EXHIBIT 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 24, 2009,
TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP.,
TRW AUTOMOTIVE INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS CORP.,
TRW AUTOMOTIVE INC. (f/k/a
TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP.),
THE FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS PARTY HERETO,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
(f/k/a JPMORGAN CHASE BANK),
as Administrative Agent,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Joint Bookrunners
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Page(s)
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ARTICLE I
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Definitions
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SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms
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5
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SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally
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61
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SECTION 1.03. Exchange Rates
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61
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SECTION 1.04. Redenomination of Certain Foreign
Currencies
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62
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ARTICLE II
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The Credits
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SECTION 2.01. Commitments
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62
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SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings
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63
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SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings
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64
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SECTION 2.04. Swingline Loans
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65
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SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit
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68
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SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings
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74
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SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections
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75
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SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of
Commitments
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77
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SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of
Debt
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77
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SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Term Loans and
Revolving Loans
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79
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SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans
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81
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83
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84
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SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of
Interest
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85
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SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs
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86
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SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments
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87
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88
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SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata
Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
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89
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SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations;
Replacement of Lenders
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91
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SECTION 2.20. Foreign Subsidiary
Borrowers
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92
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SECTION 2.21. Additional Reserve
Costs
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93
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SECTION 2.22. Ancillary Facilities
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94
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SECTION 2.23. Incremental Extensions of
Credit
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98
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SECTION 2.24. Defaulting Lenders
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100
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2
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Page(s)
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ARTICLE III
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Representations and
Warranties
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SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers
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102
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SECTION 3.02. Authorization
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102
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SECTION 3.03. Enforceability
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103
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SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals
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103
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SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements
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103
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SECTION 3.06. No Material Adverse Change or
Material Adverse Effect
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103
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SECTION 3.07. Title to Properties; Possession
Under Leases
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104
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SECTION 3.08. Subsidiaries
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104
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SECTION 3.09. Litigation; Compliance with
Laws
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105
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SECTION 3.10. Federal Reserve
Regulations
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105
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SECTION 3.11. Investment Company Act
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105
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SECTION 3.12. Use of Proceeds
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106
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SECTION 3.13. Tax Returns
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106
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SECTION 3.14. No Material
Misstatements
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106
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SECTION 3.15. Employee Benefit Plans
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107
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SECTION 3.16. Environmental Matters
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108
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SECTION 3.17. Security Documents
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108
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SECTION 3.18. Location of Real Property and
Leased Premises
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109
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109
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SECTION 3.20. Labor Matters
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110
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110
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SECTION 3.22. Concentration Accounts
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111
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ARTICLE IV
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Conditions
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SECTION 4.01. Effectiveness of Restated Credit
Agreement
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111
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SECTION 4.02. All Credit Events
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114
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SECTION 4.03. Credit Events Relating to Foreign
Subsidiary Borrowers
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114
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ARTICLE V
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Affirmative Covenants
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SECTION 5.01. Existence; Businesses and
Properties
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115
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116
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118
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SECTION 5.04. Financial Statements, Reports,
etc
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119
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SECTION 5.05. Litigation and Other
Notices
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121
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SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws
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122
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SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to
Properties and Inspections
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122
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SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds
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122
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SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Environmental
Laws
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122
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SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances; Additional
Mortgages
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122
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SECTION 5.11. Fiscal Year; Accounting
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124
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SECTION 5.12. [Intentionally Omitted]
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124
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SECTION 5.13. Proceeds of Certain
Dispositions
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125
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SECTION 5.14. Post Restatement Effective Date
Matters
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125
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SECTION 5.15. Collateral Release
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125
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ARTICLE VI
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Negative Covenants
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SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness
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127
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130
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SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back
Transactions
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132
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SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans and
Advances
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133
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SECTION 6.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of
Assets and Acquisitions
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136
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SECTION 6.06. Dividends and
Distributions
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138
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SECTION 6.07. Transactions with
Affiliates
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140
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SECTION 6.08. Business of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
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141
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SECTION 6.09. Limitation on Modifications of
Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation,
By-Laws
and
Certain Other Agreements; etc
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142
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SECTION 6.10. Senior Secured Leverage
Ratio
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144
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SECTION 6.11. Interest Coverage Ratio
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144
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SECTION 6.12. Leverage Ratio
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145
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SECTION 6.13. Swap Agreements
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145
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SECTION 6.14. New Concentration Accounts;
Concentration Account Control Arrangements
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145
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ARTICLE VII
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Events of Default
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SECTION 7.01. Events of Default
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146
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SECTION 7.02. Exclusion of Immaterial
Subsidiaries
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149
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SECTION 7.03. U.S. Borrower’s Right to
Cure
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149
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ARTICLE VIII
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The Agents
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SECTION 8.01. Appointment
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SECTION 8.02. Nature of Duties
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151
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4
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SECTION 8.03. Resignation by the
Agents
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152
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SECTION 8.04. Each Agent in its Individual
Capacity
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152
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SECTION 8.05. Indemnification
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152
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SECTION 8.06. Lack of Reliance on
Agents
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153
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SECTION 8.07. Designation of Affiliates for
Foreign Currency Loans
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153
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ARTICLE IX
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Miscellaneous
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SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement
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SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect
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155
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SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns
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155
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SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity
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159
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SECTION 9.06. Right of Set-off
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161
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SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law
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161
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SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment
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161
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SECTION 9.09. Interest Rate
Limitation
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163
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SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement
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163
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SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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163
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SECTION 9.12. Severability
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164
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SECTION 9.13. Counterparts
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164
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164
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SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service
of Process
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164
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SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality
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164
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SECTION 9.17. Conversion of
Currencies
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166
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SECTION 9.18. USA PATRIOT Act
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166
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ARTICLE X
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Ancillary Facility
Adjustments
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SECTION 10.01. Exchange of Interests in
Ancillary Facilities
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ARTICLE XI
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Collection Allocation
Mechanism
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SECTION 11.01. Implementation of CAM
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168
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SECTION 11.02. Letters of Credit and Unfunded
Ancillary Credit Extensions
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169
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SECTION 11.03. Existing Credit Agreement;
Effectiveness of this Agreement; Consent to Amendment to U.S.
Collateral
Agreement
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance
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Form of
Administrative Questionnaire
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Form of
Borrowing Request
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Form of
Swingline Borrowing Request
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Form of U.S.
Mortgage
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Form of U.S.
Collateral Agreement
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Form of Foreign
Guarantee
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Form of Finco
Guarantee
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Form of
Additional Intercreditor Agreement
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[Intentionally
Omitted]
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Form of U.S.
Collateral Agreement Amendment
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Form of Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower Agreement
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Form of Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower Termination
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Reserve Costs
for Mandatory Costs Rate
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[Intentionally
Omitted]
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[Intentionally
Omitted]
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Form of Opinion
of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
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Form of
Reaffirmation Agreement
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Acquired
Foreign Subsidiaries
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Foreign
Acquirors, Foreign Acquiror Equity Contributions and Foreign
Acquiror Loans
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[reserved]
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Foreign Pledge
Agreements
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Foreign
Subsidiary Loan Parties
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Ancillary
Facility Limits
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Collateral and
Guarantee Requirement
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Certain U.S.
Subsidiaries
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Commitments
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Swingline
Dollar Commitments
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Swingline
Foreign Currency Commitments
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Ancillary
Commitments
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Organization
and Good Standing
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Governmental
Approvals
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Subsidiaries
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Subscriptions
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Litigation
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Taxes
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Mortgaged
Properties
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Labor
Matters
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Insurance
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Concentration
Accounts
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Restatement
Effective Date Collateral Matters
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Post
Restatement Effective Date Collateral Matters
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Liens as of
May 9, 2007
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Sale and
Lease-Back Transactions as of May 9, 2007
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Existing
Investments as of May 9, 2007
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Transactions
with Affiliates as of May 9, 2007
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SIXTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 24, 2009 (this
“ Agreement ”), among TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS
CORP., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdings ”),
TRW AUTOMOTIVE INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware corporation
(“ Intermediate Holdings ”), TRW AUTOMOTIVE INC.
(f/k/a TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP.), a Delaware corporation
(the “ U.S. Borrower ”), the FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY
BORROWERS party hereto, the LENDERS party hereto from time to time,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (f/k/a JPMORGAN CHASE BANK), as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”), and as collateral agent (in
such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”) for the
Lenders, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as syndication agent (in such
capacity, the “ Syndication Agent ”).
Pursuant
to or in connection with the Purchase Agreement (with such term and
each other capitalized term used but not defined in this preamble
having the meaning assigned thereto in Article I),
(a) the Equity Contributions were made, (b) the financing
transactions described in this preamble were consummated,
(c) the Finco Equity Contribution, the Finco Loan, the Newco
UK Equity Contribution, the Newco UK Loan, the Foreign Acquiror
Equity Contributions and the Foreign Acquiror Loans were
consummated, (d) the Stock Purchases were consummated, and
(e) fees and expenses (the “ Transaction Costs
”) incurred in connection with the foregoing were
paid.
On
the Closing Date, (a) Automotive Investors L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company (“ AILLC ”) and a Fund
Affiliate, the Management Group and the Management Equity Vehicle
together, contributed not less than $500,000,000 in cash to
Holdings in exchange for not less than 500,000 shares of Holdings
Common Stock (the “ Holdings Equity Contribution
”), (b) Holdings contributed (i) the proceeds of the
Holdings Equity Contribution and (ii) a number of shares of
Holdings Common Stock (the “ Stock Consideration
”), that taken together with the shares issued pursuant to
the Holdings Equity Contribution had an implied value of not less
than $868,000,000, to Intermediate Holdings, in exchange for all
the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Intermediate
Holdings (the “ Intermediate Holdings Equity
Contribution ”), (c) Intermediate Holdings
contributed to the U.S. Borrower in exchange for all the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower (i) the cash
proceeds of the Intermediate Holdings Equity Contribution,
(ii) the Stock Consideration and (iii) 62.7% shares of
LucasVarity Automotive Holding Co., a Delaware corporation (“
LucasVarity Holdings ”), purchased by Intermediate
Holdings from a subsidiary of Northrop Space and Mission in
exchange for a note (the “ Seller Note ”) in an
aggregate principal amount of $600,000,000 issued by Intermediate
Holdings and (d) the U.S. Borrower contributed $10,000,000 in
cash to Automotive (LV) Corp. in exchange for all the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests of Automotive (LV) Corp. (the
steps described in clauses (a)-(d) of this paragraph together, the
“ Equity Contributions ”).
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On
February 18, 2003, the U.S. Borrower issued and sold in
offerings pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933 (the “ Securities Act ”) and
Regulation S under the Securities Act (a) Senior Notes
having an aggregate principal amount of $925,000,000,
(b) Senior Notes having an aggregate principal amount
of €
200,000,000, (c) Senior
Subordinated Notes having an aggregate principal amount of
$300,000,000 and (d) Senior Subordinated Notes having an
aggregate principal amount of €
125,000,000.
Simultaneously
with the consummation of the Equity Contributions, (a) the
U.S. Borrower obtained, and made Borrowings in an aggregate amount
the Dollar Equivalent of which is not in excess of $1,544,000,000
under, the senior secured credit facilities provided for by the
Original Credit Agreement, (b) the U.S. Borrower made the
Management Equity Loan and (c) the U.S. Borrower and certain
of the Subsidiaries obtained $150,000,000 in proceeds under the
Permitted Receivables Financing.
Prior
to the consummation of the transactions described in the
immediately preceding sentence, the U.S. Borrower
contributed €
12,500 in cash to Finco in exchange
for all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Finco
(the “ Finco Equity Contributions ”).
Concurrently with the consummation of the transactions described in
the immediately preceding paragraph, (a) the U.S. Borrower
(i) made the Foreign Acquiror Equity Contributions and the
Finco Loan and (ii) contributed no more than $12,000,000 to
Automotive Holdings (UK), Ltd. (“ Newco UK ”) in
exchange for all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of
Newco UK (the “ Newco UK Equity Contribution ”)
and made the Newco UK Loan, (b) Finco used the proceeds of the
Finco Loan to make the Foreign Acquiror Loans, (c) the U.S.
Borrower purchased from a subsidiary of Northrop Space and Mission
all the issued and outstanding shares of LucasVarity Holdings not
purchased by Intermediate Holdings (as described above) for
$356,510,000 in cash, (d) (i) the Foreign Acquirors used the
proceeds of the Foreign Acquiror Equity Contributions and the
Foreign Acquiror Loans to purchase from subsidiaries of Northrop
Space and Mission all the Equity Interests of the Acquired Foreign
Subsidiaries and (ii) Newco UK used the proceeds of the Newco
UK Equity Contribution and the Newco UK Loan to acquire 80.4% of
the issued and outstanding shares of LucasVarity, a company
organized under the laws of England and Wales (“
LucasVarity ”) and all the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests in TRW UK Ltd and all the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of TRW INO Ltd., (e) Automotive Holdings
(France) S.A.S. purchased no less than 90% of the Equity Interests
of TRW France Holdings SAS from Lucas Investments, Limited in
exchange for a subordinated note of Automotive Holdings (France)
S.A.S. in an aggregate principal amount of up to $542,000,000,
(f) Automotive (LV) Corp. purchased from a subsidiary of
Northrop Space and Mission 1% of the issued and outstanding
LucasVarity shares for $10,000,000 in cash, (g) the U.S.
Borrower purchased from a subsidiary of Northrop Space and Mission
(i) all the issued and outstanding LucasVarity shares not
purchased by Automotive (LV) Corp. or Newco UK, and
(ii) all the issued and outstanding shares of TRW Steering
& Suspension Co. Ltd., TRW Vehicle Safety Systems and TRW
Automotive JV LLC for $280,000,000 in cash and the Stock
Consideration, (h) the U.S. Borrower purchased from a
subsidiary of Northrop Space and Mission all the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of TRW Auto Holdings Inc. and TRW
Automotive U.S. LLC for
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$1,126,000,000
in cash (the steps described in clauses (c)-(h) of this paragraph
together, the “ Stock Purchases ”). Following
the consummation of the Stock Purchases, (i) the U.S. Borrower
contributed to LucasVarity 1% of the Equity Interests of Finco
acquired by the U.S. Borrower as described in clause (a) above
and (j) the U.S. Borrower contributed to Newco UK all the
LucasVarity shares purchased by U.S. Borrower (as described in
clause (g) above) in exchange for 18.6% of the issued and
outstanding shares of Newco UK.
The
Borrowers borrowed (a) tranche A term loans on the Closing
Date, in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of
$410,000,000, (b) tranche B-1 term loans on the Closing Date,
in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $1,030,000,000,
and (c) tranche B-2 term loans on the Closing Date in an
aggregate principal amount in Euros not in excess of
€
64,814,815.
The
proceeds of such term loans were used by the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, together with (a) the Equity
Contributions, (b) up to $12,000,000 in proceeds of U.S.
Revolving Facility Loans, (c) the proceeds of the offering and
sale of the Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes and
(d) the proceeds of the initial sale on the Closing Date of
accounts receivable and related assets under the Permitted
Receivables Financing, solely (v) to make the Management
Equity Loan, (w) to make the Finco Loan, (x) to make the
Foreign Acquiror Loans and the Newco UK Loan, (y) to make the
Stock Purchases and (z) to pay the Transaction
Costs.
On
July 22, 2003, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and certain Lenders entered into
an Amendment and Restatement Agreement (the “ First
Amendment and Restatement Agreement ”) pursuant to which
the Original Credit Agreement was amended and restated in its
entirety (as so amended and restated, the “ First Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement ”).
On
January 9, 2004, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and certain Lenders entered into
an Amendment and Restatement Agreement (the “ Second
Amendment and Restatement Agreement ”) pursuant to which
the First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was amended and
restated in its entirety (as so amended and restated, the “
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
”).
On
February 6, 2004, Holdings completed an initial public
offering of 24,137,931 shares of its common stock (the “
IPO ”) and used the proceeds therefrom to
(a) repurchase 12,068,965 shares of its common stock from
AILLC (the “ IPO Repurchase Transaction ”) and
(b) repay a portion of its Senior Notes and Senior
Subordinated Notes (both as defined below) as follows:
(i) approximately $117,000,000 of such proceeds to repay 35%
of its $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 11% Senior
Subordinated Notes, (ii) approximately $61,000,000 of such
proceeds to repay 35% of its €
125,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 11.75% Senior Subordinated Notes,
(iii) approximately $109,000,000 of such proceeds to repay
approximately 11% of its $925,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
9.375% Senior Notes and (iv)
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approximately
$30,000,000 of such proceeds to repay approximately 11% of
its €
200,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 10.125% Senior Notes.
On
November 2, 2004, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and certain Lenders entered into
an Amendment and Restatement Agreement (the “ Third
Amendment and Restatement Agreement ”) pursuant to which
the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was amended and
restated in its entirety (as so amended and restated, the “
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
”).
The
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provided for the
Tranche E Facility, the proceeds of which (together with cash on
hand) were utilized to make the Intermediate Holdings Loan. On
November 12, 2004, Intermediate Holdings utilized the proceeds
of the Intermediate Holdings Loan to repurchase the entire
outstanding principal amount of the Seller Note.
On
December 17, 2004, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and certain Lenders entered into
an Amendment and Restatement Agreement (the “ Fourth
Amendment and Restatement Agreement ”) pursuant to which
the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was amended and
restated in its entirety (as so amended and restated, the “
Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
”).
On
November 18, 2005, the U.S. Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and certain Lenders entered into an Incremental Facility Amendment
(the “ Tranche B-2 Facility Amendment ”)
providing for the making of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans (as defined
below) in an aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 and certain
amendments to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement in
order to give effect thereto.
On
March 26, 2007, the U.S. Borrower issued and sold in offerings
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and
Regulation S under the Securities Act (a) New Senior
Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000,
(b) New Senior Notes having an aggregate principal amount
of €
275,000,000 and (c) New Senior
Notes having an aggregate principal amount of
$600,000,000.
On
April 19, 2007, the U.S. Borrower repurchased a total of
$825,218,850 of the aggregate principal amount of its 9-3/8% Senior
Notes, €
121,123,000 of the aggregate
principal amount of its 10-1/8% Senior Notes, $192,909,000 of the
aggregate principal amount of its 11% Senior Subordinated Notes
and €
79,028,000 of the aggregate
principal amount of its 11-3/4% Senior Subordinated
Notes.
On
May 9, 2007, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers and certain Lenders
further amended and restated the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement in its entirety (as so amended and restated, the “
Existing Credit Agreement ”).
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Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, the Foreign Subsidiary
Borrowers and the Required Lenders desire to further amend and
restate the Existing Credit Agreement as more fully described
herein. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth
herein, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated
as provided herein.
SECTION
1.01. Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
“
ABR Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
ABR Loans.
“
ABR Loan ” shall mean any ABR Term Loan, ABR Revolving
Loan or Swingline Dollar Loan.
“
ABR Revolving Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of ABR Revolving Loans.
“
ABR Revolving Loan ” shall mean any Revolving Loan
bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate
Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of
Article II.
“
ABR Term Loan ” shall mean any Term Loan bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base
Rate in accordance with the provisions of
Article II.
“
Accepting Lenders ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.10(h).
“
Acquired Foreign Subsidiaries ” shall mean the
Subsidiaries specified on Schedule 1.01(a).
“
Additional Intercreditor Agreement ” shall mean each
intercreditor agreement entered into as contemplated by the terms
hereof and substantially in the form of Exhibit H or on terms
otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
provided that, if such intercreditor agreement relates to
any Liens on any Collateral located in, or owned by a Loan Party
organized under the laws of, a jurisdiction outside of the United
States, then (i) the Administrative Agent may opt (in its sole
discretion) to require such intercreditor agreement to be governed
by applicable foreign law and (ii) the Administrative Agent
shall be satisfied that such intercreditor agreement will provide
rights and benefits for the Secured Parties and impose obligations
and limitations on the “Second Priority Creditors” (as
such term is defined in Exhibit H) (or the applicable
equivalent) under the laws of such jurisdiction substantially
equivalent to those rights, benefits, obligations and limitations
provided for under New York law by the terms of
Exhibit H.
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“
Additional Mortgage ” shall have the meaning provided
in Section 5.10(c).
“
Adjusted LIBO Rate ” shall mean, with respect to any
Eurocurrency Borrowing (including any ABR Borrowing, the interest
rate on which is determined pursuant to clause (c) of the
definition of “Alternate Base Rate”) for any Interest
Period, an interest rate per annum (except in connection with any
computation pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of
“Alternate Base Rate”, rounded upwards, if necessary,
to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the product of (a) the LIBO
Rate in effect for such Interest Period and (b) Statutory
Reserves applicable to such Eurocurrency Borrowing, if
any.
“
Administrative Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“
Administrative Agent Fee Letter ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c).
“
Administrative Agent Fees ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c).
“
Administrative Questionnaire ” shall mean an
Administrative Questionnaire in the form of
Exhibit B.
“
Affiliate ” shall mean, when used 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 ” shall mean the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent.
“
Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure ” shall mean the
aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures
and the Ancillary Facility Exposures.
“
Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“
Agreement Currency ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 9.17(b).
“
AILLC ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Alternate Base Rate ” shall mean, for any day, a rate
per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on
such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on
such day plus 1 / 2
of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO
Rate for a one-month Interest Period commencing on such day (or if
such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business
Day) plus 1%; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the
Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the rate per annum
(the “ Reference LIBO Rate ”) determined by the
Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on
the Quotation Day for such rate by reference to the British
Bankers’
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Interest Settlement Rates (as reflected on the Telerate screen
page) for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to one-month;
provided further that, to the extent that Reference LIBO
Rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of
this definition, the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be based on the rate
per annum that is the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the
next 1/100 of 1%) of the respective interest rates per annum at
which deposits in Dollars are offered for a period equal to
one-month to major banks in the London interbank market by JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on
the Quotation Day for such rate (it being understood and agreed
that this clause (c) shall be effective only for
determinations of the Alternate Base Rate on any day occurring on
or after the Restatement Effective Date). If for any reason the
Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to
ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate, including the failure
of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to publish rates or the
inability of the Administrative Agent to obtain quotations in
accordance with the terms thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be
determined without regard to clause (b) of the preceding
sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no
longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change
in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted
LIBO Rate for a one-month Interest Period shall be effective on the
effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds
Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one-month Interest
Period, respectively.
“
Ancillary Commitment ” shall mean, with respect to any
Ancillary Lender, the maximum amount that such Ancillary Lender has
agreed to make available from time to time during the Availability
Period under Ancillary Facilities created pursuant to
Section 2.22 by such Ancillary Lender; provided that at
no time shall (a) the sum of (i) the Ancillary Commitment
of such Ancillary Lender and (ii) the Available Unused
Commitment of such Ancillary Lender exceed (b) the Global
Revolving Facility Commitment of such Ancillary Lender. The amount
of each Ancillary Lender’s Ancillary Commitment on the
Restatement Effective Date is set forth on Schedule 2.22. The
aggregate amount of the Ancillary Commitments on the Restatement
Effective Date is $119,500,000.
“
Ancillary Commitment Limit ” shall mean $200,000,000;
provided that the Ancillary Commitments with respect to the
Ancillary Facilities in the jurisdictions set forth on
Schedule 1.01(f) shall be limited to the amounts set forth
opposite such jurisdictions on such Schedule.
“
Ancillary Credit Extensions ” shall mean Funded
Ancillary Credit Extensions and Unfunded Ancillary Credit
Extensions.
“
Ancillary Facility ” shall mean any facility or
financial accommodation (including any revolving, overdraft,
foreign exchange, guarantee, letter of credit, bonding, credit card
or automated payments facility) made available to a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower by a Global Revolving Facility Lender pursuant
to Section 2.22.
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“
Ancillary Facility Document ” shall mean, with respect
to any Ancillary Facility, the agreements between the applicable
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and the Ancillary Lender thereunder
providing for such Ancillary Facility.
“
Ancillary Facility Exposure ” shall mean, at any time
with respect to an Ancillary Facility made available by an
Ancillary Lender, the sum of the Dollar Equivalents at such time of
each of the following amounts (as calculated by such Ancillary
Lender using the relevant Exchange Rate at such time):
(a) the aggregate
principal amount under any overdraft, check drawing or other
account facilities, determined on the same basis as that for
determining any limit on such facilities imposed by the terms of
such Ancillary Facility;
(b) the maximum
potential liability (excluding amounts representing interest, fees
and similar amounts) under all letters of credit, guarantees and
bonds then outstanding under such Ancillary Facility;
(c) the aggregate
principal amount of loans outstanding thereunder; and
(d) in the case of
any other facility or financial accommodation, such other amount as
fairly represents the aggregate exposure of such Ancillary Lender
under such facility or financial accommodation, as reasonably
determined by such Ancillary Lender from time to time in accordance
with its usual banking practice for facilities or accommodations of
such type.
“
Ancillary Facility Repayment Amount ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(e)(ii).
“
Ancillary Facility Termination Date ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(e)(i).
“
Ancillary Lender ” shall mean, with respect to an
Ancillary Facility, the Global Revolving Facility Lender that has
made such Ancillary Facility available pursuant to
Section 2.22.
“
Ancillary Replacement Borrowing ” shall mean a Global
Revolving Facility Borrowing made by an Eligible Borrower upon the
termination of an Ancillary Facility pursuant to clause
(ii) of the first sentence of Section 2.22(e).
“
Applicable Agent ” shall mean (a) with respect to
a Loan or Borrowing denominated in Dollars or with respect to any
payment that does not relate to any Loan or Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent and (b) with respect to a Loan or
Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency, a Swingline Foreign
Currency Borrowing or Swingline Foreign Currency Loan, the
Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof designated pursuant to
Section 8.07.
“
Applicable Creditor ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 9.17(b).
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“
Applicable Margin ” shall mean, for any day,
(a) with respect to any Loan that is a Tranche A-1 Term Loan
or a Revolving Loan, or with respect to the Commitment Fees payable
hereunder after the Restatement Effective Date, as the case may be,
the applicable margin per annum set forth below under the caption
“Revolving Loan and Tranche A-1 Term Loan ABR Spread”,
“Revolving Loan and Tranche A-1 Term Loan Eurocurrency
Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as applicable,
based upon the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, and (b) with
respect to any Tranche B-1 Term Loan that is (i) an ABR Loan,
5.000% and (ii) a Eurocurrency Loan, 6.000%.
Applicable Margins for Revolving
Loans,
Tranche A-1 Term Loans and Commitment Fee Rates
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Senior Secured Leverage Ratio less
than 3.50 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 2.50 to
1.00
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Senior Secured Leverage Ratio less
than 2.50 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 1.75 to
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than 1.75 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 1.50 to
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For
purposes of the foregoing, (a) the Senior Secured Leverage
Ratio shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of
the U.S. Borrower’s fiscal year and (b) each change in
the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on
and including the first Business Day after the date of delivery to
the Administrative Agent of the consolidated financial information
for the related period required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 5.04(a) or (b) and ending on the date immediately
preceding the effective date of the next such change;
provided that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be
deemed to be in Category 1 (i) at any time that an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) at the option
of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the
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Required
Lenders, if the U.S. Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated
financial information required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 5.04(a) or (b), during the period from the expiration
of the time for delivery thereof until such consolidated financial
information is delivered; and provided , further ,
that until the delivery pursuant to Section 5.04(b) of the
financial statements of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries for
the fiscal quarter ended October 2, 2009, for purposes of
determining the Applicable Margin with respect to any Tranche A-1
Term Loan or Revolving Loan or the Commitment Fee payable hereunder
after the Restatement Effective Date the Senior Secured Leverage
Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 1.
“
Applicant Party ” shall mean, with respect to a Letter
of Credit, (i) the Borrower that requested such Letter of
Credit and (ii) in the case of Letters of Credit with respect
to which the U.S. Borrower and a Subsidiary are co-applicants,
collectively, the U.S. Borrower and such Subsidiary.
“
Approved Fund ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 9.04(b).
“
Asset Disposition ” shall mean any sale, transfer or
other disposition by Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries to any person other than a Borrower or any Subsidiary
Loan Party of any asset or group of related assets in one or a
series of related transactions, the Net Proceeds from which exceed
$50,000,000.
“
Assignment and Acceptance ” shall mean an assignment
and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee, and
accepted by the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower, in the
form of Exhibit A or such other form as shall be approved by
the Administrative Agent.
“
Automotive (LV) Corp. ” shall mean Automotive
(LV) Corp., a Delaware corporation.
“
Availability Period ” shall mean the period from and
including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (a) in the case of each of
Global Revolving Facility Loans, Global Revolving Facility
Borrowings, Swingline Foreign Currency Loans and Swingline Foreign
Currency Borrowings, the date of termination of the Global
Revolving Facility Commitments and (b) in the case of each of
U.S. Revolving Facility Loans, U.S. Revolving Facility Borrowings,
Swingline Dollar Loans, Swingline Dollar Borrowings and Letters of
Credit, the date of termination of the U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments.
“
Available Intercompany Investment Amount ” shall mean,
at any time with respect to any investment, loan or Guarantee, (a)
(i) during the period commencing on the Restatement Effective
Date and ending on the last day of the third fiscal quarter of
2011, 7.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal
quarter immediately prior to the date of such investment, loan or
Guarantee for which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to Section 5.04 and (ii) after the last day of the
third fiscal quarter of 2011, 10% of Consolidated Total Assets as
of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of
such investment, loan or Guarantee for which financial
statements
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have been
delivered pursuant to Section 5.04, minus (b) the
sum of (x) the aggregate amount of investments made prior to
such time by the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties in
Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties pursuant to
Section 6.04(a) (valued at the time of the making thereof
without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof),
(y) the aggregate amount of intercompany loans made prior to
such time by the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties in
Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties pursuant to
Section 6.04(d) and (z) the aggregate amount of
Guarantees provided prior to such time by the Borrowers and the
Subsidiary Loan Parties in respect of obligations of Subsidiaries
that are not Loan Parties pursuant to Section 6.04(l),
plus (c) the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of
returns of capital received by the Borrowers and the Subsidiary
Loan Parties in cash prior to such time in respect of investments
made by them in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties pursuant to
Section 6.04(a) or Section 6.04(h), (y) the
aggregate principal amount of intercompany loans made by the
Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are
not Loan Parties pursuant to Section 6.04(d) or
Section 6.04(h) that have been repaid in cash or with assets
prior to such time by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties to the
Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties, provided that,
with respect to the repayment of intercompany loans with assets
pursuant to this clause (y), the aggregate principal amount of
intercompany loans repaid for purposes of this clause
(y) shall not exceed the fair market value of the assets of
Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties received by the Borrowers
and the Subsidiary Loan Parties in respect of such repayments (as
shall be specified in a certificate delivered by the chief
financial officer of the U.S. Borrower to the Administrative Agent
at the time of such repayment), and (z) the aggregate
reduction prior to such time of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that
are not Loan Parties that had been Guaranteed by the Borrowers and
the Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to Section 6.04(l) or
Section 6.04(h) (other than any such reduction in Indebtedness
funded by the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan
Parties).
“
Available Unused Commitment ” shall mean, with respect
to any Global Revolving Facility Lender at any time, an amount
equal to the amount by which (a) the Global Revolving Facility
Commitment of such Global Revolving Facility Lender at such time
exceeds (b) the sum of (x) the Global Revolving Facility
Credit Exposure of such Global Revolving Facility Lender at such
time and (y) the Ancillary Commitment (if any) of such Global
Revolving Facility Lender at such time. For purposes of calculating
any Global Revolving Facility Lender’s Available Unused
Commitment in connection with an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing,
the amount of the Ancillary Commitment of such Global Revolving
Facility Lender shall be reduced by the amount of the Ancillary
Commitment being terminated.
“
Board ” shall mean the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
“
Board of Directors ” means, as to any person, the
board of directors of such person (or, if such person is a
partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the
general partner of such person) or any duly authorized committee
thereof.
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“
Borrowers ” shall mean the U.S. Borrower and the
Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers.
“
Borrowing ” shall mean a group of Loans of a single
Type under a single Facility and made on a single date and, in the
case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is
in effect.
“
Borrowing Minimum ” shall mean (a) in the case of
an ABR Revolving Borrowing, $5,000,000, (b) in the case of a
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing denominated in Dollars,
$5,000,000, (c) in the case of a Global Revolving Facility
Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency, the smallest amount of
such Foreign Currency that is a multiple of 1,000,000 units of such
Foreign Currency and has a Dollar Equivalent in excess of
$5,000,000, (d) in the case of a Swingline Dollar Borrowing,
$500,000 and (e) in the case of a Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing, the smallest amount of such Foreign Currency that is a
multiple of 500,000 units of such Foreign Currency and has a Dollar
Equivalent in excess of $1,000,000.
“
Borrowing Multiple ” shall mean (a) in the case
of a Revolving Borrowing denominated in Dollars, $1,000,000,
(b) in the case of a Swingline Dollar Borrowing, $500,000 and
(c) in the case of a Global Revolving Facility Borrowing
denominated in a Foreign Currency or a Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing, 100,000 units of such Foreign Currency.
“
Borrowing Request ” shall mean a request by a Borrower
in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in
the form of Exhibit C-1.
“
Budget Projections ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 5.04(i).
“
Business Day ” shall mean any day that is not a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York
City are authorized or required by law to remain closed;
provided that (a) when used in connection with a
Eurocurrency Loan, 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 (b) when used in connection with a Loan denominated
in Euros, 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 ” shall mean (a) the last
Business Day of each calendar month, (b) each date (with such
date to be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) that
is on or about the date of (i) a Borrowing Request or an
Interest Election Request with respect to any Global Revolving
Facility Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency, (ii) the
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Foreign Currency
Letter of Credit or (iii) a request for a Swingline Foreign
Currency Borrowing and (c) if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, any Business Day as determined by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
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“
CAM ” shall mean the mechanism for the allocation and
exchange of interests in the Loans and extensions of credit under
Ancillary Facilities, participations in Letters of Credit and
collections thereunder established under
Article XI.
“
CAM Exchange ” shall mean the exchange of the
Lenders’ interests provided for in Section 11.01.
“
CAM Exchange Date ” shall mean the first date after
the Closing Date on which there shall occur (a) any event
described in paragraph (h) or (i) of Section 7.01
with respect to any Borrower or (b) an acceleration of Loans
pursuant to Section 7.01.
“
CAM Percentage ” shall mean, as to each Lender, a
fraction, expressed as a decimal, of which (a) the numerator
shall be the sum of (i) the Dollar Equivalent, determined
using the Exchange Rates calculated as of the CAM Exchange Date, of
the aggregate Obligations in respect of Loans (other than Swingline
Loans) owed to such Lender, (ii) the Revolving L/C Exposure,
if any, of such Lender, (iii) the Swingline Exposure, if any,
of such Lender, and (iv) the Ancillary Facility Exposure, if
any, of such Lender, in each case immediately prior to the CAM
Exchange Date, and (b) the denominator shall be the sum of
(i) the Dollar Equivalent, determined using the Exchange Rates
calculated as of the CAM Exchange Date, of the aggregate
Obligations in respect of Loans (other than Swingline Loans) owed
to all the Lenders, (ii) the aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure
of all the Lenders, (iii) the Swingline Exposures of all
Lenders and (iv) the Ancillary Facility Exposures of all
Lenders, in each case immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date;
provided that, for purposes of clause (a) above, the
Obligations owed to a Swingline Lender will be deemed not to
include any Swingline Loans except to the extent provided in clause
(a)(iii) above.
“
Capital Expenditures ” shall mean, for any person in
respect of any period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred
by such person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP,
are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or
equipment” or similar items reflected in the statement of
cash flows of such person, provided, however, that Capital
Expenditures for the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall not
include (a) expenditures to the extent they are made with the
proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests of Holdings after the
Closing Date or with funds that would have constituted Net Proceeds
under clause (a) of the definition of the term “ Net
Proceeds ” (but that will not constitute Net Proceeds as
a result of the first proviso to such clause (a)),
(b) expenditures of proceeds of insurance settlements,
condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost,
destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property
to the extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such
lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other
property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct,
improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the
business of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries within
12 months of receipt of such proceeds, (c) interest
capitalized during such period, (d) expenditures that are
accounted for as capital expenditures of such person and that
actually are paid for by a third party (excluding Holdings or any
subsidiary thereof) and for which neither Holdings nor any
subsidiary thereof has provided or is required to provide or incur,
directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such
third party
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or any other
person (whether before, during or after such period), (e) the
book value of any asset owned by such person prior to or during
such period to the extent that such book value is included as a
capital expenditure during such period as a result of such person
reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without
a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such
period, provided that (i) any expenditure necessary in
order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a
Capital Expenditure during the period that such expenditure
actually is made and (ii) such book value shall have been
included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally
acquired, (f) the purchase price of equipment purchased during
such period to the extent the consideration therefor consists of
any combination of (i) used or surplus equipment traded in at
the time of such purchase and (ii) the proceeds of a
concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the
ordinary course of business and (g) investments in respect of a
Permitted Business Acquisition.
“
Capital Lease Obligations ” of any person shall mean
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 and, for purposes
hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the
capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“
cash equivalents ” shall mean Permitted Investments
having a term of not more than three months.
“
Cash Interest Expense ” shall mean, with respect to
the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for
any period, the sum of Interest Expense of the U.S. Borrower and
the Subsidiaries for such period less the sum of
(a) pay-in-kind Interest Expense, (b) to the extent
included in Interest Expense (and without duplication), the
amortization of any financing fees paid by, or on behalf of, the
U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, including such fees paid
in connection with the Restatement Transactions (including any such
fees paid by Holdings from the proceeds of distributions from the
U.S. Borrower) and (c) the amortization of debt discounts, if
any, or fees in respect of Swap Agreements.
A
“ Change in Control ” shall be deemed to occur
if:
(a) at any time,
(i) Holdings shall fail to own directly, beneficially and of
record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of
Intermediate Holdings (or the surviving entity in any merger of
Intermediate Holdings and the U.S. Borrower pursuant to
Section 6.05(b)), unless and until such time as Intermediate
Holdings (or such surviving entity) is merged with Holdings
pursuant to Section 6.05(b), (ii) Intermediate Holdings
(or the surviving entity in any merger of Intermediate Holdings and
Holdings pursuant to Section 6.05(b)) shall fail to own
directly, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower, unless and until
such time as Intermediate Holdings (or such surviving entity) is
merged with the U.S.
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Borrower
pursuant to Section 6.05(b), (iii) a majority of the
seats (other than vacant seats) on the Board of Directors of
Holdings shall at any time be occupied by persons who were neither
(A) nominated by the Board of Directors of Holdings or a
Permitted Holder nor (B) appointed by directors so nominated
or (iv) a “Change in Control” shall occur under
the New Senior Note Indentures;
(b) any person or
group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect on the Closing Date), other than
the Permitted Holders or any combination of the Permitted Holders,
shall own beneficially, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate
Equity Interests representing at least 50% of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of Holdings and the Permitted Holders own
beneficially, directly or indirectly, a smaller percentage of such
ordinary voting power at such time than the Equity Interests owned
by such other person or group.
“
Change in Law ” shall mean (a) the adoption of
any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any
change in law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing
Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or Issuing Bank (or, for
purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such
Lender or by such Lender’s or Issuing 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 Closing Date.
“
Charges ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 9.09.
“
Closing Date ” shall mean February 28,
2003.
“
Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended from time to time.
“
Collateral ” shall mean all the
“Collateral” as defined in any Security Document and
shall also include the Mortgaged Properties.
“
Collateral Agent ” shall have the meaning given such
term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement ” shall mean the
requirement that:
(a) the Collateral
Agent shall have received (i) from Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary Loan
Party, a counterpart of the U.S. Collateral Agreement duly executed
and delivered on behalf of such person, (ii) from each
Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01(d), a counterpart of a
Foreign Pledge Agreement with respect to the amount of the Equity
Interests of each Foreign Subsidiary listed opposite such
Subsidiary on such Schedule, duly executed and delivered on behalf
of such party, (iii) except as set forth on
Schedule 1.01(g), from each Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party a
counterpart of a Foreign Security Agreement and a Foreign Mortgage,
duly
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executed and
delivered on behalf of such Foreign Subsidiary, (iv) except as
set forth on Schedule 1.01(g), from each Foreign Subsidiary
Loan Party a counterpart of the Foreign Guarantee, duly executed
and delivered on behalf of each such person, (v) from Finco, a
counterpart of the Finco Guarantee and Foreign Pledge Agreements,
with respect to its interest in certain of the Foreign Acquiror
Notes, in each case, duly executed and delivered on behalf of Finco
and (vi) from the U.S. Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary
Loan Party thereto a counterpart of the First-Tier Subsidiary
Pledge Agreement, duly executed and delivered on behalf of each
such person;
(b) in the case of
any person that becomes a Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party after the
Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received from such
subsidiary (i) a supplement to the U.S. Collateral Agreement,
in the form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on
behalf of such Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party, (ii) if such
Subsidiary owns Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary that, as a
result the law of the jurisdiction or organization of such Foreign
Subsidiary, cannot be pledged to the Collateral Agent under the
U.S. Collateral Agreement, a counterpart of a Foreign Pledge
Agreement with respect to such Equity Interests ( provided
that in no event shall more than 65% of the issued and outstanding
voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, other than
Finco, be pledged to secure Obligations of the U.S. Borrower), duly
executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary and
(iii) a supplement to the First-Tier Subsidiary Pledge
Agreement or a Foreign Pledge Agreement, as applicable, with
respect to the portion that is not being pledged pursuant to clause
(ii) above of the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary
owned by it, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such
Subsidiary;
(c) in the case of
any person that becomes a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party after the
Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received
(i) from such person (x) subject to clause (iii) of
Section 5.10(f), a counterpart of a Foreign Security Agreement
and (if applicable) a Foreign Mortgage, duly executed and delivered
on behalf of such person and (y) a supplement to the Foreign
Guarantee, in the form specified therein, duly executed and
delivered on behalf of such person and (ii) from the parent of
such Foreign Subsidiary, a counterpart of a Foreign Pledge
Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such
parent;
(d) all the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests (i) of (A) Intermediate
Holdings (or the surviving entity of any merger of Intermediate
Holdings and the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 6.05(b)),
until such time as Intermediate Holdings (or such surviving entity)
is merged with Holdings (or the surviving entity of any merger of
Intermediate Holdings and Holdings) pursuant to
Section 6.05(b), (B) the U.S. Borrower, until such time
as the U.S. Borrower is merged with Intermediate Holdings pursuant
to Section 6.05(b), (C) each Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party,
(D) each Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party, (E) each Wholly
Owned Subsidiary directly owned by or on behalf of (1) the
U.S. Borrower, (2) a Subsidiary listed on
Schedule 1.01(e), (3) any Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party
or (4) subject to clause (iii) of Section 5.10(f), any
person
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that becomes a
Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date, (ii) of
any other person owned on the Closing Date directly by or on behalf
by any Loan Party, subject to Section 5.10(h) and except to the
extent that a pledge of such Equity Interests would violate
applicable law or a contractual obligation binding upon such Equity
Interests as of the Closing Date and for so long as such
restriction exists and (iii) subject to Section 5.10(h), that
are acquired by a Loan Party after the Closing Date, shall have
been pledged pursuant to the U.S. Collateral Agreement or a Foreign
Pledge Agreement, as applicable ( provided that in no event
shall more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting Equity
Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, other than Finco, be pledged
to secure Obligations of the U.S. Borrower), and the Collateral
Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if
any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers
or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in
blank;
(e) all
Indebtedness of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower
and each Subsidiary having an aggregate principal amount that has a
Dollar Equivalent in excess of $10,000,000 (other than intercompany
current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in
connection with the cash management operations of the U.S. Borrower
and the Subsidiaries) that is owing to any Loan Party shall be
evidenced by a promissory note or an instrument and shall have been
pledged pursuant to the U.S. Collateral Agreement or a Foreign
Pledge Agreement, as applicable, and the Collateral Agent shall
have received all such promissory notes or instruments, together
with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect
thereto endorsed in blank;
(f) all documents
and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the
Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each
case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to
the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the
Security Documents, shall have been filed, registered or recorded
or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or
the recording concurrently with, or promptly following, the
execution and delivery of each such Security Document;
(g) the Collateral
Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of each Mortgage to
be entered into on the Closing Date with respect to each Mortgaged
Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such
Mortgaged Property, (ii) a policy or policies of title
insurance, paid for by the U.S. Borrower, issued by a nationally
recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each U.S.
Mortgage specified on Schedule 3.18 as a valid first Lien on
the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens
except as permitted by Section 6.02 and Liens arising by
operation of law, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and
reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, and
(iii) such legal opinions and other documents as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such
Mortgage or Mortgaged Property; and
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(h) each Loan
Party shall have obtained (i) all consents and approvals
required to be obtained by it in connection with (A) the
execution and delivery of all Security Documents (or supplements
thereto) to which it is a party and the granting by it of the Liens
thereunder, (B) in the case of each Domestic Subsidiary Loan
Party, the performance of its obligations thereunder and
(C) in the case of each Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party, the
performance of its obligations under the Foreign Guarantee and
(ii) in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party, all
material consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in
connection with the performance by it of its obligations under the
Security Documents (other than the Foreign Guarantee).
“
Collateral Release Period ” shall mean any period
after the repayment of all outstanding Tranche B-1 Term Loans and,
if applicable, Incremental Extensions of Credit in the form of
tranche B facilities during which the U.S. Borrower has at least
one Investment Grade Rating (determined without regard to any form
of credit enhancement), provided that each such Collateral Release
Period shall commence upon written notice by the U.S. Borrower to
the Administrative Agent and shall terminate, if requested by the
Required Lenders, on the first date following the commencement of
such Collateral Release Period on which the U.S. Borrower has no
Investment Grade Ratings (determined without regard to any form of
credit enhancement).
“
Commitment Fee ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.12(a).
“
Commitments ” shall mean, (a) with respect to any
Lender, such Lender’s Global Revolving Facility Commitment,
U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment, or any commitment in respect of
any Incremental Extension of Credit, and (b) with respect to
any Swingline Lender, its Swingline Dollar Commitment or Swingline
Foreign Currency Commitment, as applicable.
“
Concentration Account ” means each deposit account
located in the United States of the U.S. Borrower or any Domestic
Subsidiary Loan Party that (a) is listed on Schedule 3.22
or (b) is opened after the Restatement Effective Date and is
used by the U.S. Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party as
a principal concentration account or otherwise used for
substantially the same purposes as any account referred to in
clause (a) above.
“
Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to any
person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such
person and its subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated
basis; provided, however, that (i) any net after-tax
extraordinary gains or losses ( less all fees and expenses
relating thereto) shall be excluded, (ii) any net after-tax
gains or losses on disposal of discontinued operations shall be
excluded, (iii) any net after-tax gains or losses (
less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to
asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business
(as determined in good faith by the U.S. Borrower) shall be
excluded, (iv) the Net Income for such period of any person
that is not a subsidiary of such person, or that is accounted for
by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the
extent of the amount of dividends or
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distributions
or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into
cash) to the referent person or a subsidiary thereof in respect of
such period, (v) the Net Income for such period of any
subsidiary of such person shall be excluded to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by
such subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of
determination permitted without any prior governmental approval
(which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the
operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation
applicable to that subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such
restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or in similar
distributions has been legally waived, (vi) in the case of the
U.S. Borrower, Consolidated Net Income for such period shall be
decreased by the amount of all payments made during such period
pursuant to Sections 6.06(b) and used by Holdings or
Intermediate Holdings to make payments that reduce the Consolidated
Net Income of Holdings or Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, for
such period, (vii) Consolidated Net Income for such period
shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles during such period and (viii) Consolidated Net Income
for such period shall be (x) increased by the amount of the
net after-tax premium paid in respect of debt repurchases or
redemptions during such period and (y) decreased by any net
after-tax gains in respect of debt repurchases or redemptions
during such period.
“
Consolidated Total Assets ” shall mean, as of any
date, the total assets of the U.S. Borrower and the consolidated
Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP, as set forth on
the consolidated balance sheet of the U.S. Borrower as of such
date.
“
Consolidated Total Debt ” at any date shall mean the
sum of (without duplication), (a) all Indebtedness consisting
of Capital Lease Obligations, Indebtedness for borrowed money and
Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of property
or services of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries determined on
a consolidated basis on such date plus (b) the
“Aggregate Principal Balance” (as defined in the
Receivables Loan Agreement) or any analogous term in any
replacement or amendment of the Receivables Loan Agreement
plus, (c) without duplication , the aggregate
principal amount of any financing of, or Net Investment in,
accounts receivable that constitutes a Permitted Receivables
Financing.
“
Consolidated Total Net Debt ” at any time shall mean
(a) Consolidated Total Debt minus (b) Unrestricted Cash
in excess of $100,000,000; provided that no more than
$500,000,000 of Unrestricted Cash may be deducted in calculating
Consolidated Total Net Debt at any time.
“
Consolidated Total Senior Secured Debt ” at any date
shall mean the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total
Debt outstanding at such date secured by a Lien on any assets of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary (other than (i) any Second-Priority Lien and
(ii) any Lien on assets of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party), it being understood that, for the purposes of this
definition, any portion of Consolidated Total Debt attributable to
clause (b) or (c) of the definition thereof shall
be
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deemed to be
secured by a Lien on the assets of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary and shall be included in the
calculation of Consolidated Total Senior Secured Debt for all
purposes hereunder.
“
Consolidated Total Senior Secured Net Debt ” at any
time shall mean (a) Consolidated Total Senior Secured Debt
minus (b) Unrestricted Cash in excess of $100,000,000;
provided that no more than $500,000,000 of Unrestricted Cash
may be deducted in calculating Consolidated Total Senior Secured
Net Debt at any time.
“
Control ” shall mean 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 ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “
Controlling ” and “ Controlled ”
shall have meanings correlative thereto.
“
Credit Event ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Article IV.
“
Cumulative Net Income Amount ” shall mean, at any
time, an amount equal to (a) the product of
(i) Consolidated Net Income for the period (taken as one
accounting period) commencing on July 4, 2009 to the end of
the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial
statements are delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 and
(ii) 0.50, minus (b) the aggregate amount of such
Consolidated Net Income that has been utilized, or committed to be
utilized, prior to such time to purchase or redeem, or pay
dividends or make other distributions in respect of, Equity
Interests of Holdings pursuant to Section 6.06(e)(B) or
Section 6.06(f)(B), minus (c) the aggregate amount
of such Consolidated Net Income that has been utilized, or
committed to be utilized, prior to such time to purchase, redeem,
retire or otherwise acquire New Senior Notes, Permitted Junior Debt
or Permitted Notes Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to clause
(E)(2) of Section 6.09(b)(i).
“
Cure Amount ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 7.03.
“
Cure Right ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 7.03.
“
Currency ” shall mean Dollars, Euros and
Sterling.
“
Current Assets ” shall mean, with respect to the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date
of determination, the sum of (a) all assets (other than cash
and Permitted Investments or other cash equivalents) that would, in
accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet
of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current assets at such
date of determination, other than amounts related to current or
deferred Taxes based on income or profits (including the Michigan
Single Business Tax and similar Taxes) and (b) in the event
that the Permitted Receivables Financing is accounted for
off-balance sheet, (x) gross accounts receivable sold by the
U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to a Permitted Receivables
Financing less (y) collections against the amounts sold
pursuant to clause (x).
“
Current Liabilities ” shall mean, with respect to the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any
date of determination, all liabilities that
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would, in
accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet
of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current liabilities at
such date of determination, other than (a) the current portion of
any debt or Capital Lease Obligations, (b) accruals of
Interest Expense (excluding Interest Expense that is due and
unpaid), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on
income or profits (including the Michigan Single Business Tax and
similar Taxes), (d) accruals, if any, of transaction costs
resulting from the Transactions, (e) accruals of any costs or
expenses related to (i) severance or termination of employees
prior to the Closing Date or (ii) bonuses, pension and other
post-retirement benefit obligations, (f) the current portion
of the obligations of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries under
the Trust Agreement between Lucas and Fidelity Management Trust
dated as of October 1, 1995, with respect to the Varity
Automotive Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan and the Varity
Automotive Inc. Deferred Compensation Trust Agreement dated as of
November 1, 1997, with respect to the Varity Automotive
Supplemental Compensation and Deferred Compensation Plan and
(g) accruals for add-backs to EBITDA included in clauses
(a)(v) through (a)(ix) of paragraph (B) of the definition of
such term.
“
Debt Offering Net Proceeds ” shall mean 100% of the
cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the U.S.
Borrower of any Permitted Junior Debt, net of all Taxes and fees
(including investment banking fees), commissions, costs and other
expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such incurrence
of Permitted Junior Debt. For purposes of calculating the amount of
Debt Offering Net Proceeds, fees, commissions and other costs and
expenses payable to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or the U.S.
Borrower or any Affiliate of either of them shall be disregarded,
except for financial advisory fees customary in type and amount
paid to Affiliates of the Fund.
“
Debt Service ” shall mean, with respect to the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any
period, Cash Interest Expense for such period plus scheduled
principal amortization of Consolidated Total Debt for such period
(whether or not such payments are made).
“
Default ” shall mean any event or condition that upon
notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of
Default.
“
Defaulting Lender ” shall mean any Lender or Ancillary
Lender with respect to which a Lender Default is in
effect.
“
Designated Non-Cash Consideration ” shall mean all
non-cash consideration received by the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary in respect of any sale, transfer or other disposition of
assets pursuant to Section 6.05(h) that is designated as
Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a
Responsible Officer, which certificate shall set forth the fair
market value of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration and the
basis of such valuation.
“
Dollars” or “ $ ” shall mean lawful
money of the United States of America.
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“
Dollar Equivalent ” shall mean, on any date of
determination (a) with respect to any amount in Dollars, such
amount, and (b) with respect to any amount in any Foreign
Currency, the equivalent in Dollars of such amount, determined by
the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.03(b) using the
Exchange Rate with respect to such Foreign Currency at the time in
effect under the provisions of such Section.
“
Dollar Letter of Credit ” shall mean a Letter of
Credit denominated in Dollars.
“
Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party ” shall mean each
Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is not (a) a Foreign Subsidiary,
(b) the Receivables Subsidiary, (c) the Transferor or
(d) listed on Schedule 1.01(h).
“
EBITDA ” shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower
and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the
Consolidated Net Income of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
for such period:
plus (a) the sum of (in each case without
duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in
subclauses (i) through (ix) of this clause
(a) reduced such Consolidated Net Income for the respective
period for which EBITDA is being determined) (i) provision for
Taxes based on income or profits of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries (including the Michigan Single Business Tax and
similar Taxes) for such period and provision for Taxes based on
income or profits of Holdings and Intermediate Holdings during such
period to the extent paid using the proceeds of dividends made by
the U.S. Borrower in accordance with Section 6.06(b),
(ii) Interest Expense of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries for such period, (iii) depreciation and
amortization expense of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries for
such period, (iv) any fees, expenses or charges related to any
equity offering, any investment or acquisition permitted hereunder
or occurring prior to the Closing Date, any recapitalization
permitted hereunder or any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred
hereunder (whether or not successful) and fees, expenses, charges
or change of control payments related to the Transactions
(including fees to the Fund and Fund Affiliates) or the acquisition
by Northrop Grumman Corporation of TRW Inc., (v) the amount of
any cash restructuring or other nonrecurring charges incurred not
in excess of (A) $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2004, (B) $50,000,000
in fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, (C) $90,000,000 in
fiscal year 2009 or (D) $50,000,000 in any fiscal year thereafter,
(vi) any other noncash charges, including increases in costs
of sales resulting from purchase accounting in relation to the
Transactions or any acquisition (but excluding any such charge
which requires an accrual of a cash reserve for anticipated cash
charges for any future period and any noncash expense relating to
defined benefits pension or post-retirement benefit plans),
(vii) the amount of any minority interest expense, (viii)
noncash exchange, translation or performance losses relating to any
foreign currency hedging transactions or currency fluctuations and
(ix) the amount of management, consulting, monitoring and
advisory fees paid to the Fund and/or Fund Affiliates (or any
accruals related to such fees) during such period not to exceed
$7,500,000
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during any four
quarter period ( provided that, for purposes of subclauses
(vi) and (viii) of this clause (a), any noncash charges
or losses shall be treated as cash charges or losses in any
subsequent period during which cash disbursements attributable
thereto are made),
minus (b) the sum of (in each case without
duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in
subclauses (i) through (iii) of this clause
(b) increased such Consolidated Net Income for the respective
period for which EBITDA is being determined) (i) the amount of
any minority interest income, (ii) noncash exchange,
translation or performance gains relating to any foreign currency
hedging transactions or currency fluctuations and
(iii) noncash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period (but excluding
any such items (A) in respect of which cash was received in a
prior period or will be received in a future period, (B) which
represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for,
anticipated cash charges in any prior period or (C) which
constitute noncash gains or income relating to defined benefits
pension or post-retirement benefit plans).
“
Eligible Borrower ” shall mean the U.S. Borrower or
any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower that has been designated under
Section 2.20 to make Borrowings under the Global Revolving
Facilities.
“
EMU Legislation ” shall mean the legislative measures
of the European Union for the introduction of, changeover to or
operation of the Euro in one or more member states of the European
Union.
“
environment ” shall mean ambient air, surface water
and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and
wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, the workplace or
as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.
“
Environmental Laws ” shall mean all applicable laws
(including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances,
orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding
agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental
Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or
reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or
threatened release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to
health and safety matters (to the extent relating to the
environment or Hazardous Materials).
“
Environmental Liability ” shall mean any liability,
contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs
of environmental investigation or remediation, fines, penalties or
indemnities), of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower
or any of the Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or
based upon (a) a violation of any Environmental Law, (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.
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“
Equity Contributions ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Equity Interests ” of any person shall mean any and
all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options,
participation or other equivalents of or interests in (however
designated) equity of such person, including any preferred stock,
any limited or general partnership interest and any limited
liability company membership interest.
“
Equity Offering ” shall mean any public or private
sale of common stock of Holdings, other than public offerings with
respect to the common stock of Holdings registered on Form S-8
under the Securities Act (or any successor form
thereto).
“
Equity Offering Net Proceeds ” shall mean the cash
proceeds from any Equity Offering, net of all fees (including
investment banking fees), discounts, commissions, costs and other
expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such Equity
Offering. In connection with the calculation of the Equity Offering
Net Proceeds with respect to any Equity Offering, all fees,
discounts, commissions, costs and expenses shall be allocated among
the shares sold in such Equity Offering on a pro rata
basis.
“
Equity Sweep Event ” shall mean the issuance by
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary of any Equity Interests, or the receipt by Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary of any
capital contribution, other than (i) any such issuance of
Equity Interests to, or receipt of any such capital contribution
from, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary, (ii) any issuance of directors’ qualifying
shares or of nominal amounts of other Equity Interests that are
required to be held by specified persons under applicable law, or
(iii) any such issuance of Equity Interests to management or
employees of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or
any Subsidiary under any employee stock option or stock purchase
plan or other employee benefit plan in existence from time to time.
For the avoidance of doubt, the receipt by the U.S. Borrower of any
Cure Amounts shall be deemed to be an Equity Sweep
Event.
“
Equity Sweep Net Proceeds ” shall mean 100% of the
cash proceeds from any Equity Sweep Event, net of all fees
(including investment banking fees), discounts, commissions, costs
and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such
Equity Sweep Event. In connection with the calculation of the
Equity Sweep Net Proceeds with respect to any Equity Sweep Event,
all fees, discounts, commissions, costs and expenses shall be
allocated among the shares sold in such Equity Sweep Event on a
pro rata basis.
“
ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
“
ERISA Affiliate ” shall mean any trade or business
(whether or not incorporated) that, together with Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary is treated
as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code,
or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
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“
ERISA Event ” shall mean (a) any Reportable
Event; (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an
“accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) and, on
and after the effectiveness of Title I of the Pension Act, any
failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards
(within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302
of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, whether or not waived;
(c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or
Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the
minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the
incurrence by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, a
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV
of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; (e) the receipt by Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate
from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an
intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (f) the
incurrence by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, a
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to
the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer
Plan; (g) the receipt by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice,
or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA
Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal
Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is
expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning
of Title IV of ERISA (or, after the effectiveness of Title II of
the Pension Act, that it is in endangered or critical status,
within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA); or (h) on
and after the effectiveness of Title I of the Pension Act, a
determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in
“at-risk” status (as defined in
Section 303(i)(4)(A) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4)(A) of
the Code).
“
Euro ” or “ €
” shall mean the single
currency of the European Union as constituted by the treaty
establishing the European Community being the Treaty of Rome, as
amended from time to time and as referred to in the EMU
Legislation.
“
Euro Equivalent ” shall mean, on any date of
determination, (a) with respect to any amount in Euros, such
amount and (b) with respect to any amount in Dollars or any
Foreign Currency other than Euros, the equivalent in Euros of such
amount or determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 1.03(b) using the Exchange Rate with respect to such
currency of the time in effect under the provisions of such
Section.
“
Eurocurrency Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Eurocurrency Loans.
“
Eurocurrency Loan ” shall mean any Eurocurrency Term
Loan or Eurocurrency Revolving Loan.
“
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing ” shall mean a
Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans.
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“
Eurocurrency Revolving Loan ” shall mean any Revolving
Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of
Article II.
“
Eurocurrency Term Loan ” shall mean any Term Loan
bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted
LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of
Article II.
“
Event of Default ” shall have the meaning given such
term in Section 7.01.
“
Excess Cash Flow ” shall mean, with respect to the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any
Excess Cash Flow Period, EBITDA of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such Excess Cash Flow
Period,
minus , without duplication, (a) Debt Service
for such Excess Cash Flow Period, (b) (i) any voluntary prepayments
of Term Loans during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (ii) any
permanent voluntary reductions during such Excess Cash Flow Period
of Revolving Credit Commitments to the extent that an equal amount
of Revolving Loans was simultaneously repaid and (iii) any
voluntary prepayment permitted hereunder of term Indebtedness
during such Excess Cash Flow Period to the extent not financed, or
intended to be financed, using the proceeds of the incurrence of
Indebtedness, so long as the amount of such prepayment is not
already reflected in Debt Service, (c) (i) Capital
Expenditures by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period (excluding
Capital Expenditures made in such Excess Cash Flow Period where a
certificate in the form contemplated by the following clause
(d) was previously delivered) that are paid in cash and
(ii) the aggregate consideration paid in cash during such
Excess Cash Flow Period in respect of Permitted Business
Acquisitions and other investments permitted hereunder (
less any amounts received in respect thereof as a return of
capital), (d) Capital Expenditures that the U.S. Borrower or
any Subsidiary shall, during such Excess Cash Flow Period, become
obligated to make but that are not made during such Excess Cash
Flow Period, provided that the U.S. Borrower shall deliver a
certificate to the Administrative Agent not later than 90 days
after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period, signed by a
Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower and certifying that such
Capital Expenditures and the delivery of the related equipment will
be made in the following Excess Cash Flow Period, (e) Taxes
paid in cash by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period or that will
be paid within six months after the close of such Excess Cash Flow
Period ( provided that any amount so deducted that will be
paid after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period shall not be
deducted again in a subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period) and for
which reserves have been established, including income tax expense
and withholding tax expense incurred in connection with
cross-border transactions involving the Foreign Subsidiaries,
(f) an amount equal to any increase in Working Capital of the
U.S.
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Borrower and
the Subsidiaries for such Excess Cash Flow Period, (g) to the
extent not deducted in determining EBITDA, consulting, monitoring
and advisory fees paid to the Fund and Fund Affiliates during such
Excess Cash Flow Period, (h) cash expenditures made in respect
of Swap Agreements during such Excess Cash Flow Period, to the
extent not reflected in the computation of EBITDA or Interest
Expense, (i) permitted dividends or distributions or
repurchases of its Equity Interests paid in cash by Holdings during
such Excess Cash Flow Period and permitted dividends paid by the
U.S. Borrower or by any Subsidiary to any person other than the
U.S. Borrower or any of the other Subsidiaries during such Excess
Cash Flow Period, in each case in accordance with
Section 6.06, (j) amounts paid in cash during such Excess
Cash Flow Period on account of (x) items that were accounted
for as noncash reductions of the Consolidated Net Income of the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries in a prior Excess Cash Flow
Period and (y) reserves or accruals established in purchase
accounting, (k) extraordinary special charges or any
nonrecurring loss paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(l) to the extent not deducted in the computation of Net
Proceeds in respect of any asset disposition or condemnation giving
rise thereto, the amount of any mandatory prepayment of
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness created hereunder or under
any other Loan Document), together with any interest, premium or
penalties required to be paid (and actually paid) in connection
therewith, (m) the amount, if any, by which consolidated
deferred revenues of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
decreased during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (n) the amount
related to items that were added to Consolidated Net Income in
calculating EBITDA to the extent such items represented a cash
payment, or an accrual for a cash payment, by the U.S. Borrower and
the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash
Flow Period, (o) the amount of minority interest expense added
to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA for such Excess
Cash Flow Period and (p) any income relating to defined
benefits pension or post-retirement benefit plans and any cash
payment relating to defined benefits pension or post-retirement
benefit plans net of any amounts received by Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary from Northrop Grumman
Corporation pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for post-retirement
benefit plans,
plus , without duplication, (q) an amount equal
to any decrease in Working Capital for such Excess Cash Flow
Period, (r) all proceeds received during such Excess Cash Flow
Period of Capital Lease Obligations, purchase money Indebtedness,
Sale and Lease-Back Transactions pursuant to Section 6.03 and
any other Indebtedness, in each case to the extent used to finance
any Capital Expenditure (other than Indebtedness under this
Agreement to the extent there is no corresponding deduction to
Excess Cash Flow above in respect of the use of such Borrowings),
(s) all amounts referred to in clause (c) above to the
extent funded with the proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests
of, or capital contributions to, Holdings after the Closing Date
(to the extent not previously used to prepay Indebtedness (other
than Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans), make any investment or
capital expenditure or otherwise for any purpose resulting in a
deduction to Excess Cash Flow in any prior Excess Cash Flow Period)
or any
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amount that
would have constituted Net Proceeds under clause (a) of the
definition of the term “ Net Proceeds ” if not
so spent, in each case to the extent there is a corresponding
deduction from Excess Cash Flow above, (t) to the extent any
Capital Expenditures and the corresponding delivery of equipment
referred to in clause (d) above do not occur in the Excess
Cash Flow Period of the U.S. Borrower specified in the certificate
of the U.S. Borrower provided pursuant to clause (d) above,
the amount of such Capital Expenditures that were not so made in
the Excess Cash Flow Period of the U.S. Borrower specified in such
certificates, (u) cash payments received in respect of Swap
Agreements during such Excess Cash Flow Period to the extent
(i) not included in the computation of EBITDA or
(ii) such payments do not reduce Cash Interest Expense,
(v) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash
during such Excess Cash Flow Period (except to the extent such gain
consists of Net Proceeds subject to Section 2.11(c)),
(w) to the extent deducted in the computation of EBITDA,
interest income, (x) the amount, if any, by which consolidated
deferred revenues of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
increased during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (y) the amount
related to items that were deducted from Consolidated Net Income in
calculating EBITDA to the extent such items represented cash
received by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(z) the amount of minority interest income deducted from
Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA for such Excess Cash
Flow Period and (aa) any expense relating to defined benefits
pension or post-retirement benefit plans.
“
Excess Cash Flow Period ” shall mean (i) the
period taken as one accounting period beginning on January 1,
2008, and ending on December 31, 2008, and (ii) each
fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower ended thereafter.
“
Exchange Rate ” shall mean on any day, for purposes of
determining the Dollar Equivalent or Euro Equivalent of any other
currency, the rate at which such other currency may be exchanged
into Dollars, Sterling or Euros (as applicable), 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 U.S. Borrower, 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 Dollars, Sterling or Euros (as applicable) 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 conclusive absent manifest error.
“
Excluded Taxes ” shall mean, with respect to the
Agents, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any
payment to be made by or on account of any
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obligation of a
Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on
(or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or
by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is
organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the
case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is
located, (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) in the
case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a
request by a Borrower under Section 2.19(b)), any withholding
tax (other than a withholding tax levied upon any amounts payable
to such Foreign Lender in respect of any interest in any Loan or
Ancillary Credit Extension acquired by such Foreign Lender pursuant
to Section 11.01) that is in effect and would apply to amounts
payable hereunder to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign
Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new
lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s
failure to comply with Section 2.17(e), except to the extent
that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at
the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to
receive additional amounts from a Borrower with respect to any
withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a).
“
Exempted Intercompany Investment ” shall mean (a)(i)
any investment or series of related investments (valued at the time
of the making thereof) by any Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Party in
any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (ii) any intercompany
loan or series of related intercompany loans by any Borrower or
Subsidiary Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or
(iii) any Guarantee or series of related Guarantees provided
by any Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of any
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, in each case in an amount not
in excess of $10,000,000 and (b) any keep-well or similar
contingent arrangement provided to Automotive Holdings (France),
S.A.S. by a Loan Party ( provided that amounts paid in
respect of any such keep-well or similar arrangement shall not
constitute an Exempted Intercompany Investment).
“
Existing Ancillary Facility ” shall mean an Ancillary
Facility (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement).
“
Existing Lending Commitments ” shall mean,
(a) with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Global
Revolving Facility Commitment under the Existing Credit Agreement
and U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment under the Existing Credit
Agreement, and (b) with respect to any Swingline Lender, its
Swingline Dollar Commitment or Swingline Foreign Currency
Commitment, as applicable.
“
Existing Credit Agreement ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Facility ” shall mean the respective facility and
commitments utilized in making Loans and credit extensions
hereunder, it being understood that as of the Restatement Effective
Date, there are four Facilities, i.e. , the Tranche A-1
Facility, the Tranche B-1 Facility, the Global Revolving Facility
and the U.S. Revolving Facility.
“
Federal Funds Effective Rate ” shall mean, for any
day, the weighted average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the
next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight
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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 which is a Business Day, the average
(rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the
quotations for the day of such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized
standing selected by it.
“
Fees ” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the L/C
Participation Fees, the Issuing Bank Fees and the Administrative
Agent Fees.
“
Financial Officer ” of any person shall mean the Chief
Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer,
Assistant Treasurer or Controller of such person.
“
Financial Performance Covenants ” shall mean the
covenants of the U.S. Borrower set forth in Sections 6.10,
6.11 and 6.12.
“
Finco ” shall mean TRW Automotive Finance (Luxembourg)
S.À R.L., a company organized under the laws of Luxembourg
and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
“
Finco Equity Contribution ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Finco Guarantee ” shall mean the Finco Guarantee
Agreement, in the form of Exhibit G, between Finco and the
Collateral Agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“
Finco Loan ” shall mean the loan from the U.S.
Borrower to Finco on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal
amount equal to approximately $681,501,000 out of the proceeds of
Loans made to the U.S. Borrower on the Closing Date, which loan has
been evidenced by a note and pledged pursuant to the Collateral and
Guarantee Requirement.
“
First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
First Amendment and Restatement Agreement ” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
First-Tier Subsidiary Pledge Agreement ” shall mean
the First-Tier Subsidiary Pledge Agreement among the Subsidiaries
party thereto and the Collateral Agent.
“
Foreign Acquiror Equity Contributions ” shall mean
direct or indirect equity contributions from the U.S. Borrower to
each Foreign Acquiror on the Closing Date in the respective amount
set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) in exchange for all the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests of such Foreign
Acquiror.
“
Foreign Acquiror Loans ” shall mean loans from Finco
to the Foreign Acquirors on the Closing Date in the respective
principal amounts set forth on
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Schedule 1.01(b) out of the proceeds of the
Finco Loan, which loans are evidenced by notes or other instruments
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
“
Foreign Acquirors ” shall mean the Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 1.01(b).
“
Foreign Currency ” shall mean (a) with respect to
an Ancillary Facility, any currency reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent that is freely available, freely transferable
and freely convertible into Dollars and (b) otherwise, Euros
and Sterling.
“
Foreign Currency Letter of Credit ” shall mean a
Letter of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency.
“
Foreign Guarantee ” shall mean the Foreign Guarantee
Agreement, in the form of Exhibit F, among the Foreign
Subsidiary Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“
Foreign Lender ” shall mean any Lender that is
organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which
the U.S. 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.
“
Foreign Mortgages ” shall mean the mortgages, deeds of
trust, charges, assignments of leases and rents and other security
documents delivered on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date
with respect to Mortgaged Properties located outside the United
States of America or pursuant to Section 5.10, each in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent.
“
Foreign Perfection Certificate ” shall mean a
certificate with respect to a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party in the
form approved by the Collateral Agent.
“
Foreign Pledge Agreement ” shall mean (a) each
pledge agreement listed on Schedule 1.01(d) and (b) each
other pledge agreement with respect to the Pledged Collateral
delivered pursuant to Section 5.10 with respect to a Foreign
Subsidiary Loan Party or Foreign Subsidiary, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, in each case, as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“
Foreign Security Agreement ” shall mean one or more
security agreements, charges, mortgages or pledges with respect to
the Collateral (other than Pledged Collateral or Collateral that is
subject to a Foreign Mortgage) of a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party,
each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“
Foreign Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary that is
incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia.
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“
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower ” shall mean, at any time,
each Foreign Subsidiary that (a) has entered into a
Restatement Effective Date Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement or
(b) has been designated as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower by
the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20, other than a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower that has ceased to be a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower as provided in Section 2.20;
provided , that until such time as such Foreign Subsidiary
has become a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party and has satisfied the
requirements described in Section 5.10(f), such Foreign
Subsidiary shall be permitted to be a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
solely for purposes of obtaining an Unsecured Ancillary Facility
and shall not be permitted to make any other Borrowings
hereunder.
“
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement ” shall mean a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement substantially in the form
of
Exhibit K-1.
“
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Termination ” shall mean a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Termination substantially in the form
of Exhibit J-2.
“
Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party ” shall mean
(a) each Foreign Subsidiary that is set forth on
Schedule 1.01(e) and (b) each Wholly Owned Foreign
Subsidiary that has met the requirements of Section 5.10(f)
after the Restatement Effective Date.
“
Fortuna ” means Fortuna Assurance Company, a captive
insurance company that provides insurance coverage solely for the
benefit of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries.
“
Fourth Amendment and Restatement Agreement ” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Fund ” shall mean Blackstone Capital Partners IV
Merchant Banking Fund L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
“
Fund Affiliate ” shall mean (i) each Affiliate of
the Fund that is neither an operating company nor a company
controlled by an operating company and (ii) each general
partner of the Fund or any Fund Affiliate who is a partner or
employee of the Blackstone Group L.P.
“
Funded Ancillary Credit Extension ” shall mean, at any
time, an extension of credit under an Ancillary Facility in respect
of which the applicable Ancillary Lender has advanced funds to, or
on behalf of, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
thereunder.
“
GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting
principles in effect from time to time in the United States,
applied on a consistent basis.
“
Global Lending Office ” shall mean, as to any Global
Revolving Facility Lender, the applicable branch, office or
Affiliate of such Global Revolving Facility
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Lender
designated by such Global Revolving Facility Lender to make Loans
denominated in a Foreign Currency.
“
Global Revolving Facility ” shall mean the Global
Revolving Facility Commitments and the extensions of credit made
thereunder by the Global Revolving Facility Lenders.
“
Global Revolving Facility Commitment ” shall mean,
with respect to each Global Revolving Facility Lender, the
commitment of such Global Revolving Facility Lender to make Global
Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section 2.01, expressed
as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of
such Lender’s Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure
hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to
time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such
Lender under Section 9.04. The amount of each Global Revolving
Facility Lender’s Global Revolving Facility Commitment is set
forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance
pursuant to which such Global Revolving Facility Lender shall have
assumed its Global Revolving Facility Commitment, as applicable.
The aggregate amount of the Global Revolving Facility Commitments
on the date hereof is $700,000,000.
“
Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure ” shall
mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
amount of the Global Revolving Facility Loans denominated in
Dollars outstanding at such time, (b) the Dollar Equivalent of
the aggregate principal amount of the Global Revolving Facility
Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency outstanding at such time
and (c) the Swingline Foreign Currency Exposure at such time.
The Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Global
Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall be the sum of
(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Global Revolving
Facility Lender’s Global Revolving Facility Loans denominated
in Dollars outstanding at such time, (b) the Dollar Equivalent
of the aggregate principal amount of such Global Revolving Facility
Lender’s Global Revolving Facility Loans denominated in a
Foreign Currency outstanding at such time and (c) such Global
Revolving Facility Lender’s ratable share (based on Available
Unused Commitments) of the Swingline Foreign Currency Exposure at
such time, as adjusted to reflect the reallocations of Swingline
Foreign Currency Exposures pursuant to Section 2.24.
“
Global Revolving Facility Lender ” shall mean a Lender
with a Global Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding
Global Revolving Facility Loans.
“
Global Revolving Facility Loan ” shall mean a Loan
made by a Global Revolving Facility Lender in respect of a Global
Revolving Facility Commitment pursuant to Section 2.01
(including each Global Revolving Facility Loan made under the
Existing Credit Agreement and outstanding as of the Restatement
Effective Date). Each Global Revolving Facility Loan denominated in
Dollars shall be a Eurocurrency Loan or an ABR Loan, and each
Global Revolving Facility Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency
shall be a Eurocurrency Loan. !
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“
Governmental Authority ” shall mean any federal,
state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority,
instrumentality or regulatory body.
“
Guarantee ” of or by any person (the “
guarantor ”) shall mean (a) any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having
the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other
obligation of any other person (the “ primary obligor
”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and
including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect,
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation
(whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by
agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or
services, to take-or-pay or otherwise) or to purchase (or to
advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the
payment of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to
purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose
of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of
the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity
capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of
the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such
Indebtedness or other obligation, (iv) entered into for the
purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such
Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to
protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or
in part) or (v) as an account party in respect of any letter
of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness
or other obligation, or (b) any Lien on any assets of the
guarantor securing any Indebtedness (or any existing right,
contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness to be
secured by such a Lien) of any other person, whether or not such
Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the guarantor;
provided, however, that the term “ Guarantee
” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit,
in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and
reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or
entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of
assets permitted under this Agreement.
“
Hazardous Materials ” shall mean 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 Law.
“
Holdings ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“
Holdings Common Stock ” shall mean common stock issued
by Holdings.
“
Holdings Equity Contribution ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Incremental Extensions of Credit ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23.
“
Incremental Facility Amendment ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23.
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“
Incremental Facility Closing Date ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23.
“
Incremental Term Loan Net Proceeds ” shall mean 100%
of the cash proceeds from the incurrence by any Borrower of any
Incremental Extensions of Credit on or after the Restatement
Effective Date, net of all Taxes and fees (including investment
banking fees), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case
incurred in connection with such incurrence of Incremental
Extensions of Credit; provided that the first $50,000,000
(or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) of such net proceeds shall be
deemed not to be Incremental Term Loan Net Proceeds.
“
Indebtedness ” of any person shall mean, without
duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed
money, (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations
of such person upon which interest charges are customarily paid,
(d) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or
other title retention agreements relating to property or assets
purchased by such person, (e) all obligations of such person
issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or
services (other than current trade liabilities and current
intercompany liabilities (but not any refinancings, extensions,
renewals or replacements thereof) incurred in the ordinary course
of business and maturing within 365 days after the incurrence
thereof), (f) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness of
others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person,
(h) all payments that such person would have to make in the
event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such
person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Swap
Agreements, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of
such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and
(j) all obligations of such person in respect of bankers’
acceptances. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the
Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general
partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement
evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such
person in respect thereof.
“
Indemnified Taxes ” shall mean Taxes other than
Excluded Taxes.
“
Indemnitee ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 9.05(b).
“
Installment Date ” shall mean a Tranche A Installment
Date, a Tranche A-1 Installment Date, a Tranche B Installment Date,
a Tranche B-2 Installment Date, a Tranche D Installment Date or a
Tranche E Installment Date, as applicable.
“
Intercreditor Agreement ” shall mean the Intercreditor
Agreement dated as of February 28, 2003, among JPMorgan Chase
Bank, as Administrative Agent, the Receivables Subsidiary, the U.S.
Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
“
Interest Coverage Ratio ” shall have the meaning given
such term in Section 6.11.
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“
Interest Election Request ” shall mean a request by a
Borrower to convert or continue a Term Borrowing or Revolving
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07.
“
Interest Expense ” shall mean, with respect to any
person for any period, the sum of (a) gross interest expense
of such person for such period on a consolidated basis, including
(i) the amortization of debt discounts, (ii) the
amortization of all fees (including fees with respect to Swap
Agreements) payable in connection with the incurrence of
Indebtedness to the extent included in interest expense,
(iii) the portion of any payments or accruals with respect to
Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense and
(iv) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges
incurred in connection with the Permitted Receivables Financing
which are payable to any person other than the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary Loan Party and (b) capitalized interest of such
person. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall
be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or
received by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries with respect to
Swap Agreements.
“
Interest Payment Date ” shall mean, (a) 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 that
would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest
Periods of three months’ duration been applicable to such
Borrowing and, in addition, the date of any refinancing or
conversion of such Borrowing with or to a Borrowing of a different
Type, (b) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each
calendar quarter, (c) with respect to any Swingline Dollar
Loan, the day that such Swingline Dollar Loan is required to be
repaid pursuant to Section 2.09(a) and (d) with respect
to any Swingline Foreign Currency Loan, the last day of the
Interest Period applicable to such Swingline Foreign Currency Loan
or any day otherwise agreed to by the Swingline Foreign Currency
Lenders.
“
Interest Period ” shall mean, (a) as to any
Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest
Period applicable to such Borrowing, as applicable, and ending on
the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically
corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is
1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter (or (i) 9 or
12 months, if at the time of the relevant Borrowing, all
Lenders make interest periods of such length available and
(ii) solely with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing that is
a Revolving Borrowing, 7 or 14 days), as the applicable
Borrower may elect, or the date any Eurocurrency Borrowing is
converted to an ABR Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07
or repaid or prepaid in accordance with Section 2.09, 2.10 or
2.11 and (b) as to any Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing,
the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on
the day that is designated in the notice delivered pursuant to
Section 2.04 with respect to such Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing, which shall not be later than the seventh day
thereafter; provided, however, that 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 such
next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month,
in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next
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preceding
Business Day. Interest shall accrue from and including the first
day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such
Interest Period.
“
Intermediate Holdings ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“
Intermediate Holdings Equity Contribution ” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Intermediate Holdings Loan ” shall mean the loan from
the U.S. Borrower to Intermediate Holdings in an aggregate
principal amount of $499,000,000 made with the proceeds of the
Tranche E Term Loans and approximately $200,000,000 of cash of the
U.S. Borrower, which loan has been evidenced by a note and pledged
pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
“
Investment Grade Rating ” shall mean any of (a) a
corporate rating of the U.S. Borrower by S&P of BBB- (with a
stable outlook) or better or (b) a corporate family rating of
the U.S. Borrower by Moody’s of Baa3 (with a stable outlook)
or better.
“
IPO ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the preamble to this Agreement.
“
IPO Repurchase Transaction ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Issuing Bank ” shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
each other Issuing Bank designated pursuant to
Section 2.05(l), in each case in its capacity as an issuer of
Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as
provided in Section 2.05(i). An Issuing Bank may, in its
discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued
by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term
“Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with
respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
“
Issuing Bank Fees ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.12(b).
“
Judgment Currency ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 9.17(b).
“
L/C Disbursement ” shall mean a payment or
disbursement made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of
Credit.
“
L/C Participation Fee ” shall have the meaning
assigned such term in Section 2.12(b).
“
Lender ” shall mean each financial institution listed
on Schedule 2.01, each person that is a Lender under the
Existing Credit Agreement as of the Restatement Effective Date, as
well as any person that becomes a “Lender” hereunder
pursuant to
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Section 9.04 or pursuant to an Incremental
Facility Amendment, in each case, other than such person that
ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to
Section 9.04.
“
Lender Default ” shall mean (i) the refusal
(which has not been retracted) of a Lender to make available its
portion of any Borrowing, to acquire participations in a Swingline
Loan pursuant to Section 2.04 or to fund its portion of any
unreimbursed payment under Section 2.05(e), (ii) a Lender
having notified in writing the applicable Borrower and/or the
Applicable Agent that it does not intend to comply with its
obligations under Section 2.04, 2.05 or 2.06 or (iii) the
refusal of an Ancillary Lender to extend credit under an Ancillary
Facility other than a refusal in accordance with the terms of the
applicable Ancillary Facility Document and the terms
hereof.
“
Lenders’ Presentation ” shall mean the
Lenders’ Presentation dated June 8, 2009, as modified or
supplemented prior to the Restatement Effective Date.
“
Lender Signature Page ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 4.01(a)(i).
“
Letter of Credit ” shall mean any letter of credit
issued pursuant to Section 2.05 (including each letter of
credit issued (or deemed issued) under the Existing Credit
Agreement and outstanding as of the Restatement Effective
Date).
“
Leverage Ratio ” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of
(a) Consolidated Total Net Debt as of such date to
(b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters
of the U.S. Borrower most recently ended as of such date, all
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided that to the extent any Asset Disposition or any
Permitted Business Acquisition (or any similar transaction or
transactions that require a waiver or a consent of the Required
Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or Section 6.05) has
occurred during the relevant Test Period, EBITDA shall be
determined for the respective Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis for
such occurrences.
“
LIBO Rate ” shall mean, with respect to any
Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate per annum
determined by the Applicable Agent at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, on the Quotation Day for such
Interest Period by reference to the British Bankers’
Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in the currency
of such Borrowing (as reflected on the applicable Telerate screen
page), for a period equal to such Interest Period; provided
that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the
“ LIBO Rate ” shall be 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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Quotation Day
for such Interest Period.
“
Lien ” shall mean, with respect to any asset,
(a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge,
encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on such asset,
(b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional
sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any
financing lease having substantially the same
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economic effect
as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the
case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a
third party with respect to such securities.
“
Loan Documents ” shall mean this Agreement, the
Letters of Credit, the Security Documents, the Ancillary Facility
Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, any Additional
Intercreditor Agreement, any promissory note issued under
Section 2.09(e) and any Incremental Facility
Amendment.
“
Loan Parties ” shall mean Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
“
Loans ” shall mean the Term Loans, the Revolving
Loans, the Swingline Loans and any loans made in respect of any
Incremental Extension of Credit.
“
Local Time ” shall mean (a) with respect to a
Loan or Borrowing denominated in Dollars and made from a U.S.
Lending Office, New York City time and (b) with respect to a
Loan or Borrowing denominated in any Foreign Currency or a Loan or
Borrowing denominated in Dollars and made from a Global Lending
Office, London time.
“
London Administrative Office ” shall mean the office
of the Administrative Agent at J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, 125
London Wall, London EC2Y 5AJ, England, Attention of Claire Johnson
(Telecopy No. 011-44-207-777-2360).
“
Lucas ” shall mean Lucas Industries Limited, a company
organized under the Laws of England and Wales.
“
Majority Lenders ” of any Facility shall mean, at any
time, Lenders under such Facility having Loans, Ancillary
Commitments and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of
the sum of all Loans outstanding under such Facility, Ancillary
Commitments and unused Commitments under such Facility at such
time.
“
Management Equity Loan ” shall mean (a) the loan
on the Closing Date by the U.S. Borrower or Holdings to the
Management Equity Vehicle in an aggregate principal amount not in
excess of $12,000,000 and (b) if applicable, the loan on the
Closing Date by the U.S. Borrower to Holdings in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the loan, if any, by Holdings to the
Management Equity Vehicle on the Closing Date.
“
Management Equity Vehicle ” shall mean trust accounts
pursuant to escrow agreements dated as of February 21, 2003,
and as of the Closing Date.
“
Management Group ” shall mean the group consisting of
the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of
the U.S. Borrower, Holdings and Intermediate Holdings on the
Closing Date together with (1) any new directors whose
election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for
election by the stockholders of the U.S. Borrower, Holdings, or
Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, was approved by a vote of a
majority of the directors of the U.S. Borrower, Holdings or
Intermediate
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Holdings, as
applicable, then still in office who were either directors on the
Closing Date or whose election or nomination was previously so
approved and (2) executive officers and other management
personnel of the U.S. Borrower, Holdings or Intermediate Holdings,
as applicable, hired at a time when the directors on the Closing
Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority
of the directors of the U.S. Borrower, Holdings or Intermediate
Holdings, as applicable.
“
Margin Stock ” shall have the meaning given such term
in Regulation U.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean the existence of
events, conditions and/or contingencies that have had or are
reasonably likely to have (a) a materially adverse effect on
the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition
of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
(b) a material impairment of the ability of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries
to perform any of its material obligations under any Loan Document
to which it is or will be a party or to consummate the Restatement
Transactions or (c) an impairment of the validity or
enforceability of, or a material impairment of the material rights,
remedies or benefits available to the Lenders, any Issuing Bank,
the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under, any Loan
Document.
“
Material Indebtedness ” shall mean Indebtedness (other
than Loans, Ancillary Credit Extensions and Letters of Credit) of
any one or more of the Loan Parties in an aggregate principal
amount exceeding $75,000,000.
“
Maximum Rate ” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 9.09.
“
Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc.
“
Mortgaged Properties ” shall mean the owned real
properties of the Loan Parties set forth on
Schedule 3.18.
“
Mortgages ” shall mean the U.S. Mortgages and the
Foreign Mortgages.
“
Multiemployer Plan ” shall mean a multiemployer plan
as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which a Borrower,
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or any ERISA Affiliate (other than
one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection
(m) or (o) of Code Section 414) is making or
accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of
the preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make
contributions.
“
Net Income ” means, with respect to any person, the
net income (loss) of such person, determined in accordance
with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock
dividends.
“
Net Proceeds ” shall mean (a) 100% of the cash
proceeds actually received by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (including any cash
payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant
to a note or installment receivable or purchase price
adjustment
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receivable or
otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements and
condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any loss,
damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or
other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and
any mortgage or lease of real property) to any person of any asset
or assets of the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other
than those pursuant to Section 6.05(a), (b), (c), (e), (f),
(g), (i) or (j)), net of (i) attorneys’ fees,
accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs,
title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges,
transfer Taxes, deed or mortgage recording Taxes, required debt
payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the
applicable asset (other than pursuant hereto or pursuant to the New
Senior Notes, Permitted Junior Debt or Permitted Notes Refinancing
Indebtedness), other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant
and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith
and (ii) Taxes paid or payable as a result thereof,
provided that, if no Event of Default exists and the U.S.
Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of
the U.S. Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following
receipt of any such proceeds setting forth the U.S.
Borrower’s intention to use any portion of such proceeds, to
acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair
assets (including inventory) useful in the business of the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries, or make investments pursuant to
Section 6.04(j), in each case within 15 months of such
receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net
Proceeds except to the extent not so used or contractually
committed to be used within such 15-month period (it being agreed
that if any of such proceeds are not so used within such 15-month
period but within such 15-month period are contractually committed
to be used, such proceeds shall be used within 18 months from
the receipt thereof and, to the extent not so used within such
18-month period, shall constitute Net Proceeds notwithstanding this
proviso), provided, further , that (x) no proceeds
realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions
shall constitute Net Proceeds unless such proceeds shall exceed
$20,000,000 and (y) no proceeds shall constitute Net Proceeds
in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such proceeds
in such fiscal year (excluding any proceeds that do not constitute
Net Proceeds during such fiscal year pursuant to clause (x) of
this proviso) shall exceed $100,000,000, and provided, further,
that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
the aggregate amount of proceeds excluded from Net Proceeds
pursuant to the first proviso to clause (a) of this definition
shall not exceed (x) during any of calendar years 2009, 2010
or 2011, 10% of Consolidated Total Assets (calculated for any date
of determination of the availability of such proviso as of the end
of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to such date of
determination for which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to Section 5.04) or (y) during the period beginning
on the Restatement Effective Date and ending on December 31,
2011, 25% of Consolidated Total Assets (calculated for any date of
determination of the availability of such proviso as of the end of
the fiscal quarter immediately prior to such date of determination
for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to
Section 5.04), and (b) 100% of the cash proceeds from the
incurrence, issuance or sale by the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted
pursuant to Section 6.01), net of all Taxes and fees
(including investment banking fees), commissions, costs and other
expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such issuance or
sale. For purposes of calculating the amount of Net Proceeds,
fees,
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commissions and
other costs and expenses payable to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings
or the U.S. Borrower or any Affiliate of either of them shall be
disregarded, except for financial advisory fees customary in type
and amount paid to Affiliates of the Fund.
“
New Senior Note Documents ” shall mean the New Senior
Notes and the New Senior Note Indentures.
“
New Senior Note Indentures ” shall mean the Indentures
dated as of March 26, 2007, among the U.S. Borrower, the
Subsidiaries party thereto and the trustee named therein from time
to time, as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date and as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the requirements thereof and of this
Agreement.
“
New Senior Notes ” shall mean the U.S.
Borrower’s 6-3/8% Senior Notes due 2014, 7% Senior Notes due
2014 and 7-1/4% Senior Notes due 2017, in each case issued pursuant
to the New Senior Note Indentures, and any notes issued by the U.S.
Borrower in exchange for, and as contemplated by, the New Senior
Notes with substantially identical terms as the New Senior
Notes.
“
Newco UK ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Newco UK Equity Contribution ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Newco UK Loan ” shall mean the loan from the U.S.
Borrower to Newco UK on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal
amount equal to $725,740,000 out of the proceeds of Loans made to
the U.S. Borrower on the Closing Date, which loan is evidenced by a
note and pledged pursuant to a Foreign Pledge Agreement.
“
Northrop Space and Mission ” shall mean Northrop
Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp., an Ohio
corporation.
“
Notice of Termination ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.22(e)(ii).
“
Obligations ” shall mean the
“Obligations”, as such term is defined in the U.S.
Collateral Agreement, and the “Foreign Obligations”, as
such term is defined in the Foreign Guarantee.
“
Original Credit Agreement ” shall mean the Credit
Agreement dated as of February 27, 2003 among Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, the Foreign Subsidiary
Borrowers party thereto, the lenders party thereto from time to
time and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, Credit
Suisse First Boston, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch,
Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
each as co-syndication agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as
documentation agent.
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“
Other Taxes ” means any and all present or future
stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes,
charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder
or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise
with respect to, the Loan Documents.
“
Participant ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 9.04(c).
“
Payment Option 1 ” shall mean “Payment Option
1” as such term is defined in the Supplier Purchase
Agreement.
“
Payment Option 2 ” shall mean “Payment Option
2” as such term is defined in the Supplier Purchase
Agreement.
“
PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.
“
Pension Act ” shall mean the Pension Act of 2006, as
amended.
“
Perfection Certificate s” shall mean the U.S.
Perfection Certificate and the Foreign Perfection
Certificates.
“
Permitted Business Acquisition ” shall mean any
acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or all the
Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares)
in, a person or division or line of business of a person (or any
subsequent investment made in a person, division or line of
business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition)
if (a) such person or division is engaged in the same or a
similar line of business as the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
or a reasonable extension, development or expansion of such line of
business or a business ancillary to such line of business,
(b) such acquisition was not preceded by, or effected pursuant
to, an unsolicited or hostile offer and (c) immediately after
giving effect thereto: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in
accordance with applicable laws; (iii) the Equity Interests of
any acquired or newly formed corporation, partnership, association
or other business entity are held directly by (A) the U.S.
Borrower, (B) a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Domestic
Subsidiary Loan Party or (C) if such corporation, partnership,
association or other business entity is incorporated or organized
under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, a Foreign
Subsidiary Loan Party and, in each case, such acquired or newly
formed Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Loan Party and all
actions required to be taken with respect to such acquired or newly
formed Subsidiary Loan Party under Section 5.10 shall have
been taken and (iv)(A) the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall
be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such
acquisition or formation, with the covenants contained in
Sections 6.11 and 6.12 recomputed as at the last day of the
most recently ended fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, and the U.S. Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the
U.S. Borrower to such effect, together with all relevant financial
information for such Subsidiary or assets, and
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(B) any
acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any
Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted by
Section 6.01).
“
Permitted Cure Security ” means an equity security of
Holdings (or the surviving entity in any merger of Holdings
permitted under Section 6.05(b)) having no mandatory
redemption, repurchase or similar requirements prior to
December 31, 2012, and upon which all dividends or
distributions (if any) shall be payable solely in additional shares
of such equity security.
“
Permitted Holder ” shall mean the Fund, the Fund
Affiliates and the Management Group.
“
Permitted Investments ” shall mean: (a) direct
obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof
or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any
agency thereof; (b) time deposit accounts, certificates of
deposit and money market deposits maturing within 365 days of the
date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that
is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any
state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United
States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits
having a Dollar Equivalent that is in excess of $500,000,000 and
whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding company’s
long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating or
higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating
organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities
Act); (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than
365 days for underlying securities of the types described in
clause (a) above entered into with a bank meeting the
qualifications described in clause (b) above;
(d) commercial paper, maturing not more than 365 days
after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than
an Affiliate of any Borrower) organized and in existence under the
laws of the United States of America or any foreign country
recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the
time as of which any investment therein is made of P-1 (or higher)
according to Moody’s, or A-1 (or higher) according to
S&P; (e) securities with maturities of twelve months or
less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any
State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America,
or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and
rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s; (f) in the
case of any Foreign Subsidiary: (i) direct obligations of the
sovereign nation (or any agency thereof) in which such Foreign
Subsidiary is organized and is conducting business or in
obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by such sovereign
nation (or any agency thereof), (ii) investments of the type
and maturity described in clauses (a) through (e) above
of foreign obligors, which investments or obligors (or the parents
of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or
equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies or
(iii) investments of the type and maturity described in
clauses (a) through (e) above of foreign obligors (or the
parents of such obligors), which investments or obligors (or the
parents of such obligors) are not rated as provided in such clauses
or in clause (ii) above but which are, in the reasonable
judgment of the U.S. Borrower, comparable in investment quality to
such investments and obligors (or the parents of such obligors);
(g) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines
restrict 95% of such funds’ investments to those satisfying
the provisions of clauses (a) through (e) above;
(h) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria
set forth in Rule 2a-7
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under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P
and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at
least $5,000,000,000; and (i) time deposit accounts,
certificates of deposit and money market deposits in an aggregate
face amount not in excess of 5% of the total assets of the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of the
end of the U.S. Borrower’s most recently completed fiscal
year.
“
Permitted Junior Convertible Debt ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(q).
“
Permitted Junior Debt ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 6.01(q).
“
Permitted Junior Debt Documents ” shall mean the
indenture or indentures under which any Permitted Junior Debt (or
Permitted Notes Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any
Permitted Junior Debt) is issued, all side letters, instruments,
agreements and other documents evidencing or governing any
Permitted Junior Debt (or any Permitted Notes Refinancing
Indebtedness with respect to any Permitted Junior Debt), providing
for any Guarantee or other right in respect thereof, affecting the
terms of the foregoing or entered into in connection therewith and
all schedules, exhibits and annexes to each of the
foregoing.
“
Permitted Notes Refinancing Indebtedness ” means any
Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower issued in exchange for, or the
net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew,
replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “
Refinance ”), all or any portion of the New Senior
Notes or any Permitted Junior Debt (or previous refinancings
thereof constituting Permitted Notes Refinancing Indebtedness);
provided that (a) the principal amount of such
Permitted Notes Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the
principal amount of the New Senior Notes or Permitted Junior Debt
(or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Notes
Refinancing Indebtedness) being Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued
interest, fees and premium thereon (including in connection with a
tender offer)), (b) the stated maturity of such Permitted
Notes Refinancing Indebtedness is no earlier than 180 days
after the Tranche B-1 Maturity Date or the maturity date for any
Incremental Extensions of Credit outstanding on the date of
issuance of such Indebtedness, (c) such Permitted Notes
Refinancing Indebtedness does not require any scheduled
amortization, principal or sinking fund payments earlier than
180 days after the Tranche B-1 Maturity Date or the maturity
date for any Incremental Extensions of Credit outstanding on the
date of issuance of such Indebtedness, (d) such Permitted Notes
Refinancing Indebtedness does not have different primary obligors
or guarantors than those with respect to the New Senior Notes or
applicable Permitted Junior Debt (or previous refinancings thereof
constituting Permitted Notes Refinancing Indebtedness), as
applicable; provided that any Permitted Notes Refinancing
Indebtedness that is secured by Liens permitted by
Section 6.02(s) may be incurred by any Borrower and may be
guaranteed by different guarantors than the guarantors of the New
Senior Notes so long as such guarantors are Loan Parties,
(e) such Permitted Notes Refinancing Indebtedness is not
secured by any collateral (other than Second-Priority Liens
permitted by Section 6.02(s) incurred in connection with the
Refinancing of New
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Senior Notes or
any Permitted Notes Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the New
Senior Notes so Refinanced) and (f) all other terms (excluding
interest rates and redemption premiums) of such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness are not less favorable to the Lenders in
any material respect than those contained in (i) in the case
of Permitted Notes Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance
New Senior Notes, the New Senior Notes or (ii) in the case of
Permitted Notes Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance
Permitted Junior Debt, the Permitted Junior Debt being so
Refinanced.
“
Permitted Receivables Documents ” means the U.S.
Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Receivables Transfer Agreement
and the Receivables Loan Agreement and all other documents and
agreements relating to the Permitted Receivables
Financing.
“
Permitted Receivables Financing ” shall mean (a)(i)
the sale by the U.S. Borrower and certain Subsidiaries of accounts
receivable to the Transferor pursuant to the U.S. Receivables
Purchase Agreement and (ii) the sale of such accounts
receivable by the Transferor to the Receivables Subsidiary pursuant
to the Receivables Transfer Agreement, (b) the loans made by
the lenders under the Receivables Loan Agreement to the Receivables
Subsidiary to finance the purchase of such accounts receivables and
loans or (c) any sale or financing by the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary of accounts receivable (including any bills of exchange
and any sales or financings under the Supplier Program under either
Payment Option 1 or Payment Option 2), provided that
(A) any such sale or financing shall provide for recourse to
such Subsidiary or the U.S. Borrower (as applicable) only to the
extent customary for similar sales or financings in the
jurisdiction relevant to such sale or financing and (B) the
sum of, without duplication, (x) the aggregate principal
amounts financed pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this
definition, (y) the aggregate principal amounts financed
pursuant to clause (c) of this definition and (z) the
aggregate Net Investment in accounts receivable pursuant to clause
(c) shall not exceed $400,000,000 at any time. For the purpose
of this definition, “Net Investment” means the cash
purchase price paid by the buyer in connection with its purchase of
accounts receivable (including any bills of exchange) less the
amount of collections received in respect of such accounts
receivable and paid to such buyer, excluding any amounts applied to
purchase fees or discount or in the nature of interest, in each
case as determined in good faith and in a consistent and
commercially reasonable manner by the U.S. Borrower.
“
person ” shall mean any natural person, corporation,
business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership,
limited liability company or government, individual or family
trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“
Plan ” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan
(other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of
Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and in respect of
which Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, any
Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were
terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be)
an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
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“
Pledged Collateral ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in the U.S. Collateral Agreement or a Foreign Pledge
Agreement, as applicable.
“
primary obligor ” shall have the meaning given such
term in the definition of the term Guarantee.
“
Prime Rate ” shall mean the rate of interest per annum
publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as
its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City;
each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such
change is publicly announced as being effective.
“
Pro Forma Basis ” shall mean, as to any person, for
any events as described in clauses (i) and (ii) below
that occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the
financial effect of such events is being calculated, and giving
effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such
calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as
if such events occurred on the first day of the four consecutive
fiscal quarter period last ended on or before the occurrence of
such event (the “ Reference Period
”):
(i) in making any
determination of EBITDA, pro forma effect shall be given to
any Asset Disposition and to any Permitted Business Acquisition (or
any similar transaction or transactions that require a waiver or
consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or 6.05),
in each case that occurred during the Reference Period (or, in the
case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term
“Permitted Business Acquisition” and Section 2.23,
occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and
including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business
Acquisition is consummated or the date of the applicable
Incremental Extension of Credit as the case may be); and
(ii) in making any
determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all Indebtedness
(including Indebtedness incurred or assumed and for which the
financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this
Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in
revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes and
amounts outstanding under any Permitted Receivables Financing, in
each case not to finance any acquisition) incurred or permanently
repaid during the Reference Period (or, in the case of
determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term
“Permitted Business Acquisition” and Section 2.23
occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and
including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business
Acquisition is consummated or the date of the applicable
Incremental Extension of Credit, as the case may be) shall be
deemed to have been incurred or repaid at the beginning of such
period and (y) Interest Expense of such person attributable to
interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is
being given as provided in preceding clause (x), bearing floating
interest rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if
the rates that would have been in effect during the period for
which pro forma effect is being given had been actually in
effect during such periods.
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Pro
forma calculations made
pursuant to the definition of “Pro Forma Basis” shall
be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the U.S.
Borrower and, for any fiscal period ending on or prior to the first
anniversary of a Permitted Business Acquisition or Asset
Disposition (or any similar transaction or transactions that
require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to
Section 6.04 or 6.05), may include adjustments to reflect
operating expense reductions reasonably expected to result from
such Permitted Business Acquisition, Asset Disposition or other
similar transaction, less the amount of costs reasonably expected
to be incurred by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries to achieve
such cost savings, to the extent that the U.S. Borrower delivers to
the Administrative Agent (i) a certificate of a Financial
Officer of the U.S. Borrower setting forth such operating expense
reductions and the costs to achieve such reductions and (ii)
information and calculations supporting in reasonable detail such
estimated operating expense reductions and the costs to achieve
such reductions.
“
Projections ” shall mean any projections and any
forward-looking statements (including statements with respect to
booked business) of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by or on
behalf of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary prior to the Restatement Effective Date in connection
with the Restatement Transactions.
“
Purchase Agreement ” shall mean the Master Purchase
Agreement between BCP Acquisition Company L.L.C. and Northrop
Grumman Corporation dated as of November 18, 2002, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the requirements thereof and of this
Agreement.
“
Quotation Day ” shall mean, with respect to any
Eurocurrency Borrowing or Swingline Foreign Currency 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.
“
Reaffirmation Agreement ” shall mean the Reaffirmation
Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit P, among Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the other Reaffirming
Parties (as defined therein), as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“
Receivables Loan Agreement ” shall mean the
Receivables Loan Agreement dated as of February 28, 2003, by and
among the Receivables Subsidiary, the conduit lenders and committed
lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank,
Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. and
Deutsche Bank A.G., New York Branch, as funding agents, and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted by
Section 6.09 and (b) any agreement replacing the
Receivables Loan Agreement, provided that such replacing
agreement contains terms that are substantially similar to such
Receivables Loan Agreement and that are otherwise no more adverse
in any
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material
respect to the Lenders than the applicable terms of such
Receivables Loan Agreement.
“
Receivables Subsidiary ” shall mean TRW Auto Global
Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“
Receivables Transfer Agreement ” shall mean
(a) the Transfer Agreement dated as of February 28, 2003,
between the Transferor and the Receivables Subsidiary, relating to
the Permitted Receivables Financing, as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted by
Section 6.09 and (b) any agreement replacing such
Receivables Transfer Agreement, provided that such replacing
agreement contains terms that are substantially similar to such
Receivables Transfer Agreement and that are otherwise no more
adverse in any material respect to the Lenders than the applicable
terms of such Receivables Transfer Agreement.
“
Reference LIBO Rate ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in the definition of the term “ Alternate
Base Rate ”.
“
Reference Period ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the definition of the term “ Pro Forma
Basis ”.
“
Refinance ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the definition of “ Permitted Notes Refinancing
Indebtedness ”, and “ Refinanced ” and
“ Refinancing ” shall have the meanings
correlative thereto.
“
Register ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 9.04(b).
“
Regulation U ” shall mean Regulation U of
the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings
and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“
Regulation X ” shall mean Regulation X of
the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings
and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“
Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified
person, such person’s Affiliates and the respective
directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such person
and such person’s Affiliates.
“
Remaining Present Value ” shall mean, as of any date
with respect to any lease, the present value as of such date of the
scheduled future lease payments with respect to such lease,
determined with a discount rate equal to a market rate of interest
for such lease reasonably determined at the time such lease was
entered into.
“
Reportable Event ” shall mean any reportable event as
defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued
thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice
period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived,
with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA
Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to
subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the
Code).
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“
Required Lenders ” shall mean, at any time, Lenders
having (a) Loans (other than Swingline Loans) outstanding,
(b) Revolving L/C Exposures, (c) Swingline Exposures,
(d) unused U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments (excluding
Commitments to make Swingline Loans), (e) Available Unused
Commitments and (f) Ancillary Commitments, that taken
together, represent more than 50% of the sum of (i) all Loans
(other than Swingline Loans) outstanding, (ii) Revolving L/C
Exposures, (iii) Swingline Exposures, (iv) unused U.S.
Revolving Facility Commitments (excluding commitments to make
Swingline Loans), (v) the total Available Unused Commitments
and (vi) Ancillary Commitments at such time. For purposes of
the foregoing, the Loans, Revolving L/C Exposures, Swingline
Exposures, unused U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment, Available
Unused Commitment and Ancillary Commitment of any Defaulting Lender
shall be disregarded in determining the Required Lenders at any
time.
“
Required Percentage ” shall mean, with respect to an
Excess Cash Flow Period, (i) 75%, if the Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period is
greater than 2.00 to 1.00, (ii) 50%, if the Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period is less
than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 but greater than 1.50 to 1.00 and
(iii) 25%, if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at the end of
such Excess Cash Flow Period is less than or equal to 1.50 to
1.00.
“
Reserve Account ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 11.02(a).
“
Reset Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 1.03(a).
“
Responsible Officer ” of any person shall mean any
executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other
officer or similar official thereof responsible for the
administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this
Agreement.
“
Restatement Effective Date ” shall mean the date on
which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or
waived by the Required Lenders).
“
Restatement Effective Date Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
Agreement ” shall mean a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
Agreement listed on Schedule 1.01(i) entered into by Foreign
Subsidiary Borrowers listed on such schedule on or prior to the
Restatement Effective Date.
“
Restatement Transactions ” shall mean the execution
and delivery of this Agreement by each Person party thereto, the
satisfaction of the conditions to the effectiveness thereof and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.
“
Revolving Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised
of Revolving Loans.
“
Revolving Credit Commitment ” shall mean a Global
Revolving Facility Commitment or a U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitment.
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“
Revolving Credit Exposure ” shall mean, with respect
to any Lender at any time, the sum at such time, without
duplication, of (a) such Lender’s Global Revolving
Facility Credit Exposure and (b) such Lender’s U.S.
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure.
“
Revolving Credit Lender ” shall mean a Lender with a
Revolving Credit Commitment.
“
Revolving Credit Maturity Date ” shall mean
May 9, 2012.
“
Revolving Facility Lenders ” shall mean the Global
Revolving Facility Lenders and the U.S. Revolving Facility
Lenders.
“
Revolving L/C Exposure ” shall mean at any time the
sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of
Credit denominated in Dollars outstanding at such time,
(b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of
all Letters of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency outstanding
at such time, (c) the aggregate principal amount of all L/C
Disbursements (i) made in Dollars that have not yet been
reimbursed at such time or (ii) made in a Foreign Currency and
converted into Dollars pursuant to Section 2.05(e) or 2.05(k)
and (d) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal
amount of all L/C Disbursements made in a Foreign Currency that
have not yet been reimbursed or converted into Dollars pursuant to
Section 2.05(e) or 2.05(k). The Revolving L/C Exposure of any
U.S. Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean its U.S.
Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Revolving L/C
Exposure at such time, as such U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender’s Revolving L/C Exposure is adjusted according to
Section 2.24 from time to time.
“
Revolving Loans ” shall mean Global Revolving Facility
Loans and U.S. Revolving Facility Loans.
“
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.
“
S&P ” shall mean Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Group, Inc.
“
SEC ” shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor thereto.
“
Second Amendment and Restatement Agreement ” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Second-Priority Lien ” shall mean any Lien on any
Collateral (but not any other assets) of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary that is subordinated
to the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to an Additional
Intercreditor Agreement.
“
Second Restatement Effective Date ” shall mean
January 9, 2004.
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“
Secured Parties ” shall mean the “Secured
Parties” as defined in the U.S. Collateral
Agreement.
“
Securities Act ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Security Documents ” shall mean the Mortgages, the
U.S. Collateral Agreement, the Foreign Pledge Agreements, the
Foreign Security Agreements, the Foreign Guarantee, the Finco
Guarantee, the Reaffirmation Agreement and each of the security
agreements, mortgages and other instruments and documents executed
and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to
Section 5.10.
“
Senior Note Indentures ” shall mean the Indentures
dated as of February 18, 2003, among the U.S. Borrower, the
Subsidiaries party thereto and the trustee named therein from time
to time, as in effect on the Closing Date and as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
“
Senior Notes ” shall mean the U.S. Borrower’s
9.375% Senior Notes due 2013 and 10.125% Senior Notes due 2013, in
each case issued pursuant to the Senior Note Indentures and any
notes issued by the U.S. Borrower in exchange for, and as
contemplated by, the Senior Notes with substantially identical
terms as the Senior Notes.
“
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio ” shall mean, on any
date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Senior Secured Net
Debt as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters of the U.S. Borrower most recently
ended as of such date, all determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP; provided that to the extent any Asset
Disposition or any Permitted Business Acquisition (or any similar
transaction or transactions that require a waiver or a consent of
the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or
Section 6.05) has occurred during the relevant Test Period,
EBITDA shall be determined for the respective Test Period on a Pro
Forma Basis for such occurrences.
“
Senior Subordinated Note Indentures ” shall mean the
Indentures dated as of February 18, 2003, among the U.S.
Borrower, the Subsidiaries party thereto and the trustee named
therein from time to time, as in effect on the Closing Date and as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time in accordance with the requirements thereof and of this
Agreement.
“
Senior Subordinated Notes ” shall mean the U.S.
Borrower’s 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 and 11.75%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013, in each case issued pursuant to
the Senior Subordinated Note Indentures and any notes issued by the
U.S. Borrower in exchange for, and as contemplated by, the Senior
Subordinated Notes with substantially identical terms as the Senior
Subordinated Notes.
“
Statutory Reserves ” shall mean, 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
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other similar
percentages (expressed as a decimal) established by any
Governmental Authority of the United States of America 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.
“
Sterling ” or “£” shall mean the
lawful money of the United Kingdom.
“
Stock Consideration ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Stockholders Agreement ” shall mean the Stockholders
Agreement dated as of February 28, 2003, among the Fund and
Northrop Grumman Corporation, as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
“
Stock Purchases ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Subordinated Intercompany Debt ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(d).
“
subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any person
(herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation,
partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which
securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50%
of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more
than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any
determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned,
Controlled or held, or (b) that is, at the time any
determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one
or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more
subsidiaries of the parent.
“
Subsidiary ” shall mean a subsidiary of the U.S.
Borrower.
“
Subsidiary Loan Party ” shall mean each Subsidiary
that is (a) a Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party or (b) a
Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party.
“
Supplier Program ” shall mean the one-year
$5,000,000,000 program established in March 2009 by the United
States Treasury to support automotive original equipment
manufacturers and pursuant to which Supplier Program SPVs supported
by committed credit facilities provided by the United States
Department of the Treasury will purchase accounts receivable owed
to suppliers by automotive original equipment manufacturers, as
such program may from time to time be extended in duration,
increased or decreased in amount or modified to include Ford Motor
Company, in each case on the same terms as the program existing on
the date hereof with such changes as shall be acceptable to the
Administrative Agent.
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“
Supplier Program SPV ” shall mean each special purpose
person established by General Motors Corporation, Chrysler LLC or
Ford Motor Company, or any successor thereto, pursuant to the
Supplier Program to purchase receivables owed to the suppliers of,
as applicable, General Motors Corporation, Chrysler LLC or Ford
Motor Company, or any of their respective Affiliates or
successors.
“
Supplier Purchase Agreement ” shall mean any Supplier
Purchase Agreement entered into between, on the one hand, the U.S.
Borrower or any Subsidiary and, on the other hand, a Supplier
Program SPV, substantially on the same terms as the “Supplier
Purchase Agreements” in use under the Supplier Program as of
the Restatement Effective Date.
“
Swap Agreement ” shall mean any agreement with respect
to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or
similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or
securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures
of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar
transaction or any combination of these transactions,
provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for
payments only on account of services provided by current or former
directors, officers, employees or consultants of the U.S. Borrower
or a Subsidiary shall be a Swap Agreement.
“
Swingline Borrowing Request ” shall mean a request by
a Borrower substantially in the form of
Exhibit C-2.
“
Swingline Dollar Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Swingline Dollar Loans.
“
Swingline Dollar Commitment ” shall mean, with respect
to each Swingline Dollar Lender, the commitment of such Swingline
Dollar Lender to make Swingline Dollar Loans pursuant to
Section 2.04. The amount of each Swingline Dollar
Lender’s Swingline Dollar Commitment on the Restatement
Effective Date is set forth on Schedule 2.04(a). The aggregate
amount of the Swingline Dollar Commitments on the Restatement
Effective Date is $50,000,000.
“
Swingline Dollar Exposure ” shall mean at any time the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Dollar
Borrowings at such time. The Swingline Dollar Exposure of any U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean its U.S. Revolving
Facility Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Dollar Exposure at
such time, as such U.S. Revolving Facility Lender’s Swingline
Dollar Exposure is adjusted in accordance with Section 2.24
from time to time.
“
Swingline Dollar Funding Percentage ” shall mean at
any time, with respect to any U.S. Revolving Facility Lender, the
percentage of the total Swingline Dollar Exposure represented by
such Lender’s Swingline Dollar Exposure at such
time.
“
Swingline Dollar Lender ” shall mean a Lender with a
Swingline Dollar Commitment or outstanding Swingline Dollar
Loans.
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“
Swingline Dollar Loans ” shall mean the swingline
loans denominated in Dollars and made to the U.S. Borrower pursuant
to Section 2.04.
“
Swingline Exposure ” shall mean at any time the sum of
the Swingline Dollar Exposure and the Swingline Foreign Currency
Exposure.
“
Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing ” shall mean a
Borrowing comprised of Swingline Foreign Currency Loans.
“
Swingline Foreign Currency Commitment ” shall mean,
with respect to each Swingline Foreign Currency Lender, the
commitment of such Swingline Foreign Currency Lender to make
Swingline Foreign Currency Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. The
amount of each Swingline Foreign Currency Lender’s Swingline
Foreign Currency Commitment on the Restatement Effective Date is
set forth on Schedule 2.04(b). The aggregate amount of the
Swingline Foreign Currency Commitments on the Restatement Effective
Date is $50,000,000.
“
Swingline Foreign Currency Exposure ” shall mean at
any time the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of
all outstanding Swingline Foreign Currency Loans at such time. The
Swingline Foreign Currency Exposure of any Global Revolving
Facility Lender at any time shall mean its ratable share (based on
Available Unused Commitments) of the aggregate Swingline Foreign
Currency Exposure at such time, as such Global Revolving Facility
Lender’s Swingline Foreign Currency Exposure is adjusted in
accordance with Section 2.24 from time to time.
“
Swingline Foreign Currency Funding Percentage ” shall
mean at any time, with respect to any Global Revolving Facility
Lender, the percentage of the total Swingline Foreign Currency
Exposure represented by such Lender’s Swingline Foreign
Currency Exposure at such time.
“
Swingline Foreign Currency Lender ” shall mean a
Lender with a Swingline Foreign Currency Commitment or outstanding
Swingline Foreign Currency Loans.
“
Swingline Foreign Currency Loan s” shall mean the
swingline loans denominated in a Foreign Currency and made to a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.04.
“
Swingline Foreign Currency Rate ” shall mean with
respect to any Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, for any
Interest Period, the interest rate per annum at which deposits in
the currency of such Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing are
offered for such Interest Period to major banks in the London
interbank market by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., on the Quotation
Day.
“
Swingline Lender ” shall mean (i) the Swingline
Dollar Lenders, in their respective capacities as Lenders of
Swingline Dollar Loans, and (ii) the Swingline Foreign
Currency Lenders, in their respective capacities as Lenders of
Swingline Foreign Currency Loans.
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“
Swingline Loans ” shall mean the Swingline Dollar
Loans and the Swingline Foreign Currency Loans.
“
Syndication Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the introductory paragraph to this
Agreement.
“
Taxes ” shall mean any and all present or future
taxes, levies, imposts, duties (including stamp duties),
deductions, charges (including ad valorem charges) or
withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“
Term Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Term Loans.
“
Term Loans ” shall mean the Tranche A-1 Term Loans and
the Tranche B-1 Term Loans. Each Tranche A-1 Term Loan and each
Tranche B-1 Term Loan shall be a Eurocurrency Term Loan or an ABR
Term Loan.
“
Test Date Senior Secured Leverage Ratio ” shall mean,
as of any date, the ratio of (x) Consolidated Total Senior Secured
Net Debt as of such date to (y) EBITDA for the most recently
ended four-quarter period prior to such date for which financial
statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04;
provided that to the extent any Asset Disposition or any
Permitted Business Acquisition (or any similar transaction or
transactions that require a waiver or a consent of the Required
Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or Section 6.05) has
occurred during the relevant Test Period, EBITDA shall be
determined for the respective Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis for
such occurrences.
“
Test Period ” shall mean, on any date of
determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of
the U.S. Borrower then last ended (taken as one accounting
period).
“
Third Amendment and Restatement Agreement ” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Total Revolving Credit Commitment ” shall mean, at any
time, the total Global Revolving Facility Commitments and the total
U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments, as in effect at such
time.
“
Tranche A-1 Facility ” shall mean the Tranche A-1 Term
Loan Commitments and the Tranche A-1 Term Loans made under the
Existing Credit Agreement and continued hereunder.
“
Tranche A-1 Installment Date ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.10(b).
“
Tranche A-1 Maturity Date ” shall mean May 9,
2013.
“
Tranche A-1 Term Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Tranche A-1 Term Loans.
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“
Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment ” shall mean, with
respect to each Lender, the agreement of such Lender to make
Tranche A-1 Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.01 of the
Existing Credit Agreement.
“
Tranche A-1 Term Loans ” shall mean the Tranche A-1
Term Loans made by the Lenders to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement and outstanding
as of the Restatement Effective Date.
“
Tranche A-1 Term Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Tranche A-1 Term Loans.
“
Tranche B Term Loans ” shall mean the Tranche B Term
Loans made by the Lenders to the U.S. Borrower or converted from
Tranche D-1 Term Loans (as defined in the Fourth Amendment and
Restatement Agreement) pursuant to the Fourth Amendment and
Restatement Agreement.
“
Tranche B-1 Facility ” shall mean the Tranche B-1 Term
Loan Commitments and the Tranche B-1 Term Loans made under the
Existing Credit Agreement and continued hereunder.
“
Tranche B-1 Installment Date ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.10(d).
“
Tranche B-1 Maturity Date ” shall mean
February 9, 2014.
“
Tranche B-1 Term Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Tranche B-1 Term Loans.
“
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment ” shall mean, with
respect to each Lender, the agreement of such Lender to make
Tranche B-1 Term Loans as set forth in Section 2.01 of the
Existing Credit Agreement.
“
Tranche B-1 Term Loans ” shall mean the Tranche B-1
Term Loans converted from Tranche B Term Loans, Tranche B-2 Term
Loans and/or Tranche E Term Loans or made by the Lenders to the
U.S. Borrower, in each case, pursuant to Section 2.01 of the
Existing Credit Agreement and outstanding as of the Restatement
Effective Date.
“
Tranche B-2 Facility Amendment ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Tranche B-2 Term Loans ” shall mean the loans made
pursuant to Section 2 of the Tranche B-2 Facility
Amendment.
“
Tranche E Facility ” shall mean the Tranche E Term
Loans made pursuant to the Third Amendment and Restatement
Agreement.
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“
Tranche E Term Loans ” shall mean the Tranche E Term
Loans made by the Lenders to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to the
Third Amendment and Restatement Agreement.
“
Transaction Costs ” shall have the meaning given such
term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“
Transactions ” shall mean all the transactions
described in the preamble to, or otherwise contemplated by, this
Agreement or the Purchase Agreement.
“
Transferor ” shall mean TRW Automotive Receivables,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“
Type ”, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing,
shall refer to the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan
or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For
purposes hereof, the term “ Rate ” shall include
the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate and the Swingline
Foreign Currency Rate.
“
Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension ” shall mean, at
any time, an extension of credit under an Ancillary Facility in
respect of which the applicable Ancillary Lender has not previously
advanced funds to, or on behalf of, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
but in respect of which such Ancillary Lender remains obligated so
to advance funds.
“
Unrestricted Cash ” shall mean cash and cash
equivalents of any of the U.S. Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries that would not appear as “restricted” on a
consolidated balance sheet of any of the U.S. Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries.
“
Unsecured Ancillary Facility ” shall mean any
Ancillary Facility made available, as set forth herein, to any
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower that is not a Loan Party. The Dollar
Equivalent aggregate principal amount of all Unsecured Ancillary
Facilities at any time shall not exceed $30,000,000.
“
U.S. Borrower ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement,
provided that unless the context requires otherwise, if the
U.S. Borrower merges with Intermediate Holdings (or the surviving
entity of any merger of Holdings or Intermediate Holdings) pursuant
to Section 6.05(b), the surviving entity in such merger shall
be deemed to be the U.S. Borrower for all purposes under this
Agreement and all terms and conditions applicable to Intermediate
Holdings or Holdings, as applicable, shall cease to be in force and
effect.
“
U.S. Collateral Agreement ” shall mean the U.S.
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, in the form of
Exhibit E, among Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower, each Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party and the Collateral
Agent.
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“
U.S. Collateral Agreement Amendment ” shall mean the
U.S. Collateral Agreement Amendment, the form of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit J, among Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower, each Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party and the
Collateral Agent.
“
U.S. Lending Office ” shall mean, as to any Lender,
the applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender
designated by such Lender to make Loans in Dollars.
“
U.S. Mortgages ” shall mean the mortgages, deeds of
trust, assignments of leases and rents and other security documents
delivered on the Closing Date, as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, with respect to Mortgaged
Properties located in the United States of America or pursuant to
Section 5.10, each substantially in the form of
Exhibit D.
“
U.S. Perfection Certificate ” shall mean a certificate
in the form of Annex I to the U.S. Collateral Agreement or any
other form approved by the Collateral Agent.
“
U.S. Receivables Purchase Agreement ” shall mean
(a) the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of
February 28, 2003, among the Receivables Subsidiary,
Transferor, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries party thereto,
related to the Permitted Receivables Financing, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted
by Section 6.09 and (b) any agreement replacing such
agreement, provided that such replacing agreement contains
terms that are substantially similar to the agreement being
replaced and that are otherwise no more adverse in any material
respect to the Lenders than the applicable terms of the agreement
being replaced.
“
U.S. Revolving Facility ” shall mean the U.S.
Revolving Facility Commitments and the extensions of credit made
thereunder by the U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders.
“
U.S. Revolving Facility Borrowing ” shall mean a
Borrowing comprised of U.S. Revolving Facility Loans.
“
U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment ” shall mean, with
respect to each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender, the commitment of
such U.S. Revolving Facility Lender to make U.S. Revolving Facility
Loans pursuant to Section 2.01, expressed as an amount
representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such
Lender’s U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure hereunder,
as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased
from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender
pursuant to Section 9.04. The amount of each U.S. Revolving
Facility Lender’s U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment on the
date hereof is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such U.S. Revolving
Facility Lender shall have assumed its U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the U.S.
Revolving Facility Commitments on the date hereof is
$700,000,000.
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“
U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure ” shall mean,
at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of
the U.S. Revolving Facility Loans outstanding at such time,
(b) the Swingline Dollar Exposure at such time and
(c) the Revolving L/C Exposure at such time. The U.S.
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Lender at any time shall
be such Lender’s U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of the
U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure at such time, as adjusted
to reflect the reallocations of Revolving L/C Exposures and
Swingline Dollar Exposures pursuant to
Section 2.24.
“
U.S. Revolving Facility Lender ” shall mean a Lender
with a U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding U.S.
Revolving Facility Loans.
“
U.S. Revolving Facility Loan ” shall mean a Loan made
by a U.S. Revolving Facility Lender in respect of a U.S. Revolving
Facility Commitment pursuant to Section 2.01 (including each
U.S. Revolving Facility Loan made under the Existing Credit
Agreement and outstanding as of the Restatement Effective Date).
Each U.S. Revolving Facility Loan shall be a Eurocurrency Loan or
an ABR Loan.
“
U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage ” shall mean, with
respect to any U.S. Revolving Facility Lender, the percentage of
the total U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments represented by such
Lender’s U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment; provided
that when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, for purposes of
Section 2.24, “U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage”
shall mean the percentage of the total U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s U.S.
Revolving Facility Commitment) represented by such Lender’s
U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment. If the U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments have terminated or expired, the U.S. Revolving Facility
Percentages shall be determined based upon the U.S. Revolving
Facility Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any
assignments pursuant to Section 9.04.
“
Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” of any person means a
subsidiary of such person, all of the Equity Interests of which
(other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other
similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by
such person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such person.
Unless the context otherwise indicates, all references herein to a
“ Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” are references to a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower.
“
Withdrawal Liability ” shall mean liability to a
Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal
from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in
Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“
Working Capital ” shall mean, with respect to the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date
of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination
minus Current Liabilities at such date of determination;
provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow,
increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated
without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current
Liabilities as a result of (a) any reclassification in
accordance with GAAP of assets or
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liabilities, as
applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects
of purchase accounting.
SECTION
1.02. Terms Generally. (a) The definitions set forth or
referred to in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both 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”. All references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed
references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules
to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in
this Agreement to any Loan Document shall mean such document as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time. 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 U.S. Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the U.S.
Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate
the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP
or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision
(or if the Administrative Agent notifies the U.S. Borrower 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. For the purposes of
determining compliance with Section 6.01 through
Section 6.10 with respect to any amount in a currency other
than Dollars, amounts shall be deemed to equal the Dollar
Equivalent thereof determined using the Exchange Rate calculated as
of the Business Day on which such amounts were incurred or
expended, as applicable.
(b) All
section references in this Agreement that relate to time periods
prior to the Restatement Effective Date shall be deemed to be
references to such sections in the Existing Credit
Agreement.
SECTION
1.03. Exchange Rates . (a) Not later than 1:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on each Calculation Date, the Administrative
Agent shall (i) determine the Exchange Rate as of such
Calculation Date and (ii) give notice thereof to the
Borrowers. 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 any other provision expressly requiring the use of an
Exchange Rate calculated as of a specified date) be the Exchange
Rates employed in converting any amounts between Dollars and each
of the Foreign Currencies.
(b) Not
later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Reset Date, the
Administrative Agent shall (i) determine the aggregate amount
of the Dollar Equivalents of the principal amounts of the Loans
denominated in Foreign Currencies then
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outstanding
(after giving effect to any Loans denominated in Foreign Currencies
made or repaid on such date) and the Revolving L/C Exposure and
(ii) notify the Lenders, each Issuing Bank and the Borrowers
of the results of such determination.
SECTION
1.04. Redenomination of Certain Foreign Currencies .
(a) Each obligation of any party to this Agreement to make a
payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member
state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful
currency after the Closing Date shall be redenominated into Euro at
the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation).
If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis
of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of
that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice
in the London Interbank Market for the basis of accrual of interest
in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by
such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such
member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency;
provided that if any Borrowing in the currency of such
member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such
replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at
the end of the then current Interest Period.
(b) Without
prejudice and in addition to any method of conversion or rounding
prescribed by any EMU Legislation and (i) without limiting the
liability of any Borrower for any amount due under this Agreement
and (ii) without increasing any Commitment of any Lender, all
references in this Agreement to minimum amounts (or integral
multiples thereof) denominated in the national currency unit of any
member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its
lawful currency after the Closing Date shall, immediately upon such
adoption, be replaced by references to such minimum amounts (or
integral multiples thereof) as shall be specified herein with
respect to Borrowings denominated in Euros.
(c) Each
provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable
changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time
to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the
Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant
market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
SECTION
2.01. Commitments . (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees (i) to make
(A) Global Revolving Facility Loans denominated in Dollars or
Foreign Currencies to the U.S. Borrower from its U.S. Lending
Office or Global Lending Office, as applicable, and (B) Global
Revolving Facility Loans denominated (1) in Dollars to Foreign
Subsidiary Borrowers from its U.S. Lending Office or Global Lending
Office (as requested by the applicable Borrower) or (2) in
Foreign Currencies to Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from its Global
Lending Office, in the case of clauses (A) and (B) from
time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate
principal amount that will not result in (1) such
Lender’s Global
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Revolving
Facility Credit Exposure exceeding (x) such Lender’s
Global Revolving Facility Commitment minus (y) such
Lender’s Ancillary Commitment or (2) the Global
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding (x) the total
Global Revolving Facility Commitments minus (y) the
total Ancillary Commitments, and (ii) to make U.S. Revolving
Facility Loans denominated in Dollars to the U.S. Borrower from its
U.S. Lending Office from time to time during the Availability
Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in
(A) such Lender’s U.S. Revolving Facility Credit
Exposure exceeding such Lender’s U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitment or (B) the U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure
exceeding the total U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments. Within the
foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving
Loans.
(b) All
Loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the
Restatement Effective Date shall remain outstanding hereunder on
the terms set forth herein. All Existing Lending Commitments under
the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Restatement Effective Date
shall remain outstanding hereunder on the terms set forth herein,
provided , however , that as of the Restatement
Effective Date, the amount of each Swingline Dollar Lender’s
Swingline Dollar Commitment shall be as set forth on
Schedule 2.04(a) and the amount of each Swingline Foreign
Currency Lender’s Swingline Foreign Currency Commitment shall
be as set forth on Schedule 2.04(b).
(c) Amounts
repaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
SECTION
2.02. Loans and Borrowings . (a) Each Loan shall be
made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans under the same
Facility and of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with their respective Commitments under the applicable
Facility (or, in the case of Swingline Loans, in accordance with
their respective Swingline Dollar Commitments or Swingline Foreign
Currency Commitments, as applicable); provided, however,
that Global Revolving Facility Loans under the Global Revolving
Facility shall be made by the Global Revolving Facility Lenders
ratably in accordance with their respective Available Unused
Commitments on the date such Loans are made hereunder. 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 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 Borrowing denominated in
Dollars and made from a U.S. Lending Office (other than a Swingline
Dollar Borrowing) shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or
Eurocurrency Loans as the applicable Borrower may request in
accordance herewith and (ii) each Borrowing denominated in a
Foreign Currency (other than a Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing) and each Borrowing denominated in Dollars and made from
a Global Lending Office shall be comprised entirely of Eurocurrency
Loans. Each Swingline Dollar Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.
Each Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing shall be comprised
entirely of Swingline Foreign Currency Loans. Each Lender at its
option may make any ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan by causing any
domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such
Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not
affect the
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obligation of
the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and such Lender shall not be entitled to
any amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.17 or 2.21 solely in
respect of increased costs resulting from such exercise.
(c) At
the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing, 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 a Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing that is an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing
shall be permitted to be in an amount necessary to finance
Ancillary Credit Extensions under an Ancillary Facility being
terminated pursuant to Section 2.22(e). At the time that each ABR
Revolving Borrowing is made, 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 U.S. Revolving
Facility Commitments or that is required to finance the
reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by
Section 2.05(e). Each Swingline Dollar Borrowing and Swingline
Foreign Currency Borrowing shall be in an amount that is an
integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the
Borrowing Minimum. Borrowings of more than one Type and under more
than one Facility may be outstanding at the same time;
provided that there shall not at any time be more than a
total of (i) 10 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under each
of the Tranche A-1 Facility and the Tranche B-1 Facility and
(ii) 35 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under each of the
Global Revolving Facility and the U.S. Revolving Facility (not
including Ancillary Replacement Borrowings).
(d) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be
entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any
Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto
would end after the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, Tranche A-1
Maturity Date or Tranche B-1 Maturity Date, as
applicable.
SECTION
2.03. Requests for Borrowings . Except in the case of an
Ancillary Replacement Borrowing (which shall be governed by
Section 2.22(e)) or a Swingline Borrowing (which shall be
governed by Section 2.04), to request a Borrowing, the
applicable Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent of such
request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency
Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.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 2:00 p.m., Local Time, one
Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing;
provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing
to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated
by Section 2.05(e) may be given not later than
10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing.
Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and
shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the
Applicable Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved
by the Applicable Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower. Each
such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the
following information in compliance with
Section 2.02:
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(i) the Borrower
requesting such Borrowing;
(ii) whether the
requested Borrowing is to be a Global Revolving Facility Borrowing,
a U.S. Revolving Facility Borrowing, a Tranche A-1 Term Borrowing
or a Tranche B-1 Term Borrowing;
(iii) in the case
of a Global Revolving Facility Borrowing, the Currency in which
such Borrowing is to be denominated;
(iv) the aggregate
amount of the requested Borrowing (expressed in Dollars or the
applicable Foreign Currency);
(v) the date of
such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(vi) in the case
of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars and requested to be made from
a U.S. Lending Office, whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR
Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;
(vii) in the case
of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be
applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by clause
(a) of the definition of the term “Interest
Period”; and
(viii) the
location and number of the applicable Borrower’s account to
which funds are to be disbursed.
If no election
as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested
Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing, unless such Borrowing is a
Global Revolving Facility Borrowing denominated in a Foreign
Currency, in which case such Global Revolving Facility Borrowing
shall be a Eurocurrency Borrowing. If no Interest Period is
specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing,
then the applicable 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. Swingline Loans . (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, (i) each Swingline Dollar Lender
agrees to make Swingline Dollar Loans to the U.S. Borrower from
time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in
(x) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline
Dollar Loans made by such Swingline Dollar Lender exceeding such
Swingline Dollar Lender’s Swingline Dollar Commitment or
(y) the U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding the
U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments (less the unused U.S. Revolving
Facility Commitments of any Defaulting U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender at such time) and (ii) each Swingline Foreign Currency
Lender agrees to make Swingline Foreign Currency Loans to the
Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding that will not result in (x) the Dollar Equivalent
of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Foreign
Currency Loans made by such Swingline Foreign Currency Lender
exceeding such Swingline Foreign Currency
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Lender’s
Swingline Foreign Currency Commitment or (y) the sum of the
Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and the total Ancillary
Commitments exceeding the total Global Revolving Facility
Commitments (less any amounts of Available Unused Commitments in
respect of any Defaulting Lenders at such time); provided
that no Swingline Lender shall be required to make a Swingline Loan
to refinance an outstanding Swingline Dollar Borrowing or Swingline
Foreign Currency Borrowing. 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 Dollar Borrowing or Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Applicable
Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by a Swingline
Borrowing Request by telecopy), not later than 1:00 p.m., Local
Time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Dollar Borrowing or
Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing. Each such notice and
Swingline Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify
(i) in the case of a Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, the
Borrower requesting such Borrowing, (ii) the requested date
(which shall be a Business Day), (iii) in the case of a
Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, the Foreign Currency in which
such Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing is to be denominated,
(iv) the amount of the requested Swingline Dollar Borrowing
(expressed in Dollars) or Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing
(expressed in the applicable Foreign Currency), as applicable, and
(v) in the case of a Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, the
Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period
contemplated by clause (b) of the definition of the term
“Interest Period”. The Applicable Agent shall promptly
advise each Swingline Dollar Lender (in the case of a notice
relating to a Swingline Dollar Borrowing) or each Swingline Foreign
Currency Lender (in the case of a notice relating to a Swingline
Foreign Currency Borrowing) of any such notice received from a
Borrower and the amount of such Swingline Lender’s Swingline
Loan to be made as part of the requested Swingline Dollar Borrowing
or Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, as applicable. Each
Swingline Dollar Lender shall make each Swingline Dollar Loan to be
made by it hereunder in accordance with Section 2.02(a) on the
proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available
funds by 3:00 p.m., Local Time, to the account of the Applicable
Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to
the Swingline Dollar Lenders. The Applicable Agent will make such
Swingline Dollar Loans available to the U.S. Borrower by promptly
crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the general
deposit account of the U.S. Borrower with the Applicable Agent (or,
in the case of a Swingline Dollar Borrowing made to finance the
reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as provided in
Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the applicable Issuing
Bank). Each Swingline Foreign Currency Lender shall make each
Swingline Foreign Currency Loan to be made by it hereunder in
accordance with Section 2.02(a) on the proposed date thereof
by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 3:00 p.m., Local
Time, to the account of the Applicable Agent most recently
designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Swingline
Foreign Currency Lenders. The Applicable Agent will make such
Swingline Foreign Currency Loans available to the applicable
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower by (i) promptly crediting the
amounts so received, in like funds, to the general deposit account
with the Applicable Agent of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower
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most recently
designated to the Applicable Agent or (ii) by wire transfer of
the amounts received in immediately available funds to the general
deposit account of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower most
recently designated to the Applicable Agent.
(c) A
Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Applicable
Agent (and to the other Swingline Dollar Lenders or Swingline
Foreign Currency Lenders, as applicable) not later than 10:00 a.m.,
Local Time, on any Business Day require (i) in the case of a
Swingline Dollar Lender, the U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders to
acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of
the outstanding Swingline Dollar Loans made by it or (ii) in
the case of a Swingline Foreign Currency Lender, the Global
Revolving Facility Lenders to acquire participations on such
Business Day in all or a portion of the outstanding Swingline
Foreign Currency Loans made by it. Such notice shall specify the
aggregate amount of such Swingline Loans in which the U.S.
Revolving Facility Lenders or Global Revolving Facility Lenders, as
applicable, will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice,
the Applicable Agent will give notice thereof to each such Lender,
specifying in such notice such Lender’s Swingline Dollar
Funding Percentage or such Lender’s Swingline Foreign
Currency Funding Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each
U.S. Revolving Facility Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above,
to pay to the Applicable Agent, for the account of the applicable
Swingline Dollar Lender, such U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender’s Swingline Dollar Funding Percentage of such
Swingline Dollar Loan or Loans. Each Global Revolving Facility
Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt
of notice as provided above, to pay to the Applicable Agent, for
the account of the applicable Swingline Foreign Currency Lender,
such Global Revolving Facility Lender’s Swingline Foreign
Currency Funding Percentage of such Swingline Foreign Currency Loan
or Loans. Each Global Revolving Facility Lender and each U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender acknowledges and agrees that its
respective obligation to acquire participations in Swingline
Foreign Currency Loans and Swingline Dollar Loans, as applicable,
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 Revolving Credit Lender shall comply with its obligation under
this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in
the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to
Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender (and Section 2.06
shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations
of the Lenders), and the Applicable Agent shall promptly pay to the
applicable Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the
Revolving Credit Lenders. The Applicable Agent shall notify the
applicable Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan
acquired pursuant to this paragraph (c), and thereafter payments in
respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Applicable
Agent and not to the applicable Swingline Lender. Any amounts
received by a Swingline Lender from the applicable Borrower (or
other party on behalf of such Borrower) in respect of a Swingline
Loan after receipt by such Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a
sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the
Applicable Agent; any such amounts received by the Applicable Agent
shall be promptly remitted by the Applicable Agent to the Revolving
Credit Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this
paragraph
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and to such
Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided
that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to such Swingline
Lender or to the Applicable Agent, as applicable, if and to the
extent such payment is required to be refunded to the applicable
Borrower for any reason. 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.
SECTION
2.05. Letters of Credit . (a) General . Subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Borrower may
request the issuance of Dollar Letters of Credit and Foreign
Currency Letters of Credit for its own account (or, in the case of
the U.S. Borrower, for the account of a Subsidiary, so long as the
U.S. Borrower and such Subsidiary are co-applicants), in each case
in a form reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, at
any time and from time to time during the Availability Period and
prior to the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date. 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 the Applicant Party to, or entered into by the
Applicant Party with, an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of
Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
Each Letter of Credit (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)
outstanding at the Restatement Effective Date shall remain
outstanding as a Letter of Credit hereunder on the terms set forth
herein.
(b)
Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain
Conditions . To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or
the amendment, renewal (other than an automatic renewal in
accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section) or extension of
an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Applicant Party shall hand
deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if
arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable
Issuing Bank) to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative
Agent (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, and specifying 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 of such
Letter of Credit, (subject to paragraph (n) of this Section)
the currency in which such Letter of Credit is to be denominated,
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