Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
$500,000,000 180-Day
Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of May 4,
2005
among
INTERNATIONAL LEASE
FINANCE CORPORATION,
as Borrower
THE BANKS (as defined
herein)
and
THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY
OF THE BANK OF SCOTLAND,
as Agent
TABLE OF
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SECTION 1. CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS.
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Section 1.1.
Terms Generally
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Section 1.2.
Specific Terms
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SECTION 2.
[Reserved].
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SECTION 3. LOANS
AND NOTES.
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Section 3.1.
Agreement to Make Revolving Loans
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Section 3.2.
Procedure for Loans
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Section 3.3.
Maturity of Loans
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SECTION 4.
INTEREST AND FEES.
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Section 4.1.
Interest Rates
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Section 4.2.
Interest Payment Dates
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Section 4.3.
Setting and Notice of Loan Rates
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Section 4.4.
Commitment Fee
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Section 4.5.
Structuring Fees
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Section 4.6.
Computation of Interest and Fees
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SECTION 5.
REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF THE COMMITMENTS; REPAYMENT;
PREPAYMENTS.
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Section 5.1.
Voluntary Termination or Reduction of the Commitments
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Section 5.2.
Prepayments
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Section 5.3.
Term-Out Option
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SECTION 6. MAKING
AND PRORATION OF PAYMENTS; SET-OFF; TAXES.
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Section 6.1.
Making of Payments
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Section 6.2.
Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing
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Section 6.3.
Set-off
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Section 6.4.
Taxes, etc.
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SECTION 7.
INCREASED COSTS AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LIBOR RATE LOANS.
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Section 7.1.
Increased Costs
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Section 7.2.
Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair
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Section 7.3.
Changes in Law Rendering Certain Loans Unlawful
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Section 7.4.
Funding Losses
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Section 7.5.
Discretion of Banks as to Manner of Funding
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Section 7.6.
Conclusiveness of Statements; Survival of Provisions
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SECTION 8.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
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Section 8.1.
Organization, etc.
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Section 8.2.
Authorization; Consents; No Conflict
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Section 8.3.
Validity and Binding Nature
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Section 8.4.
Financial Statements
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Section 8.5.
Litigation and Contingent Liabilities
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Section 8.6.
Employee Benefit Plans
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Section 8.7.
Investment Company Act
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Section 8.8.
Public Utility Holding Company Act
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Section 8.9.
Regulation U
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Section 8.10.
Compliance with Applicable Laws, etc.
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Section 8.11.
Insurance
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Section 8.12.
Taxes
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Section 8.13.
Use of Proceeds
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Section 8.14.
Pari Passu
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SECTION 9.
COVENANTS.
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Section 9.1.
Reports, Certificates and Other Information
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Section 9.2.
Existence
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Section 9.3.
Nature of Business
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Section 9.4.
Books, Records and Access
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Section 9.5.
Insurance
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Section 9.6.
Repair
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Section 9.7.
Taxes
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Section 9.8.
Compliance
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Section 9.9.
Sale of Assets
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Section 9.10.
Consolidated Indebtedness to Consolidated Tangible Net Worth
Ratio
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Section 9.11.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
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Section 9.12.
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth
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Section 9.13.
Restricted Payments
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Section 9.14.
Liens
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Section 9.15.
Use of Proceeds
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SECTION 10.
CONDITIONS TO LENDING.
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Section 10.1.
Conditions Precedent to All Loans
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Section 10.2.
Conditions to the Availability of the Commitments
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SECTION 11. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND THEIR EFFECT.
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Section 11.1.
Events of Default
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Section 11.2.
Effect of Event of Default
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SECTION 12. THE
AGENT.
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Section 12.1.
Authorization
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Section 12.2.
Indemnification
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Section 12.3.
Action on Instructions of the Required Banks
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Section 12.4.
Payments
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Section 12.5.
Exculpation
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Section 12.6.
Credit Investigation
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Section 12.7.
Bank of Scotland and Affiliates
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Section 12.8.
Resignation
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Section 12.9.
The Register; the Notes
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SECTION 13.
GENERAL.
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Section 13.1.
Waiver; Amendments
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Section 13.2.
Notices.
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Section 13.3.
Computations
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Section 13.4.
Assignments; Participations
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Section 13.5.
Costs, Expenses and Taxes
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Section 13.6.
Indemnification
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Section 13.7.
Regulation U
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Section 13.8.
Removal of Banks; Substitution of Banks.
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Section 13.9.
Captions
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Section 13.10. Governing Law; Severability
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Section 13.11. Counterparts; Effectiveness
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Section 13.12. Further Assurances
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Section 13.13. Successors and Assigns
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Section 13.14. Waiver of Jury Trial
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Section 13.15. No Fiduciary Relationship
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Section 13.16. USA PATRIOT Act
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SCHEDULES AND
EXHIBITS
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Schedule I
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Schedule of Banks (Sections 1.2,
3.1, 13.4.1 and 13.8) |
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Schedule II
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Address for Notices
(Section 13.2) |
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Exhibit A
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Form of Revolving Loan Request
(Section 3.2(a)) |
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Exhibit B
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Form of Note (Sections 1.2 and
3.4) |
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Exhibit C
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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio 12/31/04
(Sections 1.2 and 9.11) |
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Exhibit D
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Form of Opinion of the General
Counsel of the Company (Section 10.2.5) |
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Exhibit E
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Form of Assignment and Assumption
Agreement (Section 13.4.1) |
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180-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
180-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”), dated as of May 4,
2005, among INTERNATIONAL LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION, a California
corporation (herein called the “ Company ”), the
financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereof
(herein, together with their respective successors and assigns,
collectively called the “ Banks ” and
individually each called a “ Bank ”) and THE
GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF SCOTLAND (herein, in its
individual corporate capacity, together with its successors and
assigns, called “ Bank of Scotland ”), as
administrative agent for the Banks (herein, in such capacity,
together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, called
the “ Agent ”).
W I
T N E S S E T
H :
WHEREAS, the Company has requested
the Banks to lend up to $500,000,000 to the Company on a 180-day
revolving basis for general corporate purposes;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
Section 1.1. Terms
Generally . The definitions ascribed to terms in this
Section 1 and elsewhere in this Agreement shall apply equally
to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The words
“hereby”, “herein”, “hereof”,
“hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this
Agreement as a whole (including any exhibits and schedules hereto)
and not merely to the specific section, paragraph or clause in
which such word appears. All references herein to Sections,
Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Sections of
and Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement unless the context
shall otherwise require.
Section 1.2. Specific
Terms . When used herein, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect
common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to
control another Person if such first Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such other Person, whether through
ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise.
“ Agent ” —
see Preamble.
“ Aggregate Commitment
” means $500,000,000, as reduced by any reduction in the
Commitments made from time to time pursuant to Section 5.1 or
Section 13.8.
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“ Agreement ”
— see Preamble.
“ AIG ” means
American International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ Assignee ”
— see Section 13.4.1.
“ Authorized Officer
” of the Company means any of the Chairman of the Board, the
President, the Vice Chair and Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, the Controller and the Assistant Controller of the
Company.
“ Bank ” —
see Preamble.
“ Bank of Scotland
” – see Preamble.
“ Bank Parties ”
— see Section 13.6.
“ Base LIBOR ”
means, with respect to any Loan Period for a LIBOR Rate Loan,
(a) the rate per annum for Dollar deposits approximately equal
to the principal amount of the LIBOR Rate Loans for which LIBOR is
being determined and with maturities comparable to the Loan Period
for which such rate would apply, which appears on the Telerate Page
3750 (the “ Telerate Page ”) at approximately
11:00 A.M., London time, on the day that is two Business Days
prior to the first day of such Loan Period and (b) if no such
rate so appears on the Telerate Page 3750, the rate per annum
determined by the Agent to be the rate of interest communicated by
the Reference Bank to the Agent as the rate at which Dollar
deposits are offered to the Reference Bank by leading banks in the
London interbank deposit market at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, on the second full Business Day preceding the first
day of such Loan Period in an amount substantially equal to the
amount of such LIBOR Rate Loan for the Reference Bank and for a
period equal to such Loan Period.
“ Base Rate ”
means a fluctuating interest rate per annum, as shall be in effect
from time to time, which rate per annum shall on any day be equal
to the higher of, (a) the rate of interest announced publicly
by The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland in New York,
New York, from time to time, as The Governor and Company of the
Bank of Scotland’s base rate; and (b) the Federal Funds Rate
for such day plus 1
/ 2 of 1% per annum.
“ Base Rate Loan ”
means any Loan which bears interest at the Base Rate.
“ Business Day ”
means any day of the year on which banks are open for commercial
banking business in the City of New York, Los Angeles and
London.
“ Capitalized Lease
” means any lease under which any obligations of the lessee
are, or are required to be, capitalized on a balance sheet of the
lessee in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States of America.
“ Capitalized Rentals
” means, as of the date of any determination, the amount at
which the obligations of the lessee, due and to become due under
all Capitalized Leases under
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which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a lessee, are reflected as a liability on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“ Closing Date ”
– see Section 10.2.
“ Code ” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Commitments ”
means, collectively, the Banks’ commitments to make Loans
hereunder; and “ Commitment ” as to any Bank
means the amount set forth opposite such Bank’s name on
Schedule I (as reduced in accordance with Section 5.1, or
as periodically revised in accordance with Section 13.4 or
Section 13.8).
“ Company ”
— see Preamble.
“ Consolidated
Indebtedness ” means, as of the date of any
determination, the total amount of Indebtedness less the amount of
current and deferred income taxes and rentals received in advance
of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States of America, and excluding adjustments in
relation to Indebtedness denominated in any currency other than
Dollars and any related derivative liability, in each case to the
extent arising from currency fluctuations (such exclusions to apply
only to the extent the resulting liability is hedged by the Company
or such Subsidiary).
“ Consolidated Tangible Net
Assets ” means, as of the date of any determination, the
total amount of assets (less depreciation and valuation reserves
and other reserves and items deductible from the gross book value
of specific asset amounts under generally accepted accounting
principles) which under generally accepted accounting principles
would be included on a balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, after deducting therefrom (i) all liability
items except Indebtedness (whether incurred, assumed or guaranteed)
for borrowed money maturing by its terms more than one year from
the date of creation thereof or which is extendible or renewable at
the sole option of the obligor in such manner that it may become
payable more than one year from the date of creation thereof,
shareholder’s equity and reserves for deferred income taxes
and (ii) all good will, trade names, trademarks, patents,
unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangibles,
which in each case would be so included on such balance sheet.
“ Consolidated Tangible Net
Worth ” means, as of the date of any determination, the
total of shareholders’ equity (including capital stock,
additional paid-in capital and retained earnings after deducting
treasury stock), less the sum of the total amount of goodwill,
organization expenses, unamortized debt issue costs (determined on
an after-tax basis), deferred assets other than prepaid insurance
and prepaid taxes, the excess of cost of shares acquired over book
value of related assets, surplus resulting from any revaluation
write-up of assets subsequent to December 31, 2002 and such
other assets as are properly classified as intangible assets, all
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America consolidating the
Company and its Subsidiaries.
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“ Covered Taxes ”
means all Taxes, including all liabilities (including, without
limitation, any penalties, interest and other additions to tax)
with respect thereto, other than the following Taxes, including all
liabilities (including, without limitation, any penalties, interest
and other additions to tax) with respect thereto: (i) Taxes
imposed on the net income or capital of the Agent, a Bank, Assignee
or Participant under this Agreement and franchise taxes imposed in
lieu thereof (including without limitation branch profits taxes,
minimum taxes and taxes computed under alternative methods, at
least one of which is based on net income (collectively referred to
as “net income taxes”)) by (A) the jurisdiction
under the laws of which such Agent, Bank, Assignee or Participant
under this Agreement is organized or resident for tax purposes or
any political subdivision thereof or (B) the jurisdiction of
such Agent, Bank, Assignee or Participant’s applicable
lending office or any political subdivision thereof or (C) any
jurisdiction with which such Agent, Bank, Assignee or Participant
has any present or former connection (other than solely by virtue
of being a Bank under this Agreement), (ii) any Taxes to the
extent that they are in effect and would apply to a payment to such
Agent, Bank, Assignee or Participant as of the date of a change in
the jurisdiction of such Agent, Bank, Assignee or
Participant’s applicable lending office or (iii) any
Taxes that would not have been imposed but for (A) the failure
or unreasonable delay by such Agent, Bank, Assignee or Participant,
as applicable, to complete, provide, or file and update or renew,
any application forms, certificates, documents or other evidence
required from time to time, properly completed and duly executed,
to qualify for any applicable exemption from or reduction of Taxes,
including, without limitation, the certificates, documents or other
evidence required under Sections 6.4(b), 6.4(c) and 6.4(e)
(unless such failure or delay results from a change in applicable
law after the Closing Date or the date of the applicable agreement
pursuant to which such Assignee or Participant, as the case may be,
acquires an interest under this Agreement, which precludes such
Agent, Bank, Assignee or Participant, as applicable, from
qualifying for such exemption or reduction) or (B) the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent, Bank, Assignee or
Participant.
“ Deutsche Bank Credit
Agreement ” means the $500,000,000 180-Day Revolving
Credit Agreement dated as of April 15, 2005 among the
Borrower, the lenders party thereto and Deutsche Bank AG New York
Branch, as Agent, as amended or otherwise modified from time to
time, a true copy of which the Company has provided to the
Agent.
“ Dollar ”, and
“ $ ”, refer to the lawful money of the United
States of America.
“ ECA Financing ”
means any subsidized financing of the acquisition of Airbus
Industrie aircraft, the repayment obligations of which will be
supported by guaranties issued by certain European government
export credit agencies (the European Credit Agency Export Finance
Program) and a Company Guaranty and a pledge of the assets of
(including any rights to or interests in any reserve or security
deposit held by) each such Wholly-owned Subsidiary.
“ Eligible Assignee
” means (i) any Bank, and any Affiliate of any Bank and
(ii)(a) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof, (b) a savings and loan
association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof, (c) a commercial bank
organized under the laws of any other country or a political
subdivision thereof; provided that (1) such bank is acting
through a branch or agency located in the United States of America
or (2) such bank organized
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under the laws of a country
that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development or a political subdivision of such country and
(d) a finance company, insurance company, mutual fund, leasing
company or other financial institution or fund (whether a
corporation, partnership or other entity) which is engaged in
making, purchasing or otherwise investing in commercial loans in
the ordinary course of its business, and having total assets in
excess of $150,000,000.
“ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“ ERISA Affiliate
” means any corporation, trade or business that is, along
with the Company or any Subsidiary, a member of a controlled group
of corporations or a controlled group of trades or businesses, as
described in sections 414(b) and 414(c), respectively, of the Code
or Section 4001 of ERISA.
“ Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage ” means for any day in any Loan Period for any
LIBOR Rate Loan that percentage in effect on such day as prescribed
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor thereto) or other U.S. government agency for determining
the reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any
marginal, basic, supplemental or emergency reserves) for a member
bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City with deposits
exceeding one billion dollars in respect of eurocurrency funding
liabilities. LIBOR shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the
effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage.
“ Event of Default
” means any of the events described in Section 11.1.
“ Eximbank ” means
the Export-Import Bank of the United States of America.
“ Existing Litigation
” — see Section 10.1.3.
“ FASB 13 ” means
the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13
(Accounting for Leases) as in effect on the date hereof.
“ Federal Funds Rate
” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per
annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average
of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members
of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for
the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a
Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by the Agent from three Federal funds brokers
of recognized standing selected by it.
“ Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio ” on the last day of any quarter of any fiscal year
of the Company means the ratio for the period of four fiscal
quarters ending on such day of earnings to combined fixed charges
and preferred stock dividends referred to in Paragraph (d)(1) of
Item 503 of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as amended from time to time, and determined pursuant
to Instructions to paragraph 503(d) of such Item 503 with
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the Company as
“registrant” (such ratio for the four fiscal quarters
ended December 31, 2003 is attached hereto as Exhibit C);
provided , however , that if the Required Banks in
their reasonable discretion determine that amendments to
Regulation S-K subsequent to the date hereof substantially
modify the provisions of such Item 503, “Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio” shall have the meaning determined by this
definition without regard to any such amendments.
“ Funding Date ”
means the date on which any Loan is scheduled to be disbursed.
“ Funding Office ”
means, with respect to any Bank, any office or offices of such Bank
or Affiliate or Affiliates of such Bank through which such Bank
shall fund or shall have funded any Loan. A Funding Office may be,
at such Bank’s option, either a domestic or foreign office of
such Bank or a domestic or foreign office of an Affiliate of such
Bank.
“ Governmental Authority
” means any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government.
“ Guaranties ” by
any Person means, without duplication, all obligations (other than
endorsements in the ordinary course of business of negotiable
instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing
or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, dividend or other
obligation of any other Person (the “ Primary Obligor
”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including,
without limitation, all obligations incurred through an agreement,
contingent or otherwise, by such Person: (a) to purchase such
Indebtedness or obligation or any property or assets constituting
security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for
the purchase or payment of such Indebtedness or obligation or
(ii) to maintain working capital or other balance sheet
condition or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the
purchase or payment of such Indebtedness or obligation, (c) to
lease property or to purchase securities or other property or
services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such
Indebtedness or obligation of the ability of the Primary Obligor to
make payment of the Indebtedness or obligation or
(d) otherwise to assure the owner of the Indebtedness or
obligation of the Primary Obligor against loss in respect thereof;
provided , however , that the obligation described in
clause (c) shall not include (i) obligations of a buyer
under an agreement with a seller to purchase goods or services
entered into in the ordinary course of such buyer’s and
seller’s businesses unless such agreement requires that such
buyer make payment whether or not delivery is ever made of such
goods or services and (ii) remarketing agreements where the
remaining debt on an aircraft does not exceed the aircraft’s
net book value, determined in accordance with industry standards,
except that clause (c) shall apply to the amount of remaining
debt under a remarketing agreement that exceeds the net book value
of the aircraft. For the purposes of all computations made under
this Agreement, a Guaranty in respect of any Indebtedness for
borrowed money shall be deemed to be Indebtedness equal to the
principal amount of such Indebtedness for borrowed money which has
been guaranteed, and a Guaranty in respect of any other obligation
or liability or any dividend shall be deemed to be Indebtedness
equal to the maximum aggregate amount of such obligation, liability
or dividend.
“ Indebtedness ”
of any Person means and includes, without duplication, all
obligations of such Person which in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in
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the United States of
America shall be classified upon a balance sheet of such Person as
liabilities of such Person, and in any event shall include all:
(a) obligations of such Person for
borrowed money or which have been incurred in connection with the
acquisition of property or assets (other than security and other
deposits on flight equipment),
(b) obligations secured by any Lien
or other charge upon property or assets owned by such Person, even
though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment
of such obligations,
(c) obligations created or arising
under any conditional sale, or other title retention agreement with
respect to property acquired by such Person, notwithstanding the
fact that the rights and remedies of the seller, lender or lessor
under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of property,
(d) Capitalized Rentals of such
Person under any Capitalized Lease,
(e) obligations evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, and
(f) Guaranties by such Person, to the
extent required pursuant to the definition thereof.
“ Indemnified
Liabilities ” — see Section 13.6.
“ LIBOR ” means,
with respect to any Loan Period the rate per annum (rounded to the
nearest 1/100 of 1% or, if there is no nearest 1/100 of 1%, to the
next higher 1/100 of 1%), determined pursuant to the following
formula:
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Percentage) |
“ LIBOR Rate ”
means (i) with respect to Revolving Loans that are LIBOR Rate
Loans, LIBOR plus 0.40% per annum, and (ii) with
respect to Term Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans, LIBOR plus
1.85% per annum.
“ LIBOR Rate Loan
” means any Loan which bears interest at a LIBOR Rate.
“ Lien ” means any
mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other charge,
encumbrance or preferential arrangement, including the retained
security title of a conditional vendor or lessor. For avoidance of
doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge that the filing of a
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code does not, in
and of itself, give rise to a Lien.
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“ Litigation Actions
” means all litigation, claims and arbitration proceedings,
proceedings before any Governmental Authority or investigations
which are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against, or affecting, the Company or any Subsidiary.
“ Loan Period ”
means, with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, the period commencing
on such Loan’s Funding Date and ending 1, 2, 3 or
6 months thereafter as selected by the Company pursuant to
Section 3.2(a); provided , however , that:
(a) if a Loan Period would otherwise
end on a day which is not a Business Day, such Loan Period shall
end on the next succeeding Business Day (unless, in the case of a
LIBOR Rate Loan, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in
the next succeeding calendar month, in which case such Loan Period
shall end on the next preceding Business Day),
(b) in the case of a Loan Period for
any LIBOR Rate Loan, if there exists no day numerically
corresponding to the day such Loan was made in the month in which
the last day of such Loan Period would otherwise fall, such Loan
Period shall end on the last Business Day of such month, and
(c) on the date of the making of any
Loan by a Bank, the Loan Period for such Loan shall not extend
beyond the Termination Date (or the date contemplated by
Section 5.3 if the Term-Out Option is in effect).
“ Loans ” means,
collectively, the Revolving Loans and the Term Loans and,
individually, any Revolving Loan or Term Loan.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means (i) any material adverse effect on
the business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole
since any stated reference date or from and after the date of
determination, as the case may be, (ii) any material adverse
effect on the ability of the Company to perform its material
obligations hereunder and under the Notes or (iii) any
material adverse effect on the legality, validity, binding effect
or enforceability of any material provision of this Agreement or
any Note.
“ Multiemployer Plan
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3(37)
of ERISA.
“ Net Available Proceeds
” means, with respect to any Debt Incurrence, the aggregate
amount of all cash received by the Company and its Subsidiaries in
respect of such Debt Incurrence net of reasonable expenses incurred
by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection therewith.
“ New Litigation ”
— see Section 10.1.3.
“ Note ” means a
promissory note of the Company, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B, payable to a Bank, duly completed, evidencing Loans
by such Bank to the Company,
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as such note may be
amended, modified or supplemented or supplanted pursuant to
Section 13.4.1 from time to time.
“ Notice Office ”
means the office of the Agent which, as of the date hereof, is
located at 155 Bishopsgate, Level 7, London EC2M 3YB; Attention:
Carl Irvine, Telecopy Number: 020 7012 9455; Telephone Number: 020
7012 9289.
“ Participant ”
— see Section 13.4.2.
“ Payment Office ”
means the office of the Agent which, as of the date hereof, is at
155 Bishopsgate, Level 7, London EC2M 3YB.
“ PBGC ” means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any entity succeeding to
any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“ Percentage ”
means as to any Bank the ratio, expressed as a percentage, that
such Bank’s Commitment as set forth opposite such
Bank’s name on Schedule I, as periodically revised in
accordance with Section 13.4 or 13.8, bears to the Aggregate
Commitment or, if the Commitments have been terminated, the ratio,
expressed as a percentage, that the aggregate principal amount of
such Bank’s outstanding Loans bears to the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Loans.
“ Person ” means
an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or
unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or political subdivision thereof) or other
entity of any kind.
“ Plan ” means, at
any date, any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in section
3(2) of ERISA) which is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) and to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
may have any liability, including any liability by reason of having
been a substantial employer within the meaning of section 4063 of
ERISA at any time during the preceding five years, or by reason of
being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under section 4069 of
ERISA.
“ Reference Bank ”
means the principal London branch of The Governor and Company of
the Bank of Scotland.
“ Reportable Event
” means an event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with
respect to a Plan other than those events as to which the 30-day
notice period is waived under subsection
.22, .23, .25, .27
or .28 of PBGC Regulation Section 4043.
“ Required Banks ”
means Banks having an aggregate Percentage of 51% or more.
“ Revolving Loan ”
— see Section 3.1.
“ Revolving Loan Request
” — see Section 3.2(a).
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“ Significant Subsidiary
” means any Subsidiary which is so defined pursuant to Rule
1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“ Subsidiary ”
means any Person of which or in which the Company and its other
Subsidiaries own directly or indirectly 50% or more of:
(a) the combined voting power of all
classes of stock having general voting power under ordinary
circumstances to elect a majority of the board of directors of such
Person, if it is a corporation,
(b) the capital interest or profits
interest of such Person, if it is a partnership, joint venture or
similar entity, or
(c) the beneficial interest of such
Person, if it is a trust, association or other unincorporated
organization.
“ Successor Bank ”
— see Section 13.8(c).
“ Taxes ” with
respect to any Person means income, excise and other taxes, and all
assessments, imposts, duties and other governmental charges or
levies, imposed upon such Person, its income or any of its
properties, franchises or assets by any Governmental Authority.
“ Telerate Page ”
– see “Base LIBOR”.
“ Terminating Bank
” — see Section 13.8(c).
“ Termination Date
” means, with respect to any Bank, the earliest to occur of
(i) October 31, 2005 or if such day is not a Business Day, the
next preceding Business Day, (ii) the date on which the
Commitments shall terminate pursuant to Section 11.2 or the
Commitments shall be reduced to zero pursuant to Section 5.1
and (iii) the date specified as such Bank’s Termination
Date pursuant to Section 13.8(a), or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next preceding Business Day; in all cases,
subject to the provisions of Section 13.8(c).
“ Term Loans ”
— see Section 5.3.
“ Term-Out Option
” means the option of the Company to convert the Revolving
Loans to Term Loans as defined in and contemplated by
Section 5.3.
“ Unmatured Event of
Default ” means any event which if it continues uncured
will, with lapse of time or notice or lapse of time and notice,
constitute an Event of Default.
“ Wholly-owned
Subsidiary ” means any Person of which or in which the
Company and its other Wholly-owned Subsidiaries own directly or
indirectly 100% of:
(a) the issued and outstanding shares
of stock (except shares required as directors’ qualifying
shares),
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(b) the capital interest or profits
interest of such Person, if it is a partnership, joint venture or
similar entity, or
(c) the beneficial interest of such
Person, if it is a trust, association or other unincorporated
organization.
SECTION 2. [RESERVED].
SECTION 3. LOANS AND NOTES.
Section 3.1. Agreement to
Make Revolving Loans . On the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, each Bank, severally and for itself
alone, agrees to make loans on a revolving basis (herein
collectively called “ Revolving Loans ” and
individually each called a “ Revolving Loan ”)
from time to time from the date hereof until such Bank’s
Termination Date in such Bank’s Percentage of such aggregate
amounts as the Company may from time to time request as provided in
Section 3.2; provided , that (a) the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans of any Bank
shall not at any time exceed the amount set forth opposite such
Bank’s name on Schedule I (as reduced in accordance with
Section 5.1, Section 13.4 or Section 13.8),
(b) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans of
all Banks shall not at any time exceed the then Aggregate
Commitment and (c) the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of Loans shall not at any time exceed the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of loans to the Company under the Deutsche Bank
Credit Agreement at such time. Within the limits of this Section
3.1, the Company may from time to time borrow, prepay and reborrow
Revolving Loans on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
Section 3.2. Procedure for
Loans.
(a) Revolving Loan
Requests . The Company shall give the Agent irrevocable
telephonic notice at the Notice Office (promptly confirmed in
writing on the same day), not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City
time, at least three Business Days prior to the Funding Date of
each requested Revolving Loan (each of which shall, subject to
Sections 4.3(b), 7.2 and 7.3, be a LIBOR Rate Loan) and the
Agent shall promptly advise each Bank thereof and, if the Telerate
Page is not available, request the Reference Bank to notify the
Agent of its applicable rate (as contemplated in the definition of
LIBOR). Each such notice to the Agent (a “ Revolving Loan
Request ”) shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A and shall specify (i) the Funding Date (which
shall be a Business Day), (ii) the aggregate amount of the
Revolving Loans requested (in an amount permitted under clause
(b) below), and (iii) the Loan Period therefor (subject
to the limitations set forth in the definition of Loan Period).
(b) Amount and Increments of
Loans . Each Revolving Loan Request shall contemplate Revolving
Loans in a minimum aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or a higher
integral multiple of $1,000,000, not to exceed in the aggregate
(for all requested Revolving
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Loans) the amount of the
Aggregate Commitment which shall be available on the Funding Date
requested in such Loan Request.
(c) Funding of Loans
.
(i) Not later than 1:30 p.m.,
New York City time, on the Funding Date of a Revolving Loan, each
Bank shall, subject to this Section 3.2(c), provide the Agent
at its Notice Office with immediately available funds covering such
Bank’s Revolving Loan ( provided , that a Bank’s
obligation to provide funds to the Agent shall be deemed satisfied
by such Bank’s delivery to the Agent at its Notice Office not
later than 1:30 p.m., New York City time, of a SWIFT MT 202
Transfer or Federal Reserve wire confirmation number covering the
proceeds of such Bank’s Revolving Loan) and the Agent shall
pay over such funds to the Company not later than 2:00 p.m., New
York City time, on such day if the Agent shall have received the
documents required under Section 10 with respect to such
Revolving Loan and the other conditions precedent to the making of
such Revolving Loan shall have been satisfied not later than
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such day. If the Agent does
not receive such documents or such other conditions precedent have
not been satisfied prior to such time, then (A) the Agent
shall not pay over such funds to the Company, (B) the
Company’s Revolving Loan Request related to such Loan shall
be deemed cancelled in its entirety, (C) the Company shall be
liable to each Bank in accordance with Section 7.4 and
(D) the Agent shall return the amount previously provided to
the Agent by each Bank on the next following Business Day.
(ii) The Company agrees,
notwithstanding its previous delivery of any documents required
under Section 10 with respect to a particular Loan,
immediately to notify the Agent of any failure by it to satisfy the
conditions precedent to the making of such Loan. The Agent shall be
entitled to assume, after it has received each of the documents
required under Section 10 with respect to a particular Loan,
that each of the conditions precedent to the making of such Loan
has been satisfied absent actual knowledge to the contrary received
by the Agent prior to the time of the receipt of such documents.
Unless the Agent shall have notified the Banks prior to
10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Funding Date of any
Loan that the Agent has actual knowledge that the conditions
precedent to the making of such Loan have not been satisfied, the
Banks shall be entitled to assume that such conditions precedent
have been satisfied.
(d) Repayment of Loans .
If any Bank is to make a Revolving Loan hereunder on a day on which
the Company is to repay (or has elected to prepay, pursuant to
Section 5.2(a)) all or any part of any outstanding Revolving
Loan held by such Bank, the proceeds of such new Revolving Loan
shall be applied to make such repayment and only an amount equal to
the positive difference, if any, between the amount being borrowed
and the amount being repaid shall be requested by the Agent to be
made available by such Bank to the Agent as provided in
Section 3.2(c).
Section 3.3. Maturity of
Loans . Each Revolving Loan made by a Bank shall mature on the
last day of the Loan Period applicable to such Revolving Loan, but
in no event later than the Termination Date for such Bank (or the
date contemplated by Section 5.3 if the Term-Out Option is in
effect).
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SECTION 4. INTEREST AND FEES.
Section 4.1. Interest
Rates . The Company hereby promises to pay interest on the
unpaid principal amount of each Loan for the period commencing on
the Funding Date for such Loan until such Loan is paid in full at a
rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate applicable to the Loan
Period for such Loan; provided , however , that after
the maturity of any Loan (whether by acceleration or otherwise),
such Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount
thereof at a rate per annum (calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year for the actual number of days involved) equal to the Base Rate
from time to time in effect (but not less than the interest rate in
effect for such Loan immediately prior to maturity) plus 1%
per annum; and provided , further , that any Loan
that is, pursuant to Section 4.3(b), 7.2 or 7.3, made as a
Base Rate Loan shall bear interest at the Base Rate from time to
time in effect (or, if applicable, at the higher rate provided in
the foregoing proviso).
Section 4.2. Interest Payment
Dates . Except for Base Rate Loans, as to which accrued
interest shall be payable on the last day of each calendar quarter
and on the Termination Date (or the date contemplated by
Section 5.3 if the Term-Out Option is in effect), accrued
interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on the last day
of the Loan Period therefor and, with respect to each LIBOR Rate
Loan with a Loan Period of six months, on the day that is three
months after the first day of such Loan Period (or, if there is no
day in such third month numerically corresponding to such first day
of the Loan Period, on the last Business Day of such month). After
the maturity of any Loan, accrued interest on such Loan shall be
payable on demand. If any interest payment date falls on a day that
is not a Business Day, such interest payment date shall be
postponed to the next succeeding Business Day and the interest paid
shall cover the period of postponement (except that if the Loan is
a LIBOR Rate Loan and the next succeeding Business Day falls in the
next succeeding calendar month, such interest payment date shall be
the immediately preceding Business Day).
Section 4.3. Setting and
Notice of Loan Rates . (a) The applicable interest rate
for each Loan hereunder shall be determined by the Agent and notice
thereof shall be given by the Agent promptly to the Company and to
each Bank. Each determination of the applicable interest rate by
the Agent shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties hereto
in the absence of demonstrable error.
(b) In the case of LIBOR Rate
Loans, the Reference Bank agrees to use its best efforts to notify
the Agent in a timely fashion of its applicable rate after the
Agent’s request (if any) therefor under Section 3.2(a)
(as contemplated in the definition of LIBOR). If as to any Loan
Period for any Loan the Telerate Page is not available and the
Reference Bank is unable or for any reason fails to notify the
Agent of its applicable rate by 11:30 a.m., New York City
time, two Business Days before the Funding Date for such Loan, then
the applicable LIBOR Rate shall be determined by the Agent on the
basis of the rate or rates of interest at which Dollar deposits are
offered by the London branch of another bank or banks selected by
the Agent. If the Telerate Page is not available and Agent is
unable to determine such rate or rates of such other bank(s) prior
to 11:30 a.m., New York City time, two Business Days before
such Funding Date, then (i) the Agent shall promptly notify
the other parties thereof and (ii) at the option of the
Company, the Revolving Loan Request delivered by the Company
pursuant to Section 3.2(a) with respect to
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such Funding Date shall be
cancelled or the Revolving Loans requested in such Revolving Loan
Request shall be made as Base Rate Loans.
(c) The Agent shall, upon
written request of the Company or any Bank, deliver to the Company
or such Bank a statement showing the computations used by the Agent
in determining the interest rate applicable to any LIBOR Rate
Loan.
Section 4.4. Commitment
Fee . The Company agrees to pay to the Agent for the accounts
of the Banks pro rata in accordance with their
respective Percentages an annual commitment fee equal to 0.08% per
annum of the average daily unused amount of the Aggregate
Commitment. Such commitment fee shall be payable quarterly in
arrears on the last Business Day of March, June, September and
December of each year (beginning with the last Business Day of
December, 2004) until the Commitments have expired or have been
terminated and on the date of such expiration or termination (and,
in the case of any Terminating Bank, such Bank’s Termination
Date), in each case for the period then ending for which such
commitment fee has not previously been paid.
Section 4.5. Structuring
Fees . The Company agrees promptly to pay to the Agent for the
account of each Bank such fees as have been agreed to by the
Company and the Banks.
Section 4.6. Computation of
Interest and Fees . Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans, and
commitment fees shall be computed for the actual number of days
elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year; and interest on Base Rate
Loans shall be computed for the actual number of days elapsed on
the basis of a 365/366 day year, as the case may be. The
interest rate applicable to each LIBOR Rate Loan and Base Rate
Loan, and (to the extent applicable) after the maturity of any
other type of Loan, the interest rate applicable to such Loan,
shall change simultaneously with each change in the LIBOR Rate or
the Base Rate, as applicable.
SECTION 5. REDUCTION OR TERMINATION
OF THE COMMITMENTS; REPAYMENT; PREPAYMENTS.
Section 5.1. Voluntary
Termination or Reduction of the Commitments . The Company may
at any time on at least 5 days’ prior irrevocable notice
received by the Agent (which shall promptly on the same day or on
the next Business Day advise each Bank thereof) permanently reduce
the amount of the Commitments (such reduction to be pro
rata among the Banks according to their respective
Percentages) to an amount not less than the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Loans. Any such reduction shall be in the
amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof. Concurrently with any such reduction, the Company
shall prepay the principal of any Loans outstanding to the extent
that the aggregate amount of such Loans outstanding shall then
exceed the Aggregate Commitment, as so reduced. The Company may
from time to time on like irrevocable notice terminate the
Commitments upon payment in full of all Loans, all interest accrued
thereon, all fees and all other obligations of the Company
hereunder.
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Section 5.2. Prepayments
.
(a) Voluntary
Prepayments . The Company may voluntarily prepay Loans without
premium or penalty, except as may be required pursuant to
subsection (v) below, in whole or in part; provided ,
that (i) each voluntary prepayment under this
Section 5.2(a) shall be in an aggregate principal amount of
$10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof, (ii) except for the voluntary prepayment of the
aggregate amount of all Loans outstanding, no such prepayment shall
result in there being less than $10,000,000 in Loans outstanding in
the aggregate, and (iii) the Company shall give the Agent at
its Notice Office (which shall promptly advise each Bank) not less
than three Business Days’ prior notice thereof specifying the
Loans to be prepaid and the date and amount of any voluntary
prepayment.
(b) Mandatory
Prepayments . If at any time during the period beginning on the
date hereof and ending on the Termination Date, the Company makes a
prepayment or payment under the Deutsche Bank Credit Agreement
which causes the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans to
exceed the aggregate outstanding principal amount of loans to the
Company under the Deutsche Bank Credit Agreement at such time, the
Company shall prepay the Loans in a minimum aggregate amount equal
to such excess on the last day of the Loan Period for each Loan to
be prepaid, in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, and on the date of
such prepayment or payment, in the case of Base Rate Loans.
(c) Any prepayment made
hereunder of principal of any Loan shall include accrued interest
to the date of prepayment on the principal amount being prepaid,
and any prepayment of a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 7.4.
Section 5.3. Term-Out
Option . The Company may, by notice to the Agent not less than
10 days prior to the then-effective Termination Date, subject
to the conditions set forth below in this Section 5.3, elect
to convert the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Revolving Loans of each Bank as of such then-effective Termination
Date to a term loan of such Bank in said amount (herein
collectively called “ Term Loans ” and
individually each called a “ Term Loan ”). Each
Term Loan shall bear interest, from and including such
then-effective Termination Date until the payment thereof in full,
at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case such Term Loan is
a Base Rate Loan, the Base Rate from time to time in effect and
(y) in the case such Term Loan is a LIBOR Rate Loan, the LIBOR
Rate applicable to the Loan Period for such Term Loan, and in each
case shall otherwise constitute a Loan for all purposes of this
Agreement. The Company agrees to repay to the Agent for account of
the Banks the unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans on the date
364 days after such then-effective Termination Date or, if
such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business
Day (and any outstanding Note shall be deemed amended accordingly).
Once repaid or prepaid (other than as contemplated by
Section 3.2(d)), Term Loans cannot be reborrowed. Anything in
this Section 5.3 to the contrary notwithstanding, any such
conversion shall be subject to the conditions precedent that
(i) no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing on such then-effective Termination
Date and (ii) the representations and warranties made by the
Company in Section 8 shall be true on and as of such
then-effective Termination Date with the same force and effect as
if made on and as of such date. Each notice of conversion delivered
by the Company in accordance with this Section 5.3 shall
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the Company to the effect
set forth in the preceding sentence (both as of the date of such
notice and, unless the Company, after delivery of such notice,
otherwise notifies the Agent prior to such then-effective
Termination Date, as of such date). Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement to the contrary, commitment fees contemplated by
Section 4.4 shall cease to accrue after the effectiveness of
the Term-Out Option.
SECTION 6. MAKING AND PRORATION OF
PAYMENTS; SET-OFF; TAXES.
Section 6.1. Making of
Payments . Except as provided in Section 3.2(d), payments
(including those made pursuant to Section 5.1) of principal
of, or interest on, the Loans and all payments of fees and any
other payments required to be made by the Company to the Agent
hereunder shall be made by the Company to the Agent in immediately
available funds at its Payment Office not later than 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, on the date due; and funds received after that
hour shall be deemed to have been received by the Agent on the next
following Business Day. The Agent shall promptly remit to each Bank
its share (if any) of each such payment. All payments under
Section 7 and all payments required to be made hereunder to
any Person other than the Agent shall be made by the Company when
due directly to the Persons entitled thereto in immediately
available funds.
Section 6.2. Pro Rata Treatment;
Sharing.
(a) Except as required pursuant
to Section 7 or Section 13.8, each payment or prepayment
of principal of any Loans, each payment of interest on the Loans,
each payment of the commitment fee shall be allocated pro
rata among the Banks in accordance with their respective
Percentages.
(b) If any Bank or other holder
of a Loan shall obtain any payment or other recovery (whether
voluntary, involuntary, by application of offset or otherwise) on
account of principal of, interest on or fees or other amounts with
respect to any Loan in excess of the share of payments and other
recoveries (exclusive of payments or recoveries under
Section 7 or pursuant to Section 13.8) such Bank or other
holder would have received if such payment had been distributed
pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.2(a), such Bank or
other holder shall purchase from the other Banks or holders, in a
manner to be specified by the Agent, such participations in the
Loans held by them as shall be necessary so that all such payments
of principal and interest with respect to the Loans shall be shared
by the Banks and other holders pro rata in accordance
with their respective Percentages; provided , however
, that if all or any portion of the excess payment or other
recovery is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Bank or
holder, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price
restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
Section 6.3. Set-off .
The Company agrees that the Agent, each Bank, each Assignee and
each Participant has all rights of set-off and banker’s lien
provided by applicable law, and the Company further agrees that at
any time (i) any amount owing by the Company under this
Agreement is due to any such Person or (ii) any Event of
Default exists, each such
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Person may apply to the
payment of any amount payable hereunder any and all balances,
credits, deposits, accounts or moneys of the Company then or
thereafter with such Person.
Section 6.4. Taxes, etc.
(a) All payments made by the Company to the Agent, any Bank,
any Assignee or any Participant under this Agreement and the Notes
shall be made without any set-off or counterclaim, and free and
clear of and without deduction for or on account of any present or
future Covered Taxes now or hereafter imposed (except to the extent
that such withholding or deduction (x) is compelled by law,
(y) results from the breach, by the recipient of a payment, of
its agreement contained in Section 6.4(b), Section 6.4(c)
or Section 6.4(e) or (z) would not be required if the
representation or warranty contained in the second sentence of
Section 6.4(b) were true as of the date of this Agreement, or with
respect to a Bank that becomes a Bank pursuant to
Section 13.4.1, Section 13.4.2 or Section 13.8, true
at the time such Bank becomes a Bank hereunder). If the Company is
compelled by law to make any such deductions or withholdings of any
Covered Taxes it will:
(i) pay to the relevant authorities
the full amount required to be so withheld or deducted,
(ii) except to the extent that such
withholding or deduction results from the breach by the recipient
of its agreement contained in Section 6.4(b),
Section 6.4(c) or Section 6.4(e) or, if applicable, would not
be required if the representation or warranty contained in the
second sentence of Section 6.4(b) were true as of the date of
this Agreement, or with respect to a Bank that becomes a Bank
pursuant to Section 13.4.1, Section 13.4.2 or Section
13.8, true at the time such Bank becomes a Bank hereunder, pay such
additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amount
received by the Agent, each Bank, each Assignee and each
Participant after such deductions or withholdings (including any
required deduction or withholding on such additional amounts) shall
equal the amount such payee would have received had no such
deductions or withholdings been made, and
(iii) promptly forward to the Agent
(for delivery to such payee) an official receipt or other
documentation satisfactory to the Agent evidencing such payment to
such authorities.
Moreover, if any Covered Taxes are
directly asserted against the Agent, any Bank, any Assignee or any
Participant, such payee may pay such Covered Taxes, and, upon
receipt of an official receipt or other satisfactory documentation
evidencing such payment, the Company shall promptly pay such
additional amount (including, without limitation, any penalties,
interest or reasonable expenses) as may be necessary in order that
the net amount received by such payee after the payment of such
Covered Taxes (including any Covered Taxes on such additional
amount) shall equal the amount such payee would have received had
no such Covered Taxes been asserted ( provided , that the
Agent, the Banks, and any Assignee or Participant shall use
reasonable efforts, to the extent consistent with applicable laws
and regulations, to minimize to the extent possible any such
Covered Taxes if they can do so without material cost or legal or
regulatory disadvantage). For purposes of this Section 6.4, a
distribution hereunder by the Agent or any Bank to or for the
account of any Bank, Assignee or Participant
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shall be deemed to be a
payment by the Company. The Company’s agreement under this
Section 6.4 shall survive repayment of the Loans, cancellation of
the Notes or any termination of this Agreement.
(b) In consideration of, and as
a condition to, the Company’s undertakings in
Section 6.4(a), each Bank other than a Bank that is organized
and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any
State thereof (a “ Non-U.S. Bank ”) agrees to
execute and deliver to the Agent at its Payment Office for delivery
to the Company, before the first scheduled payment date in each
year, (i) to the extent it acts for its own account with
respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable to such Non-U.S.
Bank under this Agreement, two original copies of United States
Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN, W-8ECI or W-8EXP (or any
successor forms), as appropriate, properly completed and duly
executed by such Non-U.S. Bank, and claiming complete exemption
from withholding and deduction of United States Federal Taxes, and
(ii) to the extent it does not act or has ceased to act for
its own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or
payable to such Bank under this Agreement (for example, in the case
of a typical Participation by such Non-U.S. Bank), (1) for the
portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to which such
Non-U.S. Bank acts for its own account, two original copies of the
forms or statements required to be provided by such Non-U.S. Bank
under subsection (i) of this Section 6.4(b), properly
completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Bank and claiming
complete exemption from withholding and deduction of United States
Federal Taxes, and (2) for the portion of any such sums paid
or payable with respect to which such Non-U.S. Bank does not act or
has ceased to act for its own account, two original copies of
United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any
successor forms), properly completed and duly executed by such
Non-U.S. Bank, together with any information, if any, such Non-U.S.
Bank chooses to transmit with such form, and any other certificate
or statement of exemption required under the Internal Revenue Code
or the regulations issued thereunder. Each Bank hereby
(i) represents and warrants to the Company that, at the date
of this Agreement, or at the time such Bank becomes a Bank
hereunder, it is entitled to receive payments of principal and
interest hereunder without deduction for or on account of any Taxes
imposed by the United States of America or any political
subdivision thereof, and (ii) acknowledges that in the event
that after the date of this Agreement or after the date that a Bank
becomes a Bank hereunder, such Bank is no longer entitled to
receive payments or principal and interest hereunder without
deduction for or on account of any Taxes imposed by the United
States of America or any political subdivision thereof, such Bank
will be subject to removal pursuant to Section 13.8
hereof.
(c) Each Non-U.S. Bank hereby
agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by such
Non-U.S. Bank of any forms or other information pursuant to
Section 6.4(b), whenever a lapse in time or change in
circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence so
delivered obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that such
Non-U.S. Bank shall promptly (and in all events, prior to the next
applicable payment date), deliver to the Agent at the Payment
Office for delivery to the Company two original copies of any
renewal, amendment or additional or successor forms, properly
completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Bank, together with
any other certificate or statement of exemption required by
applicable law or regulation in order to (i) confirm or establish
such Non-U.S. Bank’s complete exemption from withholding and
deduction of United States Federal Taxes with respect to payments
to such Bank under this Agreement or (ii) in the case of a
change in law after the date
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on which such Non-U.S. Bank
became a Bank hereunder that results in a withholding or deduction
of United States Federal Taxes on payments hereunder to such
Non-U.S. Bank, establish the status of such Non-U.S. Bank as other
than a United States person for United States Federal tax purposes
and, to the extent entitled under an applicable treaty or other
law, claim the benefit of a reduced rate of withholding and
deduction of United States Federal Taxes with respect to any such
payments under an applicable tax treaty of the United States of
America, or (iii) if applicable, confirm or establish that
such Non-U.S. Bank does not act for its own account with respect to
any portion of any such payments.
(d) If the Company determines in
good faith that a reasonable basis exists for contesting a Covered
Tax with respect to which the Company has paid an additional amount
under this Section 6.4, the Agent and the Banks, as
applicable, shall, subject to Section 6.4(f), cooperate with
the Company in challenging such Covered Tax at the Company’s
expense if requested by the Company (it being understood and agreed
that neither the Agent nor any Bank shall have any obligation to
contest, or any responsibility for contesting, any Tax). If the
Agent or a Bank has actual knowledge that it is entitled to receive
a refund (whether by way of a direct payment or by clearly
identifiable offset to an amount otherwise owed to the relevant
taxing authority) in respect of a Covered Tax with respect to which
the Company has paid an additional amount under this
Section 6.4, it shall promptly notify the Company of the
availability of such refund (unless it was made aware of such
refund by the Company) and shall, within 30 days after the
receipt of a request from the Company, apply for such refund at the
Company’s expense. If the Agent or any Bank receives a refund
(whether by way of a direct payment or by clearly identifiable
offset to an amount otherwise owed to the relevant taxing
authority) of any Covered Tax with respect to which the Company has
paid an additional amount under this Section 6.4 which, in the
reasonable good faith judgment of the Agent or such Bank, as the
case may be, is allocable to such payment made under this Section
6.4, the amount of such refund (together with any interest received
thereon) shall be paid to the Company, but only to the extent of
the additional amounts received from the Company, provided
that , in the case of a Covered Tax the Company was required to
deduct and withhold under this Section 6.4, the Company
deducted and withheld such Covered Tax in full as and when required
pursuant to this Section 6.4, provided further, that if such
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