Exhibit 10.1
LOAN AGREEMENT
Between
MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM HOLDINGS,
L.P.,
a Delaware limited
partnership,
“Borrower”
and
BANK OF OKLAHOMA,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
“Bank”
May 18, 2009
LOAN
AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AGREEMENT, dated effective
as of May 18, 2009 (the “Agreement”), is made and
entered into between MAGELLAN MIDSTREAM HOLDINGS, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (the “Borrower”), and BANK OF
OKLAHOMA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Bank”).
RECITALS
A. The Borrower has requested the
Bank establish a certain revolving line of credit in favor of the
Borrower in the form of an one year revolving loan facility in the
maximum principal amount of THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND
NO/100 DOLLARS ($3,500,000.00) to finance general working capital
needs and expenditures (the “Commitment”) and to be
evidenced by the Borrower’s $3,500,000 promissory note
payable to the order of the Bank and dated as of even date herewith
(the “Note”); and
B. The Bank is willing to so
establish the Commitment in favor of the Borrower upon the terms
and conditions herein set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other
good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is acknowledged
by the parties hereto, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
When used herein, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
“ ABR ”, when
used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Borrowing, means that
such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving Loans comprising such
Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference
to the Alternate Base Rate.
“ Adjusted
LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar
Borrowing, the index or reference interest rate per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1 / 100 of 1%), as adjusted as of the
effective date of any change therein, equal to (a) the LIBO
Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory
Reserve Rate. Each change in the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be
effective as of the first day of each calendar month, commencing
June 1, 2009, and calculated based on the LIBO Rate in effect
as of the first day of such calendar month ( provided ,
however , if the first day of such calendar month is not a
Business Day, then the rate in effect for the immediately
succeeding Business Day shall be utilized).
“
Alternative Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per
annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on
such day or (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 Rate
” shall mean a per annum rate of interest equal to the sum of
the LIBO Rate plus the Margin; provided, however, that the
Applicable Rate can not be less than 4.25%.
“ Board ” means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States of America.
“ Borrowing ”
means Revolving Loans of the same Type made, converted or continued
on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Revolving Loans, as
to which the thirty (30) day Interest Period is in
effect.
“ Business Day ”
shall mean a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day upon which
banks in the State of Oklahoma are closed to business
generally.
“ 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 Closing Date of this Agreement or
(c) compliance by the Bank (or, for purposes of
Section 2.7(b), by any lending office of the Bank or the
Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline
or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this
Agreement.
“ Closing Date ”
shall mean the date the Loan Documents are executed and delivered
to the Bank.
“ Commitment ”
shall mean the Commitment of the Bank to make Revolving Loans as
described in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
“ Debt ” shall
mean and include, as of any date, all items which, in accordance
with tax basis accounting principles, would be included on the
liabilities side of Borrower’s balance sheet, including all
obligations under leases which, in accordance with tax basis
accounting principles, would be recorded as capital leases, but
excluding stated capital, paid in capital and retained
earnings.
“ Default Rate ”
shall mean the Applicable Rate plus four percentage points
(4%) per annum.
“EDGAR”
means the Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis, and Retrieval computer system for the receipt,
acceptance, review and dissemination of documents submitted to the
Securities and Exchange Commission in electronic format.
“ Eurodollar ”,
when used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Borrowing
hereunder, refers to whether such Revolving Loan, or the Revolving
Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“ Event of Default
” shall mean any of the events specified in Section 7.1
of this Agreement, and “ Default ” shall mean
any event, which together with any lapse of time or giving of any
notice, or both, would, unless cured or waived in writing,
constitute an Event of Default.
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“ Excluded Taxes
” means, with respect to the Bank or any other recipient of
any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on
(or measured by) its net income by the United States of America (or
any state or locality thereof), or by the jurisdiction under the
laws of which such recipient is organized, in which its principal
office is located or, in the case of the Bank, in which its
applicable lending office is located or any other jurisdiction as a
result of such recipient engaging in a trade or business in such
jurisdiction for tax purposes, (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, and
(c) any taxes that are imposed as a result of any event
occurring after the Bank becomes a lender to Borrower (other than a
Change in Law).
“ 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.
“ GAAP ” shall
mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America applied on a consistent basis in all material respects
to those applied in the preceding period. Unless otherwise
indicated herein, all accounting terms will be defined according to
GAAP.
“ 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.
“ Guarantors ”
collectively means the subsidiaries of the Borrower on a joint and
several liability basis, as more particularly described on Schedule
I annexed hereto.
“ Guaranties ”
means the absolute and unconditional payment guaranty instruments
executed and delivered by the various Guarantors to the Bank
pursuant to Section 3.1 of this Agreement.
“ hereby ”,
“ herein ”, “ hereof ”,
“ hereunder ” and similar such terms shall mean
and refer to this Agreement as a whole and not merely to the
specific section, paragraph or clause in which the respective word
appears.
“ IDRs ” shall
mean each and all of the rights, title and interest of Borrower,
directly or indirectly, in and to the non-voting limited partners
interests commonly known as the Incentive Distribution Rights, as
more particularly described and defined in the MMP Partnership
Agreement, including all payments, cash and cash flow therefrom or
attributed thereto from time to time.
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“ Indebtedness ”
shall mean and include any and all: (i) indebtedness,
obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Bank incurred or
which may be incurred or purportedly incurred hereafter pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and
any extensions, renewals, substitutions, amendments and increases
in amount thereof, including such amounts as may be evidenced by
the Note issued under this Agreement and all lawful interest,
commitment and non-usage fees, and other charges, and all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation, filing and recording hereof and of any amendment,
extension, restatement or modification of the Loan Documents,
including reasonable attorneys fees; (ii) all reasonable costs
and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, paid or
incurred by the Bank in enforcing or attempting to enforce
collection of any Indebtedness and in enforcing or realizing upon
or attempting to enforce or realize upon any collateral or security
for any Indebtedness and in protecting and preserving the
Bank’s interest in the Indebtedness or any collateral or
security for any Indebtedness in any bankruptcy or reorganization
proceeding, including interest on all sums so expended by the Bank
accruing from the date upon which such expenditures are made until
paid, at an annual rate equal to the Default Rate; (iii) sums
expended by the Bank in curing any Event of Default or Default of
the Borrower under the terms of this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents or any other pledge or security agreement or other
writing evidencing or securing the payment of the Note, together
with interest on all sums so expended by the Bank accruing from the
date upon which such expenditures are made until paid, at an annual
rate equal to the Default Rate; (iv) overdraft charges, return
items and ACH obligations now or hereafter owing by Borrower to the
Bank; and (v) all “Indebtedness” or “Secured
Indebtedness” as said terms are defined in each of the Loan
Documents.
“ Indemnified Taxes
” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“ Interest Period
” means with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, each
calendar month; 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 Eurodollar 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
Eurodollar 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 thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent
conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“ Laws ” shall
mean all statutes, laws, ordinances, regulations, orders, writs,
injunctions, or decrees of the United States, any state or
commonwealth, any municipality, any foreign country, any territory
or possession, or any Tribunal, whether now or hereafter in
effect.
“ Letter of Credit
” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this
Agreement.
“ LIBO Rate ”
shall mean with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for an Interest
Period, the rate equal to the London InterTAN Offered Rate per
annum set forth on Page 72 of the Knight-Ridder Money Center
(Bridge Composite Rating) for Interest Periods in effect on the
Closing Date and on the first day of each applicable calendar month
thereafter (which, if not a
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Business Day, shall mean such rate in effect on
the immediately preceding Business Day), which such per annum rate
shall remain fixed for such entire calendar month. If such
information is unavailable on such Page 72 of such service or such
service no longer makes such information available, such rate shall
be obtained from any successor or substitute page of such service,
or any successor to or substitute for such service as determined by
the Bank from information supplied thereto by a nationally
recognized report service acceptable to the Bank with respect to
similar information, providing rate quotations comparable to those
currently provided on such page 72 (or substitute page) of
Knight-Ridder Money Center (Bridge Composite Rating).
“ Lien ” shall
mean, with respect to any asset, any pledge, collateral assignment,
security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind
(including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, and the filing of or agreement to give any
financing statement or other similar form of public notice under
the Laws of any jurisdiction).
“ Lien Notice ”
shall mean notice received or obtained by the Bank or knowledge
obtained by the Bank of any Lien being claimed (whether valid or
not) by any Person, other than the Bank or a trustee on behalf of
the Bank, with respect to any assets of the Borrower.
“ Loan Documents
” shall mean this Agreement, the Note, the Guaranties and all
other documents, instruments, and certificates executed and
delivered to the Bank by the Borrower or any of the Guarantors
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“ Loan Parties ”
shall mean the Borrower, the Guarantors, and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.
“ Margin ” shall
mean two hundred twenty five basis points (2.25%).
“ MMP ” means
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
“ MMP Partnership Agreement ” shall mean that
certain Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of MMP dated as of April 13, 2005, as amended,
supplemented, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“ Note ” shall
mean the Note described and defined in the recitals to this
Agreement, together with each and every extension, renewal,
modification, replacement, substitution, rearrangement,
consolidation and change in form thereof which may be from time to
time and for any term or terms effected.
“ Other Taxes ”
means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or
any other excise, transfer, sales, intangible, mortgage recording
or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any
payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or
enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement.
“ Person ” shall
mean and include an individual, a partnership, limited liability
company, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated
organization, and a government or any department, agency or
political subdivision thereof.
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“ Prime Rate ”
means the annual rate of interest set by Bank of Oklahoma Financial
Corporation (“BOKF”) in its sole discretion as the BOKF
Prime Rate, on a daily basis as published by BOKF from time to time
(the “Index”), which shall be the rate used by BOKF as
a base or standard for pricing purposes, and which shall not
necessarily be its “best” or lowest rate. The Borrower
acknowledges and understands that the Bank may make loans based on
other rates or indices as well. Should the Index become unavailable
during the term of the Loans evidenced by the Note and/or governed
hereby or should BOKF otherwise cease to publish or announce a
prime or base rate, or should it be merged, consolidated,
liquidated or dissolved in such a manner that it loses its separate
corporate or banking identity, then the Prime Rate shall be a
substitute index selected and designated by the Bank and concerning
which the Borrower is notified by the Bank. Any change in the Prime
Rate shall be effective as of the date of the change but the Prime
Rate shall not change more often than once each day.
“ Revolving Loan
” shall mean the cash loan advances made from time to time by
the Bank to the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.1
hereof.
“ Simplification of Capital
Structure ” means that certain transaction as publicly
announced by the Borrower and MMP on March 3, 2009 after the
closing of which the Borrower intends to dissolve.
“ Statutory Reserve
Rate ” means 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
percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or
supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the
Board to which the Bank is subject, with respect to the Adjusted
LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the
Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed
pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Revolving Loans
shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and 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 the Bank under such Regulation D or any comparable
regulation promulgated thereby. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in any reserve percentage.
“ Tax ” or
“ Taxes ” shall mean all taxes, assessments,
fees, or other charges or levies from time to time or at any time
imposed by any Laws or by any Governmental Authority.
“ Tribunal ”
shall mean any municipal, state, commonwealth, Federal, foreign,
territorial or other sovereign, governmental entity, governmental
department, court, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality.
“ Type ”, when
used in reference to any Revolving Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether the rate of interest on such Revolving Loan, or on the
Revolving Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by
reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base
Rate.
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ARTICLE II
REVOLVING LOAN
2.1 Revolving Loan . The Bank
agrees, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter
set forth, to make Revolving Loans from time to time in accordance
herewith, but in no event in excess of maximum outstanding
principal balance of $3,500,000 to the Borrower pursuant to the
Commitment to be funded immediately upon the Borrower’s
request and satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in
Article IV hereof for the limited purposes described in Recital A
of this Agreement. Unless the Commitment shall be sooner terminated
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, the Revolving Loan shall mature on May 17, 2010.
Borrower may repay all outstanding balances and terminate this
Agreement and the Guaranties at anytime by providing written notice
to the Bank. Upon the closing of the Simplification of Capital
Structure, the Commitment shall be terminated and all outstanding
balances shall be due and payable and, upon such payment in full,
the Guaranties shall be terminated. In no event shall the amount
advanced and outstanding from time to time on the Revolving Loan be
in excess of the original face principal amount of the Note more
particularly described in Section 2.2 below.
2.2 Revolving Note . On the
Closing Date, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the order
of the Bank the Note in the principal amount of $3,500,000.00, the
form of which is annexed hereto as Exhibit A and hereby made a part
herein. The Note shall be dated as of the Closing Date and shall
bear interest payable monthly on the last day of each calendar
month, commencing May 31, 2009, on unpaid balances of
principal from time to time outstanding at a variable annual rate
equal from day to day to the Applicable Rate. After maturity
(whether by acceleration or otherwise), the Note shall bear
interest at the Default Rate payable on demand on any unpaid
balances. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a year of
360 days, but assessed for the actual number of days elapsed in
each accrual period.
All payments and prepayments shall
be made in lawful money of the United States of America in
immediately available funds. Any payments or prepayments on the
Note received by the Bank after 2:00 o’clock p.m. (applicable
current time in Tulsa, Oklahoma) shall be deemed to have been made
on the next succeeding Business Day. Any prepayment shall be
applied first to accrued but unpaid interest then to the next
succeeding installment(s) of principal. All outstanding principal
of and accrued interest on the Note not previously paid hereunder
shall be due and payable at final maturity on May 17, 2010,
unless such maturity shall be extended by the Bank in writing or
accelerated pursuant to the terms hereof.
Each Revolving Loan requested by
Borrower from Bank shall (a) be requested in writing by
Borrower, no later than 1:00 p.m. (applicable current time in
Tulsa, Oklahoma) on the date the advance is to be made;
(b) not cause the aggregate outstanding and unpaid principal
amount of the Note to exceed the stated face principal amount
thereof and (c) be advanced by Bank on the applicable date,
provided the request is timely made in accordance with clause
(a) above and all other conditions of funding are met. All
advances made by Bank shall be deposited to such general deposit
account of Borrower or otherwise as the Bank is instructed in
writing from time to time, and Bank shall have no responsibility to
monitor the distribution of such advances in any other respect. In
consideration of Bank’s permitting Borrower to make requests
for Revolving Loans by telephone, Borrower states that it is fully
aware of the risks attendant
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thereto, and agree to accept all such risks and
to hold Bank harmless from any loss which Borrower may incur by
reason of such non-written request, other than such as result from
Bank’s gross negligence or wanton disregard. All Revolving
Loans made by Bank on the Note and all payments or prepayments of
principal and interest thereon made by Borrower shall be recorded
by Bank in its records, and the aggregate unpaid principal amount
so recorded shall be prima facie evidence of the principal amount
owing and unpaid on the Revolving Note. The failure to so record
shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligations of
Borrower hereunder or under the Note to repay the principal amount
of each Revolving Loan together with all interest accrued
thereon.
2.3 Interest . Prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default, interest shall accrue on any
past due interest and on the principal amount of the Note from time
to time outstanding at the fixed per annum Applicable Rate.
Following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, the Note shall accrue interest at a per annum rate equal
to the Default Rate but in no event in excess of the maximum rate
of interest permitted by applicable Law.
2.4 Loan Fee . Borrower shall
pay to the Bank on the Closing Date a fully earned and
non-refundable loan origination fee of $5,000 in immediately
available funds, U.S. Dollars.
2.5 Maximum Lawful Interest
Rate . It is not the intention of the Bank or the Borrower to
violate the laws of any applicable jurisdiction relating to usury
or other restrictions on the maximum lawful interest rate. The Loan
Documents and all other agreements between the Borrower and the
Bank, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether written
or oral, are hereby limited so that in no event shall the interest
paid or agreed to be paid to the Bank for the use, forbearance or
detention of money loaned, or for the payment or performance of any
covenant or obligation contained herein or in any other Loan
Document, exceed the maximum amount permissible under applicable
law. If from any such circumstances the Bank should ever receive
anything of value deemed interest under applicable law which would
exceed interest at the highest lawful rate, such excessive interest
shall be applied to the reduction of the principal amount owing
hereunder, and not to the payment of interest, or if such excessive
interest exceeds any unpaid balance of principal, such excess shall
be refunded to the Borrower. All sums paid or agreed to be paid to
the Bank for the use, forbearance or detention of monies advanced
under the Revolving Loan shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable Law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread
throughout the full term of the Indebtedness until payment in full
so that the rate of interest on account of the Indebtedness is
uniform throughout the term thereof. This Section 2.5 shall
control every other provision of the Loan Documents and all other
agreements between the Bank and the Borrower.
2.6 Alternate Rate of
Interest . If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period
for a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Bank determines reasonably and in
good faith that by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant
market generally adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as
applicable, for such Interest Period; or that the Adjusted LIBO
Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly
reflect the cost to the Bank of making or maintaining its Revolving
Loan included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period (as
certified by the Bank), then the Bank shall give notice thereof to
the Borrower by telephone, telecopy or e-mail as promptly as
practicable thereafter and, until the Bank notifies the Borrower
that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no
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longer exist, (i) any continuation of any
Revolving Loan as a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective, and
(ii) if a Eurodollar Revolving Loan is requested by Borrower,
such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing; provided
that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only
one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be
permitted to the extent otherwise allowed hereunder.
2.7 Increased Costs
.
(a) If any Change in Law
shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem
applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
extended by, the Bank (except any such reserve requirement
reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or
(ii) impose on the Bank or the
London interbank market any other condition affecting this
Agreement or Eurodollar Revolving Loans made by the Bank or any
Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the
foregoing shall be to increase the cost to the Bank of making or
maintaining any Eurodollar Revolving Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Revolving Loan) or to increase the cost
to the Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter
of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable
by the Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or
otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to the Bank (together with
reasonably detailed documentation supporting such request) such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Bank for such
additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If the Bank determines that any
Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the
effect of reducing the rate of return on the Bank’s capital
or on the capital of the Bank’s holding company, if any, as a
consequence of this Agreement or the Revolving Loans made by, or
participations in Letters of Credit held by, the Bank, or the
Letters of Credit issued by the Bank, to a level below that which
the Bank or the Bank’s holding company could have achieved
but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration the
Bank’s policies and the policies of Bank’s holding
company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time
the Borrower will pay to the Bank (together with reasonably
detailed documentation supporting such request) such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate the Bank or the Bank’s
holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of the Bank
setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate the
Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in
paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.7 together
with supporting documentation demonstrating the calculation of such
amount in reasonable detail shall be delivered to the Borrower. The
Borrower shall pay the Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown
as due on any such certificate within 15 days after receipt
thereof.
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(d) Failure or delay on the part of
the Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.7
shall not constitute a waiver of the Bank’s right to demand
such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be
required to compensate the Bank pursuant to this Section 2.7
for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days
prior to the date that the Bank notifies the Borrower of the Change
in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of the
Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor;
provided further that, if the Change in Law giving
rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the
180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the
period of retroactive effect thereof.
(e) The foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.7 shall not apply in the case of Taxes, which shall
instead be governed by Section 2.8.
2.8 Taxes .
(a) Any and all payments by or on
account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made
free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower shall be
required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such
payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including
deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this
Section 2.8) the Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount
equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been
made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and
(iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
Law.
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall
pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable law.
(c) The Borrower shall indemnify the
Bank, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full
amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Bank, as
the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account
of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to
amounts payable under this Section 2.8) and any penalties,
interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect
thereto (except as a result that such sums were imposed as a result
of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Bank as
finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction),
wheth