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Exhibit 10.21
EXECUTION COPY
INTERCOMPANY BRIDGE TERM LOAN
AGREEMENT
This Agreement dated as of
September 10, 2008 is entered into between Fresenius Kabi
Pharmaceuticals Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Borrower ”), and Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Lender ”), the
Guarantors (as defined below) from time to time party hereto and
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, in its capacity as collateral
agent under the Intercompany Bridge Credit Documents (as defined
below) (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity
from time to time, the “ Intercompany Bridge Collateral
Agent ”).
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS , pursuant to a Borrower Joinder Agreement dated
as of September 8, 2008, the Lender is party to the Bridge
Credit Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2008, among Fresenius
SE, the other borrowers and guarantors identified therein, Deutsche
Bank AG, London Branch, as Administrative Agent, and the lenders
party thereto (as amended, restated, varied, modified extended,
renewed, replaced and/or supplemented from time to time, the
“ Bridge Credit Agreement ”; capitalized terms
used but not otherwise defined herein having the meanings set forth
therein);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Bridge Credit Agreement, the
Lender will borrow a $1,300,000,000 Initial Loan on the date
hereof, the proceeds of which shall be used pursuant to the Bridge
Credit Agreement to make the loans hereunder to the Borrower in
connection with the APP Acquisition on the Closing Date and for the
payment of fees and expenses in connection therewith;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Bridge Credit Agreement, the
Initial Loans may be converted into Extended Loans on the Initial
Maturity Date to the extent any Initial Loans remain outstanding on
such date;
WHEREAS, upon the conversion of the Initial Loans into
Extended Loans, each Lender under the Bridge Credit Agreement may
request that the Lender hereunder issue Exchange Notes, which
Exchange Notes would be issued from time to time under an Indenture
(the “ Exchange Note Indenture ”);
WHEREAS, the Indebtedness of Lender under the Bridge
Credit Agreement may be refinanced by notes, stock, debentures or
debt securities issued after the date hereof (the “
Refinancing Securities ”); and
WHEREAS , pursuant to the Bridge Credit Agreement, the
Borrower and the Lender shall enter into this Agreement, the
amount, currency and other financial terms of which shall mirror
those applicable to the Loans under the Bridge Credit Agreement or
the Exchange Notes under the Exchange Note Indenture, as
applicable;
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NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the premises and
the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Defined
Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
following meanings:
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with such other
Person.
“ Agreement ”
means this Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented and/or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“ APP Acquisition
” means the acquisition by the Borrower of APP Inc. and its
Subsidiaries, by way of the merger of FKP with and into APP Inc. in
accordance with the terms of the Agreement, dated as of
July 6, 2008, by and among FSE, the Borrower and FKP, on the
one hand, and APP Inc., on the other hand.
“ APP Inc. ”
means APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ Bridge Credit
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to
this Agreement.
“ Business Day ”
means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are
in fact closed in New York and, if such day relates to any Loan
denominated in Euro, “Business Day” means a TARGET
Day.
“ Borrower ” has
the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“ Capped Amount ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06 of this
Agreement.
“ Contribution Share
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06 of
this Agreement.
“ Control ” means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person,
whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract
or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a
Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such
other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote ten
percent (10%) or more of the securities having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors, managing general partners or
the equivalent.
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“ Debtor Relief Laws
” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all
other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership,
insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time
in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
“ Dollars ” and
“ $ ” means the lawful currency of the United
States of America.
“ Event of Default
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01 of
this Agreement.
“ Excess Amount ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06 of this
Agreement.
“ Extended Loan Maturity
Date ” means the date that is seven years from the date
hereof.
“ FKP ” means
Fresenius Kabi Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company and an indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of FSE.
“ French Security
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03 of
this Agreement.
“ FSE ” means
Fresenius SE, a societas europaea organized under the laws
of Germany.
“ German Security
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.03 of
this Agreement.
“ Guaranteed
Obligations ” means all Obligations of the Borrower in
respect of the Intercompany Bridge Loans and all obligations of the
Borrower in respect of the New Finco 2 Back-to-Back Swap
Contracts.
“ Guarantors ”
means
(A) Fresenius Kabi AG;
and
(B) each of APP Inc., APP
Pharmaceuticals, LLC and each Subsidiary from time to time of the
Borower which is not a “controlled foreign corporation”
(within the meaning of Section 957 of the Internal Revenue
Code), but excluding any such other Subsidiary (not already a
Guarantor) which (i) has total assets (including stock or
other investment property), as reasonably determined by FSE, with
an aggregate fair market value (upon its incorporation or
acquisition) of less than €25 million, or
(ii) generates less than €5 million of Consolidated
EBITDA (as calculated pursuant to the Bridge Credit Agreement) for
any period of four successive fiscal quarters.
“ Indemnified
Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.05 of this Agreement.
“ Initial Maturity Date
” means the date that is one year from the date
hereof.
“ Intercompany Bridge
Collateral ” means a collective reference to the
“collateral” that is identified in and at any time
covered by, the Intercompany Bridge Credit Documents.
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“ Intercompany Bridge
Collateral Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“ Intercompany Bridge
Collateral Documents ” means all security agreements,
mortgages, pledge agreements and other security documents from time
to time entered into to secure obligations in respect of the
Intercompany Bridge Loans and the New Finco 2 Back-to-Back Swap
Contracts.
“ Intercompany Bridge
Credit Documents ” means this Agreement, the New Finco 2
Back-to-Back Swap Contracts, if any, and each note, security
agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, guarantee and other document
delivered to the Lender providing for, guaranteeing or evidencing
any other Guaranteed Obligation, and any other document or
instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with the
Guaranteed Obligations, as the same may be amended, restated,
modified and/or otherwise supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof, thereof and the Bridge Credit
Agreement.
“ Intercompany Bridge
Credit Party” means the Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates, if any, from time to time executing an
Intercompany Bridge Credit Document, and “ Intercompany
Bridge Credit Parties ” means all such Persons,
collectively.
“ Intercompany Bridge
Creditor ” means, at any relevant time, the holders of
Obligations at such time, including, without limitation, the
Lender.
“ Intercompany Bridge
Loans ” means, collectively, Intercompany Initial Bridge
Loans, Intercompany Extended Bridge Loans, or Intercompany Exchange
Note Loans, as applicable, made to the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof.
“ Intercompany Initial
Bridge Loans ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement.
“ Intercompany Exchange
Note Loans ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement.
“ Intercompany Extended
Bridge Loans ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement.
“ Intercreditor
Agreement ” means the intercreditor agreement, dated as
of September 10, 2008, among FSE, the Credit Parties, the
Intercompany Loan Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Lenders, the Intercompany Bridge Collateral Agent,
the Senior Collateral Agent, the Intercompany Primary Collateral
Agent, and any other parties identified therein.
“ Interest Payment Date
” means, (i) with respect to each Intercompany Initial
Bridge Loan and Intercompany Extended Bridge Loan, the last
Business Day of each Interest Period of such loan, and
(ii) with respect to each Intercompany Exchange Note Loan, the
interest payment date under the corresponding Exchange
Notes.
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“ Interest Period
” means, (i) with respect to Intercompany Initial Bridge
Loan borrowings, the interest periods applicable to the Initial
Loan borrowings, at such time as determined pursuant to the Bridge
Credit Agreement, and (ii) with respect to Intercompany
Extended Bridge Loan borrowings, the interest periods applicable to
the Extended Loan borrowings, at such time as determined pursuant
to the Bridge Credit Agreement.
“ Interest Rate ”
means, (i) with respect to Intercompany Initial Bridge Loan
borrowings, the interest rate applicable to the corresponding
Initial Loan borrowings determined pursuant to the Bridge Credit
Agreement, plus the Margin, (ii) with respect to Intercompany
Extended Bridge Loan borrowings, the interest rate applicable to
the corresponding Extended Loan borrowings determined pursuant to
the Bridge Credit Agreement, plus the Margin, and (iii) with
respect to Intercompany Exchange Note Loans, the interest rate
applicable to the corresponding Exchange Notes determined pursuant
to the Exchange Note Indenture, plus the Margin.
“ Internal Revenue Code
” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the
date hereof and from time to time hereafter.
“ Lender ” has
the meaning as set forth in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“ Lien ” means
any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security transfer,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other),
charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
and any financing lease having substantially the same economic
effect as any of the foregoing.
“ Margin ” means
*****% per annum; or such other amount as may be agreed between the
Lender and the Borrower in writing on or before October 10,
2008, and from time to time thereafter with respect to any Interest
Period.
“ Obligations ”
means all obligations of every nature of the Borrower and any other
Intercompany Bridge Credit Parties from time to time owed to the
Lender under the Intercompany Bridge Credit Documents, whether for
principal, interest, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise
and whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now
existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that
accrue after the commencement by or against any Intercompany Bridge
Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any
Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such
proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are
allowed claims in such proceeding.
“ Organization
Documents ” means, (a) with respect to any
corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the
bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with
respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any
limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation
or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent comparable
constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction);
and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust
or
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other form of business entity, the partnership,
joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or
organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with
respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or
organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the
jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable,
any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such
entity.
“ Person ” means
an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity
of whatever nature.
“ Ratable Share ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.06 of this
Agreement.
“ Register ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 7.06(b) of this
Agreement.
“ Subsidiary ” of
a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company or other business entity of which a majority of
the shares or securities or other interests having ordinary voting
power for the election of directors or other governing body (other
than securities or interests having such power only by reason of
the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned,
or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person.
“ TARGET2 ” means
the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express
Transfer payment system which utilizes a single shared platform and
which was launched on 19 November 2007.
“ TARGET Day ”
means (i) until such time as TARGET is permanently closed down
and ceases operations, any day on which both TARGET and TARGET2 are
open for the settlement of payments in Euro; and
(ii) following such time as TARGET is permanently closed down
and ceases operations, any day on which TARGET2 is open for the
settlement of payments in Euro.
“ Taxes ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.08 of this
Agreement.
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional
Provisions . The words “hereof”,
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement, and section, subsection, schedule and exhibit references
are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
ARTICLE II
THE LOANS
SECTION 2.01. The
Intercompany Bridge Loans .
(a) On the date hereof, the Lender
agrees on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth to make to
the Borrower a term loan in a single advance in Dollars, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to $1,300,000,000 (the “
Intercompany Initial Bridge Loans ”).
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(b) On the Initial Maturity Date, if
any Initial Loans made under the Bridge Credit Agreement are
converted into Extended Loans pursuant to the terms of the Bridge
Credit Agreement, the Intercompany Initial Bridge Loans relating
thereto shall be automatically converted into extended loans, the
amount, currency and other financial terms of which shall mirror
those applicable to the corresponding Extended Loans (the “
Intercompany Extended Bridge Loans ”).
(c) On or after the Initial Maturity
Date, to the extent any Extended Loans are converted into Exchange
Notes in accordance with the terms of the Bridge Credit Agreement,
the Intercompany Extended Bridge Loans relating thereto shall be
automatically converted into loans, the amount, currency and other
financial terms of which shall mirror those applicable to the
corresponding Exchange Notes (the “ Intercompany Exchange
Note Loans ”).
(d) Amounts repaid on the
Intercompany Bridge Loans may not be reborrowed.
SECTION 2.02. Repayment
.
(a) Repayments for Intercompany
Bridge Loans . The principal amount of the Intercompany Initial
Bridge Loans shall be payable on the Initial Maturity Date, unless
replaced or refinanced by other types of Intercompany Bridge Loans.
The principal amount of any Intercompany Extended Bridge Loan shall
be payable on the Extended Loan Maturity Date. The principal amount
of any Intercompany Exchange Note Loans shall be payable on the
maturity date of the corresponding Exchange Notes.
(b) Optional Prepayment . The
Borrower may at its option pay the Intercompany Bridge Loans, in
whole or in part, without premium or penalty, at any time and from
time to time; provided that no prepayments of the
Intercompany Bridge Loans shall be permitted at any time if, as a
result thereof (and after giving effect to any concurrent repayment
of the Initial Loans, Extended Loans or Exchange Notes, as the case
may be), (x) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Intercompany Initial Bridge Loans would be less than the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Initial Loans under the Bridge
Credit Agreement, (y) the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Intercompany Extended Bridge Loans would be less than
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Extended Loans
under the Bridge Credit Agreement or (z) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Intercompany Exchange Note
Loans would be less than the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the Exchange Notes under the Exchange Note Indenture. Optional
prepayments shall be applied to the Intercompany Bridge Loans as
the Borrower may direct.
(c) Mandatory Prepayments .
Subject to the proviso below, the Borrower (i) shall pay the
Intercompany Bridge Loans at any time that the Lender makes a
voluntary prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Sections 2.06(a),
(b) or (c) of the Bridge Credit Agreement or a
mandatory prepayment of the Loans pursuant to
Section 2.06(e) of the Bridge Credit Agreement, in each
case in an amount equal to the principal amount of such prepayment
made pursuant to the Bridge Credit Agreement; provided ,
that, if at the time of any mandatory prepayment required pursuant
to this Section, the Lender provides notice to the Administrative
Agent under the Bridge Credit Agreement that the Lender has
sufficient funds to make such prepayment under the Bridge Credit
Agreement without a prepayment being made hereunder, then no such
mandatory prepayment shall be required hereunder.
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SECTION 2.03. Interest
Rate .
(a) Each Intercompany Initial Bridge
Loan and each Intercompany Extended Bridge Loan shall bear interest
on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest
Period at the relevant Interest Rate. The Interest Period and
Interest Rate in effect from time to time shall be notified by the
Lender to the Borrower from time to time.
(b) Each Intercompany Exchange Note
Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof at the relevant Interest Rate, payable on the same interest
payment date as the corresponding Exchange Note, as applicable. The
Interest Rate in effect from time to time shall be notified by the
Lender to the Borrower from time to time upon request.
SECTION 2.04. Payment of
Interest . Interest with respect to each Intercompany Bridge
Loan borrowing shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date for such Intercompany Bridge Loan borrowing; provided ,
that, any past due interest and any interest accruing after the
acceleration of the Intercompany Bridge Loans shall be payable on
demand.
SECTION 2.05. Computation
of Interest and Fees . Interest in respect of the Intercompany
Initial Bridge Loans and Intercompany Extended Bridge Loans shall
be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual days
elapsed, and in respect of the Intercompany Exchange Note Loans
shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprising of 12
30-day months.
SECTION 2.06. Payments
. The Borrower shall make each payment of principal, interest and
fees hereunder, without setoff or counterclaim, not later than
11:00 A.M., New York time, on the day when due in lawful money of
the United States of America in the case of Intercompany Bridge
Loans denominated in Dollars, and in lawful money of the applicable
jurisdiction in the case of Intercompany Bridge Loans denominated
in other currencies, in each case in immediately available funds to
the Lender to the account of the Lender designated from time to
time or to such other account as the Lender may otherwise
direct.
SECTION 2.07. Payment on
Non-Business Days . Whenever any payment to be made hereunder
shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Business Day,
such payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and
with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be
payable at the then applicable rate during such
extension.
SECTION 2.08. Taxes .
(a) All payments under this Agreement shall be made free and
clear of, and without deduction for, any and all present or future
taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees,
withholdings or similar charges, and all interests, penalties or
other liabilities with respect thereto, imposed by any Governmental
Authority (“ Taxes ”). If any Laws require the
withholding or deduction of any such Taxes from or in respect of
any sum payable under this Agreement, (i) the sum due from or
payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that
after making all required withholdings and deductions
(including
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withholdings and deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section 2.08 ), the
Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received
had no such withholding or deduction been made, (ii) the
Borrower shall make such withholdings or deductions, (iii) the
Borrower shall pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the
relevant Governmental Authority or other authority in accordance
with applicable Laws, and (iv) within thirty days after the
date of such payment, the Borrower making either a withholding or
tax deduction or a payment required in connection with a
withholding or tax deduction shall furnish to the Lender a
certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment hereof, or other
reasonable proof thereof.
(b) To the extent the Lender shall
be required to pay any additional amounts to any Lenders (as
defined in the Bridge Credit Agreement) under Section 3
of the Bridge Credit Agreement, the Borrower shall pay to and
indemnify the Lender for the full amount of any such payments,
promptly upon demand therefor.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.01.
Representations and Warranties . The Borrower and each
Guarantor represents and warrants as follows:
(a) as of the date hereof, prior to
the effectiveness of the APP Acquisition, it is a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity duly
organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing (to the
extent such concept exists in the applicable jurisdiction and
except to the extent that the failure to be in good standing could
not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its
ability to perform its obligations under the Intercompany Bridge
Credit Documents) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization and has the authority under its
Organization Documents to own and operate its properties, to
transact the business in which it is now engaged and to execute and
deliver this Agreement;
(b) this Agreement constitutes the
duly authorized, legally valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower and each Guarantor, enforceable against the Borrower and
each Guarantor in accordance with its terms;
(c) all consents and grants of
approval required to have been granted by any Person in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have
been granted;
(d) the execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower and each Guarantor of this Agreement do
not and will not violate any law, governmental rule or regulation,
court order or agreement to which it is subject or by which its
properties are bound, any material contractual obligation by which
the Borrower or any Guarantor is bound or the charter documents or
bylaws of Borrower or any Guarantor;
(e) the proceeds of the Intercompany
Bridge Loans shall be used by Borrower in connection with the APP
Acquisition on the Closing Date and for the payment of fees and
expenses in connection therewith. No proceeds will be used for
purposes which result in a contravention of Law or any other
Intercompany Bridge Credit Document; and
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(f) the Guarantors party hereto
constitute the Required Intercompany Loan Guarantors (as defined in
the Bridge Credit Agreement) required to be party hereto pursuant
to Section 7.12(b) of the Bridge Credit
Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
GUARANTY
SECTION 4.01. The
Guaranty . (a) For so long as any Intercompany Bridge Loan
remains outstanding, each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and
severally guarantees to the Lender as hereinafter provided and as
primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt payment of all
Guaranteed Obligations in full when due (whether at stated
maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a
mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise) strictly in
accordance with the terms thereof. The Guarantors hereby further
agree that if any of the Guaranteed Obligations in respect of which
they have given this guaranty are not paid in full when due
(whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by
acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise),
the relevant Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay
the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the
case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the
relevant Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in
full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory
prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization
or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or
renewal.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Intercompany
Bridge Credit Documents or other agreements or documents relating
to the Guaranteed Obligations, the obligations of each Guarantor
under this Agreement and the other Intercompany Bridge Credit
Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the
largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to
avoidance under any Debtor Relief Law or any comparable provisions
of any applicable law (it being understood that it is the intention
of the parties to this Agreement and the parties to any guarantee
under the New Finco 1 Intercompany Term Loan Agreement and the
Luxco Intercompany Revolving Loan Facility that, to the maximum
extent permitted under applicable laws, if any reduction is
required to the amount guaranteed by any Guarantor hereunder and
with respect to the New Finco 1 Intercompany Term Loan Agreement
and the Luxco Intercompany Revolving Loan Facility that its
guarantee of amounts owing in respect of this Agreement shall first
be reduced before any reduction of the amounts guaranteed by any
Guarantor hereunder pursuant to its guarantee under the New Finco 1
Intercompany Term Loan Agreement and the Luxco Intercompany
Revolving Loan Agreement).
SECTION 4.02. Obligations
Unconditional . The obligations of the Guarantors as described
and as limited under Section 4.01 are joint and
several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value,
genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the
Intercompany Bridge Credit Documents or other documents relating to
the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other agreement or
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instrument referred to therein, or any
substitution, release, impairment or exchange of any other
guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations,
and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a
surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this
Section 4.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors
shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all
circumstances. Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have
no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution
against the Borrower or any other Guarantor for amounts paid under
this Article IV until such time as the Guaranteed
Obligations have been irrevocably paid in full. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, the occurrence of any one or more of the
following shall not alter or impair the liability of any Guarantor,
which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described
above:
(a) at any time or from time to
time, without notice to any Guarantor, the time for any performance
of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be
extended, or such performance or compliance shall be
waived;
(b) any of the acts mentioned in any
of the provisions of any of the Intercompany Bridge Credit
Documents, or other documents relating to the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in
the Intercompany Bridge Credit Documents shall be done or
omitted;
(c) the maturity of any of the
Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the
Guaranteed Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended
in any respect, or any right under any of the Intercompany Bridge
Credit Documents, or other documents relating to the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in
the Intercompany Bridge Credit Documents or the New Finco 2
Back-to-Back Swap Contracts shall be waived or any other guarantee
of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall
be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise
dealt with;
(d) any Lien granted to, or in favor
of, the Lender as security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations
shall fail to attach or be perfected; or
(e) any of the Guaranteed
Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including,
without limitation, for the benefit of any creditor of any
Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person
(including, without limitation, any creditor of any
Guarantor).
With respect to its Guaranteed
Obligations, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever,
and any requirement that the Lender exhaust any right, power or
remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Intercompany
Bridge Credit Documents, or other documents relating to the
Guaranteed Obligations, or any other agreement or instrument
referred to in the Intercompany Bridge Credit Documents, or against
any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any
of the Guaranteed Obligations.
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SECTION 4.03.
Reinstatement . The obligations of the Guarantors under this
Article IV shall be automatically reinstated if and to
the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any
Person in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or
must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings pursuant to any
Debtor Relief Laws or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it
will indemnify the Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and
expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the
Lender in connection with such rescission or restoration, including
any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim
alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent
transfer or similar payment under any Debtor Relief Law.
SECTION 4.04. Certain
Waivers . Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have
no right of recourse to security for the Guaranteed Obligations,
except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to
Section 4.02 and through the exercise of rights of
contribution pursuant to Section 4.06 . Each Guarantor
further expressly waives any right to require that any action be
brought against the Borrowers or any other Intercompany Bridge
Credit Party or to require recourse to security.
SECTION 4.05. Remedies
. The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Lender, on
the other hand, the Guaranteed Obligations may be declared to be
forthwith due and payable as provided in Article V (and
shall be deemed to have become automatically due and