EXHIBIT 10.1
Amended and Restated
Post-Petition Credit Agreement
Dated as of December 31, 2008
among
Pilgrim’s Pride
Corporation, as Debtor and Debtor-in-Possession,
the guarantors from
time to time parties hereto,
the Lenders from time
to time parties hereto,
and
Bank of
Montreal,
as DIP Agent
2545997_0110.DOC
1078278/RLC
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Table of
Contents
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Section 1.
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The Credit
Facilities.
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1
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Section 1.1
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DIP Commitments
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1
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Section 1.2
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Letters of Credit
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2
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Section 1.3
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Applicable Interest Rates
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5
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Section 1.4
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Minimum Borrowing Amounts
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6
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Section 1.5
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Manner of Borrowing DIP Loans
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6
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Section 1.6
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Swing Loans
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7
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Section 1.7
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Maturity of Loans
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8
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Section 1.8
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Prepayments
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8
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Section 1.9
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Default Rate
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10
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Section 1.10
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Evidence of Indebtedness
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11
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Section 1.11
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Commitment Terminations
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11
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Section 1.12
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Guaranties
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12
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Section 1.13
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Substitution of Lenders
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12
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Section 2.
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Fees.
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12
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Section 2.1
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Fees
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12
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Section 3.
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Place and Application
of Payments.
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13
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Section 3.1
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Place and Application of Payments
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13
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Section 3.2
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Account Debit
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14
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Section 4.
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The
Collateral.
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14
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Section 4.1
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Security
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14
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Section 4.2
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Perfection of Security Interests
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15
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Section 4.3
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Receivables and Inventory Collections
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16
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Section 4.4
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Cash Collateral Account
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16
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Section 4.5
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Rights of DIP Agent
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17
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Section 4.6
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Performance by DIP Agent of Debtors’
Post-Petition Obligations
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17
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Section 4.7
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DIP Agent’s Appointment as
Attorney-in-Fact
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18
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Section 5.
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Definitions;
Interpretation.
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19
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Section 5.1
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Definitions
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19
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Section 5.2
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Interpretation
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42
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Section 5.3
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Change in Accounting Principles
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43
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Section 5.4
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Timing of Payment or Performance
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43
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Section 6.
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Representations and
Warranties.
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43
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Section 6.1
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Organization and Qualification
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43
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Section 6.2
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Subsidiaries
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43
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Section 6.3
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Authority and Validity of Obligations
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44
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Section 6.4
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Use of Proceeds; Margin Stock
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45
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Section 6.5
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Financial Reports
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45
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Section 6.6
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No Material Adverse Change
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45
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Section 6.7
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Full Disclosure
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Section 6.8
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Trademarks, Franchises, and Licenses
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46
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Section 6.9
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Governmental Authority and Licensing
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46
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Section 6.10
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Good Title
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46
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Section 6.11
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Litigation and Other Controversies
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46
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Section 6.12
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Taxes
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46
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Section 6.13
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Approvals
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47
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Section 6.14
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Affiliate Transactions
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47
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Section 6.15
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Investment Company
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47
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Section 6.16
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ERISA
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47
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Section 6.17
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Compliance with Laws
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Section 6.18
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Other Agreements
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48
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Section 6.19
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No Default
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48
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Section 6.20
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Financing Orders
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48
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Section 6.21
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Super-Priority Administrative Expense and
Liens
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49
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Section 7.
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Conditions
Precedent.
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49
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Section 7.1
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All Credit Events
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49
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Section 7.2
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Conditions to Effectiveness
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50
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Section 8.
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Covenants .
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52
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Section 8.1
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Maintenance of Business
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52
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Section 8.2
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Maintenance of Properties
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52
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Section 8.3
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Taxes and Assessments
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52
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Section 8.4
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Insurance
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52
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Section 8.5
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Financial Reports
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53
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Section 8.6
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Inspection
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56
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Section 8.7
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Borrowings and Guaranties
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56
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Section 8.8
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Liens
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Section 8.9
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Investments, Acquisitions, Loans and
Advances
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62
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Section 8.10
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Mergers, Consolidations and Sales
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64
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Section 8.11
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Maintenance of Subsidiaries
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Section 8.12
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Dividends and Certain Other Restricted
Payments
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66
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Section 8.13
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ERISA
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Section 8.14
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Compliance with Laws
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Section 8.15
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Burdensome Contracts With Affiliates
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67
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Section 8.16
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No Changes in Fiscal Year
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68
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Section 8.17
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Formation of Subsidiaries
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68
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Section 8.18
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Change in the Nature of Business
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68
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Section 8.19
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Use of Proceeds
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68
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Section 8.20
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No Restrictions
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68
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Section 8.21
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DIP Agent’s and Lenders’ Financial
Consultant
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70
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Section 8.22
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Financial Covenants
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70
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Section 8.23
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Chapter 11 Claims
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71
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Section 8.24
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Course of Business
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Section 8.25
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Restriction on Hedging
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72
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Section 8.26
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The Budget
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72
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Section 8.27
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Subsidiary Distributions, Etc
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72
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Section 8.28
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Borrower’s Financial Consultants
Engagements; Sale of Certain Assets
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Section 8.29
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Engagement of Chief Restructuring
Officer
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73
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Section 9.
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Events of Default and
Remedies.
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73
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Section 9.1
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Events of Default
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73
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Section 9.2
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Consequences of Event of Default
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Section 9.3
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Relief from Stay
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Section 10.
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Guarantee.
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78
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Section 10.1
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Guarantee
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78
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Section 10.2
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Right of Contribution
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Section 10.3
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No Subrogation
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79
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Section 10.4
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Amendments, Etc. with Respect to the
Post-Petition Obligations
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79
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Section 10.5
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Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional
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80
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Section 10.6
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Reinstatement
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80
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Section 10.7
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Payments
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81
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Section 10.8
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Release of Guaranties
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81
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Section 11.
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The DIP
Agent.
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81
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Section 11.1
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Appointment and Authorization of DIP
Agent
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81
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Section 11.2
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DIP Agent and its Affiliates
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81
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Section 11.3
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Action by DIP Agent
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81
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Section 11.4
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Consultation with Experts
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82
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Section 11.5
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Liability of DIP Agent; Credit
Decision
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82
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Section 11.6
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Indemnity
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Section 11.7
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Resignation of DIP Agent and Successor DIP
Agent
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Section 11.8
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L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender
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83
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Section 11.9
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Authorization to Release or Subordinate or Limit
Liens and to Release Guaranties
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Section 11.10
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Authorization to Enter into, and Enforcement of,
the Collateral Documents
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Section 12.
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Miscellaneous.
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85
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Section 12.1
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Withholding Taxes
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85
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Section 12.2
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No Waiver, Cumulative Remedies
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86
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Section 12.3
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Non-Business Days
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86
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Section 12.4
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Documentary Taxes
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86
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Section 12.5
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Survival of Representations
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Section 12.6
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Survival of Indemnities
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Section 12.7
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Sharing of Set-Off
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87
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Section 12.8
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Notices
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Section 12.9
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Counterparts
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88
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Section 12.10
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Successors and Assigns
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88
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Section 12.11
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Participants
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88
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Section 12.12
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Assignments
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89
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Section 12.13
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Amendments
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91
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Section 12.14
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Headings
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91
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Section 12.15
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Costs and Expenses; Indemnification
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Section 12.16
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Set-off
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Section 12.17
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Entire Agreement
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Section 12.18
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Governing Law
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Section 12.19
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Severability of Provisions
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Section 12.20
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Excess Interest
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Section 12.21
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Construction
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Section 12.22
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Lender’s and L/C Issuer’s
Obligations Several
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95
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Section 12.23
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Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury
Trial
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95
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Section 12.24
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USA Patriot Act
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95
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Section 12.25
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No Modification; No Discharge; Survival of
Claims
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Section 12.26
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Pre-Petition BMO Loan Documents
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96
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Section 12.27
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Bankruptcy Code Waivers
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96
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Section 12.28
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Validation of Liens
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96
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Section 12.29
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Confidentiality
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Section 12.30
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Disclosure
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Section 12.31
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Amendment and Restatement
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Exhibit A—Notice of Payment
Request
Exhibit B—Notice of
Borrowing
Exhibit C—Final Financing
Order
Exhibit D-1—Revolving Note
Exhibit E—Borrowing Base
Certificate
Exhibit F—Compliance
Certificate
Exhibit G—Additional Guarantor
Supplement
Exhibit H—Assignment and
Acceptance
Exhibit I—Material Executory
Contracts
Schedule 6.2—Subsidiaries
Schedule 8.7—Indebtedness Outstanding
on the Petition Date
Schedule 8.8—Liens Existing on the
Petition Date
Schedule 8.9(c)—Investments Existing
on the Petition Date
Schedule 8.9(q)—Insurance
Subsidiaries’ Investment Policies on the Petition
Date
Schedule 8.13—ERISA Plan
Termination
Amended and Restated
Post-Petition Credit Agreement
This Amended and Restated
Post-Petition Credit Agreement is entered into as of
December 31, 2008, by and among Pilgrim’s Pride
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower
”), as debtor and debtor-in-possession in a case pending
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, the direct and
indirect Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time
party to this Agreement and To-Ricos, Ltd., a Bermuda company (
“To-Ricos” ) and To-Ricos Distribution, Ltd., a
Bermuda company ( “To-Ricos Distribution” ), as
Guarantors, each as debtor and debtor-in-possession (the Borrower
and the Guarantors, each a “ Debtor ” and
collectively the “ Debtors ”) in a case pending
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the cases of the
Borrower and the Guarantors, each a “ Chapter
11 Case ” and, collectively, the “
Chapter 11 Cases ”), the several financial
institutions from time to time party to this Agreement, as Lenders,
and Bank of Montreal, a Canadian chartered bank acting through its
Chicago branch, as DIP Agent as provided herein. All
capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the
same meanings herein as such terms are defined in Section 5.1
hereof.
Preliminary
Statement
On December 1, 2008 (the
“ Petition Date ”) the Debtors filed voluntary
petitions with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern
District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, initiating the
Chapter 11 Cases and have continued in possession of their
assets and the management of their businesses pursuant to
Sections 1107 and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code;
The Borrower owns, directly or
indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or
other equity interests of each of the Guarantors;
The Debtors (other than To-Ricos and
To-Ricos Distribution), the DIP Agent and the Lenders have entered
into a Post-Petition Credit Agreement dated as of December 2,
2008 (the “Original DIP Credit Agreement” )
pursuant to which the Lenders may make loans and provide other
financial accommodations to the Borrower;
The Debtors, the DIP Agent and the
Lenders wish to amend certain provisions of the Original DIP Credit
Agreement and, for the sake of clarity and convenience, to amend
and restate the Original DIP Credit Agreement on the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
Now, Therefore, in consideration of
the mutual agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
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Section 1.The Credit
Facilities.
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Section
1.1 DIP Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each Lender, by its acceptance hereof, severally agrees to
make a loan or loans (individually a “ DIP Loan
” and collectively for all the Lenders the “ DIP
Loans ”) in U.S. Dollars to the Borrower from time to
time on a revolving basis up to the amount of such Lender’s
DIP Commitment, subject to
any reductions thereof pursuant to the terms
hereof, before the Termination Date. The sum of the
aggregate principal amount of DIP Loans, Swing Loans, and L/C
Obligations at any time outstanding shall not exceed the lesser of
(i) the DIP Commitments in effect at such time and
(ii) the Borrowing Base as determined based on the most recent
Borrowing Base Certificate. Each Borrowing of DIP Loans
shall be made ratably by the Lenders in proportion to their
respective DIP Percentages. DIP Loans may be repaid and
the principal amount thereof reborrowed before the Termination
Date, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
Section 1.2
Letters of Credit . (a) General Terms
. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, as part of
the DIP Credit, the L/C Issuer shall issue standby and
commercial letters of credit (each a “ Letter of
Credit ”) for the account of Borrower or for the account
of the Guarantors in an aggregate undrawn face amount up to the L/C
Sublimit and for purposes that are permitted under
Section 8.19 hereof. Each Letter of Credit shall be
issued by the L/C Issuer, but each Lender shall be obligated
to reimburse the L/C Issuer for such Lender’s DIP
Percentage of the amount of each drawing thereunder and,
accordingly, each Letter of Credit shall constitute usage of the
DIP Commitment of each Lender pro rata in an amount equal to its
DIP Percentage of the L/C Obligations then
outstanding.
(b) Applications
. At any time before the Termination Date, the
L/C Issuer shall, at the request of the Borrower, issue one or
more Letters of Credit in U.S. Dollars, in a form satisfactory to
the L/C Issuer upon the receipt of an application duly
executed by the Borrower for the relevant Letter of Credit in the
form then customarily prescribed by the L/C Issuer for the
Letter of Credit requested (each an “ Application
”). Each Letter of Credit shall have an expiration
date that is 30 days from the date of its issuance and shall be
automatically extended for an additional 30 days unless the
L/C Issuer gives the beneficiary thereof at least 30 days
prior written notice that the expiration date will not so extend
beyond its then scheduled expiration date, provided that in no
event may the expiration date of any Letter of Credit extend beyond
the Maturity Date. Any Letters of Credit that expire
after the Termination Date must be fully cash collateralized on the
Termination Date by cash held in a Cash Collateral Account and
otherwise under the exclusive control of the DIP Agent in an amount
equal to 105% of the maximum amount available to be drawn
thereunder, or be supported by a letter of credit issued by a bank
acceptable to the Required Lenders and that is satisfactory in form
and substance to the Required Lenders. The
L/C Issuer may give notice of non-renewal to the beneficiary
of any Letter of Credit issued hereunder at any time in its sole
discretion. Notwithstanding anything contained in any
Application to the contrary: (i) the Borrower shall
pay fees in connection with each Letter of Credit as set forth in
Section 2.1(b) hereof, (ii) except as otherwise provided
in this Section and in Section 1.8 hereof, unless an
Event of Default exists, the L/C Issuer will not call for the
funding by the Borrower of any amount under a Letter of Credit
before being presented with a drawing thereunder, and (iii) if
the L/C Issuer is not timely reimbursed by the Borrower for
the amount of any drawing under a Letter of Credit on the date such
drawing is paid, the Borrower’s obligation to reimburse the
L/C Issuer for the amount of such drawing shall bear interest
(which the Borrower hereby promises to pay) from and after the date
such drawing is paid at the Default Rate. Unless the DIP
Agent or the Required Lenders instruct the L/C Issuer
otherwise, the L/C Issuer will give each beneficiary of a
Letter of Credit notice of non-renewal before the time necessary to
prevent the automatic extension thereof if before such required
notice date: (i) the expiration date of such Letter
of Credit if so extended would be after the Termination
Date,
(ii) the DIP Commitments have been
terminated, or (iii) a Default or an Event of Default exists
and either the DIP Agent or the Required Lenders (with notice to
the DIP Agent) have given the L/C Issuer instructions not to
so permit the extension of the expiration date of such Letter of
Credit. The L/C Issuer shall also issue amendments
to the Letter(s) of Credit increasing the amount thereof at the
request of the Borrower, subject to the conditions of
Section 7 hereof and the other terms of this
Section 1.2. The Borrower shall provide to the DIP
Agent cash collateral in an amount equal to 105% of the maximum
amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit
outstanding hereunder as part of a plan of reorganization of the
Borrower.
(c) The Reimbursement
Obligations . Subject to Section 1.2(b) hereof,
the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for
all drawings under a Letter of Credit (a “ Reimbursement
Obligation ”) shall be governed by the Application
related to such Letter of Credit, except that reimbursement shall
be made by no later than 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the date when
each drawing is to be paid if the Borrower has been informed of
such drawing by the L/C Issuer on or before 10:00 a.m.
(Chicago time) on the date when such drawing is to be paid or, if
notice of such drawing is given to the Borrower after
10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the date when such drawing is to
be paid, by no later than 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the
following Business Day, in immediately available funds at the DIP
Agent’s principal office in Chicago, Illinois, or such other
office as the DIP Agent may designate in writing to the Borrower
(who shall thereafter cause to be distributed to the
L/C Issuer such amount(s) in like funds). If the
Borrower does not make any such reimbursement payment on the date
due and the Participating Lenders fund their participations therein
in the manner set forth in Section 1.2(e) below, then all
payments thereafter received by the DIP Agent in discharge of any
of the relevant Reimbursement Obligations shall be distributed in
accordance with Section 1.2(e) below.
(d) Obligations
Absolute . The Borrower’s obligation to
reimburse L/C Obligations as provided in subsection (c) of
this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable,
and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and the relevant Application under any and all
circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of
validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this
Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or
other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, or (iii) any
other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to
any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this
Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a
right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations
hereunder. None of the DIP Agent, the Lenders, or the
L/C Issuer shall have any liability or responsibility by
reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any
Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment
thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in
the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss
or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other
communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including
any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in
interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from
causes beyond the control of the L/C Issuer; provided that the
foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the L/C Issuer from
liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as
opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are
hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable
law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the
L/C Issuer’s failure to exercise care when determining
whether
drafts and other documents presented under a
Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The
parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of bad faith,
gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the
L/C Issuer (as finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction), the L/C Issuer shall be deemed to have
exercised care in each such determination. In
furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality
thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents
presented which appear on their face to be in substantial
compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the
L/C Issuer may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make
payment upon such documents without responsibility for further
investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the
contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents
if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of
such Letter of Credit.
(e) The Participating
Interests . Each Lender (other than the Lender
acting as L/C Issuer in issuing the relevant Letter of
Credit), by its acceptance hereof, severally agrees to purchase
from the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer hereby agrees to
sell to each such Lender (a “ Participating Lender
”), an undivided percentage participating interest (a “
Participating Interest ”), to the extent of its DIP
Percentage, in each Letter of Credit issued by, and each
Reimbursement Obligation owed to, the L/C Issuer and any Cash
Collateral therefor. Upon any failure by the Borrower to
pay any Reimbursement Obligation at the time required on the
date the related drawing is to be paid, as set forth in
Section 1.2(c) above, or if the L/C Issuer is required at
any time to return to the Borrower or to a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other Person any portion of any payment of
any Reimbursement Obligation, each Participating Lender shall, not
later than the Business Day it receives a certificate in the form
of Exhibit A hereto from the L/C Issuer (with a copy to
the DIP Agent) to such effect, if such certificate is received
before 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time), or not later than
1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) the following Business Day, if such
certificate is received after such time, pay to the DIP Agent for
the account of the L/C Issuer an amount equal to such
Participating Lender’s DIP Percentage of such unpaid or
recaptured Reimbursement Obligation together with interest on
such amount accrued from the date the related payment was made by
the L/C Issuer to the date of such payment by such
Participating Lender at a rate per annum equal
to: (i) from the date the related payment was made
by the L/C Issuer to the date two (2) Business Days after
payment by such Participating Lender is due hereunder, the Federal
Funds Rate for each such day and (ii) from the date two
(2) Business Days after the date such payment is due from such
Participating Lender to the date such payment is made by such
Participating Lender, the Base Rate in effect for each such
day. Each such Participating Lender shall thereafter be
entitled to receive its DIP Percentage of each payment received in
respect of the relevant Reimbursement Obligation and of interest
paid thereon and any Cash Collateral therefor, with the
L/C Issuer retaining its DIP Percentage thereof as a Lender
hereunder. The several obligations of the Participating
Lenders to the L/C Issuer under this Section 1.2 shall be
absolute, irrevocable, and unconditional under any and all
circumstances whatsoever and shall not be subject to any set-off,
counterclaim or defense to payment which any Participating Lender
may have or have had against the Borrower, the L/C Issuer, the
DIP Agent, any Lender or any other Person
whatsoever. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, such obligations shall not be affected by any Default or
Event of Default or by any reduction or termination of any DIP
Commitment of any Lender, and each payment by a Participating
Lender under this Section 1.2 shall be made without any
offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever.
(f)
Indemnification . The Participating Lenders
shall, to the extent of their respective DIP Percentages, indemnify
the L/C Issuer (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower)
against any cost, expense (including reasonable counsel fees and
disbursements), claim, demand, action, loss or liability (except
such as result from such L/C Issuer’s gross negligence
or willful misconduct) that the L/C Issuer may suffer or incur
in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by
it. The obligations of the Participating Lenders under
this Section 1.2(f) and all other parts of this
Section 1.2 shall survive termination of this Agreement and of
all Applications, Letters of Credit, and all drafts and other
documents presented in connection with drawings
thereunder.
(g) Manner of
Requesting a Letter of Credit . The Borrower shall
provide at least five (5) Business Days’ advance written
notice to the DIP Agent of each request for the issuance of a
Letter of Credit, such notice in each case to be accompanied by an
Application for such Letter of Credit properly completed and
executed by the Borrower and, in the case of an extension (other
than an automatic extension) or amendment or an increase in the
amount of a Letter of Credit, a written request therefor, in a form
acceptable to the DIP Agent and the L/C Issuer, in each case,
together with the fronting fee called for by this
Agreement. The DIP Agent shall promptly notify the
L/C Issuer of the DIP Agent’s receipt of each such
notice (and the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to assume that
the conditions precedent to any such issuance, extension, amendment
or increase have been satisfied unless notified to the contrary by
the DIP Agent or the Required Lenders) and the L/C Issuer
shall promptly notify the DIP Agent and the Lenders of the issuance
of the Letter of Credit so requested.
(h) Replacement of
the L/C Issuer . The L/C Issuer may be
replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the
DIP Agent, the replaced L/C Issuer and the successor
L/C Issuer. The DIP Agent shall notify the Lenders
of any such replacement of the L/C Issuer. At the
time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower
shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced
L/C Issuer. From and after the effective date of
any such replacement (i) the successor L/C Issuer shall
have all the rights and obligations of the L/C Issuer under
this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued
thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “
L/C Issuer ” shall be deemed to refer to such
successor or to any previous L/C Issuer, or to such successor
and all previous L/C Issuers, as the context shall
require. After the replacement of a L/C Issuer
hereunder, the replaced L/C Issuer shall remain a party hereto
and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of a
L/C Issuer under this Agreement with respect to Letters of
Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be
required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
Section
1.3 Applicable Interest Rates
. (a) DIP
Loans . Each DIP Loan made or maintained by a Lender
shall bear interest (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or
366 days, as the case may be, and the actual days elapsed) on
the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date such Loan is
advanced until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a
rate per annum equal to the sum of eight percent (8.0%) plus the
Base Rate from time to time in effect, payable by the Borrower
monthly in arrears on the last day of each calendar
month in each year (commencing on the first such date occurring
after the date hereof) and at maturity (whether by
acceleration or otherwise).
(b) Rate
Determinations . The DIP Agent shall determine each
interest rate applicable to the Loans and the Reimbursement
Obligations hereunder, and its determination thereof shall be
conclusive and binding except in the case of manifest
error.
Section 1.4
Minimum Borrowing Amounts . Each Borrowing advanced shall be in
an amount not less than $1,000,000 or any greater amount which is
an integral multiple of $100,000.
Section 1.5
Manner of Borrowing DIP Loans . (a) Notice to the DIP
Agent. The Borrower shall give notice to the DIP Agent
by no later than 12:00 noon (Chicago time) on the date the
Borrower requests the Lenders to advance a Borrowing of DIP
Loans. The Borrower shall give all such notices to the
DIP Agent by telephone, telecopy, or other telecommunication device
acceptable to the DIP Agent (which notice shall be irrevocable once
given and, if by telephone, shall be promptly confirmed in
writing), substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B (Notice of Borrowing) or in such other form
acceptable to the DIP Agent. All such notices shall
specify the date of the requested advance (which shall be a
Business Day) and the amount of the requested Borrowing to be
advanced. The Borrower agrees that the DIP Agent may
rely on any such telephonic, telecopy or other telecommunication
notice given by any person the DIP Agent in good faith believes is
an Authorized Representative without the necessity of independent
investigation, and in the event any such notice by telephone
conflicts with any written confirmation such telephonic notice
shall govern if the DIP Agent has acted in reliance
thereon.
(b) Notice to the
Lenders . The DIP Agent shall give prompt
telephonic, telecopy or other telecommunication notice to each
Lender of any notice from the Borrower received pursuant to
Section 1.5(a) above.
(c) Borrower’s
Failure to Notify . In the event the Borrower fails
to give notice pursuant to Section 1.5(a) above of a Borrowing
equal to the amount of a Reimbursement Obligation and has not
notified the DIP Agent by 12:00 noon (Chicago time) on the day
such Reimbursement Obligation becomes due that it intends to repay
such Reimbursement Obligation through funds not borrowed under this
Agreement, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a
Borrowing of DIP Loans under the DIP Credit on such day in the
amount of the Reimbursement Obligation then due, which Borrowing
shall be applied to pay the Reimbursement Obligation then
due.
(d) Disbursement of
Loans . Not later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time)
on the date of any requested advance of a new Borrowing, subject to
Section 7 hereof, each Lender shall make available its DIP
Loan comprising part of such Borrowing in funds immediately
available at the principal office of the DIP Agent in Chicago,
Illinois (or at such other location as the DIP Agent shall
designate). The DIP Agent shall make the proceeds of
each new Borrowing available to the Borrower at the DIP
Agent’s principal office in Chicago, Illinois (or at such
other location as the DIP Agent shall designate), by depositing or
wire transferring such proceeds to the credit of the
Borrower’s Designated Disbursement Account or as the Borrower
and the DIP Agent may otherwise agree.
(e) DIP Agent
Reliance on Lender Funding . Unless the DIP Agent
shall have been notified by a Lender prior to 1:00 p.m.
(Chicago time) on the date on which such Lender is scheduled to
make payment to the DIP Agent of the proceeds of a DIP Loan (which
notice shall be effective upon receipt) that such Lender does not
intend to make such payment, the DIP Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such payment when due and the DIP Agent may in
reliance upon such assumption (but shall not be required to) make
available to the Borrower the proceeds of the DIP Loan to be made
by such Lender and, if any Lender has not in fact made such payment
to the DIP Agent, such Lender shall, on demand, pay to the DIP
Agent the amount made available to the Borrower attributable to
such Lender together with interest thereon in respect of each day
during the period commencing on the date such amount was made
available to the Borrower and ending on (but excluding) the date
such Lender pays such amount to the DIP Agent at a rate per annum
equal to: (i) from the date the related advance was
made by the DIP Agent to the date two (2) Business Days after
payment by such Lender is due hereunder, the Federal Funds Rate for
each such day and (ii) from the date two (2) Business
Days after the date such payment is due from such Lender to the
date such payment is made by such Lender, the Base Rate in effect
for each such day. If such amount is not received from
such Lender by the DIP Agent immediately upon demand, the Borrower
will, on demand, repay to the DIP Agent the proceeds of the Loan
attributable to such Lender with interest thereon at a rate per
annum equal to the interest rate applicable to the relevant DIP
Loan.
Section 1.6
Swing Loans . (a) Generally
. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, as part of
the DIP Credit, the Swing Line Lender will make loans in
U.S. Dollars to the Borrower under the Swing Line
(individually a “ Swing Loan ” and collectively
the “ Swing Loans ”) which shall not in the
aggregate at any time outstanding exceed the Swing Line
Sublimit. Swing Loans may be availed of from time to
time and borrowings thereunder may be repaid and used again during
the period ending on the Termination Date. Each Swing
Loan shall be in a minimum amount of $500,000 or such greater
amount which is an integral multiple of $100,000.
(b) Interest on Swing
Loans . Each Swing Loan shall bear interest until
maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate per annum
equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus eight percent (8%) (computed
on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, for
the actual number of days elapsed). Interest on each
Swing Loan shall be due and payable by the Borrower monthly in
arrears on the last day of each calendar month in
each year (commencing on the first such date occurring after the
date hereof) and at maturity (whether by acceleration or
otherwise).
(c) Requests
for Swing Loans . The Borrower shall give the DIP
Agent prior notice (which may be written or oral) no later than
3:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the date upon which the Borrower
requests that any Swing Loan be made, of the amount and date of
such Swing Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the proceeds of each Swing Loan extended to the Borrower
shall be deposited or otherwise wire transferred to the
Borrower’s Designated Disbursement Account or as the
Borrower, the DIP Agent, and the Swing Line Lender may otherwise
agree. Anything contained in the foregoing to the
contrary notwithstanding, the undertaking of the Swing Line Lender
to make Swing Loans shall be subject to all of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement (provided that the Swing Line Lender
shall be entitled to
assume that the conditions precedent to an
advance of any Swing Loan have been satisfied unless notified to
the contrary by the DIP Agent or the Required Lenders).
(d) Refunding
Loans . In its sole and absolute discretion, the
Swing Line Lender may at any time, on behalf of the Borrower (which
hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to act on its
behalf for such purpose) and with notice to the Borrower and the
DIP Agent, request each Lender to make a DIP Loan in an amount
equal to such Lender’s DIP Percentage of the amount of the
Swing Loans outstanding on the date such notice is
given. Regardless of the existence of any Event of
Default, each Lender shall make the proceeds of its requested DIP
Loan available to the DIP Agent for the account of the Swing Line
Lender), in immediately available funds, at the DIP Agent’s
office in Chicago, Illinois (or such other location designated by
the DIP Agent), before 12 Noon (Chicago time) on the Business Day
following the day such notice is given. The DIP Agent
shall promptly remit the proceeds of such Borrowing to the Swing
Line Lender to repay the outstanding Swing Loans.
(e)
Participations . If any Lender refuses or
otherwise fails to make a DIP Loan when requested by the Swing Line
Lender pursuant to Section 1.6(d) above for any reason, such
Lender will, by the time and in the manner such DIP Loan was to
have been funded to the Swing Line Lender, purchase from the Swing
Line Lender an undivided participating interest in the outstanding
Swing Loans in an amount equal to its DIP Percentage of the
aggregate principal amount of Swing Loans that were to have been
repaid with such DIP Loans. Each Lender that so
purchases a participation in a Swing Loan shall thereafter be
entitled to receive its DIP Percentage of each payment of principal
received on the Swing Loan and of interest received thereon
accruing from the date such Lender funded to the Swing Line Lender
its participation in such Loan. The several obligations
of the Lenders under this Section shall be absolute,
irrevocable, and unconditional under any and all circumstances
whatsoever and shall not be subject to any set-off, counterclaim or
defense to payment which any Lender may have or have had against
the Borrower, any other Lender, or any other Person
whatsoever. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, such obligations shall not be affected by any Default or
Event of Default or by any reduction or termination of the DIP
Commitments of any Lender, and each payment made by a Lender under
this Section shall be made without any offset, abatement,
withholding, or reduction whatsoever.
Section 1.7
Maturity of Loans . (a) DIP Loans
. Each DIP Loan, both for principal and interest not
sooner paid, shall mature and be due and payable by the Borrower on
the Termination Date.
(b) Swing Loans
. Each Swing Loan, both for principal and interest not
sooner paid, shall mature and be due and payable by the Borrower on
the Termination Date.
Section
1.8 Prepayments . (a) Optional
. The Borrower may prepay in whole or in
part (but, if in part, then in an amount not less than $1,000,000
and in any event in an amount such that the amount of such
Borrowing that remains outstanding after such prepayment is not
less than $1,000,000) any Borrowing of Loans upon notice delivered
by the Borrower to the DIP Agent no later than 12:00 noon
(Chicago time) on the date of prepayment (or, in any case,
such
shorter period of time then agreed to by the DIP
Agent), such prepayment to be made by the payment of the principal
amount to be prepaid.
(b) Mandatory
. (i) If any Dispositions or Events of Loss with
respect to any Property that includes any Pre-Petition BMO Primary
Collateral, Pre-Petition CoBank Primary Collateral or Collateral
(in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 in the
aggregate) occur prior to the Termination Date and outside the
ordinary course of business (no such Disposition to occur without
Bankruptcy Court approval and with the Lenders reserving all
rights, if any, to object to any such Disposition), 100% of the Net
Proceeds thereof in excess of $1,000,000 (or any greater amount
that is a whole multiple of $250,000) in the aggregate (the “
Prepayment Amount ”) shall be applied as
follows:
(A) First, to the costs, fees and expenses
of the DIP Agent and the Lenders (including without limitation the
reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel and other
professionals, including those previously employed or retained by
the DIP Agent and the Lenders);
(B) Second, to interest and fees then due
and then to the prepayment of all outstanding Loans and
unreimbursed Reimbursement Obligations hereunder until all such
Loans and Reimbursement Obligations shall be fully paid (but
without any reduction in the DIP Commitments resulting from such
prepayments);
(C) Third, to be held by the DIP Agent in
the Cash Collateral Account (including to prefund outstanding
Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the amount of all
such Letters of Credit) until released or applied pursuant to
Section 4.4 hereof (but without any reduction in the DIP
Commitments resulting from such prepayments); and
(D) Fourth, as the Financing Order shall
provide if then in effect and otherwise as shall be determined by
the Bankruptcy Court.
Any such proceeds of sale designated to pay such
taxes and costs of sale which are not required to be disbursed at
the closing of such sale shall be held in escrow by the DIP Agent
and shall be subject to the Lien of the DIP Agent, the Lenders, the
Pre-Petition BMO Agent, the Pre-Petition BMO Lenders, the
Pre-Petition CoBank Agent and the Pre-Petition CoBank Lenders
until applied to pay such taxes and costs of sale and
the amount of all obligations secured by Permitted Liens that are
senior to the DIP Agent’s in the Collateral and the
Replacement Liens.
(ii) Prior to the Termination Date, all
Available Unrestricted Cash (including without limitation all
Available Unrestricted Cash consisting of proceeds of the inventory
and proceeds of the accounts receivable of the Borrower and the
Guarantors and all Cash Collateral generated in the ordinary course
of the Borrower’s and the Guarantors’ businesses)
determined as of 12:00 noon, Chicago time, on any Business Day
(other than amounts subject to Section 1.8(b)(i) hereof) in
excess of $15,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collection Accounts
referred to in Section 4.3 hereof and applied
daily as follows:
(A) First, to the costs, fees and expenses
of the DIP Agent and the Lenders (including without limitation the
reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel and other
professionals, including those previously employed or retained by
the DIP Agent and the Lenders) that are then due and
payable;
(B) Second, to interest and fees then due
and payable and then to the prepayment of all outstanding Loans and
unreimbursed Reimbursement Obligations hereunder until all such
Loans and Reimbursement Obligations shall be fully paid (but
without any reduction in the DIP Commitments resulting from such
prepayments); and
(C) Third, to be held by the DIP Agent in
the Cash Collateral Account (including to prefund outstanding
Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the amount of all
such Letters of Credit) until released or applied pursuant to
Section 4.4 hereof.
(iii) The Borrower shall, on each date the
DIP Commitments are reduced pursuant to Section 1.11 hereof,
prepay the DIP Loans, Swing Loans, and, if necessary, prefund the
L/C Obligations by the amount, if any, necessary to reduce the sum
of the aggregate principal amount of DIP Loans, Swing Loans, and
L/C Obligations then outstanding to the amount to which the DIP
Commitments have been so reduced.
(iv) If at any time the sum of the unpaid
principal balance of the DIP Loans, Swing Loans, and the
L/C Obligations then outstanding shall be in excess of the
lesser of the DIP Commitments then in effect and the Borrowing Base
as determined on the basis of the most recent Borrowing Base
Certificate, the Borrower shall immediately and without notice or
demand pay over the amount of the excess to the DIP Agent for the
account of the Lenders as and for a mandatory prepayment on such
Post-Petition Obligations, with each such prepayment first to be
applied to the DIP Loans and Swing Loans until paid in full with
any remaining balance to be held by the DIP Agent in the Cash
Collateral Account as security for the Post-Petition Obligations
owing with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit.
(v) Each prepayment of Loans under this
Section 1.8(b) shall be made by the payment of the principal
amount to be prepaid. Each prefunding of L/C Obligations
shall be made in accordance with Section 4.4
hereof.
(b) Any amount of DIP
Loans and Swing Loans paid or prepaid before the Termination Date
may, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, be
borrowed, repaid and borrowed again.
Section 1.9
Default Rate . Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, while any Event of Default exists and is
continuing or after acceleration, the Borrower shall pay interest
(after as well as before entry of judgment thereon to the extent
permitted by law) on the principal amount of all Loans and
Reimbursement Obligations, and letter of credit fees at a rate per
annum (the “ Default Rate ”), equal
to:
(a) for any Loan, the sum of 10.0% plus
the Base Rate from time to time in effect;
(b) for any Reimbursement Obligation, the
sum of 2.0% plus the amounts due under Section 1.2 with
respect to such Reimbursement Obligation; and
(c) for any Letter of Credit, the sum of
2.0% plus the letter of credit fee due under Section 2.1 with
respect to such Letter of Credit.
Interest at the Default Rate shall be paid on
demand of the DIP Agent at the request or with the consent of the
Required Lenders. Any applicable stay shall be deemed to
be lifted to the extent necessary to permit the DIP Agent and the
Lenders to exercise their rights under this Section.
Section 1.10
Evidence of Indebtedness . (a) Each Lender shall maintain
in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender
resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from time to time,
including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to
such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(b) The DIP Agent shall
also maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the amount
of each Loan made hereunder, (ii) the amount of any principal
or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any
sum received by the DIP Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each
Lender’s share thereof.
(c) The entries
maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to
paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall be prima facie evidence,
absent manifest error, of the existence and amounts of the
Post-Petition Obligations therein recorded; provided, however, that
the failure of the DIP Agent or any Lender to maintain such
accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the
obligation of the Borrower to repay the Post-Petition Obligations
in accordance with their terms.
(d) Any Lender may
request that its Loans be evidenced by a promissory note or notes
in the forms of Exhibit D-1 (in the case of its DIP Loans and
referred to herein as a “ Revolving Note ”), or
D-2 (in the case of its Swing Loans and referred to herein as a
“ Swing Note ”), as applicable (the Revolving
Notes and Swing Note being hereinafter referred to collectively as
the “ Notes ” and individually as a “
Note ”). In such event, the Borrower shall
prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a Note payable to such
Lender or its registered assigns in the amount of the relevant DIP
Commitment, or Swing Line Sublimit, as
applicable. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such Note
or Notes and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
any assignment pursuant to Section 12.12) be represented by
one or more Notes payable to the order of the payee named therein
or any assignee pursuant to Section 12.12, except to the
extent that any such Lender or assignee subsequently returns any
such Note for cancellation and requests that such Loans once again
be evidenced as described in subsections (a) and (b)
above.
Section 1.11 Commitment
Terminations . (a) Optional DIP Credit
Terminations . The Borrower shall have the right at
any time and from time to time, upon five (5) Business
Days’ prior written notice to the DIP Agent (or such shorter
period of time agreed to by the DIP Agent),
to terminate the DIP Commitments without premium
or penalty and in whole or in part, any partial termination to be
(i) in an amount not less than $5,000,000 and
(ii) allocated ratably among the Lenders in proportion to
their respective DIP Percentages, provided that the DIP Commitments
may not be reduced to an amount less than the sum of the aggregate
principal amount of DIP Loans, Swing Loans, and
L/C Obligations then outstanding (after giving effect to any
concurrent prepayments). Any termination of the DIP
Commitments below the L/C Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit
then in effect shall reduce the L/C Sublimit and Swing Line
Sublimit, as applicable, by a like amount. The DIP Agent
shall give prompt notice to each Lender of any such termination of
the DIP Commitments.
(b) Any termination of
the DIP Commitments pursuant to this Section 1.11 may not be
reinstated.
Section 1.12
Guaranties . The payment and performance of the
Post-Petition Obligations, shall at all times be guaranteed by each
direct and indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a
Debtor in a Chapter 11 Case and To-Ricos and To-Ricos Distribution
pursuant to Section 10 hereof or pursuant to one or more
guaranty agreements in form and substance acceptable to the DIP
Agent, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time (individually a “ Guaranty ” and,
collectively, the “ Guaranties ,” and each such
Subsidiary executing and delivering this Agreement as a Guarantor
(including any Subsidiary hereafter executing and delivering an
Additional Guarantor Supplement substantially in the form of
Exhibit G hereto) or a separate Guaranty, a “
Guarantor ” and, collectively, the “
Guarantors ”).
Section 1.13
Substitution of Lenders . Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in Section 12.13, in the event that the
Borrower requests that this Agreement be modified or amended in a
manner which would require the unanimous consent of all of the
Lenders and such modification or amendment is agreed to by the
Super-majority Lenders, then with the consent of the Borrower and
the Super-majority Lenders, the Borrower, the DIP Agent and the
Super-majority Lenders shall be permitted to amend this Agreement
without the consent of the Lender or Lenders which did not agree to
the modification or amendment requested by the Borrower (such
Lender or Lenders, collectively the “ Minority Lenders
”) to provide for (w) the termination of the DIP Commitment
of each of the Minority Lenders, (x) the addition to this Agreement
of one or more other financial institutions (each of which shall be
an Eligible Assignee), or an increase in the DIP Commitment of one
or more of the Super-majority Lenders, so that the DIP Commitments
after giving effect to such amendment shall be in the same amount
as the DIP Commitments immediately before giving effect to such
amendment, (y) if any Loans are outstanding at the time of such
amendment, the making of such additional Loans by such new
financial institutions or Super-majority Lender or Lenders, as the
case may be, as may be necessary to repay in full the outstanding
Loans of, and all other amounts owed under the Loan Documents to,
the Minority Lenders immediately before giving effect to such
amendment and (z) such other modifications to this Agreement as may
be appropriate.
Section 2.1 Fees
. (a) DIP
Commitment Fee . The Borrower shall pay to the DIP
Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders in accordance with
their DIP Percentages a commitment
fee at the rate per annum equal to one-half of
one percent (0.50%) (computed on the basis of a year of
360 days and the actual number of days elapsed) on the average
daily Unused DIP Commitments. Such commitment fee shall
be payable monthly in arrears on the last day of each
calendar month in each year (commencing on the first such date
occurring after the date hereof) and on the Termination Date,
unless the DIP Commitments are terminated in whole on an earlier
date, in which event the commitment fee for the period to the date
of such termination in whole shall be paid on the date of such
termination.
(b) Letter of Credit
Fees . On the date of issuance, renewal or
extension, or increase in the amount, of any Letter of Credit
pursuant to Section 1.2 hereof, the Borrower shall pay to the
L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee equal to 0.25%
of the face amount of (or of the increase in the face amount of)
such Letter of Credit. Monthly in arrears, on the last
day of each calendar month, commencing on the first such date
occurring after the date hereof, the Borrower shall pay to the DIP
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders in accordance with
their DIP Percentages, a letter of credit fee at a rate per annum
equal to 3.00% (computed on the basis of a year of 360 days
and the actual number of days elapsed) in effect during each day of
such month applied to the daily average face amount of Letters of
Credit outstanding during such month. In addition, the
Borrower shall pay to the L/C Issuer for its own account the
L/C Issuer’s standard issuance, drawing, negotiation,
amendment, assignment, and other administrative fees for each
Letter of Credit as established by the L/C Issuer from time to
time.
(c) Closing Fee
. The Borrower shall pay to the DIP Agent for the
ratable account of the Lenders a non-refundable closing fee in an
amount equal to 2.5% (inclusive of any portion of such closing fee
paid in connection with the execution and delivery by the Lenders
of their commitment letters relating to the DIP Credit Facility) of
the aggregate amount of the DIP Commitments on the Closing
Date. Such fee shall be payable in full no later than
the Closing Date.
(d) DIP Agent
Fees . The Borrower shall pay to the DIP Agent, for
its own use and benefit, a non-refundable fee in the amount of
$125,000 payable in full upon the entry of the Interim Financing
Order.
(e) Audit Fees
. The Borrower shall pay to the DIP Agent for its own
use and benefit reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses for
audits of the Collateral performed by the DIP Agent or its agents
or representatives in such amounts as the DIP Agent may from time
to time request (the DIP Agent acknowledging and agreeing that such
charges shall be computed in the same manner as it at the time
customarily uses for the assessment of charges for similar
collateral audits).
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Section 3.Place and
Application of Payments
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Section 3.1 Place and
Application of Payments . All payments of principal of and
interest on the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations, and of all
other Post-Petition Obligations payable by the Borrower under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall be made by the
Borrower to the DIP Agent by no later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago
time) on the due date thereof at the office of the DIP Agent in
Chicago, Illinois (or such other location as the DIP
Agent may designate in writing to the Borrower),
for the benefit of the Lender(s) or L/C Issuer entitled
thereto. Any payments received after such time shall be
deemed to have been received by the DIP Agent on the next Business
Day. All such payments shall be made in U.S. Dollars, in
immediately available funds at the place of payment, in each case
without set-off or counterclaim. The DIP Agent will
promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to
the payment of principal or interest on Loans and on Reimbursement
Obligations in which the Lenders have purchased Participating
Interests ratably to the Lenders and like funds relating to the
payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender,
in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. If the DIP Agent causes amounts to be
distributed to the Lenders in reliance upon the assumption that the
Borrower will make a scheduled payment and such scheduled payment
is not so made, each Lender shall, on demand, repay to the DIP
Agent the amount distributed to such Lender together with interest
thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the
date such amount was distributed to such Lender and ending on (but
excluding) the date such Lender repays such amount to the DIP
Agent, at a rate per annum equal to: (i) from the
date the distribution was made to the date two (2) Business
Days after payment by such Lender is due hereunder, the Federal
Funds Rate for each such day and (ii) from the date two
(2) Business Days after the date such payment is due from such
Lender to the date such payment is made by such Lender, the Base
Rate in effect for each such day.
On or after the occurrence of the
Termination Date, all payments and collections from Collateral
(including Dispositions) shall be applied: first, to pay the
Administrative Expense Carve-Out, second to the costs, fees and
expenses of the DIP Agent and the Lenders; third, to interest and
fees and then to repay the Loans and other Post-Petition
Obligations outstanding under this Agreement; fourth, to provide
cash collateral for Letters of Credit outstanding under this
Agreement in an amount equal to 105% of the maximum amount
available to be drawn under all such Letters of Credit; fifth, to
reduce the Pre-Petition BMO Obligations under the Pre-Petition BMO
Credit Agreement and the Pre-Petition CoBank Obligations under the
Pre-Petition CoBank Credit Agreement according to the priorities of
their respective Replacement Liens therein and otherwise on the
basis set forth in the Pre-Petition BMO Credit Agreement and the
Pre-Petition CoBank Credit Agreement; and then, to the Borrower (or
relevant Debtor) or as otherwise required by applicable law
pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court.
Section 3.2
Account Debit . The Borrower hereby irrevocably
authorizes the DIP Agent to charge any of the Borrower’s
deposit accounts maintained with the DIP Agent for the amounts from
time to time necessary to pay any then due Post-Petition
Obligations; provided that the Borrower acknowledges and
agrees that the DIP Agent shall not be under an obligation to do so
and the DIP Agent shall not incur any liability to the Borrower or
any other Person for the DIP Agent’s failure to do
so.
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Section 4.The
Collateral.
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Section 4.1
Security . As
collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and
performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) of the Post-Petition Obligations and to induce the
Lenders to make the DIP Credit available to the
Borrower in accordance with the terms hereof,
the Borrower and each of the Guarantors hereby assigns, creates,
grants, conveys, mortgages, pledges, hypothecates and transfers to
the DIP Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, first
priority Liens (subject to the Administrative Expense Carve-Out and
Permitted Liens permitted by, and with the priority established by,
the Final Financing Order), in accordance with Sections 364(c)
and (d) of the Bankruptcy Code in all right, title and interest of
the Borrower and each of the Guarantors in and to any and all
Property, assets and things of value of every kind or type,
tangible, intangible, real, personal and fixed, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired and wherever located, including, without
limitation, real property (including without limitation all
leasehold interests, mineral leases, and mineral and water rights),
the Cash Collateral Account and all other deposit accounts,
accounts, chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper),
instruments, documents (including electronic documents of title),
all of the Debtors’ rights and claims relating to all
deposits and reserves held by utilities and trade
creditors, inventory, farm products, rights against
contract growers, equipment, rolling stock (including titled and
non-titled vehicles), general intangibles (including, without
limitation, payment intangibles, intellectual property, interests
in partnerships and joint ventures (unless prohibited, in which
case the DIP Agent for the benefit of the Lenders shall have a Lien
on the proceeds of such interests)), tax refunds, letter of credit
rights, supporting obligations, commercial tort claims, and
investment property (other than any equity interests of Avicola
that is part of the Avicola Pre-Petition Collateral, but including
in the Collateral any proceeds of any sale or other Disposition of
such equity interests to which any Debtor may be entitled after the
payment in full of the Avicola Pre-Petition Obligations), and, to
the extent not otherwise included, (a) all proceeds of each of
the foregoing, (b) all accessions to, substitutions and
replacements (including any Property repaired, rebuilt or replaced
with casualty insurance proceeds and condemnation awards) for, and
insurance and condemnation proceeds, rents, profits and products of
each of the foregoing, (c) the Pre-Petition BMO Collateral and
the Pre-Petition CoBank Collateral, and (d) all Property of
the Borrower and each of the Guarantors held by the DIP Agent or
any Lender, including without limitation, the funds from time to
time on deposit in the Collection Accounts referred to in
Section 4.3 hereof, any funds held in escrow by the DIP Agent
pursuant to the last sentence of Section 1.8(b)(i) hereof and
all other Property of every description, now or hereafter in the
possession or custody of or in transit to the DIP Agent or any
Lender for any purpose, including safekeeping, collection or
pledge, for the account of the Borrower or any Guarantor or as to
which the Borrower or any Guarantor may have any right or power
(all of the foregoing, the “ Collateral ”),
provided that the Collateral shall not include any of (i) the
stock of first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower, other
than first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are
Debtors, in excess of 65% of the total combined voting power of
such Foreign Subsidiaries, or any stock in any Subsidiary of any
first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries of the Borrower, (ii) Property
of any Debtor with respect to which the consent of a third party is
required for the pledge thereof, except to the extent permitted by
the Uniform Commercial Code, (iii) the Avicola Pre-Petition
Collateral, or (iv) the recoveries on claims and causes of
action brought under Chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy
Code.
Section 4.2
Perfection of Security Interests . (a) At the request of the DIP
Agent or the Required Lenders and at the Borrower’s expense,
the Borrower and each of the Guarantors shall (i) execute and
deliver to the DIP Agent documentation satisfactory to the DIP
Agent or the Required Lenders evidencing the Liens granted hereby,
providing for the perfection of such Liens and evidencing that the
automatic stay provisions of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy
Code have
been modified to permit the execution, delivery
and filing of such documentation, and (ii) perform or take any
and all steps at any time necessary to perfect, maintain, protect
and enforce the DIP Agent’s Lien on the Collateral; provided,
however, that no such documentation shall be required as a
condition to the validity, priority or perfection of any of the
Liens created pursuant to this Agreement which security interests
and liens shall be deemed valid and properly perfected upon
approval by the Bankruptcy Court of the Financing Order; provided
further that no such documentation shall be filed in any
jurisdiction with a mortgage, stamp, intangibles or similar
tax.
(b) Until all
Post-Petition Obligations and Adequate Protection Obligations have
been satisfied and paid in full in cash by the Debtors and the DIP
Commitments shall have terminated, the DIP Agent’s security
interest in the Collateral as security for such obligations shall
continue in full force and effect.
(c) Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 4.2(a) hereof, or failure on the part of
the Borrower, any Guarantor, the DIP Agent or any Lender to
perfect, maintain, protect or enforce the DIP Agent’s Lien on
the Collateral, the Financing Order shall automatically, and
without further action by any Person, perfect the DIP Agent’s
Lien against the Collateral.
Section 4.3
Receivables and Inventory Collections . The Borrower and the Guarantors
agree to continue, or if appropriate, forthwith make, such
arrangements as shall be necessary or appropriate to assure that
all proceeds of the inventory and accounts receivable of the
Borrower and the Guarantors and any other Cash Collateral generated
after the Closing Date but prior to the Termination Date not
required for the payment of normal operating expenses of the
Borrower and the Guarantors consistent, in amount and type of
expenditure, with the Budget are deposited (in the same form as
received) in an account maintained with the DIP Agent or accounts
under the control of the DIP Agent (including local petty cash
accounts and local payroll accounts approved by the DIP Agent (the
“Petty Cash and Payroll Accounts” )), which
provide for collections therein to be transmitted, upon the DIP
Agent’s request, to an account maintained with or otherwise
under the exclusive dominion and control of the DIP Agent, all such
accounts maintained with or under the control of the DIP Agent to
constitute special restricted accounts (each a “Collection
Account” and collectively the “Collection
Accounts” ). The Borrower acknowledges
on behalf of itself and the Guarantors that the DIP Agent has (and
is hereby granted to the extent that it does not already have) a
Lien for the ratable benefit of the Lenders on each of the
Collection Accounts and all funds contained therein to secure the
Post-Petition Obligations and Adequate Protection Obligations,
subject to the provisions of the Financing Order and the Bankruptcy
Code. Cash held in the Collection Accounts shall
constitute Cash Collateral subject to the Financing Order (if in
effect) and otherwise as the Bankruptcy Court shall
determine. Any applicable stay shall be deemed to be
lifted to the extent necessary to permit the DIP Agent and the
Lenders to exercise their rights under this
Section 4.3.
Section 4.4
Cash Collateral Account . (a) All Cash Collateral and
other amounts referred to in Section 1.8(b)(ii) shall be
deposited by the Debtors in one or more accounts subject to the DIP
Agent’s first priority perfected Lien and, if at any time
required by the DIP Agent, under its exclusive dominion and control
(collectively, the “ Cash Collateral Account
”). Such funds shall be held in the Cash
Collateral Account until such time as the amounts held therein
are
applied by the relevant Debtor to pay normal
operating expenses consistent with the Budget and the Interim
Financing Order and any Final Financing Order or as the DIP Agent
shall otherwise require, except that the Net Proceeds of
Dispositions shall be applied as set forth in
Section 1.8(b)(i) hereof. So long as no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, amounts held in the
Cash Collateral Account shall be made available to the relevant
Debtor to pay normal operating expenses consistent, in amount and
type of expenditure, with the Budget. During the
existence of an Event of Default all amounts held in the Cash
Collateral Account shall be applied as required by the second
paragraph of Section 3.1.
(b) If the prepayment of
the amount available for drawing under any or all outstanding
Letters of Credit is required by this Agreement (including under
Sections 1.8(b), 1.2(b) or 9.2), the Borrower shall forthwith
pay the amount required to be so prepaid, to be held by the DIP
Agent in a separate Cash Collateral Account as security for, and
for application by the DIP Agent (to the extent available) to, the
reimbursement of any payment under any Letter of Credit then or
thereafter made by the L/C Issuer until all Reimbursement
Obligations have been paid in full and no Letters of Credit remain
outstanding, and thereafter to be applied as provided in
Section 4.4(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, so
long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, amounts held in the Cash Collateral Account pursuant to
this Section 4.4(b) shall be made available to the relevant
Debtor to pay normal operating expenses consistent, in amount and
type of expenditure, with the Budget. During the
existence of a Default or Event of Default all amounts held in such
Cash Collateral Account shall be applied as required by the second
paragraph of Section 3.1.
Section 4.5
Rights of DIP Agent . The DIP Agent may, or upon the
direction of the Required Lenders, shall, in each case at any time
on or after the Termination Date, after three (3) Business
Days’ prior written notice to the Borrower of its intention
to do so, notify Account Debtors, parties to contracts with the
Borrower or any Guarantor, obligors on instruments of the Borrower
or any Guarantor and obligors in respect of chattel paper of the
Borrower or any Guarantor that the right, title and interest of the
Borrower and the Guarantors in and under such accounts, such
contracts, such instruments and such chattel paper have been
assigned to the DIP Agent and that payments shall be made directly
to the DIP Agent. Upon the request of the DIP Agent or
the Required Lenders on or after the Termination Date, the Borrower
and the Guarantors will so notify such Account Debtors, such
parties to contracts, obligors on such instruments and obligors in
respect of such chattel paper. Upon the occurrence and
during the continuation of a Default or an Event of Default, the
DIP Agent may in its own name or in the name of others communicate
with such parties to such accounts, such contracts, such
instruments and such chattel paper to verify with such Persons to
the DIP Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms
of any such accounts, contracts, instruments or chattel
paper.
Section 4.6
Performance by DIP Agent of Debtors’ Post-Petition
Obligations . If the Borrower or any Guarantor
fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained in
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Financing Order and
the DIP Agent, as provided for by the terms of this Agreement,
shall itself perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or
compliance, with such agreement, the reasonable expenses of the DIP
Agent incurred in connection with such performance or compliance,
together with interest thereon at the rate per annum determined by
adding 10% to the Base Rate as from time to time in effect,
shall
be payable by the Debtors to the DIP Agent on
demand and shall constitute Post-Petition Obligations secured by
the Collateral. Moreover, neither the DIP Agent nor any
Lender shall in any way be responsible for the payment of any costs
incurred in connection with preserving or disposing of Collateral
pursuant to Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code, and the
Collateral may not be charged for the incurrence of any such
cost.
Section 4.7
DIP Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact
. (a) The Borrower
and each of the Guarantors hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints the DIP Agent and any officer of DIP Agent, with full
power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of the
Borrower and each of the Guarantors and in the name of the Borrower
or such Guarantor or in the DIP Agent’s own name, from time
to time in the DIP Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of
collecting the Post-Petition Obligations when due in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement, to take any and all
appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents
and instruments which may be necessary and desirable to accomplish
such purpose, and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, hereby gives the DIP Agent the power and right, on
behalf of the Borrower and the Guarantors, without notice to or
assent from them, to do the following:
(i) to ask, demand, collect, receive and
give acquittances and receipts for any and all monies due and to
become due under any Collateral and, in the name of the Borrower or
any Guarantor or the DIP Agent’s own name or otherwise, to
take possession of and endorse and collect any checks, drafts,
notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of monies
due under any Collateral and to file any claim or to take any other
action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise
deemed appropriate by the DIP Agent for the purpose of collecting
any and all monies due under any Collateral whenever payable and to
file any claims or to take any other action or proceeding in any
court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the DIP
Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such monies due
under any Collateral whenever payable;
(ii) to pay or discharge taxes, liens,
security interests or other encumbrances levied or placed on or
threatened against the Collateral, to effect any repairs or procure
any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement and to pay
all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof, in
each case which are not stayed pursuant to the Chapter 11 Cases or
which are not being contested in accordance with this Agreement;
and
(iii) (A) to direct any party liable
for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any
and all monies due, and to become due, and to become due
thereunder, directly to the DIP Agent or as the DIP Agent shall
direct; (B) to receive payment of and receipt for any and all
monies, claims and other amounts due and to become due at any time
in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (C) to sign
and endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of
lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against the Borrower
or any Guarantor, assignments, verifications and notices in
connection with accounts and other documents constituting or
relating to the Collateral; (D) to commence and prosecute any
suits, actions or proceedings at law or equity in any court of
competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any part
thereof
and to enforce any other right in respect of any
Collateral; (E) to defend any suit, action or proceeding
brought against the Borrower or any Guarantor with respect to any
Collateral; (F) to settle, compromise or adjust any suit,
action or proceeding described above and, in connection therewith,
to give such discharges or releases as the DIP Agent or the
Required Lenders may deem appropriate; (G) to license or, to
the extent permitted by an applicable license, sublicense, whether
general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or
non-exclusive basis, any trademark, throughout the world for such
term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the DIP
Agent or the Required Lenders shall in its or their sole discretion
determine is appropriate to liquidate the Collateral; and
(H) generally to sell, transfer, pledge, make any agreement
with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as
fully and completely as though the DIP Agent were the absolute
owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at the option of the DIP
Agent and at the Borrower’s expense, at any time, or from
time to time, all acts and things which the DIP Agent reasonably
deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral
and the DIP Agent’s lien therein, in order to effect the
intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as the
Borrower and the Guarantors might do.
(b) The DIP Agent agrees
that it will forbear from exercising the power of attorney or any
rights granted to it pursuant to this Section until after the
Termination Date or upon the occurrence and during the continuation
of a Default or Event of Default. The Borrower and the
Guarantors hereby ratify, to the extent permitted by law, all that
said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. The power of attorney granted pursuant to this
Section is a power coupled with an interest and shall be
irrevocable until the Post-Petition Obligations and the Adequate
Protection Obligations are paid in full in cash and the DIP
Commitments have terminated.
(c) The powers conferred
on the DIP Agent hereunder are solely to protect the DIP
Agent’s and the Lenders’ interests in the Collateral
and shall not impose any duty upon any of them to exercise any such
powers. The DIP Agent shall be accountable only for
amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of
such powers and neither it nor any of its officers, directors,
employees or agents shall be responsible to the Borrower and the
Guarantors for any act or failure to act, except for its or their
own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(d) The Borrower and
each Guarantor also authorize the DIP Agent, at any time and from
time to time on and after the Termination Date or upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of a Default or Event of
Default, (i) to communicate, in the name of the Borrower or
such Guarantor or in the DIP Agent’s own name (at the DIP
Agent’s option), with any party to any contract with regard
to the assignment of the right, title and interest of the Borrower
or such Guarantor in and under the contracts hereunder and other
matters relating thereto and (ii) to execute any endorsements,
assignments or other instruments or conveyance or transfer with
respect to the Collateral.
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Section 5.Definitions;
Interpretation.
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Section 5.1
Definitions . The following terms when used
herein shall have the following meanings:
“ Account Debtor
” means any Person obligated to make payment on any
Receivable.
“ Act ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 12.24 hereof.
“ Administrative
Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in
a form supplied by the DIP Agent.
“ Adequate Protection
Obligations ” means all present and future obligations of
the Debtors under any order or orders of the Bankruptcy Court to
pay interest, fees, costs, expenses and charges on or with respect
to the Pre-Petition BMO Obligations and the Pre-Petition CoBank
Obligations under Sections 361 and 506(b) of the Bankruptcy
Code, to compensate the Pre-Petition BMO Lenders and the
Pre-Petition BMO Agent for the post-petition use for and to the
extent of the post-petition use of Pre-Petition BMO Collateral and
proceeds thereof and for any post-petition diminution in value of
Pre-Petition BMO Collateral, to compensate the Pre-Petition CoBank
Lenders and the Pre-Petition CoBank Agent for the post-petition use
for and to the extent of the post-petition use of Pre-Petition
CoBank Collateral and proceeds thereof and for any post-petition
diminution in value of Pre-Petition CoBank Collateral and to
provide the Replacement Liens as contemplated by this Agreement and
the Financing Orders.
“ Administrative Expense
Carve-Out ” means (a) $5,000,000 for the payment of
costs of winding up the Chapter 11 Cases and professional fees and
disbursements of the Debtors’ professionals and the
professionals of any official committee appointed in the Chapter 11
Cases incurred after the Termination Date (to the extent allowed by
the Bankruptcy Court) plus (b) professional fees and
disbursements incurred or accrued and pending applications for
professional fees and disbursements of the Debtors’
professionals and the professionals of any official committee
appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases (to the extent allowed at any
time by the Bankruptcy Court, whether or not included in the
Budget) prior to the Termination Date and U.S. Trustee fees
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1930 (collectively, the
“Carve-Out Amount” ), provided that no part of
the Administrative Expense Carve-Out shall be used to object to or
contest any post-petition lien or Post-Petition Obligations or to
challenge (as opposed to investigate) any pre-petition lien of the
Pre-Petition BMO Agent or the Pre-Petition BMO Lenders or to
otherwise seek affirmative relief against the DIP Agent, the
Lenders, the Pre-Petition BMO Agent or the Pre-Petition BMO
Lenders.
“ Affiliate ”
means any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled
by, or under direct or indirect common control with, another
Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another
Person for purposes of this definition if such Person possesses,
directly or indirectly, the power to direct, or cause the direction
of, the management and policies of the other Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, common directors,
trustees or officers, by contract or otherwise; provided
that , (a) in any event for purposes of this definition,
any Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the
voting power of the Voting Stock of a corporation or 10% or more of
the voting power of the partnership or other ownership interest of
any other Person (other than as a limited partner of such other
Person) will be deemed to control such corporation or other Person,
and (b) in no event shall the Pre-Petition BMO Agent, any
Pre-Petition BMO Lender, the Pre-Petition CoBank Agent or any
Pre-Petition CoBank Lender be an Affiliate solely as a result of
any interest in any capital stock of the Borrower it may have
or
acquire as a result of any action taken against
Pilgrim Interests, including without limitation any action to
enforce the Pre-Petition BMO Guaranty.
“ Agreed Upon Values
” means (a) $1.50 per head for breeder hens and
cockerels, (b) $1.00 per head for breeder pullets,
(c) $0.70 per head for commercial hens, (d) $1.25 per
dozen hatching eggs; and (e) $0.40 per head for commercial pullets,
provided that such values shall be adjusted by the Required Lenders
on a quarterly basis to reflect market conditions.
“ Agreement ”
means this Amended and Restated Post-Petition Credit Agreement, as
the same may be amended, modified, restated or supplemented from
time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Application”
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1.2(b) hereof.
“Approved
Fund” means any
Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity
that administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignment and
Acceptance” means
an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an
Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is
required by Section 12.12 hereof), and accepted by the DIP
Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit H or any other
form approved by the DIP Agent.
“Authorized
Representative” means those persons shown on the list of
officers provided by the Borrower pursuant to Section 7.2
hereof or on any update of any such list provided by the Borrower
to the DIP Agent, or any further or different officers of the
Borrower so named by any Authorized Representative of the Borrower
in a written notice to the DIP Agent.
“Available Unrestricted
Cash” means cash in
any form, including without limitation amounts on deposit in
deposit accounts, securities accounts, commodity accounts, that is
collected funds and is not subject to any escrow, security deposit
or other arrangement that is otherwise permitted by this
Agreement.
“Avicola”
means Avicola Pilgrim’s Pride
de Mexico, S. de. R.L. de C.V.
“Avicola
Agent” means ING
Capital LLC as agent under the Avicola Pre-Petition Credit
Agreement.
“Avicola Pre-Petition
Collateral” means
all collateral security for the Avicola Pre-Petition Obligations in
existence as of the Petition Date or agreed to be granted
thereafter (but only to the extent such future collateral consists
of Property of Avicola and its Subsidiaries) and all proceeds
thereof.
“Avicola Pre-Petition
Obligations” means
all the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities, fixed or
contingent, of the Borrower, Avicola and Avicola’s
Subsidiaries to the lenders
or the Avicola Agent arising or in connection
with the Avicola Pre-Petition Credit Agreement or evidenced by the
promissory notes issued by Avicola thereunder.
“Avicola Pre-Petition
Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of
September 25, 2006 (as amended, restated, amended and
restated, or otherwise modified from time to time), among Avicola,
the Borrower and certain subsidiaries of Avicola, as guarantors,
the lenders from time to time party thereto and Avicola
Agent.
“Bankruptcy
Code” means The
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as heretofore and hereafter amended,
and codified as 11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.
“Bankruptcy
Court” means the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas,
Fort Worth Division, or any other court having jurisdiction over
the Chapter 11 Cases from time to time.
“Base
Rate” means for any
day the greatest of: (i) the rate of interest announced
or otherwise established by the DIP Agent from time to time as its
prime commercial rate, or its equivalent, for U.S. Dollar loans to
borrowers located in the United States as in effect on such day,
with any change in the Base Rate resulting from a change in said
prime commercial rate to be effective as of the date of the
relevant change in said prime commercial rate (it being
acknowledged and agreed that such rate may not be the DIP
Agent’s best or lowest rate), and (ii) the sum of
(x) the rate determined by the DIP Agent to be the average
(rounded upward, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) of
the rates per annum quoted to the DIP Agent at approximately
10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) (or as soon thereafter as is
practicable) on such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on
the immediately preceding Business Day) by two or more Federal
funds brokers selected by the DIP Agent for sale to the DIP Agent
at face value of Federal funds in the secondary market in an amount
equal or comparable to the principal amount for which such rate is
being determined, plus (y) 1/2 of 1%, and (iii) the LIBOR
Quoted Rate for such day plus 1.00%.
“Borrower”
shall have the meaning set forth in
the preamble hereof.
“Borrowing” means the total of Loans of a single type
advanced by the Lenders on a single date. Borrowings of
Loans are made and maintained ratably from each of the Lenders
according to their DIP Percentages. A Borrowing is
“ advanced ” on the day Lenders advance
funds comprising such Borrowing to the
Borrower. Borrowings of Swing Loans are made by the
Swing Line Lender in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Section 1.6 hereof.
“Borrowing
Base” means, as of
any time it is to be determined on the basis of the information
contained in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate, the sum
of:
(a) 80% of the then
outstanding unpaid amount of Eligible Receivables; plus
(b) 65% of the value
(computed at the lower of market or cost using the
first-in/first-out method of inventory valuation determined in
accordance with GAAP, consistently applied) of Eligible Inventory
consisting of feed grains, feed and ingredients
located at the Borrower’s or a
Guarantor’s owned or leased locations in the United States
(including Puerto Rico) or on site with contract growers or is
prepaid in full and is in transit from the seller thereof to the
Borrower or Guarantor; plus
(c) 65% of the lower of
cost or fair wholesale market value (computed on a
first-in/first-out method of inventory valuation in accordance with
GAAP, consistently applied) of Eligible Inventory consisting of
dressed broiler chickens and commercial eggs; plus
(d) 65% of the Value of
Eligible Inventory consisting of live broiler chickens;
plus
(e) 65% of the standard
cost value of Eligible Inventory consisting of prepared food
products; plus
(f) 100% of the Agreed
Upon Values of Eligible Inventory consisting of breeder hens,
breeder pullets, commercial hens, commercial pullets and hatching
eggs; plus
(g) 65% of the actual
cost of Eligible Inventory consisting of branch inventory of
packaged items, plus
(h) 40% of the actual
costs of Eligible Inventory consisting of packaging materials,
vaccines, general supplies, and maintenance supplies;
minus
(i) the aggregate
principal amount of all loans, letters of credit (including the
bond letter of credit) and unreimbursed drawings under letters of
credit outstanding under the Pre-Petition BMO Credit Facilities;
minus
(j) the outstanding
amount of Secured Grower Payables that are more than 15 days past
due; minus
(k) a good-faith
estimate of the Carve-Out Amount acceptable to the Required
Lenders; minus
(l) a good faith
estimate of all claims under 11 U.S.C.
§ 503(b)(9);
provided that (i) the Borrowing Base as determined
on any date shall not exceed 222% of the amount included therein
under clause (a) above as of such date, (ii) the DIP Agent
shall have the right, and at the request of the Required Lenders
shall, upon five (5) Business Days’ notice to
the Borrower to reduce the advance rates against Eligible
Receivables and Eligible Inventory in its reasonable credit
discretion based on results from any field audit or appraisal of
the Collateral, and (iii) the Borrowing Base shall be computed
only as against and on so much of such Collateral as is included on
the Borrowing Base Certificates furnished from time to time by the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement and, if required by the DIP
Agent pursuant to any of the terms hereof
or any Collateral Document, as verified by such
other evidence reasonably required to be furnished to the DIP Agent
pursuant hereto or pursuant to any such Collateral
Document.
“Borrowing Base
Certificate” means
the certificate in the form of Exhibit E hereto, or in such
other form acceptable to the DIP Agent, to be delivered to the DIP
Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Sections 7.2 and 8.5
hereof.
“Budget”
means the budget projecting the
Debtors’ budgeted cash receipts and disbursements (including
Costs of Reorganization) on a weekly basis for 13
weeks. The initial Budget is the budget attached to the
Interim Financing Order, as such budget may from time to time be
updated or otherwise modified as provided in this
Agreement. Any use of the phrases “consistent
with”, “to the extent provided for”,
“included in”, “pursuant to”, “shown
in”, “covered by”, “set forth in”,
“contemplated in” or any similar reference when used
with respect to the Budget shall mean and refer to the Budget and
any permitted variances thereto or therein.
“ Budget Report”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.5(m)
hereof.
“Business
Day” means any day
(other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are not authorized
or required to close in Chicago, Illinois.
“Capital
Expenditures” means, for any period as applied to the
Restricted Group, the aggregate of, without duplication, all
expenditures of the Restricted Group during such period that, in
conformity with GAAP, are or should be included in “purchase
of property and equipment” or similar items reflected in the
statement of cash flows of the Restricted Group; provided
that the term “Capital Expenditures” shall not include
such expenditures which constitute (a) purchases using casualty or
condemnation proceeds not included in Net Proceeds for events
arising after the Petition Date, (b) purchases using Net Proceeds
reinvested by the Debtors as permitted by this Agreement in assets
useful to their businesses, (c) interest attributable to such
expenditures that is capitalized during such period, and (d)
expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of the
Restricted Group and that actually are paid for by a third party
and for which none of the members of the Restricted Group has
provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or
indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or
any other Person (whether before, during or after such
period).
“Capital
Lease” means any
lease of Property which in accordance with GAAP is required to be
capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee.
“Capitalized Lease
Obligation” means,
for any Person, the amount of the liability shown on the balance
sheet of such Person in respect of a Capital Lease determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“Carve-Out
Amount” shall have
the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “
Administrative Expense Carve-Out.”
“Cash
Collateral” means
the cash collateral (within the meaning of Section 363 of the
Bankruptcy Code) subject to the Liens securing the Post-Petition
Obligations or any portion thereof.
“Cash Collateral
Account” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 4.4 hereof.
“CERCLA”
means the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of
1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq., and any future
amendments.
“Change of
Control” means any
of (a) the acquisition by any “person” or
“group” (as such terms are used in sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) at
any time of beneficial ownership of more than 25% of the voting
power of the Voting Stock or other equity interests of the Borrower
on a fully-diluted basis, other than acquisitions of such interests
by (x) Lonnie A. “Bo” Pilgrim, his spouse, his
issue, his estate and any trust, partnership or other entity
primarily for the benefit of him, his spouse and/or issue,
including any direct or indirect trustee, managing partner or such
other Person serving a similar function or Pilgrim Interests,
(y) the Pre-Petition BMO Lenders, the Pre-Petition BMO Agent,
the Pre-Petition CoBank Lenders and the Pre-Petition CoBank Agent,
(b) the failure of individuals who are members of the board of
directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower on the
Closing Date (together with any new or replacement directors whose
initial nomination for election was approved by a majority of the
directors who were either directors on the Closing Date or
previously so approved) to constitute a majority of the board of
directors (or similar governing body) of the Borrower, or
(c) any “Change of Control” (or words of like
import), as defined in any agreement or indenture relating to any
issue of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money in an outstanding
principal amount in excess of $1,000,000 of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary that is incurred after the Petition Date shall
occur.
“Chapter 11
Case” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
“Closing
Date” means the
date of this Agreement or such later Business Day upon which each
condition described in Section 7.2 shall be satisfied or
waived in a manner acceptable to the DIP Agent in its discretion,
but in any event no later than December 31, 2008, or any later
date that may be agreed to by the Required Lenders.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.
“Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1 hereof.
“Collection
Account” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 hereof.
“Collateral
Documents” means
any and all mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, pledge
agreements, assignments, financing statements and other documents
as shall from time to time secure or relate to the Post-Petition
Obligations or any part thereof.
“Controlled
Group” means all
members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or
businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control
which, together with the Borrower, are treated as a single employer
under Section 414 of the Code.
“Costs of
Reorganization” shall mean all legal, professional and advisory
fees paid by the Debtors (whether or not incurred by the Debtors)
in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases as set forth in the Budget
and approved in the Financing Order or as may be otherwise approved
from time to time by the Bankruptcy Court, subject to the
Lenders’ and the DIP Agent’s right to object
thereto.
“Credit
Event” means the
advancing of any Loan, or the issuance of, or extension (other than
an automatic extension) of the expiration date or increase in the
amount of, any Letter of Credit.
“Debtor”
shall have the meaning set forth in
the preamble hereof.
“Default”
means any event or condition the
occurrence of which would, with the passage of time or the giving
of notice, or both, constitute an Event of Default.
“Default
Rate” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 1.9 hereof.
“Designated Disbursement
Account” means the
account of the Borrower maintained with the DIP Agent or its
Affiliate and designated in writing to the DIP Agent as the
Borrower’s Designated Disbursement Account (or such other
account as the Borrower and the DIP Agent may otherwise
agree).
“Designated
Officer” means the
Borrower’s directors, chief executive officer, president,
chief financial officer, chief restructuring officer and all
officers responsible for supervising compliance with the United
States securities laws.
“DIP
Agent” means Bank
of Montreal, in is capacity as DIP Agent hereunder, and any
successor in such capacity pursuant to Section 11.7
hereof.
“DIP
Approval” means
approval by the Required Lenders or, in urgent circumstances in
which there is insufficient time for the DIP Agent to consult the
Lenders, the DIP Agent. The DIP Agent shall thereafter
promptly notify the Lenders of any approvals given by
it.
“DIP
Commitment” means,
as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make DIP Loans
and to participate in Swing Loans and Letters of Credit issued for
the account of the Borrower hereunder in an aggregate principal or
face amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount
set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1
attached hereto and made a part hereof, as the same may be reduced
or modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof. The Borrower and the Lenders acknowledge and
agree that the DIP Commitments of the Lenders aggregate
$450,000,000 on the date hereof.
“DIP Credit
Facility” or
“DIP Credit” or “Facility”
means the debtor-in-possession facility extended to the Borrower by
the Lenders hereunder.
“DIP Loan”
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1.1 hereof.
“DIP
Percentage” means,
for each Lender, the percentage of the DIP Commitments represented
by such Lender’s DIP Commitment or, if the DIP Commitments
have been terminated, the percentage held by such Lender (including
through participation interests in Reimbursement Obligations) of
the aggregate principal amount of all DIP Loans and
L/C Obligations then outstanding.
“Disposition”
means the sale, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of Property, other than sales or other
dispositions expressly permitted under Sections 8.10(a), (b),
(e), (f), (g) or (h) hereof.
“Domestic
Subsidiary” means a
Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
“EBITDAR”
means, with reference to any period,
Net Income for such period (x) plus all amounts deducted in
arriving at such Net Income amount in respect of (a) Interest
Expense for such period, (b) federal, state, and local income
taxes for such period, (c) depreciation of fixed assets and
amortization of intangible assets for such period, (d) all
asset impairment charges and restructuring costs that consist of
fees and expenses of professionals (whether engaged by the Debtors,
any official committee, the DIP Agent (or its counsel), the
Lenders, the Pre-Petition BMO Agent (or its counsel), the
Pre-Petition BMO Lenders (or their counsel), the Pre-Petition
CoBank Agent (or its counsel), the Pre-Petition CoBank Lenders (or
their counsel), or any other Person) incurred during such period
and losses in an aggregate amount not to exceed $17,500,000
suffered in the month of October, 2008, in connection with
commodity hedging transactions, (e) losses realized upon any
sale or other disposition of Property during such period, and
(f) any write-downs of goodwill or other intangibles during
such period, and (y) minus all amounts included in arriving at
such Net Income in respect of gains realized upon any sale or other
disposition of Property during such period (all amounts referred
to in clauses (x) and (y) to be determined on a
consolidated basis using the standards used in the preparation of
the Borrower’s quarterly financial statements other than
those items or adjustments that are only reflected on a quarterly
basis).
“Eligible
Assignee” means
(a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, (c) an
Approved Fund, and (d) any other Person (other than a natural
person) approved by (i) the DIP Agent, and (ii) in the
case of any assignment of a DIP Commitment, the L/C Issuer
(each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible
Assignee” shall not include the Borrower or any Guarantor or
any of the Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s Affiliates or
Subsidiaries.
“Eligible
Inventory” means
any inventory of the Borrower or any Guarantor which:
(a) consists solely of
feed grains, feed, ingredients, live and dressed broiler chickens,
commercial eggs, breeder hens, breeder pullets, hatching eggs,
commercial
hens, commercial pullets, prepared food
products, branch inventory of packaged items, packaging materials,
vaccines, general supplies, and maintenance supplies, but excluding
in any event feed ingredients that are subject to any Liens granted
to the sellers of such feed ingredients to secure the unpaid
purchase price thereof;
(b) is an asset of such
Person to which it has good and marketable title, is freely
assignable, and is subject to a perfected, first priority lien in
favor of the DIP Agent free and clear of any other liens (other
than Permitted Liens or Liens arising by operation of law in each
case which are subordinate to the Liens in favor of the DIP
Agent);
(c) is located in the
United States of America (including Puerto Rico) at
a location reasonably agreed upon by the Borrower and
the DIP Agent or is prepaid in full and in transit from the seller
thereof to the Borrower or any Guarantor and, in the case of any
location not owned by such Person, if requested by the DIP Agent,
which is at all times subject to a lien waiver agreement from such
landlord or other third party to the extent required by, and in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, the DIP
Agent;
(d) is not so identified
to a contract to sell that it constitutes a Receivable;
(e) is not obsolete, and
is readily usable or salable by the Borrower or Guarantor in the
ordinary course of business;
(f) is not covered by a
warehouse receipt or similar document unless, if requested by the
DIP Agent, such warehouse receipt or similar document has been
delivered to the DIP Agent or an agent or bailee of the DIP
Agent;
(g) is not
proprietary inventory of any customer of the Borrower or a
Guarantor; and
(h) is deemed by the
Required Lenders in their sole judgment to be acceptable for
inclusion in the Borrowing Base.
“Eligible
Receivables” means
any Receivable of the Borrower or any Guarantor which:
(a) arises out of the
sale of finished goods inventory delivered to and accepted by, or
out of the rendition of services fully performed and accepted by,
the Account Debtor on such Receivable, such Receivable does not
represent a pre-billed Receivable or a progress billing, and such
Receivable is net of any deposits made by or for the account of the
relevant Account Debtor;
(b) is payable in U.S.
Dollars and the Account Debtor on such Receivable is located within
the United States of America or, if such right has arisen out of
the sale of such goods shipped to, or out of the rendition of
services to, an Account Debtor located in any other country, such
right is either (i) secured by a valid and irrevocable
transferable letter of credit issued by a lender reasonably
acceptable to the DIP Agent for the full amount thereof or
(ii) secured by an insurance policy on terms, and issued by
EXIM Bank
or another insurer, satisfactory to the DIP
Agent (which in any event shall insure not less than ninety percent
(90%) of the face amount of such Receivable and shall be subject to
such deductions as are acceptable to the DIP Agent), and in each
case which has been assigned or transferred to the DIP Agent in a
manner acceptable to the DIP Agent;
(c) is the valid,
binding and legally enforceable obligation of the Account Debtor
obligated thereon and such Account Debtor is not (i) a
Subsidiary or an affiliate of the Borrower, (ii) a
shareholder, director, officer or employee of the Borrower or any
Guarantor, (iii) the United States of America, or any state or
political subdivision thereof, or any department, agency or
instrumentality of any of the foregoing, unless the Assignment of
Claims Act or any similar state or local statute, as the case may
be, is complied with to the satisfaction of the DIP Agent,
(iv) a debtor under any proceeding under the United States
Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or any other comparable bankruptcy or
insolvency law, or (v) an assignor for the benefit of
creditors;
(d) is not evidenced by
an instrument or chattel paper unless the same has been endorsed
and delivered to the DIP Agent;
(e) is an asset of such
Person to which it has good and marketable title, is freely
assignable, and is subject to a perfected, first priority Lien in
favor of the DIP Agent free and clear of any other Liens (other
than Permitted Liens or Liens arising by operation of law in each
case that are subordinate to the Liens in favor of the DIP
Agent);
(f) is not subject to
any offset, counterclaim or other defense with respect thereto (but
solely to the extent that such offset, counterclaim or other
defense is not otherwise deducted or provided for in the
calculation of the Borrowing Base);
(g) no surety bond was
required or given in connection with said Receivable or the
contract or purchase order out of which the same arose;
(h) it is evidenced by
an invoice to the Account Debtor dated not more than
5 Business Days subsequent to the shipment date of the
relevant inventory or completion of performance of the relevant
services and is issued on ordinary trade terms;
(i) is not unpaid more
than 45 days after the original invoice date;
(j) is not owed by an
Account Debtor who is obligated on Receivables more than 10% of the
aggregate unpaid balance of which have been past due for longer
than the relevant period specified in subsection (i) above
unless the DIP Agent has approved the continued eligibility
thereof;
(k) would not cause the
total Receivables owing from any one Account Debtor and its
Affiliates to exceed 15% of all Eligible Receivables;
(l) does not arise from
a sale on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-or-return,
sale-on-approval, consignment or any other repurchase or return
basis; and
(m) is deemed by the
Required Lenders in their sole judgment to be acceptable for
inclusion in the Borrowing Base.
“Environmental
Claim” means any
investigation, notice, violation, demand, allegation, action, suit,
injunction, judgment, order, consent decree, penalty, fine, lien,
proceeding or claim (whether administrative, judicial or
private in nature) arising (a) pursuant to, or in connection
with an actual or alleged violation of, any Environmental Law,
(b) in connection with any Hazardous Material, (c) from
any abatement, removal, remedial, corrective or response
action in connection with a Hazardous Material, Environmental Law
or order of a governmental authority or (d) from any actual or
alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health and safety of
humans, natural resources or the environment.
“Environmental
Law” means any
applicable current or future Legal Requirement pertaining to
(a) the protection of health and safety of humans and the
indoor or outdoor environment, (b) the conservation,
management or use of natural resources and wildlife, (c) the
protection or use of surface water or groundwater, (d) the
management, manufacture, possession, presence, use, generation,
transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, Release, threatened
Release, abatement, removal, remediation or handling of, or
exposure to, any Hazardous Material or (e) pollution
(including any Release to air, land, surface water or groundwater),
and any amendment, rule, regulation, order or directive issued
thereunder.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor statute
thereto.
“Essential
Creditor” means
(a) essential trade creditors who agree to provide goods and
services to the Debtors on terms consistent with a Normalized Trade
Creditor, and (b) the holders of tax claims and
employee-related claims to the extent provided for in the Budget
or, if not provided for in the Budget, subject to DIP
Approval.
“Essential Trade
Creditor” means any
Essential Creditor who is a trade creditor.
“Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage” means,
for any Borrowing of Loans, the daily average for the applicable
interest period of the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at
which reserves (including, without limitation, any supplemental,
marginal, and emergency reserves) are imposed during such Interest
Period by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or
any successor) on “ eurocurrency liabilities,
” as defined in such Board’s Regulation D
(or in respect of any other category of liabilities that includes
deposits by reference to which the interest rate on the Loans is
determined or any category of extensions of credit or other assets
that include loans by non-United States offices of any Lender to
United States residents), subject to any amendments of such reserve
requirement by such Board or its successor, taking into account any
transitional adjustments thereto. For purposes of this
definition, the Loans shall be deemed to be
“eurocurrency liabilities” as defined in
Regulation D without benefit or credit for any prorations,
exemptions or offsets under Regulation D.
“Event of
Default” means any
event or condition identified as such in Section 9.1
hereof.
“Event of
Loss” means, with
respect to any Property, any of the
following: (a) any loss, destruction or damage of
such Property or (b) any condemnation, seizure, or taking, by
exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, of such
Property, or confiscation of such Property or the requisition of
the use of such Property.
“Excess
Interest” is
defined in Section 12.20 hereof.
“Fairway Receivables
Securitization Program” means the accounts receivable securitization
program provided to the Borrower under the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
“Federal Funds
Rate” means the
fluctuating interest rate per annum described in part (x) of
clause (ii) of the definition of Base Rate.
“Final Financing
Order” means a
final order of the Bankruptcy Court authorizing and approving the
DIP Credit Facility, entered by the Bankruptcy Court after notice
given in a hearing conducted in accordance with Bankruptcy
Rule 4001(c) and in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C.
“Financing
Order” shall mean
the Interim Financing Order prior to entry of the Final Financing
Order and shall mean the Final Financing Order at all times
thereafter.
“Foreign
Subsidiary” means
each Subsidiary which (a) is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any state
thereof or the District of Columbia, (b) conducts
substantially all of its business outside of the United States of
America, and (c) has substantially all of its assets outside
of the United States of America.
“Fund”
means any Person (other than a
natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing,
holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its
business.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting
principles set forth from time to time in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or
agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority
within the U.S. accounting profession), which are applicable to the
circumstances as of the date of determination.
“Gold Kist
Insurance” means GK
Insurance Company.
“Guarantor” and “Guarantors” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 1.12 hereof.
“Guaranty”
and “Guaranties”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.12
hereof.
“Hazardous
Material” means
any substance, chemical, compound, product, solid, gas, liquid,
waste, byproduct, pollutant, contaminant or material which is
hazardous or toxic, and includes, without limitation,
(a) asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and petroleum
(including
crude oil or any fraction thereof) and
(b) any material classified or regulated as “
hazardous ” or “toxic” or words of like
import pursuant to an Environmental Law.
“ Hazardous Material
Activity” means any activity, event or occurrence
involving a Hazardous Material, including, without limitation, the
manufacture, possession, presence, use, generation, transportation,
treatment, storage, disposal, Release, threatened Release,
abatement, removal, remediation, handling of or corrective or
response action to any Hazardous Material.
“Incur”
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.23 hereof.
“Indebtedness for Borrowed
Money” means for
any Person (without duplication) (a) all indebtedness created,
assumed or incurred in any manner by such Person representing money
borrowed (including by the issuance of debt securities),
(b) all indebtedness for the deferred purchase price of
property or services (other than trade accounts payable arising in
the ordinary course of business), (c) all indebtedness secured
by any Lien upon Property of such Person, whether or not such
Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such
indebtedness, (d) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such
Person, and (e) all obligations of such Person on or with
respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances whether
or not representing obligations for borrowed money.
“Information”
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 12.29 hereof.
“Insurance
Subsidiaries” means
Gold Kist Insurance and Mayflower.
“Intercompany
Bonds” means (a)
industrial revenue bonds and similar financing arrangements in an
aggregate principal amount of approximately $57,500,000 assigned to
the Borrower in connection with and as part of the acquisition by
the Borrower of the stock of certain Subsidiaries of ConAgra Foods,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (b) any industrial revenue bonds,
notes, debentures or similar instruments issued by a governmental
entity on behalf of the Borrower or a Subsidiary and concurrently
with or following its issuance purchased by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary.
“Interest
Expense” means,
with reference to any period, the sum of all interest charges
(including imputed interest charges with respect to Capitalized
Lease Obligations and all amortization of debt discount and
expense) and letter of credit fees of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
“Interim Financing
Order” means the
Interim Financing Order Authorizing (1) Borrowing with Priority
over Administrative Expenses and Secured by Liens on Property of
the Estates Pursuant to Section 364(c) and Section 364(d) of the
Bankruptcy Code, (2) the Debtors’ Use of Cash Collateral
including to Repurchase Receivables and Granting Adequate
Protection Therefor Pursuant to Sections 361 and 363 of the
Bankruptcy Code, (3) Modifying the Automatic Stay, and
(4) Giving Notice of Schedule of Final Hearing entered by the
Bankruptcy Court on December 2, 2008.
“Interim Financing Order
Amount” means the
amount of the DIP Commitments approved by the Bankruptcy Court in
the Interim Financing Order that will be available to the Borrower
during the period from the Closing Date through the date the Final
Financing Order is entered.
“Joint
Venture” means any
corporation, partnership or other entity or arrangement in which
the Borrower or any Subsidiary owns or controls any, but not more
than 70%, of the Voting Stock.
“L/C Issuer”
means Bank of Montreal, in its
capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its
successors in such capacity as provided in Section 1.2(h)
hereof.
“L/C
Obligations” means
the aggregate undrawn face amounts of all outstanding Letters of
Credit and all unpaid Reimbursement Obligations.
“L/C
Sublimit” means
$20,000,000, as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Legal
Requirement” means
any applicable treaty, convention, statute, law, regulation,
ordinance, license, permit, governmental approval, injunction,
judgment, order, consent decree or other requirement of any
governmental authority, whether federal, state, or
local.
“Lenders”
means and includes Bank of Montreal
and the other financial institutions from time to time party to
this Agreement, including each assignee Lender pursuant to
Section 12.12 hereof and, unless the context otherwise
requires, the Swing Line Lender. A
“Letter of
Credit” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a) hereof.
“LIBOR01
Page” means the
display designated as “Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page” (or
such other page as may replace the LIBOR01 Page on that service or
such other service as may be nominated by the British
Bankers’ Association as the information vendor for the
purpose of displaying British Bankers’ Association Interest
Settlement Rates for U.S. Dollar deposits).
“LIBOR Quoted
Rate” means, for
any date, the rate per annum determined by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next higher one hundred-thousandth of a
percentage point) for deposits in U.S. Dollars for an interest
period equal to one month, which appears on the LIBOR01 Page as of
11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such date and the
denominator of which is 1 minus the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage.
“Lien”
means any mortgage, lien, security
interest, pledge, charge or encumbrance of any kind in respect of
any Property, including the interests of a vendor or lessor under
any conditional sale, Capital Lease or other title retention
arrangement.
“Lien
Finding” means an
order of the Bankruptcy Court in form and substance satisfactory to
the DIP Agent finding that the Pre-Petition BMO Lenders are fully
secured by the Pre-Petition BMO Collateral by means of a valid,
first priority (subject to Liens permitted under
the Pre-Petition BMO Credit Agreement), senior,
fully perfected and non-avoidable security interest and lien on the
Pre-Petition BMO Primary Collateral.
“Loan”
means any DIP Loan or Swing
Loan.
“Loan
Documents” means
this Agreement, the Notes (if any), the Applications, the
Collateral Documents, the Guaranties, and each other instrument or
document to be delivered hereunder or thereunder or otherwise in
connection therewith.
“Material Adverse
Effect” means (a) a
material adverse change in the condition or prospects (financial or
otherwise), of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole
after the Petition Date, (b) a material impairment of the
ability of the Borrower or of the Debtors, taken as a whole, to
perform their respective obligations under any Loan Document or
(c) a material adverse effect upon (i) the legality,
validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower or
of the Debtors, taken as a whole, of any Loan Document or the
rights and remedies of the DIP Agent and the Lenders thereunder or
(ii) the perfection or priority of any Lien granted under this
Agreement or any Financing Order.
“Material Non-debtor
Subsidiaries” means, as of any date, any one or more
Non-debtor Subsidiaries of the Borrower having assets that in the
aggregate constitute more than 5% of the total assets of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time, but in any event shall
include the Insurance Subsidiaries and Avicola and its
Subsidiaries.
“Material
Plan” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(i) hereof.
“Maturity
Date” means
December 1, 2009, provided that the Maturity Date may be
extended for an additional 6 months at the request of the Borrower
received no later than 45 days prior to the Maturity Date with the
prior written consent of all of the Lenders. In the
event any Lender does not respond in writing prior to the Maturity
Date to any request for an extension of the Maturity Date such
Lender shall be deemed to have refused to agree to the requested
extension.
“Maximum
Rate” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 12.20 hereof.
“Mayflower” means Mayflower Insurance Company,
Ltd.
“Merit
Provisions” means
Merit Provisions LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
“Minority
Lenders” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.13 hereof.
“Net
Income” means, with
reference to any period, the net income (or net loss) of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period computed on a
consolidated basis using the standards used in the preparation of
the Borrower’s quarterly financial statements other than
those items or adjustments that are only reflected on a quarterly
basis; provided that there shall be excluded from Net Income
(a) the net income (or net loss) of any Person accrued prior
to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of, or has merged into or
consolidated with, the Borrower or another
Subsidiary, and (b) the net income (or net
loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries has an equity interest, except to the
extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually
paid to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such
period.
“Net
Proceeds” shall
mean the gross sale price less actual taxes payable and the
reasonable out-of-pocket costs of such sale (including without
limitation broker’s fees and closing costs) and the amount of
all obligations secured by Permitted Liens that are senior to the
DIP Agent’s Liens in the Collateral and the Replacement
Liens, provided that Net Proceeds shall not include any casualty or
condemnation proceeds to the extent the Borrower or the relevant
Guarantor has elected to use such proceeds to repair, rebuild, or
replace the assets subject to such casualty or condemnation, no
Event of Default exists and is continuing and, solely to the extent
of proceeds in excess of $10,000,000 or such higher amount as the
Required Lenders may approve with respect to any single casualty or
condemnation event, the Required Lenders have approved such repair,
rebuilding or replacement. Any Property so repaired,
rebuilt or replaced shall constitute part of the Collateral and
shall be subject to the Replacement Liens.
“Non-debtor
Subsidiary” means a
Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a debtor or
debtor-in-possession in a proceeding under the Bankruptcy
Code.
“Normalized Trade
Creditor” shall
mean an Essential Trade Creditor that has agreed with the relevant
Debtor to continue to extend credit and supply goods and/or
services to the relevant Debtor on terms consistent with those in
effect on September 15, 2008, or subject to DIP Approval and
consistent with the assumptions used in the projections of the
Borrower that support feasibility of the Borrower.
“Note”
and “Notes” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.10 hereof.
“Original DIP Credit
Agreement” shall
have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
“Participating
Interest” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(e)
hereof.
“Participating
Lender” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(e) hereof.
“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or any Person succeeding to any or all of its functions
under ERISA.
“Permitted
Liens” shall mean
Liens permitted by Section 8.8 hereof.
“Permitted Senior
Liens” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 8.8 hereof.
“Person”
means an individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, association, trust,
unincorporated organization or any other entity or organization,
including a government or agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“Petty Cash and Payroll
Accounts” is
defined in Section 4.3 hereof.
“Petition
Date” shall have
the meaning set forth in the Preliminary Statement
hereto.
“Pilgrim
Interests” means
Pilgrim Interests, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership.
“Plan”
means any employee pension benefit
plan covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum
funding standards under Section 412 of the Code that either
(a) is maintained by a member of the Controlled Group for
employees of a member of the Controlled Group or (b) is
maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any
other arrangement under which more than one employer makes
contributions and to which a member of the Controlled Group is then
making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has
within the preceding five plan years made contributions.
“Post-Petition
Obligations” shall
mean any and all present and future indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities, fixed or contingent, of the Borrower and the
Guarantors to the Lenders or the DIP Agent arising on and after the
date hereof under or in connection with this Agreement, the
Financing Orders or the other Loan Documents or evidenced by the
Notes or in connection with the Letters of Credit, including
without limitation the payment of the principal of and interest on
the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations.
“Premises”
means the real property owned or
leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“Pre-Petition BMO
Agent” shall mean
Bank of Montreal, Chicago Branch, in its capacity as administrative
agent under the Pre-Petition BMO Credit Agreement.
“Pre-Petition BMO
Applications” means
the various letter of credit applications and reimbursement
agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower to various
Pre-Petition BMO Lenders acting as issuers of letters of credit
under the Pre-Petition BMO Credit Agreement, as the same may be
supplemented, amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time and any agreement entered into in substitution therefor or
replacement thereof.
“Pre-Petition BMO
Collateral” means
all collateral security for the Pre-Petition BMO Obligations which
was in existence as of the Petition Date and all proceeds
thereof.
“Pre-Petition BMO Credit
Agreement” shall
mean that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of February 8, 2007, by and between the Borrower, the
Pre-Petition Foreign Borrowers, the several lenders and letter of
credit issuers from time to time parties thereto, and Bank of
Montreal, Chicago Branch, as administrative agent, as the same has
from time to time been modified or amended.
“Pre-Petition BMO Credit
Facilities” means
the credit facilities provided under the Pre-Petition BMO Credit
Agreement.
“Pre-Petition BMO
Guaranty” means the
Second Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement dated as of
February 8, 2007, from Pilgrim Interests to the Pre-Petition
BMO Agent
and the Pre-Petition BMO Lenders, as the same
may be supplemented, amended, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time and any agreement entered into in substitution
therefor or replacement thereof.
“Pre-Petition BMO
Lenders” means the
several lenders and letter of credit issuers from time to time
parties to the Pre-Petition BMO Credit Agreement.
“Pre-Petition BMO Loan
Documents” shall
mean the Pre-Petition BMO Credit Agreement, the Pre-Petition BMO
Security Documents, the Pre-Petition BMO Guaranty, the Pre-Petition
BMO Reimbursement Agreement, the Pre-Petition BMO Applications, and
any other security agreement, pledge agreement, deed of trust,
mortgage, collateral assignment, financing statement or other
instrument or agreement executed and delivered in connection
therewith.
“Pre-Petition BMO
Loans” shall mean
the loans provided for by the Pre-Petition BMO Credit
Agreement.
“Pre-Petition BMO
Obligations” shall
mean all the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities, fixed or
contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to the
Pre-Petition BMO Lenders or the Pre-Petition BMO Agent arising
under or in connection with the Pre-Petition BMO Credit Agreement
or evidenced by the promissory notes issued by the Borrower
thereunder or in connection with the letters of credit issued by
the Pre-Petition BMO Lenders thereunder, including without
limitation the payment of the principal of and interest on the
Pre-Petition BMO Loans made thereunder and the Pre-Petition BMO
Reimbursement Obligations and all amounts relating to interest rate
protection agreements relating to any of the foregoing.
“Pre-Petition BMO Primary
Collateral” means
all collateral security for the Pre-Petition BMO Obligations
provided under the Pre-Petition BMO Working Capital Security
Agreement which was in existence as of the Petition Date and all
proceeds thereof.
“Pre-Petition BMO
Reimbursement Agreement” means the Reimbursement Agreement dated as of
June 15, 1999, between the Borrower and Harris N.A., successor
by merger to Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as the same may be
supplemented, amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time and any agreement entered into in substitution therefor or
replacement thereof.
“Pre-Petition BMO
Reimbursement Obligations” shall mean the obligation of the Borrower to
reimburse the issuers of letters of credit under the Pre-Petition
BMO Credit Agreement, the Pre-Petition BMO Applications and the
Pre-Petition BMO Reimbursement Agreement for amounts drawn under
such letters of credit.
“Pre-Petition BMO Security
Documents” shall
mean the Pre-Petition BMO Working Capital Security Agreement, and
all other security documents delivered to the Pre-Petition BMO
Agent granting a Lien on Property of any Person to secure the
obligations and liabilities of any Debtor or any Pre-Petition
Foreign Borrower under the Pre-Petition BMO Loan
Documents.
“Pre-Petition BMO Working
Capital Security Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Security
Agreement Re: Inventory and Farm Products dated as of
October 13, 2008, from the Borrower to the Pre-Petition BMO
Agent, as the same may be supplemented, amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time and any agreement entered into
in substitution therefor or replacement thereof.
“Pre-Petition CoBank
Agent” is defined
in the definition of the term “ Pre-Petition CoBank
Credit Agreement. ”
“Pre-Petition CoBank
Collateral” means
all collateral security for the Pre-Petition CoBank Obligations
which was in existence as of the Petition Date and all proceeds
thereof.
“Pre-Petition CoBank Credit
Agreement” means
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
September 21, 2006, among the Borrower, CoBank, ACB, as
administrative, documentation and collateral agent for the benefit
of the present and future syndication parties (in its capacity as
administrative agent, the “Pre-Petition CoBank
Agent” ), lead arranger and book manager thereunder and
as a syndication party, Farm Credit Services of America, FLCA, as
co-arranger and as a syndication party, and the other syndication
parties party thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated and
otherwise modified from time to time (as so amended, supplemented,
restated and otherwise modified from time to time).
“Pre-Petition CoBank Credit
Facilities” means
the credit facilities provided under the Pre-Petition CoBank Credit
Agreement.
“Pre-Petition CoBank
Lenders” means the
several lenders from time to time parties to the Pre-Petition
CoBank Credit Agreement.
“Pre-Petition CoBank Loan
Documents” shall
mean the Pre-Petition CoBank Credit Agreement, the Pre-Petition
CoBank Security Documents and any other security agreement, pledge
agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, collateral assignment,
financing statement or other instrument or agreement executed and
delivered in connection therewith.
“Pre-Petition CoBank
Mortgages” shall
mean any and all mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secured debt
and other instruments or documents gra
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