$1,000,000,000 5-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT,

Exhibit 99.2

 

EXECUTION COUNTERPART

 

U.S. $1,000,000,000

 

5-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of March 24, 2004

 

Among

 

UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION,

as Borrower

 

THE BANKS PARTY HERETO,

as Banks

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,

as Advisor, Lead Arranger

and Bookrunner

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Co-Syndication Agents

 

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,

BNP PARIBAS,

as Co-Documentation Agents

 

and

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,

as Administrative Agent

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

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(ii)

 

(iii)

REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 24, 2004, among UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION, a Utah corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the banks listed on the signature pages hereof and any other banks which from time to time become parties hereto pursuant to Section 2.17 or 8.07 of this Agreement (all such banks being referred to herein collectively as the “ Banks ”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as agent for the purposes hereinafter provided (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) for the Banks hereunder.

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

 

SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

 

“ Adjusted CD Rate ” means, for each Adjusted CD Rate Advance comprising part of the same Contract Borrowing, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the sum of (a) a rate per annum equal to the product of (i) the Fixed CD Rate in effect for the Interest Period then applicable to such Advance and (ii) 1.00 plus the Domestic Reserve Percentage, plus (b) the Assessment Rate. For purposes hereof, the term “ Fixed CD Rate ” shall mean the arithmetic average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the prevailing rates per annum bid at or about 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) to each Reference Bank on the first Business Day of the Interest Period then applicable to such Contract Borrowing by three New York City negotiable certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing for the purchase at face value of negotiable certificates of deposit of such Reference Bank in a principal amount approximately equal to such Reference Bank’s portion of such Contract Borrowing and with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.

 

“ Adjusted CD Rate Advance ” means a Contract Advance that bears interest based on the Adjusted CD Rate.

 

“ Administrative Questionnaire ” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent, copies of which completed by the Banks shall be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent promptly after receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent.

 

“ Advance ” means any Contract Advance or Auction Advance.

 

“ Agreement ” means this Agreement, as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time, including, without limitation, any such supplement in respect of Auction Advances under Section 2.03(a)(v).

 

“ Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Base CD Rate in effect on such day plus 1% and (c) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. For purposes hereof: “ Prime Rate ” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such change is publicly announced as

 

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effective. “ Base CD Rate ” shall mean the sum of (a) the product of (i) the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate and (ii) 1.00 plus the Domestic Reserve Percentage and (b) the Assessment Rate. “ Three-Month Secondary CD Rate ” shall mean, for any day, the secondary market rate for three-month certificates of deposit reported as being in effect on such day (or, if such day shall not be a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System through the public information telephone line of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (which rate will, under the current practices of such Board, be published in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) during the week following such day), or, if such rate shall not be so reported on such day or such next preceding Business Day, the average of the secondary market quotations for three-month certificates of deposit of major money center banks in New York City received at approximately 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such day (or, if such day shall not be a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day) by the Administrative Agent from three New York City negotiable certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected by it. If for any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate or both for any reason, including the inability of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms hereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) or (c), or both, of the first sentence of this definition, as appropriate, until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

 

“ Alternate Base Rate Advance ” means a Contract Advance which bears interest computed at the Alternate Base Rate.

 

“ Applicable Fee Percentage ” means, on any date, the percentage set forth below opposite the Category with respect to which the Applicable Margin is determined on such date:

 

 

“ Applicable Lending Office ” means, with respect to each Bank, such Bank’s Domestic Lending Office in the case of an Alternate Base Rate Advance, such Bank’s CD Lending Office in the case of an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, such Bank’s Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance and, in the case of an Auction Advance, the office or affiliate of such Bank notified by such Bank to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent as such Bank’s Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Auction Advance.

 

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“ Applicable Margin ” means, with respect to Adjusted CD Rate Advances and Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances on any date, the applicable percentage set forth below for such Type of Advance under the caption “Applicable Margin” based upon the ratings applicable on such date to the Borrower’s senior, unsecured, non-credit-enhanced long term indebtedness for borrowed money (“ Index Debt ”):

 

 

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For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if neither Moody’s nor S&P shall have in effect a rating for Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition), then both such rating agencies will be deemed to have established ratings for Index Debt in Category 6; (ii) if only one of Moody’s or S&P shall have in effect a rating for Index Debt, the Borrower and the Banks will negotiate in good faith to agree upon another rating agency to be substituted by an amendment to this Agreement for the rating agency which shall not have a rating in effect, and in the absence of such amendment the Applicable Margin will be determined by reference to the available rating; (iii) if any rating established by Moody’s or S&P shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of either Moody’s or S&P) such change shall be effective as of the date on which such change is first announced by the rating agency making such change; and (iv) if the ratings of the Index Debt established by Moody’s and S&P should fall within different Categories, the Applicable Margin (and, accordingly, the Applicable Fee Percentage) shall be determined by reference to the numerically lower Category (where Category 1 is the lowest such Category and Category 6 is the highest). Each change in the Applicable Margin (and, accordingly, the Applicable Fee Percentage) shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of either Moody’s or S&P shall change prior to the Termination Date, the Borrower and the Banks shall negotiate in good faith to amend the references to specific ratings in this definition to reflect such changed rating system. If both Moody’s and S&P shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the Banks shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon a substitute rating agency and to amend the references to specific ratings in this definition to reflect the ratings used by such substitute rating agency.

 

“ Applicable Rate ” means:

 

(i) with respect to Adjusted CD Rate Advances, the Adjusted CD Rate plus the Applicable Margin;

 

(ii) with respect to Alternate Base Rate Advances, the Alternate Base Rate; and

 

(iii) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances, the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

“ Assessment Rate ” means for any date the annual rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) most recently estimated by the Administrative Agent as the then current net annual assessment rate that will be employed in determining amounts payable by the Bank then serving as Administrative Agent to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor) for insurance by such Corporation (or such successor) of time deposits made in dollars at such Bank’s domestic offices.

 

“ Assignment and Acceptance ” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Bank and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto.

 

“ Auction Advance ” means an advance by a Bank to the Borrower as part of an Auction Borrowing resulting from the auction bidding procedure described in Section 2.03, and refers to a Fixed Rate Auction Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Auction Advance.

 

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“ Auction Borrowing ” means a Borrowing consisting of simultaneous Auction Advances of the same Type from each of the Banks whose offer to make an Auction Advance as part of such Borrowing has been accepted by the Borrower under the auction bidding procedure described in Section 2.03.

 

“ Auction Reduction ” means, as to any Bank as at any date, an amount equal to such Bank’s pro rata (in accordance with the Commitments) share of the aggregate amount of all Auction Advances outstanding on such date (giving effect to the payment of any Auction Advances to be made on such date).

 

“ Borrowing ” means a Contract Borrowing or an Auction Borrowing.

 

“ Business Day ” means a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized to close in New York City and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, on which dealings in dollar deposits are carried on in the London interbank market.

 

“ Category ” means Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, Category 4, Category 5 or Category 6.

 

“ Category 1 ”, “ Category 2 ”, “ Category 3 ”, “ Category 4 ”, “ Category 5 ” and “ Category 6 ” have the meanings specified in the definition of “Applicable Margin” in this Section 1.01.

 

“ CD Lending Office ” means, with respect to any Bank, the office or affiliate of such Bank specified as its “CD Lending Office” on its Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or affiliate of such Bank as such Bank may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

“ Closing Date ” means the date of this Agreement.

 

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

 

“ Commitment ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).

 

“ Contract Advance ” means an advance by a Bank to the Borrower as part of a Contract Borrowing and refers to an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, an Alternate Base Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance.

 

“ Contract Borrowing ” means a Borrowing consisting of simultaneous Contract Advances of the same Type made ratably by all of the Banks pursuant to Section 2.01(a).

 

“ Debt ” means (i) indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property (excluding obligations under agreements for the purchase of goods in the normal course of business, but including obligations under agreements relating to the issuance of performance letters of credit or acceptance financing), (iv) obligations as lessee under leases which shall have been or should be, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital leases, (v) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or

 

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otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above and (vi) liabilities in respect of unfunded vested benefits under Plans covered by Title IV of ERISA; provided that (x) for the purposes of Section 5.02(a), “Debt” means only indebtedness for borrowed money (however evidenced) and (y) for the purposes of Section 6.01(e), “Debt” means only (1) the obligations described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and (2) the obligations described in clause (v) above (to the extent such obligations relate to Debt described in clause (i) or (ii) above).

 

“ Default ” means any condition or event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

“ Domestic Lending Office ” means, with respect to any Bank, the office or affiliate of such Bank specified as its “Domestic Lending Office” on its Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or affiliate of such Bank as such Bank may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

“ Domestic Reserve Percentage ” means, for any Interest Period, the reserve percentage applicable on the first day of such Interest Period under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, but not limited to, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City with deposits exceeding one billion dollars with respect to liabilities consisting of or including (among other liabilities) U.S. dollar nonpersonal time deposits in the United States with a maturity equal to such Interest Period.

 

“ Eligible Assignee ” means:

 

(a) any of the following entities approved in writing by the Borrower in its sole discretion and notified to the Administrative Agent, and then only to the extent of a proposed assignment approved in writing by the Borrower in its sole discretion and notified to the Administrative Agent: (i) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having total assets in excess of $3,000,000,000 and a combined capital and surplus of at least $150,000,000; (ii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the OECD, or a political subdivision of any such country, and having total assets in excess of $3,000,000,000 and a combined capital and surplus of at least $150,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States, in the country in which it is organized or in another country which is also a member of the OECD; and (iii) the central bank of any country which is a member of the OECD; and

 

(b) an affiliate of the assigning Bank (for which purposes “affiliate” means a Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such assigning Bank).

 

“ 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) which is a member of a group of which the Borrower is a member and which is under common control within the meaning of the regulations under Section 414 of the Code.

 

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“ Eurocurrency Liabilities ” has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor regulation), as in effect from time to time.

 

“ Eurodollar Lending Office ” means, with respect to any Bank, the office or affiliate of such Bank specified as its “Eurodollar Lending Office” on its Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or affiliate of such Bank as such Bank may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

“ Eurodollar Rate ” means, for each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of the same Borrowing, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the average of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars in immediately available funds approximately equal in principal amount to (i) in the case of a Contract Borrowing, the portion of such Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance of the Bank serving as Administrative Agent and (ii) in the case of an Auction Borrowing, a principal amount that would have been the portion of such Auction Borrowing of the Bank serving as Administrative Agent had such Auction Borrowing been a Contract Borrowing, and for a maturity comparable to (a) in the case of a Contract Borrowing, the Interest Period then applicable to such Contract Advance and (b) in the case of an Auction Borrowing, the maturity of such Auction Advance, are offered to the principal London offices of the Reference Banks (or if any Reference Bank does not at the time maintain a London office, the principal London office of any affiliate of such Reference Bank) in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to (x) the commencement of the Interest Period then applicable to such Contract Advance or (y) the making of such Auction Advance, as the case may be.

 

“ Eurodollar Rate Advance ” means any Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance or Eurodollar Rate Auction Advance.

 

“ Eurodollar Rate Auction Advance ” means an Auction Advance which bears interest based on the Eurodollar Rate.

 

“ Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance ” means a Contract Advance which bears interest based on the Eurodollar Rate.

 

“ Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage ” of any Bank for any Eurodollar Rate Advance means the reserve percentage applicable to such Bank on (i) in the case of a Contract Advance, the first day of the Interest Period then applicable to such Contract Advance and (ii) in the case of an Auction Advance, the date of such Auction Advance, under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) under Regulation D promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any successor or supplemental regulations, then applicable to such Bank with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term equal to such Interest Period or the term of such Auction Advance, as the case may be.

 

“ Events of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

 

“ Existing Revolving Credit Agreement ” means the $1,000,000,000 Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of March 30, 2000 among Union Pacific Corporation, the banks named

 

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therein, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (as successor to Chase Securities Inc.), as Advisor, Lead Arranger and Book Manager, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Citibank, N.A. and Credit Suisse First Boston, as Co-Documentation Agents, and JPMCB (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Administrative Agent, as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time.

 

“ 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 which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

“ Fixed Rate ” means an interest rate per annum (expressed in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) specified by a Bank making an Auction Advance under the auction bidding procedure described in Section 2.03.

 

“ Fixed Rate Auction Advance ” means an Auction Advance which bears interest based on the Fixed Rate.

 

“ Interest Period ” means, for each Contract Advance comprising part of the same Contract Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Contract Advance or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Contract Advance, as the case may be, and ending on the last day of the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be (a) in the case of an Alternate Base Rate Advance, until the next succeeding March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, (b) in the case of an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, 30, 60, 90 or 180 days and (c) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance, 1 month or 2, 3 or 6 months (or, if requested by the Borrower and available from all of the Banks, 9 or 12 months), as the Borrower may select (in the case of clause (b) or (c)) by notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.02(a); provided that:

 

(i) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Contract Advances comprising part of the same Contract Borrowing shall be of the same duration;

 

(ii) subject to clause (iii) below, whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day in both New York City and London, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day in both such cities, provided , in the case of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance, that if such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day in both such cities; and

 

(iii) no Interest Period shall end on a date later than the Termination Date.

 

“ JPMCB ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, a New York banking corporation, and its successors.

 

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“ Majority Banks ” means at any time Banks that in the aggregate (a) represent more than 50% of the Commitments and (b) after the expiry or termination of the Commitments, represent more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances and Special Rate Loans.

 

“ Margin Stock ” means “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulations U and X.

 

“ Material Plan ” means either (i) a Plan under which the present value of the vested benefits exceeds the fair market value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such benefits by more than $20,000,000 or (ii) a Plan whose assets have a market value in excess of $100,000,000.

 

“ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.

 

“ Multiemployer Plan ” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding three plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.

 

“ Notice of Auction Borrowing ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a).

 

“ Notice of Contract Borrowing ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a).

 

“ OECD ” means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

 

“ Participating Bank ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a)(v).

 

“ PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.

 

“ Person ” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.

 

“ Plan ” means an employee benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and covered by Title IV of ERISA.

 

“ Railroad ” means Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Delaware corporation, and its successors.

 

“ Reference Banks ” means JPMCB, Bank of America, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., and such other additional or substitute financial institutions as may be agreed to in writing by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Majority Banks from time to time.

 

“ Register ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.07(c).

 

“ Regulation U ” and “ Regulation X ” mean Regulation U and Regulation X, respectively, issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as from time to time amended.

 

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“ Reportable Event ” means an event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement has not been waived by the PBGC.

 

“ S&P ” means Standard and Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.

 

“ Special Rate Loan ” means any loan made by a Bank to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b).

 

“ Special Rate Loan Reduction ” means, as to any Bank as at any date, an amount equal to such Bank’s pro rata (in accordance with the Commitments) share of the aggregate amount of all Special Rate Loans outstanding on such date (giving effect to the payment of any Special Rate Loans to be made on such date).

 

“ Subsidiary ” of a Person means any corporation or other similar entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation or entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation or entity shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such Person, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

“ Termination Date ” means March 24, 2009 ( provided that if such date is not a Business Day, the Termination Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day) or the earlier date of termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06 or 6.01.

 

“ Termination Event ” means (i) a “Reportable Event” described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder (other than a “Reportable Event” not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC under such regulations), or (ii) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, or (iii) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, or (iv) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan by the PBGC, or (v) any other event or condition which might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan.

 

“ Type ”, when used in respect of any Advance or Borrowing, refers to the Rate by reference to which interest on such Advance or on the Advances comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, “Rate” shall include the Eurodollar Rate, the Adjusted CD Rate, the Alternate Base Rate and the Fixed Rate.

 

“ UPCT ” means Union Pacific Capital Trust, a Delaware statutory business trust.

 

“ Utilization Fee ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).

 

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“ Utilization Fee Rate ” means, on any date, the rate set forth below opposite the reference to the Utilization Percentage in effect on such date:

 

 

“ Utilization Percentage ” means, at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) equal to (i) the aggregate principal amount of Contract Advances, Auction Advances and Special Rate Loans of all Banks outstanding at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Commitments then or most recently in effect.

 

SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods . In this Agreement in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”.

 

SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms . All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistent with those applied in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e).

 

ARTICLE II

 

AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES

AND SPECIAL RATE LOANS

 

SECTION 2.01. The Contract Advances; Special Rate Loans . (a) Each Bank severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Contract Advances to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Termination Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the excess, if any, of (i) the amount set forth opposite such Bank’s name on the signature pages to this Agreement, as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.06 or increased pursuant to Section 2.17 or reduced or increased pursuant to Section 8.07 (such Bank’s obligation to make such Advances being hereinafter referred to as such Bank’s “ Commitment ”) over (ii) the aggregate amount of (x) such Bank’s Special Rate Loan Reduction, if any, and (y) such Bank’s Auction Reduction, if any; provided that at no time on or before the Termination Date shall the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Contract Advances, Auction Advances and Special Rate Loans exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments. Each Contract Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount not less than $10,000,000 (subject to the terms of this Section 2.01(a)) or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall consist of Contract Advances of the same Type made on the same day by the Banks ratably according to their respective Commitments.

 

(b) Upon the request of the Borrower, each Bank may, in its sole discretion, from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Termination Date, extend loans to the Borrower in an aggregate amount not less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of

 

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$1,000,000 in excess thereof, at an interest rate and upon repayment terms to be mutually agreed upon between such Bank and the Borrower (“ Special Rate Loans ”). The amount of any Special Rate Loan made by a Bank may exceed such Bank’s Commitment; provided that (A) at no time on or before the Termination Date shall the aggregate amount of Contract Advances, Auction Advances and Special Rate Loans outstanding exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments and (B) no Special Rate Loan shall mature on a date later than the Termination Date. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, (i) any Special Rate Loan shall be made by a Bank directly to the Borrower; (ii) all payments in respect of any Special Rate Loan shall be made by the Borrower directly to the Bank which made such loan; (iii) Special Rate Loans need not be made on a pro rata basis among the Banks; and (iv) each Special Rate Loan shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions contained in Articles V and VI and Sections 8.05 and 8.07 hereof unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower and the Bank which made such loan with written notice to the Administrative Agent. On each date when any Bank makes a Special Rate Loan, the Borrower and such Bank shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the other Banks), specifying the principal amount of such Special Rate Loan, the interest rate thereon, the repayment terms and the maturity thereof.

 

(c) Within the limits and on the conditions set forth in this Section 2.01, the Borrower may from time to time borrow under this Section 2.01, repay pursuant to Sections 2.07(a) and 2.07(b), as appropriate, prepay under Section 2.07(d) and reborrow under this Section 2.01 and borrow under Section 2.03.

 

SECTION 2.02. Making the Contract Advances . (a) Each Contract Borrowing shall be made on notice, given (i) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Alternate Base Rate Advances, not later than 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the day of the proposed Borrowing; (ii) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Adjusted CD Rate Advances, not later than noon (New York City time) on the second Business Day prior to the day of the proposed Borrowing; and (iii) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances, not later than noon (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, which shall give to each Bank prompt notice thereof by telecopy. Each such notice of a Contract Borrowing (a “ Notice of Contract Borrowing ”) shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Contract Borrowing, (ii) Type of Contract Advances comprising such Contract Borrowing, (iii) aggregate amount of such Contract Borrowing and (iv) Interest Period. Each Bank shall, before noon (New York City time) on the date of any such Contract Borrowing, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 8.02, in same-day funds, such Bank’s ratable portion of such Contract Borrowing. Upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s aforesaid address.

 

(b) Each Notice of Contract Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower. In the case of any Contract Borrowing which the related Notice of Contract Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances, the Borrower shall indemnify each Bank against any loss, cost or expense reasonably incurred by such Bank as a result of any failure by the Borrower to complete such Borrowing (whether or not due to a failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of Contract Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III), such losses, costs and expenses to include, without limitation, any loss (including loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Bank to fund the Contract Advance to be made by such Bank as part of

 

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such Contract Borrowing when such Contract Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date.

 

(c) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Bank prior to the date of any Contract Borrowing that such Bank will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Bank’s ratable portion of such Contract Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Bank has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Contract Borrowing in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.02 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Bank shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Administrative Agent, such Bank and the Borrower severally agree to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount, together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to Contract Advances comprising such Contract Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Bank, an interest rate equal at all times to the Federal Funds Effective Rate. If such Bank shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Bank’s Contract Advance as part of such Contract Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.

 

(d) The failure of any Bank to make the Contract Advance to be made by it as part of any Contract Borrowing shall not relieve any other Bank of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Contract Advance on the date of such Contract Borrowing, but no Bank shall be responsible for the failure of any other Bank to make the Contract Advance to be made by such other Bank on the date of any Contract Borrowing.

 

SECTION 2.03. The Auction Advances . (a) Each Bank severally agrees that the Borrower may make Auction Borrowings under this Section 2.03 from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Termination Date, in each case on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; provided that at no time on or before the Termination Date shall the aggregate amount of Contract Advances, Auction Advances and Special Rate Loans outstanding exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments. Each Auction Borrowing shall consist of Auction Advances of the same Type made on the same day.

 

(i) The Borrower may request an Auction Borrowing under this Section 2.03 by delivering to the Administrative Agent (A) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate Auction Advances, by not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) one day prior to the day of the proposed Auction Borrowing, and (B) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Auction Advances, by not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the fourth Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Auction Borrowing, a notice of an Auction Borrowing (a “ Notice of Auction Borrowing ”), in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto specifying the proposed (1) date of such Auction Borrowing, (2) Type of Auction Advances comprising such Auction Borrowing, (3) aggregate amount (which shall not be less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof) of such Auction Borrowing, (4) maturity date for repayment of each Auction Advance to be made as part of such Auction Borrowing (which maturity date shall be, in the case of a Fixed Rate Auction Borrowing, not earlier than seven days after the date of such Borrowing, and, in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Auction Borrowing, the date 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 or 12 months after the date of such Borrowing, as the Borrower shall elect, but in any case not later than the Termination Date) and (5) any other terms

 

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to be applicable to such Auction Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall in turn promptly notify (by telecopy) each Bank of each request for an Auction Borrowing received by it from the Borrower and of the terms contained in such Notice of Auction Borrowing.

 

(ii) Each Bank shall, if, in its sole discretion, it elects to do so, irrevocably offer to make one or more Auction Advances to the Borrower as part of such proposed Auction Borrowing at a rate or rates of interest specified by such Bank in its sole discretion, by notifying (by telecopy or telephone (in the case of telephone, immediately confirmed by telecopy)) the Administrative Agent (which shall give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower), (A) in the case of a Fixed Rate Auction Borrowing, before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of such proposed Auction Borrowing specified in the Notice of Auction Borrowing delivered with respect thereto, and (B) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Auction Borrowing, before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of such proposed Auction Borrowing specified in the Notice of Auction Borrowing delivered with respect thereto, of the maximum amount of each Auction Advance which such Bank would be willing to make as part of such proposed Auction Borrowing (which amount may, subject to the proviso to the first sentence of this Section 2.03(a), exceed such Bank’s Commitment), the rate or rates of interest therefor (and whether reserves are included therein) and such Bank’s Applicable Lending Office with respect to each such Auction Advance and any other terms and conditions required by such Bank; provided that, if the Bank then acting as Administrative Agent shall, in its sole discretion, elect to make any such offer, it shall notify the Borrower of such offer before 9:45 a.m. (New York City time) on the date specified herein for notice of offers by the other Banks. If any Bank shall fail to notify the Administrative Agent, before the time specified herein for notice of offers, that it elects to make such an offer, such Bank shall be deemed to have elected not to make such an offer, and such Bank shall not be obligated or entitled to, and shall not, make any Auction Advance as part of such Auction Borrowing. If any Bank shall provide telephonic notice to the Administrative Agent of its election to make an offer, but such telephonic notice has not been confirmed by telecopy to the Administrative Agent at or before the time specified herein for notice of offers, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion and without liability to such Bank or the Borrower, elect whether or not to provide notice thereof to the Borrower.

 

(iii) The Borrower shall, in turn, (A) in the case of a Fixed Rate Auction Borrowing, before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of such proposed Auction Borrowing specified in the Notice of Auction Borrowing delivered with respect thereto, and (B) in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Auction Borrowing, before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of such proposed Auction Borrowing specified in the Notice of Auction Borrowing delivered with respect thereto, in its sole discretion (and without any liability to any unsuccessful bidder with respect to such Auction Borrowing) either:

 

(x) cancel such proposed Auction Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent notice to that effect, or

 

(y) accept one or more of the offers made by any Bank or Banks pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, in its sole discretion, by giving notice to the Administrative Agent of the amount of each Auction Advance (which amount shall be equal to or greater than $1,000,000, and equal to or less than the maximum amount offered by such Bank, notified to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Bank for such Auction Advance pursuant to paragraph (ii) above) to be made by each Bank as part of

 

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such Auction Borrowing, and reject any remaining offers made by Banks pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, by giving the Administrative Agent notice to that effect; provided that the aggregate amount of such offers accepted by the Borrower shall be equal at least to $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.

 

(iv) If the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that such Auction Borrowing is canceled pursuant to paragraph (iii)(x) above, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice (by telecopy) thereof to the Banks, and such Auction Borrowing shall not be made.

 

(v) If the Borrower accepts one or more of the offers made by any Bank or Banks pursuant to paragraph (iii)(y) above, such offer or offers and the Notice of Auction Borrowing in respect thereof shall constitute a supplement to this Agreement in respect of such Auction Borrowing and the Auction Advances made pursuant thereto, and the Administrative Agent shall in turn promptly notify (A) each Bank that has made an offer as described in paragraph (ii) above of the date and aggregate amount of such Auction Borrowing, the interest rate thereon and whether or not any offer or offers made by such Bank pursuant to paragraph (ii) above have been accepted by the Borrower and (B) each Bank that is to make an Auction Advance as part of such Auction Borrowing (a “ Participating Bank ” as to such Auction Borrowing) of the amount of each Auction Advance to be made by such Bank as part of such Auction Borrowing and the maturity date for the repayment of each such Auction Advance (together with a confirmation of the Administrative Agent’s understanding of the interest rate and any other terms applicable to each such Auction Advance; the Administrative Agent shall assume, unless notified by such Bank to the contrary, that its understanding of such information is correct). Each such Participating Bank shall, before noon (New York City time) on the date of such Auction Borrowing specified in the notice received from the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (A) of the preceding sentence, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 8.02 such Bank’s portion of such Auction Borrowing, in same-day funds. Upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III and after receipt by the Administrative Agent of such funds, the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s aforesaid address. Promptly after each Auction Borrowing, the Administrative Agent will notify each Bank of the amount of the Auction Borrowing, such Bank’s Auction Reduction resulting therefrom and the date upon which such Auction Reduction commenced and is anticipated to terminate.

 

(b) Within the limits and on the conditions set forth in this Section 2.03, the Borrower may from time to time borrow under this Section 2.03, repay pursuant to Section 2.07(c), prepay under Section 2.07(d) and reborrow under this Section 2.03 and borrow under Section 2.01.

 

SECTION 2.04. Conversion and Continuation of Contract Borrowings . The Borrower shall have the right at any time upon prior irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent (i) not later than noon (New York City time), one Business Day prior to conversion, to convert any Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances into a Borrowing consisting of Alternate Base Rate Advances, (ii) not later than noon (New York City time), two Business Days prior to conversion or continuation, to convert any Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or Alternate Base Rate Advances into a Borrowing consisting of Adjusted CD Rate Advances or to continue any Borrowing consisting of Adjusted CD Rate Advances for an additional Interest Period, (iii) not later than noon (New York City time), three Business Days prior to conversion or continuation, to convert any Borrowing consisting of Alternate Base Rate Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances into a Borrowing

 

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consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or to continue any Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances for an additional Interest Period, (iv) not later than noon (New York City time), three Business Days prior to conversion, to convert the Interest Period with respect to any Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances to another permissible Interest Period, and (v) not later than noon (New York City time), two Business Days prior to conversion, to convert the Interest Period with respect to any Borrowing consisting of Adjusted CD Rate Advances to another permissible Interest Period, subject in each case to the following:

 

(a) each conversion or continuation shall be made pro rata among the Banks in accordance with the respective principal amounts of the Advances comprising the converted or continued Contract Borrowing;

 

(b) if less than all the outstanding principal amount of any Contract Borrowing shall be converted or continued, the aggregate principal amount of such Contract Borrowing converted or continued shall be an amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;

 

(c) accrued interest on an Advance (or portion thereof) being converted shall be paid by the Borrower at the time of conversion;

 

(d) if any Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances is converted at a time other than the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall pay, upon demand, any amounts due to the Banks pursuant to Section 8.04(b) as a result of such conversion;

 

(e) any portion of a Contract Borrowing maturing or required to be repaid in less than one month may not be converted into or continued as a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances;

 

(f) any portion of a Borrowing maturing or required to be repaid in less than 30 days may not be converted into or continued as a Borrowing consisting of Adjusted CD Rate Advances;

 

(g) any portion of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances which cannot be converted into or continued as such by reason of clauses (e) and (f) above shall be automatically converted at the end of the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing into a Borrowing consisting of Alternate Base Rate Advances; and

 

(h) no Interest Period may be selected for any Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances that would end later than the Termination Date.

 

Each notice pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be irrevocable and shall refer to this Agreement and specify (i) the identity and amount of the Contract Borrowing that the Borrower requests be converted or continued, (ii) whether such Contract Borrowing is to be converted to or continued as a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances, Adjusted CD Rate Advances or Alternate Base Rate Advances, (iii) if such notice requests a conversion, the date of such conversion (which shall be a Business Day) and (iv) if such Contract Borrowing is to be converted to or continued as a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances, the Interest Period with

 

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respect thereto. If no Interest Period is specified in any such notice with respect to any conversion to or continuation as a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration, in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances, or 30 days’ duration, in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Adjusted CD Rate Advances. The Administrative Agent shall advise the other Banks of any notice given pursuant to this Section 2.04 and of each Bank’s portion of any converted or continued Contract Borrowing. If the Borrower shall not have given notice in accordance with this Section 2.04 to continue any Contract Borrowing into a subsequent Interest Period (and shall not otherwise have given notice in accordance with this Section 2.04 to convert such Contract Borrowing), such Contract Borrowing shall, at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto (unless repaid pursuant to the terms hereof), automatically be continued into a new Interest Period as a Borrowing consisting of Alternate Base Rate Advances.

 

SECTION 2.05. Fees . (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Bank, through the Administrative Agent, a facility fee equal to the Applicable Fee Percentage multiplied by the daily average amount of the Commitment of such Bank (whether used or unused) during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the Termination Date), payable in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December during the term of the Commitments and on the Termination Date.

 

(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Bank, through the Administrative Agent, a utilization fee (the “ Utilization Fee ”) for each day equal to the applicable Utilization Fee Rate multiplied by the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Contract Advances, Auction Advances and Special Rate Loans of such Bank on such day, payable monthly in arrears on the last Business Day of each month and on the Termination Date.

 

SECTION 2.06. Optional Reduction of the Commitments . The Borrower shall have the right, upon at least two Business Days’ irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the respective Commitments of the Banks; provided that (i) each partial reduction shall be in the aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) no such termination or reduction shall be made which would reduce the Commitments to an amount less than the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances and Special Rate Loans. The Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter notify each Bank of such termination or reduction.

 

SECTION 2.07. Repayment of Advances and Special Rate Loans; Prepayment .

 

(a) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Bank the principal amount of each Contract Advance made by each Bank on the Termination Date.

 

(b) The Borrower shall repay to each Bank making a Special Rate Loan the principal amount of such Special Rate Loan on the date when due (as agreed by the Borrower and the Bank making the relevant Special Rate Loan in accordance with Section 2.01(b)).

 

(c) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Participating Bank which has made an Auction Advance on the maturity date of each Auction Advance (such maturity date being that specified by the Borrower for repayment of such Auction Advance in the Notice of Auction Borrowing delivered with respect thereto) the then unpaid principal amount of such Auction Advance.

 

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(d) The Borrower may, on notice given to the Administrative Agent (i) in the case of Alternate Base Rate Advances, not later than 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the day of the proposed prepayment, and (ii) in the case of Adjusted CD Rate Advances and Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances, not later than 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day prior to the day of the proposed prepayment, stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given the Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding principal amounts of the Contract Advances constituting part of the same Contract Borrowing in whole or ratably in part; provided that (1) any such partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount not less than $10,000,000, and (2) any such prepayment of Adjusted CD Rate Advances or Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances shall be subject to the provisions of Section 8.04(b) hereof. The Borrower may not (x) prepay any principal amount of any Auction Advance unless the Participating Bank making such Auction Advance shall have expressly agreed thereto or (y) prepay any principal amount of any Special Rate Loan unless the Bank making such Special Rate Loan shall have expressly agreed thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of any prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.07(d) promptly after any such prepayment. The Borrower shall have no right to prepay any principal amount of any Advance except as expressly set forth in this Section 2.07(d).

 

SECTION 2.08. Interest . The Borrower shall pay interest on each Advance and Special Rate Loan made by each Bank from the date of such Advance or Special Rate Loan, as the case may be, until paid in full, at the following rates per annum:

 

(i) Contract Advances . If such Advance is a Contract Advance, the Applicable Rate from time to time for such Contract Advance from the date of such Advance until the last day of the last Interest Period therefor, payable on the last day of each Interest Period and, in the case of any Interest Period longer than 90 days (in the case of Adjusted CD Rate Advances) or three months (in the case of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances), on such 90th day or at three-month intervals following the first day of such Interest Period, as the case may be.

 

(ii) Auction Advances . If such Advance is an Auction Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times from the date of such Advance until the maturity thereof at the rate of interest for such Auction Advance specified by the Participating Bank making such Auction Advance in its notice with respect thereto delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) of Section 2.03 above, payable on the proposed maturity date specified by the Borrower for such Auction Advance in the related Notice of Auction Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i) of Section 2.03 above, provided that in the case of Advances with maturities of greater than three months, interest shall be payable at the end of each three-month period for such Advance.

 

(iii) Special Rate Loans . If such loan is a Special Rate Loan, a rate per annum equal at all times as agreed to between the Bank making such Special Rate Loan and the Borrower at the time of the making of the Special Rate Loan by such Bank in accordance with Section 2.01(b).

 

(iv) Default Amounts . In the case of any past-due amounts of the principal of, or (to the fullest extent permitted by law) interest on, any Advance or Special Rate Loan, or any other amount payable under this Agreement, from the date such amount becomes due until paid in full, payable on demand, a rate per annum equal at all times to 2% above the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to time.

 

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SECTION 2.09. Interest Rate Determination . Each Reference Bank agrees to furnish to the Administrative Agent timely information for the purpose of determining each Adjusted CD Rate or Eurodollar Rate, as applicable. If any one or more of the Reference Banks shall not furnish such timely information to the Administrative Agent for the purpose of determining any such interest rate, the Administrative Agent shall determine such interest rate on the basis of timely information furnished by the remaining Reference Banks, subject, however, to Section 2.10(a) hereof.

 

SECTION 2.10. Alternate Rate of Interest . (a) If fewer than two Reference Banks furnish timely information to the Administrative Agent for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any Eurodollar Rate Advances or the Adjusted CD Rate for any Adjusted CD Rate Advances comprising any requested Borrowing, the Administrative Agent will notify the Banks and the Borrower thereof, and the right of the Borrower to select Advances of such Type for such Borrowing or any subsequent Borrowing shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Banks that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and (i) any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Rate Auction Advance shall be of no force and effect and shall be denied by the Administrative Agent and (ii) unless the Borrower shall withdraw its request for such Advance by notice to the Administrative Agent, any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance or an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be a request for an Alternate Base Rate Advance; and

 

(b) If Banks having more than 50% of the Commitments shall, at least one Business Day before the date of any requested Borrowing, notify the Administrative Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Eurodollar Rate Advances or the Adjusted CD Rate for any Adjusted CD Rate Advances comprising such Borrowing will not adequately reflect the cost to such Banks of making or funding their respective Advances for such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent will notify the Banks and the Borrower thereof, and the right of the Borrower to select Advances of such Type for such Borrowing or any subsequent Borrowing shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Banks that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and (i) any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Rate Auction Advance shall be of no force and effect and shall be denied by the Administrative Agent and (ii) unless the Borrower shall withdraw its request for such Advance by notice to the Administrative Agent, any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance or an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be a request for an Alternate Base Rate Advance.

 

SECTION 2.11. Increased Costs; Increased Capital . (a) If, due to either (i) the introduction after the date hereof of or any change after the date hereof (other than any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements, in the case of Adjusted CD Rate Advances, included in the determination of the Domestic Reserve Percentage for such Advances or, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances, included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage for such Advances) in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request received from any central bank or other governmental authority after the date hereof (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Bank of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Adjusted CD Rate Advances or Eurodollar Rate Advances, then the Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Bank (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Bank additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Bank for such increased cost. Increased costs shall not include income, stamp or other taxes, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing

 

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authority thereof or therein (including Puerto Rico) or of the country in which any Bank’s principal office or Applicable Lending Office may be located or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein. Each Bank agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to a demand under this subsection 2.11(a) with respect to the Eurodollar Lending Office or the CD Lending Office of such Bank, it will, if requested by the Borrower and to the extent permitted by law or the relevant governmental authority, endeavor in good faith and consistent with its internal policies to avoid or minimize the increase in costs resulting from such event by endeavoring to change its Eurodollar Lending Office or CD Lending Office, as appropriate; provided that such avoidance or minimization can be made in such a manner that such Bank, in its sole determination, suffers no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage. A certificate as to the amount of and specifying in reasonable detail the basis for such increased cost, submitted to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by such Bank, shall constitute such demand and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding for all purposes.

 

(b) If either (i) the introduction after the date hereof of, or any change after the date hereof in or in the interpretation of, any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance by any Bank with any guideline or request received from any central bank or other governmental authority after the date hereof (whether or not having the force of law), affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Bank or any corporation controlling such Bank and such Bank determines that the amount of such capital is increased by or based upon the existence of its Advances or Special Rate Loans or Commitment, then the Borrower shall, from time to time, upon demand by such Bank (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), immediately pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Bank additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Bank to the extent that such Bank determined such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such Bank’s Advances or Special Rate Loans or Commitment. A certificate as to the amount of such increased capital and specifying in reasonable detail the basis therefor, submitted to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by such Bank, shall constitute such demand and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding for all purposes. Each Bank shall use all reasonable efforts to mitigate the effect upon the Borrower of any such increased capital requirement and shall assess any cost related to such increased capital on a nondiscriminatory basis among the Borrower and other borrowers of such Bank to which it applies and such Bank shall not be entitled to demand or be compensated for any increased capital requirement unless it is, as a result of such law, regulation, guideline or request, such Bank’s policy generally to seek to exercise such rights, where available, against other borrowers of such Bank.

 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11, (i) the Borrower shall not be required to reimburse any Bank for any increased costs incurred more than three months prior to the date that such Bank notifies the Borrower in writing thereof and (ii) in the event any Bank makes an assignment of, or grants a participation in, an Advance or Special Rate Loan or its Commitment pursuant to Section 8.07, the Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse for increased costs with respect to such Advance, Special Rate Loan or Commitment to the extent that the aggregate amount thereof exceeds the aggregate amount for which the Borrower would have been obligated (determined, in the case of an assignment, on the basis of laws and regulations in effect at the time of such assignment) if such Bank had not made such assignment or granted such participation.

 

SECTION 2.12. Additional Interest on Eurodollar Rate Advances . The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Bank any costs which such Bank determines are attributable to such Bank’s compliance with regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System requiring the maintenance of reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities. Such costs shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of such

 

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Bank in the form of additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Advance of such Bank, from the date of such Advance 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 Eurodollar Rate for the applicable period for such Advance from (ii) the rate obtained by dividing such Eurodollar Rate by a percentage equal to 100% minus the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage of such Bank for such period, payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Advance. Such additional interest shall be determined by such Bank and notified to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the amount of such additional interest, submitted to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by such Bank, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

SECTION 2.13. Change in Legality . If any Bank shall, at least three Business Days before the date of any requested Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances or at least two Business Days before the date of any requested Borrowing consisting of Adjusted CD Rate Advances, notify the Administrative Agent that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it unlawful, or that any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such Bank or its Applicable Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make, fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances hereunder, the right of the Borrower to select Advances of such Type from such Bank for such Borrowing or any subsequent Borrowing shall be suspended until such Bank shall notify the Administrative Agent that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist; and during the period when such obligation of such Bank is suspended, any Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances, as the case may be, shall not exceed the Commitments of the other Banks less the aggregate amount of any Special Rate Loans and Auction Advances then outstanding, and shall be made by the other Banks pro rata according to their respective Commitments.

 

SECTION 2.14. Payments and Computations . (a) Except as expressly provided in Section 2.01(b)(ii), the Borrower shall make each payment hereunder from a bank account of the Borrower located in the United States not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day when due in U.S. dollars to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 8.02 in same-day funds, without set-off or counterclaim. The Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds to the Banks entitled thereto for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(b) All computations of interest based on the Alternate Base Rate shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, when determined by reference to the Prime Rate (as defined in the definition of Alternate Base Rate in Section 1.01) and on the basis of a year of 360 days at all other times, and all computations of fees and of interest based on the Adjusted CD Rate, the Eurodollar Rate or the Fixed Rate shall be made by the Administrative Agent, and all computations of interest pursuant to Section 2.09 shall be made by the Reference Banks, on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest or fees are payable. Each determination by the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of Section 2.09, by the Reference Banks) of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

(c) Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of payment of interest or fees, as the case may be; provided

 

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that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Advances to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day.

 

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Banks hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Bank on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Bank. If and to the extent the Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each Bank shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Bank together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Bank until the date such Bank repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate.

 

(e) Each Bank shall maintain on its books a loan account in the name of the Borrower in which shall be recorded all Advances made by such Bank to the Borrower, the interest rate and the maturity date of each such Advance and all payments of principal and interest made by the Borrower with respect to such Advances. The obligation of the Borrower to repay the Advances made by each Bank and to pay interest thereon shall be evidenced by the entries from time to time made in the loan account of such Bank maintained pursuant to this Section 2.14(e); provided that the failure to make an entry with respect to an Advance shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder with respect to such Advance. In case of any dispute, action or proceeding relating to any Advance, the entries in su