FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

May 31, 2007

among

WABCO HOLDINGS INC.

The Borrowing Subsidiaries Party Hereto

The Lenders Party Hereto

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender

J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED,

as London Agent

ABN AMRO BANK N.V.,

as Syndication Agent

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

BNP PARIBAS

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Documentation Agents

 

 

As Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

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FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of May 31, 2007, among WABCO HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company” ); the BORROWING SUBSIDIARIES from time to time party hereto (the “ Borrowing Subsidiaries” , and, together with the Company, the “ Borrowers” ); the LENDERS from time to time party hereto; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, as Issuing Bank and as Swingline Lender; J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, as London Agent, ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as Syndication Agent, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., BNP PARIBAS, and CITIBANK, N.A., as Documentation Agents.

The Borrowers have requested the Lenders (such term and each other capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein having the meaning assigned to it in Article I) to extend credit in the form of (a) Loans in US Dollars and one or more Designated Foreign Currencies in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not in excess of US$800,000,000, (b) Letters of Credit in US Dollars, Sterling and Euro in an aggregate stated amount at any time outstanding not in excess of US$100,000,000 and (c) Swingline Loans (i) in US Dollars in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of US$10,000,000 (as such amount may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06(d)) and (ii) in Sterling or Euro in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not in excess of US$65,000,000 (as such amount may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2.06(d)). The Borrowers have also requested the Lenders to provide a procedure pursuant to which the Borrowers may invite the Lenders to bid on an uncommitted basis on short-term Loans to the Borrowers. The proceeds of Borrowings hereunder, and the Letters of Credit issued hereunder, are to be used for working capital, to fund repurchases of capital stock and for general corporate purposes.

The Lenders are willing to establish the credit facilities referred to in the preceding paragraph upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

“ ABR ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

 

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“ Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, or any successor thereto appointed in accordance with Article VIII.

“ Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

“ Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

“ Agents ” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent and the London Agent.

“ Agreement Currency ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.14(b).

“ Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus   ¹ / 2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

“ Applicable Agent ” means (a) with respect to any Loan, Borrowing or Letter of Credit denominated in US Dollars, or with respect to any payment that does not relate to any particular Loan or Borrowing, the Administrative Agent and (b) with respect to any Loan, Borrowing or Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency, the London Agent.

“ Applicable Creditor ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.14(b).

“ Applicable Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the aggregate Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

 

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“ Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan or with respect to the facility fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Eurocurrency Spread” or “Facility Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination date and the Utilization Percentage on such date:

 

For purposes of the foregoing, (i) the Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company’s fiscal year based on the Company’s consolidated financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.05(a) or (b) and (ii) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the first Business Day following the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the consolidated financial statements indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) until the Company shall have delivered the financial statements and certificate required under Section 5.05(a) and (c) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, the “Applicable Rate” shall, except as provided in clause (ii) of this sentence, be determined by reference to Category 2, and (ii) the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 4 (A) on any date when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (B) at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders, if the Company fails to deliver any consolidated financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.05(a) or (b), during the period from the last day on which such statements are permitted to be delivered in conformity with Section 5.05(a) or (b), as applicable, until the date on which such consolidated financial statements are delivered.

“ ASCI ” means American Standard Companies Inc., a Delaware corporation, which prior to the consummation of the Spin-Off, owned all of the Equity Interests in the Company.

“ Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent.

 

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“ Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.

“ Belgian Borrowing Subsidiary ” means a Borrowing Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of Belgium or any political subdivision thereof.

“ Belgian Lending Office ” means, as to any Lender, the applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make Loans in Euro and Sterling to the Belgian Borrowing Subsidiaries.

“ Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

“ Borrower ” means the Company or any Borrowing Subsidiary.

“ Borrower Agent” means the Company, which for convenience shall act on behalf of the Borrowers for purposes of giving and receiving certain notices and taking certain other actions as more fully set forth herein.

“ Borrowing ” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type and currency made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect, (b) a Competitive Loan or group of Competitive Loans of the same Type and currency made on the same date and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (c) a Swingline Loan.

“ Borrowing Minimum ” means (a) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, US$5,000,000 (or, in the case of a Swingline Borrowing, US$1,000,000) and (b) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency, the smallest integral multiple of 1,000,000 units (or, in the case of Sterling, 500,000 units) of such currency that has a US Dollar Equivalent at least equal to US$5,000,000.

“ Borrowing Multiple ” means (a) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, US$1,000,000 and (b) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in any other currency, 1,000,000 units (or, in the case of Sterling, 500,000 units) of such currency.

“ Borrowing Request ” means a request by a Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.

“ Borrowing Subsidiary ” means, at any time, each of the Subsidiaries that (a) is named on the signature pages to this Agreement or (b) has been designated as a Borrowing Subsidiary by the Borrower Agent pursuant to Section 2.20, other than any such Subsidiary that has ceased to be a Borrowing Subsidiary as provided in Section 2.20.

“ Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement ” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1.

 

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“ Borrowing Subsidiary Termination ” means a Borrowing Subsidiary Termination substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2.

“ Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday or a Sunday; provided that (a) when used in connection with a Loan or Letter of Credit denominated in US Dollars, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; (b) when used in connection with (i) a Eurocurrency Loan, (ii) a Fixed Rate Loan or Letter of Credit denominated in a Designated Foreign Currency or (iii) a Swingline Loan denominated in Sterling, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in the applicable currency in the London interbank market and (c) when used in connection with a Loan or Letter of Credit denominated in Euro (including a Swingline Loan denominated in Euro), the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET payment system is not open for the settlement of payments in Euro.

“ Calculation Date ” means (a) the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and (b) solely with respect to any Designated Foreign Currency for a requested new Borrowing for which an Exchange Rate was not established on the immediately preceding Calculation Date, the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which such Borrowing is to be made, provided that the Administrative Agent may in addition designate the last day of any other month as a Calculation Date if it reasonably determines that there has been significant volatility in the foreign currency markets since the most recent Calculation Date.

“ Capital Lease ”, as applied to any Person, means any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee which, in accordance with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

“ Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP applied on a consistent basis and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis.

“ Cash Pooling Arrangement ” means an arrangement among a single depository institution and two or more Non-US Subsidiaries involving the pooling of cash deposits by such Non-US Subsidiaries for cash management purposes.

A “ Change in Control ” shall be deemed to have occurred if at any time (a) any Person or group of Persons (within the meaning of Section 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the rules of the SEC thereunder) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the SEC) of Equity Interests representing 50% or more in voting power of the outstanding Voting

 

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Stock of the Company or (b) a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company shall at any time not consist of (i) individuals who shall have been members of the Board of Directors of the Company on the Effective Date and (ii) individuals whose nomination or election to such Board of Directors shall have been recommended or approved by a vote of a majority of the members of such Board of Directors described in the preceding clause (i) or in this clause (ii).

“ Change in Law ” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank, or by any lending or issuing office of such Lender or Issuing Bank or by such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, with any request, guideline or directive of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement, to the extent such request, guideline or directive has the force of law or is of a type generally complied with by financial institutions under the jurisdiction of such Governmental Authority.

“ Class ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Competitive Loans or Swingline Loans.

“ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“ Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(a), to acquire participations in Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05 and to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.06, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Commitments on the date hereof is US$800,000,000.

“ Company ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the heading of this Agreement.

“ Competitive Bid ” means an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive Loan in accordance with Section 2.04.

“ Competitive Bid Rate ” means, with respect to any Competitive Bid, the Margin or the Fixed Rate, as applicable, offered by the Lender making such Competitive Bid.

 

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“ Competitive Bid Request ” means a request by a Borrower for Competitive Bids in accordance with Section 2.04.

“ Competitive Borrowing ” means a Borrowing comprised of Competitive Loans.

“ Competitive Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.

“ Competitive Loan Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Competitive Loans of such Lender denominated in US Dollars and (b) the sum of the US Dollar Equivalents of the aggregate principal amounts of the outstanding Competitive Loans of such Lender denominated in Designated Foreign Currencies.

“ Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) Consolidated Net Interest Expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income tax expense for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period, (iv) any extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash charges for such period related to plant closings or other restructurings of operations or to the writedown of assets, (v) fees and expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the Spin-Off in an aggregate amount not to exceed US$75,000,000, and (vi) cash payments or reserves for such period in respect of the EC Matter and minus (b) without duplication and to the extent not deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income, (i) extraordinary gains for such period and (ii) any amounts paid in cash in respect of extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash charges during any earlier period related to plant closings or other restructurings of operations or to the writedown of assets, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that for any period including a fiscal quarter during which an acquisition or a divestiture was consummated outside of the ordinary course of business, Consolidated EBITDA and the components thereof shall be determined on a pro forma basis as if such acquisition or divestiture, as the case may be, had occurred at the beginning of such period; provided further that for purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period that includes any fiscal quarter ended prior to the date of the consummation of the Spin-Off, Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarter shall be determined on the same basis as the financial statements of the Company set forth in the Form 10 were prepared.

“ Consolidated Liquidity ” means, on any date, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of unused Commitments under this Agreement plus the aggregate amount of unused commitments under any other committed credit facilities then available to (x) the Company or (y) its Subsidiaries so long as the Company is also a borrower thereunder, in each case on such date and (b) the difference between (i) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries on such date, excluding, however, all cash and cash equivalents subject to agreements or other arrangements that restrict the use of such cash and cash equivalents in the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate Taxes that

 

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would become payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the event such Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents were repatriated to the Company or a Subsidiary that is a US Person on such date, as estimated in good faith by the Company and certified by a Financial Officer of the Company to the Administrative Agent.

“ Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the net income or loss of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“ Consolidated Net Indebtedness ” means, on any date, (a) Consolidated Total Debt minus (b) the amount by which Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents exceeds US$100,000,000; provided that in no event shall the amount subtracted pursuant to this clause (b) exceed US$100,000,000.

“ Consolidated Net Interest Expense ” means, with respect to any Person, for any period for which such amount is being determined, (a) total interest expense (including that properly attributable to Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP and amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs) of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries, including all capitalized interest, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financings and net costs under interest rate protection agreements (including amortization of discount) minus (b) total interest income of such Person and its consolidated subsidiaries, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and, to the extent Consolidated EBITDA for any period is determined on a pro forma basis to reflect an acquisition or divestiture out of the ordinary course of business, Consolidated Net Interest Expense shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such acquisition or divestiture, as the case may be, had occurred at the beginning of such period; provided that for purposes of determining Consolidated Net Interest Expense for any period that includes any fiscal quarter ended prior to the date of the consummation of the Spin-Off, Consolidated Net Interest Expense for such fiscal quarter shall be determined on the same basis as the financial statements of the Company set forth in the Form 10 were prepared

“ Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” means, with respect to any Person, the aggregate amount of assets of such Person (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom (to the extent otherwise included therein) (a) all current liabilities (other than Borrowings under this Agreement or current maturities of long-term Indebtedness), and (b) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangibles, all as set forth on the books and records of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries and computed in accordance with GAAP.

“ Consolidated Total Assets ” means, with respect to any Person, the aggregate amount of assets of such Person (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items).

 

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“ Consolidated Total Debt ” means, for any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“ Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling” and “ Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“ Controlled Group ” means all of a controlled group of corporations and all trades and businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control that, together with the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

“ Covenant Termination Date ” means the first date after the first anniversary of the Effective Date that is the last day of a fiscal quarter of the Company and on which the Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 1.50:1.00.

“ Credit Documents ” means this Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary Termination, each Letter of Credit and each promissory note delivered pursuant to this Agreement, as such documents may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

“ Credit Event ” means each Borrowing and each issuance, extension or increase in the amount of any Letter of Credit.

“ Credit Parties ” means the Company and each Borrowing Subsidiary.

“ Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.

“ Designated Foreign Currency ” means Sterling and Euro.

“ Designated Obligations ” means, in respect of this Agreement, all Obligations of the Credit Parties in respect of (a) principal of and interest on the Loans, (b) payments required to be made hereunder in respect of Letters of Credit, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral and (c) facility fees and Letter of Credit participation fees in respect of this Agreement, in each case regardless of whether then due and payable. The Designated Obligations owed to any Lender under this Agreement in respect of outstanding Swingline Loans will consist of such Lender’s Swingline Exposure.

“ Determination Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.07.

“ EC Judgment ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.05(g).

“ EC Matter ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.12.

 

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“ EC Payment Date ” means, with respect to any payment, posting of a bond or issuance of a letter of credit, in each case in respect of any EC Judgment, the earlier to occur of (a) a date, if any, that the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries pays all or any portion of such EC Judgment, or causes a bond or letter of credit to be posted or issued on its behalf with respect to, such EC Judgment and (b) a date that is the expiration of any period during which Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries is required to pay all or any portion of such EC Judgment, or to cause a bond or letter of credit to be posted or issued on its behalf with respect to such EC Judgment.

“ Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 10.02).

“ EMU Legislation ” means the legislative measures of the European Union for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of the Euro in one or more member states.

“ Environmental Laws ” means all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws (including common law), regulations, ordinances, judgments, permits and other governmental rules or restrictions relating to human health, safety (including occupational safety and health standards), and protection of the environment or to emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes into the environment, including ambient air, surface or ground water, or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or wastes or the cleanup or other remediation thereof.

“ Environmental Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Company or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Laws, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

“ Equity Interests ” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interests.

“ ERISA ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.09.

“ Euro ” or “€” means the single currency of the European Union as constituted by the Treaty on European Union and as referred to in the EMU Legislation.

 

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“ Eurocurrency ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBO Rate.

“ Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

“ Exchange Rate ” means on any day, for purposes of determining the US Dollar Equivalent of any other currency, the rate at which such other currency may be exchanged into US Dollars, as set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day on the Reuters World Currency Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent, or, in the absence of such an agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date for the purchase of US Dollars for delivery two Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination shall be presumed correct in the absence of facts or circumstances indicating that it has been made in error.

“ Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to any Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or under any other Credit Document, (a) income, franchise or similar taxes (i) 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 Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or (ii) imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from such recipient’s having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, any Credit Document), (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) above, (c) in the case of any Lender, any withholding tax imposed by the United States of America that is in effect and would apply (assuming the taking by the applicable Borrower of all actions necessary in order for any available exemption from such tax to be effective) to amounts payable by a US Borrower from an office within the United States of America to a US Lending Office of such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (or designates such US Lending Office), (d) in the case of any Lender, any withholding tax imposed by the United Kingdom (or any political subdivision thereof) that is in effect and would apply (assuming the taking by the applicable Borrower of all actions necessary in order for any available exemption from such tax to be effective) to amounts payable by a UK Borrowing Subsidiary from an office within the United Kingdom to a UK Lending Office of such Lender at the time

 

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such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (or designates such UK Lending Office), (e) in the case of any Lender, any withholding tax imposed by Belgium (or any political subdivision thereof) that is in effect and would apply (assuming the taking by the applicable Borrower of all actions necessary in order for any available exemption from such tax to be effective) to amounts payable by a Belgian Borrowing Subsidiary from an office within Belgium to a Belgian Lending Office of such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (or designates such Belgian Lending Office), and (f) in the case of any Lender, any withholding tax that is attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(e); provided that in the case of clauses (c), (d) and (e) above, no withholding tax shall be an Excluded Tax if and to the extent that a Lender (or its assignor, if any) shall have been entitled, at the time it designates a new lending office (or at the time it acquires any rights hereunder by assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17.

“ Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

“ Financial Officer ” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller of the Company.

“ Fixed Rate ” means, with respect to any Competitive Loan (other than a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan), the fixed rate of interest per annum specified by the Lender making such Competitive Loan in its related Competitive Bid.

“ Fixed Rate Loan ” means a Competitive Loan bearing interest at a Fixed Rate.

“ Foreign Lender ” means, as to any Borrower, any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which such 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.

“ Form 10 ” means the Form 10 filed by WABCO with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2007 relating to the Spin-Off and any amendments thereto.

“ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

“ Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

 

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“ Guarantee ” of or by any person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such person, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness, (b) to purchase property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment of such Indebtedness or (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness; provided, however , that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to equal the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such person is required to perform thereunder); provided, however , that the amount of any Guarantee that, by its terms, limits the amount payable thereunder to a stated or determinable amount shall not exceed such stated or determinable amount.

“ Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Laws.

“ Hedging Agreement ” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, currency swap agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate hedging arrangement. The “principal amount” of any Hedging Agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary at any time shall be deemed to be the aggregate amount at such time of the payments that would be required to be made by the Company or such Subsidiary in the event of any early termination at such time of such Hedging Agreement.

“ Incur ” means create, incur, assume, Guarantee or otherwise become responsible for, and “ Incurred” and “ Incurrence” shall have correlative meanings.

“ Indebtedness ” of any person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for money borrowed or raised (excluding all Securitization Transactions that are accounted for as true sales of accounts receivable and not as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets of the Company, but including Securitization Transactions accounted for as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets of the Company), (b) all obligations of such person (other than accounts payable and other similar items arising in the ordinary course of business) for the deferred payment of the purchase price of property or services which would appear as liabilities on a balance

 

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sheet of such person, (c) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person, (d) all Guarantees by such person of obligations of others that otherwise constitute Indebtedness and (e) all obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit issued to secure payment obligations that otherwise constitute Indebtedness.

“ Indemnified Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

“ Information Memorandum ” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated April 2007 relating to the Company and the Transactions.

“ Interest Election Request ” means a request by a Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.

“ Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, (c) with respect to any Fixed Rate Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than 90 days’ duration (unless otherwise specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request), each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of 90 days’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and any other dates that are specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request as Interest Payment Dates with respect to such Borrowing and (d) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.

“ Interest Period ” means (a) with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three, six, or, if available from time to time from all of the Lenders, twelve months thereafter, as the applicable Borrower may elect, and (b) with respect to any Fixed Rate Borrowing, the period (which shall not be less than 7 days or more than 360 days) commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the date specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request; provided , that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

 

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“ Issuing Bank ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and any one or more other Lenders designated in writing by the Borrower Agent in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent, and their respective successors in such capacity; provided that such other Lender shall have consented to such designation. The Issuing Banks may, in their respective discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Banks listed in Schedule 1.01 or approved by the Borrower Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliates with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliates.

“ JPMEL ” means J.P. Morgan Europe Limited and its successors.

“ JPMCB ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and its successors.

“ Judgment Currency ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.14(b).

“ LC Disbursement ” means a payment made by any Issuing Bank in respect of a Letter of Credit.

“ LC Exposure ” means at any time the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit denominated in US Dollars at such time, (b) the aggregate of the US Dollar Equivalents of the undrawn amounts of all outstanding Letters of Credit denominated in Sterling or Euro at such time, (c) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements denominated in US Dollars that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers at such time and (d) the aggregate of the US Dollar Equivalents of the amounts of all LC Disbursements denominated in Sterling or Euro that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure.

“ Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided for herein, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender.

“ Letter of Credit ” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.05(a).

“ Leverage Ratio ” means, at any date that is the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net Indebtedness on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended on such date.

“ LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, (a) the rate per annum appearing under the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in the currency of such Borrowing at approximately

 

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11:00 a.m., London time, on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period, as reflected on the applicable Telerate screen page, for a period equal to such Interest Period (or, if an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the respective interest rates per annum at which deposits in the currency of such Borrowing are offered for such Interest Period to major banks in the London interbank market by JPMCB at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period), multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate applicable to such Eurocurrency Borrowing; provided that for purposes of determining the interest rate applicable to any Eurocurrency Competitive Borrowing, the LIBO Rate shall be the rate determined pursuant to the foregoing clause (a) without giving effect to clause (b).

“ Liquidity Determination Date ” means a date which is four Business Days prior to any EC Payment Date.

“ Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement relating to such asset.

“ Loans ” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement.

“ Local Time ” means (a) with respect to a Loan, Borrowing or Letter of Credit denominated in US Dollars, New York City time and (b) with respect to a Loan, Borrowing or Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency, London time.

“ London Agent ” means JPMEL, in its capacity as London agent for the Lenders hereunder, or any successor thereto appointed in accordance with Article VIII.

“ Margin ” means, with respect to any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the LIBO Rate, the marginal rate of interest, if any, to be added to or subtracted from the LIBO Rate to determine the rate of interest applicable to such Loan, as specified by the Lender making such Loan in its related Competitive Bid.

“ Margin Stock ” means “ margin stock ” as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

“ Material Adverse Effect ” means any event or condition not disclosed in writing to the Lenders or in the Form 10, in each case prior to the date of this Agreement, that (a) has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change in the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) has materially impaired or could reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of the Credit Parties to perform any of their obligations under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, it being understood that the Spin-Off shall not be deemed to constitute a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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“ Material Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit and Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Subsidiary), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Company and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount greater than US$75,000,000.

“ Material Subsidiary ” means, at any time, (a) each Borrowing Subsidiary and (b) each other Subsidiary exclusive of Subsidiaries that, together with their own subsidiaries, shall have accounted for less than 5% for any such Subsidiary, or 15% in the aggregate for all such Subsidiaries of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended. For purposes of making the determinations required by clause (b) of this definition, the components of Consolidated EBITDA of Non-US Subsidiaries shall be converted into US Dollars at the rates used in preparing the consolidated balance sheets of the Company included in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 or delivered pursuant to Section 5.05.

“ Maturity Date ” means the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date.

“Non-US Lending Office ” means, as to any Lender, any applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make Loans in Designated Foreign Currencies. A Lender may designate multiple Non-US Lending Offices for Loans to different Borrowers or in different Designated Foreign Currencies; provided that (i) each Lender shall be deemed to have designated its UK Lending Offices as its Non-US Lending Offices for all Loans in Euro or Sterling (other than any such Loan by a Lender to a Belgian Borrowing Subsidiary) and (ii) each Lender shall be deemed to have designated its Belgian Lending Office as its Non-US Lending Office for all Loans in Designated Foreign Currencies to the Belgian Borrowing Subsidiaries.

“ Non-US Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary that is not a US Subsidiary.

“ Obligations ” means (a) the principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (b) each payment required to be made by any Borrower under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral and (c) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of any Credit Party under this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

“ Other Taxes ” means any and all present or future recording, stamp, documentary, excise, transfer, sales, property or similar taxes, charges or levies arising

 

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from any payment made under any Credit Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Credit Document.

“ PBGC ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.09.

“ Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet due and payable or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.03;

(b) statutory Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and suppliers, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith;

(c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security programs, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (other than obligations for the payment of borrowed money);

(d) leases or subleases granted to others (other than as security for Indebtedness) not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company or any Subsidiary;

(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary;

(f) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease other than a Capital Lease or a lease entered into as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction;

(g) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(h) deed restrictions to ensure non-disturbance of legally permitted, permanent on-site waste storage/ treatment facilities; and

(i) normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions.

“ Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

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“ Plan ” means, for the Company and each Subsidiary at any time, an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code and either (a) is maintained by a member of the Controlled Group for employees of a member of the Controlled Group, (b) is maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement under which more than one employer makes contributions and to which a member of the Controlled Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions, or (c) under which a member of the Controlled Group has any liability, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the preceding five years or by reason of being deemed a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA.

“ Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

“ Property ” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.

“ Quotation Day ” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing and any Interest Period, the day on which it is market practice in the relevant interbank market for prime banks to give quotations for deposits in the currency of such Borrowing for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period. If such quotations would normally be given by prime banks on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of such days.

“ Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04.

“ Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees and agents of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

“ Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time; provided that, for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Article VII or the Commitments expire or terminate, “ Required Lenders” will mean, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and outstanding Competitive Loan Exposures representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and outstanding Competitive Loan Exposures at such time.

“ Reset Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.05.

“ Revolving Borrowing ” means a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Loans.

 

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“ Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum at such time, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans denominated in US Dollars outstanding at such time, (b) the aggregate amount of the US Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of the Revolving Loans denominated in Designated Foreign Currencies outstanding at such time, (c) the aggregate LC Exposure at such time and (d) the aggregate Swingline Exposure at such time. The Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the total Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.

“ Revolving Loan ” means a Loan made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and 2.03. Each Revolving Loan denominated in US Dollars shall be a Eurocurrency Loan or an ABR Loan. Each Revolving Loan denominated in a Designated Foreign Currency shall be a Eurocurrency Loan.

“ Sale-Leaseback Transaction ” means any arrangement whereby the Company or a Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owner or hereinafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred; provided that any such arrangement entered into within 180 days after the acquisition, construction or substantial improvement of the subject property shall not be deemed to be a “Sale-Leaseback Transaction”.

“ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor Governmental Authority.

“ Securitization Transaction ” means (a) any transfer of accounts receivable or interests therein (i) to a trust, partnership, corporation or other entity (other than a Subsidiary), which transfer or pledge is funded by such entity in whole or in part by the issuance to one or more lenders or investors of indebtedness or other securities that are to receive payments principally from the cash flow derived from such accounts receivable or interests in accounts receivable, or (ii) directly to one or more investors or other purchasers (other than any Subsidiary), or (b) any transaction in which the Company or a Subsidiary Incurs Indebtedness or other obligations secured by Liens on accounts receivable. The “amount” of any Securitization Transaction shall be deemed at any time to be (A) in the case of a transaction described in clause (a) of the preceding sentence, the aggregate uncollected amount of the accounts receivable transferred pursuant to such Securitization Transaction, net of any such accounts receivable that have been written off as uncollectible, and (B) in the case of a transaction described in clause (b) of the preceding sentence, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by Liens on accounts receivable Incurred pursuant to such Securitization Transaction or, if less, the aggregate uncollected amount of the accounts receivable subject to such Liens. For purposes of this Agreement (including Sections 6.01(j) and (k)), accounts receivable shall include any and all payments owing to the Company or any Subsidiary by any and all obligors (including obligors which are federal, state or local governments or governmental agencies) under long term contracts in respect of goods or other property sold or leased or services rendered.

 

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“ Spin-Off ” means the distribution on a pro rata basis to ASCI’s shareholders in a tax-free transaction, on the terms described in the Form 10, of all the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of WABCO.

“ Statutory Reserve Rate ” means, with respect to any currency, a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve, liquid asset or similar percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by any Governmental Authority of the United States or of the jurisdiction of such currency or any jurisdiction in which Loans in such currency are made to which banks in such jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency or by reference to which interest rates applicable to Loans in such currency are determined. Such reserve, liquid asset or similar percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D of the Board. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D or any other applicable law, rule or regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

“ Sterling ” or “£” means the lawful money of the United Kingdom.

“ Sterling/Euro Swingline Exposure” means at any time, the aggregate of the US Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of all Swingline Loans denominated in Sterling or Euro outstanding at such time. The Sterling/Euro Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Sterling/Euro Swingline Exposure.

“ Sterling/Euro Swingline Sublimit ” means US$65,000,000 as such amount may be adjusted in accordance with Section 2.06(d).

“ subsidiary ” means, with respect to any person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any person of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

“ Subsidiary ” means any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company.

“ Swingline Base Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any Swingline Loan that (a) is denominated in US Dollars, the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (b) is denominated in Sterling or Euro, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the interest rate per annum at which deposits in the currency in which such Swingline Loan is denominated and approximately equal in principal amount to such Swingline Loan are obtainable by the Swingline Lender on such day at its lending office for such Swingline Loan in the interbank market (or any other market for

 

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funds in such currency utilized by the Swingline Lender), adjusted to reflect any direct or indirect costs of obtaining such deposits. The Swingline Base Rate applicable to any Swingline Loan that is denominated in Sterling or Euro shall be determined for each day by the Swingline Lender and such determination shall be presumed correct in the absence of facts or circumstances indicating that it was made in error.

“ Swingline Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the US Dollar Swingline Exposure at such time plus (b) the Sterling/Euro Swingline Exposure at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure.

“ Swingline Lender ” means JPMCB in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

“ Swingline Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.06(a)(i).

“ Swingline Sublimit ” means the Sterling/Euro Swingline Sublimit or the US Dollar Swingline Sublimit.

“ Taxes ” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

“ Transactions ” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Credit Parties of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the Borrowings hereunder, the use of the proceeds thereof, the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder and the consummation of the Spin-Off.

“ Type ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the LIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate or, in the case of a Competitive Loan or Borrowing, a Fixed Rate.

“ UK Borrowing Subsidiary ” means a Borrowing Subsidiary that is organized in the United Kingdom or a political subdivision thereof.

“ UK Lending Office ” means, as to any Lender, any applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make Loans in Euro or Sterling (other than any Loan by a Lender to a Belgian Borrowing Subsidiary).

“ Unfunded Vested Liabilities ” means, for any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which (a) the present value of all vested nonforfeitable accrued benefits under such Plan exceeds (b) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined 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 Controlled Group to the PBGC or the Plan under Title IV of ERISA.

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arrangement to be, (a) pledged to, subject to a Lien in favor of, or held in one or more accounts under the control (as defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code) of one or more creditors of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (b) otherwise segregated from the general assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in one or more special accounts or otherwise, for the purpose of securing or providing a source of payment for Indebtedness or other obligations that are or from time to time may be owed to one or more creditors of the Company or any Subsidiary. It is agreed that cash and cash equivalents held in ordinary deposit or securities accounts of the Company or its Subsidiaries and not subject to any existing or contingent restrictions on transfer by the Company or its Subsidiaries will be deemed to constitute Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents notwithstanding any setoff rights created by law or by applicable account agreements in favor of depositary institutions.

“ US Borrower ” means a Borrower that is a US Person.

“ US Dollar ” or “ US$ ” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

“ US Dollar Equivalent ” means, on any date of determination, (a) with respect to any amount in US Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount in any Designated Foreign Currency, the equivalent in US Dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.05 using the Exchange Rate with respect to such Designated Foreign Currency at the time in effect under the provisions of such Section.

“ US Dollar Swingline Exposure ” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans denominated in US Dollars outstanding at such time. The US Dollar Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate US Dollar Swingline Exposure.

“ US Dollar Swingline Sublimit ” shall mean US$10,000,000, as such amount may be adjusted in accordance with Section 2.06(d).

“ US Lending Office ” means, as to any Lender, any applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make Loans in US Dollars. A Lender may designate multiple US Lending Offices for Loans to different Borrowers.

“ US Person ” means a Person incorporated or otherwise organized in the United States of America, a State thereof or the District of Columbia.

“ US Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary that is a US Person or is treated as disregarded as an entity separate from a US Person or is treated as a US Person, in each case for US Federal income tax purposes.

“ Utilization Percentage ” means, on any day, the percentage produced by dividing (a) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures by (b) the total Commitments, unless the Commitments shall have been terminated, in which case the Utilization Percentage shall be 100%.

 

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“ Voting Stock ” of any Person means capital stock of any class or classes or other Equity Interests (however designated) having ordinary voting power for the election of members of the board of directors or the equivalent governing body of such Person, other than capital stock or other Equity Interests having such power only by reason of happening of a contingency.

“ Welfare Plan ” means a “ welfare plan ” as defined in Section 3(l) of ERISA.

“ Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary all the Equity Interests in which, other than directors’ qualifying shares and/or other nominal amounts of Equity Interests that are required to be held by Persons other than the Company and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries under applicable law, are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.

SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings . For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class ( e.g. , a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type ( e.g. , a “Eurocurrency Loan”) or by Class and Type ( e.g. , a “Eurocurrency Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class ( e.g. , a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type ( e.g. , a “Eurocurrency Borrowing”) or by Class and Type ( e.g. , a “Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing”).

SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. References herein to the taking of any action hereunder of an administrative nature by any Borrower shall be deemed to include references to the Company taking such action on such Borrower’s behalf and the Agents are expressly authorized to accept any such action taken by the Company as having the same effect as if taken by such Borrower. Each

 

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reference herein to the “ knowledge” of the Company or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a reference to the knowledge of any member of senior management of the Company or such Subsidiary, any Financial Officer and, in the case of any reference to knowledge of any specific subject matter, the senior manager of the department or office of the Company or such Subsidiary responsible for such matter.

SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the Borrower Agent notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower Agent requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower Agent that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. All Financial Statements to be furnished to the Lenders hereunder shall be prepared, and all calculations determining compliance with Article VI (including the definitions used therein) shall be made, for the relevant Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except as set forth in the notes thereto; provided that except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all calculations for determining compliance with Article VI shall utilize accounting principles and policies in effect at the time of the preparation of, and in conformity with those used to prepare, the audited Financial Statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. With respect to any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, only that portion of such Subsidiary’s results of operations, assets and liabilities as are equal to Holding’s ownership shall be included in making any calculation with respect to the financial covenants in Article VI.

SECTION 1.05. Exchange Rates . (a) Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Calculation Date (determined without regard to clause (b) of the definition of such term), the Administrative Agent shall (i) determine the Exchange Rate as of such Calculation Date with respect to Sterling, Euro and each other Designated Foreign Currency in which any outstanding Borrowing or Letter of Credit shall be denominated as of such Calculation Date and (ii) give written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower Agent. Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of any Borrowing in a Designated Foreign Currency for which no Exchange Rate shall have been determined on the most recent Calculation Date, the Administrative Agent shall (i) determine the Exchange Rate as of such Business Day with respect to such Designated Foreign Currency and (ii) give written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower Agent. The Exchange Rates so determined shall become effective on the first Business Day immediately following the relevant Calculation Date (a “ Reset Date ”) or other date of determination, shall remain effective until the next succeeding Reset Date, and shall for all purposes of this Agreement (other than Section 10.14 or any other provision expressly requiring the use of a current Exchange Rate) be the Exchange Rates employed in converting any amounts between US Dollars and Designated Foreign Currencies.

 

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(b) Not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Reset Date and on each date on which Revolving Loans denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency are made, or Letters of Credit denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency are issued, the Administrative Agent shall (i) determine the aggregate amount of each of the Revolving Credit Exposure and the aggregate US Dollar Equivalent of the principal amounts of the Competitive Loans denominated in Designated Foreign Currencies then outstanding (after giving effect to any Loans made or repaid or Letters of Credit issued, drawn or expired on such date) and (ii) notify the Lenders and the Borrower Agent of the results of such determination.

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01. Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers from time to time during the Availability Period in US Dollars from its applicable US Lending Offices or in any Designated Foreign Currency from its applicable Non-US Lending Offices in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding its Commitment or (ii) the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures and the aggregate Competitive Loan Exposures exceeding the aggregate Commitments.

(b) Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans during the Availability Period.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings . (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders (or their Affiliates as provided in paragraph (b) below) ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. Each Competitive Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.04. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments and Competitive Bids of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b) Subject to Section 2.14, (i) each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Eurocurrency Loans or, in the case of Revolving Borrowings denominated in US Dollars, ABR Loans, as the applicable Borrower may request in accordance herewith; and (ii) each Competitive Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Eurocurrency Loans or Fixed Rate Loans, as the applicable Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurocurrency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan;

 

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provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Revolving Borrowing (other than a Swingline Loan), such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments. Each Competitive Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. Each Swingline Loan denominated in US Dollars shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of US$500,000, and each Swingline Loan denominated in Sterling or Euro shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of 100,000 units of such currency; provided that any Swingline Loan made to refinance any reimbursement payment owed in respect of a Letter of Credit may be in an amount (which shall not be less that US$100,000 or 100,000 units of any Designated Foreign Currency) equal to the amount of such reimbursement payment. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be outstanding more than a total of (i) 15 Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings denominated in US Dollars and (ii) 15 Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings denominated in Designated Foreign Currencies.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Revolving Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date, or to request any Competitive Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings . To request a Revolving Borrowing, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent of such request by telephone or by telecopy (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and, if telephonic, shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Applicable Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form agreed to by the Applicable Agent and the Borrower Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower, or by the Borrower Agent on behalf of the applicable Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Borrower requesting such Borrowing (or on whose behalf the Borrower Agent is requesting such Borrowing);

(ii) the currency and aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

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(iv) the Type of the requested Borrowing;

(v) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

(vi) the location and number of the relevant Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07.

If no currency is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then the relevant Borrower shall be deemed to have selected US Dollars. If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be (i) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, an ABR Borrowing and (ii) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in any other currency, a Eurocurrency Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04. Competitive Bid Procedure . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from time to time during the Availability Period any Borrower may request Competitive Bids, and may (but shall not have any obligation to) accept Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive Loans, denominated in US Dollars, Sterling or Euro; provided that after giving effect to any Borrowing of Competitive Loans the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures and the aggregate Competitive Loan Exposures shall not exceed the aggregate Commitments. To request Competitive Bids, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone or by telecopy, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that the Borrowers may submit up to (but not more than) five Competitive Bid Requests on the same day, but a Competitive Bid Request shall not be made within five Business Days after the date of any previous Competitive Bid Request unless any and all such previous Competitive Bid Requests shall have been withdrawn or all Competitive Bids received in response thereto rejected. Each such telephonic Competitive Bid Request shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Competitive Bid Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower, or by the Borrower Agent on behalf of the applicable Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Competitive Bid Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

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(ii) the aggregate principal amount of the requested Borrowing and the currency of the requested Borrowing;

(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be a Eurocurrency Borrowing or a Fixed Rate Borrowing;

(v) the Interest Period to be applicable to such Borrowing, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period” and shall end no later than the Maturity Date; and

(vi) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07.

Promptly following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of the details thereof by telecopy, inviting the Lenders to submit Competitive Bids.

(b) Each Lender may (but shall not have any obligation to) make one or more Competitive Bids to the applicable Borrower in response to a Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Lender must be in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and must be received by the Administrative Agent by telecopy, in the case of a Eurocurrency Competitive Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the proposed date of such Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., Local Time, on the proposed date of such Competitive Borrowing. Competitive Bids that do not conform substantially to the form approved by the Administrative Agent may be rejected by the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Lender as promptly as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall specify (i) the principal amount (which shall be an amount at least equal to the Borrowing Minimum and an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and which may equal the entire principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing requested by the applicable Borrower) of the Competitive Loan or Loans that the Lender is willing to make, (ii) the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates at which the Lender is prepared to make such Loan or Loans (expressed as a percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) and (iii) the Interest Period applicable to each such Loan and the last day thereof.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower by telecopy of each Competitive Bid Rate and each principal amount specified in each Competitive Bid and the identity of the Lender that shall have made each such Competitive Bid not later than (i) in the case of a Eurocurrency Competitive Borrowing, 10:00 a.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the proposed date of such Competitive Borrowing, and (ii) in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the proposed date of such Competitive Borrowing.

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Administrative Agent by telecopy or by telephone, confirmed by telecopy in a form approved by the Administrative Agent, whether and to what extent it has decided to accept or reject each Competitive Bid, in the case of a Eurocurrency Competitive Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on the proposed date of the Competitive Borrowing; provided that (i) the failure of a Borrower to give such notice with respect to any Competitive Bid shall be deemed to be a rejection of such Competitive Bid, (ii) a Borrower shall not accept a Competitive Bid made at a particular Competitive Bid Rate if such Borrower rejects a Competitive Bid made in response to the same Competitive Bid Request at a lower Competitive Bid Rate, (iii) the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by a Borrower shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the requested Competitive Borrowing specified in the related Competitive Bid Request, (iv) to the extent necessary to comply with clause (iii) above, a Borrower may accept Competitive Bids at the same Competitive Bid Rate in part, which acceptance, in the case of multiple Competitive Bids at such Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such Competitive Bid, and (v) except pursuant to clause (iv) above, no Competitive Bid shall be accepted for a Competitive Loan unless such Competitive Loan is in a minimum principal amount of at least the Borrowing Minimum that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple; provided further that if a Competitive Loan must be in an amount less than the Borrowing Minimum because of the provisions of clause (iv) above, such Competitive Loan may be for a minimum of US$1,000,000 (or, in the case of a Competitive Loan denominated in Sterling or Euro, the smallest amount of such currency that (i) is an integral multiple of 1,000,000 units of such currency and (ii) has a US Dollar Equivalent in excess of US$1,000,000) or any integral multiple thereof, and in calculating the pro rata allocation of acceptances of portions of multiple Competitive Bids at a particular Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to clause (iv) the amounts shall be rounded to integral multiples of the Borrowing Multiple in a manner determined by the Administrative Agent. A notice given by a Borrower pursuant to this paragraph shall be irrevocable.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each bidding Lender by telecopy whether or not its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and, if so, the amount and Competitive Bid Rate so accepted), and each successful bidder will thereupon become bound, on the terms hereof and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (which conditions, insofar as they apply to any Competitive Loan, may be waived by the Lender that is to make such Competitive Loan), to make the Competitive Loan in respect of which its Competitive Bid has been accepted.

(f) If the Administrative Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity as a Lender, it shall submit such Competitive Bid directly to the applicable Borrower at least one quarter of an hour earlier than the time by which the other Lenders are required to submit their Competitive Bids to the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.

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renewal or extension) of Letters of Credit denominated in US Dollars, Sterling or Euro in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by any Borrower to, or entered into by such Borrower with, any Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions . To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the applicable Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank) to an Issuing Bank and the Applicable Agent (in any case reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension), a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount and currency of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to enable the Issuing Bank to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the applicable Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed US$100,000,000, (ii) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure will not exceed the aggregate Commitments, and (iii) the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures and the aggregate Competitive Loan Exposures will not exceed the aggregate Commitments.

(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date; provided that a Letter of Credit may provide for automatic renewals for additional periods of up to one year, subject to a right on the part of the Issuing Bank to prevent any such renewal from occurring by giving notice to the beneficiary during a period satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in advance of any such renewal and provided that in no event shall any Letter of Credit or renewal thereof expire after the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.

(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the

 

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aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Applicable Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the applicable Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the applicable Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e) Reimbursement. If any Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Applicable Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement, in the currency in which such LC Disbursement shall have been made, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on (A) the Business Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the day of receipt, or (B) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due then, the Applicable Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Applicable Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the applicable Borrower in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Applicable Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Applicable Agent of any payment from any Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Applicable Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse any Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse any Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve any Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

(f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrowers’ obligations to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement or any

 

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other Credit Document, or any term or provision herein or therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by any Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. None of the Agents, the Lenders or the Issuing Banks, or any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in the interpretation of the terms of any Letter of Credit or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the applicable Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse any Issuing Bank from liability to any Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers) suffered by such Borrower that are caused by any Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, acting in good faith, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

(g) Disbursement Procedures. The applicable Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The applicable Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Applicable Agent and the applicable Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve any Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

(h) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the applicable Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that such Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at (i) in the case of any LC Disbursement denominated in US Dollars, the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans and (ii) in the case of any LC Disbursement denominated in Sterling or Euro, a rate per annum determined by the applicable Issuing Bank (which determination will be presumed correct in the absence of facts or circumstances indicating that it has been made in error) to represent its cost of funds plus the Applicable Rate used to

 

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determine interest applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans; provided that, at all times after such Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, Section 2.13(e) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

(i) Cash Collateralization. If the Commitments shall be terminated or if any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower Agent, on behalf of the applicable Borrowers, receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposures representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the applicable Borrowers shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral with respect to the LC Exposure shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Company or any applicable Borrower described in clause (g) or (h) of Section 7.01. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Credit Parties under the Credit Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrowers’ risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers for the LC Exposures at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposures representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Credit Parties under the Credit Documents. If the Borrowers are required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to them within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

SECTION 2.06. Swingline Loans . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrowers from time to time during the Availability Period (i) in US Dollars in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in the US Dollar Swingline Exposure exceeding the US Dollar Swingline Sublimit and (ii) in Sterling or Euro in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in the Sterling/Euro Swingline Exposure exceeding the Sterling/Euro Swingline Sublimit, and

 

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that in each case will not result in (x) the sum of the US Dollar Equivalent of the principal amounts of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding US$75,000,000 or (y) the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures and the aggregate Competitive Loan Exposures exceeding the aggregate Commitments; provided that no Swingline Loan shall be made to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.

(b) To request a Swingline Loan, a Borrower shall give notice of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) (i) in the case of a Swingline Loan denominated in US Dollars, to the Swingline Lender (with a copy to the Applicable Agent), not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, (ii) in the case of Swingline Loan denominated in Sterling or Euro (other than a Swingline Loan requested by a Belgian Borrowing Subsidiary), to the Swingline Lender (with a copy to the Applicable Agent), not later than 1:00 p.m., London time, and (iii) in the case of a Swingline Loan requested by a Belgian Borrowing Subsidiary, to the Swingline Lender (with a copy to the London Agent) not later than 1:00 p.m., Brussels time, in each case on the day of the proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day), amount and currency of the requested Swingline Loan. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the applicable Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of such Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by (i) 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan in the case of a Swingline Loan denominated in US Dollars, (ii) 4:00 p.m., Local Time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan in the case of a Swingline Loan denominated in Sterling or Euro (other than a Swingline Loan requested by a Belgian Borrowing Subsidiary) and (iii) 4:00 p.m., Brussels time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan in the case of a Swingline Loan requested by a Belgian Borrowing Subsidiary.

(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the amounts and currencies of the Swingline Loans. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available

 

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funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower Agent of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from any Borrower (or other party on behalf of any Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the applicable Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.

(d) The Borrower Agent may from time to time, but in no event more than once during any fiscal quarter, upon ten Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender, increase one Swingline Sublimit and simultaneously decrease the other Swingline Sublimit in amounts that will result in the sum of the US Dollar Swingline Sublimit and the Sterling/Euro Swingline Sublimit remaining unchanged after giving effect to such increase and decrease; provided that no such adjustment shall be made that would result in (i) the US Dollar Swingline Exposure exceeding the US Dollar Swingline Sublimit or (ii) the Sterling/Euro Swingline Exposure exceeding the Sterling/Euro Swingline Sublimit. Any such notice shall set forth the amount of the increase or decrease in each Swingline Sublimit and the date on which such adjustment is requested to become effective.

SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings . (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the applicable currency by 1:00 p.m., Local Time, to the account of the Applicable Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the applicable Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.06. The Applicable Agent will make such Loans available to the applicable Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of such Borrower maintained with the Applicable Agent (i) in New York City, in the case of Loans denominated in US Dollars, and (ii) in London, in the case of Loans denominated in Designated Foreign Currencies, and designated by such Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request or Competitive Bid Request; provided that Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement shall be remitted by the Applicable Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank.

(b) Unless the Applicable Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Applicable Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Applicable Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available

 

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to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Applicable Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to the Applicable Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the applicable Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Applicable Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, a rate determined by the Applicable Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of a Borrower, the interest rate applicable to such Borrowing. If such Lender pays such amount to the Applicable Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

SECTION 2.08. Interest Elections . (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the applicable Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a Borrowing of a different Type or to continue such Borrowing, and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The applicable 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 Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and any Loans resulting from an election made with respect to any such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, no Borrowing may be converted into or continued as a Borrowing with an Interest Period ending after the Maturity Date. This Section shall not apply to Competitive Borrowings or Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, a Borrower (or the Borrower Agent on its behalf) shall notify the Applicable Agent of such election by telephone or by telecopy by the time and date that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and, if telephonic, shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Applicable Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Applicable Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower (or the Borrower Agent on its behalf). The provisions of this Section shall not permit any Borrower to (i) change the currency of any Borrowing, (ii) elect an Interest Period for Eurocurrency Loans that does not comply with Section 2.02(d) or (iii) convert any Borrowing of a Borrower to a Borrowing of another Borrower.

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(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);

 

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(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting extension of credit is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting extension of credit is a Eurocurrency 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 Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable 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 Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender to which such Interest Election Request relates of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) If a Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving 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 (i) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in US Dollars, be converted to an ABR Borrowing and (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in any currency other than US Dollars, become due and payable on the last day of such Interest Period. 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 Lenders, so notifies the Borrower Agent, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (ii) no outstanding Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in a Designated Foreign Currency may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest period of greater than one month and (iii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in US Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

SECTION 2.09. Termination, Reduction and Increase of Commitments. (a) (i) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date and (ii) in the event the Spin-Off is not consummated within three Business Days after the Effective Date, the Commitments shall automatically terminate on such third Business Day.

(b) The Borrower Agent may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of US$1,000,000 and not less than US$5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower Agent shall not terminate or reduce the

 

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Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the total Competitive Loan Exposures would exceed the total Commitments or the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the aggregate Commitments.

(c) The Borrower Agent shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the other Agents and the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower Agent pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower Agent may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower Agent (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

(d) (i) The Borrower Agent may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, request that the total Commitments be increased (a “ Commitment Increase ”) by an amount of not less than US$25,000,000; provided that the aggregate amount of increases pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed US$100,000,000. Such notice shall set forth the amount of the requested increase and the date (the “ Increase Effective Date ”) on which such increase is requested to become effective (which shall be not less than 10 Business Days or more than 30 days after the date of such notice), and shall offer each Lender holding a Commitment the opportunity to increase its Commitment by its Applicable Percentage of the proposed increased amount. Each such Lender shall, by notice to the Borrower Agent and the Administrative Agent given not more than 5 Business Days after the date of the Borrower Agent notice, either agree to increase its Commitment by all or a portion of the offered amount (each Lender so agreeing being an “ Increasing Lender ”) or decline to increase its Commitment (and any Lender that does not deliver such a notice within such period of 5 Business Days shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment) (each Lender so declining or deemed to have declined being a “ Non-Increasing Lender ”). In the event that on the 5th Business Day after the Borrower Agent shall have delivered a notice pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph the Lenders shall have agreed pursuant to the preceding sentence to increase their Commitments by an aggregate amount less than the increase in the total Commitments requested by the Borrower Agent, the Borrower Agent may arrange for one or more banks or other financial institutions (any such bank or other financial institution being called an “ Augmenting Lender ”), which may include any Lender, to extend Commitments in an aggregate amount equal to the unsubscribed amount; provided that each Augmenting Lender, if not already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender (which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld) and the Credit Parties and each Augmenting Lender shall execute all such documentation as the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Commitment of such Augmenting Lender and/or its status as a Lender hereunder.

 

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(ii) On any Increase Effective Date, (A) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding under which a Commitment Increase will become effective (the “ Initial Loans ”) immediately prior to giving effect to the applicable Commitment Increase on the Increase Effective Date shall be deemed to be repaid, (B) after the effectiveness of the Commitment Increase, the Borrowers holding Commitments shall be deemed to have made new Borrowings (the “ Subsequent Borrowings ”) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Initial Loans and of the types and for the Interest Periods specified in a Borrowing Request delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.03, (C) each Lender shall pay to the Applicable Agent in same day funds in the relevant currencies an amount equal to the difference, if positive, between (x) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the Commitment Increase) of the Subsequent Borrowings and (y) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to the Commitment Increase) of the Initial Loans, (D) after the Applicable Agent receives the funds specified in clause (C) above, the Applicable Agent shall pay to each Lender the portion of such funds that is equal to the difference, if positive, between (1) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated without giving effect to the Commitment Increase) of the Initial Loans and (2) such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (calculated after giving effect to the Commitment Increase) of the amount of the Subsequent Borrowings, (E) each Non-Increasing Lender, each Increasing Lender and each Augmenting Lender shall be deemed to hold its Applicable Percentage of each Subsequent Borrowing (each calculated after giving effect to the Commitment Increase) and (F) each applicable Borrower shall pay each Increasing Lender and each Non-Increasing Lender any and all accrued but unpaid interest on the Initial Loans. The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (A) above in respect of each Eurocurrency Loan shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrowers pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the Increase Effective Date occurs other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto and breakage costs result therefrom.

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, an increase in the Commitments (or in any Commitment of any Lender) or addition of an Augmenting Lender shall become effective under this Section only if (A) on the date of such increase, the conditions set forth in paragraph (f) of Section 4.01 shall be satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower Agent and (B) the Administrative Agent shall have received (with sufficient copies for each of the Lenders) documents consistent with those delivered pursuant to Section 4.03(b) in connection with the designation of a new Borrowing Subsidiary as to the corporate power and authority of the applicable Borrowers to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such increase.

SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt . (a) Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Applicable Agent for the account of each Lender the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan made by such Lender on the Maturity Date, (ii) to the Applicable Agent for the account of each

 

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Lender the unpaid principal amount of each Competitive Loan on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan and (iii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Maturity Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th day or the last day of a calendar month and that is at least one Business Day after the day on which such Swingline Loan shall have been made.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto, and (ii) the amounts of all sums received by the Agents hereunder for the accounts of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof. Each other Agent shall promptly provide the Administrative Agent with all information needed to maintain such accounts in respect of the Loans administered by such Agent.

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, each Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans . (a) The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section and payment of any amounts required under Section 2.16; provided that the Borrowers shall not have the right to prepay any Competitive Loan without the prior consent of the Lender thereof.

(b) In the event and on each occasion that the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures and the aggregate Competitive Loan Exposures shall exceed the aggregate Commitments, then (i) on the last day of any Interest Period applicable to any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing and (ii) on any other date in the event any ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Borrowing shall be outstanding, the applicable Borrowers shall prepay such Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Borrowing in an

 

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aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount of such Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Borrowing and (B) an amount sufficient to eliminate such excess. If, on any Reset Date, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures and the aggregate Competitive Loan Exposures shall exceed 105% of the aggregate Commitments then each applicable Borrower shall, not later than the next Business Day, prepay one or more Revolving Borrowings or Swingline Borrowings in an aggregate amount sufficient to eliminate such excess over 105%.

(c) If the Commitments are terminated pursuant to Section 2.09(a)(ii), the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable and the Borrowers hereby unconditionally promise to pay all such amounts on the day the Commitments are terminated.

(d) Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings, the applicable Borrower shall select the Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (e) below.

(e) The Borrower Agent or the applicable Borrower shall, to the extent practicable, notify the Applicable Agent (and in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, three Business Days (or, if the date of prepayment shall be the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, one Business Day) before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on the Business Day of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13.

SECTION 2.12. Fees . (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, in US Dollars, for the account of the office (or Affiliate) of each Lender from which such Lender would make Loans to the Company in US Dollars hereunder, a facility fee, which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the Commitments of such Lender (whether used or unused) or, after the termination of the Commitments, on the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Lender, during the period from and including the Effective Date but excluding the Maturity Date; provided that, if

 

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such Lender shall continue to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after the Maturity Date, then such facility fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure from and including the Maturity Date to but excluding the date on which such Lender shall cease to have any Revolving Credit Exposure. Accrued facility fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, on any date prior to the Maturity Date on which all the Commitments shall have terminated and on the Maturity Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that any facility fees accruing after the Maturity Date shall be payable on demand. All facility fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(b) The Borrowers agree to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to each such Lender’s participations in Letters of Credit, which fee shall accrue at the Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurocurrency Revolving Loans on the daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily aggregate amount of the LC Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (in each case excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued under this paragraph through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on any date on which the Commitments shall terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Commitments shall have terminated shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to any Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees payable under this paragraph shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(c) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Company and the Administrative Agent.

(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Person specified above for its own account or, in the case of facility fees and participation fees paid to the Agents, for distribution to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

 

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SECTION 2.13. Interest . (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate.

(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest (i) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, at the LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate or (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Competitive Borrowing, at the LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus (or minus, as applicable) the Margin applicable to such Borrowing.

(c) Each Fixed Rate Loan shall bear interest at the Fixed Rate applicable to such Loan.

(d) Each Swingline Loan shall bear interest for each day at the Swingline Base Rate in effect for such Borrowing on such day plus the Applicable Rate that would be applicable to a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing on such day.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by any Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% per annum plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% per annum plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(f) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(g) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that (i) interest on Borrowings denominated in Sterling and (ii) interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or, except in the case of Borrowings denominated in Sterling, 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Applicable Agent, and such determination shall be presumed correct in the absence of facts or circumstances indicating that it has been made in error.

 

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