$2,000,000,000 Five-Year Revolving
Credit Agreement
INTERNATIONAL LEASE FINANCE
CORPORATION,
THE BANKS (as defined
herein)
CITICORP USA, INC.,
as Administrative Agent
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Book Manager
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SECTION 1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1. Terms Generally
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Section 1.2. Specific Terms
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SECTION 2. BID LOANS AND BID NOTES
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Section 2.1. Making of Bid Loans
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Section 2.2. Procedure for Bid
Loans
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Section 2.3. Funding of Bid
Loans
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SECTION 3. COMMITTED LOANS AND NOTES
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Section 3.1. Agreement to Make Committed
Loans
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Section 3.2. Procedure for Committed
Loans
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Section 3.3. Maturity of Committed
Loans
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SECTION 4. INTEREST AND FEES
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Section 4.1. Interest Rates
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Section 4.2. Interest Payment
Dates
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Section 4.3. Setting and Notice of
Committed Loan Rates
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Section 4.4. Facility Fee
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Section 4.5. Utilization Fee
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Section 4.6. Agent’s Fees
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Section 4.7. Computation of Interest and
Fees
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SECTION 5. REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF THE
COMMITMENTS; REPAYMENT; PREPAYMENTS
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Section 5.1. Voluntary Termination or
Reduction of the Commitments
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Section 5.2. Voluntary
Prepayments
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SECTION 6. MAKING AND PRORATION OF PAYMENTS;
SET-OFF; TAXES
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Section 6.1. Making of Payments
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Section 6.2. Pro Rata Treatment;
Sharing
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SECTION 7. INCREASED COSTS AND SPECIAL
PROVISIONS FOR ABSOLUTE RATE LOANS AND LIBOR RATE LOANS
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Section 7.1. Increased Costs
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Section 7.2. Basis for Determining Interest
Rate Inadequate or Unfair
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Section 7.3. Changes in Law Rendering
Certain Loans Unlawful
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Section 7.4. Funding Losses
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Section 7.5. Discretion of Banks as to
Manner of Funding
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Section 7.6. Conclusiveness of Statements;
Survival of Provisions
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SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Section 8.1. Organization, etc.
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Section 8.2. Authorization; Consents; No
Conflict
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Section 8.3. Validity and Binding
Nature
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Section 8.4. Financial
Statements
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Section 8.5. Litigation and Contingent
Liabilities
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Section 8.6. Employee Benefit
Plans
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Section 8.7. Investment Company
Act
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Section 8.8. Public Utility Holding Company
Act
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Section 8.9. Regulation U
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Section 8.10. Information
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Section 8.11. Compliance with Applicable
Laws, etc.
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Section 8.14. Use of Proceeds
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Section 9.1. Reports, Certificates and
Other Information
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Section 9.3. Nature of Business
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Section 9.4. Books, Records and
Access
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Section 9.9. Sale of Assets
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Section 9.10. Consolidated Indebtedness to
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth Ratio
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Section 9.11. Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio
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Section 9.12. Consolidated Tangible Net
Worth
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Section 9.13. Restricted
Payments
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Section 9.15. Use of Proceeds
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SECTION 10. CONDITIONS TO LENDING
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Section 10.1. Conditions Precedent to All
Loans
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Section 10.2. Conditions to the
Availability of the Commitments
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SECTION 11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND THEIR
EFFECT
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Section 11.1. Events of Default
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Section 11.2. Effect of Event of
Default
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Section 12.1. Authorization
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Section 12.2. Indemnification
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Section 12.3. Action on Instructions of the
Required Banks
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Section 12.5. Exculpation
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Section 12.6. Credit
Investigation
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Section 12.7. CUSA and
Affiliates
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Section 12.8. Resignation
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Section 12.9. The Register; the
Notes
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Section 13.1. Waiver; Amendments
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Section 13.3. Computations
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Section 13.4. Assignments;
Participations
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Section 13.5. Costs, Expenses and
Taxes
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Section 13.6. Indemnification
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Section 13.7. Regulation U
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Section 13.8. Extension of Termination
Dates; Removal of Banks; Substitution of Banks
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Section 13.10. Governing Law;
Severability
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Section 13.11. Counterparts;
Effectiveness
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Section 13.12. Further
Assurances
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Section 13.13. Successors and
Assigns
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Section 13.14. Waiver of Jury
Trial
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Section 13.15. No Fiduciary
Relationship
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Section 13.16. USA PATRIOT Act
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Schedule of
Banks (Sections 1.2, 3.1 and 13.8)
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Fees and
Margins (Sections 1.2, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6)
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Address for
Notices (Section 13.2)
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Form of Notice
of Competitive Bid Borrowing (Sections 1.2 and 2.2)
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Form of Bid
(Sections 1.2 and 2.2)
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Form of
Committed Loan Request (Sections 1.2 and 3.2)
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Form of Bid
Note (Sections 1.2 and 2.4)
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Form of
Committed Note (Sections 1.2 and 3.4)
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Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio 12/31/03 (Sections 1.2 and 9.11)
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Form of Opinion
of Counsel for the Company (Section 10.2.5)
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Form of Opinion
of the General Counsel of the Company
(Section 10.2.5)
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Form of
Assignment and Assumption Agreement
(Section 13.4.1)
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Form of Request
for Extension of Termination Date (Section 13.8)
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FIVE-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
FIVE-YEAR
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”),
dated as of October 14, 2005, among INTERNATIONAL LEASE
FINANCE CORPORATION, a California corporation (herein called the
“ Company ”), the financial institutions listed
on the signature pages hereof (herein, together with their
respective successors and assigns, collectively called the “
Banks ” and individually each called a “
Bank ”) and CITICORP USA, INC. (herein, in its
individual corporate capacity, together with its successors and
assigns, called “ CUSA ”), as administrative
agent for the Banks (herein, in such capacity, together with its
successors and assigns in such capacity, called the “
Agent ”).
WHEREAS,
the Company has requested the Banks to lend up to $2,000,000,000 to
the Company on a five year revolving basis for general corporate
purposes;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
Section 1.1.
Terms Generally . The definitions ascribed to terms in this
Section 1 and elsewhere in this Agreement shall apply equally
to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The words
“hereby”, “herein”, “hereof”,
“hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this
Agreement as a whole (including any exhibits and schedules hereto)
and not merely to the specific section, paragraph or clause in
which such word appears. All references herein to Sections,
Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Sections of
and Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement unless the context
shall otherwise require.
Section 1.2.
Specific Terms . When used herein, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
“
Absolute Rate ” means a rate of interest per annum,
expressed as a percentage to four decimal places and set forth in a
Bid for a particular Bid Loan amount and a particular Loan
Period.
“
Absolute Rate Loan ” means any Loan which bears
interest at an Absolute Rate.
“
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or
under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person
shall be deemed to control another Person if such first Person
possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such other Person,
whether through ownership of stock, by contract or
otherwise.
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Agent ” — see Preamble.
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Aggregate Commitment ” means $2,000,000,000, as
reduced by any reduction in the Commitments made from time to time
pursuant to Section 5.1 or Section 13.8.
“
Agreement ” — see Preamble.
“
AIG ” means American International Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
“
Assignee ” — see Section 13.4.1.
“
Authorized Officer ” of the Company means any of the
Chairman of the Board, the President, the Vice Chair and Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller and the Assistant
Controller of the Company.
“
Available Commitment ” — see
Section 2.2(a).
“
Bank Parties ” — see
Section 13.6.
“
Base LIBOR ” means, with respect to any Loan Period
for a LIBOR Rate Loan, (a) the rate per annum for Dollar
deposits approximately equal to the principal amount of the LIBOR
Rate Loans for which LIBOR is being determined and with maturities
comparable to the Loan Period for which such rate would apply,
which appears on the Telerate Page 3750 (the “ Telerate
Page ”) at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on
the day that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such
Loan Period and (b) if no such rate so appears on the Telerate
Page 3750, the rate per annum determined by the Agent to be the
arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1% or, if there is
no nearest 1/100 of 1%, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) of the
respective rates of interest communicated by the Reference Banks to
the Agent as the rate at which Dollar deposits are offered to the
Reference Banks by leading banks in the London interbank deposit
market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second
full Business Day preceding the first day of such Loan Period in an
amount substantially equal to the amount of such LIBOR Rate Loan
for such Reference Banks and for a period equal to such Loan
Period.
“
Base Rate ” means a fluctuating interest rate per
annum, as shall be in effect from time to time, which rate per
annum shall on any day be equal to the higher of (a) the rate
of interest announced publicly by Citibank, N.A. in New York, New
York, from time to time, as Citibank, N.A.’s base rate and
(b) the Federal Funds Rate for such day plus ½ of 1% per
annum.
“
Base Rate Loan ” means any Loan which bears interest
at the Base Rate.
“
Bid ” means one or more offers by a Bank to make one
or more Bid Loans, submitted to the Agent by telephone no later
than the Submission Deadline and promptly
confirmed in
writing on the same day on a duly completed and executed form
substantially similar to Exhibit B, personally delivered or
transmitted by facsimile to the Agent.
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Bid Borrowing ” — see
Section 2.2(a).
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Bid Loan ” means a Loan in Dollars that is an Absolute
Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan made pursuant to
Section 2.
“
Bid Note ” means a promissory note of the Company,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D, duly completed,
evidencing Bid Loans made to the Company, as such note may be
amended, modified or supplemented or supplanted pursuant to
Section 13.4.1 from time to time.
“
Business Day ” means any day of the year on which
banks are open for commercial banking business in the City of New
York and Los Angeles and, if the applicable Business Day relates to
the determination of LIBOR for any LIBOR Rate Loan, any such
Business Day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are
transacted in the London interbank market.
“
Capitalized Lease ” means any lease under which any
obligations of the lessee are, or are required to be, capitalized
on a balance sheet of the lessee in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America.
“
Capitalized Rentals ” means, as of the date of any
determination, the amount at which the obligations of the lessee,
due and to become due under all Capitalized Leases under which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a lessee, are reflected as a liability
on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
“
Closing Date ” — see
Section 10.2.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“
Commitments ” means the Banks’ commitments to
make Committed Loans hereunder; and “ Commitment
” as to any Bank means the amount set forth opposite such
Bank’s name on Schedule I (as reduced in accordance with
Section 5.1, or as periodically revised in accordance with
Section 13.4 or Section 13.8).
“
Committed Loan ” means a Loan in Dollars that is a
Base Rate Loan or LIBOR Rate Loan made pursuant to
Section 3.
“
Committed Loan Request ” — see
Section 3.2(a).
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Committed Note ” means a promissory note of the
Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, duly
completed, evidencing Committed Loans to the Company, as such note
may be amended, modified or supplemented or supplanted pursuant to
Section 13.4.1 from time to time.
“
Company ” — see Preamble.
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Consolidated Indebtedness ” means, as of the date of
any determination, the total amount of Indebtedness less the amount
of current and deferred income taxes and rentals received in
advance of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America, and excluding
adjustments in relation to Indebtedness denominated in any currency
other than Dollars and any related derivative liability, in each
case to the extent arising from currency fluctuations (such
exclusions to apply only to the extent the resulting liability is
hedged by the Company or such Subsidiary).
“
Consolidated Tangible Net Assets ” means, as of the
date of any determination, the total amount of assets (less
depreciation and valuation reserves and other reserves and items
deductible from the gross book value of specific asset amounts
under generally accepted accounting principles) which under
generally accepted accounting principles would be included on a
balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries, after deducting
therefrom (i) all liability items except Indebtedness (whether
incurred, assumed or guaranteed) for borrowed money maturing by its
terms more than one year from the date of creation thereof or which
is extendible or renewable at the sole option of the obligor in
such manner that it may become payable more than one year from the
date of creation thereof, shareholder’s equity and reserves
for deferred income taxes and (ii) all good will, trade names,
trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and
other like intangibles, which in each case would be so included on
such balance sheet.
“
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth ” means, as of the
date of any determination, the total of shareholders’ equity
(including capital stock, additional paid-in capital and retained
earnings after deducting treasury stock), less the sum of the total
amount of goodwill, organization expenses, unamortized debt issue
costs (determined on an after-tax basis), deferred assets other
than prepaid insurance and prepaid taxes, the excess of cost of
shares acquired over book value of related assets, surplus
resulting from any revaluation write-up of assets subsequent to
December 31, 2002 and such other assets as are properly
classified as intangible assets, all determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America consolidating the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“
Covered Taxes ” means all Taxes, including all
liabilities (including, without limitation, any penalties, interest
and other additions to tax) with respect thereto, other than the
following Taxes, including all liabilities (including, without
limitation, any penalties, interest and other additions to tax)
with respect thereto: (i) Taxes imposed on the net income or
capital of the Agent, a Bank, Assignee or Participant under this
Agreement and franchise taxes imposed in lieu thereof (including
without limitation branch profits taxes, minimum taxes and taxes
computed under alternative methods, at least one of which is based
on net income (collectively referred to as “net income
taxes”)) by (A) the jurisdiction under the laws of which
such Agent, Bank, Assignee or Participant under this Agreement is
organized or resident for tax purposes or any political subdivision
thereof or (B) the jurisdiction of such Agent, Bank, Assignee
or Participant’s applicable lending office or any political
subdivision thereof or (C) any jurisdiction with which such
Agent, Bank, Assignee or Participant has any present or former
connection
(other than
solely by virtue of being a Bank under this Agreement),
(ii) any Taxes to the extent that they are in effect and would
apply to a payment to such Agent, Bank, Assignee or Participant as
of the date of a change in the jurisdiction of such Agent, Bank,
Assignee or Participant’s applicable lending office or
(iii) any Taxes that would not have been imposed but for
(A) the failure or unreasonable delay by such Agent, Bank,
Assignee or Participant, as applicable, to complete, provide, or
file and update or renew, any application forms, certificates,
documents or other evidence required from time to time, properly
completed and duly executed, to qualify for any applicable
exemption from or reduction of Taxes, including, without
limitation, the certificates, documents or other evidence required
under Sections 6.4(b), 6.4(c) and 6.4(e) (unless such failure
or delay results from a change in applicable law after the Closing
Date or the date of the applicable agreement pursuant to which such
Assignee or Participant, as the case may be, acquires an interest
under this Agreement, which precludes such Agent, Bank, Assignee or
Participant, as applicable, from qualifying for such exemption or
reduction) or (B) the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of such Agent, Bank, Assignee or Participant.
“
Dollar ”, and $ , refer to the lawful money of
the United States of America.
“
ECA Financing ” means any subsidized financing of the
acquisition of Airbus Industrie aircraft, the repayment obligations
of which will be supported by guaranties issued by certain European
government export credit agencies (the European Credit Agency
Export Finance Program) and a Company Guaranty and a pledge of the
assets of (including any rights to or interests in any reserve or
security deposit held by) each such Wholly-owned
Subsidiary.
“
Eligible Assignee ” means (i) any Bank, and any
Affiliate of any Bank and (ii)(a) a commercial bank organized under
the laws of the United States or any state thereof, (b) a
savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof, (c) a
commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country or a
political subdivision thereof; provided that (1) such
bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United
States or (2) such bank organized under the laws of a country
that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development or a political subdivision of such country and
(d) a finance company, insurance company, mutual fund, leasing
company or other financial institution or fund (whether a
corporation, partnership or other entity) which is engaged in
making, purchasing or otherwise investing in commercial loans in
the ordinary course of its business, and having total assets in
excess of $150,000,000.
“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
“
ERISA Affiliate ” means any corporation, trade or
business that is, along with the Company or any Subsidiary, a
member of a controlled group of corporations or a controlled group
of trades or businesses, as described in sections 414(b) and
414(c), respectively, of the Code or Section 4001 of
ERISA.
“
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage ” means for any day in
any Loan Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan that percentage in effect
on such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or any successor thereto) or other U.S. government
agency for determining the reserve requirement (including, without
limitation, any marginal, basic, supplemental or emergency
reserves) for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New
York City with deposits exceeding one billion dollars in respect of
eurocurrency funding liabilities. LIBOR shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
“
Event of Default ” means any of the events described
in Section 11.1.
“
Eximbank ” means the Export-Import Bank of the United
States.
“
Existing Litigation ” — see
Section 10.1.3.
“
FASB 13 ” means the Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 13 (Accounting for Leases) as in effect on the
date hereof.
“
Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any period, a
fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such
period to 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 for such day (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding 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 such day on such transactions received by the
Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
“
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” on the last day of any
quarter of any fiscal year of the Company means the ratio for the
period of four fiscal quarters ending on such day of earnings to
combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends referred to in
Paragraph (d)(1) of Item 503 of Regulation S-K of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended from time to time,
and determined pursuant to Instructions to paragraph 503(d) of such
Item 503 with the Company as “registrant” (such
ratio for the four fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2004 is
attached hereto as Exhibit F); provided ,
however , that if the Required Banks in their reasonable
discretion determine that amendments to Regulation S-K
subsequent to the date hereof substantially modify the provisions
of such Item 503, “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”
shall have the meaning determined by this definition without regard
to any such amendments.
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Funding Date ” means the date on which any Loan is
scheduled to be disbursed.
“
Funding Office ” means, with respect to any Bank, any
office or offices of such Bank or Affiliate or Affiliates of such
Bank through which such Bank shall fund or shall have funded any
Loan. A Funding Office may be, at such Bank’s option, either
a domestic or foreign office of such Bank or a domestic or foreign
office of an Affiliate of such Bank.
“
Governmental Authority ” means any nation or
government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and
any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory
or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government.
“
Guaranties ” by any Person means, without duplication,
all obligations (other than endorsements in the ordinary course of
business of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) of
such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any
Indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any other Person (the
“ Primary Obligor ”) in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, all
obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise,
by such Person: (a) to purchase such Indebtedness or
obligation or any property or assets constituting security
therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the
purchase or payment of such Indebtedness or obligation or
(ii) to maintain working capital or other balance sheet
condition or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the
purchase or payment of such Indebtedness or obligation, (c) to
lease property or to purchase securities or other property or
services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such
Indebtedness or obligation of the ability of the Primary Obligor to
make payment of the Indebtedness or obligation or
(d) otherwise to assure the owner of the Indebtedness or
obligation of the Primary Obligor against loss in respect thereof;
provided , however , that the obligation described in
clause (c) shall not include (i) obligations of a buyer
under an agreement with a seller to purchase goods or services
entered into in the ordinary course of such buyer’s and
seller’s businesses unless such agreement requires that such
buyer make payment whether or not delivery is ever made of such
goods or services and (ii) remarketing agreements where the
remaining debt on an aircraft does not exceed the aircraft’s
net book value, determined in accordance with industry standards,
except that clause (c) shall apply to the amount of remaining
debt under a remarketing agreement that exceeds the net book value
of the aircraft. For the purposes of all computations made under
this Agreement, a Guaranty in respect of any Indebtedness for
borrowed money shall be deemed to be Indebtedness equal to the
principal amount of such Indebtedness for borrowed money which has
been guaranteed, and a Guaranty in respect of any other obligation
or liability or any dividend shall be deemed to be Indebtedness
equal to the maximum aggregate amount of such obligation, liability
or dividend.
“
Indebtedness ” of any Person means and includes,
without duplication, all obligations of such Person which in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America shall be classified upon a balance sheet
of such Person as liabilities of such Person, and in any event
shall include all:
(a) obligations of
such Person for borrowed money or which have been incurred in
connection with the acquisition of property or assets (other than
security and other deposits on flight equipment),
(b) obligations
secured by any Lien or other charge upon property or assets owned
by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become
liable for the payment of such obligations,
(c) obligations
created or arising under any conditional sale, or other title
retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such
Person, notwithstanding
the fact that
the rights and remedies of the seller, lender or lessor under such
agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or
sale of property,
(d) Capitalized
Rentals of such Person under any Capitalized Lease,
(e) obligations
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
and
(f) Guaranties by
such Person, to the extent required pursuant to the definition
thereof.
“
Indemnified Liabilities ” — see
Section 13.6.
“
LIBOR ” means, with respect to any Loan Period the
rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1% or, if there is
no nearest 1/100 of 1%, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%), determined
pursuant to the following formula:
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LIBOR Rate ” means (i) with respect to Committed
Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans, LIBOR plus the applicable
rate margin set forth for LIBOR Rate Loans in the row entitled
“Margins” on Schedule II and (ii) with
respect to Bid Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans, LIBOR plus
or minus the rate margin set forth in a Bid for a particular
Bid Loan amount and a particular Loan Period.
“
LIBOR Rate Loan ” means any Loan which bears interest
at a LIBOR Rate.
“
Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, security
interest or other charge, encumbrance or preferential arrangement,
including the retained security title of a conditional vendor or
lessor. For avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge that
the filing of a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial
Code does not, in and of itself, give rise to a Lien.
“
Litigation Actions ” means all litigation, claims and
arbitration proceedings, proceedings before any Governmental
Authority or investigations which are pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened against, or affecting, the Company or
any Subsidiary.
“
Loan Period ” means (i) with respect to any
Absolute Rate Loan, the period commencing on such Loan’s
Funding Date and ending not less than 14 days thereafter nor
more than 6 months thereafter as specified in the Bid Loan
Request related to such Bid Loan and (ii) with respect to any
LIBOR Rate Loan, the period commencing on such Loan’s Funding
Date and ending 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter as selected by the
Company pursuant to Section 3.2(a) or specified in the Notice
of Competitive Bid Borrowing, as the case may be; provided ,
however , that:
(a) if a Loan
Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day,
such Loan Period shall end on the next succeeding Business Day
(unless, in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan, such next succeeding
Business Day would fall in the next succeeding calendar month, in
which case such Loan Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day),
(b) in the case of
a Loan Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan, if there exists no day
numerically corresponding to the day such Loan was made in the
month in which the last day of such Loan Period would otherwise
fall, such Loan Period shall end on the last Business Day of such
month, and
(c) on the date of
the making of any Loan by a Bank, the Loan Period for such Loan
shall not extend beyond the then-scheduled Termination Date for
such Bank.
“
Loans ” means, collectively, the Bid Loans and the
Committed Loans and, individually, any Bid Loan or Committed
Loan.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means (i) any material
adverse effect on the business, properties, condition (financial or
otherwise) or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole since any stated reference date or from and after the
date of determination, as the case may be, (ii) any material
adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its
material obligations hereunder and under the Notes or
(iii) any material adverse effect on the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability of any material provision of this
Agreement or any Note.
“
Multiemployer Plan ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
“New Litigation ” — see
Section 10.1.3.
“
Notes ” means, collectively, the Bid Notes and the
Committed Notes; and “ Note ” means any
individual Bid Note or Committed Note.
“
Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing ” — see
Section 2.2(a).
“
Notice Office ” means the office of CUSA which, as of
the date hereof, is located at 2 Penns Way, Suite 200, New
Castle, DE 19720, Telecopy Number 302-894-6005; Telephone
302-894-6120.
“
Participant ” — see
Section 13.4.2.
“
Payment Office ” means the office of the Agent which,
as of the date hereof, is at 2 Penns Way, Suite 200, New
Castle, DE 19720, Account Number: 36852248.
“
PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
and any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under
ERISA.
“
Percentage ” means as to any Bank the ratio, expressed
as a percentage, that such Bank’s Commitment as set forth
opposite such Bank’s name on Schedule I, as periodically
revised in accordance with Section 13.4 or 13.8, bears to the
Aggregate Commitment or, if the Commitments have been terminated,
the ratio, expressed as a percentage, that the aggregate principal
amount of such Bank’s outstanding Loans bears to the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans.
“
Person ” means an individual or a corporation,
partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association,
joint venture, joint stock company, government (or an agency or
political subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.
“
Plan ” means, at any date, any employee pension
benefit plan (as defined in section 3(2) of ERISA) which is subject
to Title IV of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) and to which
the Company or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability,
including any liability by reason of having been a substantial
employer within the meaning of section 4063 of ERISA at any time
during the preceding five years, or by reason of being deemed to be
a contributing sponsor under section 4069 of ERISA.
“
Reference Banks ” means Citibank, N.A., Bank of
America, N.A. and The Governor and Company of the Bank of
Scotland.
“
Reportable Event ” means an event described in Section
4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a Plan other than those events as
to which the 30-day notice period is waived under subsection .22,
.23, .25, .27 or .28 of PBGC
Regulation Section 4043.
“
Required Banks ” means Banks having an aggregate
Percentage of 51% or more.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary which is
so defined pursuant to Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“
Submission Deadline ” — see
Section 2.2(b).
“
Subsidiary ” means any Person of which or in which the
Company and its other Subsidiaries own directly or indirectly 50%
or more of:
(a) the combined
voting power of all classes of stock having general voting power
under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the board of
directors of such Person, if it is a corporation,
(b) the capital
interest or profits interest of such Person, if it is a
partnership, joint venture or similar entity, or
(c) the beneficial
interest of such Person, if it is a trust, association or other
unincorporated organization.
“
Successor Bank ” — see
Section 13.8(c).
“
Taxes ” with respect to any Person means income,
excise and other taxes, and all assessments, imposts, duties and
other governmental charges or levies, imposed upon such Person, its
income or any of its properties, franchises or assets by any
Governmental Authority.
see
“Base LIBOR”.
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Terminating Bank ” — see
Section 13.8(c).
“
Termination Date ” means, with respect to any Bank,
the earliest to occur of (i) October 14, 2010 or such later
date as may be agreed to by such Bank pursuant to
Section 13.8(a), or if such day is not a Business Day, the
next preceding Business Day, (ii) the date on which the
Commitments shall terminate pursuant to Section 11.2 or the
Commitments shall be reduced to zero pursuant to Section 5.1
and (iii) the date specified as such Bank’s Termination
Date pursuant to Section 13.8(b), or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day; in all cases,
subject to the provisions of Section 13.8(d).
“
Unmatured Event of Default ” means any event which if
it continues uncured will, with lapse of time or notice or lapse of
time and notice, constitute an Event of Default.
“
Wholly-owned Subsidiary ” means any Person of which or
in which the Company and its other Wholly-owned Subsidiaries own
directly or indirectly 100% of:
(a) the issued and
outstanding shares of stock (except shares required as directors,
qualifying shares),
(b) the capital
interest or profits interest of such Person, if it is a
partnership, joint venture or similar entity, or
(c) the beneficial
interest of such Person, if it is a trust, association or other
unincorporated organization.
SECTION
2. BID LOANS AND BID NOTES.
Section 2.1.
Making of Bid Loans . On the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, each Bank, severally and for itself
alone, may (but is not obligated to) make Bid Loans to the Company
from time to time on or after the date hereof and prior to the date
which is the fourteenth day preceding such Bank’s Termination
Date in amounts equal to such Bank’s Bids that have been
accepted as provided in Section 2.2(c); provided , that
the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans shall not
at any time exceed the then Aggregate Commitment.
Section 2.2.
Procedure for Bid Loans .
(a)
Bid Loan Request . Whenever the Company desires to incur a
competitive bid borrowing (a “ Bid Borrowing ”),
it shall give the Agent written notice (or telephonic notice
promptly confirmed in writing), such notice to be delivered to the
Agent at its Notice Office no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City
time, at least three Business Days prior to any proposed LIBOR Rate
Loan and at least one Business Day prior to any proposed Absolute
Rate Loan. Each such notice shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto (each a “ Notice of Competitive Bid
Borrowing ”), and shall specify in each case (i) the
date of such proposed Bid Borrowing (which shall be a Business
Day), (ii) the aggregate amount of the proposed Bid Borrowing,
(iii) whether the proposed Bid Borrowing is to be an Absolute
Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan and the Loan Period, (iv) the
maturity date for repayment of each Bid Loan to be made as part of
such borrowing (which maturity date shall not be earlier than one
month after the date of any proposed LIBOR Rate Loan or
14 days after the date of any proposed Absolute Rate Loan nor
later than the earliest to occur of (x) six months after the
date of such proposed Bid Loan, (y) the Termination Date and
(z) if the proposed Bid Loan has an interest rate that is the
LIBOR Rate, the last day of the proposed Loan Period), (v) the
interest payment date or dates relating thereto, (vi) the
account to which the proceeds of such Bid Borrowing are to be
credited and (vii) any other terms to be applicable to such
Bid Borrowing. The Agent shall promptly give each Bank written
notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of each
such request for a Bid Borrowing received by it from the Company.
Each Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing shall contemplate Bid
Loans in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 or a
higher integral multiple of $1,000,000, not to exceed, however, the
excess of the then Aggregate Commitment over the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Loans, calculated as of the
relevant Funding Date, assuming that the Company will pay, when
due, all Loans maturing on or prior to such Funding Date (the
“ Available Commitment ”).
(b)
Bidding Procedure . Each Bank shall, if in its sole
discretion it elects to do so, irrevocably offer to make one or
more Bid Loans to the Company as part of such proposed Bid
Borrowing at a rate or rates of interest specified by such Bank in
its sole discretion and determined by such Bank independently of
each other Bank, by notifying by telephone confirmed in writing to
the Agent at its Notice Office (which shall give prompt notice
thereof to the Company), before 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, on the date (the “ Submission Deadline ”)
that is (x) in the case of a proposed Absolute Rate Loan, the same
day as the date of such proposed Bid Loan and (y) in the case
of a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan, two Business Days before the date of
such proposed Bid Loan. Each Bid shall be substantially in the form
of Exhibit B (each a “ Bid ”), and shall
specify in each case (i) the Loan Period, (ii) the
minimum amount and maximum amount of each Bid Loan that such Bank
would be willing to make as part of such proposed Bid Borrowing
(which amounts may, subject to the proviso in Section 2.1,
exceed such Bank’s Commitment), (iii) the rate or rates
of interest therefor and (iv) such Bank’s lending office
with respect to such Bid Loan; provided , that if the Agent
in its capacity as a Bank shall, in its sole discretion, elect to
make any such offer, it shall notify the Company of such offer
before 8:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Submission
Deadline.
(c)
Acceptance of Bids . The Company shall, in turn, before
10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Submission Deadline,
either:
(i) cancel such
proposed Bid Borrowing by giving the Agent notice to that effect,
or
(ii) accept (such
acceptance to be irrevocable) one or more of the offers made by any
Bank or Banks pursuant to clause (b) above by giving notice
(in writing or by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Agent of
the amount of each Bid Loan (which amount shall be equal to or
greater than the minimum amount, and equal to or less than the
maximum amount, notified to the Company by the Agent on behalf of
such Bank for such Bid Borrowing pursuant to clause (b) above)
to be made by such Bank as part of such Bid Borrowing, and reject
any remaining offers made by any Bank pursuant to clause
(b) above by giving the Agent notice to that effect;
provided , that for any maturity date acceptance of offers
may only be made on the basis of ascending Absolute Rates (in the
case of an Absolute Rate Loan) or floating rates (in the case of a
LIBOR Rate Loan), in each case commencing with the lowest rate so
offered and only as to offers made in conformity with the terms
hereof; provided , further , however , if
offers are made by two or more Banks at the same rate or rates and
acceptance of all such equal offers would result in a greater
principal amount of Bid Loans being accepted than the aggregate
principal amount requested by the Company, the Company shall have
the right to accept one or more of such equal offers in their
entirety and reject the other equal offer or offers or to allocate
acceptance among all such equal offers (but giving effect to the
minimum and maximum amounts specified for each such offer pursuant
to clause (b) above), as the Company may elect in its sole
discretion. The Company may not accept offers whose aggregate
principal amount is greater than the requested aggregate amount as
specified in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing
subject to the proviso in Section 2.1.
(d)
Cancellation of Bid Borrowing . If the Company notifies the
Agent that such proposed Bid Borrowing is cancelled pursuant to
clause (c)(i) above, the Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to
the Banks and such Bid Borrowing shall not be made.
(e)
Notification of Acceptance and Repayment . If the Company
accepts one or more of the offers made by any Bank or Banks
pursuant to clause (c)(ii) above, the Agent shall in turn promptly
notify (x) each Bank that has made an offer as described in
clause (b) above, of the date and aggregate amount of such Bid
Borrowing and whether or not any offer or offers made by such Bank
pursuant to clause (b) above have been accepted by the Company
and (y) each Bank that is to make a Bid Loan as part of such
Bid Borrowing, of the amount of each Bid Loan to be made by such
Bank as part of such Bid Borrowing. The Company agrees to repay the
principal amount of each Bid Loan, and pay the interest accrued
thereon, in each case in accordance with the terms bid and accepted
as provided herein and, additionally in the case of the payment of
interest, in accordance with Sections 4.1 and 4.2
hereof.
(f)
Reliance . The Agent may rely and act upon notice given by
telephone by individuals reasonably believed by the Agent to be
those designated to the Agent by the Company or by any Bank in
writing from time to time, without waiting for receipt of written
confirmation thereof, and the Company hereby agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Agent from and against any and all losses,
costs, expenses, damages, claims, actions or other proceedings
relating to such reliance.
Section 2.3.
Funding of Bid Loans . No later than 1:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the date specified in each Notice of Competitive Bid
Borrowing, each Bank will make available the Bid Loan, if any, to
be made by such Bank as part of the Bid Borrowing requested to be
made on such date in the manner provided below. All amounts shall
be made available to the Agent in Dollars and immediately available
funds at the Payment Office of the Agent and the Agent promptly
will make available to the Company at its account specified in the
relevant Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing the aggregate of the
amounts so made available in the type of funds received. Unless the
Agent shall have been notified by any Bank which has submitted a
bid pursuant to Section 2.2(b) prior to the date of the
proposed Bid Borrowing that such Bank does not intend to make
available to the Agent its portion, if any, of the Bid Borrowing to
be made on such date, the Agent may assume that such Bank has made
such amount available to the Agent on such date of the Bid
Borrowing, and the Agent, in reliance upon such assumption, may (in
its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make
available to the Company a corresponding amount.
SECTION
3. COMMITTED LOANS AND NOTES.
Section 3.1.
Agreement to Make Committed Loans . On the terms and subject
to the conditions of this Agreement, each Bank, severally and for
itself alone, agrees to make Loans (herein collectively called
“ Committed Loans ” and individually each called
a “ Committed Loan ”) on a revolving basis from
time to time from the date hereof until such Bank’s
Termination Date in such Bank’s Percentage of such aggregate
amounts as the Company may from time to time request as provided in
Section 3.2; provided , that (a) the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Committed Loans of any Bank
shall not at any time exceed the amount set forth opposite such
Bank’s name on Schedule I (as reduced in accordance with
Section 5.1, Section 13.4 or Section 13.8) and
(b) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding
Committed Loans of all Banks plus the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Bid Loans of all Banks shall not at any
time exceed the then Aggregate Commitment. Within the limits of
this Section 3.1, the Company may from time to time borrow,
prepay and reborrow Committed Loans on the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement.
Section 3.2.
Procedure for Committed Loans .
(a)
Committed Loan Requests . The Company shall give the Agent
irrevocable telephonic notice at the Notice Office (promptly
confirmed in writing on the same day), not later than 10:30 a.m.,
New York City time, (i) at least three Business Days prior to
the Funding Date in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans or (ii) on
the Funding Date in the case of Base Rate Loans, of each requested
Committed Loan, and the Agent shall promptly advise each Bank
thereof and, in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan, if the Telerate Page
is not available, request each Reference Bank to notify the Agent
of its applicable rate (as contemplated in the definition of
LIBOR). Each such notice to the Agent (a “ Committed Loan
Request ”) shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit C and shall specify (i) the Funding Date (which
shall be a Business Day), (ii) the aggregate amount of the
Loans requested (in an amount permitted under clause
(b) below), (iii) whether each Loan shall be a LIBOR Rate Loan
or a Base Rate Loan and (iv) if a LIBOR Rate Loan, the Loan
Period therefor (subject to the limitations set forth in the
definition of Loan Period).
(b)
Amount and Increments of Committed Loans . Each Committed
Loan Request shall contemplate Committed Loans in a minimum
aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of
$1,000,000, not to exceed in the aggregate (for all requested
Committed Loans) the Available Commitment.
(c)
Funding of Committed Loans .
(i) Not
later than 1:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Funding Date of a
Committed Loan, each Bank shall, subject to this
Section 3.2(c), provide the Agent at its Notice Office with
immediately available funds covering such Bank’s Committed
Loan ( provided , that a Bank’s obligation to provide
funds to the Agent shall be deemed satisfied by such Bank’s
delivery to the Agent at its Notice Office not later than 1:30
p.m., New York City time, of a Federal reserve wire confirmation
number covering the proceeds of such Bank’s Committed Loan)
and the Agent shall pay over such funds to the Company not later
than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such day if the Agent shall
have received the documents required under Section 10 with
respect to such Loan and the other conditions precedent to the
making of such Loan shall have been satisfied not later than
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day. If the Agent does
not receive such documents or such other conditions precedent have
not been satisfied prior to such time, then (A) the Agent
shall not pay over such funds to the Company, (B) the
Company’s Committed Loan Request related to such Loan shall
be deemed cancelled in its entirety, (C) in the case of
Committed Loan Requests relative to LIBOR Rate Loans, the Company
shall be liable to each Bank in accordance with Section 7.4
and (D) the Agent shall return the amount previously provided to
the Agent by each Bank on the next following Business
Day.
(ii) The
Company agrees, notwithstanding its previous delivery of any
documents required under Section 10 with respect to a
particular Loan, immediately to notify the Agent of any failure by
it to satisfy the conditions precedent to the making of such Loan.
The Agent shall be entitled to assume, after it has received each
of the documents required under Section 10 with respect to a
particular Loan, that each of the conditions precedent to the
making of such Loan has been satisfied absent actual knowledge to
the contrary received by the Agent prior to the time of the receipt
of such documents. Unless the Agent shall have notified the Banks
prior to 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Funding Date
of any Loan that the Agent has actual knowledge that the conditions
precedent to the making of such Loan have not been satisfied, the
Banks shall be entitled to assume that such conditions precedent
have been satisfied. ˜%
(d)
Repayment of Loans . If any Bank is to make a Committed Loan
hereunder on a day on which the Company is to repay (or has elected
to prepay, pursuant to Section 5.2) all or any part of any
outstanding Loan held by such Bank, the proceeds of such new
Committed Loan shall be applied to make such repayment and only an
amount equal to the positive difference, if any, between the amount
being borrowed and the amount being repaid shall be requested by
the Agent to be made available by such Bank to the Agent as
provided in Section 3.2(c).
Section 3.3.
Maturity of Committed Loans . Except for a Base Rate Loan,
which shall mature on the Termination Date, a Committed Loan made
by a Bank shall mature on the last day of the Loan Period
applicable to such Committed Loan, but in no event later than the
Termination Date for such Bank.
SECTION
4. INTEREST AND FEES.
Section 4.1.
Interest Rates . The Company hereby promises to pay interest
on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan for the period
commencing on the Funding Date for such Loan until such Loan is
paid in full, as follows:
(a) if
such Loan is a Bid Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the Absolute
Rate or the LIBOR Rate, as applicable, offered by the applicable
Bank and accepted by the Company for such Bid Loan;
(b) if
such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the
Base Rate from time to time in effect; and
(c) if
such Loan is a Committed Loan that is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a rate
per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate applicable to the Loan Period for
such Loan; provided , however , that after the
maturity of any Loan (whether by acceleration or otherwise), such
Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof at
a rate per annum (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the
actual number of days involved) equal to the Base Rate from time to
time in effect (but not less than the interest rate in effect for
such Loan immediately prior to maturity) plus 1% per
annum.
Section 4.2.
Interest Payment Dates . Except for Base Rate Loans, as to
which accrued interest shall be payable on the last day of each
calendar quarter and on the Termination Date, accrued interest on
each Loan shall be payable in arrears on the last day of the Loan
Period therefor and (i) with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan
with a Loan Period of six months, on the day that is three months
after the first day of such Loan Period (or, if there is no day in
such third month numerically corresponding to such first day of the
Loan Period, on the last Business Day of such month) and
(ii) with respect to each Absolute Rate Loan with a Loan
Period exceeding 90 days, on the day that is 90 days
after the first day of such Loan Period. After the maturity of any
Loan, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on demand. If
any interest payment date falls on a day that is not a Business
Day, such interest payment date shall be postponed to the next
succeeding Business Day and the interest paid shall cover the
period of postponement (except that if the Loan is a LIBOR Rate
Loan and the next succeeding Business Day falls in the next
succeeding calendar month, such interest payment date shall be the
immediately preceding Business Day).
Section 4.3.
Setting and Notice of Committed Loan Rates .
(a) The
applicable interest rate for each Committed Loan hereunder shall be
determined by the Agent and notice thereof shall be given by the
Agent promptly to the Company and to each Bank. Each determination
of the applicable interest rate by the Agent shall be conclusive
and binding upon the parties hereto in the absence of demonstrable
error.
(b) In
the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, each Reference Bank agrees to use its
best efforts to notify the Agent in a timely fashion of its
applicable rate after the Agent’s request (if any) therefor
under Section 2.2(a) and Section 3.2(a) (as contemplated
in the definition of LIBOR). If as to any Loan Period the Telerate
Page is not available and any one or more of the Reference Banks is
unable or for any reason fails to notify the Agent of its
applicable rate by 11:30 a.m., New York City time, two
Business Days before the Funding Date, then the applicable LIBOR
Rate shall be determined on the basis of the rate or rates of which
the Agent is given notice by the remaining Reference Bank or Banks
by such time. If the Telerate Page is not available and none of the
Reference Banks notifies the Agent of the applicable rate prior to
11:30 a.m., New York City time, two Business Days before the
Funding Date, then (i) the Agent shall promptly notify the
other parties thereof and (ii) at the option of the Company
the Committed Loan Request delivered by the Company pursuant to
Section 3.2(a) with respect to such Funding Date shall be
cancelled or shall be deemed to have specified a Base Rate
Loan.
(c) The
Agent shall, upon written request of the Company or any Bank,
deliver to the Company or such Bank a statement showing the
computations used by the Agent in determining the interest rate
applicable to any LIBOR Rate Loan.
Section 4.4.
Facility Fee . The Company agrees to pay to the Agent for
the accounts of the Banks pro rata in accordance with
their respective Percentages an annual facility fee computed by
multiplying the average daily amount of the Aggregate Commitment
(whether used or unused) by the applicable percentage determined
with respect to such facility fee in accordance with
Schedule II hereto. Such fee shall be payable quarterly in
arrears on the last Business Day of March, June, September and
December of each year (beginning with the last Business Day of
December, 2005) until the Commitments have expired or have been
terminated and on the date of such expiration or termination (and,
in the case of any Terminating Bank, such Bank’s Termination
Date), in each case for the period then ending for which such
facility fee has not previously been paid.
Section 4.5.
Utilization Fee . The Company agrees to pay to the Agent for
the accounts of the Banks pro rata in accordance with
their respective Percentages, during any period that the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans exceeds 33.33% of the
Aggregate Commitment, a utilization fee computed by multiplying the
average daily amount of the Aggregate Commitment by the applicable
percentage determined with respect to such utilization fee in
accordance with Schedule II hereto; provided , that if
the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of Bid Loans
exceeds an amount equal to 33.33% of the Aggregate Commitments as
then in effect, then in calculating the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Loans for purposes of this Section 4.5
only, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans shall not
include an amount equal to 33.33% of the Aggregate Commitments as
then in effect. Accrued utilization fees shall be due and payable
on each date that interest is payable on each such Loan.
Section 4.6.
Agent’s Fees . The Company agrees promptly to pay to
the Agent such fees as may be agreed from time to time by the
Company and the Agent.
Section 4.7.
Computation of Interest and Fees . Interest on LIBOR Rate
Loans, and facility and utilization fees shall be computed for the
actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year; and
interest on Base Rate Loans shall be computed for the actual number
of days elapsed on the basis of a 365/366 day year, as the
case may be. The interest rate applicable to each LIBOR Rate Loan
and Base Rate Loan, and (to the extent applicable) after the
maturity of any other type of Loan, the interest rate applicable to
such Loan, shall change simultaneously with each change in the
LIBOR Rate or the Base Rate, as applicable.
SECTION
5. REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF THE COMMITMENTS; REPAYMENT;
PREPAYMENTS.
Section 5.1.
Voluntary Termination or Reduction of the Commitments . The
Company may at any time on at least 5 days’ prior
irrevocable notice received by the Agent (which shall promptly on
the same day or on the next Business Day advise each Bank thereof)
permanently reduce the amount of the Commitments (such reduction to
be pro rata among the Banks according to their
respective Percentages) to an amount not less than the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Loans. Any such reduction shall
be in the amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof. Concurrently with any such reduction,
the Company shall prepay the principal of any Committed Loans
outstanding to the extent that the aggregate amount of such Loans
outstanding shall then exceed the Aggregate Commitment, as so
reduced. The Company may from time to time on like irrevocable
notice terminate the Commitments upon payment in full of all Loans,
all interest accrued thereon, all fees and all other obligations of
the Company hereunder; provided , however , that the
Company may not at any time terminate the Commitments if any Bid
Loan is outstanding (unless the holder of each such outstanding Bid
Loan has given its prior written consent to the concurrent
repayment of such Bid Loan).
Section 5.2.
Voluntary Prepayments . The Company may voluntarily prepay
Loans (other than Bid Loans, which may only be prepaid with the
prior written consent of the holder thereof) without premium or
penalty, except as may be required pursuant to subsection
(e) below, in whole or in part; provided , that
(a) each prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount
of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof, (b) except for the prepayment of the aggregate amount
of all Loans outstanding, no such prepayment shall result in there
being less than $10,000,000 in Loans outstanding in the aggregate,
(c) the Company shall give the Agent at its Notice Office
(which shall promptly advise each Bank) not less than three
Business Days’ prior notice thereof specifying the Loans to
be prepaid and the date and amount of prepayment, (d) any
prepayment of principal of any Loan shall include accrued interest
to the date of prepayment on the principal amount being prepaid and
(e) any prepayment of a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be subject to
the provisions of Section 7.4.
SECTION
6. MAKING AND PRORATION OF PAYMENTS; SET-OFF; TAXES.
Section 6.1.
Making of Payments . Except as provided in
Section 3.2(d), payments (including those made pursuant to
Section 5.1) of principal of, or interest on, the Loans and
all payments of fees and any other payments required to be made by
the Company to the Agent hereunder shall be made by the Company to
the Agent in immediately available funds at
its Payment
Office not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the date
due; and funds received after that hour shall be deemed to have
been received by the Agent on the next following Business Day. The
Agent shall promptly remit to each Bank its share (if any) of each
such payment. All payments under Section 7 and all payments
required to be made hereunder to any Person other than the Agent
shall be made by the Company when due directly to the Persons
entitled thereto in immediately available funds.
Section 6.2.
Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing .
(a) Except
as required pursuant to Section 7 or Section 13.8, each
payment or prepayment of principal of any Committed Loans, each
payment of interest on the Committed Loans, each payment of the
utilization fee and each payment of the facility fee shall be
allocated pro rata among the Banks in accordance with
their respective Percentages. Each payment of principal of any Bid
Borrowing shall be allocated pro rata among the Banks
participating in such Bid Borrowing in accordance with the
respective principal amounts of their outstanding Bid Loans
comprising such Bid Borrowing. Each payment of interest on any Bid
Borrowing shall be allocated pro rata among the Banks
participating in such Bid Borrowing in accordance with the
respective amounts of accrued and unpaid interest on their
outstanding Bid Loans comprising such Bid Borrowing.
(b) If
any Bank or other holder of a Committed Loan shall obtain any
payment or other recovery (whether voluntary, involuntary, by
application of offset or otherwise) on account of principal of,
interest on or fees or other amounts with respect to any Committed
Loan in excess of the share of payments and other recoveries
(exclusive of payments or recoveries under Section 7 or
pursuant to Section 13.8) such Bank or other holder would have
received if such payment had been distributed pursuant to the
provisions of Section 6.2(a), such Bank or other holder shall
purchase from the other Banks or holders, in a manner to be
specified by the Agent, such participations in the Committed Loans
held by them as shall be necessary so that all such payments of
principal and interest with respect to the Committed Loans shall be
shared by the Banks and other holders pro rata in
accordance with their respective Percentages; provided ,
however , that if all or any portion of the excess payment
or other recovery is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Bank
or holder, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price
restored to the extent of such recovery, but without
interest.
(c) If
any Bank or other holder of a Bid Loan shall obtain any payment or
other recovery (whether voluntary, involuntary, by application of
offset or otherwise) on account of principal of, interest on or
fees or other amounts with respect to any Bid Loan in excess of the
share of payments and other recoveries (exclusive of payments or
recoveries pursuant to Section 7 or Section 13.8) such Bank or
other holder would have received if such payment had been
distributed pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.2(a), such
Bank or other holder shall purchase from the other Banks or holders
participating in such Bid Borrowing, in a manner to be specified by
the Agent, such participations in the Bid Loans held by them as
shall be necessary so that all such payments of principal and
interest with respect to the Bid Loans shall be shared by the Banks
and other holders participating in such Bid Borrowing in a manner
consistent with Section 6.2(a); provided ,
however , that if all or any portion of the excess payment
or other recovery is
thereafter
recovered from such purchasing Bank or holder, the purchase shall
be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such
recovery, but without interest.
Section 6.3.
Set-off . The Company agrees that the Agent, each Bank, each
Assignee and each Participant has all rights of set-off and
banker’s lien provided by applicable law, and the Company
further agrees that at any time (i) any amount owing by the
Company under this Agreement is due to any such Person or
(ii) any Event of Default exists, each such Person may apply
to the payment of any amount payable hereunder any and all
balances, credits, deposits, accounts or moneys of the Company then
or thereafter with such Person.
Section 6.4.
Taxes, etc. (a) All payments made by the Company to the
Agent, any Bank, any Assignee or any Participant under this
Agreement and the Notes shall be made without any set-off or
counterclaim, and free and clear of and without deduction for or on
account of any present or future Covered Taxes now or hereafter
imposed (except to the extent that such withholding or deduction
(x) is compelled by law, (y) results from the breach, by
the recipient of a payment, of its agreement contained in
Section 6.4(b), Section 6.4(c) or Section 6.4(e) or
(z) would not be required if the representation or warranty
contained in the second sentence of Section 6.4(b) were true as of
the date of this Agreement, or with respect to a Bank that becomes
a Bank pursuant to Section 13.4.1, Section 13.4.2 or
Section 13.8, true at the time such Bank becomes a Bank
hereunder). If the Company is compelled by law to make any such
deductions or withholdings of any Covered Taxes it will:
(i) pay to the
relevant authorities the full amount required to be so withheld or
deducted,
(ii) except to the
extent that such withholding or deduction results from the breach
by the recipient of its agreement contained in Section 6.4(b),
Section 6.4(c) or Section 6.4(e) or, if applicable, would not
be required if the representation or warranty contained in the
second sentence of Section 6.4(b) were true as of the date of
this Agreement, or with respect to a Bank that becomes a Bank
pursuant to Section 13.4.1, Section 13.4.2 or Section
13.8, true at the time such Bank becomes a Bank hereunder, pay such
additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amount
received by the Agent, each Bank, each Assignee and each
Participant after such deductions or withholdings (including any
required deduction or withholding on such additional amounts) shall
equal the amount such payee would have received had no such
deductions or withholdings been made, and
(iii) promptly
forward to the Agent (for delivery to such payee) an official
receipt or other documentation satisfactory to the Agent evidencing
such payment to such authorities.
Moreover,
if any Covered Taxes are directly asserted against the Agent, any
Bank, any Assignee or any Participant, such payee may pay such
Covered Taxes, and, upon receipt of an official receipt or other
satisfactory documentation evidencing such payment, the Company
shall promptly pay such additional amount (including, without
limitation, any penalties, interest or reasonable expenses) as may
be necessary in order that the net amount
received by
such payee after the payment of such Covered Taxes (including any
Covered Taxes on such additional amount) shall equal the amount
such payee would have received had no such Covered Taxes been
asserted ( provided , that the Agent, the Banks, and any
Assignee or Participant shall use reasonable efforts, to the extent
consistent with applicable laws and regulations, to minimize to the
extent possible any such Covered Taxes if they can do so without
material cost or legal or regulatory disadvantage). For purposes of
this Section 6.4, a distribution hereunder by the Agent or any
Bank to or for the account of any Bank, Assignee or Participant
shall be deemed to be a payment by the Company. The Company’s
agreement under this Section 6.4 shall survive repayment of
the Loans, cancellation of the Notes or any termination of this
Agreement.
(b) In
consideration of, and as a condition to, the Company’s
undertakings in Section 6.4(a), each Bank other than a Bank
that is organized and existing under the laws of the United States
of America or any State thereof (a “ Non-U.S. Bank
”) agrees to execute and deliver to the Agent at its Payment
Office for delivery to the Company, before the first scheduled
payment date in each year, (i) to the extent it acts for its
own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable
to such Non-U.S. Bank under this Agreement, two original copies of
United States Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN, W-8ECI or
W-8EXP (or any successor forms), as appropriate, properly completed
and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Bank, and claiming complete
exemption from withholding and deduction of United States Federal
Taxes, and (ii) to the extent it does not act or has ceased to
act for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums
paid or payable to such Bank under this Agreement (for example, in
the case of a typical Participation by such Non-U.S. Bank),
(1) for the portion of any such sums paid or payable with
respect to which such Non-U.S. Bank acts for its own account, two
original copies of the forms or statements required to be provided
by such Non-U.S. Bank under subsection (i) of this
Section 6.4(b), properly completed and duly executed by such
Non-U.S. Bank and claiming complete exemption from withholding and
deduction of United States Federal Taxes, and (2) for the
portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to which such
Non-U.S. Bank does not act or has ceased to act for its own
account, two original copies of United States Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms), properly completed
and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Bank, together with any
information, if any, such Non-U.S. Bank chooses to transmit with
such form, and any other certificate or statement of exemption
required under the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations issued
thereunder. Each Bank hereby (i) represents and warrants to
the Company that, at the date of this Agreement, or at the time
such Bank becomes a Bank hereunder, it is entitled to receive
payments of principal and interest hereunder without deduction for
or on account of any Taxes imposed by the United States of America
or any political subdivision thereof, and (ii) acknowledges
that in the event that after the date of this Agreement or after
the date that a Bank becomes a Bank hereunder, such Bank is no
longer entitled to receive payments or principal and interest
hereunder without deduction for or on account of any Taxes imposed
by the United States of America or any political subdivision
thereof, such Bank will be subject to removal pursuant to
Section 13.8 hereof.
(c) Each
Non-U.S. Bank hereby agrees, from time to time after the initial
delivery by such Non-U.S. Bank of any forms or other information
pursuant to Section 6.4(b), whenever a lapse in time or change
in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence
so delivered obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that
such Non-U.S. Bank
shall promptly
(and in all events, prior to the next applicable payment date),
deliver to the Agent at the Payment Office for delivery to the
Company two original copies of any renewal, amendment or additional
or successor forms, properly completed and duly executed by such
Non-U.S. Bank, together with any other certificate or statement of
exemption required by applicable law or regulation in order to (i)
confirm or establish such Non-U.S. Bank’s complete exemption
from withholding and deduction of United States Federal Taxes with
respect to payments to such Bank under this Agreement or
(ii) in the case of a change in law after the date on which
such Non-U.S. Bank became a Bank hereunder that results in a
withholding or deduction of United States Federal Taxes on payments
hereunder to such Non-U.S. Bank, establish the status of such
Non-U.S. Bank as other than a United States person for United
States Federal tax purposes and, to the extent entitled under an
applicable treaty or other law, claim the benefit of a reduced rate
of withholding and deduction of United States Federal Taxes with
respect to any such payments under an applicable tax treaty of the
United States, or (iii) if applicable, confirm or establish
that such Non-U.S. Bank does not act for its own account with
respect to any portion of any such payments.
(d) If
the Company determines in good faith that a reasonable basis exists
for contesting a Covered Tax with respect to which the Company has
paid an additional amount under this Section 6.4, the Agent
and the Banks, as applicable, shall, subject to
Section 6.4(f), cooperate with the Company in challenging such
Covered Tax at the Company’s expense if requested by the
Company (it being understood and agreed that neither the Agent nor
any Bank shall have any obligation to contest, or any
responsibility for contesting, any Tax). If the Agent or a Bank has
actual knowledge that it is entitled to receive a refund (whether
by way of a direct payment or by clearly identifiable offset to an
amount otherwise owed to the relevant taxing authority) in respect
of a Covered Tax with respect to which the Company has paid an
additional amount under this Section 6.4, it shall promptly
notify the Company of the availability of such refund (unless it
was made aware of such refund by the Company) and shall, within
30 days after the receipt of a request from the Company, apply
for such refund at the Company’s expense. If the Agent or any
Bank receives a refund (whether by way of a direct payment or by
clearly identifiable offset to an amount otherwise owed to the
relevant taxing authority) of any Covered Tax with respect to which
the Company has paid an additional amount under this
Section 6.4 which, in the reasonable good faith judgment of
the Agent or such Bank, as the case may be, is allocable to such
payment made under this Section 6.4, the amount of such refund
(together with any interest received thereon) shall be paid to the
Company, but only to the extent of the additional amounts received
from the Company, provided that, in the case of a Covered
Tax the Company was required to deduct and withhold under this
Section 6.4, the Company deducted and withheld such Covered
Tax in full as and when required pursuant to this Section 6.4,
provided further , that if such refund subsequently
becomes unavailable or must be returned, this will be treated as a
Covered Tax indemnifiable under this Section 6.4.
(e) Each
Bank that is organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof (a “ U.S. Bank
”) agrees to execute and deliver to the Agent at the Payment
Office for delivery to the Company, on or before the date of this
Agreement or on or before the date such Bank becomes a Bank
hereunder and on or before the date on which such Bank ceases to
act for its own account with respect to the applicable portion of
any sums paid or payable to such U.S. Bank and before the first
scheduled payment date in each subsequent year a
copy of United
States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor forms)
properly completed and duly executed by such U.S. Bank, and
claiming that it is organized and existing under the laws of the
United States of America or any State thereof.
(f) Nothing
contained in this Section 6.4 shall require any Bank to make
available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its
taxes that it deems confidential) to the Company or any other
Person.
(g) Each
Bank shall promptly notify the Company and the Agent of any event
of which it has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which
will entitle such Bank to receipt of additional amounts pursuant to
this Section 6.4 and will designate a different Funding Office
if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount
of, such amounts and will not, in such Bank’s sole
discretion, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank.
SECTION
7. INCREASED COSTS AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR ABSOLUTE RATE LOANS
AND LIBOR RATE LOANS.
Section 7.1.
Increased Costs . (a) If after the date hereof, the
adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change
therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration
thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable
agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof,
or compliance by any Bank (or any Funding Office of such Bank) with
any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
of any such authority, central bank or comparable
agency,
(A) shall subject
any Bank (or any Funding Office of such Bank) to any tax, duty or
other charge with respect to its LIBOR Rate Loans, its Notes or its
obligation to make LIBOR Rate Loans, or shall change the basis of
taxation of payments to any Bank (or any Funding Office of such
Bank) of the principal of or interest on its LIBOR Rate Loans or
any other amounts due under this Agreement in respect of its LIBOR
Rate Loans or its obligation to make LIBOR Rate Loans (except for
changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Bank
or its Funding Office imposed by any Governmental Authority of the
country in which such Bank is incorporated or in which such
Bank’s Funding Office is located);
(B) shall impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve (including, without
limitation, any reserve imposed by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, but excluding any reserve included in the
determination of additional interest pursuant to Section 4.1),
special deposit, assessment (including any assessment for insurance
of deposits) or similar requirement against assets of, deposits
with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Bank (or any
Funding Office of such Bank); or
(C) shall impose
on any Bank (or any Funding Office of such Bank) any other
condition affecting its LIBOR Rate Loans, its Notes or its
obligation to make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans;
and the result
of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to (or to impose an
additional cost on) such Bank (or any Funding Office of such Bank)
of making or maintaining any LIBOR Rate Loan, or to reduce the
amount of any sum received or receivable by such Bank (or such
Bank’s Funding Office) under this Agreement or under its
Notes with respect thereto, then within 10 days after demand
by such Bank (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement
setting forth the basis of such demand), the Company shall pay
directly to such Bank such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Bank for such increased cost or such reduction
(without duplication of any amounts which have been paid or
reimbursed).
(b) If,
after the date hereof, any Bank shall determine that the adoption,
effectiveness or phase-in of any applicable law, rule, guideline or
regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein, or
any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged
with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by
any Bank (or any Funding Office of such Bank or any Person
controlling such Bank) with any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any
such authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of
such Bank or any Person controlling such Bank as a consequence of
its obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Bank or
such controlling Person could have achieved but for such adoption,
change or compliance (taking into consideration such Bank’s
or such controlling Person’s policies with respect to capital
adequacy), then, from time to time, within 10 days after
demand by such Bank (which demand shall be accompanied by a
statement setting forth the basis of such demand), the Company
shall pay directly to such Bank such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Bank or such controlling Person for such
reduction.
(c) Each
Bank shall promptly notify the Company and the Agent of any event
of which it has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which
will entitle such Bank to compensation pursuant to this
Section 7.1 and will designate a different Funding Office if
such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of,
such compensation and will not, in such Bank’s sole judgment,
be otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank.
Section 7.2.
Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair .
If with respect to the Loan Period for any LIBOR Rate
Loan:
(a) the Telerate
Page is not available and the Agent is advised by two or more
Reference Banks that deposits in Dollars (in the applicable
amounts) are not being offered to such Reference Banks in the
relevant market for such Loan Period, or the Agent otherwise
determines (which determination shall be binding and conclusive on
all parties) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the LIBOR
market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining
the applicable LIBOR Rate; or
(b) the Required
Banks advise the Agent that the LIBOR Rate as determined by the
Agent will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
Required Banks of maintaining or funding LIBOR Rate Loans for such
Loan Period, or that the making or funding of LIBOR Rate Loans has
become impracticable as a result of an event occurring
after
the date of this Agreement which in such Required Banks’
opinion materially affects LIBOR Rate Loans,
then
(i) the Agent shall promptly notify the other parties thereof
and (ii) so long as such circumstances shall continue, no Bank
shall be under any obligation to make any LIBOR Rate
Loan.
Section 7.3.
Changes in Law Rendering Certain Loans Unlawful . In the
event that any change in (including the adoption of any new)
applicable laws or regulations, or in the interpretation of
applicable laws or regulations by any Governmental Authority or
other regulatory body charged with the administration thereof,
should make it (or in the good faith judgment of such Bank raise a
substantial question as to whether it is) unlawful for a Bank to
make, maintain or fund any LIBOR Rate Loan, then (a) such Bank
shall promptly notify each of the other parties hereto,
(b) upon the effectiveness of such event and so long as such
unlawfulness shall continue, the obligation of such Bank to make
LIBOR Rate Loans shall be suspended and any request by the Company
for LIBOR Rate Loans shall, as to such Bank, be deemed to be a
request for a Base Rate Loan, if said LIBOR Rate Loan is a
Committed Loan, or an Absolute Rate Loan, if said LIBOR Rate Loan
is a Bid Loan and (c) on the last day of the current Loan
Period for such Bank’s LIBOR Rate Loans (or, in any event, if
such Bank so requests on such earlier date as may be required by
the relevant law, regulation or interpretation) such Bank’s
Loans which are LIBOR Rate Loans shall cease to be maintained as
LIBOR Rate Loans and shall thereafter bear interest at a floating
rate per annum equal to the Base Rate, if said LIBOR Rate Loan is a
Committed Loan, or at an Absolute Rate, which Absolute Rate shall
be the LIBOR Rate in effect during such Loan Period, if said LIBOR
Rate Loan is a Bid Loan. If at any time the event giving rise to
such unlawfulness shall no longer exist, then such Bank shall
promptly notify the Company and the Agent.
Section 7.4.
Funding Losses . The Company hereby agrees that upon demand
by any Bank (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement
setting forth the basis for the calculations of the amount being
claimed) the Company will indemnify such Bank against any net loss
or expense which such Bank may sustain or incur (including, without
limitation, any net loss or expense incurred by reason of the
liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by
such Bank to fund or maintain any LIBOR Rate Loan or Absolute Rate
Loan), as reasonably determined by such Bank, as a result of
(a) any payment or mandatory or voluntary prepayment
(including, without limitation, any payment pursuant to
Section 7.3 or any payment resulting from acceleration) of any
LIBOR Rate Loan or Absolute Rate Loan of such Bank on a date other
than the last day of the Loan Period for such Loan or (b) any
failure of the Company to borrow any Loans on the originally
scheduled Funding Date specified therefor pursuant to this
Agreement (including, without limitation, any failure to borrow
resulting from any failure to satisfy the conditions precedent to
such borrowing). For this purpose, all notices to the Agent
pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, all
acceptances of Bids) shall be deemed to be irrevocable.
Section 7.5.
Discretion of Banks as to Manner of Funding .
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary
(but subject to Section 7.1(c)), each Bank shall be entitled
to fund and maintain its funding of all or any part of its Loans in
any manner it sees fit, it
being
understood, however, that for the purposes of this Agreement all
determinations hereunder shall be made as if such Bank had actually
funded and maintained each LIBOR Rate Loan or Absolute Rate Loan
during the Loan Period for such Loan through the purchase of
deposits having a maturity corresponding to such Loan Period and
bearing an interest rate equal to the rate borne by such Loan for
such Loan Period.
Section 7.6.
Conclusiveness of Statements; Survival of Provisions .
Determinations and statements of any Bank pursuant to this
Section 7 shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error, and
each Bank may use reasonable averaging and attribution methods in
determining compensation pursuant to Section 7.1 or 7.4. The
provisions of this Section 7 shall survive termination of this
Agreement and payment of the Loans.
SECTION
8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
To
induce the Banks to enter into this Agreement and to make Loans
hereunder, the Company hereby makes the following representations
and warranties to the Agent and the Banks, which representations
and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Notes and the disbursement of the initial Loans
hereunder:
Section 8.1.
Organization, etc. The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of California; each corporate Subsidiary is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation; each other
Subsidiary (if any) is an entity duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization;
and each of the Company and each Subsidiary has the power to own
its property and to carry on its business as now being conducted
and is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation
or other entity authorized to do business in each jurisdiction
where, because of the nature of its activities or properties, such
qualification is required, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.2.
Authorization; Consents; No Conflict . The execution and
delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Notes, the
borrowings hereunder and the performance by the Company of its
obligations under this Agreement and the Notes (a) are within
the corporate powers of the Company, (b) have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company, (c) have received all necessary approvals,
authorizations, consents, registrations, notices, exemptions and
licenses (if any shall be required) from Governmental Authorities
and other Persons, except for any such approvals, authorizations,
consents, registrations, notices, exemptions or licenses
non-receipt of which could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (d) do not and will not contravene or
conflict with any provision of (i) law, (ii) any judgment,
decree or order to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party
or by which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound, (iii) the
charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company
or any Subsidiary or (iv) any provision of any agreement or
instrument binding on the Company or any Subsidiary, or any
agreement or instrument of which the Company is aware affecting the
properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, except with respect to
(i), (ii) and (iv) above, for any such contravention or
conflict which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect and (e) do not and
will not result
in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the
Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ properties.
Section 8.3.
Validity and Binding Nature . This Agreement is, and the
Notes (if any) when duly executed and delivered will be, legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their respective terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles.
Section 8.4.
Financial Statements . The Company’s audited
consolidated financial statements as at December 31, 2004, and
unaudited consolidated financial statements as at June 30,
2005, a copy of each of which has been furnished to each Bank, have
been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America applied on a basis
consistent with that of the preceding fiscal year subject, in the
case of unaudited financial statements, to changes resulting from
audit and year-end adjustments and fairly present the financial
condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at such dates and
the results of their operations for the year then ended.
Section 8.5.
Litigation and Contingent Liabilities . All Litigation
Actions, taken as a whole, could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. Other than any liability incident to
such Litigation Actions or provided for or disclosed in the
financial statements referred to in Section 8.4, neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has any contingent liabilities which are
material to the business, credit, operations or financial condition
of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Section 8.6.
Employee Benefit Plans . Each employee benefit plan (as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) maintained or sponsored by
the Company or any Subsidiary complies in all material respects
with all applicable requirements of law and regulations. During the
twelve-consecutive-month period prior to the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, (i) no steps have been taken to terminate
any Plan and no contribution failure has occurred with respect to
any Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien under Section 302(f) of
ERISA, (ii) no Reportable Event has occurred with respect to
any Plan and (iii) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate
has either withdrawn or instituted steps to withdraw from any
Multiemployer Plan, except in any such case for actions which
individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. No condition exists or event or
transaction has occurred in connection with any Plan which could
reasonably be expected to result in the incur
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