Exhibit 10.c
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
UNDERTAKING AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 1, 2004
made by
CROWN HOLDINGS, INC.
as a Parent Undertaking Party
,
CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC.
as a Parent Undertaking Party
,
and
CROWN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
as a Parent Undertaking Party
,
in favor of
THE PURCHASERS REFERRED TO HEREIN
and
CITIBANK, N.A.
as Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS.
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SECTION 1.
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Unconditional
Undertaking
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SECTION 2.
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Obligations
Absolute
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SECTION 3.
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Waivers and
Acknowledgments
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SECTION 4.
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Subrogation
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SECTION 5.
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Representations
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SECTION 6.
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Covenants
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SECTION 7.
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Payments Free
and Clear of Taxes, etc
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SECTION 8.
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Amendments,
etc.
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SECTION 9.
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Notices;
Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.
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SECTION 10.
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No Waiver;
Remedies
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SECTION 11.
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Continuing
Agreement; Assignments under Receivables Purchase
Agreement
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SECTION 12.
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Entire
Agreement
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SECTION 13.
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Severability of
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SECTION 14.
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Confidentiality
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SECTION 15.
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Governing Law;
Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial, etc
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Certain Defined
Terms
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Exhibit B
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Form of
Compliance Certificate
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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
UNDERTAKING AGREEMENT
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
UNDERTAKING AGREEMENT dated as of September 1, 2004, made by CROWN
HOLDINGS, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, (“ Crown
Holdings ”), CROWN CORK & SEAL COMPANY, INC., a
Pennsylvania corporation (“ CCSC ”) and
CROWN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“
CIH ”, and together with Crown Holdings and
CCSC, the “ Parent Undertaking Parties ”,
and each, individually, a “ Parent Undertaking
Party ”), in favor of the Purchasers as defined in
the Receivables Purchase Agreement and CITIBANK, N.A. (“
Citibank ”), as administrative agent (the
“ Agent ”) for the Purchasers and the
other Owners.
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS.
1. CCSC has executed and delivered a
Second Amended and Restated Undertaking Agreement dated as of
December 5, 2003 (the “ Existing Undertaking
Agreement ”).
2. Crown Holdings, Inc. owns,
directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of CCSC and CIH, (ii) CCSC owns, directly or
indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding shares of common
stock of Crown Cork & Seal Receivables (DE) Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “ Seller ”),
and all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of
each of the US Originators (as hereinafter defined) and (iii) CIH
owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding
shares of common stock or partnership interests of each of the UK
Originators and the Canadian Originator (as defined in the
Receivables Purchase Agreement).
3. The Seller and Crown Cork &
Seal USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Crown Cork
& Seal Company (USA), Inc. (“ Crown USA
”) as Servicer have entered into a Second Amended and
Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of December 5,
2003, as amended by the First Amendment to Second Amended and
Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof
(such agreement, as so amended and as it may from time to time be
further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, being the
“ Receivables Purchase Agreement ”) with
the Purchasers and Citibank, N.A., as the Agent, pursuant to which
the Seller may sell to each Purchaser undivided percentage
ownership interests in its accounts receivable that were originally
owed to each Originator and that have been or may be acquired from
time to time by the Seller from (i) each US Originator, the
Canadian Originator and the Former Canadian Originator pursuant to
a Second Amended and Restated Receivables Contribution and Sale
Agreement dated as of December 5, 2003 or the Existing Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement (as defined therein) (the Existing
Receivables Contribution and Sale Agreement, as amended and
restated by the Second Amended and Restated Contribution and Sale
Agreement, and the Second Amended and Restated Contribution and
Sale Agreement, as it may from time to time be further amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified, being the “
U.S./Canada Contribution and Sale Agreement ”)
among, inter alia , the US Originators, the Canadian
Originator, the Seller, and Crown USA, as the Buyer’s
Servicer and (ii) each UK Originator pursuant to a Receivables
Contribution and Sale Agreement (such agreement, as it may from
time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified,
being
the “ UK Contribution and Sale
Agreement ”, and together with the U.S./Canada
Contribution and Sale Agreement, the “ Contribution and
Sale Agreements ”) to be entered into among the UK
Originators, as sellers, the Seller, as the Buyer, and Crown USA,
as the UK Buyer’s Servicer.
4. In connection with the First
Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “ First
Amendment ”), the parties hereto have agreed to amend
and restate the Existing Undertaking Agreement in its entirety to
give effect to the terms and conditions set forth in this Third
Amended and Restated Undertaking Agreement (the Existing
Undertaking Agreement, as so amended and restated, and this Third
Amended and Restated Undertaking Agreement, as further amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
collectively, this “ Agreement
”).
5. It is a condition precedent to
the effectiveness of the First Amendment that the Parent
Undertaking Parties shall have executed and delivered this
Agreement.
6. Terms defined in either the
Receivables Purchase Agreement or the Contribution and Sale
Agreements and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used in
this Agreement (including, without limitation, Exhibit A to this
Agreement) as defined in the Receivables Purchase Agreement or the
Contribution and Sale Agreements, as applicable. Capitalized terms
defined in Exhibit A to this Agreement are used in this Agreement
as defined in such Exhibit A.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises, and the substantial direct and indirect benefits to
the Parent Undertaking Parties from the financing arrangements
contemplated by the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the
Contribution and Sale Agreements and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Parent Undertaking Parties hereby agree that,
effective as of the date hereof, the Existing Undertaking Agreement
is amended and restated as follows:
SECTION 1. Unconditional
Undertaking . The Parent Undertaking Parties, jointly and
severally, hereby unconditionally and irrevocably undertake and
agree with and for the benefit of each of the Purchasers and the
other Owners and the Agent (collectively the
“Indemnified Parties” ) to cause the due
and punctual performance and observance by each of (a) the Seller
and its successors and assigns, (b) the Servicer (so long as any
Affiliate of any of the Parent Undertaking Parties is the Servicer)
and (c) each of the Originators and each of their respective
successors and assigns, in each case of clauses (a), (b), and (c),
of all of the terms, covenants, agreements, undertakings and other
obligations on the part of the Seller, the Servicer (so long as any
Affiliate of any of the Parent Undertaking Parties is the Servicer)
or each of the Originators, as applicable, to be performed or
observed under each of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the
Contribution and Sale Agreements and the other Transaction
Documents and the other documents delivered in connection therewith
in accordance with the terms thereof, including, without
limitation, the obligations to pay when due all monetary
obligations of each of the Seller, the Servicer (so long as any
Affiliate of any of the Parent Undertaking Parties is the Servicer)
and the Originators now or hereafter existing under the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, the Contribution and Sale Agreements and the
other Transaction Documents, whether for Collections received,
deemed Collections, Yield, interest, indemnifications, fees, costs,
expenses or otherwise (such terms, covenants, agreements,
undertakings and other
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obligations being the
“Obligations” ) and undertake and agree
to pay any and all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and
expenses) incurred by the Indemnified Parties, or any of them, in
enforcing any rights under this Agreement. In the event that the
Seller, the Servicer (so long as any Affiliate of any of the Parent
Undertaking Parties is the Servicer) or any of the Originators
shall fail in any manner whatsoever to perform or observe any of
its Obligations when the same shall be required to be performed or
observed, then the Parent Undertaking Parties shall themselves duly
and punctually perform or observe, or cause to be duly and
punctually performed and observed, such Obligation, and it shall
not be a condition to the accrual of the obligation of the Parent
Undertaking Parties hereunder to perform or observe any Obligation
(or to cause the same to be performed or observed) that any
Indemnified Party shall have first made any request of or demand
upon or given any notice to the Seller, the Servicer (whether or
not any Affiliate of any of the Parent Undertaking Parties is the
Servicer) or any of the Originators or any of their successors or
assigns, or have instituted any action or proceeding against the
Seller, the Servicer (whether or not any Affiliate of any of the
Parent Undertaking Parties is the Servicer) or any of the
Originators or any of their successors or assigns in respect
thereof.
SECTION 2. Obligations
Absolute . The Parent Undertaking Parties, jointly and
severally, undertake and agree that the Obligations will be paid
and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of the
Transaction Documents and each other document delivered in
connection therewith, regardless of any law, regulation or order
now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of
such terms or the rights of any Indemnified Party with respect
thereto. The obligations of the Parent Undertaking Parties under
this Agreement are independent of the Obligations, and a separate
action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Parent
Undertaking Parties to enforce this Agreement, irrespective of
whether any action is brought against the Seller, the Servicer
(whether or not any Affiliate of any of the Parent Undertaking
Parties is the Servicer) or any of the Originators or whether the
Seller, the Servicer (whether or not any Affiliate of any of the
Parent Undertaking Parties is the Servicer) or any of the
Originators are joined in any such action or actions. The liability
of the Parent Undertaking Parties under this Agreement shall be
irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and, to
the extent permitted by law, the Parent Undertaking Parties hereby
irrevocably waive any defenses (except for any defenses arising or
accruing as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of the Indemnified Parties) any of them may now or hereafter have
in any way relating to, any or all of the following:
(a) any lack of validity or
enforceability of the Obligations or any Pool Receivable, any
Receivable Interest or any Related Security, or of any Transaction
Document or any other document relating thereto;
(b) any change in the time, manner
or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the
Obligations under the Transaction Documents or any other document
relating thereto, or any other amendment or waiver of or any
consent to departure from any Transaction Document or any other
document relating thereto;
(c) any taking, exchange, release or
nonperfection of or failure to transfer title to any asset or
collateral, or any taking, release, amendment or waiver of or
consent to departure from any guaranty, for all or any of the
Obligations;
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(d) any manner of application of any
asset or collateral, or proceeds thereof, to all or any of the
Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any
asset or collateral for all or any of the Obligations or any other
obligations of the Seller, the Servicer (whether or not any
Affiliate of any of the Parent Undertaking Parties is the Servicer)
or any of the Originators under the Transaction Documents or any
other document relating thereto;
(e) any change, restructuring or
termination of the structure or existence of the Seller, the
Servicer (whether or not any Affiliate of any of the Parent
Undertaking Parties is the Servicer) or any of the
Originators;
(f) any failure of any Indemnified
Party to disclose to the Parent Undertaking Parties any information
relating to the financial condition, operations, properties or
prospects of the Seller, or any of the Originators now or in the
future known to such Indemnified Party (the Parent Undertaking
Parties waiving any duty on the part of such Indemnified Party to
disclose such information);
(g) any impossibility or
impracticality of performance, illegality, any act of any
government, or any other circumstance (including, without
limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or
reliance on any representation by any Indemnified Party that might
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Seller,
the Servicer (whether or not any Affiliate of any of the Parent
Undertaking Parties is the Servicer) or any of the Originators or a
guarantor of the Obligations; or
(h) any other circumstance, event or
happening whatsoever, whether foreseen or unforeseen and whether
similar or dissimilar to anything referred to above in this Section
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This Agreement shall continue to be effective or
be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time (x) any payment
in connection with any of the Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be returned by any Indemnified Party, or (y) any
performance or observance of any Obligation is rescinded or
otherwise invalidated, upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or
reorganization of the Seller, the Servicer (if any Affiliate of any
of the Parent Undertaking Parties is the Servicer) or any of the
Originators or otherwise, all as though payment had not been made
or as though such Obligation had not been performed or
observed.
SECTION 3. Waivers and
Acknowledgments . (a) To the extent permitted by applicable
law, the Parent Undertaking Parties hereby waive promptness,
diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice (except to the
extent that such other notice is expressly required to be given to
the Parent Undertaking Parties by any Indemnified Party pursuant to
any other Transaction Document) with respect to any of the
Obligations and this Agreement and any other document related
thereto, and any requirement that any Indemnified Party protect,
secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto
or exhaust any right or take any action against the Seller, the
Servicer (whether or not any Affiliate of any of the Parent
Undertaking Parties is the Servicer) or any of the Originators or
any other Person or any asset or collateral.
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(b) The Parent Undertaking Parties
hereby waive any right to revoke this Agreement, and acknowledge
that this Agreement is continuing in nature and applies to all
Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.
SECTION 4. Subrogation . The
Parent Undertaking Parties shall not exercise or assert any rights
that any of them may now have or hereafter acquire against the
Seller, the Servicer (to the extent a Parent Undertaking Party is
not the Servicer), or any of the Originators that arise from the
existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Parent
Undertaking Parties’ obligations under this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any
right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or
indemnification or any right to participate in any claim or remedy
of any Indemnified Party against the Seller, such Servicer or any
of the Originators or any asset or collateral, whether or not such
claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute
or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or
receive from the Seller, such Servicer or any of the Originators,
directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by setoff or
in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim,
remedy or right, unless and until all amounts in connection with
the Obligations and all amounts payable under this Agreement shall
have been paid in full and all other amounts payable to the
Indemnified Parties under the Transaction Documents shall have been
paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any of the Parent
Undertaking Parties in violation of the preceding sentence at any
time prior to the later of (i) the payment in full of the
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Agreement and
all amounts payable to the Indemnified Parties under the
Transaction Documents and (ii) the Termination Date, such amount
shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Indemnified Parties
and shall forthwith be paid to the Agent to be credited and applied
to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance
with the terms of the Transaction Documents or to be held by the
Agent as collateral security for any Obligations payable under this
Agreement thereafter arising.
SECTION 5. Representations and
Warranties . Each of the Parent Undertaking Parties hereby
represents and warrants as to itself as follows:
(a) Such Parent Undertaking Party is
a corporation, validly incorporated and existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.
Except where failure could not be reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, such Parent Undertaking Party (a) is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the nature and extent of its business and
properties require the same, and (b) possesses all requisite
authority, power, licenses, approvals, permits, authorizations, and
franchises to use its assets and conduct its business as is now
being, or is contemplated herein to be, conducted.
(b) As of the First Amendment
Effective Date, (i) all of the issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of CCSC and CIH are owned, directly or indirectly, by
Crown Holdings; (ii) all of the issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of the Seller and each of the US Originators, are
owned, directly or indirectly, by CCSC; and (iii) all of the issued
and outstanding shares of common stock or partnership interests, as
applicable, of each of the UK Originators and the Canadian
Originator, are owned, directly or indirectly, by CIH; in each case
free and clear of any Adverse Claim other than a pledge of the
stock of the Originators as security for the Existing Credit
Facilities.
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(c) The execution, delivery and
performance by such Parent Undertaking Party of each of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such Parent
Undertaking Party is a party, and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, are within such Parent Undertaking
Party’s corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action and do not (i) contravene such Parent
Undertaking Party’s charter or bylaws, (ii) violate any
applicable law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination or award binding on or affecting
such Parent Undertaking Party or any of its properties, or (iii)
breach or result in a default under, or result in the acceleration
of (or entitle any party to accelerate) the maturity of any
obligation of such Parent Undertaking Party under, or result in or
require the creation of any Lien upon or security interest in any
property of such Parent Undertaking Party pursuant to the terms of,
any credit or loan agreement, indenture, or other agreement or
instrument binding on or affecting such Parent Undertaking Party or
any of its properties. Each of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which such Parent Undertaking Party is a
party when delivered will have been duly executed and delivered by
such Parent Undertaking Party. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the transactions evidenced by the Transaction
Documents constitute (i) a “Permitted Receivables or
Factoring Financing” under and as defined in the Existing
Credit Facilities; (ii) a “Qualified Receivables
Transaction” under and as defined in the Indenture dated
September 1, 2004 among Crown European Holdings S.A., the
Guarantors named therein, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee for
the holders of the 6¼% First Priority Senior Secured Notes due
2011; (iii) a “Qualified Receivables Transaction” under
and as defined in the Indenture dated February 26, 2003 among Crown
European Holdings S.A., the Guarantors named therein, Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A. (f/k/a Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association), as trustee for the holders of the 9½% Second
Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2011 and the holders of the
10¼% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2011, in each
case issued pursuant thereto; and (iv) a “Qualified
Receivables Transaction” under and as defined in the
Indenture dated February 26, 2003 among Crown European Holdings
S.A., the Guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
(f/k/a Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association), as
trustee for the holders of the 10 7 / 8
% Third Priority Senior
Secured Notes due 2013 issued pursuant thereto.
(d) No consent, authorization or
approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
Governmental Authority or other Person is required for the due
execution, delivery and performance by such Parent Undertaking
Party of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents
to which such Parent Undertaking Party is a party, or to ensure the
legality, validity or enforceability hereof or thereof.
(e) This Agreement is, and the other
Transaction Documents to which such Parent Undertaking Party is a
party when delivered will be, the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Parent Undertaking Party enforceable against
such Parent Undertaking Party in accordance with their respective
terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors
generally and to general equitable principles.
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(f) The consolidated balance sheet
of Crown Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries as at December
31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income and
cash flows of such Parent Undertaking Party and its consolidated
subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, in each case certified
by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants,
copies of which have been furnished to the Agent, fairly present in
all material respects the consolidated financial condition of Crown
Holdings and its consolidated subsidiaries as at such date and the
consolidated results of the operations of Crown Holdings and its
consolidated subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in
accordance with GAAP and, since December 31, 2003, there has been
no material adverse change in such condition or operations of such
Parent Undertaking Party, or the ability of such Parent Undertaking
Party to perform its obligations hereunder or under any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, in each case other
than to the extent expressly set forth on Schedule V to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement, Schedule V to the Contribution and
Sale Agreements, or in any public filing prior to the date hereof
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(g) Except as disclosed in Crown
Holdings’ public filings prior to the Effective Date with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or as disclosed in writing to
the Agent on or prior to the Effective Date, there is no pending
or, to the knowledge of such Parent Undertaking Party, threatened
action, suit or proceeding affecting such Parent Undertaking Party
or any of its subsidiaries, or its property or assets or the
property or assets of any of its subsidiaries, before any court,
governmental agency or arbitrator or other authority, domestic or
foreign, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, or which purports to affect the legality, validity
or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction
Documents to which such Parent Undertaking Party is a party or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(h) Each Seller Report, Weekly
Report, Daily Report and Receivables Activity Report (in each case
if prepared by such Parent Undertaking Party or any Affiliate
thereof, or to the extent that information contained therein is
supplied by such Parent Undertaking Party or any Affiliate
thereof), and each notice or other written item of information,
exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report,
furnished or to be furnished at any time by such Parent Undertaking
Party or any Affiliate thereof to any Indemnified Party in each
case in connection with any Transaction Document is or will be
accurate in all material respects as of its date or as of the date
so furnished, and no such report or document contains or will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state,
or will omit to state, as of its date of delivery or the date so
furnished, a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided that to the
extent that any such Seller Report, Weekly Report, Daily Report,
Receivables Activity Report, notice or other written item of
information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record
or report was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection,
such Parent Undertaking Party represents only that it (or such
Affiliate) acted in good faith and utilized reasonable assumptions
and due care in the preparation of such Seller Report, Weekly
Report, Daily Report, Receivables Activity Report, notice or other
written item of information, exhibit, financial statement,
document, book, record or report.
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(i) There are no conditions
precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement or any of the
other Transaction Documents to which such Parent Undertaking Party
is a party that have not been satisfied or waived.
(j) The obligations of such Parent
Undertaking Party under this Agreement and each of the other
Transaction Documents to which such Parent Undertaking Party is a
party do rank and will rank at least pari passu in priority
of payment and in all other respects with all other unsecured Debt
of such Parent Undertaking Party.
(k) Such Parent Undertaking Party is
neither a “holding company” nor a “subsidiary
holding company” of a “holding company” within
the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended. Neither such Parent Undertaking Party nor any of its
Affiliates is an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or any
successor statute.
(l) With respect to each such Parent
Undertaking Party, each Originator and the Seller, no ERISA Event
has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or give
rise to a Lien. Such Parent Undertaking Party and its ERISA
Affiliates are in compliance in all material respects with the
presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect
to each Plan. No condition exists or event or transaction has
occurred with respect to any Pension Plan or Welfare Plan which
reasonably might result in the incurrence by such Parent
Undertaking Party or any of such Parent Undertaking Party’s
ERISA Affiliates of any liability, fine or penalty which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such
Parent Undertaking Party does not have any contingent liability
with respect to post-retirement benefits provided by it or any of
its Subsidiaries under a Welfare Plan, other than (i) liability for
continuation coverage described in Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I
of ERISA and (ii) liabilities that, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
Except as could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) each Non-U.S. Plan
has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the
requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules,
regulations and orders and has been maintained, where required, in
good standing with applicable regulatory authorities and (B) no
Parent Undertaking Party nor any Subsidiary has incurred any
obligation in connection with the termination of or withdrawal from
any Non-U.S. Plan.
(m) (i) Such Parent Undertaking
Party and, to its knowledge, its Affiliates, are not in violation
of any Anti-Terrorism Law, including the Executive Order, and the
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public
Law 107-56.
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(ii) Such Parent Undertaking Party
and, to its knowledge, its Affiliates and their respective brokers
or other agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection
with transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, are not any of the following:
(A) a Person or entity that is
listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions
of, the Executive Order;
(B) a Person or entity owned or
controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person or entity
that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the
provisions of, the Executive Order;
(C) a Person or entity that commits,
threatens or conspires to commit or supports
“terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order;
or
(D) a Person or entity that is named
as a “specially designated national and blocked person”
on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department
Office of Foreign Asset Control at its official website or any
replacement website or other replacement official publication of
such list.
(iii) Such Parent Undertaking Party
and to its knowledge, its Affiliates and their respective brokers
or other agents acting in any capacity in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents, do not (A) conduct any business or engage in
making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to
or for the benefit of any Person described in clause (ii) above,
(B) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to,
any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to the
Executive Order, or (C) engage in or conspire to engage in any
transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or
avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth
in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
SECTION 6. Covenants . Each
of the Parent Undertaking Parties covenants and agrees that (except
in the case of subsection (e) of this Section 6, which shall only
apply to Crown Holdings), until the date that occurs 365 days after
the latest of (i) the Commitment Termination Date, and (ii) the
date on which no Capital of any Receivable Interest shall be
outstanding and no Yield, fees or other amounts remain unpaid under
the Receivables Purchase Agreement, such Parent Undertaking Party
will, unless the Required Purchasers shall otherwise consent in
writing:
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc
. Comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules,
regulations and orders with respect to it, except to the extent
failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Preservation of Corporate
Existence, Etc. . At all times (i) maintain its existence and
good standing in the jurisdiction of its organization (
provided , however , that such Parent Undertaking
Party may consummate any merger or consolidation permitted under
Section 6(e)) and its authority to transact business in all other
jurisdictions where the failure to so maintain its authority to
transact business could
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reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; (ii) maintain all licenses, permits, and
franchises necessary for its business where the failure to so
maintain could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and (iii) keep all of its assets which are used in and
necessary to its business in good working order and condition
(ordinary wear and tear excepted) and make all necessary repairs
thereto and replacements thereof, except where the failure to do so
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) Inspections . From time
to time upon two days’ prior notice and during regular
business hours as requested by the Agent or any Purchaser (such two
days’ prior notice shall not be required following the
occurrence of an Event of Termination), or at any time and from
time to time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Termination or Potential Event of Termination, allow the
Agent or any Purchaser (or their respective agents or
representatives) to inspect any of the properties of such Parent
Undertaking Party or any of its consolidated subsidiaries, to
review reports, files, and other records of such Parent Undertaking
Party or any of its consolidated subsidiaries and to make and take
away copies thereof, to conduct tests or investigations, and to
discuss any of the affairs, conditions, and finances of such Parent
Undertaking Party or any of its consolidated subsidiaries with the
other creditors, directors, officers, employees, other
representatives, and independent accountants of such Parent
Undertaking Party and its consolidated subsidiaries, all at the
expense of such Parent Undertaking Party.
(d) Reporting Requirements .
Furnish to the Agent:
(i) as soon as available and in any
event within 45 days (or such shorter period for the filing of
Crown Holdings’ Form 10-Q as may be required by the SEC)
after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each
Fiscal Year of Crown Holdings (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter
ending September 30, 2004), a consolidated balance sheet of Crown
Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter
and consolidated statements of earnings and cash flow of Crown
Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the
period commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending
with the end of such Fiscal Quarter, certified by a Financial
Officer of Crown Holdings, it being understood and agreed that the
delivery of Crown Holdings’ Form 10-Q (as filed with the
SEC), if certified as required in this clause (i), shall satisfy
the requirements set forth in this clause;
(ii) as soon as available and in any
event within 90 days (or such shorter period for the filing of
Crown Holdings’ Form 10-K as may be required by the SEC)
after the end of each Fiscal Year of Crown Holdings (commencing
with the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2004), a copy of the annual
audit report for such Fiscal Year for Crown Holdings and its
Subsidiaries, including therein a consolidated balance sheet of
Crown Holdings and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal
Year and consolidated statements of earnings and cash flow of Crown
Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, in each case
certified (without any Impermissible Qualification) in a manner
acceptable to the Agent by
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other
independent public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Agent
(it being understood and agreed that the delivery of Crown
Holdings’ Form 10-K (as filed with the SEC), if certified as
required by this clause (ii), shall satisfy such delivery
requirement in this clause), together with a certificate from a
Financial Officer of Crown Holdings substantially in the form of
Exhibit B (a “ Compliance Certificate ”)
containing a computation in reasonable detail of, and showing
compliance with, each of the financial ratios and restrictions
contained in Sections 6(h), (i), and (j) and to the effect that, in
making the examination necessary for the signing of such
certificate, such Financial Officer has not become aware of any
Event of Termination or Potential Event of Termination that has
occurred and is continuing, or, if such Financial Officer has
become aware of such Event of Termination or Potential Event of
Termination, describing such Event of Termination or Potential
Event of Termination and the steps, if any, being taken to cure it,
and concurrently with the delivery of the foregoing financial
statements, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on
such financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge
during the course of their examination of such financial statements
of any Event of Termination or Potential Event of Termination
(which certificate may be limited to the extent required by
accounting rules or guidelines);
(iii) as soon as available and in
any event within 45 days (or such shorter period as may be required
for the fi