Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
$500,000,000 180-Day
Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of
April 15, 2005
among
INTERNATIONAL LEASE
FINANCE CORPORATION,
as Borrower
THE BANKS (as defined
herein)
and
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK
BRANCH,
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.
Deutsche Bank 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
Schedule I Schedule
of Banks (Sections 1.2, 3.1, 13.4.1 and 13.8)
Schedule II Address
for Notices (Section 13.2)
Exhibit A Form
of Revolving Loan Request (Section 3.2(a))
Exhibit B Form
of Note (Sections 1.2 and 3.4)
Exhibit C Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio 12/31/04 (Sections 1.2 and 9.11)
Exhibit D Form
of Opinion of the General Counsel of the Company
(Section 10.2.5)
Exhibit E 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 April 15, 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 DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH (herein,
in its individual corporate capacity, together with its successors
and assigns, called “ Deutsche Bank ”), 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:
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Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or
under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person
shall be deemed to control another Person if such first Person
possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such other Person,
whether through ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise.
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Agent ” — see Preamble.
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Aggregate Commitment ” means $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.
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AIG ” means American International Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
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Assignee ” — see Section 13.4.1.
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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.
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Bank ” — see Preamble.
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Bank Parties ” — see Section 13.6.
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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.
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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 Deutsche Bank AG in New York, New
York, from time to time, as Deutsche Bank AG’s base rate; and
(b) the Federal Funds Rate for such day plus 1/2 of 1% per
annum.
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Base Rate Loan ” means any Loan which bears interest
at the Base Rate.
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Business Day ” means any day of the year on which
banks are open for commercial banking business in the City of New
York and Los Angeles and, if the applicable Business Day relates to
the determination of LIBOR for any LIBOR Rate Loan, any such
Business Day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are
transacted in the London interbank market.
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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.
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Capitalized Rentals ” means, as of the date of any
determination, the amount at which the obligations of the lessee,
due and to become due under all Capitalized Leases under which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a lessee, are reflected as a liability
on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
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Closing Date ” – see Section 10.2.
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Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
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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).
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Company ” — see Preamble.
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Consolidated Indebtedness ” means, as of the date of
any determination, the total amount of Indebtedness less the amount
of current and deferred income taxes and rentals received in
advance of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America, and excluding
adjustments in relation to Indebtedness denominated in any currency
other than Dollars and any related derivative liability, in each
case to the extent arising from currency fluctuations (such
exclusions to apply only to the extent the resulting liability is
hedged by the Company or such Subsidiary).
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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.
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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
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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.
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Debt Incurrence ” means the incurrence by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries after July 15, 2005 of any
Indebtedness for or in respect of borrowed money or of the kind
referred to in clause (e) of the definition of
“Indebtedness” in an aggregate principal amount of
$100,000,000 or more, but excluding any Indebtedness incurred in
connection with the ECA Financing.
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Deutsche Bank ” – see Preamble.
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Dollar ”, and “ $ ”, refer to the
lawful money of the United States of America.
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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.
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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 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.
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ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
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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.
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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.
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Event of Default ” means any of the events described
in Section 11.1.
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Eximbank ” means the Export-Import Bank of the United
States of America.
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Existing Litigation ” — see
Section 10.1.3.
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FASB 13 ” means the Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 13 (Accounting for Leases) as in effect on the
date hereof.
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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.
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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” on the last day of any
quarter of any fiscal year of the Company means the ratio for the
period of four fiscal quarters ending on such day of earnings to
combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends referred to in
Paragraph (d)(1) of Item 503 of Regulation S-K of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended from time to time,
and determined pursuant to Instructions to paragraph 503(d) of such
Item 503 with the Company as “registrant” (such
ratio for the four fiscal quarters ended December 31, 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.
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Funding Date ” means the date on which any Loan is
scheduled to be disbursed.
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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.
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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.
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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
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which has been guaranteed,
and a Guaranty in respect of any other obligation or liability or
any dividend shall be deemed to be Indebtedness equal to the
maximum aggregate amount of such obligation, liability or
dividend.
“
Indebtedness ” of any Person means and includes,
without duplication, all obligations of such Person which in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America shall be classified upon a balance sheet
of such Person as liabilities of such Person, and in any event
shall include all:
(a) obligations of such Person for
borrowed money or which have been incurred in connection with the
acquisition of property or assets (other than security and other
deposits on flight equipment),
(b) obligations secured by any Lien
or other charge upon property or assets owned by such Person, even
though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment
of such obligations,
(c) obligations created or arising
under any conditional sale, or other title retention agreement with
respect to property acquired by such Person, notwithstanding the
fact that the rights and remedies of the seller, lender or lessor
under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of property,
(d) Capitalized Rentals of such
Person under any Capitalized Lease,
(e) obligations evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, and
(f) Guaranties by such Person, to the
extent required pursuant to the definition thereof.
“
Indemnified Liabilities ” — see
Section 13.6.
“
LIBOR ” means, with respect to any Loan Period the
rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1% or, if there is
no nearest 1/100 of 1%, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%), determined
pursuant to the following formula:
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LIBOR Rate ” means (i) with respect to 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
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vendor or lessor. For
avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge that the filing
of a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code does
not, in and of itself, give rise to a Lien.
“
Litigation Actions ” means all litigation, claims and
arbitration proceedings, proceedings before any Governmental
Authority or investigations which are pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened against, or affecting, the Company or
any Subsidiary.
“
Loan Period ” means, 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.
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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, 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 90 Hudson Street, Jersey City,
NJ 07302; Attention: Cheryl Mandelbaum, Telecopy Number: (201)
593-2313; Telephone Number: (201) 593-2231.
“
Participant ” — see Section 13.4.2.
“
Payment Office ” means the office of the Agent which,
as of the date hereof, is at 60 Wall Street, New York, NY
10005.
“
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
Deutsche Bank AG.
“
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.
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Revolving Loan Request ” — see
Section 3.2(a).
“
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 12, 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:
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(a) the issued and outstanding shares
of stock (except shares required as directors’ qualifying
shares),
(b) the capital interest or profits
interest of such Person, if it is a partnership, joint venture or
similar entity, or
(c) the beneficial interest of such
Person, if it is a trust, association or other unincorporated
organization.
SECTION
2. [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) and
(b) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans of
all Banks shall not at any time exceed the then Aggregate
Commitment. Within the limits of this Section 3.1, the Company
may from time to time borrow, prepay and reborrow 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, (i) at least three Business Days prior to
the Funding Date in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans or (ii) on
the Funding Date in the case of Base Rate Loans, of each requested
Revolving Loan, and the Agent shall promptly advise each Bank
thereof and, in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan, if the Telerate Page
is not available, request 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), (iii) whether each Revolving Loan shall be a
LIBOR Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan and (iv) if a LIBOR Rate
Loan, the Loan Period therefor (subject to the limitations set
forth in the definition of Loan Period).
(b)
Amount and Increments of 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 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) in the
case of Revolving Loan Requests relative to LIBOR Rate Loans, the
Company shall be liable to each Bank in accordance with
Section 7.4 and (D) the Agent shall return the amount
previously provided to the Agent by each Bank on the next following
Business Day.
(ii) The
Company agrees, notwithstanding its previous delivery of any
documents required under Section 10 with respect to a
particular Loan, immediately to notify the Agent of any failure by
it to satisfy the conditions precedent to the making of such Loan.
The Agent shall be entitled to assume, after it has received each
of the documents required under Section 10 with respect to a
particular Loan, that each of the conditions precedent to the
making of such Loan has been satisfied absent actual knowledge to
the contrary received by the Agent prior to the time of the receipt
of such documents. Unless the Agent shall have notified the Banks
prior to 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the Funding Date
of any Loan that the Agent has actual knowledge that the conditions
precedent to the making of such Loan have not been satisfied, the
Banks shall be entitled to assume that such conditions precedent
have been satisfied.
(d)
Repayment of Loans . If any Bank is to make a 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, as follows:
(a) if
such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the
Base Rate from time to time in effect; and
(b) if
such Loan is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal to the
LIBOR Rate applicable to the Loan Period for such Loan;
provided ,
however , that after the maturity of any Loan (whether by
acceleration or otherwise), such Loan shall bear interest on the
unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum (calculated on
the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days involved)
equal to the Base Rate from time to time in effect (but not less
than the interest rate in effect for such Loan immediately prior to
maturity) plus 1% per annum.
Section 4.2.
Interest Payment Dates . Except for Base Rate Loans, as to
which accrued interest shall be payable on the last day of each
calendar quarter and on the Termination Date (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 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, 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
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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
the 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 such Funding Date shall be
cancelled or shall be deemed to have specified a Base Rate
Loan.
(c) The
Agent shall, upon written request of the Company or any Bank,
deliver to the Company or such Bank a statement showing the
computations used by the Agent in determining the interest rate
applicable to any LIBOR Rate Loan.
Section 4.4.
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 during the period beginning on
July 16, 2005 and ending on the Termination Date, a Debt
Incurrence shall occur, the Company shall prepay the Loans in an
aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Net Available Proceeds
thereof (and the Commitments shall simultaneously, automatically be
pro tanto reduced ( pro rata among the
Banks according to their respective Percentages)), such prepayment
and reduction to occur on the settlement date of such Debt
Incurrence.
(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 constitute a certification by the Company to
the effect set forth in the preceding sentence (both as of the date
of such notice
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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 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.
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Section 6.4.
Taxes, etc. (a) All payments made by the Company to the
Agent, any Bank, any Assignee or any Participant under this
Agreement and the Notes shall be made without any set-off or
counterclaim, and free and clear of and without deduction for or on
account of any present or future Covered Taxes now or hereafter
imposed (except to the extent that such withholding or deduction
(x) is compelled by law, (y) results from the breach, by
the recipient of a payment, of its agreement contained in
Section 6.4(b), Section 6.4(c) or Section 6.4(e) or
(z) would not be required if the representation or warranty
contained in the second sentence of Section 6.4(b) were true as of
the date of this Agreement, or with respect to a Bank that becomes
a Bank pursuant to Section 13.4.1, Section 13.4.2 or
Section 13.8, true at the time such Bank becomes a Bank
hereunder). If the Company is compelled by law to make any such
deductions or withholdings of any Covered Taxes it will:
(i) pay
to the relevant authorities the full amount required to be so
withheld or deducted,
(ii)
except to the extent that such withholding or deduction results
from the breach by the recipient of its agreement contained in
Section 6.4(b), Section 6.4(c) or Section 6.4(e) or, if
applicable, would not be required if the representation or warranty
contained in the second sentence of Section 6.4(b) were true
as of the date of this Agreement, or with respect to a Bank that
becomes a Bank pursuant to Section 13.4.1, Section 13.4.2
or Section 13.8, true at the time such Bank becomes a Bank
hereunder, pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order
that the net amount received by the Agent, each Bank, each Assignee
and each Participant after such deductions or withholdings
(including any required deduction or withholding on such additional
amounts) shall equal the amount such payee would have received had
no such deductions or withholdings been made, and
(iii)
promptly forward to the Agent (for delivery to such payee) an
official receipt or other documentation satisfactory to the Agent
evidencing such payment to such authorities.
Moreover,
if any Covered Taxes are directly asserted against the Agent, any
Bank, any Assignee or any Participant, such payee may pay such
Covered Taxes, and, upon receipt of an official receipt or other
satisfactory documentation evidencing such payment, the Company
shall promptly pay such additional amount (including, without
limitation, any penalties, interest or reasonable expenses) as may
be necessary in order that the net amount received by such payee
after the payment of such Covered Taxes (including any Covered
Taxes on such additional amount) shall equal the amount such payee
would have received had no such Covered Taxes been asserted (
provided , that the Agent, the Banks, and any Assignee or
Participant shall use reasonable efforts, to the extent consistent
with applicable laws and regulations, to minimize to the extent
possible any such Covered Taxes if they can do so without material
cost or legal or regulatory disadvantage). For purposes of this
Section 6.4, a distribution hereunder by the Agent or any Bank
to or for the account of any Bank, Assignee or Participant shall be
deemed to be a payment by the Company. The Company’s
agreement under this Section 6.4 shall survive repayment of
the Loans, cancellation of the Notes or any termination of this
Agreement.
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(b) In
consideration of, and as a condition to, the Company’s
undertakings in Section 6.4(a), each Bank other than a Bank
that is organized and existing under the laws of the United States
of America or any State thereof (a “ Non-U.S. Bank
”) agrees to execute and deliver to the Agent at its Payment
Office for delivery to the Company, before the first scheduled
payment date in each year, (i) to the extent it acts for its
own account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable
to such Non-U.S. Bank under this Agreement, two original copies of
United States Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN, W-8ECI or
W-8EXP (or any successor forms), as appropriate, properly completed
and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Bank, and claiming complete
exemption from withholding and deduction of United States Federal
Taxes, and (ii) to the extent it does not act or has ceased to
act for its own account with respect to any portion of any sums
paid or payable to such Bank under this Agreement (for example, in
the case of a typical Participation by such Non-U.S. Bank),
(1) for the portion of any such sums paid or payable with
respect to which such Non-U.S. Bank acts for its own account, two
original copies of the forms or statements required to be provided
by such Non-U.S. Bank under subsection (i) of this
Section 6.4(b), properly completed and duly executed by such
Non-U.S. Bank and claiming complete exemption from withholding and
deduction of United States Federal Taxes, and (2) for the
portion of any such sums paid or payable with respect to which such
Non-U.S. Bank does not act or has ceased to act for its own
account, two original copies of United States Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms), properly completed
and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Bank, together with any
information, if any, such Non-U.S. Bank chooses to transmit with
such form, and any other certificate or statement of exemption
required under the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations issued
thereunder. Each Bank hereby (i) represents and warrants to
the Company that, at the date of this Agreement, or at the time
such Bank becomes a Bank hereunder, it is entitled to receive
payments of principal and interest hereunder without deduction for
or on account of any Taxes imposed by the United States of America
or any political subdivision thereof, and (ii) acknowledges
that in the event that after the date of this Agreement or after
the date that a Bank becomes a Bank hereunder, such Bank is no
longer entitled to receive payments or principal and interest
hereunder without deduction for or on account of any Taxes imposed
by the United States of America or any political subdivision
thereof, such Bank will be subject to removal pursuant to
Section 13.8 hereof.
(c) Each
Non-U.S. Bank hereby agrees, from time to time after the initial
delivery by such Non-U.S. Bank of any forms or other information
pursuant to Section 6.4(b), whenever a lapse in time or change
in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence
so delivered obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that
such Non-U.S. Bank shall promptly (and in all events, prior to the
next applicable payment date), deliver to the Agent at the Payment
Office for delivery to the Company two original copies of any
renewal, amendment or additional or successor forms, properly
completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Bank, together with
any other certificate or statement of exemption required by
applicable law or regulation in order to (i) confirm or establish
such Non-U.S. Bank’s complete exemption from withholding and
deduction of United States Federal Taxes with respect to payments
to such Bank under this Agreement or (ii) in the case of a
change in law after the date on which such Non-U.S. Bank became a
Bank hereunder that results in a withholding or deduction of United
States Federal Taxes on payments hereunder to such Non-U.S. Bank,
establish the status of such Non-U.S. Bank as other than a United
States person for United States
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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 requi
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