Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION COPY
$5,250,000,000
BRIDGE LOAN AGREEMENT
Among
CAPMARK FINANCIAL
GROUP INC.,
The Several
Lenders
from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
CITICORP NORTH
AMERICA, INC.
as Administrative Agent,
J.P. MORGAN
SECURITIES INC.,
as Syndication Agent
CREDIT SUISSE,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
- and -
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
as Documentation Agents
Dated as of
March 23, 2006
CITIGROUP GLOBAL
MARKETS INC.,
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,
CREDIT SUISSE,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P.,
- and -
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of
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SECTION
1.
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DEFINITIONS
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1.1.
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Defined
Terms
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1.2.
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Other Definitional
Provisions
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SECTION
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AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF THE FACILITIES
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2.1.
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Commitments
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2.2.
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Procedure for
Borrowing
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2.3.
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Termination or
Reduction of Commitments
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2.4.
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Prepayments
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2.5.
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Conversion and
Continuation Options
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2.6.
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Minimum Amounts of
Eurodollar Borrowings; Interest Periods
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2.7.
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Repayment of
Loans; Evidence of Debt
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2.8.
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Interest Rates and
Payment Dates
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2.9.
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Facility
Fee
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2.10.
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Computation of
Interest and Fees
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2.11.
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Inability to
Determine Interest Rate
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2.12.
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Pro Rata Treatment
and Payments
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2.13.
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Illegality
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2.14.
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Increased
Costs
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2.15.
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Taxes
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2.16.
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Indemnity
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2.17.
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Notice of Amounts
Payable; Relocation of Funding Office; Mandatory
Assignment
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SECTION 3.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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3.1.
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Financial
Condition
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3.2.
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No
Change
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3.3.
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Corporate
Existence
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3.4.
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Corporate Power;
Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
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3.5.
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No Legal
Bar
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3.6.
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No Material
Litigation
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3.7.
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Federal
Regulations
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3.8.
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Investment Company
Act
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3.9.
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ERISA
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3.10.
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No
Material Misstatements
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3.11.
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Solvency
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3.12.
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Purpose of Loans
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SECTION 4.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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4.1.
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Conditions to
Initial Loans
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4.2.
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Conditions to
Maturity Extension
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SECTION 5.
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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5.1.
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Financial
Statements
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5.2.
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Certificates;
Other Information
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5.3.
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Notices
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5.4.
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Conduct of
Business and Maintenance of Existence
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5.5.
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Compliance with
Laws, Etc.
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5.6.
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Payment of Taxes,
Etc.
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5.7.
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Visitation
Rights
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5.8.
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Keeping of
Books
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5.9.
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Maintenance of
Properties, Etc.
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5.10.
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Maintenance of Insurance
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5.11.
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Transactions with Affiliates
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5.12.
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Covenant to Guaranty Obligations
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SECTION 6.
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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6.1.
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Leverage
Ratio
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6.2.
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Merger,
Consolidation, etc.
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6.3.
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Limitation on
Liens
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6.4.
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Indebtedness
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SECTION 7.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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7.1.
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Events of Default.
If any of the following events shall occur and be
continuing:
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SECTION 8.
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THE
AGENT
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8.1.
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Appointment
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8.2.
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Delegation of
Duties
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8.3.
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Exculpatory
Provisions
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8.4.
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Reliance by
Agent
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8.5.
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Notice of
Default
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8.6.
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Non-Reliance on Agent
and Other Lenders
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8.7.
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Indemnification
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8.8.
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Agent in Its
Individual Capacity
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8.9.
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Successor
Agent
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8.10.
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Sub-Agent
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SECTION 9.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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9.1.
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Amendments and
Waivers
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9.2.
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Notices
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9.3.
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No Waiver;
Cumulative Remedies
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9.4.
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Survival of
Representations and Warranties
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9.5.
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Payment of
Expenses and Taxes
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9.6.
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Successors and
Assigns; Participations and Assignments
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9.7.
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Adjustments
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9.8.
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Counterparts
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9.9.
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Judgment
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9.10.
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Severability
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9.11.
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GOVERNING LAW
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SCHEDULES
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I
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Commitments
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II
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Guarantors
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III
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Administrative
Schedule
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IV
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Surviving
Indebtedness
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EXHIBITS
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A
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Assignment and
Assumption
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B-1
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Opinion of Lionel
Sawyer & Collins, Nevada counsel to the Company
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B-2
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Opinion of Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel to the Company
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C
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Form of
Note
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E
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US Tax Compliance
Certificate
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F
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Form of Subsidiary
Guaranty
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iii
BRIDGE LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of
March 23, 2006, among:
(a)
CAPMARK FINANCIAL GROUP INC., a Nevada corporation (the “
Company ”);
(b)
the several banks and other financial institutions, including, as
applicable, branches or affiliates thereof, from time to time
parties to this Agreement (the “ Lenders ”);
(c)
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as syndication agent (in such
capacity, the “ Syndication Agent ”);
(d)
Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners, L.P. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as documentation
agents (each, in such capacity, a “ Documentation
Agent ”); and
(e)
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC. (“ CNAI ”), as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder (in such capacity,
the “ Agent ”).
The parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1. Defined
Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
“ A-Rated Specified Loans and
Securities ”: Specified Loans and Securities of the
type referred to in clause (c) of the definition thereof which
are not rated at least “AA-” by S&P,
“Aa3” by Moody’s or “AA-” by
Fitch.
“ Acquisition ”: the
acquisition by the Investors of approximately 80.0% of the capital
stock of the Company from GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc. pursuant
to the terms of the Purchase Agreement concurrently with the
initial extension of credit hereunder.
“ Administrative Schedule
”: Schedule III to this Agreement, as amended from
time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
“ Affiliate ”: as to
any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in
control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such
Person. For purposes of this definition,
“control” of a Person means the power, directly or
indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or
persons performing similar functions) of such Person or
(b) direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether by contract or
otherwise.
“ Agent ”: as defined
in the preamble hereto.
“ Agreement ”: this
Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“ Applicable Margin ”:
as defined in subsection 2.8(d).
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Approved Fund ”: as defined in
subsection 9.6(b)(ii).
“ ARB 51 ”: Accounting
Research Bulletin No. 51, as amended.
“ Arrangers ”:
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Credit
Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Credit
Partners, L.P. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, in their
capacity as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners under this
Agreement.
“ Assignee ”: as
defined in subsection 9.6(b)(i).
“ Attributed Capitalization
”: as of any date of determination, (a) with
respect to any Specified Subsidiary, the aggregate consolidated
value of the assets of such Specified Subsidiary, and (b) with
respect to any Specified Asset Category, the aggregate consolidated
value of the assets in such Specified Asset Category, in each case
with “consolidated value” being determined in a manner
consistent with the consolidated value of assets reflected on the
Company’s financial statements delivered pursuant to
subsection 5.1.
“ Attributed Equity ”:
Attributed Capitalization minus Attributed
Indebtedness.
“ Attributed Indebtedness
”: as of any date of determination, with respect to any
Specified Subsidiary or Specified Asset Category, an amount equal
to the amount of the Attributed Capitalization of such Specified
Subsidiary or Specified Asset Category, respectively, in each case
multiplied by the Indebtedness Factor with respect to such
Specified Subsidiary or Specified Asset Category.
“ Banking and Market Destined
Assets ”: all assets that either (a) fall
within any Specified Asset Category or (b) are owned by any
Specified Subsidiary.
“ Bankruptcy Remote Special Purpose
Entity ”: a Person that satisfies each of the
following criteria: (i) such Person is an entity that is
consolidated for accounting purposes with the Company and designed
to make remote the possibility that it would enter into bankruptcy
or other receivership; (ii) all or substantially all of such
Person’s assets consist of Receivables or securities backed
by Receivables plus any rights or other assets (including cash
reserves) designed to assure the servicing or timely distribution
of proceeds to the holders of its obligations; and
(iii) Receivables or securities backed by Receivables owned by
such Person satisfy the legal isolation criteria set forth in
paragraph 9(a) of FAS 140 (in relation to the Company and any
Subsidiary that is not a Bankruptcy Remote Special Purpose
Entity).
“ Base Rate ”: 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:
(a) the rate of interest announced
publicly by Citibank in New York, New York, from time to
time, as Citibank’s base rate; and
(b) 1/2 of one percent per annum
above the Federal Funds Rate.
“ Base Rate Loans ”:
Loans bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Base Rate.
“ Benefitted Lender ”:
as defined in subsection 9.7.
“ Board of Directors
”: as to the Company, its Board of Directors or any
committee thereof.
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“ Borrowing ”: the
making of Loans of a single Type made by the Lenders on a single
date and, if applicable, as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect.
“ Business Day ”:
(a) in the case of a Eurodollar Loan, any fundings,
disbursements, payments and settlements in respect of any such
Eurodollar Loan, or any other dealings to be carried out pursuant
to any Loan Document in respect of any such Eurodollar Loan, a
London Banking Day which is also a day other than a Saturday or
Sunday and on which banks are open for general banking business in
New York City and (b) in the case of an Base Rate Loan, any
fundings, disbursements, payments and settlements in respect of any
such Base Rate Loan, or any other dealings to be carried out
pursuant to any Loan Document in respect of any such Base Rate
Loan, a day other than a Saturday or Sunday and on which banks are
open for general banking business in New York City.
“ Change of Control ”:
(a) prior to the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, the Equity
Investors shall cease to own, collectively, at least 35% of the
Voting Stock of the Company or (b) any Person or two or more
Persons acting in concert other than the Investors shall have
acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of Voting
Stock of the Company (or other securities convertible into such
Voting Stock) representing more than 50% of the combined voting
power of all Voting Stock of the Company or (c) prior to the
consummation of a Qualifying IPO, General Motors Corporation or any
of its Affiliates shall hold Voting Stock of the Company (or other
securities convertible into such Voting Stock) representing more
than the combined voting power of all Voting Stock of the Company
held by the Equity Investors.
“ Citibank ”:
Citibank, N.A.
“ CLO
”: as defined in subsection 9.6(b)(ii).
“ Closing Date ”: the
date on which each of the conditions precedent set forth in
subsection 4.1 shall have been satisfied.
“ Closing Date Material Adverse
Effect ”: a material adverse effect on the
business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
excluding the effects of changes to the extent caused by or
resulting from (a) changes in business or economic conditions
generally or the financial services industries in which General
Motors Acceptance Corporation, GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc.,
General Motors Corporation or the Company and its Subsidiaries
operate, in each case which do not have a materially
disproportionate effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole (relative to other comparable industry participants),
(b) any outbreak of major armed hostilities in which the
United States is engaged or the occurrence of any terrorist attack
upon the United States or any part thereof, (c) changes in
securities markets generally (including any disruption thereof and
any decline in the price of any security or any market index),
(d) changes after the date of this Agreement in GAAP or
(e) the performance of any obligations under the Transaction
Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
“ CNAI ”: Citicorp North
America, Inc.
“ Code ”: the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
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“ Commitment ”: as to
any Lender at any time, the amount set forth opposite such
Lender’s name on Schedule I hereto under the caption
“Commitment”, as such amount may be reduced at or prior
to such time in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
“ Company ”: as
defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Conduit Lender ”:
any special purpose funding vehicle that (i) is organized
under the laws of the United States or any state thereof and
(ii) is engaged in making, purchasing or otherwise investing
in commercial loans in the ordinary course of its
business.
“ Contractual Obligation
”: as to any Person, any provision of any security
issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other
undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any
of its property is bound.
“ Default ”: any of
the events specified in Section 7, whether or not any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both,
or any other condition, has been satisfied.
“ Designated Borrower
”: each “Designated Borrower” as defined in
the Senior Credit Facility.
“ Designated Lenders
”: as defined in subsection 9.8(c).
“ Documentation Agent
”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Dollars ” and “
$ ”: the lawful currency of the United States of
America.
“ Environmental Law ”:
any Federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule,
regulation, code, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or
judicial or agency interpretation, policy or guidance relating to
pollution or protection of the environment, health, safety or
natural resources, including, without limitation, those relating to
the use, handling, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal,
release or discharge of hazardous materials.
“ Environmental Permit
”: any permit, approval, identification number, license
or other authorization required under any Environmental
Law.
“ Equity Investors ”:
Affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Dune Capital Management, L.P. and
Five Mile Capital Partners LLC.
“ ERISA ”: the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
“ ERISA Affiliate ”:
any Person that for purposes of Title IV of ERISA is a member
of the Company’s controlled group, or under common control
with the Company, within the meaning of Section 414(b) or
(c) of the Code.
“ ERISA Event ”:
(a) (i) the occurrence of a reportable event, within the
meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to any Plan
unless the 30-day notice requirement with respect to such event has
been waived by the 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
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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 withdrawal by the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate 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; (e) the conditions for
the imposition of a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA
shall have been met with respect to any Plan; (f) the adoption
of an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to
such Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or (g) the
institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant
to Section 4042 of ERISA.
“ Eurodollar Borrowing
”: a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar
Loans.
“ Eurodollar Loan ”:
Loans bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Eurodollar Rate.
“ Eurodollar Rate ”:
with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to
a Eurodollar Loan, (a) the rate of interest determined on the
basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to
such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest
Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen as of
11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the
beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such
rate does not appear on Page 3750 of the Telerate Service (or
otherwise on such service), the “ Eurodollar Rate
” shall be determined by reference to such other publicly
available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be agreed
upon by the Agent and the Company or, in the absence of such
agreement, the “ Eurodollar Rate ” shall instead
be the rate per annum equal to the average of the respective rates
notified to the Agent by each of the Reference Lenders as the rate
at which such Reference Lender is offered deposits in Dollars at or
about 10:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business Days prior
to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank
eurodollar market where the eurodollar and foreign currency and
exchange operations in respect of its Eurodollar Loans are then
being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period for the number of days comprised therein and in an amount
comparable to the amount of its Eurodollar Loan to be outstanding
during such Interest Period.
“ Eurodollar Reserve Rate
”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for
such day in accordance with the following formula:
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Eurodollar Rate
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1.00 – Eurodollar Reserve
Requirements
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“ Eurodollar Reserve Requirements
”: for any day as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the
aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as
a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day
(including, without limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and
emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System or other Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction with respect thereto) dealing with reserve
requirements prescribed for eurodollar funding (currently referred
to as “Eurodollar liabilities” in Regulation D of such
Board) maintained by a member bank of such System.
“ Event of Default ”:
any of the events specified in Section 7; provided that
any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or
both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
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“ Excluded Subsidiary
”: any Subsidiary of the Company that is (a) a
“controlled foreign corporation” of the Company under
Section 957 of the Code; (b) organized under the laws of
a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or
the District of Columbia; (c) a Bankruptcy Remote Special
Purpose Entity; (d) prohibited by any Requirement of Law or
Contractual Obligation from providing a guaranty of the obligations
of the Company hereunder, provided that any such Contractual
Obligation (i) shall have been entered into or incurred prior
to the Closing Date (or, in the case of any Subsidiary formed or
acquired by the Company subsequent to the Closing Date, prior to
such formation or acquisition) and (ii) in any event, shall
not have been entered into or incurred in contemplation of this
provision; (e) any Permitted Receivables Subsidiary; or
(f) an Immaterial Subsidiary.
“ Existing Indebtedness
”: Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries
existing immediately before the occurrence of the Closing
Date.
“ Extended Maturity Date
”: as defined in subsection 4.2.
“ Facility ”: in an
initial amount of $5,250,000,000 or, at any time, the aggregate
amount of the Lenders’ Commitments or the Loans outstanding
at such time.
“ FAS 66 ”: Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 66.
“ FAS 140 ”: Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140.
“ Federal Funds Rate ”:
for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average
of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members
of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on
such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the Business
Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such
day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding
Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day,
and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next
succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall
be the average rate charged to Citibank on such day on such
transactions as determined by the Agent.
“ Fee Letter ”: that
certain Fee Letter dated as of August 2, 2005 among the
Arrangers and GMACCH Investor LLC.
“ FIN 46(R) ”: FASB
Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003).
“ Financial Officer ”:
with respect to any Person, the chief financial officer, the chief
accounting officer, a financial vice president or the treasurer or
assistant treasurer of such Person.
“ Fitch ”: Fitch
Investors’ Services Inc. or its successors.
“ Funding Office ”:
for each Type of Loan, the Funding Office set forth in respect
thereof in the Administrative Schedule.
“ GAAP ”: generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as
in effect from time to time and as applied by the Company in the
preparation of its public financial statements, except that with
respect to any Indebtedness that is determined in accordance with
GAAP contained in the definition of “Total Consolidated
Indebtedness” and “Total Capitalization” and the
covenants contained in subsections 6.1 and 6.4, “ GAAP
” shall mean
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generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in
effect on the date hereof and in accordance with the audited
financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004, and without giving effect to any changes
thereto or in the interpretation or application thereof (including
without limitation any changes in, or in the interpretation or
application of, FAS 140 or FIN 46(R)) after such date in the
preparation of its public financial statements.
“ Government Sponsored Enterprises
”: the collective reference to (i) the Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie MAC) and (ii) the Federal
National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae).
“ Governmental Authority
”: any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of
government.
“ Guarantors ”: the
wholly owned, first-tier and second-tier Subsidiaries of the
Company listed on Schedule II and each other Subsidiary of the
Company that executes and delivers a guaranty pursuant to
subsection 5.12 or otherwise executes and delivers a guaranty
or guaranty supplement in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent, guaranteeing the other Loan
Parties’ obligations under the Loan Documents.
“ Guaranty ”: a
subsidiary guaranty substantially in the form of Exhibit F
hereto, executed by each of the Guarantors listed on
Schedule II, together with each other guaranty and guaranty
supplement delivered by a Guarantor, in each case as amended,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified.
“ Guarantee ”: as to
any Person, any financial obligation, contingent or otherwise, of
such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of
any other Person or in any manner providing for the payment of any
Indebtedness of any other Person, provided that the term
“Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The
value of any Guarantee of any Person shall be determined by
reference to the carrying value of such Guarantee, with the
“carrying value” being determined in a manner
consistent with the carrying value of Guarantees as reflected on
the Company’s financial statements delivered pursuant to
subsection 5.1.
“ Hedge Agreements ”:
interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future
or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or
option contracts and other hedging agreements.
“ Hybrid Capital ”:
“hybrid capital” instruments issued to GMAC on the
Closing Date on terms reasonably acceptable to the Arrangers in an
aggregate liquidation amount not to exceed $250,000,000.
“ Immaterial Subsidiary
”: any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company
(a) whose total net assets, together with the total net assets
of all of its Subsidiaries, constitute less than 5% of the total
consolidated net assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries or
(b) whose total net income, together with the total net income
of all of its Subsidiaries, constitute less than 5% of the total
consolidated net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries, all as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“ Indebtedness ”: as
to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the
following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities
in accordance with GAAP (but excluding any such items to the extent
accounted for under ARB 51, FAS 66 or FIN 46(R) in each case in
relation to the Company’s affordable tax credit syndication
business):
(a) all obligations of such Person
for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements, convertible securities
(to the extent that they have put provisions that are exercisable
during the term of this Agreement) or other similar
instruments;
(b) all direct or contingent
obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit
(including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances,
bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(c) all obligations of such Person
to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other
than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of
business);
(d) indebtedness (excluding prepaid
interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being
purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under
conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or
not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is
limited in recourse;
(e) capitalized leases;
(f) all Synthetic Debt (other than
recourse factoring of receivables);
(g) all Guarantees of such Person in
respect of any of the foregoing; and
(h) all obligations of such Person
under Hedge Agreements.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, in no event
shall “Indebtedness” for any purposes of this Agreement
include any “Mezzanine Equity” or more than 25% of any
obligations in respect of Hybrid Capital as to which equity credit
is given by Moody’s or S&P, in each case, unless and
until such time as such equity or instruments become repayable or
redeemable on a mandatory basis in accordance with the terms
thereof.
“ Indebtedness
Factor ”: for each of the Specified Subsidiaries
and Specified Asset Categories listed below, the amounts set forth
opposite thereto:
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GMAC Commercial
Mortgage Bank
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0.94
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Escrow Bank
USA
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0.94
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|
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|
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GMAC Commercial
Mortgage Bank Europe plc
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0.90
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|
|
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Specified Mortgage
Loan Interests
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0.92
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|
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Specified Loans
and Securities (other than A-Rated Specified Loans and
Securities)
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0.97
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A-Rated Specified
Loans and Securities
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0.90
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“ Index Debt ”: the
Company’s long-term senior unsecured Indebtedness.
“ Initial Maturity Date
”: March 23, 2008.
“ Interest Payment Date
”: (a) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last day of
each March, June, September and December to occur while
such Loan is outstanding and the date such Loan is paid in full,
(b) as to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto and (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan,
having an Interest Period longer than three months or 90 days, as
the case may be, each day which is three months or 90 days, as the
case may be, after the first day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto; provided that in addition to the foregoing, each of
(x) the date upon which the Loans have been paid in full shall
constitute an “Interest Payment Date” and (y) the
Maturity Date shall be deemed to be an “Interest Payment
Date” with respect to any interest which is then accrued
hereunder.
“ Interest Period ”:
with respect to any Eurodollar Loan:
(a) initially, the period commencing
on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with
respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six
months thereafter or, to the extent available to all applicable
Lenders, one-week, nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by
the Company in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as
the case may be, given with respect thereto; and
(b) thereafter, each period
commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period
applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or
six months thereafter or, to the extent available to all applicable
Lenders, nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by the
Company by irrevocable notice to the Agent not less than three
Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest
Period with respect thereto;
provided that all of the foregoing
provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the
following:
(a) if any Interest Period would
otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
unless, in the case of an Interest Period pertaining to a
Eurodollar Loan, the result of such extension would be to carry
such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event
such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding
Business Day; and
(b) any Interest Period that begins
on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at
the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day
of a calendar month.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Interest
Period for Loans shall be selected by the Company which ends on a
date after the Maturity Date.
“ Investors ”: the
Equity Investors and the management, officers and employees of the
Company or any Subsidiary as of the Closing Date who are or become
investors in the Company.
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“ Lenders ”: as
defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Lien ”: any
mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, conditional sale or
other title retention agreement or other similar
encumbrance.
“ Loan ”: as defined
in subsection 2.1.
“ Loan Documents ”:
this Agreement, each Note and the Guaranty.
“ Loan Parties ”: the
Company and the Guarantors.
“ London Banking Day
”: any day on which banks in London are open for
general banking business, including dealings in foreign currency
and exchange.
“ Majority Lenders ”:
at any time, Lenders holding or owed at least a majority in
interest of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all
Commitments or Loans outstanding.
“ Material Adverse Effect
”: a material adverse effect on (a) the financial
condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or
(b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the
rights or remedies of the Agent and the Lenders
hereunder.
“ Maturity Date ”: as
applicable, (a) if the maturity of the Facility has not been
extended in accordance with subsection 4.1, the Initial
Maturity Date or (b) if the maturity of the Facility has been
extended in accordance with subject to subsection 4.2, the
Extended Maturity Date.
“ Mezzanine Equity ”:
“mezzanine” or “temporary” equity issued to
members of management of the Company which the Company can become
obligated to redeem only upon the death or disability of the holder
thereof.
“ Moody’s ”:
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its
successors.
“ Multiemployer Plan
”: a multiemployer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions, or in respect of which the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate has liability under Section 4212 of
ERISA.
“ Multiple Employer Plan
”: a single employer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for
employees of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one
Person other than the Company and the ERISA Affiliates or
(b) was so maintained and in respect of which the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate has liability under Section 4064 or 4069
of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be
terminated.
“ Net Cash Proceeds ”:
in respect of the issuance or incurrence of Debt by any Person, the
excess of (a) the sum of the cash and cash equivalents
received in connection with such incurrence or issuance over
(b) the underwriting discounts and commissions or other
similar payments, and other out-of-pocket costs, fees, commissions,
premiums and expenses incurred by such Person in connection with
such incurrence or issuance to the extent such amounts were not
deducted in determining the amount referred to in clause
(a).
“ Non-Consenting Lender
”: in the event that the Majority Lenders have agreed
to any consent, waiver or amendment pursuant to subsection 9.1
that requires the consent of the Majority
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Lenders, any Lender who
is entitled to agree to such consent, waiver or amendment but who
does not so agree.
“ Non-Excluded Taxes
”: as defined in subsection 2.15(a).
“ Non-Executing Banks
”: as defined in subsection 9.8(b).
“ Non-US Lender ”: as
defined in subsection 2.15(b).
“ Note ”: as defined
in subsection 9.6(d).
“ Participant ”: as
defined in subsection 9.6(c).
“ Patriot Act ”: as
defined in subsection 9.14.
“ Payment Office ”:
for each Type of Loan, the Payment Office set forth in respect
thereof in the Administrative Schedule.
“ PBGC ”: the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any successor).
“ Permanent Securities
” : any public issuance or
private placement of unsecured debt securities by the Company or
its Subsidiaries (other than (x) any Designated Borrower organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, solely to
the extent that the repatriation of the proceeds therefrom would
give rise to adverse tax consequences, (y) any Subsidiary organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia that is not
a Designated Borrower, and (z) any Specified Subsidiary) having a
maturity of two years or more, in each case to the extent that the
aggregate amount for all such issuances or placements exceeds
$100,000,000.
“ Permitted Receivables Financing
”: the limited recourse sale or financing of any real
estate receivables and mortgage notes and related security by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the sale,
securitization or syndication thereof (including for purposes of
this definition planned sales, securitizations or syndications
scheduled (in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice) for execution within 60 days), which sale, securitization
or syndication is (a) (i) with recourse only to the
extent usual and customary in asset securitization transactions for
companies with credit characteristics similar to those of the
Company or such Subsidiary and (ii) consistent with past
practice or prudent business practice or (b) is otherwise upon
terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent.
“ Permitted Receivables Subsidiary
”: any single purpose Subsidiary engaged principally in
a Permitted Receivables Financing.
“ Person ”: an
individual, partnership, corporation, company, business trust,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint
venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever
nature.
“ Plan ”: a Multiple
Employer Plan or a single employer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for
employees of any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person
other than the Loan Parties and the ERISA Affiliates or
(b) was so
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maintained and in
respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate could have
liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan
has been or were to be terminated.
“ Purchase Agreement
”: that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of
August 2, 2005, as amended, among General Motors Acceptance
Corporation, GMAC Mortgage Group, Inc., GMAC Commercial
Holding Corp. and GMACCH Investor LLC, as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Qualifying IPO ”:
the issuance by the Company or a direct or indirect corporate
parent thereof of its common equity interests in an underwritten
primary and/or secondary public offering (other than a public
offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8)
pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC
in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933.
“ Receivable ”: any
right of payment from or on behalf of any obligor (including
mortgagor), whether constituting an account, chattel paper,
instrument, general intangible or otherwise, acquired or arising
from the financing or leasing by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of property or services, and monies due thereunder,
security interests in the property and services financed or leased
thereby and any and all other related rights.
“ Reference Lenders ”:
Citibank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank AG New York
Branch.
“ Register ”: as
defined in subsection 9.6(b)(iv).
“ Requirement of Law
”: as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule or
regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other
Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any
of its property is subject.
“ S&P ”:
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its
successors.
“ Senior Credit Facility
”: the $5,500,000,000 Credit Agreement dated as of
March 23, 2006 among the Company, the subsidiaries of the
Company party thereto, Citibank, as Agent, and the Lenders referred
to therein, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof.
“ Solvent ” and “
Solvency ”: with respect to any Person on a
particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the
property of such Person is greater than the total amount of
liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities,
of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the
assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be
required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts
as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not
intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or
liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts
and liabilities as they mature and (d) such Person is not
engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in
business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property
would constitute an unreasonably small capital. Unless
otherwise provided under applicable law, the amount of contingent
liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in
light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time,
represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an
actual or matured liability.
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“ Specified Asset Categories
”: the collective reference to (i) Specified
Mortgage Loan Interests and (ii) Specified Loans and
Securities.
“ Specified Loans and Securities
”: all fixed and floating rate mortgage loan interests
and highly-rated securities which are not owned by any Specified
Subsidiary and (a) are direct obligations of any Government
Sponsored Enterprise or the United States government or any agency
thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States or (b) are obligations that any Government Sponsored
Enterprise or the United States government or any agency thereof
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States has
guaranteed or committed to purchase or (c) are rated, on a
long-term basis, at least “A-” by S&P,
“A3” by Moody’s or “A-” by
Fitch.
“ Specified Mortgage Loan
Interests ”: all fixed and floating rate mortgage
loan interests that are not owned by any Specified Subsidiary and
either (a) have a debt service coverage ratio (as determined
in compliance with the Company’s underwriting standards as in
effect on the date hereof) of at least 1.20:1.00 and a loan to
value ratio (as determined in compliance with the Company’s
underwriting standards as in effect on the date hereof) of no
greater than 80% according to the loan underwriting files used by
the Company to manage such assets, and/or (b) are loan
interests that have been targeted for a sale, securitization or
syndication transaction scheduled (in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice) for execution within 60
days.
“ Specified Subsidiaries
”: the collective reference to (i) GMAC Commercial
Mortgage Bank, an institution chartered under the laws of the State
of Utah, (ii) Escrow Bank USA, an institution chartered under
the laws of the State of Utah, (iii) GMAC Commercial Mortgage
Bank Europe plc, an Irish licensed bank and (iv) any
Subsidiary of any of the foregoing.
“ Sub-Agent ”: any
Affiliate of the Agent as may be designated in writing to the
Company.
“ Subsidiary ”: as to
any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership
or other similar entity, of which at least a majority of the
outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power
to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation
(irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other
class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have
voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at
the time owned by such Person, or by one or more Subsidiaries, or
by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries. Unless otherwise
qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to
“Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a
Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
“ Surviving Indebtedness
”: Indebtedness of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries outstanding immediately before and after the Closing
Date and set forth on Schedule IV hereto.
“ Syndication Agent ”:
as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Synthetic Debt ”:
with respect to any Person, without duplication of any clause
within the definition of “Indebtedness,” all
(a) obligations of such Person under any lease that is treated
as an operating lease for financial accounting purposes and a
financing lease for tax purposes (i.e., a “synthetic
lease”), (b) obligations (other than syndication
proceeds in the ordinary course) of such Person in respect of
transactions entered into by such Person (other than deposit
liabilities), the proceeds from which would be reflected on the
financial statements of such Person in accordance with GAAP as cash
flows from financings at the time such transaction was
entered
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into (other
than as a result of equity contributions or the issuance of equity
interests) and (c) obligations of such Person in respect of
other transactions entered into by such Person that are not
otherwise addressed in the definition of “Indebtedness”
or in clause (a) or (b) above that are intended to
function primarily as a borrowing of funds (including, without
limitation, any minority interest transactions that function
primarily as a borrowing).
“Taxes”: as defined in
subsection 2.15(a).
“ Total Capitalization
”: as of any date of determination, (a) the sum of
(i) Total Consolidated Indebtedness and (ii) consolidated
shareholders’ equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries as
determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
(it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, “consolidated
shareholders’ equity” as used in this definition shall
include Mezzanine Equity and 75% of the amount of any Hybrid
Capital as to which equity credit is given by Moody’s or
S&P (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any back-to-back
instruments in respect thereof), in each case unless and until such
time as such equity or instruments become repayable or redeemable
on a mandatory basis in accordance with the terms thereof), less
(b) the aggregate amount of Attributed Equity of all Banking
and Market Destined Assets.
“ Total Consolidated Indebtedness
”: as of any date of determination, (a) the sum of
(i) all indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as reflected on the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company as determined in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis (but in any
event excluding Mezzanine Equity and 75% of the amount of any
obligations in respect of any Hybrid Capital as to which equity
credit is given by Moody’s or S&P (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, any back-to-back obligations in respect
thereof), in each case unless and until such time as such equity or
instruments become repayable or redeemable on a mandatory basis in
accordance with the terms thereof) and (ii) Indebtedness of
the types described in clauses (f) (but in any event excluding
Mezzanine Equity and 75% of the amount of any obligations in
respect of any Hybrid Capital as to which equity credit is given by
S&P or Moody’s (including, for the avoidance of doubt,
any back-to-back obligations in respect thereof), in each case
unless and until such time as such equity or instruments become
repayable or redeemable on a mandatory basis in accordance with the
terms thereof) and (g) of the definition thereof, and provided
that in the case of such clause (g), such Guarantees shall be
included for purposes of this definition only to the extent they
are guarantees of, and only in the amount of, any Indebtedness
referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (a))
of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as
determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis,
less (b) the aggregate amount of Attributed Indebtedness with
respect to all Banking and Market Destined Assets.
“ Transferee ”: as
defined in subsection 9.6(g).
“ Treaty on European Union
”: the Treaty of Rome of March 25, 1957, as
amended by the Single European Act of 1986 and the Maastricht
Treaty (which was signed at Maastricht on February 7, 1992 and
came into effect on November 1, 1993), as amended from time to
time.
“ Type ”: as to any
Loan, its nature as an Base Rate Loan or Eurodollar
Loan.
“ US Tax Compliance Certificate
”: as defined in subsection 2.15(b).
“ Voting Stock ”:
capital stock issued by a corporation, or equivalent interests in
any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the
absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for
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the election of
directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person,
even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of
such a contingency.
1.2.
Other Definitional Provisions .
(a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms
defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used
in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant
hereto.
(b) As used herein, and any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto,
accounting terms relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries not
defined in subsection 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined
in subsection 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under GAAP.
(c) 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.
(d) The meanings given to terms
defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of such terms.
SECTION 2. AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF THE FACILITIES
2.1.
Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make a term loan (a “
Loan ”) to the Company on the Closing Date in an
aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of the Commitment of such
Lender. Each Borrowing shall consist of Loans made
simultaneously by the Lenders ratably according to their
Commitments. Amounts borrowed under this subsection 2.1
and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. The Loans shall
be made in Dollars and may from time to time be (i) Eurodollar
Loans or (ii) Base Rate Loans, in each case as determined by
the Company and notified to the Agent in accordance with
subsection 2.5.
2.2.
Procedure for Borrowing . Each Borrowing shall be made
upon irrevocable notice to the Agent given not later than
(x) 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the third Business Day
prior to the Closing Date in the case of a Borrowing consisting of
Eurodollar Loans and (y) 10:00 A.M. (New York City time)
on the Closing Date in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Base
Rate Loans, specifying, in each case, (A) the amount to be
borrowed, (B) the requested borrowing date, (C) the Type
of Loans and (D) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly
of Eurodollar Loans, the initial Interest Period therefor.
Upon receipt of such notice from the Company, the Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender. Each Lender will make the amount
of its pro rata share of the Borrowing available to the Agent for
the account of the Company at the Funding Office, and at or prior
to 1:00 P.M. on the Closing Date in funds immediately
available to the Agent. The Borrowing will then immediately
be made available to the Company by the Agent crediting the account
of the Company on the books of such Funding Office with the
aggregate of the amounts made available to the Agent by the Lenders
and in like funds as received by the Agent.
2.3.
Termination or Reduction of Commitments . The
aggregate Commitments shall be automatically and permanently
reduced to zero on the date of the Borrowing.
2.4.
Prepayments . (a) Optional .
The Company may, at any time and from time to time, prepay the
Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject
to the provisions of subsection 2.16), (i) in the case of
Base Rate Loans, upon irrevocable notice to the Agent not later
than 11:00 A.M. on the date of such prepayment and
(ii) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, upon at least
two
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Business Days’
irrevocable notice to the Agent, in each case specifying the date
and amount of prepayment and the Type or Types of the Loans being
prepaid, and, if of a combination of Types, the amount allocable to
each. Upon receipt of any such notice the Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender thereof. If any such notice is
given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable
on the date specified therein, together with any amounts payable
pursuant to subsection 2.16 and accrued interest to such date
on the amount prepaid. Amounts prepaid on account of the
Loans may not be reborrowed. Partial prepayments shall be in
an aggregate principal amount equal to $5,000,000 or a multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(b) Mandatory .
(i) The Company shall, on the
Initial Maturity Date, prepay an aggregate amount of the Loans
equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the aggregate principal
amount of the Loans then outstanding over (B) $2,625,000,000,
such amount to be applied ratably to the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans then owing to the Lenders.
(ii) The Company shall, within five
Business Days following the receipt by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of any Net Cash Proceeds from the issuance or
incurrence of any Permanent Securities, prepay the Loans in an
amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds, such amount to be applied
ratably to the outstanding principal amount of the Loans then owing
to the Lenders.
2.5.
Conversion and Continuation Options .
(a) The Company may elect from time to time to convert
Eurodollar Loans to Base Rate Loans by giving the Agent at least
one Business Day’s prior irrevocable notice of such election;
provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans may
only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect
thereto. The Company may elect from time to time to convert
Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Agent at least
three Business Days’ prior irrevocable notice of such
election. Any such notice of conversion to Eurodollar Loans
shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period or Interest
Periods therefor. Upon receipt of any such notice the Agent
shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. All or any part of
outstanding Eurodollar Loans and Base Rate Loans may be converted
as provided herein; provided that (i) no Loan may be
converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Agent has or the Majority
Lenders have determined that such conversion is not appropriate and
(ii) no Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan after the
date that is one month prior to the Maturity Date.
(b) Any Eurodollar Loans may be
continued as Eurodollar Loans upon the expiration of the then
current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Company giving
notice to the Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions
of the term “Interest Period” set forth in
subsection 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to
be applicable to such Loans; provided that (i) no
Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such when any Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and the Agent has or the Majority
Lenders have determined that such continuation is not appropriate
and (ii) no Eurodollar Loan or may be continued as such after
the date that is one month prior to the Maturity Date and
provided , further , that if (A) the Company
shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this
paragraph, such Eurodollar Loans shall be continued on the last day
of the then current Interest Period as Eurodollar Loans with an
Interest Period of one month and (B) if such continuation is
not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso any such Eurodollar
Loans shall be automatically converted to Base Rate
Loans.
2.6.
Minimum Amounts of Eurodollar Borrowings; Interest Periods
. All conversions and continuations of Loans hereunder and
all selections of Interest Periods for Loans hereunder shall be in
such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after
giving effect thereto, there shall not be
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more than an aggregate
of 10 Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding at any one time in respect
of the Facility.
2.7.
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt .
(a) The Company shall repay the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Loans made to the Company to the Agent for
the ratable account of the Lenders on the Maturity Date (or such
earlier date as the Loans become due and payable pursuant to
Section 7).
(b) The Company hereby further
agrees to pay interest in immediately available funds at the office
of the Agent on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made to
the Company from time to time from the date hereof until payment in
full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in
subsection 2.8.
(c) Each Lender shall maintain in
accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness of the Company to the appropriate
Funding Office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such
Funding Office of such Lender from time to time, including the
amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Funding
Office of such Lender from time to time under this
Agreement.
(d) The Agent shall maintain the
Register pursuant to subsection 9.6(b), and a subaccount for
each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts (taken together)
shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder,
the Type of each Loan made and the Interest Period applicable
thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and
payable or to become due and payable from the Company to each
Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by
the Agent hereunder from the Company and each Lender’s share
thereof.
(e) The entries made in the Register
and accounts maintained pursuant to paragraphs (c) and
(d) of this subsection 2.7 shall, to the extent permitted
by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and
amounts of the obligations of the Company therein recorded;
provided , however , that the failure of any Lender
or the Agent to maintain such account, such Register or such
subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any
manner affect the obligation of the Company to repay (with
applicable interest) the Loans made to the Company in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
2.8.
Interest Rates and Payment Dates . (a) Each
Base Rate Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal at all
times to the Base Rate.
(b) Subject to
subsection 2.14(c), the Loans comprising each Eurodollar
Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the
Eurodollar Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such
Eurodollar Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) Interest shall be payable in
arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that
interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (e) of this
subsection 2.8 shall be payable from time to time on
demand.
(d) The
“ Applicable Margin ” with respect to each
Eurodollar Loan shall be the applicable percentage amount set forth
in the table below based upon the applicable rating of the Index
Debt on such date:
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Level
1
Index Debt
rated:
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Level
2
Index Debt
rated:
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Level
3
Index Debt
rated:
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Level
4
Index Debt
rated:
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S&P
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BBB+ or
better
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BBB
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BBB-
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Lower than
Level 3
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Fitch
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BBB+ or
better
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BBB
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BBB-
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Lower than
Level 3
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Moody’s
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Baa1 or
better
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Baa2
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Baa3
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Lower than
Level 3
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Applicable
Margin
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0.500%
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0.575%
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0.650%
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0.825%
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In
the event that, and from and after the time and for so long as (but
only for so long as), the ratings established by S&P, Fitch and
Moody’s are split, the applicable Level shall be determined
exclusively by reference to the highest of the available ratings
except that, in the event that the lowest of such ratings is more
than one level below the highest of such ratings, then pricing will
be determined based on the lower of the two highest ratings.
If S& P, Fitch or Moody’s shall cease to issue ratings of
debt securities generally, then the Agent and the Company shall
negotiate in good faith to agree upon a substitute rating agency
(and to correlate the system of ratings of such substitute rating
agency with that of the rating agency for which it is substituting)
and (i) until such substitute rating agency is agreed upon,
the foregoing test may be satisfied on the basis of the rating
assigned by the other such rating agencies and (ii) after such
substitute rating agency is agreed upon, the foregoing test may be
satisfied on the basis of the rating assigned by the other rating
agencies and such substitute rating agency.
(e) If all or a portion of
(i) the principal amount of any Loan, (ii) any interest
payable thereon or (iii) any facility fee or other amount
payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall
bear interest at a rate per annum which is the rate that would
otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this subsection 2.8 plus 2.00% from the date of
such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after
as before judgment). For purposes of this Agreement,
principal shall be “overdue” only if not paid in
accordance with the provisions of subsection 2.8.
2.9.
Facility Fee . The Company shall pay to the Agent, for
the account of each Lender, a facility fee at the rate per annum
equal to (a) for each day that the applicable Level of the
Company is Level 1, 0.100%, (b) for each day that the
applicable Level of the Company is Level 2, 0.125%, (c) for
each day that the applicable Level of the Company is Level 3,
0.150% and (d) for each day that the applicable Level of the
Company is Level 4, 0.175%, in each case of the the aggregate
Commitments of (or if the Commitments have been terminated, the
aggregate outstanding principal of the Loans made by) such Lender,
in each case in effect or outstanding, as applicable, on such
day. On the first Business Day following the last day of each
fiscal quarter of the Company and on the Maturity Date (or, if
earlier, on the date upon which both the Commitments are terminated
and the Loans are paid in full), the Company shall pay to the
Agent, for the ratable benefit of each Lender, the portion of such
facility fee which accrued during the fiscal quarter most recently
ended (or, in the case of the payment due on the Maturity Date, the
portion thereof ending on such date).
2.10.
Computation of Interest and Fees .
(a) Interest on all Loans shall be computed on the basis
of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days or, in
the case of Base Rate Loans,
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a year of 365 or 366
days as appropriate (in each case including the first day but
excluding the last day). Each determination of an interest
rate by the Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall
be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Lenders in the
absence of manifest error. All fees shall be computed on the
basis of a year composed of twelve 30-day months. The Agent
shall, at any time and from time to time upon request of the
Company, deliver to the Company a statement showing the quotations
used by the Agent in determining any interest rate applicable to
the Loans pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) If any Reference Lender shall
for any reason no longer have a Commitment or a Loan outstanding,
such Reference Lender shall thereupon cease to be a Reference
Lender, and if, as a result thereof, there shall only be one
Reference Lender remaining, the Company and the Agent (after
consultation with the Lenders) shall, by notice to the Lenders,
designate another Lender as a Reference Lender so that there shall
at all times be at least two Reference Lenders.
(c) Each Reference Lender shall use
its best efforts to furnish quotations of rates to the Agent as
contemplated hereby. If any of the Reference Lenders shall be
unable or shall otherwise fail to supply such rates to the Agent
upon its request, the rate of interest shall, subject to the
provisions of subsection 2.11, be determined on the basis of
the quotations of the remaining Reference Lenders.
2.11.
Inability to Determine Interest Rate . If the
Eurodollar Rate cannot be determined by the Agent in the manner
specified in the definition of the term “Eurodollar
Rate” contained in subsection 1.1 of this Agreement, the
Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the
Company and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter.
Until such time as the Eurodollar Rate can be determined by the
Agent in the manner specified in the definition of such term
contained in said subsection 1.1, no further Eurodollar Loans
shall be continued as such at the end of the then current Interest
Period or (other than any Eurodollar Loans previously requested and
with respect to which the Eurodollar Rate previously was
determined) shall be made, nor shall the Company have the right to
convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans.
2.12.
Pro Rata Treatment and Payments . (a) Each
Borrowing from the Lenders hereunder and (except as provided in
subsection 2.17(c)) any reduction of the Commitments of the
Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the respective
Commitments of the Lenders under the Facil
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