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Exhibit
10.1
EXECUTION COPY
$3,900,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 5, 2008
among
Ingersoll-Rand Company
Limited and
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding
Company Limited
The Banks Listed
Herein,
JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A.,
as Administrative
Agent,
Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC
and
Goldman Sachs Credit Partners
L.P.,
as Syndication
Agents,
and
J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc.,
Credit Suisse Securities
(USA) LLC
and
Goldman Sachs Credit Partners
L.P.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and
Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.1. Definitions
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SECTION 1.2. Accounting Terms and
Determinations
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SECTION 1.3. Types of
Borrowings
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ARTICLE II THE CREDITS
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SECTION 2.1. Commitments to
Lend
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SECTION 2.2. Notice of
Borrowings
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SECTION 2.3. Notice to Banks;
Funding of Loans
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SECTION 2.4. Interest
Elections
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SECTION 2.5. Evidence of
Debt
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SECTION 2.6. Maturity of
Loans
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SECTION 2.7. Interest
Rates
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SECTION 2.8. Facility
Fee
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SECTION 2.9. Optional Termination
or Reduction of Commitments
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SECTION 2.10. Mandatory Termination
of Commitments; Mandatory Prepayments
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SECTION 2.11. Optional
Prepayments
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SECTION 2.12. General Provisions as
to Payments
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SECTION 2.13. Funding
Losses
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SECTION 2.14. Computation of
Interest and Fees
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SECTION 2.15. Taxes
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS
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SECTION 3.1. Conditions to Initial
Borrowing
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SECTION 3.2. Borrowings After the
Closing Date
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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SECTION 4.1. Corporate Existence
and Power
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SECTION 4.2. Corporate and
Governmental Authorization; No Contravention
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SECTION 4.3. Binding
Effect
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SECTION 4.4. Financial Information;
No Material Adverse Change
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SECTION 4.5. Litigation
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SECTION 4.6. Compliance with
ERISA
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SECTION 4.7. Environmental
Matters
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SECTION 4.8. Taxes
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SECTION
4.9. Subsidiaries
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SECTION 4.10. Not an Investment
Company
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SECTION 4.11. Full
Disclosure
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SECTION 4.12. Regulations T, U and
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SECTION 4.13. Senior
Indebtedness
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS
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SECTION 5.1. Information
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SECTION 5.2. Maintenance of
Property; Insurance
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SECTION 5.3. Conduct of Business
and Maintenance of Existence
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SECTION 5.4. Compliance with
Laws
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SECTION 5.5. Debt
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SECTION 5.6. Negative
Pledge
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SECTION 5.7. Consolidations,
Mergers and Sales of Assets
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SECTION 5.8. Use of
Proceeds
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SECTION 5.9. Other Cross Defaults
or Negative Pledges
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ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS
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SECTION 6.1. Events of
Default
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SECTION 6.2. Notice of
Default
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ARTICLE VII THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
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SECTION 7.1. Appointment and
Authorization
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SECTION 7.2. Administrative Agent
and Affiliates
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SECTION 7.3. Action by the
Administrative Agent
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SECTION 7.4. Consultation with
Experts
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SECTION 7.5. Liability of the
Administrative Agent
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SECTION
7.6. Indemnification
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SECTION 7.7. Credit
Decision
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SECTION 7.8. Successor
Administrative Agent
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SECTION 7.9. Administrative
Agent’s Fees
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SECTION 7.10. Syndication
Agents
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ARTICLE VIII CHANGE IN
CIRCUMSTANCES
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SECTION 8.1. Basis for Determining
Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair
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SECTION 8.2. Illegality
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SECTION 8.3. Increased Cost and
Reduced Return
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SECTION 8.4. Base Rate Loans
Substituted for Affected Euro-Currency Loans
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SECTION 8.5. Substitution of
Bank
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 9.1. Notices
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SECTION 9.2. No Waivers
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SECTION 9.3. Expenses;
Indemnification
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SECTION 9.4. Sharing of
Set-Offs
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SECTION 9.5. Amendments and
Waivers
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SECTION 9.6. Successors and
Assigns
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SECTION 9.7. Collateral
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SECTION 9.8. Governing Law;
Submission to Jurisdiction; Process Agent
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SECTION 9.9. Counterparts;
Integration
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SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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SECTION
9.11. Severability
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SECTION 9.12. Headings
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SECTION 9.13. Guarantee
Agreement
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SECTION 9.14. Patriot
Act
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SECTION
9.15. Confidentiality
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SECTION 9.16. No Fiduciary
Duty
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Schedule I
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Commitments |
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Exhibit A
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Exhibit B
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Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
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Exhibit C
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Opinion
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Exhibit D
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Opinion
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of
June 5, 2008, among INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY LIMITED,
INGERSOLL-RAND GLOBAL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED, the BANKS listed on
the signature pages hereof, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC and
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as Syndication Agents, and J.P.
MORGAN SECURITIES INC., CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC and
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as joint lead arrangers and
joint bookrunners.
WHEREAS, pursuant to an
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 15, 2007
(together with all exhibits and schedules thereto, the “
Acquisition Agreement ”), among Ingersoll-Rand Company
Limited, a company organized under the laws of Bermuda (“
IR Parent ”), Indian Merger Sub, Inc. (“
Merger Sub ”) and Trane Inc. (the “
Company ”), an acquisition will be consummated (the
“ Acquisition ”) in which (a) Merger Sub
will be merged with and into the Company, with the Company as the
surviving entity, and (b) the existing stockholders of the
Company will be entitled to receive, for each share of outstanding
common stock of the Company (together with the associated rights),
aggregate consideration (the “ Consideration ”)
consisting of 0.23 common shares of IR Parent (together with the
associated number of rights) and $36.50 in cash; provided
that IR Parent may substitute up to $1.00 per share in additional
cash consideration in lieu of a portion of, and appropriately
reducing, the stock consideration in accordance with the terms of
the Acquisition Agreement;
WHEREAS, in connection with
the Acquisition, (a) IR Parent has requested that the Banks
extend credit to the Borrower in the form of the Loans on and after
the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of
$3,900,000,000 and (b) fees and expenses (the “
Transaction Costs ”) incurred in connection with the
Acquisition and the transactions described in this paragraph (such
transactions, together with the Acquisition, the “
Transactions ”) will be paid; and
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the
Loans are to be used as set forth in Section 5.8;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1.
Definitions . The following terms, as used herein, have the
following meanings:
“2004 5-Year Existing
Credit Agreement” means the 5-Year Credit Agreement, dated as
of June 24, 2004 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time) among Ingersoll-Rand Company (“
IR ”), IR Parent, the several banks and other
financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
“2005 5-Year Existing
Credit Agreement” means the 5-Year Credit Agreement, dated as
of August 12, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time) among IR, IR Parent, the several banks
and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, Citicorp USA,
Inc., as syndication agent, Bank of America, N.A., Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd., New York
Branch and UBS Securities LLC, as documentation agents, and J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as lead
arrangers and bookrunners.
“Adjusted London
Interbank Offered Rate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(b).
“Administrative
Agent” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Banks hereunder, and its successors in
such capacity.
“Administrative
Questionnaire” means, with respect to each Bank, an
administrative questionnaire in the form prepared by the
Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative Agent
(with a copy to the Borrower) duly completed by such
Bank.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with
such other Person. As used herein, the term “control”
means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person,
whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
“Agents” means
the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agents, and
“Agent” means any of the foregoing.
“Agreement” means
this Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“Applicable Lending
Office” means, with respect to any Bank, (i) in the case
of its Base Rate Loans, its Domestic Lending Office, and
(ii) in the case of its Euro-Currency Loans, its Euro-Currency
Lending Office.
“Acquisition” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Acquisition
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
“Assignee” has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(c).
“Attributable
Debt” means, at any date, the total net amount of rent as of
such date, multiplied by 6. The net amount of rent required to be
paid for any such period shall be the aggregate of the rent payable
by the lessee with respect to such period after excluding amounts
required to be paid on account of, or measured or determined by,
any variable factor, including, without limitation, the
cost-of-living index and costs of maintenance and repairs,
insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates and similar charges and
after excluding any portion of rentals based on a percentage of
sales made by the lessee. In the case of any lease which is
terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net
amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent
shall be considered so required to be paid under such lease
subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so
terminated.
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“Availability
Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date
to but excluding the earlier of the Termination Date and the date
of termination of the Commitments.
“Available
Commitment” means, with respect to any Bank, an amount equal
to the Commitment of such Bank minus the amount of all
outstanding Loans made by such Bank pursuant to
Section 2.1(a).
“Bank” means each
bank or other financial institution listed on the signature pages
hereof, each Assignee that becomes a Bank pursuant to
Section 9.6(c) and their respective successors. In the event
that any Bank, pursuant to Section 2.3(a), utilizes a branch
or Affiliate to make a Loan, the term “Bank” shall
include any such branch or Affiliate with respect to such
Loan.
“Base Rate”
means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the higher of
(i) the Prime Rate for such day and (ii) the sum of
1 /
2 of 1%
plus the Federal Funds Rate for such day. Any change in the Base
Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate
shall be effective from and including the effective date of such
change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate,
respectively.
“Base Rate Loan”
means a Loan to be made by a Bank as a Base Rate Loan in accordance
with the applicable Notice of Borrowing or pursuant to Article
VIII.
“Benefit
Arrangement” means at any time an employee benefit plan
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is not a
Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise
contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.
“Board” means the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successors).
“Borrower” means
Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Company Limited, a company organized
under the laws of Bermuda.
“Borrowing” has
the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
“Closing Date”
means the date prior to September 30, 2008, on which the
conditions set forth in Section 3.1 are satisfied (or waived
in accordance with Section 9.5).
“Commitment”
means, as to any Bank, the obligation of such Bank to make Loans to
the Borrower hereunder in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed the amount set forth opposite such Bank’s name under
the column “Commitment” on Schedule I, and with respect
to any Bank which becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to
Section 9.6(c), the amount of the Commitment thereby assumed
by such Bank, in each case as such amount may from time to time be
reduced pursuant to Sections 2.9, 2.10, 2.11 and 9.6(c) or
increased pursuant to Section 9.6(c).
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“Company” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Consideration”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Consolidated
Debt” means, at any date, without duplication, the sum of
(i) all amounts which would be set forth opposite the captions
“Loans payable” and “Long-term debt” on a
balance sheet of IR Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of
such date prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistent with those utilized in preparing the audited
balance sheet of IR Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
referred to in Section 4.4(a) hereof, (ii) capitalized
lease obligations of IR Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
and (iii) the higher of the voluntary or involuntary
liquidation value of any preferred stock (other than auction-rate
preferred stock the higher of the voluntary or involuntary
liquidation value of which does not in the aggregate exceed
$100,000,000) of a Consolidated Subsidiary held on such date by a
Person other than IR Parent or a wholly-owned Consolidated
Subsidiary, but in any event excluding subordinated debentures
issued by IR Parent to one or more Delaware statutory business
trusts and purchased by such trusts with the proceeds of the
issuance of trust preferred securities (the “
Equity-Linked Subordinated Debentures ”). The
foregoing definition is based on the understanding of the parties
that the obligations covered by clauses (i) and
(ii) above are co-extensive in all material respects with the
obligations covered by the definition of Debt herein, and the
reference to specific balance sheet captions is for the purpose of
affording both greater simplicity and greater certainty in
determining compliance with the provisions of Section 5.5. If
the foregoing assumption is at some future time determined not to
be correct, and if the Administrative Agent notifies IR Parent that
the Required Banks wish to amend the foregoing definition to
include an obligation covered by the definition of Debt (or if IR
Parent notifies the Administrative Agent that IR Parent wishes to
amend the foregoing definition to exclude an obligation not covered
by the definition of Debt), then IR Parent’s compliance with
Section 5.5 shall be determined by including in (or excluding
from, as the case may be) Consolidated Debt the consolidated
amount, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, of the obligation in question until either such notice
is withdrawn or this definition is amended in a manner satisfactory
to IR Parent and the Required Banks.
“Consolidated Net
Worth” means, in accordance with Section 1.2, at any
date the consolidated stockholders’ equity of IR Parent and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries, exclusive of adjustments resulting
from any accumulated other comprehensive income, any impairment of
tangible assets, or any non-cash charges, but including the amount
shown on the balance sheet of IR Parent as of such date in respect
of any Equity-Linked Subordinated Debentures (as such term is
defined in the definition of Consolidated Debt).
“Consolidated
Subsidiary” means at any date any Subsidiary or other entity
the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of IR Parent
in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were
prepared as of such date.
“Cross Default”
means a provision governing Debt of the Borrower or IR Parent to
the effect that the holder of such Debt (or any representative of
such holder) shall have the right, upon the giving of any notice
and the lapse of any time specified in the instruments governing
such Debt, to accelerate the maturity of such Debt by reason of
(i) an event or condition which permits acceleration of the
maturity of Material Debt of the Borrower, of IR
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Parent or of a Subsidiary or
(ii) the failure to pay when due any amount of Material Debt
of the Borrower, of IR Parent or of a Subsidiary, in either case
whether or not upon the giving of notice and the lapse of any time
(including the lapse of any applicable grace period) specified in
the instruments governing such other Debt.
“Current Board”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(j).
“Debt” of any
Person means at any date, without duplication, (i) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such
Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property (but not
services), except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary
course of business, (iv) all obligations of such Person as
lessee that are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and (v) all Debt of others secured by a
Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is
assumed by such Person; provided that “Debt”
shall include at any date only such obligations and such Debt of
others to the extent such obligations and such Debt of others is
reflected as a liability in the consolidated balance sheet of IR
Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date (or would
be so reflected if such a balance sheet were prepared as of such
date).
“Default” means
any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or
which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would,
unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Dollars” and
“$” mean dollars in lawful currency of the United
States.
“Domestic Business
Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York City are authorized by law to
close.
“Domestic Lending
Office” means, as to each Bank, its office, branch or
Affiliate located at its address set forth in its Administrative
Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative Questionnaire as
its Domestic Lending Office) and/or one or more other offices,
branches or Affiliates as such Bank may hereafter designate as its
Domestic Lending Office by notice to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
“Environmental
Laws” means any and all federal, state, local and foreign
statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders,
decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses,
agreements or other governmental restrictions relating to the
environment or to emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants,
contaminants, petroleum or petroleum products, chemicals or
industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes into the
environment including, without limitation, ambient air, surface
water, ground water, or land, or otherwise relating to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants,
petroleum or petroleum products, chemicals or industrial, toxic or
hazardous substances or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation
thereof.
“ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any
successor statute.
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“ERISA Group”
means IR Parent and all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with IR Parent, are treated as a
single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the
Internal Revenue Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302
of ERISA and Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, are
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal
Revenue Code. 1
“Euro-Currency Business
Day” means any Domestic Business Day on which commercial
banks are open for international business (including dealings in
dollar deposits) in London.
“Euro-Currency Lending
Office” means, as to each Bank, its office, branch or
Affiliate located at its address set forth in its Administrative
Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative Questionnaire as
its Euro-Currency Lending Office) and/or one or more other offices,
branches or Affiliates of such Bank as it may hereafter designate
as its Euro-Currency Lending Office by notice to the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent.
“Euro-Currency
Loan” means a Loan denominated in Dollars to be made by a
Bank as a Euro-Currency Loan in accordance with the applicable
Notice of Borrowing.
“Euro-Currency
Margin” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(f).
“Euro-Currency Reserve
Percentage” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(b).
“Event of
Default” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1.
“Excluded Taxes”
means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Bank or any
other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any
obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise
taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United
States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which
such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is
located or, in the case of any Bank, in which its applicable
lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes
imposed by the United States of America or the jurisdiction in
which the Borrower is located or any similar tax imposed by any
other jurisdiction in which such recipient is located and
(c) in the case of a Foreign Bank, any withholding tax that is
imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Bank at the time such
Foreign Bank becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new
lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Bank’s
failure to comply with Section 2.15(e), except to the extent
that such Foreign Bank (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at
the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to
receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such
withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.15(a).
“Facility Fee
Rate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(f).
“Federal Funds
Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward,
if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds
brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York on the
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Domestic Business Day next succeeding
such day, provided that (i) if such day is not a
Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be
such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Domestic
Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Domestic
Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such
next succeeding Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for
such day shall be the average rate quoted to JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent.
“Fee Letter” has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.3.
“Foreign Bank”
means any Bank that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of
this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof
and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single
jurisdiction.
“Governmental
Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government.
“Guarantors”
means, collectively, IR Parent and (a) any other Person
(except IR) that guarantees, as of the Closing Date, IR
Parent’s outstanding Public Debt or IR Parent’s
indebtedness under the 2004 5-Year Existing Credit Agreement or
2005 5-Year Existing Credit Agreement, (b) any other Person
(except IR) that guarantees, as of the Closing Date, any other
existing Public Debt of the Borrower and (c) any other Person
that guarantees, at any time following the Closing Date, any future
Public Debt of the Borrower; and “Guarantor” means any
one of them.
“Indemnified
Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.3.
“Interest Period”
means: (1) with respect to each Euro-Currency Borrowing, the
period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending seven
days (only in the case of a Euro-Currency Borrowing on the Closing
Date, as set forth in Section 2.2) or one, two, three or six
months and, if agreeable to all the Banks, nine or twelve months,
thereafter, as the Borrower may elect in the applicable Notice of
Borrowing; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period
that would otherwise end on a day which is not a Euro-Currency
Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Euro-Currency
Business Day unless such Euro-Currency Business Day falls in
another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall
end on the next preceding Euro-Currency Business Day;
(b) any Interest Period
that begins on the last Euro-Currency Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period)
shall, subject to clause (c) below, end on the last
Euro-Currency Business Day of a calendar month; and
(c) any Interest Period
that would otherwise end after the Termination Date shall end on
the Termination Date.
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(2) with respect to each Base Rate
Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and
ending 90 days thereafter; provided that:
(a) any Interest Period
that would otherwise end on a day which is not a Domestic Business
Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Domestic Business Day;
and
(b) any Interest Period
that would otherwise end after the Termination Date shall end on
the Termination Date.
“Internal Revenue
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or
any successor statute.
“IR” has the
meaning set forth in the definition of “2004 5-Year Existing
Credit Agreement”.
“IR Parent” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Lien” means,
with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
asset. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Borrower, IR Parent
or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any
asset that it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a
vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital
lease or other title retention agreement relating to such
asset.
“Loan” means a
Base Rate Loan or a Euro-Currency Loan made by the Banks to the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, and “Loans” means
Base Rate Loans or Euro-Currency Loans or any combination of the
foregoing.
“Loan Documents”
means, collectively, this Agreement and any Notes.
“Loan Party”
means the Borrower and any Guarantor.
“London Interbank
Offered Rate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7(b).
“Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on the business,
financial position or results of operations or property of IR
Parent and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, considered as a
whole.
“Material Debt”
means (i) any Public Debt and (ii) any Debt of the
Borrower, of IR Parent and/or one or more of their respective
Subsidiaries, arising in one or more related or unrelated
transactions after the date hereof, in an aggregate principal
amount exceeding $100,000,000.
“Material Plan”
means at any time a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded
Liabilities in an amount which, if the Plan then terminated, would
have a Material Adverse Effect, taking into account all members of
the ERISA Group.
“Material
Subsidiary” means (i) Schlage Lock Company LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, Hussmann International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, Thermo King
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Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and
their respective successors and assigns and (ii) at any date,
any other Restricted Subsidiary which on such date is encompassed
by the definition of a “significant subsidiary”
contained as of the date hereof in Regulation S-X of the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
“Merger Sub” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgage” means,
on any specified property, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge or
other security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of
such property.
“Multiemployer
Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan
within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any
member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation
to make contributions.
“Net Proceeds”
means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds
received in respect of such event, including (i) any cash
received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash
payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant
to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment or
earn-out, but excluding any reasonable interest payments), but only
as and when received, (ii) in the case of a casualty,
insurance proceeds, and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or
similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments,
minus (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and
out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to
third parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with such
event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or other
disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback
transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar proceeding),
the amount of all payments that are permitted hereunder and are
made by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as a result of such event
to repay Debt (other than Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise
subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, and
(iii) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to
be payable) by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, and the amount of
any reserves established by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to
fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in
each case during the year in which such event occurred or the next
succeeding year and that are directly attributable to such event
(as determined reasonably and in good faith by a financial officer
of the Borrower), provided that any reduction at any time in
the amount of any such reserves (other than as a result of payments
made in respect thereof) shall be deemed to constitute the receipt
by the Borrower at such time of Net Proceeds in the amount of such
reduction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of
any event set forth in clause (b) of the definition of
“Prepayment Event”, if no Event of Default exists and
the Borrower delivers a certificate of an officer of the Borrower
to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt of any such
proceeds setting forth the Borrower’s intention to use any
portion of such proceeds, to repair or replace the affected assets,
in each case within 12 months of such receipt, such portion of
such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds.
“Notes” means
promissory notes of the Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, evidencing the obligation of the Borrower to
repay the Loans, and “Note” means any one of such
promissory notes issued hereunder.
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“Notice of
Borrowing” means a Notice of Borrowing (as defined in
Section 2.2).
“Obligations”
means the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest
accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing
after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement
of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to
the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or
post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and
all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent or to any Bank, whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or
hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection
with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document
made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith,
whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement
obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all
fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative
Agent or to any Bank that are required to be paid by the Borrower
pursuant hereto) or otherwise.
“Other Taxes”
means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or
any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies
arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution,
delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement.
“Parent” means,
with respect to any Bank, any Person controlling such
Bank.
“Participant” has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(b).
“Patriot Act” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).
“PBGC” means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to
any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“Pension Act”
shall mean the Pension Protection Act of 2006, as amended from time
to time.
“Person” means an
individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a
partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity or
organization, including a government or political subdivision or an
agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Plan” means at
any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or
subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of
the Internal Revenue Code and is maintained, or contributed to, by
any member of the ERISA Group for employees of any member of the
ERISA Group.
“Prepayment
Event” means:
(a) any sale, transfer
or other disposition (including pursuant to a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction and by way of merger or consolidation) outside of the
ordinary course of business of any property or asset of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than (i) any
sale, transfer or other disposition to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of
IR Parent or (ii) dispositions resulting in aggregate Net
Proceeds not exceeding (A) $50,000,000 in the case of any
single transaction or series of related transactions and
(B) $100,000,000 for all such transactions of the Borrower and
Restricted Subsidiaries prior to the Termination Date;
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(b) any casualty or
other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent
domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or
asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with a fair
market value immediately prior to such event equal to or greater
than $50,000,000, unless used to repair or replace the property
subject to such casualty, condemnation or similar
proceeding;
(c) the public offering
by the Borrower of equity securities; or
(d) the incurrence by
the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of (i) any Debt
incurred pursuant to any credit facility in an amount greater than
$1,000,000,000, (ii) any Public Debt or (iii) any Debt
not permitted pursuant to Section 5.5.
“Prime Rate”
means that rate of interest from time to time announced by JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. at its principal office, presently located at 270
Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, as its prime
rate.
“Principal
Property” means any manufacturing plant or other
manufacturing facility of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, which plant or facility is located
within the United States of America, except any such plant or
facility that the Borrower’s board of directors by resolution
declares is not of material importance to the total business
conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
“Process Agent”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.8.
“Public Debt”
means any notes, bonds, debentures or similar indebtedness set
forth in (a) IR Parent’s Form 10-K for the most recently
ended fiscal year or (b) any filings by IR Parent on Form 10-Q
or Form 8-K made after the end of the most recently ended fiscal
year.
“Register” has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(f).
“Regulation T”
means Regulation T 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.
“Regulation X”
means Regulation X of the Board, as in effect from time to
time.
“Required Banks”
means at any time Banks having at least a majority of the aggregate
amount of the Commitments or, if the Commitments shall have been
terminated, holding Loans evidencing at least a majority of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans.
“Restricted
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary, excluding any Subsidiary
the greater part of the operating assets of which are located or
the principal business of which is carried on outside of the United
States of America.
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“S&P” means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.
“Sale and Leaseback
Transaction” means an arrangement with any Person for the
leasing by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (except for
temporary leases for a term of not more than three years and, in
the case of a Restricted Subsidiary, a lease to the Borrower or
another Restricted Subsidiary) of any Principal Property (whether
now owned or hereafter acquired), which Principal Property has been
or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary to such Person.
“Specified
Representations” means (a) the representations made by
IR Parent or the Company, as applicable, in the Acquisition
Agreement, as are material to the Banks, but only to the extent any
breach of such representations shall give IR Parent the right to
terminate its obligations, or the Company the right to terminate
its obligations (if, in the case of the Company, such right has not
been waived), under the Acquisition Agreement, and (b) the
representations set forth in Section 4.2 (with respect to
execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and no
violation of law with respect to execution, delivery and
performance of the Loan Documents), Section 4.3,
Section 4.10, Section 4.12 and
Section 4.13.
“Subsidiary”
means any corporation or other entity of which securities or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing
similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by
the Borrower or IR Parent, as applicable.
“Syndication
Agents” means Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Goldman
Sachs Credit Partners L.P., in their capacities as syndication
agents for the Banks hereunder, and their respective successors in
such capacity.
“Taxes” means any
and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental
Authority.
“Termination
Date” means the earlier of (a) the date upon which all
of the Commitments under this Agreement have been terminated and
(b) 364 days after the Closing Date or, in each case, if such
day is not a Euro-Currency Business Day, the next preceding
Euro-Currency Business Day.
“Transactions”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Transaction
Costs” has the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
“Type”, when used
in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan
is a Euro-Currency Loan or a Base Rate Loan or whether such
Borrowing is a Euro-Currency Borrowing or a Base Rate
Borrowing.
“Unfunded
Liabilities” means, with respect to any Plan during the term
of this Agreement, the amount (if any) by which (i) the
present value of all accrued benefits under such Plan exceeds
(ii) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to
such benefits (excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions), all
determined on the basis of a Plan termination as of the then most
recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that
such excess represents a potential liability of a member of the
ERISA Group to the PBGC or any other Person under Title IV of
ERISA.
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SECTION 1.2.
Accounting Terms and Determinations . Unless otherwise
specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be
interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made,
and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder
shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect from time to time, applied on a basis
consistent (except for changes concurred in by IR Parent’s
independent public accountants) with the most recent audited
consolidated financial statements of IR Parent and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries delivered to the Banks; provided that,
(x) if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the
Borrower wishes to amend any covenant in Article V to
eliminate the effect of any change in generally accepted accounting
principles on the operation of such covenant (or if the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Banks
wish to amend Article V for such purpose), then the
Borrower’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined
on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles in effect
immediately before the relevant change in generally accepted
accounting principles became effective, until either such notice is
withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to
the Borrower and the Required Banks, and (y) for purposes of
determining Consolidated Net Worth, generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect at the time of and as used to prepare the
financial statements referred to in Section 4.4(a) hereof
shall be used for such determination, notwithstanding any change in
such generally accepted accounting principles after the date of
such financial statements, provided that Consolidated Net
Worth shall be determined excluding the effect of goodwill
impairment charges, net of taxes, to the extent that such effect
would not otherwise have been included in such determination but
for the application of FAS 142.
SECTION 1.3. Types
of Borrowings . The term “Borrowing” denotes the
aggregation of Loans of one or more Banks to be made to the
Borrower pursuant to Article II on a single date and for a
single Interest Period. Borrowings are classified for purposes of
this Agreement by reference to the pricing of Loans comprising such
Borrowing (e.g., a “Euro-Currency Borrowing” is a
Borrowing comprised of Euro-Currency Loans).
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
SECTION 2.1.
Commitments to Lend . During the Availability Period, each
Bank severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, to make loans in Dollars to the Borrower pursuant
to this Section from time to time in amounts such that the
aggregate principal amount of Loans by such Bank at any one time
outstanding shall not exceed the amount of its Commitment. Each
Borrowing under this Section shall be in an aggregate principal
amount of $10,000,000 or any larger multiple of $1,000,000 (except
that any such Borrowing may be in the aggregate amount available in
accordance with Section 3.2(b)) and shall be made from the
several Banks ratably in proportion to their respective Available
Commitments. Within the foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow
under this Section, repay, or to the extent permitted by
Section 2.11, prepay Loans at any time during the Availability
Period under this Section.
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SECTION 2.2. Notice
of Borrowings . The Borrower shall give the Administrative
Agent notice (a “ Notice of Borrowing ”) at its
New York address not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time)
(i) in the case of any Base Rate Borrowing on the Closing
Date, one day prior to the Closing Date, (ii) in the case of
any Base Rate Borrowing on any date other than the Closing Date, on
the date of such Base Rate Borrowing, (iii) in the case of any
Euro-Currency Borrowing on the Closing Date, (A) in the case
of a Euro-Currency Borrowing with an Interest Period of seven days,
on the second Euro-Currency Business Day before such Euro-Currency
Borrowing or (B) in the case of a Euro-Currency Borrowing with
any Interest Period longer than seven days, on the third
Euro-Currency Business Day before such Euro-Currency Borrowing and
(iv) in the case of any Euro-Currency Borrowing after the
Closing Date, on the third Euro-Currency Business Day before such
Euro-Currency Borrowing, specifying:
(a) the date of such
Borrowing, which shall be a Domestic Business Day in the case of a
Base Rate Borrowing or a Euro-Currency Business Day in the case of
a Euro-Currency Borrowing,
(b) the aggregate amount of
such Borrowing,
(c) whether the Loans
comprising such Borrowing are to be Base Rate Loans or
Euro-Currency Loans, and
(d) in the case of a
Euro-Currency Borrowing, the duration of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, subject to the provisions of the definition of
Interest Period.
If no election as to the Type of
Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be a
Base Rate Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with
respect to any requested Euro-Currency Borrowing, then the Borrower
shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month’s duration.
SECTION 2.3. Notice
to Banks; Funding of Loans .
(a) Upon receipt of a Notice
of Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Bank of the contents thereof and of such Bank’s share of such
Borrowing and such Notice of Borrowing shall not thereafter be
revocable by the Borrower. Each Bank at its option may make any
Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such
Bank to make such Loan (subject to the provision by such branch or
Affiliate, prior to such branch or Affiliate receiving any payments
pursuant to the Loan Documents, of (i) any documentation
required pursuant to Section 2.15(e) and (ii) two duly
completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form
W-9, W-8BEN, W-8ECI or W-8IMY (or a successor form), as applicable,
certifying that, if payments under the Loan Documents were paid to
such branch or Affiliate by a U.S. Borrower, such branch or
Affiliate would be entitled to receive payments under the Loan
Documents without deduction or withholding of any United States
tax); provided that any exercise of such option shall not
affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(b) Not later than 12:30 p.m.
New York City time on the date of each Borrowing, each Bank
participating therein shall (except as provided in subsection
(c) of this Section) make available its share of such
Borrowing, in Federal or other funds immediately available in New
York City to the Administrative Agent at its address specified in
or pursuant to Section 9.1. Unless the Administrative Agent
determines that any applicable condition specified in
Article III has not been satisfied, the Administrative Agent
will make the funds so received from the Banks available in like
funds to the Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s aforesaid
address. If any Bank makes a new Loan hereunder on a day on which
the Borrower is to repay all or any part of an outstanding Loan
from such Bank, such Bank shall apply the proceeds of its new Loan
to make such repayment and only an amount equal to the difference
(if any) between the amount being borrowed and the amount being
repaid shall be made available by such Bank to the Administrative
Agent as provided in subsection (b), or remitted by the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent as provided in
Section 2.12.
(c) Unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received notice from a Bank prior to the date (or,
if a Base Rate Borrowing, the time) of any Borrowing that such Bank
will not make available to the Administrative Agent such
Bank’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may
assume that such Bank has made such share available to the
Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance
with subsection (b) of this Section 2.3 and the
Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If
and to the extent that such Bank shall not have so made such share
available to the Administrative Agent, such Bank and the Borrower
severally agree to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon,
for each day from the date such amount is made available to the
Borrower, until the date such amount is repaid to the
Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to the daily
average Federal Funds Rate. A certificate of the Administrative
Agent submitted to any Bank with respect to any amounts owing under
this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error. If such Bank shall repay to the Administrative Agent such
corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such
Bank’s Loan included in such Borrowing for purposes of this
Agreement.
SECTION 2.4.
Interest Elections .
(a) Each Borrowing initially
shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Notice of
Borrowing or designated by Section 2.3 and, in the case of a
Euro-currency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as
specified in such Notice of Borrowing or designated by
Section 2.3. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert
such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing
and, in the case of a Euro-currency Borrowing, may elect Interest
Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may
elect different options with respect to different portions of the
affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Banks holding the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be
considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To make an election
pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that
a Notice of Borrowing
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would be required under Section 2.3
if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting
from such election to be made on the effective date of such
election. Each such telephonic interest election request shall be
irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written interest election
request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed
by the Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and
written interest election request shall specify the following
information:
(i) the Borrowing to which
such interest election request applies and, if different options
are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the
portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in
which case the information to be specified pursuant to
clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each
resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of
the election made pursuant to such interest election request, which
shall be a Domestic Business Day, in the case of a Base Rate
Borrowing, or a Euro-currency Borrowing, in the case of a
Euro-currency Business Day);
(iii) whether the resulting
Borrowing is to be a Base Rate Borrowing or a Euro-currency
Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting
Borrowing is a Euro-currency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be
applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which
shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
“Interest Period”.
If any such interest election request
requests a Euro-currency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest
Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an
Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly following
receipt of an interest election request, the Administrative Agent
shall advise each Bank of the details thereof and of such
Bank’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Borrower fails to
deliver a timely interest election request with respect to a
Euro-currency Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as
provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing
shall be converted to a Base Rate Borrowing. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the
Required Banks, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event
of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be
converted to or continued as a Euro-currency Borrowing and
(ii) unless repaid, each Euro-currency Borrowing shall be
converted to a Base Rate Borrowing at the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto.
SECTION 2.5.
Evidence of Debt .
(a) Each Bank shall maintain
in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower to such Bank resulting from
the Loans of such Bank from time to time, including the amounts of
principal and interest payable and paid to such Bank from time to
time under this Agreement.
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(b) The Administrative Agent
shall maintain the Register pursuant to subsection 9.6(f), and a
subaccount therein for each Bank, in which shall be recorded
(i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder and each Interest
Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or
interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Borrower to each Bank hereunder and (iii) both the amount of
any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the
Borrower and each Bank’s share thereof.
(c) The entries made in the
Register and the accounts of each Bank maintained pursuant to
subsection 2.5(b) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts
of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded;
provided , however , that the failure of any Bank or
the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such
account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the
obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) any
Loans made to the Borrower by such Bank in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
(d) The Borrower agrees that,
upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Bank, it will
execute and deliver to such Bank a single Note evidencing any Loans
of such Bank.
SECTION 2.6.
Maturity of Loans . Each Loan included in any Borrowing
shall mature, and the principal amount thereof shall be due and
payable, on the Termination Date.
SECTION 2.7.
Interest Rates .
(a) Each Base Rate Loan shall
bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each
day from the date such Loan is made until it becomes due, at a rate
per annum equal to the Base Rate for such day. Such interest shall
be payable for each Interest Period on the last day thereof. Any
overdue principal of or interest on any Base Rate Loan shall bear
interest, payable on demand, for each day until paid at a rate per
annum equal to the sum of 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to
Base Rate Loans for such day.
(b) Each Euro-Currency Loan
shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof,
for the Interest Period applicable thereto, at a rate per annum
equal to the sum of the Euro-Currency Margin plus the applicable
Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate. Such interest shall be
payable for each Interest Period on the last day thereof and, if
such Interest Period is longer than three months, at intervals of
three months after the first day thereof.
The “Adjusted London
Interbank Offered Rate” applicable to any Interest Period
means a rate per annum equal to the quotient obtained (rounded
upward, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) by dividing
(i) the applicable London Interbank Offered Rate by
(ii) 1.0 minus the Euro-Currency Reserve
Percentage.
The “London Interbank
Offered Rate” applicable to any Euro-Currency Borrowing for
any Interest Period means the rate appearing on the relevant page
of the Reuters screen (or on any successor or substitute page of
such service, or any successor to or substitute
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for such service, as determined by the
Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing
quotations of interest rates applicable to deposits in Dollars in
the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 A.M., London
time, two Euro-Currency Business Days prior to the commencement of
such Interest Period, as the rate for deposits in Dollars with a
maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such
rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the
“London Interbank Offered Rate” with respect to such
Euro-Currency Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) at which
dollar deposits of an amount comparable to the amount of such
Euro-Currency Borrowing and for a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London
interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, two
Euro-Currency Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period.
“Euro-Currency Reserve
Percentage” means for any day as applied to a Euro-Currency
Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates
(expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect
on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency
reserves under any regulations of the Board or any other
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto)
dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency
funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency
Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). The Adjusted
London Interbank Offered Rate shall be adjusted automatically on
and as of the effective date of any change in the Euro-Currency
Reserve Percentage. The Banks acknowledge and agree that the
Euro-Currency Reserve Percentage on the date hereof is
0%.
(c) Any overdue principal of
or interest on any Euro-Currency Loan shall bear interest, payable
on demand, for each day from and including the date payment thereof
was due to but excluding the date of actual payment, at a rate per
annum equal to the sum of 2% plus the higher of (i) the sum of
the Euro-Currency Margin plus the Adjusted London Interbank Offered
Rate applicable to such Loan and (ii) the rate applicable to
Base Rate Loans for such day.
(d) [Reserved.]
(e) The Administrative Agent
shall determine each interest rate applicable to the Loans
hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the
Borrower and the participating Banks of each rate of interest so
determined, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive in
the absence of manifest error.
(f) Each of
“Euro-Currency Margin” and “Facility Fee
Rate” means, for any day, the percentage set forth below in
the column below such term and in the row corresponding to the
“Level” in effect for IR Parent on such day:
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; provided that, (i) in the
case of split ratings from S&P and Moody’s, the rating to
be used to determine the applicable Level shall be the higher of
the two ratings, or if the ratings differ by more than one Level as
indicated above, the rating to be used to determine the applicable
Level shall be the rating one below the higher of the two ratings,
(ii) if only one rating exists, IR Parent may have its debt
rated by a substitute nationally-recognized rating agency
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; until the
issuance of such rating, the Euro-Currency Margin and Facility Fee
Rate shall be determined by reference to the Level corresponding to
the rating that is one Level lower than the Level corresponding to
the available rating, (iii) if no ratings exist, the
applicable Level shall be Level IV, and (iv) if any rating
shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating
system of the applicable rating agency), such change shall be
effective as of the date on which it is first announced by the
rating agency making such change. Each such change in the
Euro-Currency Margin or Facility Fee Rate shall apply to all
outstanding Euro-Currency Loans and to all facility fees accruing
during the period commencing on the effective date of such change
and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of
the next such change. If the rating system of any rating agency
shall change, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to
amend the references to specific ratings in this definition to
reflect such changed rating system.
SECTION 2.8.
Facility Fee . The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Banks ratably in proportion to their
Commitments a facility fee at the Facility Fee Rate. Such facility
fee shall accrue from and including the date of receipt by the
Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement duly
executed and released by all the parties hereto to but excluding
the Termination Date (or earlier date of termination of the
Commitments in their entirety), on the daily aggregate amount of
the Commitments (whether used or unused). Accrued fees under this
Section shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each
March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31, and upon the later of the date of termination of
the Commitments in their entirety and the date the Loans are repaid
in their entirety).
SECTION 2.9.
Optional Termination or Reduction of Commitments . During
the Availability Period, the Borrower may, upon at least three
Domestic Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent
(which shall give prompt notice thereof to each Bank),
(i) terminate the Commitments at any time, if no Loans are
outstanding at such time or (ii) ratably reduce from time to
time by a minimum aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any multiple
of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, the aggregate amount of the
Commitments in excess of the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the Loans. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall
be permanent.
SECTION 2.10.
Mandatory Termination of Commitments; Mandatory Prepayments
.
(a) Mandatory Termination
of Commitments .
(i) The Commitments shall
terminate on the Termination Date
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