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Exhibit
99.2
EXECUTION
COUNTERPART
U.S.
$1,000,000,000
5-YEAR REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 24,
2004
Among
UNION PACIFIC
CORPORATION,
as Borrower
THE BANKS PARTY
HERETO,
as Banks
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES
INC.,
as Advisor, Lead
Arranger
and Bookrunner
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Co-Syndication
Agents
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST
BOSTON,
BNP PARIBAS,
as Co-Documentation
Agents
and
JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK,
as Administrative
Agent
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
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| DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS |
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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 |
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| AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE
ADVANCES |
| AND SPECIAL RATE LOANS |
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SECTION 2.01.
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The Contract Advances; Special Rate
Loans
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SECTION 2.02.
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Making the Contract Advances
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SECTION 2.03.
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The Auction Advances
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SECTION 2.04.
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Conversion and Continuation of Contract
Borrowings
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SECTION 2.05.
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Fees
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SECTION 2.06.
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Optional Reduction of the
Commitments
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SECTION 2.07.
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Repayment of Advances and Special Rate
Loans; Prepayment
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SECTION 2.08.
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Interest
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SECTION 2.09.
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Interest Rate Determination
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SECTION 2.10.
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Alternate Rate of Interest
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SECTION 2.11.
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Increased Costs; Increased
Capital
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SECTION 2.12.
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Additional Interest on Eurodollar Rate
Advances
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SECTION 2.13.
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Change in Legality
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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 on Payments
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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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Removal of a Bank
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| ARTICLE III |
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| CONDITIONS OF LENDING |
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SECTION 3.01.
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Conditions Precedent to Initial
Borrowing
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SECTION 3.02.
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Conditions Precedent to Each
Borrowing
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| ARTICLE IV |
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| REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 4.01.
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Representations and Warranties of the
Borrower
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| ARTICLE V |
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| COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER |
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SECTION 5.01.
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Affirmative Covenants
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SECTION 5.02.
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Negative Covenants
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| ARTICLE VI |
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| EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 6.01.
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Events of Default
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| ARTICLE VII |
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| THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
ETC. |
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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 Agent's Reliance,
Etc.
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SECTION 7.03.
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JPMCB and Affiliates
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SECTION 7.04.
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Bank 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
Agent
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 8.01.
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Amendments, Etc.
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SECTION 8.02.
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Notices, Etc.
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SECTION 8.03.
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No Waiver; Remedies
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SECTION 8.04.
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Costs, Expenses and Taxes
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SECTION 8.05.
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Right of Set-off
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SECTION 8.06.
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Binding Effect
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SECTION 8.07.
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Assignments and
Participations
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SECTION 8.08.
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Governing Law
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SECTION 8.09.
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Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of
Process; Jury Trial
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SECTION 8.10.
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Treatment of Certain Information;
Confidentiality
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SECTION 8.11.
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Execution in Counterparts
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SECTION 8.12.
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Indemnification
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(ii)
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Schedule I
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List of Applicable Lending
Offices
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Schedule II
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List of Existing Mortgages
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Exhibit A-1
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Form of Notice of Contract
Borrowing
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Exhibit A-2
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Form of Notice of Auction
Borrowing
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Exhibit B
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Form of Assignment and
Acceptance
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Exhibit C
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Form of Opinion of Counsel for the
Borrower
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Exhibit D
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Form of Opinion of Counsel to the
Administrative Agent
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(iii)
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT,
dated as of March 24, 2004, among UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION, a Utah
corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the banks listed
on the signature pages hereof and any other banks which from time
to time become parties hereto pursuant to Section 2.17 or 8.07 of
this Agreement (all such banks being referred to herein
collectively as the “ Banks ”), and JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, as agent for the purposes hereinafter provided (in such
capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the
“ Administrative Agent ”) for the Banks
hereunder.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
SECTION 1.01. Certain
Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined):
“ Adjusted CD
Rate ” means, for each Adjusted CD Rate Advance
comprising part of the same Contract Borrowing, an interest rate
per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%)
equal to the sum of (a) a rate per annum equal to the product of
(i) the Fixed CD Rate in effect for the Interest Period then
applicable to such Advance and (ii) 1.00 plus the Domestic Reserve
Percentage, plus (b) the Assessment Rate. For purposes hereof, the
term “ Fixed CD Rate ” shall mean the arithmetic
average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of
the prevailing rates per annum bid at or about 10:00 a.m. (New York
City time) to each Reference Bank on the first Business Day of the
Interest Period then applicable to such Contract Borrowing by three
New York City negotiable certificate of deposit dealers of
recognized standing for the purchase at face value of negotiable
certificates of deposit of such Reference Bank in a principal
amount approximately equal to such Reference Bank’s portion
of such Contract Borrowing and with a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period.
“ Adjusted CD Rate
Advance ” means a Contract Advance that bears interest
based on the Adjusted CD Rate.
“ Administrative
Questionnaire ” means an administrative questionnaire in
a form supplied by the Administrative Agent, copies of which
completed by the Banks shall be made available to the Borrower by
the Administrative Agent promptly after receipt thereof by the
Administrative Agent.
“ Advance
” means any Contract Advance or Auction Advance.
“ Agreement
” means this Agreement, as amended, modified and supplemented
from time to time, including, without limitation, any such
supplement in respect of Auction Advances under Section
2.03(a)(v).
“ Alternate Base
Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the
greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Base
CD Rate in effect on such day plus 1% and (c) the Federal Funds
Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. For purposes
hereof: “ Prime Rate ” shall mean the rate of
interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as
its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City;
each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such
change is publicly announced as
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effective. “ Base CD Rate
” shall mean the sum of (a) the product of (i) the
Three-Month Secondary CD Rate and (ii) 1.00 plus the Domestic
Reserve Percentage and (b) the Assessment Rate. “
Three-Month Secondary CD Rate ” shall mean, for any
day, the secondary market rate for three-month certificates of
deposit reported as being in effect on such day (or, if such day
shall not be a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System through the
public information telephone line of the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York (which rate will, under the current practices of such
Board, be published in Federal Reserve Statistical Release
H.15(519) during the week following such day), or, if such rate
shall not be so reported on such day or such next preceding
Business Day, the average of the secondary market quotations for
three-month certificates of deposit of major money center banks in
New York City received at approximately 10:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on such day (or, if such day shall not be a Business Day, on
the next preceding Business Day) by the Administrative Agent from
three New York City negotiable certificate of deposit dealers of
recognized standing selected by it. If for any reason the
Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to
ascertain the Base CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate or
both for any reason, including the inability of the Administrative
Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms
hereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard
to clause (b) or (c), or both, of the first sentence of this
definition, as appropriate, until the circumstances giving rise to
such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base
Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Three-Month Secondary
CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on
the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the
Three-Month Secondary CD Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
“ Alternate Base
Rate Advance ” means a Contract Advance which bears
interest computed at the Alternate Base Rate.
“ Applicable Fee
Percentage ” means, on any date, the percentage set forth
below opposite the Category with respect to which the Applicable
Margin is determined on such date:
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Category
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Applicable Fee Percentage
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Category 1
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0.08 |
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Category 2
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0.10 |
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Category 3
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0.125 |
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Category 4
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0.15 |
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Category 5
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0.20 |
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Category 6
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0.25 |
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“ Applicable Lending
Office ” means, with respect to each Bank, such
Bank’s Domestic Lending Office in the case of an Alternate
Base Rate Advance, such Bank’s CD Lending Office in the case
of an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, such Bank’s Eurodollar
Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance
and, in the case of an Auction Advance, the office or affiliate of
such Bank notified by such Bank to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent as such Bank’s Applicable Lending Office
with respect to such Auction Advance.
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“ Applicable
Margin ” means, with respect to Adjusted CD Rate Advances
and Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances on any date, the applicable
percentage set forth below for such Type of Advance under the
caption “Applicable Margin” based upon the ratings
applicable on such date to the Borrower’s senior, unsecured,
non-credit-enhanced long term indebtedness for borrowed money
(“ Index Debt ”):
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Applicable Margin
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Ratings
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Adjusted CD
Rate
Advances
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Eurodollar
Rate
Contract
Advances
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Category 1
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Equal to or higher than A by S&P; or
Equal to or higher than A2 by Moody’s
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0.345 |
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0.22 |
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Category 2
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Equal to A- by S&P; or Equal to A3
by Moody’s
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0.425 |
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0.30 |
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Category 3
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Equal to BBB+ by S&P; or Equal to
Baa1 by Moody’s
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0.50 |
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0.375 |
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Category 4
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Equal to BBB by S&P; or Equal to
Baa2 by Moody’s
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0.60 |
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0.475 |
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Category 5
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Equal to BBB- by S&P; or Equal to
Baa3 by Moody’s
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0.675 |
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0.55 |
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Category 6
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Equal to or lower than BB+ by S&P;
and Equal to or lower than Ba1 by Moody’s
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0.875 |
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0.75 |
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For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if
neither Moody’s nor S&P shall have in effect a rating for
Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to
in the last sentence of this definition), then both such rating
agencies will be deemed to have established ratings for Index Debt
in Category 6; (ii) if only one of Moody’s or S&P shall
have in effect a rating for Index Debt, the Borrower and the Banks
will negotiate in good faith to agree upon another rating agency to
be substituted by an amendment to this Agreement for the rating
agency which shall not have a rating in effect, and in the absence
of such amendment the Applicable Margin will be determined by
reference to the available rating; (iii) if any rating established
by Moody’s or S&P shall be changed (other than as a
result of a change in the rating system of either Moody’s or
S&P) such change shall be effective as of the date on which
such change is first announced by the rating agency making such
change; and (iv) if the ratings of the Index Debt established by
Moody’s and S&P should fall within different Categories,
the Applicable Margin (and, accordingly, the Applicable Fee
Percentage) shall be determined by reference to the numerically
lower Category (where Category 1 is the lowest such Category and
Category 6 is the highest). Each change in the Applicable Margin
(and, accordingly, the Applicable Fee Percentage) shall apply
during the period commencing on the effective date of such change
and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of
the next such change. If the rating system of either Moody’s
or S&P shall change prior to the Termination Date, the Borrower
and the Banks shall negotiate in good faith to amend the references
to specific ratings in this definition to reflect such changed
rating system. If both Moody’s and S&P shall cease to be
in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower
and the Banks shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon a
substitute rating agency and to amend the references to specific
ratings in this definition to reflect the ratings used by such
substitute rating agency.
“ Applicable
Rate ” means:
(i) with respect to Adjusted
CD Rate Advances, the Adjusted CD Rate plus the Applicable
Margin;
(ii) with respect to
Alternate Base Rate Advances, the Alternate Base Rate;
and
(iii) with respect to
Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances, the Eurodollar Rate plus the
Applicable Margin.
“ Assessment
Rate ” means for any date the annual rate (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) most recently
estimated by the Administrative Agent as the then current net
annual assessment rate that will be employed in determining amounts
payable by the Bank then serving as Administrative Agent to the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor) for
insurance by such Corporation (or such successor) of time deposits
made in dollars at such Bank’s domestic offices.
“ Assignment and
Acceptance ” means an assignment and acceptance entered
into by a Bank and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the
Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit B
hereto.
“ Auction
Advance ” means an advance by a Bank to the Borrower as
part of an Auction Borrowing resulting from the auction bidding
procedure described in Section 2.03, and refers to a Fixed Rate
Auction Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Auction Advance.
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“ Auction
Borrowing ” means a Borrowing consisting of simultaneous
Auction Advances of the same Type from each of the Banks whose
offer to make an Auction Advance as part of such Borrowing has been
accepted by the Borrower under the auction bidding procedure
described in Section 2.03.
“ Auction
Reduction ” means, as to any Bank as at any date, an
amount equal to such Bank’s pro rata (in accordance with the
Commitments) share of the aggregate amount of all Auction Advances
outstanding on such date (giving effect to the payment of any
Auction Advances to be made on such date).
“ Borrowing
” means a Contract Borrowing or an Auction
Borrowing.
“ Business Day
” means a day of the year on which banks are not required or
authorized to close in New York City and, if the applicable
Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, on which
dealings in dollar deposits are carried on in the London interbank
market.
“ Category
” means Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, Category 4,
Category 5 or Category 6.
“ Category 1
”, “ Category 2 ”, “ Category
3 ”, “ Category 4 ”, “
Category 5 ” and “ Category 6 ”
have the meanings specified in the definition of “Applicable
Margin” in this Section 1.01.
“ CD Lending
Office ” means, with respect to any Bank, the office or
affiliate of such Bank specified as its “CD Lending
Office” on its Administrative Questionnaire, or such other
office or affiliate of such Bank as such Bank may from time to time
specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“ Closing Date
” means the date of this Agreement.
“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be amended
from time to time.
“ Commitment
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“ Contract
Advance ” means an advance by a Bank to the Borrower as
part of a Contract Borrowing and refers to an Adjusted CD Rate
Advance, an Alternate Base Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Rate
Contract Advance.
“ Contract
Borrowing ” means a Borrowing consisting of simultaneous
Contract Advances of the same Type made ratably by all of the Banks
pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
“ Debt ”
means (i) indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) obligations
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
(iii) obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property
(excluding obligations under agreements for the purchase of goods
in the normal course of business, but including obligations under
agreements relating to the issuance of performance letters of
credit or acceptance financing), (iv) obligations as lessee under
leases which shall have been or should be, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital
leases, (v) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in
respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase
or
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otherwise acquire, or otherwise to
assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or
obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i)
through (iv) above and (vi) liabilities in respect of unfunded
vested benefits under Plans covered by Title IV of ERISA;
provided that (x) for the purposes of Section 5.02(a),
“Debt” means only indebtedness for borrowed money
(however evidenced) and (y) for the purposes of Section 6.01(e),
“Debt” means only (1) the obligations described in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and (2) the obligations described
in clause (v) above (to the extent such obligations relate to Debt
described in clause (i) or (ii) above).
“ Default
” means any condition or event which, after notice or lapse
of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“ Domestic Lending
Office ” means, with respect to any Bank, the office or
affiliate of such Bank specified as its “Domestic Lending
Office” on its Administrative Questionnaire, or such other
office or affiliate of such Bank as such Bank may from time to time
specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“ Domestic Reserve
Percentage ” means, for any Interest Period, the reserve
percentage applicable on the first day of such Interest Period
under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for
determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, but not
limited to, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve
requirement) for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New
York City with deposits exceeding one billion dollars with respect
to liabilities consisting of or including (among other liabilities)
U.S. dollar nonpersonal time deposits in the United States with a
maturity equal to such Interest Period.
“ Eligible
Assignee ” means:
(a) any of the following
entities approved in writing by the Borrower in its sole discretion
and notified to the Administrative Agent, and then only to the
extent of a proposed assignment approved in writing by the Borrower
in its sole discretion and notified to the Administrative Agent:
(i) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States, or any state thereof, and having total assets in excess of
$3,000,000,000 and a combined capital and surplus of at least
$150,000,000; (ii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of
any other country which is a member of the OECD, or a political
subdivision of any such country, and having total assets in excess
of $3,000,000,000 and a combined capital and surplus of at least
$150,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a
branch or agency located in the United States, in the country in
which it is organized or in another country which is also a member
of the OECD; and (iii) the central bank of any country which is a
member of the OECD; and
(b) an affiliate of the
assigning Bank (for which purposes “affiliate” means a
Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
assigning Bank).
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) which is a member of a group of which the Borrower is
a member and which is under common control within the meaning of
the regulations under Section 414 of the Code.
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“ Eurocurrency
Liabilities ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor regulation), as in effect from time to
time.
“ Eurodollar Lending
Office ” means, with respect to any Bank, the office or
affiliate of such Bank specified as its “Eurodollar Lending
Office” on its Administrative Questionnaire, or such other
office or affiliate of such Bank as such Bank may from time to time
specify to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“ Eurodollar
Rate ” means, for each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising
part of the same Borrowing, an interest rate per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the average
of the rates at which deposits in U.S. dollars in immediately
available funds approximately equal in principal amount to (i) in
the case of a Contract Borrowing, the portion of such Eurodollar
Rate Contract Advance of the Bank serving as Administrative Agent
and (ii) in the case of an Auction Borrowing, a principal amount
that would have been the portion of such Auction Borrowing of the
Bank serving as Administrative Agent had such Auction Borrowing
been a Contract Borrowing, and for a maturity comparable to (a) in
the case of a Contract Borrowing, the Interest Period then
applicable to such Contract Advance and (b) in the case of an
Auction Borrowing, the maturity of such Auction Advance, are
offered to the principal London offices of the Reference Banks (or
if any Reference Bank does not at the time maintain a London
office, the principal London office of any affiliate of such
Reference Bank) in the London interbank market at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to (x) the
commencement of the Interest Period then applicable to such
Contract Advance or (y) the making of such Auction Advance, as the
case may be.
“ Eurodollar Rate
Advance ” means any Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance or
Eurodollar Rate Auction Advance.
“ Eurodollar Rate
Auction Advance ” means an Auction Advance which bears
interest based on the Eurodollar Rate.
“ Eurodollar Rate
Contract Advance ” means a Contract Advance which bears
interest based on the Eurodollar Rate.
“ Eurodollar Rate
Reserve Percentage ” of any Bank for any Eurodollar Rate
Advance means the reserve percentage applicable to such Bank on (i)
in the case of a Contract Advance, the first day of the Interest
Period then applicable to such Contract Advance and (ii) in the
case of an Auction Advance, the date of such Auction Advance, under
regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the
reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) under
Regulation D promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, or any successor or supplemental regulations, then
applicable to such Bank with respect to liabilities or assets
consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term
equal to such Interest Period or the term of such Auction Advance,
as the case may be.
“ Events of
Default ” has the meaning specified in Section
6.01.
“ Existing Revolving
Credit Agreement ” means the $1,000,000,000 Five-Year
Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of March 30, 2000 among Union
Pacific Corporation, the banks named
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therein, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (as
successor to Chase Securities Inc.), as Advisor, Lead Arranger and
Book Manager, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent,
Citibank, N.A. and Credit Suisse First Boston, as Co-Documentation
Agents, and JPMCB (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as
Administrative Agent, as amended, modified and supplemented and in
effect from time to time.
“ Federal Funds
Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average
of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members
of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for
any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for
the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent
from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
“ Fixed Rate
” means an interest rate per annum (expressed in the form of
a decimal to no more than four decimal places) specified by a Bank
making an Auction Advance under the auction bidding procedure
described in Section 2.03.
“ Fixed Rate Auction
Advance ” means an Auction Advance which bears interest
based on the Fixed Rate.
“ Interest
Period ” means, for each Contract Advance comprising part
of the same Contract Borrowing, the period commencing on the date
of such Contract Advance or on the last day of the immediately
preceding Interest Period applicable to such Contract Advance, as
the case may be, and ending on the last day of the period selected
by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of
each such Interest Period shall be (a) in the case of an Alternate
Base Rate Advance, until the next succeeding March 31, June 30,
September 30 or December 31, (b) in the case of an Adjusted CD Rate
Advance, 30, 60, 90 or 180 days and (c) in the case of a Eurodollar
Rate Contract Advance, 1 month or 2, 3 or 6 months (or, if
requested by the Borrower and available from all of the Banks, 9 or
12 months), as the Borrower may select (in the case of clause (b)
or (c)) by notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
2.02(a); provided that:
(i) Interest Periods
commencing on the same date for Contract Advances comprising part
of the same Contract Borrowing shall be of the same
duration;
(ii) subject to clause (iii)
below, whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise
occur on a day other than a Business Day in both New York City and
London, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to
occur on the next succeeding Business Day in both such cities,
provided , in the case of any Interest Period for a
Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance, that if such extension would
cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next
following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period
shall occur on the next preceding Business Day in both such cities;
and
(iii) no Interest Period
shall end on a date later than the Termination Date.
“ JPMCB ”
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, a New York banking corporation, and its
successors.
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“ Majority Banks
” means at any time Banks that in the aggregate (a) represent
more than 50% of the Commitments and (b) after the expiry or
termination of the Commitments, represent more than 50% of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances and Special Rate
Loans.
“ Margin Stock
” means “margin stock” within the meaning of
Regulations U and X.
“ Material Plan
” means either (i) a Plan under which the present value of
the vested benefits exceeds the fair market value of the assets of
such Plan allocable to such benefits by more than $20,000,000 or
(ii) a Plan whose assets have a market value in excess of
$100,000,000.
“ Moody’s
” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any
successor thereto.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” means a “multiemployer plan” as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate is making or accruing an obligation to make
contributions, or has within any of the preceding three plan years
made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
“ Notice of Auction
Borrowing ” has the meaning specified in Section
2.03(a).
“ Notice of Contract
Borrowing ” has the meaning specified in Section
2.02(a).
“ OECD ”
means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development.
“ Participating
Bank ” has the meaning specified in Section
2.03(a)(v).
“ PBGC ”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any entity
succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“ Person ”
means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business
trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political
subdivision or agency thereof.
“ Plan ”
means an employee benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and
covered by Title IV of ERISA.
“ Railroad
” means Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Delaware
corporation, and its successors.
“ Reference
Banks ” means JPMCB, Bank of America, N.A. and Citibank,
N.A., and such other additional or substitute financial
institutions as may be agreed to in writing by the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Majority Banks from time to
time.
“ Register
” has the meaning specified in Section 8.07(c).
“ Regulation U
” and “ Regulation X ” mean Regulation U
and Regulation X, respectively, issued by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, as from time to time
amended.
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“ Reportable
Event ” means an event described in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement has not
been waived by the PBGC.
“ S&P
” means Standard and Poor’s Ratings Service, a division
of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor
thereto.
“ Special Rate
Loan ” means any loan made by a Bank to the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“ Special Rate Loan
Reduction ” means, as to any Bank as at any date, an
amount equal to such Bank’s pro rata (in accordance with the
Commitments) share of the aggregate amount of all Special Rate
Loans outstanding on such date (giving effect to the payment of any
Special Rate Loans to be made on such date).
“ Subsidiary
” of a Person means any corporation or other similar entity
of which more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock having
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors
of such corporation or entity (irrespective of whether or not at
the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such
corporation or entity shall or might have voting power upon the
occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or
indirectly owned by such Person, by such Person and one or more
other Subsidiaries of such Person, or by one or more other
Subsidiaries of such Person.
“ Termination
Date ” means March 24, 2009 ( provided that if
such date is not a Business Day, the Termination Date shall be the
immediately preceding Business Day) or the earlier date of
termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06 or
6.01.
“ Termination
Event ” means (i) a “Reportable Event”
described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued
thereunder (other than a “Reportable Event” not subject
to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC under such
regulations), or (ii) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any of its
ERISA Affiliates from a Plan during a plan year in which it was a
“substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2)
of ERISA, or (iii) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a
Plan or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under
Section 4041 of ERISA, or (iv) the institution of proceedings to
terminate a Plan by the PBGC, or (v) any other event or condition
which might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Plan.
“ Type ”,
when used in respect of any Advance or Borrowing, refers to the
Rate by reference to which interest on such Advance or on the
Advances comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes
hereof, “Rate” shall include the Eurodollar Rate, the
Adjusted CD Rate, the Alternate Base Rate and the Fixed
Rate.
“ UPCT ”
means Union Pacific Capital Trust, a Delaware statutory business
trust.
“ Utilization
Fee ” has the meaning specified in Section
2.05(b).
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“ Utilization Fee
Rate ” means, on any date, the rate set forth below
opposite the reference to the Utilization Percentage in effect on
such date:
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Utilization Percentage
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Utilization Fee Rate
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Greater than or equal to 33.3% and less
than 66.6%
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“ Utilization
Percentage ” means, at any time, the ratio (expressed as
a percentage) equal to (i) the aggregate principal amount of
Contract Advances, Auction Advances and Special Rate Loans of all
Banks outstanding at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount
of the Commitments then or most recently in effect.
SECTION 1.02. Computation
of Time Periods . In this Agreement in the computation of
periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word “from” means “from and including”
and the words “to” and “until” each means
“to but excluding”.
SECTION 1.03. Accounting
Terms . All accounting terms not specifically defined herein
shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistent with those applied in the preparation of the
financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e).
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE
ADVANCES
AND SPECIAL RATE
LOANS
SECTION 2.01. The Contract
Advances; Special Rate Loans . (a) Each Bank severally agrees,
on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Contract
Advances to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day
during the period from the Closing Date until the Termination Date
in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the
excess, if any, of (i) the amount set forth opposite such
Bank’s name on the signature pages to this Agreement, as such
amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.06 or increased
pursuant to Section 2.17 or reduced or increased pursuant to
Section 8.07 (such Bank’s obligation to make such Advances
being hereinafter referred to as such Bank’s “
Commitment ”) over (ii) the aggregate amount of (x)
such Bank’s Special Rate Loan Reduction, if any, and (y) such
Bank’s Auction Reduction, if any; provided that at no
time on or before the Termination Date shall the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Contract Advances, Auction Advances
and Special Rate Loans exceed the aggregate amount of the
Commitments. Each Contract Borrowing shall be in an aggregate
amount not less than $10,000,000 (subject to the terms of this
Section 2.01(a)) or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof and shall consist of Contract Advances of the same Type
made on the same day by the Banks ratably according to their
respective Commitments.
(b) Upon the request of the
Borrower, each Bank may, in its sole discretion, from time to time
on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until
the Termination Date, extend loans to the Borrower in an aggregate
amount not less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple
of
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$1,000,000 in excess thereof, at an
interest rate and upon repayment terms to be mutually agreed upon
between such Bank and the Borrower (“ Special Rate
Loans ”). The amount of any Special Rate Loan made by a
Bank may exceed such Bank’s Commitment; provided that
(A) at no time on or before the Termination Date shall the
aggregate amount of Contract Advances, Auction Advances and Special
Rate Loans outstanding exceed the aggregate amount of the
Commitments and (B) no Special Rate Loan shall mature on a date
later than the Termination Date. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, (i) any Special Rate Loan shall be
made by a Bank directly to the Borrower; (ii) all payments in
respect of any Special Rate Loan shall be made by the Borrower
directly to the Bank which made such loan; (iii) Special Rate Loans
need not be made on a pro rata basis among the Banks; and (iv) each
Special Rate Loan shall be entitled to the benefits of the
provisions contained in Articles V and VI and Sections 8.05 and
8.07 hereof unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower and the Bank
which made such loan with written notice to the Administrative
Agent. On each date when any Bank makes a Special Rate Loan, the
Borrower and such Bank shall notify the Administrative Agent
thereof (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the
other Banks), specifying the principal amount of such Special Rate
Loan, the interest rate thereon, the repayment terms and the
maturity thereof.
(c) Within the limits and on
the conditions set forth in this Section 2.01, the Borrower may
from time to time borrow under this Section 2.01, repay pursuant to
Sections 2.07(a) and 2.07(b), as appropriate, prepay under Section
2.07(d) and reborrow under this Section 2.01 and borrow under
Section 2.03.
SECTION 2.02. Making the
Contract Advances . (a) Each Contract Borrowing shall be made
on notice, given (i) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of
Alternate Base Rate Advances, not later than 10:30 a.m. (New York
City time) on the day of the proposed Borrowing; (ii) in the case
of a Borrowing consisting of Adjusted CD Rate Advances, not later
than noon (New York City time) on the second Business Day prior to
the day of the proposed Borrowing; and (iii) in the case of a
Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances, not
later than noon (New York City time) on the third Business Day
prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, which shall give to each Bank prompt notice
thereof by telecopy. Each such notice of a Contract Borrowing (a
“ Notice of Contract Borrowing ”) shall be in
substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, specifying therein
the requested (i) date of such Contract Borrowing, (ii) Type of
Contract Advances comprising such Contract Borrowing, (iii)
aggregate amount of such Contract Borrowing and (iv) Interest
Period. Each Bank shall, before noon (New York City time) on the
date of any such Contract Borrowing, make available for the account
of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent at its
address referred to in Section 8.02, in same-day funds, such
Bank’s ratable portion of such Contract Borrowing. Upon the
Administrative Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon
fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III,
the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the
Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s aforesaid
address.
(b) Each Notice of Contract
Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower. In the
case of any Contract Borrowing which the related Notice of Contract
Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of Eurodollar Rate Contract
Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances, the Borrower shall indemnify
each Bank against any loss, cost or expense reasonably incurred by
such Bank as a result of any failure by the Borrower to complete
such Borrowing (whether or not due to a failure to fulfill on or
before the date specified in such Notice of Contract Borrowing the
applicable conditions set forth in Article III), such losses, costs
and expenses to include, without limitation, any loss (including
loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of
the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired
by such Bank to fund the Contract Advance to be made by such Bank
as part of
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such Contract Borrowing when such
Contract Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such
date.
(c) Unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received notice from a Bank prior to the date of
any Contract Borrowing that such Bank will not make available to
the Administrative Agent such Bank’s ratable portion of such
Contract Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Bank has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on
the date of such Contract Borrowing in accordance with subsection
(a) of this Section 2.02 and the Administrative Agent may, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on
such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such
Bank shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the
Administrative Agent, such Bank and the Borrower severally agree to
repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such
corresponding amount, together with interest thereon, for each day
from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until
the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at (i)
in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the
time to Contract Advances comprising such Contract Borrowing and
(ii) in the case of such Bank, an interest rate equal at all times
to the Federal Funds Effective Rate. If such Bank shall repay to
the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so
repaid shall constitute such Bank’s Contract Advance as part
of such Contract Borrowing for purposes of this
Agreement.
(d) The failure of any Bank
to make the Contract Advance to be made by it as part of any
Contract Borrowing shall not relieve any other Bank of its
obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Contract Advance on the
date of such Contract Borrowing, but no Bank shall be responsible
for the failure of any other Bank to make the Contract Advance to
be made by such other Bank on the date of any Contract
Borrowing.
SECTION 2.03. The Auction
Advances . (a) Each Bank severally agrees that the Borrower may
make Auction Borrowings under this Section 2.03 from time to time
on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until
the Termination Date, in each case on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth; provided that at no time on or before
the Termination Date shall the aggregate amount of Contract
Advances, Auction Advances and Special Rate Loans outstanding
exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments. Each Auction
Borrowing shall consist of Auction Advances of the same Type made
on the same day.
(i) The Borrower may request
an Auction Borrowing under this Section 2.03 by delivering to the
Administrative Agent (A) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of
Fixed Rate Auction Advances, by not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York
City time) one day prior to the day of the proposed Auction
Borrowing, and (B) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of
Eurodollar Rate Auction Advances, by not later than 10:00 a.m. (New
York City time) on the fourth Business Day prior to the date of the
proposed Auction Borrowing, a notice of an Auction Borrowing (a
“ Notice of Auction Borrowing ”), in
substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto specifying the
proposed (1) date of such Auction Borrowing, (2) Type of Auction
Advances comprising such Auction Borrowing, (3) aggregate amount
(which shall not be less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple
of $1,000,000 in excess thereof) of such Auction Borrowing, (4)
maturity date for repayment of each Auction Advance to be made as
part of such Auction Borrowing (which maturity date shall be, in
the case of a Fixed Rate Auction Borrowing, not earlier than seven
days after the date of such Borrowing, and, in the case of a
Eurodollar Rate Auction Borrowing, the date 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 or 12
months after the date of such Borrowing, as the Borrower shall
elect, but in any case not later than the Termination Date) and (5)
any other terms
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to be applicable to such
Auction Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall in turn promptly
notify (by telecopy) each Bank of each request for an Auction
Borrowing received by it from the Borrower and of the terms
contained in such Notice of Auction Borrowing.
(ii) Each Bank shall, if, in
its sole discretion, it elects to do so, irrevocably offer to make
one or more Auction Advances to the Borrower as part of such
proposed Auction Borrowing at a rate or rates of interest specified
by such Bank in its sole discretion, by notifying (by telecopy or
telephone (in the case of telephone, immediately confirmed by
telecopy)) the Administrative Agent (which shall give prompt notice
thereof to the Borrower), (A) in the case of a Fixed Rate Auction
Borrowing, before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of
such proposed Auction Borrowing specified in the Notice of Auction
Borrowing delivered with respect thereto, and (B) in the case of a
Eurodollar Rate Auction Borrowing, before 10:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of such proposed
Auction Borrowing specified in the Notice of Auction Borrowing
delivered with respect thereto, of the maximum amount of each
Auction Advance which such Bank would be willing to make as part of
such proposed Auction Borrowing (which amount may, subject to the
proviso to the first sentence of this Section 2.03(a), exceed such
Bank’s Commitment), the rate or rates of interest therefor
(and whether reserves are included therein) and such Bank’s
Applicable Lending Office with respect to each such Auction Advance
and any other terms and conditions required by such Bank;
provided that, if the Bank then acting as Administrative
Agent shall, in its sole discretion, elect to make any such offer,
it shall notify the Borrower of such offer before 9:45 a.m. (New
York City time) on the date specified herein for notice of offers
by the other Banks. If any Bank shall fail to notify the
Administrative Agent, before the time specified herein for notice
of offers, that it elects to make such an offer, such Bank shall be
deemed to have elected not to make such an offer, and such Bank
shall not be obligated or entitled to, and shall not, make any
Auction Advance as part of such Auction Borrowing. If any Bank
shall provide telephonic notice to the Administrative Agent of its
election to make an offer, but such telephonic notice has not been
confirmed by telecopy to the Administrative Agent at or before the
time specified herein for notice of offers, the Administrative
Agent may, in its sole discretion and without liability to such
Bank or the Borrower, elect whether or not to provide notice
thereof to the Borrower.
(iii) The Borrower shall, in
turn, (A) in the case of a Fixed Rate Auction Borrowing, before
11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of such proposed
Auction Borrowing specified in the Notice of Auction Borrowing
delivered with respect thereto, and (B) in the case of a Eurodollar
Rate Auction Borrowing, before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on
the third Business Day prior to the date of such proposed Auction
Borrowing specified in the Notice of Auction Borrowing delivered
with respect thereto, in its sole discretion (and without any
liability to any unsuccessful bidder with respect to such Auction
Borrowing) either:
(x) cancel such proposed
Auction Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent notice to that
effect, or
(y) accept one or more of the
offers made by any Bank or Banks pursuant to paragraph (ii) above,
in its sole discretion, by giving notice to the Administrative
Agent of the amount of each Auction Advance (which amount shall be
equal to or greater than $1,000,000, and equal to or less than the
maximum amount offered by such Bank, notified to the Borrower by
the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Bank for such Auction
Advance pursuant to paragraph (ii) above) to be made by each Bank
as part of
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such Auction Borrowing, and
reject any remaining offers made by Banks pursuant to paragraph
(ii) above, by giving the Administrative Agent notice to that
effect; provided that the aggregate amount of such offers
accepted by the Borrower shall be equal at least to $10,000,000 or
an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(iv) If the Borrower notifies
the Administrative Agent that such Auction Borrowing is canceled
pursuant to paragraph (iii)(x) above, the Administrative Agent
shall give prompt notice (by telecopy) thereof to the Banks, and
such Auction Borrowing shall not be made.
(v) If the Borrower accepts
one or more of the offers made by any Bank or Banks pursuant to
paragraph (iii)(y) above, such offer or offers and the Notice of
Auction Borrowing in respect thereof shall constitute a supplement
to this Agreement in respect of such Auction Borrowing and the
Auction Advances made pursuant thereto, and the Administrative
Agent shall in turn promptly notify (A) each Bank that has made an
offer as described in paragraph (ii) above of the date and
aggregate amount of such Auction Borrowing, the interest rate
thereon and whether or not any offer or offers made by such Bank
pursuant to paragraph (ii) above have been accepted by the Borrower
and (B) each Bank that is to make an Auction Advance as part of
such Auction Borrowing (a “ Participating Bank ”
as to such Auction Borrowing) of the amount of each Auction Advance
to be made by such Bank as part of such Auction Borrowing and the
maturity date for the repayment of each such Auction Advance
(together with a confirmation of the Administrative Agent’s
understanding of the interest rate and any other terms applicable
to each such Auction Advance; the Administrative Agent shall
assume, unless notified by such Bank to the contrary, that its
understanding of such information is correct). Each such
Participating Bank shall, before noon (New York City time) on the
date of such Auction Borrowing specified in the notice received
from the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (A) of the
preceding sentence, make available for the account of its
Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent at its
address referred to in Section 8.02 such Bank’s portion of
such Auction Borrowing, in same-day funds. Upon fulfillment of the
applicable conditions set forth in Article III and after receipt by
the Administrative Agent of such funds, the Administrative Agent
will make such funds available to the Borrower at the
Administrative Agent’s aforesaid address. Promptly after each
Auction Borrowing, the Administrative Agent will notify each Bank
of the amount of the Auction Borrowing, such Bank’s Auction
Reduction resulting therefrom and the date upon which such Auction
Reduction commenced and is anticipated to terminate.
(b) Within the limits and on
the conditions set forth in this Section 2.03, the Borrower may
from time to time borrow under this Section 2.03, repay pursuant to
Section 2.07(c), prepay under Section 2.07(d) and reborrow under
this Section 2.03 and borrow under Section 2.01.
SECTION 2.04. Conversion
and Continuation of Contract Borrowings . The Borrower shall
have the right at any time upon prior irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent (i) not later than noon (New York City time),
one Business Day prior to conversion, to convert any Borrowing
consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or Adjusted CD Rate
Advances into a Borrowing consisting of Alternate Base Rate
Advances, (ii) not later than noon (New York City time), two
Business Days prior to conversion or continuation, to convert any
Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or
Alternate Base Rate Advances into a Borrowing consisting of
Adjusted CD Rate Advances or to continue any Borrowing consisting
of Adjusted CD Rate Advances for an additional Interest Period,
(iii) not later than noon (New York City time), three Business Days
prior to conversion or continuation, to convert any Borrowing
consisting of Alternate Base Rate Advances or Adjusted CD Rate
Advances into a Borrowing
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consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract
Advances or to continue any Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate
Contract Advances for an additional Interest Period, (iv) not later
than noon (New York City time), three Business Days prior to
conversion, to convert the Interest Period with respect to any
Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances to
another permissible Interest Period, and (v) not later than noon
(New York City time), two Business Days prior to conversion, to
convert the Interest Period with respect to any Borrowing
consisting of Adjusted CD Rate Advances to another permissible
Interest Period, subject in each case to the following:
(a) each conversion or
continuation shall be made pro rata among the Banks in accordance
with the respective principal amounts of the Advances comprising
the converted or continued Contract Borrowing;
(b) if less than all the
outstanding principal amount of any Contract Borrowing shall be
converted or continued, the aggregate principal amount of such
Contract Borrowing converted or continued shall be an amount of
$10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof;
(c) accrued interest on an
Advance (or portion thereof) being converted shall be paid by the
Borrower at the time of conversion;
(d) if any Borrowing
consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or Adjusted CD Rate
Advances is converted at a time other than the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall pay, upon demand, any
amounts due to the Banks pursuant to Section 8.04(b) as a result of
such conversion;
(e) any portion of a Contract
Borrowing maturing or required to be repaid in less than one month
may not be converted into or continued as a Borrowing consisting of
Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances;
(f) any portion of a
Borrowing maturing or required to be repaid in less than 30 days
may not be converted into or continued as a Borrowing consisting of
Adjusted CD Rate Advances;
(g) any portion of a
Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or
Adjusted CD Rate Advances which cannot be converted into or
continued as such by reason of clauses (e) and (f) above shall be
automatically converted at the end of the Interest Period in effect
for such Borrowing into a Borrowing consisting of Alternate Base
Rate Advances; and
(h) no Interest Period may be
selected for any Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract
Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances that would end later than the
Termination Date.
Each notice pursuant to this
Section 2.04 shall be irrevocable and shall refer to this Agreement
and specify (i) the identity and amount of the Contract Borrowing
that the Borrower requests be converted or continued, (ii) whether
such Contract Borrowing is to be converted to or continued as a
Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances, Adjusted
CD Rate Advances or Alternate Base Rate Advances, (iii) if such
notice requests a conversion, the date of such conversion (which
shall be a Business Day) and (iv) if such Contract Borrowing is to
be converted to or continued as a Borrowing consisting of
Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances, the
Interest Period with
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respect thereto. If no Interest Period
is specified in any such notice with respect to any conversion to
or continuation as a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate
Contract Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances, the Borrower shall
be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s
duration, in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate
Contract Advances, or 30 days’ duration, in the case of a
Borrowing consisting of Adjusted CD Rate Advances. The
Administrative Agent shall advise the other Banks of any notice
given pursuant to this Section 2.04 and of each Bank’s
portion of any converted or continued Contract Borrowing. If the
Borrower shall not have given notice in accordance with this
Section 2.04 to continue any Contract Borrowing into a subsequent
Interest Period (and shall not otherwise have given notice in
accordance with this Section 2.04 to convert such Contract
Borrowing), such Contract Borrowing shall, at the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto (unless repaid pursuant to the
terms hereof), automatically be continued into a new Interest
Period as a Borrowing consisting of Alternate Base Rate
Advances.
SECTION 2.05. Fees .
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to each Bank, through the
Administrative Agent, a facility fee equal to the Applicable Fee
Percentage multiplied by the daily average amount of the Commitment
of such Bank (whether used or unused) during the preceding quarter
(or shorter period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with
the Termination Date), payable in arrears on the last day of each
March, June, September and December during the term of the
Commitments and on the Termination Date.
(b) The Borrower agrees to
pay to each Bank, through the Administrative Agent, a utilization
fee (the “ Utilization Fee ”) for each day equal
to the applicable Utilization Fee Rate multiplied by the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Contract Advances, Auction
Advances and Special Rate Loans of such Bank on such day, payable
monthly in arrears on the last Business Day of each month and on
the Termination Date.
SECTION 2.06. Optional
Reduction of the Commitments . The Borrower shall have the
right, upon at least two Business Days’ irrevocable notice to
the Administrative Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably
in part the respective Commitments of the Banks; provided
that (i) each partial reduction shall be in the aggregate amount of
$10,000,000 or in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof and (ii) no such termination or reduction shall be made
which would reduce the Commitments to an amount less than the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Advances and Special
Rate Loans. The Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter
notify each Bank of such termination or reduction.
SECTION 2.07. Repayment of
Advances and Special Rate Loans; Prepayment .
(a) The Borrower shall repay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Bank the
principal amount of each Contract Advance made by each Bank on the
Termination Date.
(b) The Borrower shall repay
to each Bank making a Special Rate Loan the principal amount of
such Special Rate Loan on the date when due (as agreed by the
Borrower and the Bank making the relevant Special Rate Loan in
accordance with Section 2.01(b)).
(c) The Borrower shall repay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Participating
Bank which has made an Auction Advance on the maturity date of each
Auction Advance (such maturity date being that specified by the
Borrower for repayment of such Auction Advance in the Notice of
Auction Borrowing delivered with respect thereto) the then unpaid
principal amount of such Auction Advance.
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(d) The Borrower may, on
notice given to the Administrative Agent (i) in the case of
Alternate Base Rate Advances, not later than 10:30 a.m. (New York
City time) on the day of the proposed prepayment, and (ii) in the
case of Adjusted CD Rate Advances and Eurodollar Rate Contract
Advances, not later than 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the
second Business Day prior to the day of the proposed prepayment,
stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the
prepayment, and if such notice is given the Borrower shall, prepay
the outstanding principal amounts of the Contract Advances
constituting part of the same Contract Borrowing in whole or
ratably in part; provided that (1) any such partial
prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount not less than
$10,000,000, and (2) any such prepayment of Adjusted CD Rate
Advances or Eurodollar Rate Contract Advances shall be subject to
the provisions of Section 8.04(b) hereof. The Borrower may not (x)
prepay any principal amount of any Auction Advance unless the
Participating Bank making such Auction Advance shall have expressly
agreed thereto or (y) prepay any principal amount of any Special
Rate Loan unless the Bank making such Special Rate Loan shall have
expressly agreed thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Bank of any prepayments pursuant to this Section
2.07(d) promptly after any such prepayment. The Borrower shall have
no right to prepay any principal amount of any Advance except as
expressly set forth in this Section 2.07(d).
SECTION 2.08. Interest
. The Borrower shall pay interest on each Advance and Special Rate
Loan made by each Bank from the date of such Advance or Special
Rate Loan, as the case may be, until paid in full, at the following
rates per annum:
(i) Contract Advances
. If such Advance is a Contract Advance, the Applicable Rate from
time to time for such Contract Advance from the date of such
Advance until the last day of the last Interest Period therefor,
payable on the last day of each Interest Period and, in the case of
any Interest Period longer than 90 days (in the case of Adjusted CD
Rate Advances) or three months (in the case of Eurodollar Rate
Contract Advances), on such 90th day or at three-month intervals
following the first day of such Interest Period, as the case may
be.
(ii) Auction Advances
. If such Advance is an Auction Advance, a rate per annum equal at
all times from the date of such Advance until the maturity thereof
at the rate of interest for such Auction Advance specified by the
Participating Bank making such Auction Advance in its notice with
respect thereto delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) of Section
2.03 above, payable on the proposed maturity date specified by the
Borrower for such Auction Advance in the related Notice of Auction
Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i) of Section 2.03
above, provided that in the case of Advances with maturities
of greater than three months, interest shall be payable at the end
of each three-month period for such Advance.
(iii) Special Rate
Loans . If such loan is a Special Rate Loan, a rate per annum
equal at all times as agreed to between the Bank making such
Special Rate Loan and the Borrower at the time of the making of the
Special Rate Loan by such Bank in accordance with Section
2.01(b).
(iv) Default Amounts .
In the case of any past-due amounts of the principal of, or (to the
fullest extent permitted by law) interest on, any Advance or
Special Rate Loan, or any other amount payable under this
Agreement, from the date such amount becomes due until paid in
full, payable on demand, a rate per annum equal at all times to 2%
above the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to
time.
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SECTION 2.09. Interest
Rate Determination . Each Reference Bank agrees to furnish to
the Administrative Agent timely information for the purpose of
determining each Adjusted CD Rate or Eurodollar Rate, as
applicable. If any one or more of the Reference Banks shall not
furnish such timely information to the Administrative Agent for the
purpose of determining any such interest rate, the Administrative
Agent shall determine such interest rate on the basis of timely
information furnished by the remaining Reference Banks, subject,
however, to Section 2.10(a) hereof.
SECTION 2.10. Alternate
Rate of Interest . (a) If fewer than two Reference Banks
furnish timely information to the Administrative Agent for
determining the Eurodollar Rate for any Eurodollar Rate Advances or
the Adjusted CD Rate for any Adjusted CD Rate Advances comprising
any requested Borrowing, the Administrative Agent will notify the
Banks and the Borrower thereof, and the right of the Borrower to
select Advances of such Type for such Borrowing or any subsequent
Borrowing shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall
notify the Borrower and the Banks that the circumstances causing
such suspension no longer exist, and (i) any request by the
Borrower for a Eurodollar Rate Auction Advance shall be of no force
and effect and shall be denied by the Administrative Agent and (ii)
unless the Borrower shall withdraw its request for such Advance by
notice to the Administrative Agent, any request by the Borrower for
a Eurodollar Rate Contract Advance or an Adjusted CD Rate Advance,
as the case may be, shall be deemed to be a request for an
Alternate Base Rate Advance; and
(b) If Banks having more than
50% of the Commitments shall, at least one Business Day before the
date of any requested Borrowing, notify the Administrative Agent
that the Eurodollar Rate for any Eurodollar Rate Advances or the
Adjusted CD Rate for any Adjusted CD Rate Advances comprising such
Borrowing will not adequately reflect the cost to such Banks of
making or funding their respective Advances for such Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent will notify the Banks and the Borrower
thereof, and the right of the Borrower to select Advances of such
Type for such Borrowing or any subsequent Borrowing shall be
suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower
and the Banks that the circumstances causing such suspension no
longer exist, and (i) any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar
Rate Auction Advance shall be of no force and effect and shall be
denied by the Administrative Agent and (ii) unless the Borrower
shall withdraw its request for such Advance by notice to the
Administrative Agent, any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar
Rate Contract Advance or an Adjusted CD Rate Advance, as the case
may be, shall be deemed to be a request for an Alternate Base Rate
Advance.
SECTION 2.11. Increased
Costs; Increased Capital . (a) If, due to either (i) the
introduction after the date hereof of or any change after the date
hereof (other than any change by way of imposition or increase of
reserve requirements, in the case of Adjusted CD Rate Advances,
included in the determination of the Domestic Reserve Percentage
for such Advances or, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances,
included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate Reserve
Percentage for such Advances) in or in the interpretation of any
law or regulation or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or
request received from any central bank or other governmental
authority after the date hereof (whether or not having the force of
law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Bank of
agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Adjusted CD Rate
Advances or Eurodollar Rate Advances, then the Borrower shall from
time to time, upon demand by such Bank (with a copy of such demand
to the Administrative Agent), pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of such Bank additional amounts sufficient to
compensate such Bank for such increased cost. Increased costs shall
not include income, stamp or other taxes, imposts, duties, charges,
fees, deductions or withholdings imposed, levied, collected,
withheld or assessed by the United States of America or any
political subdivision or taxing
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authority thereof or therein (including
Puerto Rico) or of the country in which any Bank’s principal
office or Applicable Lending Office may be located or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein. Each Bank
agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to a
demand under this subsection 2.11(a) with respect to the Eurodollar
Lending Office or the CD Lending Office of such Bank, it will, if
requested by the Borrower and to the extent permitted by law or the
relevant governmental authority, endeavor in good faith and
consistent with its internal policies to avoid or minimize the
increase in costs resulting from such event by endeavoring to
change its Eurodollar Lending Office or CD Lending Office, as
appropriate; provided that such avoidance or minimization
can be made in such a manner that such Bank, in its sole
determination, suffers no economic, legal or regulatory
disadvantage. A certificate as to the amount of and specifying in
reasonable detail the basis for such increased cost, submitted to
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by such Bank, shall
constitute such demand and shall, in the absence of manifest error,
be conclusive and binding for all purposes.
(b) If either (i) the
introduction after the date hereof of, or any change after the date
hereof in or in the interpretation of, any law or regulation or
(ii) the compliance by any Bank with any guideline or request
received from any central bank or other governmental authority
after the date hereof (whether or not having the force of law),
affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected
to be maintained by such Bank or any corporation controlling such
Bank and such Bank determines that the amount of such capital is
increased by or based upon the existence of its Advances or Special
Rate Loans or Commitment, then the Borrower shall, from time to
time, upon demand by such Bank (with a copy of such demand to the
Administrative Agent), immediately pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of such Bank additional amounts sufficient to
compensate such Bank to the extent that such Bank determined such
increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such
Bank’s Advances or Special Rate Loans or Commitment. A
certificate as to the amount of such increased capital and
specifying in reasonable detail the basis therefor, submitted to
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by such Bank, shall
constitute such demand and shall, in the absence of manifest error,
be conclusive and binding for all purposes. Each Bank shall use all
reasonable efforts to mitigate the effect upon the Borrower of any
such increased capital requirement and shall assess any cost
related to such increased capital on a nondiscriminatory basis
among the Borrower and other borrowers of such Bank to which it
applies and such Bank shall not be entitled to demand or be
compensated for any increased capital requirement unless it is, as
a result of such law, regulation, guideline or request, such
Bank’s policy generally to seek to exercise such rights,
where available, against other borrowers of such Bank.
(c) Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11, (i) the Borrower shall
not be required to reimburse any Bank for any increased costs
incurred more than three months prior to the date that such Bank
notifies the Borrower in writing thereof and (ii) in the event any
Bank makes an assignment of, or grants a participation in, an
Advance or Special Rate Loan or its Commitment pursuant to Section
8.07, the Borrower shall not be obligated to reimburse for
increased costs with respect to such Advance, Special Rate Loan or
Commitment to the extent that the aggregate amount thereof exceeds
the aggregate amount for which the Borrower would have been
obligated (determined, in the case of an assignment, on the basis
of laws and regulations in effect at the time of such assignment)
if such Bank had not made such assignment or granted such
participation.
SECTION 2.12. Additional
Interest on Eurodollar Rate Advances . The Borrower shall pay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Bank any costs
which such Bank determines are attributable to such Bank’s
compliance with regulations of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System requiring the maintenance of reserves with
respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including
Eurocurrency Liabilities. Such costs shall be paid to the
Administrative Agent for the account of such
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Bank in the form of additional interest
on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Advance of
such Bank, from the date of such Advance until such principal
amount is paid in full, at an interest rate per annum equal at all
times to the remainder obtained by subtracting (i) the Eurodollar
Rate for the applicable period for such Advance from (ii) the rate
obtained by dividing such Eurodollar Rate by a percentage equal to
100% minus the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage of such Bank for
such period, payable on each date on which interest is payable on
such Advance. Such additional interest shall be determined by such
Bank and notified to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. A
certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the amount of such
additional interest, submitted to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent by such Bank, shall be conclusive and binding
for all purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.13. Change in
Legality . If any Bank shall, at least three Business Days
before the date of any requested Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar
Rate Advances or at least two Business Days before the date of any
requested Borrowing consisting of Adjusted CD Rate Advances, notify
the Administrative Agent that the introduction of or any change in
or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it
unlawful, or that any central bank or other governmental authority
asserts that it is unlawful, for such Bank or its Applicable
Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make, fund
or maintain Eurodollar Rate Advances or Adjusted CD Rate Advances
hereunder, the right of the Borrower to select Advances of such
Type from such Bank for such Borrowing or any subsequent Borrowing
shall be suspended until such Bank shall notify the Administrative
Agent that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer
exist; and during the period when such obligation of such Bank is
suspended, any Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances or
Adjusted CD Rate Advances, as the case may be, shall not exceed the
Commitments of the other Banks less the aggregate amount of any
Special Rate Loans and Auction Advances then outstanding, and shall
be made by the other Banks pro rata according to their respective
Commitments.
SECTION 2.14. Payments and
Computations . (a) Except as expressly provided in Section
2.01(b)(ii), the Borrower shall make each payment hereunder from a
bank account of the Borrower located in the United States not later
than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day when due in U.S.
dollars to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in
Section 8.02 in same-day funds, without set-off or counterclaim.
The Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be
distributed like funds to the Banks entitled thereto for the
account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, in each
case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(b) All computations of
interest based on the Alternate Base Rate shall be made by the
Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as
the case may be, when determined by reference to the Prime Rate (as
defined in the definition of Alternate Base Rate in Section 1.01)
and on the basis of a year of 360 days at all other times, and all
computations of fees and of interest based on the Adjusted CD Rate,
the Eurodollar Rate or the Fixed Rate shall be made by the
Administrative Agent, and all computations of interest pursuant to
Section 2.09 shall be made by the Reference Banks, on the basis of
a year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days
(including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in
the period for which such interest or fees are payable. Each
determination by the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of
Section 2.09, by the Reference Banks) of an interest rate hereunder
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
(c) Whenever any payment
hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business
Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business
Day, and such extension of time shall be included in the
computation of payment of interest or fees, as the case may be;
provided
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that, if such extension would cause
payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Advances to
be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be
made on the next preceding Business Day.
(d) Unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the
date on which any payment is due to the Banks hereunder that the
Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative
Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to
the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to
each Bank on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due
such Bank. If and to the extent the Borrower shall not have so made
such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each Bank shall
repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount
distributed to such Bank together with interest thereon, for each
day from the date such amount is distributed to such Bank until the
date such Bank repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at
the Federal Funds Effective Rate.
(e) Each Bank shall maintain
on its books a loan account in the name of the Borrower in which
shall be recorded all Advances made by such Bank to the Borrower,
the interest rate and the maturity date of each such Advance and
all payments of principal and interest made by the Borrower with
respect to such Advances. The obligation of the Borrower to repay
the Advances made by each Bank and to pay interest thereon shall be
evidenced by the entries from time to time made in the loan account
of such Bank maintained pursuant to this Section 2.14(e);
provided that the failure to make an entry with respect to
an Advance shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower
hereunder with respect to such Advance. In case of any dispute,
action or proceeding relating to any Advance, the entries in such
loan account shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of such
Advance and of any amounts paid or payable with respect
thereto.
(f) The Administrative Agent
shall maintain on its books a set of accounts in which shall be
recorded all Advances made by the Banks to the Borrower, the
interest rates and maturity dates of such Advances and all payments
of principal and interest made thereon. In case of any discrepancy
between the entries in the Administrative Agent’s books and
the entries in any Bank’s books, such Bank’s records
shall be considered correct, in the absence of manifest
error.
SECTION 2.15. Taxes on
Payments . (a) All payments made by the Borrower under this
Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without reduction
for or on account of, any income, stamp or other taxes, imposts,
duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, imposed, levied,
collected, withheld or assessed by the United States of America (or
by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein) as a result of (i) the introduction after the date hereof
of any law, regulation, treaty, directive or guideline (whether or
not having the force of law), or (ii) any change after the date
hereof in any law, regulation, treaty, directive or guideline
(whether or not having the force of law), or (iii) any change after
the date hereof in the interpretation or application of any law,
regulation, treaty, directive or guideline (whether or not having
the force of law) or (iv) any such taxes, imposts, duties, charges,
fees, deductions or withholdings being imposed, levied, collected,
withheld or assessed at a greater rate than the rate that would
have been applicable had such an introduction or change not been
made, but only to the extent of the increase in such rate (“
Withholding Taxes ”). If any Withholding Taxes are
required to be withheld from any amounts payable to or for the
account of any Bank hereunder, the amounts so payable to or for the
account of such Bank shall be increased to the extent necessary to
yield to such Bank (after payment of all Withholding Taxes)
interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates
or in the amounts payable to or for the account of such Bank under
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introduction or change. Whenever any
Withholding Tax is payable by the Borrower, as promptly as possible
thereafter, the Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent,
for the account of such Bank, a certified copy of an original
official receipt showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to
pay any Withholding Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing
authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent for the
account of any Bank the required receipts or other required
documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify such Bank or the
Administrative Agent for any incremental taxes, interest or
penalties that may become payable by such Bank or the
Administrative Agent as a result of any such failure.
(b) At least four Business
Days prior to the first Borrowing or, if the first Borrowing does
not occur within thirty days after the date of execution of
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