500.0 Million 364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of December 7, 2007 among PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. and PPG INDUSTRIES SECURITIES, INC. as Borrowers and THE INITIAL LENDERS NAMED HEREIN as Initial Lenders and CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH as...
Exhibit 10.22
Execution Version
$500.0 Million
Dated as of December 7, 2007
among
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
and
PPG INDUSTRIES SECURITIES, INC.
as Borrowers
and
THE INITIAL LENDERS NAMED HEREIN
as Initial Lenders
and
CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
as Administrative Agent
and
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager
PPG 364 Day Credit Agreement
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||
ARTICLE I | ||||
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | ||||
SECTION 1.01. | Certain Defined Terms | 1 | ||
SECTION 1.02. | Computation of Time Periods | 12 | ||
SECTION 1.03. | Accounting Terms | 12 | ||
ARTICLE II | ||||
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES | ||||
SECTION 2.01. | The Advances | 12 | ||
SECTION 2.02. | Making the Advances | 13 | ||
SECTION 2.03. | Fees | 14 | ||
SECTION 2.04. | Repayment | 14 | ||
SECTION 2.05. | Interest on Advances | 14 | ||
SECTION 2.06. | Interest Rate Determination | 15 | ||
SECTION 2.07. | Optional Conversion of Advances | 16 | ||
SECTION 2.08. | Prepayments of Advances | 16 | ||
SECTION 2.09. | Increased Costs | 17 | ||
SECTION 2.10. | Illegality | 17 | ||
SECTION 2.11. | Payments and Computations | 18 | ||
SECTION 2.12. | Taxes | 19 | ||
SECTION 2.13. | Sharing of Payments, Etc. | 20 | ||
SECTION 2.14. | Evidence of Debt. | 20 | ||
SECTION 2.15. | Use of Proceeds | 21 | ||
ARTICLE III | ||||
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING | ||||
SECTION 3.01. | Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness | 21 | ||
SECTION 3.02. | Conditions Precedent to Funding | 22 |
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SECTION 3.03. | Determinations Under Section 3.01 and 3.02 | 23 | ||
ARTICLE IV | ||||
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | ||||
SECTION 4.01. | Representations and Warranties of PPG | 24 | ||
ARTICLE V | ||||
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWERS | ||||
SECTION 5.01. | Affirmative Covenants | 26 | ||
SECTION 5.02. | Negative Covenants | 27 | ||
ARTICLE VI | ||||
EVENTS OF DEFAULT | ||||
SECTION 6.01. | Events of Default | 30 | ||
ARTICLE VII | ||||
GUARANTY | ||||
SECTION 7.01. | Guaranty | 31 | ||
SECTION 7.02. | Guaranty Absolute | 31 | ||
SECTION 7.03. | Waivers and Acknowledgments | 32 | ||
SECTION 7.04. | Subrogation | 33 | ||
SECTION 7.05. | Subordination | 33 | ||
SECTION 7.06. | Continuing Guaranty; Assignments | 34 | ||
ARTICLE VIII | ||||
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | ||||
SECTION 8.01. | Authorization and Action | 34 | ||
SECTION 8.02. | Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Etc. | 34 | ||
SECTION 8.03. | Credit Suisse and Affiliates | 35 | ||
SECTION 8.04. | Lender Credit Decision | 35 | ||
SECTION 8.05. | Indemnification | 35 | ||
SECTION 8.06. | Successor Administrative Agent | 36 | ||
SECTION 8.07. | Other Agents | 36 |
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ARTICLE IX | ||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
SECTION 9.01. | Amendments, Etc. | 36 | ||
SECTION 9.02. | Notices, Etc. | 36 | ||
SECTION 9.03. | No Waiver; Remedies | 37 | ||
SECTION 9.04. | Costs and Expenses | 37 | ||
SECTION 9.05. | Right of Set-off | 38 | ||
SECTION 9.06. | Binding Effect | 38 | ||
SECTION 9.07. | Assignments and Participations | 38 | ||
SECTION 9.08. | Confidentiality | 41 | ||
SECTION 9.09. | Governing Law | 41 | ||
SECTION 9.10. | Execution in Counterparts | 41 | ||
SECTION 9.11. | Judgment | 41 | ||
SECTION 9.12. | Jurisdiction, Etc. | 41 | ||
SECTION 9.13. | Substitution of Currency | 42 | ||
SECTION 9.14. | Waiver of Jury Trial | 42 | ||
SECTION 9.15. | USA PATRIOT ACT | 42 |
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Schedules
Schedule I | – | List of Applicable Lending Offices | ||
Schedule 1.01 | – | Mandatory Cost | ||
Schedule 2.15 | – | Existing Target Debt and Surviving Target Debt | ||
Exhibits | ||||
Exhibit A | – | Form of Note | ||
Exhibit B-1 | – | Form of Notice of Borrowing | ||
Exhibit B-2 | – | Form of Notice of Continuation | ||
Exhibit C | – | Form of Assignment and Acceptance | ||
Exhibit D-1 | – | Form of Opinion of Counsel for PPG | ||
Exhibit D-2 | – | Form of Opinion of In-House Counsel for PPG |
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Dated as of December 7, 2007
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (“PPG”), PPG INDUSTRIES SECURITIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (collectively with PPG, the “Borrowers”) the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders (the “Initial Lenders”) listed on the signature pages hereof, CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH (“Credit Suisse”), as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders, and CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, as sole lead arranger and sole book manager (the “Lead Arranger”), agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“Acquisition” means the acquisition by PPG of all of the Equity Interests in the Target pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement.
“Acquisition Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Agreement for the Sale and Purchase of SigmaKalon (BC) Holdco B.V. dated December 4, 2007 between PPG and the Seller, as amended or otherwise modified or as any of the terms or conditions thereof may be waived from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent.
“Additional Margin” means, (a) 0.0% during the period from and including the Effective Date up to, but excluding, the two month anniversary of the Effective Date, (b) 0.10% per annum during the period from and including the two month anniversary of the Effective Date up to, but excluding, the four month anniversary of the Effective Date, (c) 0.20% per annum during the period from and including the four month anniversary of the Effective Date up to, but excluding, the sixth month anniversary of the Effective Date, and (d) 0.30% per annum during the period beginning on the sixth month anniversary of the Effective Date and thereafter.
“Advance” means an advance by a Lender to any Borrower as part of a Borrowing and refers to a Base Rate Advance or a Eurocurrency Rate Advance (each of which shall be a “Type” of Advance).
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or is a director or officer of such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) of a Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise.
“Agent’s Account” means (a) in the case of Advances denominated in Dollars, the account of the Administrative Agent maintained by the Administrative Agent at Bank of New York, ABA No.: 000000000, Account Name: CS Cayman A/C, Account No.: XXXXXXXXXX, Reference: PPG, (b) in the case of Advances denominated in Euro, the account of the Administrative Agent maintained by the Administrative Agent at Citibank N.A. London, SWIFT: XXXXXX0X, F/O: CS NYC, SWIFT Code: XXXXXX00, Account No.: XXXXXXXXXX, Reference: PPG, (c) in the case of Advances denominated in Sterling, the account of the Administrative Agent maintained by the Administrative Agent at HSBC plc, SWIFT: XXXXXX00, Sort Code: 400515, F/O: CREDIT SUISSE NYC, SWIFT Code: XXXXXX00, Account No. XXXXXXXXXX, and (d) in any such case, such other account of the Administrative Agent as is designated in writing from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers and the Lenders for such purpose.
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“Applicable Lending Office” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender’s Eurocurrency Lending Office in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Advance.
“Applicable Margin” means (a) for Base Rate Advances, 0% per annum, and (b) for Eurocurrency Rate Advances, a percentage per annum determined by reference to the Corporate Rating in effect on such date as set forth below:
Corporate Rating S&P/Xxxxx’x |
Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Rate Advances |
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Level 1 AA- or Aa3 or above |
0.25 | % | |
Xxxxx 0 Xxxxx xxxx Xxxxx 0 but at least A- or A3 |
0.30 | % | |
Xxxxx 0 Xxxxx xxxx Xxxxx 0 but at least BBB- or Baa3 |
0.45 | % | |
Xxxxx 0 Xxxxx xxxx Xxxxx 0 |
0.75 | % |
“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and PPG, PPG’s consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
“Bankruptcy Law” means any proceeding of the type referred to in Section 6.01(h) or 6.01(i) or Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar foreign, federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“Base Rate” means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the higher of:
(a) the rate of interest per annum then most recently announced by Credit Suisse in New York, New York, from time to time, as Credit Suisse’s prime rate for Dollars loaned in the United States; and
(b) 1/2 of 1% per annum above the Federal Funds Rate.
The Base Rate is an index rate and is not necessarily intended to be the lowest or best rate of interest charged to other customers in connection with extensions of credit or to other banks.”
“Base Rate Advance” means an Advance denominated in Dollars that bears interest as provided in Section 2.05(a)(ii).
“Borrowers” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Advances of the same Type and in the same Currency made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.
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“Borrowing Minimum” means, in respect Advances denominated in Dollars, $10,000,000, in respect of Advances denominated in Sterling, £10,000,000 and, in respect of Advances denominated in Euro, €10,000,000.
“Borrowing Multiple” means, in respect of Advances denominated in Dollars, $1,000,000, in respect of Advances denominated in Sterling, £1,000,000 and, in respect of Advances denominated in Euro, €1,000,000.
“Business Day” means a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized by law to close in New York City and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurocurrency Rate Advances, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank market and banks are open for business in London and in the country of issue of the currency of such Eurocurrency Rate Advance (or, in the case of an Advance denominated in Euro, on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is open).
“Commitment” means as to any Lender (a) the Euro amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the signature pages hereof or (b) if such Lender has entered into any Assignment and Acceptance, the Euro amount set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.07(d).
“Committed Currencies” means Sterling and Euro.
“Completion Date” means the date on which “Completion” (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) occurs.
“Confidential Information” means any and all information and data of PPG and any of PPG’s Subsidiaries that is furnished or otherwise becomes known to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by or through PPG and its Subsidiaries, but does not include any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public (other than, in the case of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as a result of the disclosure thereof by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be) or that is or becomes available to the Administrative Agent or such Lender from a source other than PPG that, to the knowledge of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is under no duty or obligation to keep such information or data confidential.
“Consolidated” refers to the consolidation of accounts in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Subsidiaries” means the subsidiaries of PPG whose accounts are consolidated with the accounts of PPG in PPG’s consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Convert”, “Conversion” and “Converted” each refers to a conversion of Advances of one Type into Advances of the other Type pursuant to Section 2.06, 2.07 or 2.10.
“Corporate Rating” means, as of any date of determination, the corporate rating or corporate family rating as determined by either S&P or Xxxxx’x, respectively, of the Borrower. For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if only one of S&P and Xxxxx’x shall have in effect a Corporate Rating, the Applicable Margin shall be determined by reference to the available rating; (b) if neither S&P nor Xxxxx’x shall have in effect a Corporate Rating, the Applicable Margin will be set in accordance with Level 4 under the definition of “Applicable Margin”; (c) if the ratings established by S&P and Xxxxx’x shall fall within different levels, the Applicable Margin shall be based upon (i) if such different levels differ by only one level, the higher rating and (ii) if such different levels differ by more than one level, the level immediately below the higher rating; (d) if any rating established by S&P or Xxxxx’x shall be changed, such change shall be effective as of the date on which such change is first announced publicly by the rating agency making such change; and (e) if S&P or Xxxxx’x shall change the basis on which ratings are established, each reference to the Corporate Rating announced by S&P or Xxxxx’x, as the case may be, shall refer to the then equivalent rating by S&P or Xxxxx’x, as the case may be.
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“Currency” means Dollars and any Committed Currency.
“Default” means any Event of Default or any event that would constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both.
“Disclosed Matters” means the actions, suits and proceedings disclosed or otherwise described in PPG’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 or Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2007, June 30, 2007 and September 30, 2007.
“Dollars” and the “$” sign each means lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Domestic Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its “Domestic Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“Effective Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person approved by the Administrative Agent, each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that neither PPG nor an Affiliate of PPG shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee.
“EMU Legislation” means (a) the Treaty on European Union (the Treaty of Rome of March 25, 1957, as amended by the Single Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998), and (b) legislative measures of the European Council (including without limitation European Council regulations) for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of the Euro, in each case as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including, without limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination.
“Equivalent” in Dollars, Euro or Sterling of any Currency on any date means the equivalent in Dollars, Euro or Sterling of such Currency determined by using the quoted spot rate at which the Administrative Agent’s principal office in London offers to exchange Dollars, Euro or Sterling, as the case may be, for such Currency in London prior to 4:00 P.M. (London time) (unless otherwise indicated by the terms of this Agreement) on such date as is required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is a member of a group of which PPG is a member and which is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Escrow Accounts” means accounts established at the Escrow Bank, in the name of the Escrow Agent, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
“Escrow Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
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“Escrow Agreement” means that certain Escrow Agreement dated as of December 4, 2007 (as amended or otherwise modified or as any of the terms or conditions thereof may be waived from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent), by and among PPG, PPG Europe B.V., the Seller and the Escrow Agent, and acknowledged by the Notary, pursuant to which, subject to the occurrence of the Satisfaction Date before December 27, 2007, the proceeds of the Advances on the Funding Date will be deposited in an Escrow Account.
“EURIBO Rate” means, for any Interest Period for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of the same Borrowing consisting of Euro, (a) the rate per annum equal to the Banking Federation of the European Union EURIBOR Rate (“BFEA EURIBOR”), as published by Bloomberg (or another commercially available source providing quotations of BFEA EURIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 A.M., Brussels time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in Euro (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, or (b) if for any reason such rate is not available at such time, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate per annum at which deposits in Euro are offered by the principal office of Credit Suisse in London, England to prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to Credit Suisse’s Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of such Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period, or (c) if for any reason neither of such rates is available at such time, the average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Euro are offered by the principal office of each of the Reference Banks in London, England to prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to such Reference Bank’s Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of such Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period.
“Euro” and the “€” sign each means the lawful currency of the European Union as constituted by the treaty establishing the European Community being the Treaty of Rome, as amended from time to time and as referred to in the EMU legislation.
“Eurocurrency Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its “Eurocurrency Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means for any Interest Period for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of the same Borrowing (a) in the case of any Borrowing denominated in Dollars, an interest rate per annum equal to the rate per annum obtained by dividing (i) (x) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on the date that is two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period by reference to the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in Dollars (as set forth by the Bloomberg Information Service or any successor thereto or any other service selected by the Administrative Agent which has been nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates) for a period equal to such Interest Period, or (y) if for any reason such rate is not available at such time, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the principal office of Credit Suisse in London, England to prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to such Credit Suisse’s Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of such Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period, or (z) if for any reason neither of such rates is available at such time, the average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the principal office of each of the Reference Banks in London, England to prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 A.M.
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(London time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to such Reference Bank’s Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of such Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period, by (ii) a percentage equal to 100% minus the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage for such Interest Period, or (b) in the case of any Borrowing denominated in Sterling, (i) the rate per annum appearing on the Bloomberg Information Service or any successor thereto as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Sterling at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period or, if for any reason such rate is not available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which Credit Suisse’s London Branch would offer in the European interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London Time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period for deposits in Sterling for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of such Eurocurrency Rate Advance being made, continued or converted, or (ii) if for any reason such rate is not available at such time, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate per annum at which deposits in Sterling are offered by the principal office of Credit Suisse in London, England to prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to such Credit Suisse’s Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of such Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period, or (iii) if for any reason neither of such rates is available at such time, the average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Sterling are offered by the principal office of each of the Reference Banks in London, England to prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to such Reference Bank’s Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of such Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period, or (c) in the case of any Borrowing denominated in Euro, the EURIBO Rate.
“Eurocurrency Rate Advance” means an Advance denominated in Dollars or a Committed Currency that bears interest as provided in Section 2.05(a)(i).
“Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage” for any Interest Period for all Eurocurrency Rate Advances denominated in Dollars comprising part of the same Borrowing means the reserve percentage applicable two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities (or with respect to any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Eurocurrency Rate Advances is determined) having a term equal to such Interest Period.
“Events of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“Existing Target Debt” means Indebtedness of the Target and its Subsidiaries outstanding immediately before the occurrence of the Effective Date.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to 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 for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding 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 such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness for money borrowed which by its terms matures at or is extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor to a date more than twelve months after the date of the creation of such Indebtedness.
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“Funding Date” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02.
“GAAP” has the meaning specified in Section 1.03.
“Guarantee” of or by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, to purchase or pay such Indebtedness or to purchase any security for the payment of such Indebtedness; provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business.
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 7.01.
“Guaranty” means Guarantee by PPG contained in Article VII.
“Indebtedness” of any Person at any time means, without duplication, (a) all obligations for money borrowed or raised, all obligations (other than accounts payable and other similar items arising in the ordinary course of business) for the deferred payment of the purchase price of property, and all capital lease obligations which, in each case in accordance with GAAP, would be included in determining total liabilities as shown on the liability side of the balance sheet of such Person and (b) all Guarantees by such Person.
“Interest Period” means, initially, for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of the same Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Eurocurrency Rate Advance or the date of the Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into such Eurocurrency Rate Advance and ending on the last day of the period selected by the applicable Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and, thereafter, with respect to Eurocurrency Rate Advances, each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of the period selected by such Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be one, two, three or six months, as the applicable Borrower may select upon notice received by the Administrative Agent not later than (i) in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Advances denominated in Dollars, 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the fourth Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period and (ii) in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Advances denominated in any Committed Currency, 11:00 A.M. (New York City time), provided, however, that:
(a) such Borrower may not select any Interest Period that ends after the Termination Date;
(b) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Eurocurrency Rate Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing shall be of the same duration;
(c) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that, if such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day;
(e) whenever the first day of any Interest Period occurs on a day of an initial calendar month for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that succeeds such initial calendar month by the number of months equal to the number of months in such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such succeeding calendar month; and
(f) if the aggregate principal amount of Eurocurrency Rate Advances comprising any Borrowing shall be reduced, by payment or prepayment or otherwise, to less than the Borrowing Minimum, or if an Event of Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under Section 6.01(a), any new Interest Period therefor shall not exceed one month.
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“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“Lenders” means the Initial Lenders and each Person that shall become a party hereto pursuant to Section 9.07.
“Lien” means any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement, including, without limitation, the lien or retained security title of a conditional vendor and any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement and the Notes.
“Mandatory Cost” means, with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance with Schedule 1.01.
“Margin Stock” shall have the meaning given such term under Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect, including all official interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a materially adverse effect on the business, assets, operations or financial condition of PPG and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or a material impairment of the ability of PPG to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to which it is or will be a party.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
(a) with respect to any Specified Asset Sale, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such Specified Asset Sale (including any cash or cash equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Indebtedness that is secured by the applicable asset and that is required to be repaid in connection with such Specified Asset Sale thereof, (B) the reasonable and customary out-of-pocket costs, fees, commissions, premiums and expenses incurred by PPG and its Subsidiaries in connection with such Specified Asset Sale, and (C) federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes reasonably estimated (on a consolidated basis) to be actually payable within the current or the immediately succeeding tax year as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith;
(b) with respect the offering, incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by PPG or any of its Subsidiaries (other than (i) issuances of commercial paper by PPG in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, including, without limitation, any such issuances the proceeds of which are to be used to satisfy any amounts due under supplier arrangements, legal settlements, regulatory obligations or judgments or to pay all or any portion of the consideration in respect of any strategic acquisitions, (ii) issuances, offerings or placements of debt securities of the Borrower and its subsidiaries to the extent used to prepay the loans pursuant to the €1.0 Billion Credit Agreement, (iii) Indebtedness under the SigmaKalon Securitization in an aggregate amount not to exceed €150,000,000 outstanding at any time, (iv) Indebtedness under the €1.0 Billion Credit Agreement, and (v) other Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness under any senior bank credit facility, including, without limitation, the €650 Million Credit Facility) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 outstanding at any time), the excess of (A) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such offering, incurrence or issuance over (B)
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the underwriting discounts and commissions or other similar payments, and other out-of-pocket costs, fees, commissions, premiums and expenses incurred by PPG and its Subsidiaries in connection with such offering, incurrence or issuance to the extent such amounts were not deducted in determining the amount referred to in clause (A); and
(c) with respect to the offering, sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (including, without limitation, the receipt of any capital contribution) by PPG or any of its Subsidiaries (other than (i) equity interests issued to PPG or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) issuances, offerings or placements of equity securities of the Borrower and its subsidiaries to the extent used to prepay the loans made pursuant to the €1.0 Billion Credit Agreement), the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents received in connection with such sale or issuance over (ii) the underwriting discounts and commissions or similar payments, and other out-of-pocket costs, fees, commissions, premiums and expenses, incurred by PPG and its Subsidiaries in connection with such offering, sale or issuance to the extent such amounts were not deducted in determining the amount referred to in clause (i); provided, however, that Net Cash Proceeds shall not include any funds received in connection with the exercise of stock options granted to employees or directors of PPG or any of its Subsidiaries or funds received in connection with dividend reinvestment programs.
“Notary” means Xxxxxx Jan Xxxxx Lijdsman of Xxxxx & Overy LLP, Amsterdam.
“Notary Letter” means that certain letter dated as of December 4, 2007 (as amended or otherwise modified or as any of the terms or conditions thereof may be waived from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent), by the Notary to the Seller, PPG, PPG Europe B.V. and ING Bank N.V.
“Note” means a promissory note of any Borrower payable to the order of any Lender, delivered pursuant to a request made under Section 2.14 in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of such Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Advances made by such Lender to such Borrower.
“Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a).
“Notice of Continuation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(f).
“€1.0 Billion Credit Agreement” means that certain 364 Day Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2007, among PPG Industries, Inc., certain other borrowers party thereto, certain lenders party thereto, Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent for such lenders, The Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and New York Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as co-syndication agents, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank, as co-documentation agents, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, The Bank of Tokyo – Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank, as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers.
“Overnight Eurocurrency Rate” means the average of the rates that represent the cost of overnight funds in the applicable Committed Currency to each of the Reference Banks for such day. The Administrative Agent shall determine the Overnight Eurocurrency Rate for a Committed Currency by obtaining appropriate rate quotes from the Reference Banks, and if any such bank fails to timely provide such quote for any day, then the Overnight Eurocurrency Rate for such day shall be determined by the average based on the quotes from the banks that provided such quotes on that day.
“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
“Payment Office” means, for any Committed Currency, such office of Credit Suisse as shall be from time to time selected by the Administrative Agent and notified by the Administrative Agent to the Borrowers and the Lenders.
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“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
“Plan” means any pension plan subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code which is maintained for employees of PPG or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Post Petition Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05(b).
“Reference Banks” means Credit Suisse, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(d).
“Reportable Event” means any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(b) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate which is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code).
“Required Lenders” means at any time Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount (based on the Equivalent in Euro at such time of any Currency other than Euro) of the Advances owing to Lenders, or, if no such principal amount is then outstanding, Lenders having more than 50% of the Commitments.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means:
(a) any Subsidiary of PPG other than
(i) a Subsidiary substantially all of the physical properties of which are located, or substantially all of the business of which is carried on, outside the United States of America (“United States of America” shall not include the territories and possessions thereof), other than the Target, or
(ii) a Subsidiary the primary business of which consists of purchasing accounts receivable and/or making loans secured by accounts receivable or inventories and/or making investments in real estate or providing services directly related thereto, or which is otherwise primarily engaged in the business of a finance or real estate investment company, or
(iii) a Subsidiary the primary business of which consists of leasing equipment, machinery, vehicles, rolling stock and other articles for use in the business of PPG, or
(iv) a Subsidiary the stock of which is held primarily for the purpose of securing the investment of PPG in such Subsidiary, while the management of such Subsidiary is accumulating funds for the purchase of such stock pursuant to written contract, and
(b) any Subsidiary specified in clauses (i) through (iv) of paragraph (a) above which at the time of determination shall be designated a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to designation by the board of directors of PPG. PPG may, by a resolution adopted by its board of directors, designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided that in the opinion
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of the board of directors of PPG such Subsidiary does not own a manufacturing or research property, plant or facility which is of material importance to the business of PPG and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary. PPG may by a resolution adopted by its board of directors designate a newly acquired or formed Subsidiary other than the Target to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided such designation takes place within 90 days of such acquisition or formation.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
“Satisfaction Date” has the meaning set forth in the Acquisition Agreement, without taking into account any waiver unless consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent.
“Secured Debt” means Indebtedness for money borrowed if such Indebtedness is secured by a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or encumbrance on any of the manufacturing or research property, plant or facilities of PPG or any Restricted Subsidiary (but not including a property determined not to be a principal property of PPG or a Restricted Subsidiary by the board of directors of PPG in its discretion) or on any shares of stock or indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary.
“Seller” means SigmaKalon Luxco 2, S.à.x.x., a société à responsabilité limitée.
“Shareholders’ Interest” means as of any particular time, the aggregate of equity capital and surplus of PPG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, after deducting the cost of the shares of PPG held in PPG’s treasury (i.e., shares which had been previously issued and outstanding but have been reacquired and are presently held by PPG), as shown on a consolidated balance sheet of PPG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with GAAP, as of the end of the latest fiscal year ended prior to such determination.
“SigmaKalon Securitization” means the €150,000,000 trade receivables securitization program entered into as of April 28, 2006 by and among HSBC France and certain Subsidiaries of the Target.
“€650 Million Credit Facility” means that certain €650 Million Credit Facility dated as of December 3, 2007, among PPG and certain subsidiaries of PPG listed on Schedule 1 thereof as the original borrowers, BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and SG Americas Securities, LLC, as mandated lead arrangers, Société Générale, New York Branch, as swingline agent in relation to the US$ swingline facility, Société Générale, as swingline agent in relation to the Euro swingline facility, Société Générale, as Facility Agent and BNP Paribas Securities Corp., as Syndication Agent.
“Sterling” and the “£” sign each means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
“Specified Asset Sales” means the sale of the fine chemicals business of PPG and its Subsidiaries to with ZaCh System S.p.A., and the sale of the automotive original equipment manufacture glass and automotive replacement glass and services businesses of PPG and its Subsidiaries to Platinum Equity, LLC.
“Subordinated Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05.
“Subsidiary” of any Person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or estate of which (or in which) more than 50% of (a) the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b) the interest in the capital or profits of such limited liability company, partnership or joint venture or (c) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.
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“Surviving Target Debt” means Indebtedness of the Target and its Subsidiaries outstanding immediately before and after giving effect to the Advances as described on Part II of Schedule 2.15.
“Target” means SigmaKalon (BC) Holdco B.V.
“Termination Date” means the earlier of (a) December 5, 2008, (b) April 30, 2008, unless on or before such date the Acquisition has been consummated and all conditions specified in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 have been satisfied or waived, (c) January 31, 2008, if the Satisfaction Date has occurred prior to December 27, 2007, unless on or before January 31, 2008 the Acquisition has been consummated and all conditions specified in Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.03 have been satisfied or waived, and (d) the date of termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section 6.01.
“Total Capitalization” means, as at any date, with respect to PPG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, the sum (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) of (a) Total Indebtedness as at such date plus (b) the amount that should be set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of PPG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries prepared as at such date opposite the caption “Total Shareholders’ Equity” (or the equivalent caption), excluding the amount reported in the financial statements as “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)” related to “Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Adjustments”.
“Total Indebtedness” means, as at any date, the total amount of Indebtedness of PPG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on such date, determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of PPG which is not a Restricted Subsidiary.
“Voting Stock” means capital stock issued by a corporation, or equivalent interests in any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
“Wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary all of the outstanding capital stock of which, other than directors’ qualifying shares, and all of the Funded Debt of which, shall at the time be owned by PPG or by one or more Wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries, or by PPG in conjunction with one or more Wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries.
SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”.
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistent with those applied in the preparation of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(c) (“GAAP”).
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
SECTION 2.01. The Advances. Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make one or more Advances to the Borrowers on the Funding Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of such Lender’s Commitment at such time (based on the Equivalent in Euro at such time of any Currency other than Euro). Each Borrowing shall consist of Advances of the same Type and the same Currency made simultaneously by the Lenders to the same Borrower ratably according to their Commitments. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01 and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Anything contained
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herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) no Borrowings shall be made after April 30, 2008 (or, if the Satisfaction Date has occurred prior to December 27, 2007, January 31, 2008), and (b) to the extent that PPG and its Subsidiaries receives any Net Cash Proceeds following the Effective Date, the unfunded Commitments of the Lenders hereunder shall be ratably reduced by the aggregate amount of such Net Cash Proceeds.
SECTION 2.02. Making the Advances. (a) Each Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not later than (x) 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the Funding Date in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances denominated in Dollars, (y) 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the Funding Date in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances denominated in any Committed Currency, or (z) 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Funding Date in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances (which Borrowing may only be denominated in Dollars), by the applicable Borrower to the Administrative Agent, which shall give to each Lender prompt notice thereof. Each notice of Borrowing (a “Notice of Borrowing”) shall be by telephone, confirmed immediately in writing, or telecopier or telex in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Borrowing (which shall be the Funding Date) and identity of the applicable Borrower, (ii) Type and Currency of Advances comprising such Borrowing, (iii) aggregate amount of such Borrowing, and (iv) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances, the initial Interest Period and Currency. Each Lender shall, before (x) 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the Funding Date in the case of a Borrowing denominated in any Committed Currency and (y) 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Funding Date in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent at the applicable Agent’s Account, in same day funds, such Lender’s ratable portion of each Borrowing. After the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower that requested such Advances via wire transfer as directed by such Borrower in the applicable Notice of Borrowing, provided that (A) if the Funding Date occurs before December 27, 2007, the proceeds thereof shall be disbursed to the Escrow Agent pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, and (B) in all other cases, the proceeds of the applicable Borrowing shall be disbursed to the Notary.
(b) Anything in subsection (a) above to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) the Borrowers may not select Eurocurrency Rate Advances for any Borrowing if the aggregate amount thereof is less than the Borrowing Minimum or a Borrowing Multiple in excess thereof or if the obligation of the Lenders to make Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall then be suspended pursuant to Section 2.06 or 2.10 and (ii) the Eurocurrency Rate Advances may not be outstanding as part of more than six separate Borrowings.
(c) Each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower giving such Notice of Borrowing. If any Notice of Borrowing specifies that any part of such Borrowing is to be comprised of Eurocurrency Rate Advances, the Borrower giving such Notice of Borrowing shall indemnify each Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of Borrowing for such Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Borrowing when such Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.02 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to such Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a Borrower, the higher of (A) the interest rate applicable at the time to Advances comprising such Borrowing and (B) the cost of funds incurred by the Administrative Agent in respect of such amount and (ii) in the case of such Lender, (A) the Federal Funds Rate in the case of Advances denominated in Dollars or (B) the Overnight Eurocurrency Rate in the case of Advances denominated in Committed Currencies. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender’s Advance as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
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(e) The failure of any Lender to make the Advance to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Advance on the date of such Borrowing but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Advance to be made by such other Lender on the date of such Borrowing.
(f) Each Borrower shall (or, in the case of any Eurocurrency Rate Advance consisting of Dollars, may) continue all or any portion of any Eurocurrency Rate Advance upon the expiration of the applicable Interest Period, and the succeeding Interest Period of any such continued Eurocurrency Rate Advance shall commence on the last day of the Interest Period of the Eurocurrency Rate Advance to be continued. Any Eurocurrency Rate Advance or group of Eurocurrency Rate Advances having the same proposed Interest Period and denominated in the same Currency to be continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Advance shall be not less than the Borrowing Minimum and, if in excess thereof, in a Borrowing Multiple in excess thereof. Any such continuation must be made by 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the fourth Business Day prior to the end of the Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Advance to be continued as such. Each continuation must be made pursuant to a written notice to the Administrative Agent by telephone, confirmed immediately in writing or by telecopier in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto (a “Notice of Continuation”). If no Notice of Continuation is received by the Administrative Agent with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Advance by 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the fourth Business Day prior to the end of the Interest Period with respect thereto, such Eurocurrency Rate Advance shall be continued in accordance with Section 2.06(c).
SECTION 2.03. Fees. (a) The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent on the Funding Date, for the ratable account of the Lenders, a takedown fee in an amount equal to 0.05% of the aggregate principal amount of the Advances made hereunder on such date.
(b) If any Advances are outstanding on January 1, 2008, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent on such date, for the ratable account of the Lenders, a maintenance fee in an amount equal to 0.05% of the aggregate principal amount of the Advances outstanding on such date.
(c) The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account such fees as may from time to time be agreed between PPG and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 2.04. Repayment. The Borrowers shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders on the Termination Date the aggregate principal amount of the Advances then outstanding.
SECTION 2.05. Interest on Advances. (a) Scheduled Interest. The Borrowers shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance owing to each Lender from the date of such Advance until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates per annum:
(i) Eurocurrency Rate Advances. During such periods as such Advance is a Eurocurrency Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest Period for such Advance to the sum of (w) the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period for such Advance plus (x) the Applicable Margin in respect of Eurocurrency Rate Advances in effect from time to time plus (y) the Additional Margin in effect from time to time, plus (z) the Mandatory Cost, payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest Period and, if such Interest Period has a duration of more than three months, on each day that occurs during such Interest Period every three months from the first day of such Interest Period and on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in full.
(ii) Base Rate Advances. During such periods as such Advance is a Base Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of (x) the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus (y) the Applicable Margin in respect of Base Rate Advances in effect from time to time plus (z) the Additional Margin in effect from time to time, payable in arrears quarterly on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December during such periods and on the date such Base Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in full.
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(b) Default Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), the Administrative Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, require the Borrowers to pay interest (“Default Interest”) on (i) the unpaid principal amount of each Advance owing to each Lender, payable in arrears on the dates referred to in clause (a) above, at a rate per annum equal at all times to 2% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on such Advance pursuant to clause (a) above and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, the amount of any interest, fee or other amount payable hereunder that is not paid when due, from the date such amount shall be due until such amount shall be paid in full, payable in arrears on the date such amount shall be paid in full and on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to 2% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on Base Rate Advances pursuant to clause (a)(ii) above; provided, however, that, following acceleration of the Advances pursuant to Section 6.01, Default Interest shall accrue and be payable hereunder whether or not previously required by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 2.06. Interest Rate Determination. (a) If it is necessary to determine the Eurocurrency Rate or the Overnight Currency Rate, each Reference Bank agrees to furnish to the Administrative Agent timely information for the purpose of determining each Eurocurrency Rate and each Overnight Eurocurrency Rate. If any one or more of the Reference Banks shall not furnish such timely information to the Administrative Agent for the purpose of determining any such interest rate, the Administrative Agent shall determine such interest rate on the basis of timely information furnished by the remaining Reference Banks. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrowers and the Lenders of the applicable interest rate determined by the Administrative Agent for purposes of Section 2.05(a), and the rate, if any, furnished by each Reference Bank for the purpose of determining the interest rate under Section 2.05(a)(i) or (ii).
(b) If, with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Advances, the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent that (i) they are unable to obtain matching deposits in the London inter-bank market at or about 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the second Business Day before the making of a Borrowing in sufficient amounts to fund their respective Advances as a part of such Borrowing during its Interest Period or (ii) the Eurocurrency Rate for any Interest Period for such Advances will not adequately reflect the cost to such Required Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their respective Eurocurrency Rate Advances for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith so notify the Borrowers and the Lenders, whereupon (A) the applicable Borrower will, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, (1) if such Eurocurrency Rate Advances are denominated in Dollars, either (x) prepay such Advances or (y) Convert such Advances into Base Rate Advances and (2) if such Eurocurrency Rate Advances are denominated in any Committed Currency, either (x) prepay such Advances or (y) exchange such Advances into an Equivalent amount of Dollars and Convert such Advances into Base Rate Advances and (B) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist; provided that (1) if the circumstances set forth in clause (ii) above are applicable to Eurocurrency Rate Advances for any Committed Currency, the applicable Borrower may elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, to continue such Advances in such Committed Currency for a period of not longer than 30 days, which Advances shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin in respect of Eurocurrency Rate Advances, plus the Additional Margin, plus, for each Lender, the cost to such Lender (expressed as a rate per annum) of funding its Eurocurrency Rate Advances by whatever means it reasonably determines to be appropriate, plus, without duplication, the Mandatory Cost, and (2) if the circumstances causing such suspension shall cease to exist, any conversion of Advances back to the original Committed Currency shall be on such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. Each Lender shall certify its cost of funds for each Interest Period to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower as soon as practicable (but in any event not later than ten Business Days after the first day of such period).
(c) If any Borrower shall fail to select the duration of any Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Rate Advances in accordance with the provisions contained in the definition of “Interest Period” in Section 1.01 and Section 2.02(f), the Administrative Agent will forthwith so notify such Borrower and the Lenders and the Interest Period for such Advances will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, become one month.
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(d) On the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Eurocurrency Rate Advances comprising any Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be reduced, by payment or prepayment or otherwise, to less than the Borrowing Minimum, such Advances shall automatically Convert into Base Rate Advances.
(e) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), (i) each Eurocurrency Rate Advance denominated in Dollars will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, be Converted into Base Rate Advances, (ii) if and to the extent (and for such period) required by the Administrative Agent, any Borrowing specified by the Administrative Agent consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances in any Committed Currency shall bear interest at the Overnight Eurocurrency Rate, and (iii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be suspended.
(f) If information necessary for determining any Eurocurrency Rate is unavailable and fewer than two Reference Banks furnish timely information to the Administrative Agent for determining the Eurocurrency Rate for any Eurocurrency Rate Advances,
(i) the Administrative Agent shall forthwith notify the applicable Borrower and the Lenders that the interest rate cannot be determined for such Eurocurrency Rate Advances,
(ii) each Eurocurrency Rate Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, (A) if such Eurocurrency Rate Advance is denominated in Dollars, Convert into a Base Rate Advance and (B) if such Eurocurrency Rate Advance is denominated in any Committed Currency, be prepaid by the applicable Borrower or be automatically exchanged for an Equivalent amount of Dollars and be Converted into a Base Rate Advance (or if such Advance thereof is then a Base Rate Advance, will continue as a Base Rate Advance), and
(iii) the obligation of the Lenders to make Eurocurrency Rate Advances or to Convert any Advances into Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.
SECTION 2.07. Optional Conversion of Advances. Any Borrower may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Conversion and subject to the provisions of Sections 2.06 and 2.10, Convert all Advances made to it denominated in Dollars of one Type comprising the same Borrowing into Advances denominated in Dollars of the other Type; provided, however, that any Conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Advances into Base Rate Advances shall be made only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Advances, any Conversion of Base Rate Advances into Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be in an amount not less than the Borrowing Minimum or any Borrowing Multiple in excess thereof and no Conversion of any Advances shall result in more separate Borrowings than permitted under Section 2.02(b). Each such notice of a Conversion shall, within the restrictions specified above, specify (i) the date of such Conversion, (ii) the Dollar denominated Advances to be Converted, and (iii) if such Conversion is into Eurocurrency Rate Advances, the duration of the initial Interest Period for each such Advance. Each notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower giving such notice.
SECTION 2.08. Prepayments of Advances. (a) Optional. Any Borrower may, upon notice at least three Business Days’ prior to the date of such prepayment, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Advances, and not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of such prepayment, in the case of Base Rate Advances, to the Administrative Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment and Currency thereof, and if such notice is given such Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding principal amount of the Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with, notwithstanding Section 2.05(a), accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid; provided, however, that (x) each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount not less than the Borrowing Minimum or Borrowing Multiple in excess thereof and (y) in the event of any such prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Advance, the applicable Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to Section 9.04(c).
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(b) Mandatory. (i) On the date of receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any such Net Cash Proceeds the amount of which is applied to reduce the aggregate amount of the unfunded Commitments as provided in Section 2.01), the Borrowers shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Advances (as specified by PPG prior to such prepayment or, in the absence of such specification, as determined by the Administrative Agent) in an amount equal to the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(ii) Each prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.08(b) shall be made together with, notwithstanding Section 2.05(a), any interest accrued to the date of such prepayment on the principal amounts prepaid and, in the case of any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Advance on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period or at its maturity, any additional amounts which the Borrowers shall be obligated to reimburse to the Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to Section 9.04(c).
SECTION 2.09. Increased Costs. (a) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental authority including, without limitation, any agency of the European Union or similar monetary or multinational authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurocurrency Rate Advances (excluding for purposes of this Section 2.09 any such increased costs resulting from (1) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 2.12 shall govern) and (2) changes in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the United States of America or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof), then the Borrowers shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) If any Lender determines that compliance with any law or regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or any Person controlling such Lender and that the amount of such capital is increased by or based upon the existence of such Lender’s commitment to lend hereunder and other commitments of this type, then, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to time as specified by such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or such Person in the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Lender reasonably determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such Lender’s commitment to lend hereunder. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent by such Lender shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.10. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its Eurocurrency Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make Eurocurrency Rate Advances in Dollars or any Committed Currency or to fund or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Advances in Dollars or any Committed Currency hereunder, (a) each Eurocurrency Rate Advance will automatically, upon such demand, (i) if such Eurocurrency Rate Advance is denominated in Dollars, be Converted into a Base Rate Advance or an Advance that bears interest at the rate set forth in Section 2.05(a)(i), as the case may be, and (ii) if such Eurocurrency Rate Advance is denominated in any Committed Currency, be exchanged into an Equivalent amount of Dollars and be Converted into a Base Rate Advance, and (b) the obligation of the Lenders to make Eurocurrency Rate Advances or to Convert Advances into Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, provided that if the circumstances causing such suspension shall cease to exist, any conversion of Advances back to the original Committed Currency shall be on such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
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SECTION 2.11. Payments and Computations. (a) The Borrowers shall (i) make each payment hereunder, without counterclaim or set-off, with respect to principal of, interest on, and other amounts relating to, Advances denominated in Dollars not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the day when due in Dollars to the Administrative Agent at the applicable Agent’s Account in same day funds, and (ii) make each payment hereunder, without counterclaim or set-off, with respect to principal of, interest on, and other amounts relating to, Advances denominated in a Committed Currency, not later than 11:00 A.M. (at the Payment Office for such Committed Currency) on the day when due in such Committed Currency to the Administrative Agent, by deposit of such funds to the applicable Agent’s Account in same day funds, with payments being received by the Administrative Agent on any Business Day after 11:00 A.M. New York City time or at the Payment Office, as the case may be (or on a day that is not a Business Day), being deemed (in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion) to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day. The Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.09, 2.12 or 9.04(c)) to the Lenders for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon its acceptance of an Assignment and Acceptance and recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to Section 9.07(c), from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder for any period after the effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance, and to the Lender assignor for periods prior to such effective date.
(b) Each Borrower hereby authorizes each Lender, if and to the extent payment owed to such Lender is not made when due hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, to charge from time to time against any or all of such Borrower’s accounts with such Lender any amount so due.
(c) All computations of interest based on the Base Rate shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, all computations of interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate, Overnight Eurocurrency Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days (or, in each case of Advances denominated in Committed Currencies where market practice differs, in accordance with market practice), in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest or fees are payable. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(d) Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any payment hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest; provided, however, that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurocurrency Rate Advances to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents that such Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent such Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at (i) the Federal Funds Rate in the case of Advances denominated in Dollars or (ii) the cost of funds incurred by the Administrative Agent in respect of such amount in the case of Advances denominated in Committed Currencies.
(f) To the extent that the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the amounts owing by any Borrower under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in currencies other than the currency or currencies required to enable the Administrative Agent to distribute funds to the Lenders
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in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.11, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to convert or exchange such funds into Dollars or into a Committed Currency or from Dollars to a Committed Currency or from a Committed Currency to Dollars, as the case may be, to the extent necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to distribute such funds in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.11; provided that each Borrower and each of the Lenders hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by such Borrower or such Lender as a result of any conversion or exchange of currencies affected pursuant to this Section 2.11(f) or as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to effect any such conversion or exchange unless such loss, cost or expense or such failure is the result of fraudulent acts or omissions, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent; and provided, further, that each Borrower, jointly and severally with each other Borrower, agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and hold the Administrative Agent and each Lender harmless, for any and all losses, costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for any conversion or exchange of currencies (or the failure to convert or exchange any currencies) in accordance with this Section 2.11(f) except to the extent such losses, costs or expenses arose as a result of fraudulent acts or omissions, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 2.12. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by the Borrowers to or for the account of any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.11 or the applicable provisions of such other documents, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Lender and the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) is organized or any political subdivision thereof and, in the case of each Lender, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction of such Lender’s Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities in respect of payments hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If the Borrowers shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents or any other documents to be delivered hereunder or thereunder to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.12) such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrowers shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrowers shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrowers shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of and shall pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents or any other documents to be delivered hereunder or thereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, performing under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other documents to be delivered hereunder or thereunder (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).
(c) The Borrowers shall jointly and severally indemnify each Lender and the Administrative Agent for and hold it harmless against the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, taxes of any kind imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.12) imposed on or paid by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor.
(d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the Borrowers shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 9.02, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing such payment to the extent such a receipt is issued therefor, or other written proof of payment thereof that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. In the case of any payment hereunder or under the Notes or any other documents to be delivered hereunder by or on behalf of any Borrower through an account or branch outside the United States or by or on behalf of any Borrower by a payor that is not a United States person, if the applicable Borrower determines that no Taxes are payable in respect thereof, such Borrower shall furnish, or shall
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cause such payor to furnish, to the Administrative Agent, at such address, an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Administrative Agent stating that such payment is exempt from Taxes. For purposes of this subsection (d) and subsection (e) below, the terms “United States” and “United States person” shall have the meanings specified in Section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, on or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement in the case of each Initial Lender and on the date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and from time to time thereafter as reasonably requested in writing by the Borrowers (but only so long as such Lender remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers with two original Internal Revenue Service forms W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as appropriate, or any successor or other form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Lender is exempt from or entitled to a reduced rate of United States withholding tax on payments pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes. If the form provided by a Lender at the time such Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement indicates a United States interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded from Taxes unless and until such Lender provides the appropriate forms certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon withholding tax at such lesser rate only shall be considered excluded from Taxes for periods governed by such form; provided, however, that, if at the date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which a Lender assignee becomes a party to this Agreement, the Lender assignor was entitled to payments under subsection (a) in respect of United States withholding tax with respect to interest paid at such date, then, to such extent, the term Taxes shall include (in addition to withholding taxes that may be imposed in the future or other amounts otherwise includable in Taxes) United States withholding tax, if any, applicable with respect to the Lender assignee on such date. If any form or document referred to in this subsection (e) requires the disclosure of information, other than information necessary to compute the tax payable and information required on the date hereof by Internal Revenue Service form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, that the Lender reasonably considers to be confidential, the Lender shall give notice thereof to the Borrowers and shall not be obligated to include in such form or document such confidential information.
(f) For any period with respect to which a Lender has failed to provide the Borrowers with the appropriate form, certificate or other document described in Section 2.12(e) (other than if such failure is due to a change in law, or in the interpretation or application thereof, occurring subsequent to the date on which a form, certificate or other document originally was required to be provided, or if such form otherwise is not required under subsection (e) above), such Lender shall not be entitled to indemnification under Section 2.12(a) or (c) with respect to Taxes imposed by the United States of America by reason of such failure; provided, however, that should a Lender become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form, certificate or other document required hereunder, the Borrowers shall take such steps as the Lender shall reasonably request to assist the Lender to recover such Taxes.
SECTION 2.13. Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the Advances owing to it (other than pursuant to Section 2.09, 2.12 or 9.04(c)) in excess of its ratable share of payments on account of the Advances obtained by all the Lenders holding such Advances, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Advances owing to them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. Each Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.13 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
SECTION 2.14. Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Advance owing to such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder in respect of Advances. Each Borrower agrees that upon notice by any
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Lender to such Borrower (with a copy of such notice to the Administrative Agent) to the effect that one or more Notes is or are required or appropriate in order for such Lender to evidence (whether for purposes of pledge, enforcement or otherwise) any of the Advances owing to, or to be made by, such Lender, such Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to such Lender one or more Notes payable to the order of such Lender in an aggregate principal amount up to the unfunded Commitment of such Lender or, after the Funding Date, in an aggregate principal amount up to the Advances owing to such Lender.
(b) The Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.07(d) shall include a control account, and a subsidiary account for each Lender, in which accounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the date and amount of each Borrowing made hereunder, the Type and Currency of Advances comprising such Borrowing and, if appropriate, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the terms of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it, (iii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iv) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent from any Borrower hereunder and each Lender’s share thereof.
(c) Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to subsection (b) above, and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to subsection (a) above, shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the applicable Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement, absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of any Borrower under this Agreement.
SECTION 2.15. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Advances shall be available (and each Borrower agrees that it shall use such proceeds) solely to pay all or a portion of (a) the aggregate cash consideration of €717 million and $617.4 million to the Seller pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, (b) the amount required to refinance the Existing Target Debt described on Part I of Schedule 2.15, and (c) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing and in connection with this Agreement. Each Borrower agrees that it shall apply the proceeds of the Advances in compliance with all applicable laws.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING
SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. This Agreement (other than the several obligations of the Lenders to make Advances hereunder pursuant to section 2.01) shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Effective Date”) occurring on or prior to December 7, 2007 on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:
(a) The Lenders shall have been given such access to the management, records, books of account, contracts and properties of PPG and its Subsidiaries as they shall have reasonably requested.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know-your-customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the U.S.A. Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) the “Patriot Act”).
(c) PPG shall have notified the Administrative Agent in writing as to the proposed Effective Date.
(d) PPG shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent (including the accrued fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent).
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(e) On the Effective Date, the following statements shall be true and the Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of each Lender a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of PPG, dated the Effective Date, stating that:
(i) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are true and correct on and as of the Effective Date, and
(ii) No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Default.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date the following, each dated such day, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (except for the Notes) in sufficient copies for each Lender:
(i) The Notes to the order of the Lenders to the extent requested by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14.
(ii) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of PPG and each other Borrower approving this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of PPG and each other Borrower certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of PPG and each other Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or thereunder.
(iv) Favorable opinions of (A) Xxxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for PPG and the other Borrowers, and B) Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, counsel for PPG, substantially in the form of Exhibits D-1 and D-2 hereto, respectively, and as to such other matters as any Lender through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
SECTION 3.02. Conditions Precedent to Funding. Section 2.01 of this Agreement (and the several obligations of the Lenders to make Advances hereunder) shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “Funding Date”) occurring on or prior to April 30, 2008 (or, if the Satisfaction Date has occurred prior to December 27, 2007, January 31, 2008) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:
(a) Except for the Disclosed Matters, there shall exist no action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding affecting PPG or any of its Subsidiaries pending or threatened before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that (i) if adversely decided would have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(b) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (other than the Acquisition) shall have been obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable to the Lenders) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the Lenders that restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) PPG shall have notified the Administrative Agent in writing as to the proposed Funding Date.
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(d) PPG shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent (including the accrued fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent).
(e) If the Satisfaction Date has occurred prior to December 27, 2007, the Escrow Agreement and the Notary Letter shall be in full force and effect without any amendment or other modification thereto except to the extent approved in writing by the Administrative Agent.
(f) On the Funding Date, the following statements shall be true and the Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of each Lender a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of PPG, dated the Funding Date, stating that:
(i) The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 (except the representations and warranties set forth in subsection (u) thereof) are true and correct on and as of the Funding Date, before and after giving effect to the Borrowing or Borrowings to be made on such date, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date,
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the Borrowing or Borrowings to be made on such date or from the application of the proceeds therefrom that constitutes a Default, and
(iii) the Satisfaction Date has occurred.
(g) If the Satisfaction Date has not occurred prior to December 27, 2007, the Completion Date shall have occurred.
(h) If the Satisfaction Date has not occurred prior to December 27, 2007, all Existing Target Debt, other than Surviving Target Debt, has been, or is simultaneously being, prepaid, redeemed or defeased in full or otherwise satisfied and extinguished and all commitments relating thereto terminated.
(i) If the Satisfaction Date has not occurred prior to December 27, 2007, at least three Business Days prior to the Funding Date of the date of the Second Borrowing, PPG shall have confirmed in writing to the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that the conditions precedent set forth in clauses (g) and (h) above will be satisfied simultaneously with the Advances to be made on such date.
(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
SECTION 3.03. Determinations Under Section 3.01 and 3.02. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 3.01 and 3.02, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the date that PPG, by notice to the Lenders, designates as the proposed Effective Date or Funding Date, as applicable, specifying such Lender’s objection thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and PPG in writing of the occurrence of the Effective Date and the Funding Date, as applicable.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of PPG. PPG represents and warrants as follows:
(a) It is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with all requisite corporate authority to own its properties and to carry on the business in which it is engaged; and it is duly qualified to transact the business in which it is engaged and is in good standing (to the extent such concept is recognized) in those jurisdictions in which the real or personal property owned or leased or the business conducted by it are material to its operations, except where failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Each other Borrower is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with all requisite corporate authority to own its properties and to carry on the business in which it is engaged; and is duly qualified to transact the business in which it is engaged and is in good standing (to the extent such concept is recognized) in those jurisdictions in which the real or personal property owned or leased or the business conducted by it are material to its operations, except where failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each Borrower has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, to make the Borrowings provided for herein, to execute and deliver each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations under each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party; and all such action has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate proceedings on its part.
(c) The audited consolidated balance sheets and related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity, comprehensive income and cash flows contained in PPG’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2007, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PPG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and the results of operations and cash flows of PPG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for each of the three fiscal years ending on December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. The unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related consolidated statements of income contained in PPG’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to interim unaudited financial statements and, except for the absence of footnotes and other information required to be included in audited financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of PPG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2007 and the results of operations of PPG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the three and nine months then ended.
(d) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to which it or any other Borrower is a party, nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated, nor compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof, will violate or result in a breach (i) of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Restated Articles of Incorporation or bylaws of PPG or the articles of incorporation or charter or bylaws of any other Borrower; or (ii) of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or any law or regulation of the Federal government, the State of New York or any state or other jurisdiction in which the real or personal property owned or leased or the business conducted by PPG or any of its Subsidiaries is material to their respective operations, or any instrumentality of such government; or (iii) of any agreement or instrument to which PPG or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, the violation or breach of which would have a Material Adverse Effect or would constitute a default thereunder; or (iv) of any agreement or instrument to which PPG or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its Subsidiaries is bound which would result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any of the property of PPG or any of its Subsidiaries, which lien, charge or encumbrance would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which it or any other Borrower is a party have been duly and validly executed and delivered by PPG and each of the other Borrowers and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of PPG and each such other Borrower enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights.
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(f) Each of PPG and its Subsidiaries has fulfilled its obligations under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan and is in compliance with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan, except for such failures or non-compliance as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No Reportable Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Plan, except for such Reportable Events as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither PPG nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability to PBGC or under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Plan, except for premiums not yet due and payable or liabilities as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) No authorization, consent, approval, license or other action by, and no registration or filing with, any government agency or instrumentality is necessary in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Notes, the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or the performance of or compliance with the terms and conditions hereof and thereof, except for such authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses or other actions by, and such registrations or filings with, such government agencies or instrumentalities as have been or will be timely made or obtained.
(h) There is no threatened or, to the knowledge of PPG, pending proceeding by or before any court, government agency or instrumentality or arbitrator against or affecting PPG or any of its Subsidiaries which (i) except for the Disclosed Matters, if adversely decided would have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Note or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(i) No part of the Advances will be utilized for the purpose of enabling PPG to buy or carry any Margin Stock and neither PPG nor any Subsidiary is in the business of extending credit to others for such purpose.
(j) (i) PPG and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of their respective material properties and assets, except for minor defects in title that do not materially interfere with the ability to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes.
(ii) PPG and its Subsidiaries have complied with all obligations under all material leases to which each of them is a party and all such leases are in full force and effect, except where failure to so comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect. PPG and its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such material leases, except where the lack of such peaceful and undisturbed possession would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) PPG and its Subsidiaries own or possess all the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, franchises, permits and rights with respect to the foregoing necessary to own and operate their respective properties and to carry on their respective business as presently conducted and as presently planned to be conducted without conflict with the rights of others in any manner that would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) No statement made by PPG in any certificate, report or document furnished by or on behalf of PPG under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is false or misleading in any material respect and no such certificate, report or document omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
(l) [Intentionally omitted].
(m) PPG has filed all United States Federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns which are required to be filed by it and has paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by PPG except for any taxes or assessments that PPG is contesting in good faith. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of PPG in respect of taxes or other governmental charges are, in the opinion of PPG, adequate.
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(n) PPG and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment except where the failure to do so, either singly or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) No Borrower is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(p) Other than Liens permitted pursuant to Section 5.02(c) and Liens which would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Lien exists over all or any of the present or future revenues or assets of PPG or any of its Subsidiaries.
(q) Each Borrower (other than PPG) is a Wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of PPG.
(r) No financial statement contained in any filing by PPG with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission when filed is false or misleading in any material respect or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
(s) Immediately after giving effect to the Advances, the Target will not have any Indebtedness other than the Indebtedness described on Part II of Schedule 2.15.
(t) On and as of the Completion Date, the Acquisition will have been consummated in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement and applicable Law.
(u) Since December 31, 2006, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of PPG, or of PPG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
As used in this Section 4.01, “material” shall mean material in the context of the financial condition of PPG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWERS
SECTION 5.01. Affirmative Covenants. So long as any Advances shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrowers will:
(a) Reports, Financial Statements and Other Information. (i) File or cause to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in compliance with the requirements thereof each Current Report on Form 8-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K required to be filed by PPG and deliver to the Administrative Agent, within 120 days of the end of each fiscal year of PPG, a certificate of the chief financial officer of PPG as to compliance with the terms of this Agreement and setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations necessary to demonstrate compliance with the ratio of Total Indebtedness of PPG and its Consolidated Subsidiaries to Total Capitalization as provided in Section 5.02(b) hereof, provided that, to the extent that any Lender is required pursuant to applicable law to obtain directly from the Borrowers any financial statements included in any such report filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Borrowers shall promptly provide such financial statements upon reasonable request of such Lender through the Administrative Agent; (ii) promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders, subject to reasonable confidentiality requirements if appropriate, such information respecting the financial condition and affairs of PPG as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may reasonably require; and
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(iii) promptly after the commencement thereof, furnish to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders, subject to reasonable confidentiality requirements if appropriate, notice of all actions and proceedings before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator affecting PPG or any of its Subsidiaries of the type described in Section 4.01(h), provided that the Borrowers shall have no obligation to furnish the notice referred to in this clause (iii) with respect to such actions or proceedings referred to in Section 4.01(h)(i) which are not reasonably likely to be adversely decided.
(b) Notice of Default. Within five days after any officer of PPG obtains knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, PPG will provide to each Lender a certificate of PPG setting forth the details thereof and the action which PPG is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(c) Maintenance of Properties. Maintain and keep, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to maintain and keep, their respective properties in such repair, working order and condition, and make or cause to be made all such needful and proper repairs, renewals and replacements thereto, as in the judgment of PPG are necessary and in the interests of PPG or such Subsidiary; provided, however, subject to Section 5.02(d), that nothing in this Section 5.01(c) shall prevent PPG (or any Subsidiary thereof) from selling, abandoning or otherwise disposing of any of its respective businesses from time to time if, in the judgment of PPG or such Subsidiary, such sale, abandonment, disposition or discontinuance is advisable.
(d) Existence; Business and Properties. Do or cause to be done, except in the case of any of its Subsidiaries where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect, all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence in its jurisdiction of incorporation, and do or cause to be done all things necessary to obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the rights, licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business as its board of directors shall determine in its judgment.
(e) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, such compliance to include, without limitation, compliance with ERISA and environmental laws.
(f) Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations in such amounts and covering such risks as is usually carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the same general areas in which PPG or such Subsidiary operates; provided, however, that PPG and its Subsidiaries may self-insure to the extent consistent with prudent business practice as reasonably determined by PPG and such Subsidiary.
SECTION 5.02. Negative Covenants. So long as any Advances shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, PPG will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or (i) in the case of clause (b) below, its Consolidated Subsidiaries and (ii) in the case of clauses (f) and (g) below, its Subsidiaries) to:
(a) Sale of Assets, Consolidation, Merger, etc. (i) Sell, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets, business or property; or (ii) enter into any merger or consolidation, unless PPG or such Restricted Subsidiary shall be the surviving corporation.
(b) Financial Undertaking. Permit the ratio of Total Indebtedness to Total Capitalization to exceed 60% at any time.
(c) Secured Debt. Issue, assume, guarantee, create or incur any Secured Debt without effectively providing that the Advances (together with, if PPG shall so determine, any other Indebtedness of PPG or such Restricted Subsidiary then existing or thereafter created ranking equally with the Advances, including Guarantees of Indebtedness of others) shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Secured Debt so long as such Secured Debt shall be so secured, except that this Section 5.02(c) shall not apply to Secured Debt secured by:
(i) mortgages on property of any corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a Subsidiary;
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(ii) mortgages on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof or to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price thereof or to secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of or within 90 days after the acquisition of such property for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof;
(iii) mortgages on particular property to secure Indebtedness incurred in financing all or any part of the cost of exploration or development of such property, or to secure all or any part of the cost of improvements to such property which is, in the opinion of the board of directors of PPG, substantially unimproved, or to secure any Indebtedness incurred to provide funds for such purpose;
(iv) mortgages on property in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any other country, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, to secure payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to such mortgages;
(v) mortgages which secure Indebtedness owing to PPG or a Wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary by a Subsidiary of PPG; and
(vi) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) to (v), inclusive, or of any Indebtedness secured thereby; provided that such extension, renewal or replacement mortgage shall be limited to all or any part of the same property that secured the mortgage extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).
As used in clauses (i) through (vi) above, the terms “mortgage” or “mortgages” shall include pledges, liens, and security interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.02(c), PPG and any one or more Restricted Subsidiaries may, without equally and ratably securing the Advances, issue, assume, guarantee, create or incur Secured Debt which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions if, after giving effect to the Secured Debt to be issued, assumed, guaranteed, created or incurred, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of all such Secured Debt of PPG and its Restricted Subsidiaries (not including Secured Debt permitted under clauses (i) through (vi) above) and (b) the aggregate value of the Sale and Leaseback Transactions (as defined in Section 5.02(d)) in existence at such time (except Sale and Leaseback Transactions the proceeds of which have been applied in accordance with Section 5.02(d)(i)(B)) does not exceed 5% of the Shareholders’ Interest.
(d) Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks and Transfers of Assets to Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(i) Enter into any arrangement with any bank, insurance company or other lender or investor, or to which any such lender or investor is a party, providing for the leasing to PPG or such Restricted Subsidiary of any real property (except a lease for a temporary period not to exceed three years by the end of which it is intended that the use of such real property by the lessee will be discontinued) which has been or is to be sold or transferred by PPG or such Restricted 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 real property (herein referred to as a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) unless either:
(A) PPG or such Restricted Subsidiary could create Secured Debt secured by a mortgage, in accordance with Section 5.02(c), on the real property to be leased, in an amount equal to the value (as hereinafter defined) of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, without equally and ratably securing the Advances, or
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(B) PPG applies (and in any case PPG covenants that it will apply) within 120 days after the Sale and Leaseback Transaction, regardless of whether such Sale and Leaseback Transaction may have been made by PPG or by a Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of the sale of the real property leased pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and (ii) the fair value of the real property so leased at the time of entering into such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (as determined by the board of directors of PPG) to the retirement of Funded Debt of PPG; provided that the amount to be applied to the retirement of Funded Debt of PPG shall be reduced by
(1) the principal amount of any Advances outstanding on the date of the Sale and Leaseback Transaction repaid by PPG within 120 days after such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, and
(2) the principal amount of Funded Debt, other than Advances, voluntarily retired by PPG within 120 days after such sale;
provided that no repayment or retirement referred to in this clause (B) may be effected by payment at maturity or pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund payment or any mandatory prepayment provision.
For purposes of this Section 5.02(d) and Section 5.02(c), the term “value” shall mean, with respect to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as of any particular time, the amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of the sale of the real property leased pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and (ii) the fair value of the real property so leased at the time of entering into such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (as determined by the board of directors of PPG), divided first by the number of full years in the term of the lease and then multiplied by the number of full years of such term remaining at the time of determination, without regard to any renewal or extension options contained in the lease.
(ii) Transfer any assets which, in the reasonable opinion of the board of directors of PPG, constitute a major manufacturing or research property, plant or facility of PPG and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
(e) Margin Stock. Purchase or hold any Margin Stock if more than 25% of the value of its assets (as defined in said Regulation U) is or would be represented by Margin Stock.
(f) Accounting Changes. Make or permit any change in accounting policies or reporting practices, except as required or permitted by United States or applicable foreign generally accepted accounting principles or by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board or any similar foreign governmental agency or instrumentality.
(g) Change in Nature of Business. Make any material change in the nature of its business as carried on at the date hereof.
(h) Amendments, Modifications and Waivers. Amend or otherwise modify, or consent to any waiver of any conditions or other terms or provisions under, the Acquisition Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the Notary Letter, in each case, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur and be continuing:
(a) (i) PPG or any other Borrower shall default (whether as direct obligor or guarantor) in the payment of principal of any Advance when due; or (ii) PPG shall default (whether as direct obligor or guarantor) in the payment of any interest, fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document and such default shall have continued for a period of five (5) Business Days thereafter;
(b) PPG or any Subsidiary shall default (whether as direct obligor or guarantor) (i) in any payment of principal of or interest on any other obligation for borrowed money in excess of $50,000,000 in unpaid principal amount beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (ii) in the performance of any other agreement, term or condition contained in any agreement under which any such other obligation for borrowed money in excess of $50,000,000 is created and shall not have cured such default within any period of grace provided by such agreement, if the effect of such default is to cause, or permit the holder or holders of such obligation (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, such obligation to become due prior to its stated maturity;
(c) Any representation or warranty made herein or pursuant hereto by PPG, or any certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect as of the time made or furnished;
(d) PPG shall default in the performance of any covenant contained in Section 5.01(b) or Section 5.02 hereof;
(e) PPG or any other Borrower shall default in the performance of any other covenant, term, condition or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and such default shall not be remedied for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof to PPG from the Administrative Agent at the request of any Lender;
(f) A final judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $50,000,000 shall be rendered by a court of record against PPG or any Subsidiary and such judgment or order shall not be appealable and shall continue unsatisfied and unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days;
(g) Any of the following shall have occurred: (i) any person or group of persons shall have acquired beneficial ownership of a majority in interest of the outstanding Voting Stock of PPG (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder) unless such acquisition of beneficial ownership is approved by a majority of the Incumbent Board (as such term is defined in clause (ii) of this paragraph (g)), or (ii) individuals who, as of the date of this Agreement were directors of PPG, together with any replacement or additional directors whose election was recommended by or who were elected by a majority of directors then in office (such directors together herein called the “Incumbent Board”), cease to constitute a majority of the board of directors of PPG or (iii) PPG shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Voting Stock of any other Borrower;
(h) A proceeding shall have been instituted in a court having jurisdiction in the premises seeking a decree or order for relief in respect of any Borrower in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian or sequestrator (or other similar official) for any substantial part of its property, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days or such court shall enter a decree or order granting the relief sought in such proceeding;
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(i) Any Borrower shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian or sequestrator (or other similar official) of any Borrower or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due, or shall take any corporate action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or
(j) PPG shall fail to meet its minimum funding requirements under ERISA with respect to any Plan or if any Plan shall be terminated by act of the PBGC or a trustee shall be appointed for any Plan, except when such failure is of an amount which is not material to the financial condition of PPG or such termination or appointment would not result in the imposition on PPG of material liability, or when such failure is the result of contesting such minimum funding requirements in good faith and PPG has established on its books any reserve which is required by GAAP with respect thereto;
then, and in any such event, the Administrative Agent shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the Advances, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower; provided, however, that in the event of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Borrower under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower.
ARTICLE VII
GUARANTY
SECTION 7.01. Guaranty. PPG hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all obligations of each other Borrower now or hereafter existing under or in respect of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party (including, without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, PPG’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by any other Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under or in respect of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which such other Borrower is a party but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Borrower.
SECTION 7.02. Guaranty Absolute. PPG guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the applicable Loan Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect thereto. The obligations of PPG under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of any other Borrower under or in respect of this Agreement and the applicable Loan Documents, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against PPG to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action is brought against any other Borrower or whether any other Borrower is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of PPG under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and PPG hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument relating thereto;
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(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of any other Borrower under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise;
(c) any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(d) any manner of application of any collateral, or proceeds thereof, to all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any collateral for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of any Borrower under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other assets of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(e) any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) any failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to disclose to any Borrower any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Borrower now or hereafter known to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (PPG waiving any duty on the part of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to disclose such information);
(g) the release or reduction of liability of any other guarantor or surety with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or
(h) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Administrative Agent or any Lender that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Borrower or any other guarantor or surety.
This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any other Borrower or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
SECTION 7.03. Waivers and Acknowledgments. (a) PPG hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against any Borrower or any other Person or any collateral.
(b) PPG hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.
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(c) PPG hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by the Administrative Agent or any Lender that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of PPG or other rights of PPG to proceed against any of the other Borrowers, any other guarantor or any other Person or any collateral and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the obligations of PPG hereunder.
(d) PPG hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to disclose to PPG any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter known by the Administrative Agent or such Lender.
(e) PPG acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Agreement and that the waivers set forth in Section 7.02 and this Section 7.03 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
SECTION 7.04. Subrogation. PPG hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against any other Borrower or any other insider guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of PPG’s obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Borrower or any other insider guarantor or any collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from any Borrower or any other insider guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated. If any amount shall be paid to PPG in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the later of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty and (b) the Termination Date, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, shall be segregated from other property and funds of PPG and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or to be held as collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter arising. If (i) PPG shall make payment to the Administrative Agent or any Lender of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and (iii) the Termination Date shall have occurred, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders will, at PPG’s request and expense, execute and deliver to PPG appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to PPG of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment made by PPG pursuant to this Guaranty.
SECTION 7.05. Subordination. PPG hereby subordinates any and all debts, liabilities and other Obligations owed to PPG by each other Borrower (the “Subordinated Obligations”) to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Section 7.05:
(a) Prohibited Payments, Etc. Except during the continuance of a Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Borrower), PPG may receive regularly scheduled payments from any other Borrower on account of the Subordinated Obligations. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Borrower), however, unless the Required Lenders otherwise agree, PPG shall not demand, accept or take any action to collect any payment on account of the Subordinated Obligations.
(b) Prior Payment of Guaranteed Obligations. In any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Borrower, PPG agrees that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled
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to receive payment in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations (including all interest and expenses accruing after the commencement of a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, whether or not constituting an allowed claim in such proceeding (“Post Petition Interest”)) before PPG receives payment of any Subordinated Obligations.
(c) Turn-Over. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Borrower), PPG shall, if the Administrative Agent so requests, collect, enforce and receive payments on account of the Subordinated Obligations as trustee for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and deliver such payments to the Administrative Agent on account of the Guaranteed Obligations (including all Post Petition Interest), together with any necessary endorsements or other instruments of transfer, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of PPG under the other provisions of this Guaranty.
(d) Administrative Agent Authorization. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default (including the commencement and continuation of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Borrower), the Administrative Agent is authorized and empowered (but without any obligation to so do), in its discretion, (i) in the name of PPG, to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, Subordinated Obligations and to apply any amounts received thereon to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post Petition Interest), and (ii) to require PPG (A) to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, Subordinated Obligations and (B) to pay any amounts received on such obligations to the Administrative Agent for application to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post Petition Interest).
SECTION 7.06. Continuing Guaranty; Assignments. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the later of (i) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty and (ii) the Termination Date, (b) be binding upon PPG, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or any portion of its Commitments, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it) to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Administrative Agent or such Lender herein or otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in Section 9.07.
ARTICLE VIII
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION 8.01. Authorization and Action. Each of the Lenders hereby appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement and under the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the Notes), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and all holders of Notes; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or applicable law. The Administrative Agent agrees to give to each Lender prompt notice of each notice given to it by PPG or any other Borrower pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 8.02. Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Etc. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them
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under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent: (i) may treat the Lender that made any Advances as the holder of the Indebtedness resulting therefrom until the Administrative Agent receives and accepts an Assignment and Acceptance entered into by such Lender, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as provided in Section 9.07; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Borrowers), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (iii) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; (iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance, observance or satisfaction of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents on the part of any Borrower or the existence at any time of any Default or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of any Borrower; (v) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (vi) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopier, telegram or telex) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties; and (vii) shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or the event or events that give or may give rise to any Default unless and until written notice describing such Default and such event or events is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or any Lender.
SECTION 8.03. Credit Suisse and Affiliates. With respect to its Commitment, the Advances made by it and the Note issued to it, Credit Suisse shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent; and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include Credit Suisse in its individual capacity. Credit Suisse and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept investment banking engagements from and generally engage in any kind of business with, PPG, any of its Subsidiaries and any Person who may do business with or own securities of PPG or any such Subsidiary, all as if Credit Suisse were not the Administrative Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall have no duty to disclose information obtained or received by it or any of its affiliates relating to PPG or its Subsidiaries to the extent such information was obtained or received in any capacity other than as Administrative Agent.
SECTION 8.04. Lender Credit Decision. Each of the Lenders acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(c) and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each of the Lenders also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement.
SECTION 8.05. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers), ratably according to the respective principal amounts of the Advances then owed to each of them (or if no Advances are at the time outstanding, ratably according to the respective amounts of their Commitments), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Costs”), provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of the Indemnified Costs resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, and provided, further, that the obligations of each Lender that shall cease to be a party to this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.07 shall terminate on the date of the applicable assignment except to the extent any claim hereunder relates to an event arising prior to such assignment. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal
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advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrowers. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Costs, this Section 8.05 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or a third party.
SECTION 8.06. Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrowers and may be removed at any time with or without cause by the Required Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or the Required Lenders’ removal of the retiring Administrative Agent, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized 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, discretion, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article VIII 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.
SECTION 8.07. Other Agents. Each of the Lenders and each of the Borrowers hereby acknowledges that the sole lead arranger and sole book manager has no liability hereunder other than in its capacity as a Lender.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.01. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes, nor consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all the Lenders, do any of the following: (a) waive any of the conditions specified in Section 3.01 or 3.02, (b) increase the Commitments of the Lenders, (c) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Advances or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (d) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Advances or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (e) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances, or the number of Lenders, that shall be required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder, (f) reduce or limit the obligations of PPG under Section 7.01 or release PPG or otherwise limit PPG’s liability with respect to the obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or (g) amend this Section 9.01; provided, further, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any Note.
SECTION 9.02. Notices, Etc. (a) All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier, telegraphic or telex communication) and mailed, telecopied, telegraphed, telexed or delivered, if to any Borrower, at the address of PPG at Xxx XXX Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, telecopy number 000-000-0000, Attention: Treasurer, with a copy to PPG at Xxx XXX Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, telecopy number 000-000-0000, Attention: Corporate Law Department; if to any Initial Lender, at its Domestic Lending Office specified opposite its name on Schedule I hereto; if to any other Lender, at its Domestic Lending Office specified in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender; and if to the Administrative Agent, at its address at 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, telecopy number 000-000-0000, Attention: Agency Group Manager, or, as to the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, at such
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other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties and, as to each other party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent. All such notices and communications shall, when mailed, telecopied, telegraphed or telexed, be effective when deposited in the mails, telecopied, delivered to the telegraph company or confirmed by telex answerback, respectively, except that notices and communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II, III or VIII shall not be effective until received by the Administrative Agent. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes or of any Exhibit hereto to be executed and delivered hereunder shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any Note, (i) any notice to the Borrowers or to any one of them required under this Agreement or any such Note that is delivered to PPG shall constitute effective notice to the Borrowers or to any such Borrower, including PPG and (ii) any Notice of Borrowing or any notice of Conversion delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement may be delivered by any Borrower or by PPG, on behalf of any other Borrower. Each Borrower (other than PPG) hereby irrevocably appoints PPG as its authorized agent to receive and deliver notices in accordance with this Section 9.02, and hereby irrevocably agrees that (A) in the case of clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence, the failure of PPG to give any notice referred to therein to any such Borrower to which such notice applies shall not impair or affect the validity of such notice with respect thereto and (B) in the case of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, the delivery of any such notice by PPG, on behalf of any other Borrower, shall be binding on such other Borrower to the same extent as if such notice had been executed and delivered directly by such Borrower.
SECTION 9.03. No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Borrower, any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 9.04. Costs and Expenses. (a) PPG agrees to pay all reasonable and customary out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent (within 10 days of receipt of a written itemized statement, together with supporting documentation, identifying in reasonable detail the amounts of such costs and expenses) incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or thereunder, including, without limitation, all due diligence, syndication (including printing, distribution and bank meetings), transportation, computer, duplication, appraisal, consultant, and audit expenses and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent with respect thereto. PPG further agrees to pay all costs and expenses, if any, of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents and the other documents to be delivered hereunder or thereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent and each Lender in connection with the enforcement of rights under this Section 9.04(a).
(b) The Borrowers agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by or asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in connection with or by reason of (including, without limitation, in connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding or preparation of a defense in connection therewith) (i) this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, any of the transactions contemplated herein or therein or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances or (ii) the actual or alleged presence of hazardous materials on any property of PPG or any of its Subsidiaries or any environmental action relating in any way to PPG or any of its Subsidiaries, except to the extent such claim, damage, loss, liability or expense is found in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Indemnified Party’s fraudulent acts or omissions, gross negligence or willful misconduct. In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 9.04(b) applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Borrower, its directors, equity holders or creditors or an Indemnified Party or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto and
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whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated. Each Borrower also agrees not to assert any claim for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any of their Affiliates, or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents, on any theory of liability, arising out of or otherwise relating to this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, any of the transactions contemplated herein or therein or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances.
(c) If any payment of principal of, or Conversion of, any Eurocurrency Rate Advance is made by any Borrower to or for the account of a Lender (i) other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Advances, as a result of a payment or Conversion pursuant to Section 2.06, 2.08 or 2.10, acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section 6.01 or for any other reason, or by an Eligible Assignee to a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Advances upon an assignment of rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.07 as a result of a demand by PPG pursuant to Section 9.07(a) or (ii) as a result of a payment or Conversion pursuant to Section 2.06, 2.08 or 2.10, such Borrower shall, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that it may reasonably incur as a result of such payment or Conversion, including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or maintain such Advances.
(d) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrowers hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrowers contained in Sections 2.09, 2.12 and 9.04 shall survive the payment in full of principal, interest and all other amounts payable hereunder and under the Notes.
SECTION 9.05. Right of Set-off. Upon (i) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and (ii) the making of the request or the granting of the consent specified by Section 6.01 to authorize the Administrative Agent to declare the Notes due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower against any and all of the obligations of any Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement and the Note held by such Lender, whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such Note and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the applicable Borrower after any such set-off and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Lender and its Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of set-off) that such Lender and its Affiliates may have.
SECTION 9.06. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective (other than Section 2.01 which shall only become effective upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.02) when it shall have been executed by PPG and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Initial Lender that such Initial Lender has executed it and when the conditions set forth in Section 3.01 have been satisfied, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Borrower (including PPG as guarantor under Article VII) shall have the right to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, provided that any Borrower other than PPG may assign its rights or obligations to PPG or any other Borrower without such prior written consent.
SECTION 9.07. Assignments and Participations. (a) Each Lender may and, if demanded by PPG (following a demand by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.09 or 2.12) upon at least five Business Days’ notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, will assign to one or more Persons all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under this Agreement, (ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately prior to such assignment, was an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning
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Lender or the aggregate amount of the Commitments of assigning Lenders that are Affiliates being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in no event be less than the applicable Borrowing Minimum or an integral multiple of Borrowing Multiple in excess thereof, (iii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee, (iv) each such assignment made as a result of a demand by PPG pursuant to this Section 9.07(a) shall be arranged by PPG after consultation with the Administrative Agent and shall be either an assignment of all of the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement or an assignment of a portion of such rights and obligations made concurrently with another such assignment or other such assignments that together cover all of the rights and obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement, (v) no Lender shall be obligated to make any such assignment as a result of a demand by PPG pursuant to this Section 9.07(a) unless and until such Lender shall have received one or more payments from either the Borrowers or one or more Eligible Assignees in an aggregate amount at least equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances owing to such Lender, together with accrued interest thereon to the date of payment of such principal amount and all other amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement, (vi) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent (or, if previously agreed with the Agent, manually), and shall pay to the Administrative Agent a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent), provided, however, that in the case of each assignment made as a result of a demand by PPG, such recordation fee shall be payable by PPG except that no such recordation fee shall be payable in the case of an assignment made at the request of PPG to an Eligible Assignee that is an existing Lender, (vii) the Eligible Assignee, if it is not an existing Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in such form as may be supplied by the Administrative Agent and any tax forms required hereunder, and (viii) any Lender may, without the approval of PPG, assign all or a portion of its rights to any of its Affiliates. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and (y) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights (other than its rights under Section 2.09, 2.12 and 9.04 to the extent any claim thereunder relates to an event arising prior such assignment) and be released from its obligations under this Agreement (other than its obligations under Section 8.05 to the extent any claim thereunder relates to an event arising prior to such assignment) (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto).
(b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Lender assignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Borrower or the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with copies of such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (v) such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(c) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee, together with any Note or Notes subject to such assignment,
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the Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, (i) accept such Assignment and Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrowers; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent to provide such notice to the Borrowers with respect to any Assignment and Acceptance shall not affect the validity of such Assignment and Acceptance.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 9.02 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Advances owing to, each Lender from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than PPG or any of its Affiliates) in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it and any Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment to the Borrowers hereunder) and the other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iv) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (v) no participant under any such participation shall have any right to approve any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment, waiver or consent would increase the commitment of such participant to the extent subject to such participation, reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or thereunder, in each case to the extent subject to such participation, postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in each case to the extent subject to such participation, or release all or substantially all of the value of the guaranty set forth in Article VII.
(f) Any Lender may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section 9.07, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant, any information relating to PPG furnished to such Lender by or on behalf of PPG; provided that, prior to any such disclosure, the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall agree to preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential Information relating to PPG received by it from such Lender.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any Lender may at any time create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Advances owing to it and any Note or Notes held by it) in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an “SPC”), upon the identification as such in writing from time to time by such Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and PPG and upon the prior written consent of PPG in its sole and absolute discretion, the option to provide to any Borrower all or any part of any Advance that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to such Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Advance, (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Advance, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Advance pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of an Advance by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent and as if such Advance were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with such Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement)
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that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.07, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, PPG and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Advances to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by PPG and the Administrative Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Advances and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Advances to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC. This Section 9.07(h) may not be amended without the written consent of the SPC.
SECTION 9.08. Confidentiality. None of the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall disclose any Confidential Information to any other Person without the consent of PPG, other than (a) to the Administrative Agent’s or such Lender’s Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors and, as contemplated by Section 9.07(f), to actual or prospective assignees and participants, in each case only on a confidential need-to-know basis, (b) as required by any law, rule or regulation or judicial process and (c) as requested or required by any state, federal or foreign authority or examiner regulating banks or banking or financial institutions.
SECTION 9.09. Governing Law. This Agreement and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 9.10. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.11. Judgment. (a) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in Dollars into another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase Dollars with such other currency at its principal office in London at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.
(b) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in a Committed Currency into Dollars, the parties agree to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase such Committed Currency with Dollars at its principal office in London at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.
(c) The obligation of the Borrowers in respect of any sum due from it in any currency (the “Primary Currency”) to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any other currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be), of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the applicable Primary Currency with such other currency; if the amount of the applicable Primary Currency so purchased is less than such sum due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) in the applicable Primary Currency, each Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) against such loss, and if the amount of the applicable Primary Currency so purchased exceeds such sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) in the applicable Primary Currency, such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) agrees to remit to such Borrower such excess.
SECTION 9.12. Jurisdiction, Etc. (a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or
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federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. The Borrowers hereby consent to the service of process in any action or proceeding in such courts by the mailing thereof by any parties hereto by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such Borrower at its address specified pursuant to Section 9.02. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by applicable law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by applicable law or to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the Notes in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
SECTION 9.13. Substitution of Currency. If a change in any Committed Currency occurs pursuant to any applicable law, rule or regulation of any governmental, monetary or multi-national authority, this Agreement (including, without limitation, the definition of Eurocurrency Rate) will be amended to the extent determined by the Administrative Agent (acting reasonably and in consultation with PPG) to be necessary to reflect the change in currency and to put the Lenders and the Borrowers in the same position, so far as possible, that they would have been in if no change in such Committed Currency had occurred.
SECTION 9.14. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE BORROWERS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE ACTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
SECTION 9.15. USA PATRIOT ACT. Each Lender hereby notifies each Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Borrower, which information includes the name and address of such Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Borrower in accordance with said Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |
Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
U.S. Federal Tax Identification No. for PPG: | ||
00-0000000 | ||
Address for PPG: | ||
Xxx XXX Xxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 | ||
PPG INDUSTRIES SECURITIES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Title: | President | |
U.S. Federal Tax Identification No. for PPG Industries Securities, Inc.: | ||
00-0000000 | ||
Address for PPG Industries Securities, Inc.: | ||
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 |
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CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH | ||
as Administrative Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | |
Name: | Xxx Xxxxx | |
Title: | Director | |
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Title: | Assistant Vice President |
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LENDERS | ||||||
Commitment | ||||||
$500,000,000 | CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxx | |||||
Title: | Director | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxx | |||||
Title: | Assistant Vice President | |||||
Total Commitments | ||||||
$500,000,000 |
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