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Exhibit
10.1
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
relating to a
US$3,000,000,000 5-YEAR
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
(including a
US$900,000,000 swingline option)
and a
US$1,000,000,000 3-YEAR
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
(including a
US$300,000,000 swingline option)
and a
EUR 1,500,000,000 364-DAY
TERM LOAN FACILITY
Dated as of 4 December
2007
among
PHILIP MORRIS
INTERNATIONAL INC.
and
THE INITIAL LENDERS NAMED
HEREIN
and
J.P. MORGAN EUROPE
LIMITED
as Facility Agent and
Swingline Agent
and
J.P. MORGAN
PLC
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS
LIMITED
CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN
ISLANDS BRANCH
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES
INC.
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT
PARTNERS L.P.
LEHMAN BROTHERS
INC.
as Mandated Lead Arrangers
and Bookrunners
HUNTON & WILLIAMS
LLP
New York
Table of
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DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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Certain
Defined Terms |
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Computation of Time Periods |
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Accounting Terms |
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AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES |
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The
Revolving Credit Advances |
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Type of
Revolving Credit Advances |
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The Term
Advances |
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Making
the Pro Rata Advances |
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Repayment
of Pro Rata Advances |
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Interest
on Pro Rata Advances |
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Absence
of Interest Period for Pro Rata Advances |
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Interest
Rate Determination for Pro Rata Advances |
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The
Swingline Advances |
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Making
the Swingline Advances |
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Repayment
of Swingline Advances |
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Interest
on Swingline Advances |
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Fees |
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Termination or Reduction of the Commitments; Term-Out
Option |
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Prepayments of Advances |
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Increased
Costs |
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Illegality |
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Payments
and Computations |
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Taxes |
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Sharing
of Payments, Etc. |
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| 2.21. |
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Evidence
of Debt |
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Use of
Proceeds |
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CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING |
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Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness |
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| 3.2. |
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Initial
Advance to Each Designated Subsidiary |
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Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Representations and Warranties of PMI |
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COVENANTS
OF PMI |
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Affirmative Covenants |
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Negative
Covenants |
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EVENTS OF
DEFAULT |
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Events of
Default |
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Lenders’ Rights upon Event of Default |
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THE
AGENTS |
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Authorization and Action |
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Agents’ Reliance, Etc. |
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JPMEL and
Affiliates |
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Lender
Credit Decision |
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Indemnification |
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Successor
Agents |
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Mandated
Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners |
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GUARANTY |
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Guaranty |
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Guaranty
Absolute |
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Waivers |
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Continuing Guaranty |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Amendments, Etc. |
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Notices,
Etc. |
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No
Waiver; Remedies |
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Costs and
Expenses |
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Right of
Set-Off |
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Binding
Effect |
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Assignments and Participations |
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Designated Subsidiaries |
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Governing
Law |
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Execution
in Counterparts |
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Jurisdiction, Etc. |
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Confidentiality |
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Integration |
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USA
Patriot Act Notice, Etc. |
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Judgment |
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| SCHEDULE |
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| Schedule 1 |
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List of
Applicable Lending Offices |
| Schedule 2 |
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Certain
Subsidiary Information |
| Schedule 3 |
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Calculation of Mandatory Cost |
| Schedule 4A |
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Tranche A
Revolving Credit Commitments |
| Schedule 4B |
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Tranche B
Revolving Credit Commitments |
| Schedule 5A |
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Tranche A
Swingline Commitments |
| Schedule 5B |
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Tranche B
Swingline Commitments |
| Schedule 6 |
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Term
Commitments |
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| EXHIBITS |
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| Exhibit A-1 |
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Form of
Tranche A Revolving Credit Note |
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Form of
Tranche B Revolving Credit Note |
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Form of
Term Note |
| Exhibit B-1 |
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Form of
Notice of Pro Rata Borrowing |
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Form of
Notice of Swingline Borrowing |
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| Exhibit C |
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance |
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Form of
Designation Agreement |
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Form of
Opinion of Counsel for PMI |
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Form of
Opinion of Counsel for PMI |
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Form of
Opinion of Counsel for Designated Subsidiary |
| Exhibit G |
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Form of
Opinion of Counsel for Facility Agent |
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Form of
Confidentiality Agreement |
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THIS AGREEMENT was made on
4 December 2007
AMONG
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( 1 ) |
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC. , a Virginia
corporation (“ PMI ”); |
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( 2 ) |
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL
LENDERS (the “ Initial Lenders ”) listed on
the signature pages hereof; |
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( 3 ) |
J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED (“ JPMEL
”), as facility agent and swingline agent (in each such
capacity, the “ Facility Agent ” or the “
Swingline Agent ,” respectively); and |
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( 4 ) |
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED, CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN
ISLANDS BRANCH, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT
PARTNERS L.P. , J.P. MORGAN PLC and LEHMAN BROTHERS
INC. , as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners (each, in
such capacity, a “ Mandated Lead Arranger and
Bookrunner ”) for the Lenders (as hereinafter
defined). |
IT IS AGREED as
follows:
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DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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Certain Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to
be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined): |
“ Advance
” means a Revolving Credit Advance, a Swingline Advance or a
Term Advance.
“ Agents ”
means the Facility Agent and the Swingline Agent.
“ Applicable
Interest Rate Margin ” means, for any Interest Period, a
percentage per annum equal to the percentage set forth
below:
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Type of
Advance
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Applicable Interest Rate Margin |
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Tranche A Revolving Credit
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0.3500 |
% |
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Tranche B Revolving Credit
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0.3250 |
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Tranche A Swingline
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0.3500 |
% |
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Tranche B Swingline
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0.3250 |
% |
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Term
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0.3000 |
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“ Applicable Lending
Office ” means, with respect to each Lender, such
Lender’s lending office set forth on Schedule 1 hereto or in
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender,
or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to
time specify to PMI and the Facility Agent.
“ Appropriate
Lender ” means a Revolving Credit Lender or a Term Lender
as the context requires.
“ Assignment and
Acceptance ” means an assignment and acceptance entered
into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the
Facility Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit C
hereto.
“ Board ”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States (or any successor).
“ Borrowers
” means, collectively, PMI and each Designated Subsidiary
that shall become a party to this Agreement pursuant to
Section 9.8.
“ Borrowing
” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swingline Borrowing
or a Term Borrowing.
“ Business Day
” means a day on which banks are open for business in London
and the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement Express
Transfer System (TARGET) is operating and, if the applicable
Business Day relates to any LIBOR Advances or Dollar Swingline
Advances, on which banks are not required or authorized by law to
close in New York City.
“ Capital Markets
Financing Transaction ” means the sale for cash or cash
equivalents, in a public offering registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an offering exempt from
registration pursuant to Section 4(2), Rule 144A or Regulation
S thereunder, of capital stock issued by PMI or notes, debentures
or other debt securities issued by or guaranteed by PMI having a
maturity in excess of one year, offered in the domestic or foreign
capital markets.
“ Commitments
” means the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Swingline
Commitments and the Term Commitments.
“ Consolidated
EBITDA ” means, for any accounting period, the
consolidated net earnings (or loss) of PMI and its Subsidiaries
plus, without duplication and to the extent included as a separate
item on PMI’s consolidated statements of earnings or
consolidated statements of cash flows in the case of clauses
(a) through (e) for such period, the sum of
(a) provision for income taxes, (b) interest and other
debt expense, net, (c) depreciation expense,
(d) amortization of intangibles, (e) any extraordinary,
unusual or non-recurring expenses or losses or any similar expense
or loss subtracted from “Gross profit” in the
calculation of “Operating income” and (f) the
portion of loss included on PMI’s consolidated statements of
earnings of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of PMI) in which
PMI or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest and any
cash that is actually received by PMI or such Subsidiary from such
Person in the form of dividends or similar distributions, and
minus , without duplication, the sum of (x) to the
extent
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included as a separate item
on PMI’s consolidated statements of earnings for such period,
any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains or any
similar income or gain added to “Gross profit” in the
calculation of “Operating income,” and (y) the
portion of income included on PMI’s consolidated statements
of earnings of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of PMI) in which
PMI or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to
the extent that any cash is actually received by PMI or such
Subsidiary from such Person in the form of dividends or similar
distributions, all as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States for such period, except that if there has been a
material change in an accounting principle as compared to that
applied in the preparation of the financial statements of PMI and
its Subsidiaries as at and for the year ended 31 December
2006, then such new accounting principle shall not be used in the
determination of Consolidated EBITDA. A material change in an
accounting principle is one that, in the year of its adoption,
changes Consolidated EBITDA for any quarter in such year by more
than 10%.
“ Consolidated
Interest Expense ” means, for any accounting period,
total interest expense of PMI and its Subsidiaries with respect to
all outstanding Debt of PMI and its Subsidiaries during such
period, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such period
and in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States for such period, except that if there has been a
material change in an accounting principle as compared to that
applied in the preparation of the financial statements of PMI and
its Subsidiaries as at and for the year ended 31 December
2006, then such new accounting principle shall not be used in the
determination of Consolidated Interest Expense. A material change
in an accounting principle is one that, in the year of its
adoption, changes Consolidated Interest Expense for any quarter in
such year by more than 10%.
“ Consolidated
Tangible Assets ” means the total assets appearing on a
consolidated balance sheet of PMI and its Subsidiaries, less
goodwill and other intangible assets and the minority interests of
other Persons in such Subsidiaries, all as determined in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States,
except that if there has been a material change in an accounting
principle as compared to that applied in the preparation of the
financial statements of PMI and its Subsidiaries as at and for the
year ended 31 December 2006, then such new accounting
principle shall not be used in the determination of Consolidated
Tangible Assets. A material change in an accounting principle is
one that, in the year of its adoption, changes Consolidated
Tangible Assets at any quarter in such year by more than
10%.
“ Debt ”
means, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed
money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services,
whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar
instruments, (b) obligations as lessee under leases that, in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States, are recorded as capital leases, (c) obligations
as an account party or applicant under letters of credit (other
than trade letters of credit incurred in the ordinary course of
business) to the extent such letters of credit are drawn and not
reimbursed within five Business Days of such drawing, (d) the
aggregate principal (or equivalent) amount of financing
raised
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through outstanding
securitization financings of accounts receivable, and
(e) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in respect
of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or
otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss
(including by way of (i) granting a security interest or other
Lien on property or (ii) having a reimbursement obligation
under or in respect of a letter of credit or similar arrangement
(to the extent such letter of credit is not collateralized by
assets (other than Operating Assets) having a fair value equal to
the amount of such reimbursement obligation), in either case in
respect of, indebtedness or obligations of any other Person of the
kinds referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above).
For the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not constitute
“Debt” for purposes of this Agreement: (A) any
obligation that is fully non-recourse to PMI or any of its
Subsidiaries, (B) intercompany debt of PMI or any of its
Subsidiaries, (C) any appeal bond or other arrangement to
secure a stay of execution on a judgment or order, provided that
any such appeal bond or other arrangement issued by a third party
in connection with such arrangement shall constitute Debt to the
extent PMI or any of its Subsidiaries has a reimbursement
obligation to such third party that is not collateralized by assets
(other than Operating Assets) having a fair value equal to the
amount of such reimbursement obligation, (D) unpaid judgments,
or (E) defeased indebtedness.
“ Default
” means any event specified in Section 6.1 that would
constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice
be given or time elapse or both.
“ Designated
Subsidiary ” means any wholly-owned Subsidiary of PMI
designated for borrowing privileges under this Agreement pursuant
to Section 9.8.
“ Designation
Agreement ” means, with respect to any Designated
Subsidiary, an agreement in the form of Exhibit D hereto signed by
such Designated Subsidiary and PMI.
“ Dollar Swingline
Advance ” means a Swingline Advance denominated in
Dollars that bears interest as provided in
Section 2.12(b).
“ Dollars
” and the “ $ ” sign each means lawful
currency of the United States of America.
“ Effective Date
” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.
“ Eligible
Assignee ” means (i) a Qualifying Bank organized
under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, and
having total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000; (ii) a
Qualifying Bank organized under the laws of any other country which
is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (or any successor) (“ OECD ”), or a
political subdivision of any such country, and having total assets
in excess of $5,000,000,000, provided that such Qualifying Bank is
acting through a branch or agency located in the country in which
it is organized or another country which is also a member of the
OECD or the Cayman Islands; (iii) the central bank of any
country which is a member of the OECD; (iv) any Lender; and
(v) any other bank or other financial institution approved in
writing by PMI, which approval shall be notified to the Facility
Agent.
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“ Equivalent
” (i) in Dollars of Euro on any date, means the quoted
spot rate at which the Facility Agent’s principal office in
London offers to exchange Dollars for Euro in London as of 11:00
A.M. (London time) on such date and (ii) in Euro of Dollars on
any date, means the quoted spot rate at which the Facility
Agent’s principal office in London offers to exchange Euro
for Dollars in London as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) on such
date.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and
rulings issued thereunder.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means any Person that for purposes of Title
IV of ERISA is a member of any Borrower’s controlled group,
or under common control with any Borrower, within the meaning of
Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“ ERISA Event
” means (a) (i) the occurrence with respect to a
Plan of a reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043
of ERISA, unless the 30-day notice requirement with respect thereto
has been waived by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any
successor) (“ PBGC ”), or (ii) the
requirements of subsection (1) of Section 4043(b) of
ERISA (without regard to subsection (2) of such section) are
met with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an event
described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of
Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with
respect to such Plan within the following 30 days; (b) the
application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a Plan;
(c) the provision by the administrator of any Plan of a notice
of intent to terminate such Plan, pursuant to
Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with
respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of
ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations at a facility of any
Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates in the circumstances
described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the withdrawal
by any Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Multiple
Employer Plan during a plan year for which it was a substantial
employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA;
(f) the conditions set forth in Section 302(f)(1)(A) and
(B) of ERISA to the creation of a lien upon property or rights
to property of any Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates for
failure to make a required payment to a Plan are satisfied;
(g) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring the
provision of security to such Plan, pursuant to Section 307 of
ERISA; or (h) the termination of a Plan by the PBGC pursuant
to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or
condition described in Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes
grounds for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to
administer, a Plan.
“ EURIBOR
” means an interest rate per annum equal to
either:
(a) the offered rate per
annum at which deposits in Euro appear on Reuters Page EURIBOR01
(or any successor page) as of 11:00 A.M. (Brussels time) two
Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period for a
period equal to such Interest Period, as determined by the European
Banking Federation, or
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(b) if EURIBOR does not
appear on Reuters Page EURIBOR01 (or any successor page), then
EURIBOR will be determined by taking the arithmetic mean (rounded
upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum,
if such arithmetic mean is not such a multiple) of the rates per
annum at which deposits in Euro are offered by the principal office
of each of the Reference Banks to prime banks in the European
interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (Brussels time) two Business Days
before the first day of such Interest Period for an amount
substantially equal to the amount that would be the Reference
Banks’ respective ratable shares of such Borrowing
outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to
such Interest Period, as determined by the Facility Agent,
subject , however , to the provisions of
Section 2.8.
“ EURIBOR
Advance ” means a Pro Rata Advance denominated in Euro
that bears interest as provided in Section 2.6(a).
“ Euro ”
and the “ € ” sign each mean the single
currency of the Participating Member States.
“ Euro Swingline
Advance ” means a Swingline Advance denominated in Euro
that bears interest as provided in Section 2.12(a).
“ Event of
Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.1.
“ Existing Term
Facility ” means the Term Facility pursuant to the Credit
Agreement, dated as of 12 May 2005, among PMI, the Lenders
party thereto and Citibank International plc, as Facility Agent and
Swingline Agent, and Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Credit
Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and
J.P. Morgan plc, as Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners for
such Lenders.
“ Facility
” means the Tranche A Revolving Credit Facility, the Tranche
B Revolving Credit Facility, the Tranche A Swingline Facility, the
Tranche B Swingline Facility or the Term Facility.
“ Facility
Agent’s Account ” means (a) for transactions
in Euro, the account of JPMEL (Swift-CHASGB22), maintained by J.P.
Morgan AG (Swift-CHASDEFX), at its office in Frankfurt, Germany,
Account No. DE93501108006001600037, (b) for transactions in
Dollars, the account of JPMEL, maintained by J.P. Morgan Chase Bank
(Swift-CHASUS33) at its office in New York, New York, Account
No. 0130302065 or (c) such other account of JPMEL, as is
designated in writing from time to time by JPMEL, to PMI and the
Lenders for such purpose.
“ Federal Bankruptcy
Code ” means the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of
1978, as amended from time to time.
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“ Federal Funds
Effective Rate ” means, for any period, a fluctuating
interest rate per annum equal, for each day during such period, to
the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) on
Telerate Page 120 (or any successor page), or, if such rate is not
so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day on such transactions received by JPMEL from
three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
“ Home Jurisdiction
Withholding Taxes ” means (a) in the case of PMI,
withholding for United States income taxes, United States back-up
withholding taxes and United States withholding taxes and
(b) in the case of a Designated Subsidiary, withholding taxes
imposed by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Designated
Subsidiary is organized or any political subdivision
thereof.
“ Interest
Period ” means (a) for each Pro Rata Advance
comprising part of the same Pro Rata Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Pro Rata Advance and ending on the
last day of the period selected by the Borrower requesting such
Borrowing pursuant to the provisions below and (b) for each
Swingline Advance comprising part of the same Swingline Borrowing,
one period commencing on the date of such Swingline Advance and
ending on a Business Day with a duration not to exceed five
Business Days. The duration of such Interest Period for a Pro Rata
Advance shall be one, two, three or six months, or, if available to
all Lenders, nine or twelve months, as such Borrower may select
upon notice received by the Facility Agent not later than 11:00
A.M. (London time) on the third Business Day prior to the first day
of such Interest Period; provided , however ,
that:
(a) such Borrower may not
select any Interest Period that ends after the Termination
Date;
(b) with respect to Pro Rata
Borrowings only, whenever the last day of any Interest Period would
otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of
such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next
succeeding Business Day, provided that if such extension would
cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next
following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period
shall occur on the immediately preceding Business Day;
and
(c) with respect to Pro Rata
Borrowings only, whenever the first day of any Interest Period
occurs on a day of an initial calendar month for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that succeeds
such initial calendar month by the number of months equal to the
number of months in such Interest Period, such Interest Period
shall end on the last Business Day of such succeeding calendar
month.
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“ Internal Revenue
Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated
and the rulings issued thereunder.
“ Lenders
” means the Initial Lenders and their respective successors,
which are Qualifying Banks or which have been approved in writing
by PMI, and permitted assignees (and includes the Swingline Lenders
unless the context otherwise requires).
“ LIBOR ”
means an interest rate per annum equal to either:
(a) the offered rate per
annum at which deposits in Dollars appear on Reuters Page LIBOR01
(or any successor page) as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business
Days before the first day of such Interest Period for a period
equal to such Interest Period, or
(b) if LIBOR does not appear
on Reuters Page LIBOR01 (or any successor page), then LIBOR will be
determined by taking the arithmetic mean (rounded upward to the
nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, if such
arithmetic mean is not such a multiple) of the rates per annum at
which deposits in Dollars are offered by the principal office of
each of the Reference Banks to prime banks in the London interbank
market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the
first day of such Interest Period for an amount substantially equal
to the amount that would be the Reference Banks’ respective
ratable shares of such Borrowing outstanding during such Interest
Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period, as
determined by the Facility Agent, subject , however ,
to the provisions of Section 2.8.
“ LIBOR Advance
” means a Revolving Credit Advance denominated in Dollars
that bears interest as provided in Section 2.6(b).
“ Lien ”
has the meaning specified in Section 5.2(a).
“ Major
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary (a) more than 50%
of the voting securities of which is owned directly or indirectly
by PMI, (b) which is organized and existing under, or has its
principal place of business in, the United States or any political
subdivision thereof, any country which is a member of the European
Union on the date hereof or any political subdivision thereof, or
Switzerland or Japan or any of their respective political
subdivisions, and (c) which has at any time total assets
(after intercompany eliminations) exceeding
$1,000,000,000.
“ Mandatory Cost
” means the percentage rate per annum calculated by the
Facility Agent in accordance with Schedule 3.
“ Margin Stock
” means margin stock, as such term is defined in Regulation
U.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” means a multiemployer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years
made or accrued an obligation to make contributions, such plan
being maintained pursuant to one or more collective bargaining
agreements.
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“ Multiple Employer
Plan ” means a single employer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for
employees of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one
Person other than such Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates or
(b) was so maintained and in respect of which such Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4064 or
4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be
terminated.
“ Note ”
means a Revolving Credit Note or a Term Note.
“ Notice of Pro Rata
Borrowing ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.4(a).
“ Notice of
Swingline Borrowing ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.10(a).
“ Obligations
” has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.
“ Operating
Assets ” means, for any accounting period, any assets
included in the consolidated balance sheet of PMI and its
Subsidiaries as “Inventories,” or “Property,
plant and equipment” or “Receivables” for such
period.
“ Other Taxes
” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.19(c).
“ Participating
Member State ” means any member state of the European
Communities that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its lawful
currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community
relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
“ Person ”
means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business
trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, or a
government or any political subdivision or agency
thereof.
“ Plan ”
means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer
Plan.
“ Pro Rata
Advance ” means a Revolving Credit Advance or a Term
Advance.
“ Pro Rata
Borrowing ” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a Term
Borrowing.
“ Qualifying
Bank ” means any legal entity which is recognized as a
bank by the banking laws in force in its country of organization
and which has as its principal purpose the active conduct of
banking business and conducts such banking business through its own
personnel (which have decision making authority) and on its own
premises.
“ Reference
Banks ” means Citibank, N.A., Credit Suisse, Deutsche
Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
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“ Register
” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.7(d).
“ Regulation A
” means Regulation A of the Board, as in effect from time to
time.
“ Regulation U
” means Regulation U of the Board, as in effect from time to
time.
“ Required
Lenders ” means at any time Lenders holding at least
50.1% of the aggregate Term Commitments and Revolving Credit
Commitments at such time.
“ Revolving Credit
Advance ” means a Tranche A Revolving Credit Advance or a
Tranche B Revolving Credit Advance.
“ Revolving Credit
Borrowing ” means a Tranche A Revolving Credit Borrowing
or a Tranche B Revolving Credit Borrowing.
“ Revolving Credit
Commitment ” means a Tranche A Revolving Credit
Commitment or a Tranche B Revolving Credit Commitment.
“ Revolving Credit
Facility ” means the Tranche A Revolving Credit Facility
or the Tranche B Revolving Credit Facility.
“ Revolving Credit
Lender ” means a Tranche A Revolving Credit Lender or
Tranche B Revolving Credit Lender.
“ Revolving Credit
Note ” means a Tranche A Revolving Credit Note or a
Tranche B Revolving Credit Note.
“ Single Employer
Plan ” means a single employer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for
employees of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person
other than such Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was
so maintained and in respect of which such Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate could have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA in
the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
“ Spin-Off
” means a spin-off or other not for value disposition of PMI
such that Altria Group, Inc. no longer owns more than a de
minimis equity interest in PMI.
“ Subsidiary
” of any Person means any corporation of which (or in which)
more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock having voting power
to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation
(irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other
class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting
power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time
directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such
Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more
of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.
“ Swingline
Advance ” means a Tranche A Swingline Advance or Tranche
B Swingline Advance.
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“ Swingline
Borrowing ” means a Tranche A Swingline Borrowing or a
Tranche B Swingline Borrowing.
“ Swingline
Commitment ” means a Tranche A Swingline Commitment or a
Tranche B Swingline Commitment.
“ Swingline
Facility ” means the Tranche A Swingline Facility or the
Tranche B Swingline Facility.
“ Swingline
Lender ” means a Tranche A Swingline Lender or a Tranche
B Swingline Lender.
“ Taxes ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(a).
“ Term Advance
” means a EURIBOR Advance by a Term Lender to any Borrower as
part of a Term Borrowing.
“ Term Borrowing
” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Advances
made by each of the Term Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.3.
“ Term
Commitment ” means as to any Lender (i) the Euro
amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 6
hereof or (ii) if such Lender has entered into an Assignment
and Acceptance, the Euro amount set forth for such Lender in the
Register maintained by the Facility Agent pursuant to
Section 9.7(d), in each case as such amount may be reduced
pursuant to Sections 2.5 and 2.15.
“ Term Facility
” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Term
Lenders’ Term Commitments at such time.
“ Term Lender
” means any Lender that has a Term Commitment.
“ Term Note
” means a promissory note of any Borrower payable to the
order of any Term Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-3
hereto, evidencing the indebtedness of such Borrower to such Lender
resulting from the Term Advances made by such Lender to such
Borrower.
“ Term Notice
” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.14(b).
“ Termination
Date ” means the earlier of (a) (i) in relation
to the Tranche A Revolving Credit Commitments, 4 December
2012, (ii) in relation to the Tranche B Revolving Credit
Commitments, 4 December 2010 or (iii) in relation to the
Term Commitments, 2 December 2008 (or such later date pursuant
to Section 2.14(b)), and (b) in each case, the date of
termination in whole of such Commitments pursuant to
Section 2.14(a) or 6.2.
“ Tranche A
Revolving Credit Advance ” means an advance by a Tranche
A Revolving Credit Lender to any Borrower as part of a Tranche A
Revolving Credit Borrowing and refers to a EURIBOR Advance or a
LIBOR Advance (each of which shall be a “ Type ”
of Tranche A Revolving Credit Advance).
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“ Tranche A
Revolving Credit Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting
of simultaneous Tranche A Revolving Credit Advances of the same
Type made by each of the Tranche A Revolving Credit Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
“ Tranche A
Revolving Credit Commitment ” means as to any Lender
(i) the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s
name on Schedule 4A hereof or (ii) if such Lender has entered
into an Assignment and Acceptance, the Dollar amount set forth for
such Lender in the Register maintained by the Facility Agent
pursuant to Section 9.7(d), in each case as such amount may be
reduced pursuant to Section 2.14 (and, in the case of a
Tranche A Swingline Lender, its Tranche A Revolving Credit
Commitment or that of its affiliate shall include such Tranche A
Swingline Lender’s Tranche A Swingline
Commitment).
“ Tranche A
Revolving Credit Facility ” means, at any time, the
aggregate amount of the Tranche A Revolving Credit Lenders’
Tranche A Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“ Tranche A
Revolving Credit Lender ” means any Lender that has a
Tranche A Revolving Credit Commitment.
“ Tranche A
Revolving Credit Note ” means a promissory note of any
Borrower payable to the order of any Tranche A Revolving Credit
Lender, delivered pursuant to a request made under
Section 2.21 in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto,
evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of such Borrower to such
Tranche A Lender resulting from the Tranche A Revolving Credit
Advances made by such Tranche A Lender to such Borrower.
“ Tranche A
Swingline Advance ” means an advance by a Tranche A
Swingline Lender to any Borrower as part of a Tranche A Swingline
Borrowing and refers to a Euro Swingline Advance or a Dollar
Swingline Advance (each of which shall be a “ Type
” of Tranche A Swingline Advance).
“ Tranche A
Swingline Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Tranche A Swingline Advances made by each of the
Tranche A Swingline Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.9.
“ Tranche A
Swingline Commitment ” means as to any Lender
(i) the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s
name on Schedule 5A hereof or (ii) if such Lender has entered
into an Assignment and Acceptance, the Dollar amount set forth for
such Lender in the Register maintained by the Facility Agent
pursuant to Section 9.7(d), in each case as such amount may be
reduced pursuant to Section 2.14.
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“ Tranche A
Swingline Facility ” means, at any time, the aggregate
amount of the Tranche A Swingline Lenders’ Tranche A
Swingline Commitments at such time.
“ Tranche A
Swingline Lender ” means any Lender that has a Tranche A
Swingline Commitment.
“ Tranche B
Revolving Credit Advance ” means an advance by a Tranche
B Revolving Credit Lender to any Borrower as part of a Tranche B
Revolving Credit Borrowing and refers to a EURIBOR Advance or a
LIBOR Advance (each of which shall be a “ Type ”
of Tranche B Revolving Credit Advance).
“ Tranche B
Revolving Credit Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting
of simultaneous Tranche B Revolving Credit Advances of the same
Type made by each of the Tranche B Revolving Credit Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.1(b).
“ Tranche B
Revolving Credit Commitment ” means as to any Lender
(i) the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s
name on Schedule 4B hereof or (ii) if such Lender has entered
into an Assignment and Acceptance, the Dollar amount set forth for
such Lender in the Register maintained by the Facility Agent
pursuant to Section 9.7(d), in each case as such amount may be
reduced pursuant to Section 2.14 (and, in the case of a
Tranche B Swingline Lender, its Tranche B Revolving Credit
Commitment or that of its affiliate shall include such Tranche B
Swingline Lender’s Tranche B Swingline
Commitment).
“ Tranche B
Revolving Credit Facility ” means, at any time, the
aggregate amount of the Tranche B Revolving Credit Lenders’
Tranche B Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.
“ Tranche B
Revolving Credit Lender ” means any Lender that has a
Tranche B Revolving Credit Commitment.
“ Tranche B
Revolving Credit Note ” means a promissory note of any
Borrower payable to the order of any Tranche B Revolving Credit
Lender, delivered pursuant to a request made under
Section 2.21 in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto,
evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of such Borrower to such
Lender resulting from the Tranche B Revolving Credit Advances made
by such Lender to such Borrower.
“ Tranche B
Swingline Advance ” means an advance by a Tranche B
Swingline Lender to any Borrower as part of a Tranche B Swingline
Borrowing and refers to a Euro Swingline Advance or a Dollar
Swingline Advance (each of which shall be a “ Type
” of Tranche B Swingline Advance).
“ Tranche B
Swingline Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Tranche B Swingline Advances made by each of the
Tranche B Swingline Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.10.
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“ Tranche B
Swingline Commitment ” means as to any Lender
(i) the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s
name on Schedule 5B hereof or (ii) if such Lender has entered
into an Assignment and Acceptance, the Dollar amount set forth for
such Lender in the Register maintained by the Facility Agent
pursuant to Section 9.7(d) in each case as such amount may be
reduced pursuant to Section 2.14.
“ Tranche B
Swingline Facility ” means, at any time, the aggregate
amount of the Tranche B Swingline Lenders’ Tranche B
Swingline Commitments at such time.
“ Tranche B
Swingline Lender ” means any Lender that has a Tranche B
Swingline Commitment.
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Computation of Time Periods . In this Agreement in the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including” and the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but
excluding.” |
| 1.3. |
Accounting Terms . All accounting terms not specifically
defined herein shall be construed in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America,
except that if there has been a material change in an accounting
principle affecting the definition of an accounting term as
compared to that applied in the preparation of the financial
statements of PMI as of and for the year ended 31 December
2006, then such new accounting principle shall not be used in the
determination of the amount associated with that accounting term. A
material change in an accounting principle is one that, in the year
of its adoption, changes the amount associated with the relevant
accounting term for any quarter in such year by more than
10%. |
| 2. |
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES |
| 2.1. |
The Revolving Credit Advances . (a) Obligation
to Make Tranche A Revolving Credit Advances . Each Tranche A
Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Tranche A Revolving
Credit Advances to any Borrower from time to time on any Business
Day during the period from the Effective Date until the Termination
Date in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed at any time
such Lender’s Tranche A Revolving Credit Commitment;
provided , however , that the aggregate amount of the
Tranche A Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed used from
time to time to the extent of the aggregate amount of the Tranche A
Swingline Advances then outstanding; provided ,
further , that each Tranche A Revolving Credit
Lender’s Tranche A Revolving Credit Commitment shall be
deemed used from time to time to the extent of the Tranche A
Swingline Advances made by it or its affiliate that is a Tranche A
Swingline Lender. |
(b) Obligation to Make
Tranche B Revolving Credit Advances . Each Tranche B Revolving
Credit Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, to make Tranche B Revolving Credit Advances
to any Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the
period from the Effective Date until the Termination
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Date in an aggregate amount
outstanding not to exceed at any time such Lender’s Tranche B
Revolving Credit Commitment; provided , however ,
that the aggregate amount of the Tranche B Revolving Credit
Commitments shall be deemed used from time to time to the extent of
the aggregate amount of the Tranche B Swingline Advances then
outstanding; provided , further , that each Tranche B
Revolving Credit Lender’s Tranche B Revolving Credit
Commitment shall be deemed used from time to time to the extent of
the Tranche B Swingline Advances made by it or its affiliate that
is a Tranche B Swingline Lender.
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(a) Type of Revolving Credit Advances . (i) Each
Tranche A Revolving Credit Borrowing shall consist of Tranche A
Revolving Credit Advances of the same Type made on the same day by
the Tranche A Revolving Credit Lenders ratably according to their
respective Tranche A Revolving Credit Commitments. Within the
limits of each Tranche A Revolving Credit Lender’s Tranche A
Revolving Credit Commitment and subject to this Section 2.2,
any Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.2, prepay
pursuant to Section 2.15 or repay pursuant to Section 2.5
and reborrow under this Section 2.2. |
(ii) Each Tranche B Revolving
Credit Borrowing shall consist of Tranche B Revolving Credit
Advances of the same Type made on the same day by the Tranche B
Revolving Credit Lenders ratably according to their respective
Tranche B Revolving Credit Commitments. Within the limits of each
Tranche B Revolving Credit Lender’s Tranche B Revolving
Credit Commitment and subject to this Section 2.2, any
Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.2, prepay pursuant to
Section 2.15 or repay pursuant to Section 2.5 and
reborrow under this Section 2.2.
(b) Amount of Revolving
Credit Borrowings . Each Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting
of EURIBOR Advances shall be in an aggregate amount of no less than
€50,000,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000,000 in
excess thereof. Each Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of LIBOR
Advances shall be in an aggregate amount of no less than
$50,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof.
| 2.3. |
The Term Advances . (a) Obligation to Make Term
Advances . Each Term Lender severally agrees, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Term Advances to any
Borrower on the Effective Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed
such Lender’s Term Commitment at such time. |
(b) Amount of Term
Borrowings . Each Term Borrowing shall be in an aggregate
amount of no less than €50,000,000 or an integral multiple of
€1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(c) Type of Term
Advances . Each Term Borrowing shall consist of EURIBOR
Advances made on the same day by the Term Lenders ratably according
to their respective Term Commitments. Any Borrower may borrow under
this Section 2.3, prepay pursuant to Section 2.15 or
repay pursuant to Section 2.5. Term Advances may not be
reborrowed.
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| 2.4. |
Making the Pro Rata Advances . (a) Notice of
Pro Rata Borrowing . Each Pro Rata Borrowing shall be made on
notice, given not later than 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the third
Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Pro Rata Borrowing,
by the Borrower to the Facility Agent which shall give to each
Appropriate Lender prompt notice thereof by facsimile. Each such
notice of a Pro Rata Borrowing (a “ Notice of Pro Rata
Borrowing ”) shall be by facsimile, such notice to be in
substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, specifying therein
the requested: |
(i) date of such Pro Rata
Borrowing,
(ii) Facility of the Pro Rata
Advances comprising such Pro Rata Borrowing and, if applicable,
Type of Revolving Credit Advances,
(iii) aggregate amount of
such Pro Rata Borrowing, and
(iv) the initial Interest
Period for each such Pro Rata Advance.
(b) Funding Pro Rata
Advances . Each Appropriate Lender shall, before 2:00 P.M.
(London time) on the date of such Pro Rata Borrowing, make
available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the
Facility Agent at the Facility Agent’s Account, in same day
funds, such Lender’s ratable portion of such Pro Rata
Borrowing. After receipt of such funds by the Facility Agent and
upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article
3, the Facility Agent will make such funds available to the
relevant Borrower as specified in the applicable Notice of Pro Rata
Borrowing.
(c) Irrevocable Notice
. Each Notice of Pro Rata Borrowing of any Borrower shall be
irrevocable and binding on such Borrower. The Borrower requesting a
Pro Rata Borrowing shall indemnify each Appropriate Lender against
any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of
any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such
Notice of Pro Rata Borrowing for such Pro Rata Borrowing the
applicable conditions set forth in Article 3, including, without
limitation, any loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost
or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of
deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the Pro
Rata Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Pro Rata
Borrowing when such Pro Rata Advance, as a result of such failure,
is not made on such date.
(d) Lender’s Ratable
Portion . Unless the Facility Agent shall have received notice
from an Appropriate Lender prior to 2:00 P.M. (London time) on the
day of any Pro Rata Borrowing that such Lender will not make
available to the Facility Agent such Lender’s ratable portion
of such Pro Rata Borrowing, the Facility Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such portion available to the Facility Agent on the
date of such Pro Rata Borrowing in accordance with
Section 2.4(b) and the Facility Agent may, in reliance upon
such assumption, make available to the Borrower proposing such Pro
Rata
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Borrowing on such date a
corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall
not have so made such ratable portion available to the Facility
Agent such Lender and such Borrower severally agree to repay to the
Facility Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount
together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such
amount is made available to such Borrower until the date such
amount is repaid to the Facility Agent at:
(i) in the case of such
Borrower, the higher of (A) the interest rate applicable at
the time to Pro Rata Advances comprising such Pro Rata Borrowing
and (B) the cost of funds incurred by the Facility Agent in
respect of such amount, and
(ii) in the case of such
Lender, the cost of funds incurred by the Facility Agent in respect
of such amount.
If such Lender shall repay to the
Facility Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid
shall constitute such Lender’s Pro Rata Advance as part of
such Pro Rata Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
(e) Independent Lender
Obligations . The failure of any Lender to make the Pro Rata
Advance to be made by it as part of any Pro Rata Borrowing shall
not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder
to make its Pro Rata Advance on the date of such Pro Rata
Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of
any other Lender to make the Pro Rata Advance to be made by such
other Lender on the date of any Pro Rata Borrowing.
| 2.5. |
Repayment of Pro Rata Advances . Each Borrower shall
repay to the Facility Agent for the ratable account of the
Appropriate Lenders on the applicable Termination Date the unpaid
principal amount of the Pro Rata Advances then
outstanding. |
| 2.6. |
Interest on Pro Rata Advances . Subject to
Section 2.8(c), each Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid
principal amount of each Pro Rata Advance owing by such Borrower to
each Appropriate Lender from the date of such Pro Rata Advance
until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following
rates per annum; provided , however , that clause
(b) shall not apply to Term Advances: |
(a) EURIBOR Advances .
During such periods as such Pro Rata Advance is a EURIBOR Advance,
a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest Period for
such Pro Rata Advance to the sum of (x) EURIBOR for such
Interest Period for such Pro Rata Advance plus (y) the
Applicable Interest Rate Margin plus (z) Mandatory
Cost, if any, payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest
Period and, if such Interest Period has a duration of more than six
months, on the day that occurs during such Interest Period six
months from the first day of such Interest Period and on the date
such EURIBOR Advance shall be paid in full.
(b) LIBOR Advances .
During such periods as such Revolving Credit Advance is a LIBOR
Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest
Period for such
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Revolving Credit Advance to
the sum of (x) LIBOR for such Interest Period for such
Revolving Credit Advance plus (y) the Applicable
Interest Rate Margin plus (z) Mandatory Cost, if any,
payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest Period and, if
such Interest Period has a duration of more than six months, on the
day that occurs during such Interest Period six months from the
first day of such Interest Period and on the date such LIBOR
Advance shall be paid in full.
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Absence of Interest Period for Pro Rata Advances . If
any Borrower shall fail to select the duration of any Interest
Period for any Pro Rata Advances in accordance with the provisions
contained in the definition of the term “Interest
Period,” the Facility Agent will forthwith so notify such
Borrower and the Appropriate Lenders and the Interest Period for
such Advances will automatically, on the last day of the then
existing Interest Period therefor, be one month. |
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Interest Rate Determination for Pro Rata Advances .
(a) Methods to Determine EURIBOR and LIBOR . The
Facility Agent shall determine EURIBOR and LIBOR by using the
methods described in the definition of the terms
“EURIBOR” and “LIBOR,” respectively, and
shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and Appropriate Lenders of
each such EURIBOR or LIBOR. |
(b) Role of Reference
Banks . In the event that EURIBOR or LIBOR cannot be determined
by the method described in clause (a) of the definitions
“EURIBOR” or “LIBOR,” respectively, each
Reference Bank agrees to furnish to the Facility Agent timely
information for the purpose of determining EURIBOR or LIBOR, as the
case may be, in accordance with the method described in clause
(b) of the definitions thereof. If any one or more of the
Reference Banks shall not furnish such timely information to the
Facility Agent for the purpose of determining EURIBOR or LIBOR, the
Facility Agent shall determine such interest rate on the basis of
timely information furnished by the remaining Reference
Banks.
(c) Market Disruption
. (i) If the applicable Reuters Page is unavailable and fewer
than two Reference Banks furnish timely information to the Facility
Agent for determining EURIBOR for any EURIBOR Advances or LIBOR for
any LIBOR Advances, as the case may be, or (ii) with respect
to Pro Rata Advances under any Facility, the Lenders owed or
required to lend at least 50.1% of the aggregate principal amount
thereof notify the Facility Agent that EURIBOR or LIBOR for any
Interest Period will not adequately reflect the cost to such
Lenders of making, funding or maintaining their respective Pro Rata
Advances for such Interest Period (each, a “ Market
Disruption Event ”) then the rate of interest on each
Lender’s share of that Pro Rata Advance for the Interest
Period shall be the rate per annum which is the sum of (x) the
Applicable Interest Rate Margin plus (y) the rate
notified to the Facility Agent and the Borrower by that Lender in a
certificate (which sets out the details of the computation of the
relevant rate and shall be prima facie non-binding evidence
of the same) as soon as practicable and in any event before
interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period, to
be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to
that Lender of funding its participation in that Pro Rata Advance
from whatever source it may reasonably select plus
(z) Mandatory Cost, if any, applicable to that Lender’s
participation in the Pro Rata Advance.
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(d) If a Market Disruption
Event occurs and the Facility Agent or the applicable Borrower so
requires:
(i) the Facility Agent, PMI
and such Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of
not more than thirty days) with a view to agreeing on a substitute
basis for determining the interest rate; and
(ii) any alternative basis
agreed upon pursuant to clause (i) above shall, with the prior
consent of all the Appropriate Lenders, PMI and such Borrower, be
binding on all such parties hereto.
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The Swingline Advances . (a) Obligation to Make
Tranche A Swingline Advances . Each Tranche A Swingline Lender
severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth, to make Tranche A Swingline Advances to any Borrower from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the
Effective Date until the Termination Date in an aggregate amount
outstanding not to exceed at any time such Tranche A Swingline
Lender’s Tranche A Swingline Commitment. |
(b) Obligation to Make
Tranche B Swingline Advances . Each Tranche B Swingline Lender
severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth, to make Tranche B Swingline Advances to any Borrower from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the
Effective Date until the Termination Date in an aggregate amount
outstanding not to exceed at any time such Tranche B Swingline
Lender’s Tranche B Swingline Commitment.
(c) Type of Swingline
Advances . (i) Each Tranche A Swingline Borrowing shall
consist of Tranche A Swingline Advances of the same Type made on
the same day by the Tranche A Swingline Lenders ratably according
to their respective Tranche A Swingline Commitments. Within the
limits of each Tranche A Swingline Lender’s Tranche A
Swingline Commitment and subject to this Section 2.9, any
Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.9, prepay pursuant to
Section 2.15 or repay pursuant to Section 2.11 and
reborrow under this Section 2.9,
(ii) Each Tranche B Swingline
Borrowing shall consist of Tranche B Swingline Advances of the same
Type made on the same day by the Tranche B Swingline Lenders
ratably according to their respective Tranche B Swingline
Commitments. Within the limits of each Tranche B Swingline
Lender’s Tranche B Swingline Commitment and subject to this
Section 2.9, any Borrower may borrow under this
Section 2.9, prepay pursuant to Section 2.15 or repay
pursuant to Section 2.11 and reborrow under this
Section 2.9.
(d) Amount of Swingline
Borrowings . Each Swingline Borrowing shall be in an aggregate
amount of no less than €1,000,000 or $1,000,000, as the case
may be.
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(e) Relationship with the
Revolving Credit Facilities . (i) Tranche A Revolving
Credit Facility . (A) The Tranche A Revolving Credit
Facility may be used by way of Tranche A Swingline Advances. The
Tranche A Swingline Facility is not independent of the Tranche A
Revolving Credit Facility.
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Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, a Tranche A
Swingline Lender is only obliged to participate in a Tranche A
Revolving Credit Advance or a Tranche A Swingline Advance to the
extent that it would not result in the participation by it and its
affiliate that is a Tranche A Revolving Credit Lender in such
Tranche A Revolving Credit Advances and Tranche A Swingline
Advances exceeding its Tranche A Revolving Credit Commitment or
that of its affiliate that is a Tranche A Revolving Credit
Lender. |
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(C) |
Where, but for the operation of paragraph (B) above, a
Tranche A Revolving Credit Lender’s participation (including
the participation of its affiliate that is a Tranche A Swingline
Lender hereunder) in the Tranche A Revolving Credit Advances and
Tranche A Swingline Advances would have exceeded its Tranche A
Revolving Credit Commitment, the excess will be apportioned among
the other Tranche A Revolving Credit Lenders participating in the
relevant Tranche A Revolving Credit Advance pro rata according to
their relevant Tranche A Revolving Credit Commitments. This
calculation will be applied as often as necessary until the Tranche
A Revolving Credit Advance is apportioned among the relevant
Tranche A Revolving Credit Lenders in a manner consistent with
paragraph (B) above. |
(ii) Tranche B Revolving
Credit Facility . (A) The Tranche B Revolving Credit
Facility may be used by way of Tranche B Swingline Advances. The
Tranche B Swingline Facility is not independent of the Tranche B
Revolving Credit Facility.
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(B) |
Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, a Tranche B
Swingline Lender is only obliged to participate in a Tranche B
Revolving Credit Advance or a Tranche B Swingline Advance to the
extent that it would not result in the participation by it and its
affiliate that is a Tranche B Revolving Credit Lender in such
Tranche B Revolving Credit Advances and Tranche B Swingline
Advances exceeding its Tranche B Revolving Credit Commitment or
that of its affiliate that is a Tranche B Revolving Credit
Lender. |
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(C) |
Where, but
for the operation of paragraph (B) above, a Tranche B
Revolving Credit Lender’s participation (including the
participation of its affiliate that is a Tranche B Swingline Lender
hereunder) in the Tranche B Revolving Credit Advances
and
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Tranche B Swingline
Advances would have exceeded its Tranche B Revolving Credit
Commitment, the excess will be apportioned among the other Tranche
B Revolving Credit Lenders participating in the relevant Tranche B
Revolving Credit Advance pro rata according to their relevant
Tranche B Revolving Credit Commitments. This calculation will be
applied as often as necessary until the Tranche B Revolving Credit
Advance is apportioned among the relevant Tranche B Revolving
Credit Lenders in a manner consistent with paragraph
(B) above.
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| 2.10. |
Making the Swingline Advances . (a) Notice of
Swingline Borrowing . Each Swingline Borrowing shall be made on
notice, given not later than 10:30 A.M. (London time) on the date
of the proposed Swingline Borrowing, by the Borrower to the
Swingline Agent which shall give to the appropriate Swingline
Lenders prompt notice thereof by facsimile; provided that
Swingline Borrowings consisting of Dollar Swingline Advances may be
requested after 10:30 A.M. (London time) and before 12:00 P.M. (New
York time) subject to Section 2.12. Each such notice of a
Swingline Borrowing (a “ Notice of Swingline Borrowing
”) shall be by facsimile, such notice to be in substantially
the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto, specifying therein the
requested: |
(i) date of such Swingline
Borrowing,
(ii) Facility and Type of the
Swingline Advances comprising such Swingline Borrowing,
(iii) aggregate amount of
such Swingline Borrowing, and
(iv) the Interest Period for
each such Swingline Advance.
(b) Funding Swingline
Advances . Each Swingline Lender shall, before
(i) 12:00 P.M. (London time) with respect to Notices of
Swingline Borrowing given not later than 10:30 A.M. (London time)
or (ii) 1:30 P.M. (New York time) with respect to Notices of
Swingline Borrowing for LIBOR Advances given after 10:30 A.M.
(London time) and before 12:00 P.M. (New York time), on the
date of such Swingline Borrowing, make available for the account of
its Applicable Lending Office to the Swingline Agent, in same day
funds, such Swingline Lender’s ratable portion of such
Swingline Borrowing. After receipt of such funds by the Swingline
Agent and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth
in Article 3, the Swingline Agent will make such funds available to
the relevant Borrower as specified in the applicable Notice of
Swingline Borrowing.
(c) Irrevocable Notice
. Each Notice of Swingline Borrowing of any Borrower shall be
irrevocable and binding on such Borrower. The Borrower requesting a
Swingline Borrowing shall indemnify each Swingline Lender against
any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Swingline Lender as a
result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in
such Notice of Swingline Borrowing for such Swingline Borrowing
the
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applicable conditions set
forth in Article 3, including, without limitation, any loss
(excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred
by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other
funds acquired by such Swingline Lender to fund the Swingline
Advance to be made by such Swingline Lender as part of such
Swingline Borrowing when such Swingline Advance, as a result of
such failure, is not made on such date.
(d) Swingline
Lender’s Ratable Portion . Unless the Swingline Agent
shall have received notice from a Swingline Lender prior to
(i) 12:00 P.M. (London time) with respect to Notices of
Swingline Borrowing given not later than 10:30 A.M. (London time)
or (ii) 1:30 P.M. (New York time) with respect to Notices of
Swingline Borrowing for LIBOR Advances given after 10:30 A.M.
(London time) and before 12:00 P.M. (New York time), on the
day of any Swingline Borrowing that such Swingline Lender will not
make available to the Swingline Agent such Swingline Lender’s
ratable portion of such Swingline Borrowing, the Swingline Agent
may assume that such Swingline Lender has made such portion
available to the Swingline Agent on the date of such Swingline
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.10(b) and the Swingline
Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the
Borrower proposing such Swingline Borrowing on such date a
corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Swingline
Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the
Swingline Agent such Swingline Lender and such Borrower severally
agree to repay to the Swingline Agent forthwith on demand such
corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day
from the date such amount is made available to such Borrower until
the date such amount is repaid to the Swingline Agent
at:
(i) in the case of such
Borrower, the higher of (A) the interest rate applicable at
the time to Swingline Advances comprising such Swingline Borrowing
and (B) the cost of funds incurred by the Swingline Agent in
respect of such amount, and
(ii) in the case of such
Swingline Lender, the cost of funds incurred by the Swingline Agent
in respect of such amount.
If such Swingline Lender shall repay to
the Swingline Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so
repaid shall constitute such Swingline Lender’s Swingline
Advance as part of such Swingline Borrowing for purposes of this
Agreement.
(e) Independent Swingline
Lender Obligations . The failure of any Swingline Lender to
make the Swingline Advance to be made by it as part of any
Swingline Borrowing shall not relieve any other Swingline Lender of
its obligation hereunder to make its Swingline Advance on the date
of such Swingline Borrowing, but no Swingline Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Swingline Lender to make
the Swingline Advance to be made by such other Swingline Lender on
the date of any Swingline Borrowing.
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| 2.11. |
Repayment of Swingline Advances . (a) Each Borrower
shall repay to the Swingline Agent for the ratable account of the
Swingline Lenders on the last day of the applicable Interest
Period, the unpaid principal amount of any Swingline Advance then
outstanding. |
(b) In the event that a
Borrower does not repay a Swingline Advance made to it in full on
the last day of its Interest Period, on the Business Day
immediately following such day, that Borrower shall be deemed to
have served a Notice of Pro Rata Borrowing for a Revolving Credit
Advance to be made on the third Business Day thereafter in the
amount (including accrued interest) and currency of such Swingline
Advance and with an Interest Period of one month and such Revolving
Credit Advance shall be made on the third Business Day in
accordance with Section 2.1 (without regard to clause
(b) thereof) and the proceeds thereof applied in repayment of
such Swingline Advance. Notwithstanding anything contained herein
to the contrary, for the time period from the day immediately
following the end of the Interest Period for any such Swingline
Advance that is not repaid on the last day of its Interest Period
until and including the third Business Day thereafter,
Section 2.18(e) shall apply to the unpaid principal amount of
any such Swingline Advance.
(c) Section 3.3 shall
not apply to any Revolving Credit Advance to which this
Section 2.11 refers.
(d) In the circumstances set
out in paragraph (b) above, to the extent that it is not
possible to make a Revolving Credit Advance due to the insolvency
of a Borrower, the Lenders will indemnify (pro-rata according to
their Revolving Credit Commitments) the Swingline Lenders for any
loss that they incur as a result of the relevant Swingline
Borrowing.
| 2.12. |
Interest on Swingline Advances . Subject to
Section 2.11(b), each Borrower shall pay interest on the
unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Advance owing by such
Borrower to each Swingline Lender from the date of such Swingline
Advance until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the
following rates per annum: |
(a) Euro Swingline
Advances . For each Euro Swingline Advance, a rate per annum
equal at all times during the Interest Period for such Euro
Swingline Advance to the sum of (x) the rate per annum
determined by the Swingline Agent to be the arithmetic mean
(rounded upwards to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of
1% per annum, if such arithmetic mean is not such a multiple)
of the rates at which deposits in Euro are offered by the principal
office of each of the Reference Banks to prime banks in the
European interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (Brussels time) on the date
of such Euro Swingline Advance for an amount substantially equal to
the amount that would be the Reference Banks’ respective
ratable shares of such Borrowing outstanding during such Interest
Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period;
provided that if only one Reference Bank is able to provide
the rates as described above, each Swingline Lender shall supply
the Swingline Agent with its rate for same day funding in Euro to
prime banks in the European interbank market at 11:00 A.M.
(Brussels time) on the date of such Euro Swingline Advance for an
amount substantially equal to the amount equal to such
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Swingline Lender’s
ratable share of such Borrowing outstanding during such Interest
Period and for a period equal to such Interest Period and such rate
shall be payable to such Swingline Lender plus (y) the
Applicable Interest Rate Margin plus (z) Mandatory
Cost, if any, payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest
Period.
(b) Dollar Swingline
Advances . (i) For each Dollar Swingline Advance requested
by 10:30 A.M. (London time), a rate per annum equal at all times
during the Interest Period for such Dollar Swingline Advance to the
sum of (x) the rate per annum determined by the Swingline
Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, if such arithmetic
mean is not such a multiple) of the rates at which deposits in
Dollars are offered by the principal office of each of the
Reference Banks to prime banks in the London interbank market at
11:00 A.M. (London time) on the date of such Dollar Swingline
Advance for an amount substantially equal to the amount that would
be the Reference Banks’ respective ratable shares of such
Borrowing outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period
equal to such Interest Period; provided that if only one
Reference Bank is able to provide the rates as described above,
each Swingline Lender shall supply the Swingline Agent with its
rate for same day funding in Dollars to prime banks in the London
interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the date of such
Dollar Swingline Advance for an amount substantially equal to the
amount equal to such Swingline Lender’s ratable share of such
Borrowing outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period
equal to such Interest Period and such rate shall be payable to
such Swingline Lender plus (y) the Applicable Interest
Rate Margin plus (z) Mandatory Cost, if any, payable in
arrears on the last day of such Interest Period; and
(ii) for each Dollar
Swingline Advance requested after 10:30 A.M. (London time) and
before 12:00 P.M. (New York time), a rate per annum equal at all
times during the Interest Period for such Dollar Swingline Advance
to the higher of (a) the rate of interest announced publicly
by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in New York, New York, from time to
time, as JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.’s prime rate and
(b) one-half of one percent above the Federal Funds Effective
Rate, payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest
Period.
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Fees . (a) Commitment Fee . PMI agrees to
pay to the Facility Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit
Lender, 0.1050% per annum on the aggregate amount of the
unused portion of such Lender’s Tranche A Revolving Credit
Commitment and 0.0975% per annum on the aggregate amount of
the unused portion of such Lender’s Tranche B Revolving
Credit Commitment (it being understood that any Swingline Advances
shall be deemed to use the relevant Revolving Credit Commitment of
each Swingline Lender or its affiliate that is a Revolving Credit
Lender hereunder) from the date hereof in the case of each
Revolving Credit Lender that is an Initial Lender and from the
effective date specified in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which it became a Lender in the case of each other Revolving
Credit Lender until the Termination Date, in each case payable on
the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December
until the Termination Date and on the Termination Date. |
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(b) Agent’s Fees
. PMI shall pay to the Facility Agent and Swingline Agent for its
own account such fees as may from time to time be agreed between
PMI and such Agent.
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Termination or Reduction of the Commitments; Term-Out
Option . (a) Optional . PMI shall have the right,
upon at least three Business Days’ notice to the Facility
Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the unused
portions of the respective Revolving Credit Commitments of the
Lenders; provided that each partial reduction of a Facility
shall be in the aggregate amount of no less than €50,000,000
or the remaining balance if less than €50,000,000 and shall
be ratable among the Lenders affected thereby in accordance with
their Commitments with respect to such Facility; and
provided , further , that following any such
termination or reduction, the aggregate Swingline Commitments shall
not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. |
(b) Term-Out Option .
PMI may, by written notice to the Facility Agent, which shall
promptly notify the Lenders, not later than 15 Business Days prior
to the Termination Date (the “ Term Notice ”),
extend the maturity date for all Term Advances outstanding at the
close of business New York time on the Termination Date to the date
specified in the Term Notice, which shall be no later than the
first anniversary of the Termination Date; provided that, on
the date of the Term Notice and on the Termination Date,
(i) no event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a
Default or Event of Default and (ii) the representations
contained in Section 4.1 (except the representations set forth
in the last sentence of subsection (e) and in subsection
(f) thereof (other than clause (i) thereof)) are correct;
and provided , further , that the option provided for
in this Section 2.14 may be exercised only once. If a Term
Notice is given, each Borrower shall repay to the Facility Agent,
for the ratable account of the Term Lenders on the maturity date
set forth in such Term Notice, the unpaid principal amount of the
Term Advances then outstanding. Upon the effectiveness of the
extension provided for in this Section 2.14(b), all terms of
this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The Borrower
agrees that it will, upon the request of any Term Lender through
the Facility Agent, issue a new Term Note in favor of such Term
Lender reflecting the extended maturity date, in exchange for the
Term Note held by such Term Lender, which shall be promptly
returned to the Borrower and marked
“cancelled”.
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Prepayments of Advances . (a) Optional
Prepayments . (i) Pro Rata Advances . Each
Borrower may, upon at least three Business Days’ notice to
the Facility Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate
principal amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given
such Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding principal amount of the
Pro Rata Advances comprising part of the same Pro Rata Borrowing in
whole or ratably in part; provided , however , that
each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount
of no less than €50,000,000 or $50,000,000, as the case may
be, or the remaining balance if less than €50,000,000 or
$50,000,000. |
(ii) Swingline
Advances . Each Borrower may, upon notice to the Swingline
Agent by 9:00 A.M. (London time) on the date of the prepayment
stating the aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and, if
such notice is given such Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding
principal amount of the Swingline
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Advances comprising part of
the same Swingline Borrowing in whole or ratably in part;
provided , however , that each partial prepayment
shall be in an aggregate principal amount of no less than
€1,000,000 or $1,000,000, as the case may be.
(b) Mandatory
Prepayments . (i) If the Facility Agent notifies PMI that,
on any interest payment date, the sum of (A) the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances and Swingline
Advances denominated in Euro then outstanding plus (B) the
Equivalent in Euro (determined on the third Business Day prior to
such interest payment date) of the aggregate principal amount of
all Revolving Credit Advances and Swingline Advances denominated in
Dollars then outstanding exceeds 105% of the aggregate Revolving
Credit Commitments of the Lenders on such date, PMI and each other
Borrower shall, within two Business Days after receipt of such
notice, prepay the outstanding principal amount of any Revolving
Credit Advances and Swingline Advances owing by such Borrower in an
aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such sum to an amount not to
exceed 100% of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of the
Lenders on such date.
(ii) In the event that there
shall be a Capital Markets Financing Transaction, PMI shall prepay
outstanding Term Advances in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of
the net proceeds, rounded to the nearest million (with $500,000
being rounded upward), of such Capital Markets Financing
Transaction received by PMI or received by a Subsidiary of PMI that
has issued securities in such Capital Markets Financing Transaction
guaranteed by PMI, on the last day of the current Interest Period
for such Term Advances.
(iii) The Facility Agent
shall give prompt notice of any prepayment required under this
Section 2.15(b) to the Borrowers and the Lenders. Prepayments
under Section 2.15(b)(i) shall be allocated first to Swingline
Advances, ratably among the Swingline Lenders; and any excess
amount shall then be allocated to Revolving Credit Advances
comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing selected by
the applicable Borrower, ratably among the Revolving Credit
Lenders. Prepayments under Section 2.15(b)(ii) shall be
allocated to Term Advances ratably among the Term
Lenders.
(c) Each prepayment made
pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall be made together with any
interest accrued to the date of such prepayment on the principal
amounts prepaid and any additional amounts which such Borrower
shall be obligated to reimburse to the Lenders in respect thereof
pursuant to Section 9.4(b).
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Increased
Costs . (a) Costs from Change in Law or
Authorities . If, due to either (i) the introduction of or
any change (other than any change by way of imposition or increase
of reserve requirements to the extent such change is included in
Mandatory Cost) in or in the interpretation of any law or
regulation or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or
request from any central bank or other governmental authority
(whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any
increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making,
funding or maintaining Advances (excluding for purposes of this
Section 2.16
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any such increased costs
resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which
Section 2.19 shall govern) and (ii) changes in the basis
of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the
United States or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the
laws of which such Lender is organized or has its Applicable
Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof), then the
Borrower of the affected Advances shall from time to time, upon
demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Facility
Agent), pay to the Facility Agent for the account of such Lender
additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such
increased cost; provided , however , that before
making any such demand, each Lender agrees to use reasonable
efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and
regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Applicable
Lending Office if the making of such a designation would avoid the
need for, or reduce the amount of, such increased cost and would
not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise
disadvantageous to such Lender. A certificate as to the amount of
such increased cost, submitted to such Borrower and the Facility
Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent manifest error.
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(b) Reduction in
Lender’s Rate of Return . In the event that, after the
date hereof, the implementation of or any change in any law or
regulation, or any guideline or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) or the interpretation or administration thereof
by any central bank or other authority charged with the
administration thereof, imposes, modifies or deems applicable any
capital adequacy or similar requirement (including, without
limitation, a request or requirement which affects the manner in
which any Lender allocates capital resources to its commitments,
including its obligations hereunder) and as a result thereof, in
the sole opinion of such Lender, the rate of return on such
Lender’s capital as a consequence of its obligations
hereunder is reduced to a level below that which such Lender could
have achieved but for such circumstances, but reduced to the extent
that Borrowings are outstanding from time to time, then in each
such case, upon demand from time to time PMI shall pay to such
Lender such additional amount or amounts as shall compensate such
Lender for such reduction in rate of return; provided that,
in the case of each Lender, such additional amount or amounts shall
not exceed 0.15 of 1% per annum of such Lender’s
Commitment. A certificate of such Lender as to any such additional
amount or amounts shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes,
absent manifest error. Except as provided below, in determining any
such amount or amounts each Lender may use any reasonable averaging
and attribution methods. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Lender
shall take all reasonable actions to avoid the imposition of, or
reduce the amounts of, such increased costs, provided that
such actions, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, will not
be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender, and, to the extent
possible, each Lender will calculate such increased costs based
upon the capital requirements for its Commitment hereunder and not
upon the average or general capital requirements imposed upon such
Lender.
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Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, if (a) any Lender shall notify the Facility Agent
that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation
of any law or regulation makes it unlawful, or any central bank or
other governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such
Lender or its Applicable Lending Office to perform its obligations
hereunder to make Advances or to fund or maintain Advances
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(b) any Lender notifies
PMI and the Facility Agent that it is unlawful for such Lender or
its Applicable Lending Office to make Advances or to fund or
maintain Advances to a Designated Subsidiary due to the
jurisdiction of organization of such Designated Subsidiary, then,
in each case, the obligation of such Lender to make such Advances
shall be suspended until the Facility Agent shall notify PMI and
the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension no
longer exist and the relevant aggregate Commitments shall be
temporarily reduced by the amount of such Lender’s share of
the Commitments affected by such illegality for the duration of the
suspension with respect to such Advances; provided ,
however , that each Lender agrees to (i) use reasonable
efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and
regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Applicable
Lending Office if the making of such a designation would allow such
Lender or its Applicable Lending Office to continue to perform its
obligations to make Advances or to continue to fund or maintain
Advances and would not, in the judgment of such Lender, be
otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender and (ii) to make or
fund Advances to a different Borrower designated by PMI if the
making of such designation would allow such Lender to continue to
perform its obligations to make Advances or to continue to fund or
maintain Advances.
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Payments and Computations . (a) Time and
Distribution of Payments . PMI and each Borrower shall make
each payment hereunder, without set-off or counterclaim, not later
than 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the day when due to the Facility
Agent at the Facility Agent’s Account in same day funds. The
Facility Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed
like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or
commitment fees ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to
Section 2.16, 2.19 or 9.4(b)) to the Lenders for the account
of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds
relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender
to such Lender for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in
each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. From and after the effective date of an Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to Section 9.7, the Facility Agent shall
make all payments hereunder in respect of the interest assigned
thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder, and the parties to such
Assignment and Acceptance shall make all appropriate adjustments in
such payments for periods prior to such effective date directly
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(b) Computation of
Interest and Fees . All computations of interest and commitment
fees shall be made by the Facility Agent or the Swingline Agent on
the basis of a year of 360 days, or in the case of interest payable
pursuant to Section 2.12(b)(ii), 365/366 days, in each case
for the actual number of days (including the first day but
excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such
interest or commitment fees are payable. Each determination by the
Facility Agent or the Swingline Agent of an interest rate hereunder
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
(c) Payment Due Dates
. Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day
other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such
case be included in the computation of payment of interest or
commitment fee, as the case may be; provided ,
however , that if such extension would cause payment of
interest on or principal of EURIBOR Advances or LIBOR Advances to
be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
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(d) Presumption of
Borrower Payment . Subject to Section 2.11(b), unless the
Facility Agent receives notice from any Borrower prior to the date
on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that such
Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Facility Agent may
assume that such Borrower has made such payment in full to the
Facility Agent on such date and the Facility Agent may, in reliance
upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on
such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender.
If and to the extent such Borrower has not made such payment in
full to the Facility Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Facility
Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender
together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such
amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender
repays such amount to the Facility Agent at the cost of funds
incurred by the Facility Agent in respect of such
amount.
(e) Default Interest .
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, each Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount of each Advance owing to each Lender, payable in arrears on
the dates referred to in Section 2.6 or Section 2.12, at
a rate per annum equal at all times to 1% per annum above the
rate per annum required to be paid on such Advance.
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Taxes . (a) Any and all payments by each Borrower
and PMI hereunder shall be made, in accordance with
Section 2.18, free and clear of and without deduction for any
and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto,
excluding , (i) in the case of each Lender and each
Agent, taxes imposed on its net income, and franchise taxes imposed
on it, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or
Agent (as the case may be), is organized or any political
subdivision thereof, (ii) in the case of each Lender, taxes
imposed on its net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by
the jurisdiction of such Lender’s Applicable Lending Office
or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) in the case of
each Lender and each Agent, taxes imposed on its net income,
franchise taxes imposed on it, and any tax imposed by means of
withholding to the extent such tax is imposed solely as a result of
a present or former connection (other than the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement or a Note) between such Lender or
Agent (as the case may be) and the taxing jurisdiction, and
(iv) in the case of each Lender and each Agent, taxes imposed
by the United States by means of withholding tax if and to the
extent that such taxes shall be in effect and shall be applicable
on the date hereof to payments to be made to such Lender’s
Applicable Lending Office or to such Agent (all such non-excluded
taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and
liabilities in respect of payments hereunder being hereinafter
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(b) If any Borrower or PMI
shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of
any sum payable hereunder to any Lender or Agent, (i) the sum
payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making
all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section 2.19) such Lender
or
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Agent (as the case may be),
receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no
such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower or PMI shall
make such deductions and (iii) such Borrower or PMI shall pay
the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or
other authority in accordance with applicable law. If clause
(i) of this Section 2.19(b) is unenforceable for any
reason in respect of any Borrower, then:
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for each period during which a deduction or withholding for or
on account of any Taxes is required to be made by the Borrower with
respect to the payment of interest under this Agreement (the
“ Tax Deduction ”), in lieu of application of
clause (i) of this Section 2.19(b), the rate of interest
on the Advances as set out in Sections 2.6 and 2.12 shall be the
percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the
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(i) |
Interest Rate Margin, |
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EURIBOR or LIBOR, as applicable; and |
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Mandatory Cost, if any, |
divided by a factor equal to
one (1) minus the amount of the Tax Deduction expressed as a
multiplier (i.e., ten (10) percent will be expressed as 0.10
and not as 10%); and
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all references to a rate of interest under Sections 2.6 and
2.12 shall be construed thereafter as adjusted in accordance with
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(c) In addition, each
Borrower or PMI shall pay any present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or
similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or from
the execution, delivery or registration of, performing under, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement (hereinafter referred to
as “ Other Taxes ”).
(d) Each Borrower and PMI
shall indemnify each Lender and each Agent for and hold it harmless
against the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without
limitation, Taxes and Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on
amounts payable under this Section 2.19) paid by such Lender
or Agent (as the case may be), and any liability (including
penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or
legally asserted. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days
from the date such Lender or Agent (as the case may be), makes
written demand therefor.
(e) Within 30 days after the
date of any payment of Taxes, each Borrower and PMI shall furnish
to the relevant Agent at its address referred to in
Section 9.2, the original or a certified copy of a receipt
evidencing such payment. If any Borrower or PMI determines that no
Taxes are payable in respect thereof, such Borrower or PMI shall,
at the request of the relevant Agent, furnish or cause the payor to
furnish, such Agent and each Lender
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