FOURTH AMENDMENT dated as of November 24, 2009 (this “Amendment Agreement”) to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 15, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit...
Exhibit
99.2
FOURTH
AMENDMENT dated as of November 24, 2009 (this “Amendment Agreement”)
to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 15, 2006 (as amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit
Agreement”) among Ford Motor Company (the “Company”), the
Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) from time to
time party thereto, the several lenders from time to time party thereto,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative
Agent”), and the other agents parties thereto. Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement (defined below) and used herein shall have the meanings given to them
in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS,
the Company has requested an amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement pursuant
to which (a) some or all of the existing Revolving Lenders will agree to convert
a portion of their existing Revolving Commitments into a new tranche of term
loans and to extend the maturity of all of their Revolving Commitments (after
giving effect to such conversion and a reduction in the amount of such Revolving
Commitments by up to 25% or an increase in the amount of such Revolving
Commitments, in each case at the election of each applicable Revolving Lender)
to November 30, 2013 and (b) certain provisions of the Existing Credit
Agreement, including provisions relating to defaulting lenders and restricted
payments, will be amended; and
WHEREAS,
in order to effect the foregoing, the Company and the other parties hereto
desire to amend and restate, as of the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date
(as defined below), the Existing Credit Agreement and to enter into certain
other agreements set forth herein, in each case subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section
1. Amendment and
Restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement. Effective as of the
Amendment and Restatement Effective Date:
(a) the
Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the
form of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement set forth as Exhibit A hereto
(the Existing Credit Agreement, as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement”);
(b) Each
of Exhibit H (Form of Drawing Notice), Exhibit I (Form of Competitive Bid
Request), Exhibit J (Form of Competitive Bid), Exhibit K (Form of Competitive
Bid Accept/Reject Letter), Exhibit U-1 (Form of Term Note) and Exhibit U-2 (Form
of Revolving Note) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety as set forth in Exhibits H, I, J, K, U-1 and U-2
hereto;
(c) Schedule
1.1G (Pricing Grid) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety as set forth on Schedule 1.1G hereto; and
(d) Schedule
1.1A (Commitments) to the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to reflect, under the heading “Following the
Conversion”, the elections made by the Revolving Lenders party hereto that
elect, on their respective signature pages hereto, to extend the Revolving
Termination Date in respect of their existing Revolving Commitments (each, an
“Extending
Lender”) and, as provided on such signature pages and in the instructions
thereto, reduce or increase the amount of such existing Revolving Commitments
and/or convert a portion of such existing Revolving Commitments into Tranche B-2
Term Loans. Each Revolving Lender party hereto hereby authorizes the
Administrative Agent to compile such modified Schedule 1.1A (Commitments)
reflecting such elections, increases, reductions and conversions and attach such
modified Schedule 1.1A (Commitments) to the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement.
Except as
set forth above, all schedules and exhibits to the Existing Credit Agreement, in
the forms thereof in effect immediately prior to the Amendment and Restatement
Effective Date, will continue to be schedules and exhibits to the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement.
Section
2. Representations
and Warranties. To induce the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders to enter into this Amendment Agreement, the Company hereby represents
and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
(a) (i)
The Company has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Amendment Agreement, has taken all necessary
corporate or other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance
of this Amendment Agreement and has duly executed and delivered this Amendment
Agreement and (ii) this Amendment Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles
(whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
(b) As
of the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing.
(c) Each
of the representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents is true
and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment and Restatement
Effective Date with the same effect as though made on and as of the Amendment
and Restatement Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such
representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as
of such earlier date).
Section
3. Effectiveness of
this Amendment Agreement and the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement. The effectiveness of this Amendment Agreement and
the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement in the form of
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the
following conditions precedent (the date on which all of such conditions shall
first be satisfied, the “Amendment and Restatement
Effective Date”):
(a) The
Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed counterparts hereof that,
when taken together, bear the signatures of the Company, each Subsidiary
Guarantor, the Required Lenders, the Majority Revolving Lenders, each Extending
Lender, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender and each Swingline
Lender.
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(b) The
Administrative Agent shall have received legal opinions, dated the Amendment and
Restatement Effective Date, of (i) Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, New York
counsel to the Company, (ii) Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Finger, P.A., Delaware
counsel to the Company and (iii) an associate general counsel of the Company, in
each case addressed to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Trustee and each Issuing Lender as to matters previously agreed between the
Company and the Administrative Agent.
(c) The
Company shall have paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Lender (a “Consenting
Lender”) for which the Administrative Agent shall have received (by
facsimile or otherwise) a completed and executed signature page to this
Amendment Agreement prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) on November 18,
2009, a consent fee equal to 0.05% of the sum of such Lender’s Revolving
Commitments plus the amount of such Lender’s outstanding Term Loan (in each case
as defined in, and as in effect under, the Existing Credit Agreement immediately
prior to the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date).
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall have received from the Company, for the account of
each Extending Lender (as defined in the Instructions to Signature Page to
Fourth Amendment attached hereto), an extension fee (the “Revolver Extension
Fee”) in an amount equal to 0.50% of the 2013 Revolving Commitments of such
Extending Lender.
Section
4. Effect of
Amendment. (a) Except as expressly set
forth herein or in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, this Amendment
Agreement shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a
waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the
Agents under the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document and shall
not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions,
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Existing Credit Agreement
or any other provision of the Existing Credit Agreement or of any other Loan
Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall
continue in full force and effect. Nothing herein shall be deemed to
entitle the Company to a consent to, or a waiver, amendment, modification or
other change of, any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or
agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document in
similar or different circumstances.
(b) On
and after the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date, each reference in the
Existing Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof’, “herein”,
or words of like import, and each reference to the “Credit Agreement” in any
other Loan Document shall be deemed a reference to the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement. This Amendment Agreement shall constitute a “Loan Document” for
all purposes of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
Section
5. Continuing Liens
and Guarantee Obligations. Each of the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors hereby confirms the Liens granted by it under each of the
Loan Documents to which it is party and agrees that such Liens shall continue in
full force and effect for the benefit of the Secured Parties, securing its
Secured Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement).
The
Subsidiary Guarantors confirm the guarantees of the Guaranteed Obligations (as
defined in the Guarantee) granted by them under the Guarantee to which they are
a party and agree that such guarantees shall continue in full force and effect
for the benefit of the Guaranteed Parties (as defined in the
Guarantee).
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Section
6. Governing
Law. THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
Section
7. Costs and
Expenses. The Company agrees to reimburse the Administrative
Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this
Amendment Agreement, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel for the Administrative Agent.
Section
8. Counterparts. This
Amendment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery
of any executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment Agreement by
facsimile or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart hereof.
Section
9. Headings. The
headings of this Amendment Agreement are for purposes of reference only and
shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers or
representatives as of the day and year first above written.
FORD
MOTOR COMPANY
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President and Treasurer
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XXXXXXXX XXXX COMPANY
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FORD
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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FORD
MOTOR SERVICE COMPANY
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FORD
– UAW HOLDINGS LLC
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FORD
TRADING COMPANY, LLC
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VOLVO
CARS OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC,
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as
Subsidiary Guarantors
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By:
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/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Treasurer
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XX 1 LTD.
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XX 2 LTD.
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FORD
COMPONENT SALES, LLC
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FORD
EUROPEAN HOLDINGS LLC
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FORD
HOLDINGS LLC
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FORD
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL LLC
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FORD
MEXICO HOLDINGS, INC
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VOLVO
HOLDING COMPANY INC.,
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as
Subsidiary Guarantors
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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Assistant
Treasurer
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FORD
SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS, LLC,
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as
Subsidiary Guarantor
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By:
Ford Motor Company, as sole member
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By:
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/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Vice
President and Treasurer
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GRUPO
FORD, S. DE X.X. DE C.V.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Legal
Affairs Director
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By:
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/s/
M.A. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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M.A.
Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Accounting
Director
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JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
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as
Administrative Agent
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By:
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Executive Director
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Exhibit
A
Form
of Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
[Following
page.]
EXHIBIT
A
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Among
FORD
MOTOR COMPANY,
The
Subsidiary Borrowers from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
The
Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
and
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.
as
Administrative Agent
Dated as
of December 15, 2006
and
Amended and Restated as of November 24, 2009
X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
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Banc
of America Securities LLC
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Barclays
capital
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Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
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Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc.
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Xxxxxxx
Sachs Credit Partners X.X.
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Senior funding, Inc.
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Royal
Bank of Scotland PLC
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BNP
Paribas
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HSBC
Bank USA, National Association
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Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corporation
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as
Bookrunners and Lead Arrangers
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION
1.
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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1.1
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Defined
Terms
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1
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1.2
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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38
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1.3
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Conversion
of Foreign Currencies
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38
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SECTION
2.
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AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
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39
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2.1
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Term
Commitments
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39
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2.2
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Procedure
for Term Loan Borrowing
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39
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2.3
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Repayment
of Term Loans
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40
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2.4
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Domestic
Revolving Commitments
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42
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2.5
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Procedure
for Domestic Revolving Loan Borrowing
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42
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2.6
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Multicurrency
Revolving Loan Commitments
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43
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2.7
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Procedure
for Multicurrency Revolving Loan Borrowing
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43
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2.8
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Canadian
Revolving Commitments
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44
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2.9
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Procedure
for Canadian Revolving Loan Borrowing
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44
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2.10
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Procedure
for Canadian Acceptances
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45
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2.11
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Swingline
Commitment
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50
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2.12
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Procedure
for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans
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51
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2.13
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New
or Successor Swingline Lender; Swingline Commitments
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53
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2.14
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Competitive
Bid Procedure
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53
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2.15
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Facility
Fees, etc
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55
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2.16
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Termination,
Reduction or Reallocation of Revolving Commitments
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55
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2.17
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Optional
Prepayments
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57
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2.18
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Mandatory
Prepayments
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57
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2.19
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Conversion
and Continuation Options
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59
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2.20
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Limitations
on Eurocurrency Tranches
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59
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2.21
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Interest
Rates and Payment Dates
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59
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2.22
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Computation
of Interest and Fees
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60
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2.23
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Inability
to Determine Interest Rate; Illegality
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61
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2.24
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Pro
Rata Treatment and Payments; Evidence of Debt
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63
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2.25
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Requirements
of Law
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66
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2.26
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Taxes
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67
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2.27
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Indemnity
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70
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2.28
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Change
of Applicable Lending Office
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70
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2.29
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Replacement/Termination
of Lenders
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70
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2.30
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New
Local Facilities
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72
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2.31
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Incremental
Term Loan Facilities
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72
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2.32
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Incremental
Revolving Commitments/Facilities
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74
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2.33
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Revolving
Termination Date Extension
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75
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SECTION
3.
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LETTERS OF CREDIT
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76
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3.1
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L/C
Commitment
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76
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3.2
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Procedure
for Issuance of Letter of Credit
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76
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3.3
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Fees
and Other Charges
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77
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3.4
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L/C
Participations
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77
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3.5
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Reimbursement
Obligation of the Company
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3.6
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Obligations
Absolute
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79
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3.7
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Letter
of Credit Payments
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79
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3.8
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Applications
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79
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3.9
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Existing
Letters of Credit
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79
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3.10
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Collateral
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79
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3.11
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New
Issuing Lenders; L/C Commitments
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80
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SECTION
4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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80
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4.1
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Financial
Condition
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4.2
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No
Change
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4.3
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Existence
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81
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4.4
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Power;
Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
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81
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4.5
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No
Legal Bar
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81
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4.6
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Litigation
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81
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4.7
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No
Default
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4.8
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Ownership
of Property
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81
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4.9
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Intellectual
Property
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82
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4.10
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Federal
Regulations
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82
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4.11
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ERISA
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82
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4.12
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Investment
Company Act; Other Regulations
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82
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4.13
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Subsidiary
Guarantors; Pledged Equity
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82
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4.14
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Security
Documents
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82
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4.15
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Environmental
Laws
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83
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SECTION
5.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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83
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5.1
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Conditions
to Effectiveness
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83
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5.2
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Conditions
to Each Extension of Credit
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84
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SECTION
6.
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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85
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6.1
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Company
Financial Statements
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85
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6.2
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Subsidiary
Financial Statements
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85
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6.3
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Compliance
and Borrowing Base Certificates
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86
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6.4
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Maintenance
of Business; Existence
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86
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6.5
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Maintenance
of Property; Insurance
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86
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6.6
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Notices
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6.7
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Additional
Collateral, etc
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87
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SECTION
7.
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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89
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7.1
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Borrowing
Base
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90
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7.2
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Available
Liquidity
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90
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7.3
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Liens
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90
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7.4
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Restricted
Group Debt
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90
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7.5
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Asset
Sale Restrictions
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90
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7.6
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Restricted
Payments
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92
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7.7
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Fundamental
Changes
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93
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7.8
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Negative
Pledge
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94
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7.9
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Sales
and Leasebacks
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95
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SECTION
8.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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95
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SECTION
9.
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THE AGENTS
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98
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9.1
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Appointment
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98
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9.2
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Delegation
of Duties
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99
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9.3
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Exculpatory
Provisions
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99
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9.4
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Reliance
by Administrative Agent
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99
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9.5
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Notice
of Default
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99
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9.6
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Non-Reliance
on Agents and Other Lenders
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100
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9.7
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Indemnification
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100
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9.8
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Agent
in Its Individual Capacity
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100
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9.9
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Successor
Administrative Agent
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100
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9.10
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Bookrunners,
Lead Arrangers, Documentation Agents and Syndication
Agents
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101
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SECTION
10.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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101
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10.1
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Amendments
and Waivers
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101
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10.2
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Notices
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104
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10.3
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No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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105
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10.4
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties
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105
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10.5
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Payment
of Expenses and Taxes
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106
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10.6
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Successors
and Assigns; Participations and Assignments
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107
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10.7
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Adjustments;
Set-off; Revolver Allocation
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110
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10.8
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Counterparts
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111
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10.9
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Severability
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111
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10.10
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Integration
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112
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10.11
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GOVERNING
LAW
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112
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10.12
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Submission
to Jurisdiction; Waivers
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112
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10.13
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Judgment
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112
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10.14
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Acknowledgements
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113
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10.15
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Releases
of Guarantees and Liens
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113
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10.16
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Confidentiality
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113
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10.17
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WAIVERS
OF JURY TRIAL
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114
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10.18
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USA
Patriot Act
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114
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SCHEDULES:
1.1A Commitments
1.1B
Borrowing Base
1.1C
Mandatory Costs
1.1D
Initial Subsidiary Guarantors
1.1E Mortgaged
Property
1.1F Principal
Trade Names
1.1G
Pricing Grid
3.9
Existing Letters of Credit
4.13
Pledged Equity
5.1(g)
Pledged Notes
5.1(h) UCC
Filings
6.7(e)
Post-Closing Items
EXHIBITS:
A
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Form
of Security Agreement
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B
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Form
of Collateral Trust Agreement
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C
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Form
of Guarantee
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D
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Form
of Trademark Security Agreement
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E
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Form
of Mortgage
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F
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Form
of Borrowing Base Certificate
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G
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Form
of Discount Note
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H
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Form
of Drawing Notice
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I
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Form
of Competitive Bid Request
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J
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Form
of Competitive Bid
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K
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Form
of Competitive Bid Accept/Reject
Letter
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L
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Form
of Incremental Revolving Loan Activation
Notice
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M
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Form
of Incremental Term Loan Activation
Notice
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N
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Form
of Closing Certificate
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O
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Form
of Assignment and Assumption
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P-1
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Form
of Legal Opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
LLP
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P-2
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Form
of Legal Opinion of In-House
Counsel
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Q
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Form
of Exemption Certificate
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R
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Form
of Joinder Agreement
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S-1
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Form
of Addendum (Revolver)
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S-2
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Form
of Addendum (Term Loan)
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T
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Form
of Compliance Certificate
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U-1
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Form
of Term Note
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U-2
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Form
of Revolving Note
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as
of December 15, 2006 and amended and restated as of November 24, 2009, among
FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the
Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined herein) from time to time parties hereto, the
several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time
parties hereto (the “Lenders”), and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent.
The
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined
Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this
Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section
1.1.
“2005
10-K”: as defined in Section 4.1.
“2011 Canadian Revolving
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender,
if any, to make Canadian Revolving Loans (including Acceptance Equivalent Loans)
and accept Acceptances in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to
exceed the amount set forth under the heading “2011 Canadian Revolving
Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment
and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same
may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
“2011 Canadian Revolving
Lender”: each Lender that has a 2011 Canadian Revolving
Commitment or that holds 2011 Canadian Revolving Loans or Acceptances made
pursuant to a 2011 Canadian Revolving Commitment.
“2011 Canadian Revolving
Loans”: Canadian Revolving Loans made pursuant to the 2011
Canadian Revolving Commitments.
“2011 Canadian Revolving
Percentage”: as to any 2011 Canadian Revolving Lender at any
time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2011 Canadian Revolving Commitment then
constitutes of the aggregate amount of 2011 Canadian Revolving Commitments then
in effect or, at any time after all of the 2011 Canadian Revolving Commitments
shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate amount of
the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Lender under the 2011
Canadian Revolving Facility then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2011
Canadian Revolving Lenders then outstanding under the 2011 Canadian Revolving
Facility.
“2011 Domestic Revolving
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender,
if any, to make Domestic Revolving Loans, participate in Swingline Loans and,
prior to December 3, 2009, participate in Letters of Credit in an
aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under
the heading “2011 Domestic Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender
became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to
the terms hereof.
“2011 Domestic Revolving
Lender”: each Lender that has a 2011 Domestic Revolving
Commitment or that holds 2011 Domestic Revolving Loans.
“2011 Domestic Revolving
Loans”: Domestic Revolving Loans made pursuant to the 2011
Domestic Revolving Commitments.
“2011 Domestic Revolving
Percentage”: as to any 2011 Domestic Revolving Lender at any
time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2011 Domestic Revolving Commitment then
constitutes of the aggregate amount of 2011 Domestic Revolving Commitments then
in effect or, at any time after the 2011 Domestic Revolving Commitments shall
have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate amount of
Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Lender under the 2011 Domestic
Revolving Facility then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2011 Domestic Revolving
Lenders then outstanding under the 2011 Domestic Revolving
Facility.
“2011 Multicurrency Revolving
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender,
if any, to make Multicurrency Revolving Loans in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “2011 Multicurrency
Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto,
as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof.
“2011 Multicurrency Revolving
Lender”: each Lender that has a 2011 Multicurrency Revolving
Commitment or that holds 2011 Multicurrency Revolving Loans.
“2011 Multicurrency Revolving
Loans”: Revolving Loans made pursuant to the 2011
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments.
“2011 Multicurrency Revolving
Percentage”: as to any 2011 Multicurrency Revolving Lender at
any time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2011 Multicurrency Revolving
Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate amount of 2011 Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments then in effect or, at any time after all of the 2011
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the
percentage which the aggregate principal amount of Multicurrency Revolving
Extensions of Credit of such Lender under the 2011 Multicurrency Revolving
Facility then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2011 Multicurrency Revolving
Lenders then outstanding under the 2011 Multicurrency Revolving
Facility.
“2011 Revolving
Commitments”: the 2011 Domestic Revolving Commitments, the
2011 Canadian Revolving Commitments and the 2011 Multicurrency Revolving
Commitments.
“2011 Revolving
Facility”: the 2011 Domestic Revolving Facility, the 2011
Canadian Revolving Facility or the 2011 Multicurrency Revolving
Facility.
“2011 Revolving
Lenders”: 2011 Domestic Revolving Lenders, 2011 Canadian
Revolving Lenders and 2011 Multicurrency Revolving Lenders.
“2011 Revolving
Loans”: 2011 Domestic Revolving Loans, 2011 Canadian Revolving
Loans and 2011 Multicurrency Revolving Loans.
“2011 Revolving Termination
Date”: the Revolving Termination Date with respect to the 2011 Revolving
Loans.
“2013 Canadian Revolving
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender,
if any, to make Canadian Revolving Loans (including Acceptance Equivalent Loans)
and accept Acceptances in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to
exceed the amount set forth under the heading “2013 Canadian Revolving
Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment
and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same
may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
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“2013 Canadian Revolving
Lender”: each Lender that has a 2013 Canadian Revolving
Commitment or that holds 2013 Canadian Revolving Loans or Acceptances made
pursuant to a 2013 Canadian Revolving Commitment.
“2013 Canadian Revolving
Loans”: Canadian Revolving Loans made pursuant to the 2013
Canadian Revolving Commitments.
“2013 Canadian Revolving
Percentage”: as to any 2013 Canadian Revolving Lender at any
time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2013 Canadian Revolving Commitment then
constitutes of the aggregate amount of 2013 Canadian Revolving Commitments then
in effect or, at any time after all of the 2013 Canadian Revolving Commitments
shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate amount of
the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Lender under the 2013
Canadian Revolving Facility then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2013
Canadian Revolving Lenders then outstanding under the 2013 Canadian Revolving
Facility.
“2013 Domestic Revolving
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender,
if any, to make Domestic Revolving Loans and participate in Swingline Loans and
Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the
amount set forth under the heading “2013 Domestic Revolving Commitment” opposite
such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant
to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time
to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
“2013 Domestic Revolving
Lender”: each Lender that has a 2013 Domestic Revolving
Commitment or that holds 2013 Domestic Revolving Loans.
“2013 Domestic Revolving
Loans”: Domestic Revolving Loans made pursuant to the 2013
Domestic Revolving Commitments.
“2013 Domestic Revolving
Percentage”: as to any 2013 Domestic Revolving Lender at any
time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2013 Domestic Revolving Commitment then
constitutes of the aggregate amount of 2013 Domestic Revolving Commitments then
in effect or, at any time after the 2013 Domestic Revolving Commitments shall
have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate amount of
Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Lender under the 2013 Domestic
Revolving Facility then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2013 Domestic Revolving
Lenders then outstanding under the 2013 Domestic Revolving
Facility.
“2013 Multicurrency Revolving
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender,
if any, to make Multicurrency Revolving Loans in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “2013 Multicurrency
Revolving Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto,
as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof.
“2013 Multicurrency Revolving
Lender”: each Lender that has a 2013 Multicurrency Revolving
Commitment or that holds 2013 Multicurrency Revolving Loans.
“2013 Multicurrency Revolving
Loans”: Revolving Loans made pursuant to the 2013
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments.
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“2013 Multicurrency Revolving
Percentage”: as to any 2013 Multicurrency Revolving Lender at
any time, the percentage which such Lender’s 2013 Multicurrency Revolving
Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate amount of 2013 Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments then in effect or, at any time after all of the 2013
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the
percentage which the aggregate principal amount of Multicurrency Revolving
Extensions of Credit of such Lender under the 2013 Multicurrency Revolving
Facility then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit of the 2013 Multicurrency Revolving
Lenders then outstanding under the 2013 Multicurrency Revolving
Facility.
“2013 Revolving
Commitments”: the 2013 Domestic Revolving Commitments, the
2013 Canadian Revolving Commitments and the 2013 Multicurrency Revolving
Commitments.
“2013 Revolving
Facility”: the 2013 Domestic Revolving Facility, the 2013 Canadian
Revolving Facility or the 2013 Multicurrency Revolving Facility.
“2013 Revolving
Lenders”: 2013 Domestic Revolving Lenders, 2013 Canadian
Revolving Lenders and 2013 Multicurrency Revolving Lenders.
“2013 Revolving
Loans”: 2013 Domestic Revolving Loans, 2013 Canadian Revolving
Loans and 2013 Multicurrency Revolving Loans.
“ABR”: for
any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of
1%) equal to the greater of (a) (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day or (ii)
in the case of Canadian Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars, the US Base Rate
(Canada) in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in
effect on such day plus ½ of 1%. Any change in the ABR due to a
change in the Prime Rate, the US Base Rate (Canada) or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective
day of such change in the Prime Rate, the US Base Rate (Canada) or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“ABR
Loans”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is
based upon the ABR.
“Acceptance”: a
Draft drawn by a Canadian Borrower on a Canadian Revolving Lender conforming to
the requirements of Section 2.10 and accepted by such Canadian Revolving Lender
in accordance with Section 2.10(c). As the context shall require,
“Acceptance” shall also have the meaning ascribed to it in Section
2.10(j).
“Acceptance Equivalent
Loan”: an advance made under this Agreement by a Canadian
Revolving Lender evidenced by a Discount Note.
“Acceptance
Exposure”: at any time, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate
face amount of the outstanding Acceptances and Acceptance Equivalent Loans at
such time. The Acceptance Exposure of any Canadian Revolving Lender
at any time shall be its Canadian Revolving Percentage of the aggregate
Acceptance Exposure at such time.
“Acceptance
Fee”: has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.10(m).
“Acceptance
Obligation”: in respect of each Acceptance, the obligation of
the relevant Canadian Borrower to pay to the Canadian Revolving Lender that
accepted such Acceptance the face amount thereof as required by Section
2.10(e).
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“Addendum”: (a)
in the case of Revolving Lenders, a Master Addendum, Credit Reallocation
Agreement and Amendment Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit S-1 and
(b) in the case of Term Lenders, an Addendum Agreement, substantially in the
form of Exhibit S-2.
“Additional Subsidiary
Guarantor”: each Domestic Subsidiary of the Company (other
than any Excluded Subsidiary) (a) that has Consolidated Total Assets with a Net
Book Value in excess of $500,000,000 and (b) with respect to which the Company
or any Subsidiary Guarantor directly or indirectly owns 80% or more of the
Capital Stock or Voting Stock of such Subsidiary and the remaining Capital Stock
of which is not publicly held.
“Administrative
Agent”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent
for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (and, with
respect to the Canadian Revolving Facility, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Toronto
Branch), together with any of its successors.
“Affected Foreign
Currency”: as defined in Section 2.23.
“Agents”: the
collective reference to the Collateral Trustee and the Administrative
Agent.
“Aggregate Domestic Revolving
Percentage”: as to any Domestic Revolving Lender at any time,
the percentage which such Lender’s Domestic Revolving Commitment then
constitutes of the Total Domestic Revolving Commitments or, at any time after
the Domestic Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the
percentage which the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Domestic Revolving
Extensions of Credit under the Domestic Revolving Commitments then outstanding
constitutes of the Total Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit then
outstanding.
“Aggregate
Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount
equal to (a) until the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s
Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the sum of (i) the aggregate then
unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans and (ii) the amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments
have expired or been terminated, the amount of such Lender’s Revolving
Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
“Aggregate Exposure
Percentage”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio
(expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to
the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
“Agreement”: as
defined in the preamble hereto.
“Amendment
Agreement”: the Fourth Amendment dated as of November 24, 2009
with respect to this Agreement.
“Amendment and Restatement
Effective Date”: as defined in the Amendment Agreement.
“Applicable Available
Domestic Revolving Commitments”: (i) prior to December 3,
2009, the Available Domestic Revolving Commitments in respect of the 2011
Domestic Revolving Commitments and the 2013 Domestic Revolving Commitments and
(ii) from or after December 3, 2009, the Available Domestic Revolving
Commitments in respect of 2013 Domestic Revolving Commitments.
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“Applicable Domestic
Revolving Lenders”: (i) prior to December 3, 2009, the 2011
Domestic Revolving Lenders and the 2013 Domestic Revolving Lenders and (ii) from
and after December 3, 2009, the 2013 Domestic Revolving Lenders.
“Applicable Lending
Office”: for any Lender, with respect to the Company and each
Subsidiary Borrower, such Lender’s office, branch or affiliate designated for
Acceptances, Acceptance Equivalent Loans, Eurocurrency Loans, ABR Loans,
Canadian Base Rate Loans, L/C Participations, Competitive Loans, Swingline Loans
or Letters of Credit, as applicable, as notified to the Administrative Agent and
the Company or as otherwise specified in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant
to which such Lender became a party hereto, any of which offices may, subject to
Section 2.26, be changed by such Lender upon 10 days’ prior written notice to
the Administrative Agent and the Company.
“Applicable
Margin”: (a) with respect to Term Loans, (i) at any time when
the Company’s Corporate Family Rating from Xxxxx’x is B2 or better and its
Corporate Credit Rating from S&P is B or better, (A) 1.75% per annum in the
case of ABR Loans and (B) 2.75% per annum in the case of Eurocurrency Loans and
(ii) at all other times, (A) 2.00% per annum in the case of ABR Loans and (B)
3.00% per annum in the case of Eurocurrency Loans and (b) with respect to
Revolving Loans, (i) until delivery of financial statements for the first full
fiscal quarter of the Company completed after the Closing Date pursuant to
Section 6.1, (A) 1.25% per annum in the case of ABR Loans and Canadian Base Rate
Loans and (B) 2.25% per annum in the case of Eurocurrency Loans and (ii)
thereafter, the rate per annum set forth under the relevant column heading in
the Pricing Grid; provided that the
Applicable Margin in effect at any time may be increased pursuant to Section
6.7(e).
Changes
in the Applicable Margin for Term Loans resulting from changes in ratings by
S&P or Moody’s shall become effective on the Business Day following the
announcement of such new rating. If one or more of such rating
agencies shall not have in effect a Corporate Family Rating or a Corporate
Credit Rating, as applicable (other than by reason of the circumstances referred
to in the following sentence), then the rating assigned by the other rating
agency shall be used to establish the Applicable Margin for the Term
Loans. If the rating system of Moody’s or S&P shall change, or if
either rating agency shall cease to be in the business of providing corporate
ratings, the Company and the Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith
to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the
unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness
of any such amendment, the rating of such rating agency shall be determined by
reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or
cessation.
“Applicable
Premium”: as of any date of determination, the present value
at such date, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 00 xxxxx xxxxxx,
xx (x) the prepayment premium applicable to the Term Loans of the applicable
Term Lenders on the first day after the second anniversary of the Closing Date,
plus (b) all
interest that would accrue on such Term Loans from such date to the first day
after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, computed using the
Eurocurrency Rate for an Interest Period of three months plus the Applicable
Margin for the Term Loans on such date.
“Application”: an
application, in such form as an Issuing Lender may specify from time to time,
requesting such Issuing Lender to open a Letter of Credit.
“Approved
Fund”: as defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Assignee”: as
defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Assignment and
Assumption”: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in
the form of Exhibit O.
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“Attributable Debt”:
as to any particular lease under which any Person is at the time liable, at any
date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of
rent (discounted from the respective due dates thereof at the rate of 9.5% per
annum) required to be paid by such person under such lease during the remaining
term thereof. The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease
for any such period shall be the total amount of the rent payable by the lessee
with respect to such period, but may exclude amounts required to be paid on
account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates
and similar charges. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee
upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall also include the amount of
such penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such
lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so
terminated.
“Available Canadian Revolving
Commitment”: as to any Canadian Revolving Lender of any Class
at any time, an amount equal to (a) such Lender’s Canadian Revolving Commitment
of such Class then in effect minus (b) such
Lender’s Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Class then
outstanding.
“Available Domestic Revolving
Commitment”: as to any Domestic Revolving Lender of any Class
at any time, an amount equal to (a) such Lender’s Domestic Revolving Commitment
of such Class then in effect minus (b) such
Lender’s Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Class then
outstanding.
“Available
Liquidity”: as of any date of determination, the sum of (a)
the lesser of (i) the Total Available Revolving Commitments (including any
unused commitment under any Incremental Revolving Facility or any Permitted
Additional Senior Facility) and (ii) the excess of (A) the Borrowing Base as of
such date, over
(B) the Borrowing Base Debt at such date plus (b) “automotive
gross cash” reported in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC (excluding such
amounts held or owned by Foreign Subsidiaries).
“Available Multicurrency
Revolving Commitment”: as to any Multicurrency Revolving
Lender of any Class at any time, an amount equal to (a) such Lender’s
Multicurrency Revolving Commitment of such Class then in effect minus (b) such
Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Class then
outstanding.
“Benefitted
Lender”: as defined in Section 10.7(a).
“Board”: the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any
successor).
“Borrowing
Base”: as of any date of determination, the aggregate of the
Borrowing Base Amounts calculated for each category of Eligible Collateral in
accordance with Schedule 1.1B, as the same may be amended from time to
time. The Borrowing Base at any time shall be determined by reference
to the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to Administrative Agent
on the Closing Date or pursuant to Section 6.3(b), as applicable (adjusted on a
pro forma basis for (a)
any Disposition, and the application of the proceeds thereof, described in
clause (b), (c), (g), (h) or (i) of Section 7.5 or clause (A) of the last
sentence of Section 7.5, (b) any reduction of the Eligible Value of Capital
Stock or intercompany notes in connection with the incurrence of any
Indebtedness or a Material Guarantee pursuant to clause (f) or clause (g) of
Section 7.4 and (c) any addition to the Borrowing Base of additional Collateral
in accordance with Schedule 1.1B (including Mazda Shares) or pursuant to Section
6.7(g), in each case consummated after the last day of the fiscal period covered
by such Borrowing Base Certificate).
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“Borrowing Base
Certificate”: a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit F.
“Borrowing Base Coverage
Ratio”: at any time the ratio of (a) the Borrowing Base at
such time (adjusted on a pro forma basis to the
extent, and in the manner, required by this Agreement) to (b) the sum of (i) the
Dollar Equivalent Outstanding Amount of Borrowing Base Debt at such time (giving
effect to any application of proceeds to the extent required or permitted by
this Agreement) and (ii) the unused Revolving Commitments (including any unused
commitment under any Incremental Revolving Facility or any Permitted Additional
Senior Facility) at such time.
“Borrowing Base
Debt”: collectively, (a) Covered Debt and (b) the Outstanding
Amount of obligations in excess of $100,000,000 secured by Liens described in
clause (x) of the definition of Permitted Liens.
“Borrowing
Date”: any Business Day specified by the Company or any
Subsidiary Borrower as a date on which the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower
requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
“Business
Day”: any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which banks in New York City are permitted to close; provided, however, that when
used in connection with (a) a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall
also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits
or deposits in any Optional Currency, as applicable, in the London Interbank
market, (b) a Canadian Revolving Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars, the term
“Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for
business in Toronto, Canada, (c) a Multicurrency Revolving Loan denominated in
Euros, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is not a TARGET
Day and (d) any other Optional Currency, the term “Business Day” shall also
exclude any day on which banks in the principal financial center of the country
of such Optional Currency are not open for general business.
“CAM Exchange”: as
defined in Section 10.7.
“CAM
Percentage”: at any date, as to any Revolving Lender of any
Class, the percentage which the aggregate Revolving Commitments of such Class of
such Revolving Lender as of such date (before any termination thereof on such
date) constitutes of the aggregate Revolving Commitments of such Class of all
Revolving Lenders as of such date (before any termination thereof on such
date).
“Canadian Base Rate”:
the higher of:
(a) the
rate of interest publicly announced by the Administrative Agent (or any
Applicable Lending Office thereof) from time to time as its reference rate then
in effect for determining interest rates on Canadian Dollar denominated
commercial loans made in Canada; and
(b) the
CDOR Rate for a one month period, plus
0.5%.
“Canadian Base Rate
Loans”: Revolving Loans bearing interest at a rate determined
by reference to the Canadian Base Rate.
“Canadian
Borrower”: any Subsidiary Borrower that is organized under the
laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof.
“Canadian Dollars” and
“C$”: the
lawful money of Canada.
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“Canadian Revolving
Commitment”: any 2011 Canadian Revolving Commitment or 2013
Canadian Revolving Commitment.
“Canadian Revolving
Extensions of Credit”: as to any Canadian Revolving Lender of
any Class at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
amount of all Canadian Revolving Loans of such Class denominated in Dollars held
by such Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) then outstanding, (b) the
Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Canadian Revolving
Loans of such Class denominated in Canadian Dollars held by such Lender (or its
Applicable Lending Office) then outstanding and (c) such Lender’s Acceptance
Exposure with respect to such Class.
“Canadian Revolving
Lender”: any 2011 Canadian Revolving Lender or 2013 Canadian
Revolving Lender.
“Canadian Revolving
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.8(a).
“Canadian Revolving
Percentage”: as to any Canadian Revolving Lender at any time,
the 2011 Canadian Revolving Percentage of such Lender at such time or the 2013
Canadian Revolving Percentage of such Lender at such time, as
applicable.
“Capital
Stock”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any
and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the
foregoing.
“CDOR
Rate”: on any day, with respect to a particular term as
specified herein, the average annual rate for such term applicable to banker’s
acceptances in Canadian Dollars displayed and identified as such on the “Reuters screen CDOR
page” at approximately 10:00 A.M. Toronto time on such day (provided that if such
rates do not appear on the Reuters screen CDOR page, then the CDOR Rate shall be
the average of the rate quotes for banker’s acceptances denominated in Canadian
Dollars with such term received by the Administrative Agent at approximately
10:00 A.M. Toronto time on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on
the next preceding Business Day) from two or more Schedule I
Lenders).
“Change in Tax
Law”: as defined in Section 2.26.
“Change of
Control”: the occurrence of either (a) more than 50% of the
Voting Stock of the Company being held by a Person or Persons (other than
Permitted Holders) who “act as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or
other group for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities” of
the Company within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act or (b)
Continuing Directors ceasing to constitute at least a majority of the board of
directors of the Company.
“Class”: (a)
as to any Revolving Commitment, whether such Revolving Commitment is a 2011
Revolving Commitment or a 2013 Revolving Commitment, as to any Revolving
Extension of Credit, whether such Revolving Extension of Credit is outstanding
under a 2011 Revolving Commitment or under a 2013 Revolving Commitment, as to
any Revolving Facility, whether such Revolving Facility is a 2011 Revolving
Facility or a 2013 Revolving Facility, as to any Revolving Loan or Swingline
Loan, whether such Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan was made pursuant to a 2011
Revolving Commitment or a 2013 Revolving Commitment and as to any Revolving
Lender, whether such Revolving Lender is a 2011 Revolving Lender or a 2013
Revolving Lender, and (b) as to any Term Loan, whether such Term Loan is a
Tranche B-1 Term Loan or a Tranche B-2 Term Loan.
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“Closing
Date”: the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 5.1 shall have been satisfied, which date is December 15,
2006.
“Code”: the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Collateral”: all
property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, in which the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor has granted a Lien pursuant to any Security
Document.
“Collateral Release
Conditions”: the conditions to the Collateral Release Date
specified in Section 10.15(b) or (c), as applicable.
“Collateral Release
Date”: as defined in Section 10.15.
“Collateral Trust
Agreement”: the Collateral Trust Agreement to be executed and
delivered by the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor, the Collateral Trustee and
the other parties named therein, substantially in the form of Exhibit
B.
“Collateral
Trustee”: Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as trustee
under the Collateral Trust Agreement, and any successor thereof under the
Collateral Trust Agreement and, as the context may require, any co-trustee
appointed pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement.
“Collateralized”: secured
by cash collateral arrangements and/or backstop letters of credit entered into
on terms and in amounts reasonably satisfactory to the relevant Issuing Lender;
the terms “Collateralize” and “Collateralization” shall have correlative
meanings.
“Commitment”: as
to any Lender, the sum of the Tranche B-2 Term Commitment and the Revolving
Commitments of such Lender.
“Commonly Controlled
Entity”: an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is part
of a group that includes the Company and that is treated as a single employer
under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code.
“Common Stock”: as
defined in Section 7.6.
“Competitive
Bid”: an offer by a Revolving Lender to make a Competitive
Loan in accordance with Section 2.14.
“Competitive Bid
Accept/Reject Letter”: a notification made by the Company
pursuant to Section 2.14 in the form of Exhibit K.
“Competitive Bid
Rate”: with respect to any Competitive Bid (a) in the case of a
Eurocurrency Competitive Loan, the Eurocurrency Base Rate plus (or minus) the
Margin and (b) in the case of a Fixed Rate Loan, the fixed rate of interest per
annum, in each case specified by the Lender making such Competitive Loan in its
related Competitive Bid.
“Competitive Bid
Request”: a request made pursuant to Section 2.14 in the form of Exhibit
I.
“Competitive
Loan”: a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.14.
“Compliance
Certificate”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible
Officer, substantially in the form of Exhibit T.
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“Conduit
Lender”: any special purpose corporation organized and
administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to
be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument;
provided, that
the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the
designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement
if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the
designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and
responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under
this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no
Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to
Section 2.25, 2.26, 2.27 or 10.5 than the designating Lender would have been
entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit
Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.
“Consolidated Total
Assets”: at any date, with respect to any Person, the amount
set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a
consolidated balance sheet (or the equivalent) of such Person and its
consolidated Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated Total
Automotive Assets”: at any date, the consolidated total
automotive assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the
most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company delivered pursuant
to Section 6.1.
“Consolidated Net Tangible
Automotive Assets”: the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of the Company’s
automotive assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items)
after deducting therefrom (i) all current liabilities and (ii) all goodwill,
trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and
other like intangibles, plus (b) the
Company’s equity in the net assets of its financial services subsidiaries after
deducting therefrom all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized
debt discount and expense and other like intangibles, in each case as set forth
in the most recent financial statements the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
“Continuing Director”:
at any date, an individual (a) who is a member of the board of directors of the
Company on the Closing Date, (b) who has been elected as a member of such board
of directors with a majority of the total votes of Permitted Holders that were
cast in such election voted in favor of such member or (c) who has been
nominated to be a member of such board of directors by a majority of the other
Continuing Directors then in office.
“Contractual
Obligation”: as to any Person, any provision of any security
issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to
which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is
bound.
“Conversion”: as
defined in Section 2.1(b).
“Covered
Debt”: collectively, (a) all Indebtedness incurred and all
other extensions of credit outstanding (including all Letters of Credit and
Acceptances) under this Agreement (including under any Incremental Facility) and
any Permitted Additional Senior Facilities, (b) any Permitted Additional Notes
and (c) any Permitted First Lien Non-Loan Exposure.
“Cumulative Growth
Amount”: as of any date (a) an amount, not less than zero,
equal to 50% of the sum of (i) Automotive “Net Cash Flows from Operating
Activities” as set forth on the sector statement of cash flows of the Company
and its consolidated Subsidiaries as reported in the Company’s Annual Report(s)
on Form 10-K filed with the SEC for the period (taken as one accounting period)
from January 1, 2010 to the last day of the most recent fiscal year of the
Company for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section
6.1, plus (ii)
Automotive “Net Cash (used in) / provided by investing activities” on the sector
statement of cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as
reported in such Annual Report(s) for such period, minus (b) the
aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.6(h) prior to
such date.
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“Currency”: Dollars,
Canadian Dollars or any Optional Currency.
“Debt”: as defined in
Section 7.8.
“Default”: any
of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not any requirement for the
giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
“Defaulting Lender”
means, at any time, a Lender (i) that has defaulted in its obligation to make
Loans hereunder, (ii) that has, or the Parent Company of which has, notified the
Administrative Agent or the Company, or has stated publicly, that it will not
comply with any such funding obligation hereunder, (iii) that has, for three or
more Business Days, failed to confirm in writing to the Company, in response to
a written request of the Company after the Company has a reasonable basis to
believe such Lender will not comply with its funding obligations hereunder, that
it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or (iv) with respect to
which a Lender Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing.
“Designated Cash Management
Obligations”: obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary to
banks, financial institutions, investment banks and others in respect of
banking, cash management (including, without limitation, Automated Clearinghouse
transactions), custody and other similar services and company paid credit cards
that permit employees to make purchases on behalf of the Company or such
Subsidiary designated by the Company in accordance with the Collateral Trust
Agreement from time to time as constituting “Designated Cash Management
Obligations.”
“Designated Hedging
Obligations”: the direct obligations of the Company, and the
obligations of the Company as a guarantor of any Subsidiary’s obligations, to
counterparties designated by the Company in accordance with the Collateral Trust
Agreement from time to time as constituting “Designated Hedging Obligations”
under or in connection with any of the following: (a) a rate swap transaction,
swap option, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity
option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option,
interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor
transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate
swap transaction, currency option, credit protection transaction, credit swap,
credit default swap, credit default option, total return swap, credit spread
transaction, repurchase transaction, reverse repurchase transaction,
buy/sell-back transaction, securities lending transaction, weather index
transaction or forward purchase or sale of a security, commodity or other
financial instrument or interest (including any option with respect to any of
these transactions) or (b) which is a type of transaction that is similar to any
transaction referred to in clause (a) above that is currently, or in the future
becomes, recurrently entered into in the financial markets (including terms and
conditions incorporated by reference in such agreement) and which is a forward,
swap, future, option or other derivative on one or more rates, currencies,
commodities, equity securities or other equity instruments, debt securities or
other debt instruments, economic indices or measures of economic risk or value,
or other benchmarks against which payments or deliveries are to be
made.
“Discount
Note”: a non-interest bearing, non-negotiable promissory note
of a Canadian Borrower denominated in Canadian Dollars, issued by such Canadian
Borrower to a Canadian Revolving Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit
G.
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“Discount
Proceeds”: for any Acceptance issued hereunder, an amount
calculated on the applicable date of issuance by multiplying (a) the face amount
of the Acceptance by (b) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) one by (ii) the
sum of one plus the product of (A) the Discount Rate applicable to the
Acceptance and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in
the term of the Acceptance and the denominator of which is 365, with the
quotient being rounded up or down to the fifth decimal place and .00005 being
rounded up.
“Discount
Rate”: with respect to any Acceptance, (a) for a Canadian
Revolving Lender which is a Schedule I Lender, the CDOR Rate (for the applicable
term) and (b) for other Canadian Revolving Lenders, the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent as being the arithmetic average (rounded upwards to the
nearest multiple of 0.01%) of the discount rates for the applicable term,
calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days, of the Schedule II/III Reference
Lenders established in accordance with their normal practices at or about 10:00
A.M. (Toronto time) on the issuance date of such Acceptance, provided that the
Discount Rate of such other Lenders shall not exceed for any issue the Discount
Rate established pursuant to (a) above plus 0.10% per annum.
“Disposition”: with
respect to any property, any sale, transfer or other disposition thereof; and
the terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative
meanings.
“Dollar
Equivalent”: on any date of determination, (a) with respect to
any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount and (b) with respect to an amount
denominated in any other currency, the equivalent in Dollars of such amount
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with normal banking
industry practice using the Exchange Rate on the date of determination of such
equivalent. In making any determination of the Dollar Equivalent (for
purposes of calculating the amount of Loans to be borrowed from the respective
Lenders on any date or for any other purpose), the Administrative Agent shall
use the relevant Exchange Rate in effect on the date on which the Company or any
Subsidiary Borrower delivers a request for Revolving Loans or on such other date
upon which a Dollar Equivalent is required to be determined pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement. As appropriate, amounts specified herein as
amounts in Dollars shall be or include any relevant Dollar Equivalent
amount.
“Dollars” and “$”: the
lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic Revolving
Commitment”: any 2011 Domestic Revolving Commitment or 2013
Domestic Revolving Commitment.
“Domestic Revolving
Extensions of Credit”: as to any Domestic Revolving Lender of
any Class at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
amount of all Domestic Revolving Loans of such Class held by such Lender then
outstanding, (b) (i) prior to December 3, 2009, an amount equal to the product
of such Lender’s Aggregate Domestic Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations
then outstanding multiplied by a percentage, the numerator of which is such
Lender’s Domestic Revolving Commitment of such Class then outstanding and the
denominator of which is such Lender’s aggregate Domestic Revolving Commitments
of both Classes then outstanding and (ii) from and after December 3, 2009, (A)
in the case of any 2011 Domestic Revolving Lender, zero and (B) in the case of
any 2013 Domestic Revolving Lender, such Lender’s 2013 Domestic Revolving
Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (c) such Lender’s
applicable Domestic Revolving Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of
Swingline Loans of such Class then outstanding.
“Domestic Revolving
Lender”: any 2011 Domestic Revolving Lender or 2013 Domestic
Revolving Lender.
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“Domestic Revolving
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.4(a).
“Domestic Revolving
Percentage”: as to any Domestic Revolving Lender at any time,
the 2011 Domestic Revolving Percentage of such Lender at such time or the 2013
Domestic Revolving Percentage of such Lender at such time, as
applicable.
“Domestic
Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Company organized under the
laws of any jurisdiction within the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary
Borrower”: any Subsidiary Borrower which is a Domestic
Subsidiary.
“Draft”: a depository
xxxx issued in accordance with the Depository Bills and Notes
Act (Canada) or a xxxx of exchange in the form used from time to time by
each Canadian Revolving Lender, respectively, in connection with the creation of
Acceptances in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.10 and payable in
Canadian Dollars.
“Drawing
Notice”: as defined in Section 2.10(c).
“Environmental
Laws”: any and all foreign, Federal, state, provincial, local
or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes,
decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law
(including common law) regulating, relating or imposing liability or standards
of conduct concerning protection of human health, the environment or natural
resources, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
“ERISA”: the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
“Euro” and “€”: the
official currency of the European Union.
“Eurocurrency Base
Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of
the rate for deposits in the applicable Currency for a period equal to such
Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on
the applicable page of the Telerate screen as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on the
Quotation Date. In the event that such rate does not appear on such
page of the Telerate screen (or otherwise on such screen), the “Eurocurrency Base
Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly
available service for displaying eurocurrency rates for the applicable Currency
as may be selected by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Company
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) or, in the absence of such
availability, by reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is
offered deposits in the applicable Currency at or about 11:00 A.M., London time,
two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the London
interbank eurocurrency market for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period for the number of days comprised therein.
“Eurocurrency Competitive
Loan”: any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Base Rate.
“Eurocurrency
Loans”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is
based upon the Eurocurrency Rate.
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“Eurocurrency
Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in
accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of
1%):
Eurocurrency Base Rate
|
1.00
- Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
|
; provided that with
respect to any Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Pounds Sterling, the
Eurocurrency Rate shall the mean the Eurocurrency Base Rate plus if applicable,
as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Schedule
1.1C, the Mandatory Costs.
“Eurocurrency Reserve
Requirements”: a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the
numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number
one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any
marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal
established by the Board and any other banking authority to which the
Administrative Agent or any Lender is subject, for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as
defined in Regulation D). Such reserve percentages shall include
those imposed under Regulation D. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed
to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities and as such shall be deemed to be subject
to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration,
exceptions or offsets which may be available from time to time to any Lender
under Regulation D. Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any
reserve percentage.
“Eurocurrency
Tranche”: the collective reference to Eurocurrency Loans under
a particular Facility the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of
which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such
Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
“Event of
Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8, provided that any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
“Exchange
Act”: the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Exchange
Rate”: for any day with respect to any currency (other than
Dollars), the rate at which such currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set
forth at 11:00 A.M., London time, on such day on the applicable Reuters currency
page with respect to such currency. In the event that such rate does
not appear on the applicable Reuters currency page, the Exchange Rate with
respect to such currency shall be determined by reference to such other publicly
available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the
Administrative Agent and the Company or, in the absence of such agreement, such
Exchange Rate shall instead be the spot rate of exchange of the Administrative
Agent in the London Interbank market or other market where its foreign currency
exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or
about 11:00 A.M., London time, on such day for the purchase of Dollars with such
currency, for delivery two Business Days later; provided, however, that if at
the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being
quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method it deems
appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
“Excluded
Subsidiary”: collectively (a) FMCC and each Subsidiary
thereof, (b) Ford Motor Land Development Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
and each Subsidiary thereof, (c) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by any
applicable Requirement of Law from guaranteeing the Obligations, (d) any
Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary and (e) subject
to Section 6.7(c), any Subsidiary that is a bona fide joint
venture.
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“Existing Letters of
Credit”: as defined in Section 3.9.
“Existing
Notes”: the senior unsecured notes of the Company issued
pursuant to the Existing Notes Indentures.
“Existing Notes
Indentures”: collectively, (a) the Indenture, dated as of
February 15, 1992, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee, and
(b) the Indenture, dated as of January 30, 2002, between the Company and The
Bank of New York (as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank), as
trustee.
“Extending
Lender”: as defined in Section 2.33.
“Facility”: each
of (a) (i) the Tranche B-1 Term Loans (the “Tranche B-1 Term
Facility”) and (ii) the Tranche B-2 Term Commitments and the Tranche B-2
Term Loans made thereunder (the “Tranche B-2 Term
Facility” and, together with the Tranche B-1 Term Facility, the “Term Facilities” and
each a “Term
Facility”), (b) (i) the 2011 Domestic Revolving Commitments and the
extensions of credit made thereunder (the “2011 Domestic Revolving
Facility”) and (ii) the 2013 Domestic Revolving Commitments and the
extensions of credit made thereunder (the “2013 Domestic Revolving
Facility” and, together with the 2011 Domestic Revolving Facility, the
“Domestic Revolving
Facilities” and each a “Domestic Revolving
Facility”), (c) (i) the 2011 Canadian Revolving Commitments and the
extensions of credit made thereunder (the “2011 Canadian Revolving
Facility”) and (ii) the 2013 Canadian Revolving Commitments and the
extensions of credit made thereunder (the “2013 Canadian Revolving
Facility” and, together with the 2011 Canadian Revolving Facility, the
“Canadian Revolving
Facilities” and each a “Canadian Revolving
Facility”), (d) (i) the 2011 Multicurrency Revolving Commitments and the
extensions of credit made thereunder (the “2011 Multicurrency Revolving
Facility”) and (ii) the 2013 Multicurrency Revolving Commitments and the
extensions of credit made thereunder (the “2013 Multicurrency Revolving
Facility” and, together with the 2011 Multicurrency Revolving Facility,
the “Multicurrency
Revolving Facilities” and each a “Multicurrency Revolving
Facility”), (e) any New Local Facility, (f) the Incremental Revolving
Commitments (other than any Revolving Commitment Increase) and the extensions of
credit thereunder as provided in any Incremental Revolving Loan Activation
Notice (each, an “Incremental Revolving
Facility” and together with the Domestic Revolving Facilities, the
Canadian Revolving Facilities, the Multicurrency Revolving Facilities and any
New Local Facility, the “Revolving Facilities”
and each a “Revolving
Facility”) and (g) the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and the
Incremental Term Loans related thereto as provided in any Incremental Term Loan
Activation Notice (each, an “Incremental Term Loan
Facility” and together with the Incremental Revolving Facility, the
“Incremental
Facilities”).
“Facility Fee
Rate”: (a) until delivery of financial statements for the
first full fiscal quarter of the Company completed after the Closing Date
pursuant to Section 6.1, 0.50% per annum and (b) thereafter, the rate per annum
set forth under the relevant column heading in the Pricing Grid.
“Facility
Rating”: as of any date, the credit rating by Moody’s or
S&P, as applicable, for the Facility.
“Federal Funds Effective
Rate”: for any day, the weighted average 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 of the quotations for
the day of such transactions received by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. from three
federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
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“Fee Payment
Date”: (a) the 15th day
of each March, June, September and December (or, if any such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) and (b) the last day of the
final Fee Payment Period.
“Fee Payment
Period”: initially the period from and including the Closing
Date to but excluding the initial Fee Payment Date, and thereafter each period
commencing on and including a Fee Payment Date to but excluding the succeeding
Fee Payment Date (except that the final Fee Payment Period shall end on the date
on which all Revolving Commitments have terminated and the Revolving Extensions
of Credit have been reduced to zero).
“Fitch”: Fitch
Investors Service, L.P. and its successors.
“Fixed Rate
Loan”: a Competitive Loan bearing interest at a fixed rate per
annum specified by the Revolving Lender making such Loan in its related
Competitive Bid.
“FMCC”: Ford Motor
Credit Company, a Delaware corporation.
“Ford
Argentina”: Ford Argentina S.C.A., a company organized under
the laws of Argentina.
“Ford
Canada”: Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited, a company
organized under the laws of Ontario.
“Ford
Mexico”: Ford Motor Company S.A. de C.V., a company organized
under the laws of Mexico.
“Ford South
Africa”: Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (Pty), a
company organized under the laws of South Africa.
“Foreign
Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a
Domestic Subsidiary.
“Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower”: any Subsidiary Borrower that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
“Funded
Debt”: all Debt having a maturity of more than 12 months from
the date of the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries or having a maturity of less than 12 months but by its terms being
renewable or extendible beyond 12 months from the date of such balance sheet at
the option of the borrower thereof.
“Funding
Office”: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in
Section 10.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the
Administrative Agent as its funding office with respect to any Facility or
Facilities by written notice to the Company and the Lenders.
“GAAP”: generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to
time. In the event that any “Accounting Change” (as defined below)
shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of
covenants, the Borrowing Base, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the
Company and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations in order
to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably such
Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the
Company’s financial condition and the Borrowing Base shall be the same after
such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been
made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed
and delivered by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders,
all covenants, the Borrowing Base, standards and terms in this Agreement shall
continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not
occurred. “Accounting Changes” refers to changes in accounting
principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement
or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.
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“Governmental
Authority”: any federal, state, provincial, municipal or other
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
or any federal, state or municipal court, in each case whether of the United
States or foreign.
“Grupo
Ford”: Grupo Ford S. de X.X. de C.V., a company organized
under the laws of Mexico.
“Guarantee”: the
Guarantee Agreement to be executed and delivered by the Company and each
Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“Guarantee
Obligation”: shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of
such Person guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person.
“Incremental
Lender”: any Lender designated by the Company or, with the
consent of the Company, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of a Revolving
Commitment Increase with respect to the 2013 Domestic Revolving Facility, each
Material Swingline Lender and Material Issuing Bank at such time (such consents
not to be unreasonably withheld), any other bank, financial institution or other
Person which becomes a signatory to an Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice
or to an Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice, as the case may be, and
each Lender which has made, or acquired pursuant to an assignment made in
accordance with Section 10.6, an Incremental Term Loan or an Incremental
Revolving Commitment, as the case may be.
“Incremental Revolving
Commitment”: as to each Incremental Lender, in respect of any Revolving
Commitment Increase or Incremental Revolving Facility, the obligation of such
Incremental Lender on and after the applicable Revolving Commitment Increase
Date or Incremental Revolving Loan Closing Date to make Incremental Revolving
Loans under the relevant Revolving Facility in a principal amount equal to the
amount set forth under the heading “Incremental Revolving Commitment” opposite
such Incremental Lender’s name on the applicable Incremental Revolving Loan
Activation Notice.
“Incremental Revolving
Facility”: as defined in the definition of the term
“Facility.”
“Incremental Revolving Loan
Activation Notice”: a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit
L.
“Incremental Revolving Loan
Closing Date”: as to any Incremental Revolving Facility, the
date (which shall be a Business Day) specified in the related Incremental
Revolving Loan Activation Notice as the first date on which Incremental
Revolving Loans will be made available thereunder.
“Incremental Revolving Loan
Maturity Date”: as to any Incremental Revolving Facility, the maturity
date specified in the Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice relating
thereto.
“Incremental Revolving
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.32(b).
“Incremental Term Loan
Activation Notice”: a notice substantially in the form of
Exhibit M.
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“Incremental Term Loan
Commitment”: as to each Incremental Lender, in respect of any
Incremental Term Loan Facility, the obligation of such Incremental Lender on and
after the applicable Incremental Term Loan Closing Date to make Incremental Term
Loans hereunder in a principal amount equal to the amount set forth under the
heading “Incremental Term Loan Commitment” opposite such Incremental Lender’s
name on the applicable Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice.
“Incremental Term Loan
Closing Date”: as to any Incremental Term Loan Facility, the
date (which shall be a Business Day) specified in the related Incremental Term
Loan Activation Notice as the first date on which Incremental Term Loans will be
made available thereunder.
“Incremental Term Loan
Facility”: as defined in the definition of the term
“Facility.”
“Incremental Term Loan
Maturity Date”: as to any Incremental Term Loan Facility, the
maturity date specified in the related Incremental Term Loan Activation
Notice.
“Incremental Term
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.31(b).
“Indebtedness”: of
any Person at any date, all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed
money.
“Index
Debt”: senior, unsecured, long-term Indebtedness of the
Company.
“Initial Subsidiary
Guarantor”: each Domestic Subsidiary listed on Schedule
1.1D.
“Intellectual
Property”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities
and privileges with respect to intellectual property, whether arising under
United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights,
copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses,
technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity
for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive
all proceeds and damages therefrom.
“Interest Payment
Date”: (a) as to any ABR Loan (other than any Swingline Loan)
or Canadian Base Rate Loan, the 15th day
of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is
outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurocurrency
Loan, Eurocurrency Competitive Loan having an Interest Period of three months or
less or any Money Market Rate Loan, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as
to any Eurocurrency Loan or Eurocurrency Competitive Loan having an Interest
Period longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole
multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day
of such Interest Period, (d) as to any Fixed Rate Loan, the maturity date of
such Loan and (e) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is an ABR
Loan but including any Swingline Loan that is an ABR Loan), the date of any
repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof.
“Interest
Period”: (a) as to any Eurocurrency Loan or Eurocurrency
Competitive Loan, (i) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or
conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Loan and ending one,
two, three or six (or, if agreed to by all Lenders under the relevant Facility,
nine or twelve) months (or, in the case of any Eurocurrency Competitive Loan,
one, two or three weeks) thereafter, as selected by the Company or relevant
Subsidiary Borrower in its notice of borrowing, Competitive Bid Request or
notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (ii)
thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding
Interest Period applicable to such Loan and ending one, two, three or six (or,
if agreed to by all Lenders under the relevant Facility, nine or twelve) months
thereafter, as selected by the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower by
irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 Noon, New
York City time, on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of
the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, (b) as to any Money
Market Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date of such Money Market Rate
Loan, and ending on a date agreed upon by the Company or the relevant Domestic
Subsidiary Borrower and the Swingline Lender which is at least one and not more
than 10 Business Days after the making of such Money Market Rate Loan and (c)
with respect to a Fixed Rate Loan, the period (which shall be not less than
seven days or more than 360 days) commencing on the Borrowing Date thereof and
ending on the date specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Accept/Reject
Letter; provided that, all of
the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the
following:
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(A) if
any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day,
such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
unless, in the case of Revolving Loans, Term Loans or Eurocurrency Competitive
Loans, the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into
another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the
immediately preceding Business Day;
(B) the
Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower may not select an Interest Period under
a particular Facility that would extend beyond the Revolving Termination Date
then in effect or beyond the date final payment is due on the Term Loans, as the
case may be; and
(C) in
the case of Revolving Loans, Term Loans or Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, any
Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on
a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a
calendar month.
“Issuing
Lender”: each Lender or any Applicable Lending Office thereof
that has an L/C Commitment, in the capacity as issuer of any Letter of
Credit.
“Jaguar”: Jaguar
Limited, a company organized under the laws of England.
“Jaguar Trade
Name”: all Trademarks owned by the Company and its
Subsidiaries consisting of or containing “Jaguar” or any variation or simulation
thereof.
“judgment
currency”: as defined in Section 10.13.
“Land
Rover”: Land Rover, a company organized under the laws of
England.
“Land Rover
Holdings”: Land Rover Holdings, a company organized under the
laws of England.
“Land Rover Trade
Name”: all Trademarks owned by the Company and its
Subsidiaries consisting of or containing “Land Rover” or any variation or
simulation thereof.
“L/C Commitment”: as
to any Lender (or Applicable Lending Office thereof), the obligation of such
Person to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 3 (including any Existing
Letters of Credit issued by such Lender) in an aggregate Outstanding Amount at
any time not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “L/C Commitment”
opposite such Person’s name on Schedule 1.1A, as the same may be changed from
time to time pursuant to Section 3.11.
“L/C
Obligations”: at any time, the Dollar Equivalent of the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Letters of Credit.
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“L/C
Participants”: (i) prior to December 3, 2009, the collective
reference to all the Domestic Revolving Lenders (other than any Issuing Lender)
and (ii) from and after December 3, 2009, the collective reference to all the
2013 Domestic Revolving Lenders (other than any Issuing Lender).
“L/C
Sublimit”: $2,000,000,000; provided that, from
time to time, the Company may increase the L/C Sublimit by notice to the
Administrative Agent.
“Lender Insolvency
Event”: with respect to any Lender, that such Lender or its Parent
Company is the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation
or similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or
sequestrator or the like has been appointed for such Lender or its Parent
Company, or such Lender or its Parent Company has taken any action in
furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such
proceeding or appointment. For the avoidance of doubt, a
Lender that participates in a government support program will not be considered
to be the subject of a proceeding of the types described in this definition
solely by reason of its participation in such government support
program.
“Lenders”: as
defined in the preamble hereto; provided, that unless
the context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be
deemed to include any Conduit Lender.
“Letter of
Credit”: as defined in Section 3.1(a).
“Letter of Credit
Fee”: as defined in Section 3.3.
“Lien”: any
mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, charge, statutory deemed trust,
conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar
encumbrance.
“Loan”: any
loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement (including any
Acceptance).
“Loan
Documents”: this Agreement, the Security Documents, the
Guarantee, the Collateral Trust Agreement, the Notes, each Joinder Agreement and
any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the
foregoing.
“Loan
Parties”: the Company, each Subsidiary Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Local Facility
Amendment”: as defined in Section 2.30.
“Majority Facility
Lenders”: with respect to any Facility, the holders of more
than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding
under such Facility or the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments outstanding
under such Facility (or, in the case of any Revolving Facility, at any time
after all of the Revolving Commitments thereunder shall have expired or
terminated, the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate amount of Revolving
Extensions of Credit thereunder).
“Majority Revolving
Lenders”: the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate amount
of the Total Revolving Commitments (or, at any time after the Revolving
Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the holders of more than 50% of
the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit).
“Mandatory
Prepayment”: the prepayment of outstanding Term Loans
(including any Incremental Term Loans but excluding any Tranche B-2 Term Loans)
and term loans under any Permitted Additional Senior Facilities, together with
an offer to repurchase any outstanding Permitted Additional Notes (to the extent
required by the terms thereof), on a pro rata basis according
to the Outstanding Amounts thereof at the time of such prepayment and offer to
repurchase.
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“Manufacturing
Subsidiary”: a Subsidiary of the Company which owns or leases
a Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property.
“Margin”: as
to any Eurocurrency Competitive Loan, the margin to be added (or subtracted)
from the Eurocurrency Base Rate to determine the rate of interest applicable to
such Loan, as specified in the Competitive Bid relating to such
Loan.
“Material Adverse
Effect”: a material adverse effect on (a) the financial
condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the
validity and enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Trustee
and the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.
“Material
Guarantee”: a Guarantee Obligation with an Outstanding Amount
in excess of $100,000,000 in respect of Indebtedness having an aggregate
Outstanding Amount in excess of $100,000,000.
“Material Issuing
Lender”: any Issuing Lender with an L/C Commitment of
$250,000,000 or more.
“Material Swingline
Lender”: any Swingline Lender with a Swingline
Commitment of $250,000,000 or more.
“Material Unsecured
Indebtedness”: (a) any Existing Notes and (b) any unsecured
Indebtedness or preferred Capital Stock of the Company having an aggregate
Outstanding Amount or liquidation preference, as the case may be, in excess of
$250,000,000.
“Money Market Rate”:
for any day, a fixed rate per annum as agreed between any Swingline Lender and
the Company pursuant to Section 2.12.
“Money Market Rate
Loans”: Swingline Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based
upon the Money Market Rate.
“Moody’s”: Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
“Mortgaged
Property”: each property listed on Schedule 1.1E, as to which
the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties shall be granted a
Lien pursuant to the Mortgages.
“Mortgages”: each
of the mortgages and deeds of trust made by the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Collateral Trustee for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit E (with
such changes thereto as the Company and the Administrative Agent reasonably
agree are advisable under the law of the jurisdiction in which such mortgage or
deed of trust is to be recorded).
“Multicurrency Revolving
Commitment”: any 2011 Multicurrency Revolving Commitment or
2013 Multicurrency Revolving Commitment.
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“Multicurrency Revolving
Extensions of Credit”: as to any Multicurrency Revolving
Lender of any Class at any time, an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the
aggregate principal amount of all Multicurrency Revolving Loans of such Class
held by such Lender then outstanding.
“Multicurrency Revolving
Lender”: any 2011 Multicurrency Revolving Lender or 2013
Multicurrency Revolving Lender.
“Multicurrency Revolving
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.6(a).
“Multicurrency Revolving
Percentage”: as to any Multicurrency Revolving Lender at any
time, the 2011 Multicurrency Revolving Percentage of such Lender at such time or
the 2013 Multicurrency Revolving Percentage of such Lender at such time, as
applicable.
“Net Book
Value”: with respect to any asset of any Person (a) other than
accounts receivable, the gross book value of such asset on the balance sheet of
such Person, minus depreciation in
respect of such asset on such balance sheet and (b) with respect to accounts
receivable, the gross book value thereof, minus any specific
reserves attributable thereto.
“Net Cash
Proceeds”: (a) the gross cash proceeds (including payments
from time to time in respect of installment obligations, if applicable, and cash
equivalents) received less (b) the sum
of:
(i) the
amount, if any, of all taxes paid or estimated to be payable by the Company or
any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof in connection with such
transaction,
(ii) the
amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any
liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) above) (A)
associated with the assets that are the subject of such transaction and (B)
retained by the Company or any Subsidiary or affiliate thereof,
(iii) the
amount of any indebtedness secured by a Lien on the assets that are the subject
of the transaction to the extent that the instrument creating or evidencing such
indebtedness requires that such indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such
transaction (but excluding Indebtedness referred to in the definition of
“Mandatory Prepayment”), and
(iv) fees
and expenses attributable to the transaction.
“New Local
Facility”: as defined in Section 2.30.
“New Local Facility
Lender”: as defined in Section 2.30.
“Non-Acceptance Canadian
Lender”: as defined in Section 2.10(i).
“Non-Excluded
Taxes”: as defined in Section 2.26(a).
“Non-Extending
Lender”: as defined in Section 2.33.
“Non-U.S.
Lender”: as defined in Section 2.26(d).
“Notes”: the
collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans.
“Notice of
Acceleration”: as defined in the Collateral Trust
Agreement.
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“Obligations”: the
Credit Agreement Obligations as defined in the Collateral Trust
Agreement.
“Optional
Currency”: at any time, Euro, Pounds Sterling, Swedish Kroner
and such other currencies which are freely convertible into Dollars and are
freely traded and available in the London interbank eurocurrency market with the
consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Facility Lenders under the
Multicurrency Revolving Facility of the applicable Class (or, in the case of
Letters of Credit, the applicable Issuing Lender).
“original
currency”: as defined in Section 10.13.
“Other Principal Trade
Names”: each of the trademarks listed under the heading “Other
Principal Trade Names” on Schedule 1.1F and all other Trademarks consisting of
or containing any of the trademarks listed under the heading “Other Principal
Trade Names” on Schedule 1.1F or any variation or simulation
thereof.
“Other
Taxes”: any and all present or future stamp or documentary
taxes and any other excise or property, intangible or mortgage recording taxes,
charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Outstanding
Amount”: (a) with respect to Indebtedness, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount thereof, (b) with respect to banker’s acceptances,
letters of credit or letters of guarantee, the aggregate undrawn, unexpired face
amount thereof plus the aggregate
unreimbursed drawn amount thereof, (c) with respect to hedging obligations, the
aggregate amount recorded by the Company or any Subsidiary as its termination
liability thereunder, (d) with respect to cash management obligations or
guarantees, the aggregate maximum amount thereof (i) that the relevant cash
management provider is entitled to assert as such as agreed from time to time by
the Company or any Subsidiary and such provider or (ii) the principal amount of
the Indebtedness being guaranteed or, if less, the maximum amount of such
guarantee set forth in the relevant guarantee and (e) with respect to any other
obligations, the aggregate outstanding amount thereof.
“Parent
Company”: with respect to a Lender, the bank holding company
(as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y), if any, of such Lender,
and/or any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, a
majority of the shares of such Lender.
“Participant”: as
defined in Section 10.6(c).
“PBGC”: the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title
IV of ERISA (or any successor).
“PDMP”: “Principal
Domestic Manufacturing Property” as defined in the Existing Notes
Indentures.
“PDMP
Ratio”: at any time, the ratio of (a) the Borrowing Base
Amount of all Eligible PDMP PP&E at such time to (b) the Net Book Value of
all PDMP included in the Collateral at such time.
“Permitted Additional
Notes”: notes or other Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness under
Permitted Additional Senior Facilities) issued (or guaranteed) by the Company
(a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment or mandatory
redemption prior to the date that is one year after the Term Loan Maturity Date
as in effect on the Closing Date (other than customary offers to purchase upon a
change of control, asset sale or event of loss and acceleration rights after an
event of default), (b) the covenants, events of default, guarantees and other
terms of which (other than interest rate, call features and redemption
premiums), taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Company than the
terms of this Agreement; provided that a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company is delivered to the
Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, together with a description of the material terms and conditions
of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating
that the Company has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions
satisfy the foregoing requirement and such terms and conditions shall be deemed
to satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies
the Company within such period that it disagrees with such determination
(including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (c)
with respect to which, after giving effect to the incurrence and application of
proceeds thereof, the Borrowing Base Coverage Ratio is at least 1.00 to 1.00 and
(d) such facility (or guarantee) has been designated as “Additional Notes Debt”
pursuant to the Collateral Trust Agreement.
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“Permitted Additional Senior
Facilities”: additional term loan or revolving credit
facilities of (or guaranteed by) by the Company and any Indebtedness incurred
(or other extensions of credit made) thereunder satisfying the conditions set
forth in Section 2.31 or Section 2.32 with respect to the establishment of an
Incremental Term Loan Facility or an Incremental Revolving Facility, as
applicable; provided that (a) a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company is delivered to the
Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the establishment of such
facility, together with a description of the material terms and conditions
thereof or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the
Company has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the
foregoing requirement and such terms and conditions shall be deemed to satisfy
the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Company
within such period that it disagrees with such determination (including a
reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees), (b) such facility
is established pursuant to a separate agreement or instrument with the lenders
thereof and (c) such facility has been designated as “Additional Credit
Agreement Debt” pursuant to the Collateral Trust Agreement.
“Permitted First Lien
Non-Loan Exposure”: Designated Hedging Obligations, Designated
Cash Management Obligations, reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of
credit and bank guarantees, guarantees provided by the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor (including in respect of Indebtedness) and other obligations of the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor that do not constitute Indebtedness that have
been designated by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Trust
Agreement as “Permitted First Lien Non-Loan Exposure”; provided that after
giving pro
forma effect to
such designation and any application of the proceeds thereof the Borrowing Base
Coverage Ratio is at least 1.00 to 1.00; provided, further, that the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of Permitted First Lien Non-Loan Exposure shall not
exceed $1,500,000,000 at any time.
“Permitted Government
Debt”: collectively, Permitted Phase I Government Debt and Permitted
Phase II Government Debt; provided, that the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of Permitted Phase I Government Debt and Permitted
Phase II Government Debt shall not exceed, at any time, $10,400,000,000 plus,
with respect to any Permitted Refinancing of any such Permitted Phase I
Government Debt or Permitted Phase II Government Debt, additional principal in
an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount of accrued interest in respect
thereof and the amount of all fees, expenses and premiums incurred in connection
with such Permitted Refinancing.
“Permitted
Holders”: holders of the Company’s Class B Stock on the
Closing Date and other holders of such Capital Stock from time to time; provided that such
holders satisfy the qualifications set forth in clauses (i) through (vii) of
subsection 2.2 of Article Fourth of the Company’s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation as in effect on the Closing Date.
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“Permitted Liens”
means:
(a) Liens
for taxes, assessments, governmental charges and utility charges, in each case
that are not yet subject to penalties for non-payment or that are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that
adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the
Company in conformity with GAAP;
(b)
carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s,
construction or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of
business;
(c) permits,
servitudes, licenses, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances imposed by applicable law or incurred in the ordinary course of
business or minor imperfections in title to real property that do not in the
aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(d) leases,
licenses, subleases or sublicenses of assets (including, without limitation,
real property and intellectual property rights) granted to others that do not in
the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and licenses of trademarks and
intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business;
(e) pledges
or deposits made in the ordinary course of business or statutory Liens imposed
in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or other types
of social security or pension benefits or Liens incurred or pledges or deposits
made to secure the performance of bids, tenders, sales, contracts (other than
for the repayment of borrowed money), statutory obligations, and surety, appeal,
customs or performance bonds and similar obligations, or deposits as security
for contested taxes or import or customs duties or for the payment of rent, in
each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(f)
Liens arising from UCC financing statement filings
(or similar filings) regarding or otherwise arising under leases entered into by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in connection with sales of accounts,
payment intangibles, chattel paper or instruments;
(g) purchase
money Liens on property (other than shares of Capital Stock or Indebtedness)
existing at the time of acquisition (including acquisition through amalgamation,
merger or consolidation) or to secure the payment of any part of the purchase
price thereof or to secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of,
or within 60 days after, the acquisition of such property for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof or to secure
Indebtedness provided, or guaranteed, by a Governmental Authority to finance
research and development, limited in each case to the property purchased (or
developed) with the proceeds thereof;
(h) Liens
in existence on the Closing Date; provided that no such
Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the Closing Date and that
the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased (except as otherwise
permitted by this Agreement);
(i)
Liens on property or Capital Stock of a Person at the time
such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided however, that such
Liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Subsidiary; provided further, however, that any
such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any
Subsidiary;
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(j)
Liens on property at the time the Company or a
Subsidiary acquires the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger
or consolidation with or into the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that such
Liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such acquisition; provided further, however, that such
Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any
Subsidiary;
(k) any
Lien securing the renewal, refinancing, replacing, refunding, amendment,
extension or modification, as a whole or in part, of any indebtedness secured by
any Lien permitted by clause (g), (h), (i), (j), (o) and (x) of this definition
or this paragraph (k) without any change in the assets subject to such
Lien
(l)
any Lien arising out of claims under a judgment or award
rendered or claim filed so long as such judgments, awards or claims do not
constitute an Event of Default;
(m) any
Lien consisting of rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority by
any statutory provision;
(n) Liens
created in the ordinary course of business in favor of banks and other financial
institutions over credit balances of any bank accounts held at such banks or
financial institutions or over investment property held in a securities account,
as the case may be, to facilitate the operation of cash pooling and/or interest
set-off arrangements in respect of such bank accounts or securities accounts in
the ordinary course of business;
(o) Liens
created pursuant to (and Liens permitted by) the Collateral Trust Agreement and
the Security Documents (other than in respect of Permitted Second Lien Debt and
including, for the avoidance of doubt, Permitted First Lien Non-Loan Exposure);
provided that
(except as provided in clause (y) below) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
Incremental Facilities (for the avoidance of doubt, the Tranche B-2 Term
Facility is not an Incremental Facility) and any Revolving Commitment Increase
(including unused commitments under any Incremental Revolving Facility or
Revolving Commitment Increase), Permitted Additional Senior Facilities
(including any unused commitments thereunder) and Permitted Additional Notes at
any time shall not exceed $2,000,000,000; provided, further that (x) in
the case of any Incremental Facilities, Revolving Commitment Increases,
Permitted Additional Senior Facilities and/or Permitted Additional Notes either
(A) the Mazda Shares owned by the Company as of the Closing Date shall have been
pledged to the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as
Collateral or (B) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of any such Incremental
Facilities and any such Revolving Commitment Increase (including unused
commitments under any Incremental Revolving Facility or Revolving Commitment
Increase), Permitted Additional Senior Facilities (including any unused
commitments thereunder) and Permitted Additional Notes shall not exceed the sum
of (1) the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans optionally repaid since the
Closing Date or that are paid at maturity (including in connection with any
refinancing thereof with the proceeds of additional Incremental Facilities,
Revolving Commitment Increases, Permitted Additional Senior Facilities or
Permitted Additional Notes), plus (2) the
aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments in effect on the Closing Date (plus any increases in
the Revolving Commitments occurring after the Closing Date, which, together with
the Revolving Commitments in effect on the Closing Date, do not exceed
$11,485,000,000) that have been terminated or have expired since the Closing
Date (including in connection with any refinancing thereof with an Incremental
Revolving Facility or Revolving Commitment Increase, but excluding any
termination of Revolving Commitments due to their conversion into Tranche B-2
Term Loans on December 3, 2009 and net of the amount of any increase pursuant to
clause (y)) and (y) notwithstanding the limitations set forth in the foregoing
clause (x), additional Incremental Revolving Facilities and Revolving Commitment
Increases may be established (and extensions of credit made thereunder) in an
amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Commitments in effect on
the Closing Date (plus any increases in
the Revolving Commitments occurring after the Closing Date, which, together with
the Revolving Commitments in effect on the Closing Date, do not exceed
$11,485,000,000), that have been terminated or have expired since the Closing
Date (excluding any termination of Revolving Commitments due to their conversion
into Tranche B-2 Term Loans on December 3, 2009 and reduced by any portion
thereof allocated to increase the basket in clause (x));
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(p) Liens
securing Permitted Second Lien Debt;
(q) Liens
in favor of lessors pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions to the extent
the Disposition of the assets subject to any such sale and leaseback transaction
is permitted under this Agreement;
(r)
Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary
owing to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(s) Liens
under industrial revenue, municipal or similar bonds;
(t)
Liens on securities accounts (other than Liens to secure
Indebtedness);
(u) statutory
Liens incurred or pledges or deposits made in favor of a Governmental Authority
to secure the performance of obligations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries under Environmental Laws to which any assets of the Company or any
such Subsidiaries are subject;
(v) a
Lien granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to a landlord to secure
the payment of arrears of rent in respect of leased properties in the Province
of Quebec leased from such landlord, provided that such Lien is limited to the
assets located at or about such leased properties;
(w) servicing
agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other agreements
with Governmental Authorities pertaining to the use or development of any of the
property and assets of the Company consisting of real property, provided same are
complied with; and
(x)
Liens not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses securing
obligations or other liabilities of the Company or any Guarantor; provided that the
Outstanding Amount of all such obligations and liabilities shall not exceed
$500,000,000 at any time.
“Permitted Phase I Government
Debt”: Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
that has been designated “Second Priority Additional Debt” pursuant to the
Collateral Trust Agreement and designated as “Permitted Phase I Government Debt”
hereunder; provided, that (x)
(a) such Indebtedness is provided by the United States government (or any agency
or instrumentality thereof) in connection with the U.S. Department of Energy’s
Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program (the “ATVM Program”)
authorized by section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007,
as amended from time to time, or any successor, replacement or similar program
thereto, (b) with respect to (i) interest rate methodology, (ii) fees, (iii)
amortization, (iv) final maturity date, (v) collateral, liens, priority and
intercreditor arrangements and (vi) negative covenants (including the absence of
financial covenants), such Indebtedness is not on terms that are materially less
favorable to the Company or the Lenders than the terms set forth in the
Conditional Commitment Letter (including the term sheet attached thereto), dated
as of June 23, 2009, by and between the Company and the U.S. Department of
Energy, (c) such Indebtedness is on terms, taken as a whole, that are not more
restrictive to the Company than the terms of this Agreement (other than with
respect to interest rate, fees, call features or premiums), and (d) the
aggregate Outstanding Amount of Permitted Phase I Government Debt shall not
exceed $5,937,000,000 or (y) such Indebtedness is a Permitted Refinancing of
Permitted Phase I Government Debt; provided, further, that a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company is delivered to the
Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, together with a description of the material terms and conditions
of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating
that the Company has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions
satisfy the foregoing requirements and such terms and conditions shall be deemed
to satisfy the foregoing requirements unless the Administrative Agent notifies
the Company within such period that it disagrees with such determination
(including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it
disagrees).
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“Permitted Phase II
Government Debt”: Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
that has been designated “Second Priority Additional Debt” pursuant to the
Collateral Trust Agreement and designated as “Permitted Phase II Government
Debt” hereunder; provided, that (x)
(a) such Indebtedness is provided by (i) the United States government (or any
agency or instrumentality thereof) or (ii) a commercial bank and guaranteed by
the United States government (or any agency or instrumentality thereof), in each
case, in connection with the ATVM Program or any successor, replacement or
similar program thereto, (b) the final maturity date thereof shall not be
earlier than six months after the later of the Revolving Termination Date and
the Term Loan Maturity Date, in each case, in effect at the date of incurrence
of such Indebtedness, (c) the weighted average life to maturity of such
Indebtedness shall be longer than the weighted average life to maturity of the
Term Loans then outstanding, (d) such Indebtedness is on terms, taken as a
whole, that are not more restrictive to the Company than the terms of this
Agreement (other than with respect to interest rate, fees, call features or
premiums), and (e) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of Permitted Phase II
Government Debt shall not exceed the lesser of (i) $7,000,000,000 and (ii) an
amount equal to $10,400,000,000 less the Outstanding Amount of Permitted Phase I
Government Debt then outstanding or (y) such Indebtedness is a Permitted
Refinancing of Permitted Phase II Government Debt ; provided, further, that a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company is delivered to the
Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, together with a description of the material terms and conditions
of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating
that the Company has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions
satisfy the foregoing requirements and such terms and conditions shall be deemed
to satisfy the foregoing requirements unless the Administrative Agent notifies
the Company within such period that it disagrees with such determination
(including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it
disagrees).
“Permitted
Refinancing”: any Indebtedness (or preferred Capital Stock, as
the case may be) issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used
to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund, other Indebtedness (or
preferred Capital Stock, as the case may be); provided
that:
(a) the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Indebtedness (or
preferred Capital Stock, as the case may be) does not exceed the principal
amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness (or preferred
Capital Stock, as the case may be) so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest thereon and the amount of all
fees, expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);
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(b) (i)
in the case of a Permitted Refinancing of Permitted Second Lien Debt, such
Indebtedness (or preferred Capital Stock, as the case may be) (A) has a final
maturity date later than the final maturity date of the Permitted Second Lien
Debt being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded and (B)
has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the weighted
average life to maturity of the Permitted Second Lien Debt being extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded, and (ii) in the case of a
Permitted Refinancing of Indebtedness (or preferred Capital Stock, as the case
may be) other than Permitted Second Lien Debt, such Indebtedness (or preferred
Capital Stock, as the case may be) (A) has a final maturity date later than the
earlier of (x) the Term Loan Maturity Date and (y) the final maturity date of
the Indebtedness (or preferred Capital Stock, as the case may be) being
extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded and (B) has a
weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the shorter of (x)
the weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loans and (y) the weighted
average life to maturity of the Indebtedness (or preferred Capital Stock, as the
case may be) being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded;
(c) other
than with respect to Permitted Phase I Government Debt, the terms of such
Indebtedness (or preferred Capital Stock, as the case may be), taken as a whole,
are not more restrictive to the applicable obligor than the Indebtedness (or
preferred Capital Stock, as the case may be) being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (other than with respect to interest
rates, fees, liquidation preferences, premiums and no call periods); provided, however, with respect
to Permitted Phase II Government Debt, such Indebtedness is provided by (i) the
United States government (or any agency or instrumentality thereof) or (ii) a
commercial bank and guaranteed by the United States government (or any agency or
instrumentality thereof), in each case, in connection with the ATVM Program or
any successor, replacement or similar program thereto; and
(d) with
respect to Permitted Phase I Government Debt, (i) the terms of such
Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive to the
applicable obligor than the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed,
replaced, defeased or refunded and (ii) such Indebtedness is provided by the
United States government (or any agency or instrumentality thereof) in
connection with the ATVM Program or any successor, replacement or similar
program thereto.
“Permitted Second Lien
Debt”: collectively, Primary Second Lien Debt and Permitted
Government Debt. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, the
Company may redesignate Permitted Second Lien Debt as Primary Second Lien Debt,
Permitted Phase I Government Debt or Permitted Phase II Government Debt, as
applicable, from time to time with at least five Business Days prior written
notice to the Administrative Agent; provided, that
concurrently with such redesignation, the Company shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company
stating that the Company has determined in good faith that such redesignated
Primary Second Lien Debt, Permitted Phase I Government Debt or Permitted Phase
II Government Debt, as applicable, satisfies the requirements set forth in the
definitions of Primary Second Lien Debt, Permitted Phase I Government Debt or
Permitted Phase II Government Debt, as applicable, and such redesignated Primary
Second Lien Debt, Permitted Phase I Government Debt or Permitted Phase II
Government Debt, as applicable, shall be deemed to satisfy such requirements
unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Company within such period that it
disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the
basis upon which it disagrees).
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“Person”: an
individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture,
Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“Plan”: at
a particular time, any employee pension benefit plan (other than a multiemployer
plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the
provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and in respect of
which the Company or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were
terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an
“employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Pounds Sterling” and
“£: the
lawful money of the United Kingdom.
“Pricing Grid”: as set
forth on Schedule 1.1G.
“Primary Second Lien
Debt”: Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that (a) has been
designated “Second Priority Additional Debt” pursuant to the Collateral Trust
Agreement and designated as “Primary Second Lien Debt” hereunder, (b) is on
terms, taken as a whole, that are not more restrictive to the Company than the
terms of this Agreement (other than in respect of interest rates, fees, call
features or premiums); provided that a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company is delivered to the
Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, together with a description of the material terms and conditions
of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating
that the Company has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions
satisfy the foregoing requirement and such terms and conditions shall be deemed
to satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies
the Company within such period that it disagrees with such determination
(including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and
(c) has a final maturity date no earlier than six months after the later of (i)
the maturity date of any Term Loans (including any Incremental Term Loans)
outstanding at such time and (ii) the maturity date of any Permitted Additional
Notes outstanding at such time; provided that the
Outstanding Amount thereof shall not exceed $4,000,000,000 at any time. Any
Indebtedness that constituted Permitted Second Lien Debt prior to the Third
Amendment Effective Date shall constitute Primary Second Lien Debt
thereafter.
“Prime
Rate”: 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 (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the
lowest rate of interest charged by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in connection with
extensions of credit to borrowers).
“Principal Domestic
Manufacturing Property”: any plant in the United States owned
or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, the gross book value
(without deduction of any depreciation reserves) of which on the date as of
which the determination is being made exceeds 0.5% of Consolidated Net
Automotive Tangible Assets and more than 75% of the total production measured by
value (as determined by any two of the following: the Chairman of the Board of
the Company, its President, any Executive Vice President of the Company, any
Group Vice President of the Company, any Vice President of the Company, its
Treasurer or its Controller) of which in the last fiscal year prior to said date
(or such lesser period prior thereto as the plant shall have been in operation)
consisted of one or more of the following: cars or trucks or related parts and
accessories or materials for any of the foregoing. In the case of a plant not
yet in operation or of a plant newly converted to the production of a different
item or items, the total production of such plant and the composition of such
production for purposes of this definition shall be deemed to be the Company’s
best estimate (determined as aforesaid) of what the actual total production of
such plant and the composition of such production will be in the 12 months
following the date as of which the determination is being made.
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“Principal Trade
Names”: each of the trademarks listed under the heading
“Principal Trade Names” on Schedule 1.1F and all other Trademarks consisting of
or containing any of the trademarks listed under the heading “Principal Trade
Names” on Schedule 1.1F or any variation or simulation thereof.
“Quotation
Date”: in relation to any period for which the Eurocurrency
Base Rate is to be determined hereunder, the Business Day on which quotations
would ordinarily be given by prime banks in the London interbank market (or, if
the Currency in relation to which such rate is determined is Euro, the European
interbank market) for deposits in the Currency in relation to which such rate is
to be determined for delivery on the first day of that period; provided that, if for
any such period quotations would ordinarily be given on more than one date, the
Quotation Date for that period shall be the last of those dates.
“Refunded Swingline
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.12.
“Register”: as
defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Regulation
U”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to
time.
“Reimbursement Date”:
as defined in Section 3.5
“Reimbursement
Obligation”: the obligation of the Company or the relevant
Subsidiary Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for
amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.
“Replaced Term
Loan”: as defined in Section 10.1(c).
“Replacement Term
Loan”: as defined in Section 10.1(c).
“Required
Lenders”: at any time, Lenders with Aggregate Exposures
constituting a majority of the Aggregate Exposures of all Lenders.
“Requirements of
Law”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and
By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any
law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court of
competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable
to and binding upon such Person and any of its property, and to which such
Person and any of its property is subject.
“Responsible
Officer”: the chief executive officer, president, chief
accounting officer, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or,
for purposes of Section 6.6 only, the secretary of the
Company.
“Restricted
Payments”: as defined in Section 7.6.
“Restricted Pledgee
Group”: the collective reference to Ford Capital B.V., Ford
Espana S.A., Ford Automotive Holdings, Ford Deutschland Holding Gmbh, Grupo
Xxxx, Xxxx Canada, Ford Argentina, Ford South Africa and Ford Brazil, and each
of their respective Subsidiaries (excluding any such Subsidiaries that are bona
fide joint ventures).
“Revolving Commitment
Increase”: as defined in Section 2.32.
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“Revolving Commitment
Increase Date”: as to any Revolving Commitment Increase, the
date (which shall be a Business Day) specified in the related Incremental
Revolving Loan Activation Notice as the date on such Revolving Commitment
Increase shall be effective.
“Revolving Commitment
Period”: with respect to any Lender, the period from and
including the Closing Date to the Revolving Termination Date applicable to such
Lender.
“Revolving
Commitments”: the Domestic Revolving Commitments, the Canadian
Revolving Commitments and the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments. To
the extent any Incremental Revolving Facility or New Local Facility is
established, the “Revolving Commitments” shall, to the extent appropriate,
include commitments under such Facilities.
“Revolving Extensions of
Credit”: the Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit under
each Class of Domestic Revolving Commitments, the Canadian Revolving Extensions
of Credit under each Class of Canadian Revolving Commitments and the
Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit under each Class of Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments. To the extent any Incremental Revolving
Facility or New Local Facility is established, “Revolving Extensions of Credit”
shall, to the extent appropriate, include the Outstanding Amount of any
extensions of credit under such Facilities.
“Revolving
Lenders”: Domestic Revolving Lenders, Canadian Revolving
Lenders and Multicurrency Revolving Lenders. To the extent any
Incremental Revolving Facility or New Local Facility is established, “Revolving
Lenders” shall, to the extent appropriate, include any Lender under such
Facilities.
“Revolving
Loans”: Domestic Revolving Loans, Canadian Revolving Loans and
Multicurrency Revolving Loans. To the extent any Incremental
Revolving Facility or New Local Facility is established, “Revolving Loans”
shall, to the extent appropriate, include Loans made under such
Facilities.
“Revolving
Note”: as defined in Section 2.24(i).
“Revolving
Obligations”: as defined in Section 10.7.
“Revolving
Percentage”: as to any Lender in respect of any Revolving
Facility, the applicable Domestic Revolving Percentage of such Lender, the
applicable Canadian Revolving Percentage of such Lender or the applicable
Multicurrency Revolving Percentage of such Lender. To the extent any
Incremental Revolving Facility or New Local Facility is established, the
“Revolving Percentage” of any Lender in respect of such Facility shall be
determined on a comparable basis.
“Revolving Termination
Date”: as to any Lender, with respect to 2011 Revolving
Commitments, initially December 15, 2011 and with respect to 2013 Revolving
Commitments, initially November 30, 2013, in each case as such date for such
Lender may be extended from time to time pursuant to Section 2.33.
“S&P”: Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Group and its successors.
“Sale and Leaseback
Transaction”: as defined in Section 7.9.
“Schedule I
Lender”: Canadian Revolving Lenders that are banks named in
Schedule I to the Bank Act (Canada).
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“Schedules II/III Reference
Lenders”: Canadian Revolving Lenders that are banks named in
Schedule II or Schedule III to the Bank Act (Canada), and to be agreed between
the Company and the Administrative Agent.
“SEC”: the
Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous
Governmental Authority.
“Secured
Parties”: as defined in the Collateral Trust
Agreement.
“Security
Agreement”: the Security Agreement to be executed and
delivered by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A.
“Security
Documents”: the collective reference to the Security
Agreement, the Mortgages, the Trademark Security Agreement and all other
security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a
Lien on any property of any Person to secure the Secured Obligations (as defined
in the Collateral Trust Agreement).
“Significant
Guarantor”: on any date of determination, each Subsidiary
Guarantor (a) whose total assets at the last day of the four fiscal quarters
ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial
statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 were equal to or greater
than 10% of the sum of (i) the Consolidated Total Automotive Assets at such date
plus (ii) the
equity value of the Capital Stock of FMCC owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company as reflected in the most recent financial statements of FMCC delivered
pursuant to Section 6.2 or (b) for the purpose of any particular representation,
covenant or default in this Agreement, that, when combined with each other
Subsidiary Guarantor that has breached such representation or covenant or is the
subject of such default, would constitute a Significant Guarantor under the
foregoing clause (a).
“Specified Currency
Loan”: means each Revolving Loan denominated in Kroner or any
other currency that is not a “Standard Specified Currency” as defined in the
2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions published by the International Swaps
and Derivatives Association, Inc.
“Subsidiary”: with
respect to any Person, any corporation, association, joint venture, partnership,
limited liability company or other business entity (whether now existing or
hereafter organized) of which at least a majority of the Voting Stock is, at the
time as of which any determination is being made, owned or controlled by such
Person or one or more subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or
more subsidiaries of such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all
references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer
to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Subsidiary
Borrower”: any Subsidiary that becomes a party hereto pursuant
to Section 10.1(d) until such time as such Subsidiary Borrower is removed as a
party hereto pursuant to Section 10.1(d).
“Subsidiary
Guarantor”: each Initial Subsidiary Guarantor, each Additional
Subsidiary Guarantor and each other Subsidiary (including any joint venture)
that becomes a party to the Guarantee and Security Agreement after the Closing
Date pursuant to Section 6.7 or otherwise.
“Swingline
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender
(or its Applicable Lending Office) to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section
2.11 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed
the amount set forth under the heading “Swingline Commitment” opposite such
Lenders name on Schedule 1.1A, as the same may be changed from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.13.
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“Swingline
Lender”: each Lender that has a Swingline Commitment, in its
capacity as the lender of Swingline Loans.
“Swingline
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.11.
“Swingline Participation
Amount”: as defined in Section 2.12.
“Swingline
Sublimit”: $2,000,000,000.
“Syndication
Agents”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“TARGET
Day”: any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time
Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system is open for the settlement of
payments in Euro.
“Taxes” means any
taxes, charges or assessments, including but not limited to income, sales, use,
transfer, rental, ad valorem, value-added, stamp, property, consumption,
franchise, license, capital, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy,
intangibles or similar tax, charges or assessments.
“Term
Lender”: any Tranche B-1 Term Lender or Tranche B-2 Term
Lender. To the extent any Incremental Term Loans are made hereunder,
“Term Lenders” shall, to the extent appropriate, include Incremental Lenders
that hold Incremental Term Loans.
“Term Loan Maturity
Date”: December 15, 2013.
“Term
Loans”: Tranche B-1 Term Loans and Tranche B-2 Term
Loans. To the extent any Incremental Term Loans are made hereunder,
“Term Loans” shall, to the extent appropriate, include such Incremental Term
Loans.
“Term
Note”: as defined in Section 2.24(i).
“Term
Percentage”: the Tranche B-1 Term Percentage or Tranche B-2
Term Percentage.
“Third Amendment Effective
Date”: as defined in the Third Amendment, dated as of July 22, 2009, to
this Agreement.
“Third Quarter 2006
10-Q”: as defined in Section 4.1.
“Total 2011 Revolving
Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate Revolving Commitments
outstanding under the 2011 Revolving Facilities then in effect.
“Total 2011 Revolving
Extensions of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate Revolving
Extensions of Credit outstanding under the 2011 Revolving Facilities at such
time.
“Total 2013 Revolving
Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate Revolving Commitments
outstanding under the 2013 Revolving Facilities then in effect.
“Total 2013 Revolving
Extensions of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate Revolving
Extensions of Credit outstanding under the 2013 Revolving Facilities at such
time.
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“Total Available Revolving
Commitments”: at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if
any, of (a) the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect, over (b) the Total
Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
“Total Canadian Revolving
Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the
Canadian Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“Total Canadian Revolving
Extensions of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Canadian Revolving
Lenders at such time.
“Total Domestic Revolving
Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the
Domestic Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“Total Domestic Revolving
Extensions of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate Outstanding
Amount of the Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Domestic Revolving
Lenders at such time.
“Total Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate amount of
the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“Total Multicurrency
Revolving Extensions of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate
Outstanding Amount of the Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit of the
Multicurrency Revolving Lenders at such time.
“Total Revolving
Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the
Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“Total Revolving Extensions
of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
(a) the Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Revolving Lenders at such time
plus (b)
Competitive Loans at such time.
“Trademark”:
trademarks, trade names, business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and
other source or business identifiers, and in each case, all goodwill associated
therewith, and all registrations and recordations thereof and all rights to
obtain such renewals and extensions.
“Trademark Security
Agreement”: the Trademark Security Agreement to be executed
and delivered by the Company and the Collateral Trustee, substantially in the
form of Exhibit D.
“Tranche B-1 Term
Lender”: each Lender that holds a Tranche B-1 Term
Loan.
“Tranche B-1 Term
Loans”: the term loans made hereunder on the Closing
Date.
“Tranche B-1 Term
Percentage”: as to any Tranche B-1 Term Lender at any time,
the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Tranche B-1
Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the
Tranche B-1 Term Loans then outstanding.
“Tranche B-2 Term
Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender,
if any, to make a Tranche B-2 Term Loan to the Company in a principal amount not
to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Tranche B-2 Term Commitment”
opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A.
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“Tranche B-2 Term
Lender”: each Lender that has a Tranche B-2 Term Commitment or
holds a Tranche B-2 Term Loan.
“Tranche B-2 Term
Loans”: as defined in Section 2.1(b).
“Tranche B-2 Term
Percentage”: as to any Tranche B-2 Term Lender at any time,
the percentage which such Lender’s Tranche B-2 Term Commitment then constitutes
of the aggregate Tranche B-2 Term Commitments (or, at any time after December 3,
2009, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s
Tranche B-2 Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal
amount of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans then outstanding).
“Transferee”: any
Assignee or Participant.
“Treasury
Rate”: with respect to any date of determination, the yield to
maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a
constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become publicly available at least two
Business Days prior to such date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer
published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly
equal to the period from such date to the first day after the second anniversary
of the Closing Date; provided, however, that if the
period from such date to the first day after the second anniversary of the
Closing Date is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury
security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be
obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a
year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for
which such yields are given, except that if the period from such date to the
first date after the second anniversary of the Closing Date is less than one
year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury
securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be
used.
“Type”: (a)
as to any Revolving Loan, Term Loan or Acceptance, its nature as an ABR Loan or
a Eurocurrency Loan (or, in the case of any Acceptance or Canadian Revolving
Loan made in Canadian Dollars, a Canadian Base Rate Loan, Acceptance or
Acceptance Equivalent Loan), (b) as to any Competitive Loan, its nature as a
Eurocurrency Competitive Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan and (c) as to any Swingline
Loan, its nature as a Money Market Loan or an ABR Loan.
“UCC”: the
Uniform Commercial Code.
“United
States”: the United States of America.
“US Base Rate
(Canada)”: the rate of interest per annum publicly announced
from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch as its reference
rate in effect at its principal office in Toronto, Canada for determining rates
applicable to Dollar denominated commercial loans in Canada (the US Base Rate
(Canada) not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch in connection with extensions of
credit to borrowers).
“Volvo”: means
Ford VHC AB, a company organized under the laws of Sweden.
“Volvo Group
Member”: means each of Volvo, Volvo Car Holding Corporation or
Volvo Car Corporation, in each case so long as such Person is a
Subsidiary.
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“Volvo Trade
Name”: all Trademarks owned by or licensed to the Company and
its Subsidiaries consisting of or containing “Volvo” or any variation or
simulation thereof.
“Voting
Stock”: with respect to any Person, such Person’s Capital
Stock having the right to vote for election of directors (or the equivalent
thereof) of such Person under ordinary circumstances.
1.2 Other Definitional
Provisions. i) As used in this Agreement, the terms
listed in Schedule 1.1B shall have the respective meanings set forth in such
Schedule 1.1B. Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined
in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan
Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
or thereto.
(b) As
used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other
document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms not
defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to
the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
GAAP, (ii) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (iii) the word “incur” shall be
construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or
suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have
correlative meanings), (iv) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed
to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, Capital Stock, securities,
revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, (v) references to
agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified,
be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time and (vi)
references to any Person shall include its successors and assigns.
(c) The
words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used
in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole (including the
Schedules and Exhibits hereto) and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement (or the Schedules and Exhibits hereto), and Section, Schedule and
Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(d) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
1.3 Conversion of Foreign
Currencies.
(a) Except
as otherwise expressly set forth on Schedule 1.1B, the Administrative Agent
shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of any amount as required hereby, and a
determination thereof by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be
obligated to, rely on any determination made by any Loan Party in any document
delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(b) For
purposes of determining compliance with Section 7.3, 7.4 or 7.8, with respect to
any amount of Indebtedness in a currency other than Dollars, the Dollar
Equivalent thereof shall be determined based on the Exchange Rate in effect at
the time such Indebtedness was incurred.
(c) The
Administrative Agent may set up appropriate rounding off mechanisms or otherwise
round-off amounts hereunder to the nearest higher or lower amount in whole
Dollar or cent to ensure amounts owing by any party hereunder or that otherwise
need to be calculated or converted hereunder are expressed in whole Dollars or
in whole cents, as may be necessary or appropriate.
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SECTION
2. AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
2.1 Term
Commitments. (a) Each Term Lender (as defined in
this Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date) made a term loan in Dollars to
the Company on the Closing Date in an amount equal to the amount of the Term
Commitment (as defined in this Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date) of
such Lender. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Amendment
Agreement, each Term Loan (as defined in this Agreement as in effect immediately
prior to the effectiveness of the Amendment Agreement) outstanding on the
Amendment and Restatement Effective Date will remain outstanding as a Tranche
B-1 Term Loan.
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions of the Amendment Agreement, each Tranche B-2 Lender
severally agrees to make (or to cause an Affiliate thereof that is an existing
Lender to make) a term loan (a “Tranche B-2 Term
Loan”) in Dollars to the Company in a principal amount not to exceed its
Tranche B-2 Term Commitment. Each of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans shall
be borrowed by the Company on December 3, 2009 and shall be funded by converting
such principal amount of the then outstanding Revolving Loans of each applicable
Lender (such conversion to be allocated ratably among each such Lender’s
Revolving Loans under the Domestic Revolving Facility, the Multicurrency
Revolving Facility and/or the Canadian Revolving Facility, as the case may be)
into a Tranche B-2 Term Loan (such conversion, the “Conversion”). The
Company shall give the Administrative Agent written notice by 12:00 Noon, New
York City time on November 30, 2009, specifying the Type that the Tranche B-2
Term Loans will be upon Conversion and, if the Tranche B-2 Term Loans will be
Eurocurrency Loans, of the initial Interest Period or Periods
thereof. Upon such notice, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Tranche B-2 Lender thereof. For the avoidance of
doubt, the borrowings under this Section 2.1(b) shall not be subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.2.
(c) The
Term Loans may from time to time be Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans, as
determined by the Company and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance
with Sections 2.2 and 2.19.
2.2 Reduction or Increase of
Revolving Commitments. (a) The Revolving
Commitments under each Revolving Facility as in effect immediately prior to the
Amendment and Restatement Effective Date shall remain in effect until the
Conversion. Immediately following the Conversion on December 3, 2009,
the Revolving Commitments set forth in Schedule 1.1A under the heading
“Following the Conversion” shall take effect, and all Revolving Extensions of
Credit by Lenders with 2013 Revolving Commitments shall automatically become
Revolving Extensions of Credit under the corresponding 2013 Revolving
Facilities.
(b) The
Company shall give the Administrative Agent written notice by 12:00 Noon, New
York City time on November 30, 2009, specifying (i) the aggregate amount of 2013
Revolving Extensions of Credit that the Company elects to have outstanding on
December 3, 2009 (after giving effect to the repayments and borrowings to be
made on such date pursuant to this Section 2.2 and the reallocation of
participations in outstanding Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 3.4(d) under
each 2013 Revolving Facility) (such amount with respect to any 2013 Revolving
Facility, the “Conversion Date Revolving
Extensions of Credit”) and (ii) the Type that the Revolving Loans under
each Revolving Facility will be upon Conversion and, if any Revolving Loans will
be Eurocurrency Loan, of the initial Interest Period or Periods
thereof. Promptly after receipt of notice of the Conversion Date
Revolving Extensions of Credit for each 2013 Revolving Facility, the
Administrative Agent shall notify each 2013 Revolving Lender of such notice and
of the amount and Class of the 2013 Revolving Loans of such 2013 Revolving
Lender to be repaid pursuant to Section 2.2(c)(i) or the amount and Class of
2013 Revolving Loans to be made by such 2013 Revolving Lender pursuant to
Section 2.2(c)(ii), as the case may be.
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(c) On
December 3, 2009:
(i) for
any 2013 Revolving Lender whose Revolving Extensions of Credit under any 2013
Revolving Facility immediately following the Conversion (after giving effect to
the reallocation of participations in outstanding Letters of Credit pursuant to
Section 3.4(d)) exceed its pro rata share of the Conversion Date Revolving
Extensions of Credit with respect to such 2013 Revolving Facility, the Company
or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay 2013 Revolving Loans under such
2013 Revolving Facility held by such 2013 Revolving Lender in an amount equal to
such excess by paying such amount (together with accrued and unpaid interest
thereon) to the Administrative Agent for the account of such 2013 Revolving
Lender; and
(ii) for
any 2013 Revolving Lender whose Revolving Extensions of Credit under any 2013
Revolving Facility immediately following the Conversion (after giving effect to
the reallocation of participations in outstanding Letters of Credit pursuant to
Section 3.4(d)) are less than its pro rata share of the Conversion Date
Revolving Extensions of Credit with respect to such 2013 Revolving Facility (the
amount of such shortfall with respect to any 2013 Revolving Facility, the “Top-up Amount”), such
2013 Revolving Lender shall make a Revolving Loan under such 2013 Revolving
Facility in a principal amount equal to its Top-up Amount with
respect to such 2013 Revolving Facility by making such Top-up Amount available
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Company at the office of the
Administrative Agent specified in Section 10.2 prior to 2:00 P.M., New York City
time, on December 3, 2009 in funds immediately available to the Administrative
Agent, which funds will then be made available to the Company by the
Administrative Agent;
provided, that after giving
effect to the foregoing, (i) the Outstanding Amount of Borrowing Base Debt shall
not exceed the Borrowing Base at such time, (ii) the Total Revolving Extensions
of Credit shall not exceed the Total Revolving Commitments then in effect, (iii)
the Total 2013 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2013
Revolving Commitments then in effect, (iii) the Domestic Revolving Extensions of
Credit of each 2013 Revolving Lender shall not exceed the amount of such 2013
Revolving Lender’s 2013 Domestic Revolving Commitment, (iv) the Dollar
Equivalent of each 2013 Revolving Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of
Credit shall not exceed the amount of such 2013 Revolving Lender’s 2013
Multicurrency Revolving Commitment, and (v) the Dollar Equivalent of each 2013
Revolving Lender’s Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the
amount of such 2013 Revolving Lender’s 2013 Canadian Revolving
Commitment. For the avoidance of doubt, the conversions and
borrowings referred to in this Section 2.2 shall not be subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.2.
2.3 Repayment of Term
Loans. (a) The Tranche B-1 Term Loan of each
Tranche B-1 Term Lender shall be repayable on each date set forth below in an
amount equal to such Lender’s Tranche B-1 Term Percentage multiplied by the
amount set forth below opposite such date:
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Installment
|
Principal
Amount
|
March 15,
2007
|
$17,500,000
|
June 15,
2007
|
$17,500,000
|
September 15,
2007
|
$17,500,000
|
December 15,
2007
|
$17,500,000
|
March 15,
2008
|
$17,500,000
|
June 15,
2008
|
$17,500,000
|
September 15,
2008
|
$17,500,000
|
December 15,
2008
|
$17,500,000
|
March 15,
2009
|
$17,500,000
|
June 15,
2009
|
$17,500,000
|
September 15,
2009
|
$17,500,000
|
December 15,
2009
|
$17,500,000
|
March 15,
2010
|
$17,500,000
|
June 15,
2010
|
$17,500,000
|
September 15,
2010
|
$17,500,000
|
December 15,
2010
|
$17,500,000
|
March 15,
2011
|
$17,500,000
|
June 15,
2011
|
$17,500,000
|
September 15,
2011
|
$17,500,000
|
December 15,
2011
|
$17,500,000
|
March 15,
2012
|
$17,500,000
|
June 15,
2012
|
$17,500,000
|
September 15,
2012
|
$17,500,000
|
December 15,
2012
|
$17,500,000
|
March 15,
2013
|
$17,500,000
|
June 15,
2013
|
$17,500,000
|
September 15,
2013
|
$17,500,000
|
Term
Loan Maturity Date
|
$6,527,500,000
|
|
;
provided,
that the Company shall repay all outstanding Tranche B-1 Term Loans on the
Term Loan Maturity Date.
|
(b) The
Tranche B-2 Term Loan of each Tranche B-2 Term Lender shall be repayable on each
date set forth below in an amount equal to such Lender’s Tranche B-2 Term
Percentage multiplied by the amount set forth below opposite such
date:
Installment
|
Principal
Amount
|
$1,810,875.00 | |
December 15,
2009
|
$1,810,875.00 |
March 15,
2010
|
$1,810,875.00 |
June 15,
2010
|
$1,810,875.00 |
September 15,
2010
|
$1,810,875.00 |
December 15,
2010
|
$1,810,875.00 |
March 15,
2011
|
$1,810,875.00 |
June 15,
2011
|
$1,810,875.00 |
September 15,
2011
|
$1,810,875.00 |
December 15,
2011
|
$1,810,875.00 |
March 15,
2012
|
$1,810,875.00 |
June 15,
2012
|
$1,810,875.00 |
September 15,
2012
|
$1,810,875.00 |
December 15,
2012
|
$1,810,875.00 |
March 15,
2013
|
$1,810,875.00 |
June 15,
2013
|
$1,810,875.00 |
September 15,
2013
|
$1,810,875.00 |
Term
Loan Maturity Date
|
$695,376,000.00 |
|
;
provided,
that the Company shall repay all outstanding Tranche B-2 Term Loans on the
Term Loan Maturity Date.
|
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(c) The
Incremental Term Loans made after the Closing Date, if any, of each Incremental
Lender shall be repaid in such installments as are specified in the Incremental
Term Loan Activation Notice pursuant to which such Incremental Term Loans were
made.
2.4 Domestic Revolving
Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, each Domestic Revolving Lender severally agrees to make
revolving credit loans (“Domestic Revolving
Loans”) in Dollars to the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower
from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period applicable to it; provided that, after
giving effect to such borrowing and the use of proceeds thereof, (i) such
Lender’s Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit do not exceed the amount of
such Lender’s Domestic Revolving Commitments, (ii) the Outstanding Amount of
Borrowing Base Debt shall not exceed the Borrowing Base at such time, (iii) the
Total Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total Revolving
Commitments then in effect and (iv) on and after December 3, 2009, (A) the Total
2011 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2011 Revolving
Commitments then in effect and (B) the Total 2013 Revolving Extensions of Credit
shall not exceed the Total 2013 Revolving Commitments then in
effect. During the Revolving Commitment Period the Company and any
Domestic Subsidiary Borrower may use the Domestic Revolving Commitments by
borrowing, prepaying the Domestic Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and
reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof. The Domestic Revolving Loans may from time to time be
Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Company or any Domestic
Subsidiary Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
Sections 2.5 and 2.19.
(b) The
Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay all outstanding
Domestic Revolving Loans of any Class of a Lender on the Revolving Termination
Date for such Lender applicable to such Class.
2.5 Procedure for Domestic
Revolving Loan Borrowing. The Company and any Domestic
Subsidiary Borrower may borrow under any Class of Domestic Revolving Commitments
during the applicable Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the
Company or the relevant Domestic Subsidiary Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in
writing) prior to (a) 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior
to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, or (b) 12:00
Noon, New York City time, on the date of the proposed borrowing, in the case of
ABR Loans), specifying (i) the amount, Class and Type of Domestic Revolving
Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) in the case of
Eurocurrency Loans, the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period(s)
therefor. If no election as to the Type of a Domestic Revolving Loan
is specified in any such notice, then the requested borrowing shall be an ABR
Loan. If no Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan is
specified in any such notice, then the Company or the relevant Subsidiary
Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s
duration. Each borrowing under the Domestic Revolving Commitments of
any Class shall be in an amount equal to $50,000,000 (or, if the then aggregate
Available Domestic Revolving Commitments in respect of such Class are less than
$50,000,000, such lesser amount) or a whole multiple of $10,000,000 in excess
thereof; provided, that the
Swingline Lender holding Swingline Loans of any Class may request, on behalf of
the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower, borrowings under the Domestic
Revolving Commitments of such Class that are ABR Loans in other amounts pursuant
to Section 2.12. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Company or
any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
each Domestic Revolving Lender holding Domestic Revolving Commitments of the
applicable Class of such notice. Each Domestic Revolving Lender
holding Domestic Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class will make the
amount of its pro rata share of each
borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Company
or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 2:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Company or such
Subsidiary Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Company or
the relevant Subsidiary Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the
account of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower on the books of such
office or such other account as the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower may
specify to the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made
available to the Administrative Agent by the applicable Domestic Revolving
Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
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2.6 Multicurrency Revolving
Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, each Multicurrency Revolving Lender severally agrees to make
(or cause its Applicable Lending Office to make) revolving credit loans (“Multicurrency Revolving
Loans”) in Dollars or any Optional Currency to the Company or any Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower (other than a Canadian Borrower) from time to time during
the Revolving Commitment Period applicable to it; provided that, after
giving effect to such borrowing and the use of proceeds thereof, (i) the Dollar
Equivalent of such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit do not
exceed the amount of such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Commitments, (ii) the
Outstanding Amount of Borrowing Base Debt shall not exceed the Borrowing Base at
such time, (iii) the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the
Total Revolving Commitments then in effect and (iv) on and after December 3,
2009, (A) the Total 2011 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the
Total 2011 Revolving Commitments then in effect and (B) the Total 2013 Revolving
Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2013 Revolving Commitments then
in effect. During the Revolving Commitment Period the Company and any
relevant Foreign Subsidiary Borrower may use the Multicurrency Revolving
Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Multicurrency Revolving Loans in whole
or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof. The Multicurrency Revolving Loans shall be Eurocurrency Loans
as notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.7 and
2.19.
(b) The
Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay all outstanding
Multicurrency Revolving Loans of any Class of a Lender on the Revolving
Termination Date for such Lender applicable to such Class.
2.7 Procedure for Multicurrency
Revolving Loan Borrowing. The Company and any Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower (other than a Canadian Borrower) may borrow under any Class
of Multicurrency Revolving Commitments during the applicable Revolving
Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the
Company or the relevant Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in
writing) prior to 12:00 Noon, London time, three Business Days prior to the
requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, specifying (a) the
amount, Class and Currency of Multicurrency Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (b)
the requested Borrowing Date and (c) the respective lengths of the initial
Interest Period(s) therefor. If no Interest Period with respect to
any Eurocurrency Loan is specified in any such notice, then the Company or the
relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period
of one month’s duration. Each borrowing under the Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral
multiple of 10,000,000 of the relevant Currency and no less than an amount which
is equal to the Dollar Equivalent of $50,000,000 (or, if the then aggregate
Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitments in respect of such Class are less
than $50,000,000, such lesser amount). Upon receipt of any such
notice from the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower, the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Multicurrency Revolving Lender holding
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class of such
notice. Each Multicurrency Revolving Lender holding Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class will make (or cause its Applicable
Lending Office to make) the amount of its pro rata share of each
borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Company
or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 2:00 P.M.,
London time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Company or such Subsidiary
Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Company or
the relevant Subsidiary Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the
account of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower on the books of such
office or such other account as the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower may
specify to the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made
available to the Administrative Agent by the applicable Multicurrency Revolving
Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
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2.8 Canadian Revolving
Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, each Canadian Revolving Lender severally agrees to make (or
cause its Applicable Lending Office to make) revolving credit loans (“Canadian Revolving
Loans”) in Dollars to the Company and in Dollars or Canadian Dollars to
any Canadian Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period
applicable to it; provided that, after
giving effect to such borrowing and the use of proceeds thereof, (i) the Dollar
Equivalent of such Lender’s Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit does not
exceed the amount of such Lender’s Canadian Revolving Commitments, (ii) the
Outstanding Amount of Borrowing Base Debt shall not exceed the Borrowing Base at
such time, (iii) the Total Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not
exceed the Total Canadian Revolving Commitments then in effect, (iv) the Total
Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total Revolving Commitments
then in effect and (v) on and after December 3, 2009, (A) the Total 2011
Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2011 Revolving
Commitments then in effect and (B) the Total 2013 Revolving Extensions of Credit
shall not exceed the Total 2013 Revolving Commitments then in
effect. During the Revolving Commitment Period the Company and any
Canadian Borrower may use the Canadian Revolving Commitments by borrowing,
prepaying the Canadian Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all
in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Canadian
Revolving Loans shall be Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans (if denominated in
Dollars) or Canadian Base Rate Loans (if denominated in Canadian Dollars) or any
combination thereof as notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
Sections 2.9 and 2.19.
(b) The
Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay all outstanding
Canadian Revolving Loans of any Class of a Lender on the Revolving Termination
Date for such Lender applicable to such Class.
2.9 Procedure for Canadian
Revolving Loan Borrowing. The Company and any Canadian
Borrower may borrow under any Class of Canadian Revolving Commitments during the
applicable Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day; provided that the
Company or the relevant Canadian Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent
written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) prior to (a)
12:00 Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior to the requested
Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, or (b) 12:00 Noon, New York
City Time, on the date of the proposed borrowing, in the case of ABR Loans or
Canadian Base Rate Loans), specifying (i) the amount, Class, Type and Currency
of Canadian Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date,
and (iii) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, the respective amounts of each such
Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period
therefor. If no election as to the Type of a Canadian Revolving Loan
denominated in Dollars is specified in any such notice, then the requested
borrowing shall be an ABR Loan. If no Interest Period with respect to
any Eurocurrency Loan is specified in any such notice, then the Company or the
relevant Canadian Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period
of one month’s duration. Each borrowing under the Canadian Revolving
Commitments of any Class in Dollars shall be in an amount equal to $50,000,000
or a whole multiple thereof (or, if the then aggregate Available Canadian
Revolving Commitments in respect of such Class are less than $50,000,000, such
lesser amount). Each borrowing under the Canadian Revolving
Commitments of any Class in Canadian Dollars shall be in an amount equal to
C$25,000,000 (or, if the then aggregate Available Canadian Revolving Commitments
in respect of such Class are less than C$25,000,000, such lesser amount) or a
whole multiple of C$5,000,000 in excess thereof. Upon receipt of any
such notice from the Company or any Canadian Borrower, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Canadian Revolving Lender holding Canadian Revolving
Commitments of the applicable Class of such notice. Each Canadian
Revolving Lender holding Canadian Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class
will make (or cause its Applicable Lending Office to make) the amount of its
pro rata share of each
borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Company
or the relevant Canadian Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 2:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Company or such Canadian
Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Company or
the relevant Canadian Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account
of the Company or the relevant Canadian Borrower on the books of such office or
such other account as the Company or relevant Canadian Borrower may specify to
the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the
Administrative Agent by the applicable Canadian Revolving Lenders and in like
funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
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2.10 Procedure for Canadian
Acceptances. (a) Acceptance
Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each
Canadian Revolving Lender severally agrees that each Canadian Borrower may
issue, under any Class of Canadian Revolving Commitments, Acceptances
denominated in Canadian Dollars, in minimum denominations of C$25,000,000 and in
whole multiples of C$5,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then aggregate
Available Canadian Revolving Commitments in respect of such Class are less than
C$25,000,000, such lesser amount), each in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 2.10 from time to time until the Revolving Termination Date
applicable to such Canadian Revolving Lender; provided, that after
giving effect to the issuance of such Acceptance and the use of proceeds
thereof, (i) the Available Canadian Revolving Commitment of the applicable Class
of any Canadian Revolving Lender of such Class shall not be less than zero, (ii)
the Total Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total
Canadian Revolving Commitments then in effect, (iii) the Outstanding Amount of
Borrowing Base Debt shall not exceed the Borrowing Base at such time, (iv) the
Total Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total Revolving
Commitments then in effect and (v) on and after December 3, 2009, (A) the Total
2011 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2011 Revolving
Commitments then in effect and (B) the Total 2013 Revolving Extensions of Credit
shall not exceed the Total 2013 Revolving Commitments then in effect; provided, further, that at all
times the outstanding aggregate face amount of all Acceptances made by the
Applicable Lending Offices of a Canadian Revolving Lender under the applicable
Canadian Revolving Facility shall equal its applicable Canadian Revolving
Percentage of the outstanding face amount of all Acceptances made by the
Applicable Lending Offices of all Canadian Revolving Lenders of such
Class. For purposes of this Agreement, the full face value of an
Acceptance, without discount, shall be used when calculations are made to
determine the Outstanding Amount of a Canadian Revolving Lender’s Acceptances;
provided that
in computing the face amount of Acceptances outstanding, the face amount of an
Acceptance in respect of which the Acceptance Obligation has been prepaid by a
Canadian Borrower and received by the Canadian Revolving Lender that created the
same in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall not be
included.
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(b) Terms of
Acceptance. Each Draft shall be accepted by the Applicable
Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender, upon the written request of a
Canadian Borrower given in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 2.10,
by the completion and acceptance by such Applicable Lending Office of a Draft
(i) payable in Canadian Dollars, drawn by a Canadian Borrower on the Applicable
Lending Office in accordance with this Agreement, to the order of the Applicable
Lending Office and (ii) maturing prior to the Revolving Termination Date in
respect of the applicable Class on a Business Day not less than one month nor
more than six months after the date of such Draft (and in periods of one month,
two months, threes months or, if available, six months, as selected by a
Canadian Borrower), excluding days of grace, all as specified in a Drawing
Notice to be delivered under paragraph (c) of this Section
2.10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all
requests for issuances of Acceptances and all selections of periods and maturity
dates of Acceptances shall be made pursuant to such elections so that no more
than 10 different Acceptance maturity dates shall be outstanding at any one
time.
(c) Drawing Notice and Discount
of Acceptances. (i) With respect to each requested
acceptance of Drafts, a Canadian Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent a
notice of drawing (each, a “Drawing Notice”),
substantially in the form of Exhibit H (which shall be irrevocable and may be by
telephone confirmed in writing within one Business Day) to be received prior to
10:00 A.M., Toronto time, at least two Business Days prior to the date of the
requested acceptance, specifying:
(A) the
date on which such Drafts are to be accepted;
(B)
the Class of Canadian Revolving Commitments under
which such Draft has been requested;
(C) the
aggregate face amount of such Drafts;
(D) the
maturity date of such Acceptances; and
(E) whether
the Canadian Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class must purchase or arrange
for the purchase of the Acceptances;
provided that no
Canadian Borrower shall deliver a Drawing Notice for Drafts to be accepted
between the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date and December 3,
2009. The Company hereby represents and warrants that there are no
Acceptances outstanding on the Amendment and Restatement Effective
Date.
(ii) Upon
receipt of a Drawing Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender of the applicable Class
of the contents thereof and of such Canadian Revolving Lender’s ratable share of
the Acceptances requested thereunder. The aggregate face amount of
the Drafts to be accepted by Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving
Lender shall be determined by the Administrative Agent by reference to the
respective Canadian Revolving Commitments of the Canadian Revolving Lenders of
the applicable Class; provided that, if the
face amount of an Acceptance which would otherwise be accepted by the Applicable
Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender of the applicable Class is not
C$5,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof, the face amount shall be increased or
reduced by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, to C$1,000,000, or
the nearest integral multiple thereof, as appropriate.
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(iii) On
each date upon which Acceptances are to be accepted, the Administrative Agent
shall advise the relevant Canadian Borrower of the applicable Discount Rate for
the Applicable Lending Office of each Canadian Revolving Lender of the
applicable Class. Not later than 10:00 A.M., Toronto time, on such
date each Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender of the
applicable Class shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent
specified in Section 5.2, and subject to the Applicable Lending Office of each
Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender of the applicable Class making Acceptance
Equivalent Loans pursuant to paragraph (i) of this Section 2.10, (A) on the
basis of the information supplied by the Administrative Agent, as aforesaid,
complete a Draft or Drafts of the relevant Canadian Borrower by filling in the
Class, amount, date and maturity date thereof in accordance with the applicable
Drawing Notice, (B) duly accept such Draft or Drafts, (C) offer to purchase such
Acceptance or Acceptances at the applicable Discount Rate, (D) give the
Administrative Agent facsimile or telex notice of such Applicable Lending
Office’s acceptance of such Draft or Drafts and confirming the Discount Rate at
which it discounted the Acceptance or Acceptances and the amount paid to the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Canadian Borrower and (E) remit to
the Administrative Agent in Canadian Dollars in immediately available funds an
amount equal to the Discount Proceeds. Upon receipt by the
Administrative Agent of such sums from the Applicable Lending Offices of the
applicable Canadian Revolving Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall make the
aggregate amount thereof available to such Canadian Borrower.
(iv) Each
extension of credit hereunder through the acceptance of Drafts shall be made
simultaneously and pro rata by the Applicable Lending Office of each of the
Canadian Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class in accordance with their
respective Canadian Revolving Commitments of such Class.
(d) Sale of
Acceptances. A Canadian Borrower shall agree to sell, and the
Applicable Lending Offices of the Canadian Revolving Lenders of the applicable
Class shall purchase or arrange for the purchase of, all of the Acceptances in
the market and each Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender of
the applicable Class shall provide to the Administrative Agent the Discount
Proceeds for the account of such Canadian Borrower. The Acceptance
Fee in respect of such Acceptances may, at the option of the Applicable Lending
Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender of the applicable Class, be set off
against the Discount Proceeds payable by such Applicable Lending Office of such
Canadian Revolving Lender hereunder.
(e) Acceptance
Obligation. The relevant Canadian Borrower is obligated, and
hereby unconditionally agrees, to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of each Applicable Lending Office of each Canadian Revolving Lender of
the applicable Class the face amount of each Acceptance created by such
Applicable Lending Office in accordance with a Drawing Notice on the maturity
date thereof, or on such earlier date as may be required pursuant to provisions
of this Agreement. With respect to each Acceptance which is
outstanding hereunder, the relevant Canadian Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 A.M., Toronto time, two Business Days prior
to the maturity date of such Acceptance (which notice shall be irrevocable) of
its intention to either (x) issue Acceptances on such maturity date to provide
for the payment of such maturing Acceptance and shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a Drawing Notice with respect thereto or (y) repay the
maturing Acceptances on the maturity date. Any repayment of an
Acceptance must be made at or before 2:00 P.M. (Toronto time) on the maturity
date of such Acceptance. If the relevant Canadian Borrower fails to
provide such notice to the Administrative Agent or fails to repay the maturing
Acceptances, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on such
maturity date, the relevant Canadian Borrower’s obligations in respect of the
maturing Acceptances shall be deemed to have been converted on the maturity date
thereof into a Canadian Base Rate Loan of the applicable Class in an amount
equal to the face amount of the maturing Acceptances. Each Canadian
Borrower waives presentment for payment and any other defense to payment of any
amounts due to the Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender in
respect of any Acceptances of such Canadian Borrower accepted by such Applicable
Lending Office under this Agreement which might exist solely by reason of those
Acceptances being held, at the maturity thereof, by that Applicable Lending
Office in its own right and each Canadian Borrower agrees not to claim any days
of grace if that Applicable Lending Office, as holder, sues such Canadian
Borrower on those Acceptances for payment of the amounts payable by such
Canadian Borrower thereunder.
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(f)
Supply of
Drafts and Power of Attorney. To enable the Applicable Lending
Offices of the Canadian Revolving Lenders to accept Drafts in the manner
specified in this Section 2.10, each Canadian Borrower hereby appoints the
Applicable Lending Office of each Canadian Revolving Lender as its attorney to
sign and endorse on its behalf, in handwriting or by facsimile or mechanical
signature as and when deemed necessary by such Applicable Lending Office, blank
forms of its Acceptances. In this respect, it is each Canadian
Revolving Lender’s responsibility to maintain an adequate supply of blank forms
of Acceptances for acceptance under this Agreement. Each Canadian
Borrower recognizes and agrees that all Acceptances signed and/or endorsed on
its behalf by the Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender shall
bind such Canadian Borrower as fully and effectually as if signed in the
handwriting of and duly issued by the proper signing officers of such Canadian
Borrower; provided, that such
acts in each case are to be undertaken in accordance with such Canadian
Revolving Lender’s obligations under this Agreement. Each Applicable
Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender is hereby authorized to issue such
Acceptances endorsed in blank in such face amounts as may be determined by such
Applicable Lending Office; provided that the
aggregate amount thereof is equal to the aggregate amount of Acceptances
required to be accepted by such Applicable Lending Office. Drafts
drawn by a Canadian Borrower to be accepted as Acceptances shall be signed by a
duly authorized officer or officers of such Canadian Borrower or by its
attorney-in-fact including any attorney in fact appointed pursuant to this
Section 2.10(f). Each Canadian Borrower hereby authorizes and
requests each Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender in
accordance with each Drawing Notice received from such Canadian Borrower to take
the measures with respect to a Draft or Drafts of such Canadian Borrower then in
possession of such Applicable Lending Office specified in paragraph (c)(iii) of
this Section 2.10. In case any authorized signatory of such Canadian
Borrower whose signature shall appear on any Draft shall cease to have such
authority before the acceptance of a Draft with respect to such Draft, the
obligations of a Canadian Borrower hereunder and under such Acceptance shall
nevertheless be valid for all purposes as if such authority had remained in
force until such creation. The Administrative Agent and each Canadian
Revolving Lender shall be fully protected in relying upon any instructions
received from a Canadian Borrower (orally or otherwise) without any duty to make
inquiry as to the genuineness of such instructions. The
Administrative Agent and each Canadian Revolving Lender shall be entitled to
rely on instructions received from any Person identifying himself (orally or
otherwise) as a duly authorized officer of a Canadian Borrower and shall not be
liable for any errors, omissions, delays or interruptions in the transmission of
such instructions.
(g) Exculpation. No
Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender shall be responsible or
liable for its failure to accept a Draft if the cause of such failure is, in
whole or in part, due to the failure of a Canadian Borrower to provide the
Drafts or the power of attorney described in paragraph (f) of this Section 2.10
to such Applicable Lending Office on a timely basis nor shall any Applicable
Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender be liable for any damage, loss or
other claim arising by reason of any loss or improper use of any such Draft
except loss or improper use arising by reason of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Applicable Lending Office.
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(h) Rights of Canadian Revolving
Lender as to Acceptances. Neither the Administrative Agent nor
any Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender shall have any
responsibility as to the application of the proceeds by a Canadian Borrower of
any discount of any Acceptances. For greater certainty, each
Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender may, at any time,
purchase Acceptances issued by a Canadian Borrower and may at any time and from
time to time hold, sell, rediscount or otherwise dispose of any or all
Acceptances accepted and/or purchased by it.
(i)
Acceptance Equivalent
Loans. Whenever a Canadian Borrower delivers a Drawing Notice
to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement requesting the Canadian
Revolving Lenders of any Class to accept Drafts, an Applicable Lending Office of
a Canadian Revolving Lender of such Class which cannot or does not as a matter
of policy accept Drafts (a “Non-Acceptance Canadian
Lender”) shall, in lieu of accepting Drafts, make an Acceptance
Equivalent Loan. On each date on which Drafts are to be accepted,
subject to the same terms and conditions applicable to the acceptance of Drafts,
any Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender of the applicable Class that makes an
Acceptance Equivalent Loan, upon delivery by a Canadian Borrower of an executed
Discount Note payable to the order of such Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender, will
remit to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the account
of such Canadian Borrower the Acceptance equivalent discount proceeds in respect
of the Discount Notes issued by such Canadian Borrower to the Non-Acceptance
Canadian Lender. Each Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender may agree, in
lieu of receiving any Discount Notes, that such Discount Notes may be
uncertificated and the applicable Acceptance Equivalent Loan shall be evidenced
by a loan account which such Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender shall maintain in
its name, and reference to such uncertificated Discount Notes elsewhere in this
Agreement shall be deemed to include reference to the relevant Acceptance
Equivalent Loan or loan account, as applicable.
(j)
Terms Applicable
to Discount Notes. The term “Acceptance” when used in this
Agreement shall be construed to include Discount Notes and all terms of this
Agreement applicable to Acceptances shall apply equally to Discount Notes
evidencing Acceptance Equivalent Loans with such changes as may in the context
be necessary (except that no Discount Note may be sold, rediscounted or
otherwise disposed of by the Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender making Acceptance
Equivalent Loans). For greater certainty:
(A) a
Discount Note shall mature and be due and payable on the same date as the
maturity date for Acceptances specified in the applicable Drawing
Notice;
(B) an
Acceptance Fee will be payable in respect of a Discount Note and shall be
calculated at the same rate and in the same manner as the Acceptance Fee in
respect of an Acceptance;
(C) a
discount applicable to a Discount Note shall be calculated in the same manner
and at the Discount Rate that would be applicable to Acceptances accepted by a
Schedule II/ III Reference Lender pursuant to the applicable Drawing
Notice;
(D) an
Acceptance Equivalent Loan made by a Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender will be
considered to be part of a Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender’s outstanding
Acceptances for all purposes of this Agreement; and
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(E) a
Canadian Borrower shall deliver Discount Notes to each Non-Acceptance Canadian
Lender and grants to each Non-Acceptance Canadian Lender a power of attorney in
respect of the completion and execution of Discount Notes, each in accordance
with Section 2.10(f).
(k) Prepayment of Acceptances
and Discount Notes. No Acceptance or Discount Note may be
repaid or prepaid prior to the maturity date of such Acceptance or Discount
Note, except in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.18(e) or Section
8.
(l)
Depository
Bills and Notes Act. At the option of the Canadian Borrowers
and any Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender, Acceptances
and Discount Notes under this Agreement to be accepted by such Applicable
Lending Office may be issued in the form of depository bills and depository
notes, respectively, for deposit with The Canadian Depository for Securities
Limited pursuant to the Depository Bills and Notes
Act (Canada). All depository bills and depository notes so
issued shall be governed by the Depository Bills and Notes
Act (Canada) and the provisions of this Section 2.10.
(m) Acceptance
Fee. Each Canadian Borrower agrees to pay to each Applicable
Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender a fee (the “Acceptance Fee”) in
advance and in Canadian Dollars, at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable
Margin for Revolving Loans which are Eurocurrency Loans, on the date of
acceptance of each Acceptance. All Acceptance Fees shall be
calculated on the face amount of the Acceptance issued and computed on the basis
of the actual number of days in the term thereof and a year of 365
days. The Acceptance Fee shall be in addition to any other fees
payable to each Applicable Lending Office of a Canadian Revolving Lender in
connection with the issuance or discounting of such Acceptance. The
discount rate for Acceptance Fees shall be calculated under terms customary to
the practice of the Applicable Lending Offices of Canadian Revolving Lenders and
shall be based upon a year of 365 days and the term of such
Acceptance.
2.11 Swingline
Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each Swingline Lender of any Class agrees to make a portion of the
credit otherwise available to the Company and any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower
under the Domestic Revolving Commitments of such Class from time to time during
the applicable Revolving Commitment Period by making swing line loans (“Swingline Loans”) in
Dollars to the Company and any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower; provided that (i) the
aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans of any Class made by such
Swingline Lender outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Swingline
Commitment of such Class of such Swingline Lender then in effect
(notwithstanding that the Swingline Loans of the applicable Class outstanding at
any time, when aggregated with any Swingline Lender’s other outstanding Domestic
Revolving Loans of such Class, may exceed such Lender’s Swingline Commitment of
such Class then in effect), (ii) the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower
shall not request any Swingline Loan of any Class if, after giving effect to the
making of such Swingline Loan and the use of proceeds thereof, the aggregate
amount of the Available Domestic Revolving Commitments of such Class would be
less than zero and (iii) after giving effect to such borrowing and the use of
proceeds thereof, (A) the Outstanding Amount of Borrowing Base Debt shall not
exceed the Borrowing Base at such time, (B) the Total Revolving Extensions of
Credit shall not exceed the Total Revolving Commitments at such time, (C) on and
after December 3, 2009, (1) the Total 2011 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall
not exceed the Total 2011 Revolving Commitments then in effect and (2) the Total
2013 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2013 Revolving
Commitments then in effect and (D) the Outstanding Amount of all Swingline Loans
shall not exceed the Swingline Sublimit. During the Revolving
Commitment Period in respect of any Class, the Company and any Domestic
Subsidiary Borrower may use the Swingline Commitment in respect of such Class by
borrowing, repaying and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof.
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(b) The
Swingline Loans may from time to time be (i) ABR Loans, (ii) Money Market Rate
Loans or (iii) a combination thereof, as determined by the Company and notified
to and, in the case of any Money Market Rate Loan, consented to by the relevant
Swingline Lender in accordance herewith.
(c) The
Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall repay to the relevant Swingline
Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan advanced by such
Swingline Lender on the earliest of (i) the date that is ten Business Days after
the date of such advance, (ii) the applicable Revolving Termination Date then in
effect and (iii) the Interest Payment Date with respect thereto.
2.12 Procedure for Swingline
Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline
Loans. (a) Whenever the Company or any Domestic
Subsidiary Borrower desires that a Swingline Lender of any Class make Swingline
Loans of such Class it shall give such Swingline Lender telephonic notice
confirmed promptly in writing (which telephonic notice must be received by such
Swingline Lender not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the proposed
Borrowing Date), specifying (i) the amount, Class and Type of Swingline Loan to
be borrowed, (ii) with respect to any Money Market Rate Loan, the length of the
Interest Period therefor and (iii) the requested Borrowing Date (which shall be
a Business Day during the Revolving Commitment Period). Prior to any
such notice, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower may request a quote
from the relevant Swingline Lender as to the Money Market Rate that would apply
to such Swingline Loan if it were to be a Money Market Rate Loan for the
Interest Period specified by the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower, and such
Swingline Lender shall promptly notify the Company or the relevant Subsidiary
Borrower whether it is willing to make a Money Market Rate Loan and, if
applicable, provide such a quote for such Interest Period. If the
Company or such Subsidiary Borrower accepts such rate, such Swingline Loan shall
be a Money Market Rate Loan for such Interest Period bearing interest at such
rate. The relevant Swingline Lender shall promptly confirm such quote
with respect to the Money Market Rate Loan to be made in
writing. Each borrowing under the Swingline Commitment of any Class
shall be in an amount equal to $25,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof. Not later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
Borrowing Date specified in a notice in respect of Swingline Loans, such
Swingline Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding
Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the
Swingline Loan to be made by such Swingline Lender. The
Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swingline Loan available to
the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower on such Borrowing Date by depositing
such proceeds in the account of the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower with
the Administrative Agent or such other account as the Company or the relevant
Subsidiary Borrower may specify to the Administrative Agent in writing on such
Borrowing Date in immediately available funds. Such Swingline Lender
shall not make any Swingline Loan in the period commencing on the first Business
Day after it receives written notice from the Administrative Agent that one or
more of the conditions precedent contained in Section 5.2 shall not on such date
be satisfied, and ending when such conditions are satisfied. The
Administrative Agent shall immediately notify the Swingline Lender upon becoming
aware that such conditions in Section 5.2 are thereafter satisfied. Such
Swingline Lender shall not otherwise be required to determine that, or take
notice whether, the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.2 have been
satisfied in connection with the making of any Swingline
Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and any Swingline
Lender may at any time and from time to time enter into agreements which provide
for procedures for soliciting, extending and funding Swingline Loans to the
Company or any Subsidiary Borrower which differ from those specified
herein.
(b) Each
Swingline Lender of any Class, at any time and from time to time in its sole and
absolute discretion may, on behalf of the Company or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower (each of which hereby irrevocably directs each Swingline Lender to act
on its behalf), on one Business Day’s notice given by such Swingline Lender to
the Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, request
each Domestic Revolving Lender of such Class to make, and each Domestic
Revolving Lender of such Class hereby agrees to make, a Domestic Revolving Loan
of such Class, in an amount equal to such Domestic Revolving Lender’s 2011
Domestic Revolving Percentage or 2013 Domestic Revolving Percentage, as the case
may be, of the aggregate amount of the Swingline Loans of the applicable Class
advanced by such Swingline Lender (the “Refunded Swingline
Loans”) outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay such Swingline
Lender. Each Domestic Revolving Lender of the applicable Class shall
make the amount of such Domestic Revolving Loan of the applicable Class
available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office in immediately
available funds, not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, one Business Day
after the date of such notice. The proceeds of such Domestic
Revolving Loans shall be immediately made available by the Administrative Agent
to the relevant Swingline Lender for application by such Swingline Lender to the
repayment of the Refunded Swingline Loans.
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(c) If
prior to the time a Domestic Revolving Loan would have otherwise been made
pursuant to Section 2.12(b), one of the events described in Section 8(f) shall
have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Company or if for any other
reason, as determined by a Swingline Lender in its sole discretion, Domestic
Revolving Loans of the applicable Class may not be made as contemplated by
Section 2.12(b), each Domestic Revolving Lender of the applicable Class shall,
on the date such Domestic Revolving Loan was to have been made pursuant to the
notice referred to in Section 2.12(b), purchase for cash an undivided
participating interest in the then outstanding Swingline Loans of the applicable
Class by paying to the relevant Swingline Lender an amount (the “Swingline Participation
Amount”) equal to (i) such Domestic Revolving Lender’s 2011 Domestic
Revolving Percentage or 2013 Domestic Revolving Percentage, as the case may be,
times (ii) the
aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans of the applicable Class advanced
by such Swingline Lender(s) then outstanding that were to have been repaid with
such Domestic Revolving Loans, and any Swingline Loans that are Money Market
Rate Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on such
date.
(d) Whenever,
at any time after a Swingline Lender has received from any Domestic Revolving
Lender such Lender’s Swingline Participation Amount, such Swingline Lender
receives any payment on account of the applicable Swingline Loans, such
Swingline Lender will distribute to such Lender its Swingline Participation
Amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the
period of time during which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding
and funded and, in the case of principal and interest payments, to reflect such
Lender’s pro
rata portion of
such payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and
interest on all Swingline Loans advanced by such Swingline Lender(s) then due);
provided, however, that in the
event that such payment received by a Swingline Lender is required to be
returned, such Domestic Revolving Lender will return to such Swingline Lender
any portion thereof previously distributed to it by such Swingline
Lender.
(e) Each
Domestic Revolving Lender’s obligation to make the Loans referred to in Section
2.12(b) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 2.12(c)
shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or
other right that such Domestic Revolving Lender or the Company or any Subsidiary
Borrower may have against the Swingline Lender, the Company or any Subsidiary
Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or
continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of
the other conditions specified in Section 5, (iii) any adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower,
(iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Company, any
Subsidiary Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Lender or (v) any other
circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing.
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(f)
No Borrower shall request a Swingline Loan with a Borrowing
Date between the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date and December 3,
2009. The Company hereby represents and warrants that there are no
Swingline Loans outstanding on the Amendment and Restatement Effective
Date.
2.13 New or Successor Swingline
Lender; Swingline Commitments. The Company may (a) terminate
the Swingline Commitment of any Swingline Lender for any reason upon not less
than three Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and
such Swingline Lender, (b) add additional Swingline Lenders (with the consent of
such Lenders) and (c) increase (with the consent of such Lender) or decrease the
Swingline Commitment of any existing Swingline Lender at any time upon notice to
the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Section
2.13. If the Company shall decide to add a new Swingline Lender under
this Agreement, then the Company may appoint from among the Domestic Revolving
Lenders a new Swingline Lender, with the consent of the Administrative Agent
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), whereupon such Lender shall
become a Swingline Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with
the rights, powers and duties of a Swingline Lender hereunder. Upon
the termination of the Swingline Commitments of a Swingline Lender, the Company
shall pay to the terminated Swingline Lender all principal and accrued interest
on outstanding Swingline Loans owing to such terminated Swingline
Lender. The acceptance of any appointment as a Swingline Lender
hereunder in accordance with this Agreement or the increase of the Swingline
Commitment of any existing Swingline Lender, shall be evidenced by an agreement
entered into by such Swingline Lender in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, such Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent and, from and after
the effective date of such agreement, such new or successor lender of Swingline
Loans shall become a “Swingline Lender” hereunder or such increased Swingline
Commitment shall become effective. The Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify the Lenders of the effectiveness of any addition of a Swingline
Lender, or any increased Swingline Commitment pursuant to this Section
2.13.
2.14 Competitive Bid
Procedure. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period in
respect of any Class of Domestic Revolving Commitments the Company may request
Competitive Bids and may (but shall not have any obligation to) accept
Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive Loans of the applicable Class in
Dollars; provided that, after
giving effect to such borrowing and the use of proceeds thereof, (i) the
Outstanding Amount of Borrowing Base Debt shall not exceed the Borrowing Base at
such time, (ii) the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the
Total Revolving Commitments then in effect and (iii) on and after December 3,
2009, (A) the Total 2011 Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the
Total 2011 Revolving Commitments then in effect and (B) the Total 2013 Revolving
Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Total 2013 Revolving Commitments at
such time. To request Competitive Bids, the Company shall give the
Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in
writing) by delivery of a Competitive Bid Request not later than 12:00 Noon New
York City time (A) four Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in
the case of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, or (B) one Business Day prior to the
requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans. Each such
Competitive Bid Request shall specify (1) the amount (which shall be a minimum
of $50,000,000) and Type and Class of the requested Competitive Loans, (2) the
requested Borrowing Date and (3) the requested Interest Period applicable
thereto; provided that the
Company may request offers to make Competitive Loans for more than one Interest
Period or for multiple Types and Classes of Competitive Loans in a single
Competitive Bid Request.
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(b) Promptly
following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request conforming to the requirements of
this Section (but, in any event, no later than 3:00 p.m. New York City time, on
the date of receipt thereof), the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class of the details thereof, inviting the
Revolving Lenders of such Class to submit Competitive Bids.
(c) Each
Revolving Lender of the applicable Class (or any Applicable Lending Office of
such Lender) may (but shall not have any obligation to) make one or more
Competitive Bids to the Company in response to a Competitive Bid
Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Revolving Lender must be in the
form of Exhibit J and must be received by the Administrative Agent at its office
specified in Section 10.2 not later than 9:30 A.M., New York City time, three
Business Days before the proposed Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency
Competitive Loans, or 9:30 A.M., New York City time, on the proposed Borrowing
Date, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans. Competitive Bids that do not
conform substantially to Exhibit J may be rejected by the Administrative Agent,
and the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Lender as promptly as
practicable if such bid is rejected. Each Competitive Bid shall
specify (i) the principal amount (which shall be a minimum of $5,000,000 and
which may equal the entire principal amount of the Competitive Loans requested
by the Company) of the Competitive Loan or Loans that the Lender is willing to
make, (ii) the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates at which the Lender is prepared to
make such Loan or Loans (expressed as a percentage rate per annum in the form of
a decimal to no more than four decimal places) and (iii) the Interest Period
applicable to each such Loan and the last day thereof. A Competitive
Bid may set forth up to five separate offers by a quoting Lender with respect to
each Interest Period specified in a Competitive Bid Request. A
Competitive Bid submitted pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be
irrevocable.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall promptly (and, in any event, by no later than 10:00
A.M., New York City time (i) three Business Days before the proposed Borrowing
Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, and (ii) on the proposed
Borrowing Date, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans) notify the Company of the
Competitive Bid Rate and the principal amount specified in each Competitive Bid
and the identity of the Lender that shall have made such Competitive Bid and, as
soon as practical thereafter, shall provide the Company with a copy of all
Competitive Bids (including rejected bids).
(e) Subject
only to the provisions of this paragraph, the Company may accept or reject any
Competitive Bid. The Company shall notify the Administrative Agent by
telephone, promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of a Competitive Bid
Accept/Reject Letter to the Administrative Agent, whether and to what extent it
has decided to accept or reject each Competitive Bid not later than 10:30 A.M.,
New York City time (x) three Business Days before the proposed Borrowing Date,
in the case of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, and (y) on the proposed Borrowing
Date, in the case of Fixed Rate Loans; provided that (i) the
failure of the Company to give such notice shall be deemed to be a rejection of
each Competitive Bid, (ii) the Company shall not accept a Competitive Bid of a
particular Type made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if the Company rejects
a Competitive Bid for Loans of such Type made at a lower Competitive Bid
Rate, (iii) the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by
the Company shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the requested Competitive
Loans specified in the related Competitive Bid Request, (iv) to the extent
necessary to comply with clause (iii) above, the Company may accept Competitive
Bids at the same Competitive Bid Rate in part, which acceptance, in the case of
multiple Competitive Bids at such Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made (as nearly
as possible) pro rata in accordance
with the amount of each such Competitive Bid with such amounts rounded (as
nearly as possible) to integral multiples of $1,000,0000, in a manner determined
by the Company, and (v) except pursuant to clause (iv) above, no Competitive Bid
shall be accepted for a Competitive Loan made by a Lender unless such
Competitive Loan is in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000. A
notice given by the Company pursuant to this paragraph shall be
irrevocable.
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(f) The
Administrative Agent shall promptly (and, in any event, by 11:00 A.M., New York
City time (i) three Business Days before the proposed Borrowing Date, in the
case of Eurocurrency Competitive Loans, and (ii) on the proposed Borrowing Date,
in the case of Fixed Rate Loans) notify each bidding Lender whether or not its
Competitive Bid has been accepted (and, if so, the amount and Competitive Bid
Rate so accepted), and each successful bidder will thereupon become bound,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to make the Competitive Loan in
respect of which its Competitive Bid has been accepted.
(g) If
the Administrative Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity
as a Lender, it shall submit such Competitive Bid directly to the Company at
least one half of an hour earlier than the time by which the other Lenders are
required to submit their Competitive Bids to the Administrative Agent pursuant
to paragraph (c) of this Section.
(h)
The Company shall repay each outstanding Competitive
Loan on the last day of the Interest Period therefor.
2.15 Facility Fees,
etc. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender of any Class a
facility fee for the period from and including the Closing Date (or such later
date as such Lender shall become a Lender hereunder) to the day on which all
Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Class of such Lender have been paid in
full and the Revolving Commitments of such Lender have been terminated, computed
at the Facility Fee Rate for such Class on the average daily amount of the
Revolving Commitments of such Class of such Lender (whether used or unused) or,
if such Revolving Commitments of such Class have been terminated, on the daily
average Revolving Extensions of Credit of such Class of such Lender during the
related Fee Payment Period for which payment is made, payable in arrears on each
Fee Payment Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date
hereof.
(b) The
Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on
the dates as set forth in any fee agreements with the Administrative
Agent.
2.16 Termination, Reduction or
Reallocation of Revolving Commitments. (a) The
Company shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to
the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving Commitments under any
Revolving Facility or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving
Commitments under any Revolving Facility; provided that no such
termination or reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be permitted if, after
giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans and
Swingline Loans made on the effective date thereof, the Total Revolving
Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total Revolving Commitments, the Total
2011 Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total 2011 Revolving
Commitments, the Total 2013 Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the
Total 2013 Revolving Commitments, or the Revolving Extensions of Credit under
any Revolving Facility would exceed the Revolving Commitments under such
Revolving Facility. Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to
$250,000,000, or a whole multiple of $25,000,000 in excess thereof, and shall
reduce permanently such Revolving Commitments under such Facility then in
effect. Each notice delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section
2.16 shall be irrevocable; provided, that a
notice to terminate any Revolving Commitments delivered by the Company may state
that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit
facilities or a Change of Control, 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. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the revocation of a termination notice shall not affect the
Company’s obligation to indemnify any Lender in accordance with Section 2.27 for
any loss or expense sustained or incurred as a consequence thereof.
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(b) The
Company shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to
the Administrative Agent, to require Revolving Lenders under either Canadian
Revolving Facility and/or either Multicurrency Revolving Facility to reallocate
their Revolving Commitments thereunder to the Domestic Revolving Facility of the
corresponding Class; provided that, after
giving effect to any such reallocation, the aggregate Canadian Revolving
Extensions of Credit under the Canadian Revolving Commitments of any Class shall
not exceed the aggregate Canadian Revolving Commitments of such Class and the
aggregate Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit under the Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments of any Class shall not exceed the aggregate Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments of such Class. Any such reallocation shall be
in an amount equal to $25,000,000, or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof. Any such reallocation shall reduce the Revolving Commitment
of Lenders under the applicable Canadian Revolving Facility or the applicable
Multicurrency Revolving Facility, as applicable, pro rata in accordance
with their existing Revolving Commitment under such Facility at such time and
increase each such Revolving Lender’s Domestic Revolving Commitment of the
corresponding Class by such amount; provided that if such
reallocation would result in amounts being payable by the Company or any
Subsidiary Borrower to any Lender under Section 2.25 or Section 2.26, such
Lender shall change its Applicable Lending Office to avoid such
result. On the date of any such reallocation, (i) each relevant
Revolving Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts
in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine are
necessary in order to cause, after giving effect to such increased Domestic
Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class and the application of such
amounts to prepay Domestic Revolving Loans of such Class of other relevant
Domestic Revolving Lenders of such Class, the Domestic Revolving Loans of such
Class to be held ratably by all Domestic Revolving Lenders of such Class in
accordance with their respective Domestic Revolving Commitments of such Class
after giving effect to such increase, (ii) the Company and any relevant
Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have prepaid and reborrowed all
outstanding Domestic Revolving Loans of such Class and (iii) the Company and any
relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay to the relevant Domestic Revolving
Lenders of such Class the amounts, if any, payable under Section 2.27 as a
result of such prepayment.
(c) The
Company may at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, by notice
to the Administrative Agent and the relevant Revolving Lenders, request that one
or more of the Revolving Lenders under either Domestic Revolving Facility
reallocate a portion of their respective Domestic Revolving Commitments under
such Domestic Revolving Facility to the Canadian Revolving Facility of the
corresponding Class or the Multicurrency Revolving Facility of the corresponding
Class, as the case may be; provided that, after
giving effect to any such reallocation and any prepayment of the Domestic
Revolving Loans of the applicable Class (which may include a non pro rata prepayment of
the Domestic Revolving Lenders of the applicable Class agreeing to such
reallocation), the Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit under the Domestic
Revolving Commitments of the applicable Class shall not exceed the Domestic
Revolving Commitments of such Class. Each notice from the Company
pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall set forth the requested amount and Class of
such reallocation and date of such reallocation (which shall be at least three
Business Days after the date of such request) and shall also set forth the
agreement of the relevant Domestic Revolving Lenders to such
reallocation. Domestic Revolving Lenders of any Class agreeing to
reallocate a portion of their Domestic Revolving Commitments of such Class to
such other Revolving Facility of such Class shall have such portion of their
Domestic Revolving Commitment of such Class reallocated as provided in such
notice. On the date of any such reallocation, (i) each relevant
Revolving Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts
in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine is
necessary in order to cause, after giving effect to such reallocation and the
application of such amounts to prepay Revolving Loans under the relevant
Revolving Facility or Facilities, the Revolving Loans under each Revolving
Facility to be held ratably by all Revolving Lenders under such Facility in
accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments under such Revolving
Facility after giving effect to such reallocation, (ii) the Company and any
relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have prepaid and reborrowed all
outstanding Revolving Loans under the relevant Facility or Facilities and (iii)
the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay to the relevant
Revolving Lenders the amounts, if any, payable under Section 2.27 as a result of
such prepayment(s). Notwithstanding anything in this clause (c) to
the contrary, no Domestic Revolving Lender shall be obligated to transfer any
portion of its Domestic Revolving Commitments to a Canadian Revolving Facility
or a Multicurrency Revolving Facility unless such Revolving Lender
agrees.
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2.17 Optional
Prepayments. The Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower
may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part,
without premium or penalty (except as provided in Section 2.24(b)), upon
irrevocable notice delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 12:00
Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior thereto, in the case of
Eurocurrency Loans, and no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the day
of such prepayment, in the case of ABR Loans or Canadian Base Rate Loans, which
notice shall specify the applicable Facility and the date and amount of
prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurocurrency Loans, ABR Loans or
Canadian Base Rate Loans; provided, that (a) if
a Eurocurrency Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower
shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.27 and (b) no Competitive
Loan may be prepaid without the consent of the Lender thereof except for any
prepayment in connection with a Change of Control or in order to cure an Event
of Default; provided, further, that such
notice to prepay the Loans delivered by the Company may state that such notice
is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or a Change of
Control, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by further
notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date)
if such condition is not satisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the revocation of a prepayment notice shall not affect the Company’s obligation
to indemnify any Lender in accordance with Section 2.27 for any loss or expense
sustained or incurred as a consequence thereof. Upon receipt of any
such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender
thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such
notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with
(except in the case of Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans that are ABR Loans or
Canadian Base Rate Loans) accrued interest to such date on the amount
prepaid. Partial prepayments of Term Loans and Revolving Loans shall
be in an integral multiple of 1,000,000 units of the Currency of such Loan and
no less than the Dollar Equivalent of $25,000,000. Partial
prepayments of Swingline Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of
$10,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof.
2.18 Mandatory
Prepayments. (a) If any event requiring a Mandatory
Prepayment pursuant to Section 7 shall occur, the Company shall notify the
Administrative Agent of any such Mandatory Prepayment no later than 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, one Business Day prior thereto. To the extent
that the holders of the Permitted Additional Notes do not accept any repurchase
offer in connection with a Mandatory Prepayment, the Company shall be permitted,
at its option, to (i) retain the amounts subject to such rejected offer or (ii)
apply such amounts to optionally prepay outstanding Term Loans of any Class
pursuant to Section 2.17. If more than one Eurocurrency Tranche is
outstanding, such prepayment shall be applied to such tranches in the order
specified by the Company or, if not specified, to the tranches starting with the
shortest remaining Interest Periods.
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(b) Amounts
to be applied in connection with prepayments of the outstanding Term Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall be applied, first, to ABR Loans
and, second, to
Eurocurrency Loans and, in each case, in accordance with Section
2.24(b). Each prepayment of the Term Loans under this Section 2.18
shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the
amount prepaid and without premium or penalty (except as provided in Section
2.24(b) with respect to Mandatory Prepayments required pursuant to Section
7.4(f)). If no Term Loans are outstanding (other than Tranche B-2
Term Loans), such remaining amounts shall be retained by the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
(c) On
each Fee Payment Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar
Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of
Credit under each Multicurrency Revolving Facility as of the last day of the
related Fee Payment Period. If, as of the last day of any Fee Payment
Period, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Multicurrency
Revolving Extensions of Credit under either Multicurrency Revolving Facility
exceeds the aggregate Multicurrency Revolving Commitments under such
Multicurrency Revolving Facility then in effect by 5% or more, then the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and, within five Business Days of
such notice, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall prepay
Multicurrency Revolving Loans under such Multicurrency Revolving Facility in an
aggregate principal amount at least equal to such excess; provided that the
failure of the Administrative Agent to determine the Dollar Equivalent of the
aggregate outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Extensions of Credit under each
Multicurrency Revolving Facility as provided in this Section 2.18(c) shall not
subject the Administrative Agent to any liability hereunder.
(d) On
each Fee Payment Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar
Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit
under each Domestic Revolving Facility (based on the Dollar Equivalent of the
Outstanding Amount of any Letter of Credit denominated in a Currency other than
Dollars as of the last day of the related Fee Payment Period). If, as
of the last day of any Fee Payment Period, the Dollar Equivalent of the
aggregate outstanding Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit under either
Domestic Revolving Facility exceeds the aggregate Domestic Revolving Commitments
under such Domestic Revolving Facility then in effect by 5% or more, then the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and, within five Business Days of
such notice, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall prepay
Domestic Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans under such Domestic Revolving
Facility in an aggregate principal amount at least equal to, or Collateralize
outstanding Letters of Credit in an amount such that the Domestic Revolving
Credit Exposures under the applicable Domestic Revolving Facility attributable
to Letters of Credit is Collateralized in an amount equal to, such excess; provided that the
failure of the Administrative Agent to determine the Dollar Equivalent of the
aggregate outstanding Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit under each
Domestic Revolving Facility as provided in this Section 2.18(d) shall not
subject the Administrative Agent to any liability hereunder.
(e) On
each Fee Payment Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar
Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit
under each Canadian Revolving Facility as of the last day of the related Fee
Payment Period. If, as of the last day of any Fee Payment Period, the
Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding Canadian Revolving Extensions of
Credit under either Canadian Revolving Facility exceeds the aggregate Canadian
Revolving Commitments under such Canadian Revolving Facility then in effect by
5% or more, then the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and, within
five Business Days of such notice, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary
Borrower shall prepay Canadian Revolving Loans under such Canadian Revolving
Facility in an aggregate principal amount at least equal to such excess; provided that the
failure of the Administrative Agent to determine the Dollar Equivalent of the
aggregate outstanding Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit under each
Canadian Revolving Facility as provided in this Section 2.18(e) shall not
subject the Administrative Agent to any liability hereunder.
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2.19 Conversion and Continuation
Options. (a) The Company or any Subsidiary Borrower
may elect from time to time to convert Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars
to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such
election no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day
preceding the proposed conversion date, provided that any
such conversion of Eurocurrency Loans that is not made on the last day of an
Interest Period with respect thereto shall be subject to Section
2.27. The Company or any Subsidiary Borrower may elect from time to
time to convert ABR Loans to Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars by giving
the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than
12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed
conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest
Period therefor); provided that no ABR
Loan under a particular Facility may be converted into a Eurocurrency Loan
denominated in Dollars when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and the Administrative Agent or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such
Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each relevant Lender, the Company and any relevant
Subsidiary Borrower thereof.
(b) Any
Eurocurrency Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then
current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Company or relevant
Subsidiary Borrower giving irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period” set
forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period(s) to be
applicable to such Loans; provided that no
Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Dollars under a particular Facility may be
continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and
the Administrative Agent has or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such
Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
continuations (and the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company within a
reasonable amount of time of any such determination); and provided, further, that if the
Company or such Subsidiary Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as
described above in this paragraph such Loan shall be automatically continued as
a Eurocurrency Loan or an ABR Loan, as applicable, on the last day of such then
expiring Interest Period and, in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan, shall have
an Interest Period of the same duration as such expiring Interest
Period. Upon receipt of any such notice (or any such automatic
continuation), the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant
Lender, the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower thereof.
2.20 Limitations on Eurocurrency
Tranches. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of Eurocurrency Loans
and all selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made
pursuant to such elections so that no more than (a) 20 Eurocurrency Tranches
shall be outstanding at any one time with respect to the Term Facilities (and
any Incremental Term Loan Facility) and (b) 30 Eurocurrency Tranches shall be
outstanding at any one time with respect to the Revolving
Facilities.
2.21 Interest Rates and Payment
Dates. (a) Each Eurocurrency Loan shall bear
interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate
per annum equal to, in the case of Revolving Loans or Term Loans, the
Eurocurrency Rate determined for such Interest Period plus the Applicable
Margin.
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(b) Each
Eurocurrency Competitive Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to
the Eurocurrency Base Rate applicable to such Loan plus (or minus, as
applicable) the Margin.
(c) Each
ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable
Margin.
(d) Each
Canadian Base Rate Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the
Canadian Base Rate plus the Applicable
Margin.
(e) Each
Fixed Rate Loan shall bear interest at the Fixed Rate applicable to such
Loan.
(f)
Each Money Market Rate Loan shall bear interest during the Interest
Period applicable thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Money Market Rate
applicable to such Loan.
(g) (i)
If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or Reimbursement
Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate
per annum equal to (x) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would otherwise
be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2% per annum or
(y) in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to ABR Loans
under the applicable Domestic Revolving Facility plus 2% per annum,
and (ii) if all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation or any facility fee, Letter of Credit Fee, Acceptance
Fee or prepayment premium payable hereunder in respect of any Facility shall not
be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise),
such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate
then applicable to ABR Loans or Canadian Base Rate Loans, as applicable under
the relevant Facility unless such overdue amount is denominated in an Optional
Currency, in which case such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per
annum equal to the highest rate then applicable under this Agreement to
Multicurrency Revolving Loans of the applicable Class denominated in such
Optional Currency plus 2% per annum
(or, in the case of any such other amounts that do not relate to a particular
Facility, the rate then applicable to ABR Loans under (x) for any Lender that is
a Revolving Lender, the applicable Class of Domestic Revolving Facility, (y) for
any Term Lender, the applicable Class of Term Loan Facility and (z) for the
Administrative Agent, the 2013 Domestic Revolving Facility, in each case plus 2% per annum),
in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such
non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before
judgment).
(h) Interest
shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that
interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (g) of this Section shall be payable
from time to time on demand.
2.22 Computation of Interest and
Fees. (a) Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto
shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed,
except that (i) with respect to ABR Loans the rate of interest on which is
calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate or the US Base Rate (Canada) or
Canadian Base Rate Loans or Acceptance Equivalent Loans, the interest thereon
and all Acceptance Fees shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as
the case may be, except in the case of Acceptances or rates calculated based on
the CDOR Rate) day year for the actual days elapsed, (ii) interest and fees
payable with respect to Multicurrency Revolving Loans denominated in Pounds
Sterling shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may
be) day year for the actual days elapsed and (iii) interest and fees payable
with respect to Multicurrency Loans denominated in any other Optional Currency
shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day
year for the actual days elapsed to the extent consistent with market
practice. For purposes of disclosure pursuant to the Interest Act
(Canada), the annual rates of interest or fees to which the rates of interest or
fees provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (and stated herein
or therein, as applicable, to be computed on the basis of a 360 day year in
respect of Loans denominated in Dollars and a 365 day year in respect of Loans
denominated in Canadian Dollars or any other period of time less than a calendar
year) are equivalent to the rates so determined multiplied by the actual number
of days in the applicable calendar year and divided by 360 or 365, as
applicable, or such other period of time, respectively. The
Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Company or relevant
Subsidiary Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a
Eurocurrency Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan
resulting from a change in the ABR, Canadian Base Rate or the Eurocurrency
Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the
day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent
shall as soon as practicable notify the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower
and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such
change in interest rate.
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(b) Each
determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Company, any
Subsidiary Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest
error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Company
or any Subsidiary Borrower, deliver to the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower a
statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining
any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.22(a).
2.23 Inability to Determine
Interest Rate; Illegality. (a) If prior to the
first day of any Interest Period:
(i) the
Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
conclusive and binding upon the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower)
that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate for such
Interest Period, or
(ii) the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Majority Facility
Lenders in respect of the relevant Facility that the Eurocurrency Rate
determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such
Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest
Period, or
(iii) the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and
binding upon the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower) that deposits in
the applicable Currency are not generally available in the applicable market
(any Optional Currency affected by the circumstances described in clause (i),
(ii) or (iii) is referred to as an “Affected Foreign
Currency”);
the
Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the
Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as
practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (A) pursuant to
clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.23(a) in respect of Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in Dollars, then (1) any Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars
under the relevant Facility requested to be made on the first day of such
Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans, (2) any ABR Loans that were to have
been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in Dollars under the relevant Facility shall be continued as ABR
Loans and (iii) any outstanding Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars under
the relevant Facility shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current
Interest Period, to ABR Loans and (B) in respect of any Multicurrency Revolving
Loans denominated in an Optional Currency, then (1) any Multicurrency Revolving
Loans in an Affected Foreign Currency requested to be made on the first day of
such Interest Period shall not be made and (2) any outstanding Multicurrency
Revolving Loans in an Affected Foreign Currency shall be converted into
Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars. Until such relevant notice
has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in Dollars under the relevant Facility or Multicurrency Revolving
Loans in an Affected Foreign Currency shall be made or continued as such, nor
shall the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower have the right to convert ABR Loans
under the relevant Facility to Eurocurrency Loans denominated in
Dollars.
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(b) If
prior to a borrowing by way of the issuance of Acceptances, the Administrative
Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding
upon the Company and the relevant Canadian Borrower) that, by reason of
circumstances affecting the relevant money market, there is no market for
Acceptances, then:
(i) the
Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the
Company and each Canadian Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as
practicable thereafter, and
(ii) the
right of a Canadian Borrower to request an issuance of Acceptances shall be
suspended until the Administrative Agent determines that the circumstances
causing such suspension no longer exist and the Administrative Agent so notifies
the Canadian Borrowers and the affected Lenders,
(iii) any
Acceptances requested to be issued at such time shall not be issued and any
notice relating to such Acceptances shall be deemed to be a notice requesting a
borrowing by way of Canadian Base Rate Loans (as if such notice were given
pursuant to Section 2.9). Until such relevant notice has been
withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Acceptances will be issued,
nor shall the Company or any Canadian Borrower have the right to convert
Canadian Base Rate Loans to Acceptances.
(c) If
the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation
or application thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain
Eurocurrency Loans or to accept and purchase Acceptances as contemplated by this
Agreement, such Lender shall give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent,
the Company and any affected Subsidiary Borrower describing the relevant
provisions of such Requirement of Law (and, if the Company shall so request,
provide the Company with a memorandum or opinion of counsel of recognized
standing (as selected by such Lender) as to such illegality), following which,
(i) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, (A) the commitment of such Lender
hereunder to make Eurocurrency Loans, continue such Eurocurrency Loans as such
and convert ABR Loans to Eurocurrency Loans shall forthwith be cancelled, (B)
such Lender’s outstanding Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars shall be
converted automatically on the last day of the then current Interest Periods
with respect to such Loans (or within such earlier period as shall be required
by law) to ABR Loans and (C) such Lender’s outstanding Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in any Optional Currency shall be paid in full on the respective
last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans (or
within such earlier period as shall be required by law) and (ii) in respect of
Acceptances, (A) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to issue or accept
Acceptances shall forthwith be cancelled and (B) the full face amount of such
Lender’s outstanding Acceptances shall be repaid in full on the then current
maturity dates with respect to such Acceptances (or within such earlier period
as shall be required by law) or, if not so repaid, then the full face amount
thereof shall be converted to Canadian Base Rate Loans.
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If any
such conversion or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Loan occurs on a day which is
not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the
Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower whose Loan is converted or prepaid
shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to
Section 2.27.
(d) If
any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents would
obligate any Canadian Borrower to make any payment of interest with respect to
any of the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit or other amount payable to
the Administrative Agent or any Canadian Revolving Lender in an amount or
calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by any Requirement of Law or
would result in a receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Canadian Revolving
Lender of interest with respect to the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit
at a criminal rate (as such terms are construed under any applicable law,
including the Criminal Code
(Canada)) then, notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rates
shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum
amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by
any applicable law or so result in a receipt by the Administrative Agent or such
Canadian Revolving Lender of interest with respect to the Canadian Revolving
Extensions of Credit at a criminal rate, such adjustment to be effected, to the
extent necessary, as follows:
(i) first, by reducing
the amount or rates of interest required to be paid to the Administrative Agent
or the affected Canadian Revolving Lender under Section 2.21; and
(ii) thereafter, by
reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid
to the Administrative Agent or the affected Canadian Revolving Lender which
would constitute interest with respect to the Canadian Revolving Extensions of
Credit for purposes of any applicable law, including Section 347 of the Criminal Code
(Canada).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby,
if the Administrative Agent or any Canadian Revolving Lender shall have received
an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by any applicable law, including
section 347 of the Criminal
Code (Canada) and the Interest Act (Canada), then
the applicable Canadian Borrower shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the
Administrative Agent or the affected Canadian Revolving Lender, to obtain
reimbursement from the Administrative Agent or such Canadian Revolving Lender in
an amount equal to such excess, and pending such reimbursement, such amount
shall be deemed to be an amount payable by the Administrative Agent or such
Canadian Revolving Lender to such Canadian Borrower. Any amount or
rate of interest referred to in this Section 2.23(d) shall be determined in
accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and principles as an
effective annual rate of interest over the term that any Canadian Revolving
Commitment remains outstanding on the assumption that any charges, fees or
expenses that fall within the meaning of “interest” (as defined in or construed
by any applicable law, including the Criminal Code (Canada))
shall, if they relate to a specific period of time, be pro-rated over that
period of time and otherwise be pro-rated over the period from the Closing Date
to the applicable Revolving Termination Date and for the purpose of the Criminal Code (Canada), in
the event of a dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of
Actuaries appointed by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive for the
purposes of such determination.
2.24 Pro Rata Treatment and
Payments; Evidence of Debt. (a) Each borrowing of
Term Loans or Revolving Loans under any Facility by the Company or any
Subsidiary Borrower from the Lenders under such Facility hereunder and any
reduction of the Commitments of the Lenders under any Facility shall
be made pro
rata according
to the respective Term Percentages or Revolving Percentages, as the case may be,
of the relevant Lenders in such Facility except to the extent required or
permitted pursuant to Sections 2.1(b), 2.2, 2.14, 2.16(b), 2.16(c), 2.29. 2.30
and 2.33.
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(b) Each
payment (including each prepayment) by the Company on account of principal of
and interest on any Class of Term Loans shall be made pro rata according to the
respective outstanding principal amounts of such Term Loans then held by the
applicable Term Lenders except to the extent required or permitted pursuant to
Section 2.29. The amount of each principal prepayment of such Term
Loans shall be applied to reduce the then remaining installments of such Term
Loans as directed by the Company. Amounts paid on account of the Term
Loans may not be reborrowed. In the event that the Tranche B-1 Term
Loans are paid in whole or in part by the Company pursuant to Section 2.17,
2.29, 7.4(f) or 10.1(c) or after acceleration thereof following an Event of
Default, the Company shall pay to the relevant Tranche B-1 Term Lenders a
prepayment premium on the principal amount so repaid as follows: (a)
the Applicable Premium if such repayment occurs on or prior to the second
anniversary of the Closing Date and (b) 1.00% if such repayment occurs after the
second anniversary of the Closing Date but on or prior to the third anniversary
of the Closing Date.
(c) Each
payment (including each prepayment) by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower on
account of principal of and interest on the Revolving Loans under any Revolving
Facility shall be made pro rata according to the
respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans under such
Revolving Facility then held by the Revolving Lenders under such Revolving
Facility except to the extent required or permitted pursuant to Sections 2.2,
2.16(b), 2.16(c), 2.29, 2.30 and 2.33. Except as otherwise provided
in Section 8, each such payment shall be paid in the relevant currency in which
such Revolving Loan was made.
(d) All
payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Company or any Subsidiary
Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or
otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior
to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the applicable Lenders, at the Funding Office, in the
applicable Currency and in immediately available funds, except that payment of
fronting fees owing to any Issuing Lender shall be made directly to the relevant
Issuing Lender. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such
payments to the applicable Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as
received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the
Eurocurrency Loans and the Eurocurrency Competitive Loans) becomes due and
payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to
the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurocurrency
Loan or a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan becomes due and payable on a day other
than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend
such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any
extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences,
interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such
extension.
(e) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior
to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute
its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available
to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon
such assumption, make available to the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower a
corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such
Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with
interest thereon, (A) in the case of amounts denominated in Dollars, at a rate
up to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules
on interbank compensation, and (B) in the case of amount denominated in any
other Currency, at a rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the cost
to it of funding such amount, in each case for the period until such Lender
makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any
Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share
of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such
Lender within three Business Days after such Borrowing Date, the Administrative
Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon (A) in
the case of amounts denominated in Dollars, at the rate per annum applicable to
ABR Loans under the relevant Facility, (B) in the case of amounts denominated in
Canadian Dollars, at the rate per annum applicable to Canadian Base Rate Loans
under the relevant Facility or (C) in the case of amounts denominated in any
other Currency, at a rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the cost
to it of funding such amount, on demand, from the Company or the relevant
Subsidiary Borrower.
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(f)
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been
notified in writing by the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower prior to the
date of any payment due to be made by the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower
hereunder that the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower will not make such
payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that
the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower is making such payment, and the
Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a
corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the
Administrative Agent by the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower within three
Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to
recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made
available pursuant to the preceding sentence, (A) in the case of amounts
denominated in Dollars, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum
equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate and (B) in the case of
amounts denominated in other Currencies, such amount with interest thereon at a
rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the cost to it of
funding such amount. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the
rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Company or any
Subsidiary Borrower.
(g) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 2.24, proceeds of the Collateral that
are applied to pay the Loans while a Notice of Acceleration is in effect shall
be applied pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Collateral Trust
Agreement.
(h) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 2.24, following a Collateral Release
Date and while a Notice of Acceleration is in effect, all payments and
distributions by the Administrative Agent on account of Obligations shall be
applied (except as otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the
Majority Facility Lenders under each Facility adversely effected thereby and, in
the case of clause (vi), the Company) in the following order:
(i) first, to pay
Obligations in respect of any fees, expense reimbursements or indemnities then
due to the Administrative Agent;
(ii) second, to pay
Obligations in respect of any fees, expense reimbursements or indemnities then
due to the Lenders and Issuing Lenders;
(iii) third, to pay
interest then due and payable in respect of all Obligations;
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(iv) fourth, to pay or
prepay principal payments (and, when applicable, to provide cash collateral) for
all Obligations;
(v) fifth, to pay all
other Obligations; and
(vi) sixth, as directed by
the Company.
provided, however, that if
sufficient funds are not available to fund all payments to be made in respect of
any of the Obligations set forth in any of clauses (i) through (v) above, the
available funds being applied with respect to any such Obligation (unless
otherwise specified in such clause) shall be allocated to the payment of such
Obligations ratably, based on the proportion of the Administrative Agent’s, each
Lender’s and each Issuing Lender’s interest in the aggregate outstanding
Obligations described in such clauses.
(i)
Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers
agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Lender, the
Company or the applicable Subsidiary Borrower will promptly execute and deliver
to such Lender a promissory note of the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower
evidencing any Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as the case may be, of such
Lender, substantially in the forms of Exhibit U-1 or U-2, respectively (a “Term Note” or “Revolving Note”,
respectively), with appropriate insertions as to date and principal
amount.
2.25 Requirements of
Law. Except with respect to Taxes, which shall be governed
exclusively by Section 2.26 of this Agreement and except with respect to
Competitive Loans to which this Section 2.25 shall be inapplicable:
(a) If
the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation
or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:
(i) shall
impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan
or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in
or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any
other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise
included in the determination of the Eurocurrency Rate; or
(ii) shall
impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the
result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an
amount that such Lender deems material, of making, converting into, continuing
or maintaining Eurocurrency Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of
Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then,
in any such case, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay such
Lender, within 15 Business Days of receipt of notice from the relevant Lender as
described below, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for
such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender
becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it
shall promptly notify the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become
so entitled (including a reasonably detailed calculation of such
amounts).
(b) If
any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any
Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or
application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling
such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or
not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to
the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations
hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that
which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption,
change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such
corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by
such Lender to be material, then from time to time, within 15 Business Days
after submission by such Lender to the Company and any relevant Subsidiary
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor
(together with a reasonably detailed description and calculation of such
amounts), the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay to such
Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such
corporation for such reduction.
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(c) A
certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section
submitted by any Lender to the Company and the relevant Subsidiary Borrower
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section,
the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall not be required to compensate
a Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts incurred more than six months
prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Company or such Subsidiary
Borrower of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the
circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such
six-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive
effect. The obligations of the Company or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
2.26 Taxes. (a) All
payments made by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement
(other than in respect of any Competitive Loans as to which this Section 2.26(a)
shall not apply) shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or
withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other
taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now
or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any
Governmental Authority, excluding (a) net income taxes and franchise taxes
(imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on the Administrative Agent or any
Lender as a result of a present or former connection between the Administrative
Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing
such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein
(other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or
such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received
a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document) and (b)
any branch profit taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed
by any other Governmental Authority. If any such non-excluded taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded Taxes”)
or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, (i) the Company or such Subsidiary
Borrower (as applicable) shall make such deductions and shall pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable Laws and (ii) the amounts so payable to the Administrative Agent or
such Lender hereunder shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and
Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates
or in the amounts specified in this Agreement, provided, however, that neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary Borrower shall be required to increase any such
amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any
Non-Excluded Taxes except to the extent that any change in applicable law,
treaty or governmental rule, regulation or governmental authorization after the
time such Lender (including any new or successor Swingline Lender, Issuing
Lender or Administrative Agent) becomes a party to this Agreement (“Change in Tax Law”),
shall result in an increase in the rate of any deduction, withholding or payment
from that in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement,
in respect of payments to such Lender hereunder, but only to the extent of such
increase. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary Borrower shall be required to increase any
amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to any
Non-Excluded Taxes that are attributable to such Person’s failure to comply with
the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section 2.26 except as such
failure relates to a Change in Tax Law rendering such Person legally unable to
comply.
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(b) In
addition, the Company or any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay any Other
Taxes over to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law.
(c) Whenever
any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Company or any
Subsidiary Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Company or such
Subsidiary Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account
or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy
of an original official receipt received by the Company or such Subsidiary
Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Company or any Subsidiary
Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the
appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the
required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Company and each
Subsidiary Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for
any incremental taxes, interest, additions to tax, expenses or penalties that
may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any
such failure; provided, however, no such
indemnification obligation shall arise if the failure to pay any Non-Excluded
Taxes when due arose solely from or was caused solely by, directly or
indirectly, any breach of any representation or covenant in this Agreement by
the applicable Lender or the Administrative Agent. The
indemnification payment under this Section 2.26(c) shall be made within 30 days
after the date the Administrative Agent or such Lender (as the case may be)
makes a written demand therefor (together with a reasonably detailed calculation
of such amounts).
(d) Each
Lender (or Transferee) (i) that is not a “U.S. Person” as defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”)
shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent two copies of either
U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or, in the case of a
Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under
Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio
interest”, a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit Q and a Form W-8BEN,
or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and
duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from U.S.
federal withholding tax on all payments by the Company or any Subsidiary
Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (ii) that is a
“U.S. Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the
Company and the Administrative Agent (or in the case of a Participant, to the
Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two
properly completed and duly executed copies of U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Form W-9. Such forms shall be delivered by each Lender on or before
the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any
Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related
participation). Thereafter, each Lender shall, to the extent it is
legally able to do so, deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or
invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Lender at any other time
prescribed by applicable law or as reasonably requested by the
Company. If any Commitment is reallocated in accordance with Section
2.16(b), then the relevant Revolving Lender (to whom such Commitment has been
reallocated) shall deliver, on the effective date of such reallocation, all such
forms that it is legally able to deliver. In the event of a Change in
Tax Law, each Lender shall deliver all such forms that it is legally able to
deliver, including any form claiming a reduced rate of U.S. federal withholding
tax on payments by the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower under this
Agreement and any other Loan Document. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall
promptly notify the Company at any time it determines that it is no longer in a
position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Company (and any
other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such
purpose).
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(e) With
respect to each Subsidiary Borrower, a Lender or Transferee shall deliver to the
Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prior to the first date any
payment is due to be paid from or by such Subsidiary Borrower to it hereunder,
any form or certificate required in order that any payment by such Subsidiary
Borrower under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to such Lender may be
made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account
of, any Non-Excluded Taxes imposed on such payment under the laws of the
jurisdiction under which such Subsidiary Borrower is incorporated or
organized. If any Commitment is reallocated in accordance with
Section 2.16(c), then the relevant Revolving Lender (to whom such Commitment has
been reallocated) shall deliver on the effective date of such reallocation, all
such forms that it is legally able to deliver, including any form claiming a
reduced rate of non-U.S. withholding tax on payments made by the relevant
Subsidiary Borrower to such Revolving Lender under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents. In the event of a Change in Tax Law after the date
such Subsidiary Borrower makes the first payment, a Lender or Transferee shall
deliver all such required forms that it is legally able to deliver, including
any form claiming a reduced rate of non-U.S. withholding tax on payments by such
Subsidiary Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
(f)
[Reserved.]
(g) If
the Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender determines, in its sole
good faith discretion, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes
or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Company or any
Subsidiary Borrower or with respect to which the Company or any Subsidiary
Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.26, it shall pay
over such refund to the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower (but only to the
extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Company or
such Subsidiary Borrower under this Section 2.26 with respect to the
Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Transferee or such
Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the
Company or such Subsidiary Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative
Agent, such Transferee or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to
the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other
charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative
Agent, such Transferee or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent,
such Transferee or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to (i) interfere
with the right of the Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender to
arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it sees fit, (ii) obligate the
Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender to claim any tax refund,
(iii) require the Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender to make
available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes or any
computation in respect thereof which it deems in its sole discretion to be
confidential) to the Company, any Subsidiary Borrower or any other Person, or
(iv) require the Administrative Agent, any Transferee or any Lender to do
anything that would in its sole discretion prejudice its ability to benefit from
any other refunds, credits, reliefs, remissions or repayments to which it may be
entitled.
(h) Each
Assignee shall be bound by this Section 2.26.
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(i)
The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination
of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
2.27 Indemnity. The
Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and
to hold each Lender harmless from, any actual loss or expense that such Lender
may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Company or relevant
Subsidiary Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of
Eurocurrency Loans after the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower has given a
notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement,
(b) default by the Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in making any
prepayment of or conversion from Eurocurrency Loans after the Company or such
Subsidiary Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement, (c) the making of a prepayment of Eurocurrency Loans (or the
conversion of a Eurocurrency Loan into a Loan of a different Type) on a day that
is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto or (d) the
assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest
Period therefor as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section
2.29. Such indemnification may include an amount up to the excess, if
any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so
prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the
date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the
last day of such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow,
convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date
of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Loans
provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein,
if any) over
(ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that would
have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for
a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank eurocurrency
market. A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this
Section submitted to the Company and the relevant Subsidiary Borrower by any
Lender (together with a reasonably detailed calculation of such amounts) shall
be conclusive in the absence of manifest error and shall be payable within 30
days of receipt of any such notice. The agreements in this Section
2.27 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the
Loans hereunder.
2.28 Change of Applicable Lending
Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any
event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.25 or 2.26(a) with respect to
such Lender, it will, if requested by the Company, use reasonable efforts
(subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another
Applicable Lending Office for any Loans affected by such event with the object
of avoiding or minimizing the consequences of such event; provided, that such
designation is made on terms that, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, do
not cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer any material economic,
legal or regulatory disadvantage; and provided, further, that nothing
in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Company
or any Subsidiary Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.25
or 2.26(a).
2.29 Replacement/Termination of
Lenders. (a) The Company shall be permitted to replace with a
replacement financial institution or terminate the Commitments and repay any
outstanding Loans of any Lender that (i) requests reimbursement for amounts
owing pursuant to Section 2.25 or 2.26(a), (ii) fails to give its consent for
any amendment or waiver requiring the consent of 100% of the Lenders or all
affected Lenders (and such Lender is an affected Lender) or 100% of the Lenders
under a particular Facility and for which Lenders holding at least 66 2/3% of
the Loans and/or Commitments required for such vote have consented or (iii)
fails to give its consent to an extension of any Revolving Termination Date to
which the Majority Facility Lenders under the applicable Revolving Facility have
consented; provided that (A) no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
replacement, (B) the replacement financial institution or the Company, as
applicable, shall purchase or repay, at par plus accrued interest and accrued
fees thereon, all Loans owing to such replaced or terminated Lender on or prior
to the date of replacement or termination, (C) the Company shall be liable to
such replaced or terminated Lender under Section 2.27 if any Eurocurrency Loan
owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased or repaid other than on the
last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (D) any replacement financial
institution, if not a Lender, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, (E) any replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such
replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 (provided that the
Company shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred
to therein), (F) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated, the
Company shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section
2.25 or 2.26(a), as the case may be, (vG) any such replacement, termination
and/or repayment shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the
Company, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the
replaced Lender and (H) if such Lender is being replaced or terminated pursuant
to clause (ii) of this Section 2.29(a), the Company shall have paid to such
Lender the prepayment premium, if any, that would be applicable at the date of
such termination or replacement if such Lender had received a prepayment on such
date pursuant to Section 2.17.
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(b) (i)
The unfunded amount of the Revolving Commitments of any Revolving Lender that
becomes a Defaulting Lender shall be automatically terminated (and the facility
fees payable thereon pursuant to Section 2.15(a) shall cease to accrue) on the
date that is 30 days after such Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender,
unless the Company has waived the termination of all of such Revolving
Commitments, or any part of such Revolving Commitments to the extent such
Defaulting Lender has sold participations therein pursuant to Section 10.6(c),
in each case prior to such date (such date of termination, the “Termination Date”),
and (ii) any funded amount of the Revolving Commitments of any Revolving Lender
that becomes a Defaulting Lender shall be terminated and repaid on the
Termination Date or from time to time as the Company determines to repay the
outstanding Revolving Loans of such Defaulting Lender, which it shall be
permitted to do on a non-pro rata basis, notwithstanding Section 2.24; provided that to the
extent that any termination under clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.29(b)
would cause (prior to December 3, 2009) the Domestic Revolving Extensions of
Credit of any Domestic Revolving Lender to exceed the Domestic Revolving
Commitments of such Domestic Revolving Lender or (from and after December 3,
2009) the Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit of any 2013 Domestic Revolving
Lender to exceed the 2013 Domestic Revolving Commitments of such 2013 Domestic
Revolving Lender, the Company shall repay Domestic Revolving Loans or 2013
Domestic Revolving Loans, as the case may be, so as to eliminate such
excess. In the case of either clause (i) or (ii), the Company may, at
its option, replace, in whole or in part, any such Revolving Lender with one or
more replacement financial institutions (which agree to act as such) with
aggregate Revolving Commitments not to exceed the Revolving Commitment that was
terminated; provided that (A) if
such Revolving Lender is being replaced or terminated pursuant to clause (ii) of
this Section 2.29(b), the replacement financial institution or the Company, as
applicable, shall purchase or repay, at par plus accrued interest and accrued
fees thereon, those Loans owing to such replaced or terminated Lender that the
Company elects to purchase or repay (or cause to be purchased or repaid, as
applicable) on the date of such replacement or termination, and the Company
shall be liable to such replaced or terminated Lender under Section 2.27 if any
Eurocurrency Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased or repaid
other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (B) any
replacement financial institution, if not a Lender, shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (C) any replaced Lender shall be
obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section
10.6 (provided that the Company shall be obligated to pay the registration and
processing fee referred to therein), (D) until such time as such replacement
shall be consummated, the Company shall pay all additional amounts (if any)
required pursuant to Section 2.25 or 2.26(a), as the case may be, and (E) any
such replacement, termination and/or repayment shall not be deemed to be a
waiver of any rights that the Company, the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.
2.30 New Local
Facilities. (a) The Company may at any time or from
time to time after the Closing Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent and
the Revolving Lenders, request the Revolving Lenders to designate a portion of
their respective Revolving Commitments under any Revolving Facility to make
Revolving Extensions of Credit denominated in Dollars and any Optional Currency
in a jurisdiction outside of the United States pursuant to a newly established
sub-facility or sub-facilities under any Revolving Facility or a separate
revolving facility (each, a “New Local Facility”);
provided that
(i) both at the time of any such request and upon the effectiveness of any Local
Facility Amendment referred to below, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing; provided further that no
Lender shall be required to make Revolving Extensions of Credit in excess of its
Revolving Commitment, and (ii) after giving effect to any such New Local
Facility, the Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the
Domestic Revolving Commitments, the Canadian Revolving Extensions of Credit
shall not exceed the Canadian Revolving Commitments and the Multicurrency
Revolving Extensions of Credit shall not exceed the Multicurrency Revolving
Commitments. Each New Local Facility shall be in a minimum Dollar
Equivalent amount of $100,000,000. Each notice from the Company
pursuant to this Section 2.30 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed
terms of the relevant New Local Facility and the Revolving Facility or
Facilities designated by the Company to be reduced as a result of the
establishment of such New Local Facility. Revolving Lenders wishing
to designate a portion of their Revolving Commitments under a designated
Facility to a New Local Facility (each, a “New Local Facility
Lender”) shall have such portion of their Revolving Commitment under such
Facility designated to such New Local Facility on a pro rata basis in
accordance with the aggregate Revolving Commitments of the other New Local
Facility Lenders; provided that no
Lender may so reallocate its Revolving Commitments to a New Local Facility if
such reallocation would result in amounts being payable by the Company or any
Subsidiary Borrower under Section 2.25 or Section 2.26 unless such Lender
changes its Applicable Lending Office to avoid such a result or the Company
otherwise consents. The designation of Revolving Commitments to any
New Local Facility shall be made pursuant to an amendment (each, a “Local Facility
Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan
Documents, executed by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and each New
Local Facility Lender. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.30
to the contrary, no Revolving Lender shall be obligated to transfer any portion
of its Revolving Commitments to a New Local Facility unless it so
agrees.
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(b) Notwithstanding
the terms of Section 10.1(a), any Local Facility 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 and the Company, to implement the provisions
of this Section, a copy of which shall be made available to each
Lender.
2.31 Incremental Term Loan
Facilities. (a) The Company may from time to time
notify the Administrative Agent that certain of the Lenders designated by the
Company shall become Incremental Lenders and/or that additional lenders shall be
added to this Agreement as Incremental Lenders with Commitments for the purpose
of establishing an Incremental Term Loan Facility by executing and delivering to
the Administrative Agent an Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice signed by
such Lenders or such additional lenders and specifying (i) the respective
Incremental Term Loan Commitment of such Incremental Lenders, (ii) the
applicable Incremental Term Loan Closing Date, (iii) the applicable Incremental
Term Loan Maturity Date, (iv) the amortization schedule for the applicable
Incremental Term Loans, (v) the Currency of the applicable Incremental Term
Loans, (vi) the Applicable Margin for the Incremental Term Loans to be made
pursuant to such Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice, (vii) the borrower
thereof (which shall be the Company or a Subsidiary Borrower) and (viii) any
additional terms applicable to such Incremental Term Loans to be made pursuant
to such Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice (in each case, as agreed between
the Company and the Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Term Loans),
and otherwise duly completed; provided that (A)
after giving effect to the incurrence of such Incremental Term Loans and use of
proceeds thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall be continuing and the
Borrowing Base Coverage Ratio shall be at least 1.00 to 1.00, (B) the
Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date applicable to such Incremental Term Loans
shall be no earlier than the Term Loan Maturity Date, (C) the weighted average
life to maturity of such Incremental Term Loans shall be longer than the
weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loans then outstanding and (D) if
any terms added to such Incremental Term Loans pursuant to the foregoing clause
(viii) (other than in respect respect of interest rates, fees, call features or
premiums) are less favorable to the Company and its Subsidiaries than the terms
of this Agreement at such time, the Company and the Administrative Agent shall
have entered into an amendment of this Agreement to include such additional
terms for the benefit of all Lenders hereunder.
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(b) Each
Incremental Lender that is a signatory to an Incremental Term Loan Activation
Notice severally agrees, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make
a term loan (an “Incremental Term
Loan”) to the Company or the applicable Subsidiary Borrower on the
Incremental Term Loan Closing Date specified in such Incremental Term Loan
Activation Notice in a principal amount equal to the Incremental Term Loan
Commitment of such Incremental Lender specified in such Incremental Term Loan
Activation Notice. Nothing in this Section 2.31 shall be construed to
obligate any Lender to execute an Incremental Term Loan Activation
Notice.
(c) The
Company shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable written (or telephonic
promptly confirmed in writing) notice of the borrowing of any Incremental Term
Loans under any Incremental Term Loan Facility (which notice must be received by
the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York time, (i) three Business
Days prior to the applicable Incremental Term Loan Closing Date, in the case of
Eurocurrency Loans, or (ii) one Business Day prior to the applicable Incremental
Term Loan Closing Date, in the case of ABR Loans), specifying (A) the amount and
Type of Incremental Term Loans to be borrowed, (B) the applicable Incremental
Term Loan Closing Date and (C) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, the respective
amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial
Interest Period therefor. Each borrowing under any Incremental Term
Loan Facility shall be in an amount equal to at least minimum amount specified
in the relevant Incremental Term Loan Activiation Notice. Upon
receipt of any such notice with respect to an Incremental Term Loan Facility,
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Incremental Lender
thereof. Each relevant Incremental Lender will make its respective
Incremental Term Loan available to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Company at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 10.2
prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the applicable Incremental Term Loan
Closing Date in funds immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Company or
the relevant Subsidiary Borrower by the Administrative Agent as the Company or
such Subsidiary Borrower may direct with the aggregate of the amounts made
available to the Administrative Agent by the applicable Lenders and in like
funds as received by the Administrative Agent. The provisions of this
paragraph shall be subject to any applicable limitations or requirements in the
relevant Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice.
(d) Notwithstanding
the terms of Section 10.1(a), the Company and the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to enter into any amendments to this Agreement that the Administrative
Agent believes are necessary to appropriately include, or provide for, the
integration of any Incremental Term Loans under this Agreement and matters
required by clause (D) of the proviso to Section 2.31(a) (including, if
applicable, in connection with the establishment of a Permitted Additional
Senior Facility).
2.32 Incremental Revolving
Commitments/Facilities. (a) The Company may from
time to time notify the Administrative Agent that certain of the Lenders
designated by the Company and/or that additional lenders shall be added to this
Agreement as Incremental Lenders with Commitments for the purpose of either
increasing the existing Revolving Commitments under any 2013 Revolving Facility
(a “Revolving
Commitment Increase”) or establishing an Incremental Revolving Facility
by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Revolving
Activation Notice signed by such Lenders or such additional lenders and
specifying (i) the respective Incremental Revolving Commitments of such
Incremental Lenders, (ii) the applicable Incremental Revolving Facility Closing
Date or Revolving Commitment Increase Date, and (iii) with respect to any
Incremental Revolving Facility (A) the applicable Incremental Revolving Loan
Maturity Date, (B) the Currency or Currencies available under such Incremental
Revolving Facility, (C) the borrower(s) thereunder (which may be the Company and
any Subsidiary Borrowers), (D) the Applicable Margin and other fees applicable
to Incremental Revolving Loans and other extensions of credit to be made
available under such Incremental Revolving Facility, and (E) any additional
terms applicable to such Incremental Revolving Facility, including the borrowing
procedures related thereto (in each case, as agreed between the Company and the
Incremental Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Loans), and otherwise
duly completed; provided that (1)
after giving effect to such Revolving Commitment Increase or Incremental
Revolving Facilty (including the incurrence of any Incremental Revolving Loans
on the applicable Revolving Commitment Increase Date or Incremental Revolving
Facility Closing Date and use of proceeds thereof), no Default or Event of
Default shall be continuing and the Borrowing Base Coverage Ratio (assuming the
applicable Incremental Revolving Facility is fully drawn) shall be at least 1.00
to 1.00, (2) the Incremental Revolving Loan Maturity Date applicable to such
Incremental Revolving Facility shall be no earlier than the Revolving
Termination Date for the 2013 Revolving Commitments then in effect, and (3) if
any terms added to such Incremental Revolving Facility pursuant to the foregoing
clause (E) (other than in respect respect of interest rates, fees, call features
or premiums) are less favorable to the Company and its Subsidiaries than the
terms of this Agreement at such time, the Company and the Administrative Agent
shall have entered into amendments to this Agreement to include such additional
terms for the benefit of all Lenders hereunder.
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(b) Each
Incremental Lender that is a signatory to an Incremental Revolving Loan
Activation Notice severally agrees, on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, to make revolving credit loans (each, an “Incremental Revolving
Loan”) to the Company and/or the applicable Subsidiary Borrowers from
time to time on or after the Incremental Revolving Loan Closing Date or
Revolving Commitment Increase Date specified in such Incremental Revolving Loan
Activation Notice in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time up to
but not exceeding the amount of the Incremental Revolving Commitment of such
Incremental Lender specified in such Incremental Revolving Loan Activation
Notice, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the applicable Incremental
Revolving Loan Activation Notice. Nothing in this Section 2.32 shall
be construed to obligate any Lender to execute an Incremental Revolving Loan
Activation Notice.
(c) On
any Revolving Commitment Increase Date, in the event any 2013 Revolving Loans
under the relevant 2013 Revolving Facility are then outstanding, (i) each
relevant Incremental Revolving Lender shall make available to the Administrative
Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent
shall determine are necessary in order to cause, after giving effect to such
increased Revolving Commitments and the application of such amounts to prepay
2013 Revolving Loans under the relevant 2013 Revolving Facility of other
relevant Revolving Lenders under the relevant 2013 Revolving Facility, the 2013
Revolving Loans under the relevant 2013 Revolving Facility to be held ratably by
all 2013 Revolving Lenders under the relevant 2013 Revolving Facility in
accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments under the relevant 2013
Revolving Facility after giving effect to such increase, (ii) the Company and
any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall be deemed to have prepaid and reborrowed
all outstanding 2013 Revolving Loans under the relevant 2013 Revolving Facility
and (iii) the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall pay to the
relevant 2013 Revolving Lenders the amounts, if any, payable under Section 2.27
as a result of such prepayment.
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(d) Notwithstanding
the terms of Section 10.1(a), the Company and the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to enter into any amendments to this Agreement that the Administrative
Agent believes are necessary to appropriately include, or provide for the
integration of, any Revolving Commitment Increase or any Incremental Revolving
Facility under this Agreement and matters required by clause (3) of the proviso
to Section 2.32(a) (including, if applicable, in connection with the
establishment of a Permitted Additional Senior Facility).
2.33 Revolving Termination Date
Extension. (a) The Company may at any time and from
time to time, by notice to the Administrative Agent, request a one-year or
two-year extension of the Revolving Termination Date with respect to the 2011
Revolving Facilities or the 2013 Revolving Facilities, as the case may be, and,
at the Company’s option, amend the Applicable Margins for the applicable
Revolving Facilities in connection with such request; provided that no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of
such request, and provided, further that if, in
connection with any such extension of the Revolving Termination Date with
respect to the 2011 Revolving Facilities, the Applicable Margin or Facility Fee
Rate with respect to the 2011 Revolving Facilities is increased to a rate that
is higher than the corresponding rate applicable to the 2013 Revolving
Facilities, then the corresponding rate applicable to the 2013 Revolving
Facilities shall automatically be increased to the increased rate applicable to
the extended 2011 Revolving Facilities at the time at which the increased rate
with respect to the extended 2011 Revolving Facilities goes into
effect. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender under the applicable Revolving
Facilities thereof. Each Revolving Lender under such Revolving
Facilities shall respond to such request in writing within 30 calendar days
after such request and any failure of a Revolving Lender to respond shall be
deemed to be a denial of such request. If the Majority Facility
Lenders with respect to such Revolving Facilities agree to such extension, the
Revolving Termination Date with respect to such Revolving Facilities shall be
extended to the date specified in the Company’s extension request and with the
amended Applicable Margin, if any, specified in such extension request subject,
with respect to each Non-Extending Lender, to the provisions of Section
2.33(b).
(b) If
any Revolving Lender under the 2011 Revolving Facilities or the 2013 Revolving
Facilities, as the case may be, does not consent to any extension request
pursuant to Section 2.33(a) (a “Non-Extending
Lender”) but the Majority Facility Lenders with respect to such Revolving
Facilities agree to such extension (each such Lender, an “Extending Lender”),
then (i) the Revolving Termination Date for each Extending Lender in respect of
such Revolving Facilities shall be extended to the date specified in the
Company’s extension request and, if applicable, the Applicable Margins amended
with respect to the Extending Lenders only and (ii) the Revolving Commitments of
each Non-Extending Lender and the existing Applicable Margins shall, subject to
the terms of Section 2.29, continue until the Revolving Termination Date for
such Non-Extending Lender in effect prior to such extension.
(c) Notwithstanding
the terms of Section 10.1(a), the Company and the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to enter into any amendments to this Agreement that the Administrative
Agent believes are necessary to appropriately reflect, or provide for the
integration of, any extension of a Revolving Termination Date or change in
Applicable Margins pursuant to this Section 2.33.
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SECTION
3. LETTERS
OF CREDIT
3.1 L/C
Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the Applicable
Domestic Revolving Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a), agrees to issue letters
of credit and, with the consent of such Issuing Lender, letters of guarantee
(each a “Letter of
Credit”) for the account of the Company, any Domestic Subsidiary Borrower
or any other Subsidiary on any Business Day during the Revolving Commitment
Period in respect of the 2013 Domestic Revolving Commitments in such form as may
be reasonable and customary for the purpose thereof; provided that (i) no
Issuing Lender shall issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such
issuance, (A) the Outstanding Amount of all Letters of Credit issued by such
Issuing Lender would exceed such Issuing Lender’s L/C Commitment then in effect,
(B) the aggregate amount of the Applicable Available Domestic Revolving
Commitments would be less than zero, (C) the Outstanding Amount of all Letters
of Credit would exceed the L/C Sublimit then in effect, (D) the Outstanding
Amount of Borrowing Base Debt would exceed the Borrowing Base at such date, (E)
the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total Revolving
Commitments then in effect or (F) from and after December 3, 2009, the Total
2013 Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total 2013 Revolving
Commitments and (ii) the Company shall be a co-applicant, and jointly and
severally liable with respect to, each Letter of Credit issued for the account
of a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Borrower. Each Letter of
Credit shall (x) be denominated in Dollars or, if agreed by the Issuing Lender,
any Optional Currency and (y) expire no later than the date that is one year
after the latest Revolving Termination Date in effect at the time such Letter of
Credit is issued (or such later date as the relevant Issuing Lender shall
agree).
(b) No
Issuing Lender shall at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if
such issuance would conflict with, or cause such Issuing Lender or any L/C
Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of
Law.
3.2 Procedure for Issuance of
Letter of Credit. The Company or any Subsidiary Borrower may
from time to time request that any Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by
delivering to such Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified herein an
Application therefor, completed to the reasonable satisfaction of such Issuing
Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information
as the Issuing Lender may reasonably request. Upon receipt of any
Application, the relevant Issuing Lender will process such Application and the
certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in
connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall
promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall any
Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three
Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other
certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by
issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as
otherwise may be agreed to by the relevant Issuing Lender and the Company or
relevant Subsidiary Borrower. The relevant Issuing Lender shall
furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Company or relevant Subsidiary
Borrower promptly following the issuance thereof. The relevant
Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent notice of the
issuance of each Letter of Credit (including the amount thereof). No
Issuing Lender shall issue any Letter of Credit in the period commencing on the
first Business Day after it receives written notice from the Administrative
Agent that one or more of the conditions precedent contained in Section 5.2
shall not on such date be satisfied, and ending when such conditions are
satisfied. The Administrative Agent shall immediately notify the
Issuing Lenders upon becoming aware that such conditions in Section 5.2 are
thereafter satisfied. The Issuing Lenders shall not otherwise be
required to determine that, or take notice whether, the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 5.2 have been satisfied in connection with the issuance of any
Letter of Credit.
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3.3 Fees and Other
Charges. The Company will pay a fee (the “Letter of Credit
Fee”) for the account of each L/C Participant with respect to (i) prior
to December 3, 2009, its Aggregate Domestic Revolving Percentage and (ii) from
and after December 3, 2009, its 2013 Domestic Revolving Percentage, in each case
of the average daily undrawn and unexpired amount of all outstanding Letters of
Credit during each Fee Payment Period at a per annum rate equal to the
Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Eurocurrency Loans under the
applicable Domestic Revolving Facility, shared ratably among (x) prior to
December 3, 2009, the Domestic Revolving Lenders and (y) on and after December
3, 2009, the 2013 Domestic Revolving Lenders, payable in arrears for each Fee
Payment Period on the related Fee Payment Date. In addition, the
Company shall pay a fronting fee in an amount agreed separately with each
Issuing Lender on the average daily undrawn and unexpired amount of each Letter
of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender (other than any Existing Letter of
Credit) during each Fee Payment Period, payable in arrears for each Fee Payment
Period on the related Fee Payment Date. For the purposes of the
foregoing calculations, the average daily undrawn and unexpired amount of any
Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency for any Fee Payment Period
shall be calculated by multiplying (i) the average daily undrawn and unexpired
amount of such Letter of Credit (expressed in the Optional Currency in which
such Letter of Credit is denominated) by (ii) the Exchange Rate for each such
Optional Currency in effect on the first Business Day of the related Fee Payment
Period or by such other method that the Administrative Agent and the Company may
agree.
3.4 L/C
Participations. (a) Each Issuing Lender irrevocably
agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce such
Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, each L/C Participant irrevocably
agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from such Issuing
Lender, on the terms and conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participant’s
own account and risk an undivided interest equal to (i) prior to December 3,
2009, such L/C Participant’s Aggregate Domestic Revolving Percentage and (ii)
from and after December 3, 2009, such L/C Participant’s 2013 Domestic Revolving
Percentage, in each case in such Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights under
and in respect of each Letter of Credit issued, and the amount of each draft
paid, by such Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant agrees
with each Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit
issued by such Issuing Lender for which the Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in
full by the Company or other applicant in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender upon demand at
such Issuing Lender’s address for notices specified herein an amount equal to
(i) prior to December 3, 2009, such L/C Participant’s Aggregate Domestic
Revolving Percentage and (ii) from and after December 3, 2009, such L/C
Participant’s 2013 Domestic Revolving Percentage, in each case of the Dollar
Equivalent amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so reimbursed
(calculated, in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional
Currency, as of the Reimbursement Date therefor). Each L/C
Participant’s obligation to pay such amount shall be absolute and unconditional
and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such L/C Participant may
have against any Issuing Lender, the Company, any Subsidiary Borrower or any
other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a
Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other
conditions specified in Section 5, (iii) any adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower, (iv) any
breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Company, any
Subsidiary Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other L/C Participant or (v)
any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to
any of the foregoing.
(b) If
any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to any Issuing Lender
pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment
made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to any Issuing
Lender within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such L/C
Participant shall pay to any Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal to the
product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective
Rate during the period from and including the date such payment is required to
the date on which such payment is immediately available to the relevant Issuing
Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that
elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any
such amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to Section
3.4(a) is not made available to the relevant Issuing Lender by such L/C
Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such
Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on
demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the
rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the Domestic Revolving
Facility. A certificate of the relevant Issuing Lender submitted to
any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this Section shall
be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
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(c) Whenever,
at any time after any Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit
and has received from any L/C Participant its pro rata share of such
payment in accordance with Section 3.4(a), such Issuing Lender receives any
payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Company or
other applicant or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied thereto
by such Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, such
Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof;
provided, however, that in the
event that any such payment received by such Issuing Lender shall be required to
be returned by such Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to such
Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender
to it.
(d) Each
L/C Participant irrevocably agrees that, on December 3, 2009, such L/C
Participant’s undivided interest in respect of Letters of Credit then
outstanding, and unreimbursed drafts paid under any Letter of Credit, shall be
redetermined as if such outstanding Letters of Credit had been issued as of such
date and shall be equal to (i) in the case of any 2011 Domestic Revolving
Lender, zero and (ii) in the case of any L/C Participant that is a 2013 Domestic
Revolving Lender, such L/C Participant’s 2013 Domestic Revolving Percentage of
the L/C Obligations in respect of such Letters of Credit as of such
date. If a draft is paid on any date thereafter under any Letter of
Credit issued by any Issuing Lender for which such Issuing Lender is not
reimbursed in full by the Company or other applicant in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender
an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s 2013 Domestic Revolving Percentage
then in effect of the Dollar Equivalent amount of such draft, or any part
thereof, that is not so reimbursed; provided, however, that at no
time shall such L/C Participant’s Domestic Revolving Extensions of Credit exceed
its 2013 Domestic Revolving Commitments. For the avoidance of doubt,
the redetermination provided for in this Section 3.4(d) shall not be subject to
the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section
5.2.
3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of
the Company. If any draft is paid under any Letter of Credit,
the Company or other applicant shall reimburse the Issuing Lender for the amount
of the draft so paid, not later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time on the
Business Day immediately following the day that the Company receives notice of
payment of such draft (such date, the “Reimbursement
Date”). Each such payment shall be made to the relevant
Issuing Lender at its address for notices referred to herein in Dollars or the
applicable Optional Currency and in immediately available funds; provided that, in the
case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Optional Currency, if such
payment, or obligation to make such payment, in an Optional Currency would
subject the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing Bank or any Domestic
Revolving Lender to any stamp duty, ad valorem charge or any similar tax that
would not be payable if such payment were paid or required to be paid in
Dollars, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall, at its option,
(A) pay the amount of such tax to the Administrative Agent, the relevant Issuing
Lender or the relevant Lender or (B) pay the Dollar Equivalent of such draft
(calculated as of the Reimbursement Date); provided, further that if such
payment is not made on the applicable Reimbursement Date the obligation to pay
such draft shall be permanently converted into an obligation to pay the Dollar
Equivalent amount of such draft (calculated as of such Reimbursement
Date). Interest shall be payable on any such amounts from the
Reimbursement Date until payment in full at the rate set forth in Section
2.21(g).
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3.6 Obligations
Absolute. The obligations of the Company and any relevant
Subsidiary Borrower under this Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional
under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or
defense to payment that the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may
be, may have or have had against any Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter
of Credit or any other Person. The Company and each relevant
Subsidiary Borrower also agrees with each Issuing Lender that such Issuing
Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Reimbursement Obligations under
Section 3.5 of the Company and any relevant Subsidiary Borrower shall not be
affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of
any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be
invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Company or
such Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be, and any beneficiary of any Letter
of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred
or any claims whatsoever of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be,
against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such
transferee. No Issuing Lender shall be liable for any error,
omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any
message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit,
except for errors or omissions found by a final and nonappealable decision of a
court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender. The Company and
each relevant Subsidiary Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by any
Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related
drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct, shall be binding on the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower and
shall not result in any liability of such Issuing Lender to the Company or such
Subsidiary Borrower.
3.7 Letter of Credit
Payments. If any draft shall be presented for payment under
any Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the
relevant Borrower or relevant Subsidiary Borrower of the date and amount
thereof. The responsibility of the relevant Issuing Lenders to the
Company or relevant Subsidiary Borrower in connection with any draft presented
for payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment
obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to
determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such
Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are substantially in
conformity with such Letter of Credit.
3.8 Applications. To
the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit
is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this
Section 3 shall apply.
3.9 Existing Letters of
Credit. On and as of the Closing Date the letters of credit
and letters of guarantee set forth on Schedule 3.9 (the “Existing Letters of
Credit”) will constitute Letters of Credit under this Agreement and for
the purposes hereof will be deemed to have been issued for the account of the
Company on the Closing Date and each issuer thereof shall be deemed to be an
Issuing Lender hereunder solely for the purposes of Sections 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6,
3.7, 3.8 and 3.10 (whether or not such issuer is otherwise an Issuing Lender
hereunder).
3.10 Collateral. The
Company may at its option at any time and from time to time Collateralize any
Letter of Credit (with the consent of the relevant Issuing
Lender). In addition, on or prior to the date that is five Business
Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date in respect of 2013 Domestic
Revolving Commitments then in effect, the Company shall (or shall cause the
relevant Subsidiary to) Collateralize any Letter of Credit with an expiration
date occurring after such Revolving Termination Date. Any Letter of
Credit that is Collateralized as provided in this Section 3.10 shall cease to be
a “Letter of Credit” outstanding hereunder effective on the date of such
Collateralization and, accordingly, the rights and obligations of Domestic
Revolving Lenders in respect thereof (including pursuant to Section 3.4) shall
terminate.
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3.11 New Issuing Lenders; L/C
Commitments. (a) The Company may from time to time
(i) terminate any Issuing Lender as an Issuing Lender hereunder (on a
prospective basis only) for any reason upon written notice to the Administrative
Agent and such Issuing Lender, (ii) add additional Issuing Lenders hereunder and
(iii) increase or decrease the L/C Commitment of any existing Issuing
Lender. If the Company shall decide to add a new Issuing Lender under
this Agreement, then the Company may appoint from among the 2013 Revolving
Lenders (or an Applicable Lending Office thereof) a new Issuing Lender, with the
consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld), whereupon such new issuer of Letters of Credit shall be granted the
rights, powers and duties of an Issuing Lender hereunder, and the term “Issuing
Lender” shall mean such new issuer of Letters of Credit effective upon such
appointment. The acceptance of any appointment as an Issuing Lender
hereunder in accordance with this Agreement or an increase of the L/C Commitment
of any existing Issuing Lender, shall be evidenced by an agreement entered into
by such new issuer of Letters of Credit or existing Issuing Lender, as
applicable, in a form reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Lender, the
Company and the Administrative Agent and, from and after the effective date of
such agreement, such new issuer of Letters of Credit shall become an “Issuing
Lender” hereunder or such increased L/C Commitment shall become
effective. After the termination of an Issuing Lender hereunder, the
terminated Issuing Lender shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have
all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Lender under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to
such replacement or termination, but shall not issue additional Letters of
Credit. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of
the effectiveness of any replacement or addition of an Issuing Lender, or any
changed L/C Commitment pursuant to this Section 3.11.
(b) Any
Issuing Lender may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit
to be issued by an Applicable Lending Office thereof, in which case, such
Applicable Lending Office shall be an “Issuing Lender” hereunder.
SECTION
4. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
To induce
the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue or
participate in the Letters of Credit and make other extensions of credit
hereunder the Company hereby represents and warrants to each Lender
that:
4.1 Financial
Condition. The consolidated financial statements of the
Company included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, for the twelve-month
period ended December 31, 2005 (the “2005 10-K”) and in
its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three- and nine-month periods ended
September 30, 2006 (the “Third Quarter 2006
10-Q”), each as amended on or before the Closing Date and filed with the
SEC, present fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of, and for, (a) the twelve-month period ended on December 31,
2005 and (b) the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2006,
respectively; provided that the
foregoing representation shall not be deemed to have been materially incorrect
if, in the event of a subsequent restatement of such financial statements, the
changes reflected in such restatement(s) are not materially adverse to the
rights and interests of the Lenders under the Loan Documents (taking into
account the creditworthiness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, and the value of the Borrowing Base at such time).
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4.2 No
Change. Between the date of filing with the SEC of the Third
Quarter 2006 10-Q and the Closing Date, there has been no development or event
which has had a Material Adverse Effect.
4.3 Existence. Each
Loan Party (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (b) has the power and authority to
conduct the business in which it is engaged and (c) is duly qualified and in
good standing in each jurisdiction where it is required to be so qualified and
in good standing, except to the extent all failures with respect to the
foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c) could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.4 Power; Authorization;
Enforceable Obligations. Each Loan Party has the requisite
power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each
Loan Document to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or
other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance thereof and
has duly executed and delivered each Loan Document to which it is a party and
each such Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
such Person enforceable against each such Person in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether
enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
4.5 No Legal
Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings
hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement
of Law or any Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party, except to the extent all
such violations could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
4.6 Litigation. Except
as set forth, or contemplated, in the 2005 10-K, the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q/A of the Company for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006 filed with
the SEC, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of the Company for the three- and
six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 filed with the SEC, the Third Quarter 2006
10-Q or the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company dated December 5, 2006
filed with the SEC, no litigation, investigation, proceeding or arbitration is
pending, or to the best of the Company’s knowledge, is threatened against the
Company or any Significant Guarantor as of the Closing Date that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.7 No
Default. As of the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any
Significant Guarantor is in default under any of its material Contractual
Obligations, except where such default could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
4.8 Ownership of
Property. As of the Closing Date, the Company and each Initial
Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, has title in fee simple to the Mortgaged
Property and has good title to all of its other property; provided that the
foregoing representation shall not be deemed to have been incorrect, if (a) the
property with respect to which the Company or an Initial Subsidiary Guarantor
cannot make such representation has a Net Book Value of less than $250,000,000
or (ii) with respect to defects in title to any real property, such defects are
cured no later than 180 days after the Closing Date or such defects could not
reasonably be expected to detract from the current use or operation of the
affected real property in any material respect. In addition, to the
extent that any defect in title to any Mortgaged Property is insured against in
any title insurance policy for the benefit of the Collateral Trustee, such
defect shall not be taken into account for purposes of the preceding sentence up
to the amount of such insurance coverage.
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4.9 Intellectual
Property. As of the Closing Date, the Company and each Initial
Subsidiary Guarantor own, or are licensed to use, all Intellectual Property
necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently
conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to own or be
licensed could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.10 Federal
Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no
other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for any purpose that violates
the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
4.11 ERISA. Each
Plan, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all material
provisions of ERISA and all material applicable provisions of the Code, except
to the extent that all failures to be in compliance could not, in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.12 Investment Company Act;
Other Regulations. No Loan Party is an “investment company”,
or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4.13 Subsidiary Guarantors;
Pledged Equity. As of the Closing Date, the information set
forth on Schedule 1.1D and Schedule 4.13 is true and correct in all material
respects; provided that the
foregoing representation shall not be deemed to be materially incorrect unless
the failure of such representation to be correct results in property having a
having a Net Book Value in excess of $250,000,000 being excluded from the
Borrowing Base.
4.14 Security
Documents. (a) The Security Agreement and each
Mortgage is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Trustee, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest
in the Collateral described therein; provided that the
foregoing representation shall not be deemed to have been incorrect if (i) such
Security Documents are not effective with respect to Collateral having an
aggregate Net Book Value of less than $250,000,000, (ii) with respect to any
Mortgaged Property, such failure is cured no later than 180 days from the
Closing Date or (iii) at any time after the Closing Date, the Borrowing Base
Coverage Ratio is at least 1.25 to 1.00 (calculated on a pro forma basis assuming
such Collateral for which the Security Documents are not so effective is
excluded from the Borrowing Base).
(b) As
of the Closing Date, the UCC financing statements listed in Schedule 5.1(h), and
the recordation of the Mortgages in the recording offices listed in Schedule
1.1E, are all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than filings
required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office) that are
necessary to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor
of the Collateral Trustee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of
all Collateral in which the Lien granted pursuant to the Security Documents on
the Closing Date may be perfected by filing, recording or registering in the
United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and
possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording,
rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such
jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing
of continuation statements; provided that the
foregoing representation shall not be deemed to have been incorrect to the
extent any security interest is not perfected with respect to Collateral having
an aggregate Net Book Value of less than $250,000,000.
4.15 Environmental
Laws. The Company and each Mortgaged Property, and operations
thereon, are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
Environmental Laws, except to the extent failure to comply would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION
5. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
5.1 Conditions to
Effectiveness. This Agreement and the obligation of each
Lender to make extensions of credit requested to be made by it hereunder shall
be effective upon (1) the execution and delivery by the Company to the
Administrative Agent of a notice authorizing such effectiveness (which notice
shall include Schedule 1.1A and the Company’s acceptance of the Commitments
described therein) and (2) written confirmation by the Administrative Agent to
the Company confirming that the following conditions have been
satisfied:
(a) Credit Agreement; Security
Documents. The Administrative Agent or the Collateral Trustee,
as applicable, shall have received:
(i) this
Agreement (or, in the case of any relevant Lender, an Addendum) executed and
delivered by the Administrative Agent, the Company and each Person listed on
Schedule 1.1A;
(ii) the
Security Agreement, executed and delivered by the Company and each Initial
Subsidiary Guarantor;
(iii) the
Guarantee, executed and delivered by the Company and each Initial Subsidiary
Guarantor;
(iv) the
Trademark Security Agreement, executed and delivered by the Company and the
Collateral Trustee;
(v) a
Mortgage with respect to each property listed on Schedule 1.1E under the heading
“Closing Date Mortgages”, executed and delivered by the owner of the Mortgaged
Property covered thereby; and
(vi) the
Collateral Trust Agreement, executed and delivered by the Collateral Trustee,
the Administrative Agent, the Company and each Initial Subsidiary
Guarantor.
(b) Borrowing
Base. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing
Base Certificate, which calculates the Borrowing Base as of September 30, 2006,
demonstrating that the Outstanding Amount of Borrowing Base Debt (calculated on
a pro forma basis after
giving effect to the incurrence, and the use of proceeds, of any Borrowing Base
Debt on the Closing Date) does not exceed the Borrowing Base.
(c) Lien
Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
results of a recent lien search in respect of the Company and each Initial
Subsidiary Guarantor, from the jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is located
for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant
state(s).
(d) Fees. All
fees required to be paid on the Closing Date (as separately agreed by the
Company and the lead arrangers or the other agents identified on the cover page
to this Agreement) shall have been paid.
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(e) Closing Certificate;
Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good Standing
Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i)
a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the
form of Exhibit N, with appropriate insertions and attachments, including the
certificate of incorporation (or equivalent organizational document) of each
Loan Party, certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of
organization of such Loan Party, (ii) a long form good standing certificate for
each Loan Party from its jurisdiction of organization and (iii) a certificate of
the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions set forth
in Section 5.2 have been satisfied.
(f)
Legal
Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
executed legal opinion of (i) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, New York
counsel to the Company and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of
Exhibit P-1 and (ii) in-house counsel to the Company and its Subsidiaries,
substantially in the form of Exhibit P-2.
(g) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers;
Pledged Notes. The Collateral Trustee shall have received (i)
the certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock described on Schedule
4.13 (in each case, to the extent such Capital Stock is certificated and
constitutes a “certificated security” under the UCC), together with an undated
stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized
officer of the pledgor thereof and (ii) each promissory note described on
Schedule 5.1(g), together with an undated endorsement for each such promissory
note executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor
thereof.
(h) Filings, Registrations and
Recordings. The Collateral Trustee shall have received each
Uniform Commercial Code financing statement listed on Schedule 5.1(h) in proper
form for filing.
5.2 Conditions to Each Extension
of Credit. The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan and
the agreement of any Issuing Lender to issue any Letter of Credit (or amendment
thereto increasing the face amount thereof) requested to be made or issued by it
on any date (including its initial extension of credit) is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent as of the date of such Loan
or the date of any request to issue (or amend to increase the face amount of)
such Letter of Credit:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by
the Company in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in
all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date
(except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier
date (including those set forth in Sections 4.2, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 4.13 and
4.14(b)), in which case, such representations and warranties shall have been
true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
(b) No Event of
Default. No Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on such date, before and after giving effect to the extensions of
credit requested to be made on such date and the use of proceeds
thereof.
(c) No Pro Forma
Default. No Default shall be continuing after giving effect to
the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date and the use or
proceeds thereof; provided that, if any
Default has occurred and is continuing on such date prior to the application of
such proceeds, the Company shall have identified such Default in the request for
such extension of credit and shall have represented to the Administrative Agent
in such request that the proceeds of such extension of credit shall be used to
cure such Default prior to such Default becoming an Event of
Default.
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(d) Borrowing Base
Compliance. The Outstanding Amount of Borrowing Base Debt,
after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such
date and the use of proceeds thereof, shall not exceed the Borrowing Base in
effect as of such date.
(e) No Subsidiary Borrower
Bankruptcy Events. With respect to any Loan made to or Letter
of Credit issued for the account of any Subsidiary Borrower, (i) such Subsidiary
Borrower shall not have (A) commenced any case, proceeding or other action under
any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors (1) seeking to have
an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a
bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
winding up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect
to it or its debts, or (2) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any
substantial part of its assets, or (B) made a general assignment for the benefit
of its creditors; or (ii) there shall not be commenced against such Subsidiary
Borrower any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause
(i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such
adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded
for a period of 90 days.
Each
borrowing, or issuance of a Letter of Credit (or amendment thereto increasing
the face amount thereof) hereunder shall constitute a representation and
warranty by the Company as of the date of such borrowing or the date of such
issuance of a Letter of Credit, that the conditions contained in this Section
5.2 have been satisfied.
SECTION
6. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
The
Company hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any
Letter of Credit or Acceptance remains outstanding or any Loan, Reimbursement
Obligations, interest or fee payable hereunder is owing to any
Lender:
6.1 Company Financial
Statements. The Company shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent, audited annual financial statements and unaudited quarterly financial
statements of the Company within 15 days after the Company is required to file
the same with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (or, if the Company is not required to file annual financial statements or
unaudited quarterly financial statements with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, then within 15 days after the Company would
be required to file the same with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act if it had a security listed and registered on a
national securities exchange); provided, that the
foregoing time period shall automatically be extended to the earlier of (a) the
date that is five days prior to the date of the occurrence of any “event of
default” (or any comparable term) under any of the Existing Notes as a result of
the failure by the Company to provide annual or quarterly financial statements
to the extent required under the related Existing Notes Indenture and (b) in the
case of audited annual financial statements, within 240 days after the end of
the Company’s fiscal year, and in the case of unaudited quarterly financial
statements, within 220 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly
periods of each fiscal year; provided, further, that the
such financial statements shall be deemed to be delivered upon the filing with
the SEC of the Company’s Form 10-K or Form 10-Q for the relevant fiscal
period.
6.2 Subsidiary Financial
Statements. The Company shall deliver (a) statutory audited
consolidated annual financial statements for each of FMCC, Ford South Africa,
Land Rover Holdings and Volvo, (b) statutory audited annual financial statements
for each of Ford Argentina, Ford Canada, Grupo Xxxx, Xxxx Mexico and Land Rover
and (c) during any period when the Capital Stock of any other Foreign Pledgee
has an Eligible Value of greater than $0, the statutory audited annual financial
statements for such Foreign Pledgee (commencing with the statements that have
been used as the basis for such Eligible Value), in each case, promptly after
the same become available; provided that, if any
such financial statements are not delivered within 240 days after the end the
fiscal year of the relevant Subsidiary, the Eligible Value of the Capital Stock
of such Person (or, in the case of Grupo Ford, the Eligible Value of the Grupo
Ford Intercompany Note) shall be deducted from the Borrowing Base until such
statements have been delivered to the Administrative Agent but the failure to
deliver such financial statements shall not otherwise constitute a Default or an
Event of Default hereunder.
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6.3 Compliance and Borrowing
Base Certificates. The Company shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent:
(a) concurrently
with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1, a
Compliance Certificate of a Responsible Officer (i) stating that, to the best of
such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing as of the date of such certificate, except as
specified in such certificate, and (ii) unless the lesser of (1) the Total
Available Revolving Commitment (including any unused commitment under any
Incremental Revolving Facility or any Permitted Additional Senior Facility) and
(2) the excess of (x) the Borrowing Base as of such date over (y) the Borrowing
Base Debt at such date is equal to or greater than $4,000,000,000, containing a
calculation of Available Liquidity as of the last day of the fiscal period
covered by such financial statements;
(b) not
later than ten Business Days after the delivery of any financial statements
pursuant to Section 6.1 (commencing with the delivery of financial statements of
the Company for the second full fiscal quarter ended after the Closing Date), a
Borrowing Base Certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer setting forth
a calculation of the Borrowing Base and the PDMP Ratio as of the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter covered by such financial statements; provided, that, if
the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1 is delayed beyond
75 days from the end of the relevant fiscal year (in the case of annual
statements) or 50 days from the end of the relevant fiscal quarter (in the case
of quarterly statements), the Company shall use internal unaudited balance
sheets and income statements as necessary to calculate the Borrowing Base and
the Canadian Borrowing Base on an interim basis pending delivery of such
financial statements and shall deliver an interim Borrowing Base Certificate
based upon such Borrowing Base calculation to the Administrative Agent no later
than such 75th or 50th day, as applicable (and in such case upon delivery of
audited annual or definitive quarterly financial statements, the Company shall
recalculate the Borrowing Base and the Canadian Borrowing Base using such
audited or definitive financial statements, as the case may be, and provide a
revised Borrowing Base Certificate within ten Business Days following such
delivery);
(c) not
later than five Business Days after the receipt from PricewaterhouseCoopers or
other accountants of any audit or report on the Permitted Government First Lien
Collateral, a copy of such audit or report.
6.4 Maintenance of Business;
Existence. The Company will continue to engage primarily in
the automotive business and preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect
its corporate existence and take all reasonable actions to maintain all rights
necessary for the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that
failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.5 Maintenance of Property;
Insurance. The Company will, and will cause each Significant
Guarantor to, maintain, as appropriate, with insurance companies that the
Company believes (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company)
are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is
placed or renewed, insurance in amounts (after giving effect to any
self-insurance which the Company believes (in the good faith judgment of
management of the Company) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and
nature of its business) and against at least such risks (and with such risk
retentions) as the Company believes (in the good faith judgment of the
management of the Company) are reasonable in light of the size and nature of its
business.
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6.6 Notices. Promptly
upon a Responsible Officer of the Company becoming aware thereof, the Company
will give notice to the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of any Default or
Event of Default. Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be
accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the
occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Company or the
relevant Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto.
6.7 Additional Collateral,
etc. (a) Within 30 days after the formation or
acquisition of any Additional Subsidiary Guarantor (or the making of a single
investment or a series of related investments having a value (determined by
reference to Net Book Value, in the case of an investment of assets) of
$500,000,000 or more in the aggregate by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor,
directly or indirectly, in a Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded
Subsidiary) that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that results in such Domestic
Subsidiary becoming an Additional Subsidiary Guarantor), the Company shall (or
shall cause the relevant Subsidiary to) (i) execute and deliver to the
Collateral Trustee such amendments or supplements to the Security Agreement as
the Administrative Agent deems necessary to grant to the Collateral Trustee, for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest in the Capital
Stock of such Additional Subsidiary Guarantor (or Domestic Subsidiary receiving
such investment(s)), (ii) deliver to the Collateral Trustee the certificates, if
any, representing such Capital Stock (to the extent constituting “certificated
securities” under the UCC), together with undated stock powers, in blank,
executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the relevant Loan Party,
and (iii) cause such Additional Subsidiary Guarantor (or Domestic Subsidiary
receiving such investment(s)) (A) to become a party to the Security Agreement,
the Guarantee and the Collateral Trust Agreement, (B) to take such actions as
necessary to grant to the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the Secured
Parties a valid, perfected security interest in the Collateral described in the
Security Agreement with respect to such Additional Subsidiary Guarantor (or
Domestic Subsidiary receiving such investment(s)), including the filing of
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be
required by law.
(b) Within
30 days after the formation or acquisition any new Foreign Subsidiary the
Capital Stock of which is owned directly by the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor (other than the Capital Stock of any Excluded Subsidiary or any other
Subsidiary to the extent the ownership interest in such Subsidiary has a Net
Book Value of $500,000,000 or less), the Company shall (or shall cause the
relevant Subsidiary to) promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent such amendments or supplements to the Security Agreement as the Collateral
Trustee or the Administrative Agent deems necessary to grant to the Collateral
Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest
in a portion of the Capital Stock of such new Foreign Subsidiary that is owned
by the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that in no
event shall more than 66% of the total outstanding Voting Stock of any such new
Foreign Subsidiary be required to be so pledged unless the Company in its sole
discretion otherwise agrees) and (ii) deliver to the Collateral Trustee the
certificates, if any, representing such Capital Stock, together with undated
stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of
the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor, and take such other action as
may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Trustee or the Administrative
Agent in order to perfect the Collateral Trustee’s security interest therein
(provided that
in no event shall such actions require the execution or delivery of a pledge
agreement or similar instrument governed by any law other than the laws of the
State of New York).
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(c) The
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) grant a security
interest in the Capital Stock of any newly-formed or after-acquired joint
venture (or a holding company parent thereof) owned directly by the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor if the amount recorded by the Company or such Subsidiary
Guarantor as its investment in such joint venture exceeds $250,000,000 and (ii)
in the case of any domestic joint venture in which the Company directly or
indirectly owns at least 80% of the voting or economic interest, to cause such
joint venture to become a Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case, it being
understood that such efforts shall not require any economic or other significant
concession with respect the terms of such joint venture
arrangements).
(d) Within
60 days of the occurrence thereof, the Company will notify the Collateral
Trustee and the Administrative Agent of any changes to the name, jurisdiction of
incorporation or legal form of the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor.
(e) The
Company shall use reasonable efforts to deliver to the Administrative Agent no
later than 180 days from the Closing Date (i) a pledge agreement in favor of the
Collateral Trustee with respect to the Capital Stock of Volvo and Grupo Ford
described on Schedule 4.13 governed by the law of the jurisdiction where such
Person is domiciled and an opinion of local counsel as to perfection and
enforceability thereof, in each case reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, (ii) a reliance letter addressed to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders in respect of an opinion of Blake, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
LLP, Canadian counsel to the Company, in favor of the Company with respect to
certain collateral securing obligations of Ford Canada under the Ford Canada
Intercompany Note and the Ford Canada Intercompany Payable, in each case
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) a Mortgage with
respect to each property listed on Schedule 1.1E under the heading “Post-Closing
Date Mortgages,” executed and delivered by the owner of the Mortgaged Property
covered thereby and (iv) for each Mortgaged Property and each property listed on
Schedule 6.7(e) under the heading “Canadian Mortgages,” (A) either (1) lenders’
title insurance insuring the Collateral Trustee and satisfying the requirements
of Schedule 6.7(e) hereof or (2) title reports and updated boundary surveys and
(B) opinions of local counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent (the items in this clause (iv) and the foregoing clause (iii), the “Real Estate
Deliverables” and, together with the items in the foregoing clauses (i)
and (ii), collectively the “Post-Closing
Deliverables”). If any of the Post-Closing Deliverables are
not provided within such 180-day period (A) the Applicable Margin shall be
increased by 0.25% until such time as all outstanding Post-Closing Deliverables
are delivered and (B) the Borrowing Base will be reduced by the Eligible Value
of the Capital Stock for which a Post-Closing Deliverable is outstanding or by
the Eligible Value of the Eligible PDMP PP&E for which a Real Estate
Deliverable is outstanding (it being understood that the failure to deliver any
Post-Closing Deliverable shall not constitute a Default or an Event of
Default).
(f) The
Company shall promptly take such steps as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity
and priority of the security interests created or intended to be created in the
Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any
other Loan Document, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be
required to perfect the security interests granted by it in any Collateral by
any means other than by (a) execution, delivery and recordation of a Mortgage,
(b) filings pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant State(s)
(including with respect to fixtures covered by any Mortgage) or equivalent
filings under local jurisdictions to the extent required with respect to the
pledge of the Capital Stock of any member of the Restricted Pledgee Group, (c)
delivery to the Collateral Trustee to be held in its possession of each
promissory note listed on Schedule 5.1(g), together with an undated endorsement
for each such promissory note executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of
the pledgor thereof, and, to the extent certificated and constituting
“certificated securities” under the UCC, Capital Stock listed on Schedule 4.13
or required to be pledged pursuant to Section 6.7(a), together with an undated
stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized
officer of the pledgor thereof, (d) delivery of each other promissory note or
certificated Capital Stock and constituting “certificated securities” under the
UCC constituting Collateral to the extent such promissory note evidences
Indebtedness, or such Capital Stock has a Net Book Value, in excess of
$250,000,000, together with an undated endorsement or stock power for each such
promissory note or certificate, as applicable, executed in blank by a duly
authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (e) filing with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office against trademarks listed on Schedule
1.1F.
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(g) At
the request of the Company and notwithstanding Section 10.1(a), the
Administrative Agent shall negotiate with the Company in good faith to amend
Schedule 1.1B to include a Borrowing Base Amount calculation for any asset of
the Company or any Subsidiary that does not have a Borrowing Base Amount at the
time such asset becomes Collateral (including the Advance Percentage related
thereto and any eligibility or other requirements the Administrative Agent deems
reasonably necessary for a determination thereof consistent with the criteria
used in determining Borrowing Base Amounts as of the Closing Date).
(h) If
any Governmental Authority is granted a Lien by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries on property pursuant to clause (g) of the definition of Permitted
Liens (such property “Permitted Government First
Lien Collateral”) to secure Permitted Second Lien Debt or Indebtedness
incurred or issued in connection with Permitted Second Lien Debt in a single
transaction or series of related transactions under the ATVM Program or any
successor, replacement or similar program, concurrently therewith the Company
shall, or shall cause such Subsidiary to, take such actions as are necessary to
grant to the Administrative Agent or another agent or collateral trustee, for
the benefit of the First Priority Secured Parties (as defined in the Collateral
Trust Agreement), a valid, perfected, second priority security interest in such
Permitted Government First Lien Collateral, which second priority security
interest shall be subject to intercreditor provisions substantially identical to
the terms and conditions of Section 8 of the Collateral Trust
Agreement.
(i) To
the extent that in connection with any Permitted Government Debt the United
States government (or any agency or instrumentality thereof) is named as loss
payee or additional insured, as applicable, with respect to any insurance
maintained by the Company or any other Loan Party, the Company shall
concurrently cause the Collateral Trustee to be named as co-loss payee or
co-additional insured, as applicable, with respect to such
insurance.
(j) If
any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor guarantees any Permitted
Government Debt, the Company shall concurrently cause such Subsidiary (i) to
become a party to the Security Agreement, the Guarantee and the Collateral Trust
Agreement and (ii) to take such actions as necessary to grant to the Collateral
Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties a valid, perfected security
interest in the Collateral described in the Security Agreement with respect to
such Subsidiary, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by law.
SECTION
7. NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
The
Company hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any
Letter of Credit or Acceptance remains outstanding or any Loan, Reimbursement
Obligations, interest or fee payable hereunder is owing to any
Lender:
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7.1 Borrowing
Base. The Company shall not permit the Outstanding Amount of
Borrowing Base Debt at any time to exceed the Borrowing Base in effect at such
time for any period of five consecutive Business Days.
7.2 Available
Liquidity. The Company shall not permit Available Liquidity to
be less than $4,000,000,000 at any time.
7.3 Liens. Prior
to the Collateral Release Date, the Company will not, nor will it permit any
Subsidiary Guarantor to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon
any of the Collateral except Permitted Liens.
7.4 Restricted Group
Debt. Prior to the Collateral Release Date, none of Volvo, any
of its Subsidiaries or any member of the Restricted Pledgee Group will incur
Indebtedness or provide a Material Guarantee, except:
(a) Indebtedness
of the type described in clause (g) of the definition of Permitted
Liens;
(b) Indebtedness
incurred under working capital facilities entered into in the ordinary course of
business;
(c) Indebtedness
owing to the Company or any Subsidiary; provided that any
such Indebtedness owing to a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall
be subordinated in right of payment to any Indebtedness owing by Volvo or any of
its Subsidiaries or such member of the Restricted Pledgee Group to the Company
or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(d)
Indebtedness consisting of subsidized loans made, or
guaranteed, by a governmental or quasi-governmental entity (including any
international organization or agency);
(e) Indebtedness
outstanding as of the Closing Date and any Permitted Refinancing
thereof;
(f)
in the case of any member of the
Restricted Pledgee Group, any additional Indebtedness; provided that (i) the
Borrowing Base Coverage Ratio after giving pro forma effect to the
incurrence and application of proceeds thereof is at least 1.15 to 1.00 and (ii)
any dividends received by the Company from the proceeds of any such Indebtedness
in excess of $250,000,000 are reinvested in the Company’s business within 15
months or, to the extent not so reinvested, are applied as a Mandatory
Prepayment pursuant to Section 2.18(a) (together with any applicable prepayment
premium provided in Section 2.24(b)); and
(g) in
the case of Volvo and its Subsidiaries, additional Material Guarantees and
Indebtedness in an Outstanding Amount with respect to all such Material
Guarantees and Indebtedness not to exceed $1,000,000,000 at any
time;
provided, in each
case, that the Outstanding Amount of such Indebtedness or Material Guarantees
shall reduce the Eligible Value (but not below zero) of the Capital Stock or
intercompany notes of such Person that constitute Collateral as provided in
Schedule 1.1B.
7.5 Asset Sale
Restrictions.
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(a) Receivables and
Inventory. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary
Guarantor to, Dispose of any receivables or inventory included in the Borrowing
Base, except in the ordinary course of business.
(b) Non-Core
Assets. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any
Subsidiary to (i) Dispose of all or any portion of the Capital Stock (including
by way of merger), or all or substantially all of the assets, of Jaguar, Land
Rover, Aston Xxxxxx, Automotive Components Holdings, and/or Automobile
Protection Corp., or Dispose of the Jaguar Trade Name or Land Rover Trade Name,
unless in each case, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are reinvested in the
business of the Company within 15 months of such Disposition or, to the extent
not so reinvested, are applied as a Mandatory Prepayment pursuant to Section
2.18(a); provided that if Land
Rover is not Disposed of with Jaguar in an integrated transaction, the
Disposition of all or any portion of the Capital Stock (including by way of
merger) or all or substantially all the assets of Land Rover shall only be
permitted if the Borrowing Base Coverage Ratio, after giving pro forma effect to such
Disposition and the application of the proceeds thereof, is at least 1.25 to
1.00 or (ii) Dispose of the Land Rover Trade Name except in connection with a
Disposition of Land Rover pursuant to clause (i).
(c) Volvo. The
Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, Dispose of (i) all or
any portion of the Capital Stock (including by way of merger) or to Dispose of
(other than in the ordinary course of business or to another Subsidiary or the
Company) more than 20% of the then Consolidated Total Assets of Volvo (initially
determined based upon the audited financial statements of Volvo for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2005 and, commencing with the delivery of financial
statements of Volvo delivered pursuant to Section 6.2, based upon the most
recent consolidated balance sheet of Volvo contained therein) in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions, unless (A) after giving pro forma effect to such
Disposition and the application of proceeds thereof, the Borrowing Base Coverage
Ratio is at least 1.25 to 1.00, (B) the greater of (1) 50% of the Net Cash
Proceeds thereof and (2) the amount of such proceeds necessary so that, after
giving pro
forma effect to
such Disposition and application of proceeds thereof, the Borrowing Base
Coverage Ratio is at least 1.25 to 1.00, are applied as a Mandatory Prepayment
pursuant to Section 2.18(a) and (C) the remaining Net Cash Proceeds of such
Disposition are reinvested in the business of the Company within 15 months of
such Disposition or, to the extent not so reinvested, are applied as Mandatory
Prepayment pursuant to Section 2.18(a) or (ii) the Volvo Trade Name except in
connection with a Disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock
or assets of Volvo.
(d) Ford Motor
Credit. The Company shall not permit any Disposition or
issuance of the Capital Stock of FMCC that results in the Company owning,
directly or indirectly, less than 49% of the outstanding Capital Stock of
FMCC. The Company shall not permit any other Disposition or issuance
of the Capital Stock of FMCC unless (i) in the case of a primary offering of
Capital Stock of FMCC, the Net Cash Proceeds of such Disposition are reinvested
in the business of FMCC within 15 months of such Disposition or, to the extent
not so reinvested, are applied as a Mandatory Prepayment pursuant to Section
2.18(a) and (ii) in the case of a Disposition of the Capital Stock of FMCC by
the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof in an
amount equal to the product of the Eligible Value of such Capital Stock
constituting Eligible FMCC Pledged Equity and the Advance Percentage therefor as
set forth in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the
Administrative Agent are applied as a Mandatory Prepayment pursuant to Section
2.18(a).
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(e) Ford Global
Technologies. The Company shall not permit the Disposition of
all or any portion of the Capital Stock (including by way of merger), or all or
substantially all of the assets, of Ford Global Technologies, LLC, except
pursuant to Section 7.7(b)(i).
(f) Principal Trade
Names. The Company shall not Dispose of any Principal Trade
Name.
(g) Other Principal Trade
Names. The Company shall not Dispose of any Other Principal
Trade Name unless (i) after giving pro forma effect to such Disposition and the
application of proceeds thereof, the Borrowing Base Coverage Ratio is at least
1.00 to 1.00 and (ii) the greater of (A) 50% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof
and (B) the amount of such proceeds necessary so that, after giving pro forma
effect to such Disposition and application of proceeds thereof, the Borrowing
Base Coverage Ratio is at least 1.00 to 1.00, are applied as a Mandatory
Prepayment pursuant to Section 2.18(a).
(h) Material
PDMP. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit, any
Subsidiary Guarantor to Dispose of any PDMP having a Net Book Value in excess of
$250,000,000 in a single transaction or a series of related transactions unless
(i) after giving pro forma effect to such
Disposition and the application of proceeds thereof, the Borrowing Base Coverage
Ratio is at least 1.00 to 1.00 and (ii) the Eligible Value of the Eligible PDMP
PP&E is reduced as provided in Schedule 1.1B.
(i)
Other Material
Assets. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any
Subsidiary Guarantor to Dispose of any other Collateral not otherwise covered in
paragraphs (a) through (h) above (other than in the ordinary course of business)
having a Net Book Value equal to or greater than $500,000,000 in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions unless (i) after giving pro
forma effect to such Disposition and the application of proceeds therefrom, the
Borrowing Base Coverage Ratio is at least 1.15 to 1.00 and (ii) Net Cash
Proceeds thereof are reinvested in the business of the Company within 15 months
of such Disposition or, if not so reinvested, are applied as a Mandatory
Prepayment pursuant to Section 2.18(a).
Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 7.5 to the contrary, (A) any Disposition described in
paragraphs (b), (c), (g), (h) or (i) above shall be permitted if (1) 100% of the
Net Cash Proceeds of such Disposition are applied as a Mandatory Prepayment
pursuant to Section 2.18(a) and (2) at least 75% of the consideration for such
Disposition is in the form of cash or cash equivalents and (B) any Disposition
described in this Section 7.5 shall be permitted if such Disposition is to the
Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, in the case of paragraph (b), any
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company. In addition it is understood
that the Company and its Subsidiaries may otherwise Dispose of their assets
except to the extent expressly restricted pursuant to this Section 7.5 and
Sections 7.7 and 7.9.
7.6 Restricted
Payments. The Company will not (i) pay any dividend (other
than dividends payable solely in stock of the Company) on, or redeem, retire or
purchase, for cash consideration, its common stock (including any Class B stock,
“Common
Stock”), (ii) optionally prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise
optionally satisfy or defease with cash or cash equivalents any Material
Unsecured Indebtedness or any Permitted Second Lien Debt and (iii) so long as
any Term Loans (other than Tranche B-2 Term Loans) (or any secured refinancing
thereof) are outstanding, make any cash payments to holders of convertible debt
securities with respect to the conversion value of any convertible debt
securities upon the conversion thereof (any such payment referred to
in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), a “Restricted Payment”),
other than:
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(a) repurchases
of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of stock options or warrants for
such Common Stock;
(b) repurchases
of shares of Common Stock from officers, directors and employees or any
executive or employee savings or compensation plans;
(c) derivatives
or forward purchase agreements entered into to hedge obligations to repurchase
Capital Stock under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 7.6 or in connection
with the issuance of convertible debt securities;
(d) any
Permitted Refinancing of Material Unsecured Indebtedness or any Permitted Second
Lien Debt; provided that a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company is delivered to the
Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material
terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation
relating thereto, stating that the Company has determined in good faith that
such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement and such terms and
conditions shall be deemed to satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the
Administrative Agent notifies the Company within such period that it disagrees
with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon
which it disagrees);
(e) any
Restricted Payments constituting redemption or other prepayment of Material
Unsecured Indebtedness having a scheduled final maturity prior to the Term Loan
Maturity Date; provided that such
redemption or prepayment occurs no earlier than the date that is six months
prior to such scheduled final maturity;
(f)
Restricted Payments made prior to the Amendment and
Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 7.6(f) as in effect prior to the
Amendment and Restatement Effective Date and additional Restricted Payments in
an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000,000 during any fiscal year and
$500,000,000 in the aggregate from and after the Amendment and Restatement
Effective Date;
(g) additional
redemptions or prepayments of Material Unsecured Indebtedness or Permitted
Second Lien Debt made prior to the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date
pursuant to Section 7.6(g) as in effect prior to the Amendment and Restatement
Effective Date and additional redemptions or prepayments of Material Unsecured
Indebtedness or Permitted Second Lien Debt in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$250,000,000 during any fiscal year and $500,000,000 in the aggregate from and
after the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date;
(h) additional
Restricted Payments at any time after January 1, 2010 in an amount not to exceed
the Cumulative Growth Amount at such time; provided that the
Company may not make a Restricted Payment of a type described in clause (i) of
the definition of such term pursuant to this clause (h) unless the Total
Revolving Extensions of Credit at such time do not exceed 50% of the Total
Revolving Commitments at such time; and
(i)
redemptions or prepayments of Material Unsecured Indebtedness
or Permitted Second Lien Debt (i) in exchange for any Capital Stock of the
Company, or (ii) in an amount not to exceed the amount of net cash proceeds
received by the Company from the issuance of any Capital Stock of the Company
from and after May 1, 2009.
7.7 Fundamental
Changes.
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(a) The
Company will not merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell or convey
all or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless no Default or Event
of Default is continuing after giving effect to such transaction and (i) it
shall be the continuing entity or (ii) (A) the Person formed by or surviving
such merger or consolidation shall be an entity organized or existing under the
laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia that
expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Loan Documents
pursuant to a supplement or amendment to this Agreement and each other Loan
Document reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (B) each
Subsidiary Guarantor reaffirms its obligations under the Loan Documents and (C)
the Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion of counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and consistent with the opinions
delivered on the Closing Date with respect to the Company.
(b) No
Significant Guarantor shall merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell
or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless (i) a the
Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing entity or shall
be the transferee of such assets or (ii) in connection with an asset sale
permitted by Section 7.5.
7.8 Negative
Pledge. The Company will not itself, and will not permit any
Manufacturing Subsidiary to, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist
any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for
money borrowed (notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of
indebtedness for money borrowed being herein called “Debt”), secured by
pledge of, or mortgage or lien on, any Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property
of the Company or any Manufacturing Subsidiary, or any shares of stock of or
Debt of any Manufacturing Subsidiary (such mortgages, pledges and liens being
hereinafter called “Pledge” or “Pledges”), without effectively providing that
the Obligations (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other
Debt of the Company or of such Manufacturing Subsidiary then existing or
thereafter created ranking equally with the Obligations) shall be secured
equally and ratably with (or prior to) such secured Debt, so long as such
secured Debt shall be so secured, unless, after giving effect thereto, the
aggregate amount of all such secured Debt so secured plus all Attributable Debt
of the Company and its Manufacturing Subsidiaries in respect of Sale and
Leaseback Transactions would not exceed 5% of the Consolidated Net Tangible
Automotive Assets; provided, however, that this
Section 7.8 shall not apply to Debt secured by:
(a) Pledges
of property of, or on any shares of stock of or Debt of, any corporation
existing at the time such corporation becomes a Manufacturing
Subsidiary;
(b) Pledges
in favor of the Company or any Manufacturing Subsidiary;
(c) Pledges
in favor of any governmental body to secure progress, advance or other payments
pursuant to any contract or provision of any statute;
(d) Pledges
of property, shares of stock or Debt existing at the time of acquisition thereof
(including acquisition through merger or consolidation) or to secure the payment
of all or any part of the purchase price thereof or to secure any Debt incurred
prior to, at the time of, or within 60 days after, the acquisition of such
property or shares or Debt for the purpose of financing all or any part of the
purchase price thereof; and
(e) any
extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Pledge referred to in the foregoing
clauses (a) to (d), inclusive; provided, however, that such
extension, renewal or replacement Pledge shall be limited to all or a part of
the same property, shares of stock or Debt that secured the Pledge extended,
renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).
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7.9 Sales and
Leasebacks. The Company will not itself, and it will not
permit any Manufacturing Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any
bank, insurance company or other lender or investor (not including the Company
or any Manufacturing Subsidiary) or to which any such lender or investor is a
party, providing for the leasing by the Company or a Manufacturing Subsidiary
for a period, including renewals, in excess of three years of any Principal
Domestic Manufacturing Property which has been or is to be sold or transferred
by the Company or such Manufacturing Subsidiary to such lender or investor or to
any person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such lender or
investor on the security of such Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property
(herein referred to as a “Sale and Leaseback
Transaction”) unless either:
(a) the
Company or such Manufacturing Subsidiary could create Debt secured by a Mortgage
pursuant to Section 7.8 on the Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property to be
leased in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction without equally and ratably securing the Obligations;
or
(b) the
Company, within 120 days after the sale or transfer shall have been made by the
Company or by a Manufacturing Subsidiary, applies an amount equal to the greater
of:
(i) the
net proceeds of the sale of the Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property leased
pursuant to such arrangement; or
(ii) the
fair market value of the Principal Domestic Manufacturing Property so leased at
the time of entering into such arrangement (as determined by any two of the
following: the Chairman of the Board of the Company, its President, any
Executive Vice President of the Company, any Group Vice President of the
Company, any Vice President of the Company, its Treasurer or its
Controller);
to the
retirement of Funded Debt of the Company; provided, however, that the
amount to be applied to the retirement of Funded Debt of the Company shall be
reduced by the principal amount of Funded Debt voluntarily retired by the
Company within 120 days after such sale.
SECTION
8. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
If any of
the following events shall occur and be continuing:
(a) the
Company (or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower) shall fail to pay (i) any
principal of any Loan, any Acceptance Obligation or any Acceptance Equivalent
Loan when due, (ii) any interest, facility fee, Letter of Credit Fee, Acceptance
Fee or any Reimbursement Obligation hereunder for a period of five Business Days
after the same becomes due and payable or (iii) any other amount due and payable
under any Loan Document for 30 days after receipt of notice of such failure by
the Company from the Administrative Agent (other than, in the case of amounts in
this clause (iii), any such amount being disputed by the Company in good faith);
or
(b) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Company in any Loan
Document or any certified statement furnished by the Company (including any
Borrowing Base Certificate), shall prove to have been incorrect in any material
respect on or as of the date made or deemed made or furnished; or
(c) the
Company or any Significant Guarantor shall default in the observance or
performance of (i) its agreements in Section 6.1, (ii) its agreements in Section
7.1 or Section 7.2 for a period of 20 consecutive days or (iii) any
other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document and, with
respect to clause (iii) only, such default shall continue unremedied for a
period of 30 days after notice thereof to the Company from the Administrative
Agent; or
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(d) the
Company or any Significant Guarantor shall (i) default in making any payment of
any principal of any Indebtedness or any Guarantee Obligation in respect of
Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any; or (ii) default in making any
payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligation, in
each case beyond the period of grace, if any; provided, that a
default, event or condition described in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph
(d) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time,
one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i)
or (ii) of this paragraph (d) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect
to Indebtedness or any such Guaranty Obligation the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of which exceeds $1,000,000,000; or
(e) any
Permitted Additional Notes, any Permitted Additional Senior Facilities, any
Permitted Second Lien Debt or any other Indebtedness issued or guaranteed by the
Company or any Significant Guarantor with an aggregate outstanding principal
amount of $1,000,000,000 or more shall have been accelerated by the holders
thereof as a result of a default thereunder; or
(f)
(i) the Company, any Significant Guarantor, FMCC, a
Volvo Group Member or Ford Canada shall (A) commence any case, proceeding or
other action under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or
foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors
(1) seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking
to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, winding up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or
other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (2) seeking appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or
for all or any substantial part of its assets, or (B) make a general assignment
for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against the
Company, any Significant Guarantor, FMCC, a Volvo Group Member or Ford Canada
any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above
that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or
appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of
90 days; or
(g) (i)
any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standard required for any
plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standard or extension of any
amortization period has been sought and rejected under Section 412 of the Code;
(ii) any Plan is or shall have been terminated or is the subject of termination
proceedings under ERISA; (iii) the PBGC shall have terminated a Plan or
appointed a trustee to administer any Plan; (iv) any Plan shall have an
accumulated funding deficiency which has not been waived; or (v) the Company or
any Commonly Controlled Entity has incurred a liability to or on account of a
Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201 or
4204 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code; and (b) any of the foregoing
has had a Material Adverse Effect; or
(h) one
or more judgments or decrees shall be entered in the United States against the
Company or any Significant Guarantor that is not vacated, discharged, satisfied,
stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days, and involves a liability (not
paid or fully covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company
has not denied coverage) of either (a) $100,000,000 or more, in the case of any
single judgment or decree or (b) $200,000,000 or more in the aggregate;
or
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(i)
the Collateral Trust Agreement or any Security Document shall
cease to be in full force and effect, or any Lien thereunder shall cease to be
enforceable and perfected (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or any other
Loan Document or as a result of acts or omissions by either Agent or any
Lender), with respect to Collateral with a Net Book Value in excess of
$250,000,000; provided that the
foregoing Event of Default shall only be applicable if the Borrowing Base
Coverage Ratio (calculated on a pro forma basis assuming
such Collateral is not in the Borrowing Base) is less than 1.25 to 1.00;
or
(j)
the guarantee of any Significant Guarantor or of the Company
contained in the Guarantee shall cease to be in full force and effect;
or
(k) the
occurrence of a Change of Control;
then, and
in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in
paragraph (f) above with respect to the Company, automatically the Commitments
shall immediately terminate and the Loans and Acceptances (with accrued interest
thereon) and all other amounts owing to the Lenders under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not
the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented
the documents required thereunder) shall immediately become due and payable, and
(B) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or both of the following
actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the Required Lenders,
the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the
Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Company declare the Revolving
Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Commitments
shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders,
the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the
Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Company, declare the Loans and
Acceptances (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing to the
Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all amounts
of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding
Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) to be
due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and
payable. With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which
presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration
pursuant to this paragraph, the Company or the relevant Subsidiary Borrower
shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the
Administrative Agent an amount equal to 105% of the aggregate then undrawn and
unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit (calculated, in the case of Letters
of Credit denominated in Optional Currencies, at the Dollar Equivalent thereof
on the date of acceleration). Subject to the Collateral Trust
Agreement, amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be applied by the
Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of
Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall
have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other
obligations of the Company and any Subsidiary Borrower hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents. After all such Letters of Credit shall have
expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been
satisfied and all other obligations of the Company and any Subsidiary Borrower
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full, the
balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the
Company or such Subsidiary Borrower (or such other Person as may be lawfully
entitled thereto). Except as expressly provided above in this
Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are
hereby expressly waived by the Company and each Subsidiary
Borrower.
Whenever
the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing
under this Agreement shall have become immediately due and payable in accordance
with clause (A) or clause (B) above, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith
deliver a Notice of Acceleration to the Collateral Trustee; provided that, by
written notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders
may, for such periods and/or subject to such conditions as may be specified in
such notice, withdraw any declaration of acceleration effected in accordance
with clause (B) above. If a declaration of acceleration in accordance
with clause (B) immediately preceding shall have been withdrawn in accordance
with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent
shall forthwith deliver to the Collateral Trustee a notice of cancellation of
the respective Notice of Acceleration theretofore delivered to the Collateral
Trustee.
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Whenever
the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing
under this Agreement shall have become immediately due and payable in accordance
with clause (A) or clause (B) above, each Specified Currency Loan shall be
converted automatically into Dollars at the Exchange Rate in effect on date the
Loans shall become so due and payable; provided, further that any
Specified Currency Loan held by any Lender that is not paid in full on the
Revolving Termination Date for such Lender shall be converted automatically into
Dollars at the Exchange Rate in effect on such Revolving Termination
Date.
SECTION
9. THE
AGENTS
9.1 Appointment. (a) Each
Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as
the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and
each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such
capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform
such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent
shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth
herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants,
functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read
into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the
Administrative Agent.
(b) The
Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints
the Collateral Trustee as its agent under the Collateral Trust Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, and irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Trustee, in such
capacity, to (i) take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the
Collateral Trust Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such
powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral
Trustee by the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto
and (ii) enter into any and all Security Documents and the Collateral Trust
Agreement and such other documents and instruments as shall be necessary to give
effect to (A) the ranking and priority of Indebtedness and other extensions of
credit and obligations contemplated by the Collateral Trust Agreement, (B) the
security interests in the Collateral purported to be created by the Security
Documents and (C) the other terms and conditions of the Collateral Trust
Agreement. Each Lender further hereby agrees to be bound by the
terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement to the same extent as if it were a party
thereto and authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into the Collateral
Trust Agreement on its behalf. Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Trustee shall not have
any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth in herein, in
the Collateral Trust Agreement or in any other Loan Document to which it is a
party, or any fiduciary relationship with the Administrative Agent or any
Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties,
obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement, the Collateral
Trust Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the
Collateral Trustee.
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9.2 Delegation of
Duties. Each Agent may execute any of its duties under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact
and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to
such duties. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or
misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable
care.
9.3 Exculpatory
Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of their respective
officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be
(i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such
Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(except to the extent that any of the foregoing resulted from its or such
Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any
manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or
warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or
other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under
or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the
value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party a
party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The
Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to
inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained
in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect
the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.
9.4 Reliance by Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and
shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution,
notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype
message, e-mail, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by
it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper
Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including
counsel to the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by
the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat
the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written
notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with
the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully
justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of
the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any
other instructing group of Lenders specified in this Agreement) as it deems
appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders
against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason
of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative
Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from
acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a
request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all
Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified in this Agreement),
and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall
be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the
Loans.
9.5 Notice of
Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless
the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Company
referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and
stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” In the event that
the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall
give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall
take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be
reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this
Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified in
this Agreement); provided that unless
and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the
Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or
refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of
Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the
Lenders.
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9.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and
Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither
of the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees,
agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or
warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any
review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be
deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any
Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has,
independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based
on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their
affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans and other extensions of
credit hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any 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 analysis, appraisals
and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform
itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition
and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except
for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to
the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent
shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit
or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition
(financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any
affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of the
Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
9.7 Indemnification. The
Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not
reimbursed by the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower and without limiting the
obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower to do so), ratably
according to their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the
date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if
indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have
terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance
with such Aggregate Exposure Percentages immediately prior to such date), from
and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind
whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the
Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way
relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other
Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein
or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or
omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no
Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision
of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section
shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
9.8 Agent in Its Individual
Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans to,
accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan
Party as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its
Loans made or renewed by it, any Letter of Credit issued or participated in by
it and any other extension of credit made by it hereunder, each Agent shall have
the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as
any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the
terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its individual
capacity.
9.9 Successor Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative
Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Company. If the
Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among
the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall
(unless an Event of Default under Section 8(a) or Section 8(f) with respect to
the Company shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the
Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of
the Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such
successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former
Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall
be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such
former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any
holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment
as Administrative Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring
Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent
may, on behalf of the Lenders and with the consent of the Company (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld and, which consent, shall not be required if an
Event of Default under Section 8(a) or Section 8(f) with respect to the Company
shall have occurred and be continuing), appoint a successor Administrative
Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized or licensed under the laws of
the United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of
any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative
Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon 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 under this Agreement. After any retiring
Administrative Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of
this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to
be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
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9.10 Bookrunners, Lead Arrangers,
Documentation Agents and Syndication Agents. None of the
Syndication Agents or any of the bookrunners, lead arrangers, documentation
agents or the agent identified on the cover page to this Agreement shall have
any duties or responsibilities under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
in their respective capacities as such.
SECTION
10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Amendments and
Waivers. (a) Neither this Agreement, any other Loan
Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or
modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1 or as
otherwise expressly provided herein. The Required Lenders and the
Company (on its own behalf and as agent on behalf of any other Loan Party party
to the relevant Loan Document) may, or, with the written consent of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Company (on its own behalf and as
agent on behalf of any Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document ) may,
from time to time, (i) enter into written amendments, supplements or
modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding
any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any
manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder
or (ii) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of
the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or
Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such
waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall:
(A) forgive
or reduce any principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of
any Loan, Acceptance or any Reimbursement Obligation or extend the scheduled
date of any amortization payment in respect of any Term Loan (for the purpose of
clarity each of the foregoing not to include any waiver of a mandatory
prepayment), reduce the stated rate of any interest, fee or prepayment premium
payable hereunder (except in connection with the waiver of applicability of any
post-default increase in interest rates), or extend the scheduled date of any
payment thereof, change the relative rights of the Secured Parties under the
Collateral Trust Agreement in respect of payments or Collateral, or increase the
amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender’s Revolving Commitment, in
each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely
affected thereby;
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(B)
eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this
Section 10.1 without the written consent of such Lender;
(C)
reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required
Lenders, consent to the assignment or transfer by or release of the Company of
any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release all or
substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations under the
Guarantee or the Security Agreement (except as otherwise provided in the Loan
Documents), in each case without the written consent of all
Lenders;
(D) effect
any amendment, modification or waiver that by its terms adversely affects the
rights in respect of payment or Collateral of Lenders under any Revolving
Facility differently from Lenders under any other Revolving Facility without the
written consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of each Revolving
Facility adversely affected thereby;
(E) effect
any amendment, modification or waiver that by its terms adversely affects the
rights in respect of payment or Collateral of Lenders under the Revolving
Facilities differently from Lenders under the Term Facility (or vice versa)
without the written consent of the Majority Revolving Lenders (or the Majority
Facility Lenders under the Term Facility, as applicable);
(F) reduce
the percentage specified in the definition of Majority Facility Lenders with
respect to any Facility without the written consent of all Lenders under such
Facility or reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Majority
Revolving Lenders without the written consent of all Revolving
Lenders;
(G)
after the Closing Date, amend, modify or waive any
provision of Section 5.2 without the written consent of the Majority Revolving
Lenders,
(H)
amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9
in a manner adverse to the Administrative Agent without the written consent of
the Administrative Agent;
(I) amend,
modify or waive any provision of Section 9 in a manner adverse to the Collateral
Trustee without the written consent of the Collateral Trustee;
(J)
amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.11,
2.12 or 2.13 without the written consent of each Swingline Lender;
(K)
amend, modify or waive any
provision of Section 3 without the written consent of each Issuing Lender;
or
(L)
amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.18(a)
or the definition of Mandatory Prepayment in a manner that adversely affects the
rights of the Tranche B-1 Term Lenders without the written consent of the
Majority Facility Lenders under the Tranche B-1 Term Facility;
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Any such
waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to
each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans. In the case
of any waiver, the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall
be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be
cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent
thereon.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing paragraph (a), without the consent of the Required Lenders, but
subject to any consent required by paragraphs (A) through (K) above, (i) the
terms of any Facility may be amended, modified or waived in any manner that does
not adversely affect the rights or obligations of Lenders under any other
Facility with the written consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of
such Facility and (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Company may amend,
modify or supplement any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(with, to the extent applicable, the consent of the Collateral Trustee) to (A)
cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency so long as such amendment,
modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights or obligations
of any Lender or Issuing Lender, (B) provide additional Collateral for the
Obligations and (c) to permit additional affiliates of the Company to guarantee
the Obligations and/or provide Collateral therefor.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the
Administrative Agent, the Company and each of the Lenders providing the relevant
Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing, replacement
or modification of all outstanding Term Loans (“Replaced Term Loan”)
with one or more replacement term loan tranches hereunder (each, a “Replacement Term
Loans”), provided that (i) the
aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the
aggregate principal amount of such Replaced Term Loans, (ii) the weighted
average life to maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter
than the weighted average life to maturity of such Replaced Term Loans at the
time of such refinancing and (iii) the Company shall have paid to the holders of
the Replaced Term Loans the prepayment premium, if any, that would be applicable
at the date of such refinancing, replacement or modification if such Lender had
received a prepayment on such date pursuant to Section 2.17.
(d) In
addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended after the
Closing Date without consent of the Lenders, so long as no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, as follows:
(i) to
designate (w) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Company as a Domestic Subsidiary
Borrower, (x) any Subsidiary of the Company organized under the laws of Canada
or any province or territory thereof as a Canadian Borrower, (y) any Foreign
Subsidiary organized or domiciled under the laws of the United Kingdom, Sweden
or Germany as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower under the Multicurrency Revolving
Facility and (z) any other Foreign Subsidiary of the Company as a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower under a New Local Facility or any Incremental Revolving
Facility upon (A) ten Business Days prior notice to the Administrative Agent
(such notice to contain the name, primary business address and taxpayer
identification number of such Subsidiary), (B) the execution and delivery by the
Company, such Subsidiary and the Administrative Agent of a Joinder Agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit R (each, a “Joinder Agreement”),
providing for such Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Borrower, (C) the agreement
and acknowledgment by the Company and each other Subsidiary Guarantor that the
Guarantee and the Security Agreement cover the Obligations of such Subsidiary,
(D) the delivery to the Administrative Agent of corporate or other applicable
resolutions, other corporate or other applicable documents, certificates and
legal opinions in respect of such Subsidiary reasonably equivalent to comparable
documents delivered on the Closing Date and (E) the delivery to the
Administrative Agent of any documentation or other information reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent and necessary to satisfy obligations of
the Lenders described in Section 10.18 or any applicable “know your customer” or
other anti-money laundering Requirement of Law; and
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(ii) to
remove any Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Borrower upon (A) execution and delivery
by the Company to the Administrative Agent of a written notification to such
effect, (B) repayment in full of all Loans made to such Subsidiary Borrower, (C)
repayment in full of all other amounts owing by such Subsidiary Borrower under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (D) the deposit in a cash
collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent of an amount equal to 105%
of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of all Letters of Credit
issued for the account of such Subsidiary Borrower (calculated, in the case of
Letters of Credit denominated in Optional Currencies, at the Dollar Equivalent
thereof on the date of removal) (it being agreed that any such repayment shall
be in accordance with the other terms of this Agreement).
10.2 Notices. All
notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be
effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy or electronic
transmission), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed
to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after
being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice
or electronic transmission, when received, addressed as follows in the case of
the Company and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth in an administrative
questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case of the Lenders,
or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties
hereto:
Company:
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Ford
Motor Company
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Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention: Treasurer
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Telecopy: 000-000-0000
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Telephone: 000-000-0000
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with
a copy to:
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Ford
Motor Company
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Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention: Secretary
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Telecopy: 000-000-0000
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Telephone: 000-000-0000
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Administrative
Agent for all
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JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
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notices:
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Loan
& Agency Services
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0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention: Xxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Telecopy: 000-000-0000
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Telephone: 000-000-0000
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with
a copy to:
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JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
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000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
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000
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Telecopy: 000-000-0000
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Telephone: 000-000-0000
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with
a further copy to:
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Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
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000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Attention: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Telecopy: (000)
000-0000
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Telephone: (000)
000-0000
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Administrative
Agent for
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JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A.
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notices
with respect to
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000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
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the
Multicurrency
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Xxxxxx
XX0X 0XX
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Revolving
Facility:
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United
Kingdom
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Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Fax: 00
00 0000 0000
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Telephone: 00
00 0000 0000
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Administrative
Agent for
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JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A
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notices
with respect to
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000
Xxxx Xxxxxx
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the
Canadian Revolving
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Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Facility:
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Attention: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Telephone: 000-000-0000
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Telecopy: 000-000-0000
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provided that any
notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
shall not be effective until received.
Notices
and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished
by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided that the
foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 or 3 unless otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The
Administrative Agent or the Company may, in its discretion, 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.
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising,
on the part of any Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof;
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or
privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The
rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by
law.
10.4 Survival of Representations
and Warranties. All representations and warranties made
hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or
statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and other
extensions of credit hereunder.
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10.5 Payment of Expenses and
Taxes. The Company agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the development, preparation and execution of, and
any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith,
the syndication of the Facilities, the consummation and administration of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and any amendment or waiver with
respect thereto, including, without limitation, (i) the reasonable fees and
disbursements of Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP and one local counsel in each
relevant jurisdiction (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include Canada,
Sweden, Mexico, each jurisdiction where a Mortgaged Property is located and,
without duplication, each other jurisdiction where a Subsidiary Borrower is
organized) to be shared by the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Trustee,
(ii) filing and recording fees and expenses and (iii) the charges of Intralinks,
(b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Trustee for
all their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of one
primary counsel to the Administrative Agent, which counsel shall act on behalf
of all Lenders (and if necessary or advisable one local counsel in each relevant
jurisdiction (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may include Canada, Sweden,
Mexico, each jurisdiction where a Mortgaged Property is located and, without
duplication, each other jurisdiction where a Subsidiary Borrower is organized)
to be shared by the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Trustee) and, in the
event of any conflict of interest, if necessary or advisable one additional
local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to the Collateral Trustee and one
additional primary counsel (and if necessary or advisable one local counsel in
each relevant jurisdiction) to represent all Lenders (other than the
Administrative Agent), (c) to pay, indemnify or reimburse each Lender, each
Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent for, and hold each Lender, each
Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent harmless from, any and all recording
and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from
any delay in paying, stamp, excise and similar taxes, if any, that may be
payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and
delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions
contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver
or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and
any such other documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify or reimburse each Lender,
each Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent, their respective affiliates, and
their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, advisors, agents,
controlling persons and trustees (each, an “Indemnitee”) for, and
hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all other liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (other than with
respect to taxes not specifically provided for herein, which shall be governed
exclusively by Section 2.26 or with respect to the costs, losses or expenses
which are of the type covered by Section 2.25 or Section 2.27) with respect to
the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including,
without limitation, any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the
Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any
Environmental Law applicable to the operations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of the Mortgaged Properties and the reasonable fees and
expenses of legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by
any Indemnitee against any Loan Party under any Loan Document (all the foregoing
in this clause (d), collectively, the “Indemnified
Liabilities”), provided, that the
Company shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to
Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities resulted from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or material breach of the Loan
Documents by, such Indemnitee, any of its affiliates or its or their respective
officers, directors, partners, employees, advisors, agents, controlling persons
or trustees. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent
permitted by applicable law, the Company agrees not to assert and to cause its
Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its
Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of
recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities,
settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or
related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute or
otherwise against any Indemnitee unless the same shall have resulted from the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of, or material breach of the Loan
Documents by, such Indemnitee, any of its affiliates or its or their respective
officers, directors, partners, employees, advisors, agents, controlling persons
or trustees. All amounts due under this Section 10.5 shall be payable
not later than 30 Business Days after the party to whom such amount is owed has
provided a statement or invoice therefor, setting forth in reasonable detail,
the amount due and the relevant provision of this Section 10.5 under which such
amount is payable by the Company. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, it is understood and agreed that the Company may ask for reasonable
supporting documentation to support any request to reimburse or pay out of
pocket expenses, legal fees and disbursements and that the grace period to pay
any such amounts shall not commence until such supporting documentation has been
received by the Company. Statements payable by the Company pursuant to this
Section 10.5 shall be submitted the Company at the address of the Company set
forth in Section 10.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter
designated by the Company in a written notice to the Administrative
Agent. The agreements in this Section 10.5 shall survive repayment of
the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
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10.6 Successors and Assigns;
Participations and Assignments. (a) 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 an Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), except
that (i) other than pursuant to Section 7.7, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary 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 the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower
without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or
otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with
this Section.
(b) (1) Subject
to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to
one or more assignees (each, an “Assignee”) all or a
portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitments and the Loans and/or Acceptances at the time owing to
it) with the prior written consent (in each case, not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) of:
(A) with
respect to any Revolving Facility:
(1) the
Company;
(2) the
Administrative Agent;
(3) each
Material Issuing Lender at such time; and
(4) each
Material Swingline Lender at such time;
provided, that none
of the foregoing consents in relation to any Revolving Facility shall be
required for an assignment to a Revolving Lender or, in the case of the Company
only, if an Event of Default under Section 8(a) or (f) has occurred and is
continuing.
(B) with
respect to any Term Loan:
(1) the
Company; and
(2) the
Administrative Agent;
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provided, that none
of the foregoing consents in relation to any Term Loan shall be required for an
assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund of a Lender
or, in the case of the Company only, if an Event of Default under Section 8(a)
or (f) has occurred and is continuing.
(ii) Assignments
shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except
in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an
Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning
Lender’s Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments
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, in the case of a
Revolving Facility, $10,000,000 or, in the case of the Term Facility, $1,000,000
unless each of the Company and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no
such consent of the Company shall be required if an Event of Default under
Section 8(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be
aggregated in respect of each Lender and its affiliates or Approved Funds, if
any;
(B) 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; and
(C) the
Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
an administrative questionnaire.
For the
purposes of this Section 10.6, “Approved Fund” 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 and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
affiliate of a Lender or (c) 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) below, 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 Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.25, 2.26, 2.27 and
10.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.6
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) of
this Section.
(iv) The
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Company, 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 Commitments of, and principal amount of and interest on the
Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof
from time to time (the “Register”). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Company, the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for
all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Company, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice. The portion of the Register that reflects the Revolving Facilities shall
be available for inspection by any Issuing Lender and any Swingline Lender at
any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.
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(v) Upon
its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an
assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed administrative
questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the
processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and
any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption
and record the information contained therein in the Register. No
assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been
recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c) (i) Any
Lender may, without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent, sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans and/or Acceptances
owing to it); provided that (A)
such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations, (C) the Company, the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Lenders and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly
with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement and (D) no later than January 31 of each year, such Lender shall
provide the Company with a written description of each participation of Loans,
Acceptances and/or Commitments by such Lender during the prior year (it being
understood that any failure to provide notice shall not render the participation
invalid). Any agreement 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 may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires
the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to
the second sentence of Section 10.1(a) and (2) directly affects such
Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the
Company agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.25, 2.26 and 2.27 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had
acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
Section. To the extent permitted by law, and subject to paragraph
(c)(ii) of this Section, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits
of Section 10.7(b) as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant shall
be subject to Section 10.7(a) as though it were a
Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
10.6, each Lender shall have the right to sell one or more participations in all
or any part of its Loans, Commitments or other Obligations to one or more
lenders or other Persons that provide financing to such Lender in the form of
sales and repurchases of participations without having to satisfy the foregoing
requirements.
(ii) A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section
2.25 or 2.26 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with
respect to the participation sold to such Participant. A Participant
shall not be entitled to receive any funds directly from the Company in respect
of Sections 2.25, 2.26, 2.27 or 10.7 unless such Participant shall have provided
to Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Company,
such information as is required to be recorded in the Register pursuant to
paragraph (b)(iv) above as if such Participant were a Lender. Any
Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.26 unless such
Participant complies with Section 2.26(d) and (e) as though it were a
Lender.
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(d) Any
Lender may, without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent, at
any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its
rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any
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.
(e) The
Company, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to
issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type
described in paragraph (d) above.
(f)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder
to its designating Lender without the consent of the Company or the
Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in Section
10.6(b). Each of the Company, each Subsidiary Borrower, each Lender
and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against
a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit
Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day
after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by
such Conduit Lender; provided, however,
that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save
and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense
arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit
Lender during such period of forbearance.
10.7 Adjustments; Set-off;
Revolver Allocation. (a) Except to the extent that
this Agreement expressly provides for payments to be allocated to a particular
Lender or to the Lenders under a particular Facility, if any Lender (a “Benefitted Lender”)
shall, at any time after the Loans and other amounts payable hereunder shall
immediately become due and payable pursuant to Section 8, receive any payment of
all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or receive any collateral in respect
thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or
proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 8(f), or otherwise), in a
greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other
Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing to such other Lender, such
Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash in Dollars from the other Lenders a
participating interest in such portion of the Obligations owing to each such
other Lender, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such
collateral, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the
excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders;
provided, however, that if all
or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from
such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price
and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without
interest.
(b) In
addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender
shall have the right, without prior notice to the Company or any Subsidiary
Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Company and each
Subsidiary Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon all amounts
owing hereunder becoming due and payable (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise), to set off and appropriate and apply against such
amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or
final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any
currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or
agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Company or such
Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be. Each Lender agrees promptly
to notify the Company and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and
application made by such Lender; provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and
application.
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(c) In
the case of the Revolving Lenders of any Class, at any time when a Notice of
Acceleration is in effect, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Section 2.24 or the Collateral Trust Agreement, each payment received by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document in respect of the Obligations
of each Loan Party owing to any Revolving Lender of such Class or, in the case
of any 2013 Revolving Lenders, any Issuing Lender (as to the Revolving Lenders
of any Class, the “Revolving
Obligations” of such Class), and each distribution made by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to any Loan Document in respect of Revolving
Obligations of such Class, shall be distributed to the Revolving Lenders of such
Class pro rata in accordance
with their respective CAM Percentages of such Class. Any direct
payment received by a Revolving Lender of any Class at any time when a Notice of
Acceleration is in effect, including by way of set-off, in respect of the
Revolving Obligations of such Class shall be paid over to the Administrative
Agent for distribution to the Revolving Lenders of such Class in accordance with
the provisions of the foregoing sentence. In furtherance of the
forgoing and in order to effect the allocation of payments and distributions
provided for in this paragraph (c), on the date of each such payment or
distribution, each Revolving Lender of the applicable Class shall be deemed to
have sold and purchased participations in the Revolving Obligations of such
Class and the unfunded Revolving Commitments of such Class under each Revolving
Facility of such Class such that, following such deemed exchange, each Revolving
Lender of the applicable Class holds, directly or through its Applicable Lending
Office, an interest in each one of the Revolving Loans of such Class and other
extensions of credit under any Revolving Facility of such Class (including, in
the case of 2013 Revolving Lenders, L/C Obligations), and in the unfunded
Revolving Commitments of such Class under each Revolving Facility of such Class,
equal to such Revolving Lender’s CAM Percentage of such Class on such date (the
“CAM
Exchange”). For purposes of calculating the appropriate amount to be
exchanged in connection with the deemed exchange of interests pursuant to this
paragraph, the interest in the Revolving Loans, L/C Obligations and other
extensions of credit denominated in any Currency other than Dollars shall be
converted into the Dollar Equivalent thereof on the date of
exchange. Each Revolving Lender of any Class consents and agrees to
the CAM Exchange in respect of such Class, and each Revolving Lender of any
Class agrees that the CAM Exchange in respect of such Class shall be binding
upon its successors and assigns and any Person that acquires a participation in
its interests in any Revolving Loans, L/C Obligations and other extensions of
credit under any Revolving Facility, or in any Revolving Commitment
hereunder.
10.8 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any
number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery
of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic
transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the
parties shall be lodged with the Company and the Administrative
Agent.
10.9 Severability. Any
provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
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10.10 Integration. This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of the
Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject
matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings,
representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative
to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in
the other Loan Documents (other than agreements between the Company and any
Swingline Lender or any Issuing Lender contemplated by this Agreement and any
Addendum executed and delivered on the Closing Date).
10.11 GOVERNING
LAW. THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
10.12 Submission to Jurisdiction;
Waivers. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the
Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally:
(a) submits
for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for
recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the
non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the
courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and appellate
courts from any thereof;
(b) consents
that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) in
the case of each Subsidiary Borrower, hereby irrevocably designates the Company
(and the Company hereby irrevocably accepts such designation) as its agent to
receive service of process in any such action or proceeding; and
(d) waives,
to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or
recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any
special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
10.13 Judgment. The
obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Borrower in respect of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents due to any party hereto shall,
notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “judgment currency”)
other than the currency in which the sum originally due to such party is
denominated (the “original currency”),
be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by
such party of any sum adjudged to be so due in the judgment currency such party
may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the original currency
with the judgment currency; if the amount of the original currency so purchased
is less than the sum originally due under such judgment to such party in the
original currency, the Company or such Subsidiary Borrower, as the case may be,
agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to
indemnify such party against such loss, and if the amount of the original
currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally due to any party to this
Agreement, such party agrees to remit to the Company such excess. The
provisions of this Section 10.13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and payment of the obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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10.14 Acknowledgements. Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers hereby acknowledges
that:
(a) it
has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or
duty to the Company or any Subsidiary arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on one hand, and the Company or any
Subsidiary, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely
that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no
joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise
exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or
among the Company or any Subsidiary and the Lenders.
10.15 Releases of Guarantees and
Liens. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is
hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to
or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 10.1) to take,
and the Administrative Agent hereby agrees to take promptly, any action
requested by the Company having the effect of releasing, or evidencing the
release of, any Collateral or Guarantee Obligations (including by instructing
the Collateral Trustee to do so) (i) to the extent necessary to permit
consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has
been consented to in accordance with Section 10.1 or (ii) under the
circumstances described in paragraph (b) below. For the avoidance of
doubt any such action shall include directing the Collateral Trustee to take
action under the Collateral Trust Agreement.
(b) At
such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and interest and fees
owing hereunder shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been
terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding (or such Letters of
Credit are Collateralized), the Obligations shall cease to be “Secured
Obligations” under the Security Documents and the Administrative Agent shall
provide notice to the Collateral Trustee thereof in accordance with Section
6.12(a)(A) of the Collateral Trust Agreement.
(c) The
Collateral shall be released automatically on the first date (the “Collateral Release
Date”) on which each of the following has occurred: (a) the Index Debt
has at least two of the following three ratings: at least Baa3 by
Xxxxx’x, at least BBB- by Fitch and/or at least BBB- by S&P, (b)
the Term Loans (including any Incremental Term Loans) shall have been paid in
full and (c) the Company has delivered to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Trustee a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that such
conditions have been satisfied and stating that such certificate shall
constitute a “Collateral Release Notice”; provided, however, that any
guarantees and liens with respect to other Covered Debt and Permitted Second
Lien Debt are released concurrently therewith. Within three Business
Days following the receipt of a Collateral Release Notice, the Administrative
Agent shall deliver to the Collateral Trustee the notice required pursuant to
Section 6.12(a) (B) of the Collateral Trust Agreement.
10.16 Confidentiality. Each
of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential all
non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party, the Administrative
Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement ; provided that nothing
herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any
such information (a) to the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any
affiliate thereof, (b) subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of
this Section (or other provisions at least as restrictive as this Section), to
any actual or prospective Transferee or any pledgee referred to in Section
10.6(d) or any direct or indirect contractual counterparty (or the professional
advisors thereto) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Company
and its obligations, (c) to its employees, directors, trustees, agents,
attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of any of its
affiliates for performing the purposes of a Loan Document, (d) upon the request
or demand of any Governmental Authority or regulatory agency (including
self-regulated agencies), (e) in response to any order of any court or other
Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any
Requirement of Law, after notice to the Company if reasonably feasible, (f) if
requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar
proceeding, after notice to the Company if reasonably feasible, (g) that has
been publicly disclosed, (h) to the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating
agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio
in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i) in
connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan
Document.
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10.17 WAIVERS
OF JURY TRIAL. THE COMPANY, EACH
SUBSIDIARY BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM
THEREIN.
10.18 USA Patriot
Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Company and each
Subsidiary Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act
(Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “USA
Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies the Company and each Subsidiary Borrower, which information includes
the name and address of the Company and each Subsidiary Borrower and other
information that will allow such Lender to identify the Company and each
Subsidiary Borrower in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the
day and year first above written.
FORD
MOTOR COMPANY
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