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Exhibit
10.3
$658,119,030
9.25% SENIOR UNSECURED
CREDIT AGREEMENT - 2014
Dated as of May 2,
2008,
among
INTELSAT
CORPORATION,
as the
Borrower,
the Guarantors named
herein
and
the Several
Lenders
from Time to Time Parties
Hereto
CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN
ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Administrative
Agent
BANC OF AMERICA BRIDGE
LLC,
as Syndication
Agent
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR
FUNDING, INC.
as Documentation
Agent
and
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES
(USA) LLC,
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC, and
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR
FUNDING, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers
and Joint Bookrunners
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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| SECTION
2. |
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Amount
and Terms of Credit |
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2.1
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Commitments |
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2.2
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Minimum
Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings |
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2.3
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Notice of
Borrowing |
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2.4
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Disbursement of Funds |
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2.5
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Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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2.6
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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2.7
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Pro Rata
Borrowings |
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2.8
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Interest |
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| SECTION
3. |
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Securities Demand; Exchange Notes |
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3.1
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Exchange
Notes and Execution of Exchange Note Indenture |
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3.2
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Securities Demand |
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3.3
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Option to
Exchange Loans for Exchange Notes |
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3.4
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Procedures for Issuing Exchange Notes |
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3.5
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Registration Rights with Respect to Exchange Notes |
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3.6
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Private
Placement |
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| SECTION
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Fees;
Commitments |
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4.1
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Fees |
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4.2
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Mandatory
Termination of Commitments |
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| SECTION
5. |
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Payments |
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5.1
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Voluntary
Prepayments |
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5.2
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Mandatory
Prepayments |
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5.3
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Method
and Place of Payment |
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5.4
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Net
Payments |
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5.5
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Computation of Interest and Fees. |
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51 |
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5.6
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Limit on
Rate of Interest |
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51 |
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| SECTION
6. |
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Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing on the Closing
Date |
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6.1
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Credit
Documents |
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6.2
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No
Default; Representations and Warranties |
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6.3
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Fees and
Expenses |
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| SECTION
7. |
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[Reserved] |
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| SECTION
8. |
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Representations, Warranties and Agreements |
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8.1
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Corporate
Status |
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8.2
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Corporate
Power and Authority |
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8.3
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No
Violation |
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8.4
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Litigation |
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8.5
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Margin
Regulations |
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8.6
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[Reserved] |
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8.7
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Investment Company Act |
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8.8
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True and
Complete Disclosure |
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8.9
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No
Material Adverse Change |
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8.10
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Tax
Returns and Payments |
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8.11
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Compliance with ERISA |
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8.12
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Subsidiaries |
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8.13
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Patents,
etc. |
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8.14
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Environmental Laws |
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8.15
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Properties |
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8.16
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Solvency |
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8.17
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Compliance |
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8.18
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FCC
Licenses, etc. |
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| SECTION 9. |
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Affirmative Covenants |
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9.1
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Reports
and Other Information |
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9.2
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Maintenance of Insurance |
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9.3
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Payment
of Taxes and Other Claims |
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9.4
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Corporate
Existence |
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9.5
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Maintenance of Properties |
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9.6
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Statement
by Officers as to Default |
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9.7
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[Reserved] |
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9.8
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Marketing
Efforts |
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| SECTION 10. |
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Negative
Covenants |
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10.1
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Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Disqualified Stock |
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10.2
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Limitation on Restricted Payments |
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10.3
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Limitations on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries |
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70 |
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10.4
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Limitation on Liens |
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10.5
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Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted
Subsidiaries |
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10.6
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Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions |
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10.7
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Asset
Sales |
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10.8
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Transactions with Affiliates |
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10.9
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Change of
Control |
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10.10
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Suspension of Covenants |
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10.11
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Borrower
May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms |
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10.12
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Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain
Terms |
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10.13
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Successor
Substituted |
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| SECTION 11. |
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Guarantees |
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11.1
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Guarantees |
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11.2
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Severability |
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80 |
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11.3
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Restricted Subsidiaries |
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11.4
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Limitation of Guarantors’ Liability |
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11.5
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Contribution |
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11.6
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Subrogation |
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11.7
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Reinstatement |
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11.8
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Release
of a Guarantor |
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| SECTION 12. |
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Events of
Default |
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12.1
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Events of
Default |
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12.2
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Acceleration |
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12.3
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Other
Remedies |
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12.4
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Waiver of
Past Defaults |
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12.5
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Control
by Majority |
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12.6
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Limitation on Suits |
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12.7
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Rights of
the Lenders to Receive Payment |
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12.8
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Priorities |
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| SECTION 13. |
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The
Administrative Agent |
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13.1
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Appointment |
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13.2
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Delegation of Duties |
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13.3
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Exculpatory Provisions |
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13.4
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Reliance
by Administrative Agent |
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87 |
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13.5
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Notice of
Default |
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13.6
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Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other
Lenders |
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13.7
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Indemnification |
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13.8
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Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity |
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13.9
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Successor
Agent |
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13.10
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Withholding Tax |
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13.11
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[Reserved] |
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89 |
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| SECTION 14. |
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Miscellaneous |
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14.1
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Amendments and Waivers |
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89 |
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14.2
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Notices |
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90 |
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14.3
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No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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91 |
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14.4
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties |
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91 |
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14.5
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Payment
of Expenses and Taxes |
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14.6
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Successors and Assigns; Participations and
Assignments |
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14.7
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Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances |
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14.8
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Adjustments; Set-off |
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14.9
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Counterparts |
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14.10
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Severability |
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14.11
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Integration |
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14.12
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GOVERNING
LAW |
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14.13
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Submission to Jurisdiction; Consent to Service;
Waivers |
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14.14
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Acknowledgments |
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14.15
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WAIVERS
OF JURY TRIAL |
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14.16
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Confidentiality |
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14.17
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No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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14.18
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USA
PATRIOT Act |
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14.19
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Conversion of Currencies |
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| SCHEDULES |
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| Schedule 1.1(a) |
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Commitments of Lenders |
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| Schedule 1.1(b) |
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Administrative Agent Details |
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| Schedule 1.1(c) |
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Existing
Notes |
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| Schedule 8.12 |
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Subsidiaries |
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| EXHIBITS |
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| Exhibit
A |
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Form of
Guarantee |
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| Exhibit
B |
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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| Exhibit
C |
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[Intentionally Omitted] |
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| Exhibit
D |
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance |
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| Exhibit
E |
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Form of
Promissory Note |
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| Exhibit
F |
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Preliminary Offering Memorandum |
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| Exhibit
G |
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Form of
Exchange Notice |
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| Exhibit
H |
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Form of
Non-U.S. Lender’s Non-Bank Tax Certificate |
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iv
SENIOR UNSECURED CREDIT
AGREEMENT, dated as of May 2, 2008 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “
Agreement ”), among INTELSAT CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the lending
institutions from time to time parties hereto (each a “
Lender ” and, collectively, the “ Lenders
”), CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Administrative
Agent, BANC OF AMERICA BRIDGE LLC, as Syndication Agent, MORGAN
STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Documentation Agent, and CREDIT
SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC and
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Joint Lead Arrangers and
Joint Bookrunners (such terms and each other capitalized term used
but not defined in this introductory statement and recitals having
the meaning provided in Section 1).
WHEREAS, the Borrower intends
to redeem or repurchase the Notes (as defined below);
The parties hereto hereby
agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions
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1.1 Defined Terms
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(a) As used herein, the
following terms shall have the meanings specified in this
Section 1.1 (it being understood that defined terms in this
Agreement shall include in the singular number the plural and in
the plural the singular):
“ Acceptable
Exclusions ” means:
(1) war, invasion, hostile or
warlike action in time of peace or war, including action in
hindering, combating or defending against an actual, impending or
expected attack by:
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any government or sovereign power (de jure or de
facto), |
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any authority maintaining or using a military, naval or air
force, |
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a military, naval, or air force, or |
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any agent of any such government, power, authority or
force; |
(2) any anti-satellite
device, or device employing atomic or nuclear fission or fusion, or
device employing laser or directed energy beams;
(3) insurrection, strikes,
labor disturbances, riots, civil commotion, rebellion, revolution,
civil war, usurpation, or action taken by a government authority in
hindering, combating or defending against such an occurrence,
whether there be declaration of war or not;
(4) confiscation,
nationalization, seizure, restraint, detention, appropriation,
requisition for title or use by or under the order of any
government or governmental authority or agent (whether secret or
otherwise or whether civil, military or de facto) or public or
local authority or agency;
(5) nuclear reaction, nuclear
radiation, or radioactive contamination of any nature, whether such
loss or damage be direct or indirect, except for radiation
naturally occurring in the space environment;
(6) electromagnetic or radio
frequency interference, except for physical damage to the Satellite
directly resulting from such interference;
(7) willful or intentional
acts of the directors or officers of the named insured, acting
within the scope of their duties, designed to cause loss or failure
of the Satellite;
(8) an act of one or more
individuals, whether or not agents of a sovereign power, for
political or terrorist purposes and whether the loss, damage or
failure resulting therefrom is accidental or
intentional;
(9) any unlawful seizure or
wrongful exercise of control of the Satellite made by any
individual or individuals acting for political or terrorist
purposes;
(10) loss of revenue,
incidental damages or consequential loss;
(11) extra expenses, other
than the expenses insured under the applicable policy;
(12) third party
liability;
(13) loss of a redundant
component(s) that does not cause a transponder failure;
and
(14) such other similar
exclusions as may be customary for policies of such type as of the
date of issuance or renewal of such coverage.
“ Acquired
Indebtedness ” shall mean, with respect to any specified
Person,
(1) Indebtedness of any other
Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or
into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person,
including Indebtedness Incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or
becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person,
and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a
Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified
Person.
“ Acquisition
” shall mean the transactions pursuant to which Serafina
Acquisition Limited became the owner of all of the outstanding
share capital of Intelsat Holdings Ltd. pursuant to the Transaction
Agreement.
“ Acquisition
Documents ” shall mean the Transaction Agreement, the
Credit Agreements, each agreement and instrument governing the
Acquisition Notes (to the extent applicable), the Specified
Intercompany Agreements and, in each case, any other document
entered into in connection therewith, in each case as amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time.
“ Acquisition
Notes ” shall mean (a) the $2,805,000,000 in
aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2018 of Serafina
Acquisition, Ltd. that were intended to be issued in the manner
contemplated by the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, (b) the
$2,055,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Senior PIK Election
Notes due 2018 of Serafina Acquisition Ltd. that were intended to
be issued in the manner contemplated by the Preliminary Offering
Memorandum, and (c) any agreement or instrument executed in
connection with a financing consummated in lieu of the issuance of
the foregoing notes.
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“ Additional Debt
Securities ” shall mean one or more additional series of
debt securities issued by the Borrower or one or more of its
Subsidiaries or Parents or Affiliates in connection with (or to
refinance or replace) the funding of any “Change of Control
Backstop Facility,” “Bermuda Unsecured Credit
Facility” and/or “Bridge Facility,” in each case
as defined in, and contemplated by, the Commitment
Letter.
“ Adjusted
EBITDA ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, for any period, an
amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period
(1) increased (without
duplication) by:
(A) Consolidated Income Tax
Expense accrued for such period to the extent deducted in
determining Consolidated Net Income for such period;
plus
(B) Consolidated Interest
Expense (including interest under Satellite Purchase Agreements for
such period to the extent excluded in determining Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period) for such period to the extent
deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period;
plus
(C) Consolidated Depreciation
and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the
extent such depreciation and amortization were deducted in
computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(D) collections on
investments in sales-type leases during such period, to the extent
not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income for such period;
plus
(E) to the extent deducted in
arriving at Consolidated Net Income, foreign withholding taxes paid
or accrued in such period; plus
(F) any amounts receivable
for such period in connection with contracts that are attributable
to Globo Comunicacões e Participacöes, Ltda.’s
involvement in arrangements with Sky Multi-Country Partners;
plus
(G) any expenses or charges
related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition,
disposition, recapitalization or Indebtedness permitted to be
Incurred by this Agreement including a refinancing thereof (whether
or not successful), including (i) such fees, expenses or
charges related to the offering of the notes and the Credit
Facilities and (ii) any amendment or other modification of the
notes or the Credit Facilities, and, in each case, deducted in
computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(H) the amount of any
restructuring charge deducted in such period in computing
Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs Incurred in
connection with acquisitions after August 20, 2004 and costs
related to closure of facilities; plus
(I) any other non-cash
charges reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period, excluding
any such charge that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash
expenditure for a future period; plus
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(J) the amount of any
minority interest expense deducted in calculating Consolidated Net
Income (less the amount of any cash dividends paid to the holders
of such minority interests); plus
(K) the amount of management,
monitoring, consulting and advisory fees and related expenses paid
to the Sponsors;
(2) decreased by (without
duplication):
(A) any gross profit on
sales-type leases included in Consolidated Net Income for such
period, except for collections on investments in sales-type leases
during such period, to the extent included in Consolidated Net
Income for such period; and
(B) non-cash items increasing
Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, excluding any items which represent
the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated
cash charges in any prior period; and
(3) increased or decreased by
(without duplication):
(A) any net loss or gain
resulting from currency exchange risk Hedging Obligations; plus or
minus, as applicable
(B) without duplication, the
Historical Adjustments.
“ Adjusted Net
Assets ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.5 of this Agreement.
“ Administrative
Agent ” shall mean Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch,
in its capacity as the administrative agent for the Lenders under
this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, until a successor
replaces it in accordance with Section 13.9, and thereafter
means such successor.
“ Administrative
Agent’s Office ” shall mean the office of the
Administrative Agent as set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) , or
such other office as the Administrative Agent may designate to the
Borrower and the Lenders from time to time.
“ Administrative
Questionnaire ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 14.6(b)(ii)(D).
“ Affiliate
” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, “control” (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled
by” and “under common control with”), as used
with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise.
“ Affiliate
Transaction ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 10.8(a) of this Agreement.
“ Agents ”
shall mean each Joint Lead Arranger, the Administrative Agent and
the Syndication Agent.
“ Agreement
” shall mean this credit agreement, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
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“ Agreement
Currency ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 14.19(b).
“ Applicable
Premium ” shall mean, with respect to any Loans, on any
applicable prepayment date, the greater of:
(1) 1.0% of the then
outstanding principal amount of such Loan being prepaid;
and
(2) the excess, if any,
of:
(a) the present value at such
prepayment date of (i) the prepayment price of such Loan at
August 15, 2009 (such prepayment price being set forth in the
table appearing in Section 5.1(a), plus (ii) all required
interest payments due on the Loan through August 15, 2009
(excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount
rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such prepayment date
plus 50 basis points; over
(b) the principal amount of
such Loan.
“ Approved Fund
” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 14.6(b).
“ Asset Sale
” shall mean:
(1) the sale, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a
series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by
way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary (each referred to in this definition as a
“ disposition ”), or
(2) the issuance or sale of
Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case,
other than:
(A) a disposition of Cash
Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete or worn out
equipment in the ordinary course of business or inventory
(including the sale or leasing, including by way of sales-type
lease, of transponder capacity and the leasing or licensing of
teleports);
(B) the disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Borrower in a manner
permitted pursuant to Section 10.11 or any disposition that
constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this
Agreement;
(C) the making of any
Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be
made, and is made, under Section 10.2;
(D) any disposition of assets
or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted
Subsidiary in any transaction or series of transactions with an
aggregate Fair Market Value of less than $25.0 million;
(E) any disposition of
property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted
Subsidiary to the Borrower or by the Borrower or a Restricted
Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;
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(F) to the extent allowable
under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any
exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a
Similar Business;
(G) the lease, assignment or
sub-lease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course
of business;
(H) any sale of Equity
Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an
Unrestricted Subsidiary (with the exception of Investments in
Unrestricted Subsidiaries acquired pursuant to clause (8) of
the definition of Permitted Investments);
(I) foreclosures on
assets;
(J) sales of accounts
receivable (including in respect of sales-type leases) and related
assets (including contract rights) which are customarily
transferred or in respect of which security interests are
customarily granted in connection with asset securitization
transactions involving accounts receivable (including in respect of
sales-type leases), or participations therein, in connection with
any Receivables Facility;
(K) any financing transaction
with respect to property built or acquired by the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, including Sale and
Lease-Back Transactions and asset securitizations permitted by this
Agreement;
(L) any Event of Loss;
and
(M) any sale of an Excluded
Satellite; provided that any cash and Cash Equivalents
received in connection with the sale of an Excluded Satellite shall
be treated as Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale and shall be applied as
provided for under Section 10.7.
“ Asset Sale
Offer ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 5.2(b) of this Agreement.
“ Assignment and
Acceptance ” shall mean an assignment and acceptance
substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.
“ Authorized
Officer ” shall mean the President, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller or any other senior officer
of the Borrower designated as such in writing to the Administrative
Agent by the Borrower.
“ Backstop Credit
Facility ” shall mean each agreement or instrument
(including indentures) executed in connection with a financing
contemplated by the Commitment Letter, dated June 19, 2007, by
and among Serafina Acquisition Limited and the arrangers, agents
and lenders party thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“ Bank
Indebtedness ” shall mean any and all amounts payable
under or in respect of any Credit Agreement or any other Senior
Credit Documents, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived,
replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise
modified from time to time (including after termination of any
Credit Agreement), including principal, premium (if any), interest
(including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition
in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Borrower
whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such
proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations,
guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect
thereof.
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“ Bankruptcy Law
” means Title 11, United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as
amended, or any similar United States federal or state law relating
to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding-up, liquidation,
reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession
to or change in any such law.
“ Board of
Directors ” shall mean, with respect to any Person,
either the board of directors of such Person or any duly authorized
committee of such board.
“ Board
Resolution ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower, a
duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors of the Borrower
or any committee thereof.
“ Borrower
” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“ Borrowing
” shall mean and include the Incurrence of the Loans on the
Closing Date.
“ Business Day
” shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day
that shall be in The City of New York a legal holiday or a day on
which banking institutions are authorized by law or other
governmental actions to close.
“ Capital Stock
” shall mean:
(1) in the case of a
corporation, corporate stock,
(2) in the case of an
association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock,
(3) in the case of a
partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership
interests (whether general or limited), and
(4) any other interest or
participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share
of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the
issuing Person.
“ Capitalized Lease
Obligation ” shall mean, at the time any determination
thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a
capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized
and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the
footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of
Section 10.4, a Capitalized Lease Obligation will be deemed to
be secured by a Lien on the property being leased.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” shall mean:
(1) United States
dollars,
(2) pounds
sterling,
(3) (A) euro, or any national
currency of any participating member state in the European Union,
or
(B) in the case of any
Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local
currencies held by them from time to time in the ordinary course of
business,
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(4) securities issued or
directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the
United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof,
the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full
faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of
24 months or less from the date of acquisition,
(5) certificates of deposit,
time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one
year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’
acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight
bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital
and surplus of not less than $250.0 million in the case of domestic
banks and $100.0 million (or the U.S. Dollar Equivalent as of
the date of determination) in the case of foreign banks,
(6) repurchase obligations
for underlying securities of the types described in clauses
(4) and (5) above, entered into with any financial
institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause
(5) above,
(7) commercial paper rated at
least P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by S&P and in each
case maturing within 12 months after the date of creation
thereof,
(8) marketable short-term
money market and similar funds (x) either having assets in
excess of $250.0 million or (y) having a rating of at least
P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or,
if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating
such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating
Agency),
(9) investment funds
investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described
in clauses (1) through (8) above,
(10) readily marketable
direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two
highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or
S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of
acquisition, and
(11) Indebtedness or
preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A”
or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from
Moody’s with maturities of 12 months or less from the date of
acquisition.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in
currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) through
(3) above, provided that such amounts are converted
into any currency listed in clauses (1) through
(3) above, as promptly as practicable and in any event within
ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.
“ Change of
Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following:
(1) the sale, lease or
transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than a
Permitted Holder; or
(2) the Borrower becomes
aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice
or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group
acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding
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or disposing of securities
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act),
other than the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a
related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or
other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any
successor provision) of 50% or more of the total voting power of
the Voting Stock of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect
parent corporations.
“ Change of Control
Offer ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 5.2(a) of this Agreement.
“ Change of Control
Offers ” shall mean (a) each offer to purchase
outstanding notes of the Borrower and any Parent, Subsidiary or
Affiliate of the Borrower (including Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd.,
Intelsat Jackson, Intelsat Intermediate Holdco and Intelsat
Subsidiary Holding Company, Ltd.) pursuant to the indentures
governing such series of notes set forth on Schedule 1.1(c), and
(b) the offer to repay outstanding loans pursuant to the
Intelsat Jackson Unsecured Credit Agreement, under which, in each
case, the Acquisition resulted in a “change of control”
as defined in each such agreement.
“ Change of Control
Payment ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 5.1(a) of this Agreement.
“ Change of Control
Payment Date ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 5.1(a) of this Agreement.
“ Closing Date
” shall mean May 2, 2008.
“ Code ”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder. Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in
effect at the Closing Date, and any subsequent provisions of the
Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted
therefor.
“ Commitment
Letter ” shall mean the Commitment Letter dated
June 19, 2007 by and among Serafina Acquisition Limited and
the arrangers, agents and lenders party thereto, as amended by that
certain Amendment to Commitment Letter, Fee Letter and Engagement
Letter agreement dated as of February 4, 2008, as further
amended or supplemented from time to time.
“ Commitments
” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such
Lender’s Commitment set forth on Schedule 1.1(a). The
aggregate amount of all Commitments hereunder is
$658,119,030.
“ Common Stock
” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
interests, participations and other equivalents (however
designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s
common stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the date of
this Agreement, and includes all series and classes of such common
stock.
“ Confidential
Information ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 14.16.
“ consolidated
” or “ Consolidated ” means, with respect
to any Person, such Person consolidated with its Restricted
Subsidiaries, and shall not include any Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“ Consolidated
Depreciation and Amortization Expense ” means, with
respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of
depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization
of deferred financing fees, and other related non-cash charges,
excluding any non-cash item that represents
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an accrual or reserve for a cash
expenditure for a future period, of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated
Income Tax Expense ” means, with respect to the Borrower
for any period, the provision for federal, state, local and foreign
taxes based on income or profits (including franchise taxes)
payable by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Consolidated
Interest Expense ” shall mean, with respect to any Person
for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) consolidated interest
expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing
Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue
discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than
par, non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash
interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market
valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments
pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement
No. 133—”Accounting for Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities”), the interest component of Capitalized
Lease Obligations and net payments, if any, pursuant to interest
rate Hedging Obligations, and excluding amortization of deferred
financing fees, any expensing of bridge or other financing fees and
any interest under Satellite Purchase Agreements),
(2) (A) all cash dividend
payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any
series of preferred stock (including any Designated Preferred
Stock) or any Refunding Capital Stock of such Person made during
such period and (B) all cash dividend payments (excluding
items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified
Stock made during such period, and
(3) consolidated capitalized
interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, whether paid or accrued, less
(4) interest income for such
period.
For purposes of this
definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be
deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such
Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized
Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis,
and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided ,
however , that:
(1) any net after-tax
extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all
fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating
to severance, relocation costs, new product introductions, one-time
compensation charges and the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Agreement dated April 20, 2004, among
Constellation, LLC, the Company, The DIRECTV Group, Inc. and PAS
Merger Sub, Inc., the Letter Agreement dated May 17, 2004,
among Constellation, LLC, Carlyle PanAmSat I, L.L.C. and Carlyle
PanAmSat II L.L.C., the Letter Agreement dated May 17, 2004,
among Constellation, LLC, PEP PAS, LLC and PEOP PAS LLC, and the
Letter Agreement dated as of August 11, 2004, between The
DIRECTV Group, Inc. and Constellation, LLC and acknowledged by the
Borrower, the Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities as in effect
on August 20, 2004) shall be excluded,
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(2) the Net Income for such
period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principles during such period,
(3) any net after-tax income
(loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any net
after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed or discontinued
operations shall be excluded,
(4) any net after-tax gains
or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto)
attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary
course of business, as determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors of the Borrower, shall be excluded,
(5) the Net Income for such
period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity
method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that
Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower shall be increased by the
amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are
actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the
referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of
such period,
(6) solely for the purpose of
determining the amount of Cumulative Credit, the Net Income for
such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor)
shall be excluded if the declaration or payment of dividends or
similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net
Income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without
any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or,
directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its
charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order,
statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to such
Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction
with respect to the payment of dividends or in similar
distributions has been legally waived, provided that
Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower shall be increased by the
amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments
actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such
period, to the extent not already included therein,
(7) effects of adjustments in
any line item in such Person’s consolidated financial
statements required or permitted by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board Statement Nos. 141 and 142 resulting from the
application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions
or any acquisition that is consummated after August 20, 2004,
net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(8) any net after-tax income
(loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging
Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be
excluded,
(9) any impairment charge or
asset write-off pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement No. 142 and No. 144 and the amortization of
intangibles arising pursuant to No. 141 shall be excluded,
and
(10) any non-cash
compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or
similar rights, stock options or other rights to officers,
directors or employees shall be excluded.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for the purpose of Section 10.2 only, there shall
be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from
any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and
redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which
constitute Restricted Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary, any sale of the
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stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or
any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in
each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of
Restricted Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to the
definition of the term Cumulative Credit.
“ Consolidated
Secured Debt Ratio ” as of any date of determination
means, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by Liens
as of the end of the most recent fiscal period for which financial
reports have been filed with the SEC or provided to the
Administrative Agent, to (b) the aggregate amount of Adjusted
EBITDA for the then most recent four fiscal quarters for which
reports have been filed with the SEC or provided to the
Administrative Agent, in each case with such pro forma adjustments
to Consolidated Total Indebtedness and Adjusted EBITDA as are
appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions
set forth in the definition of the term “Debt to Adjusted
EBITDA Ratio.”
“ Consolidated Total
Indebtedness ” shall mean, as at any date of
determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate
amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) the aggregate amount of all
outstanding Disqualified Stock in the Borrower and all preferred
stock in the Restricted Subsidiaries, with the amount of such
Disqualified Stock and preferred stock equal to the greater of
their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences
and maximum fixed repurchase prices, in each case determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
For purposes hereof, the
“maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock that does not have a fixed repurchase
price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock as if such Disqualified Stock
or preferred stock were purchased on any date on which Consolidated
Total Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to
this Agreement, and if such price is based upon, or measured by,
the Fair Market Value of such Disqualified Stock or preferred
stock, such Fair Market Value shall be determined reasonably and in
good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower.
“ Contingent
Obligations ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases (other than any
lease or leases entered into in connection with any Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction), dividends or other obligations that do not
constitute Indebtedness (“ primary obligations
”) of any other Person (the “ primary obligor
”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including
any obligation of such Person, whether or not
contingent,
(1) to purchase any such
primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect
security therefor,
(2) to advance or supply
funds:
(A) for the purchase or
payment of any such primary obligation, or
(B) to maintain working
capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to
maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor,
or
(3) to purchase property,
securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the
owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary
obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in
respect thereof.
“ Corporation
” includes corporations, associations, companies and business
trusts.
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“ Credit
Agreements ” shall mean the Intelsat Credit Agreement,
the PanAmSat Credit Agreement and each Backstop Credit
Facility.
“ Credit
Documents ” shall mean this Agreement, any promissory
notes issued by the Borrower hereunder and each
Guarantee.
“ Credit
Facilities ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities,
including the Senior Credit Facilities, or commercial paper
facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors
or indentures providing for revolving credit loans, term loans,
receivables financing, including through the sale of receivables to
such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from
such lenders against receivables, letters of credit or other
long-term indebtedness, including any guarantees, collateral
documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection
therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications,
extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any
indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with
banks or other institutional lenders or investors that replace,
refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit
facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such
replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that
increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity
thereof ( provided that such increase in borrowings is
permitted under Section 10.1).
“ Credit Party
” shall mean each of the Borrower and each Guarantor
(including Holdings), for so long as any such Guarantor shall
remain a Guarantor.
“ Cumulative
Credit ” shall mean the sum of (without
duplication):
(1) the aggregate net cash
proceeds, and the Fair Market Value of marketable securities or
other property other than cash (as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Borrower), received by the Borrower from
the issue or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of any
class of Equity Interests, including Retired Capital Stock, in the
Borrower after August 20, 2004, other than
(A) Disqualified Stock, (B) Equity Interests to the
extent the net cash proceeds therefrom are applied as provided for
in Section 10.2(b)(4), (C) Designated Preferred Stock,
(D) Refunding Capital Stock and (E) Excluded
Contributions; plus
(2) 100% of any cash and the
Fair Market Value of marketable securities or other property other
than cash (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
the Borrower) received by the Borrower as a capital contribution
from its shareholders subsequent to August 20, 2004 other than
any Excluded Contributions; plus
(3) the principal amount (or
accreted amount (determined in accordance with GAAP), if less) of
any Indebtedness, or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed
repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock, of
the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary issued after
August 20, 2004 (other than any such Indebtedness or
Disqualified Stock to the extent issued to a Restricted
Subsidiary), which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity
Interests in the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock);
plus
(4) cumulative Adjusted
EBITDA from and after July 1, 2004, to the end of the fiscal
quarter immediately preceding the date of the proposed Restricted
Payment, or, if cumulative Adjusted EBITDA for such period is
negative, minus the amount by which cumulative Adjusted EBITDA is
less than zero; plus
(5) to the extent not already
included in Adjusted EBITDA, 100% of the aggregate net cash
proceeds received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary since
August 20, 2004
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from (A) Investments
(other than Permitted Investments), whether through interest
payments, principal payments, dividends or other distributions and
payments, or the sale or other disposition (other than to the
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) thereof made by the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (B) a cash dividend from,
or the sale (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary)
of the stock of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary; plus
(6) if any Unrestricted
Subsidiary is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Fair
Market Value of all Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary, as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Borrower.
Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary above, any repayments of Restricted Payments made
pursuant to Section 10.2 shall be excluded from the
calculation of Cumulative Credit.
“ Cumulative
Interest Expense ” shall mean, in respect of any
Restricted Payment, the sum of the aggregate amount of Consolidated
Interest Expense of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries
for the period from and after July 1, 2004 to the end of the
fiscal quarter immediately preceding the proposed Restricted
Payment.
“ Debt to Adjusted
EBITDA Ratio ” shall mean, with respect to any Person for
any period, such Person’s ratio of (1) Consolidated
Total Indebtedness as of the date of calculation (the “
Determination Date ”) to (2) the Adjusted EBITDA
for the four full consecutive fiscal quarters immediately preceding
such Determination Date for which financial information is
available (the “ Measurement Period ”). In the
event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs,
assumes, guarantees or redeems any Indebtedness or issues or
redeems Disqualified Stock or preferred stock subsequent to the
commencement of the Measurement Period for which the Debt to
Adjusted EBITDA Ratio is being calculated but prior to the
Determination Date, then the Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio shall be
calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, assumption,
guarantee or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance or
redemption of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as if the same
had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
period.
For purposes of making the
computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions,
dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed operations (as
determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the four-quarter
reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or
prior to or simultaneously with the Determination Date shall be
calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments,
acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations and disposed
operations (and the change in any associated obligations and the
change in Adjusted EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the
first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the
beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a
Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall
have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger,
consolidation or disposed operation that would have required
adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Debt to Adjusted
EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto
for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition,
merger, consolidation or disposed operation had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
For purposes of this
definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a
transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith
by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower.
If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being
given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be
calculated as if the rate in effect on the Determination Date had
been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account
any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness). Interest
on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an
interest
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rate reasonably determined by a
responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower to be
the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation
in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation
referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving
credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed
based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during
the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally
be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or
similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate,
shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen,
or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the
Borrower may designate.
“ Default
” shall mean any event that is, or with the passage of time
or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of
Default.
“ Defaulting
Lender ” shall mean any Lender with respect to which a
Lender Default is in effect.
“ Designated
Non-cash Consideration ” shall mean the Fair Market Value
of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted
Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated
as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’
Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by
an executive vice president and the principal financial officer of
the Borrower, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received
in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash
Consideration.
“ Designated
Preferred Stock ” shall mean preferred stock of the
Borrower or any parent corporation thereof (in each case other than
Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a
Restricted Subsidiary) and is so designated as Designated Preferred
Stock, pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate executed by an
executive vice president and the principal financial officer of the
Borrower or the applicable parent corporation thereof, as the case
may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which
are excluded from the calculation set forth in the definition of
the term “Cumulative Credit.”
“ Determination
Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition
of “Debt to Adjusted EBITDA”.
“ Disqualified
Stock ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms
of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is
putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event,
matures or is mandatorily redeemable, other than as a result of a
change of control or asset sale, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the
holder thereof, other than as a result of a change of control or
asset sale, in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91
days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the
date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided ,
however , that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan
for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or
by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not
constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to
be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to
satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.
“ Dollars
” and “ $ ” shall mean dollars in lawful
currency of the United States of America.
“ Domestic
Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person other than a Foreign
Subsidiary, provided that no Subsidiary shall be considered a
Domestic Subsidiary if (i) it is a Subsidiary of a Foreign
Subsidiary or (ii) substantially all of its assets consists of
Equity Securities in Foreign Subsidiaries that are treated as
corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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“ Employee Transfer
Agreement ” shall mean the intercompany agreement
regarding the transfer of substantially all of the employees of
Intelsat Global Service Corporation to PanAmSat Opco, dated as of
July 3, 2006, between Intelsat Global Service Corporation and
PanAmSat Opco, as amended from time to time (provided that no such
amendment materially affects the ability of the Borrower to make
anticipated principal or interest payments on the
Loans).
“ EMU ”
shall mean economic and monetary union as contemplated in the
Treaty on European Union.
“ Environmental
Claims ” shall mean any and all actions, suits, orders,
decrees, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of
noncompliance, violation or potential responsibility or
investigation (other than internal reports prepared by Holdings,
the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (a) in the ordinary
course of such Person’s business or (b) as required in
connection with a financing transaction or an acquisition or
disposition of real estate) or proceedings relating in any way to
any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given,
under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, “
Claims ”), including, without limitation, (i) any
and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for
enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions
or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law and
(ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages,
contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or
injunctive relief relating to the presence, release or threatened
release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or
threat of injury to health or safety (to the extent relating to
human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or the environment
including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
groundwater, land surface and subsurface strata and natural
resources such as wetlands.
“ Environmental
Law ” shall mean any applicable Federal, state, foreign
or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code and rule
of common law and any binding judicial or administrative
interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or
administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to the
protection of environment, including, without limitation, ambient
air, surface water, ground water, land surface and subsurface
strata and natural resources such as wetlands, or human health or
safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous
Materials), or Hazardous Materials.
“ Equity
Interests ” shall mean Capital Stock and all warrants,
options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any
debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for,
Capital Stock.
“ Equity
Offering ” shall mean any public or private sale of
Common Stock or preferred stock of the Borrower or any of its
direct or indirect parent corporations (excluding Disqualified
Stock), other than
(1) public offerings with
respect to the Borrower’s or any direct or indirect parent
corporation’s Common Stock registered on Form S-8
and
(2) any such public or
private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.
“ ERISA ”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA
as in effect at the Closing Date and any subsequent provisions of
ERISA amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted
therefor.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” shall mean each person (as defined in
Section 3(9) of ERISA) that together with the Borrower or a
Subsidiary would be deemed to be a “single employer”
within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code
or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
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“ euro ”
shall mean the single currency of participating member states of
the EMU.
“ Event of
Default ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 12.1 of this Agreement.
“ Event of Loss
” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.2(d) of
this Agreement.
“ Event of Loss
Proceeds ” shall mean, with respect to any Event of Loss,
all Satellite insurance proceeds received by the Borrower or any of
the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Event of Loss,
after
(1) provision for all income
or other taxes measured by or resulting from such Event of
Loss,
(2) payment of all reasonable
legal, accounting and other reasonable fees and expenses related to
such Event of Loss,
(3) payment of amounts
required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by
a Lien on the Satellite that is the subject of such Event of
Loss,
(4) provision for payments to
Persons who own an interest in the Satellite (including any
transponder thereon) in accordance with terms of the agreement(s)
governing the ownership of such interest by such Person (other than
payments to insurance carriers required to be made based on the
future revenues generated from such Satellite), and
(5) deduction of appropriate
amounts to be provided by the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any
liabilities associated with the Satellite that was the subject of
the Event of Loss.
“ Excess
Proceeds ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 5.2(b) of this Agreement.
“ Exchange Act
” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder.
“ Exchange Note
Indenture ” shall mean the indenture with respect to the
Exchange Notes executed in accordance with Section 3 and
containing terms (including covenants, events of default,
redemption, optional prepayment provisions and other provisions)
that are identical to those set forth in this Agreement (except for
differences that are customary between indentures and credit
agreements) or as otherwise in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Borrower and the Joint Lead Arrangers.
“ Exchange Note
Trustee ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1.
“ Exchange Notes
” shall mean the senior unsecured notes of the Borrower due
on the Maturity Date, issued under the Exchange Note Indenture in
exchange for an equal principal amount of Loans pursuant to
Section 3.4.
“ Excluded
Contribution ” shall mean net cash proceeds, marketable
securities or Qualified Proceeds received by the Borrower
from:
(1) contributions to its
common equity capital, and
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(2) the sale (other than to a
Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any management equity plan or
stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan
or agreement of the Borrower) of Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Borrower,
in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an
Officers’ Certificate executed by an executive vice president
and the principal financial officer of the Borrower on the date
such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity
Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the
calculation set forth in the definition of the term
“Cumulative Credit.”
“ Excluded
Satellite ” shall mean (a) the Satellites of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries identified as PAS-4,
PAS-5, PAS-7, PAS-1R, PAS-6B, SBS-6, Galaxy IIIR, Galaxy IVR,
Galaxy 11 and Galaxy 10R and (b) any other Satellite that
(1) is not expected or intended, in the good faith
determination of the Board of Directors of the Borrower and
evidenced by a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee, to earn
future revenues from the operation of such Satellite in excess of
$25.0 million in any fiscal year, and (2) has suffered loss or
damage such that (A) the procurement of In-Orbit Insurance
therefor in the amount and on the terms required by this Agreement
would not be available for a price that is, and on other terms and
conditions that are, commercially reasonable or (B) such
In-Orbit Insurance would be subject to exclusions or limitations of
coverage that would make the terms of the insurance commercially
unreasonable, in either case, as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Borrower and evidenced by a Board
Resolution delivered to the Trustee.
“ Excluded Taxes
” shall mean (a) with respect to the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, net income taxes and franchise or capital
taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on the
Administrative Agent or any Lender by any jurisdiction as a result
of the Administrative Agent or such Lender being organized in, or
having its principal office or applicable lending office in such
jurisdiction or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein or as a result of doing business in or having
any other connection with such jurisdiction (other than any such
business or connection arising from such recipient having executed,
delivered, or become a party to, performed its obligations or
received payments under, received or perfected a security interest
under, engaged in any transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan
Documents) and (b) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender,
(i) any U.S. federal withholding tax that is imposed on
amounts payable to such Non-U.S. Lender under the law in effect at
the time such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party to this Agreement;
provided that this clause (b)(i) shall not apply to the extent that
the indemnity payments or additional amounts any Lender would be
entitled to receive (without regard to this clause (b)(i)) do not
exceed the indemnity payment or additional amounts that the person
making the assignment or transfer to such Lender would have been
entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment or transfer
(ii) any Tax to the extent attributable to such Non-U.S.
Lender’s failure to comply with
Section 5.4(d).
“ Fair Market
Value ” shall mean, with respect to any asset or
property, the price which could be negotiated in an
arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a
willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is
under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the
transaction.
“ FCC ”
shall mean the Federal Communications Commission or any
Governmental Authority substituted therefor.
“ FCC Licenses
” shall mean all authorizations, licenses and permits issued
by the FCC to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, under which
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is authorized to launch and
operate any of its Satellites or to operate any of its TT&C
Earth Stations (other than authorizations, orders, licenses or
permits that are no longer in effect).
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“ Fee Letter
” shall mean the Fee Letter dated June 19, 2007 by and
among the Borrower and the arrangers, agents and lenders party
thereto, as supplemented from time to time.
“ Fees ”
shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to, or referred to in,
Section 4.1.
“ Foreign Plan
” shall mean any employee benefit plan, program, fund,
policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to employees
employed outside the United States.
“ Funding
Guarantor ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 11.5 of this Agreement.
“ GAAP ”
shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States which are in effect on August 20, 2004.
“ Government
Business Subsidiary ” shall mean any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Borrower, including Intelsat General Corporation
for so long as it is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, that
(i) is engaged primarily in the business of providing services
to customers similar to the services provided on August 20,
2004 by Intelsat General Corporation and services or activities
that are reasonably similar thereto or a reasonable extension,
development or expansion thereof, or is complementary, incidental,
ancillary or related thereto and (ii) is subject to the Proxy
Agreement or a substantially similar agreement substantially
restricting the Borrower’s control of such Restricted
Subsidiary.
“ Government
Securities ” shall mean securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of the
United States of America for the timely payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged, or
(2) obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America,
which, in either case, are not callable
or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and shall also
include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with
respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of
principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by
such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository
receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities
or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the
Government Securities evidenced by such depository
receipt.
“ Governmental
Authority ” shall mean any nation or government, any
state, province, territory or other political subdivision thereof,
and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government.
“ G2 Transfer
Agreement ” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger,
dated as of July 3, 2006, among Intelsat General Corporation,
G2 Satellite Solutions Corporation and PanAmSat Opco, as amended
from time to time ( provided that no such amendment
materially affects the ability of the Borrower to make anticipated
principal or interest payments on the Loans), and the other
agreements entered into in connection therewith on or prior to
July 3, 2006.
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“ guarantee
” shall mean a guarantee (other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of
credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or
any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.
“ Guarantee
” shall mean the guarantee by any Guarantor of the
Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement.
“ Guarantor
” shall mean any Person that Incurs a Guarantee;
provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person
from its Guarantee in accordance with this Agreement, such Person
shall cease to be a Guarantor.
“ Hazardous
Materials ” shall mean (a) any petroleum or
petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that
contain dielectric fluid containing regulated levels of
polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (b) any chemicals,
materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of
“hazardous substances,” “hazardous waste,”
“hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous
waste,” “restricted hazardous waste,”
“toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,”
“contaminants” or “pollutants,” or words of
similar import, under any applicable Environmental Law; and
(c) any other chemical, material or substance, the exposure to
which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Environmental
Law.
“ Hedging
Obligations ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the
obligations of such Person under any interest rate swap agreement,
interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement,
foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or similar
agreement providing for the transfer or mitigation of interest rate
or currency risks either generally or under specific
contingencies.
“ Historical
Adjustments ” shall mean with respect to any Person,
without duplication, the following items to the extent Incurred
prior to August 20, 2004:
(1) adjustment of sales-type
leases to operating leases;
(2) elimination of new
sales-type leases;
(3) loss on conversion of
sales-type leases;
(4) impairment charges from
satellite write-downs;
(5) gain on satellite
insurance claims;
(6) restructuring
charges;
(7) reserves for long-term
receivables and sales-type lease adjustments, including
customer-related long-term receivables evaluated as
uncollectible;
(8) reversal of allowance for
customer credits, including any amounts receivable for such period
in connection with contracts that are attributable to Globo
Comunicacões e Participacöes, Ltda.’s involvement
in arrangements with Sky Multi-Country Partners;
(9) change in reserve
estimates related to two of the Borrower’s minority
Investments based on the Borrower’s assessment of the
investee’s market value;
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(10) leaseback expense net of
deferred gain;
(11) other non-operating
items consisting of (A) transaction related fees and expenses
including management retention bonuses, (B) fees and expenses
related to prior acquisitions and due diligence for acquisitions
not consummated, (C) non-cash stock compensation expense,
(D) gain or loss on disposals and non-cash write-offs of other
property and equipment, (E) non-cash losses from an investment
accounted for by the equity method, (F) reserve adjustments
and (G) gain on termination of the Galaxy 8-iR construction
contract.
“ Holdings
” shall mean Intelsat, Ltd., until a successor replaces it
and, thereafter, means the successor.
“ Incur ”
shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.1(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Incurrence
” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.1(a) of
this Agreement.
“ Indebtedness
” shall mean, with respect to any Person,
(1) any indebtedness
(including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not
contingent:
(A) in respect of borrowed
money;
(B) evidenced by bonds,
notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or
bankers’ acceptances (or, without double counting,
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(C) representing the balance
deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property
(including Capitalized Lease Obligations) and the present value
(discounted at the interest rate borne by the notes, compounded
annually) of total obligations of the lessee for rental payments
during the remaining term of the lease included in any Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction (including any period for which such lease
has been extended)), except any such balance that constitutes a
trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each
case accrued in the ordinary course of business; or
(D) representing any Hedging
Obligations,
if and to the extent that any
of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and
Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance
sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in
accordance with GAAP;
(2) to the extent not
otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for,
or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations
of the type referred to in clause (1) of another Person
(whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of
the such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business; and
(3) to the extent not
otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a
Lien on any asset owned by such Person, whether or not such
Indebtedness is assumed by such Person;
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provided , however , that
notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to
include (A) Contingent Obligations Incurred in the ordinary
course of business; (B) obligations under or in respect of
Receivables Facilities; (C) deferred or prepaid revenues;
(D) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the
purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed
obligations of the respective seller; (E) obligations to make
payments to one or more insurers under satellite insurance policies
in respect of premiums or the requirement to remit to such
insurer(s) a portion of the future revenues generated by a
satellite which has been declared a constructive total loss, in
each case in accordance with the terms of the insurance policies
relating thereto; or (F) any obligations to make progress or
incentive payments under any satellite manufacturing contract or to
make payments under satellite launch contracts in respect of launch
services provided thereunder, in each case, to the extent not
overdue by more than 90 days.
“ Indemnified
Taxes ” shall mean all Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes)
and Other Taxes.
“ Independent
Financial Advisor ” shall mean an accounting, appraisal,
investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar
Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good
faith judgment of the Borrower, qualified to perform the task for
which it has been engaged.
“ In-Orbit
Insurance ” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite,
insurance for risk of loss of and damage to such Satellite
attaching upon the expiration of the launch insurance therefore and
renewing, during the commercial in-orbit service of such Satellite,
prior to the expiration of the immediately preceding corresponding
In-Orbit Insurance policy, subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement.
“ In-orbit Spare
Satellite ” shall mean a Satellite that:
(1) shall meet or exceed the
performance requirements to which the customer would be entitled
pursuant to its service agreement with respect to each Satellite
being protected (or the C-band or Ku-band payloads separately on a
hybrid C/Ku-band Satellite, provided both payloads on such
Satellite are so protected or insured by insurance in accordance
with Section 9.2); and
(2) to the extent necessary
to serve the present and future intended customer base for the
Satellite being protected (or the C-band or Ku-band payloads
separately on a hybrid C/Ku-band Satellite, provided both
payloads on such Satellite are so protected or insured by insurance
in accordance with Section 9.2), shall have a similar or
better footprint coverage and power levels and similar operating
radio frequencies when compared to each Satellite (or the C-band or
Ku-band payloads separately on a hybrid C/Ku-band Satellite,
provided both payloads on such Satellite are so protected or
insured by insurance in accordance with Section 9.2) for which
it shall be maintained as an In-orbit Spare Satellite;
provided that a Satellite that
has both C-band and Ku-band payloads, shall be deemed to be an
“In-orbit Spare Satellite” with respect to each payload
as to which it meets the foregoing criteria as applied to such
payload separately.
“ Intelsat
Bermuda ” shall mean Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd., until a
successor replaces it, and thereafter means such
successor.
“ Intelsat Bermuda
Intercompany Loan ” shall mean the intercompany loans by
the Borrower (irrespective of any subsequent holder of such loans
so long as a subsidiary of the Borrower) to PanAmSat Holdco to fund
the payment of a portion of the purchase price of the PanAmSat
Acquisition and to fund the purchase of PanAmSat Holdco’s 10
3/8% senior discount notes due 2014 and, in each case, any fees and
expenses related thereto.
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“ Intelsat Bermuda
Transfer ” shall mean the transfer by Intelsat Bermuda of
certain of its assets and certain of its liabilities and
obligations to Intelsat Jackson on February 4,
2008.
“ Intelsat Corp
Refinancing ” shall mean the borrowing by Intelsat Corp
of $150.0 million in aggregate principal amount pursuant to a new
term loan under the Intelsat Corp Credit Agreement, and the
repayment of its 6 3
/ 8 % Senior Secured Notes due 2008 with the
proceeds of such borrowing.
“ Intelsat Credit
Agreement ” shall mean (i) the credit agreement
entered into on July 3, 2006 in connection with, the
consummation of the PanAmSat Acquisition, among Intelsat Sub
Holdco, Intelsat Intermediate Holdco, the financial institutions
named therein and Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, as
Administrative Agent and the guarantees thereof provided by certain
subsidiaries of the Borrower, as amended, restated, supplemented,
waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with
the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded,
refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (prior to, on or
after the Closing Date), including any one or more agreements or
indentures extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing
or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness
under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or
any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture
or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder
or altering the maturity thereof and (ii) whether or not the
credit agreement referred to in clause (i) remains
outstanding, if designated by the Borrower to be included in the
definition of “Intelsat Credit Agreement,” one or more
(A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing
for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing
(including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special
purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such
receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities,
indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible
or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or
bankers’ acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements
evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or
different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended,
supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed,
refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from
time to time.
“ Intelsat
Intermediate Holdco ” shall mean Intelsat Intermediate
Holding Company, Ltd., until a successor replaces it, and
thereafter means such successor.
“ Intelsat
Jackson ” shall mean Intelsat Jackson Holdings, Ltd.,
until a successor replaces it, and thereafter means such
successor.
“ Intelsat Sub
Holdco ” shall mean Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Company,
Ltd., until a successor replaces it, and thereafter means such
successor.
“ Investment Grade
Rating ” shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3
(or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent)
by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating
Agency.
“ Investment Grade
Securities ” shall mean:
(1) securities issued or
directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than
Cash Equivalents),
(2) debt securities or debt
instruments with a rating of BBB- or higher by S&P or Baa3 or
higher by Moody’s or the equivalent of such rating by such
rating organization, or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s
then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any other nationally
recognized securities rating agency, but excluding any debt
securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
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(3) investments in any fund
that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in
clauses (1) and (2) above, which fund may also hold
immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution,
and
(4) corresponding instruments
in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for
high quality investments.
“ Investments
” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all investments by
such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of
loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions
(excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to
customers, commission, travel and similar advances to officers and
employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business),
purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness,
Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and
investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the
balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Borrower in the same
manner as the other investments included in this definition to the
extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other
property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted
Subsidiary” and Section 10.2:
(1) “Investments”
shall include the portion (proportionate to the Borrower’s
equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the
net assets of a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the time that such
Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
provided , however , that upon a redesignation of
such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be
deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in
an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal
to:
(A) the Borrower’s
“Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such
redesignation less
(B) the portion
(proportionate to the Borrower’s equity interest in such
Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such
Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and
(2) any property transferred
to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair
Market Value at the time of such transfer, in each case as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Borrower.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments
made under contracts to construct, launch, operate or insure
Satellites which contracts are entered into in the ordinary course
of business shall not constitute Investments.
“ Joint Lead
Arrangers ” shall mean Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior
Funding, Inc., in their respective capacity as joint lead arrangers
and joint bookrunners with respect to the Loans.
“ Joint Venture
” shall mean any Person, other than an individual or a
Subsidiary of the Borrower, (i) in which the Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower holds or acquires an
ownership interest (whether by way of Capital Stock or otherwise)
and (ii) which is engaged in a Similar Business.
“ Judgment
Currency ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 14.19(b).
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“ Lender ”
shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“ Lender Default
” shall mean (a) the failure (which has not been cured)
of a Lender to make available its portion of any Borrowing or
(b) a Lender having notified the Administrative Agent and/or
the Borrower that it does not intend to comply with the obligations
under Section 2.1(a), 2.1(b) or 2.1(d).
“ Lien ”
shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of
such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected
under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or
other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any
filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the
Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating
lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.
“ Loan ”
shall mean any loan made by any Lender hereunder pursuant to
Section 2.1.
“ Mandatory Offer
Election Time ” shall mean, with respect to any Mandatory
Prepayment Offer, noon, New York time, two Business Days preceding
the prepayment date with respect to such Mandatory Prepayment
Offer.
“ Mandatory
Prepayment Offer ” refers to any offer to prepay Loans
that the Borrower is required to make pursuant to any of clauses
(a) or (b) of Section 5.2.
“ Marketing
Period ” shall mean the period of time
(a) commencing on the Closing Date and (b) ending on the
second anniversary of the delivery of the Offering
Memorandum.
“ Master
Intercompany Services Agreement ” shall mean the Master
Intercompany Services Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2006,
among Intelsat Bermuda and certain direct and indirect Parent
companies and Subsidiaries of Intelsat Bermuda and the other
parties thereto, as in effect on the Closing Date and as amended
from time to time thereafter ( provided that no such
amendment materially affects the ability of the Borrower to make
anticipated principal or interest payments on the
Loans).
“ Material Adverse
Change ” shall mean any event or circumstance which has
resulted or is reasonably likely to result in a material adverse
change in the business, assets, operations, properties or financial
condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or
that would materially adversely affect the ability of the Borrower
to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other
Credit Documents.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” shall mean a circumstance or condition affecting
the business, assets, operations, properties or financial condition
of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would
materially adversely affect (a) the ability of the Borrower to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other
Credit Documents or (b) the rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement or any of
the other Credit Documents.
“ Material
Subsidiary ” shall mean, at any date of determination,
(1) any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor and (2) any other
Significant Subsidiary of the Borrower (after giving effect to the
Transactions); provided that no Government Business
Subsidiary (including Intelsat General and its Subsidiaries) shall
be deemed a Material Subsidiary.
“ Maturity Date
” shall mean August 15, 2014.
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“ Measurement
Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
definition of “Debt to Adjusted EBITDA
Ratios.”
“ Minimum Borrowing
Amount ” shall mean, with respect to a Borrowing of
Loans, $1,000,000.
“ Moody’s
” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any
successor to its rating agency business.
“ Net Income
” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the net income
(loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and
before any reduction in respect of preferred stock
dividends.
“ Net Proceeds
” shall mean the aggregate cash proceeds received by the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale,
including any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of
any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale,
net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or
disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, including
legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and
sales commissions, any relocation expenses Incurred as a result
thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking
into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax
sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the
repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Pari Passu
Indebtedness required (other than required by Section 10.7(b))
to be paid as a result of such transaction and any deduction of
appropriate amounts to be provided by the Borrower as a reserve in
accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the
asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Borrower
after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, pension
and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities
related to environmental matters or against any indemnification
obligations associated with such transaction.
“ Net Transponder
Capacity ” shall mean the aggregate transponder
transmission capacity for all in-orbit transponders then owned by
the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries less the amount of
capacity relating to transponders which are not at such time
available for use whether due to legal, regulatory, technical or
contractual restrictions or otherwise.
“ Non-Consenting
Lender ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 14.7(b).
“ Non-Defaulting
Lender ” shall mean and include each Lender other than a
Defaulting Lender.
“ Non-U.S.
Lender ” shall mean any Lender that is not, for United
States federal income tax purposes, (a) a citizen or resident
of the United States, (b) a corporation or partnership or
entity treated as a corporation or partnership created or organized
in or under the laws of the United States, or any political
subdivision thereof, (c) an estate whose income is subject to
U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source or (d) a
trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise
primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one
or more United States persons have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of such trust or a trust that has a valid
election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be
treated as a United States person.
“ Notes ”
shall mean the Borrower’s 9% senior notes due
2014.
“ Notice of
Borrowing ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.3.
“ Obligations
” shall mean any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement
obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s
acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of
payment of such principal, interest,
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penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the
documentation governing any Indebtedness ; provided that
obligations shall not include fees or indemnifications of the
Administrative Agent and other third parties other than the
Lenders.
“ Offering
Circular ” shall mean the Offering Circular dated
July 30, 2004 relating to the Notes, as supplemented by the
Supplement thereto dated as of August 17, 2004.
“ Offering
Memorandum ” shall mean a confidential offering
memorandum prepared by the Borrower or its direct or indirect
Parent relating to the Take-Out Securities, together with such
other Additional Debt Securities (other than Additional Debt
Securities not issued by Intelsat Corporation) and/or other debt
securities issued in exchange for or to refinance or replace the
debt facilities and bridge loans contemplated by the Commitment
Letter (other than other debt securities not issued by Intelsat
Corporation) as the Joint Lead Arrangers or Borrower may select,
and containing information customarily included in preliminary
confidential offering memoranda previously prepared by the Borrower
or a Parent of the Borrower (which may, at the election of the
Borrower and in consultation with the Joint Lead Arrangers,
incorporate prior filings of the Borrower or its Parent by
reference), excluding pro forma financial information, but
including other financial information prepared in substantial
accordance with Regulation S-X, with customary exceptions to
financial statement requirements in Rule 144A offerings. The term
“Offering Memorandum” shall include any supplement or
amendment to a confidential offering memorandum referred to in the
prior sentence.
“ Officer
” shall mean the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice
President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer
or the Secretary of the Borrower.
“ Officers’
Certificate ” shall mean a certificate signed on behalf
of the Borrower by two Officers of the Borrower, one of whom must
be the principal executive officer, the principal financial
officer, or the principal accounting officer of the Borrower that
meets the requirements set forth in this Agreement.
“ Opinion of
Counsel ” shall mean a written opinion from legal
counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the
Borrower.
“ Other Taxes
” shall mean any and all present or future stamp, documentary
or any other excise, property or similar taxes (including interest,
fines, penalties, additions to tax and related expenses with regard
thereto) arising directly from any payment made or required to be
made under this Agreement or any other Credit Document or from the
execution or delivery of, registration or enforcement of,
consummation or administration of, or otherwise with respect to,
this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
“ PanAmSat
Acquisition ” shall mean the transaction pursuant to
which Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd. became the owner of all of the
outstanding share capital of PanAmSat Holdco.
“ PanAmSat Credit
Agreement ” shall mean (i) the amended and restated
credit agreement entered into on July 3, 2006 in connection
with the consummation of the PanAmSat Acquisition among PanAmSat
Opco, the financial institutions named therein and Credit Suisse,
Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent, and the guarantees
thereof provided by certain subsidiaries of the Borrower as
amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not
upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or
otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise
modified from time to time (prior to, or on or after the Closing
Date), including any one or more agreements or indentures extending
the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise
restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such
agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or
any
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successor or replacement agreement or
agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount
loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof, and
(ii) whether or not the credit agreement referred to in clause
(i) remains outstanding, if designated by the Borrower to be
included in the definition of “PanAmSat Credit
Agreement,” one or more (A) debt facilities or
commercial paper facilities providing for revolving credit loans,
term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of
receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to
borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit,
(B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt
financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments
or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or
(C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other
Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or
issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified,
extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or
refunded in whole or in part from time to time.
“ PanAmSat
Holdco ” shall mean Intelsat Holding Corporation
(formerly PanAmSat Holding Corporation), until a successor replaces
it, and thereafter means such successor.
“ PanAmSat Opco
” shall mean Intelsat Corporation (formerly PanAmSat
Corporation, until a successor replaces it, and thereafter means
such successor.
“ Parent ”
shall mean, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect
parent company of such Person.
“ Pari Passu
Indebtedness ” shall mean with respect to any
Person:
(1) Indebtedness of such
Person, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter
Incurred; and
(2) all other Obligations of
such Person (including interest accruing on or after the filing of
any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to such
Person whether or not post-filing interest is allowed in such
proceeding) in respect of Indebtedness described in clause
(1) above
unless, in the case of clauses
(1) and (2) above, in the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding,
it is provided that such Indebtedness or other Obligations are
subordinate in right of payment to the notes or the Guarantee of
such Person, as the case may be; provided , however ,
that Pari Passu Indebtedness shall not include:
(1) any obligation of such
Person to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(2) any liability for
Federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such
Person;
(3) any accounts payable or
other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course
of business; or
(4) any Indebtedness or other
Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in any
respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such
Person.
“ Participant
” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 14.6(c)(i).
“ PBGC ”
shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established
pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor
thereto.
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“ Period of
Suspension ” shall mean each period of time commencing on
the date upon which the Borrower provides written notice to the
Joint Lead Arrangers of the suspension of the availability of an
update to an Offering Memorandum in accordance with
Section 9.15(a) and ending on the date upon which the Borrower
provides written notice to the Joint Lead Arrangers of the
discontinuation of such suspension; provided that the
aggregate of all Periods of Suspension shall not exceed 90 days in
any consecutive 12-month period.
“ Permitted Asset
Swap ” shall mean the concurrent purchase and sale or
exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related
Business Assets (including transponders or transponder capacity)
and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that
any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance
with Section 10.7.
“ Permitted
Holders ” shall mean, at any time, the Sponsors. Any
person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership
constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of
Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this
Agreement will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute
an additional Permitted Holder.
“ Permitted
Investments ” shall mean:
(1) any Investment in the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(2) any Investment in cash
and Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;
(3) any Investment by the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in a Person
that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such
Investment;
(A) such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary, or
(B) such Person, in one
transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged,
consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) any Investment in
securities or other assets not constituting cash or Cash
Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made
pursuant to Section 10.7 or any other disposition of assets
not constituting an Asset Sale;
(5) any Investment existing
on the Closing Date;
(6) any Investment acquired
by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
(A) in exchange for any other
Investment or accounts receivable held by the Borrower or any such
Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a
bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the
Borrower of such other Investment or accounts receivable
or
(B) as a result of a
foreclosure by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with
respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with
respect to any secured Investment in default;
(7) Hedging Obligations
permitted under Section 10.1(b)(x);
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(8) any Investment in a
Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause
(8) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect
to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the
proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable
securities), not to exceed the greater of (A) $250.0 million
and (B) 4.5% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment
(with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at
the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in
value);
(9) Investments the payment
for which consists of Equity Interests of the Borrower, or any of
its direct or indirect parent corporations (exclusive of
Disqualified Stock); provided , however , that such
Equity Interests shall not increase the amount available for
Restricted Payments under the calculation set forth in the
definition of the term “Cumulative Credit”;
(10) guarantees of
Indebtedness permitted under Section 10.1;
(11) any transaction to the
extent it constitutes an investment that is permitted and made in
accordance with Section 10.8(b) (except transactions described
in Section 10.8(b)(2), (5) and (9);
(12) Investments consisting
of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or
equipment;
(13) additional Investments
having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all
other Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) that are
at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do
not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the
greater of (A) $125.0 million and (B) 2.25% of Total
Assets at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value
of each Investment being measured at the time made and without
giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(14) Investments relating to
any special purpose Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower
organized in connection with a Receivables Facility that, in the
good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Borrower,
are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables
Facility;
(15) Investments in
Subsidiaries or joint ventures formed for the purpose of selling or
leasing transponders capacity to third party customers in the
ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries which Investments are in the form of transfers to such
Subsidiaries or joint ventures for Fair Market Value of
transponders or transponder capacity sold or to be sold or leased
or to be leased by such Subsidiaries or joint ventures;
provided that all such Investments in Subsidiaries and joint
ventures do not exceed 10% of Net Transponder Capacity;
(16) advances to employees
not in excess of $25.0 million outstanding at any one time, in the
aggregate;
(17) loans and advances to
officers, directors and employees for business-related travel
expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case
Incurred in the ordinary course of business; and
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(18) Investments in any joint
venture in existence as of the Closing Date; provided that
all such Investments made after the Closing Date pursuant to this
clause (18) in all such joint ventures do not exceed $10.0
million.
“ Permitted
Liens ” shall mean, with respect to any
Person:
(1) pledges or deposits by
such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment
insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in
connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the
payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party,
or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such
Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure
surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits
as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment
of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(2) Liens imposed by law,
such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’
Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of
judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such
Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings
for review;
(3) Liens for taxes,
assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable or
subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(4) Liens in favor of issuers
of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to
other regulatory requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant
to the request of and for the account of such Person in the
ordinary course of its business;
(5) minor survey exceptions,
minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of
others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines,
telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning
or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens
incidental, to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the
ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection
with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially
adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair
their use in the operation of the business of such
Person;
(6) Liens securing
Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Sections
10.1(b)(1), (4) and (12);
(7) Liens existing on the
Closing Date;
(8) Liens on property or
shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a
Subsidiary; provided , however , such Liens are not
created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of,
such other Person becoming such a subsidiary; provided ,
further , however , that such Liens may not extend to
any other property owned by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary;
(9) Liens on property at the
time the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property,
including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation
with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
provided , however , that such Liens are not created
or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such
acquisition; provided , further , however ,
that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
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(10) Liens securing
Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing
to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be
Incurred in accordance with Section 10.1 hereof;
(11) Liens securing Hedging
Obligations so long as the related Indebtedness is, and is
permitted under this Agreement to be, secured by a Lien on the same
property securing such Hedging Obligations;
(12) Liens on specific items
of inventory of other goods and proceeds of any Person securing
such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’
acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to
facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or
other goods;
(13) leases and subleases of
real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary
conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(14) Liens arising from
Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding
operating leases entered into by the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(15) Liens (including Liens
in connection with Sale and Lease-Back Transactions) in favor of
the Borrower or any Guarantor;
(16) Liens on equipment of
the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary
course of business to the Borrower’s client at which such
equipment is located;
(17) Liens on accounts
receivable and related assets Incurred in connection with a
Receivables Facility;
(18) Liens to secure any
refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or
successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or
replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured
by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8),
(9), (10), (11) and (15); provided , however ,
that (A) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the
same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on
such property), and (B) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien
at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of
(i) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed
amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8),
(9), (10), (11) and (15) at the time the original Lien
became a Permitted Lien under this Agreement, and (ii) an
amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums,
related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or
replacement;
(19) deposits made in the
ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance
carriers;
(20) other Liens securing
obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business which
obligations do to exceed $25 million at any one time
outstanding;
(21) Liens Incurred to secure
Obligations in respect of term loans or revolving loans (including
principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements and
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other amounts relating
thereto) under any Credit Facilities or Indebtedness related to any
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction; provided that, at the time
of Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the
Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio would be no greater than 4.5 to
1.0.
For purposes of this definition, the
term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest
on such Indebtedness.
“ Person ”
shall mean any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“ Plan ”
shall mean any multiemployer or single-employer plan, as defined in
Section 4001 of ERISA and subject to Title IV of ERISA, that
is or was within any of the preceding six plan years maintained or
contributed to by (or to which there is or was an obligation to
contribute or to make payments to) the Borrower, a Subsidiary or an
ERISA Affiliate.
“ preferred
stock ” shall mean any Equity Interest with preferential
rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or
winding up.
“ Preliminary
Offering Memorandum ” shall mean the preliminary
confidential offering memorandum of the Borrower dated
January 11, 2008, prepared in connection with the potential
offering of Acquisition Notes, attached as Exhibit F
hereto.
“ Proxy
Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.7.
“ Qualified
Proceeds ” shall mean assets that are used or useful in,
or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business;
provided that the Fair Market Value of any such assets or
Capital Stock shall be determined by the Board of Directors in good
faith.
“ Rating
Agencies ” mean Moody’s and S&P or if
Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the
notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical
rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the
Borrower (as certified by a Board Resolution) which shall be
substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may
be.
“ Receivables
Facility ” shall mean one or more receivables financing
facilities, as amended from time to time, the Indebtedness of which
is non-recourse (except for standard representations, warranties,
covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities)
to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to which
the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells its
accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary.
“ Receivables
Fees ” shall mean distributions or payments made directly
or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest
issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person
that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any
Receivables Facility.
“ Refinancing
Indebtedness ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 10.1(b) of this Agreement.
“ Refinancings
” shall mean, collectively, the (i) redemption of the
outstanding Intelsat Jackson (after giving effect to the Intelsat
Bermuda Transfer) Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2013 and Floating
Rate Senior Notes due 2015 and (ii) redemption of the
outstanding Holdings 5 1
/ 4 % Senior Notes due
2008.
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“ Refunding Capital
Stock ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 10.2(b)(2) of this Agreement.
“ Register
” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 14.6.
“ Regulation T
” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time
in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof
establishing margin requirements.
“ Regulation U
” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time
in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof
establishing margin requirements.
“ Regulation X
” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time
in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof
establishing margin requirements.
“ Related Business
Assets ” shall mean assets (other than cash or Cash
Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business, provided
that any assets received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary
in exchange for assets transferred by the Borrower or a Restricted
Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if
they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the
securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted
Subsidiary.
“ Reportable
Event ” shall mean an event described in
Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations
thereunder.
“ Required
Lenders ” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders
having or holding a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
the Loans (excluding Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such
date.
“ Requirement of
Law ” shall mean, as to any Person, the Certificate of
Incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing
documents of such Person, and 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 assets or to which such Person or any of
its property or assets is subject.
“ Restricted
Investment ” shall mean an Investment other than a
Permitted Investment.
“ Restricted
Payments ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 10.2 of this Agreement.
“ Restricted
Subsidiary ” shall mean, at any time, any direct or
indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any Foreign
Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
provided , however , that upon the occurrence of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of
“Restricted Subsidiary.”
“ Retired Capital
Stock ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 10.2(b)(2) of this Agreement.
“ S&P
” shall mean Standard and Poor’s, a division of
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency
business.
“ Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction ” shall mean any arrangement with
any Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary of any real or tangible personal property,
which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person in
contemplation of such leasing.
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“ Satellite
” shall mean any satellite owned by, or leased to, the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any satellite
purchased pursuant to the terms of a Satellite Purchase Agreement,
whether such satellite is in the process of manufacture, has been
delivered for launch or is in orbit (whether or not in operational
service).
“ Satellite
Manufacturer ” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite,
the prime contractor and manufacturer of such Satellite.
“ Satellite Purchase
Agreement ” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite,
the agreement between the applicable Satellite Purchaser and the
applicable Satellite Manufacturer relating to the manufacture,
testing and delivery of such Satellite.
“ Satellite
Purchaser ” shall mean the Borrower or Restricted
Subsidiary that is a party to a Satellite Purchase
Agreement.
“ SEC ”
shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any
time after the execution of this Agreement such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“ Secured
Indebtedness ” shall mean any Indebtedness secured by a
Lien.
“ Securities Act
” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“ Senior Credit
Documents ” shall mean the collective reference to any
Credit Agreement, the notes issued pursuant thereto and the
guarantees thereof, and the collateral documents relating thereto,
as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“ Senior Credit
Facilities ” shall mean the credit agreement, entered
into as of August 20, 2004 by and among the Borrower, the
restricted subsidiaries party thereto, the lenders party thereto in
their capacities as lenders thereunder, Citicorp North America,
Inc., as Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as
Syndication Agent, and Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc. and
Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as Co-Documentation Agents, including
any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements,
modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings
thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper
facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors
that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes,
other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any
such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture
that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the
maturity thereof ( provided that such increase in borrowings
is permitted under Section 10.1).
“ Serafina
Assignment ” shall mean the assignment by Serafina
Acquisition Limited, immediately following the Intelsat Bermuda
Transfer on February 4, 2008, of certain of its liabilities
and obligations to Intelsat Bermuda, and the assumption by Intelsat
Bermuda of such liabilities and obligations.
“ Significant
Subsidiary ” shall mean any Restricted Subsidiary that
would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in
Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act, as such regulation was in effect on August 20,
2004.
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“ Similar
Business ” shall mean any business conducted or proposed
to be conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on
the Closing Date or any business that is similar, reasonably
related, incidental or ancillary thereto.
“ Solvent
” shall mean that, as of any date of determination, both
(i) (a) the sum of the Borrower’s respective debt
(including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair
saleable value of the Borrower’s respective present assets;
(b) the Borrower’s capital is not unreasonably small in
relation to its respective businesses as contemplated on the
Closing Date; and (c) the Borrower has not Incurred and does
not intend to Incur, or believe that it will Incur, debts including
current obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts as they
become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (ii) the
Borrower is “solvent” within the meaning given that
term and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent
transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the
amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as
the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances
existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be
expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of
whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual
under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard
No. 5).
“ Specified
Intercompany Agreements ” shall mean the Master
Intercompany Services Agreement, the Employee Transfer Agreement,
the G2 Transfer Agreement and the agreements or promissory notes
evidencing the Intelsat Bermuda Intercompany Loan and, in each
case, agreements in connection therewith.
“ Sponsors
” shall mean (1) one or more investment funds advised,
managed or controlled by BC Partners Holdings Limited or any
Affiliate thereof, (2) one or more investment funds advised,
managed or controlled by Silver Lake or any Affiliate thereof, and
(3) one or more investment funds advised, managed or
controlled by any of the Persons described in clauses (1) and
(2) of this definition, and, in each case, (whether
individually or as a group) their Affiliates; provided that,
for purposes of determining the fees and expenses that may be added
back pursuant to clause (5) within the definition of Adjusted
EBITDA for any period before the Closing Date, the term
“Sponsor” shall also mean one or more investment funds
advised, managed or controlled by Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co. L.P., TC Group, L.L.C. (which operates under
the trade name “The Carlyle Group”), Providence Equity
Partners, Apax Partners Worldwide, LLP, Apax Partners, L.P., Apollo
Management V, L.P., Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC or Permira
Advisers, LLC or any of their respective Affiliates.
“ Stated
Maturity ” shall mean, with respect to any loan or
security, the date specified in such loan or security as the fixed
date on which the final payment of principal of such loan or
security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory
redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the
repurchase of such loan or security at the option of the holder or
lender thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the
control of the Borrower unless such contingency has
occurred).
“ Subordinated
Indebtedness ” shall mean:
(1) with respect to the
Borrower, any Indebtedness of the Borrower which is by its terms
subordinated in right of payment to the Loans and
(2) with respect to any
Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is by its terms
subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such
Guarantor.
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“ Subsidiary
” shall mean, with respect to any Person,
(1) any corporation,
association, or other business entity (other than a partnership,
joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of
which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital
Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof
and
(2) any partnership, joint
venture, limited liability company or similar entity of
which:
(A) more than 50% of the
capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting
interests or general or limited partnership interests, as
applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person
or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership,
general, special or limited partnership or otherwise,
and
(B) such Person or any
Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general
partner or otherwise controls such entity.
“ Subsidiary
Guarantee ” shall mean any Guarantee, made by any
Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, in favor of the Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof and hereof.
“ Subsidiary
Transfer Transactions ” shall mean the transfer of all or
a portion of the equity, assets and liabilities of any of the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries between or among any
of the Borrower and/or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
“ Successor
Company ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 10.11(a)(1) of this Agreement.
“ Successor
Guarantor ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 10.11(b)(1) of this Agreement.
“ Syndication
Agent ” shall mean Banc of America Bridge LLC, together
with its affiliates under this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents.
“ Take-Out
Notice ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 3.2.
“ Take-Out
Securities ” shall mean the senior unsecured notes of the
Borrower due on the Maturity Date, issued under the Take-Out
Securities Indenture, the proceeds of which are used to prepay
Loans pursuant to Section 3.2.
“ Take-Out
Securities Indenture ” shall mean the indenture with
respect to the Take-Out Securities, which shall contain terms
(including covenants, events of default, redemption, optional
prepayment provisions and other provisions) that are identical to
those set forth in this Agreement (except for differences that are
customary between indentures and credit agreements or as otherwise
in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the
Joint Lead Arrangers), which shall comply with the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder
(the “ TIA ”) ( provided that the
Take-Out Securities Indenture will not be required to be qualified
under the TIA),
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which will select the laws of the State
of New York as the governing law and forum, and in which each party
thereto will waive the right to trial by jury and will consent to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
located in The City of New York.
“ Taxes ”
shall mean any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies,
imposts, assessments, deductions, withholdings or other similar
charges imposed by any Governmental Authority whether computed on a
separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or other basis and any
and all liabilities (including interest, fines, penalties or
additions to tax) with respect to the foregoing.
“ Total Assets
” shall mean the total assets of the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet
of the Borrower.
“ Transaction
Agreement ” shall mean the Share Purchase Agreement dated
as of June 19, 2007, among Intelsat Holdings Ltd., Serafina
Acquisition Limited, Serafina Holdings Limited, the Initial
Borrower and the other parties thereto, as amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time.
“ Transactions
” shall mean the PanAmSat Acquisition and the transactions
consummated in connection therewith, the Acquisition and the
transactions related thereto (including the Intelsat Bermuda
Transfer, the Serafina Assignment, the Change of Control Offers and
the Refinancings, as applicable), including as contemplated by the
Acquisition Documents (including any Equity Interest payments made
in connection therewith (whether on the Closing Date or
thereafter)), the issuance of any Notes, amendments and borrowings
made pursuant to the Credit Agreements, the Intelsat Corp
Refinancing, the transactions consummated in connection with the
offering of the Intelsat Bermuda Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes
due 2015, and the other transactions in connection with the
foregoing.
“ Transferee
” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 14.6(e).
“ Treasury Rate
” shall mean, as of any redemption date, the yield to
maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury
securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in
the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15
(519) that has become publicly available at least two business
days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release
is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar
market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption
date to August 15, 2009; provided , however ,
that if the period from the redemption date to August 15,
2009, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually
traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant
maturity of one year shall be used.
“ TT&C Earth
Station ” shall mean any earth station licensed for
operation by the FCC or by any international, federal, state, local
or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality
or regulatory body, authority, agency or commission or legislative
body or other governmental entity outside of the United States used
for the provision of TT&C Services that is owned and operated
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“ TT&C
Services ” shall mean the provision of tracking,
telemetry and command services for the purposes of operational
control of any Satellite.
“ Unfunded Current
Liability ” of any Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by
which the present value of the accrued benefits under the Plan as
of the close of its most recent plan year, determined in accordance
with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87 as in
effect on the Closing Date, based upon the actuarial assumptions
that would be used by the Plan’s actuary in a termination of
the Plan, exceeds the Fair Market Value of the assets allocable
thereto.
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“ Uniform Commercial
Code ” shall mean the New York Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect from time to time.
“ Unrestricted
Subsidiary ” shall mean:
(1) any Subsidiary of the
Borrower which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted
Subsidiary (as designated by the Board of Directors of the
Borrower, as provided below), and
(2) any Subsidiary of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of the Borrower
may designate any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any
existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed
Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary
or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or
Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the
Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than any
Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated), provided
that
(1) any Unrestricted
Subsidiary must be an entity of which shares of the Capital Stock
or other equity interests (including partnership interests)
entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that may be cast
by all shares or equity interests having ordinary voting power for
the election of directors or other governing body are owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Borrower,
(2) such designation complies
with Section 10.2, and
(3) each of
(A) the Subsidiary to be so
designated and
(B) its Subsidiaries has not
at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, Incur,
issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly
liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the
lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary.
The Board of Directors of the Borrower
may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect
to such designation no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing and either:
(1) the Borrower could Incur
at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to
Adjusted EBITDA Ratio test described under Section 10.1(a),
or
(2) the Debt to Adjusted
EBITDA Ratio for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries would
be less than such ratio for the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation, in each case on
a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.
Any such designation by the Board of
Directors of the Borrower shall be notified by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent by promptly delivering to the Administrative
Agent a copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such
designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such
designation complied with the foregoing provisions.
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“ U.S. Dollar
Equivalent ” shall mean, with respect to any monetary
amount in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, at any time for the
determination thereof, the amount of U.S. Dollars obtained by
converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into
U.S. Dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of U.S. Dollars with
the applicable foreign currency as quoted by Reuters at
approximately 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on such date of
determination (or if no such quote is available on such date, on
the immediately preceding Business Day for which such a quote is
available).
“ U.S. Government
Obligations ” shall mean securities that are:
(1) direct obligations of the
United States of America for the timely payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged, or
(2) obligations of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America, which, in each case,
are not callable or redeemable at the option of the Borrower
thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a
bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as
custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a
specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S.
Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of
the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except
as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of
or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such
depository receipt.
“ Vice President
” when used with respect to the Borrower or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or
a word or words added before or after the title “vice
president.”
“ Voting Stock
” of any Person as of any date shall mean the Capital Stock
of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election
of the Board of Directors of such Person.
“ Weighted Average
Life to Maturity ” shall mean, when applied to any
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, as the case
may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products
of the number of years from the date of determination to the date
of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness
or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock multiplied by the amount of such payment,
by
(2) the sum of all such
payments.
“ Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary ” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such
Person, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership
interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares)
shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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 references
are to Sections of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The
words “include,” “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.” All accounting terms not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with
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GAAP (as herein defined). Each reference
to an agreement or document herein means such agreement or document
as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified in
accordance with its terms, unless expressly stated
otherwise.
SECTION 2. Amount and Terms of
Credit .
2.1 Commitments
.
(a) Subject to and upon the
terms and conditions herein set forth, each Lender having a
Commitment severally agrees to make a Loan or Loans on the Closing
Date to the Borrower in Dollars in an aggregate amount equal to the
respective Commitment of such Lender.
(b) Such Loans (i) shall
be made on the Closing Date, (ii) may be repaid or prepaid in
accordance with the provisions hereof, but once repaid or prepaid,
may not be reborrowed, (iii) shall not exceed for any such
Lender the Commitment of such Lender and (iv) shall not exceed
in the aggregate the total of all Commitments. On the Maturity
Date, all then unpaid Loans shall be repaid in full.
2.2 Minimum Amount of Each
Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings . The aggregate
principal amount of each Borrowing of Loans shall be in a multiple
of $1,000,000 and shall not be less than the Minimum Borrowing
Amount with respect thereto. More than one Borrowing may be
incurred on any date.
2.3 Notice of
Borrowing .
(a) The Borrower shall give
the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office
prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in
writing) prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of
the Borrowing of Loans. Such notice (a “ Notice of
Borrowing ”) shall be irrevocable and shall specify
(i) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans to be made,
and (ii) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be the Closing
Date). The Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender
written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing)
of the proposed Borrowing of Loans, of such Lender’s
proportionate share thereof and of the other matters covered by the
related Notice of Borrowing.
(b) Without in any way
limiting the obligation of the Borrower to confirm in writing any
notice it may give hereunder by telephone, the Administrative Agent
may act prior to receipt of written confirmation without liability
upon the basis of such telephonic notice believed by the
Administrative Agent in good faith to be from an Authorized Officer
of the Borrower. In each such case, the Borrower hereby waives the
right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s record of the
terms of any such telephonic notice.
2.4 Disbursement of Funds
.
(a) Subject to
Section 6, no later than 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the
Closing Date, each Lender will make available its pro rata
portion based on its Commitment, if any, of each Borrowing
requested to be made on such date in the manner provided
below.
(b) Each Lender shall make
available all amounts it is to fund to the Borrower in immediately
available funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative
Agent’s Office and the Administrative Agent will make
available to the Borrower, by disbursing proceeds pursuant to the
instructions provided as part of the Notice of Borrowing, the
aggregate of the amounts so made available in Dollars. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior
to the Closing
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Date that such Lender does not intend to
make available to the Administrative Agent its portion of the
Borrowing to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may
assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the
Administrative Agent on such date, and the Administrative Agent, in
reliance upon such assumption, may (in its sole discretion and
without any obligation to do so) make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact
made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the
Administrative Agent has made available same to the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such
corresponding amount from such Lender. If such Lender does not pay
such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative
Agent’s demand therefor the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall immediately pay
such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such
Lender or the Borrower interest on such corresponding amount in
respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was
made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the
date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative
Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if paid by such
Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or (ii) if paid by
the Borrower, the then-applicable rate of interest or fees,
calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for the respective
Loans.
(c) Nothing in this
Section 2.4 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its
obligation
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