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Exhibit 10.4
AMENDED AND RESTATED
COMMERCIAL PAPER DEALER AGREEMENT
4(2) PROGRAM
between
TRANSOCEAN INC., as Issuer
and
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., as Dealer
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Concerning Notes to be issued pursuant to an
Issuing and
Paying Agency Agreement dated as of December 20, 2007
between the Issuer and Citibank NA, as Issuing and Paying
Agent (as the same may be amended, supplemented, and
restated from time to time)
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Dated as of
December 3, 2008
Commercial Paper Dealer
Agreement
4(2) Program
This amended and restated agreement (the "Agreement") sets forth
the understandings between the Issuer and the Dealer, each named on
the cover page hereof, in connection with the issuance and sale by
the Issuer of its short-term promissory notes (the "Notes") through
the Dealer. This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the
original agreement of the Issuer and Dealer dated as of
September 3, 2008.
As used herein, "Redomestication Transactions" means the
transactions pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the
Issuer shall organize or cause to be organized (x) Transocean
Ltd., a Swiss corporation registered in Zug, Switzerland
("Guarantor"), as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer,
and (y) Transocean Cayman Ltd., a Cayman Islands company
("Transocean-Acquisition"), as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of
the Guarantor, (ii) the Issuer shall merge with
Transocean-Acquisition, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of
Merger dated as of October 9, 2008 among the Issuer, the
Guarantor and Transocean-Acquisition, as amended (the "Agreement
and Plan of Merger"), by way of schemes of arrangement under Cayman
Islands law (the "Schemes of Arrangement") as provided in the
Agreement and Plan of Merger, with the Issuer being the surviving
company in such merger and becoming the direct wholly owned
subsidiary of the Guarantor, and (iii) the Guarantor shall
issue, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, one share of
the Guarantor in exchange for each share of the Issuer issued and
outstanding immediately prior to such merger. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY
OTHER PROVISION HEREIN, THE ISSUER AND THE DEALER AGREE THAT
GUARANTOR SHALL HAVE NO RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR UNDER
THE GUARANTEE, NOR SHALL GUARANTOR BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OR COVENANTS HEREUNDER OR UNDER THE GUARANTEE,
UNTIL THE ACCESSION DELIVERY DATE, WHICH, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
3.7, SHALL OCCUR ONLY UPON THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY BY THE
GUARANTOR OF AN ACCESSION AGREEMENT AND THE GUARANTEE, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN
SECTION 3.7.
Certain terms used in this Agreement are defined in
Section 6 hereof.
The Addendum to this Agreement, and any Annexes or Exhibits
described in this Agreement or such Addendum, are hereby
incorporated into this Agreement and made fully a part hereof.
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1.
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Offers, Sales and Resales of
Notes.
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1.1
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While (i) the Issuer has and
shall have no obligation to sell the Notes to the Dealer or to
permit the Dealer to arrange any sale of the Notes for the account
of the Issuer, and (ii) the Dealer has and shall have no
obligation to purchase the Notes from the Issuer or to arrange any
sale of the Notes for the account of the Issuer, the parties hereto
agree that in any case where the Dealer purchases Notes from the
Issuer, or arranges for the sale of Notes by the Issuer, such Notes
will be purchased or sold by the Dealer in reliance on the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Issuer
and the Guarantor contained herein or made pursuant hereto and on
the terms and conditions and in the manner provided herein and sold
by the Issuer in reliance on the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements of the Dealer contained herein or made
pursuant hereto and on the terms and conditions and in the manner
provided herein.
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1.2
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So long as this Agreement shall
remain in effect, and in addition to the limitations contained in
Section 1.7 hereof, neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor
shall, without the consent of the Dealer which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, offer, solicit or accept offers
to purchase, or sell, any Notes except (a) in transactions
with one or more dealers which may from
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time to time after the date hereof
become dealers with respect to the Notes by executing with the
Issuer and the Guarantor one or more agreements which contain
provisions substantially identical to those contained in
Section 1 of this Agreement, of which the Issuer and the
Guarantor hereby undertake to provide the Dealer prompt notice or
(b) in transactions with the other dealers listed on the
Addendum hereto, which are executing agreements with the Issuer and
the Guarantor which contain provisions substantially identical to
Section 1 of this Agreement contemporaneously herewith. In no
event shall the Issuer or the Guarantor offer, solicit or accept
offers to purchase, or sell, any Notes directly on its own behalf
in transactions with persons other than broker-dealers as
specifically permitted in this Section 1.2.
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1.3
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The Notes shall be in a minimum
denomination of $250,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof, will bear such interest rates, if interest bearing, or
will be sold at such discount from their face amounts, as shall be
agreed upon by the Dealer and the Issuer, shall have a maturity not
exceeding 397 days from the date of issuance (exclusive of days of
grace) and may have such terms as are specified in Exhibit C hereto
or the Private Placement Memorandum. The Notes shall not contain
any provision for extension, renewal or automatic
"rollover."
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1.4
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The authentication and issuance of,
and payment for, the Notes shall be effected in accordance with the
Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement, and the Notes shall be either
individual physical certificates or book-entry notes evidenced by
one or more master notes (each, a "Master Note") registered in the
name of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or its nominee, in the
form or forms annexed to the Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement.
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1.5
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If the Issuer and the Dealer shall
agree on the terms of the purchase of any Note by the Dealer or the
sale of any Note arranged by the Dealer (including, but not limited
to, agreement with respect to the date of issue, purchase price,
principal amount, maturity and interest rate or interest rate index
and margin (in the case of interest-bearing Notes) or discount
thereof (in the case of Notes issued on a discount basis), and
appropriate compensation for the Dealer’s services hereunder)
pursuant to this Agreement, the Issuer shall cause such Note to be
issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Issuing
and Paying Agency Agreement and payment for such Note shall be made
by the purchaser thereof, either directly or through the Dealer, to
the Issuing and Paying Agent, for the account of the Issuer. Except
as otherwise agreed, in the event that the Dealer is acting as an
agent and a purchaser shall either fail to accept delivery of or
make payment for a Note on the date fixed for settlement, the
Dealer shall promptly notify the Issuer, and if the Dealer has
theretofore paid the Issuer for the Note, the Issuer will promptly
return such funds to the Dealer against its return of the Note to
the Issuer, in the case of a certificated Note, and upon notice of
such failure in the case of a book-entry Note. If such failure
occurred for any reason other than default by the Dealer, the
Issuer and the Guarantor agree, jointly and severally, to reimburse
the Dealer on an equitable basis for the Dealer’s loss of the
use of such funds for the period such funds were credited to the
Issuer’s account.
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1.6
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The Dealer, the Issuer and the
Guarantor hereby establish and agree to observe the following
procedures in connection with offers, sales and subsequent resales
or other transfers of the Notes:
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(a)
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Offers and sales of the Notes by or
through the Dealer shall be made only to: (i) investors
reasonably believed by the Dealer to be Qualified Institutional
Buyers, Institutional Accredited Investors or Sophisticated
Individual Accredited Investors and (ii) non-bank fiduciaries
or agents that will be purchasing Notes for one or more accounts,
each of which is reasonably believed by the Dealer to be a
Qualified Institutional Buyer, an Institutional Accredited Investor
or Sophisticated Individual Accredited Investor.
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(b)
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Resales and other transfers of the
Notes by the holders thereof shall be made only in accordance with
the restrictions in the legend described in clause (e) below
and to the extent such resale is made to or through the Dealer, the
Dealer will comply with the provisions of such legend and this
Section 1.6.
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(c)
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No general solicitation or general
advertising shall be used in connection with the offering of the
Notes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without
the prior written approval of the Dealer, neither the Issuer nor
the Guarantor shall issue any press release or place or publish any
"tombstone" or other advertisement relating to the Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any publication by the Issuer of a
notice in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act shall
not be deemed to constitute general solicitation or general
advertising hereunder and shall not require prior written approval
of the Dealer.
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(d)
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No sale of Notes to any one
purchaser shall be for less than $250,000 principal or face amount,
and no Note shall be issued in a smaller principal or face amount.
If the purchaser is a non-bank fiduciary or agent acting on behalf
of others, each person for whom such purchaser is acting must
purchase at least $250,000 principal or face amount of
Notes.
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(e)
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Offers and sales of the Notes by the
Issuer through the Dealer acting as agent for the Issuer shall be
made in accordance with Rule 506 under the Securities Act, and
shall be subject to the restrictions described in the legend
appearing on Exhibit A hereto. A legend substantially to the effect
of such Exhibit A shall appear as part of the Private Placement
Memorandum used in connection with offers and sales of Notes
hereunder, as well as on each individual certificate representing a
Note and each Master Note representing book-entry Notes offered and
sold pursuant to this Agreement.
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(f)
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The Dealer shall furnish or shall
have furnished to each purchaser of Notes for which it has acted as
the Dealer a copy of the then-current Private Placement Memorandum
unless such purchaser has previously received a copy of the Private
Placement Memorandum as then in effect. The Private Placement
Memorandum shall expressly state that any person to whom Notes are
offered shall have an opportunity to ask questions of, and receive
information from the Issuer and the Dealer and, on and after the
Accession Delivery Date, the Guarantor, and shall provide the
addresses and telephone numbers for obtaining further information
regarding the Issuer and, on and after the Accession Delivery Date,
the Guarantor.
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(g)
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The Issuer and the Guarantor,
jointly and severally, agree for the benefit of the Dealer and each
of the holders and prospective purchasers from time to time of the
Notes that, if at any time (i) prior to the Accession Delivery
Date, the Issuer, or (ii) on or after the Accession Delivery
Date, the Guarantor, shall not be subject to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer or the Guarantor will
furnish, upon request and at their expense, to the Dealer and to
holders and prospective purchasers of Notes information required by
Rule 144A(d)(4)(i) in compliance with Rule 144A(d).
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(h)
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In the event that any Note offered
or to be offered by the Dealer would be ineligible for resale under
Rule 144A, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Dealer (by
telephone, confirmed in writing) of such fact and shall promptly
prepare and deliver to the Dealer an amendment or supplement to the
Private Placement Memorandum describing the Notes that are
ineligible, the reason for such ineligibility and any other
relevant information relating thereto.
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(i)
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The Issuer and the Guarantor
represent that neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor is currently
issuing commercial paper in the United States market in reliance
upon the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(3) of the
Securities Act. The Issuer and the Guarantor agree that, if the
Issuer or the Guarantor shall issue commercial paper after the date
hereof in reliance upon such exemption (a) the proceeds from
the sale of the Notes will be segregated from the proceeds of the
sale of any such commercial paper by being placed in a separate
account; (b) the Issuer and the Guarantor will institute
appropriate corporate procedures to ensure that the offers and
sales of notes issued by the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case
may be, pursuant to the Section 3(a)(3) exemption are not
integrated with offerings and sales of Notes hereunder; and
(c) the Issuer and the Guarantor will comply with each of the
requirements of Section 3(a)(3) of the Securities Act in
selling commercial paper or other short-term debt securities other
than the Notes in the United States.
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(j)
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The Issuer hereby confirms that it
has filed with the SEC a notice on Form D in accordance with Rule
503 under the Securities Act and agrees that it will file such
amendments to such notice as Rule 503 may require.
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1.7
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Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor
hereby represents and warrants to the Dealer, in connection with
offers, sales and resales of Notes, as follows:
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(a)
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The Issuer and the Guarantor hereby
confirm to the Dealer that (except as permitted by
Section 1.6(i)) within the preceding six months neither the
Issuer nor the Guarantor nor any person other than the Dealer or
the other dealers referred to in Section 1.2 hereof acting on
behalf of the Issuer or the Guarantor has offered or sold any
Notes, or any substantially similar security of the Issuer or the
Guarantor (including, without limitation, medium-term notes issued
by the Issuer or the Guarantor), to, or solicited offers to buy any
such security from, any person other than the Dealer or the other
dealers referred to in Section 1.2 hereof. The Issuer and the
Guarantor also agree that (except as permitted by
Section 1.6(i)), as long as the Notes are being offered for
sale by the Dealer and the other dealers referred to in
Section 1.2 hereof as contemplated hereby and until at least
six months after the offer of Notes hereunder has been terminated,
neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor nor any person other than the
Dealer or the other dealers referred to in Section 1.2 hereof
(except as contemplated by Section 1.2 hereof) will offer the
Notes or any substantially similar security of the Issuer for sale
to, or solicit offers to buy any such security from, any person
other than the Dealer or the other dealers referred to in
Section 1.2 hereof, it being understood that such agreement is
made with a view to bringing the offer and sale of the Notes within
the exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act
and Rule 506 thereunder and shall survive any termination of this
Agreement. Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor hereby represents
and warrants that it has not taken or omitted to take, and will not
take or omit to take, any action that would cause the offering and
sale of Notes hereunder to be integrated with any other offering of
securities, whether such offering is made by the Issuer or the
Guarantor or some other party or parties, under circumstances that
would cause the offering and sales of the Notes by the Issuer to
fail to be exempt under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and
Rule 506 thereunder.
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(b)
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The Issuer represents and agrees
that the proceeds of the sale of the Notes are not currently
contemplated to be used for the purpose of buying, carrying or
trading securities within the
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meaning of Regulation T and the
interpretations thereunder by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System. In the event that the Issuer determines to use such
proceeds for the purpose of buying, carrying or trading securities,
whether in connection with an acquisition of another company or
otherwise, the Issuer shall give the Dealer at least three business
days’ prior written notice to that effect but shall not be
required to identify or disclose such securities. The Issuer shall
also give the Dealer prompt notice of the actual date that it
commences to purchase securities with the proceeds of the Notes.
Thereafter, in the event that the Dealer purchases Notes as
principal and does not resell such Notes on the day of such
purchase, to the extent necessary to comply with Regulation T and
the interpretations thereunder, the Dealer will sell such Notes
either (i) only to offerees it reasonably believes to be
Qualified Institutional Buyers or to Qualified Institutional Buyers
it reasonably believes are acting for other Qualified Institutional
Buyers, in each case in accordance with Rule 144A or (ii) in a
manner which would not cause a violation of Regulation T and the
interpretations thereunder.
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1.8
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The Dealer agrees from time to time
upon request of the Issuer to inform the Issuer whether it is
holding Notes purchased from the Issuer that it has not yet sold or
Notes that have been sold and subsequently repurchased by the
Dealer (specifying in which category each Note so held belongs) and
the amount, issue date, maturity and interest rate, if applicable,
of each such Note.
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2.
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Representations and Warranties of
the Issuer and the Guarantor.
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Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor represents
and warrants as to itself that:
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2.1
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The Issuer is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all the requisite
power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under the Notes, this Agreement and the Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement.
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The Guarantor is a company duly
organized, and validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all the requisite
power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under the Guarantee and to execute and deliver the Accession
Agreement and thereafter to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
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This Agreement and the Issuing and
Paying Agency Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Issuer and constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Issuer enforceable against the Issuer in
accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles
of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
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The Notes have been duly authorized,
and when issued as provided in the Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and will constitute
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable
against the Issuer in accordance with their terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally, and subject, as to
enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
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On and after the Accession Delivery
Date, the Guarantee will be duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Guarantor and constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in
accordance with its terms subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles
of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
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Assuming compliance by the Dealer
with the procedures applicable to it set forth in Section 1,
the offer and sale of the Notes in the manner contemplated hereby
do not require registration of the Notes or the Guarantee under the
Securities Act, pursuant to the exemption from registration
contained in Section 4(2) thereof and Regulation D thereunder,
and no indenture in respect of the Notes or the Guarantee is
required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
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2.7
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The Notes and the Guarantee will
rank at least pari passu with all other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer and the Guarantor,
respectively.
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2.8
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Except as provided in
Section 1.6(j) hereof, and assuming compliance by the Dealer
with the procedures set forth in Section 1, no consent or
action of, or filing or registration with, any governmental or
public regulatory body or authority, including the SEC, is required
to authorize, or is otherwise required in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance of, this Agreement, the Notes,
the Guarantee or the Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement, except
for the filing of Form D pursuant to Rule 503 under the Securities
Act or as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the
various states in connection with the offer and sale of the
Notes.
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Neither the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the Guarantee and the Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement, nor the issuance of the Notes in accordance with the
Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement, nor the fulfillment of or
compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof by the
Issuer or the Guarantor, will (i) result in the creation or
imposition of any mortgage, lien, charge or encumbrance of any
nature whatsoever upon any of the properties or assets of the
Issuer or the Guarantor, or (ii) violate or result in a breach
or a default under any of the terms of the charter documents or
by-laws of the Issuer or the Guarantor, any contract or instrument
to which the Issuer or the Guarantor is a party or by which it or
its property is bound, or any law or regulation, or any order,
writ, injunction or decree of any court or government
instrumentality, to which the Issuer or the Guarantor is subject or
by which it or its property is bound, which breach or default could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), operations or business of the
Issuer or the Guarantor or the ability of the Issuer or the
Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the
Notes, the Guarantee, or the Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement.
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There is no litigation or
governmental proceeding pending, or to the knowledge of the Issuer
or the Guarantor threatened, against or affecting the Issuer or the
Guarantor or any of their subsidiaries which could reasonably be
expected to result in a material adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise), operations or business of the Issuer or
the Guarantor or the ability of the Issuer or the Guarantor to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes, the
Guarantee or the Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement.
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Neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor
is an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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2.12
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Neither the Private Placement
Memorandum nor the Company Information contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation or
warranty as to the Dealer Information.
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Each (a) issuance of Notes by
the Issuer hereunder and (b) amendment or supplement of the
Private Placement Memorandum shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by each of the Issuer and the Guarantor to the Dealer, as
of the date thereof, that, both before and after giving effect to
such issuance and after giving effect to such amendment or
supplement, (i) the representations and warranties given by
the Issuer and the Guarantor set forth above in this Section 2
remain true and correct on and as of such date as if made on and as
of such date, (ii) in the case of an issuance of Notes, the
Notes being issued on such date have been duly and validly issued
and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer,
enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to
enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law)
and are guaranteed pursuant to the Guarantee, (iii) in the
case of an issuance of Notes, since the date of the most recent
Private Placement Memorandum (as most recently amended or
supplemented, including by incorporation of Company Information
therein), there has been no material adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), operations or business of the
Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or the Guarantor and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole, which has not been disclosed to
the Dealer in writing and (iv) neither the Issuer nor the
Guarantor is in default of any of its obligations hereunder or
under the Notes, the Guarantee or the Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement.
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Under the laws of the Cayman
Islands, neither the Issuer nor any of its revenues, assets or
properties has any right of immunity from service of process or
from the jurisdiction of competent courts of the Cayman Islands or
the United States or the State of New York in connection with any
suit, action or proceeding, attachment prior to judgment,
attachment in aid of execution of a judgment or execution of a
judgment or from any other legal process with respect to its
obligations under this Agreement, the Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement or the Notes. Under the laws of Switzerland, neither the
Guarantor nor any of its revenues, assets or properties has any
right of immunity from service of process or from the jurisdiction
of competent courts of Switzerland or the United States or the
State of New York in connection with any suit, action or
proceeding, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of
execution of a judgment or execution of a judgment or from any
other legal process with respect to its obligations under this
Agreement, the Guarantee, or the Notes.
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2.15
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Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor
is permitted to make all payments under this Agreement, the Issuing
and Paying Agency Agreement, the Guarantee, and the Notes to
holders of the Notes that are non-residents of the Cayman Islands
or Switzerland, free and clear of and without deduction or
withholding for or on account of any taxes or other governmental
charges imposed by the Cayman Islands or Switzerland. There is no
stamp or documentary tax or other charge imposed by the Cayman
Islands or Switzerland in connection with the execution, delivery,
issuance, payment, performance, enforcement or introduction into
evidence in a court of the Cayman Islands or Switzerland of this
Agreement, the Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement, the Guarantee
or any Note.
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2.16
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The choice of New York law to govern
this Agreement, the Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement, the
Guarantee and the Notes is, under the laws of the Cayman Islands
and Switzerland, a valid, effective and irrevocable choice of law,
and the submission by the Issuer
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and the Guarantor in
Section 7.3 (b) of the Agreement to the jurisdiction of
the courts of the United States District Court and the State of New
York located in the Borough of Manhattan is valid and binding upon
the Issuer under the laws of the Cayman Islands and is valid and
binding upon the Guarantor under the laws of
Switzerland.
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2.17
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Any final judgment rendered by any
court referred to in Section 2.16 in an action to enforce the
obligations of the Issuer under this Agreement, the Issuing and
Paying Agency Agreement, the Guarantee or the Notes is capable of
being enforced in the courts of the Cayman Islands and in the
courts of Switzerland.
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2.18
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As a condition to the admissibility
in evidence of this Agreement, the Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement, the Guarantee, or the Notes in the courts of the Cayman
Islands or in the courts of Switzerland, it is not necessary that
this Agreement, the Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement, the
Guarantee, or the Notes be filed or recorded with any court or
other authority.
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3.
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Covenants and Agreements of the
Issuer and the Guarantor.
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Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor covenants
and agrees as to itself that:
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3.1
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The Issuer and the Guarantor will
give the Dealer prompt notice (but in any event prior to any
subsequent issuance of Notes hereunder) of any amendment to,
modification of or waiver with respect to, the Notes, the Guarantee
or the Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement, including a complete
copy of any such amendment, modification or waiver.
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3.2
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The Issuer and the Guarantor shall,
whenever there shall occur any material adverse change in the
condition (financial or otherwise), operations or business of the
Issuer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the Guarantor and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any adverse development or
occurrence in relation to the Issuer or the Guarantor that would be
material to holders of the Notes or potential holders of the Notes
(including any downgrading or receipt of any notice of intended or
potential downgrading or any review for potential change that does
not indicate the direction of the potential change in the rating
accorded any of the securities of the Issuer or the Guarantor by
any nationally recognized statistical rating organization which has
published a rating of the Notes), promptly, and in any event prior
to any subsequent issuance of Notes hereunder, notify the Dealer
(by telephone, confirmed in writing) of such change, development or
occurrence.
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3.3
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The Issuer and the Guarantor shall
from time to time furnish to the Dealer such information as the
Dealer may reasonably request, including, without limitation, any
press releases or material provided by the Issuer or the Guarantor
to any national securities exchange or rating agency, regarding
(i) the operations and financial condition of the Issuer or
the Guarantor, (ii) the due authorization and execution of the
Notes and the Guarantee, (iii) the Issuer’s ability to
pay the Notes as they mature and (iv) the Guarantor’s
ability to fulfill its obligations under the Guarantee.
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3.4
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The Issuer and the Guarantor will
take all such action as the Dealer may reasonably request to ensure
that each offer and each sale of the Notes will comply with any
applicable state Blue Sky laws; provided, however, that neither the
Issuer nor the Guarantor shall be obligated to file any general
consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign
corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or
subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any
jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
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Commercial Paper Dealer Agreement 4(2)
Program n 9
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3.5
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Neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor
will be in default of any of its obligations hereunder or under the
Notes, the Guarantee or the Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement, at
any time that any of the Notes are outstanding.
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3.6
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The Dealer acknowledges that the
Issuer, prior to the issuance of Notes hereunder, has delivered to
the Dealer:
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(a)
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an opinion of counsel to the Issuer,
addressed to the Dealer, reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Dealer,
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(b)
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a copy of the executed Issuing and
Paying Agency Agreement dated December 20, 2007,
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(c)
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a copy of resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Issuer, reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to the Dealer and certified by the Secretary or
similar officer of the Issuer, authorizing execution and delivery
by the Issuer of the original agreement of the Issuer and Dealer
dated as of September 3, 2008, the Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement and the Notes and consummation by the Issuer of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
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(d)
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a copy of the executed Letter of
Representations among the Issuer, the Issuing and Paying Agent and
DTC and of the executed master note,
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(e)
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confirmation of the then current
rating assigned to the Notes by each nationally recognized
statistical rating organization then rating the Notes,
and
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(f)
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such other certificates, opinions,
letters and documents as the Dealer shall have reasonably
requested.
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3.7
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After the second business day
following the consummation of the Redomestication Transactions, the
Issuer shall not issue Notes hereunder prior to the date
("Accession Delivery Date") upon which Dealer receives (including
by facsimile or other electronic means) the following
documents:
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(a)
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executed accession agreement in the
form attached hereto ("Accession Agreement"),
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(b)
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opinions of counsel addressed to the
Dealer and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Dealer, in respect of the Issuer, the Guarantor, the
Redomestication Transactions, this Agreement, and the Guarantee
from (i) Baker Botts L.L.P., (ii) the General Counsel or
an Associate General Counsel of the Issuer and, upon completion of
the Redomestication Transactions, the Guarantor,
(iii) Walkers, Cayman Islands counsel for the Issuer and
Transocean-Acquisition, and (iv) Homburger AG, Swiss counsel
for Guarantor,
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(c)
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a copy of the executed Issuing and
Paying Agency Agreement as then in effect and an amendment thereto
regarding the Redomestication Transaction,
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(d)
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a copy of the executed guarantee in
the form attached hereto ("Guarantee"),
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(e)
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a copy of resolutions adopted by the
Boards of Director of the Guarantor, reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to the Dealer and certified by the Secretary or
similar officer of the Guarantor, authorizing execution and
delivery by the Guarantor of the Guarantee and consummation by the
Guarantor of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby,
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Commercial Paper Dealer Agreement 4(2)
Program n 10
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(f)
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prior to the issuance of any
book-entry Notes represented by a master note registered in the
name of DTC or its nominee, a copy of the executed Letter of
Representations among the Issuer, the Issuing and Paying Agent, the
Guarantor and DTC,
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(g)
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prior to the issuance of any Notes
in physical form, a copy of such form (unless attached to this
Agreement or the Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement),
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(h)
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a certificate of the President or
Vice President of the Issuer as to the consummation of the
Redomestication Transactions,
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(i)
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a revised Private Placement
Memorandum by the Issuer and the Guarantor reflecting the
consummation of the Redomestication Transactions and execution of
the Guarantee, and
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(j)
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such other certificates, opinions,
letters and documents as the Dealer shall have reasonably
requested.
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3.8
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The Issuer and the Guarantor,
jointly and severally, shall reimburse the Dealer for all of the
Dealer’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related to this
Agreement, including expenses incurred in connection with its
preparation and negotiation, and the transactions contemplated
hereby (including, but not limited to, the printing and
distribution of the Private Placement Memorandum), and, if
applicable, for the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of
the Dealer’s counsel.
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3.9
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If the Issuer elects to consummate
the Redomestication Transactions, the Issuer shall cause such
Redomestication Transactions to be consummated substantially in
accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger and the Schemes of
Arrangement and in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations
and governmental and judicial approvals (including, without
limitation, the court orders sanctioning the Redomestication
Transactions obtained from the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands)
without any waiver of the conditions provided therein where such
waiver would be adverse to the interests of the Dealer and the Note
holders in any material respects.
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4.1
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The Private Placement Memorandum and
its contents (other than the Dealer Information) shall be the sole
responsibility of the Issuer and the Guarantor. The Private
Placement Memorandum shall contain a statement expressly offering
an opportunity for each prospective purchaser to ask questions of,
and receive answers from, the Issuer and, on and after the
Accession Delivery Date, the Guarantor, concerning the offering of
Notes and to obtain relevant additional information which the
Issuer possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or
expense.
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4.2
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Prior to the Accession Delivery
Date, the Issuer, and on and after the Accession Delivery Date, the
Guarantor, agrees to promptly furnish the Dealer the Company
Information upon or promptly following the time it is filed with
the SEC or otherwise becomes publicly available, provided that such
Company Information shall be deemed furnished and delivered on the
date such information has been posted on the SEC website accessible
through http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm or such
successor webpage of the SEC thereto.
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4.3
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(a) Each of the Issuer and the
Guarantor further agrees to notify the Dealer promptly upon the
occurrence of any event relating to or affecting the Issuer or the
Guarantor that would cause the Private Placement Memorandum to
include an untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading.
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Commercial Paper Dealer Agreement 4(2)
Program n 11
(b) In the event that the Issuer or the Guarantor
gives the Dealer notice pursuant to Section 4.3(a) and the
Dealer notifies the Issuer that it then has Notes it is holding in
inventory, the Issuer and the Guarantor agree promptly to
supplement or amend the Private Placement Memorandum (including
through documents incorporated by reference or referred to therein)
so that the Private Placement Memorandum, as amended or
supplemented, shall not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they are made, not misleading, and the Issuer and the
Guarantor shall make such supplement or amendment available to the
Dealer.
(c) In the event that (i) the Issuer or the Guarantor gives
the Dealer notice pursuant to Section 4.3(a), (ii) the
Dealer does not notify the Issuer or the Guarantor that it is then
holding Notes in inventory and (iii) the Issuer or the
Guarantor chooses not to promptly amend or supplement the Private
Placement Memorandum in the manner described in clause
(b) above, then all solicitations and sales of Notes shall be
suspended until such time as the Issuer and the Guarantor have so
amended or supplemented the Private Placement Memorandum, and made
such amendment or supplement available to the Dealer.
(d) Without limiting the generality of Section 4.3(a), the
Issuer and the Guarantor shall review, amend and supplement the
Private Placement Memorandum (including through documents
incorporated by reference or referred to therein) on a periodic
basis, but no less than at least once annually, to incorporate
current financial information of the Issuer and the Guarantor to
the extent necessary to ensure that the information provided in the
Private Placement Memorandum is accurate and complete.
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Indemnification and
Contribution.
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5.1
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The Issuer and the Guarantor,
jointly and severally, will indemnify and hold harmless the Dealer,
each individual, corporation, partnership, trust, association or
other entity controlling the Dealer, any affiliate of the Dealer or
any such controlling entity and their respective directors,
officers, employees, partners, incorporators, shareholders,
servants, trustees and agents (hereinafter the "Indemnitees")
against any and all liabilities, penalties, suits, causes of
action, losses, damages, claims, costs and expenses (including,
without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel)
or judgments of whatever kind or nature (each a "Claim"), imposed
upon, incurred by or asserted against the Indemnitees
(i) arising out of or based upon any allegation that the
Private Placement Memorandum, the Company Information or any
information provided by the Issuer or the Guarantor to the Dealer
included (as of any relevant time) or includes an untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted (as of any relevant time) or omits to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading or (ii) arising out of or based upon the breach by
the Issuer or the Guarantor of any agreement, covenant or
representation made in or pursuant to this Agreement. This
indemnification shall not apply if and to the extent that the Claim
arises out of or is based upon (i) Dealer Information or
(ii) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Dealer
and, in the case of clause (ii), the Dealer is adjudicated by a
court of competent jurisdiction in a final nonappealable judgment
to have acted with gross negligence or engaged in willful
misconduct.
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5.2
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Provisions relating to claims made
for indemnification under this Section 5 are set forth on
Exhibit B to this Agreement.
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Commercial Paper Dealer Agreement 4(2)
Program n 12
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5.3
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In order to provide for just and
equitable contribution in circumstances in which the
indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is held to be
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless the Indemnitees,
although applicable in accordance with the terms of this
Section 5, the Issuer and the Guarantor, jointly and
severally, shall contribute to the aggregate costs incurred by the
Dealer in connection with any Claim in the proportion of the
respective economic interests of the Issuer, the Guarantor and the
Dealer; provided, however, that such contribution by the Issuer and
the Guarantor shall be in an amount such that the aggregate costs
incurred by the Dealer do not exceed the aggregate of the
commissions and fees earned by the Dealer hereunder with respect to
the issue or issues of Notes to which such Claim relates. The
respective economic interests shall be calculated by reference to
the aggregate proceeds to the Issuer of the Notes issued hereunder
and the aggregate commissions and fees earned by the Dealer
hereunder.
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6.1
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"Claim" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.1.
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6.2
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"Company Information" shall mean the
Private Placement Memorandum together with:
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(A)
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at any given time prior to the
Accession Delivery Date, to the extent applicable, (i) the
Issuer’s most recent report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC
and each report on Form 10-Q or 8-K filed by the Issuer with the
SEC since the most recent Form 10-K, (ii) the Issuer’s
most recent annual audited financial st
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