AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of February 24, 2005 (originally dated as of September 24, 2004) among VITRO ENVASES NORTEAMÉRICA, S.A. DE C.V. The GUARANTORS referred to herein The LENDERS party hereto and CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,...
EXECUTION
COPY
EXHIBIT
4.23
AMENDED
AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT
dated
as
of
February
24, 2005
(originally
dated as of September 24, 2004)
among
VITRO
ENVASES NORTEAMÉRICA, S.A. DE C.V.
The
GUARANTORS referred to herein
The
LENDERS party hereto
and
CREDIT
SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
acting
through its Cayman Islands Branch,
as
Administrative Agent
___________________________
CREDIT
SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
as
Sole
Lead Arranger and Bookrunner
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
1
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DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01. Defined Terms
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1
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Section
1.02. Terms Generally
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Section
1.03. Accounting Terms; Changes in GAAP
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34
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ARTICLE
2
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THE
CREDITS
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Section
2.01. Commitments
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Section
2.02. Interest Rate; Premium upon Repayment
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Section
2.03. Payment at Maturity; Evidence of Debt.
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35
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Section
2.04. Optional and Mandatory Prepayments
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36
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Section
2.05. Fees
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37
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Section
2.06. Alternate Rate of Interest
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37
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Section
2.07. Increased Costs
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37
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Section
2.08. Break Funding Payments
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39
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Section
2.09. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of
Set-offs
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Section
2.10. Lender’s Obligation to Mitigate
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41
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Section
2.11. Judgment Currency
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ARTICLE
3
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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Section
3.01. Organization; Powers
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42
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Section
3.02. Stock
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Section
3.03. Authorization; Enforceability
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42
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Section
3.04. Governmental Approvals
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43
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Section
3.05. No Conflicts
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Section
3.06. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change
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43
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Section
3.07. Litigation
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44
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Section
3.08. Collateral Documents
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44
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Section
3.09. Properties
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44
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Section
3.10. Compliance with Laws and Agreements
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44
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Section
3.11. Investment and Holding Company Status
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45
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Section
3.12. Taxes
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45
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Section
3.13. Labor
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45
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Section
3.14. Insurance
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45
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Section
3.15. Conduct of Business
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Section
3.16. Environmental and Regulatory Matters
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46
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Section
3.17. Disclosure
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47
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Section
3.18. Pari Passu Status
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47
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Section
3.19. Subsidiaries
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47
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Section
3.20. Solvency
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48
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Section
3.21. Senior Debt
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48
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Section
3.22. Legal Form
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48
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ARTICLE
4
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CONDITIONS
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Section
4.01. Amendment Effective Date
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49
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Section
4.02. Consequences of Effectiveness
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ARTICLE
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COVENANTS
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Section
5.01. Compliance Certificate
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Section
5.02. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
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53
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Section
5.03. Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness.
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53
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Section
5.04. Limitation on Guarantees of Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary
Indebtedness
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57
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Section
5.05. Limitation on Restricted Payments
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57
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Section
5.06. Limitation on Asset Sales.
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61
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Section
5.07. Limitation on the Ownership of Capital Stock of Restricted
Subsidiaries
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66
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Section
5.08. Limitation on Designation of Unrestricted
Subsidiaries
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67
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Section
5.09. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting
Restricted Subsidiaries
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68
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Section
5.10. Limitation on Liens
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70
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Section
5.11. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.
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70
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Section
5.12. Conduct of Business
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73
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Section
5.13. Financial Statements and Other Information
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73
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Section
5.14. Payment of Additional Amounts.
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Section
5.15. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance
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77
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Section
5.16. Limitation on Merger, Consolidation and Sale of
Assets.
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77
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Section
5.17. Collateral Documents
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Section
5.18. Use of Proceeds
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80
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Section
5.19. Additional Guarantors
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ARTICLE
6
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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ARTICLE
7
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THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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Section
7.01. Appointment and Authorization
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Section
7.02. Rights and Powers as a Lender
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Section
7.03. Limited Duties and Responsibilities
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84
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Section
7.04. Authority to Rely on Certain Writings, Statements and
Advice
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85
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Section
7.05. Sub-Agents and Related Parties
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85
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Section
7.06. Resignation; Successor Administrative Agent
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Section
7.07. Credit Decisions by Lenders
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ARTICLE
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LOAN
GUARANTEES
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Section
8.01. Loan Guarantees
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Section
8.02. Guarantees Unconditional
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Section
8.03. Release of Guarantees
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Section
8.04. Waiver by Guarantors
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88
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Section
8.05. Subrogation
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89
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Section
8.06. Stay of Acceleration
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89
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Section
8.07. Continuing Loan Guarantee
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ARTICLE
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
9.01. Notices
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Section
9.02. Waivers; Amendments
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Section
9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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91
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Section
9.04. Successors and Assigns
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Section
9.05. Survival
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Section
9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
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95
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Section
9.07. Severability
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Section
9.08. Right of Set-off
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96
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Section
9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
Process
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96
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Section
9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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Section
9.11. Headings
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98
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Section
9.12. Confidentiality
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98
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Section
9.13. Interest Rate Limitation
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SCHEDULES
AND EXHIBITS
SCHEDULES:
Schedule
3.02 Certain
Capital Stock Matters
Schedule
3.07 Certain
Litigation
Schedule
3.09(a) Certain
Properties
Schedule
3.09(b) Certain
Intellectual Property Matters
Schedule
3.19 Subsidiaries
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit
A
Form
of
Assignment
Exhibit
B-1(a) Form
of
Amendment Effective Date Opinion of Borrower’s New York
Counsel
Exhibit
B-1(b) Form
of
Opinion of Borrower’s New York Counsel
Exhibit
B-2(a) Form
of
Amendment Effective Date Opinion of Borrower’s General
Counsel
Exhibit
B-2(b) Form
of
Opinion of Borrower’s General Counsel
Exhibit
B-3(a) Form
of
Amendment Effective Date Opinion of Borrower’s Mexican
Counsel
Exhibit
B-3(b) Form
of
Opinion of Borrower’s Mexican Counsel
Exhibit
C-1(a) Form
of
Amendment Effective Date Opinion of Administrative Agent’s
New York Counsel
Exhibit
C-1(b) Form
of
Opinion of Administrative Agent’s New York Counsel
Exhibit
C-2(a) Form
of
Amendment Effective Date Opinion of Administrative
Agent’s Mexican Counsel
Exhibit
C-2(b) Form
of
Opinion of Administrative Agent’s Mexican Counsel
Exhibit
D
Form
of
Secured Party Accession Agreement
Exhibit
E
Form
of
Note
Exhibit
F
Form
of
Solvency Certificate
Exhibit
H
Form
of
Administrative Questionnaire
Exhibit
I
Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT dated as of February 24, 2005 among VITRO ENVASES
NORTEAMÉRICA, S.A. DE C.V., the GUARANTORS referred to herein, the LENDERS party
hereto and CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch,
as Administrative Agent.
RECITALS:
Vitro
Envases Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V., the guarantors referred to therein, the
lenders party thereto (the “Existing
Lenders”),
and
Credit Suisse First Boston, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch, as
administrative agent, are parties to the Loan Agreement dated as of September
24, 2004 (the “Original
Loan Agreement”);
The
parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Original Loan Agreement as
provided in this Agreement (the “Amendment
and Restatement”),
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section
4.01
hereof;
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Original Loan Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01.
Defined Terms. As
used
in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified
below:
“Acquired
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time it merges or consolidates
with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or is assumed by the Borrower
or
any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of assets from
such
Person. Such Indebtedness will be deemed to have been Incurred at the time
such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time it merges or consolidates
with the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time such Indebtedness
is
assumed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the
acquisition of assets from such Person.
“Additional
Amounts”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
5.14(b).
“Adjusted
LIBOR”
means,
for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) LIBOR for
such
Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Adjustment.
“Administrative
Agent”
means
Credit Suisse First Boston, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch, in its
capacity as administrative agent under the Loan Documents.
“Administrative
Questionnaire”
means
an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form as set forth on
Exhibit H hereto.
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by,
or
is under common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,”“controlled
by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.
“Affiliate
Transaction”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
5.11(a).
“Agreement”
means
this Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, as the same may be further amended
from time to time, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto; and for periods
before the Amendment Effective Date, “Agreement” means the Original Loan
Agreement as then in effect.
“Alcali”
means
Industria del Álcali, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation.
“Alternate
Rate”
has the
meaning set forth in Section
2.08.
“Amendment
Effective Date”
means
the date on which each of the conditions specified in Section
4.01
is
satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
9.02).
“Amendment
and Restatement”
has the
meaning set forth in the second Recital clause of this Agreement.
“Applicable
Margin”
means
6.25% per annum, provided
that for
periods prior to the Amendment Effective Date, “Applicable Margin” shall
continue to have the meaning set forth in the Original Loan
Agreement.
“Asset
Acquisition”
means:
(1)
an Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person
pursuant to which such Person will become a Restricted Subsidiary, or will
be
merged with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2)
the
acquisition by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of
any
Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) which constitute
all
or substantially all of the assets of such Person or comprises any division
or
line of business of such Person or any other properties or assets of such
Person
other than in the ordinary course of business; or
(3) any
Revocation with respect to an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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“Asset
Sale”
means
any direct or indirect sale, disposition, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease,
assignment or other transfer, including a Sale and Leaseback Transaction (each,
a “disposition”) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of:
(a)
any
Capital Stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares or Capital Stock of the
Borrower); or
(b)
any
property or assets (other than cash, Cash Equivalents or Capital Stock) of
the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
Notwithstanding
the preceding, the following items will not be deemed to be Asset
Sales:
(i)
the
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries as permitted under Section
5.16;
(ii) a
disposition of inventory or obsolete or worn-out equipment in the ordinary
course of business;
(iii)
dispositions
of assets in any fiscal year with a Fair Market Value not to exceed $5 million
in the aggregate;
(iv)
a
disposition to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Permitted
Joint Venture), including a Person that is or will become a Restricted
Subsidiary immediately after the disposition;
(v)
the
disposition of accounts receivable and related assets pursuant to a Qualified
Receivables Transaction;
(vi)
any
foreclosure by any creditor of a Lien permitted under Section
5.10
on any
assets subject thereto; and
(vii)
a
Collateral Asset Sale.
“Asset
Sale Offer”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section 5.06(e).
“Asset
Sale Offer Amount”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section 5.06(e).
“Asset
Sale Offer Notice”
means
notice of an Asset Sale Offer made pursuant to Section 5.06(e), which shall
be
delivered to each Lender within 20 days following an Asset Sale Offer Trigger
Date for the application of Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, Collateral
Asset Sale or Event of Loss, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, which
notice shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, and shall
state:
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(1)
the
circumstances of the Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss, the
Net
Cash Proceeds of which are included in the Asset Sale Offer, that an Asset
Sale
Offer is being made pursuant to Section 5.06(e);
(2)
the
Asset
Sale Offer Amount and the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(3)
a
description of any other Indebtedness (other than the Loans) for which such
Asset Sale Offer is made; and
(4)
that
any
Lender electing to have any of its Loans prepaid pursuant to the Asset Sale
Offer must specify the principal amount that is to be prepaid, which principal
amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof.
“Asset
Sale Offer Payment Date”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section 5.06(e).
“Asset
Sale Offer Trigger Date”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.06(e).
“Asset
Sale Transaction”
means
any Asset Sale or Collateral Asset Sale and, whether or not constituting an
Asset Sale or Collateral Asset Sale, (1) any sale or other disposition of
Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Capital Stock of the
Borrower), and (2) any Designation with respect to an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Assignment”
means
an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee
(with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section
9.04),
and
accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other
form
approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Assignment
and Assumption”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.02.
“Base
Rate”
means,
for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a)
the
Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in
effect on such day plus 1/2
of 1%.
Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate will be effective from and including the effective date
of
such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
“Board
of Directors”
means,
as to any Person, the board of directors, management committee or similar
governing body of such Person or any duly authorized committee
thereof.
“Board
Resolution”
means,
with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the secretary
or
an assistant secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board
of
Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of
such
certification, and delivered to the Administrative Agent.
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“Borrower”
means
Vitro Envases Norteamérica, S.A. de C.V., a sociedad
anónima de capital variable
organized and existing under the laws of Mexico.
“Borrower
Debt to EBITDA Ratio”
means,
at any time, the ratio, calculated in each case in accordance with Mexican
GAAP
with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis,
of
(1)
the
aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that
would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower at such time,
to
(2)
the
sum
(without duplication) for the most recently concluded Four Quarter Period,
of
(A) operating
income of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries,
(B) depreciation
and amortization of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries;
and
(C) other
non-cash items that are reported above the “operating income (loss)” line on the
Borrower’s consolidated statements of operations applicable to the Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the amount included in this clause
(C) for any Four Quarter Period will not be less than zero.
“Borrowing”
means
the borrowing of Loans hereunder.
“Business
Day”
means
any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in
New York City or Mexico City are authorized or required by law or other
governmental action to remain closed; provided
that,
when used in connection with the making or payment of, or determination of,
an
Interest Period for a Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day
on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London
interbank market.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligations”
means,
as to any Person, the obligations of such Person under a lease that are required
to be classified and accounted for as capital lease obligations under Mexican
GAAP. For purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligations at any
date will be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such date, determined
in accordance with Mexican GAAP.
“Capital
Stock”
means:
(1)
with
respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not
voting) of corporate stock, including each class of Common Stock and Preferred
Stock of such Person;
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(2)
with
respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership or
other equity or ownership interests of such Person; and
(3)
any
warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the instruments or interests
referred to in clause (1) or (2) above.
“Cash
Equivalents”
means:
(1)
marketable
direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United
States government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from
the
date of acquisition thereof;
(2)
marketable
direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any
political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time
of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either
S&P or Xxxxx’x or any successor thereto;
(3)
commercial
paper issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Borrower) maturing
no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of
acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from
Xxxxx’x;
(4)
demand
deposits, certificates of deposit, time deposits or bankers’ acceptances
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any
bank
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof
or
the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a non-U.S. bank having at the
date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $500
million (or the equivalent);
(5)
repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities
of
the types described in clause (1) above entered into with any bank meeting
the
qualifications specified in clause (4) above;
(6)
Certificados
de la Tesoreria de la Federación
(Cetes),
Bonos
de Desarrollo del Gobierno Federal
(Bondes)
or Bonos
Ajustables del Gobierno Federal
(Ajustabonos), in each case, issued by the government of Mexico and maturing
not
later than one year after the acquisition thereof;
(7)
any
other
instruments issued or guaranteed by the government of Mexico and denominated
and
payable in Pesos, UDIs or dollars, and maturing not later than one year after
the acquisition thereof;
(8)
solely
with respect to any Investment by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not organized
under the laws of Mexico, instruments issued or guaranteed by the
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national
government of the country in which such Restricted Subsidiary is organized,
denominated and payable either in the local currency of such jurisdiction or
in
dollars and maturing not later than one year after the acquisition
thereof;
(9)
investments
in money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets in
securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (5) above; and
(10)
demand
deposits, certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances
maturing not more than 180 days (or 365 days in the case of clause (A)(I) or
(B)(I)) after the acquisition thereof
(A) denominated
in Pesos and issued by (I) any of the five top-rated banks (as evaluated by
any
internationally recognized rating agency) organized under the laws of Mexico
or
any other state thereof, or (II) any such bank which at the date of acquisition
is a lender to or has made available a line of credit to (in each case in an
amount equal to or greater than the amount of the proposed acquisition) the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
(B) in
any
jurisdiction other than Mexico where the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries conducts business and issued by (I) one of the three largest banks
doing business in such jurisdiction, or (II) any such bank in such jurisdiction
which at the date of acquisition is a lender to or has made available a line
of
credit to (in each case in an amount equal to or greater than the amount of
the
proposed acquisition) the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries,
(C) issued
by
any bank which at the date of acquisition is a lender to or has made available
a
line of credit to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and which
is not under intervention, receivership or any similar arrangement at the time
of acquisition; provided that the aggregate amount of all such demand deposits,
certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers’ acceptances acquired in
accordance with this clause (C) does not exceed $50 million at any one time
or
(D) issued
by
any bank which at the date of acquisition has an outstanding loan to the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount
at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of such demand deposit,
certificate of deposit, time deposit or bankers’ acceptance.
“Change
in Law”
means
(a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this
Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after such
date or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section
2.09(b),
by any
lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with
any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
of
any Governmental Authority made or issued after such date.
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“Change
of Control”
means:
(1)
any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable, except that for purposes
of this clause (1) such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial
ownership” of all shares that such person or group has the right to acquire,
whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of
time), excluding Permitted Holders, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as
such term is used in Rule 13d-3 promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the aggregate voting power of the
Voting Stock of Vitro;
(2)
individuals
who on the Original Effective Date constituted the Board of Directors of Vitro
(together with any new director whose election by such Board or whose nomination
for election by the stockholders of Vitro was approved by a majority of the
directors of Vitro then still in office who were either directors on the
Original Effective Date or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the
Board of Directors of Vitro then in office;
(3)
Vitro
consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person, other than a
transaction where the Person or Persons that, immediately prior to such
transaction are the “beneficial owners” in the aggregate of a majority of the
total voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock of Vitro are, by virtue
of such prior ownership, the “beneficial owners” in the aggregate of a majority
of the total voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving
Person (or if such surviving Person is a direct or indirect Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of another Person, such Person who is the ultimate parent entity),
in
each case whether or not such transaction is otherwise in compliance with this
Agreement; or
(4)
the
Borrower will cease to be a Subsidiary of Vitro that is consolidated under
Mexican GAAP in its consolidated financial statements.
“CNBV”
means
the National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión
Nacional Bancaria y de Valores)
of
Mexico or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions.
“Collateral”
means
all assets or property of the Grantors, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon
which a Lien is purported to be created by any Collateral Document, whether
at
the date of the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement or
thereafter.
“Collateral
and Intercreditor Agent”
means
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, in its capacity as master collateral and
intercreditor agent under the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement
and
the other Collateral Documents, and any successor thereto in such
capacity.
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“Collateral
Assets”
means
any asset or property of the Borrower or any Grantor Subsidiary upon which
the
Borrower or such Grantor Subsidiary has agreed under any Collateral Document
or
Secured Creditor Document (as defined in the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement) to use its reasonable best efforts to create a Lien after the
Original Effective Date in favor of the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent
as
security for the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Master Collateral and
Intercreditor Agreement).
“Collateral
Asset Sale”
means
any disposition of any Collateral, or a series of related dispositions by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries involving the Collateral, other than (i)
the
sale for Fair Market Value of Obsolete Equipment or (ii) sales of inventory
in
the ordinary course of business. A Collateral Asset Sale will not include an
Event of Loss.
“Collateral
Documents”
has the
meaning set forth in the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement,
including without limitation the Secured Party Accession Agreement.
“Collateral
Permitted Liens”
means
any of the following:
(a)
statutory
Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers,
materialmen, repairmen and other Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary
course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith,
if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required
by
Mexican GAAP has been made in respect thereof;
(b)
Liens
for
taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on the property of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary if the same shall not at the time be
delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested
in
good faith and by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently
concluded; provided
that any
reserve or other appropriate provision that shall be required in conformity
with
Mexican GAAP shall have been made therefor;
(c)
Liens
Incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection
with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social
security, including any Lien securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice in connection therewith, or
to
secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal
bonds, bids, leases, government performance and return-of-money bonds and other
similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed
money);
(d)
Liens
upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person
securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or
created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment
or
storage of such inventory or other goods;
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(e)
Liens
encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory,
regulatory, contractual, or warranty requirements of the Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary, including rights of offset and set-off;
(f)
Liens
existing on the Original Effective Date;
(g)
zoning
restrictions, licenses, easements, servitudes, rights of way, title defects,
covenants running with the land and other similar charges or encumbrances or
restrictions not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary operation
of any Collateral or materially and adversely affecting the value of the
Collateral; and
(h)
Liens
created pursuant to the Collateral Documents, including Liens thereon securing
the Loans, the Loan Guarantees and the Permitted Secured
Obligations.
“Comegua”
means
Empresas Comegua, S.A., a Panamanian corporation.
“Commitment”
means,
with
respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make a Loan on the
Original Effective Date, expressed as an amount representing the maximum
principal amount of such Loan. The aggregate amount of the Commitments on the
Original Effective Date was US$230 million.
“Commodity
Agreement”
of any
Person means any commodity futures contract, commodity option or other similar
agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in the price
of commodities used by such Person.
“Common
Stock”
of any
Person means any and all shares, interests or other participations in, and
other
equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of such
Person’s common equity interests, whether outstanding on the Original Effective
Date or issued thereafter, and includes, without limitation, all series and
classes of such common equity interests.
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
means
for any Person for any period the sum of the amounts for such period of
Consolidated Net Income, plus,
or
minus,
as the
case may be, for such Person without duplication, to the extent such amount
was
deducted or added, as the case may be, in calculating Consolidated Net
Income.
(1)
Consolidated
Interest Expense, plus
(2)
income
and asset taxes and workers’ profit sharing other than income taxes (either
positive or negative) attributable to
extraordinary gains or losses or to gains or losses on sales of assets),
plus
(3)
depreciation
expense, plus
(4)
amortization
expense, plus
10
(5)
non-cash
extraordinary losses, non-cash foreign exchange losses, non-cash monetary losses
and other non-cash expenses or
losses of such Person and its Subsidiaries (its Restricted Subsidiaries in
the
case of the Borrower or Comegua) for such period,
that are reported below the “operating income (loss)” line on such Person’s
consolidated statements of operations (other than
items that will require cash payments and for which an accrual or reserve is,
or
is required by Mexican GAAP to be, made), plus
or minus
(6)
non-cash write-offs or
writeups of assets, plus
(7)
extraordinary
non-recurring severance payments to employees, plus
(8)
non-cash
items related to pension plan liabilities, less
(9)
non-cash
extraordinary gains, non-cash foreign exchange gains, non-cash monetary gains
and other non-cash credits and
gains of such Person and its Subsidiaries (its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
case of the Borrower or Comegua) for such period
that are reported below the “operating income (loss)” line on such Person’s
consolidated statements of operations (other than
(A) items that will result in the receipt of cash payments and (B) items
resulting from the reversal of an item anticipated to
require cash payments for which an accrual or reserve was, or was required
by
Mexican GAAP to be, made, to the extent such
item was deducted from the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause
(7) above),
all
as
determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Subsidiaries
(Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Borrower or Comegua) in conformity
with Mexican GAAP.
“Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”
means,
for any Person as of any date of determination, the ratio of the aggregate
amount of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the four most recent full
fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available ending prior to
the
date of such determination (the “Four
Quarter Period”)
to
Consolidated Fixed Charges for such Person for such Four Quarter Period. For
purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed
Charges” will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis in
accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act for the period of such
calculation to:
(1)
the
Incurrence, repayment (excluding revolving credit borrowings Incurred or repaid
for working capital purposes) or redemption of any Indebtedness (including
Acquired Indebtedness) or Preferred Stock of such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Borrower or Comegua),
and the application of the proceeds thereof, including the Incurrence of any
Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or Preferred Stock, and the
application of the proceeds thereof, giving rise to the need to make such
determination, occurring during such Four Quarter
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Period
or
at any time subsequent to the last day of such Four Quarter Period and on or
prior to such date of determination, to the extent, in the case of an
Incurrence, such Indebtedness is outstanding on the date of determination,
as if
such Incurrence, and the application of the proceeds thereof, repayment or
redemption occurred on the first day of such Four Quarter Period;
and
(2)
any
Asset
Sale Transaction or Asset Acquisition by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries
(Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of the Borrower or Comegua), including
any
Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such
determination, occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time
subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to such
date of determination, as if such Asset Sale Transaction or Asset Acquisition
occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period.
Furthermore,
in calculating “Consolidated Fixed Charges” for purposes of determining the
denominator (but not the numerator) of this “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio,”
(a)
interest
on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the date
of
determination and which will continue to be so determined thereafter will be
deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest
on such Indebtedness in effect on such date of determination;
(b)
if
interest on any Indebtedness actually Incurred on such date of determination
may
optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime
or
similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the
interest rate in effect on such date of determination will be deemed to have
been in effect during the Four Quarter Period; and
(c)
notwithstanding
clause (a) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis,
to
the extent such interest is covered by Hedging Obligations, will be deemed
to
accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation
of
the agreements evidencing such Hedging Obligations.
“Consolidated
Fixed Charges”
means,
for any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) Consolidated
Interest Expense for such Person, plus
(2)
the
product of:
(a)
the
amount of all cash and non-cash dividend payments on any series of Preferred
Stock or Disqualified Capital Stock of such Person and its Subsidiaries
(Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Borrower or Comegua) paid, accrued
or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period (other than dividends
paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued in Qualified Capital Stock
or
to such
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Person
and its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Borrower or
Comegua) times
(b)
a
fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one
minus the then current effective Mexican tax rate of the Borrower, expressed
as
a decimal.
“Consolidated
Interest Expense”
means,
for any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication determined on
a
consolidated basis in accordance with Mexican GAAP:
(1)
the
aggregate of cash and non-cash interest expense of such Person and its
Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Borrower or Comegua)
for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Mexican
GAAP, including, without limitation (whether or not interest expense in
accordance with Mexican GAAP):
(a)
any
amortization or accretion of debt discount or any interest paid on Indebtedness
of such Person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of
the
Borrower or Comegua) in the form of additional Indebtedness,
(b)
any
amortization of deferred financing costs,
(c)
the
net
costs under Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements (including
amortization of fees),
(d)
all
capitalized interest,
(e)
the
interest portion of any deferred payment obligation,
(f)
commissions,
discounts and other similar fees and charges Incurred in respect of letters
of
credit or bankers’ acceptances, and
(g)
any
interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by such
Person or one of its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the
Borrower or Comegua) or secured by a Lien on the assets of such Person or one
of
its Subsidiaries (Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Borrower or
Comegua), whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon;
(2)
the
interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or
scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Subsidiaries (Restricted
Subsidiaries in the case of the Borrower or Comegua) during such period.
“Consolidated
Net Income”
means
with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss)
of
such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis
determined in conformity with Mexican GAAP; provided
that
the
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following
items shall be excluded in computing Consolidated Net Income (without
duplication):
(1) net
after-tax gains (or losses) from Asset Sale Transactions or abandonments or
reserves relating thereto;
(2)
net
after-tax items classified as extraordinary gains (or losses);
(3)
for
purposes of calculating Consolidated Net Income pursuant to Section 5.05(d)(3)
only, the net income (or loss) of:
(a)
any
Person acquired in a “pooling of interests” transaction accrued prior to the
date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged or consolidated with the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(b)
a
Successor Borrower (other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) prior
to
assuming the Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents pursuant to
Section
5.16.
(4)
the
net
income (but not loss) of any Subsidiary of such Person (Restricted Subsidiary
in
the case of the Borrower) to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not, during such
period, permitted by such Subsidiary’s charter or by-laws or any law,
regulation, agreement or judgment applicable to any such declaration or payment
of dividends or similar distribution;
(5)
the
net
income (or loss) of any Person other than such Person and its Subsidiaries
(Restricted Subsidiaries in the case of the Borrower);
(6)
any
restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that
provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued
at
any time following the Effective Date; and
(7)
the
cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles.
“Consolidated
Net Worth”
means,
for any Person at any time, the consolidated stockholders’ equity of such Person
at such time, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with Mexican
GAAP, less (without duplication) amounts attributable to Disqualified Capital
Stock of such Person.
“Credit
Facilities”
means
the Senior Credit Facilities and the Working Capital Facilities.
“Credit
Parties”
means
the Borrower and the Guarantors.
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“Currency
Agreement”
means,
in respect of any Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement
or other similar agreement as to which such Person is a party designed to hedge
foreign currency risk of such Person.
“Default”
means
any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon
notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event
of
Default.
“Designation”
and
“Designation
Amount”
have
the meanings set forth in Section
5.08.
“Disqualified
Capital Stock”
means
that portion of any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the
option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures
or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise,
or
is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof, in any case, on or
prior
to the 91st day after the final maturity date of the Loans. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, the following shall not constitute Disqualified Capital
Stock:
(a)
any
Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for
provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require the Borrower
to
repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of any “asset sale”
or “change of control” occurring prior to the 91st day after the final maturity
of the Existing Senior Notes if the “asset sale” or “change of control”
provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the
holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions contained in Section
5.06
and
(b)
Capital
Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Capital Stock if it may only be
so
redeemed solely in consideration of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified
Capital Stock.
“Dollars”,
“US$”
or
“$”
refers
to lawful money of the United States.
“Environmental
Laws”
has the
meaning specified in Section
3.16.
“Environmental
Liability” means
any
liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs
of remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower and/or the
Guarantors directly or indirectly resulting from or based on violation of any
Environmental Law.
“Events
of Default”
has the
meaning specified in Article
6.
“Event
of Loss”
means
(i) the loss of destruction of or damage to any Collateral or Real Property
Collateral, (ii) the condemnation, seizure, confiscation, requisition of the
use
or taking by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise of any
Collateral or Real Property Collateral or (iii) any consensual settlement in
lieu of any
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event
listed in clause (ii), in each case whether in a single event or a series of
related events, that results in Net Cash Proceeds from all sources in excess
of
$5.0 million.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute
or statutes thereto.
“Existing
Lender”
has the
meaning set forth in the first Recital clause of this Agreement.
“Existing
Senior Note Indenture”
means
the Indenture dated as of July 23, 2004 between the Borrower and Bank of New
York, as Trustee, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No. 1 thereto
dated as of February 7, 2005.
“Existing
Senior Notes”
means
the Borrower’s US$250 million aggregate principal amount of 10.75% Senior
Secured Guaranteed Notes due 2011 issued under the Existing Senior Note
Indenture.
“Fair
Market Value”
means,
with respect to any asset, the price (after taking into account any liabilities
relating to such assets) which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length free
market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able
buyer, neither of which is under any compulsion to complete the transaction;
provided, that the Fair Market Value of any such asset or assets will be
determined conclusively by the Board of Directors of the Borrower acting in
good
faith, and will be evidenced by a Board Resolution.
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate”
means,
for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published on such Business
Day, the average of the quotations for such day for such transactions received
by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized
standing selected by it.
“Federal
Reserve Board”
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“Four
Quarter Period”
has the
meaning set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
above.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
the executive, legislative and judicial branches of power of Mexico or any
political subdivision thereof, the government of Mexico or any political
subdivision thereof, or the government of any other nation or any political
subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers
or
functions of or
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pertaining
to government (including, without limitation, the United States Federal Reserve
Board, Banco
de México,
the
CNBV and IPAB).
“Grantor
Subsidiary”
means
the subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule I of the Master Collateral
and Intercreditor Agreement or that are required to become a party to the Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement from time to time as grantors of
Collateral under the Collateral Documents.
“Grantors”
means
the Borrower and the Grantor Subsidiaries.
“Guarantee”
means
any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly
guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent
or
otherwise, of such Person:
(a)
to
purchase or pay, or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of,
such
Indebtedness of such other Person, whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods,
securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement
conditions or otherwise, or
(b)
entered
into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such
Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss
in
respect thereof, in whole or in part,
provided,
that
“Guarantee” will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business. “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
“Guarantor”
means
each Subsidiary listed on the signature pages hereof under the caption
“Guarantors” and each Subsidiary that shall, at any time after the Amendment
Effective Date, become a “Guarantor” pursuant to the Master Collateral and
Intercreditor Agreement.
“Hedging
Obligations”
means
the obligations of any Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency
Agreement or Commodity Agreement.
“IMSS”
means
the Instituto
Mexicano del Seguro Social.
“Incur”
means,
with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to create,
issue, incur (including by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, Guarantee
or otherwise become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation
on the balance sheet of such Person (and “Incurrence,”“Incurred” and “Incurring”
will have meanings correlative to the preceding).
“Indebtedness”
means
with respect to any Person, without duplication (but excluding Trade
Payables):
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(a)
the
principal amount (or, if less, the accreted value) of all obligations of such
Person for borrowed money;
(b)
the
principal amount (or, if less, the accreted value) of all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, Loans or other similar
instruments;
(c)
all
Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;
(d)
all
obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price
of
property, all conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title
retention agreement;
(e)
all
letters of credit, banker’s acceptances or similar credit transactions,
including reimbursement obligations in respect thereof;
(f)
Guarantees
and other contingent obligations of such Person in respect of Indebtedness
referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above and clauses (h) through (i)
below;
(g)
all
Indebtedness of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (a) through
(f) which is secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person, the
amount of such Indebtedness being deemed to be the lesser of the Fair Market
Value of such property or asset or the amount of the Indebtedness so
secured;
(h)
all
obligations under Hedging Obligations of such Person; and
(i)
all
Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such Person with the amount of Indebtedness
represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of
its
voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase
price, but excluding accrued dividends, if any; provided, that:
(i) if
the
Disqualified Capital Stock does not have a fixed repurchase price, such maximum
fixed repurchase price will be
calculated
in accordance with the terms of the Disqualified Capital Stock as if the
Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased
on any
date on which Indebtedness will be required to be determined pursuant to the
Agreement, and
(ii) if
the
maximum fixed repurchase price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market
value of the Disqualified Capital
Stock, the fair market value will be the Fair Market Value thereof.
“Independent
Financial Advisor”
means
an accounting firm, appraisal firm, investment banking firm or consultant of
nationally recognized standing that is, in the judgment of the Borrower’s Board
of Directors, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged and
which is independent in connection with the relevant transaction.
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“INFONAVIT”
means
the Instituto
del Fondo Nacional de la Vivienda para los Trabajadores
of
Mexico.
“Information
Memorandum”
means
the Confidential Information Memorandum dated September 2004 relating to the
Borrower and the transactions contemplated hereby, and including all annexes
and
attachments thereto.
“Interest
Period”
means
in the case of (A) the first Interest Period, the period from and including
the
Original Effective Date and ending on January 24, 2005, (B) the second Interest
Period, the period beginning on January 24, 2005 and ending on the Amendment
Effective Date and (C) each Interest Period thereafter, each period beginning
on
the last day of the Interest Period then ending, and ending on the
24th
day of
the third calendar month thereafter, provided
that:
(i)
if
any
Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or begins
on
a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last
Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period;
(ii)
if
any
Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
and
(iii)
the
Interest Period beginning in the third calendar month prior to the Maturity
Date
shall end on the Maturity Date.
“Interest
Rate Agreement”
of any
Person means any interest rate protection agreement (including, without
limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars, derivative instruments
and similar agreements) and/or other types of hedging agreements designed to
hedge interest rate risk of such Person.
“Investment”
means,
with respect to any Person, any:
(a)
direct
or
indirect loan, advance or other extension of credit (including, without
limitation, a Guarantee) to any other Person,
(b)
capital
contribution (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others
or
any payment for property or services for the account or use of others) to any
other Person, or
(c)
any
purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, Loans,
debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued by, any
other
Person.
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“Investment”
will exclude accounts receivable or deposits arising in the ordinary course
of
business. “Invest,”“Investing” and “Invested” will have corresponding
meanings.
For
purposes of Section
5.05,
the
Borrower will be deemed to have made an “Investment” in an Unrestricted
Subsidiary at the time of its Designation, which will be valued at the Fair
Market Value of the sum of the net assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary at
the
time of its Designation and the amount of any Indebtedness of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary immediately
following such Designation. Any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted
Subsidiary will be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer.
If the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of
any
Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (including any issuance and sale of
Capital Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary) such that, after giving effect to
any
such sale or disposition, such Restricted Subsidiary would cease to be a
Subsidiary of the Borrower, the Borrower will be deemed to have made an
Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to sum of the
Fair
Market Value of the Capital Stock of such former Restricted Subsidiary held
by
the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary immediately following such sale or
other disposition and the amount of any Indebtedness of such former Restricted
Subsidiary Guaranteed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or owed
to
the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary immediately following such
sale
or other disposition.
“Investment
Return”
means,
in respect of any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) made after
the
Original Effective Date by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary:
(a)
the
cash
proceeds received by the Borrower upon the sale, liquidation, repayment or
return (in the form of a dividend or otherwise) of such Investment or, in the
case of a Guarantee, the amount of the Guarantee upon the unconditional release
of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in full, less any payments
previously made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of
such
Guarantee;
(b)
in
the
case of the Revocation of the Designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, an
amount equal to the lesser of:
(i) the
Borrower’s Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such
Revocation;
(ii)
that
portion of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary at the time of Revocation that is proportionate to the Borrower’s
equity interest in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of Revocation;
and
(iii)
the
Designation Amount with respect to such Unrestricted Subsidiary upon its
Designation which was treated as a Restricted Payment; and
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(c)
in
the
event the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary makes any Investment in a Person
that, as a result of or in connection with such Investment, becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary, the existing Investment of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in such Person,
in
the
case of each of (a), (b) and (c), up to the amount of such Investment that
was
treated as a Restricted Payment in Section
5.05
less the
amount of any previous Investment Return in respect of such
Investment.
“IPAB”
means
the Instituto
para la Protección al Ahorro Bancario of Mexico.
“Lender
Affiliate”
means,
(a) with respect to any Lender, (i) an Affiliate of such Lender or (ii) any
entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged
in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and is administered
or managed by such Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender and (b) with respect
to
any Lender that is a fund which invests in bank loans and similar extensions
of
credit, any other fund that invests in bank loans and similar extensions of
credit and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an
Affiliate of such investment advisor.
“Lender
Documents”
has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.01.
“Lender
Parties”
means
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
“Lenders”
means
each of the Persons listed on the signature pages hereto (other than the Credit
Parties and the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as such), and any other
Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment, other
than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an
Assignment.
“LIBOR”
means,
for any Interest Period, 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 beginning of the relevant Interest Period (or in the case
of
the first Interest Period, on such first day)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;
provided
that, to
the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this definition, “LIBOR” shall be the interest rate per annum
determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average of the rates per annum
at which deposits in Dollars are offered for such relevant Interest Period
to
major banks in the London interbank market in London, England by the
Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date
that
is two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest
Period.
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“Lien”
means
any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or
encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any
security interest); provided that the lessee in respect of a Capitalized Lease
Obligation or Sale and Leaseback Transaction will be deemed to have Incurred
a
Lien on the property leased thereunder.
“Loan
Documents”
means
this Agreement and the Notes (if any).
“Loan
Guarantee”
means,
for any Guarantor, the Guarantee of the Borrower’s Obligations under the Loans
and this Agreement provided by such Guarantor pursuant to Article
8
of this
Agreement.
“Loans”
means
loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.01
of this
Agreement.
“Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement”
means
the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of July 23, 2004,
among HSBC Bank USA National Association, as collateral and intercreditor agent,
The Bank of New York, as Trustee, the Borrower, the Grantor Subsidiaries, and
the other Secured Parties (as defined therein) becoming party thereto from
time
to time, attached hereto as Exhibit I.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means a
material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities (actual or
contingent), operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of
the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Credit
Party to perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document or (c) the
rights of or benefits available to any Lender Party under any Loan
Document.
“Material
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness (other than obligations in respect of the Loans) of the Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25 million.
For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the
Hedging Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at any time
will
be the maximum aggregate amount (after giving effect to any netting agreements)
that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries would be required to pay if such
Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Maturity
Date”
means
February 24, 2010 or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately
succeeding Business Day (unless such immediately succeeding Business Day falls
in another calendar month, in which case the immediately preceding Business
Day).
“Mexican
GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in Mexico that are in effect as of
the
date of the issuance of the Existing Senior Notes.
“Mexico”
means
the United Mexican States.
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“Ministry
of Finance”
means
the Secretaria
de Hacienda y Credito Publico
of
Mexico.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Net
Cash Proceeds”
means,
with respect to any Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss, the
proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, including payments in respect
of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
from
such Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss, net of:
(A)
reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to such Asset Sale, Collateral Asset
Sale or Event of Loss (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and
investment banking fees and sales commissions);
(B)
taxes
paid or payable in respect of such Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or Event
of
Loss after taking into account any reduction in consolidated tax liability
due
to available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements;
(C)
repayment
of Indebtedness that is required to be repaid in connection with such Asset
Sale
(but not a Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss); and
(D)
solely
with respect to any Asset Sale or Collateral Asset Sale, appropriate amounts
to
be provided by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,
as
a reserve, in accordance with Mexican GAAP, against any liabilities associated
with such Asset Sale or Collateral Asset Sale and retained by the Borrower
or
any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale or
Collateral Asset Sale including, without limitation, pension and other
post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental
matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with
such Asset Sale or Collateral Asset Sale, but excluding any reserves with
respect to Indebtedness.
“Note”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
2.05(f).
“Obligations”
means,
with respect to any Indebtedness, any principal, interest (including, without
limitation, Post-Petition Interest thereon), premium, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages, and other liabilities payable under
the documentation governing such Indebtedness, including in the case of Loans,
all principal of and interest (including, with limitation, Post-Petition
Interest) on, and all premium referred to in Section
2.04
with
respect to, the Loans.
“Obsolete
Equipment”
means
any machinery, equipment, furniture, apparatus, tools or implements or other
similar property that may be defective or may have become
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worn
out
or obsolete or no longer used or useful in the operations of the Borrower or
its
Subsidiaries.
“Officer”
means
the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial
Officer, Chief Accounting Officer or the Treasurer of the Borrower.
“Officer’s
Certificate”
means a
certificate duly executed by any two of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer or the Treasurer of the
Borrower.
“Opinion
of Counsel”
means a
written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the
Borrower and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent.
“Original
Loan Agreement”
has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Original
Effective Date”
means
the date on which the Original Loan Agreement was effected.
“Partial
Collateral Asset Sale”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
5.06(b)(i).
“Participants”
has the
meaning specified in Section
9.04(d).
“Permitted
Business”
means
the business or businesses conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as of the Original Effective Date and any business ancillary or
complementary thereto.
“Permitted
Holders”
means
(i) any member of the Board of Directors of Vitro on the Original Effective
Date, (ii) a parent, brother or sister of any of the individuals named in clause
(i), (iii) the spouse or a former spouse of any individual named in clause
(i)
or (ii), (iv) the lineal descendants of any person named in clauses (i) through
(iii) and the spouse or a former spouse of any such lineal descendant, (v)
the
estate or any guardian, custodian or other legal representative of any
individual named in clauses (i) through (iv), (vi) any trust established solely
for the benefit of any one or more of the individuals named in clauses (i)
through (v), (vii) any Person in which all of the equity interests are owned,
directly or indirectly, by any one or more of the Persons named in clauses
(i)
through (vi), (viii) the Vitro employee stock option trust and (ix) the Vitro
employee pension trust.
“Permitted
Indebtedness”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
5.03(b).
“Permitted
Investments”
means:
(a)
Investments
by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person that is, or that
results in any Person becoming, immediately after such Investment,
a
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Restricted
Subsidiary or constituting a merger or consolidation of such Person into the
Borrower or with or into a Restricted Subsidiary;
(b)
Investments
by any Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower;
(c)
Investments
in cash and Cash Equivalents;
(d)
any
extension, modification or renewal of any Investments existing as of the
Original Effective Date (but not Investments involving additional advances,
contributions or other investments of cash or property or other increases
thereof, other than as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or
original issue discount or payment-in-kind pursuant to the terms of such
Investment as of the Original Effective Date);
(e)
Investments
permitted pursuant to Section
5.11(b)(ii)
and
Section
5.11(b)(v);
(f)
Investments
received as a result of the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Person or taken
in settlement of or other resolution of claims or disputes, and, in each case,
extensions, modifications and renewals thereof;
(g)
Investments
made by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of non-cash
consideration permitted to be received in connection with an Asset Sale made
in
compliance with Section
5.06;
(h)
Investments
in the form of Hedging Obligations permitted under Section
5.03(b)(vii);
(i)
Investments
made solely in the form of common equity of the Borrower constituting Qualified
Capital Stock;
(j)
purchases
of Capital Stock of Vitro in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2 million in
any
calendar year by a stock incentive plan for the benefit of employees of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and
(k)
other
Investments in a Person engaged in a Permitted Business not to exceed $10
million at any one time outstanding.
“Permitted
Joint Venture”
means
(i) Comegua and its Subsidiaries for so long as any third party that is not
an
Affiliate of Vitro shall directly or indirectly own any of its Capital Stock,
and (ii) any joint venture or other entity created after the Original Effective
Date that is a Restricted Subsidiary, the purpose of which is to develop a
new
production facility for use in a Permitted Business of the Borrower, none of
whose assets constitute Collateral and a portion of the Capital Stock of which
is owned by a third party that is not an Affiliate of Vitro.
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“Permitted
Liens”
means
any of the following:
(a)
Collateral
Permitted Liens;
(b)
Liens
securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit
which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit
and products and proceeds thereof;
(c)
Liens
securing Hedging Obligations that relate to Indebtedness that is Incurred in
accordance with Section
5.03
and that
are secured by the same assets as secure such Hedging Obligations;
(d)
Liens
existing on the Original Effective Date and Liens to secure any Refinancing
Indebtedness which is Incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness which has been
secured by a Lien permitted in Section
5.10
not
incurred pursuant to clause (i) or (j) below and which Indebtedness has been
Incurred in accordance with Section
5.03;
provided, that such new Liens:
(i)
are
no
less favorable to the Lenders with respect to their Loans and are not more
favorable to the lienholders with respect to such Liens than the Liens in
respect of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and
(ii)
do
not
extend to any property or assets other than the property or assets securing
the
Indebtedness Refinanced by such Refinancing Indebtedness;
(e)
Liens
securing Acquired Indebtedness Incurred in accordance with Section
5.03
not
incurred in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, the
relevant acquisition, merger or consolidation; provided, that
(i)
such
Liens secured such Acquired Indebtedness at the time of and prior to the
Incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Borrower or a Restricted
Subsidiary and were not granted in connection with, or in anticipation of the
Incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by the Borrower or a Restricted
Subsidiary and
(ii)
such
Liens do not extend to or cover any property of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary other than the property that secured the Acquired Indebtedness prior
to the time such Indebtedness became Acquired Indebtedness of the Borrower
or a
Restricted Subsidiary and are no more favorable to the lienholders than the
Liens securing the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the Incurrence of such
Acquired Indebtedness by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(f)
purchase
money Liens securing Purchase Money Indebtedness or a Capitalized Lease
Obligation which (i) other than in the case of Purchase Money Indebtedness
or
Capitalized Lease Obligations Incurred by a Permitted Joint
Venture,
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shall
not
exceed $50 million in the aggregate outstanding at any one time under this
clause (f), and (ii) are Incurred to finance the acquisition or leasing of
property of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary used in a Permitted
Business; provided, that:
(i)
the
related Purchase Money Indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligation does not
exceed the cost of such property and is not be secured by any property of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the property so acquired,
(ii)
the
Lien
securing such Indebtedness will be created within 90 days of such acquisition,
and
(iii) the
acquired or leased property does not replace or constitute maintenance in
respect of any Collateral and could be disposed of independently from any
Collateral without materially impairing the operation or value of any
Collateral.
(g)
Liens
securing Indebtedness not to exceed $25 million outstanding at any one
time;
(h)
Liens
on
accounts receivable and related assets granted in connection with a Qualified
Receivables Transaction;
(i)
Liens
on
assets or property of Comegua or its Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of
Comegua or its Subsidiaries; and
(j)
Liens
securing the obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant
to agreements for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar
obligations, or from Guarantees, letters of credit, escrows or other similar
instruments, in any case Incurred in connection with the disposition of any
business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary, in a principal amount not to exceed
the sales price (including the assumption of Indebtedness) in connection with
such disposition.
“Permitted
Secured Obligations”
means,
without duplication, any (1) Senior Indebtedness under any Senior Credit
Facilities and any Working Capital Facilities and (2) Trade Payables of the
Borrower or the Guarantors, in each case that rank pari passu with the Loans
and/or the relevant Loan Guarantees, the holders of which have become parties
to
the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement in compliance with Section
7
thereof, and are subject to the terms thereof, and the principal amount of
which, in each case, does not exceed the maximum amounts permitted to be secured
by Liens in the Collateral in respect of the Senior Credit Facility, Working
Capital Facilities or the Trade Payables, as the case may be, each as set forth
in the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement. Permitted Secured
Obligations shall also include any Post-Petition Interest.
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“Person”
means
any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other
entity.
“Post-Petition
Interest”
means
all interest accrued or accruing after the commencement of any insolvency or
liquidation proceeding (and interest that would accrue but for the commencement
of any insolvency or liquidation proceeding) in accordance with and at the
contract rate (including, without limitation, any rate applicable upon default)
specified in the agreement or instrument creating, evidencing or governing
any
Indebtedness, whether or not, pursuant to applicable law or otherwise, the
claim
for such interest is allowed as a claim in such insolvency or liquidation
proceeding.
“Preferred
Stock”
of any
Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights
over
any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends, distributions
or redemptions or upon liquidation.
“Prime
Rate”
means
the rate of interest per annum announced from time to time by Credit Suisse
First Boston as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York
City. Each change in the Prime Rate will be effective for purposes hereof from
and including the date such change is announced as being effective.
“Purchase
Money Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness Incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the
purchase price, or other cost (including related expenses) of construction
or
improvement of any property; provided, that the aggregate principal amount
of
such Indebtedness does not exceed the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such
property or such purchase price or cost, including any Refinancing of such
Indebtedness that does not increase the aggregate principal amount (or accreted
amount, if less) thereof as of the date of Refinancing.
“Qualified
Capital Stock”
means
any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock and any warrants,
rights or options to purchase or acquire Capital Stock that is not Disqualified
Capital Stock that are not convertible into or exchangeable into Disqualified
Capital Stock.
“Qualified
Receivables Transaction”
means
either (i) the accounts receivable factoring program existing on the Original
Effective Date and any successor receivables facility involving the sale or
other transfers of accounts receivable of the Mexican sales by the Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries or any accounts receivable factoring program involving the
sales or other transfers by Alcali of its accounts receivable, the aggregate
outstanding amount of which will in no event at any time exceed $81 million
and
(ii) sales or other transfers by Comegua and its Subsidiaries of its accounts
receivable, the aggregate outstanding amount of which will in no event at any
time exceed $30 million.
“Real
Property”
means
all real property and buildings and fixtures attached thereto owned by any
Mexican Grantor Subsidiary on the Original Effective Date.
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“Real
Property Collateral”
means
all Real Property that was owned at the date hereof by any Grantor of Real
Property at any time that the Capital Stock of such Grantor shall be pledged
pursuant to Section 9.13 of the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement.
“Refinance”
means,
in respect of any Indebtedness, to issue any Indebtedness in exchange for or
to
refinance, extend, renew, repay, redeem, replace, defease or refund such
Indebtedness in whole or in part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” will have
correlative meanings.
“Refinancing
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary issued to Refinance
any other Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary so long
as:
(a)
the
aggregate principal amount (or initial accreted value, if applicable) of such
new Indebtedness as of the date of such proposed Refinancing does not exceed
the
aggregate principal amount (or accreted value as of such date, if applicable)
of
the Indebtedness being Refinanced (plus the amount of any premium required
to be
paid under the terms of the instrument governing such Indebtedness and the
amount of reasonable expenses incurred by the Borrower in connection with such
Refinancing); or
(b)
such
new
Indebtedness has:
(i)
a
Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is equal to or greater than the Weighted
Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, and
(ii)
a
final
maturity that is equal to or later than the final maturity of the Indebtedness
being Refinanced; or
(c)
if
the
Indebtedness being Refinanced is:
(i) Indebtedness
of the Borrower, then such Refinancing Indebtedness will be Indebtedness of
the
Borrower, and
(ii)
Subordinated
Indebtedness, then such Refinancing Indebtedness will be subordinate to the
Loans, if applicable, at least to the same extent and in the same manner as
the
Indebtedness being Refinanced.
“Register”
has the
meaning specified in Section
9.04(c).
“Related
Parties”
means,
with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person
and its Affiliates.
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“Replacement
Collateral”
means,
at any relevant date in connection with a Collateral Asset Sale or Event of
Loss, assets to be used in the business of the Borrower or the Grantor
Subsidiaries, which on such date (i) constitute similar assets to Collateral
or
Real Property Collateral (in the case of an Event of Loss) disposed of or
destroyed and do not constitute Capital Stock of any Person (other than with
respect to any Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss of Capital Stock of
Comegua to which this clause (i) shall not apply), (ii) are to be acquired
by
the Borrower or the corresponding Grantor Subsidiary at a purchase price that
does not exceed the Fair Market Value of such Replacement Collateral, (iii)
will
be upon purchase free and clear of all Liens other than Collateral Permitted
Liens, and (iv) are subject to Collateral Documents to which the owner of the
Replacement Collateral is a party.
“Required
Lenders”
means,
at any time, Lenders having outstanding Loans representing at least 51% of
the
sum of all outstanding Loans at such time.
“Restricted
Payment”
has the
meaning set forth under Section
5.05.
“Restricted
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary of the Borrower which at the time of determination is not an
Unrestricted Subsidiary. When “Restricted Subsidiary” is used with respect to
Comegua, it means a Subsidiary of Comegua that is a Restricted Subsidiary of
the
Borrower.
“Revocation”
has the
meaning set forth in Section
5.08(c).
“Sale
and Leaseback Transaction”
means
any direct or indirect arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person
is a party providing for the leasing to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary
of any property, whether owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
at
the Original Effective Date or later acquired, which has been or is to be sold
or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person
or
to any other Person by whom funds have been or are to be advanced on the
security of such Property.
“S&P”
means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc.
“SAR”
means
Sistema
de Ahorro para el Retiro.
“SEC”
means
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any successor agency thereto
with respect to the regulation or registration of securities.
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“Secured
Obligations”
has the
meaning set forth in the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement.
“Secured
Party”
has the
meaning set forth in the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement.
“Secured
Party Accession Agreement”
has the
meaning set forth in Section
4.01(g).
“Securities
Act”
means
the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Senior
Credit Facilities”
means
(i) this Agreement and the Notes, if any, and the Loans provided hereunder,
including without limitation the Loan Guarantee provided by the Guarantors
hereunder and (ii) one or more bank credit facilities of the Borrower or any
Guarantor, which may be guaranteed by one or more Guarantors, with an initial
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of at least two years and any other bank
credit facility of the Borrower or any Guarantor, which may be guaranteed by
one
or more Guarantors, with an initial Weighted Average Life to Maturity of at
least two years replacing or refinancing any such bank credit facilities and
(iii) any Multilateral Financial Institution Facility (as such term is defined
in the Existing Senior Note Indenture).
“Senior
Indebtedness”
means
(a) in respect of the Borrower, the Loans and any other Indebtedness of the
Borrower that ranks equal in right of payment with the Loans and (b) in respect
of any Guarantor, its Loan Guarantee and any other Indebtedness that ranks
equal
in right of payment with such Loan Guarantee set forth in Article
8
hereof.
“Senior
Lender Claims”
has the
meaning set forth in the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement.
“Significant
Subsidiary”
means a
Subsidiary of the Borrower constituting a “Significant Subsidiary” of the
Borrower in accordance with Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under
the
Securities Act in effect on the date hereof, except that all references to
10%
in Rule 102(w) are replaced with 5%.
“SOFIVSA”
means
Servicios y Operaciones Financieras Vitro, S.A. de C.V., a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of Vitro.
“Statutory
Reserve Adjustment”
means a
fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one
and
the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum
reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental
reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Federal Reserve Board to
which the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to eurocurrency funding
(currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the
Federal Reserve Board). Such reserve percentages will include those imposed
pursuant to such Regulation D. Loans will be deemed to constitute eurocurrency
funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or
credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time
to
time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The
Statutory Reserve Adjustment will be adjusted automatically on and as of the
effective date of any change in any applicable reserve percentage.
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“Subordinated
Indebtedness”
means,
with respect to the Borrower or any Guarantor, any Indebtedness of the Borrower
or such Guarantor which is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the
Loans or such Guarantor’s Guarantee hereunder, as the case may be.
“Subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person (i) of which such Person owns,
directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting power of the other Person’s
outstanding Voting Stock and (ii) any other Person that is combined or
consolidated in accordance with Mexican GAAP with such Person for purposes
of
financial reporting.
“Taxing
Jurisdiction”
has the
meaning assigned to it in Section
5.14(a).
“Trade
Payables”
means,
with respect to any Person, any accounts payable owed by such Person arising
in
the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods
or
services and required to be paid within one year from the date of Incurrence
thereof, which constitute accounts payable and are considered current
liabilities in accordance with Mexican GAAP.
“Trustee”
means
the party named as the “Trustee” from time to time with respect to the Existing
Senior Notes under the Indenture therefor.
“United
States”
means
the United States of America.
“Unrestricted
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary of the Borrower Designated as such pursuant to Section
5.08.
Any
such Designation may be revoked by a Board Resolution of the Borrower, subject
to the provisions of Section
5.08.
“U.S.
GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States that are in effect
as of the date of the issuance of the Existing Senior Notes.
“Vitro”
means
Vitro, S.A. de C.V.
“Vitro
Restricted Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) of Vitro that
is a
“Restricted Subsidiary” pursuant to the Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2003,
between Vitro and Wachovia Bank National Association with respect to Vitro’s
11.75% Senior Loans due 2013 or the Agreement, dated May 1, 1997, among SOFIVSA,
Vitro as guarantor, and Texas Commerce Bank National Association with respect
to
SOFIVSA’s 11 3/8% Loans due 2007, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“Voting
Stock”
with
respect to any Person, means securities of any class of Capital Stock of such
Person entitling the holders thereof (whether at all times or only so long
as no
senior class of stock has voting power by reason of any contingency) to vote
in
the election of members of the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing
body)
of such Person.
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“Weighted
Average Life to Maturity”
means,
when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years (calculated
to
the nearest one-twelfth) obtained by dividing:
(1)
the
then
outstanding aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, as the case
may be, of such Indebtedness into:
(2)
the
sum
of the products obtained by multiplying:
(a)
the
amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or
other required payment of principal or
liquidation preference, as the case may be, including payment at final maturity,
in respect thereof, by
(b)
the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse
between such date and the making of such payment.
“Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary”
means
any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
Borrower.
“Wholly
Owned Subsidiary”
with
respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of which all of the outstanding Capital
Stock of which (other than, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary not organized
in the United States, directors’ qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of
shares required to be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) is
owned by such Person or any other Person that satisfies the definition of Wholly
Owned Subsidiary with respect to such Person.
Section
1.02.
Terms Generally. The
definitions of terms herein (including those incorporated by reference to
another document) apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun includes the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”,
“includes”
and
“including”
shall
be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation”.
The
word “will”
shall
be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.
Unless
the context requires otherwise, (a)
any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document
as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to
any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein),
(b)
any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
successors and assigns, (c)
the
words “herein”,
“hereof”
and
“hereunder”,
and
words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its
entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d)
all
references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules
to,
this Agreement and (e)
the
words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and
properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. Any
definition of a
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term
incorporated by reference from the Existing Senior Note Indenture, the Master
Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement or any other Collateral Document is
used
as such definition is included in the such agreement as in effect on the date
of
this Agreement, without giving effect to any amendment or modification thereof
except with the prior written approval of the Required Lenders and Credit
Parties.
Section
1.03.
Accounting Terms; Changes in GAAP. Except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial
nature shall be construed in accordance with Mexican GAAP.
ARTICLE 2
THE
CREDITS
Section
2.01.
Commitments. (a) The
Loans.
On the
Original Effective Date, the Persons who were initially Lenders under this
Agreement made a loan to the Borrower in a principal amount equal to its
Commitment.
Amounts
repaid in respect of the Loans may not be reborrowed. On the Amendment Effective
Date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans is US$150
million.
(b) Termination
of the Commitments on the Original Effective Date.
The
Commitments were terminated on the Original Effective Date immediately after
the
Borrowing.
Section
2.02.
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Section left blank intentionally.]
Section
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Section
2.04. Interest
Rate; Premium upon Repayment. (a)
The
Loans shall bear interest for each day, subject to clause (b)
of this
Section
2.04(a)
and to
Section
2.08,
at a
rate equal to (x) Adjusted LIBOR for the then current Interest Period
plus
(y) the
Applicable Margin.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other
amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated
maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such amount, while overdue, shall
bear
interest, to the extent permitted by law, after as well as before judgment,
at a
rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2%
plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding
subsections of this Section or (y) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus
the
Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) Interest
accrued on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on the last day of each
Interest Period; provided
that
(i)
interest
accrued pursuant to clause (b)
above
shall
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be
payable on demand and (ii)
upon any
repayment of any Loan, interest accrued on the principal amount repaid shall
be
payable on the date of such repayment.
(d) All
interest hereunder will be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except
that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Rate shall be determined
as
agreed in accordance with Section
2.08,
and
interest computed by reference to the Base Rate at times when the Base Rate
is
based on the Prime Rate will be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days
(or
366 days in a leap year), and in each case will be payable for the actual number
of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day (including
in the case of any calculation thereof for an Interest Period)). Each applicable
Base Rate or Adjusted LIBOR shall be determined by the Administrative Agent,
and
its determination thereof will be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Any
payment of principal of the Loans in whole or in part, other than prepayments
made pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer and scheduled amortization payments
required to be made pursuant to Section
2.05(b)
prior to
the Maturity Date, shall be made at the relevant percentage of the principal
amount thereof set forth below and corresponding to the period set forth below
in which such payment is made:
Period
|
Percentage
of Principal
|
Amendment
Effective Date through February 24, 2006
|
105%
|
February
25, 2006 through February 24, 2007
|
102%
|
February
25, 2007 through February 24, 2008
|
101%
|
February
25, 2008 and thereafter
|
100%
|
Section
2.05.
Payment
at Maturity; Evidence of Debt.
(a)
The
Borrower unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent on the
Maturity Date, for the account of each Lender, the then unpaid principal amount
of such Lender’s Loan (together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the
Maturity Date and premium with respect thereto).
(b) Scheduled
Amortization.
The
Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of
the
Lenders on each of the dates set forth below, an aggregate principal amount
of
all Loans equal to the amount set forth below opposite such date:
Date
|
Principal
Amount
|
February
24, 2006
|
US$5,000,000
|
February
24, 2007
|
US$5,000,000
|
February
24, 2008
|
US$7,500,000
|
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February
24, 2009
|
US$7,500,000
|
Maturity
Date
|
All
remaining amounts
|
(c) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting
from the Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and
interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record
(i)
the
amount of each Loan made hereunder, (ii)
the
amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable
from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii)
the
amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account
of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(e) The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to subsections (c)
and
(d)
of this
Section shall be prima facie
evidence
of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided
that any
failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts
or
any error therein shall not affect the Borrower’s obligation to repay the Loans
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(f) Any
Lender may request that the Loan made by it be evidenced by a promissory note
(any such promissory note, a “Note”).
In
such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender
a
Note substantially in the form of Exhibit E and payable to the order of such
Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered
assigns).
Section
2.06. Optional
and Mandatory Prepayments.
(a) Optional
Prepayments.
The
Borrower will have the right at any time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or
in
part, subject to the provisions of this Section.
(b) Mandatory
Prepayments. The
Borrower shall prepay Loans in the manner and to the extent required in
connection with any Asset Sale Offer in accordance with the provisions of
Section
5.06.
(c) Notice
of and Provisions for Prepayments. The
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by
telecopy) of any prepayment of the Borrowing hereunder not later than 11:00
a.m., New York City time, five Business Days before the date of prepayment.
Each
such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date, the
principal amount of the Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in
the
case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount
of such prepayment. Promptly after it receives any such notice, the
Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents
thereof.
Each
partial prepayment of the Loans shall be applied ratably to all Loans of the
Lenders. Each
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prepayment
of the Loans, in whole or in part, shall be accompanied by accrued interest
thereunder to the date of such prepayment, and premium, if any, with respect
thereto.
Section
2.07. Fees.
(a)
The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees
payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon by the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent.
(b) All
fees
payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available
funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders entitled
thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
(c)
The
Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of all Lenders
party hereto immediately prior to the assignments to be effected pursuant to
Section 4.02 on the Amendment Effective Date, ratably in accordance with the
outstanding principal amount of their Loans outstanding at such time, a fee
in
the amount of US$1,500,000 (which fee shall be deemed to be payment of any
prepayment premium that would otherwise be required under Section 2.04(e) of
the
Original Loan Agreement.)
Section
2.08.
Alternate
Rate of Interest. If
before
the beginning of any Interest Period:
(i) the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination will be conclusive absent
manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining
Adjusted LIBOR for such Interest Period; or
(ii) Lenders
whose Loans to be included in the Borrowing aggregate at least 51% thereof
advise the Administrative Agent that Adjusted LIBOR for such Interest Period
will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or
maintaining such Loans for such Interest Period;
then
the
Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders
by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, the Loans shall bear
interest at a rate for each day equal to (x) the Base Rate for such day
plus
(y) the
Applicable Margin for the then current Interest Period minus
1%
per
annum
(such
rate for any day, the “Alternate
Rate”).
Section
2.09. Increased
Costs.
(a)
If any
Change in Law (other than a Change in Law affecting taxes) shall:
(i) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended
by,
any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in Adjusted LIBOR);
or
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(ii) impose
on
any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this
Agreement or Loan made by such Lender;
and
the
result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender,
by
an amount which such Lender deems to be material, of making or maintaining
any
Loan or reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender hereunder
(whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then, subject to Section
2.09(e),
the
Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate it for such additional cost incurred or reduction suffered. If any
Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this
Section
2.09(a),
it
shall provide prompt notice thereof to the Borrower, through the Administrative
Agent, certifying (i) that one of the events described in this Section
2.09(a)
has
occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of such event, (ii)
as
to the increased cost or reduced amount resulting from such event and (iii)
as
to the additional amount demanded by such Lender and a reasonably detailed
explanation of the calculation thereof.
(b) If
any
Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has
or
would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or
on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of
this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which
such
Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change
in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of
such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount
deemed by such Lender to be material, then, subject to Section
2.09(e),
from
time to time after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to
the
Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor certifying (i) that
an event described in this Section
2.09(b)
has
occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of such event,
(ii) as
to the reduction of the rate of return on capital resulting from such event
and
(iii) as
to the additional amount or amounts demanded by such Lender or its holding
company and a reasonably detailed explanation of the calculation thereof, the
Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate it or its holding company for any such reduction
suffered.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, at any time that any Loan is affected by the
circumstances described in paragraphs (a)
or
(b)
of this
Section
2.09,
the
Borrower may, if the affected Loan is then outstanding, upon at least five
Business Days written notice to the Administrative Agent, repay the Loan of
the
affected Lender (including all accrued interest and fees); provided
that if
more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must
be
treated the same pursuant to this Section
2.09(c).
(d) A
certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to
compensate it or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in
subsection (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and
shall be conclusive absent
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manifest
error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such
certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(e) Failure
or delay by any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section will
not
constitute a waiver of its right to demand such compensation; provided
that the
Borrower will not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section
for any increased cost or reduction incurred more than 180 days before it
notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased cost
or
reduction and of its intention to claim compensation therefor. However, if
the
Change in Law giving rise to such increased cost or reduction is retroactive,
then the 180-day period referred to above will be extended to include the period
of retroactive effect thereof.
Section
2.10.
Break
Funding Payments.
If
(a)
any
principal of any Loan is repaid on a day other than the last day of an Interest
Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default) or
(b)
the
Borrower fails to borrow or prepay any Loan on the date specified in any notice
delivered pursuant hereto, then the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for
its loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Loan,
such loss, cost and expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount
determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (x) the amount of
interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such
event not occurred, at Adjusted LIBOR that would have been applicable to such
Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the end of the then current
Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or
continue, the Interest Period that would have begun on the date of such
failure), over (y) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal
amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were
it
to bid, at the beginning of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable
amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. If any Lender
becomes entitled to claim any amounts under this Section
2.10,
it
shall provide prompt notice thereof to the Borrower, through the Administrative
Agent, certifying (i)
that one
of the events described in clause (a) or (b) has occurred and describing in
reasonable detail the nature of such event, (ii)
as to
the loss or expense sustained or incurred by such Lender as a consequence
thereof and (iii)
as to
the amount for which such Lender seeks compensation hereunder and a reasonably
detailed explanation of the calculation thereof. A certificate of any Lender
setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive
pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount
shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt
thereof.
Section
2.11.
Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a)
The
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it under the Loan
Documents (whether of principal, interest or fees or amounts payable under
Section
2.09,
2.10 or
5.14
or
otherwise) before the time expressly required under the relevant Loan Document
for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, before 12:00 noon,
New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately available
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funds,
without set-off or counterclaim. Any amount received after such time on any
day
may, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have
been
received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating
interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent
through wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Administrative
Agent’s account at Bank of New York, ABA 000000000, A/C Name: CSFB Agency Cayman
Account, A/C Number: 8900492627, Reference: Vitro; except that payments pursuant
to Sections Section
2.09,
2.10,
5.14
and
9.03
shall be
made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other
Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The
Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payment received by it for the
account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly after receipt
thereof. If any payment under any Loan Document shall be due on a day that
is
not a Business Day, the date for payment will be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day and, if such payment accrues interest, interest thereon will be
payable for the period of such extension. All payments under each Loan Document
shall be made in Dollars.
(b) If
at any
time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative
Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due
hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i)
first,
to pay interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled
thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such
parties, and (ii)
second,
to pay principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto
in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such
parties.
(c) Subject
to the terms of the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement (including
Sections 5.01
and
5.02
thereof), if any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or
counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or
interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of
a
greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest
thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender
receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value)
participations in the Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that
the
benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on
their respective Loans; provided
that
(i)
if any
such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving
rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the
purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and
(ii)
the
provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any payment made by the
Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement
or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of
or
sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant,
other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which
the provisions of this subsection shall apply). Subject to the terms of the
Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement (including Sections 5.01
and
5.02
thereof), the Borrower consents to the foregoing
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and
agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any
Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may
exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect
to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the
Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless,
before the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for
the
account of one or more Lender Parties hereunder, the Administrative Agent
receives from the Borrower notice that the Borrower will not make such payment,
the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment
on
such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance on such assumption,
distribute to each relevant Lender Party the amount due to it. In such event,
if
the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, each Lender Party severally
agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount
so
distributed to such Lender Party with interest thereon, for each day from and
including the day such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the day
it
repays the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective
Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e) If
any
Lender fails to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section
2.11(d),
4.02 or
Section
9.03(c),
the
Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under
such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully
paid.
Section
2.12.
Lender’s
Obligation to Mitigate. If
any
Lender requests compensation under Section
2.09,
or if
the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section
5.14,
then
such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office
for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if,
in
the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment
Error!
Bookmark not defined.
would
eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section
2.09
or
Section
5.14,
as the
case may be, in the future, Error!
Bookmark not defined.
would
not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense (unless the Borrower
agrees to reimburse such Lender for any such costs and expenses) and
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would
not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower shall pay all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any
such
designation or assignment.
Section
2.13.
Judgment Currency.
If
for
the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a
sum
due from the Borrower under any Loan Document in the currency expressed to
be
payable in such Loan Document (the “specified
currency”)
into
another currency, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they
may
effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could
purchase the specified currency with such other currency at the Administrative
Agent’s
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New
York
City office at 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day preceding
that on which final judgment is given. The obligations of the Borrower in
respect of any sum due to any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any
Loan
Document shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than the
specified currency, be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day
following receipt by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may
be) of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency such Lender or
the
Administrative Agent (as the case may be) may in accordance with normal banking
procedures purchase the specified currency with such other currency. If the
amount of the specified currency so purchased is less than the sum originally
due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in the
specified currency, the Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent that it may
effectively do so, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such
judgment, to indemnify such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable,
against such loss, and if the amount of the specified currency so purchased
exceeds (i)
the sum
originally due to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, and
(ii)
any
amounts shared with other Lenders as a result of allocations of such excess
as a
disproportionate payment to such Lender under Section
2.11,
such
Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, agrees to remit such excess
to the Borrower.
ARTICLE
3
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Each
Credit Party represents and warrants to the Lender Parties that:
Section
3.01.
Organization;
Powers.
Each of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated, is validly
existing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated and,
where applicable, is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in
which it is chartered or organized with full corporate power and authority
to
own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct
its
business and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and
is in
good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction that requires such
qualification, other than where the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
3.02.
Stock.
Except
as otherwise set forth in Schedule 3.02, (a)
all the
outstanding shares of Capital Stock of each Subsidiary of the Borrower have
been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and
(b)
all
outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower are
owned by the Borrower either directly or through Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
free
and clear of any Lien other than Permitted Liens or Collateral Permitted Liens,
as the case may be.
Section
3.03.
Authorization;
Enforceability.
The
execution, delivery and performance of (x) the Loan Documents, (y) the
Collateral Documents (including the Secured Party Accession Agreement), and
(z)
the borrowing of the Loans and the other
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transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby are, or will be, within the corporate powers
of
each Credit Party party thereto and have been, or will be, duly authorized
by
all necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action. This Agreement
and
each Collateral Document has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower
and each of its Subsidiaries party hereto or thereto and constitutes, and each
other Loan Document to which any Credit Party is to be a party, when executed
and delivered by such Credit Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding
obligation enforceable against each of the Borrower and any Credit Party that
is
a party thereto, in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
concurso
mercantil,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, tax, labor and other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity,
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
Section
3.04.
Governmental
Approvals.
No
consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or
governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions
contemplated in the Loan Documents, except such as may be required under the
Loan Documents.
Section
3.05.
No Conflicts.
None of
the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the Secured Party Accession
Agreement, the consummation of any other of the transactions therein
contemplated, nor the fulfillment of the terms thereof will conflict with,
result in a breach or violation or imposition of any Lien upon any property
or
assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, (i)
the
estatutos
sociales
or
comparable constituting documents of Vitro, the Borrower or any of their
Subsidiaries; (ii)
the
terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note
agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant
or
instrument (other than the Collateral Documents) to which Vitro, the Borrower
or
any of their Subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property
is subject; or (iii)
any
statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other
authority having jurisdiction over Vitro, the Borrower or any of their
Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties.
Section
3.06. Financial
Statements; No Material Adverse Change.
(a)
The
Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders (i)
its
audited combined consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2003 and the
related audited combined consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity
and changes in financial position for the fiscal year then ended, reported
on by
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, independent public accountants, and (ii)
its
unaudited combined consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2004, and
the
related combined consolidated statements of income and changes in financial
position for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, all certified by its
chief financial officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of such dates and their results of operations and changes in
financial position for such periods in
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accordance
with Mexican GAAP, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of
footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii)
above.
(b) Since
December 31, 2003, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.
Section
3.07. Litigation.
Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.07, no action, suit or proceeding by or before any
court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving
the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their property is pending or,
to
the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened that, in each case, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
3.08.
Collateral Documents.
All
representations made in the Collateral Documents entered into on or prior to
the
Amendment Effective Date continue to be true on and as of the Amendment
Effective Date and the Borrower and the Grantor Subsidiaries continue to be
in
compliance with all of their respective covenants and obligations under the
Collateral Documents entered into on or prior to the Original Effective Date
on
and after the Amendment Effective Date.
Section
3.09.
Properties. (a)
Except
as set forth in Schedule 3.09(a), each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
has
good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property purported to be
owned by it and owns all of its personal property purported to be owned by
it,
in each case, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects
except (i)
in the
case of Collateral (or property in respect of which the Borrower or any of
its
Subsidiaries has agreed in the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement
to
use reasonable best efforts to create a perfected security interest after the
date of the issuance of the Existing Senior Notes), Collateral Permitted Liens
and (ii)
in the
case of property other than Collateral, Permitted Liens. The Collateral
Permitted Liens do not and will not materially and adversely affect the value
of
the Collateral.
(b) The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to
use
all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service
xxxx registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade
secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively,
the
“Intellectual
Property”)
necessary for the conduct of the Borrower’s business as now conducted, except
where the failure to own, possess, license or have other rights to use such
Intellectual Property would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.09(b), there is no pending
or,
to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by
others challenging the validity or scope of any of the Intellectual Property
that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the
Borrower is unaware of any facts that would form a reasonable basis for any
such
claim. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.09(b), (i)
there is
no pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding
or claim by others that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries infringes or
otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other
proprietary rights of others that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, and (ii)
the
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Borrower
is unaware of any other fact that would form a reasonable basis for any such
claim.
Section
3.10.
Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Except
for laws relating to taxes, which are covered in Section
3.12
below,
neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation or default
of
(a)
any
provision of its estatutos
sociales
or
comparable constituting documents; (b)
the
terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note
agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant
or
instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject;
or (c)
any
statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having
jurisdiction over the Borrower or such subsidiary or any of its properties,
as
applicable, other than violations and defaults with respect to clauses
(b)
and
(c)
which
individually and in the aggregate do not have and would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
3.11.
Investment
and Holding Company Status.
None of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is (a)
an
“investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the
Investment Company Act of 1940 or (b)
a
“holding company” or “subsidiary company” of a holding company as defined in, or
subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935.
Section
3.12.
Taxes.
(a)
There
are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or other similar
fees
or charges required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery
of
this Agreement or Borrowing hereunder.
(b) Each
of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has filed all foreign, federal, state and
local tax returns that are required to be filed or has requested extensions
thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have
a
Material Adverse Effect) and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and
any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that
any
of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or
penalty that is currently being contested in good faith or as would not have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
3.13.
Labor. No
labor
problem or dispute with the employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
exists or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, is threatened or imminent, and
the
Borrower is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the
employees of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or
customers, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
3.14.
Insurance. The
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized
financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts
as
are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all
policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Borrower or
any
of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers
and directors are
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in
full
force and effect; the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all
material respects with the terms of such policies and instruments; there are
no
material claims by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any such policy
or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or
defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither the Borrower nor any
of
its Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied
for;
and neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has any reason to believe
that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when
such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as
may
be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
Section
3.15.
Conduct of Business. (a)
The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and
other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, other
than such licenses, certificates, permits or other authorization the failure
of
which to possess would not have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Borrower
nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating
to
the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, authorization
or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) The
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i)transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations;
(ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with Mexican GAAP and to maintain asset accountability;
(iii)
access
to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (iv)
the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
Section
3.16.
Environmental and Regulatory Matters. (a)
The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries (i)
are in
compliance with any and all applicable Mexican and foreign, federal, state
and
local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and
safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants
or contaminants (“Environmental
Laws”);
(ii)
have
received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals
required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective
businesses; and (iii)
have not
received notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental
Law, except, in the case of clauses (i)
through
(iii),
where
such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, permits, licenses or other
approvals, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals,
or
liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.16,
neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has been named as a “potentially
responsible party” under the
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Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended.
(b) In
the
ordinary course of its business, the Borrower periodically reviews the effect
of
Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates
associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital
or
operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any
related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to
third parties). On the basis of such review, the Borrower has reasonably
concluded that such associated costs and liabilities could not, singly or in
the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) The
operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted
at
all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970,
as
amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and
regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or
guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency
(collectively, the “Money
Laundering Laws”)
and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency,
authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened.
(d) None
of
the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
any
director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the
Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
(“OFAC”);
and
the Borrower will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Loans,
or
lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing
the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by OFAC.
Section
3.17.
Disclosure.
The
Information Memorandum, as supplemented and updated by other information
provided by the Borrower to the Lenders in writing prior the Amendment Effective
Date electronically or otherwise, all taken as a whole, does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided
that,
with respect to any projected financial information, the Borrower represents
only that such information was prepared in good faith based on assumptions
believed to be reasonable at the time.
Section
3.18.
Pari
Passu Status.
The
obligations of each Credit Party under the Loan Documents constitute direct
and
unconditional obligations of such Credit Party
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and
rank
(i) pari
passu
in right
of payment with other Secured Obligations and (ii)
at least
pari
passu
in right
of payment and in all other respects, with all other obligations of such Credit
Party at any time outstanding;
except
(i) with respect to assets that are subject to Permitted Liens and (ii) that
in
any bankruptcy proceeding initiated in Mexico pursuant to the laws of Mexico,
labor claims (with respect to base salary, exclusively for a period of two
years), claims of tax authorities for unpaid taxes (filed prior to registration
of the Collateral Documents, as applicable), social security quotas, workers’
housing fund quotas, retirement fund quotas and secured obligations will have
priority over claims of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
Section
3.19.
Subsidiaries.
Schedule 3.19 sets forth the name of, and the ownership interest of the Borrower
in, each of its Subsidiaries and identifies each Subsidiary that is a Guarantor,
in each case as of the Amendment Effective Date. All the Borrower’s Subsidiaries
are, and will at all times be, except as required or permitted under Mexican
GAAP, fully consolidated in its consolidated financial statements. As of the
Amendment Effective Date, each Subsidiary that is a “Guarantor” under the
Existing Senior Note Indenture is a Guarantor under this Agreement.
Section
3.20.
Solvency.
As of
the Amendment Effective Date, (i)
the fair
value of the assets of each Credit Party, at a fair valuation, exceeds its
debts
and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (ii)
the
present fair saleable value of the property of each Credit Party exceeds the
amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its debts and
other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and
other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii)
each
Credit Party will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and
matured; and (iv)
no
Credit Party has unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business
in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and proposed to be
conducted after the Amendment Effective Date.
Section
3.21.
Senior
Debt.
All
Obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, including without limitation
all
obligations to pay principal of and interest (including without limitation
all
Post-Petition Interest) and any fees, expenses and other payment obligations
hereunder, constitute Senior Lender Claims and Secured Obligations. Without
limitation of the foregoing, each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent
is
a Secured Party with respect to all such Secured Obligations arising under
the
Loan Documents.
Section
3.22.
Legal
Form. (a)
Each of
the Loan Documents is in proper legal form under all applicable laws for the
enforcement thereof in accordance with their respective terms against the
parties thereto under such laws. To ensure the legality, validity,
enforceability or admissibility into evidence of the Loan Documents, it is
not
necessary that any of such Loan Documents or any other document be filed or
recorded with any applicable Governmental Authority (other than registration
of
the Mexican Collateral Documents with the corresponding public registry of
Mexico) or that any stamp or similar tax (other than registration fees and
local
taxes in the State of Jalisco,
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Mexico,
for recordation of a mortgage in such jurisdiction) be paid on or in respect
of
this Agreement or any Note, or any other such document, except that in the
event
that any legal proceedings with respect to any Loan Document are brought in
the
courts of Mexico, a Spanish translation of the documents required in such
proceedings prepared by a Mexican court-approved translator would have to be
approved by the court after the defendant had been given an opportunity to
be
heard with respect to the accuracy of such translation, and the proceedings
would thereafter be based upon the translated documents. Any judgment against
the Borrower obtained in a non-Mexican state or federal court to which the
Borrower is submitting pursuant to Section
9.09(b)
hereof
(other than judgments on the Mexican Collateral Documents) is capable of being
enforced in the courts of Mexico, subject to the satisfaction of all applicable
procedural requirements.
(b) Neither
the Borrower nor any of its property has any immunity on the ground of
sovereignty or otherwise, from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal
process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment,
attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) under any applicable
laws in respect of the obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents
or
from the execution or enforcement of any judgment resulting therefrom, and
if
the Borrower or any of its revenues, assets or properties should become entitled
to any such right of immunity, the Borrower has effectively waived such right
pursuant to Section
9.09(e).
(c) It
is not
necessary in order for any Lender Party to enforce any of its rights or remedies
under the Loan Documents or solely by reason of the execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents, that any Lender Party be
licensed or qualified with any Mexican Governmental Authority or be entitled
to
carry on business in any jurisdiction.
(d) Any
certificate signed by any officer of the Borrower and delivered to the
Administrative Agent (or its counsel) in connection with the Loans and this
Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Borrower, as
to
matters covered thereby, to each Lender.
ARTICLE
4
CONDITIONS
Section
4.01.
Amendment
Effective Date.
The
Amendment Effective Date and the Amendment and Restatement effected pursuant
to
this Agreement shall not become effective until the date on which each of the
following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
9.02):
(a) The
Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party to
this Agreement either (i)
a
counterpart hereof signed on behalf of such party or (ii)
written
evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may
include
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telecopy
transmission of a signed signature page) that such party has signed a
counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Amendment Effective
Date) of each of (i)
Cravath,
Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, special New York counsel to the Borrower and the
Guarantors, (ii)
Lic.
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, General Counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantors, and
(iii)
Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx y Xxxxx, S.C., special Mexican counsel to the
Borrower and the Guarantors, substantially in the form of Exhibits X-0, X-0
and
B-3, respectively. The Borrower requests such counsel to deliver such
opinions.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Amendment Effective
Date) of each of (i)
Xxxxx
Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx, special New York counsel to the Administrative Agent and
(ii)
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxx, S.C. special Mexican counsel to the Administrative Agent,
substantially in the form of Exhibits C-1 and C-2, respectively, in each case
covering such matters relating to the Loan Documents as the Required Lenders
may
reasonably request. The Borrower requests such counsel to deliver such
opinions.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as
the
Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to
(i)
the
organization, existence and good standing of each Credit Party, (ii)
the
authorization of the Borrowing hereunder (including the execution and delivery
of, and performance by such Credit Party of its obligations under, each Loan
Document to which it is a party) and any other transactions contemplated hereby
and (iii)
any
other legal matters relating to the Credit Parties, the Loan Documents or such
other transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and its counsel.
(e) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Amendment
Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or an Officer
of
the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in clauses
(l)
and (m) of this Section.
(f) The
Credit Parties shall have paid all fees and other amounts due and payable to
the
Lender Parties on or before the Amendment Effective Date, including, to the
extent invoiced, all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable and documented
fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent and
local counsel for the Lenders) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Credit
Party under the Loan Documents.
(g) The
Administrative Agent shall have received (i)
the
Accession Agreement dated as of September 24, 2004 among the Borrower, the
Collateral and
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Intercreditor
Agent, the Grantor Subsidiaries party to the Original Loan Agreement, and the
Administrative Agent, as supplemented by the Accession Agreement dated as of
February 24, 2005, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto,
duly
completed with respect to the Obligations under this Agreement and the Notes
and
duly executed by the Borrower, the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent, and
the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, pursuant to this
Agreement (together, the “Secured
Party Accession Agreement”)
and
(ii)
evidence
reasonably satisfactory to it of the satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in
Section 7.1 the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement with respect
to
such Obligations being treated as “Secured Obligations” thereunder.
(h) The
Administrative Agent shall have received certification, substantially in the
form of Exhibit F hereto, as to the financial condition and solvency of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries from the Chief Financial Officer of the
Borrower.
(i) No
changes or developments shall have occurred, and no new or additional
information, shall have been received or discovered by the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders regarding the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after January 31,
2005 as a result of their continuing investigation or otherwise that either
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(j) There
shall not have occurred a material adverse change in the business, assets,
properties, liabilities (actual and contingent), operations, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, since December 31, 2003.
(k) CT
Corporation System shall have been appointed as Process Agent for the period
through the Maturity Date in accordance with Section
9.09(d).
(l) The
representations and warranties of each Credit Party set forth in the Loan
Documents shall be true in all material respects on and as of the Amendment
Effective Date.
(m) After
giving effect to the Amendment and Restatement, no Default shall have occurred
and be continuing.
(n) The
Administrative Agent shall have received the fee referred to in Section 2.07(c)
for the accounts of the Existing Lenders.
Promptly
after the Amendment Effective Date occurs, the Administrative Agent shall notify
the Borrower and the Lenders thereof, and such notice shall be conclusive and
binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Amendment and Restatement shall
not
become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived
pursuant to Section
9.02)
before
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 1, 2005.
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Section
4.02.
Consequences
of Effectiveness.
(a)
On the
Amendment Effective Date, without further action by any of the parties thereto,
(i)
the
Original Loan Agreement will be automatically amended and restated to read
as
this Agreement reads and (ii)
the
rights and obligations of the Terminating Lenders (as defined in the Assignment
and Assumption) under the Agreement will terminate, provided
that
their rights under Sections 2.10, 5.14 and 9.03(b)
will
survive including, in the case of rights under Section 2.10, for any amounts
that would be owed if the Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment
Effective Date had been prepaid or continued on the Amendment Effective Date
and
such date were not the last day of an Interest Period. The rights and
obligations of the parties to the Original Loan Agreement with respect to the
period prior to the Amendment Effective Date shall continue to be governed
by
the provisions thereof as in effect prior to the Amendment Effective
Date.
(b)
On
and
effective as of the Amendment Effective Date (immediately prior to the other
amendments effected by this Agreement), certain of the Existing Lenders are
assigning their Loans or a portion thereof, in each case as in effect
immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date, to certain other Existing
Lenders or other Persons that will become Lenders hereunder, all pursuant to
the
Master Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of February 24, 2005 (the
“Assignment
and Assumption”)
among
the “Assignors” and “Assignees”, in each case as referred to and defined
therein. By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) each of the
Lenders that is an Assignee under the Assignment and Assumption acknowledges
that it is, and agrees to be, a party bound by the terms of the Assignment
and
Assumption as an Assignee, and (ii) the Borrower acknowledges that it is, and
agrees to be, bound by the terms of the Assignment and Assumption, and in each
case such Lender or the Borrower, as applicable, agrees that it shall perform
its obligations as an Assignee or as the Borrower (as applicable) thereunder
fully as though such Lender or the Borrower (as applicable) had executed and
delivered a counterpart of the Assignment and Assumption. The Borrower and
Administrative Agent hereby consent to each such assignment and assumption
effected pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption, and the parties hereto
agree
that such assignments and assumptions shall be deemed to be effected in
accordance with Section 9.04(b) of this Agreement notwithstanding any
limitations (including on amount) expressed therein. As soon as practicable
following the Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower shall reimburse each
Assignor under the Assumption and Assignment in accordance with Section 2.10
for
any funding losses incurred in connection with its assignment of a Loan or
portion thereof on the Amendment Effective Date as if such Loan or portion
thereof had been prepaid on the Amendment Effective Date.
Each
Lender (including solely for this purpose, any Terminating Lender, as defined
in
the Assignment and Assumption) that received a Note under the Original Loan
Agreement (an "Original Note") and did not exchange its Original
Note for a new Note (a “New
Note”)
issued
under the Loan Agreement as
in
effect immediately after the Amendment Effective Date shall use reasonable
efforts to promptly deliver to the Borrower its Original Note, but
only
subject to, in the case of any such delivering Lender that is not a
Terminating Lender, receipt by such Lender of a New Note in such
Lender's
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name
duly
executed by the Borrower.
ARTICLE
5
COVENANTS
Section
5.01.
Compliance
Certificate.
The
Borrower and each Guarantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent within
90
days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, an Officer’s Certificate
stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties
as
Officers of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as the case may be, they would
normally have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default and whether or not
the signers know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during such
period or following such event, as the case may be. If they do, the certificate
shall describe the Default or Event of Default, its status and what action
the
Borrower or such Guarantor is taking or proposes to take with respect
thereto.
Section
5.02.
Waiver
of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.
The
Borrower and each Guarantor covenants (to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or
extension law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive
the
Borrower or such Guarantor from paying all or any portion of the principal
of or
interest on the Loans as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any
time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance
of
this Agreement. The Borrower and each Guarantor hereby expressly waives (to
the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law) all benefit or advantage of any
such
law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of
any
power herein granted to the Administrative Agent, but will suffer and permit
the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
Section
5.03.
Limitation
on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness. (a)
The
Borrower will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness, including
Acquired Indebtedness, without duplication, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary
to Incur Preferred Stock, except that:
(i) the
Borrower, any Guarantor or a Permitted Joint Venture (other than Comegua and
its
Subsidiaries) may Incur Indebtedness, including Acquired Indebtedness, if,
at
the time of and immediately after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence
thereof and the application of the proceeds therefrom, the Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio of the Borrower is greater than (x) 2.50 to 1.00, if
such
Indebtedness is Incurred on or prior to July 23, 2006, (y) 2.75 to 1.00 if
such
Indebtedness is Incurred after July 23, 2006 but on or prior to July 23, 2008,
and (z) 3.00 to 1.00 if such Indebtedness is Incurred after July 23, 2008;
or
(ii) Comegua
and its Subsidiaries may Incur Indebtedness, including Acquired Indebtedness,
if, at the time of and immediately after giving pro forma
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effect
to
the Incurrence thereof and the application of the proceeds therefrom, the
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of Comegua is greater than (x)
2.50
to 1.00, if such Indebtedness is Incurred on or prior to July 23, 2006, (y)
2.75
to 1.00 if such Indebtedness is Incurred after July 23, 2006 but on or prior
to
July 23, 2008, and (z) 3.00 to 1.00 if such Indebtedness is Incurred after
July
23, 2008.
(b) Notwithstanding
clause (a) above, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable,
may Incur the following Indebtedness, including Acquired Indebtedness, if
applicable (“Permitted
Indebtedness”):
(i) Indebtedness
of the Borrower in respect of the Existing Senior Notes not to exceed an amount
equal to (A)
the
lesser of (i) $250 million and (ii) $400 million minus the aggregate principal
amount of all Senior Credit Facilities at any one time outstanding, minus
(B)
the sum
of (x) the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance
the Existing Senior Notes pursuant to (xi)(B) below at any one time outstanding
and (y) the amount of all permanent repayments, redemptions, repurchases or
reductions of commitments, as applicable, in respect of the Existing Senior
Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities made
with
the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale, a Collateral Asset Sale or Event of
Loss
in order
to comply with Section
3.9 of the Existing Senior Note Indenture;
(ii) Indebtedness
Incurred by the Borrower and any Guarantor under any
Senior Credit Facilities (including Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and
any other Indebtedness deemed to be a Senior Credit Facility after the date
hereof) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed an amount equal to (A)
$400
million minus the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Senior Notes at
any
one time outstanding, minus
(B)
the sum
of (x) the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance
the Existing Senior Notes pursuant to (xi)(B) below at any one time outstanding
and (y) the amount of all permanent repayments, redemptions, repurchases or
reductions of commitments, as applicable, in respect of the Existing Senior
Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities made with the Net Cash Proceeds of an
Asset Sale, a Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss in order to comply with
Section
3.9 of the Existing Senior Note Indenture;
(iii) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Guarantor to Vitro or SOFIVSA, in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $400 million at any one time outstanding, minus any amounts
outstanding at any one time under the Senior Credit Facilities;
(iv) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Guarantor in respect of a Qualified Receivables
Transaction;
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(v) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Guarantor Incurred for working capital needs, to fund
capital expenditures and to make interest payments, in each case in the ordinary
course of business, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $75 million
at any one time outstanding;
(vi) Indebtedness
of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Original
Effective Date;
(vii) Hedging
Obligations entered into by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in
the
ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(viii) intercompany
Indebtedness or Preferred Stock between the Borrower and any Restricted
Subsidiary or between any Restricted Subsidiaries; provided
that in
the event that at any time any such Indebtedness ceases to be held by the
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, such Indebtedness will be deemed to be
Incurred and not permitted by this clause (viii)
at the
time such event occurs;
(ix) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising from the honoring
by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
inadvertently (including daylight overdrafts paid in full by the close of
business on the day such overdraft was Incurred) drawn against insufficient
funds in the ordinary course of business; provided
that
such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of
Incurrence;
(x) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries represented by bankers’
acceptances, surety or appeal bonds, letters of credit, performance bonds or
similar instruments for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, in order to provide security for workers’
compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with self insurance
or
similar requirements in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect of:
(A) Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary) Incurred
pursuant to clause (a)
above
(it being understood that no Indebtedness outstanding on the Original Effective
Date is Incurred pursuant to such clause (a)
above),
or
(B) Indebtedness
Incurred pursuant to clauses (i),
(vi)
or
(xii)
or this
clause (xi)
of this
definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;
(xii) Acquired
Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred and outstanding on or prior
to
the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Borrower (other
than Acquired Indebtedness Incurred in
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connection
with, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized
to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to
which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired
by the Borrower); provided,
however,
that on
the date of such acquisition and after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence
of such Acquired Indebtedness, the Borrower (or in the case of Acquired
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of Comegua, Comegua) would have been able to Incur
at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to clause (a)
above;
(xiii) Indebtedness
arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase
price or similar obligations, or from Guarantees, letters of credit, escrows
or
other similar instruments securing the obligations of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements, in any case Incurred in
connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Restricted
Subsidiary, in a principal amount not to exceed the sale price (including the
assumption of Indebtedness) in connection with such disposition;
(xiv) Indebtedness
with respect to bankers’ acceptances, surety or appeal bonds, letters of credit,
performance bonds or similar instruments securing obligations entered into
in
the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
to the extent such letters of credit, performance bonds or similar instruments
are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is
reimbursed no later than the tenth Business Day following payment on the letter
of credit, performance bonds or similar instrument;
(xv) Capitalized
Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Indebtedness of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25 million
at any one time outstanding;
(xvi) Indebtedness
of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries in a principal amount not to exceed
$5
million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and
(xvii) Indebtedness
of one or more of the Borrower or any Guarantor in a principal amount not to
exceed $25 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding.
(c) For
purposes of determining compliance with, and the outstanding principal amount
of, any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to and in compliance with
this
Section
5.03:
(i) the
amount of Indebtedness issued at a price that is less than the principal amount
thereof will be equal to the amount of the liability in respect thereof
determined in accordance with Mexican GAAP;
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(ii) accrual
of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the
payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Indebtedness
of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on
Disqualified Capital Stock in the form of additional Disqualified Capital Stock
or Preferred Stock with the same terms will not be deemed to be an Incurrence
of
Indebtedness for purposes of this Section
5.03;
provided,
that
any such outstanding additional Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock
paid
in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to any provision of clause
(b)
of this
Section
5.03
will be
counted as Indebtedness outstanding thereunder for purposes of any future
Incurrence under such provision;
(iii) (x)
in
the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one
of
the types of Indebtedness described above, the Borrower, in its sole discretion,
will classify such item of Indebtedness at the time of Incurrence and only
be
required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of the
above
clauses and (y) an item of Indebtedness may be divided and classified in more
than one of the types of Indebtedness described above; and
(iv) the
maximum amount that the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary may Incur pursuant
to this Section
5.03
shall
not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to outstanding Indebtedness, due
solely to the result of fluctuations in the exchange rates of
currencies.
Section
5.04.
Limitation
on Guarantees of Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary Indebtedness.
The
Borrower will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Guarantor to
Guarantee any Indebtedness of the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary
or
to secure any Indebtedness of the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary
with
a Lien on the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary, unless contemporaneously
therewith (or prior thereto) effective provision is made to Guarantee or secure
the Loans, as the case may be, on an equal and ratable basis with such Guarantee
or Lien for so long as such Guarantee or Lien remains effective, and in an
amount at least equal to the amount of Borrower or other Restricted Subsidiary
Indebtedness so Guaranteed or secured; provided,
however,
that
any Guarantee by any such Restricted Subsidiary of Subordinated Indebtedness
of
the Borrower or any Guarantor will be subordinated and junior in right of
payment to the contemporaneous Guarantee of the Loans by such Restricted
Subsidiary; and provided further,
that
the Borrower will not permit a Restricted Subsidiary to Guarantee or secure
any
Capital Stock of the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary.
Section
5.05.
Limitation
on Restricted Payments.
Subject
to the terms described in this Section
5.05,
the
Borrower will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions
(each, a “Restricted
Payment”):
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(a) declare
or pay any dividend or return of capital or make any distribution on or in
respect of shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
to holders of such Capital Stock, other than:
(i) dividends
or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the
Borrower,
(ii) dividends,
returns
of capital or distributions payable to the Borrower and/or a Restricted
Subsidiary, or
(iii) dividends,
distributions or returns of capital made on a pro rata basis to the Borrower
and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and minority holders of Capital
Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary on the other hand (or on less than a pro rata
basis to any minority holder);
(b) purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value:
(i) any
Capital Stock of the Borrower, or
(ii) any
Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary held by an Affiliate of the Borrower
(other than a Restricted Subsidiary) or any Preferred Stock of a Restricted
Subsidiary, except for Capital Stock held by the Borrower or a Restricted
Subsidiary or purchases, redemptions, acquisitions or retirements for value
of
Capital Stock on a pro rata basis from the Borrower and/or any Restricted
Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and minority holders of Capital Stock of a
Restricted Subsidiary, on the other hand, according to their respective
percentage ownership of the Capital Stock of such Restricted
Subsidiary;
(c) make
any
principal payment on, purchase, defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise
acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled
repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, as the case may be, any
Subordinated Indebtedness; or
(d) make
any
Investment (other than Permitted Investments);
if
at the
time of the Restricted Payment and immediately after giving effect
thereto:
(1)
a
Default
or an
Event of
Default has occurred and be continuing;
(2)
the
Borrower
is not
able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section
5.03(a);
or
(3)
the
aggregate amount (the amount expended for these purposes, if other than in
cash,
being the Fair
Market Value of the relevant property) of the proposed Restricted Payment and
all other Restricted
Payments made subsequent to the Original Effective Date up to the date thereof,
less any
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Investment
Return
calculated as of the date thereof, shall exceed the sum of
(without
duplication):
(A) 50%
of
cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower or, if cumulative
Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower is a loss, minus 50% of the loss,
accrued during the period, treated as one accounting period, beginning on the
first full fiscal quarter after the Original Effective Date to the end of the
most recent fiscal quarter for which consolidated financial information of
the
Borrower is available; plus
(B)
100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from any Person
from any:
-
contribution to the equity capital of the Borrower (not representing an interest in
Disqualified Capital Stock) or issuance and sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the
orrower, in each case, subsequent to the Original Effective Date, or
-
issuance and sale subsequent to the Original Effective Date (and, in the case of
Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary, at such time as it was a Restricted Subsidiary)
of any Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
that has been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower,
excluding,
in each
case, any net cash proceeds:
(w)
received
from a Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(x)
used
to
redeem Notes under “—Redemption—Optional Redemption Upon Public Equity
Offerings” in Exhibit A of the Indenture; or
(y) applied
in accordance with clause (4) or (5) of the second paragraph of this covenant
below.
Notwithstanding
the preceding paragraph, this Section
5.05
does not
prohibit:
(1)
any
dividend or other distribution in respect of Capital Stock of the Borrower
while
it is a Vitro Restricted Subsidiary either:
(a) payable
solely in shares of common stock of the Borrower; or
(b) if:
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(i) the
making of such Restricted Payment would not result in an Event of Default;
and
(ii) at
the
time of such Restricted Payment and immediately after giving effect thereto,
the
Borrower Debt to EBITDA Ratio is less than or equal to 2.0 to 1.0;
(2) any
loan
or advance to Vitro or any Vitro Restricted Subsidiary;
(3)
the
payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of such
dividend if the
dividend would have been permitted on the date of declaration pursuant to the preceding paragraph;
dividend would have been permitted on the date of declaration pursuant to the preceding paragraph;
(4) if
no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and be continuing, the acquisition
of
any shares of
Capital Stock of the Borrower,
Capital Stock of the Borrower,
(x)
in
exchange for Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower; or
(y) through
the application of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from
a
substantially concurrent sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower or a contribution to the
equity capital of the Borrower not representing an interest in Disqualified Capital Stock, in each
case not received from a Subsidiary of the Borrower;
substantially concurrent sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower or a contribution to the
equity capital of the Borrower not representing an interest in Disqualified Capital Stock, in each
case not received from a Subsidiary of the Borrower;
provided,
that
the value of any such Qualified Capital Stock issued in exchange for such
acquired Capital Stock and any such net cash proceeds will be excluded from
clause (3)(B) of the first paragraph of this Section
5.05
(and
were not included therein at any time); or
(5) if
no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the voluntary
prepayment,
purchase, defeasance, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated
Indebtedness solely in exchange for, or through the application of net cash proceeds of a
substantially concurrent sale, other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower, of:
purchase, defeasance, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated
Indebtedness solely in exchange for, or through the application of net cash proceeds of a
substantially concurrent sale, other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower, of:
(x)
Qualified
Capital Stock of the Borrower; or
(y)
Refinancing
Indebtedness for such Subordinated Indebtedness;
provided,
that
the value of any Qualified Capital Stock issued in exchange for Subordinated
Indebtedness and any net cash proceeds referred to above will be excluded from
clause (3)(B) of the first paragraph of this Section
5.05
(and
were not included therein at any time).
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In
determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made subsequent to
the
Original Effective Date, amounts expended pursuant to clause (1), (2) (to the
extent such loans and advances are not repaid) or (3) (without duplication
for
the declaration of the relevant dividend) above will be included in such
calculation and amounts expended pursuant to clauses (2) (to the extent such
loans and advances are repaid), (3) and (4) above will not be included in such
calculation.
Section
1.02.
Limitation
on Asset Sales.
(a) Asset
Sales.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i) the
Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives
consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market
Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(ii) at
least
80% of the consideration received for the assets sold by the Borrower or the
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in the Asset Sale will be in the
form
of
(A) cash,
Cash Equivalents or the assumption of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness
owed
to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Subordinated
Indebtedness);
(B) property
or assets (other than current assets as determined in accordance with Mexican
GAAP, except for current assets acquired incidental to the acquisition of assets
that constitute a line of business, or Capital Stock) to be owned by and used
in
a Permitted Business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
or
(C) Capital
Stock of (i) one or more Persons engaged in a Permitted Business (except as
otherwise permitted by Section
5.15)
which
thereby become Restricted Subsidiaries, or (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary, in
each
case which Capital Stock was acquired from a third party other than the Borrower
or a Restricted Subsidiary (Clauses (B) and (C), together, “Replacement
Assets”),
in
each case received at the time of such Asset Sale.
The
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may apply the Net
Cash Proceeds of any such Asset Sale within 360 days thereof to
(i)
repay any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for borrowed
money or constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation (other than Subordinated
Indebtedness) and permanently reduce the commitments with respect thereto
without Refinancing or (ii) purchase Replacement Assets from a Person other
than
the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) Collateral
Asset Sales.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, consummate
a
Collateral Asset Sale unless:
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(i) such
Collateral Asset Sale involves the Collateral substantially in its entirety,
or,
if such Collateral Asset Sale involves less than all of the Collateral (a
“Partial
Collateral Asset Sale”),
such
Partial Collateral Asset Sale involves a single Collateral Asset Sale with
a
Fair Market Value at the time of consummation of such Collateral Asset Sale
not
exceeding $50 million and is not part of a series of Collateral Asset Sales
in
any eighteen month period with an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured as
of
the time of consummation of such sales) exceeding $50 million in the
aggregate;
(ii) the
Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives
consideration at the time of the Collateral Asset Sale at least equal to the
Fair Market Value of such Collateral;
(iii) with
respect to each such Collateral Asset Sale, the Borrower delivers an Officer’s
Certificate to the Administrative Agent dated no more than 15 days prior to
the
date of consummation of the relevant Collateral Asset Sale, certifying that
such
sale complies with clauses (i)
and
(ii)
above;
(iv) at
least
80% of the consideration received for the Collateral sold by the Borrower or
its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, shall be in the form of cash or
Cash Equivalents received at the time of such Collateral Asset Sale;
provided
that any
other consideration received for such Collateral shall constitute Collateral
pursuant to appropriate Collateral Documents to which the owner thereof is
a
party; and
(v) the
Net
Cash Proceeds therefrom shall be paid directly by the purchaser thereof to
the
Collateral and Intercreditor Agent, pursuant to the Master Collateral and
Intercreditor Agreement, as additional Collateral.
In
the
case of a Partial Collateral Asset Sale, the Borrower, within 360 days from
the
date of consummation of a Partial Collateral Asset Sale, may apply all of the
Net Cash Proceeds therefrom to purchase or otherwise invest in Replacement
Collateral or to repay Permitted Secured Obligations (other than Trade
Payables). Any such Net Cash Proceeds not so applied will be applied to make
an
Asset Sale Offer, in accordance with the terms described in Section 5.06(e).
In
the case of a Collateral Asset Sale other than a Partial Collateral Asset Sale,
all of the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom will be immediately applied to make
an
Asset Sale Offer in accordance with the terms described below in Section
5.06(e).
(c) Events
of Loss.
If the
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary suffers an Event of Loss, the Net Cash
Proceeds therefrom will be paid directly by the party providing such Net Cash
Proceeds to the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent, pursuant to the applicable
Collateral Document, as additional Collateral. As any portion or all of
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the
Net
Cash Proceeds from any such Event of Loss are received by the Collateral and
Intercreditor Agent, the Borrower may apply all of such amount or amounts,
as
received, together with all interest earned thereon, individually or in
combination, (1)
to
purchase or otherwise invest in Replacement Collateral, (2)
to
restore the relevant Collateral or Real Property Collateral, as the case may
be,
and (3)
solely
in the event that the Collateral or Real Property Collateral, as the case may
be, subject to the Event of Loss is not necessary for and the absence of such
Collateral or Real Property Collateral, as the case may be, would not otherwise
materially adversely affect the business of the Borrower as it was conducted
prior to the occurrence of such Event of Loss, to repay the Loans in accordance
with Section
2.05.
In the
event that the Borrower elects to restore the relevant Collateral or Real
Property Collateral, as the case may be, pursuant to the foregoing clause (2),
within 180 days of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds from an Event of Loss,
the
Borrower will
(ii) give
the
Administrative Agent irrevocable written notice of such election, and
(iii) enter
into a binding commitment to restore such Collateral or Real Property
Collateral, as the case may be, a copy of which will be supplied to the
Administrative Agent, and will have 360 days from the date of such binding
commitment to complete such restoration, which will be carried out with due
diligence. The Borrower will take such action, at its sole expense, as may
be
required to ensure that the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent has, from the
date of such purchase or investment, a first ranking Lien on such Replacement
Collateral.
Any
such
Net Cash Proceeds that the Issuer does not elect to apply within such 180-day
period or does not actually apply within such 360 day period will be applied
to
make an Asset Sale Offer in accordance with the terms described below in Section
5.06(e).
(d) Replacement
Collateral.
In the
event that the Borrower decides pursuant to the foregoing provisions to apply
any portion of the Net Cash Proceeds from an Event of Loss to purchase or
otherwise invest in Replacement Collateral,
(i) the
Borrower will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Administrative Agent dated
no more than 30 days prior to the date of consummation of the relevant
investment in Replacement Collateral, certifying that the purchase price for
the
amount of the investment in Replacement Collateral does not exceed the Fair
Market Value of such Replacement Collateral;
(ii) the
Borrower will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Collateral and
Intercreditor Agent and the Administrative Agent certifying compliance with
the
provisions of this Agreement and the Permitted Secured Obligations and
requesting the release of such certified purchase price to the Borrower (or
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the
applicable Restricted Subsidiary), free of the Lien of the Collateral Documents;
and
(iii) the
Borrower will take such actions, at its sole expense, as may be required to
permit the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent, pursuant to the applicable
Collateral Document, to release such Net Cash Proceeds, together with any
interest thereon, from the Lien of the applicable Collateral Document and to
ensure that the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent has, from the date of such
purchase or investment, a first-priority Lien on such Replacement Collateral
pursuant to appropriate Collateral Documents.
(e) Asset
Sale Offer. To
the
extent all or a portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, Collateral
Asset
Sale or
Event of Loss are not applied as described in the respective paragraphs set
forth above on or prior to the last day (the “Asset
Sale Offer Trigger Date”)
for
the application of such proceeds therefor (including in the case of an Event
of
Loss, the election to apply), the Borrower will make an offer to prepay the
Loans (the “Asset
Sale Offer”),
at a
purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Loans to be prepaid,
plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to the date of purchase (the
“Asset
Sale Offer Amount”).
The
Borrower will prepay pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer from all accepting Lenders
on a pro
rata
basis,
that principal amount of Loans to be prepaid equal to such unapplied Net Cash
Proceeds.
The
offer
to prepay Loans pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer must be mailed within 20
Business Days of the Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date. The Borrower may, however,
defer an Asset Sale Offer until there is an aggregate amount of unapplied Net
Cash Proceeds from one or more Asset Sales, Collateral Asset Sales or Events
of
Loss equal to or in excess of $10 million. At that time, the entire amount
of
unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $10 million,
will be applied as required pursuant to this Section 5.06 in accordance with
the
Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date for the Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or
Event
of Loss that caused the Net Cash Proceeds to exceed $10 million. Pending
application in accordance with this Section 5.06, Net Cash Proceeds will be
invested in Cash Equivalents.
Within
20
days following an Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date, the Borrower shall deliver
to
each Lender an Asset Sale Offer Notice, with a copy to the Administrative Agent
and to the extent such Asset Sale Offer relates to Net Cash Proceeds of any
Collateral, the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent, offering to prepay the
Loans
as described above. Each Asset Sale Offer Notice shall state, in addition to
the
things specified in the definition thereof, the purchase date, which must be
a
Business Day no earlier than 30 calendar days nor later than 60 calendar days
from the date the Asset Sale Offer Notice is delivered, other than as may be
required by law (the “Asset
Sale Offer Payment Date”).
Upon
receiving an Asset Sale Offer Notice, each Lender may elect to have its Loan
prepaid in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000, and shall notify
the Borrower of its acceptance thereof and, if relevant, the portion of its
Loan
to which such acceptance applies.
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On
the
Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, the Borrower will, to the extent lawful, prepay
the relevant portion of each Loan as to which such Asset Sale Offer has been
accepted on the terms specified in this Section 5.06(e).
To
the
extent that Lenders accept an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Loans (or
portions thereof) in an aggregate amount exceeding the available amount of
unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower will prepay all applicable Loans
on a
pro
rata
basis
(based on amounts tendered). If only a portion of a Loan is prepaid pursuant
to
an Asset Sale Offer, a new Note with respect to such Loan in a principal amount
equal to the portion thereof remaining outstanding may, at the option of the
relevant Lender, be issued in the name of such Lender upon cancellation of
the
Note theretofore held by such Lender.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 5.06, at the Borrower’s option, the
Borrower may:
(a)
make
any
Asset Sale Offer in respect of Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale on a pro
rata basis to holders of other Senior Indebtedness, and thereby prepay Loans
(as
applicable) and purchase or prepay holders of such other Senior Indebtedness
on
a pro rata basis; and
(b)
apply
Net
Cash Proceeds from a Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss to permanently
repay
or repurchase Permitted Secured Obligations (other than the Loans and Trade
Payables) concurrently with any prepayment of Loans with such Net Cash Proceeds
pursuant to the relevant Asset Sale Offer so long as the minimum portion of
the
Net Cash Proceeds applied to prepay Loans is not less than the amount of such
Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by the ratio of (i) the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans to (ii) the outstanding principal amount of Permitted
Secured Obligations (excluding Trade Payables) except if and only to the extent
that the principal amount of Loans as to which such Asset Sale Offer is accepted
is less than such minimum amount.
Upon
completion of an Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Net Cash Proceeds will be
reset
at zero. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Loans prepaid pursuant
to an
Asset Sale Offer is less than the aggregate amount of unapplied Net Cash
Proceeds, the Borrower may use any remaining Net Cash Proceeds:
(i) from
any
Asset Sale, for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(ii) from
any
Collateral Asset Sale, for Replacement Collateral; and
(iii) from
any
Event of Loss, for Replacement Collateral or to restore the relevant Collateral
or Real Property Collateral.
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In
the
event any Asset Sale Offer involves Net Cash Proceeds from any combination
of an
Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or an Event of Loss, the remaining Net Cash
Proceeds will be applied as set forth in the previous sentence on a basis
proportionate to the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from each such event that
gave
rise to the Asset Sale Offer. The Borrower shall account for Net Cash Proceeds
from a Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss separately from Net Cash Proceeds
from an Asset Sale. Remaining Net Cash Proceeds attributable to a Collateral
Asset Sale or Event of Loss will remain as Collateral pursuant to the relevant
Collateral Documents pending application pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii)
above.
In
the
event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and
assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a
Person (other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) in a transaction
permitted under Section 5.16, the Successor Borrower will be deemed to have
sold
the properties and assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries not
so
transferred for purposes of this Section 5.06, and will comply with the
provisions of this Section 5.06 with respect to the deemed sale as if it were
an
Asset Sale or a Collateral Asset Sale, as appropriate. In addition, the Fair
Market Value of properties and assets of the Borrower or its Restricted
Subsidiaries so deemed to be sold will be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for
purposes of this Section 5.06.
If
at any
time any non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale, Collateral
Asset Sale or Event of Loss is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed
of
for cash (other than interest received with respect to any non-cash
consideration), the conversion or disposition will be deemed to constitute
an
Asset Sale, Collateral Asset Sale or Event of Loss hereunder and the Net Cash
Proceeds thereof will be applied in accordance with this Section 5.06 within
the
applicable time period from such conversion or disposition as set forth
above.
Section
5.07.
Limitation
on the Ownership of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.
The
Borrower will not permit any Person other than the Borrower or another
Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, own or control any Capital
Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, except for:
(a) Capital
Stock owned by such Person (or any direct or indirect transferee thereof) as
of
the Original Effective Date;
(b) directors’
qualifying shares;
(c) any
Capital Stock of any Permitted Joint Venture;
(d) the
ownership by Persons other than the Borrower, its Restricted Subsidiaries or
any
Affiliate of Vitro of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than
any
Subsidiary (i)
the
Capital Stock of which is pledged or required to be pledged or (ii)
the Real
Property of which is mortgaged or required to be mortgaged) so long as
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the
Borrower directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary owns and controls at least
51% of the Voting Stock of, and economic interest in, such Restricted
Subsidiary;
(e) the
sale
of 100% of the shares of the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary held
by
the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person other than the
Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary effected in accordance with, as
applicable, the Collateral Documents and Section
5.06;
and
(f) in
the
case of a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary,
the issuance by that Restricted Subsidiary of Capital Stock on a pro rata basis
to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and minority
holders of the Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary, on the other hand
(or on less than a pro rata basis to any minority holder).
Section
5.08.Limitation
on Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The
Borrower may designate after the Original Effective Date any Subsidiary of
the
Borrower as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under this Agreement (a “Designation”)
only
if:
(i) no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and be continuing at the time of or
after giving effect to such Designation and any transactions between the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and such Unrestricted Subsidiary
are in compliance with Section
5.11;
(ii) at
the
time of and after giving effect to such Designation, the Borrower could Incur
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section
5.03(a).
(iii) the
Borrower would be permitted to make an Investment at the time of Designation
(assuming the effectiveness of such Designation and treating such Designation
as
an Investment at the time of Designation) as a Restricted Payment pursuant
to
the first paragraph of Section
5.05
in an
amount (the “Designation
Amount”)
equal
to the amount of the Borrower’s Investment in such Subsidiary on such date;
(iv) neither
the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary nor any of its assets is part of the
Collateral; and
(v) such
Subsidiary is not a Vitro Restricted Subsidiary.
(b) Neither
the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary will at any time:
(i) provide
credit support for, subject any of its property or assets (other than the
Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary) to the satisfaction of, or
Guarantee, any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any
undertaking, agreement or instrument evidencing such Indebtedness);
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(ii) be
directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted
Subsidiary; or
(iii) be
directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness which provides that the
holder thereof may (upon notice, lapse of time or both) declare a default
thereon or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to
its
final scheduled maturity upon the occurrence of a default with respect to any
Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary; except
(A) for
any
non-recourse Guarantee given solely to support the pledge by the Borrower or
any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Capital Stock of any Unrestricted Subsidiary;
and
(B) that
the
Borrower may Guarantee any Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary if at
the
time of and after giving effect to such Guarantee, the Borrower could Incur
such
Guarantee in accordance with Section
5.03(a) and
the
first paragraph of Section
5.05
and the
aggregate amount of all Guarantees of the Borrower or Indebtedness of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall not exceed $50 million.
(c) The
Borrower may revoke any Designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary (a “Revocation”)
only
if:
(i) No
Default or Event of Default has occurred and be continuing at the time of and
after giving effect to such Revocation; and
(ii) all
Liens
and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding immediately
following such Revocation would, if Incurred at such time, have been permitted
to be Incurred for all purposes of this Agreement.
(d) The
Designation of a Subsidiary of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will
be deemed to include the Designation of all of the Subsidiaries of such
Subsidiary. All Designations and Revocations must be evidenced by resolutions
of
the Board of Directors of the Borrower, delivered to the Administrative Agent
certifying compliance with the preceding provisions.
Section
5.09.
Limitation
on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries. (a)
Except
as provided in paragraph (b)
below,
the Borrower will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit
to
exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of
any
Restricted Subsidiary to:
(i) pay
dividends or make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock
to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or pay any Indebtedness
owed
to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
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(ii) make
loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
or
(iii) transfer
any of its property or assets to the Borrower or any other Restricted
Subsidiary.
(b) Paragraph
(a)
above
will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason
of:
(i) applicable
law;
(ii) this
Agreement;
(iii) any
encumbrances or restrictions in effect as of the Original Effective Date and
any
encumbrances or restrictions contained in extensions, refinancings, renewals
or
replacements of any Indebtedness outstanding on the Original Effective Date
that
are not materially more restrictive than those in existence on the Original
Effective Date;
(iv) customary
non-assignment provisions of any contract and customary provisions restricting
assignment or subletting in any lease governing a leasehold interest of any
Restricted Subsidiary, or any customary restriction on the ability of a
Restricted Subsidiary to dividend, distribute or otherwise transfer any asset
which secures Indebtedness secured by a Lien, in each case permitted to be
Incurred under this Agreement;
(v) any
instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness not Incurred in connection with,
or
in anticipation or contemplation of, the relevant acquisition, merger or
consolidation, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person,
or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the
properties or assets of the Person so acquired;
(vi) restrictions
with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower imposed pursuant to
a
binding agreement which has been entered into for the sale or disposition of
Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary; provided,
that
such restrictions apply solely to the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted
Subsidiary being sold;
(vii) customary
restrictions imposed on the transfer of copyrighted or patented
materials;
(viii) arising
in connection with the Incurrence of Indebtedness of a Guarantor after the
Original Effective Date; provided,
that
such encumbrances or restrictions (1)
relate
solely to such Guarantor, are required in order to effect such financing and
are
not more restrictive on the ability of such Guarantor to make the payments,
distributions, loans, advances or transfers referred to above
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than
necessarily and customarily accepted and (2)
the
proposed encumbrances or restrictions, taken together with other encumbrances
or
restrictions on the payments, distributions, loans, advances or transfers
referred to above in effect with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries, do not
prevent the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower from making distributions
to
the Borrower sufficient to pay amounts payable in respect of its Indebtedness
due during the 12 month period immediately following the Incurrence of such
Indebtedness;
(ix) arising
in connection with the Incurrence of Indebtedness by a Permitted Joint Venture
after the Original Effective Date, provided,
that
such encumbrances or restrictions are required in order to effect such financing
and are not more restrictive on the ability of the applicable Permitted Joint
Venture to make the payments, distributions, loans, advances or transfers
referred to above than necessarily and customarily accepted; or
(x) customary
provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered
into
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
Nothing
contained in this Section
5.09
shall
prevent the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from (1)
creating, incurring, assuming or suffering to exist any Liens otherwise
permitted by Section
5.10
or
(2)
restricting the sale or other disposition of property or assets of the Borrower
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that secure Indebtedness provided such
restriction is otherwise permitted by Section
5.10.
Section
5.10.
Limitation
on Liens. (a)
The
Borrower will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Liens of any kind against
or
upon any of the Collateral or any proceeds therefrom (except for Collateral
Permitted Liens), or
(b) The
Borrower will not, and will not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
directly or indirectly, incur any Liens of any kind securing Indebtedness
against or upon any assets or property other than the Collateral or any proceeds
therefrom (except for Permitted Liens) unless contemporaneously therewith
effective provision is made to secure the Loans, or in the case of a Guarantor,
the relevant Loan Guarantee, and all other amounts due under this Agreement
equally and ratably with such Indebtedness or other obligation (or, in the
event
that such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Loans or
the
relevant Loan Guarantee, as the case may be, prior to such Indebtedness or
other
obligation) with a Lien on the same properties and assets securing such
Indebtedness or other obligation for so long as such Indebtedness or other
obligation is secured by such Lien.
Section
5.11.
Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates.
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction or series of related
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transactions
(including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any
property or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any
of
its Affiliates (each an “Affiliate
Transaction”),
unless:
(i) the
terms
of such Affiliate Transaction are no less favorable than those that could
reasonably be expected to be obtained in a comparable transaction, at the time
such transaction was entered into, on an arm’s-length basis from a Person that
is not an Affiliate of the Borrower;
(ii) in
the
event that such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments, or transfers
of property or services with a Fair Market Value, in excess of $5 million,
the
terms of such Affiliate Transaction will be approved by a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower (including a majority of
the
disinterested members thereof), the approval to be evidenced by a Board
Resolution stating that the Board of Directors has determined that such
transaction complies with the preceding provisions; and
(iii) in
the
event that such Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate payments, or transfers
of property or services with a Fair Market Value, in excess of $10 million,
the
Borrower will, prior to the consummation thereof, obtain a favorable opinion
as
to the fairness of such Affiliate Transaction to the Borrower and the relevant
Restricted Subsidiary (if any) from a financial point of view from an
Independent Financial Advisor and file the same with the Administrative
Agent.
(b) Section
5.11(a) above will not apply to:
(i) Affiliate
Transactions with or among the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary or between
or among Restricted Subsidiaries, excluding any Affiliate Transaction with
a
Restricted Subsidiary in which Vitro or any of its Affiliates directly or
indirectly own any Capital Stock (other than by virtue of ownership by the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or the issuance to Vitro or any of
its
Affiliates of any nominal shares of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries
as required by applicable law);
(ii) reasonable
fees and compensation paid to, and any indemnity provided on behalf of,
officers, directors, employees, consultants or agents of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary as determined in good faith by the Borrower’s Board of
Directors (including contributions to employee stock option plans maintained
by
Vitro and its Subsidiaries);
(iii) Affiliate
Transactions undertaken in the ordinary course of business pursuant to any
contractual obligations or rights in existence on the Original Effective Date
(as in effect on the Original Effective Date) or any amendments, extensions
or
renewals of such contractual obligations on comparable terms;
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(iv) any
Restricted Payments made in compliance with Section
5.05;
(v) loans
and
advances to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary for travel, entertainment, moving and other relocation expenses,
in
each case made in the ordinary course of business and not exceeding $300,000
outstanding at any one time;
(vi) Affiliate
Transactions on an arm’s-length basis with Vitro or any Subsidiary of Vitro
(other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) that consist of
(1)
the
purchase or sales of goods and services (including accounting services) or
the
leasing of real estate or equipment in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice; (2)
payments
made to Vitro or its Subsidiaries relating to the use and development of
intellectual property; and (3)
purchases, leases or sales of assets (other than Collateral or land held by
any
Subsidiary (i) the Capital Stock of which is pledged or required to be pledged
or (ii) the Real Property of which is mortgaged or required to be mortgaged
as
described under “Security”) up to an aggregate amount of $15 million in any
fiscal year;
(vii) (A)
the
assumption of the rights and obligations under a lease agreement relating to
an
airplane pursuant to which aggregate annual payments of approximately $7 million
will be made, (B)
the use
of the airplane identified in the prior clause (A), or any replacement airplane,
by customers, directors and officers of Vitro and its Affiliates, and
(C)
performance under outsourcing agreement entered into for hangar, maintenance,
repair and operating services relating to the airplane identified in clause
(A),
or any replacement airplane, involving aggregate annual payments of up to $8
million;
(viii) (A)
loans,
advances or other extensions of credits (including guarantees) by Vitro or
its
Affiliates made to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any payments
made
in connection therewith, and (B)
any
hedging agreements or arrangements entered into between Vitro or its Affiliates,
on the one hand, and the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other
hand,
and any payments made in connection therewith, in each case so long as the
terms
thereof are no less favorable to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
than could have been obtained on an arm’s-length basis;
(ix) any
management, administrative, information technology or similar services performed
by Vitro or its Affiliates for the benefit of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, and any payments made in connection therewith, so long as the
aggregate amount of all payments made pursuant to this clause (ix)
in any
calendar year does not exceed 1.75% of the net sales of the Borrower (determined
on a consolidated basis) for such year; and
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(x) services
rendered by Vitro or its Affiliates for the benefit of the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries, and any payments in connection therewith not in excess of
Vitro’s or its Affiliates’ cost of rendering such services, including, without
limitation, payments made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection with (A)
information technology services, (B)
the
salaries of Vitro's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and
(C)
Clinica
Vitro, El Xxxxxxx and Vitro Club.
Section
5.12. Conduct
of Business.
The
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not engage in any business other
than a Permitted Business, except that the Borrower and any Restricted
Subsidiary may acquire a Restricted Subsidiary after the Original Effective
Date
that is engaged in a business other than a Permitted Business so long as it
is
principally engaged in a Permitted Business.
Section
5.13.
Financial
Statements and Other Information.
The
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent who will distribute to each
Lender:
(a) with
respect to Vitro,
1. annual
reports on Form 20-F (or any successor form) of Vitro containing the information
required to be contained therein (or such successor form) as well as (x) segment
disclosure with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
substantially similar to that provided in the annual report on Form 20-F for
Vitro for the year ended December 31, 2003 and (y) additional information with
respect to the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries in the section “Item 5. Operating
and Financial Review and Prospects” of such annual reports that would
substantially comply with “Item 5.A. Operating Results” (including a discussion
of net sales, cost of sales, general, administrative and selling expenses,
operating income and net income for applicable periods) and “Item 5.B. Liquidity
and capital resources” as applied to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, within
the time period required under the rules of the SEC for the filing of Form
20-F
(or any successor form) by foreign private issuers subject thereto,
and
2. reports
on
Form 6-K (or any successor form) of Vitro including, whether or not required,
unaudited quarterly financial statements (which shall include at least a balance
sheet, income statement and statement of changes in financial position, in
each
case prepared in accordance with Mexican GAAP as in effect from time to time)
along with other financial information and a discussion of results in each
case
with (i) at least the level of information provided by Vitro in its Form 6-K
for
the first quarter
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of
2004
and (ii) a discussion of net sales, cost of sales, general, administrative
and
selling expenses, operating income and net income of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries covering the periods for which the discussion of results is
presented for Vitro, within 60 days after the end of each of the first three
fiscal quarters of each fiscal year,
(b) (notwithstanding
that the Borrower may not be subject to the reporting requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act) with respect
to
the Borrower, audited annual and unaudited quarterly financial statements (which
will include at least a balance sheet, income statement and statement of changes
in financial position and notes thereto, in each case prepared in accordance
with Mexican GAAP with an explanation of the principal differences between
Mexican GAAP and U.S. GAAP, in each case as in effect from time to time), in
each case in English and in content comparable to that required under Regulation
S-X and Regulation S-K of the SEC, with respect to any audited annual financial
statements, within the time period required under the rules of the SEC for
the
filing of Form 20-F (or any successor form) by foreign private issuers subject
thereto or with respect to any unaudited quarterly financial statements, within
60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year, provided
that if
at any time the Borrower is subject to the reporting requirements of Section
13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it shall file with the SEC the information
described above in clause (a)
with
respect to itself, in which case it shall not be required to also provide the
information described above in this clause (b);
(c) concurrently
with each delivery of financial statements under clause (b)
above, a
certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower (i)
certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and is continuing and, if a
Default has occurred and is continuing, specifying the details thereof and
any
action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii)
stating
whether any change in Mexican GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred
since the date of the Borrower’s December 31, 2003 audited financial statements
referred to in Section
3.06
or
delivered pursuant to this Section and, if any such change has occurred,
specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying
such certificate; and
(d) promptly
following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations,
business affairs and financial condition of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent
or any Lender may reasonably request.
Section
5.14.
Payment
of Additional Amounts.
(a) All
payments by the Borrower in respect of the Loans or by a Guarantor in respect
of
its Loan Guarantee shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or
withholding for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties,
assessments, fees or other governmental charges (“Taxes”)
imposed or levied by or on behalf of Mexico or
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any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein or of any other
jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any Guarantor is incorporated (any of
the
aforementioned, a “Taxing
Jurisdiction”),
unless such withholding or deduction is required by law.
(b) Subject
to Section
5.14(c),
if the
Borrower or a Guarantor is required by the law of any Taxing Jurisdiction to
make any such withholding or deduction, the Borrower or such Guarantor shall
pay
to any Holder such additional amounts (“Additional
Amounts”)
as may
be necessary so that every net payment made by the Borrower on such Loan or
by
such Guarantor in respect of its Loan Guarantee after deduction or withholding
for or on account of any such Taxes shall not be less than the amount then
due
and payable on such Loan.
(c) The
obligation to pay Additional Amounts set forth in Section
5.14(b)
shall
not apply to:
(i) any
tax,
duty, assessment, fee or other governmental charge that would not have been
imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection, including
a
permanent establishment or fixed base, between such Lender and Mexico other
than
by the receipt of such payment and the terms of the Loan Documents;
(ii) any
estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax,
assessment or other governmental charge; or
(iii) in
the
case of any Lender that is or was a Foreign Financial Institution (as defined
below) on the date such Person became a Lender and thus subject to the
requirements of paragraph (h)
below,
any withholding taxes imposed as a result of a failure of such Lender to comply
with its obligations set forth in paragraph (h)
below,
subject to the exceptions and limitations provided therein; provided
that the
taxes excluded shall be deemed to include only withholdings or deductions
payable by the Borrower in respect of payments hereunder in excess of a rate
equal to the rate applicable if there had been no such failure by such Lender
to
comply with paragraph (h)
below.
(d) At
least
30 calendar days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect
to the Loans is due and payable (or, as early as practicable, if the obligation
to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to such date), if
the
Borrower or a Guarantor will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect
to such payment in an amount different than the Additional Amounts payable
on
the date hereof, the Borrower or such Guarantor shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Officers’ Certificate stating the fact that such
Additional Amounts will be payable and the amounts so payable, and setting
forth
such other information necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to pay
such
Additional Amounts to Lenders on the payment date. In the absence of any such
certificate, the Administrative Agent may assume that no
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such
deduction or withholding shall be required. The Borrower agrees to indemnify
the
Administrative Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense incurred without bad faith on its part arising out of or in
connection with actions taken or omitted by it in reliance, absent manifest
error, on any certificate furnished pursuant to this Section
5.14(d)
or not
furnished. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section
5.14(d)
shall
survive the payment of the Loans, the resignation or removal of the
Administrative Agent and/or the termination of this Agreement.
(e) The
Borrower or Guarantor, as the case may be, shall provide to the Administrative
Agent documentation evidencing payment of withholding taxes within 30 days
after
payment thereof. Copies of such documentation shall be made available to Lenders
upon written request therefor.
(f) The
Borrower or a Guarantor will pay any stamp, issue, registration, documentary
or
other similar taxes and duties, including interest and penalties in Mexico
or
the United States or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority
of or
in the foregoing in respect of the Borrowing.
(g) Whenever
in this Agreement there is mentioned, in any context:
(i) the
payment of principal, interest or additional interest on the Loans;
(ii) redemption
or repurchase prices in respect of the Loans; or
(iii) any
other
amount payable on or with respect to any of the Loans,
such
reference will be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts as described
under this Section
5.14
to the
extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable
in respect thereof.
(h) Each
Lender that is a Foreign Financial Institution on the Original Effective Date
(or, if such Lender becomes a Lender after the Original Effective Date as a
result of an assignment, on the date of such assignment) shall, at the request
of the Borrower, made pursuant to a written notice given at least 10 days prior
to the relevant filing date, use reasonable commercial efforts to file with
the
Ministry of Finance or, where applicable, in accordance with the laws of any
jurisdiction outside Mexico from or through which payments hereunder or under
any Notes are made, a form, certificate or other similar document requested
by
the Borrower (including without limitation any such form, certificate or other
similar document that may be required to maintain such Lender Party’s status as
a Foreign Financial Institution) if (1)
such
filing is required under applicable law or a treaty for the avoidance of double
taxation then in effect, (2)
such
filing would avoid the need for making any tax withholding or deduction, or
reduce the amount of any such withholding or deduction which may thereafter
accrue to or for the account of such Lender pursuant to this Section and
(3)
such
filing would not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, require such Lender
to disclose any
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confidential
or proprietary information or be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender Party.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that nothing in
this
Section shall interfere with the rights of any Lender Party to conduct its
fiscal or tax affairs in such manner as it deems appropriate.
As used
herein, “Foreign
Financial Institution”
means
an institution registered as a foreign financial institution with the Ministry
of Finance in the registry referred to in Article 197 of Mexico’s Income Tax Law
and any successor provision thereof, for purposes of fracción
I, inciso a), subinciso 2, of
Article 195 of Mexico’s Income Tax Law.
Section
5.15. Maintenance
of Properties and Insurance.
The
Borrower shall, at all times, make or cause to be made such expenditures by
means of renewals, replacements, repairs, maintenance or otherwise take such
action as shall be necessary to maintain, preserve and keep all of its Real
Property and machinery and equipment comprising Collateral or Collateral Assets
in good working order, condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted),
in a state of good operating efficiency, and shall not commit any waste on
or
with respect to any such Collateral or Collateral Asset or any other Collateral
or Collateral Asset.
The
Borrower will provide or cause to be provided, for itself and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, insurance (including appropriate self-insurance) covering physical
loss or damage to the Collateral and the Collateral Assets, as is consistent
with its recent past practices.
Section
5.16.
Limitation
on Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.
(a) The
Borrower will not, in a single transaction or series of related transactions,
consolidate or merge with or into any Person (whether or not the Borrower is
the
surviving or continuing Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of (or cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to sell,
assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of) all or substantially
all of the Borrower’s properties and assets (determined on a consolidated basis
for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries), to any Person
unless:
(i) either:
(A) the
Borrower will be the surviving or continuing corporation, or
(B) the
Person (if other than the Borrower) formed by such consolidation or into which
the Borrower is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition the properties and assets
of
the Borrower and of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries substantially as an
entirety (the “Successor
Borrower”):
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(1) shall
be
a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of Mexico,
and
(2) will
expressly assume, by supplemental agreement (in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent), executed and delivered to the Administrative
Agent
and by any other documents required under the Collateral Documents, the due
and
punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on
all
of the Loans and the performance and observance of every covenant of the Loans,
this Agreement, the Notes and each other Loan Document and the Collateral
Documents on the part of the Borrower to be performed or observed;
(ii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by
Section
5.16(a)(i)(B)(y)
above
(including giving effect on a pro forma basis to any Indebtedness, including
any
Acquired Indebtedness, Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection
with
or in respect of such transaction), the Borrower or such Successor Borrower,
as
the case may be:
(A) will
have
a Consolidated Net Worth equal to or greater than the Consolidated Net Worth
of
the Borrower immediately prior to such transaction, and
(B) will
be
able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to Section
5.03(a).
(iii) immediately
before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the
assumption contemplated by Section
5.16(a)(i)(B)(2)
above
(including, without limitation, giving effect on a pro forma basis to any
Indebtedness, including any Acquired Indebtedness, Incurred or anticipated
to be
Incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the
transaction), no Default or Event of Default has occurred or be
continuing;
(iv) the
Borrower or the Successor Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent
an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the
consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other
disposition comply with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and that
all
conditions precedent in this Agreement relating to the transaction have been
satisfied; and
(v) each
Guarantor (including Persons that become Guarantors as a result of the
transaction) has confirmed by an addendum hereto (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) that its Loan
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Guarantee
will apply for the Obligations of the Successor Borrower in respect of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
For
purposes of this Section
5.16,
the
transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction
or
series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets
of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower, the Capital Stock of
which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of
the
Borrower (determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries), will be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all
of
the properties and assets of the Borrower provided
that the
provisions of Section
5.16(a)(i)
and
Section
5.16(a)(v)
shall
not apply in respect of any such transaction to any Person (other than the
Borrower) that otherwise would be a surviving or continuing corporation subject
to Section
5.16(a)(i)(A)
or that
would be required to assume the Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan
Documents subject to Section
5.16(a)(i)(B),
to the
extent such Person is or becomes a Guarantor in accordance with Section
5.16(d)
below.
(b) The
provisions of Section
5.16(a)
above
will not apply to:
(i) any
transfer of the properties or assets of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary
to the Borrower or a Guarantor;
(ii) any
merger of a Restricted Subsidiary into the Borrower or a Guarantor;
(iii) any
merger of the Borrower into a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower created
for the purpose of holding the Capital Stock of the Borrower,
so
long
as, in each case the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole is not increased thereby and such transferee
or
surviving or continuing person, as applicable, assumes the Obligations under
and
becomes a party to the applicable Collateral Documents in accordance with the
terms thereof.
(c) Upon
any
consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer of all or substantially
all
of the properties and assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
in
accordance with this Section
5.16,
in
which the Borrower is not the continuing corporation, the Successor Borrower
formed by such consolidation or into which the Borrower is merged or to which
such conveyance, lease or transfer is made will succeed to, and be substituted
for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Borrower under this
Agreement and the Loans with the same effect as if such Successor Borrower
had
been named as such.
(d) Each
Guarantor will not, and the Borrower will not cause or permit any Guarantor
to,
consolidate with or merge into, or sell or dispose of all or substantially
all
of its assets to, any Person (other than the Borrower) that is not a Guarantor
unless:
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(i) such
Person (if such Person is the surviving entity) assumes all of the obligations
of such Guarantor in respect of its Loan Guarantee by executing an accession
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D and providing the
Administrative Agent with an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, and
such transaction is otherwise in compliance with this Agreement and assumes
the
obligations under and becomes a party to the Collateral Documents to which
such
Guarantor is a party in accordance with the terms thereof;
(ii) such
Loan
Guarantee is to be released as provided under Article
8;
or
(iii) such
sale
or other disposition of substantially all of such Guarantor’s assets is made in
accordance with Section
5.06.
Section
5.17.
Collateral
Documents.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into
any amendment or modification of or waiver under any Collateral Document without
the consent of the Required Lenders.
Section
5.18.
Use
of Proceeds. The
proceeds of the Loans will be used to repay existing Indebtedness of the
Borrower or the Guarantors under the Original Loan Agreement. No part of the
proceeds of any Loan will be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose
that
entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board of Governors of
the
Federal Reserve System of the United States, including Regulations T, U and
X.
Section
5.19.
Additional Guarantors. If
at any
time any Subsidiary is required to become a “Note Guarantor” pursuant to the
Indenture (as such term is defined under the Master Collateral and Intercreditor
Agreement), such Subsidiary shall simultaneously execute an addendum to this
Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent in order to become a Guarantor party hereto.
ARTICLE
2
EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT
If
any of
the following events (“Events
of Default”)
shall
occur:
(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of or premium on any Loan when the
same
shall become due, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for
prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) the
Borrower shall fail to pay when due any interest on any Loan or any fee or
other
amount (including Additional Amounts, but excluding an amount referred to in
clause (a)
above)
payable under any Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied
for
a period of three Business Days;
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(c) any
representation, warranty or certification (other than regarding the Collateral,
which matters are referred to in clause (j)
below)
made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification
thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement
or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document
or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove
to
have been incorrect when made or deemed made;
(d) the
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained
in
Article
5
except
any covenant or agreement in Sections 5.01,
5.02,
5.12,
5.13,
5.14
or
5.15
(other
than any such failure regarding the Collateral, which matters are governed
by
clause (j)
below);
(e) any
Credit Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement
contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause
(a),
(b)
or
(d)
above or
clause (j)
below),
and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after written
notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice
will
be given at the request of any Lender);
(f) default
by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under any Indebtedness
which:
(i) is
caused
by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such
Indebtedness prior to the expiration of any applicable grace period provided
in
such Indebtedness on the date of such default; or
(ii) results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its stated
maturity;
and
the
principal or accreted amount of Indebtedness covered by (i)
or
(ii)
at the
relevant time aggregates $25 million or more;
(g) a
court
having jurisdiction in the premises enters a decree or order for (i)
relief
in respect of the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or group
of
Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary)
in
an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law of Mexico or the United States now or hereafter in effect, (ii)
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
síndico,
sequestrator or similar official of the Borrower or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute
a
Significant Subsidiary) or for all or substantially all of the property and
assets of the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or group of
Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary)
or
(iii)
the
winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Borrower or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary) and, in each case, such decree or order
shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days, or
any
involuntary proceeding shall be
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commenced
or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking the relief mentioned in
sections (i), (ii) or (iii) above, and such proceeding or petition shall
continue undismissed for a period of 60 consecutive days;
(h) the
Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that,
taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) (i)
commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
suspension of payments or other similar law of Mexico or the United States
now
or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in
an
involuntary case under any such law, (ii)
consents
to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, síndico,
sequestrator or similar official of the Borrower or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute
a
Significant Subsidiary) or for all or substantially all of the property and
assets of the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or group of
Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary),
(iii)
effects
any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv)
files a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
Bankruptcy Law (as defined in the Existing Senior Note Indenture) or
(v)
approves
any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Borrower or
any
of its Significant Subsidiaries (or group of Subsidiaries that, taken together,
would constitute a Significant Subsidiary);
(i) one
or
more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding $25
million shall be rendered against one or more of the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and shall remain undischarged for a period of 60
consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or
any
action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon
any
asset of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enforce any
such
judgment;
(j) any
(i)
breach
by the Borrower or any Grantor Subsidiary party thereto of any representation
or
warranty set forth in the Collateral Documents, or any representation and
warranty set forth in this Agreement regarding the Collateral, (ii)
default
by the Borrower or any Grantor Subsidiary party thereto in the performance
of
any covenant set forth in the Collateral Documents or any covenant set forth
in
this Agreement regarding the Collateral, or (iii)
repudiation by the Borrower or any Grantor Subsidiary party thereto of its
obligations under the Collateral Documents or the unenforceability of any of
the
Collateral Documents against the Borrower or any Grantor Subsidiary party
thereto for any reason; provided,
that
any or all of the occurrences set forth in (i) through (iii) taken together,
relate to Collateral the aggregate value of which is in excess of $25 million
($12.5 million with respect to breaches and defaults specified in (i) or (ii)
that relate to the enforceability, perfection or priority of any security
interest in Collateral or the existence of a Lien on Collateral other than
a
Collateral Permitted Lien or any repudiation specified in (iii)); provided further,
that
solely in the case of (i) or (ii) with respect to any breach or default that
does not relate to the
enforceability, perfection or priority of the security interest granted in
Collateral or the existence of an Lien on Collateral other than a Collateral
Permitted Lien, such
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breach
or
default remains uncured for a period of 30 days after notice is provided thereof
by the Administrative Agent or a Lender;
(k) a
Change
in Control shall occur;
(l) any
Guarantor’s Loan Guarantee shall at any time fail to constitute a valid and
binding agreement of such Guarantor or any party shall so assert in
writing;
(m) the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall fail to pay when due any
and all amounts payable as required under IMSS, INFONAVIT or SAR, except to
the
extent that such payments are disputed in good faith through appropriate
proceedings and proper reserves therefor are maintained by the relevant Person
or Persons in accordance with Mexican GAAP, and the outstanding amount of such
due but unpaid payments does not in the aggregate exceed at any time $25
million;
(n) any
Governmental Authority (or any Person acting or purporting to act under the
authority of any such Governmental Authority) shall take any action to condemn,
seize, nationalize, expropriate or otherwise compulsorily acquire all or any
substantial part of the consolidated assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or
(o) any
restriction or requirement shall have been imposed or amended after the date
hereof, whether by legislative enactment, decree, regulation, order or
otherwise, which limits the acquisition or the transfer of foreign exchange
by
the Borrower or a Guarantor, and such restriction or requirement shall have
the
effect of preventing the Borrower or a Guarantor from performing in any material
respect its material obligations under this Agreement, or under any other Loan
Document, including, without limitation, all payment obligations in
Dollars;
then,
and
in every such event (except an event with respect to the Borrower described
in
clause (g)or
(h)
above),
and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the
Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall,
by
written notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions,
at
the same or different times: (i)
if the
Loans have not been made, terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the
Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii)
declare
the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which
case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be
declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so
declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and
all
fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become
due
and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice
of
any kind, all of which are waived by the Borrower; and in the case of any event
with respect to the Borrower described in clause (g)or
(h)
above,
the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans
then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other
obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due
and payable, without
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presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are waived by the
Borrower.
ARTICLE
7
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Section
7.01.
Appointment
and Authorization. Each
Lender Party irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
and Intercreditor Agent, and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral and Intercreditor Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to
exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or to the
Collateral and Intercreditor Agent, as applicable, by the terms of the Loan
Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative
Agent is hereby expressly (i) appointed the Creditor Representative (as defined
in the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement) with respect to this
Agreement as a Senior Credit Facility (as so defined), and (ii) authorized
to
execute the Secured Party Accession Agreement and any and all other documents
with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the Secured Parties with
respect thereto in the name of and on behalf of each Lender (including any
Person who shall become a Lender pursuant to an Assignment) as its
attorney-in-fact, as contemplated by and in accordance with the provisions
of
this Agreement and the Collateral Documents (the Secured Party Accession
Agreement and such other documents, the “Lender
Documents”).
Each
Lender Party represents and warrants that (i) it is validly existing under
the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation with full power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Lender
Documents and (ii) each Lender Document that has been executed and delivered
or
will after the date hereof be executed and delivered by or on behalf of such
Lender Party (including pursuant to this Section 7.01) is (or will be, when
so
executed and delivered) its legal and valid obligation enforceable against
such
Lender Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
concurso mercantil, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, tax, labor and
other
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject to general principles
of
equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
Section
7.02.
Rights and Powers as a Lender. A
bank
serving as the Administrative Agent shall, in its capacity as a Lender, have
the
same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though
it were not the Administrative Agent. Such bank and its Affiliates may accept
deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliate thereof as if it were
not
the Administrative Agent.
Section
7.03.
Limited
Duties and Responsibilities.
The
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality
of
the foregoing, (a)
the
Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied
duties, regardless of whether
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a
Default
has occurred and is continuing, Section
3.04
the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action
or
exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers
expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent
is
required in writing to exercise by the Required Lenders (or such other number
or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as
provided in Section
9.02)
and
Section
3.05
except
as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall
not
have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for any failure to disclose,
any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is
communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or
any
of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable
for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request
of
the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as
shall
be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section
9.02)
or in
the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The
Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless
and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible
for
or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i)
any
statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan
Document, (ii)
the
contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder
or in
connection therewith, (iii)
the
performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms
or
conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv)the
validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document
or
any other agreement, instrument or document or (v)
the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article
4
or
elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly
required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
Section
7.04.
Authority
to Rely on Certain Writings, Statements and Advice.
The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on, and shall not incur any
liability for relying on, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement,
instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may
rely
on any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be
made
by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.
The
Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for
the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by
it
in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or
experts.
Section
7.05.
Sub-Agents
and Related Parties.
The
Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights
and powers by or through one or more sub-agents appointed by it. The
Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties
and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties.
The
exculpatory provisions of the preceding Sections of this Article shall apply
to
any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and
any such sub-agent, and shall apply to activities in connection
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with
the
syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities
as Administrative Agent.
Section
7.06.
Resignation;
Successor Administrative Agent.
Subject
to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as
provided in this Section, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by
notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required
Lenders shall have the right, with the approval of Borrower, to appoint a
successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders
with the approval of the Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment
within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its
resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the
Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with
an
office in New York, New York, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$500 million. Upon acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested
with
all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative
Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties
and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor
Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower and such successor. After the
Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and
Section
9.03
shall
continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its
sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken
or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent
was acting as Administrative Agent.
Section
7.07.
Credit
Decisions by Lenders.
Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance on the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it
will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time
to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not
taking action under or based on this Agreement, any other Loan Document or
related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or
thereunder.
ARTICLE
8
LOAN
GUARANTEES
Section
8.01.
Loan Guarantees. Each
Guarantor unconditionally guarantees the full and punctual payment of (x) all
principal of all Loans outstanding from time to time under this Agreement,
(y)
all interest (including any interest that accrues after the commencement of
any
case, proceeding or other action relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of the Borrower (or would accrue but for the operation of
applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws), whether or not such interest is
allowed or
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allowable
as a claim in any such proceeding) on such Loans and (z) all other amounts
now
or hereafter payable by the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents (the amounts
described in clauses (x), (y) and (z), collectively, the “Obligations”)
when
due (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise). If the
Borrower fails to pay any Obligation punctually when due, each Guarantor agrees
that it will forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and
in
the manner specified in this Agreement, including without limitation with
respect to Additional Amounts as provided under Section
5.14,
which
shall apply to each Guarantor in making payments hereunder as fully as though
such Guarantor were the “Borrower” in making payments hereunder.
Section
8.02.
Guarantees Unconditional.
The
obligations of each Guarantor under its Loan Guarantee shall be unconditional
and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall not
be
released, discharged or otherwise affected by:
(a) any
extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of
any
obligation of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person under any
Loan Document, by operation of law or otherwise;
(b) any
modification or amendment of or supplement to any Loan Document;
(c) any
release, impairment, non-perfection or invalidity of any direct or indirect
security for any obligation of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other
Person under any Loan Document;
(d) any
change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower,
any
other Guarantor or any other Person or any of their respective subsidiaries,
or
any insolvency, bankruptcy, concurso
mercantil,
reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower, any other
Guarantor or any other Person or any of their assets or any resulting release
or
discharge of any obligation of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other
Person under any Loan Document;
(e) the
existence of any claim, set-off or other right that such Guarantor may have
at
any time against the Borrower, any other Guarantor, any Lender Party or any
other Person, whether in connection with the Loan Documents or any unrelated
transactions, provided
that
nothing herein shall prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit
or
compulsory counterclaim;
(f) any
invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Borrower, any other
Guarantor or any other Person for any reason of any Loan Document, or any
provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment
of
any Obligation by the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person;
or
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(g) any
other
act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, any other
Guarantor, any other party to any Loan Document, any Lender Party or any other
Person, or any other circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions
of this clause (g),
constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to any obligation of
any
Guarantor hereunder.
Section
8.03.
Release of Guarantees.
(a)
All the
Guarantees will be released when all the Commitments have expired or terminated
and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder
have been paid in full. If at any time any payment of an Obligation is rescinded
or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency or receivership
of
the Borrower or otherwise, the Loan Guarantees shall be reinstated with respect
thereto as though such payment had been due but not made at such
time.
(b) If
all
the capital stock of a Guarantor or all the assets of a Guarantor are sold
to a
Person other than the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries in a transaction
permitted by this Agreement (any such sale, a “Sale
of Guarantor”),
the
Administrative Agent shall release such Guarantor from its Loan Guarantee;
provided
that, if
such sale is a Prepayment Event, arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent have been made to apply the Net Proceeds thereof as required by this
Agreement. Such release shall not require the consent of any Lender Party,
and
the Administrative Agent shall be fully protected in relying on a certificate
of
the Borrower as to whether any particular sale constitutes a Sale of
Guarantor.
(c) In
addition to any release permitted by subsection (b), the Administrative Agent
may release any Loan Guarantee with the prior written consent of the Required
Lenders; provided
that any
release of all or substantially all the Loan Guarantees shall require the
consent of all the Lenders.
Section
8.04.
Waiver by Guarantors.
Each
Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest
and
any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any
time
any action be taken by any Person against the Borrower, any other Guarantor
or
any other Person. Each Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof,
presentment, demand, protest and any notice not provided for herein, as well
as
any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against
the
Borrower, any other Credit Party or any other Person, prior to making a claim
against such Guarantor, and any right to which it may otherwise be entitled
to
(i)
require
any Lender or the Administrative Agent to xxx and/or complete an action against
the Borrower or any other Credit Party prior to a claim being made against
such
Guarantor hereunder; (ii)
have the
assets of any the Borrower or any other Credit Party first be used and/or
applied in full or in part as payment of the Borrower’s or any such other Credit
Party’s obligations under the Loan Document prior to any amounts being claimed
from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder; or (iii)
have its
obligations hereunder divided among itself and one or more other Credit Parties,
if such Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed
hereunder. In addition, each
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Guarantor
hereby waives, to the extent applicable, the benefits of orden,
excusión, división, prórroga
and
quita
and any
benefits it may have under any of Articles 2813 through 2823, Articles 2839
and
2840 or Articles 2844 through 2849 (in each case inclusive) of Mexico’s Federal
Civil Code (the “Civil
Code”),
and
the correlative articles of the civil codes of each political subdivision of
Mexico. The obligations assumed by each Guarantor hereunder shall not be
affected by the absence of judicial request of payment by any Lender or the
Administrative Agent to the Borrower, and whether or not any Lender or the
Administrative Agent takes any action within the time set forth in Articles
2848
and 2849 of the Civil Code, and each Guarantor hereby expressly waives the
provisions of such Articles.
Section
8.05.
Subrogation. A
Guarantor that makes a payment with respect to a Obligation hereunder shall
be
subrogated to the rights of the payee against the Borrower with respect to
such
payment; provided that no Guarantor shall enforce any payment by way of
subrogation against the Borrower, or by reason of contribution against any
other
Guaranteeing Person of such Obligation, until all the Commitments have expired
or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees
payable hereunder have been paid in full.
Section
8.06.
Stay of Acceleration.
If
acceleration of the time for payment of any Obligation by the Borrower is stayed
by reason of the insolvency or receivership of the Borrower or otherwise, all
Obligations otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of any Loan
Document shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantors hereunder forthwith
on
demand
by the
Administrative Agent.
Section
8.07.
Continuing
Loan Guarantee.
Each
Loan Guarantee is a continuing guarantee, shall be binding on the relevant
Guarantor and its successors and assigns, and shall be enforceable by the
Administrative Agent or the Lender Parties. If all or part of any Lender Party’s
interest in any Obligation is assigned or otherwise transferred as permitted
hereby, the transferor’s rights under each Loan Guarantee, to the extent
applicable to the obligation so transferred, shall automatically be transferred
with such obligation.
ARTICLE
9
Section
9.01.
Notices.
Except
in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given
by telephone, all notices and other communications provided for herein shall
be
in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed
by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(a) if
to the
Borrower, to it at Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 000, Xxx. Xxxxx xxx Xxxxxxxxx, 00000
San
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X. Mexico, Attention of Departamento Jurídico (Telecopy
No. x00 (00) 0000-0000);
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(b) if
to any
Guarantor, in care of the Borrower as described in clause (a)
above;
(c) if
to the
Administrative Agent, to it at Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XXX-0 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Attention of Xxxx Xxxxx/Xxxxxx XxXxxxx (Telecopy No. (000) 000 0000);
and
(d) if
to any
other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its
Administrative Questionnaire.
Any
party
hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement will be deemed to have been given on
the
date of receipt.
Section
9.02.
Waivers;
Amendments.
(a)
No
failure or delay by any Lender Party in exercising any right or power hereunder
or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment
or
discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other
or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights
and remedies of the Lender Parties under the Loan Documents are cumulative
and
are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.
No
waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by
any
Credit Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall
be
permitted by subsection (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which
given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan
shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any
Lender Party had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) No
Loan
Document or provision thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in
the
case of this Agreement, by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into
by
the Borrower and the Required Lenders or, in the case of any other Loan
Document, by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the parties
thereto with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided
that no
such agreement shall:
(i) increase
the Commitment of any Lender without its written consent;
(ii) reduce
the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or
reduce any fee payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender
Party affected thereby;
(iii) postpone
the maturity of any Loan, premium or any date for the payment of any interest
or
fee payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of,
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waive
or
excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any
Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender Party affected thereby;
(iv) change
Section
2.11(b)
or
2.11(c)
in a
manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby,
without the written consent of each Lender;
(v) change
any provision of this Section or the percentage set forth in the definition
of
“Required Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the
number or percentage of Lenders required to take any action thereunder, without
the written consent of each Lender;
(vi) release
any Guarantor from its Loan Guarantee (except as expressly provided in
Section
8.03),
or
limit its liability in respect of its Loan Guarantee, without the written
consent of each Lender; or
(vii) release
all or any substantial part of the Collateral from the Liens created by the
Collateral Documents, without the written consent of each Lender; provided
further
that no
such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties
of
the Administrative Agent without its prior written consent.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Required Lenders enter into or consent to any waiver,
amendment or modification pursuant to subsection (b)
of this
Section, no consent of any other Lender will be required if, when such waiver,
amendment or modification becomes effective, (i)
the
Commitment of each Lender not consenting thereto terminates and (ii)
all
amounts owing to it or accrued for its account hereunder are paid in
full.
Section
9.03.
Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The
Borrower shall pay (i)
all
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative
Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and
disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the
syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and
administration of the Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications or
waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii)
all
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Lender Party, including the fees, charges
and disbursements of any counsel for any Lender Party, in connection with the
enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents
(including its rights under this Section) or the Loans, including all such
out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or
negotiations in respect of the Loans.
(b) The
Borrower shall indemnify each of the Lender Parties and their respective Related
Parties (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”)
against, and
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hold
each
Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, direct damages,
liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements
of counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee
arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (c)
the
execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of
their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions
or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (d)
any Loan
or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (e)
any
Environmental Liability related in any way, directly or indirectly, to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or (f)
any
actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating
to
any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided
that
such indemnity shall not be available to any Indemnitee to the extent that
such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses have resulted from
such
Indemnitee’s or any of such Indemnitee’s Affiliates’ gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
(c) To
the
extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it
to
the Administrative Agent under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section, each
Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s pro
rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense
or indemnity payment is sought, on the basis of respective outstanding Loans)
of
such unpaid amount; provided
that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent in its capacity as such.
(d) To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct
or
actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, any Loan or the
use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All
amounts due under this Section shall be payable within 10 Business Days after
written demand therefor.
Section
9.04.
Successors
and Assigns.
(a)
The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of
the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights
or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and
any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall
be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be
construed to confer upon any Person (except the parties hereto, their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly provided
herein, the Related Parties of the Lender Parties) any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
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(b) Any
Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of any Commitment
it has at the time and any Loans at the time owing to it); provided
that:
(i) except
in
the case of an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate, the Administrative
Agent must give its prior written consent to such assignment (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld);
(ii) unless
each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, the amount
of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such
assignment shall not be less than $1,000,000; provided
that
this (ii) shall not apply to an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate
or
an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitment or Loans;
(iii) the
parties to each such assignment shall (a) electronically execute and deliver
to
the Administrative Agent an Assignment via an electronic settlement system
acceptable to the Administrative Agent (which initially shall be ClearPar,
LLC)
or (b) manually execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment,
together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (such fee payable
by
the assignor or assignee, as agreed by the parties); provided
that
only one such fee shall be due in respect of a simultaneous assignment to more
than one Lender Affiliate; and
(iv) the
assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent
a completed Administrative Questionnaire and applicable tax forms;
Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section,
from and after the Original Effective Date specified in each Assignment the
assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under
this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of
the
interest assigned by such Assignment, be released from its obligations under
this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment covering all of the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to
be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections
2.09, 2.10, 5.14
and
9.03).
Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement
that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of
this
Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
(c) The
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower,
shall
maintain at one of its offices in New York City a copy of each Assignment
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses
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of
the
Lenders, their respective Commitments and the principal amounts of the Loans
owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the
“Register”).
The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the parties hereto may treat
each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof
as a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by any party hereto
at
any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.
(d) Upon
its
receipt of a duly completed Assignment executed by an assigning Lender and
an
assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire and applicable
tax forms (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the
processing and recordation fee referred to in subsection (b) of this Section
and
any written consent to such assignment required by subsection (b) of this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and record the
information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective
for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register
as
provided in this subsection.
(e) Any
Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or any other Lender Party,
sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities (“Participants”)
in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it);
provided
that
(i)
such
Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii)
such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (iii)
the
Borrower and the other Lender Parties shall continue to deal solely and directly
with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells
such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right
to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or
waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided
that
such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without
the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in the first proviso to Section
9.02(b)
that
affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (f) of this Section, each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.09, 2.10 and
5.14
to the
same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section.
(f) A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
Section
2.09
than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the
participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation
to
such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent.
(g) Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve
Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of
a
security interest;
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provided
that no
such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from
any
of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for
such
Lender as a party hereto.
(h) If
at any
time any Lender that is a Foreign Financial Institution (as defined in
Section
5.14)
is
required to file with the Ministry of Finance a report setting forth each
effective beneficiary (beneficiario
efectivo)
of
payments made to such Lender of interest on its Loans, such Lender shall
contemporaneously deliver a copy of such report to the Borrower.
Section
9.05.
Survival.
All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties
in the Loan Documents and in certificates or other instruments delivered in
connection with or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be considered to have
been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution
and
delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any
investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding
that any Lender Party may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or
incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended
hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any principal
of or accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable hereunder
is outstanding and unpaid or any Commitment has not expired or terminated.
The
provisions of Sections 2.09, 2.10, 5.14
and
9.03
and
Article
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shall
survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation
of
the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration
or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any
provision hereof.
Section
9.06.
Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness.
This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all
of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement,
the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to
fees
payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous
agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter
hereof. Except as provided in Section
4.01,
this
Agreement (i)
will
become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have signed this Agreement
and received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures
of each of the other parties hereto and (ii)
thereafter will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy will be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
Section
9.07.
Severability.
If
any
provision of any Loan Document is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i)
such
provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent (but
only
to the extent) of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, (ii)
the
other provisions of
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the
Loan
Documents shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and
(iii)
the
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any such provision in any
jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section
9.08.
Right
of Set-off.
Subject
to the terms of the Master Collateral and Intercreditor Agreement (including
Sections 5.01
and
5.02
thereof), if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each
Lender and each of its Affiliates is 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 obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to
or
for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any obligations of the
Borrower now or hereafter existing hereunder and held by such Lender,
irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand hereunder
and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under
this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other
rights of setoff) that such Lender may have.
Each
Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
after
any such set-off and application made by such Lender, provided
that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application.
Section
9.09.
Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a)
This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of
the
State of New York.
(b) Each
of
the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself,
to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in
New
York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District
of
New York, and any relevant appellate court (each, a “New
York Court”)
and to
the courts of its own corporate domicile in respect of actions brought against
it as a defendant, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to
any
Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each
party
hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of
any
such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such courts. Each
party
hereto (i)
expressly and irrevocably waives all rights of jurisdiction in any such action
or proceeding which may now or hereafter be afforded by law in any other forum,
and (ii)
agrees
that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive
and
may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other
manner provided by law.
(c) Each
Credit Party 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 any Loan Document in any court referred to in subsection (b) of
this
Section and any right to which it may be entitled on account of place of
residence or domicile. Each party hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, the defense of an
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inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such
court.
(d) Each
Credit Party hereby irrevocably designates, appoints, authorizes and empowers
as
its agent for service of process, CT Corporation System, at its offices
currently located at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 (the
“Process
Agent”),
to
receive and forward on its behalf service of any and all process, notices or
other documents that may be served in any suit, action or proceeding relating
hereto in any New York Court (as defined in subsection (b) of this Section).
Each Credit Party consents to process being served in any suit, action or
proceeding of the nature referred to in this Section by serving a copy thereof
upon the Process Agent. Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Lenders agree
that to the extent lawful and possible, written notice of said service upon
the
Process Agent shall also be mailed by registered or certified airmail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, to such Credit Party at the address provided
pursuant to Section
9.01.
If said
service upon the Process Agent shall not be possible or shall otherwise be
impractical after reasonable efforts to effect the same, the Borrower consents
to process being served in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred
to in the Section by the mailing of a copy thereof by registered or certified
airmail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the address of such
Credit Party provided pursuant to Section
9.01,
which
service shall be effective 14 days after deposit in the United States Postal
Service. Each Credit Party agrees that such service (1)
shall be
deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit,
action or proceeding and (2)
shall,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, be taken and held to be valid personal
service upon and personal delivery to it. Without limitation of the foregoing,
each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section
9.01.
Nothing
in any Loan Document will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process
in any other manner permitted by law.
(e) To
the
extent that any Credit Party has or hereafter may be entitled to claim or may
acquire, for itself or any of its assets, any immunity from suit, jurisdiction
of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice,
attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, or otherwise)
with
respect to itself or its property, such Credit Party hereby irrevocably waives
such immunity in respect of its obligations under the Loan Documents to the
extent permitted by applicable law and, without limiting the generality of
the
foregoing, agrees that the waivers set forth in this Section shall be effective
to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted under the Foreign Sovereign
Immunities Act of 1976 of the United States and are intended to be irrevocable
for purposes of such Act.
Section
9.10.
WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH
PARTY HERETO WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY
RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED THEREBY
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(WHETHER
BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A)
CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B)
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
Section
9.11.
Headings.
Article
and Section headings and the Table of Contents herein are for convenience of
reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.
Section
9.12.
Confidentiality.
Each
Lender Party agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as
defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a)
to its
and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including
accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the
Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential
nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information
confidential), (b)
to the
extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c)
to the
extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar
legal process, (d)
to any
other party to this Agreement, (e)
in
connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or any suit, action or
proceeding relating to any Loan Document or the enforcement of any right
thereunder, (f)
subject
to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this
Section, to (i)
any
actual or prospective assignee of or Participant in any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement or (ii)
any
actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative
transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g)
with the
consent of the Borrower or (h)
to the
extent such Information either (i)
becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or
(ii)
becomes
available to any Lender Party on a nonconfidential basis from a source other
than the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, “Information”
means
all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its
business, other than any such information that is available to any Lender Party
on a nonconfidential basis before disclosure by the Borrower; provided
that, in
the case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such
information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.
Any
Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided
in
this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do
so
if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own
confidential information.
Section
9.13.
Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable
to
any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated
as
interest on such Loan under applicable law
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(collectively
the “Charges”),
shall
exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum
Rate”)
that
may be contracted for, charged or otherwise received by the Lender holding
such
Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect
of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof,
shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest
and
Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not
payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and
the
interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods
shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such Lender
shall have received such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at
the
Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of payment.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written.
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