, the same shall be held in trust by the Guarantor as the property of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations. If any such Guarantor fails to make any such endorsement or assignment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent or any of its officers or employees is irrevocably authorized to make the same. Each Guarantor agrees that until the Guaranteed Obligations (other than the contingent indemnity obligations) have been paid in full (in cash) and satisfied and all financing arrangements pursuant to any Loan Document among any Borrower and the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations have been terminated, no Guarantor will assign or transfer to any Person (other than the Administrative Agent) any claim any such Guarantor has or may have against any Obligor.
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SECTION 8. Contribution with Respect to Guaranteed Obligations.
(A) To the extent that any Guarantor shall make a payment under this Guaranty (a βGuarantor Paymentβ) which, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments then previously or concurrently made by any other Guarantor, exceeds the amount which otherwise would have been paid by or attributable to such Guarantor if each Guarantor had paid the aggregate Guaranteed Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payment in the same proportion as such Guarantorβs βAllocable Amountβ (as defined below) (as determined immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the Guarantors as determined immediately prior to the making of such Guarantor Payment, then, following indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable) and termination of the Credit Agreement, the Swap Agreements and the Banking Services Agreements, such Guarantor shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other Guarantor for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment.
(B) As of any date of determination, the βAllocable Amountβ of any Guarantor shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim which could then be recovered from such Guarantor under this Guaranty without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under SectionΒ 548 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law.
(C) This SectionΒ 8 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Guarantors, and nothing set forth in this SectionΒ 8 is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Guaranty.
(D) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Guarantor or Guarantors to which such contribution and indemnification is owing.
(E) The rights of the indemnifying Guarantors against other Guarantors under this SectionΒ 8 shall be exercisable upon the full and indefeasible payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than unasserted contingent indemnification obligations not yet due and payable) in cash and the termination of the Credit Agreement, the Swap Agreements and the Banking Services Agreements.
SECTION 9. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by any Borrower under the Credit Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement or any other Loan Document is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of such Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of the Credit Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement or any other Loan Document shall nonetheless be payable by each of the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 10. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be given in the manner prescribed in Article IX of the Credit Agreement with respect to the Administrative Agent at its notice address therein and with respect to any Guarantor, in care of the Company at the address of the Company set forth in the Credit Agreement or such other address or telecopy number as such party may hereafter specify for such purpose by notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of such Article IX.
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SECTION 11. No Waivers. No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any other Holder of Guaranteed Obligations in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies provided in this Guaranty, the Credit Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
SECTION 12. Successors and Assigns. This Guaranty is for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided, that no Guarantor shall have any right to assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the consent of all of the Lenders, and any such assignment in violation of this SectionΒ 12 shall be null and void; and in the event of an assignment of any amounts payable under the Credit Agreement, any Swap Agreement, any Banking Services Agreement or the other Loan Documents in accordance with the respective terms thereof, the rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the indebtedness so assigned, may be transferred with such indebtedness. This Guaranty shall be binding upon each of the Guarantors and their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 13. Changes in Writing. Other than in connection with the addition of additional Required Subsidiaries, which become parties hereto by executing a supplement hereto in the form attached as Annex I, neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only in writing signed by each of the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 14. GOVERNING LAW. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 15. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS; JURY TRIAL; IMMUNITY.
(A) CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY AND EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY ANY GUARANTOR AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ISSUING BANK OR ANY LENDER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
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(B) EACH GUARANTOR WHICH IS A FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY (A βFOREIGN GUARANTORβ) IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES AND APPOINTS THE COMPANY, AS ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT, TO ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE ON ITS BEHALF, SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF THE NATURE REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (A)Β ABOVE. SAID DESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE BY EACH SUCH FOREIGN GUARANTOR UNTIL ALL GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS PAYABLE BY SUCH FOREIGN GUARANTOR HEREUNDER AND UNDER THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREOF AND THEREOF. EACH FOREIGN GUARANTOR HEREBY CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF THE NATURE REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (A)Β ABOVE BY SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE COMPANY AS PROVIDED IN THIS CLAUSE (B); PROVIDED THAT, TO THE EXTENT LAWFUL AND POSSIBLE, NOTICE OF SAID SERVICE UPON SUCH AGENT SHALL BE MAILED BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED AIR MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE COMPANY OR TO ANY OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH SUCH FOREIGN GUARANTOR SHALL HAVE GIVEN WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT (WITH A COPY THEREOF TO THE COMPANY). EACH FOREIGN GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ALL CLAIM OF ERROR BY REASON OF ANY SUCH SERVICE IN SUCH MANNER AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON SUCH FOREIGN GUARANTOR IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AND SHALL, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BE TAKEN AND HELD TO BE VALID AND PERSONAL SERVICE UPON AND PERSONAL DELIVERY TO SUCH FOREIGN GUARANTOR. NOTHING HEREIN WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
(C) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GUARANTOR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER AND FURTHER WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO INTERPOSE ANY COUNTERCLAIM RELATED TO THIS GUARANTY OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN SUCH ACTION.
(D) TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY GUARANTOR HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER FROM SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OF A JUDGMENT, EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE), EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS GUARANTY.
SECTION 16. No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Guaranty. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Guaranty shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Guaranty.
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SECTION 17. Taxes, Expenses of Enforcement, etc.
(A) Taxes. The Obligations of the Guarantor and the Lenders set out in SectionΒ 2.17 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable, mutatis mutandis, to all payments required to be made by any Guarantor under this Guaranty.
(B) Expenses of Enforcement, Etc. The Guarantors agree to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations for any reasonable costs and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of one primary counsel (and one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction) paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Holder of Guaranteed Obligations in connection with the collection and enforcement of amounts due under the Loan Documents, including without limitation this Guaranty. The Administrative Agent agrees to distribute payments received from any of the Guarantors hereunder to the other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations on a pro rata basis for application in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 18. Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent) may at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, regardless of the acceptance of any security or collateral for the payment hereof, appropriate and apply in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement toward the payment of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (i)Β any indebtedness due or to become due from such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations or the Administrative Agent to any Guarantor, and (ii)Β any moneys, credits or other property belonging to any Guarantor, at any time held by or coming into the possession of such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent) or any of their respective Affiliates.
SECTION 19. Financial Information. Each Guarantor hereby assumes responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of each of the Borrowers and/or other Guarantors of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, that diligent inquiry would reveal, and each Guarantor hereby agrees that none of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent) shall have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to any of them regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to a Guarantor, such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent) shall be under no obligation (i)Β to undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, (ii)Β to disclose any information which such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance or banking practices, wishes to maintain confidential or (iii)Β to make any other or future disclosures of such information or any other information to such Guarantor.
SECTION 20. Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Guaranty shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty.
SECTION 21. Merger. This Guaranty represents the final agreement of each of the Guarantors with respect to the matters contained herein and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior or contemporaneous agreements, or subsequent oral agreements, between the Guarantor and any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent).
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SECTION 22. Headings. Section headings in this Guaranty are for convenience of reference only and shall not govern the interpretation of any provision of this Guaranty.
SECTION 23. Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due from any Guarantor hereunder in the currency expressed to be payable herein (the βspecified currencyβ) into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative Agentβs main New York City office on the Business Day preceding that on which final, non-appealable judgment is given. The obligations of each Guarantor in respect of any sum due hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, may in accordance with normal, reasonable banking procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, in the specified currency, each Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased exceeds (a)Β the sum originally due to any Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, in the specified currency and (b)Β amounts shared with other Holders of Guaranteed Obligations as a result of allocations of such excess as a disproportionate payment to such other Holder of Guaranteed Obligations under SectionΒ 2.18 of the Credit Agreement, such Holder of Guaranteed Obligations (including the Administrative Agent), as the case may be, agrees, by accepting the benefits hereof, to remit such excess to such Guarantor.
SECTION 24. Limitation on Enforcement. This Guaranty may be enforced only by the action of the Administrative Agent acting individually or upon instructions of the Required Lenders and no other Holder of Guaranteed Obligations shall have any right individually to seek to enforce this Guaranty, it being understood that such rights and remedies may be exercised by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations under the terms of the Credit Agreement. This Guaranty may not be enforced against any director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Guarantors.
SECTION 25. Termination of Guaranty. The obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty shall automatically terminate in accordance with SectionΒ 9.14 of the Credit Agreement.
Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Initial Guarantors has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.
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[GUARANTORS] |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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Acknowledged and Agreed
as of the date first written above:
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., |
as Administrative Agent |
By:Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
Name: |
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ANNEX I TO XXXXXXXX0
Reference is hereby made to the Guaranty (the βGuarantyβ) made as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010, by and among [GUARANTORS TO COME] (the βInitial Guarantorsβ and along with any additional Subsidiaries of the Company, which become parties thereto and together with the undersigned, the βGuarantorsβ) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Holders of Guaranteed Obligations, under the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Guaranty. By its execution below, the undersigned [NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR], a [corporation] [partnership] [limited liability company] (the βNew Guarantorβ), agrees to become, and does hereby become, a Guarantor under the Guaranty and agrees to be bound by such Guaranty as if originally a party thereto. By its execution below, the undersigned represents and warrants as to itself that all of the representations and warranties contained in SectionΒ 2 of the Guaranty are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, New Guarantor has executed and delivered this Annex I counterpart to the Guaranty as of this Β Β Β Β day of Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20Β Β Β Β .
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[NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR] | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Its: | Β |
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1 | Incorporate appropriate local law provisions and language limiting the scope of the guaranty provided by each Foreign Subsidiary to the Obligations of such Foreign Subsidiaryβs foreign parent entity. |
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EXHIBIT H-1
FORM OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among NewMarket Corporation (the βCompanyβ), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto (collectively with the Company, the βBorrowersβ), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ).
Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)Β it is not a bank within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii)Β it is not a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv)Β it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (v)Β the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersignedβs conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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[NAME OF LENDER] | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Name: | Β | |
Title: | Β |
Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β ]
EXHIBIT H-2
FORM OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among NewMarket Corporation (the βCompanyβ), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto (collectively with the Company, the βBorrowersβ), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ).
Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)Β its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii)Β with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement, neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv)Β none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v)Β none of its partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi)Β the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersignedβs or its partners/membersβ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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[NAME OF LENDER] | ||
By: | Β | Β |
Name: | Β | |
Title: | Β |
Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β ]
EXHIBIT H-3
FORM OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among NewMarket Corporation (the βCompanyβ), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto (collectively with the Company, the βBorrowersβ), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ).
Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)Β it is not a bank within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii)Β it is not a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv)Β it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v)Β the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersignedβs conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished to the Lender, from whom it acquired the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, with a certificate of its non- U.S. person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF LENDER]
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By: | Β | Β |
Name: | Β | |
Title: | Β |
Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β ]
EXHIBIT H-4
FORM OF U.S. TAX CERTIFICATE
(For Non-U.S. Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among NewMarket Corporation (the βCompanyβ), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto (collectively with the Company, the βBorrowersβ), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ).
Pursuant to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.17 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i)Β it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii)Β its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii)Β with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv)Β none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of any Borrower within the meaning of section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v)Β none of its partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower as described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi)Β the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the undersignedβs or its partners/membersβ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished to the Lender, from whom it acquired the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1)Β if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2)Β the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
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Name: |
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Date: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 20[Β Β Β Β ]
EXHIBIT I-1
FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β as Administrative Agent
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β for the Lenders referred to below
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
Attention: [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
Fax: [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
Re: NewMarket Corporation
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among NewMarket Corporation (the βCompanyβ), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto (collectively with the Company, the βBorrowersβ), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ). The [Company/relevant Borrower] hereby gives you notice pursuant to SectionΒ 2.03 of the Credit Agreement that it requests a Revolving Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the [Company/relevant Borrower] specifies the following information with respect to such Revolving Borrowing requested hereby:
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1. | Name of Borrower: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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2. | Aggregate principal amount of Borrowing:1 Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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3. | Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day): Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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4. | Type of Borrowing (ABR or Eurocurrency): Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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5. | Interest Period and the last day thereof (if a Eurocurrency Borrowing):2 Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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6. | Agreed Currency: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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7. | Location and number of Borrowerβs account or any other account agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to which proceeds of Borrowing are to be disbursed: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
The [Company] [and the relevant Borrower each] hereby represents and warrants that the conditions to lending specified in Section[s] [4.01 and]3 4.02 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.
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1 | Not less than applicable amounts specified in SectionΒ 2.02(c). |
2 | Which must comply with the definition of βInterest Periodβ and end not later than the Maturity Date. |
3 | To be included only upon Effective Date. |
Very truly yours, | ||
NEWMARKET CORPORATION, as the Company | ||
By: | Β |
Β |
Name: | Β | |
Title: | Β | |
[OTHER BORROWER, IF APPLICABLE], as a Borrower |
By: | Β |
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Name: | Β | |
Title: | Β |
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EXHIBIT I-2
FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β as Administrative Agent
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β for the Lenders referred to below
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
Attention: [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
Fax: [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
Re: New Market Corporation
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among NewMarket Corporation (the βCompanyβ), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto (collectively with the Company, the βBorrowersβ), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ). [The Company] [name of relevant Borrower] hereby gives you notice pursuant to SectionΒ 2.08 of the Credit Agreement that it requests to convert an existing Revolving Borrowing under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection [The Company] [name of relevant Borrower] specifies the following information with respect to such conversion requested hereby:
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1. | List Borrower, date, Type, principal amount, Agreed Currency and Interest Period (if applicable) of existing Borrowing: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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2. | Aggregate principal amount of resulting Borrowing: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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3. | Effective date of interest election (which shall be a Business Day): Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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4. | Type of Borrowing (ABR or Eurocurrency): Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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5. | Interest Period and the last day thereof (if a Eurocurrency Borrowing):1 Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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6. | Agreed Currency: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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1 | Which must comply with the definition of βInterest Periodβ and end not later than the Maturity Date. |
Very truly yours, | ||
[NEWMARKET CORPORATION, as the Company][[BORROWER], as Borrower] | ||
By: | Β |
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Name: | Β | |
Title: | Β |
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EXHIBIT I-3
FORM OF SWINGLINE BORROWING REQUEST
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
for the Lenders referred to below
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
[Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
Attention: [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
Fax: [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ]
Re: NewMarket Corporation
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among NewMarket Corporation (the βCompanyβ), the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto (collectively with the Company, the βBorrowersβ), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ). The Company hereby gives you notice pursuant to SectionΒ 2.05 of the Credit Agreement that it requests a Swingline Loan under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Company specifies the following information with respect to such Swingline Loan requested hereby:
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1. | Aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loan:1 Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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2. | Date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day): Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
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3. | Location and number of Companyβs account or any other account agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to which proceeds of Swingline Loan are to be disbursed: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β |
The Company hereby represents and warrants that the conditions to lending specified in Sections 4.01 and 4.02 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied as of the date hereof.
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1 | Not less than applicable amounts specified in SectionΒ 2.02(c). |
Very truly yours, |
NEWMARKET CORPORATION, as the Company |
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EXHIBIT J
FORM OF NOTE
NovemberΒ 12, 2010
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, [BORROWER], a [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] (the βBorrowerβ), HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of [LENDER NAME] (the βLenderβ) the aggregate unpaid Dollar Amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the βCredit Agreementβ (as defined below) on the Maturity Date or on such earlier date as may be required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are as defined in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made to it from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full at a rate or rates per annum determined in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. Interest hereunder is due and payable at such times and on such dates as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
At the time of each Loan, and upon each payment or prepayment of principal of each Loan, the Lender shall make a notation either on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof, or in such Lenderβs own books and records, in each case specifying the amount of such Loan, the respective Interest Period thereof (in the case of Eurocurrency Loans) or the amount of principal paid or prepaid with respect to such Loan, as applicable; provided that the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation or notation shall not affect the Obligations of the undersigned Borrower hereunder or under the Credit Agreement.
This Note is one of the notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, that certain Credit Agreement dated as of NovemberΒ 12, 2010 by and among the Borrower, [INSERT NAME(S) OF OTHER BORROWER(S), IF ANY], the financial institutions from time to time parties thereto as Lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ). The Credit Agreement, among other things, (i)Β provides for the making of Loans by the Lender to the undersigned Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the Dollar Amount of such Lenderβs Commitment, the indebtedness of the undersigned Borrower resulting from each such Loan to it being evidenced by this Note, and (ii)Β contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified.
To the extent permitted by law, demand, presentment, protest and notice of nonpayment and protest are hereby waived by the Borrower. Whenever in this Note reference is made to the Administrative Agent, the Lender or the Borrower, such reference shall be deemed to include, as applicable, a reference to their respective successors and assigns. The provisions of this Note shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of said successors and assigns. The Borrowerβs successors and assigns shall include, without limitation, a receiver, trustee or debtor in possession of or for the Borrower.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
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[BORROWER] |
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SCHEDULE OF LOANS AND PAYMENTS OR PREPAYMENTS
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Β | Unpaid Principal Balance |
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