Exhibit 10.1
TERM LOAN CREDIT
AGREEMENT
dated as of
April 1, 2009
among
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING
LLC
The Lenders Party
Hereto
MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK,
LTD.
as Administrative
Agent
$200,000,000 Senior Credit
Facility
______________________________
MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK,
LTD.,
as Sole Lead
Arranger
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I Definitions
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Section 1.01
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Defined
Terms
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Section 1.02
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Terms
Generally
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Section 1.03
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Accounting
Terms; GAAP
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ARTICLE
II The Credits
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Section 2.01
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Commitments
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Section 2.02
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Loans and
Interest
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Section 2.03
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Requests for
initial Loan
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Section 2.04
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Funding of
Loans
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Section 2.05
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Repayment of
Loans; Evidence of Debt
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Section 2.06
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Prepayment of
Loans
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Section 2.07
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Fees
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Section 2.08
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Interest
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Section 2.09
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Alternate Rate
of Interest
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Section 2.10
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Illegality;
Increased Costs
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Section 2.11
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Break Funding
Payments
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Section 2.12
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Taxes
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Section 2.13
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Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
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24
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Section 2.14
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Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
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Section 2.15
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Separateness
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ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
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Section 3.01
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Organization;
Powers
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Section 3.02
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Authorization;
Enforceability
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Section 3.03
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Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts
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Section 3.04
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Financial
Condition
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Section 3.05
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Litigation and
Environmental Matters
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Section 3.06
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Compliance with
Laws
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Section 3.07
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Investment
Company Status
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28
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Section 3.08
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Taxes
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Section 3.09
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ERISA
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Section 3.10
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Disclosure
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Section 3.11
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Subsidiaries
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Section 3.12
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Margin
Securities
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ARTICLE IV
Conditions
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Section 4.01
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Effective
Date
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Section 4.02
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Each Credit
Event
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30
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ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
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Section 5.01
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Financial
Statements and Other Information
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Section 5.02
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Notices of
Material Events
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Section 5.03
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Existence;
Conduct of Business
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Section 5.04
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Maintenance of
Properties; Insurance
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Section 5.05
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Books and
Records; Inspection Rights
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Section 5.06
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Compliance with
Laws
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Section 5.07
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Use of
Proceeds
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Section 5.08
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Environmental
Matters
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Section 5.09
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ERISA
Information
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Section 5.10
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Taxes
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ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
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Section 6.01
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Indebtedness
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Section 6.02
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Liens
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Section 6.03
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Fundamental
Changes
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Section 6.04
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Investment
Restriction
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35
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Section 6.05
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Restricted
Payments
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Section 6.06
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Restrictive
Agreements
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Section 6.07
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Financial
Condition Covenant.
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ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
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ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
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ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
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Section 9.01
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Notices
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Section 9.02
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Waivers;
Amendments
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Section 9.03
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Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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Section 9.04
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Successors and
Assigns
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Section 9.05
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Survival
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Section 9.06
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Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness
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Section 9.07
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Severability
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Section 9.08
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Right of
Setoff
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Section 9.09
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Governing Law;
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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Section 9.10
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WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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Section 9.11
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Headings
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Section 9.12
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Confidentiality
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Section 9.13
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Interest Rate
Limitation
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Section 9.14
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Liability of
Manager
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Section 9.15
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USA Patriot Act
Notice
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance
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Form of
Borrowing Request
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Form of Opinion
of Richard Bachmann, in-house counsel for Borrower and
EPD
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Form of Opinion
of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Borrower’s and EPD’s
Counsel
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TERM LOAN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 1,
2009, among ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC, a Texas limited
liability company; the LENDERS party hereto; and MIZUHO CORPORATE
BANK, LTD., as Administrative Agent.
W I T N E S S E T H
In consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein and in consideration of the Loans which
may hereafter be made by Lenders to Borrower and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01 Defined
Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:
“ Administrative Agent ”
means Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“ Administrative Questionnaire
” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by
the Administrative Agent.
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person
specified.
“ Agreement ” means this Term
Loan Credit Agreement dated April 1, 2009, among Enterprise
Products Operating LLC, a Texas limited liability company; the
Lenders party hereto; and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., as
Administrative Agent; as amended, extended or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“ Applicable Percentage ”
means, with respect to all payments, computations and other matters
relating to the Commitment or Loans of any Lender, the percentage
obtained by dividing (a) the Exposure of that Lender by (b) the
aggregate Exposure of all Lenders.
“ Applicable Rate ” means
2.875%.
“ Assignment and Acceptance ”
means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an
assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required
by Section 9.04 ), and accepted by the
Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit
A or any other form approved by the Administrative
Agent.
“ Attributable Indebtedness ”
with respect to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction, means, as at the
time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate
set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease included in such
transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for
rental
payments (other than amounts required to be paid
on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance,
assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items
that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the
remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback
Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been
extended). In the case of any lease that is terminable by the
lessee upon the payment of a penalty or other termination payment,
such amount shall be the lesser of the amount determined assuming
termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in
which case the amount shall also include the amount of the penalty
or termination payment, but no rent shall be considered as required
to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which
it may be so terminated) or the amount determined assuming no such
termination.
“ Board ” means the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of
America.
“ Borrower ” means Enterprise
Products Operating LLC, a Texas limited liability
company.
“ Borrowing ” means, all
Loans made, or continued on the same date and as to which a single
Interest Period is in effect. For purposes of this
Agreement, all Loans shall constitute a single
Borrowing.
“ Borrowing Request ” means a
request by the Borrower for the initial Loan in accordance with
Section 2.03 , and being in the form of attached
Exhibit B .
“ Business Day ” means 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, when used in connection with a
Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also
exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar
deposits in the London interbank market.
“ Capital Lease Obligations ”
of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or
other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying
the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination
thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person
under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the
capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ CERCLA ” means the
Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended.
“ Change in Control ” means
the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) Continuing Directors cease for any reason to
constitute collectively a majority of the members of the board of
directors of Manager or GP LLC then in office;
(ii) any Person or related Persons constituting
a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) obtains direct or indirect
beneficial ownership interest in the Manager or GP LLC greater than
the direct or
indirect beneficial ownership interests of EPCO
and its Affiliates in the Manager or GP LLC; or
(iii) Manager and EPD shall cease to own,
directly or indirectly, all of the Equity Interests (including all
securities which are convertible into Equity Interests) of
Borrower.
As used herein, “ Continuing
Director ” means any member of the board of directors of
Manager or GP LLC, respectively, who (x) is a member of such board
of directors as of the date hereof or is specified in EPD’s
filings with the SEC filings prior to the date hereof as a Person
who is to become a member of such board as of the Effective Date,
or (y) was nominated for election or elected to such board of
directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing
Directors who were members of such board at the time of such
nomination or election.
“ Change in Law ” means (a)
the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this
Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority
after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender
(or, for purposes of Section 2.10(b) , by any lending
office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if
any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or
issued after the date of this Agreement.
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“ Commercial Operation Date ”
means the date on which a Material Project is substantially
complete and commercially operable.
“ Commitment ” means, with
respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make or
otherwise fund any Loan and “ Commitments ”
means such commitments of all Lenders in the
aggregate. The initial amount of each Lender’s
Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 , or in
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall
have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate
amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is
$200,000,000.
“ Common Units ” means the
common units of limited partner interests in EPD.
“ Company Agreement ” means
the Company Agreement of the Borrower dated as of June 30,
2007 between Manager and EPD, as members, substantially in the form
provided to the Lenders, as such Company Agreement may be amended,
modified and supplemented from time to time.
“ Consolidated EBITDA ” means
for any period, the sum of (a) the consolidated net income of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (excluding Project
Finance Subsidiaries) for such period plus, to the extent deducted
in determining consolidated net income for such period, the
aggregate amount of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) income
or gross receipts tax (or franchise tax or margin tax in the nature
of an income or gross receipts tax) expense and (iii) depreciation
and amortization expense, minus (b) equity in earnings from
unconsolidated subsidiaries of the Borrower to the extent included
therein, plus (c) the amount of
cash dividends or distributions payable with
respect to such period by a Project Finance Subsidiary, DEP or an
unconsolidated subsidiary which are actually received by the
Borrower or a Subsidiary (other than a Project Finance Subsidiary)
during such period or on or prior to the date the financial
statements with respect to such period referred to in Section
5.01 are required to be delivered by the Borrower, plus (d)
the amount of all payments during such period on leases of the type
referred to in clause (d) of the definition herein of Indebtedness
and the amount of all payments during such period under other
off-balance sheet loans and financings of the type referred to in
such clause (d), minus (e) the amount of any cash dividends,
repayments of loans or advances, releases or discharges of
guarantees or other obligations or other transfers of property or
returns of capital previously received by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary (other than a Project Finance Subsidiary) from a Project
Finance Subsidiary that during such period were either (x)
recovered pursuant to recourse provisions with respect to a Project
Financing at such Project Finance Subsidiary or (y) reinvested by
the Borrower or a Subsidiary in such Project Finance
Subsidiary.
“ Consolidated Indebtedness ”
means the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries (excluding Project Finance Subsidiaries) including,
without duplication, guaranties of funded debt, determined on a
consolidated basis as of such date.
“ Consolidated Interest Expense
” means for any period, the interest expense of the Borrower
and its consolidated Subsidiaries (excluding Project Finance
Subsidiaries), determined on a consolidated basis for such
period.
“ Consolidated Net Tangible Assets
” means, at any date of determination, the total amount of
assets of EPD and its consolidated subsidiaries after deducting
therefrom:
(a) all current
liabilities (excluding (A) any current liabilities that by their
terms are extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor
thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which
the amount thereof is being computed, and (B) current maturities of
long-term debt); and
(b) the value (net of
any applicable reserves) of all goodwill, trade names, trademarks,
patents and other like intangible assets, all as set forth, or on a
pro forma basis would be set forth, on the consolidated balance
sheet of EPD and its consolidated subsidiaries for EPD’s most
recently completed fiscal quarter, prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Consolidated Net Worth ”
means as to any Person, at any date of determination, the sum of
(i) preferred stock (if any), (ii) an amount equal to (a) the face
amount of outstanding Hybrid Securities not in excess of 15% of
Consolidated Total Capitalization times (b) sixty-two and one-half
percent (62.5%), (iii) par value of common stock, (iv) capital in
excess of par value of common stock, (v) limited liability company
capital or equity, and (vi) retained earnings, less treasury stock
(if any), of such Person, all as determined on a consolidated
basis.
“ Consolidated Total Capitalization
” means the sum of (i) Consolidated Indebtedness and (ii)
Borrower’s Consolidated Net Worth.
“ Control ” means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise
voting power, by contract or otherwise. “
Controlling ” and “ Controlled ”
have meanings correlative thereto.
“ Debt Coverage Ratio ” means
the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Consolidated
EBITDA.
“ Default ” means any event
or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon
notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become
an Event of Default.
“ DEP ” means Duncan Energy
Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
“ Disclosed Matters ” means
the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters
disclosed in Schedule 3.05 .
“ dollars ” or “
$ ” refers to lawful money of the United States of
America.
“ Effective Date ” means the
date on or prior to April 1, 2009 specified in the notice referred
to in the last sentence of Section 4.01 .
“ Environmental Laws ” means
all laws, 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
any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.
“ Environmental Liability ”
means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines,
penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (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.
“ EPCO ” means EPCO, Inc., a
Texas corporation.
“ EPD ” means Enterprise
Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any
other Person that is the “Guarantor” as defined in the
March 15, 2000 Indenture or any replacement indenture.
“ EPD Guaranty Agreement ”
means an agreement executed by EPD in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent guaranteeing,
unconditionally, payment of any principal of or interest on the
Loans or any other amount payable under this Agreement, when and as
the same shall become due and payable.
“ Equity Interest ” means
shares of the capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a
trust or other equity interests in any Person, or any warrants,
options or other rights to acquire such interests.
“ ERISA ” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
“ ERISA Affiliate ” means any
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with
the Borrower 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.
“ ERISA Event ” means (a) any
“reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA
or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other
than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b)
the failure by a Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standard under
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not
waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code
(Section 412(c) of the Code for Plan years beginning after December
31, 2007) or Section 303(d) of ERISA (Section 302(c) of ERISA for
Plan years beginning after December 31, 2007) of an application for
a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan;
(d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates
of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice
relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the
Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with
respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan
from the Borrower 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.
“ Eurocurrency Liabilities ”
has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D of the Board,
as in effect from time to time.
“ Eurodollar ”, when used in
reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to a Loan, or Loans, in
the case of a Borrowing, which bear interest at a rate determined
by reference to the LIBO Rate.
“ Eurodollar Rate Reserve
Percentage ” of any Lender for any Interest Period for
each Eurodollar Borrowing means the reserve percentage applicable
during such Interest Period (or if more than one such percentage
shall be so applicable, the daily average of such percentages for
those days in such Interest Period during which any such percentage
shall be so applicable) under regulations issued from time to time
by the Board for determining the maximum reserve requirement
(including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or
other marginal reserve requirement) for such Lender with respect to
liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency
Liabilities having a term equal to such Interest Period.
“ Event of Default ” has the
meaning assigned to such term in Article VII
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“ Excluded Taxes ” means,
with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other
recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any
obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes
imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the
United States of America, by any state thereof
or the District of Columbia 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, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia or any similar tax imposed by any other
jurisdiction in which the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such
other recipient is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender
(other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under
Section 2.14(b) ), any withholding tax that is
imposed on amounts payable 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 2.12(e)
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“ Exposure ” means, with
respect to any Lender as of any date of determination, (i) prior to
the termination of the Commitments, that Lender’s Commitment;
and (ii) after the termination of the Commitments, the sum of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans of that
Lender.
“ Federal Funds Effective Rate
” means, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on
the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a
Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day for such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three
Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
“ Financial Officer ” means
the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
“ Foreign Lender ” means any
Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other
than the United States of America, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia.
“ GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America.
“ GP LLC ” means Enterprise
Products GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the general
partner of EPD.
“ Governmental Authority ”
means the government of the United States of America, any other
nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,
court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers
or functions of or pertaining to government.
“ Guarantee ” of or by any
Person (the “ guarantor ”) means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having
the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other
Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner,
whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance
or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness
or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) 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, (c) 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 or (d) as an
account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of
guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation;
provided , that the term Guarantee shall not include
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business.
“ Hazardous Materials ” means
all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous
or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including
petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing
materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or
medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature, in
each case regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“ Hedging Agreement ” means a
financial instrument or security which is used as a cash flow or
fair value hedge to manage the risk associated with a change in
interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or commodity
prices.
“ Hybrid Securities ” means
any trust preferred securities, or deferrable interest subordinated
debt with a maturity of at least 20 years, which provides for the
optional or mandatory deferral of interest or distributions, issued
by the Borrower, or any business trusts, limited liability
companies, limited partnerships or similar entities (i)
substantially all of the common equity, general partner or similar
interests of which are owned (either directly or indirectly through
one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries) at all times by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) that have been formed for the
purpose of issuing hybrid securities or deferrable interest
subordinated debt, and (iii) substantially all the assets of which
consist of (A) subordinated debt of the Borrower or a Subsidiary of
the Borrower, and (B) payments made from time to time on the
subordinated debt.
“ Indebtedness ” of any
Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such
Person for the repayment of money borrowed which are or should be
shown on a balance sheet as debt in accordance with GAAP, (b)
obligations of such Person as lessee under leases which, in
accordance with GAAP, are capital leases, (c) guaranties of such
Person of payment or collection of any obligations described in
clauses (a) and (b) of other Persons; and (d) all obligations of
such Person under any synthetic lease, tax retention operating
lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet
financing if the obligation under such synthetic lease, tax
retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar
off-balance sheet financing, as the case may be, is considered
indebtedness for borrowed money for tax purposes but is classified
as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP; provided ,
that (i) clauses (a) and (b) include, in the case of obligations of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary, only such obligations as are or
should be shown as debt or capital lease liabilities on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP,
(ii) clause (c) includes, in the case of guaranties granted by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, only such guaranties of obligations of
another Person that are or should be shown as debt or capital lease
liabilities on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person in
accordance with GAAP, and (iii) the liability of any Person as a
general partner of a partnership for Indebtedness of such
partnership, if such partnership is not a Subsidiary of such
Person, shall not constitute Indebtedness.
“ Indemnified Taxes ” means
Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“ Index Debt ” means senior,
unsecured, non-credit enhanced (except for any guaranty by EPD)
Indebtedness of the Borrower.
“ Information Memorandum ”
means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated October 31,
2007 relating to the Borrower.
“ Interest Payment Date ”
means the last day of each Interest Period applicable to any
Loan.
“ Interest Period ” means
with respect to the Loans, the period commencing on the date of
such Loan and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is one, two, or three months thereafter, as the
Borrower may elect; provided , that (a) 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 preceding Business Day; (b) any Interest Period that commences
on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar
month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day
of the last calendar month of such Interest Period; and
(c) no Interest Period with respect to the Loans shall
extend beyond the Maturity Date. For purposes of this
definition, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on
which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective
date of the most recent continuation of such Borrowing.
“ Interest Rate Determination Date
” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that
is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest
Period.
“ Lenders ” means the Persons
listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that
shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Acceptance, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party
hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance.
“ Lien ” means, with respect
to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge,
hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or
of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any
conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention
agreement 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. For avoidance of doubt, operating
leases are not “Liens”.
“ LIBO Rate ” means, with
respect to any Loan for any Interest Period, (a) the rate per annum
appearing on Page 3750 of the Bridge Telerate Service (formerly Dow
Jones Market Service) (or on any successor or substitute page of
such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service,
providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on
such page of such Service, as determined by the Administrative
Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of
interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London
interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as
the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period; (b) if for any reason the rate specified in clause
(a) of this definition does
not so appear on Page 3750 of the Bridge
Telerate Service (or any successor or substitute page or any such
successor to or substitute for such Service), the rate per annum
appearing on Reuters Screen LIBO page (or any successor or
substitute page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits
in dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period for a
maturity comparable to such Interest Period; and (c) if the rate
specified in clause (a) of this definition does not so appear on
Page 3750 of the Bridge Telerate Service (or any successor or
substitute page or any such successor to or substitute for such
Service) and if no rate specified in clause (b) of this definition
so appears on Reuters Screen LIBO page (or any successor or
substitute page), the average of the interest rates per annum at
which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable
to such Interest Period are offered by the respective principal
London offices of the Reference Banks in immediately available
funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period.
“ Loans ” means the loans
made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, all Loans
shall be treated as a single Borrowing.
“ Manager ” means Enterprise
Products OLPGP, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ March 15, 2000 Indenture ”
means that certain Indenture dated as of March 15, 2000, among the
Borrower, EPD and Wachovia Bank, National Association, f/k/a First
Union National Bank, as Trustee.
“ Material Adverse Change ”
means a material adverse change, from that in effect on
December 31, 2008, in the financial condition or results of
operations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, as indicated in the most recent quarterly or annual
financial statements, except as otherwise disclosed in the
Borrower’s and/or EPD’s filings with the SEC prior to
the date hereof.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
means a material adverse effect on the financial condition or
results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as indicated in the most recent
quarterly or annual financial statements.
“ Material Indebtedness ”
means Indebtedness (other than the Loans), of any one or more of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Project Finance
Subsidiaries) in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$25,000,000.
“ Material Project ” means
the construction or expansion of any capital project of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the aggregate capital cost of
which exceeds $50,000,000.
“ Material Project EBITDA
Adjustments ” shall mean, with respect to each Material
Project:
(a) prior to the
Commercial Operation Date of a Material Project (but including the
fiscal quarter in which such Commercial Operation Date occurs), a
percentage (based on the then-current completion percentage of such
Material Project) of an amount to be approved by the Administrative
Agent as the projected Consolidated EBITDA of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries attributable to such Material Project for the first
12-month period following the scheduled
Commercial Operation Date of such Material
Project (such amount to be determined based on customer contracts
or tariff-based customers relating to such Material Project, the
creditworthiness of the other parties to such contracts or such
tariff-based customers, and projected revenues from such contracts,
tariffs, capital costs and expenses, scheduled Commercial Operation
Date, oil and gas reserve and production estimates, commodity price
assumptions and other factors deemed appropriate by Administrative
Agent), which may, at the Borrower’s option, be added to
actual Consolidated EBITDA for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for the fiscal quarter in which construction of such Material
Project commences and for each fiscal quarter thereafter until the
Commercial Operation Date of such Material Project (including the
fiscal quarter in which such Commercial Operation Date occurs, but
net of any actual Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries attributable to such Material Project following such
Commercial Operation Date); provided that if the actual Commercial
Operation Date does not occur by the scheduled Commercial Operation
Date, then the foregoing amount shall be reduced, for quarters
ending after the scheduled Commercial Operation Date to (but
excluding) the first full quarter after its Commercial Operation
Date, by the following percentage amounts depending on the period
of delay (based on the period of actual delay or then-estimated
delay, whichever is longer): (i) 90 days or less, 0%, (ii) longer
than 90 days, but not more than 180 days, 25%, (iii) longer than
180 days but not more than 270 days, 50%, and (iv) longer than 270
days, 100%; and
(b) beginning with the
first full fiscal quarter following the Commercial Operation Date
of a Material Project and for the two immediately succeeding fiscal
quarters, an amount to be approved by the Administrative Agent as
the projected Consolidated EBITDA of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
attributable to such Material Project (determined in the same
manner as set forth in clause (A) above) for the balance of the
four full fiscal quarter period following such Commercial Operation
Date, which may, at the Borrower’s option, be added to actual
Consolidated EBITDA for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
fiscal quarters.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) no
such additions shall be allowed with respect to any Material
Project unless:
(a) not
later than 30 days prior to the delivery of any certificate
required by the terms and provisions of Section
5.01(e) to the extent Material Project EBITDA Adjustments
will be made to Consolidated EBITDA in determining compliance with
Section 6.07 , the Borrower shall have delivered to
the Administrative Agent written pro forma projections of
Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
attributable to such Material Project and
(b) prior
to the date such certificate is required to be delivered, the
Administrative Agent shall have approved (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld) such projections and shall have received
such other information and documentation as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request, all in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and
(ii) the
aggregate amount of all Material Project EBITDA Adjustments during
any period shall be limited to 15% of the total actual Consolidated
EBITDA of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period (which total actual
Consolidated EBITDA shall be determined without including any
Material Project EBITDA Adjustments).
“ Material Subsidiary ” means
each Subsidiary of the Borrower that, as of the last day of the
fiscal year of the Borrower most recently ended prior to the
relevant determination of Material Subsidiaries, has a net worth
determined in accordance with GAAP that is greater than 10% of the
Consolidated Net Worth of the Borrower as of such day.
“ Maturity Date ” means the
earliest to occur of (i) September 29, 2009, and (ii) the date the
unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the Loans
becomes due and payable pursuant to Article
VII.
“ Moody’s ” means
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“ Multiemployer Plan ” means
a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
“ Notes ” means any
promissory notes issued by the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.05(e) .
“ 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
registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement.
“ PBGC ” means the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and
any successor entity performing similar functions.
“ Permitted Liens ”
means:
(a) liens upon
rights-of-way for pipeline purposes;
(b) any statutory or
governmental lien or lien arising by operation of law, or any
mechanics’, repairmen’s, materialmen’s,
suppliers’, carriers’, landlords’,
warehousemen’s or similar lien incurred in the ordinary
course of business which is not yet due or which is being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and any undetermined lien
which is incidental to construction, development, improvement or
repair; or any right reserved to, or vested in, any municipality or
public authority by the terms of any right, power, franchise,
grant, license, permit or by any provision of law, to purchase or
recapture or to designate a purchaser of, any property;
(c) liens for taxes
and assessments which are (i) for the then current year, (ii) not
at the time delinquent, or (iii) delinquent but the validity or
amount of which is being contested at the time by the Borrower, any
Subsidiary or EPD in good faith by appropriate
proceedings;
(d) liens of, or to
secure performance of, leases, other than capital leases, or any
lien securing industrial development, pollution control or similar
revenue bonds;
(e) any lien upon
property or assets acquired or sold by the Borrower, any Subsidiary
or EPD resulting from the exercise of any rights arising out of
defaults on receivables;
(f) any lien in favor
of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD; or any lien upon any
property or assets of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD permitted
under the March 15, 2000 Indenture, or any replacement indenture
containing similar terms and conditions with respect
thereto;
(g) any lien in favor
of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any
department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of
the United States of America or any state thereof, to secure
partial, progress, advance, or other payments pursuant to any
contract or statute, or any debt incurred by the Borrower, any
Subsidiary or EPD for the purpose of financing all or any part of
the purchase price of, or the cost of constructing, developing,
repairing or improving, the property or assets subject to such
lien;
(h) any lien incurred
in the ordinary course of business in connection with
workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary
disability, social security, retiree health or similar laws or
regulations or to secure obligations imposed by statute or
governmental regulations;
(i) liens in favor of
any Person to secure obligations under provisions of any letters of
credit, bank guarantees, bonds or surety obligations required or
requested by any governmental authority in connection with any
contract or statute; or any lien upon or deposits of any assets to
secure performance of bids, trade contracts, leases or statutory
obligations;
(j) any lien upon any
property or assets created at the time of acquisition of such
property or assets by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD or within
one year after such time to secure all or a portion of the purchase
price for such property or assets or debt incurred to finance such
purchase price, whether such debt was incurred prior to, at the
time of or within one year after the date of such acquisition; or
any lien upon any property or assets to secure all or part of the
cost of construction, development, repair or improvements thereon
or to secure debt incurred prior to, at the time of, or within one
year after completion of such construction, development, repair or
improvements or the commencement of full operations thereof
(whichever is later), to provide funds for any such
purpose;
(k) any lien upon any
property or assets (i) existing thereon at the time of the
acquisition thereof by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD, (ii)
existing thereon at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary by
acquisition, merger or otherwise, or (iii) acquired by any Person
after the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary by acquisition,
merger or otherwise, to the extent such lien is created by security
documents existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and
not added to such security documents in contemplation
thereof;
(l) liens imposed by
law or order as a result of any proceeding before any court or
regulatory body that is being contested in good faith, and liens
which secure a judgment or other court-ordered award or settlement
as to which the Borrower, the applicable Subsidiary or EPD has not
exhausted its appellate rights;
(m) any extension,
renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or successive
extensions, renewals, refinancing, refunding or replacements) of
liens, in whole or in part, referred to in clauses (a) through (l)
above; provided, however, that any such extension,
renewal,
refinancing, refunding or replacement lien shall
be limited to the property or assets covered by the lien extended,
renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and that the obligations
secured by any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or
replacement lien shall be in an amount not greater than the amount
of the obligations secured by the lien extended, renewed,
refinanced, refunded or replaced and any expenses of the Borrower,
its Subsidiaries and EPD (including any premium) incurred in
connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or
replacement; or
(n) any lien resulting
from the deposit of moneys or evidence of indebtedness in trust for
the purpose of defeasing debt of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or
EPD.
“ Permitted Sale/Leaseback
Transactions ” means any Sale/Leaseback
Transaction:
(a) which occurs
within one year from the date of completion of the acquisition of
the Principal Property subject thereto or the date of the
completion of construction, development or substantial repair or
improvement, or commencement of full operations on such Principal
Property, whichever is later; or
(b) involves a lease
for a period, including renewals, of not more than three years;
or
(c) the Borrower, any
Subsidiary or EPD would be entitled to incur Indebtedness, in a
principal amount equal to the Attributable Indebtedness with
respect to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, secured by a Lien on
the property subject to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to
Section 6.02 without equally and ratably securing the
Indebtedness under this Agreement pursuant to such Section;
or
(d) the Borrower, any
Subsidiary or EPD, within a one-year period after such Sale-
Leaseback Transaction, applies or causes to be applied an amount
not less than the Attributable Indebtedness from such
Sale-Leaseback Transaction to (a) the prepayment, repayment,
redemption, reduction or retirement of any Indebtedness of the
Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD that is not subordinated to the
Indebtedness under this Agreement, or (b) the expenditure or
expenditures for Principal Property used or to be used in the
ordinary course of business of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or
EPD.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
definition, any Sale-Leaseback Transaction not covered by clauses
(a) through (d), inclusive, of this definition, shall nonetheless
be a Permitted Sale/Leaseback Transaction if the Attributable
Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, together with
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness (other
than Indebtedness under this Agreement and Indebtedness under the
March 15, 2000 Indenture) secured by Liens other than Permitted
Liens upon Principal Properties, does not exceed 10% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
“ Person ” means
any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
“ Plan ” means
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 or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the
Borrower 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.
“ Prime Rate ” means the rate
of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. as its prime rate for short-term
commercial loans in Dollars to domestics corporate borrowers (which
Borrower acknowledges is not necessarily Mizuho Corporate Bank,
Ltd.’s lowest rate). Each change in the Prime Rate
shall be effective from and including the date such change is
publicly announced as being effective.
“ Principal Property ” means
whether owned or leased on the date hereof or thereafter
acquired:
(a) any pipeline
assets of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD, including any
related facilities employed in the transportation, distribution,
storage or marketing of refined petroleum products, natural gas
liquids, and petrochemicals, that are located in the United States
of America or any territory or political subdivision thereof;
and
(b) any processing or
manufacturing plant or terminal owned or leased by the Borrower,
any Subsidiary or EPD that is located in the United States or any
territory or political subdivision thereof;
except, in the case of either of the
foregoing clauses (a) or (b):
(i) any
such assets consisting of inventories, furniture, office fixtures
and equipment (including data processing equipment), vehicles and
equipment used on, or useful with, vehicles; and
(ii) any
such assets, plant or terminal which, in the opinion of the Board
of Directors (as defined in the March 15, 2000 Indenture), is not
material in relation to the activities of the Borrower or of EPD
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
“ Program ” means the
buy-back program initiated by EPD whereby EPD or the Borrower may
after September 30, 2007 buy back up to the greater of (i)
2,000,000 publicly held Common Units or (ii) the number of publicly
held Common Units the aggregate purchase price of which is
$80,000,000.
“ Project Financing ” means
Indebtedness incurred by a Project Finance Subsidiary to finance
the acquisition or construction of any asset or project which
Indebtedness does not permit or provide for recourse against the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Project Finance
Subsidiary) and other than recourse that consists of rights to
recover dividends paid by such Project Finance
Subsidiary.
“ Project Finance Subsidiaries
” means a Subsidiary that is (A) created principally to
(i) construct or acquire any asset or project that will be or
is financed solely with Project Financing for such asset or
project, related equity investments and any loans to, or capital
contributions in, such Subsidiary that are not prohibited hereby,
(ii) own an Equity Interest in a Project Finance Subsidiary, and/or
(iii) own an interest in any such asset or project and (B)
designated as a Project Finance Subsidiary by the Borrower in
writing to Administrative Agent.
“ Reference Banks ” means
Wachovia Bank, National Association, JPMorgan Chase Bank and
Citibank, N.A.
“ Register ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 9.04(c) .
“ 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.
“ Required Lenders ” means,
at any time, Lenders having more than 50% of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans.
“ Restricted Payment ” means
any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or
other property) with respect to any class of Equity Interests of
the Borrower, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other
property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on
account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition,
cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests of EPD or the
Borrower or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any
Equity Interests of EPD or the Borrower.
“ Sale/Leaseback Transaction
” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the
leasing, under a lease that is not a capital lease under GAAP, by
the Borrower, or a Subsidiary (other than a Project Finance
Subsidiary) or EPD of any Principal Property, which property has
been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower, such
Subsidiary or EPD to such Person in contemplation of such
leasing.
“ S&P ” means Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw Hill
Companies, Inc.
“ SEC ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.01(a) .
“ Subsidiary ” means, with
respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or
other entity of which securities or other ownership interests
representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the
ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than
50% of the general partnership interests, are, as of such date,
owned, controlled or held by the parent and one or more
subsidiaries of the parent; provided, notwithstanding the
foregoing, neither DEP nor any of its Subsidiaries shall constitute
or be deemed to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“ Taxes ” means any and all
present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental
Authority.
“ Transactions ” means the
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
Agreement, the borrowing of Loans, and the use of the proceeds
thereof.
“ Withdrawal Liability ”
means 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.
Section 1.02 Terms
Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply
equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The word
“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set
forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any
particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles,
Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to
Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this
Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and
“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
Section 1.03 Accounting
Terms; GAAP . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed
in accordance with (i) except for purposes of Section
6.07 , GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that,
if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower
requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the
effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in
the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if
the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower 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; and (ii) for purposes of
Section 6.07 , GAAP, as in effect on December 31,
2008.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
Section 2.01
Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, the initial Lender agrees to make on the
Effective Date or by no later than two Business Days after the
Effective Date, a single term loan to Borrower in an aggregate
principal amount of the Commitments. Borrower shall
repay all outstanding Loans not later than the Maturity
Date. Borrower may not reborrow Loans
hereunder.
Section 2.02 Loans and
Interest .
(a) 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 2.09 , each Loan shall be a LIBO Rate
Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any LIBO Rate
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 obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Section 2.03 Requests for
initial Loan . To request the initial Loan, the Borrower shall
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a written Borrowing
Request signed by the Borrower. Such written Borrowing Request
shall specify the following information:
(i) the aggregate
amount of the requested Loan;
(ii) the date of such
Loan, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) the initial
Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest
Period”; and
(iv) the location and
number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be
disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of
Section 2.04 .
Section 2.04 Funding of
Loans .
(a) Each Lender shall
make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date
thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 1:00
p.m., New York City time, to the account of the Administrative
Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to
the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans
available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so
received, in like funds, to an account designated by the Borrower
in the Borrowing Request.
(b) Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior
to the proposed date of any Loan that such Lender will not make
available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of
such Loan, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has
made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph
(a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if
a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Loan
available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender
and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is
made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment
to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the
greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined
by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the
Borrower, the interest rate applicable to such Loan. If such Lender
pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount
shall constitute such Lender’s Loan.
Section 2.05 Repayment of
Loans; Evidence of Debt .
(a) The Borrower
hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of
each Loan on the Maturity Date.
(b) Each Lender shall
maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender
resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts
of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time
to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative
Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the
amount of each Loan made hereunder and the Interest Period
applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest
due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to
each Lender hereunder, and (iii) the amount of any sum received by
the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders
and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made
in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this
Section shall be prima facie evidence of the
existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein;
provided that the failure of any Lender or the
Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein
shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to
repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may
request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In
such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such
Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or,
if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered
assigns) and substantially in the form of promissory note attached
hereto as Exhibit E Thereafter, the Loans
evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all
times (including after assignment pursuant to Section
9.04 ) be represented by one or more promissory notes in
such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if
such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its
registered assigns).
Section 2.06 Prepayment of
Loans .
(a) The Borrower shall
have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Loan
in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with
paragraph (b) of this Section.
(b) The Borrower shall
notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by
telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder not later than 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, three Business Days before the date of
prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify
the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Loan or
portion thereof to be prepaid. Promptly following
receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise
the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial
prepayment shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 and not less than $3,000,000. Each prepayment shall be
applied ratably to the Loans. Prepayments shall be accompanied by
accrued interest to the extent required by Section
2.08 .
Section 2.07 Fees
.
(a) The Borrower
agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account,
fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon
between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(b) All fees payable
hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available
funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of
facility fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid
shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
Section 2.08 Interest
.
(a) The Loans shall
bear interest at the LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect
for such Loans plus the Applicable Rate. There may only
be one Interest Period in effect for all Loans at any time. The
initial Loan shall have an Interest Period as specified in the
Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may continue
such Loan as a Eurodollar Borrowing and shall elect an Interest
Period therefor by notifying the Administrative
Agent. If the Borrower fails to notify the
Administrative Agent of its elected Interest Period for the Loans,
then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest
Period of one month’s duration. The Administrative
Agent shall advise each Lender of the details of the applicable
Interest Period and of such Lender’s portion of each
Borrowing.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any
fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid
when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or
otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well
as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to 2% plus the rate
applicable to Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this
Section.
(c) Accrued interest
on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date for such Loan and on the Maturity Date; provided that (i)
interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section shall be
payable on demand, and (ii) in the event of any repayment or
prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount
repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or
prepayment.
(d) All interest
determined by reference to the LIBO Rate shall be computed on the
basis of a year of 360 days, and all other interest shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap
year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of
days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
The applicable LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative
Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(e) The Borrower shall
pay to each Lender, so long as such Lender shall be required under
regulations of the Board to maintain reserves with respect to
liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency
Liabilities, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of
each Borrowing of such Lender, from the date of such Borrowing
until such principal amount is paid in full, at an interest rate
per annum equal at all times to the remainder obtained by
subtracting (i) the LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for
such Eurodollar Borrowing from (ii) the rate obtained by dividing
such LIBO Rate by a percentage equal to 100% minus the Eurodollar
Rate Reserve Percentage of such Lender for such Interest Period.
Such additional interest shall be determined by such Lender. The
Borrower shall from time to time, within 15 days after demand
(which demand shall be accompanied by a certificate comporting with
the requirements set forth in Section 2.10(d) ) by
such Lender (with a copy of such demand and certificate to the
Administrative Agent) pay to the Lender giving such notice such
additional
interest; provided, however, that the Borrower
shall not be required to pay to such Lender any portion of such
additional interest that accrued more than 90 days prior to any
such demand, unless such additional interest was not determinable
on the date that is 90 days prior to such demand.
Section 2.09 Alternate Rate
of Interest . If prior to the commencement of any Interest
Period for a LIBO Rate Loan:
(a) the Administrative
Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest
Period; or
(b) the Administrative
Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the LIBO Rate, as
applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly
reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or
maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the
Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as
practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies
the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to
such notice no longer exist;
then the Loans shall bear interest at the Prime
Rate.
Section 2.10 Illegality;
Increased Costs .
(a) If any Change in
Law shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Lender to make,
maintain or fund its LIBO Rate Loans, such Lender shall so notify
the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of such notice, the
Administrative Agent shall immediately give notice thereof to the
other Lenders and to the Borrower, whereupon until such Lender
notifies the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that the
circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the
obligation of such Lender to make LIBO Rate Loans shall be
suspended. If such Lender shall determine that it may not lawfully
continue to maintain and fund any of its outstanding LIBO Rate
Loans to maturity and shall so specify in such notice, the Borrower
shall immediately prepay (which prepayment shall not be subject to
Section 2.06 ) in full the then outstanding principal
amount of such LIBO Rate Loans, together with the accrued interest
thereon.
(b) If any Change in
Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or
deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement
reflected in Section 2.08(e) ); or
(ii) impose on any
Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting
this Agreement or LIBO Rate Loans made by such Lender or
participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be
to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any
LIBO Rate Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by
such Lender hereunder (whether of
principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to
such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction
suffered.
(c) If any Lender
determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements
has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s
holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the
Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender
or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for
such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s
policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company
with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the
Borrower will pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such
Lender’s holding company for any such reduction
suffered.
(d) A certificate of a
Lender setting forth, in reasonable detail showing the computation
thereof, the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender
or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in
paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of this Section shall be delivered to
the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Such
certificate shall further certify that such Lender is making
similar demands of its other similarly situated borrowers. The
Borrower shall pay such Lender, as the case may be, the amount
shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt
thereof, if such certificate complies herewith.
(e) Failure or delay
on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this
Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right
to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not
be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any
increased costs or reductions incurred more than 90 days prior to
the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in
Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such
Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor;
provided further that, if the Change in Law giving
rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the
90-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the
period of retroactive effect thereof (to the extent that such
period of retroactive e