Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
U.S.$1,500,000,000
364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of May 24, 2007
Among
KRAFT
FOODS INC.
and
THE
INITIAL LENDERS NAMED HEREIN
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
and
CITIBANK, N.A.
as
Administrative Agents
and
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
as
Syndication Agents
* * *
* * * * * * *
J.P.
MORGAN SECURITIES INC., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES
INC.
as
Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
Table of Contents
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| ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
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Section 1.01. |
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Certain Defined Terms |
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Section 1.02. |
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Computation of Time Periods |
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Section 1.03. |
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Accounting Terms |
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| ARTICLE II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE
ADVANCES |
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Section 2.01. |
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The Pro Rata Advances |
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Section 2.02. |
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Making the Pro Rata Advances |
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Section 2.03. |
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Repayment of Pro Rata Advances |
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Section 2.04. |
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Interest on Pro Rata Advances |
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Section 2.05. |
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Additional Interest on LIBO Rate
Advances |
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Section 2.06. |
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Conversion of Pro Rata Advances |
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Section 2.07. |
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The Competitive Bid Advances |
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Section 2.08. |
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LIBO Rate Determination |
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Section 2.09. |
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Fees |
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Section 2.10. |
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Optional Termination or Reduction of
the Commitments; |
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Mandatory Reduction of the
Commitments |
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Section 2.11. |
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Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of
Pro Rata Advances |
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Section 2.12. |
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Increased Costs |
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Section 2.13. |
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Illegality |
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Section 2.14. |
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Payments and Computations |
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Section 2.15. |
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Taxes |
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Section 2.16. |
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Sharing of Payments, Etc. |
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Section 2.17. |
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Evidence of Debt |
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Section 2.18. |
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Use of Proceeds |
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EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING |
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Section 3.01. |
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Conditions Precedent to
Effectiveness |
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Section 3.02. |
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Initial Advance to Each Designated
Subsidiary |
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Section 3.03. |
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Conditions Precedent to Each Pro Rata
Borrowing |
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Section 3.04. |
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Conditions Precedent to Each
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| ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND
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Section 4.01. |
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Representations and Warranties of
Kraft |
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| ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF KRAFT |
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Affirmative Covenants |
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Negative Covenants |
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Events of Default |
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Section 6.02. |
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Lenders’ Rights upon Event of
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Section 7.01. |
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Authorization and Action |
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Section 7.02. |
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Administrative Agents' Reliance,
Etc. |
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Section 7.03. |
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JPMorgan Chase, Citibank and
Affiliates |
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Section 7.04. |
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Lender Credit Decision |
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Section 7.05. |
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Indemnification |
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Section 7.06. |
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Successor Administrative Agents |
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Section 7.07. |
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Syndication Agents |
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| ARTICLE VIII GUARANTY |
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Guaranty |
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Section 8.02. |
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Guaranty Absolute |
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Section 8.03. |
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Waivers |
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Continuing Guaranty |
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Amendments, Etc. |
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Notices, Etc. |
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Section 9.03. |
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No Waiver; Remedies |
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Section 9.04. |
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Costs and Expenses |
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Section 9.05. |
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Right of Set-Off |
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Section 9.06. |
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Binding Effect |
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Section 9.07. |
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Assignments and Participations |
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Section 9.08. |
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Designated Subsidiaries |
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Section 9.09. |
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Governing Law |
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Execution in Counterparts |
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Jurisdiction, Etc. |
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Confidentiality |
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Section 9.13. |
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Integration |
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Section 9.14. |
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USA Patriot Act Notice |
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SCHEDULE
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Schedule I
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List of Applicable Lending
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Schedule II
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Subsidiary Information |
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EXHIBITS
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Table of Contents
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Exhibit A-1
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Form of Pro Rata Note |
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Exhibit A-2
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Form of Competitive Bid Note |
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Exhibit B-1
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Form of Notice of Pro Rata
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Exhibit B-2
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Form of Notice of Competitive Bid
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Exhibit C
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Form of Assignment and
Acceptance |
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Exhibit D
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Form of Designation Agreement |
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Exhibit E-1
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Form of Opinion of Counsel for
Kraft |
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Exhibit E-2
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Form of Opinion of Counsel for
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Exhibit F
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Form of Opinion of Counsel for
Designated Subsidiary |
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364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated
as of May 24, 2007
KRAFT
FOODS INC., a Virginia corporation (“ Kraft ”),
the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders
(the “ Initial Lenders ”) listed on the
signature pages hereof, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“
JPMorgan Chase ”) and CITIBANK, N.A. (“
Citibank ”), as administrative agents (each, in such
capacity, an “ Administrative Agent ”), and
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES
INC., as syndication agents (each, in such capacity, a “
Syndication Agent ”) for the Lenders (as hereinafter
defined), agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
Section 1.01.
Certain Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to
be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined):
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Advance ” means a Pro Rata Advance or a Competitive
Bid Advance.
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Agents ” means each Administrative Agent and each
Syndication Agent.
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Applicable Facility Fee Rate ” means, for any period,
a percentage per annum equal to 0.0500%.
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Applicable Interest Rate Margin ” means for any
Interest Period a percentage per annum equal to 0.2000%
provided that for any day during any Interest Period that
the aggregate amount of Advances outstanding under this Agreement
exceeds 50% of the aggregate amount of Commitments under this
Agreement, the Applicable Interest Rate Margin shall be increased
by 0.0500% per annum.
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Applicable Lending Office ” means, with respect to
each Lender, such Lender’s Domestic Lending Office in the
case of a Pro Rata Advance and, in the case of a Competitive Bid
Advance, the office of such Lender notified by such Lender to
JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, as its Applicable Lending
Office with respect to such Competitive Bid Advance.
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Assignment and Acceptance ” means an assignment and
acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and
accepted by JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, in
substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.
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Base Rate ” means a fluctuating interest rate per
annum in effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at
all times be equal to the higher of:
(i) the rate of interest announced
publicly by JPMorgan Chase in New York, New York, from time to
time, as JPMorgan Chase’s prime rate; and
(ii) 1/2 of one percent per annum
above the Federal Funds Effective Rate.
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Base Rate Advance ” means a Pro Rata Advance that
bears interest as provided in Section 2.04(a)(i).
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Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
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Borrowers ” means, collectively, Kraft and each
Designated Subsidiary that shall become a party to this Agreement
pursuant to Section 9.08.
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Borrowing ” means a Pro Rata Borrowing or a
Competitive Bid Borrowing.
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Business Day ” means a day of the year on which banks
are not required or authorized by law to close in New York City
and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any LIBO Rate
Advances or Floating Rate Bid Advances, on which dealings are
carried on in the London interbank market and banks are open for
business in London.
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Capital Markets Transaction ” means the issuance or
sale in a registered public offering,
Rule 144A/Regulation S transaction or private placement
after the Effective Date of (i) capital stock (including
equity-linked securities) or (ii) notes, debentures,
instruments or other debt securities, in each case with a maturity
in excess of one year, excluding (a) borrowings under the
Existing 5-Year Credit Agreement (as the same may be renewed,
extended, restated or replaced, but without giving effect to any
increase in the commitments thereunder) and (b) any
replacement, renewal, refinancing or extension of any Debt of Kraft
and its Subsidiaries existing on the Effective Date that does not
exceed the aggregate principal amount (plus accrued interest and
applicable premiums and associated fees and expenses) of the Debt
being replaced, renewed, refinanced or extended.
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Commitment ” means as to any Lender (i) the
Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the
signature pages hereof or (ii) if such Lender has entered into
an Assignment and Acceptance, the Dollar amount set forth for such
Lender in the Register maintained by JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, pursuant to Section 9.07(d), in each
case as such amount may be reduced pursuant to
Section 2.10.
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Competitive Bid Advance ” means an advance by a Lender
to any Borrower as part of a Competitive Bid Borrowing resulting
from the competitive bidding procedure described in
Section 2.07 and refers to a Fixed Rate Bid Advance or a
Floating Rate Bid Advance.
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Competitive Bid Borrowing ” means a borrowing
consisting of simultaneous Competitive Bid Advances from each of
the Lenders whose offer to make one or more
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Competitive Bid
Advances as part of such borrowing has been accepted under the
competitive bidding procedure described in Section 2.07.
“ Competitive Bid Note
” means a promissory note of any Borrower payable to the
order of any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2
hereto, evidencing the indebtedness of such Borrower to such Lender
resulting from a Competitive Bid Advance made by such Lender to
such Borrower.
“ Competitive Bid
Reduction ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01.
“ Consolidated Tangible
Assets ” means the total assets appearing on a
consolidated balance sheet of Kraft and its Subsidiaries, less
goodwill and other intangible assets and the minority interests of
other Persons in such Subsidiaries, all as determined in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States,
except that if there has been a material change in an accounting
principle as compared to that applied in the preparation of the
financial statements of Kraft and its Subsidiaries as at and for
the year ended December 31, 2006, then such new accounting
principle shall not be used in the determination of Consolidated
Tangible Assets. A material change in an accounting principle is
one that, in the year of its adoption, changes Consolidated
Tangible Assets at any quarter in such year by more than 10%.
“ Convert ,”
“ Conversion ” and “ Converted
” each refers to a conversion of Pro Rata Advances of one
Type into Pro Rata Advances of the other Type pursuant to
Section 2.06, 2.08 or 2.13.
“ Debt ” means
(i) indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services, whether or not evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments,
(ii) obligations as lessee under leases that, in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States,
are recorded as capital leases, and (iii) obligations under
direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations
(contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or
otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of,
indebtedness or obligations of any other Person of the kinds
referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above.
“ Default ” means
any event specified in Section 6.01 that would constitute an
Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or
time elapse or both.
“ Designated Subsidiary
” means any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Kraft designated for
borrowing privileges under this Agreement pursuant to
Section 9.08.
“ Designation Agreement
” means, with respect to any Designated Subsidiary, an
agreement in the form of Exhibit D hereto signed by such
Designated Subsidiary and Kraft.
“ Dollars ” and
the “ $ ” sign each means lawful currency of the
United States of America.
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Domestic Lending Office ” means, with respect to any
Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its “Domestic
Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule I hereto
or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a
Lender, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from
time to time specify to Kraft and JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative
Agent.
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Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01.
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Eligible Assignee ” means (i) a commercial bank
organized under the laws of the United States, or any State
thereof, and having total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000;
(ii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other
country which is a member of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (or any successor) (“ OECD
”), or a political subdivision of any such country, and
having total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000, provided that such
bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the country in
which it is organized or another country which is also a member of
the OECD or the Cayman Islands; (iii) the central bank of any
country which is a member of the OECD; (iv) a commercial
finance company or finance Subsidiary of a corporation organized
under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, and
having total assets in excess of $3,000,000,000; (v) an
insurance company organized under the laws of the United States, or
any State thereof, and having total assets in excess of
$5,000,000,000; (vi) any Lender; (vii) an affiliate of
any Lender; and (viii) any other bank, commercial finance
company, insurance company or other Person approved in writing by
Kraft, which approval shall be notified to JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent.
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ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations
promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
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ERISA Affiliate ” means any Person that for purposes
of Title IV of ERISA is a member of any Borrower’s controlled
group, or under common control with any Borrower, within the
meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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ERISA Event ” means (a) (i) the occurrence with
respect to a Plan of a reportable event, within the meaning of
Section 4043 of ERISA, unless the 30-day notice requirement
with respect thereto has been waived by the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation (or any successor) (“ PBGC
”), or (ii) the requirements of subsection (1) of
Section 4043(b) of ERISA (without regard to subsection (2) of
such section) are met with respect to a contributing sponsor, as
defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a Plan, and an
event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or
(13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to
occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30 days;
(b) the application for a minimum funding waiver with respect
to a Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Plan
of a notice of intent to terminate such Plan, pursuant to
Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with
respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of
ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations
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at a facility
of any Borrower or Kraft or any of their ERISA Affiliates in the
circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the
withdrawal by any Borrower or Kraft or any of their ERISA
Affiliates from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year for
which it was a substantial employer, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions set forth
in Section 302(f)(1)(A) and (B) of ERISA to the creation
of a lien upon property or rights to property of any Borrower or
Kraft or any of their ERISA Affiliates for failure to make a
required payment to a Plan are satisfied; (g) the adoption of
an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such
Plan, pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or (h) the termination
of a Plan by the PBGC pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, or
the occurrence of any event or condition described in
Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes grounds for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, a
Plan.
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Eurocurrency Liabilities ” has the meaning assigned to
that term in Regulation D of the Board, as in effect from time to
time.
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Eurocurrency Lending Office ” means, with respect to
any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its
“Eurocurrency Lending Office” opposite its name on
Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which it became a Lender (or, if no such office is specified,
its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Lender
as such Lender may from time to time specify to Kraft and JPMorgan
Chase, as Administrative Agent.
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Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage ” for any
Interest Period, for all LIBO Rate Advances or Floating Rate Bid
Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing means the reserve
percentage applicable two Business Days before the first day of
such Interest Period under regulations issued from time to time by
the Board for determining the maximum reserve requirement
(including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or
other marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank of the
Federal Reserve System in New York City with respect to liabilities
or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities (or
with respect to any other category of liabilities that includes
deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBO Rate
Advances or Floating Rate Bid Advances is determined) having a term
equal to such Interest Period.
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Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.01.
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Existing 5-Year Credit Agreement ” means Kraft’s
existing U.S. $4,500,000,000 5-Year Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of April 15, 2005.
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Federal Bankruptcy Code ” means the Bankruptcy Reform
Act of 1978, as amended from time to time.
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Federal Funds Effective 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
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Business Day,
for the next preceding Business Day) on Telerate Page 120 (or any
successor page), or, if such rate is not so published for any day
that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day
on such transactions received by JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative
Agent, from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
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Fixed Rate Bid Advance ” means a Competitive Bid
Advance bearing interest based on a fixed rate per annum as
specified in the relevant Notice of Competitive Bid
Borrowing.
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Floating Rate Bid Advance ” means a Competitive Bid
Advance bearing interest at a rate of interest quoted as a margin
over the LIBO Rate as specified in the relevant Notice of
Competitive Bid Borrowing.
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Home Jurisdiction Withholding Taxes ” means
(a) in the case of Kraft, withholding for United States income
taxes, United States back-up withholding taxes and United States
withholding taxes and (b) in the case of a Designated
Subsidiary, withholding taxes imposed by the jurisdiction under the
laws of which such Designated Subsidiary is organized or any
political subdivision thereof.
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Interest Period ” means, for each LIBO Rate Advance
comprising part of the same Pro Rata Borrowing and each Floating
Rate Bid Advance comprising part of the same Competitive Bid
Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such LIBO Rate
Advance or Floating Rate Bid Advance or the date of Conversion of
any Base Rate Advance into such LIBO Rate Advance and ending on the
last day of the period selected by the Borrower requesting such
Borrowing pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of each
such Interest Period shall be one, two, three or six months, or, if
available to all Lenders, nine months, as such Borrower may select
upon notice received by JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent,
not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third
Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period;
provided , however , that:
(a)
such Borrower may not select any Interest Period that ends after
the Termination Date;
(b)
whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur
on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest
Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business
Day, provided that if such extension would cause the last day of
such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar month,
the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the immediately
preceding Business Day; and
(c)
whenever the first day of any Interest Period occurs on a day of an
initial calendar month for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month that succeeds such initial
calendar month by the number of months equal to the number of
months in such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on
the last Business Day of such succeeding calendar month.
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“
Internal Revenue Code ” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations
promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.
“
JPMorgan Chase’s Administrative Agent Account ”
means (a) the account of JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative
Agent, maintained by JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, at
its office at 1111 Fannin, Houston, Texas 77002, Account
No. 323243088, Attention: Claudia Correa, or (b) such
other account of JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, as is
designated in writing from time to time by JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, to Kraft and the Lenders for such
purpose.
“
Lenders ” means the Initial Lenders and their
respective successors and permitted assignees.
“
LIBO Rate ” means an interest rate per annum equal to
either:
(a) the
offered rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars appear on
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (previously known as Telerate Page
3750) (or any successor page) as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) two
Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period,
or
(b) if
the LIBO Rate does not appear on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page
(previously known as Telerate Page 3750) (or any successor page),
then the LIBO Rate will be determined by taking the average
(rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per
annum, if such average is not such a multiple) of the rates per
annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the principal
office of each of the Reference Banks in London, England to prime
banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London
time) two Business Days before the first day of such Interest
Period for an amount substantially equal to the amount that would
be the Reference Banks’ respective ratable shares of such
Borrowing outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period
equal to such Interest Period, as determined by JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, subject , however , to the
provisions of Section 2.08.
“
LIBO Rate Advance ” means a Pro Rata Advance that
bears interest as provided in Section 2.04(a)(ii).
“
Lien ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.02(a).
“
Major Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary (a) more
than 50% of the voting securities of which is owned directly or
indirectly by Kraft, (b) which is organized and existing
under, or has its principal place of business in, the United States
or any political subdivision thereof, Canada or any political
subdivision thereof, any country which is a member of the European
Union on the date hereof (other than Greece, Portugal or Spain) or
any political subdivision thereof, or Switzerland, Norway or
Australia or any of their respective political subdivisions, and
(c) which has at any time total assets (after intercompany
eliminations) exceeding $1,000,000,000.
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“
Margin Stock ” means margin stock, as such term is
defined in Regulation U.
“
Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan, as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan years
made or accrued an obligation to make contributions, such plan
being maintained pursuant to one or more collective bargaining
agreements.
“
Multiple Employer Plan ” means a single employer plan,
as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is
maintained for employees of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and
at least one Person other than such Borrower and the ERISA
Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which such
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under
Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been
or were to be terminated.
“
Note ” means a Pro Rata Note or a Competitive Bid
Note.
“
Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.07(b).
“
Notice of Pro Rata Borrowing ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.02(a).
“
Obligations ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.01.
“
Other Taxes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15(b).
“
Person ” means an individual, partnership, corporation
(including a business trust), joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company or other entity, or a government or any political
subdivision or agency thereof.
“
Plan ” means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple
Employer Plan.
“
Pro Rata Advance ” means an advance by a Lender to any
Borrower as part of a Pro Rata Borrowing and refers to a Base Rate
Advance or a LIBO Rate Advance (each of which shall be a “
Type ” of Pro Rata Advance).
“
Pro Rata Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Pro Rata Advances of the same Type made by each of the
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.
“
Pro Rata Note ” means a promissory note of any
Borrower payable to the order of any Lender, delivered pursuant to
a request made under Section 2.17 in substantially the form of
Exhibit A-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of
such Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Pro Rata Advances
made by such Lender to such Borrower.
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“
Reference Banks ” means JPMorgan Chase, Citibank,
Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., and Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc.
“
Register ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.07(d).
“
Regulation A ” means Regulation A of the
Board, as in effect from time to time.
“
Regulation U ” means Regulation U of the
Board, as in effect from time to time.
“
Required Lenders ” means at any time Lenders owed at
least 50.1% of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount of the
Pro Rata Advances owing to Lenders, or, if no such principal amount
is then outstanding, Lenders having at least 50.1% of the
Commitments.
“
Single Employer Plan ” means a single employer plan,
as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is
maintained for employees of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and
no Person other than such Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates or
(b) was so maintained and in respect of which such Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4069 of
ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be
terminated.
“
Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation of
which (or in which) more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock
having voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors
of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital
stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or
might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is
at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such
Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or
by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.
“
Taxes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15(a).
“
Termination Date ” means the earlier of May 22,
2008 and the date of termination in whole of the Commitments
pursuant to Section 2.10 or 6.02.
Section 1.02.
Computation of Time Periods . In this Agreement in the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including” and the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding.”
Section 1.03.
Accounting Terms . All accounting terms not specifically
defined herein shall be construed in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America,
except that if there has been a material change in an accounting
principle affecting the definition of an accounting term as
compared to that applied in the preparation of the financial
statements of Kraft as of and for the year ended December 31,
2006, then such new accounting principle shall not be used in the
determination of the amount associated with that accounting term. A
material change in an accounting principle is one that, in
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the year
of its adoption, changes the amount associated with the relevant
accounting term for any quarter in such year by more than
10%.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
Section 2.01.
The Pro Rata Advances . (a) Obligation to Make Pro Rata
Advances . Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Pro Rata Advances to any
Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period
from the Effective Date until the Termination Date in an aggregate
amount not to exceed at any time outstanding such Lender’s
Commitment; provided , however , that the aggregate
amount of the Commitments of the Lenders shall be deemed used from
time to time to the extent of the aggregate amount of the
Competitive Bid Advances then outstanding and such deemed use of
the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be allocated among
the Lenders ratably according to their respective Commitments (such
deemed use of the aggregate amount of the Commitments being a
“ Competitive Bid Reduction ”).
(b)
Amount of Pro Rata Borrowings . Each Pro Rata Borrowing
shall be in an aggregate amount of no less than $50,000,000 or an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(c)
Type of Pro Rata Advances . Each Pro Rata Borrowing shall
consist of Pro Rata Advances of the same Type made on the same day
by the Lenders ratably according to their respective Commitments.
Within the limits of each Lender’s Commitment and subject to
this Section 2.01, any Borrower may borrow under this
Section 2.01, prepay pursuant to Section 2.11 or repay
pursuant to Section 2.03 and reborrow under this
Section 2.01.
Section 2.02.
Making the Pro Rata Advances . (a) Notice of Pro Rata
Borrowing . Each Pro Rata Borrowing shall be made on notice,
given not later than (x) 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on
the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Pro Rata
Borrowing in the case of a Pro Rata Borrowing consisting of LIBO
Rate Advances, or (y) 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the
date of the proposed Pro Rata Borrowing in the case of a Pro Rata
Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances, by the Borrower to
JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, which shall give to each
Lender prompt notice thereof by telecopier. Each such notice of a
Pro Rata Borrowing (a “ Notice of Pro Rata Borrowing
”) shall be by telephone, confirmed immediately in writing,
by registered mail or telecopier in substantially the form of
Exhibit B-1 hereto, specifying therein the requested:
(i)
date of such Pro Rata Borrowing,
(ii)
Type of Advances comprising such Pro Rata Borrowing,
(iii)
aggregate amount of such Pro Rata Borrowing, and
(iv) in
the case of a Pro Rata Borrowing consisting of LIBO Rate Advances,
the initial Interest Period for each such Pro Rata Advance.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Borrower may
select LIBO
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Rate Advances
for any Pro Rata Borrowing if the obligation of the Lenders to make
LIBO Rate Advances shall then be suspended pursuant to
Section 2.08(c) or 2.13.
(b)
Funding Pro Rata Advances . Each Lender shall, before
11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of such Pro Rata
Borrowing, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, at JPMorgan
Chase’s Administrative Agent Account, in same day funds, such
Lender’s ratable portion of such Pro Rata Borrowing. After
receipt of such funds by JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent,
and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III, JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, will
make such funds available to the relevant Borrower at the address
of JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, referred to in
Section 9.02.
(c)
Irrevocable Notice . Each Notice of Pro Rata Borrowing of
any Borrower shall be irrevocable and binding on such Borrower. In
the case of any Pro Rata Borrowing that the related Notice of Pro
Rata Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of LIBO Rate Advances,
the Borrower requesting such Pro Rata Borrowing shall indemnify
each Lender against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such
Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date
specified in such Notice of Pro Rata Borrowing for such Pro Rata
Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III,
including, without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the
liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by
such Lender to fund the Pro Rata Advance to be made by such Lender
as part of such Pro Rata Borrowing when such Pro Rata Advance, as a
result of such failure, is not made on such date.
(d)
Lender’s Ratable Portion . Unless JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, shall have received notice from a Lender
prior to 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the day of any Pro
Rata Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to JPMorgan
Chase, as Administrative Agent, such Lender’s ratable portion
of such Pro Rata Borrowing, JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative
Agent, may assume that such Lender has made such portion available
to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, on the date of such Pro
Rata Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.02(b) and JPMorgan
Chase, as Administrative Agent, may, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the Borrower proposing such Pro Rata
Borrowing on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent
that such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion
available to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, such Lender
and such Borrower severally agree to repay to JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, forthwith on demand such corresponding amount
together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such
amount is made available to such Borrower until the date such
amount is repaid to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent,
at:
(i) in
the case of such Borrower, the higher of (A) the interest rate
applicable at the time to Pro Rata Advances comprising such Pro
Rata Borrowing and (B) the cost of funds incurred by JPMorgan
Chase, as Administrative Agent, in respect of such amount,
and
(ii) in
the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate.
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If such
Lender shall repay to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, such
corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such
Lender’s Pro Rata Advance as part of such Pro Rata Borrowing
for purposes of this Agreement.
(e)
Independent Lender Obligations . The failure of any Lender
to make the Pro Rata Advance to be made by it as part of any Pro
Rata Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Pro Rata Advance on the
date of such Pro Rata Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible
for the failure of any other Lender to make the Pro Rata Advance to
be made by such other Lender on the date of any Pro Rata
Borrowing.
Section 2.03.
Repayment of Pro Rata Advances . Each Borrower shall repay
to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, for the ratable account
of each Lender on the Termination Date applicable to such Lender
the unpaid principal amount of the Pro Rata Advances of such Lender
then outstanding.
Section 2.04.
Interest on Pro Rata Advances . (a) Scheduled
Interest . Each Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid
principal amount of each Pro Rata Advance owing by such Borrower to
each Lender from the date of such Pro Rata Advance until such
principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates per
annum:
(i)
Base Rate Advances . During such periods as such Pro Rata
Advance is a Base Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times
to the Base Rate in effect from time to time, payable in arrears
monthly on the 20th day of each month and on the date such Base
Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid in full.
(ii)
LIBO Rate Advances . During such periods as such Pro Rata
Advance is a LIBO Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times
during each Interest Period for such Pro Rata Advance to the sum of
(x) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period for such Pro Rata
Advance plus (y) the Applicable Interest Rate Margin in
effect from time to time, payable in arrears on the last day of
such Interest Period and, if such Interest Period has a duration of
more than three months, on each day that occurs during such
Interest Period every three months from the first day of such
Interest Period, and on the date such LIBO Rate Advance shall be
Converted or paid in full.
(b)
Default Interest . Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, each Borrower shall pay
interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Pro Rata Advance
owing to each Lender, payable in arrears on the dates referred to
in Section 2.04(a)(i) or Section 2.04(a)(ii), at a rate per
annum equal at all times to 1% per annum above the rate per annum
required to be paid on such Pro Rata Advance.
Section 2.05.
Additional Interest on LIBO Rate Advances . Each Borrower
shall pay to each Lender, so long as such Lender shall be required
under regulations of the Board to maintain reserves with respect to
liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency
Liabilities, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of
each LIBO Rate Advance of such Lender to such Borrower, from the
date of such Advance until such principal amount is
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paid in
full, at an interest rate per annum equal at all times to the
remainder obtained by subtracting (i) the LIBO Rate for the
Interest Period for such Advance from (ii) the rate obtained
by dividing such LIBO Rate by a percentage equal to 100% minus the
Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage of such Lender for such
Interest Period, payable on each date on which interest is payable
on such Advance. Such additional interest shall be determined by
such Lender and notified to Kraft through JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent.
Section 2.06.
Conversion of Pro Rata Advances . (a) Conversion Upon
Absence of Interest Period . If any Borrower shall fail to
select the duration of any Interest Period for any LIBO Rate
Advances in accordance with the provisions contained in the
definition of the term “Interest Period,” JPMorgan
Chase, as Administrative Agent, will forthwith so notify such
Borrower and the Lenders and such Advances will automatically, on
the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert
into Base Rate Advances.
(b)
Conversion Upon Event of Default . Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of any Event of Default under
Section 6.01(a), JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, or
the Required Lenders may elect that (i) each LIBO Rate Advance
be, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor,
Converted into Base Rate Advances and (ii) the obligation of
the Lenders to make, or to Convert Advances into, LIBO Rate
Advances be suspended.
(c)
Voluntary Conversion . Subject to the provisions of
Sections 2.08(c) and 2.13, any Borrower may convert all such
Borrower’s Pro Rata Advances of one Type constituting the
same Pro Rata Borrowing into Advances of the other Type on any
Business Day, upon notice given to JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City
time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed
Conversion; provided , however , that the Conversion
of a LIBO Rate Advance into a Base Rate Advance may be made on, and
only on, the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBO Rate
Advance. Each such notice of a Conversion shall, within the
restrictions specified above, specify
(i) the date of such
Conversion;
(ii) the Pro Rata Advances to be
Converted; and
(iii) if such Conversion is into LIBO
Rate Advances, the duration of the Interest Period for each such
Pro Rata Advance.
Section 2.07.
The Competitive Bid Advances . (a) Competitive Bid
Advances’ Impact on Commitments . Each Lender severally
agrees that any Borrower may make Competitive Bid Borrowings under
this Section 2.07 from time to time on any Business Day during
the period from the Effective Date until the Termination Date in
the manner set forth below; provided that, following the
making of each Competitive Bid Borrowing, the aggregate amount of
the Advances then outstanding shall not exceed the aggregate amount
of the Commitments of the Lenders. As provided in
Section 2.01, the aggregate amount of the Commitments of the
Lenders shall be deemed used from time to time to the extent of the
aggregate amount of the Competitive Bid Advances then outstanding,
and such deemed use of the aggregate amount of the Commitments
shall be applied to the Lenders ratably according to
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their
respective Commitments; provided , however , that any
Lender’s Competitive Bid Advances shall not otherwise reduce
that Lender’s obligation to lend its pro rata share of the
remaining available Commitments.
(b)
Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing . Any Borrower may
request a Competitive Bid Borrowing under this Section 2.07 by
delivering to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, by
telecopier, a notice of a Competitive Bid Borrowing (a “
Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing ”), in
substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto, specifying
therein the following:
(i)
date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing;
(ii)
aggregate amount of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing;
(iii)
interest rate basis and day count convention to be offered by the
Lenders;
(iv) in
the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Floating Rate
Bid Advances, Interest Period, or in the case of a Competitive Bid
Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate Bid Advances, maturity date for
repayment of each Fixed Rate Bid Advance to be made as part of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing (which maturity date may not be earlier
than the date occurring seven days after the date of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing or later than the earlier of
(A) 360 days after the date of such Competitive Bid
Borrowing and (B) the Termination Date);
(v)
interest payment date or dates relating thereto;
(vi)
location of such Borrower’s account to which funds are to be
advanced; and
(vii)
other terms (if any) to be applicable to such Competitive Bid
Borrowing.
A
Borrower requesting a Competitive Bid Borrowing shall deliver a
Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing to JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City
time) (x) at least two Business Days prior to the date of the
proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, if such Borrower shall specify
in the Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing that the Competitive Bid
Borrowing shall be Fixed Rate Bid Advances, or (y) at least
four Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Competitive
Bid Borrowing, if such Borrower shall specify in the Notice of
Competitive Bid Borrowing that the Competitive Bid Borrowing shall
be Floating Rate Bid Advances. Each Notice of Competitive Bid
Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on such Borrower.
JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, shall in turn promptly
notify each Lender of each request for a Competitive Bid Borrowing
received by it from such Borrower by sending such Lender a copy of
the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing.
(c)
Discretion as to Competitive Bid Advances . Each Lender may,
in its sole discretion, elect to irrevocably offer to make one or
more Competitive Bid Advances to the
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applicable Borrower as part of such proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing at a rate or rates of interest specified by such Lender
in its sole discretion, by notifying JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent (which shall give prompt notice thereof to
such Borrower), before 9:30 A.M. (New York City time) (A) on
the Business Day prior to the date of such proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of
Fixed Rate Bid Advances, and (B) on the third Business Day
prior to the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in
the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Floating Rate
Bid Advances; provided that, if JPMorgan Chase in its
capacity as a Lender shall, in its sole discretion, elect to make
any such offer, it shall notify such Borrower of such offer at
least 30 minutes before the time and on the date on which notice of
such election is to be given by any other Lender to JPMorgan Chase,
as Administrative Agent. In such notice, the Lender shall specify
the following:
(i) the
minimum amount and maximum amount of each Competitive Bid Advance
which such Lender would be willing to make as part of such proposed
Competitive Bid Borrowing (which amounts may, subject to the
proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.07(a), exceed such
Lender’s Commitment);
(ii)
the rate or rates of interest therefor; and
(iii)
such Lender’s Applicable Lending Office with respect to such
Competitive Bid Advance.
If any
Lender shall elect not to make such an offer, such Lender shall so
notify JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, before 9:30 A.M.
(New York City time) on the date on which notice of such election
is to be given to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, by the
other Lenders, and such Lender shall not be obligated to, and shall
not, make any Competitive Bid Advance as part of such Competitive
Bid Borrowing; provided further that the failure by
any Lender to give such notice shall not cause such Lender to be
obligated to make any Competitive Bid Advance as part of such
proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing.
(d)
Borrower Selection of Lender Bids . The Borrower proposing
the Competitive Bid Borrowing shall, in turn, (A) before 12:00
noon (New York City time) on the Business Day prior to the date of
such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a
Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate Bid Advances and
(B) before 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the third
Business Day prior to the date of such proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of
Floating Rate Bid Advances, either:
(i)
cancel such Competitive Bid Borrowing by giving JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, notice to that effect, or
(ii)
accept, in its sole discretion, one or more of the offers made by
any Lender or Lenders pursuant to Section 2.07(c), by giving
notice to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, of the amount of
each Competitive Bid Advance (which amount shall be equal to or
greater than the minimum amount, and equal to or less than the
maximum amount, notified to such Borrower by JPMorgan
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Chase, as
Administrative Agent on behalf of such Lender, for such Competitive
Bid Advance pursuant to Section 2.07(c) to be made by each Lender
as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing) and reject any remaining
offers made by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.07(c) by giving
JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, notice to that effect.
Such Borrower shall accept the offers made by any Lender or Lenders
to make Competitive Bid Advances in order of the lowest to the
highest rates of interest offered by such Lenders. If two or more
Lenders have offered the same interest rate, the amount to be
borrowed at such interest rate will be allocated among such Lenders
in proportion to the maximum amount that each such Lender offered
at such interest rate.
If the
Borrower proposing the Competitive Bid Borrowing notifies JPMorgan
Chase, as Administrative Agent, that such Competitive Bid Borrowing
is canceled pursuant to Section 2.07(d)(i), or if such
Borrower fails to give timely notice in accordance with
Section 2.07(d), JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent,
shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders and such
Competitive Bid Borrowing shall not be made.
(e)
Competitive Bid Borrowing . If the Borrower proposing the
Competitive Bid Borrowing accepts one or more of the offers made by
any Lender or Lenders pursuant to Section 2.07(d)(ii), JPMorgan
Chase, as Administrative Agent, shall in turn promptly
notify:
(i)
each Lender that has made an offer as described in
Section 2.07(c), whether or not any offer or offers made by
such Lender pursuant to Section 2.07(c) have been accepted by
such Borrower;
(ii)
each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as part of
such Competitive Bid Borrowing, of the date and amount of each
Competitive Bid Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing; and
(iii)
each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as part of
such Competitive Bid Borrowing, upon receipt, that JPMorgan Chase,
as Administrative Agent, has received forms of documents appearing
to fulfill the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III.
When
each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as part of
such Competitive Bid Borrowing has received notice pursuant to
Section 2.07(e)(iii), such Lender shall, before 11:00 A.M.
(New York City time), on the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing
specified in the notice received from JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, pursuant to Section 2.07(e)(i), make
available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to
JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, at its address referred to
in Section 9.02, in same day funds, such Lender’s
portion of such Competitive Bid Borrowing. Upon fulfillment of the
applicable conditions set forth in Article III and after
receipt by JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, of such funds,
JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, will make such funds
available to such Borrower at the location specified by such
Borrower in its Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing. Promptly after
each Competitive Bid Borrowing, JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative
Agent, will notify each Lender of the amount of the Competitive Bid
Borrowing, the consequent Competitive Bid
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Reduction and the dates upon which such Competitive Bid Reduction
commenced and will terminate.
(f)
Irrevocable Notice . If the Borrower proposing the
Competitive Bid Borrowing notifies JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, that it accepts one or more of the offers
made by any Lender or Lenders pursuant to Section 2.07(c),
such notice of acceptance shall be irrevocable and binding on such
Borrower. Such Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any
loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any
failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in the related
Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing for such Competitive Bid
Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III,
including, without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the
liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by
such Lender to fund the Competitive Bid Advance to be made by such
Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing when such
Competitive Bid Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made
on such date.
(g)
Amount of Competitive Bid Borrowings; Competitive Bid Notes
. Each Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of
$50,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof
and, following the making of each Competitive Bid Borrowing, the
aggregate amount of Advances then outstanding shall not exceed the
aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders. Within the
limits and on the conditions set forth in this Section 2.07,
any Borrower may from time to time borrow under this
Section 2.07, prepay pursuant to Section 2.11 or repay
pursuant to Section 2.07(h), and reborrow under this
Section 2.07; provided that a Competitive Bid Borrowing
shall not be made within two Business Days of the date of any other
Competitive Bid Borrowing. The indebtedness of any Borrower
resulting from each Competitive Bid Advance made to such Borrower
as part of a Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be evidenced by a
separate Competitive Bid Note of such Borrower payable to the order
of the Lender making such Competitive Bid Advance.
(h)
Repayment of Competitive Bid Advances . On the maturity date
of each Competitive Bid Advance provided in the Competitive Bid
Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance, the Borrower shall
repay to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, for the account
of each Lender that has made a Competitive Bid Advance the then
unpaid principal amount of such Competitive Bid Advance. No
Borrower shall have any right to prepay any principal amount of any
Competitive Bid Advance unless, and then only on the terms, set
forth in the Competitive Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid
Advance.
(i)
Interest on Competitive Bid Advances . Each Borrower that
has borrowed through a Competitive Bid Borrowing shall pay interest
on the unpaid principal amount of each Competitive Bid Advance from
the date of such Competitive Bid Advance to the date the principal
amount of such Competitive Bid Advance is repaid in full, at the
rate of interest for such Competitive Bid Advance and on the
interest payment date or dates set forth in the Competitive Bid
Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance. Upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, such Borrower
shall pay interest on the amount of unpaid principal of each
Competitive Bid Advance owing to a Lender, payable in arrears on
the date or dates interest is payable thereon, at a rate per annum
equal at all times to 1% per annum above the rate per annum
required to be paid on such Competitive Bid Advance under the
terms
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of the
Competitive Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance unless
otherwise agreed in such Competitive Bid Note.
Section 2.08.
LIBO Rate Determination . (a) Methods to Determine LIBO
Rate . JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, shall determine
the LIBO Rate by using the methods described in the definition of
the term “LIBO Rate,” and shall give prompt notice to
the Borrower and Lenders of each such LIBO Rate.
(b)
Role of Reference Banks . In the event that the LIBO Rate
cannot be determined by the method described in clause (a) of
the definition of “LIBO Rate,” each Reference Bank
agrees to furnish to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent,
timely information for the purpose of determining the LIBO Rate in
accordance with the method described in clause (b) of the
definition thereof. If any one or more of the Reference Banks shall
not furnish such timely information to JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, for the purpose of determining a LIBO Rate,
JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, shall determine such
interest rate on the basis of timely information furnished by the
remaining Reference Banks. If fewer than two Reference Banks
furnish timely information to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative
Agent, for determining the LIBO Rate for any LIBO Rate Advances or
Floating Rate Bid Advances, as the case may be, then:
(i)
JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, shall forthwith notify
Kraft and the Lenders that the interest rate cannot be determined
for such LIBO Rate Advance or Floating Rate Bid Advances, as the
case may be;
(ii)
with respect to each LIBO Rate Advance, such Advance will, on the
last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, be prepaid
by the Borrower or be automatically Converted into a Base Rate
Advance; and
(iii)
the obligation of the Lenders to make LIBO Rate Advances or
Floating Rate Bid Advances or to Convert Base Rate Advances into
LIBO Rate Advances shall be suspended until JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, shall notify Kraft and the Lenders that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.
JPMorgan
Chase, as Administrative Agent, shall give prompt notice to Kraft
and the Lenders of the applicable interest rate determined by
JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, for purposes of
Section 2.04(a)(i) or (ii), and the rate, if any, furnished by
each Reference Bank for the purpose of determining the interest
rate under Section 2.04(a)(ii) or the applicable LIBO
Rate.
(c)
Inadequate LIBO Rate . If, with respect to any LIBO Rate
Advances, the Required Lenders notify JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, that (i) they are unable to obtain
matching deposits in the London interbank market at or about
11:00 A.M. (London time) on the second Business Day before the
making of a Borrowing in sufficient amounts to fund their
respective LIBO Rate Advances as a part of such Borrowing during
the Interest Period therefor or (ii) the LIBO Rate for any
Interest Period for such Advances will not adequately reflect the
cost to such Required Lenders of making, funding or maintaining
their respective LIBO Rate
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Advances
for such Interest Period, JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent,
shall forthwith so notify Kraft and the Lenders, whereupon
(A) the Borrower of such LIBO Rate Advances will, on the last
day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, either
(x) prepay such Advances or (y) Convert such Advances
into Base Rate Advances and (B) the obligation of the Lenders
to make, or to Convert Base Rate Advances into, LIBO Rate Advances
shall be suspended until JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent,
shall notify Kraft and the Lenders that the circumstances causing
such suspension no longer exist. In the case of clause
(ii) above, each Lender shall certify its cost of funds for
each Interest Period to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent,
and Kraft as soon as practicable (but in any event not later than
10 Business Days after the last day of such Interest Period).
Section 2.09.
Fees . (a) Facility Fee . Kraft agrees to pay to
JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, for the account of each
Lender a facility fee on the aggregate amount of such
Lender’s Commitment (whether or not used and without giving
effect to any Competitive Bid Reduction) from the date hereof in
the case of each Initial Lender and from the effective date
specified in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it
became a Lender in the case of each other Lender until the
Termination Date at the Applicable Facility Fee Rate, in each case
payable on the last day of each March, June, September and December
until the Termination Date and on the Termination Date.
(b)
Agent’s Fees . Kraft shall pay to JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, for its own account such fees as may from
time to time be agreed between Kraft and such Agent.
Section 2.10.
Optional Termination or Reduction of the Commitments; Mandatory
Reduction of the Commitments .
(a) Kraft
shall have the right, upon at least three Business Days’
notice to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, to terminate in
whole or reduce ratably in part the unused portions of the
respective Commitments of the Lenders; provided that each
partial reduction shall be in the aggregate amount of no less than
$50,000,000 or the remaining balance if less than $50,000,000; and
provided further that the aggregate amount of the
Commitments of the Lenders shall not be reduced to an amount that
is less than the aggregate principal amount of the Competitive Bid
Advances then outstanding.
(b) Not
later than the second (2 nd ) Business Day
following receipt by Kraft or any of its wholly-owned domestic
Subsidiaries of the cash proceeds of any Capital Markets
Transaction (net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees,
accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and
other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection
therewith), Kraft shall provide notice to JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, of the receipt of such net cash proceeds and,
on the date such notice is received by the Administrative Agent,
the Commitments shall be automatically reduced by an amount equal
to 100% of such net cash proceeds.
Section 2.11.
Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Pro Rata Advances .
(a) Optional Prepayment . Each Borrower may, in the case of
any LIBO Rate Advance, upon at least three Business Days’
notice to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, or, in the case
of any
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Base
Rate Advance, upon notice given to JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, not later than 9:00 A.M. (New York City time)
on the date of the proposed prepayment, in each case stating the
proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and
if such notice is given such Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding
principal amount of the Pro Rata Advances comprising part of the
same Pro Rata Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with
accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal
amount prepaid; provided , however , that
(x) each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal
amount of no less than $50,000,000 or the remaining balance if less
than $50,000,000 and (y) in the event of any such prepayment
of a LIBO Rate Advance, such Borrower shall be obligated to
reimburse the Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 9.04(b).
(b)
Mandatory Prepayment . To the extent that, after giving
effect to any reduction thereof pursuant to Section 2.10(b),
the aggregate principal amount of the Pro Rata Advances are greater
than the Commitments (after giving effect to any Competitive Bid
Reduction), Kraft shall prepay or cause to be prepaid Pro Rata
Advances in an amount equal to the amount of such excess. Each such
prepayment under Section 2.10(b) shall be accompanied by
accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount
prepaid. Amounts to be applied pursuant to this Section shall be
applied, first , to prepay Base Rate Advances, if
applicable, and, second , to prepay LIBO Rate Advances, if
applicable.
Section 2.12.
Increased Costs . (a) Costs from Change in Law or
Authorities . If, due to either (i) the introduction of or
any change (other than any change by way of imposition or increase
of reserve requirements to the extent such change is included in
the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage) in or in the
interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance
with any guideline or request from any central bank or other
governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law),
there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing
to make or making, funding or maintaining LIBO Rate Advances or
Floating Rate Bid Advances (excluding for purposes of this
Section 2.12 any such increased costs resulting from
(i) Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 2.15 shall
govern) and (ii) changes in the basis of taxation of overall
net income or overall gross income by the United States or by the
foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which such Lender
is organized or has its Applicable Lending Office or any political
subdivision thereof), then the Borrower of the affected Advances
shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of
such demand to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent), pay to
JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, for the account of such
Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for
such increased cost; provided , however , that before
making any such demand, each Lender agrees to use reasonable
efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and
regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Applicable
Lending Office if the making of such a designation would avoid the
need for, or reduce the amount of, such increased cost and would
not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise
disadvantageous to such Lender. A certificate as to the amount of
such increased cost, submitted to Kraft, such Borrower and JPMorgan
Chase, as Administrative Agent, by such Lender, shall be conclusive
and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b)
Reduction in Lender’s Rate of Return . In the event
that, after the date hereof, the implementation of or any change in
any law or regulation, or any guideline or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) or the interpretation or
administration thereof by any central bank or other authority
charged with the administration thereof, imposes, modifies
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or deems
applicable any capital adequacy or similar requirement (including,
without limitation, a request or requirement which affects the
manner in which any Lender allocates capital resources to its
commitments, including its obligations hereunder) and as a result
thereof, in the sole opinion of such Lender, the rate of return on
such Lender’s capital as a consequence of its obligations
hereunder is reduced to a level below that which such Lender could
have achieved but for such circumstances, but reduced to the extent
that Borrowings are outstanding from time to time, then in each
such case, upon demand from time to time Kraft shall pay to such
Lender such additional amount or amounts as shall compensate such
Lender for such reduction in rate of return; provided that,
in the case of each Lender, such additional amount or amounts shall
not exceed 0.15 of 1% per annum of such Lender’s Commitment.
A certificate of such Lender as to any such additional amount or
amounts shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error. Except as provided below, in determining any such
amount or amounts each Lender may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Lender
shall take all reasonable actions to avoid the imposition of, or
reduce the amounts of, such increased costs, provided that such
actions, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, will not be
otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender, and, to the extent
possible, each Lender will calculate such increased costs based
upon the capital requirements for its Commitment hereunder and not
upon the average or general capital requirements imposed upon such
Lender.
Section 2.13.
Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, if any Lender shall notify JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, that the introduction of or any change in, or
in the interpretation of, any law or regulation makes it unlawful,
or any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it
is unlawful, for any Lender or its Eurocurrency Lending Office to
perform its obligations hereunder to make LIBO Rate Advances or
Floating Rate Bid Advances or to fund or maintain LIBO Rate
Advances or Floating Rate Bid Advances, (a) each LIBO Rate
Advance or Floating Rate Bid Advances, as the case may be, will
automatically, upon such demand, be Converted into a Base Rate
Advance or an Advance that bears interest at the rate set forth in
Section 2.04(a)(i), as the case may be, and (b) the
obligation of the Lenders to make LIBO Rate Advances or Floating
Rate Bid Advances or to Convert Base Rate Advances into LIBO Rate
Advances shall be suspended, in each case, until JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, shall notify Kraft and the Lenders that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist;
provided , however , that before making any such
demand, each Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent
with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to
designate a different Eurocurrency Lending Office if the making of
such a designation would allow such Lender or its Eurocurrency
Lending Office to continue to perform its obligations to make LIBO
Rate Advances or Floating Rate Bid Advances or to continue to fund
or maintain LIBO Rate Advances or Floating Rate Bid Advances, as
the case may be, and would not, in the judgment of such Lender, be
otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
Section 2.14.
Payments and Computations . (a) Time and Distribution of
Payments . Kraft and each Borrower shall make each payment
hereunder, without set-off or counterclaim, not later than
11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the day when due to
JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, at JPMorgan Chase’s
Administrative Agent Account in same day funds. JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, will promptly thereafter cause to be
distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or
interest or facility fees ratably (other
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than
amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.12, 2.15 or
9.04(b)) to the Lenders for the account of their respective
Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment
of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for the
account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be
applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. From and
after the effective date of an Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to Section 9.07, JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent,
shall make all payments hereunder in respect of the interest
assigned thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder, and the parties
to such Assignment and Acceptance shall make all appropriate
adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective
date directly between themselves.
(b)
Computation of Interest and Fees . All computations of
interest based on JPMorgan Chase’s prime rate shall be made
by JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, on the basis of a year
of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be. All computations of
interest based on the LIBO Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate
and of facility fees shall be made by JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent and all computations of interest pursuant to
Section 2.05 shall be made by a Lender, on the basis of a year
of 360 days, and all computations of interest in respect of
Competitive Bid Advances shall be made by JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, as specified in the applicable Notice of
Competitive Bid Notice, in each case for the actual number of days
(including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in
the period for which such interest or facility fees are payable.
Each determination by JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent (or,
in the case of Section 2.05 by a Lender), of an interest rate
hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
(c)
Payment Due Dates . Whenever any payment hereunder shall be
stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such
extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation
of payment of interest or facility fee, as the case may be;
provided , however , that if such extension would
cause payment of interest on or principal of LIBO Rate Advances or
Floating Rate Bid Advances to be made in the next following
calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day.
(d)
Presumption of Borrower Payment . Unless JPMorgan Chase, as
Administrative Agent, receives notice from any Borrower prior to
the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that
such Borrower will not make such payment in full, JPMorgan Chase,
as Administrative Agent, may assume that such Borrower has made
such payment in full to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, on
such date and JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, may, in
reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each
Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such
Lender. If and to the extent such Borrower has not made such
payment in full to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, each
Lender shall repay to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent,
forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together
with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is
distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such
amount to JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, at the Federal
Funds Effective Rate.
Section 2.15.
Taxes . (a) Any and all payments by each Borrower and
Kraft hereunder shall be made, in accordance with
Section 2.14, free and clear of and without deduction for any
and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges or
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withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto,
excluding , (i) in the case of each Lender and JPMorgan
Chase, as Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its net income,
and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction under the
laws of which such Lender or JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative
Agent (as the case may be), is organized or any political
subdivision thereof, (ii) in the case of each Lender, taxes
imposed on its net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by
the jurisdiction of such Lender’s Applicable Lending Office
or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) in the case of
each Lender and JPMorgan Chase, as Administrative Agent, taxes
imposed on its net income, franchise taxes imposed on it, and any
tax imposed by means of withholding to the extent such tax is
imposed solely as a result of a present or former connection (other
than the execution, delivery and performa
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