Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
$5,500,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Among
CAPMARK FINANCIAL
GROUP INC.,
THE DESIGNATED
BORROWERS NAMED HEREIN,
The Several
Lenders
from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
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
Contents
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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
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1.2.
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Other Definitional
Provisions
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SECTION 2.
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AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE
FACILITIES
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2.1.
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Revolving Credit
Commitments
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2.2.
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Term
Commitments
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2.3.
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Issuance of and
Drawings and Reimbursement Under Letters of Credit
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2.4.
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Procedure for Revolving
Credit Borrowing and Term Borrowing
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2.5.
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Bankers’
Acceptances
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2.6.
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Swing Line
Commitments
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2.7.
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Yen Swing Line
Commitments
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2.8.
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Designated
Borrowers
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2.9.
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Termination or
Reduction of Commitments
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2.10.
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Prepayments
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2.11.
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Conversion and
Continuation Options
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2.12.
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Minimum Amounts of
Eurocurrency Borrowings; Interest Periods
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2.13.
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Repayment of Loans and
Letter of Credit Drawings; Evidence of Debt
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2.14.
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Interest Rates and
Payment Dates
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2.15.
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Facility Fee
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50
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2.16.
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Computation of Interest
and Fees
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50
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2.17.
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Inability to Determine
Interest Rate
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2.18.
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Pro Rata Treatment and
Payments
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2.19.
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Illegality
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2.20.
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Increased
Costs
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2.21.
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Taxes
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2.22.
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Indemnity
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2.23.
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Notice of Amounts
Payable; Relocation of Funding Office; Mandatory
Assignment
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2.24.
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Availability
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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 Each
Credit Event
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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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7.2.
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Actions in Respect of
the Letters of Credit upon Default
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SECTION 8.
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GUARANTEE
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8.1.
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Guarantee
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SECTION 9.
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THE AGENT
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9.1.
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Appointment
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9.2.
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Delegation of
Duties
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9.3.
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Exculpatory
Provisions
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9.4.
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Reliance by
Agent
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9.5.
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Notice of
Default
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9.6.
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Non-Reliance on Agent
and Other Lenders
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9.7.
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Indemnification
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9.8.
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Agent in Its Individual
Capacity
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9.9.
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Successor
Agent
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9.10.
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Sub-Agent
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SECTION 10.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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10.1.
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Amendments and
Waivers
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10.2.
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Notices
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10.3.
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No Waiver; Cumulative
Remedies
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10.4.
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Survival of
Representations and Warranties
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10.5.
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Payment of Expenses and
Taxes
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10.6.
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No Liability of the
Issuing Banks
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10.7.
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Successors and Assigns;
Participations and Assignments
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10.8.
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Adjustments
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10.9.
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Counterparts
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10.10.
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Judgment
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10.11.
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Substitution of
Currency
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10.12.
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Intentionally
Omitted.
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10.13.
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Severability
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10.14.
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GOVERNING LAW
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10.15.
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USA PATRIOT
Act
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10.16.
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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SCHEDULES
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I
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Commitments
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1.1
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Mandatory Cost
Formulae
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2.8
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Designated
Borrowers
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II
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Addresses for
Notices
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III
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Guarantors
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IV
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Administrative
Schedule
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V
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Surviving
Indebtedness
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EXHIBITS
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A
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Commitment Increase
Supplement
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B
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Additional Lender
Supplement
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C
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Designated Borrower
Request and Assumption Agreement
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D
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Designated Borrower
Notice
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E
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[ Intentionally
Omitted ]
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F
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[ Intentionally
Omitted ]
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G
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Assignment and
Assumption
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H-1
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Opinion of Lionel
Sawyer & Collins, Nevada counsel to the Company
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H-2
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Opinion of Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel to the Company
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H-3
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Opinion Matters –
Local Counsel to Loan Parties
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H-4
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Opinions of Local
Counsel to Designated Borrowers
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I
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Form of Note
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J
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Swing Line Loan
Participation Certificate
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K
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Yen Swing Line Loan
Participation Certificate
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L
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US Tax Compliance
Certificate
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iii
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M
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Form of Subsidiary
Guaranty
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iv
CREDIT AGREEMENT,
dated as of March 23, 2006, among:
(a)
CAPMARK FINANCIAL GROUP INC., a Nevada corporation (the “
Company ”);
(b)
certain Subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule 2.8 or that
may hereafter become a party hereto pursuant to subsection 2.8
(each a “ Designated Borrower ” and, together
with the Company, the “ Borrowers ” and,
each a “ Borrower ”);
(c)
the several banks and other financial institutions, including, as
applicable, branches or affiliates thereof, from time to time
parties to this Agreement (the “ Lenders ”);
(d)
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as syndication agent (in such
capacity, the “ Syndication Agent ”);
(e)
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 ”);
(f)
the Lenders from time to time parties to this Agreement in the
capacities as issuers of letters of credit; and
(g)
CITIBANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder
(in such capacity, together with its affiliates and any sub-agent
appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, 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.
“ Acceptance Fee ”: as
defined in subsection 2.5(d).
“ Acceptance Note ”:
as defined in subsection 2.5(f)(ii).
“ Acceptance Note Lender
”: as defined in subsection 2.5(f)(i).
“ 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.
“ Additional Lender ”:
as defined in subsection 2.1(b)(ii).
“ Additional Lender Supplement
”: as defined in subsection 2.1(b)(ii).
“ Administrative Schedule
”: Schedule IV 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. To the extent that the Agent has appointed
a Sub-Agent to perform its obligations under this Agreement in
respect of any Facility, each reference to “the Agent”
contained in this Agreement with respect to such Facility shall be
deemed to be a reference to such Sub-Agent to the extent
applicable.
“ Agreement ”: this
Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“ Applicable Borrowing Minimum
”: (a) in respect of Revolving Credit Loans denominated
in Dollars, $5,000,000 and (b) in respect of Loans in any Available
Foreign Currency, the amount set forth as the “Applicable
Borrowing Minimum” for such Currency on the Administrative
Schedule.
“ Applicable Borrowing Multiple
”: (a) in respect of Revolving Credit Loans denominated
in Dollars, $1,000,000 and (b) in respect of Loans denominated in
any Available Foreign Currency, the amount set forth as the
“Applicable Borrowing Multiple” for such Currency on
the Administrative Schedule.
“ Applicable Margin ”:
as defined in subsection 2.14(h).
“ Applicable Revolving Credit
Commitment ”: as to any Lender, such Lender’s
Canadian Revolving Credit Commitment, Irish Revolving Credit
Commitment, US Revolving Credit Commitment or Japanese Revolving
Credit Commitment, as the context requires.
“ Applicant Borrower
”: as defined in subsection 2.8(b).
“ Approved Fund ”: as
defined in subsection 10.7(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 10.7(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
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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.
“ Available Foreign Currencies
”: Euro, Pounds Sterling, Yen and, in the case of the
Canadian Revolving Credit Facility, Canadian Dollars.
“ Available Letter of Credit
Amount ”: at any time, the maximum amount available
to be drawn under a Letter of Credit at such time (assuming
compliance at such time with all conditions to drawing).
“ Available Revolving Credit
Commitment ”: as to any Revolving Credit Lender
under any Revolving Credit Facility at any time, the excess, if
any, of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Commitment
over such Lender’s Revolving Credit Usage in respect of the
applicable Revolving Credit Facility.
“ BA Discount Proceeds
”: proceeds in respect of any Bankers’ Acceptance
to be purchased by a Lender on any day under subsection 2.5 in an
amount (rounded to the nearest whole Canadian cent, and with
one-half of one Canadian cent being rounded up) calculated on such
day by dividing:
(a)
the Face Amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance; by
(b)
the sum of one plus the product of:
(i)
the BA Discount Rate (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such
Bankers’ Acceptance; and
(ii)
a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the
term of such Bankers’ Acceptance commencing on the date of
acceptance of the Bankers’ Acceptance and ending on, but
excluding, its BA Maturity Date, and the denominator of which is
365;
with such product being
rounded up or down to the fifth decimal place and .000005 being
rounded up.
“ BA Discount Rate ”:
in respect of a Bankers’ Acceptance, the rate determined by
the Agent on any date as the average of the per annum discount
rates for Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances having a
comparable term and Face Amount appearing on the Reuters Screen
CDOR Page (or such other page as is a replacement page therefor) at
10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) on the date of the acceptance of such
Bankers’ Acceptance to be accepted by a Canadian Revolving
Credit Lender that is a Schedule I Bank or if such date is not a
Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day (as
adjusted by the Agent after 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) to reflect
any error in any posted rate or in the posted average annual rate
(the “ CDOR Rate ”),
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and in the
case of Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted by a Canadian
Revolving Credit Lender that is a Schedule II Bank or a Schedule
III Bank, the lesser of (a) the bid rate quoted by such
Lender for its own bankers’ acceptances of a comparable term
and Face Amount with effect as at or about 10:00 A.M. (Toronto
time) on the applicable date of determination and (b) the CDOR
Rate plus 10 bps. If per annum discount rates for Canadian
Dollar bankers’ acceptances do not appear on the Reuters
Screen CDOR Page at such time, the CDOR Rate shall be determined by
the Agent at or about 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) on the date of
acceptance of such Bankers’ Acceptance as the average of the
discount rates quoted by such Schedule I Banks as the Agent
considers reasonable at which such Schedule I Banks would, in
accordance with their normal practice, purchase on such date their
own bankers’ acceptances with a term and Face Amount
comparable to the terms and Face Amount of the Bankers’
Acceptances to be issued.
“ BA Maturity Date ”:
with respect to any Bankers’ Acceptance, the date that is 30,
60, 90 or 180 days, as the applicable Canadian Revolving Credit
Borrower may elect in the applicable notice of Canadian Revolving
Credit Borrowing, after the date of issuance of such Bankers’
Acceptance specified in such notice of Canadian Revolving Credit
Borrowing; provided that:
(a)
any BA Maturity Date that would otherwise fall on a day which is
not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day, and
(b)
no BA Maturity Date with respect to a Bankers’ Acceptance
purchased or accepted by any Canadian Revolving Credit Lender may
fall after the Termination Date of such Canadian Revolving Credit
Lender.
“ Bankers’ Acceptance
” or “ BA ”: a non-interest bearing
bill of exchange (within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act
(Canada)) or a depository bill (within the meaning of the
Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada)), as applicable, drawn by
the applicable Designated Borrower which is a Canadian Revolving
Credit Borrower and accepted by a Canadian Revolving Credit Lender
at a Canadian Revolving Credit Borrower’s request as a
Borrowing hereunder, in such form as the Agent may from time to
time require.
“ 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.
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“ Base Rate Loans ”:
Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans (in each case, denominated in
Dollars) bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Base Rate.
“ Benefitted Lender ”:
as defined in subsection 10.8.
“ Board of Directors
”: as to the Company, its Board of Directors or any
committee thereof.
“ Borrowers ”: as
defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Borrowing ”: a
Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Term Borrowing, a Swing Line
Borrowing or a Yen Swing Line Borrowing.
“ Bridge Facility ”:
the $5,250,000,000 Bridge Loan Agreement dated as of March 23, 2006
among the Company, Citicorp North America, Inc., as Bridge Agent,
and the Bridge Lenders referred to therein, as amended to the
extent permitted under the Loan Documents.
“ Business Day ”:
(a) when such term is used in respect of any amounts
denominated or to be denominated in (i) any Available Foreign
Currency, 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 (w) the city which is the principal financial
center of the country of issuance of such Available Foreign
Currency, (x) in the case of Canadian Dollars only, Toronto,
Canada, (y) in the case of Euros only, London, England and
(z) New York City and (ii) Dollars, (x) in the case
of a Eurocurrency Loan, any fundings, disbursements, payments and
settlements in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan, or any other
dealings to be carried out pursuant to any Loan Document in respect
of any such Eurocurrency 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 (y) in the case
of a 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 and (b) when such term is used for the purpose of
determining the date on which the Eurocurrency Rate is determined
under this Agreement for any Loan denominated in Euros for any
Interest Period therefor and for purposes of determining the first
and last day of any Interest Period, references in this Agreement
to Business Days shall be deemed to be references to Target
Operating Days.
“ Canadian Dollars ”:
the lawful money of Canada.
“ Canadian Prime Rate
”: for any day, a rate per annum equal to the higher of
(a) the rate of interest per annum established by Citibank
Canada as the reference rate of interest then in effect for
determining interest rates on commercial loans denominated in
Canadian Dollars made by it in Canada and (b) the sum of ½ of
1% plus the one-month CDOR Rate for such day.
“ Canadian Prime Rate Loan
”: a Revolving Credit Loan available to a Canadian
Revolving Credit Borrower, denominated in Canadian Dollars and
bearing interest based on the Canadian Prime Rate as further set
forth in subsection 2.14(b).
“ Canadian Revolving Credit
Borrower ”: (a) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans
and Base Rate Loans under the Canadian Revolving Credit Facility,
each US Borrower and (b) in the case of Canadian Prime Rate Loans
and Bankers’ Acceptances, each Designated Borrower listed
on
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Part A of
Schedule 2.8 and each Subsidiary of the Company organized under the
laws of Canada or a jurisdiction thereof that becomes a Designated
Borrower under the Canadian Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to
subsection 2.8 after the Closing Date.
“ Canadian Revolving Credit
Borrowing ”: a group of Canadian Revolving Credit
Loans of a single Type and in the same Currency made by the
Canadian Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, on a single
date and, if applicable, as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect.
“ Canadian Revolving Credit
Commitment ”: as to any Canadian Revolving Credit
Lender at any time, the obligation of such Lender to make Canadian
Revolving Credit Loans in an aggregate amount at any one time
outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such
Lender’s name on Schedule I under the caption
“Canadian Revolving Credit Commitment”, as such amount
may be increased or reduced from time to time in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement.
“ Canadian Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage ”: as to any Canadian Revolving Credit
Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s
Canadian Revolving Credit Commitment then constitutes of the
aggregate Canadian Revolving Credit Commitments (or, at any time
after the Canadian Revolving Credit Commitments shall have expired
or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount
of such Lender’s Canadian Revolving Credit Loans then
outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the
Canadian Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding).
“ Canadian Revolving Credit
Facility ”: in an initial amount of $400,000,000
or, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Canadian Revolving
Credit Lenders’ Canadian Revolving Credit Commitments at such
time.
“ Canadian Revolving Credit Lender
”: a Lender that has a Canadian Revolving Credit
Commitment (with respect to which such Lender (or its designated
Affiliate for purposes of making Loans in Canadian Dollars to
Canadian Revolving Credit Borrowers domiciled in Canada) is a
Schedule I Bank, a Schedule II Bank, a Schedule III Bank or a
Person otherwise established under the laws of Canada or any
province or territory thereof that is authorized to carry on
business in Canada pursuant to Part XII of the Bank Act (Canada))
or an “authorized foreign bank” as defined in section 2
of the Bank Act (Canada).
“ Canadian Revolving Credit Loan
”: a revolving credit loan under the Canadian Revolving
Credit Facility or the purchase of a Bankers’ Acceptance
under the Canadian Revolving Credit Facility and made by a Canadian
Revolving Credit Lender for the account of a Canadian Revolving
Credit Borrower as part of a Canadian Revolving Credit
Borrowing.
“ Canadian Sub-Agent
”: has the meaning specified in subsection
2.5(b)(i).
“ CCAA ”: the
Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada).
“ CDOR Rate ”: has the
meaning specified in the definition of “BA Discount
Rate” contained in this subsection 1.1.
“ 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
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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 10.7(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).
“ Code ”: the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“ Commitment ”: a
Revolving Credit Commitment, a Term Commitment, a Letter of Credit
Commitment, a Swing Line Commitment or a Yen Swing Line Commitment,
as applicable.
“ Commitment Increase Supplement
”: as defined in subsection 2.1(b)(ii).
“ Commitment Period ”:
the period from and including the date hereof to but not including
the Termination Date or such earlier date on which the Commitments
shall terminate as provided herein.
“ 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.
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“ Currencies ”: the
collective reference to Dollars and the Available Foreign
Currencies.
“ 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
”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Designated Borrower Notice
”: as defined in subsection 2.8(b).
“ Designated Borrower Request and
Assumption Agreement ”: as defined in subsection
2.8(b).
“ Designated Lenders
”: as defined in subsection 10.9(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.
“ Equivalent ”: in
determining any amount (a) in Dollars of any amount in any
Available Foreign Currency or other foreign currency on any date
means such amount in such Available Foreign Currency or other
foreign currency multiplied by (x) in the case of any
foreign currency other than Yen borrowed in Japan, the quoted spot
rate at which the Agent’s principal office in London offers
to exchange Dollars for such Available Foreign Currency or other
foreign currency in London prior to 11:00 A.M. (London time) on
such date or (y) in the case of Yen borrowed in Japan, the quoted
spot rate at Citibank N.A. Tokyo prior to 10:00 A.M. (Tokyo) time
on such date and (b) in any Available Foreign Currency or other
foreign currency of any amount in Dollars on any date means such
amount in Dollars multiplied by (x) in the case of any
foreign currency other than Yen borrowed in Japan, the quoted spot
rate at which the Agent’s principal office in London offers
to exchange such Available Foreign Currency or other foreign
currency for Dollars in London prior to 11:00 A.M. (London time) on
such date or (y) in the case of Yen borrowed in Japan, by the
quoted spot rate at Citibank N.A. Tokyo prior to 10:00 A.M. (Tokyo)
time on such date.
“ 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 Borrowers’ controlled group, or under common control
with the Borrowers, within the meaning of Section 414(b) or
(c) of the Code.
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“ 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 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.
“ EURIBO Rate ”: for
any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page 248 of the
Moneyline Telerate Service (or on any successor or substitute page
of such Service or of any successor to or substitute for such
Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently
provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the Agent
from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest
rates applicable to deposits in Euros by reference to the Banking
Federation of the European Union Settlement Rates for deposits in
Euros) at approximately 10:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days
prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for
deposits in Euros with a maturity comparable to such Interest
Period or, if for any reason such rate is not available, the
average of the respective rates per annum at which deposits in
Euros are offered by the principal office of each of the Reference
Banks in London, England to prime banks in the London interbank
market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before
the first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially
equal, in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing, to such
Reference Bank’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans comprising part of
such Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and
for a period equal to such Interest Period.
“ Eurocurrency Borrowing
”: a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency
Loans.
“ Eurocurrency Loan ”:
any Eurocurrency Revolving Credit Loan or Eurocurrency Term
Loan.
“ Eurocurrency Rate ”:
with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to
a Eurocurrency Loan, (a) in the case of any Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in Dollars or any Available Foreign Currency (other
than Euros), the rate of interest determined on the basis of the
rate for deposits in Dollars or such Available Foreign Currency,
respectively, 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 or (b) in the
case of any Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Euros, the EURIBO
Rate. In the event that such rate does not appear on Page 3750 of
the Telerate Service (or otherwise on such service), the “
Eurocurrency Rate ” shall be determined by reference
to such other publicly available service for displaying
eurocurrency rates as may be agreed upon by the Agent and the
Company or, in the absence of such agreement, the “
Eurocurrency 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
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the applicable
Currency 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 eurocurrency market where the eurodollar and foreign
currency and exchange operations in respect of its Eurocurrency
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 Eurocurrency Loan to
be outstanding during such Interest Period.
“ Eurocurrency Reserve Rate
”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, a rate per annum determined for
such day in accordance with the following formula:
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Eurocurrency
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1.00 –
Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
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“ Eurocurrency Reserve
Requirements ”: for any day as applied to a
Eurocurrency 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
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency
liabilities” in Regulation D of such Board) maintained by a
member bank of such System.
“ Eurocurrency Revolving Credit
Loan ”: any Revolving Credit Loan bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Eurocurrency
Rate.
“ Eurocurrency Term Loan
”: any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined
by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate.
“ Euros ” and “
€ ”: the single currency of the
participating members of the European Union.
“ 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.
“ 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.
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“ Face Amount ”: with
respect of any Bankers’ Acceptance or Acceptance Note, the
amount payable to the holder of such Bankers’ Acceptance or
Acceptance Note on its then existing BA Maturity Date.
“ Facility ”: any
Revolving Credit Facility, any Term Facility, the Letter of Credit
Facility, the Swing Line Facility, or the Yen Swing Line Facility,
as the context shall require; collectively, the “
Facilities .”
“ 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. and its successors.
“ Funding Office ”:
for each Type of Loan and each Currency, the Funding Office set
forth in respect thereof in the Administrative Schedule.
“ Funding Time ”: for
each Type of Loan and each Currency, the Funding Time 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 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.
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“ 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 III 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 M hereto,
executed by each of the Guarantors listed on Schedule III, 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.
“ Guaranteed Obligations ”:
as defined in subsection 8.1(a).
“ 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 of $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.
“ Increasing Lender ”:
as defined in subsection 2.1(b)(ii).
“ Incremental Commitment
”: as defined in subsection 2.1(b)(ii).
“ 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
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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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Escrow Bank
USA
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0.94
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GMAC Commercial
Mortgage Bank Europe plc
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0.90
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Specified Mortgage
Loan Interests
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0.92
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Specified Loans
and Securities (other than A-Rated Specified Loans and
Securities)
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Loans and Securities
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0.90
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“ Index Debt ”: the
Company’s long-term senior unsecured Indebtedness.
“ Interest Payment Date
”: (a) as to any Base Rate Loan or Canadian Prime 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 Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto and (c) as to any Eurocurrency
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 Commitments
under a Facility have been terminated and the Loans under such
Facility have been paid in full shall constitute an “Interest
Payment Date” with respect to such Facility and (y) the
Termination 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 Eurocurrency Loan:
(a) initially, the period commencing
on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with
respect to such Eurocurrency 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 any
Borrower 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 Eurocurrency 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 any
Borrower 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
Eurocurrency 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 Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans shall be selected
by any Borrower which ends on a date after the Termination
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.
“ Irish Bank ”: either of
(a) the holder of a license for the time being in force granted
under section 9 of the Irish Central Bank Act 1971 or (b) an
authorized credit institution under the terms of EU Council
Directive 2000/12/EC of 20 March 2000 which has duly established a
branch in
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Ireland or has made all
necessary notifications to its home state competent authorities
required thereunder in relation to its intention to carry on
banking business in Ireland.
“ Irish Revolving Credit Borrower
”: each US Borrower, each Designated Borrower listed on
Part B of Schedule 2.8 and each Subsidiary of the Company
incorporated under the laws of Ireland that becomes a Designated
Borrower under the Irish Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to
subsection 2.8 after the Closing Date.
“ Irish Revolving Credit Borrowing
”: a group of Irish Revolving Credit Loans of a single
Type and in the same Currency made by the Irish Revolving Credit
Lenders, as the case may be, on a single date and, if applicable,
as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“ Irish Revolving Credit
Commitment ”: as to any Irish Revolving Credit
Lender at any time, the obligation of such Lender to make Irish
Revolving Credit Loans in an aggregate amount at any one time
outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such
Lender’s name on Schedule I under the caption
“Irish Revolving Credit Commitment”, as such amount may
be increased or reduced from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement.
“ Irish Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage ”: as to any Irish Revolving Credit
Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Irish
Revolving Credit Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Irish
Revolving Credit Commitments (or, at any time after the Irish
Revolving Credit Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the
percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such
Lender’s Irish Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding
constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Irish
Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding).
“ Irish Revolving Credit Facility
”: in an initial amount of $800,000,000 or, at any
time, the aggregate amount of the Irish Revolving Credit
Lenders’ Irish Revolving Credit Commitments at such
time.
“ Irish Revolving Credit Lender
”: a Lender that has an Irish Revolving Credit
Commitment.
“ Irish Revolving Credit Loans
”: as defined in subsection 2.1(a)(iii).
“ Irish Term Borrower
”: the Company.
“ Irish Term Borrowing
”: a group of Irish Term Loans of a single Type and in
the same Currency made by the Irish Term Loan Lenders on a single
date and, if applicable, as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect.
“ Irish Term Commitment
”: as to any Irish Term Loan Lender at any time, the
amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I
hereto under the caption “Irish Term Commitment”, as
such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement.
“ Irish Term Facility
”: an initial amount of $400,000,000 or, at any time,
the aggregate amount of the Irish Term Loan Lenders’ Irish
Term Commitments or Irish Term Loans outstanding at such
time.
“ Irish Term Loan ”:
as defined in subsection 2.2(b).
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“ Irish Term Loan Lender
”: a Lender that has an Irish Term Commitment or an
Irish Term Loan outstanding.
“ Issuance ”: with
respect to any Letter of Credit means the issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit.
“ Issuing Bank ”: each
Lender which has a Letter of Credit Commitment or any other Lender
or any Assignee to which all or a portion of the Letter of Credit
Commitment hereunder has been assigned pursuant to
subsection 10.7 so long as such Lender or Assignee expressly
agrees to perform in accordance with their terms all of the
obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be
performed by it as an Issuing Bank and notifies the Agent of its
applicable issuing office (which information shall be recorded by
the Agent ), for so long as such Issuing Bank, Lender or Assignee,
as the case may be, shall have a Letter of Credit
Commitment.
“ Japanese Borrower ”:
a Japanese Revolving Credit Borrower or a Japanese Term
Borrower.
“ Japanese Revolving Credit
Borrower ”: each US Borrower, each Designated
Borrower listed on Part D of Schedule 2.8 and each Subsidiary of
the Company organized under the laws of Japan that becomes a
Designated Borrower under the Japanese Revolving Credit Facility
pursuant to subsection 2.8 after the Closing Date.
“ Japanese Revolving Credit
Borrowing ”: a group of Japanese Revolving Credit
Loans of a single Type and in the same Currency made by the
Japanese Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, on a single
date and, if applicable, as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect.
“ Japanese Revolving Credit
Commitment ”: as to any Japanese Revolving Credit
Lender at any time, the obligation of such Lender to make Japanese
Revolving Credit Loans and of such Japanese Revolving Credit Lender
and its Affiliates to purchase participating interests in Yen Swing
Line Loans in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not
to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule I under the caption “Japanese Revolving Credit
Commitment”, as such amount may be increased or reduced from
time to time in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
“ Japanese Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage ”: as to any Japanese Revolving Credit
Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s
Japanese Revolving Credit Commitment then constitutes of the
aggregate Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments (or, at any time
after the Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments shall have expired
or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount
of such Lender’s Japanese Revolving Credit Loans then
outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the
Japanese Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding.
“ Japanese Revolving Credit
Facility ”: an initial amount of $1,200,000,000 or,
at any time, the aggregate amount of the Japanese Revolving Credit
Lenders’ Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments at such
time.
“ Japanese Revolving Credit Lender
”: a Lender that has a Japanese Revolving Credit
Commitment.
“ Japanese Revolving Credit Loans
”: as defined in subsection 2.1(a)(iv).
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“ Japanese Term Borrower
”: GMAC
Commercial Mortgage Funding Asia, K.K.
“ Japanese Term Borrowing
”: a group of Japanese Term Loans of a single Type and
in the same Currency made by the Japanese Term Loan Lenders on a
single date and, if applicable, as to which a single Interest
Period is in effect.
“ Japanese Term Commitment
”: as to any Japanese Term Loan Lender at any time, the
amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I
hereto under the caption “Japanese Term Commitment”, as
such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement.
“ Japanese Term Facility
”: an initial amount of $300,000,000 or, at any time,
the aggregate amount of the Japanese Term Loan Lenders’
Japanese Term Commitments or Japanese Term Loans outstanding at
such time.
“ Japanese Term Loan
”: as defined in subsection 2.2(c).
“ Japanese Term Loan Lender
”: a Lender that has a Japanese Term Commitment or has
a Japanese Term Loan outstanding.
“ L/C Cash Deposit Account
”: an interest bearing cash deposit account to be
established and maintained by the Agent, over which the Agent shall
have sole dominion and control, upon terms reasonably satisfactory
to the Agent.
“ L/C Related Documents
”: as defined in subsection 2.13(i).
“ Lenders ”: as
defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Letter of Credit ”:
as defined in subsection 2.1(c).
“ Letter of Credit Agreement
”: as defined in subsection 2.3(a).
“ Letter of Credit Commitment
”: with respect to each Issuing Bank, the obligation of
such Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the
Borrowers and their specified Subsidiaries in amounts (based on the
Equivalent in Dollars thereof) not to exceed in the aggregate the
Dollar amount set forth opposite the Issuing Bank’s name on
the Schedule I attached hereto and identified as such, as such
amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to subsection 2.9,
increased by designation to the Agent and the Company from time to
time or changed as a result of an assignment pursuant to
subsection 10.7.
“ Letter of Credit Facility
”: at any time, an amount equal to the lesser of (a)
the aggregate amount of the Issuing Banks’ Letter of Credit
Commitments at such time and (b) $350,000,000.
“ Lien ”: any
mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, conditional sale or
other title retention agreement or other similar
encumbrance.
“ Loan ”: a Revolving
Credit Loan, a Term Loan, a Swing Line Loan, or a Yen Swing Line
Loan, as the context shall require; collectively, the “
Loans .”
“ Loan Documents ”:
this Agreement, each Note, the Guaranty and each Letter of Credit
Agreement.
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“ Loan Parties ”: the
Company, the Designated Borrowers 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 (a) the aggregate principal amount
(based on the Equivalent thereof in Dollars at such time) of all
Loans outstanding (with Swing Line Loans being deemed for purposes
of this definition to be held ratably by all US Revolving Credit
Lenders and with Yen Swing Line Loans being deemed for purposes of
this definition to be held ratably by all Japanese Revolving Credit
Lenders) and (b) the Available Revolving Credit
Commitments.
“ Mandatory Cost ”:
with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum
determined in accordance with Schedule 1.1.
“ 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.
“ 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.
“ Non-Consenting Lender
”: in the event that the Majority Lenders have agreed
to any consent, waiver or amendment pursuant to subsection 10.1
that requires the consent of the Majority 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 2.21(a).
“ Non-Executing Banks
”: as defined in subsection 10.9(b).
“ Non-US Lender ”: as
defined in subsection 2.21(b).
“ Note ”: as defined
in subsection 10.7(d).
“ Notice of Issuance
”: as defined in subsection 2.3(a).
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“ Notice of Rollover/Conversion
”: as defined in subsection 2.5(b)(ix).
“ Other Lender ”: as
defined in subsection 2.1(b)(i).
“ Participant ”: as
defined in subsection 10.7(c)(i).
“ Patriot Act ”: as
defined in subsection 10.15.
“ Payment Office ”:
for each Type of Loan and each Currency, the Payment Office set
forth in respect thereof in the Administrative Schedule.
“ PBGC ”: the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any successor).
“ Permanent Securities
”: (a) the public debt securities issued on the Closing
Date or (b) if the Bridge Facility shall have been funded on the
Closing Date, other senior secured or unsecured debt securities or
other Indebtedness issued or incurred by the Company for the
purpose of refinancing the Bridge Facility.
“ 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 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.
“ Pounds Sterling ” and
“ £ ”: the lawful money of the United
Kingdom.
“ 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
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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 or the applicable affiliate for the applicable Currency,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank AG New York
Branch.
“ Refunded Swing Line Loans
”: as defined in subsection 2.6(c).
“ Refunded Yen Swing Line Loans
”: as defined in subsection 2.7(c).
“ Register ”: as
defined in subsection 10.7(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.
“ Revolver Credit Borrower
”: a Borrower under any Revolving Credit
Facility.
“ Revolving Credit Borrowing
”: any of a Canadian Revolving Credit Borrowing, an
Irish Revolving Credit Borrowing, a US Revolving Credit Borrowing
or a Japanese Revolving Credit Borrowing.
“ Revolving Credit Commitment
”: any of a Canadian Revolving Credit Commitment, an
Irish Revolving Credit Commitment, a US Revolving Credit Commitment
or a Japanese Revolving Credit Commitment.
“ Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage ”: any of a Canadian Revolving Credit
Commitment Percentage, the Irish Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage, the US Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage or the
Japanese Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage.
“ Revolving Credit Facility
”: any of the Canadian Revolving Credit Facility, the
Irish Revolving Credit Facility, the US Revolving Credit Facility
or the Japanese Revolving Credit Facility.
“ Revolving Credit Lender
”: a Lender that has a Revolving Credit
Commitment.
“ Revolving Credit Loans
”: any of a Canadian Revolving Credit Loan, an Irish
Revolving Credit Loan, a US Revolving Credit Loan or a Japanese
Revolving Credit Loan.
“ Revolving Credit Usage
”: as to any Lender at any time (a) under the Canadian
Revolving Credit Facility, the sum of (I) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount at such time of all Canadian Revolving Credit
Loans denominated in Dollars made by such Lender plus (II)
the Equivalent in Dollars of the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of all Canadian Revolving Credit Loans denominated in
Canadian Dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling and Yen (as
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the case may
be) made by such Lender, (b) under the Irish Revolving Credit
Facility, the sum of (I) the aggregate outstanding principal amount
at such time of all Irish Revolving Credit Loans denominated in
Dollars made by such Lender plus (II) the Equivalent in
Dollars of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Irish
Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Euros, Pounds Sterling and
Yen (as the case may be) made by such Lender plus (III) such
Lender’s Irish Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the
aggregate principal amount (based on the Equivalent in Dollars
thereof insofar as any Letters of Credit are not denominated in
Dollars) of the Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, (c)
under the Japanese Revolving Credit Facility, the sum of (I) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount at such time of all Japanese
Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars plus (II) the
Equivalent in Dollars of the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of all Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Euros, Pounds Sterling
and Yen (as the case may be) made by such Lender under such
Facility plus (III) such Lender’s Japanese Revolving
Credit Commitment Percentage, if any, of the aggregate principal
amount of the Yen Swing Line Loans then outstanding, if any, and
(d) under the US Revolving Credit Facility, the sum of (I) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount at such time of all US
Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars made by such Lender
plus (II) such Lender’s US Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage, if any, of the aggregate principal amount of the Swing
Line Loans then outstanding, if any.
“ S&P ”: Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and its successors.
“ Schedule I Bank ”:
any bank named on Schedule I to the Bank Act (Canada).
“ Schedule II Bank ”:
any Lender named on Schedule II to the Bank Act
(Canada).
“ Schedule III Bank ”:
any Lender named on Schedule III to the Bank Act (Canada) or any
other Person established under the laws of Canada or any province
or territory thereof that is authorized to carry on business in
Canada pursuant to Part XII of the Bank Act (Canada).
“ Short Term Prime Rate ”:
the short term prime rate in effect from time to time at The Bank
of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd’s principal office in Tokyo,
Japan.
“ 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.
“ 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
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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 and, with respect to Canadian Revolving Credit Loans,
Citibank, N.A., Canadian branch.
“ 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 or other equity interests having by the terms
thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of
directors of such corporation, partnership or other similar entity
(irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or interests of
any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership or
other similar entity 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 V hereto.
“ Swing Line Borrowing
”: a group of Swing Line Loans made by the Swing Line
Lenders on a single date.
“ Swing Line Commitment
”: with respect to each Swing Line Lender, the
obligation of such Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans
pursuant to subsection 2.6 in the amount referred to
therein.
“ Swing Line Facility ”: an
initial amount of $200,000,000 or, at any time, the aggregate
amount of the Swing Line Lenders’ Swing Line Commitments at
such time.
“ Swing Line Lenders
”: each Lender which has a Swing Line
Commitment.”
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“ Swing Line Loan Participation
Certificate ”: a certificate, substantially in the
form of Exhibit J.
“ Swing Line Loans ”:
as defined in subsection 2.6(a).
“ 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 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).
“ Target Operating Day
”: any day that is not (a) a Saturday or Sunday,
(b) Christmas Day or New Year’s Day or (c) any
other day on which the Trans-European Real-time Gross Settlement
Operating System (or any successor settlement system) is not
operating (as determined by the Agent).
“ Taxes ” as defined in
subsection 2.21(a).
“ Term Borrower ”: any
Borrower under a Term Loan Facility.
“ Term Borrowing ”:
any of a US Term Borrowing, an Irish Term Borrowing or a Japanese
Term Borrowing.
“ Term Commitment ”:
any of a US Term Commitment, an Irish Term Commitment or a Japanese
Term Commitment.
“ Term Facility ”: any
of the Irish Term Facility, the US Term Facility or the Japanese
Term Facility.
“ Termination Date ”:
March 23, 2011.
“ Term Loan Lender ”:
a Lender that has a Term Commitment.
“ Term Loans ”: any of
a US Term Loan, an Irish Term Loan or a Japanese Term
Loan.
“ 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
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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 clause (f) of the definition thereof (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 10.7(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
Revolving Credit Loan or Term Loan, its nature as an Base Rate Loan
(solely in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars), Eurocurrency
Loan, Canadian Prime Rate Loan or Bankers’
Acceptance.
“ Unissued Letter of Credit
Commitment ”: with respect to any Issuing Bank, the
obligation of such Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit for the
account of any Borrower or its specified Subsidiaries in an amount
equal to the excess of (a) the amount of its Letter of Credit
Commitment over (b) the sum of (i) aggregate Available Letter of
Credit Amount of all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank
and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
Revolving Credit Borrowings made by such Issuing Bank pursuant to
subsection 2.3(c) that have not been ratably funded by the
Lenders.
“ US Borrower ”: a US
Revolving Credit Borrower or a US Term Borrower.
“ US Revolving Credit Borrower
”: the Company, each Designated Borrower listed on Part
C of Schedule 2.8 and each Subsidiary of the Company organized
under the laws of a jurisdiction located within the United States
that becomes a Designated Borrower under the US Revolving Credit
Facility pursuant to subsection 2.8 after the Closing
Date.
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“ US Revolving Credit
Borrowing ”: a group of US Revolving Credit Loans
of a single Type and in the same Currency made by the US Revolving
Credit Lenders, as the case may be, on a single date and, if
applicable, as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect.
“ US Revolving Credit Commitment
”: as to any US Revolving Credit Lender at any time,
the obligation of such Lender to make US Revolving Credit Loans and
of such Lender and its Affiliates to purchase participating
interests in Swing Line Loans in an aggregate amount at any one
time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such
Lender’s name on Schedule I under the caption “US
Revolving Credit Commitment”, as such amount may be increased
or reduced from time to time in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement.
“ US Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage ”: as to any US Revolving Credit Lender
at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s US Revolving
Credit Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate US Revolving
Credit Commitments (or, at any time after the US Revolving Credit
Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which
the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s US Revolving
Credit Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate
principal amount of the US Revolving Credit Loans then
outstanding.
“ US Revolving Credit Facility
”: an initial amount of $350,000,000 or, at any time,
the aggregate amount of the US Revolving Credit Lenders’ US
Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“ US Revolving Credit Lender
”: a Lender that has a US Revolving Credit
Commitment.
“ US Revolving Credit Loans
”: as defined in subsection 2.1(a)(i).
“ US Tax Compliance Certificate
”: as defined in subsection 2.21(b).
“ US Term Borrower ”:
the Company.
“ US Term Borrowing ”:
a group of US Term Loans of a single Type and in the same Currency
made by the US Term Loan Lenders on a single date and, if
applicable, as to which a single Interest Period is in
effect.
“ US Term Commitment
”: as to any US Term Loan Lender at any time, the
amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I
hereto under the caption “US Term Commitment”, as such
amount may be reduced at or prior to such time in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement.
“ US Term Facility ”:
in an initial amount of $2,050,000,000 or, at any time, the
aggregate amount of the US Term Loan Lenders’ US Term
Commitments or the US Term Loans outstanding at such
time.
“ US Term Loan ”: as
defined in subsection 2.2(a).
“ US Term Loan Lender
”: a Lender that has a US Term Commitment or a US Term
Loan outstanding.
“ 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.
“ Yen ” and “
¥ ”: the lawful money of Japan.
“ Yen Overdraft Swing Line
Commitment ”: with respect to the Yen Swing Line Lender,
the obligation of such Yen Swing Line Lender to make Yen Overdraft
Swing Line Loans pursuant to subsection 2.7.
“ Yen Overdraft Swing Line Loans
”: as defined in subsection 2.7(a).
“ Yen Swing Line Borrowing
”: a group of Yen Swing Line Loans made by the Yen Swing Line
Lender on a single date.
“ Yen Swing Line Commitment
”: with respect to the Yen Swing Line Lender, the
obligation of such Yen Swing Line Lender to make Yen Swing Line
Loans (including any Yen Overdraft Swing Line Loans constituting
Yen Swing Line Loans as provided in subsection 2.7) pursuant to and
in the maximum aggregate amount referred to in
subsection 2.7.
“ Yen Swing Line Facility ”:
on any date, the lesser of (a) $200,000,000 and (b) the
amount of the Yen Swing Line Lender’s Yen Swing Line
Commitment on such date; provided , however, that the Yen
Swing Lender may increase or decrease from time to time such
maximum amount, so long as (i) such increase or decrease is set
forth in a written notification signed by the Yen Swing Line
Lender, (ii) such increase does not cause such maximum amount to
exceed $300,000,000 and (iii) no such increase or decrease shall be
effective until written notice thereof is provided to the Agent. In
the event that the necessary internal approvals are received by the
Yen Swing Line Lender, a written notice shall be delivered to the
Japanese Borrowers domiciled in Japan indicating that the Yen Swing
Line Lender shall have a Yen Swing Line Commitment of $200,000,000
and specifying the effective date for such new Yen Swing Line
Commitment. Subsequent to the delivery of such notice, any decrease
in the Yen Swing Line Facility shall not cause the Yen Swing Line
Lender’s Yen Swing Line Commitment to be less than
$200,000,000. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, nothing in the preceding shall constitute a commitment by
the Yen Swing Line Lender to provide any such increase.
“ Yen Swing Line Lender
”: The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd and its
successors and assigns.
“ Yen Swing Line Loan Participation
Certificate ”: a certificate, substantially in the
form of Exhibit K.
“ Yen Swing Line Loans ”:
as defined in subsection 2.7(a) (inclusive of Yen Overdraft
Swing Line Loans to the extent provided for in subsection
2.7(b)).
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 in 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
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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. Revolving Credit
Commitments . (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof:
(i) Each US Revolving Credit Lender
severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (“ US
Revolving Credit Loans ”) denominated in Dollars to the
US Revolving Credit Borrowers from time to time during the
Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding not to exceed such Lender’s US Revolving Credit
Commitment. During the Commitment Period, the US Revolving Credit
Borrowers may use the US Revolving Credit Commitments by borrowing,
prepaying the US Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part, and
reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, in no event (after giving effect to the use of proceeds
of any US Revolving Credit Borrowing or other concurrent Borrowing)
shall (i) any US Revolving Credit Lender’s US Revolving
Credit Commitment Percentage of a US Revolving Credit Borrowing
exceed such Lender’s Available Revolving Credit Commitment in
respect of the US Revolving Credit Facility at the time of such
Borrowing or (ii) the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Usage
under the US Revolving Credit Facility exceed the aggregate US
Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect of all US Revolving
Credit Lenders. The US Revolving Credit Loans shall be made in
Dollars and may from time to time be (i) Eurocurrency Loans
(denominated in Dollars only) or (ii) in the case of US
Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars only, Base Rate
Loans, in each case as determined by the applicable US Revolving
Credit Borrower and notified to the Agent in accordance with
subsections 2.4 and 2.10; provided that no US Revolving
Credit Loan shall be made as a Eurocurrency Loan after the day that
is one month prior to the Termination Date.
(ii) Each Canadian Revolving Credit
Lender severally agrees to make Canadian Revolving Credit Loans
denominated in Canadian Dollars, Dollars, Pounds Sterling, Euros
and Yen to the Canadian Revolving Credit Borrowers from time to
time during the Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount
(based in respect of any Canadian Revolving Credit Loans to be
denominated in Canadian Dollars, Pounds Sterling, Euros or Yen on
the Equivalent thereof in Dollars determined on the date of
delivery of the applicable notice of borrowing) at any one time
outstanding not to exceed such Lender’s Canadian Revolving
Credit Commitment. During the Commitment Period, the Canadian
Revolving Credit Borrowers may use the Canadian Revolving Credit
Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Canadian Revolving Credit
Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with
the terms and conditions hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, in no event (after giving
effect to the use of proceeds of any Canadian Revolving Credit
Borrowing or other concurrent Borrowing) shall (i) any Canadian
Revolving Credit Lender’s Canadian Revolving Credit
Commitment Percentage of a Canadian Revolving Credit Borrowing
exceed such Lender’s Available Revolving Credit Commitment in
respect of the Canadian Revolving Credit Facility at
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the
time of such Borrowing or (ii) at the time of any borrowing, the
aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Usage under the Canadian
Revolving Credit Facility exceed the aggregate Canadian Revolving
Credit Commitments then in effect of all Canadian Revolving Credit
Lenders. The Canadian Revolving Credit Loans may be made in
Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Pounds Sterling, Euros or Yen and may
from time to time be (i) in the case of each Canadian Revolving
Credit Borrower that is not domiciled in Canada, (A) Eurocurrency
Loans and (B) in the case of Canadian Revolving Credit Loans
denominated in Dollars only, Base Rate Loans and (ii) in the case
of each Canadian Revolving Credit Borrower that is domiciled in
Canada, denominated in Canadian Dollars as Canadian Prime Rate
Loans or Bankers’ Acceptances (as provided in subsection
2.5), in each case as determined by the applicable Canadian
Revolving Credit Borrower and notified to the Agent in accordance
with subsections 2.4 and 2.10; provided that no Canadian
Revolving Credit Loan shall be made as a Eurocurrency Loan after
the day that is one month prior to the Termination
Date.
(iii) Each Irish Revolving Credit
Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (“
Irish Revolving Credit Loans ”) denominated in
Dollars, Pounds Sterling, Euros and Yen to the Irish Revolving
Credit Borrowers from time to time during the Commitment Period in
an aggregate principal amount (based in respect of any Irish
Revolving Credit Loans to be denominated in Pounds Sterling, Euros
or Yen on the Equivalent thereof in Dollars determined on the date
of delivery of the applicable notice of borrowing) at any one time
outstanding not to exceed such Lender’s Irish Revolving
Credit Commitment. During the Commitment Period, the Irish
Revolving Credit Borrowers may use the Irish Revolving Credit
Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Irish Revolving Credit
Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with
the terms and conditions hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, in no event (after giving
effect to the use of proceeds of any Irish Revolving Credit
Borrowing or other concurrent Borrowing) shall (i) any Irish
Revolving Credit Lender’s Irish Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage of an Irish Revolving Credit Borrowing exceed such
Lender’s Available Revolving Credit Commitment in respect of
the Irish Revolving Credit Facility at the time of such Borrowing
or (ii) the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Usage under the
Irish Revolving Credit Facility exceed the aggregate Irish
Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect of all Irish Revolving
Credit Lenders. The Irish Revolving Credit Loans may be made in
Dollars, Pounds Sterling, Euros or Yen and may from time to time be
(i) Eurocurrency Loans or (ii) in the case of Irish Revolving
Credit Loans denominated in Dollars only, Base Rate Loans, in each
case as determined by the applicable Borrower and notified to the
Agent in accordance with subsections 2.4 and 2.10; provided
that no Irish Revolving Credit Loan shall be made as a Eurocurrency
Loan after the day that is one month prior to the Termination
Date.
(iv) Each Japanese Revolving Credit
Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (“
Japanese Revolving Credit Loans ”) denominated in
Dollars, Pounds Sterling, Euros or Yen to the Japanese Revolving
Credit Borrowers from time to time during the Commitment Period in
an aggregate principal amount (based in respect of any Japanese
Revolving Credit Loans to be denominated in Pounds Sterling, Euros
or Yen on the Equivalent thereof in Dollars determined on the date
of delivery of the applicable notice of borrowing) at any one time
outstanding not to exceed such Lender’s Japanese Revolving
Credit Commitment. During the Commitment Period, the Japanese
Revolving Credit Borrowers may use the Japanese Revolving Credit
Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Japanese Revolving Credit
Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with
the terms and conditions hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, in no event (after giving
effect to the use of proceeds of any Japanese Revolving Credit
Borrowing or other concurrent Borrowing) shall (i) any Japanese
Revolving Credit Lender’s Japanese Revolving
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Commitment Percentage of a Japanese Revolving
Credit Borrowing exceed such Lender’s Available Revolving
Credit Commitment in respect of the Japanese Revolving Credit
Facility at the time of such Borrowing or (ii) the aggregate amount
of Revolving Credit Usage under the Japanese Revolving Credit
Facility exceed the aggregate Japanese Revolving Credit Commitments
then in effect of all Japanese Revolving Credit Lenders. The
Japanese Revolving Credit Loans may be made in Dollars, Pounds
Sterling, Euro and Yen and may from time to time be (i)
Eurocurrency Loans or (ii) in the case of Japanese Revolving
Credit Loans denominated in Dollars only, Base Rate Loans, in each
case as determined by the applicable Japanese Revolving Credit
Borrower and notified to the Agent in accordance with subsections
2.4 and 2.10; provided that no Japanese Revolving Credit
Loan shall be made as a Eurocurrency Loan after the day that is one
month prior to the Termination Date.
(b) (i) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on and after
January 1, 2007, the Company may request from time to time that the
aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments under one or more Revolving
Credit Facilities hereunder be increased by an aggregate amount not
to exceed $1,000,000,000. The Company may (I) request one or more
of the Lenders (which request shall be in writing and sent to the
Agent to forward to such Lender or Lenders) to (A) in the case of
existing Revolving Credit Lenders, increase the amount of its
Revolving Credit Commitment under one or more Revolving Credit
Facilities or (B) in the case of existing Term Loan Lenders,
provide a Revolving Credit Commitment under one or more Revolving
Credit Facilities and become a Revolving Credit Lender hereunder
and/or (II) arrange for one or more banks or financial
institutions not a party hereto (an “ Other Lender
”) to become parties to and Revolving Credit Lenders under
this Agreement, provided that the identification and
arrangement of each Other Lender to become a party hereto and a
Revolving Credit Lender under this Agreement shall be made in
consultation with the Agent. In no event may any Revolving Credit
Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment be increased without the
prior written consent of such Lender, nor may any Term Loan Lender
be designated a Revolving Credit Lender without the prior written
consent of such Lender, and the failure of any Lender to respond to
the Company’s request for an increase shall be deemed a
rejection by such Lender of the Company’s request. The
aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit
Lenders hereunder may not be increased if, at the time of any
proposed increase hereunder, a Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing. Upon any request by the Company to
increase the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder, the
Company shall be deemed to have represented and warranted on and as
of the date of such request that (i) each of the
representations and warranties made by the Company in or pursuant
to this Agreement is true and correct on and as of such date as if
made on and as of such date, other than any such representations or
warranties that, by their terms, refer to a specific date other
than the date of the proposed increase, in which case as of such
specific date and (ii) that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing. Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Agreement to the contrary, no Lender shall have any obligation
whatsoever to increase the amount of its Revolving Credit
Commitment (or, in the case of a Term Loan Lender, to provide a
Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to this
subsection 2.1(b)), and each Lender may at its option,
unconditionally and without cause, decline to increase its
Revolving Credit Commitment (or, in the case of a Term Loan Lender,
to provide a Revolving Credit Commitment).
(ii) If any Lender is willing, in
its sole and absolute discretion, to increase the amount of its
Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder or, in the case of existing
Term Loan Lenders, to provide a Revolving Credit Commitment
hereunder (such new or increased Revolving Credit Commitment an
“ Incremental Commitment ”; and such a Lender
hereinafter referred to as an “ Increasing Lender
”), it shall enter into a written agreement to that effect
with the Company and the Agent, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A (a “ Commitment Increase Supplement
”), which agreement shall specify, among other things, the
amount of the Incremental Commitment of such Increasing Lender and
the Revolving Credit Facility or Revolving Credit Facilities to
which such increase applies. Upon the
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effectiveness
of such Increasing Lender’s Incremental Commitment,
Schedule I shall, without further action, be deemed to have
been amended appropriately to reflect the Incremental Commitment of
such Increasing Lender. Any Other Lender which is willing to become
a party hereto and a Revolving Credit Lender hereunder (and which
arrangement to become a party hereto and a Revolving Credit Lender
hereunder has been approved by the Company and the Agent) shall
enter into a written agreement with the Company and the Agent,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B (an “ Additional
Lender Supplement ”), which agreement shall specify,
among other things, its Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder and
the Revolving Credit Facility or Revolving Credit Facilities to
which such Revolving Credit Commitment applies. When such Other
Lender becomes a Revolving Credit Lender hereunder as set forth in
the Additional Lender Supplement, Schedule I shall, without further
action, be deemed to have been amended as appropriate to reflect
the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Other Lender. Upon the
execution by the Agent, the Company and such Other Lender of such
Additional Lender Supplement, such Other Lender shall become and be
deemed a party hereto and a “Lender” hereunder for all
purposes hereof and shall enjoy all rights and assume all
obligations on the part of the Lenders set forth in this Agreement,
and its Revolving Credit Commitment shall be the amount, and shall
relate to the Revolving Credit Facility or Revolving Credit
Facilities, specified in its Additional Lender Supplement. Each
Other Lender which executes and delivers an Additional Lender
Supplement and becomes a party hereto and a “Lender”
hereunder pursuant to such Additional Lender Supplement is
hereinafter referred to as an “ Additional Lender
.”
(iii) In no event shall an existing
Lender’s Incremental Commitment or the Revolving Credit
Commitment of an Other Lender become effective until the Agent
shall have received a favorable written opinion of counsel for the
Company, addressed to the Lenders, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent and any Increasing Lenders and Additional
Lenders with respect to such Incremental Commitments. In no event
shall an Incremental Commitment or the Revolving Credit Commitment
of an Other Lender which results in the aggregate Revolving Credit
Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders hereunder exceeding the
amount which is authorized at such time in resolutions previously
delivered to the Agent become effective until the Agent shall have
received a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent, of the Board of Directors of the Company
authorizing the borrowings contemplated pursuant to such increase,
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company. Upon the effectiveness of an Incremental Commitment or the
Revolving Credit Commitment of an Other Lender pursuant to the
preceding sentence and execution by an Increasing Lender of a
Commitment Increase Supplement or by an Additional Lender of an
Additional Lender Supplement, the Company shall make such borrowing
from such Increasing Lender or Additional Lender, and/or shall make
such prepayment of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, as shall be
required to cause the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Revolving Credit Loans each under affected Revolving Credit
Facility owing to each Revolving Credit Lender thereunder
(including each such Increasing Lender and Additional Lender) to be
proportional to such Lender’s share of the aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such Revolving Credit
Facility after giving effect to any increase thereof. The Company
agrees to indemnify each Lender and to hold each Lender harmless
from any loss or expense incurred as a result of any such
prepayment in accordance with subsection 2.22, as
applicable.
(iv) No Other Lender may become an
Additional Lender unless an Additional Lender Supplement (or
counterparts thereof) has been signed by such bank or financial
institution and which Additional Lender Supplement has been agreed
to and acknowledged by the Company and acknowledged by the Agent.
No consent of any Lender or acknowledgment of any of the other
Lenders hereunder shall be required therefor. In no event shall the
Commitment of any Lender be increased by reason of any bank or
financial institution becoming an Additional Lender, or otherwise,
but the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder shall be
increased by the amount of each Additional Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment. Upon any Lender entering into a Commitment
Increase
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Supplement or
any Additional Lender becoming a party hereto, the Agent shall
notify each Lender thereof and shall deliver to each such Revolving
Credit Lender that has a commitment under the relevant Revolving
Credit Facility or Revolving Credit Facilities a copy of the
Additional Lender Supplement executed by such Additional Lender,
agreed to and acknowledged by the Company and acknowledged by the
Agent, and the Commitment Increase Supplement executed by such
Increasing Lender, agreed to and acknowledged by the Company and
acknowledged by the Agent.
(c) Letters of Credit . Each
Issuing Bank agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set
forth in this Agreement, to issue letters of credit (each, a
“ Letter of Credit ”) for the account of any
Borrower and its specified Subsidiaries from time to time on any
Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until 30 days
before the Termination Date in an aggregate Available Letter of
Credit Amount (i) for all Letters of Credit issued by each Issuing
Bank not to exceed at any time the lesser of (x) the Letter of
Credit Facility at such time and (y) such Issuing Bank’s
Letter of Credit Commitment at such time and (ii) for each such
Letter of Credit not to exceed an amount equal to the aggregate
Available Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of the Irish
Revolving Credit Facility at such time. No Letter of Credit shall
have an expiration date (including all rights of the applicable
Borrower or the beneficiary to require renewal) later than 10
Business Days before the Termination Date. Within the limits
referred to above, the Borrowers may from time to time request the
Issuance of Letters of Credit under this subsection
2.1(c).
2.2. Term Commitments
. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof:
(a) Each US Term Loan Lender
severally agrees to make a term loan (a “ US Term Loan
”) to the US Term Borrower on the Closing Date in an
aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of the US Term Commitment
of such Lender then in effect. The US Term Borrowing shall consist
of US Term Loans made simultaneously by the US Term Loan Lenders
ratably according to their US Term Commitments. Amounts borrowed
under this subsection 2.2(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be
reborrowed. The US Term Loans shall be made in Dollars and may from
time to time be (i) Eurocurrency Loans or (ii) Base Rate
Loans, in each case as determined by the Company and notified to
the Agent in accordance with subsection 2.11.
(b) Each Irish Term Loan Lender
severally agrees to make a term loan (an “ Irish Term
Loan ”) to the Irish Term Borrower on the Closing Date in
an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount of the Irish Term
Commitment of such Lender then in effect. The Irish Term Borrowing
shall consist of Irish Term Loans made simultaneously by the Irish
Term Loan Lenders ratably according to their Irish Term
Commitments. Amounts borrowed under this subsection 2.2(b) and
repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. The Irish Term Loans shall
be made in Pounds Sterling as Eurocurrency Loans.
(c) Each Japanese Term Loan Lender
severally agrees to make a term loan (a “ Japanese Term
Loan ”) to the Japanese Term Borrower on the Business Day
(in Tokyo) following the Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to
exceed the amount of the Japanese Term Commitment of such Lender
then in effect. The Japanese Term Borrowing shall consist of
Japanese Term Loans made simultaneously by the Japanese Term Loan
Lenders ratably according to their Japanese Term Commitments.
Amounts borrowed under this subsection 2.2(c) and repaid or
prepaid may not be reborrowed. The Japanese Term Loans shall be
made in Yen as Eurocurrency Loans.
2.3.
Issuance of and Drawings and Reimbursement Under Letters of
Credit . (a) Request for Issuance .
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued upon notice, given not
later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City Time) on the fifth Business
Day prior to the date of the proposed Issuance of such Letter of
Credit (or on such shorter notice as the applicable Issuing Bank
may agree), by any Borrower to any Issuing Bank, with a copy to the
Agent, and such Issuing Bank shall give the Agent prompt
notice
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thereof. Each such
notice by a Borrower of Issuance of a Letter of Credit (a “
Notice of Issuance ”) shall be by telecopier,
confirmed immediately in writing, specifying therein the requested
(A) date of such Issuance (which shall be a Business Day), (B)
Available Letter of Credit Amount of such Letter of Credit, (C)
expiration date of such Letter of Credit, (D) name and address of
the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, (E) currency in which
such Letter of Credit will be denominated (which may be Dollars,
any Available Foreign Currency or any other foreign currency (to
the extent the applicable Issuing Bank is legally, and without
additional unreimbursed expense, able to provide a Letter of Credit
denominated in such other foreign currency)) and (F) form of such
Letter of Credit. Such Letter of Credit shall be issued pursuant to
such application and agreement for letter of credit as such Issuing
Bank and the applicable Borrower shall agree for use in connection
with such requested Letter of Credit (a “ Letter of Credit
Agreement ”). If the requested form of such Letter of
Credit is acceptable to such Issuing Bank in its reasonable
discretion (it being understood that any such form shall have only
explicit documentary conditions to draw and shall not include
discretionary conditions), unless such Issuing Bank has received
written notice from any Lender or the Agent, at least one Business
Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment for the
applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more of the applicable
conditions set forth in subsection 4.2 shall not then be satisfied,
such Issuing Bank will, upon satisfaction of the applicable
conditions set forth in subsection 4.2, make such Letter of Credit
available to the applicable Borrower at its office referred to in
subsection 10.2 or as otherwise agreed with such Borrower in
connection with such Issuance in accordance with such Issuing
Bank’s usual and customary business practices. In the event
and to the extent that the provisions of any Letter of Credit
Agreement shall conflict with this Agreement, the provisions of
this Agreement shall govern.
(b) By
the Issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of
Credit increasing or decreasing the amount thereof) and without any
further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the
Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Irish Revolving
Credit Lender, and each Irish Revolving Credit Lender hereby
acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of
Credit equal to such Lender’s Irish Revolving Credit
Commitment Percentage of the Available Letter of Credit Amount of
such Letter of Credit. Each Borrower hereby agrees to each such
participation. In consideration and in furtherance of the
foregoing, each Irish Revolving Credit Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees to pay to the Agent, for the account of such
Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Irish Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage of each drawing made under a Letter of Credit funded by
such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower in
accordance with the second sentence of paragraph (c) below (which
amount if not so reimbursed will be deemed to be a Irish Revolving
Credit Borrowing to such Borrower as contemplated in such
sentence), or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded
to such Borrower for any reason, which amount will be advanced
regardless of the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
subsection 4.2. Each Irish Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and
agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to
this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance
whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any
Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or
reduction or termination of the Irish Revolving Credit Commitments,
and that each such payment shall be made without any offset,
abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Irish
Revolving Credit Lender further acknowledges and agrees that its
participation in each Letter of Credit will be automatically
adjusted to reflect such Lender’s Irish Revolving Credit
Commitment Percentage of the Available Letter of Credit Amount of
such Letter of Credit at each time such Lender’s Irish
Revolving Credit Commitment is amended pursuant to an increase in
accordance with subsection 2.1(b), an assignment in accordance with
subsection 10.7 or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) Upon receipt from the
beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing
under a Letter of Credit issued by an Issuing Bank, such Issuing
Bank will notify the applicable Borrower and the Agent thereof. The
payment by an Issuing Bank of a draft drawn under any Letter of
Credit which is not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower either
(x) on the date made in the event that such
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notice to the
applicable Borrower shall have been given by 12:00 Noon (New York
City time) on such date or (y) otherwise, by 10:00 A.M. (New York
City time) on the following day, shall constitute for all purposes
of this Agreement the making by any such Issuing Bank of a Irish
Revolving Credit Borrowing, which shall be an Base Rate Loan, in
the amount of such draft, without regard to whether the making of
such a Borrowing would exceed such Issuing Bank’s Available
Revolving Credit Commitment in respect of the Irish Revolving
Credit Facility. Upon written demand by such Issuing Bank, with a
copy of such demand to the Agent and the applicable Borrower, each
Irish Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Agent such
Lender’s Irish Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such
outstanding Irish Revolving Credit Borrowing pursuant to subsection
2.3(b). Each Irish Revolving Credit Lender acknowledges and agrees
that its obligation to make Irish Revolving Credit Borrowings
pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or
extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance
of a Default or reduction or termination of the Irish Revolving
Credit Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made
without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
Promptly after receipt thereof, the Agent shall transfer such funds
to such Issuing Bank. Each Irish Revolving Credit Lender agrees to
fund its Irish Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of an
outstanding Irish Revolving Credit Borrowing on (i) the Business
Day on which demand therefor is made, provided that notice
of such demand is given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City
time) on such Business Day, or (ii) the first Business Day next
succeeding such demand if notice of such demand is given after such
time. If and to the extent that any Irish Revolving Credit Lender
shall not have so made the amount of such Irish Revolving Credit
Borrowing available to the Agent, such Lender agrees to pay to the
Agent forthwith on demand such amount together with interest
thereon, for each day from the date of demand until the date such
amount is paid to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate for its
account or the account of such Issuing Bank, as applicable. To the
extent that the Irish Revolving Credit Lenders pay to the Agent
such amount for the account of any such Issuing Bank on any
Business Day, the respective amounts so paid by them in respect of
principal shall constitute a Irish Revolving Credit Borrowing made
by such Lender on such Business Day for purposes of this Agreement,
and the outstanding principal amount of the associated Irish
Revolving Credit Borrowing made by such Issuing Bank pursuant to
the second sentence of this paragraph shall be reduced by such
amount on such Business Day.
(d) Each Issuing Bank shall furnish
(A) to the Agent and each Lender (with a copy to the Company) on
the first Business Day of each month a written report summarizing
Issuance and expiration dates of Letters of Credit issued by such
Issuing Bank during the preceding month and drawings during such
month under all Letters of Credit and (B) to the Agent and each
Lender (with a copy to the Company) on the first Business Day of
each calendar quarter a written report setting forth the average
daily aggregate Available Letter of Credit Amount during the
preceding calendar quarter of all Letters of Credit issued by such
Issuing Bank.
(e) The
failure of any Lender to make the Irish Revolving Credit Borrowing
to be made by it on the date specified in subsection 2.4 shall not
relieve any other Irish Revolving Credit Lender of its obligation
hereunder to make its Irish Revolving Credit Borrowing on such
date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Lender to make the Irish Revolving Credit Borrowing to be
made by such other Lender on such date.
(f) For
the avoidance of doubt, no Issuing Bank shall be under any
obligation to issue any Letter of Credit either (i) at the request
of, or for the account of, any Borrower or any Subsidiary of a
Borrower, in each case incorporated in Ireland, or (ii) to any
Person resident in Ireland, in each case to the extent that such
Issuing Bank is not duly authorized to carry on the business of
issuing contracts of suretyship in Ireland (or otherwise exempted
under the laws of Ireland from the requirement to have any such
authorization) or to the extent that the issuance by such Issuing
Bank would otherwise contravene any law of Ireland or any other
applicable jurisdiction.
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2.4. Procedure for Revolving
Credit Borrowing and Term Borrowing . (i) Each Revolving
Credit Borrower may borrow Revolving Credit Loans under the
Revolving Credit Commitments on any Business Day during the
Commitment Period and (ii) each Term Loan Borrower may borrow Term
Loans under the Term Commitments on the Closing Date (except the
Japanese Term Borrowing which shall occur on the Business Day (in
Tokyo) following the Closing Date), in each case upon irrevocable
notice to the Agent (and, in the case of a Borrowing consisting of
Eurocurrency Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans or Bankers’
Acceptances, simultaneously to the applicable Sub-Agent and
further, in the case of any Japanese Revolving Credit Borrowing,
simultaneously with a copy to the Yen Swing Line Lender), given not
later than (x) 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the third
Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing in the
case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in
Dollars, (y) 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the fourth
Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing in the
case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
denominated in Euros, Pounds Sterling or Yen, or Borrowings
consisting of Banker’s Acceptances (other than (x) a
Borrowing by way of Bankers’ Acceptances covered by a Notice
of Rollover/Conversion delivered in accordance with subsection
2.5(b)(ix) or (y) the Japanese Term Borrowing on the Closing Date,
which shall be delivered by 12:00 Noon (New York city time) on the
third Business Day prior to such date), or (z) 10:00 A.M. (New
York City time) on the date of the proposed Borrowing in the case
of a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate
Loans, specifying, in each case, (A) the applicable Borrower, (B)
the applicable Facility, (C) the amount to be borrowed, (C) the
requested borrowing date, (D) the Type of Loans and (E) if the
borrowing is to be entirely or partly of Eurocurrency Loans, the
Currency thereof, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan
and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Periods
therefor. Each Revolving Credit Borrowing under the Revolving
Credit Commitments shall be in an amount equal to the Applicable
Borrowing Minimum or an Applicable Borrowing Multiple in excess
thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice from the applicable
Borrower, the Agent (or applicable Sub-Agent) shall promptly notify
each Revolving Credit Lender or Term Loan Lender, as applicable,
under the applicable Facility. Each applicable Lender will make the
amount of its pro rata share of each Borrowing available to the
Agent (or applicable Sub-Agent) for the account of the applicable
Borrower at the Funding Office, and at or prior to the Funding
Time, for the Currency of such Loan in funds immediately available
to the Agent (or applicable Sub-Agent). Such Borrowing will then
immediately be made available to the applicable Borrower by the
Agent (or applicable Sub-Agent) crediting the account of the
applicable Borrower on the books of such Funding Office with the
aggregate of the amounts made available to the Agent (or applicable
Sub-Agent) by the Lenders and in like funds as received by the
Agent (or applicable Sub-Agent). Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in the foregoing, Bankers’ Acceptances
shall be issued under the Canadian Revolving Credit Facility in
accordance with subsection 2.5 below. Further, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this subsection 2.4, for
purposes of determining the amount of the Irish Term Borrowing and
the Japanese Term Borrowing, respectively, (x) the Equivalent in
Pounds Sterling of the Irish Term Commitment and (y) the Equivalent
in Yen of the Japanese Term Commitment shall, in each case, be
determined on the date on which the applicable Borrower submits a
notice of borrowing in respect of such Facility.
2.5.
Bankers’ Acceptances .
(a) Pursuant to any request for a
Borrowing under the Canadian Revolving Credit Facility, any
Canadian Revolving Credit Borrower may request that such Borrowing
be made by way of Bankers’ Acceptances, in which case such
Canadian Revolving Credit Borrower may issue Bankers’
Acceptances denominated in Canadian Dollars, for purchase by the
Canadian Revolving Credit Lenders hereunder, in each case in
accordance with the provisions of this subsection 2.5 and in
respect of any such request for a Borrowing, provided that:
(i) the principal amount of Borrowing made by way of Bankers’
Acceptances shall be deemed to be the Face Amount of the drafts to
be issued and accepted; and (ii) all other conditions to Borrowing
set forth in subsection 2.1(a)(ii) and subsection 4.2 shall be
complied with as conditions to any Borrowing by way of
Bankers’ Acceptances.
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(b) (i) The
applicable Canadian Revolving Credit Borrower shall notify the
applicable Sub-Agent (the “ Canadian Sub-Agent
”) of any Borrowing by way of Bankers’ Acceptances in
accordance with subsection 2.4.
(ii) To facilitate availment of the
Canadian Revolving Credit Borrowings by way of Bankers’
Acceptances, each Canadian Revolving Credit Borrower hereby
appoints each Canadian Revolving Credit Lender as its attorney to
sign and endorse on its behalf (for the purpose of acceptance and
purchase of Bankers’ Acceptances pursuant to this Agreement),
in handwriting or by facsimile or mechanical signature as and when
deemed necessary by such Lender, blank forms of Bankers’
Acceptances. In this respect, it is each Canadian Revolving Credit
Lender’s responsibility to maintain an adequate supply of
blank forms of Bankers’ Acceptances for acceptance under this
Agreement. Each Canadian Revolving Credit Borrower recognizes and
agrees that all Bankers’ Acceptances signed and/or endorsed
on its behalf by a Canadian Revolving Credit Lender shall bind such
Borrower as fully and effectually as if signed in the handwriting
of and duly issued by the proper signing officers of such Borrower.
Each Canadian Revolving Credit Lender is hereby authorized (for the
purpose of acceptance and purchase of Bankers’ Acceptances
pursuant to this Agreement) to issue such Bankers’
Acceptances endorsed in blank in such Face Amounts as may be
determined by such Lender; provided that the aggregate
amount thereof is equal to the aggregate amount of Bankers’
Acceptances required to be accepted and purchased by such Lender.
No Canadian Revolving Credit Lender shall be liable for any damage,
loss or other claim arising by reason of any loss or improper use
of any such instrument except where arising from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Lender or its officers,
employees, agents or representatives. On request by any Canadian
Revolving Credit Borrower, a Canadian Revolving Credit Lender shall
cancel all forms of Bankers’ Acceptances which have been
pre-signed or pre-endorsed by or on behalf of such Borrower and
which are held by such Lender and have not yet been issued in
accordance herewith. Each Canadian Revolving Credit Lender further
agrees to retain such records in the manner and/or for the
statutory periods provided in the various Canadian provincial or
federal statutes and regulations which apply to such Lender. Each
Canadian Revolving Credit Lender shall maintain a record with
respect to Bankers’ Acceptances held by it in blank
hereunder, voided by it for any reason, accepted and purchased by
it hereunder, and cancelled at their respective maturities. Each
Canadian Revolving Credit Lender agrees to provide such records to
the applicable Canadian Revolving Credit Borrower at such
Borrower’s expense upon request.
(iii) Bankers’ Acceptances
shall be signed by a duly authorized officer or officers of the
applicable Canadian Revolving Credit Borrower or by its attorneys,
including its attorneys appointed pursuant to subsection 2.5(b)(ii)
above. Notwithstanding that any person whose signature appears on
any Bankers’ Acceptance as a signatory for such Borrower may
no longer be an authorized signatory for such Borrower at the date
of issuance of a Bankers’ Acceptance, such signature shall
nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if such
authority had remained in force at the time of such issuance, and
any such Bankers’ Acceptance so signed shall be binding on
such Borrower.
(iv) Promptly following receipt of a
notice of Canadian Revolving Credit Borrowing or Notice of
Rollover/Conversion in respect of Bankers’ Acceptances, the
Canadian Sub-Agent shall advise each Canadian Revolving Credit
Lender of the aggregate Face Amount of Bankers’ Acceptances
to be accepted by it, the terms thereof, and the BA Discount
Proceeds in respect thereof. The aggregate Face Amount of
Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted by a Canadian Revolving
Credit Lender in respect of any Canadian Revolving Credit Borrowing
by way of Bankers’ Acceptances shall be equal to such
Lender’s Canadian Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of
the aggregate Face Amount of all Bankers’ Acceptances to be
accepted pursuant to
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such Borrowing, except that if the Face Amount
of a Bankers’ Acceptance which would otherwise be accepted by
a Canadian Revolving Credit Lender would not be Canadian Dollars
$100,000 or a larger multiple thereof, such Face Amount shall be
increased or reduced by the Canadian Sub-Agent in its discretion to
the nearest multiple of Canadian Dollars $100,000.
(v) Each Bankers’ Acceptance
to be accepted by a Canadian Revolving Credit Lender shall be
accepted at its applicable Funding Office in Canada.
(vi) On the date of each issuance of
Bankers’ Acceptances in accordance with this subsection 2.5,
each Canadian Revolving Credit Lender shall accept and purchase
from the applicable Canadian Revolving Credit Borrower each
Bankers’ Acceptance to be accepted by it in connection with
the Canadian Revolving Credit Borrowing for a purchase price equal
to the applicable BA Discount Proceeds determined on the basis of
the BA Discount Rate, and (except to the extent such BA Discount
Proceeds are being applied to repay maturing Bankers’
Acceptances in accordance with subsection 2.5(b)(ix)) shall remit
to the Canadian Sub-Agent in accordance with subsection 2.4 the BA
Discount Proceeds so determined less the Acceptance Fee payable by
such Borrower to such Lender under subsection 2.5(d) in respect of
such Bankers’ Acceptances.
(vii) Each Canadian Revolving Credit
Lender may at any time and from time to time hold, sell, rediscount
or otherwise dispose of any or all Bankers’ Acceptances
accepted and purchased by it (it being understood that no holder
thereof shall have any rights or obligations hereunder or under any
of the other Loan Documents unless any such holder is a
Lender).
(viii) Each Canadian Revolving
Credit Borrower waives presentment for payment and any other
defense to payment of any amounts then due to a Canadian Revolving
Credit Lender in respect of a Bankers’ Acceptance accepted
and purchased by it pursuant to this Agreement which might exist
solely by reason of such Bankers’ Acceptance being held, at
the maturity thereof, by such Lender in its own right, and each
Canadian Revolving Credit Borrower agrees not to claim any days of
grace if such Lender as holder sues such Borrower on the
Bankers’ Acceptances for payment of the amount payable by
such Borrower thereunder.
(ix) At or before 9:30 A.M. (Toronto
time) two Business Days before the BA Maturity Date of any
Bankers’ Acceptances, the applicable Canadian Revolving
Credit Borrower shall give to the Sub-Agent notice (a “
Notice of Rollover/Conversion ”) specifying either
that such Borrower intends to repay the maturing Bankers’
Acceptances on the applicable BA Maturity Date or that such
Borrower intends to issue new Bankers’ Acceptances on the
applicable BA Maturity Date to provide for the payment of the
maturing Bankers’ Acceptances. If the applicable Canadian
Revolving Credit Borrower fails to provide any such notice to the
Canadian Sub-Agent or fails to repay the maturing Bankers’
Acceptances on the applicable BA Maturity Date, such failure shall
be deemed a Notice of Rollover/Conversion for the issuance of new
Bankers’ Acceptances to provide for the payment of such
maturing Bankers’ Acceptances and such new
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