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EXHIBIT 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AND
GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”) dated as
of June 1, 2007, to the CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT dated as
of May 9, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”),
among GLOBAL CROSSING LIMITED, a company incorporated under the
laws of Bermuda (the “ Borrower ”), certain
subsidiaries of the Borrower, as guarantors, the LENDERS party
thereto (the “ Lenders ”), GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT
PARTNERS L.P., as Administrative Agent (the “
Administrative Agent ”) and Collateral Agent (the
“ Collateral Agent ”) and CREDIT SUISSE
SECURITIES (USA) LLC, as Syndication Agent.
WHEREAS pursuant to the
Credit Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the
Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
therein;
WHEREAS the Borrower has
requested that (a) the Tack-on Lenders (as defined below) make
certain loans to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date and (b) certain provisions of the Credit Agreement be
amended as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS the undersigned
Tack-on Lenders are willing to make the Tack-on Loans, and the
undersigned Lenders are willing to amend such provisions of the
Credit Agreement, in each case on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other
good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of
which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the conditions set
forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION 1. Defined
Terms. Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms used but
not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in the Credit Agreement. As used in this Amendment:
“Amendment
No. 1 Effective Date” shall be a date specified by
the Borrower (provided that such date shall be a date not later
than June 1, 2007), as of which date all the conditions set
forth or referred to in Section 19 hereof shall have been
satisfied.
“Required Amendment
No. 1 Lenders” means, collectively, (a) the
Requisite Lenders (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement
prior to giving effect to this Amendment) and (b) the Tack-on
Lenders.
“Tack-on
Lender” means a Lender having a Tack-on Loan
Commitment.
“Tack-on Loan
Commitment” means, with respect to each Tack-on Lender,
the commitment of such Tack-on Lender to make Tack-on Loans
hereunder on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, expressed as
an amount
representing the maximum
aggregate principal amount of the Tack-on Loans to be made by such
Tack-on Lender hereunder, as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto. The
aggregate amount of the Tack-on Lenders’ Tack-on Loan
Commitments is $100,000,000.
“Transactions” means (a) the
transactions contemplated by this Amendment (including, without
limitation, the borrowing of the Tack-on Loans and the use of the
proceeds therefrom in accordance with Section 2.6 of the
Credit Agreement (as amended hereby) and (b) the amendment and
restatement of the Intercreditor Agreement (as such term is defined
in the Credit Agreement prior to giving effect to this Amendment)
occurring concurrently herewith.
SECTION 2. Commitment.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Tack-on
Lender agrees to make a Tack-on Loan to the Borrower on the
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in a principal amount not
exceeding such Tack-on Lender’s Tack-on Loan Commitment. The
funding of the Tack-on Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date shall be consummated at a closing to be held on the Amendment
No. 1 Effective Date at the offices of Cravath,
Swaine & Moore LLP or at such other place as the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent shall agree. Unless previously
terminated, the Tack-on Loan Commitments shall terminate upon the
making of the Tack-on Loans pursuant to this Amendment or, if
earlier, 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 1
2007.
SECTION 3. Amendments to
Section 1.1. (a) Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in
the appropriate alphabetical order:
“Amendment
No. 1” means Amendment No. 1 to Credit and
Guaranty Agreement dated as of June 1, 2007, among the
Borrower, each Guarantor Subsidiary, the Lenders party thereto, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Syndication
Agent.
“Amendment
No. 1 Effective Date” shall have the meaning set
forth in Amendment No. 1.
“Existing Term
Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the
commitment, if any, of such Lender to make an Existing Term Loan
hereunder on the Closing Date, expressed as an amount representing
the maximum principal amount of the Existing Term Loans made by
such Lender hereunder. For purposes of clarity, the Existing Term
Commitments terminated on the Closing Date pursuant to
Section 2.1(a).
“Existing Term
Loans” means the Tranche B Term Loans made to the
Borrower on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and
outstanding on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
“Permitted De
Minimis Dissolution” means a voluntary dissolution,
reorganization, liquidation or similar action taken at
the
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direction of the Borrower in
respect of any Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that
(x) the fair market value of the assets owned directly or
indirectly by such Subsidiary (as determined as of the time of
purported dissolution, reorganization or liquidation by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion and in
consultation with the Borrower) shall not exceed $2,000,000 and
(y) such Subsidiary does not otherwise qualify as a
“significant subsidiary” under Article 1, Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Preferred
Shares” means the 2.0% Cumulative Senior Convertible
Preferred Shares, par value $0.10 per share, issued to STT and/or
its Affiliates under the Certificate of Designation dated as of
December 9, 2003 by the Borrower.
“Tack-on
Loan” means a Loan made on the Amendment No. 1
Effective Date pursuant to Amendment No. 1.
“Tack-on Loan
Commitment” shall have the meaning set forth in Amendment
No. 1.
(b) The definition of
the term “Applicable Margin” in Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such definition in
its entirety and replacing it with the following:
“Applicable
Margin” means (i) with respect to Eurodollar Rate
Loans, 6.25% per annum and (ii) with respect to Base Rate
Loans, 5.25% per annum.
(c) The definition of
the term “Consolidated Reported EBITDA” in
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting such definition in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
“ Consolidated
Reported EBITDA ” means, for any period, an amount
determined for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis equal to (i) Consolidated Net Income for such period,
plus , to the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income for
such period, the sum, without duplication, of amounts for
(a) consolidated interest expense, (b) provisions for
taxes based on income, (c) total depreciation expense,
(d) total amortization expense, (e) non-cash compensation
expense from the issuance of stock-based awards, (f) net loss
from discontinued operations, (g) losses in respect of
Currency Agreements and other currency transactions entered into in
the ordinary course of business and (h) other non-recurring or
unusual losses or expenses for such period (including one-time
out-of-pocket expenses related to the Impsat Acquisition, as
determined by the Borrower in good faith and approved by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), minus ,
(ii) to the extent increasing Consolidated Net Income for such
period, (a) net income
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from discontinued operations,
(b) gains in respect of Currency Agreements and other currency
transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business and,
(c) interest income and (d) non-recurring or unusual
gains for such period (as determined by the Borrower in good faith
and approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion).
(d) The definition of
the term “Consolidated Total Debt” in Section 1.1
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the words
“stated balance sheet” from such definition.
(e) The definition of
the term “Intercreditor Agreement” in Section 1.1
of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following text:
“Intercreditor
Agreement” means the intercreditor agreement dated as of
May 9, 2007, between the Collateral Agent, STT and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as trustee for the holders of the
Mandatory Convertible Notes, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit M hereto, as amended, supplemented, modified or restated
from time to time (including the amendment and restatement thereof
effective as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date).
(f) The definition of
the term “Post-Closing Collateral Requirement” in
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
replacing the text “Real Property” appearing in the
proviso thereto with “Real Estate Asset”.
(g) The definition of
the term “Lenders” in Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the text “each
person listed on Schedule 1 to Amendment No. 1”
immediately prior to the first occurrence of the word
“and”.
(h) The definition of
the term “Tranche B Term Loan Commitment” in
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following text:
“Tranche B Term Loan
Commitment” means, with respect to any Lender, such
Lender’s Existing Term Commitment or Tack-on Term
Commitment”.
(i) The definition of
the term “Tranche B Term Loan” in Section 1.1 of
the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following text:
“Tranche B Term
Loan” means an Existing Term Loan or a Tack-on
Loan.
SECTION 4. Amendment to
Section 2.1. Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended and restated as follows:
(a) Loan Commitments .
On the Closing Date, the Borrower borrowed the Existing Term Loans
and all Existing Term Commitments terminated. Subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, each Tack-on Lender severally agrees to
make, on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, a Tack-on
Loan to Borrower in an amount equal to such Lender’s Tack-on
Loan Commitment.
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Borrower may make only one
borrowing under the Tack-on Loan Commitment which shall be on the
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. Any Tranche B Term
Loan repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Subject to Sections
2.13(a) and 2.14, all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the
Tranche B Term Loans shall be paid in full no later than the
Maturity Date. Each Lender’s Tack-on Loan Commitment shall
terminate immediately and without further action on the
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date after giving effect to the
funding of such Lender’s Tack-on Loan Commitment on such
date.
(b) Borrowing Mechanics
for Tack-on Loans .
(i) Borrower shall deliver to
Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice no later than
one day prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. Promptly
upon receipt by Administrative Agent of such Funding Notice,
Administrative Agent shall notify each Tack-on Lender of the
proposed borrowing.
(ii) Each Tack-on Lender
shall make its Tack-on Loan available to Administrative Agent not
later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, by wire transfer of same
day funds in Dollars, at the Principal office designated by
Administrative Agent. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the
proceeds of the Tack-on Loans available to Borrower on the
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date by causing an amount of same
day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Loans
received by Administrative Agent from Tack-on Lenders to be
credited to the account of Borrower at the Principal Office
designated by Administrative Agent or to such other account as may
be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by
Borrower.
SECTION 5. Amendment to
Section 2.6. Section 2.6 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by (a) inserting the text
“Existing” immediately prior to the text “Term
Loans” in such Section and (b) inserting the following
text immediately after the end of the first sentence in such
Section:
“The proceeds of the
Tack-on Loans will be used for working capital and general
corporate purposes of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries”.
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SECTION 6. Amendment to
Section 2.13. Section 2.13(c) of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by replacing each occurrence of “Closing
Date” with the text “Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date.”
SECTION 7. Amendment to
Section 2.14. (a) Section 2.14(c) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the text “On
the fifth Business day immediately following the date on which a
Change of Control shall occur,” and replacing it with the
text “Immediately upon the occurrence of a Change of
Control,”; and
(b)
Section 2.14(d) is hereby amended by replacing the word
“fifth” with the word “first”
therein.
SECTION 8. Amendment to
Section 2.15. Section 2.15(a) of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by inserting the following text at the end of
such Section:
“The Borrower shall
select Tranche B Term Loans to be prepaid so that the aggregate
amount of such prepayment is allocated among the Existing Term
Loans and the Tack-on Loans pro rata based on the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Existing Term Loans and
Tack-on Loans, respectively.”
SECTION 9. Amendment to
Section 4.2. Section 4.2 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the following at the end of the last
sentence of such Section:
“, indicating in each
case whether such Subsidiary (x) is of the type described in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the definition of
“Excluded Subsidiary” as of the Amendment No. 1
Effective Date, (y) is a Required Closing Date Guarantor as of
the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, or (z) is not of the
type described in either the preceding clauses (x) or
(y).
SECTION 10. Amendment to
Section 5.13. Section 5.13 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by replacing the words “the date of this
Agreement” with “the Amendment No. 1 Effective
Date.”
SECTION 11. Amendment to
Section 6.2. Section 6.2(m) of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by deleting the text “purchase money”
from such Section.
SECTION 12. Amendment to
Section 6.4. Section 6.4 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by inserting the following text immediately
following clause (iii) thereof, and by renumbering the
existing clause (iv) as clause (vi):
“(iv) Borrower may make
Restricted Junior Payments to STT and its Affiliates as
reimbursement for out-of-pocket costs and fees required to be paid
in connection with any amendments, modifications, waivers or
consents of any Preferred Shares or Warrants (as defined in the
Recapitalization Agreement); provided that the amount of
such payments shall not exceed (x) $1,000,000 in any Fiscal
Year, with unused amounts rolling forward and cumulatively
available for fees that exceed
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$1,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, and
(y) $4,000,000 in the aggregate, (v) Borrower may make
Restricted Junior Payments to STT and its Affiliates as
reimbursement for actual and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
required to be paid in connection with any amendments,
modifications, waivers or consents of any Preferred Shares or
Warrants (as defined in the Recapitalization
Agreement);”
SECTION 13. Amendments to
Section 6.7. Sections 6.7(b) and 6.7(c) of the Credit
Agreement are hereby amended by deleting each in its entirety and
replacing them with the following:
(b) Liquidity .
Borrower shall not at any time (i) prior to the delivery of
the Compliance Certificate with respect to the Fiscal Quarter ended
June 30, 2008, permit the aggregate amount of Unrestricted
Cash and Cash Equivalents to be an amount less than $75,000,000,
and (ii) thereafter permit the aggregate amount of
Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents to be an amount less than
$50,000,000.
(c) Leverage Ratio .
Borrower shall not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of
any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending
June 30, 2008, to exceed the correlative ratio
indicated:
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Fiscal Quarter
Ending
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Leverage Ratio |
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June 30, 2008 through
September 30, 2008
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5.50:1.00 |
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December 31, 2008 through
March 31, 2009
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5.00:1.00 |
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June 30, 2009 and
thereafter
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4.50:1.00 |
SECTION 14. Amendment to
Section 6.8. Section 6.8 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by (i) deleting the word “and” from
Section 6.8(d), (ii) replacing the symbol “.”
in Section 6.8(e) with the text “; and” and
(iii) inserting the following text immediately following
Section 6.8(e):
(f) Permitted De Minimis
Dissolutions; provided that the aggregate fair market value
of the assets of all Subsidiaries dissolved, reorganized or
liquidated in reliance upon this Section 6.8(f) (as determined
in accordance with the definition of “Permitted De Minimis
Dissolution”) shall not exceed (x) $8,000,000 in any
Fiscal Year and (y) $15,000,000 in the aggregate.
SECTION 15. Amendment to
Section 6.11. Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by (i) replacing the parenthetical “(or
similar governing body)” with the text “(or similar
governing body, including any sub-committees or any executive
committees thereof)” in Section 6.11(b), and
(ii) replacing the words “Closing Date” with
“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” in
Section 6.11(f).
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SECTION 16. Amendment to
Section 8.1. Section 8.1(n) of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by replacing the words “Closing Date”
with “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.”
SECTION 17. Other
Amendments. (a) Sections 2.8(b), 10.6(c) and 10.6(d) of
the Credit Agreement shall each be hereby amended by replacing each
occurrence of “Term Loan” and/or “Term
Loans” with “Loan” and/or “Loans”, as
applicable, in each such Section;
(b) Section 5.10
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) inserting the
text “, unless not required pursuant to clause (b) of
this Section 5.10” immediately following the first
occurrence of the word “and” in clause (a) thereof
and (ii) inserting the text “other than with respect to
assets as to which the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable
discretion, shall have determined that the cost of obtaining such
security interest is excessive in relation to the benefit to the
Lenders provided thereby” at the beginning of clause
(b) thereof;
(c) Section 5.13
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) inserting the
text “or Guaranty” immediately following the first
occurrence of the word “assets” in the first
parenthetical thereof and (ii) inserting the letter
“s” after the word “Lender” in such
parententhetical.
(d) Each of Sections
7.11(a), 8.1(g) and 8.1(i) is hereby amended by inserting the text
“Other than pursuant to a Permitted De Minimis
Dissolution,” at the beginning thereof;
(e) Annex H of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit C; and
(f) Schedule 4.2 of
the Credit Agreement shall be replaced with the revised Schedule
4.2 attached as Exhibit D to this Agreement.
SECTION 18.
Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party represents
and warrants to the Administrative Agent and to each of the Lenders
that:
(a) This Amendment has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes
a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against each of them in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles
of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law.
(b) The
representations and warranties of each Credit Party set forth in
the Credit Documents (i) that are qualified as to materiality
or Material Adverse Effect are true and correct and (ii) that
are not so qualified are true and correct in all material respects,
in each case on and as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date
(other than with respect to any representation and warranty that
expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such
representation and warranty is true and correct, or true and
correct in all material respects, as the case may be, as of such
earlier date).
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(c) At the time of and
immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 19.
Conditions. The obligations of the Tack-on Lenders to fund the
Tack-on Loans hereunder shall not become effective until the date
on which each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a) The Administrative
Agent shall have received from the Borrower, no later than one day
prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, a fully executed
Funding Notice with respect to the borrowing of the Tack-on
Loans.
(b) The Administrative
Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated as of the
Amendment No. 1 Effective Date) of (i) Mitchell Sussis,
internal counsel for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto,
(ii) Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent and substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-2 hereto, (iii) Appleby, Bermuda counsel for the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-3 hereto, (iv) Latham & Watkins, UK
counsel for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4 hereto, (v) Weil,
Gotshal & Manges LLP, counsel for the Borrower and it
Subsidiaries, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and substantially in the form of Exhibit A-5
hereto, (vi) Houthoff Buruma N.V., Netherlands counsel for the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-6 hereto, (vii) Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek
S.C., Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan counsel to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and substantially in the form of Exhibit A-7
hereto and (viii) Appleby, Mauritius counsel to STT, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
and substantially in the form of Exhibit A-8 hereto, and in the
case of each such opinion required by this paragraph, covering such
other matters relating to the Credit Parties, the Credit Documents
or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such
opinions.
(c) The Administrative
Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as the
Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating
to the organization, existence and good standing of each Credit
Party, the authorization of this Amendment and any other legal
matters relating to Credit Parties, the Credit Documents or the
Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
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(d) The Administrative
Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Amendment
No. 1 Effective Date and signed by an Authorized Officer of
the Borrower, confirming (x) that the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 18 hereof are true and correct
in all material respects and (y) compliance with the
conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of
Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement prior to and immediately
after giving effect to the Transactions.
(e) The Administrative
Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and
payable by the Borrower or any other Credit Party to the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the Amendment No. 1
Effective Date (including, to the extent invoiced and without
limitation, (i) any out-of-pocket expenses of the
Administrative Agent refer
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