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Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION COPY
US$500,000,000
364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
dated as of
August 3,
2007
among
LIMITED BRANDS,
INC.,
The Lenders Party
Hereto
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.
as Administrative
Agent
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS
INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and
Joint Bookrunners
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
and
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA,
INC.,
as Co-Syndication
Agents
and
HSBC BANK USA,
N.A.
as Co-Documentation
Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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ARTICLE I |
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Definitions |
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SECTION 1.01.
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Defined
Terms |
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SECTION 1.02.
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Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
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SECTION 1.03.
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Terms
Generally |
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SECTION 1.04.
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Accounting Terms; GAAP |
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ARTICLE II |
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The Credits |
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SECTION 2.01.
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Commitments |
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SECTION 2.02.
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Loans and
Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.03.
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Requests
for Revolving Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.04.
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Competitive Bid Procedure |
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SECTION 2.05.
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Reserved |
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SECTION 2.06.
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Funding
of Borrowings |
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SECTION 2.07.
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Interest
Elections |
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SECTION 2.08.
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Termination and Reduction of Commitments |
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SECTION 2.09.
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Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Indebtedness |
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SECTION 2.10.
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Prepayment of Loans |
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SECTION 2.11.
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Fees |
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SECTION 2.12.
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Interest |
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SECTION 2.13.
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Alternate
Rate of Interest |
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SECTION 2.14.
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Increased
Costs |
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SECTION 2.15.
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Break
Funding Payments |
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SECTION 2.16.
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Taxes |
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SECTION 2.17.
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Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs |
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SECTION 2.18.
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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ARTICLE III |
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Representations and Warranties |
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SECTION 3.01.
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Corporate
Existence and Power |
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SECTION 3.02.
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Corporate
and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention |
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SECTION 3.03.
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Binding
Effect |
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SECTION 3.04.
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Financial
Information |
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SECTION 3.05.
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Litigation and Environmental Matters |
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| SECTION
3.06. |
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Subsidiaries |
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| SECTION 3.07. |
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Not an
Investment Company |
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| SECTION
3.08. |
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ERISA |
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| SECTION
3.09. |
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Taxes |
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| SECTION
3.10. |
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Disclosure |
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ARTICLE IV |
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Conditions |
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| SECTION
4.01. |
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Effectiveness |
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| SECTION
4.02. |
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Each
Credit Event |
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ARTICLE V |
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Covenants |
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| SECTION
5.01. |
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Information |
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| SECTION
5.02. |
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Maintenance of Properties |
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| SECTION
5.03. |
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Maintenance of Insurance |
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| SECTION
5.04. |
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Preservation of Corporate Existence |
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| SECTION
5.05. |
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Inspection of Property, Books and Records |
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| SECTION
5.06. |
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Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio |
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| SECTION
5.07. |
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Debt to
Consolidated EBITDAR |
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| SECTION
5.08. |
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Limitations on Liens |
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| SECTION
5.09. |
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Compliance with Laws |
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| SECTION
5.10. |
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Limitations on Subsidiary Indebtedness |
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| SECTION
5.11. |
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Transactions with Affiliates |
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| SECTION
5.12. |
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Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets |
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| SECTION
5.13. |
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Use of
Proceeds |
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ARTICLE VI |
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Events of Default and Remedies |
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6.01. |
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Events of
Default |
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| SECTION
6.02. |
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Remedies |
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| SECTION
6.03. |
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Notice of
Default |
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ARTICLE VII |
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The Administrative Agent |
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ARTICLE VIII |
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Miscellaneous |
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| SECTION 8.01. |
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Notices |
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| SECTION
8.02. |
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Waivers;
Amendments |
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| SECTION
8.03. |
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Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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| SECTION
8.04. |
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Successors and Assigns |
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8.05. |
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Survival |
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8.06. |
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Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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8.07. |
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Severability |
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| SECTION
8.08. |
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Right of
Setoff |
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8.09. |
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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8.10. |
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WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL |
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8.11. |
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Headings |
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8.12. |
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Confidentiality |
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8.13. |
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Interest
Rate Limitation |
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8.14. |
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Collateral |
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| SECTION
8.15. |
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USA
Patriot Act |
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Schedule 2.01 —
Commitments
Schedule 3.05 — Disclosed
Matters
Schedule 5.08 — Existing
Liens
EXHIBITS :
Exhibit A — Form of Assignment and
Assumption
Exhibit B-1 — Form of Opinion of
Borrower’s Counsel
Exhibit B-2 — Form of Opinion of
General Counsel
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364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT dated as of August 3, 2007 among LIMITED BRANDS,
INC., the LENDERS party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent.
The parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined
Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:
“ ABR ”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base
Rate.
“ Administrative
Agent ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity
as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“ Administrative
Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in
a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person
that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the
Person specified.
“ Alternate Base
Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the
greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day or
(b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day
plus 1 / 2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base
Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective
date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate, respectively.
“ Applicable
Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender, the
percentage of the total Commitments represented by such
Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or
expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon
the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any
assignments.
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“ Applicable
Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurodollar
Revolving Loan, or with respect to the facility fees payable
hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set
forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Spread” or
“Facility Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the
highest two of the three ratings by Fitch, S&P and
Moody’s, respectively, applicable on such date to the Index
Debt:
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Eurodollar Spread |
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Facility Fee
Rate |
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Usage £ 50% |
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Usage > 50% |
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Index Debt Ratings:
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Category 1 ³ BBB+/BBB+/
Baa1
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0.290 |
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0.340 |
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0.060 |
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Category 2
BBB/BBB/Baa2
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0.370 |
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0.420 |
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0.080 |
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Category 3
BBB-/BBB-/Baa3
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0.450 |
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0.525 |
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0.100 |
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Category 4
BB+/BB+/Ba1
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0.575 |
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0.675 |
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0.125 |
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Category 5
Lower
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0.725 |
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0.825 |
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0.175 |
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For purposes of the
foregoing, (a) if any of Fitch, S&P or Moody’s shall
not have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by
reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of
this definition) the Applicable Rate shall be determined on the
basis of the rating agency or rating agencies that do then have
ratings for the Index Debt in effect, provided that if there
are only two such ratings in effect and such ratings are not in the
same Category, then the Applicable Rate will be determined by
reference to the Category next above that of the lower of such two
ratings, (b) if none of Fitch, S&P and Moody’s has
in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the
circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition)
then the Index Debt shall be deemed to be rated in Category 5,
(c) the Index Debt shall be deemed to be rated in
Category 5 at any time that an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, (d) if all three ratings exist and the
highest two of three ratings established or deemed to have been
established by Fitch, S&P and Moody’s for the Index Debt
are not in the same Category, then the Applicable Rate will be
determined by reference to the Category of the lower of such two
ratings and (e) if the ratings established or deemed to have
been established by Fitch, S&P and Moody’s for the Index
Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the
rating system of Fitch, S&P or Moody’s), such change
shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by
the applicable rating agency. Each change in an Applicable Rate
shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of
such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the
effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of
Fitch, S&P or Moody’s shall change, or if any such rating
agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt
obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good
faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating
system, or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency
and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, each
Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most
recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
“ Assignment and
Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered
into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party
whose consent is required by Section 8.04), and accepted by
the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any
other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
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“ Availability
Period ” means the period from and including the
Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date
and the date of termination of the Commitments.
“ Board ”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States of America.
“ Borrower
” means Limited Brands, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
“ Borrowing
” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type made,
converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of
Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect
or (b) a Competitive Loan or group of Competitive Loans of the
same Type made on the same date and as to which a single Interest
Period is in effect.
“ Borrowing
Request ” means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
“ Business Day
” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day
on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or
required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used
in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “ Business
Day ” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not
open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank
market.
“ Capital Lease
Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such
Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other
arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property,
or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be
classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet
of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall
be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Change in
Control ” means (a) the acquisition of ownership,
directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or
group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder
as in effect on the date hereof) other than the Permitted Holders
of shares representing more than 30% of the aggregate ordinary
voting power represented by the issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Borrower or (b) occupation of a majority of the
seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the
Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the
board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by
directors so nominated.
“ Change in Law
” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation
after (i) with respect to any Revolving Loan or the
Commitments, the date of this Agreement or (ii) with respect
to any Competitive Loan, the date of the related Competitive Bid,
(b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority
after (i) with respect to any Revolving Loan or the
Commitments, the date of this Agreement or (ii) with respect
to any Competitive Loan, the date of the related Competitive Bid,
or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of
Section 2.14(b), by any lending office of
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such Lender or by such Lender’s
holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental
Authority made or issued after (i) with respect to any
Revolving Loan or the Commitments, the date of this Agreement or
(ii) with respect to any Competitive Loan, the date of the
related Competitive Bid.
“ Class ”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving
Loans or Competitive Loans.
“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
“ Commitment
” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such
Lender to make Revolving Loans, expressed as an amount representing
the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be
(a) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to
time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to
Section 8.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s
Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its
Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the
Lenders’ Commitments is $500,000,000.
“ Competitive
Bid ” means an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive
Loan in accordance with Section 2.04.
“ Competitive Bid
Rate ” means, with respect to any Competitive Bid, the
Margin or the Fixed Rate, as applicable, offered by the Lender
making such Competitive Bid.
“ Competitive Bid
Request ” means a request by the Borrower for Competitive
Bids in accordance with Section 2.04.
“ Competitive
Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to
Section 2.04.
“ Consolidated
Debt ” means, at any date of determination, the sum,
without duplication, of (a) the total Indebtedness of the
Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries at such date (excluding,
whether or not any ETC Entity is a Consolidated Subsidiary, any
Non-Recourse ETC Debt), (b) an amount equal to six times the
fixed minimum store rent commitments (less related sublease income)
of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for the then
current Fiscal Year, as reflected in the footnotes to the most
recent audited financial statements of the Borrower, and
(c) an amount equal to six times the fixed minimum store rent
commitments (less related sublease income) for the then current
Fiscal Year of any Person other than the Borrower or a Consolidated
Subsidiary under a lease in respect of any store to the extent that
such lease is Guaranteed or has been assumed by the Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary, if the Borrower or a Consolidated
Subsidiary has made any payments in respect of any such store rent
commitments of such Person (or any subsidiary of such Person) under
such lease in respect of such store within the period of four
consecutive fiscal
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quarters ended on or prior to such date
of determination, all determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP; provided that, for the purposes of
calculating the fixed minimum store rent commitments referred to in
clause (b) or (c) above, if on or prior to the applicable
date of determination an acquisition or disposition outside of the
ordinary course of business has occurred that has the effect of
increasing or decreasing any such fixed minimum store rent
commitments, then such fixed minimum store rent commitments shall
be determined on a pro forma basis to give effect to such
acquisition or disposition as if such acquisition or disposition
had occurred immediately prior to the commencement of the then
current Fiscal Year.
“ Consolidated
EBITDA ” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income
for such period (adjusted (i) to exclude any non-cash items
deducted or included in determining Consolidated Net Income for
such period attributable to FAS 133 – Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, FAS 142 –
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, or stock options and other
equity-linked compensation to officers, directors and employees,
and (ii) to deduct cash payments made during such period in
respect of Hedging Agreements (or other items subject to FAS 133
– Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities) to the extent not otherwise deducted in determining
Consolidated Net Income for such period) plus (a) without
duplication and to the extent deducted in determining such
Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) consolidated interest
expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income tax expense
for such period, (iii) all amounts attributable to
depreciation and amortization for such period and (iv) any
extraordinary or nonrecurring charges for such period, and minus
(b) without duplication and to the extent included in
determining such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary or
nonrecurring gains for such period, all determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that
regardless of whether any ETC Entity is a Consolidated Subsidiary,
the results of any ETC Entity shall be included in Consolidated
EBITDA to the extent (and only to the extent) actually distributed
(directly or indirectly) by such ETC Entity to the Borrower or
another Consolidated Subsidiary that is not an ETC
Entity.
“ Consolidated
EBITDAR ” means, for any period, Consolidated EBITDA for
such period plus, without duplication and to the extent deducted in
the determination of such Consolidated EBITDA, consolidated fixed
minimum store rental expense for such period, all determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that,
if on or prior to the applicable date of determination of
Consolidated EBITDAR, an acquisition or disposition outside of the
ordinary course of business has occurred that has the effect of
increasing or decreasing Consolidated EBITDAR, then Consolidated
EBITDAR shall be determined on a pro forma basis to give effect to
such acquisition or disposition as if such acquisition or
disposition had occurred immediately prior to the commencement of
the period for which Consolidated EBITDAR is to be
determined.
“ Consolidated Fixed
Charges ” means, for any period, the sum of
(a) consolidated interest expense, both expensed and
capitalized (including the interest component in respect of Capital
Lease Obligations but excluding any interest expense in respect of
Indebtedness of any ETC Entity, except to the extent actually paid
by the Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary other than, if it is
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Consolidated Subsidiary, any ETC
Entity), of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for such
period, plus (b) consolidated fixed minimum store rental
expense of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for such
period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP; provided that, if on or prior to the applicable date
of determination of Consolidated Fixed Charges, an acquisition or
disposition outside of the ordinary course of business has occurred
that has the effect of increasing or decreasing Consolidated Fixed
Charges, then Consolidated Fixed Charges shall be determined on a
pro forma basis to give effect to such acquisition or disposition
as if such acquisition or disposition had occurred immediately
prior to the commencement of the period for which Consolidated
Fixed Charges is to be determined.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” means, for any period, the net income or loss of
the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Consolidated
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary (other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary), the accounts of which are, or are
required to be, consolidated with those of the Borrower in the
Borrower’s periodic reports filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
“ Control
” means, with respect to a specified Person, the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the
direction of, the management or policies of such Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “
Controlled ” have correlative meanings.
“ Default
” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of
Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless
cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“ Disclosed
Matters ” means the actions, suits and proceedings and
the environmental matters disclosed in
Schedule 3.05.
“ dollars
” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the
United States of America.
“ Effective Date
” means the date upon which each of the conditions set forth
in Section 4.01 is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
8.02).
“ Environmental
Laws ” means all applicable laws, rules, regulations,
codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions or
binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any
Governmental Authority, relating to the environment, preservation
or reclamation of natural resources or the management, release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Material.
“ Environmental
Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental
remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or
any Consolidated Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from
or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law,
(b) the generation, use, handling, transportation,
storage,
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treatment or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials,
(d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement
or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is
assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“ Equity
Interests ” means shares of capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interests in a limited liability company,
beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests
in a Person.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a
single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code
or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
“ ETC Entity
” means (i) Easton Town Center, LLC and (ii) any
Person substantially all of the assets of which consist of
(x) some or all of the assets held by Easton Town Center, LLC
at any time prior to the Effective Date or (y) equity
interests in or debt of Easton Town Center, LLC or any Person
described in subclause (x) or this subclause (y) of this
clause (ii).
“ Eurodollar
”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are
bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to a LIBO
Rate.
“ Event of
Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Article VI.
“ Excluded Taxes
” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender
or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account
of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or
franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the
United States of America, (b) income, franchise or similar
taxes imposed by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such
recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located
or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending
office is located, or which are imposed by reason of any present or
former connection between such Lender and the jurisdiction imposing
such taxes, other than solely as a result of this Agreement or any
Loan or transaction contemplated hereby, (c) any branch
profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any
similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in
clause (a) or (b) above and (d) in the case of a
Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the
Borrower under Section 2.18(b)), any withholding tax that
(i) is in effect and would apply to amounts payable to such
Foreign Lender under applicable law at the time such Foreign Lender
becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending
office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its
assignor, if any) was entitled, under applicable law at the time of
designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to any
withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.16(a), or (ii) is
attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with
Section 2.16(e).
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“ Federal Funds
Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the
Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published
for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such
day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from
three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
“ Financial
Officer ” means the chief financial officer, principal
accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the
Borrower.
“ Fiscal Year
” means the fiscal year of the Borrower which shall commence
on the Sunday following the Saturday on or nearest (whether
following or preceding) January 31 of one calendar year and
end on the Saturday on or nearest (whether following or preceding)
January 31 of the following calendar year.
“ Fitch ”
means Fitch Ratings, Inc.
“ Fixed Rate
” means, with respect to any Competitive Loan (other than a
Eurodollar Competitive Loan), the fixed rate of interest per annum
specified by the Lender making such Competitive Loan in its related
Competitive Bid.
“ Fixed Rate
Loan ” means a Competitive Loan bearing interest at a
Fixed Rate.
“ Foreign Lender
” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For
purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each
State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to
constitute a single jurisdiction.
“ GAAP ”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means the government of the United States of
America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof,
whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.
“ Guarantee
” of or by any Person (the “ guarantor ”)
means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor
guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any
Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “
primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct
or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or
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advance or supply funds for the purchase
or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase
(or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security
for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof,
(c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other
financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor
so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or
other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any
letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such
Indebtedness or obligation; provided , that the term
Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit
in the ordinary course of business.
“ Hazardous
Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances
or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other
pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos
or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon
gas, infectious or medical wastes in each case which are regulated
pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“ Hedging
Agreement ” means any interest rate protection agreement,
foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection
agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity
price hedging arrangement.
“ Indebtedness
” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person in
respect of the deferred purchase price of property (other than
inventory) or services (excluding accruals and trade accounts
payable arising in the ordinary course of business), (d) all
Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on property owned or
acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured
thereby has been assumed, (e) all Guarantees by such Person of
Indebtedness of others, (f) all Capital Lease Obligations of
such Person and (g) all obligations, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances.
“ Indemnified
Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and Other
Taxes.
“ Index Debt
” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for
borrowed money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other
Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.
“ Information
Memorandum ” means the Confidential Information
Memorandum to be prepared in connection with the syndication of the
credit facility provided for in this Agreement relating to the
Borrower and the Transactions.
“ Interest Election
Request ” means a request by the Borrower to convert or
continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with
Section 2.07.
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“ Interest Payment
Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the
last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with
respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period
applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in
the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more
than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day
of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three
months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period
and (c) with respect to any Fixed Rate Loan, the last day of
the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan
is a part and, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing with an
Interest Period of more than 90 days’ duration (unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request),
each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs
at intervals of 90 days’ duration after the first day of such
Interest Period, and any other dates that are specified in the
applicable Competitive Bid Request as Interest Payment Dates with
respect to such Borrowing.
“ Interest
Period ” means (a) with respect to any Eurodollar
Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and
ending on (i) the date that is one or two weeks thereafter or
(ii) the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, in each case
as the Borrower may elect and (b) with respect to any Fixed
Rate Borrowing, the period (which shall not be less than seven days
or more than 180 days) commencing on the date of such
Borrowing and ending on the date specified in the applicable
Competitive Bid Request; provided , that (i) if any
Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day unless, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest
Period of an integral number of months only, such next succeeding
Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day,
(ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing
with an Interest Period of an integral number of months that
commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day
for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last
calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and
(iii) any Interest Period that would otherwise end after the
Maturity Date will end on the Maturity Date. For purposes hereof,
the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such
Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing,
thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent
conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“ Lenders
” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any
other Person that shall have become a party hereto
(i) pursuant to an accession agreement as contemplated in
Section 2.08(d) or (ii) pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption as contemplated in Section 8.04(b), other than any
such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an
Assignment and Assumption.
“ LIBO Rate
” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any
Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Dow Jones
Market Service (or on any successor or substitute page of such
Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service,
providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on
such page of such Service, as determined by the Administrative
Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of
interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London
interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as
the rate
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for dollar deposits with a maturity
comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is
not available at such time for any reason, then the “ LIBO
Rate ” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such
Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of
$5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period
are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market
at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days
prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“ Lien ”
means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust,
lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security
interest in, on or of such asset.
“ Loans ”
means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to
this Agreement.
“ Margin ”
means, with respect to any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a
rate based on a LIBO Rate, the marginal rate of interest, if any,
to be added to or subtracted from a LIBO Rate to determine the rate
of interest applicable to such Loan, as specified by the Lender
making such Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, financial position or results of operations of the
Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
(b) the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement or (c) the rights of or
benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement.
“ Material
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans),
or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any
one or more of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in an
aggregate principal amount exceeding $100,000,000. For purposes of
determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal
amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any
time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any
netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Consolidated
Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were
terminated at such time.
“ Maturity Date
” means the date that is 364 days after the Effective
Date.
“ Minority Interest
Disposition ” means a sale, transfer or other disposition
by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (including the issuer
thereof) of up to 20% of the Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of
the Borrower.
“ Moody’s
” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
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“ Non-Recourse ETC
Debt ” means any Indebtedness of any ETC Entity, except
to the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by, or otherwise
recourse to, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary that is not an
ETC Entity.
“ Other Taxes
” means any and all present or future recording, stamp,
documentary, excise, property or similar taxes, charges or levies
imposed by the United States of America or any political
subdivision thereof arising from any payment made hereunder or from
the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement.
“ PBGC ”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and
defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar
functions.
“ Permitted
Encumbrances ” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for
taxes that are not yet due;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s,
repairmen’s , landlord’s and other like Liens imposed
by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing
obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days;
(c) pledges and deposits made
in the ordinary course of business in compliance with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other
social security laws or regulations;
(d) deposits to secure the
performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course
of business;
(e) judgment liens in respect
of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under
clause (j) of Section 6.01;
(f) easements, zoning
restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real
property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of
business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not
materially detract from the value of the affected property or
interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary;
(g) Liens in favor of sellers
of goods arising under Article 2 of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code or similar provisions of applicable law in the
ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold and
securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related
expenses; and
(h) Liens securing
obligations in respect of trade letters of credit, provided that
such Liens do not extend to any property other than the goods
financed or paid for with such letters of credit, documents of
title in respect thereof and proceeds thereof;
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provided that the term
“Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien
securing Indebtedness.
“ Permitted
Holders ” means Leslie H. Wexner, all descendants of any
of his grandparents, any spouse or former spouse of any of the
foregoing, any descendant of any such spouse or former spouse, the
estate of any of the foregoing, any trust for the benefit, in whole
or in part, of one or more of the foregoing and any corporation,
limited liability company, partnership or other entity Controlled
by one or more of the foregoing.
“ Person ”
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership,
Governmental Authority or other entity.
“ Plan ”
means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer
Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in
respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if
such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA
be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“ Prime Rate
” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced
from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in
effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the
Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such
change is publicly announced as being effective.
“ Register
” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.04.
“ Related
Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person,
such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors,
officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such
Person’s Affiliates.
“ Required
Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving
Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50%
of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused
Commitments at such time; provided that, for purposes of
declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Article VI,
and for all purposes after the Loans become due and payable
pursuant to Article VI or the Commitments expire or terminate,
the outstanding Competitive Loans of the Lenders shall be included
in their respective Revolving Credit Exposures in determining the
Required Lenders.
“ Revolving Credit
Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time,
the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Loans at such time.
“ Revolving Loan
” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03.
“ S&P
” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services.
“ Specified Date
” means March 22, 2006.
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“ Statutory Reserve
Percentage ” means for any day the percentage (expressed
as a decimal) that is in effect on such day, as prescribed by the
Board, for determining the maximum reserve requirement for a member
bank of the Federal Reserve System for eurocurrency funding
(currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in
Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentage shall
include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. The
Statutory Reserve Percentage shall be adjusted automatically on and
as of the effective date of any change in any reserve
percentage.
“ subsidiary
” means, with respect to any Person (the “
parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, association or other entity the
accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in
the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such
financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of
such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which
securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50%
of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in
the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership
interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or
(b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the
parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent
and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“ Subsidiary
” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
“ Taxes ”
means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental
Authority.
“ Test Date
” means, if at the time the rating of any two of Fitch,
S&P and Moody’s with respect to the Index Debt (or if any
such rating agency does not provide a rating with respect to the
Index Debt, either of such other two rating agencies) shall be less
than BBB–, BBB– or Baa3 and the rating of the other
such rating agency with respect to the Index Debt shall not be at
least BBB–, BBB– or Baa3 (with, in the case of a rating
of BBB–, BBB– or Baa3, stable outlook), or if there
shall not be a rating in effect from such other rating agency of
the Index Debt, the date of any Borrowing hereunder (other than a
Borrowing made hereunder solely for the purpose of paying maturing
commercial paper of the Borrower).
“ Transactions
” means the execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans and the use of
the proceeds thereof.
“ Type ”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, is determined by reference to the LIBO Rate, the
Alternate Base Rate or a Fixed Rate.
“ Unfunded
Liabilities ” means, with respect to any Plan at any
time, the amount (if any) by which (a) the present value of
all benefits under such Plan exceeds (b) the fair market value
of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of
the then most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only
(i) to the extent that such excess represents a potential
liability of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to the PBGC or any
other Person under Title IV of ERISA or (ii) with respect to a
Plan which is a Multiemployer Plan as described in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to the extent of the Unfunded
Liabilities of such Plan allocable to the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate under Section 4212 of ERISA.
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“ Unrestricted
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in a written notice sent at any time after
the date of this Agreement by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent which is engaged (a) primarily in the business of making
or discounting loans, making advances, extending credit or
providing financial accommodation to, or purchasing the obligations
of, others; (b) primarily in the business of insuring property
against loss and subject to regulation as an insurance company by
any Governmental Authority; (c) exclusively in the business of
owning or leasing, and operating, aircraft and/or trucks;
(d) primarily in the ownership, management, leasing or
operation of real estate, other than parcels of real estate with
respect to which 51% or more of the rentable space is used by the
Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary in the normal course of
business; or (e) primarily as a carrier transporting goods in
both intrastate and interstate commerce, provided that
(i) the Borrower may by notice to the Administrative Agent
change the designation of any Subsidiary described in subparagraphs
(a) through (e) above, but may do so only once during the
term of this Agreement, (ii) the designation of a Subsidiary
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary more than 30 days after the creation
or acquisition of such Subsidiary where such Subsidiary was not
specifically so designated within such 30 days shall be deemed
to be the only permitted change in designation and
(iii) immediately after the Borrower designates any Subsidiary
whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary or changes the designation of a Subsidiary
from an Unrestricted Subsidiary to a Consolidated Subsidiary, the
Borrower and all Consolidated Subsidiaries would be in compliance
with all of the provisions of this Agreement.
“ Value ”
means, when used in Section 6.01(e) with respect to
investments in and advances to a Consolidated Subsidiary, the book
value thereof immediately before the relevant event or events
referred to in Section 6.01(e) occurred with respect to such
Consolidated Subsidiary.
“ Withdrawal
Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a
result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer
Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E
of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02.
Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this
Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (
e.g. , a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (
e.g. , a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type
( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan”).
Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (
e.g. , a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (
e.g. , a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and
Type ( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing”).
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SECTION 1.03. Terms
Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally
to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding
masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The word
“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set
forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any
particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to
refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to,
this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and
“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
SECTION 1.04. Accounting
Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time;
provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative
Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision
hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the
date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation
of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any
provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such
notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the
application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on
the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such
change shall have become effective until such notice shall have
been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance
herewith.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01.
Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower
from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate
principal amount that (after giving effect to the making of such
Revolving Loans and any concurrent repayment of Loans) will not
result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure
exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the sum of the
total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Competitive Loans exceeding the total
Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay
and reborrow Revolving Loans.
SECTION 2.02. Loans and
Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part
of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders
ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. Each
Competitive Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures
set forth in Section 2.04. The failure of any Lender to make
any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other
Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the
Commitments and Competitive Bids of the Lenders are several and no
Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to
make Loans as required.
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(b) Subject to
Section 2.13, (i) each Revolving Borrowing shall be
comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower
may request in accordance herewith, and (ii) each Competitive
Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Eurodollar Loans or Fixed
Rate Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each
Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any
domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such
Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not
affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) At the commencement of
each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such
Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $20,000,000. At the time
that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be
in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000
and not less than $20,000,000; provided that an ABR
Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to
the entire unused balance of the total Commitments. Each
Competitive Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $20,000,000.
Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at
the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be
more than a total of 12 Eurodollar Revolving Borrowings
outstanding.
SECTION 2.03. Requests for
Revolving Borrowings. To request a Revolving Borrowing, the
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by
telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later
than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days
before the date of the proposed Borrowing and (b) in the case
of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic
Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed
promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent
of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such
telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the
following information in compliance with
Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate amount of
the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such
Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing
is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
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(iv) in the case of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable
thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of
the term “Interest Period”; and
(v) the location and number
of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed,
which shall comply with the requirements of
Section 2.06.
If no election as to the Type of
Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving
Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is
specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an
Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following
receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details
thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as
part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Competitive
Bid Procedure. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, from time to time during the Availability Period the
Borrower may request Competitive Bids and may (but shall not have
any obligation to) accept Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive
Loans; provided that the sum of the total Revolving Credit
Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Competitive Loans at any time (after giving effect to the borrowing
of such Competitive Loans and any concurrent repayment of Loans)
shall not exceed the total Commitments. To request Competitive
Bids, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such
request by telephone, (a) in the case of a Eurodollar
Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, four
Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and
(b) in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than
10:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of
the proposed Borrowing; provided that the Borrower may
submit up to (but not more than) five Competitive Bid Requests on
the same day, but a Competitive Bid Request shall not be made
within three Business Days after the date of any previous
Competitive Bid Request, unless any and all such previous
Competitive Bid Requests shall have been withdrawn or all
Competitive Bids received in response thereto rejected. Each such
telephonic Competitive Bid Request shall be confirmed promptly by
hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written
Competitive Bid Request in a form approved by the Administrative
Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written
Competitive Bid Request shall specify the following information in
compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate amount of
the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such
Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing
is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing or a Fixed Rate
Borrowing;
(iv) the Interest Period to
be applicable to such Borrowing, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest
Period”; and
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(v) the location and number
of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed,
which shall comply with the requirements of
Section 2.06.
Promptly following receipt of a
Competitive Bid Request in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of the details
thereof by telecopy, inviting the Lenders to submit Competitive
Bids.
(b) Each Lender may (but
shall not have any obligation to) make one or more Competitive Bids
to the Borrower in response to a Competitive Bid Request. Each
Competitive Bid by a Lender must be in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent and must be received by the Administrative
Agent by telecopy, (x) in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive
Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, three
Business Days before the proposed date of such Competitive
Borrowing and (y) in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not
later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the proposed date
of such Competitive Borrowing. Competitive Bids that do not conform
substantially to the form approved by the Administrative Agent may
be rejected by the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative
Agent shall notify the applicable Lender as promptly as
practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall specify (i) the
principal amount (which shall be a minimum of $5,000,000 and an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and which may equal the entire
principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing requested by the
Borrower) of the Competitive Loan or Loans that the Lender is
willing to make, (ii) the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates at
which the Lender is prepared to make such Loan or Loans (expressed
as a percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no more
than four decimal places) and (iii) the Interest Period
applicable to each such Loan and the last day thereof.
(c) The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Borrower by telecopy of the Competitive
Bid Rate and the principal amount specified in each Competitive Bid
and the identity of the Lender that shall have made such
Competitive Bid.
(d) Subject only to the
provisions of this paragraph, the Borrower may accept or reject any
Competitive Bid. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent
by telephone, confirmed by telecopy in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent, whether and to what extent it has decided to
accept or reject each Competitive Bid, (x) in the case of a
Eurodollar Competitive Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m.,
New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the
proposed Competitive Borrowing and (y) in the case of a Fixed
Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time,
on the proposed date of the Competitive Borrowing; provided
that (i) the failure of the Borrower to give such notice shall
be deemed to be a rejection of each Competitive Bid, (ii) the
Borrower shall not accept a Competitive Bid made at a particular
Competitive Bid Rate if the Borrower rejects a Competitive Bid made
at a lower Competitive Bid Rate, (iii) the aggregate amount of
the Competitive Bids accepted by the Borrower shall not exceed the
aggregate amount of the requested Competitive Borrowing specified
in the related Competitive Bid Request, (iv) to the extent
necessary to comply with clause (iii) above, the Borrower may
accept Competitive Bids at the same Competitive Bid Rate in part,
which acceptance, in the case of multiple Competitive Bids at such
Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in accordance
with
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the amount of each such Competitive Bid,
and (v) except pursuant to clause (iv) above, no
Competitive Bid shall be accepted for a Competitive Loan unless
such Competitive Loan is in a minimum principal amount of
$5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000; provided
further that if a Competitive Loan must be in an amount less
than $5,000,000 because of the provisions of clause
(iv) above, such Competitive Loan may be for a minimum of
$1,000,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and in calculating the
pro rata allocation of acceptances of portions of multiple
Competitive Bids at a particular Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to
clause (iv) the amounts shall be rounded to integral multiples
of $1,000,000 in a manner determined by the Borrower. A notice
given by the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph shall be
irrevocable.
(e) The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each bidding Lender by telecopy whether or
not its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and, if so, the amount
and Competitive Bid Rate so accepted), and each successful bidder
will thereupon become bound, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, to make the Competitive Loan in respect of which its
Competitive Bid has been accepted.
(f) If the Administrative
Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity as a
Lender, it shall submit such Competitive Bid directly to the
Borrower at least one quarter of an hour earlier than the time by
which the other Lenders are required to submit their Competitive
Bids to the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (b) of
this Section.
SECTION 2.05.
Reserved.
SECTION 2.06. Funding of
Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be
made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer
of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time,
to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated
by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative
Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly
crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of
the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York
City and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing
Request or Competitive Bid Request.
(b) Unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the
proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make
available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of
such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance
with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon
such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding
amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share
of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent,
then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay
to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding
amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the
date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding
the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the
case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective
Rate and a rate determined by the
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Administrative Agent in accordance with
banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in
the case of the Borrower, the greater of the interest rate
applicable to the Loans of the other Lenders included in the
applicable Borrowing and a rate determined by the Administrative
Agent to equal its cost of funds for funding such amount. If such
Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such
amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such
Borrowing.
SECTION 2.07. Interest
Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be
of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in
the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial
Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter,
the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different
Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar
Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as
provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options
with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in
which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the
Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans
comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate
Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Competitive Borrowings,
which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To make an election
pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that
a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if
the Borrower were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type
resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of
such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall
be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election
Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed
by the Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and
written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which
such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options
are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the
portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in
which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses
(iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each
resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of
the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which
shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting
Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
and
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(iv) if the resulting
Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to
be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which
shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
“Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request
requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest
Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an
Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly following
receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent
shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such
Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Borrower fails to
deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as
provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing
shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing.
SECTION 2.08. Termination
and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless previously
terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity
Date.
(b) The Borrower may at any
time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments;
provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments
shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000
and not less than $25,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not
terminate or reduce the Commitments if, after giving effect to any
concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with
Section 2.10, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures plus
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans
would exceed the total Commitments.
(c) The Borrower shall notify
the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the
Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three
Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or
reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof.
Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent
shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice
delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be
irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the
Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is
conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in
which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to
the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective
date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or
reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of
the Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in
accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 2.09.
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay
(i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender
the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the
Maturity Date and (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender that shall have made any Competitive Loan
the then unpaid principal amount of each Competitive Loan of such
Lender on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such
Loan.
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(b) Each Lender shall
maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender
resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts
of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time
to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent
shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the
amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and
the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable
from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the
amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder
for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share
thereof.
(d) The entries made in the
accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of
this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence
and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided
that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to
maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner
affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request
that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such
event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such
Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or,
if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered
assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and
interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment
pursuant to Section 8.04) be represented by one or more
promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee
named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to
such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION 2.10. Prepayment
of Loans. (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any
time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in
part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph
(b) of this Section; provided that the Borrower shall
not have the right to prepay any Competitive Loan without the prior
consent of the Lender thereof.
(b) The Borrower shall notify
the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of
any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York
City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment and
(ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing,
not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of
prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify
the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or
portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of
prepayment is given in connection
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with a conditional notice of termination
of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.08, then such
notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination
is revoked in accordance with Section 2.08. Promptly following
receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents
thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall
be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance
of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in
Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall
be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.
Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent
required by Section 2.12.
SECTION 2.11. Fees.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Lender a facility fee, which shall accrue at
the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the Commitment of such
Lender (whether used or unused) during the period from and
including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which
such Commitment terminates; provided that, if such Lender
continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after its
Commitment terminates, then such facility fee shall continue to
accrue on the daily amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Exposure from and including the date on which its Commitment
terminates to but excluding the date on which such Lender ceases to
have any Revolving Credit Exposure. Accrued facility fees shall be
payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and
December of each year and on the Maturity Date, commencing on the
first such date to occur after the date hereof; provided
that any facility fees accruing after the Maturity Date shall be
payable on demand. All facility fees shall be computed on the basis
of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of
days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last
day).
(b) Reserved.
(c) The Borrower agrees to
pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account and for the
account of the initial Lenders, fees in the amounts and at the
times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the
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