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CREDIT AGREEMENT

Loan Agreement

CREDIT AGREEMENT | Document Parties: INGERSOLL RAND CO LTD | GOLDMAN SACHS BANK | GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS LP | INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY LIMITED, INGERSOLL-RAND GLOBAL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED | JP MORGAN SECURITIES INC, CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC You are currently viewing:
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Title: CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 6/5/2008
Industry: Misc. Capital Goods     Law Firm: Simpson Thacher     Sector: Capital Goods

CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: ingersoll rand co ltd , goldman sachs bank , goldman sachs credit partners lp , ingersoll-rand company limited  ingersoll-rand global holding company limited , jp morgan securities inc  credit suisse securities (usa) llc
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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

   1

SECTION 1.1. Definitions

   1

SECTION 1.2. Accounting Terms and Determinations

   13

SECTION 1.3. Types of Borrowings

   13

ARTICLE II THE CREDITS

   13

SECTION 2.1. Commitments to Lend

   13

SECTION 2.2. Notice of Borrowings

   14

SECTION 2.3. Notice to Banks; Funding of Loans

   14

SECTION 2.4. Interest Elections

   15

SECTION 2.5. Evidence of Debt

   16

SECTION 2.6. Maturity of Loans

   17

SECTION 2.7. Interest Rates

   17

SECTION 2.8. Facility Fee

   19

SECTION 2.9. Optional Termination or Reduction of Commitments

   19

SECTION 2.10. Mandatory Termination of Commitments; Mandatory Prepayments

   19

SECTION 2.11. Optional Prepayments

   20

SECTION 2.12. General Provisions as to Payments

   20

SECTION 2.13. Funding Losses

   21

SECTION 2.14. Computation of Interest and Fees

   21

SECTION 2.15. Taxes

   21

ARTICLE III CONDITIONS

   23

SECTION 3.1. Conditions to Initial Borrowing

   23

SECTION 3.2. Borrowings After the Closing Date

   24

ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   25

SECTION 4.1. Corporate Existence and Power

   25

SECTION 4.2. Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention

   25

 


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SECTION 4.3. Binding Effect

   25

SECTION 4.4. Financial Information; No Material Adverse Change

   25

SECTION 4.5. Litigation

   26

SECTION 4.6. Compliance with ERISA

   26

SECTION 4.7. Environmental Matters

   26

SECTION 4.8. Taxes

   27

SECTION 4.9. Subsidiaries

   27

SECTION 4.10. Not an Investment Company

   27

SECTION 4.11. Full Disclosure

   27

SECTION 4.12. Regulations T, U and X

   27

SECTION 4.13. Senior Indebtedness

   27

ARTICLE V COVENANTS

   28

SECTION 5.1. Information

   28

SECTION 5.2. Maintenance of Property; Insurance

   30

SECTION 5.3. Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence

   30

SECTION 5.4. Compliance with Laws

   30

SECTION 5.5. Debt

   31

SECTION 5.6. Negative Pledge

   31

SECTION 5.7. Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets

   33

SECTION 5.8. Use of Proceeds

   33

SECTION 5.9. Other Cross Defaults or Negative Pledges

   33

ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS

   33

SECTION 6.1. Events of Default

   33

SECTION 6.2. Notice of Default

   35

ARTICLE VII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

   35

SECTION 7.1. Appointment and Authorization

   35

SECTION 7.2. Administrative Agent and Affiliates

   35

SECTION 7.3. Action by the Administrative Agent

   36

SECTION 7.4. Consultation with Experts

   36

SECTION 7.5. Liability of the Administrative Agent

   36

 

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SECTION 7.6. Indemnification

   36

SECTION 7.7. Credit Decision

   36

SECTION 7.8. Successor Administrative Agent

   36

SECTION 7.9. Administrative Agent’s Fees

   37

SECTION 7.10. Syndication Agents

   37

ARTICLE VIII CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES

   37

SECTION 8.1. Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair

   37

SECTION 8.2. Illegality

   37

SECTION 8.3. Increased Cost and Reduced Return

   38

SECTION 8.4. Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected Euro-Currency Loans

   39

SECTION 8.5. Substitution of Bank

   40

ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS

   40

SECTION 9.1. Notices

   40

SECTION 9.2. No Waivers

   41

SECTION 9.3. Expenses; Indemnification

   41

SECTION 9.4. Sharing of Set-Offs

   42

SECTION 9.5. Amendments and Waivers

   42

SECTION 9.6. Successors and Assigns

   42

SECTION 9.7. Collateral

   44

SECTION 9.8. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Process Agent

   44

SECTION 9.9. Counterparts; Integration

   45

SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

   45

SECTION 9.11. Severability

   45

SECTION 9.12. Headings

   45

SECTION 9.13. Guarantee Agreement

   45

SECTION 9.14. Patriot Act

   47

SECTION 9.15. Confidentiality

   47

SECTION 9.16. No Fiduciary Duty

   48

 

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Schedule I

   -    Commitments

Exhibit A

   -    Note

Exhibit B

   -    Assignment and Assumption Agreement

Exhibit C

   -    Opinion of Conyers, Dill & Pearman

Exhibit D

   -    Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

 


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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Subject to review by Simpson’s ERISA counsel.

 

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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:

 

    Ratings            

Level

  Moody’s   S&P   Facility Fee Rate     Euro-Currency Margin  
I   A3   A-   0.060 %   0.290 %
II   Baa1   BBB+   0.070 %   0.530 %
III   Baa2   BBB   0.090 %   0.610 %
IV   Lower   Lower   0.125 %   0.775 %

 

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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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