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EXHIBIT
10.1
EXECUTION
COPY
€5,300,000,000
BRIDGE LOAN
AGREEMENT
Dated as of
October 12, 2007
Among
KRAFT FOODS INC.
and
THE INITIAL LENDERS NAMED
HEREIN
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.
as Administrative
Agent
and
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS
L.P.
as Syndication
Agent
and
CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS
BRANCH,
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
UBS SECURITIES
LLC,
SOCIÉTÉ
GÉNÉRALE
as Documentation
Agents
* * * * * * * * *
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GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS
L.P., JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., CREDIT
SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS
BRANCH, HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
UBS SECURITIES LLC and
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
as Joint Lead Arrangers and
Joint Bookrunners
Table of
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| ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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Section 1.01.
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Certain
Defined Terms |
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Section 1.02.
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Computation of Time Periods |
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Section 1.03.
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Accounting Terms |
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Section 1.04.
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Currency
Equivalents Generally |
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| ARTICLE II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES |
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Section 2.01.
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The
Advances |
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Section 2.02.
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Making
the Advances |
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Section 2.03.
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Repayment
of Advances |
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Section 2.04.
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Interest
on Advances |
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Section 2.05.
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Additional Interest on LIBOR Advances |
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Section 2.06.
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Conversion of Advances |
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Section 2.07.
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Eurocurrency Rate Determination |
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Section 2.08.
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Optional
Termination or Reduction of the Commitments; Mandatory Reduction of
the Commitments |
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Section 2.09.
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Optional
and Mandatory Prepayments of Advances |
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Section 2.10.
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Increased
Costs |
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Section 2.11.
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Illegality |
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Section 2.12.
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Payments
and Computations |
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Section 2.13.
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Taxes |
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Section 2.14.
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Sharing
of Payments, Etc. |
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Section 2.15.
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Evidence
of Debt |
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Section 2.16.
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Use of
Proceeds |
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| ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING |
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Section 3.01.
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Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness |
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Section 3.02.
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Condition
Precedent to Borrowings |
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Section 3.03.
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Conditions Precedent to Advances to each Designated
Subsidiary |
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| ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 4.01.
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Representations and Warranties of Kraft |
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| ARTICLE
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COVENANTS
OF KRAFT |
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Section 5.01.
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Affirmative Covenants |
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Section 5.02.
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Negative
Covenants |
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| ARTICLE VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 6.01.
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Events of
Default |
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Section 6.02.
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Lenders’ Rights upon Event of Default |
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| ARTICLE VII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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Section 7.01.
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Authorization and Action |
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Section 7.02.
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Administrative Agent’s Reliance, Etc. |
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Section 7.03.
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The
Administrative Agent and Affiliates |
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Section 7.04.
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Lender
Credit Decision |
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Section 7.05.
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Indemnification |
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Section 7.06.
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Successor
Administrative Agent |
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Section 7.07.
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Syndication Agent and Documentation Agents |
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| ARTICLE VIII GUARANTY |
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Section 8.01.
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Guaranty |
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Section 8.02.
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Guaranty
Absolute |
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Section 8.03.
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Waivers |
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Section 8.04.
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Continuing Guaranty |
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| ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 9.01.
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Amendments, Etc. |
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Section 9.02.
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Notices,
Etc. |
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Section 9.03.
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No
Waiver; Remedies |
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Section 9.04.
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Costs and
Expenses |
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Section 9.05.
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Right of
Set-Off |
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Section 9.06.
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Binding
Effect |
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Section 9.07.
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Assignments and Participations |
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Section 9.08.
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Designated Subsidiaries |
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Section 9.09.
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Governing
Law |
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Section 9.10.
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Execution
in Counterparts |
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Section 9.11.
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Jurisdiction, Etc. |
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Section 9.12.
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Confidentiality |
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Section 9.13.
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Integration |
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Section 9.14.
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USA
Patriot Act Notice |
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Section 9.15.
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No
Fiduciary Duty |
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| SCHEDULES |
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| Schedule I |
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List of
Lenders and Commitments |
| Schedule II |
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List of
Applicable Lending Offices |
| Schedule III |
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Mandatory
Cost Formula |
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| EXHIBITS |
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| Exhibit A |
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Form of
Note |
| Exhibit B |
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Form of
Notice of Borrowing |
| Exhibit C |
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance |
| Exhibit D-1 |
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Form of
Opinion of Special Counsel for Kraft |
| Exhibit D-2 |
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Form of
Opinion of Special Local Counsel for Kraft |
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Form of
Opinion of Internal Counsel for Kraft |
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| Exhibit
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Form of
Opinion of Counsel for Designated Subsidiary |
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| Exhibit
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Form of
Designation Agreement |
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BRIDGE LOAN
AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 12,
2007
KRAFT FOODS INC., a Virginia
corporation (“ Kraft ”), the banks, financial
institutions and other institutional lenders listed on the
signature pages hereof (the “ Initial Lenders
”), the other Lenders (as hereinafter defined) party hereto
from time to time, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“ JPMorgan
Chase ”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“ Administrative Agent ”), GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT
PARTNERS L.P., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “
Syndication Agent ”), and CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN
ISLANDS BRANCH, HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, UBS SECURITIES
LLC and SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE as documentation
agents (each, in such capacity, a “ Documentation
Agent ”) for the Lenders, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
Section 1.01. Certain
Defined Terms . As used in this bridge loan agreement (as the
same may be amended, restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”),
the following terms shall have the following meanings (such
meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural
forms of the terms defined):
“ Acquisition
” means the acquisition by Kraft and/or one or more of its
Subsidiaries of the biscuit business of Groupe Danone S.A. from
Groupe Danone S.A., pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition
Agreement.
“ Acquisition
Agreement ” means that certain acquisition agreement (or
similar agreement) to be entered into between Kraft (and/or any of
its wholly-owned Subsidiaries), as buyer, and Groupe Danone S.A.
(and/or any of its affiliates), as seller, providing for the
acquisition of the biscuit business of Groupe Danone S.A., as the
same may be amended, restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“ Administrative
Agent Account ” means (a) in the case of LIBOR
Advances, the account of the Administrative Agent, maintained by
the Administrative Agent, at its office at 1111 Fannin Street,
Floor 10, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Katie Rose, or
(b) in the case of EURIBOR Advances, the account of the
Administrative Agent, maintained by the Administrative Agent, at
its office at 125 London Wall, Floor 9, EC2Y 5AJ London, Attention:
Maxine Graves/Stephen Clarke, or (c) such other account of the
Administrative Agent, as is designated in writing from time to time
by the Administrative Agent, to Kraft and the Lenders for such
purpose.
“ Advance
” means an advance by a Lender to a Borrower as part of a
Borrowing and refers either (a) in the case of an Advance
denominated in Euros, to a EURIBOR Advance or (b) in the case
of an Advance denominated in Dollars, to a Base Rate Advance or a
LIBOR Advance (each of which shall be a “ Type ”
of an Advance).
“ Agents ”
means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication
Agent and the Documentation Agents.
“ Applicable
Interest Rate Margin ” means, for any Interest Period, a
percentage per annum equal to 0.25%.
“ Applicable Lending
Office ” means, with respect to each Lender, such
Lender’s Domestic Lending Office or Eurocurrency Lending
Office, as the case may be.
“ Asset Sale
” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other
disposition of any property by any Person (including any sale and
leaseback transaction and any sale of capital stock, but excluding
any issuance by such Person of its own capital stock), including
any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without
recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and
claims associated therewith.
“ Assignment and
Acceptance ” means an assignment and acceptance entered
into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the
Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit C
hereto.
“ Base Rate
” means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect from
time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to
the higher of:
(i) the rate of interest
announced publicly by JPMorgan Chase in New York, New York, from
time to time, as JPMorgan Chase’s prime rate; and
(ii) 1 / 2 of 1% per annum above the Federal Funds Effective
Rate.
“ Base Rate
Advance ” means an Advance that bears interest as
provided in Section 2.04(a)(ii)(x).
“ Board ”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States of America (or any successor).
“ Borrowers
” means, collectively, Kraft and each Designated Subsidiary
that shall become a party to this Agreement pursuant to
Section 9.08.
“ Borrowing
” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Advances of
the same Type made, Converted or continued on the same date and, in
the case of Eurocurrency Rate Advances, as to which a single
Interest Period is in effect.
“ Business Day
” means a day of the year on which banks are not required or
authorized by law to close in New York City and, if the applicable
Business Day relates to (a) any LIBOR Advance, on which
dealings are carried on in the London interbank market and banks
are open for business in London and (b) any EURIBOR Advance,
on any TARGET Day that is also a day on which banks are open for
business in London.
“ Casualty
” means any casualty, damage, destruction or other similar
loss with respect to real or personal property or
improvements.
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“ Closing Date
” means the date on which the conditions in Section 3.02
are satisfied (or waived in accordance with
Section 9.01).
“ Commitment
” means, as to any Lender, (a) the Euro amount set forth
opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I hereto, or
(b) if such Lender has entered into an Assignment and
Acceptance, the Euro amount set forth for such Lender in the
Register by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 9.07(d), in each case as such amount may be reduced
pursuant to Section 2.10.
“ Condemnation
” means any taking by a governmental authority of property or
assets, or any part thereof or interest therein, for public or
quasi-public use under the power of eminent domain, by reason of
any public improvement or condemnation or in any other
manner.
“ Consolidated
Tangible Assets ” means the total assets appearing on a
consolidated balance sheet of Kraft and its Subsidiaries, less
goodwill and other intangible assets and the minority interests of
other Persons in such Subsidiaries, all as determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“ Convert
,” “ Conversion ” and “
Converted ” each refers to a conversion of Advances of
one Type into Advances of the other Type pursuant to
Section 2.06, Section 2.07 or
Section 2.11.
“ Credit
Documents ” means any of this Agreement, the Notes (if
any) and the Designation Agreements (if any).
“ Debt ”
means (i) indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services, whether or not evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments,
(ii) obligations as lessee under leases that, in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America, are recorded as capital leases, and
(iii) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in
respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase
or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against
loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of any other Person
of the kinds referred to in clause (i) or
(ii) above.
“ Debt Issuance
” means the issuance or incurrence by Kraft or any of its
wholly-owned Subsidiaries of any Debt, or any convertible or hybrid
securities, in each case in excess of $100,000,000 per issuance or
incurrence or related or series of issuances or incurrences as part
of the same transaction (and in the case of any such issuance or
incurrence comprising a revolving working capital credit facility,
only to the extent any such related or series of incurrences or
issuances as part of the same transaction results in outstanding
Debt under such revolving working capital credit facility in excess
of $100,000,000), other than Debt or convertible or hybrid
securities (a) incurred under the Existing 5-Year Credit
Agreement in an aggregate principal amount (together with accrued
interest thereon) not to exceed $4,500,000,000, (b) incurred
under other credit facilities in effect prior to July 2, 2007,
without giving effect to any increases in the aggregate principal
amount thereof as of such date, (c) issued or incurred under
the
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commercial paper program of
Kraft, or (d) issued or incurred by Kraft in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000,000, the proceeds of
which shall be used by Kraft to refinance Debt of Kraft or its
Subsidiaries.
“ Default
” means any event specified in Section 6.01 that would
constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice
be given or time elapse or both.
“ Designated
Subsidiary ” means any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Kraft
designated for borrowing privileges under this Agreement pursuant
to Section 9.08.
“ Designation
Agreement ” means, with respect to any Designated
Subsidiary, an agreement in the form of Exhibit E hereto signed by
such Designated Subsidiary and Kraft.
“ Dollars
” and “ $ ” each means lawful currency of
the United States of America.
“ Domestic Lending
Office ” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of
such Lender specified as its “Domestic Lending Office”
opposite its name on Schedule II hereto or in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender, or such other
office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify
to Kraft and the Administrative Agent.
“ Effective Date
” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
“ Eligible
Assignee ” means (a) a commercial bank organized
under the laws of the United States of America, or any State
thereof, and having total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000;
(b) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other
country which is a member of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (or any successor) (“ OECD
”), or a political subdivision of any such country, and
having total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000, provided that such
bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the country in
which it is organized or another country which is also a member of
the OECD or the Cayman Islands; (c) the central bank of any
country which is a member of the OECD; (d) a commercial
finance company or finance Subsidiary of a corporation organized
under the laws of the United States of America, or any State
thereof, and having total assets in excess of $3,000,000,000;
(e) an insurance company organized under the laws of the
United States of America, or any State thereof, and having total
assets in excess of $5,000,000,000; (f) any Lender;
(g) an affiliate of any Lender; and (h) any other bank,
commercial finance company, insurance company or other Person
approved in writing by Kraft, which approval shall be notified to
the Administrative Agent.
“ EMU
Legislation ” means the legislative measures of the
European Council for the introduction of, or changeover to, an
operation of a single or unified European currency.
“ Equity Capital
Markets Transaction ” means the issuance or sale in a
registered public offering, Rule 144A/Regulation S transaction or
private placement of capital stock (excluding any convertible or
hybrid securities, but including any other equity-linked
securities) of Kraft, other than issuances pursuant to employee
stock plans of Kraft.
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“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and
rulings issued thereunder.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means any Person that for purposes of Title
IV of ERISA is a member of any Borrower’s controlled group,
or under common control with any Borrower, within the meaning of
Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“ ERISA Event
” means (a) (i) the occurrence with respect to a
Plan of a reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043
of ERISA, unless the 30-day notice requirement with respect thereto
has been waived by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any
successor) (“ PBGC ”), or (ii) the
requirements of subsection (1) of Section 4043(b) of
ERISA (without regard to subsection (2) of such section) are
met with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an event
described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of
Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with
respect to such Plan within the following 30 days; (b) the
application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a Plan;
(c) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice
of intent to terminate such Plan, pursuant to
Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with
respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of
ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations at a facility of any
Borrower or Kraft or any of their ERISA Affiliates in the
circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA;
(e) the withdrawal by any Borrower or Kraft or any of their
ERISA Affiliates from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year
for which it was a substantial employer, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions set forth
in Section 302(f)(1)(A) and (B) of ERISA to the creation
of a lien upon property or rights to property of any Borrower or
Kraft or any of their ERISA Affiliates for failure to make a
required payment to a Plan are satisfied; (g) the adoption of
an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such
Plan, pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or (h) the
termination of a Plan by the PBGC pursuant to Section 4042 of
ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition described in
Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes grounds for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, a
Plan.
“ EU Treaty
” means the Treaty of Rome signed on March 25, 1957 as
amended by the Single European Act 1986 and the Maastricht Treaty
signed on February 7, 1992.
“ EURIBOR
” means, with respect to any Interest Period, an interest
rate per annum equal to either:
(a) the offered rate per
annum at which deposits in Euros appear on Reuters Screen EURIBOR01
(or any successor page) as of 11:00 A.M. (Brussels time) two
Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period for a
period equal to such Interest Period as determined by the Banking
Federation of the European Union; or
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(b) if EURIBOR does not
appear on Reuters Screen EURIBOR01 (or any successor page), then
EURIBOR will be determined by taking the average (rounded upward to
the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, if such
average is not such a multiple) of the rates per annum at which
deposits in Euros are offered by the principal office of each of
the Reference Banks to prime banks in the European interbank market
as of 11:00 A.M. (Brussels time) two Business Days before the first
day of such Interest Period for an amount substantially equal to
the amount that would be the Reference Banks’ respective
ratable shares of such Borrowing outstanding during such Interest
Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period, as
determined by the Administrative Agent, in each case,
subject , however , to the provisions of
Section 2.07.
“ EURIBOR
Advance ” means an Advance that bears interest as
provided in Section 2.04(a)(i).
“ Eurocurrency
Lending Office ” means, with respect to any Lender, the
office of such Lender specified as its “Eurocurrency Lending
Office” opposite its name on Schedule II hereto or in the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender (or,
if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or
such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to
time specify to Kraft and the Administrative Agent.
“ Eurocurrency
Liabilities ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Regulation D of the Board, as in effect from time to
time.
“ Eurocurrency Rate
Advance ” means a LIBOR Advance or a EURIBOR
Advance.
“ Eurocurrency
Rate ” means (a) with respect to an Interest Period
for a LIBOR Advance, LIBOR for the applicable Interest Period, and
(b) with respect to an Interest Period for a EURIBOR Advance,
EURIBOR for the applicable Interest Period.
“ Eurocurrency Rate
Reserve Percentage ” for any Interest Period, for all
LIBOR Advances or EURIBOR Advances, as the case may be, owing to a
Lender which is a member of the Federal Reserve System, means the
reserve percentage applicable for such Lender two Business Days
before the first day of such Interest Period under regulations
issued from time to time by the Board for determining the maximum
reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for a member
bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City with respect to
liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency
Liabilities (or with respect to any other category of liabilities
that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on
such LIBOR Advances or EURIBOR Advances, as the case may be, is
determined) having a term equal to such Interest Period.
“ Euros ”
and “ € ” each means the single currency
of the Participating Member States of the European Union introduced
in accordance with the procedures of Article 109(i)(4) of the EU
Treaty.
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“ Event of
Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.01.
“ Exempted Asset
Sale ” means an Asset Sale (a) comprising a sale,
transfer, license, lease or other disposition of inventory, plants,
equipment and other property (including cash and cash equivalents)
in the ordinary course of business, (b) comprising a
substantially simultaneous transfer of properties or assets by
Kraft or any of its Major Subsidiaries in which the consideration
received by the transferor consists of properties or assets (other
than cash or credit) of equivalent fair market value that will be
used in a line of business similar to the business of Kraft or any
of such Major Subsidiaries engaged in on the Effective Date or
reasonably related, ancillary or complementary thereto, (c) of
a Foreign Subsidiary (other than a Designated Subsidiary that is a
Foreign Subsidiary) pursuant to which a dividend or distribution of
the Net Cash Proceeds thereof to Kraft would result in adverse tax
consequences for Kraft or its Subsidiaries, or (d) for which
the Net Proceeds thereof do not exceed $50,000,000 per Asset Sale
or related or series of Asset Sales.
“ Existing 5-Year
Credit Agreement ” means Kraft’s existing U.S.
$4,500,000,000 5-Year revolving credit agreement, dated as of
April 15, 2005, as the same may be amended, restated,
replaced, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“ Federal Bankruptcy
Code ” means the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as
amended from time to time.
“ Federal Funds
Effective Rate ” means, for any period, a fluctuating
interest rate per annum equal, for each day during such period, to
the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) on
Telerate Page 120 (or any successor page), or, if such rate is not
so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day on such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent, from three Federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, each
Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any political subdivision or any
territory thereof.
“ GAAP ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.
“ Home Jurisdiction
Non-U.S. Withholding Taxes ” means in the case of a
Designated Subsidiary that is not a “United States
person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Internal Revenue Code, withholding taxes imposed by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which such Designated Subsidiary is
organized or any political subdivision thereof.
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“ Home Jurisdiction
U.S. Withholding Taxes ” means in the case of Kraft and a
Designated Subsidiary that is a “United States person”
within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal
Revenue Code, withholding for United States income taxes, United
States back-up withholding taxes and United States withholding
taxes.
“ Interest
Period ” means, for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance, the
period commencing on the date of such Eurocurrency Rate Advance or
the date of Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into a LIBOR
Advance and ending on the last day of the period selected by the
Borrower requesting such Eurocurrency Rate Advance pursuant to the
provisions below. Subject to any requirement for a seven day
Interest Period set forth in Sections 2.06(a)(ii) or (b)(ii), the
duration of each such Interest Period shall be one, two, three or
six months, as such Borrower may select upon notice received by the
Administrative Agent, not later than (x) 11:00 A.M. (New York
City time) in the case of LIBOR Advances or (y) 11:00 A.M.
(London time) in the case of EURIBOR Advances, in each case, on the
third Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period;
provided , however , that:
(a) such Borrower may not
select any Interest Period that ends after the Maturity
Date;
(b) whenever the last day of
any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a
Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be
extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day, provided
that if such extension would cause the last day of such Interest
Period to occur in the next following calendar month, the last day
of such Interest Period shall occur on the immediately preceding
Business Day; and
(c) whenever the first day of
any Interest Period occurs on a day of an initial calendar month
for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month that succeeds such initial calendar month by the number of
months equal to the number of months in such Interest Period, such
Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such
succeeding calendar month.
“ Internal Revenue
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and the
rulings issued thereunder.
“ Lead Arrangers
” means each of Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., JPMorgan
Chase, Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, HSBC Bank USA,
National Association, UBS Securities LLC and Société
Générale.
“ Lenders
” means the Initial Lenders and their respective successors
and permitted assignees.
“ LIBOR ”
means, with respect to any Interest Period, an interest rate per
annum equal to either:
(a) the offered rate per
annum at which deposits in Dollars appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01
Page (or any successor page) as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) two
Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period for a
period equal to such Interest Period; or
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(b) if LIBOR does not appear
on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page), then LIBOR
will be determined by taking the average (rounded upward to the
nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, if such
average is not such a multiple) of the rates per annum at which
deposits in Dollars are offered by the principal office of each of
the Reference Banks in London, England to prime banks in the London
interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days
before the first day of such Interest Period for an amount
substantially equal to the amount that would be the Reference
Banks’ respective ratable shares of such Borrowing
outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to
such Interest Period, as determined by the Administrative Agent,
subject , however , to the provisions of
Section 2.07.
“ LIBOR Advance
” means an Advance that bears interest as provided in
Section 2.04(a)(ii)(y).
“ Lien ”
has the meaning specified in Section 5.02(a).
“ Major
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary (a) more than 50%
of the voting securities of which is owned directly or indirectly
by Kraft, (b) which is organized and existing under, or has
its principal place of business in, the United States of America or
any political subdivision thereof, Canada or any political
subdivision thereof, any country which is a member of the European
Union on the date hereof (other than Greece, Portugal or Spain) or
any political subdivision thereof, or Switzerland, Norway or
Australia or any of their respective political subdivisions, and
(c) which has at any time total assets (after intercompany
eliminations) exceeding $1,000,000,000.
“ Mandatory Cost
” means the percentage rate per annum calculated in
accordance with Schedule III.
“ Margin Stock
” means margin stock, as such term is defined in Regulation
U.
“ Maturity Date
” means the date occurring 364 days after the Closing
Date.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years
made or accrued an obligation to make contributions, such plan
being maintained pursuant to one or more collective bargaining
agreements.
“ Multiple Employer
Plan ” means a single employer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for
employees of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one
Person other than such Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates or
(b) was so maintained and in respect of which such Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4064 or
4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be
terminated.
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“ Net Cash
Proceeds ” means:
(a) with respect to any Asset
Sale (i) the gross amount of all cash proceeds actually paid
to or actually received by Kraft or one or more of its Major
Subsidiaries in respect of such Asset Sale (including any cash
proceeds received as income or other proceeds of any non-cash
proceeds of any Asset Sale as and when received), less
(ii) the sum of (w) the amount, if any, of all taxes
(other than income taxes) and all income taxes (as estimated in
good faith by a senior financial or senior accounting officer of
Kraft giving effect to the overall tax position of Kraft and its
Subsidiaries) (to the extent that the amount of such taxes shall
have been set aside for the purpose of paying such taxes when due),
and customary fees, brokerage fees, commissions, costs and other
expenses (other than those payable to Kraft or one or more of its
Major Subsidiaries) that are incurred in connection with such Asset
Sale and are payable by Kraft or one or more of its Major
Subsidiaries, but only to the extent not already deducted in
arriving at the amount referred to in clause (i) above,
(x) appropriate amounts that must be set aside as a reserve in
accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with such
Asset Sale, (y) if applicable, the principal amount,
prepayment premium or penalty, if any, and accrued but unpaid
interest on any Debt secured by a Lien permitted under this
Agreement that has been repaid or refinanced in accordance with its
terms with the proceeds of such Asset Sale, and (z) any
payments to be made by Kraft or one or more of its Major
Subsidiaries as agreed between Kraft or such Major Subsidiaries, as
applicable, and the purchaser of any assets subject to an Asset
Sale in connection therewith; and
(b) with respect to any
Equity Capital Markets Transaction or Debt Issuance, the gross
amount of cash proceeds paid to or received by a Borrower in
respect of such Equity Capital Markets Transaction or by any
Borrower or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries in respect
of such Debt Issuance, as the case may be (including cash proceeds
as and when subsequently received at any time in respect of such
Equity Capital Markets Transaction or Debt Issuance from non-cash
consideration initially received or otherwise), net of underwriting
discounts and commissions or placement fees, investment banking
fees, legal fees, consulting fees, accounting fees and other
customary fees and expenses directly incurred by the applicable
Borrower or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, as
applicable, in connection therewith (other than those payable to a
Borrower or one or more of its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries).
“ Note ”
means a promissory note of a Borrower payable to the order of any
Lender, delivered pursuant to a request made under
Section 2.15 in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto,
evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of such Borrower to such
Lender resulting from the Advances made by such Lender to such
Borrower.
“ Notice of
Borrowing ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.02(a).
“ Obligations
” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
“ Other Taxes
” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.13(b).
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“ Participating
Member State ” means each state so described in any EMU
Legislation.
“ Person ”
means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business
trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, or a
government or any political subdivision or agency
thereof.
“ Plan ”
means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer
Plan.
“ Reference
Banks ” means JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners L.P., Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, HSBC Bank USA,
National Association, UBS AG, Stamford Branch and Société
Générale.
“ Register
” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.07(d).
“ Regulation A
” means Regulation A of the Board, as in effect from time to
time.
“ Regulation U
” means Regulation U of the Board, as in effect from time to
time.
“ Required
Lenders ” means at any time Lenders owed at least 50.1%
of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances owing
to Lenders, or, if no such principal amount is then outstanding,
Lenders having at least 50.1% of the Commitments.
“ Single Employer
Plan ” means a single employer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for
employees of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person
other than such Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was
so maintained and in respect of which such Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate could have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in
the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
“ Spot Rate
” has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
“ Subsidiary
” of any Person means any corporation of which (or in which)
more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock having voting power
to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation
(irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other
class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting
power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time
directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such
Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more
of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.
“ TARGET Day
” means any day or which the Trans-European Automated
Realtime Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system is open
for settlement of payments in Euros.
“ Taxes ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(a).
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Section 1.02.
Computation of Time Periods . In this Agreement in the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including” and the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but
excluding.”
Section 1.03.
Accounting Terms . All accounting terms not specifically
defined herein shall be construed in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(subject to the exceptions set forth in this Section 1.03,
“GAAP”), except that if there has been a material
change in an accounting principle affecting the definition of an
accounting term as compared to that applied in the preparation of
the financial statements of Kraft as of and for the year ended
December 31, 2006, then such new accounting principle shall
not be used in the determination of the amount associated with that
accounting term. A material change in an accounting principle is
one that, in the year of its adoption, changes the amount
associated with the relevant accounting term for any quarter in
such year by more than 10%.
Section 1.04.
Currency Equivalents Generally . Any amount specified herein
(other than in Sections 2.01 and 9.07(a)(ii)) or any of the other
Credit Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent
of such amount in Euros and such other currency other than Dollars,
such equivalent amount thereof in the applicable currency to be
determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of
the Spot Rate (as defined below) for the purchase of such currency
with Dollars. For purposes of this Section 1.04, the “
Spot Rate ” for a currency means the rate determined
by the Administrative Agent to be the rate quoted by the Person
acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such
Person of such currency with another currency through its principal
foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 A.M. (New
York City time) on the date two Business Days prior to the date of
such determination; provided that the Administrative Agent
may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution
designated by the Administrative Agent if the Person acting in such
capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot
buying rate for any such currency.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE
ADVANCES
Section 2.01. The
Advances . Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, to make one or more Advances to
any Borrower in Euros and/or Dollars (any such Advance in Dollars
to be made as the Dollar equivalent of the applicable portion of
such Lender’s Commitment calculated on the basis of the Spot
Rate for Euros on the Closing Date) on the Closing Date in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Lender’s
Commitment.
Section 2.02. Making
the Advances .
(a) Notice of
Borrowing . To request a Borrowing on the Closing Date, each
Borrower requesting a Borrowing (or Kraft on behalf of any other
Borrower) shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice in
the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “ Notice of
Borrowing ”), which notice shall have been received not
later than (x) 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third
Business Day prior to the Closing Date, in the case of a
Borrowing
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consisting of Eurocurrency Rate
Advances, or (y) 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the
Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, in the case of
a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances, and the
Administrative Agent shall give to each Lender prompt notice
thereof by telecopier. The Notice of Borrowing may be delivered to
the Administrative Agent by telecopier, email or registered
mail.
(b) Funding Advances .
Each Lender shall, (x) before 11:00 A.M. (New York City time)
in the case of Advances denominated in Dollars and (y) before
2:00 P.M. (London time) in the case of Advances denominated in
Euros, on the Closing Date make available for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the applicable Borrower, at the office of the
Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds and in Euros
in the case of Advances denominated in Euros and in Dollars in the
case of Advances denominated in Dollars, such Lender’s
ratable portion of the Borrowing. After receipt of such funds by
the Administrative Agent, and upon fulfillment of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article III, the Administrative Agent will
make such funds available to the applicable Borrower at the office
of the Administrative Agent, referred to in
Section 9.02.
(c) Independent Lender
Obligations . The failure of any Lender to make the Advance to
be made by it as part of a Borrowing on the Closing Date shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make its
respective Advance on the Closing Date, but no Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Advance
to be made by such other Lender on the Closing Date.
(d) Irrevocable Notice
. Each Notice of Borrowing of any Borrower shall be irrevocable and
binding on such Borrower. In the case of any Borrowing that the
related Notice of Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of LIBOR
Advances or EURIBOR Advances, the Borrower requesting such
Borrowing shall indemnify each Lender against any loss, cost or
expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure to
fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of Borrowing
for such Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article
III, including, without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the
liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by
such Lender to fund the Advance to be made by such Lender as part
of such Borrowing when such Advance, as a result of such failure,
is not made on such date.
Section 2.03.
Repayment of Advances . Each Borrower shall repay to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each Lender, on
the Maturity Date the unpaid principal amount of the Advances of
such Lender then outstanding, such repayment to be made in Euros in
the case of Advances denominated in Euros and in Dollars in the
case of Advances denominated in Dollars.
Section 2.04.
Interest on Advances .
(a) Scheduled Interest
. Each Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount
of each Advance owing by such Borrower to each Lender from the date
of such Advance until such principal amount shall be paid in full,
at the following rates per annum:
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(i) in the case of Advances
denominated in Euros, at a rate per annum equal at all times during
each Interest Period for such Advance to the sum of (x) the
Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period for such Advance
plus (y) in the case such Advance is made by a Lender
from its Eurocurrency Lending Office located in the United Kingdom
or a Participating Member State, Mandatory Costs plus
(z) the Applicable Interest Rate Margin in effect from time to
time, payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest Period
and if such Interest Period has a duration of more than three
months, on each day that occurs during such Interest Period every
three months from the first day of such Interest Period, and on the
date such Eurocurrency Rate Advance shall be paid in full either
prior to or on the Maturity Date; and
(ii) in the case of an
Advance denominated in Dollars:
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(x) |
during such periods as such Advance is a Base Rate Advance, a
rate per annum equal at all times to the Base Rate in effect from
time to time, payable in arrears quarterly on the last Business Day
of each of March, June, September and December and on the date such
Base Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in full either prior
to or on the Maturity Date; or |
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(y) |
during such periods as such Advance is a Eurocurrency Rate
Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest
Period for such Advance to the sum of (x) the Eurocurrency
Rate for such Interest Period for such Advance plus (y) the
Applicable Interest Rate Margin in effect from time to time,
payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest Period and, if
such Interest Period has a duration of more than three months, on
each day that occurs during such Interest Period every three months
from the first day of such Interest Period, and on the date such
Eurocurrency Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in full either
prior to or on the Maturity Date. |
(b) Default Interest .
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, each of the Borrowers shall pay interest on the unpaid
principal amount of each Advance owing by such Borrower to each
Lender, payable in arrears on the dates referred to in
Section 2.04(a)(i) or Section 2.04(a)(ii), at a rate per
annum equal at all times to 1% per annum above the rate per
annum required to be paid on such Advance.
Section 2.05.
Additional Interest on LIBOR Advances and EURIBOR Advances .
Each Borrower shall pay to each Lender, so long as such Lender
shall be required under regulations of the Board to maintain
reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or
including Eurocurrency Liabilities, additional interest on the
unpaid principal amount of each LIBOR Advance or EURIBOR Advance,
as the case may be, of such Lender made to such Borrower, from the
date of such Advance until such principal amount is paid in full,
at an interest rate per annum equal at all times to the remainder
obtained by subtracting (i) LIBOR or EURIBOR, as the case may
be, for the Interest Period for such Advance from (ii) the
rate
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obtained by dividing such LIBOR or
EURIBOR, as the case may be, by a percentage equal to 100% minus
the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage of such Lender for such
Interest Period, payable on each date on which interest is payable
on such Advance. Such additional interest shall be determined by
such Lender and notified to Kraft through the Administrative
Agent.
Section 2.06.
Conversion of Advances .
(a) Conversion Upon
Absence of Interest Period . If any Borrower (or Kraft on
behalf of any other Borrower) shall fail to select the duration of
any Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Rate Advances in
accordance with the provisions contained in the definition of the
term “Interest Period,” the Administrative Agent will
forthwith so notify such Borrower, Kraft and the Lenders and such
Advances will automatically, on the Closing Date or the last day of
the then existing Interest Period therefor, as applicable,
(i) in the case of a LIBOR Advance, be made as or Convert to a
Base Rate Advance and (ii) in the case of a EURIBOR Advance,
Convert to a EURIBOR Advance with an Interest Period of seven
days.
(b) Conversion Upon Event
of Default . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
any Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), the Administrative
Agent, or the Required Lenders may elect that (i) each LIBOR
Advance be, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period
therefor, Converted into a Base Rate Advance, (ii) each
EURIBOR Advance be, on the last day of the then existing Interest
Period therefor, Converted into a EURIBOR Advance with an Interest
Period of seven days, and (iii) the obligation of the Lenders
to Convert Base Rate Advances into LIBOR Advances be
suspended.
(c) Voluntary
Conversion . Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07(c)
and Section 2.11, any Borrower may Convert all of such
Borrower’s Base Advances constituting the same Borrowing into
LIBOR Advances on any Business Day or all of such Borrower’s
LIBOR Advances constituting the same Borrowing into Base Rate
Advances on any Business Day, in each case, upon notice given to
the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City
time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed
Conversion; provided , however , that the Conversion
of a LIBOR Advance into a Base Rate Advance may be made on, and
only on, the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Advance.
No EURIBOR Advances may be Converted into an Advance of any other
Type. There shall be no more than five Interest Periods outstanding
at any one time. Each such notice of a Conversion shall, within the
restrictions specified above, specify:
(i) the date of such
Conversion;
(ii) the Advances to be
Converted; and
(iii) if such Conversion is
into a LIBOR Advance, the duration of the Interest Period for each
such Advance.
(d) Continuation of
Interest Periods . Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.07(c) and Section 2.11, any Borrower may upon
the expiration of an Interest Period, elect to continue the
applicable Eurocurrency Rate Advance for an additional Interest
Period, upon notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
the definition of “Interest Period”.
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Section 2.07.
Eurocurrency Rate Determination .
(a) Methods to Determine
Eurocurrency Rate . The Administrative Agent, shall determine
the applicable Eurocurrency Rate by using the methods described in
the definition of the term “EURIBOR” or
“LIBOR”, as applicable, and shall give prompt notice to
Kraft and the Lenders of each such Eurocurrency Rate.
(b) Role of Reference
Banks . In the event that EURIBOR or LIBOR cannot be determined
by the method described in clause (a) of the definition of
“EURIBOR” or “LIBOR”, respectively, each
Reference Bank agrees to furnish to the Administrative Agent timely
information for the purpose of determining EURIBOR or LIBOR, as
applicable, in accordance with the method described in clause
(b) of the applicable definition thereof. If any one or more
of the Reference Banks shall not furnish such timely information to
the Administrative Agent, for the purpose of determining EURIBOR or
LIBOR, the Administrative Agent shall determine such interest rate
on the basis of timely information furnished by the remaining
Reference Banks. If fewer than two Reference Banks furnish timely
information to the Administrative Agent for determining EURIBOR or
LIBOR for any applicable Eurocurrency Rate Advance,
then:
(i) the Administrative Agent
shall forthwith notify Kraft and the Lenders that the interest rate
cannot be determined for such Eurocurrency Rate
Advances;
(ii) if such Eurocurrency
Rate Advance is a LIBOR Advance, such Advance will, on the last day
of the then existing Interest Period therefor, be prepaid by the
Borrower or be automatically Converted into a Base Rate
Advance;
(iii) if such Eurocurrency
Rate Advance is a EURIBOR Advance, then (x) within 15 days
after any notice is delivered to Kraft pursuant to clause
(i) above, the Administrative Agent and Kraft shall enter into
negotiations in good faith with a view to agreeing to an
alternative interest rate acceptable to Kraft and the Lenders to
make or maintain Advances for the portion of the then existing
Interest Period from and after the date specified in such notice as
the first date for which the applicable interest rate ceases to be
determinable and ending on the last day of such Interest Period and
(y) if, at the expiration of 20 days from the giving of notice
pursuant to clause (i), the Administrative Agent and Kraft shall
not have reached an agreement, then such Advances held by each
Lender will bear interest at a rate per annum specified in good
faith by such Lender in a certificate (which sets out the details
of the computation of the relevant rate) to represent its cost of
funds therefor plus the Applicable Interest Rate Margin;
and
(iv) the obligation of the
Lenders to make EURIBOR Advances or LIBOR Advances, as applicable,
or to Convert Base Rate Advances into LIBOR Advances shall be
suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify Kraft and the
Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer
exist.
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The Administrative Agent shall give
prompt notice to Kraft and the Lenders of the applicable interest
rate determined by the Administrative Agent for purposes of
Section 2.04(a)(i) or (ii), and the rate, if any, furnished by
each Reference Bank for the purpose of determining the interest
rate under Section 2.04(a)(i) or (a)(ii)(y) or the applicable
EURIBOR or LIBOR.
(c) Inadequate
Eurocurrency Rate . If, with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate
Advances, the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent,
that (i) they are unable to obtain matching deposits in
(x) the London interbank market at or about 11:00 A.M. (London
time) in the case of LIBOR Advances or (y) the European
interbank market at or about 11:00 A.M. (Brussels time) in the case
of EURIBOR Advances, in each case, on the second Business Day
before the making of a Borrowing in sufficient amounts to fund
their respective Eurocurrency Rate Advances as a part of the
Borrowing during the Interest Period therefor or (ii) the
Eurocurrency Rate for any Interest Period for such Advances will
not adequately reflect the cost to such Required Lenders of making,
funding or maintaining their respective Eurocurrency Rate Advances
for such Interest Period (and in the case of this clause (ii), each
such Lender shall certify its cost of funds for each Interest
Period to the Administrative Agent and Kraft as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than 10 Business Days after
the last day of such Interest Period), then in each
case:
(i) the Administrative Agent
shall forthwith notify Kraft and the Lenders that the interest rate
cannot be determined for such Eurocurrency Rate
Advances;
(ii) if such Eurocurrency
Rate Advance is a LIBOR Advance, such Advance will, on the last day
of the then existing Interest Period therefor, be prepaid by the
Borrower or be automatically Converted into a Base Rate
Advance;
(iii) if such Eurocurrency
Rate Advance is a EURIBOR Advance, then (x) within 15 days
after any notice is delivered to Kraft pursuant to clause
(i) above, the Administrative Agent and Kraft shall enter into
negotiations in good faith with a view to agreeing to an
alternative interest rate acceptable to Kraft and the Lenders to
make or maintain Advances for the portion of the then existing
Interest Period from and after the date specified in such notice as
the first date for which the applicable interest rate ceases to be
determinable and ending on the last day of such Interest Period and
(y) if, at the expiration of 20 days from the giving of notice
pursuant to clause (i), the Administrative Agent and Kraft shall
not have reached an agreement, then such Advances held by each
Lender will bear interest at a rate per annum specified in good
faith by such Lender in a certificate (which sets out the details
of the computation of the relevant rate) to represent its cost of
funds therefor plus the Applicable Interest Rate Margin;
and
(iv) the obligation of the
Lenders to make EURIBOR Advances or LIBOR Advances, as applicable,
or to Convert Base Rate Advances into LIBOR Advances shall be
suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify Kraft and the
Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer
exist.
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(d) Agent’s Fees
. Kraft shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account,
such fees as may from time to time be agreed between Kraft and the
Administrative Agent.
Section 2.08.
Optional Termination or Reduction of the Commitments; Mandatory
Reduction of the Commitments .
(a) Kraft shall have the
right at any time prior to the Closing Date, upon at least three
Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to
terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the unused portions of
the respective Commitments of the Lenders; provided that
each partial reduction shall be in the aggregate amount of no less
than €50,000,000 or the remaining balance if less than
€50,000,000.
(b) In the event that Kraft
or any of its wholly-owned domestic Subsidiaries consummates an
Equity Capital Markets Transaction or a Debt Issuance during the
period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on or prior to
the Closing Date, the Commitments shall be automatically reduced on
a Euro-for-Euro basis by an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash
Proceeds of such Equity Capital Markets Transaction or Debt
Issuance.
Section 2.09.
Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Advances .
(a) Optional
Prepayment . Each of the Borrowers may, upon at least five
Business Days’ written notice to the Administrative Agent, by
stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the
prepayment, and if such notice is given such Borrower shall, prepay
the outstanding principal amount of the Advances comprising part of
the same Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with
accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal
amount prepaid; provided , however , that
(x) each partial prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Advance
shall be in an aggregate principal amount of no less than
€50,000,000 in the case of EURIBOR Advances and no less than
$50,000,000 in the case of LIBOR Advances or the remaining balance
if less than such amounts and (y) in the event of any such
prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Advance, such Borrower shall be
obligated to reimburse the Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 9.04(b). Kraft may determine to which Borrowing or
Borrowings each prepayment of outstanding Advances pursuant to this
Section 2.09(a) shall be allocated.
(b) Mandatory
Prepayment . Within five Business Days after the receipt
by:
(i) any Borrower or any of
its wholly owned Subsidiaries of proceeds from any Debt Issuance,
such Borrower shall prepay the Advances in an aggregate amount
equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Debt Issuance;
or
(ii) Kraft of proceeds from
any Equity Capital Markets Transaction, Kraft shall prepay the
Advances in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash
Proceeds of such Equity Capital Markets Transaction; or
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(iii) Kraft or any of its
Major Subsidiaries of proceeds from any Asset Sale (other than
(x) any Exempted Asset Sale and (y) up to $1,000,000,000
in the aggregate for all other Asset Sales (measured by the Net
Cash Proceeds thereof) occurring after the Closing Date), Casualty
or Condemnation, Kraft shall prepay the Advances in an aggregate
amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Asset Sale,
Casualty or Condemnation, provided , that so long as no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Kraft or such Major
Subsidiary may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash
Proceeds in long-term assets useful to the business of Kraft or any
Subsidiary, provided , that such reinvestment is consummated
within 12 months of the date of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds,
or, in the event such reinvestment is committed to in writing by
Kraft or such Major Subsidiary within such 12-month period, such
Net Cash Proceeds are used to consummate such reinvestment within
18 months of the receipt thereof,
and each prepayment of outstanding
Advances pursuant to this Section 2.09(b) shall be required
without penalty or premium (other than any obligation to reimburse
the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.04(b)). Kraft may determine
to which Borrowing or Borrowings each prepayment of outstanding
Advances pursuant to this Section 2.09(b) shall be allocated
provided , that, any such allocated prepayment shall be
applied on a pro rata basis among the Lenders having made any of
such Advances.
Section 2.10.
Increased Costs .
(a) Costs from Change in
Law or Authorities . If, due to either (i) the
introduction of or any change (other than any change by way of
imposition or increase of reserve requirements to the extent such
change is included in the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage) in
or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the
compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or
other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of
law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender of
agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurocurrency
Rate Advances (excluding for purposes of this Section 2.10 any
such increased costs resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes
(as to which Section 2.13 shall govern) and (ii) changes
in the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross
income by the United States of America or by the foreign
jurisdiction or state under the laws of which such Lender is
organized or has its Applicable Lending Office or any political
subdivision thereof), including as a result in the failure of the
Mandatory Cost, as calculated hereunder, to reimburse any Lender
the cost to such Lender of making or funding such Advances from its
Eurocurrency Lending Office located in the United Kingdom or a
Participating Member State or of complying with the requirements of
the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority or the
European Central Bank in relation to its making funding or
maintaining Eurocurrency Rate Advances, then the Borrower of the
affected Advances shall from time to time, upon demand by such
Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent),
pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Lender
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such
increased cost; provided , however , that before
making any such demand, each Lender agrees to use reasonable
efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and
regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Applicable
Lending Office if the making of such a designation would avoid the
need for, or reduce the amount of, such increased cost and would
not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise
disadvantageous to
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such Lender. A certificate as to the
amount of such increased cost, submitted to Kraft, such Borrower
and the Administrative Agent, by such Lender, shall be conclusive
and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) Reduction in
Lender’s Rate of Return . In the event that, after the
date hereof, the implementation of or any change in any law or
regulation, or any guideline or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) or the interpretation or administration thereof
by any central bank or other authority charged with the
administration thereof, imposes, modifies or deems applicable any
capital adequacy or similar requirement (including, without
limitation, a request or requirement which affects the manner in
which any Lender allocates capital resources to its Commitments,
including its obligations hereunder) and as a result thereof, in
the sole opinion of such Lender, the rate of return on such
Lender’s capital (or its parent/holding company) as a
consequence of its obligations hereunder
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