Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated
as of
November 19, 2007
among
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC
The
Lenders Party Hereto
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
CITIBANK, N.A. and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Co-Syndication Agents
MIZUHO
CORPORATE BANK, LTD., SUNTRUST BANK, and
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
as Co-Documentation Agents
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and JPMORGAN CHASE SECURITIES,
INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Runners
$1,750,000,000 5-Year Revolving Credit Facility
TABLE
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
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SECTION 1.01.
Defined Terms
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SECTION 1.02.
Classification of Loans and Borrowings
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SECTION 1.03.
Terms Generally
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SECTION 1.04.
Accounting Terms; GAAP
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ARTICLE II The
Credits
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SECTION 2.01.
Commitments
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SECTION 2.02.
Loans and Borrowings
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SECTION 2.03.
Requests for Revolving Borrowings
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SECTION 2.04.
Competitive Bid Procedure
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SECTION 2.05.
Swingline Loans
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SECTION 2.06.
Letters of Credit
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SECTION 2.07.
Funding of Borrowings
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SECTION 2.08.
Interest Elections
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SECTION 2.09.
Termination and Reduction of Commitments
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SECTION 2.10.
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
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SECTION 2.11.
Prepayment of Loans
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SECTION 2.12.
Fees
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SECTION 2.13.
Interest
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SECTION 2.14.
Alternate Rate of Interest
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SECTION 2.15.
Illegality; Increased Costs
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SECTION 2.16.
Break Funding Payments
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SECTION 2.17.
Taxes
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SECTION 2.18.
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of
Set-offs
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SECTION 2.19.
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
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SECTION 2.20.
Separateness
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ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
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SECTION 3.01.
Organization; Powers
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SECTION 3.02.
Authorization; Enforceability
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SECTION 3.03.
Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
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SECTION 3.04.
Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change
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SECTION 3.05.
Litigation and Environmental Matters
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SECTION 3.06.
Compliance with Laws
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SECTION 3.07.
Investment Company Status
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SECTION 3.08.
Taxes
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SECTION 3.09.
ERISA
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SECTION 3.10.
Disclosure
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SECTION 3.11.
Subsidiaries
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SECTION 3.12.
Margin Securities
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ARTICLE IV
Conditions
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SECTION 4.01.
Effective Date
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SECTION 4.02.
Each Credit Event
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ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
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SECTION 5.01.
Financial Statements and Other Information
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SECTION 5.02.
Notices of Material Events
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SECTION 5.03.
Existence; Conduct of Business
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SECTION 5.04.
Maintenance of Properties; Insurance
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SECTION 5.05.
Books and Records; Inspection Rights
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SECTION 5.06.
Compliance with Laws
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SECTION 5.07.
Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit
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SECTION 5.08.
Environmental Matters
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SECTION 5.09.
ERISA Information
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SECTION 5.10.
Taxes
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ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
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SECTION 6.01.
Indebtedness
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SECTION 6.02.
Liens
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SECTION 6.03.
Fundamental Changes
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SECTION 6.04.
Investment Restriction
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SECTION 6.05.
Restricted Payments
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SECTION 6.06.
Restrictive Agreements
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SECTION 6.07.
Financial Condition Covenants
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ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
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ARTICLE VIII The
Administrative Agent
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ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
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SECTION 9.01.
Notices
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SECTION 9.02.
Waivers; Amendments
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SECTION 9.03.
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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SECTION 9.04.
Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 9.05.
Survival
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SECTION 9.06.
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
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SECTION 9.07.
Severability
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SECTION 9.08.
Right of Setoff
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SECTION 9.09.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
Process
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SECTION 9.10.
Waiver of Jury Trial
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SECTION 9.11.
Headings
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SECTION 9.12.
Confidentiality
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SECTION 9.13.
Interest Rate Limitation
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SECTION 9.14.
Liability of Manager
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SECTION 9.15.
USA Patriot Act Notice
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SECTION 9.16.
Existing Credit Facility
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SCHEDULES:
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Schedule 1.01
— Existing Letters of Credit
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Schedule 2.01
— Commitments
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Schedule 3.05
— Disclosed Matters
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Schedule 3.11
— Subsidiaries
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Schedule 6.01
— Existing Indebtedness
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Schedule 6.06
— Existing Restrictions
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EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit A
— Form of Assignment and Acceptance
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Exhibit B
— Form of Borrowing Request
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Exhibit C
— Form of Competitive Bid Request
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Exhibit D
— Form of Interest Election Request
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Exhibit E-1
— Form of Opinion of Richard Bachmann, in-house counsel for
Borrower and EPD
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Exhibit E-2
— Form of Opinion of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP,
Borrower’s and EPD’s Counsel
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Exhibit F
— Form of Compliance Certificate
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Exhibit G
— Form of Revolving Loan Note
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Exhibit H
— Form of Competitive Loan Note
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Exhibit I
— Form of Swingline Loan Note
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AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT dated as of November 19, 2007, among ENTERPRISE
PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC, a Texas limited liability company; the
LENDERS party hereto; WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender; CITIBANK,
N.A. and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Co-Syndication Agents; and MIZUHO
CORPORATE BANK, LTD., SUNTRUST BANK and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as
Co-Documentation Agents.
W I T
N E S S E T H
Borrower, Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as administrative agent, and other agents and lenders
are parties to the Existing Credit Facility, and Borrower,
Administrative Agent and Lenders desire to amend and restate the
Existing Credit Facility and renew and extend the Indebtedness
under the Existing Credit Facility as set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein and in consideration of
the Loans which may hereafter be made by Lenders and the Letters of
Credit which may be made available by Issuing Bank to Borrower and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms .
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings
specified below:
“ ABR ”, when used
in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to a Loan, or Loans,
in the case of a Borrowing, which bear interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“ Administrative Agent
” means Wachovia Bank, National Association, in its capacity
as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
“ Administrative
Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in
a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the
Person specified.
“ Agreement ”
means this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated
November 19, 2007, among Enterprise Products Operating LLC, a
Texas limited liability company; the Lenders party hereto; and
Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent,
Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender; as amended, extended or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Alternate Base Rate
” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater
of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, and (b) the
Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus
1 / 2 of 1%. Any change in the Alternate Base
Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the
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Federal
Funds Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the
effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“ Applicable Percentage
” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the
total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment. If
the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable
Percentages shall be determined based upon either (i) the
Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any
assignments or (ii) if the Revolving Loans have been converted
to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(d), the percentage of
the total Term Loans represented by such Lender’s Term
Loan.
“ Applicable Rate
” means, for any day, with respect to any Eurodollar
Revolving Loan, or with respect to the facility fees payable
hereunder, as the case may be (subject to the immediately following
paragraph of this defined term), the applicable rate per annum set
forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Spread” or
“Facility Fee Rate”, as the case may be, based upon the
ratings by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, respectively,
applicable on such date to the Index Debt:.
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Category 1
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Baa1/BBB+/BBB+
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Baa2/BBB/BBB
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Baa3/BBB-/BBB-
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provided , the applicable Eurodollar Spread shall be
increased by 0.100% per annum on each day that (i) the total
Revolving Credit Exposures plus (ii) the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans exceeds
(iii) fifty percent (50%) of the total Commitments;
provided , further , upon the conversion of the
Revolving Loans to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(d):
(A) the applicable Eurodollar Spread shall be increased by
0.125% per annum and (B) (i) if immediately prior to such
conversion the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus
(ii) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive
Loans exceeds (iii) fifty percent (50%) of the total
Commitments, the applicable Eurodollar Spread with respect to such
Term Loans shall be increased by an additional 0.10% per
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For purposes of the foregoing,
(i) if only one of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch shall have
in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of a
change in the rating system of, or unavailability of a ratings by,
such rating agencies, as referred to in the last sentence of this
paragraph), or if only two of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch
shall have in effect a rating for the Index Debt, and such ratings
fall within the same Category, then the other two rating agencies,
or other rating agency, shall be deemed to have established a
rating in the same Category as such agency or agencies;
(ii) if only two of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch shall
have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of
a change in the rating system of, or unavailability of ratings by,
such rating agencies, as referred to in the last sentence of this
paragraph), and such ratings shall
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within different Categories, the Applicable Rate shall be based on
the higher of the two ratings; (iii) if each of Moody’s,
S&P and Fitch shall have in effect a rating for the Index Debt,
and such ratings shall fall within different Categories, the
Applicable Rate shall be based on (x) the majority rating, if two
of such ratings fall within the same Category, or (y) the
middle rating, if all three of such ratings fall within different
Categories, (iv) if the ratings established or deemed to have
been established by Moody’s, S&P and/or Fitch for the
Index Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in
the rating system of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch), such change
shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by
the applicable rating agency. Each change in the Applicable Rate
shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of
such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the
effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of
Moody’s, S&P or Fitch shall change, or if any such rating
agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt
obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good
faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating
system or the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency
and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the
Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most
recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
“ Assignment and
Acceptance ” means an assignment and acceptance entered
into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party
whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by
the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative
Agent.
“ Attributable
Indebtedness ” with respect to any Sale/Leaseback
Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present
value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of
the lease included in such transaction) of the total obligations of
the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be
paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance,
assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items
that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the
remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback
Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been
extended). In the case of any lease that is terminable by the
lessee upon the payment of a penalty or other termination payment,
such amount shall be the lesser of the amount determined assuming
termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in
which case the amount shall also include the amount of the penalty
or termination payment, but no rent shall be considered as required
to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which
it may be so terminated) or the amount determined assuming no such
termination.
“ Availability Period
” means the period from and including the Effective Date to
but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of
termination of the Commitments.
“ Board ” means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States of America.
“ Borrower ” means
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, a Texas limited liability
company.
“ Borrowing ”
means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or
continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as
to which a single Interest Period is in effect, (b) a
Competitive Loan or group of Competitive Loans of the same Type
made on the same date and as to which a single Interest Period is
in effect or (c) a Swingline Loan.
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“ Borrowing Request
” means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing
in accordance with Section 2.03, and being in the form of
attached Exhibit B.
“ Business Day ”
means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law
to remain closed; provided that , when used in
connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “ Business
Day ” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not
open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank
market.
“ Capital Lease
Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such
Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other
arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property,
or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be
classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet
of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall
be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ CERCLA ” means
the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980, as amended.
“ Change in Control
” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) Continuing Directors cease for
any reason to constitute collectively a majority of the members of
the board of directors of Manager or GP LLC then in office;
(ii) any Person or related Persons
constituting a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) obtains direct or
indirect beneficial ownership interest in the Manager or GP LLC
greater than the direct or indirect beneficial ownership interests
of EPCO and its Affiliates in the Manager or GP LLC; or
(iii) Manager and EPD shall cease to
own, directly or indirectly, all of the Equity Interests (including
all securities which are convertible into Equity Interests) of
Borrower.
As used
herein, “ Continuing Director ” means any member
of the board of directors of Manager or GP LLC, respectively, who
(x) is a member of such board of directors as of the date
hereof or is specified in EPD’s filings with the SEC filings
prior to the date hereof as a Person who is to become a member of
such board as of the Effective Date, or (y) was nominated for
election or elected to such board of directors with the approval of
a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such
board at the time of such nomination or election.
“ Change in Law ”
means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after
the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or
regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any
Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c)
compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of
Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by
such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if
any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or
issued after the date of this Agreement.
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“ Class ”, when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such
Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans,
Competitive Loans or Swingline Loans.
“ Code ” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“ Commercial Operation
Date ” means the date on which a Material Project is
substantially complete and commercially operable.
“ Commitment ”
means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender
to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of
Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount
representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be
(a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 and
(b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.01 or assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to
Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s
Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment
and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its
Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the
Lenders’ Commitments is $1,750,000,000.
“ Common Units ”
means the common units of limited partner interests in EPD.
“ Company Agreement
” means the Company Agreement of the Borrower dated as of
June 30, 2007 between Manager and EPD, as members,
substantially in the form provided to the Lenders, as such Company
Agreement may be amended, modified and supplemented from time to
time.
“ Competitive Bid
” means an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive Loan in
accordance with Section 2.04.
“ Competitive Bid Rate
” means, with respect to any Competitive Bid, the Margin or
the Fixed Rate, as applicable, offered by the Lender making such
Competitive Bid.
“ Competitive Bid
Request ” means a request by the Borrower for Competitive
Bids in accordance with Section 2.04, and being in the form of
attached Exhibit C.
“ Competitive Loan
” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.
“ Consolidated EBITDA
” means for any period, the sum of (a) the consolidated
net income of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries
(excluding Project Finance Subsidiaries) for such period plus, to
the extent deducted in determining consolidated net income for such
period, the aggregate amount of (i) Consolidated Interest
Expense, (ii) income or gross receipts tax (or franchise tax
or margin tax in the nature of an income or gross receipts tax)
expense and (iii) depreciation and amortization expense,
minus (b) equity in earnings from unconsolidated
subsidiaries of the Borrower to the extent included therein,
plus (c) the amount of cash dividends or distributions
payable with respect to such period by a Project Finance
Subsidiary, DEP or an unconsolidated subsidiary which are actually
received by the Borrower or a Subsidiary (other than a Project
Finance Subsidiary) during such period or on or prior to the date
the financial statements with respect to such period referred to in
Section 5.01 are required to be delivered by the Borrower,
plus (d) the amount of all payments during such period on
leases of the type referred to in clause (d) of the definition
herein of Indebtedness and the amount
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payments during such period under other off-balance sheet loans and
financings of the type referred to in such clause (d), minus
(e) the amount of any cash dividends, repayments of loans or
advances, releases or discharges of guarantees or other obligations
or other transfers of property or returns of capital previously
received by the Borrower or a Subsidiary (other than a Project
Finance Subsidiary) from a Project Finance Subsidiary that during
such period were either (x) recovered pursuant to recourse
provisions with respect to a Project Financing at such Project
Finance Subsidiary or (y) reinvested by the Borrower or a
Subsidiary in such Project Finance Subsidiary.
“ Consolidated
Indebtedness ” means the Indebtedness of the Borrower and
its consolidated Subsidiaries (excluding Project Finance
Subsidiaries) including, without duplication, guaranties of funded
debt, determined on a consolidated basis as of such date.
“ Consolidated Interest
Expense ” means for any period, the interest expense of
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (excluding Project
Finance Subsidiaries), determined on a consolidated basis for such
period.
“ Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets ” means, at any date of determination, the total
amount of assets of EPD and its consolidated subsidiaries after
deducting therefrom:
(a) all current liabilities
(excluding (A) any current liabilities that by their terms are
extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a
time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount
thereof is being computed, and (B) current maturities of
long-term debt); and
(b) the value (net of any
applicable reserves) of all goodwill, trade names, trademarks,
patents and other like intangible assets, all as set forth, or on a
pro forma basis would be set forth, on the consolidated balance
sheet of EPD and its consolidated subsidiaries for EPD’s most
recently completed fiscal quarter, prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Consolidated Net Worth
” means as to any Person, at any date of determination, the
sum of (i) preferred stock (if any), (ii) an amount equal
to (a) the face amount of outstanding Hybrid Securities not in
excess of 15% of Consolidated Total Capitalization times
(b) sixty-two and one-half percent (62.5%), (iii) par
value of common stock, (iv) capital in excess of par value of
common stock, (v) limited liability company capital or equity,
and (vi) retained earnings, less treasury stock (if any), of
such Person, all as determined on a consolidated basis.
“ Consolidated Total
Capitalization ” means the sum of (i) Consolidated
Indebtedness and (ii) Borrower’s Consolidated Net
Worth.
“ Control ” means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person,
whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract
or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “
Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.
“ Debt Coverage Ratio
” means the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to
Consolidated EBITDA.
“ Default ” means
any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or
which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or
waived, become an Event of Default.
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“ DEP ” means
Duncan Energy Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
“ Disclosed Matters
” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the
environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.05.
“ dollars ” or
“ $ ” refers to lawful money of the United
States of America.
“ Effective Date ”
means the date on or prior to November 30, 2007 specified in
the notice referred to in the last sentence of
Section 4.01.
“ Environmental Laws
” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances,
orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding
agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental
Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or
reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and
safety matters.
“ Environmental
Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental
remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon
(a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the
generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any
Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of
any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any
contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to
which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
“ EPCO ” means
EPCO, Inc., a Texas corporation.
“ EPD ” means
Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
or any other Person that is the “Guarantor” as defined
in the March 15, 2000 Indenture or any replacement
indenture.
“ EPD Guaranty Agreement
” means an agreement executed by EPD in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent guaranteeing,
unconditionally, payment of any principal of or interest on the
Loans, any reimbursement obligations in respect of any LC
Disbursement or any other amount payable under this Agreement, when
and as the same shall become due and payable.
“ Equity Interest
” means shares of the capital stock, partnership interests,
membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial
interests in a trust or other equity interests in any Person, or
any warrants, options or other rights to acquire such
interests.
“ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time.
“ ERISA Affiliate
” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
that, together with the Borrower is treated as a single employer
under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for
purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the
Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
“ ERISA Event ”
means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in
Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder
with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-
7
day
notice period is waived); (b) the failure by a Plan to satisfy
the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived; (c) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code
(Section 412(c) of the Code for Plan years beginning after
December 31, 2007) or Section 303(d) of ERISA
(Section 302(c) of ERISA for Plan years beginning after
December 31, 2007) of an application for a waiver of the
minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any
notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or
to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any
liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from
any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by
any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of
any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a
determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be,
insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV
of ERISA.
“ Eurocurrency
Liabilities ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Regulation D of the Board, as in effect from time to
time.
“ Eurodollar ”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to a Loan,
or Loans, in the case of a Borrowing, which bear interest at a rate
determined by reference to the LIBO Rate.
“ Eurodollar Rate Reserve
Percentage ” of any Lender for any Interest Period for
each Revolving Eurodollar Borrowing means the reserve percentage
applicable during such Interest Period (or if more than one such
percentage shall be so applicable, the daily average of such
percentages for those days in such Interest Period during which any
such percentage shall be so applicable) under regulations issued
from time to time by the Board for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for such Lender
with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including
Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term equal to such Interest
Period.
“ Event of Default
” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Article VII.
“ Excluded Taxes ”
means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the
Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or
on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder,
(a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its
net income by the United States of America, by any state thereof or
the District of Columbia or by the jurisdiction under the laws of
which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office
is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable
lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by
the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in
which the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such other recipient
is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than
an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under
Section 2.19(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on
amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign
Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new
lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s
failure to comply with Section 2.17(e).
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“ Existing Letters of
Credit ” means the outstanding letters of credit issued
by Wachovia Bank, National Association, for the account of the
Borrower under the Existing Credit Facility prior to the Effective
Date and listed on Schedule 1.01.
“ Existing Credit
Facility ” means the revolving credit facility of the
Borrower under that certain Multi-Year Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of August 25, 2004, among the Borrower
(successor-in-interest to Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership), Wachovia Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent, and the lenders party thereto, together
with any and all amendments and supplements thereto.
“ Federal Funds Effective
Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average of the
rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the
Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published
for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations
for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative
Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by it.
“ Financial Officer
” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting
officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
“ Fitch ” means
Fitch, Inc.
“ Fixed Rate ”
means, with respect to any Competitive Loan (other than a
Eurodollar Competitive Loan), the fixed rate of interest per annum
specified by the Lender making such Competitive Loan in its related
Competitive Bid.
“ Fixed Rate Loan
” means a Competitive Loan bearing interest at a Fixed
Rate.
“ Foreign Lender ”
means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than the United States of America, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia.
“ GAAP ” means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America.
“ GP LLC ” means
Enterprise Products GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
the general partner of EPD.
“ Governmental Authority
” means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,
court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers
or functions of or pertaining to government.
“ Guarantee ” of
or by any Person (the “ guarantor ”) means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing
or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of
any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in
any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any
obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or
payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase
(or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security
for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of
such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof,
(c) to
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maintain
working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement
condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the
primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or
(d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or
letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or
obligation; provided , that the term Guarantee shall not
include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary
course of business.
“ Hazardous Materials
” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and
all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants,
including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos
containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of
any nature, in each case regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
“ Hedging Agreement
” means a financial instrument or security which is used as a
cash flow or fair value hedge to manage the risk associated with a
change in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or
commodity prices.
“ Hybrid Securities
” means any trust preferred securities, or deferrable
interest subordinated debt with a maturity of at least
20 years, which provides for the optional or mandatory
deferral of interest or distributions, issued by the Borrower, or
any business trusts, limited liability companies, limited
partnerships or similar entities (i) substantially all of the
common equity, general partner or similar interests of which are
owned (either directly or indirectly through one or more wholly
owned Subsidiaries) at all times by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) that have been formed for the purpose of
issuing hybrid securities or deferrable interest subordinated debt,
and (iii) substantially all the assets of which consist of
(A) subordinated debt of the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the
Borrower, and (B) payments made from time to time on the
subordinated debt.
“ Indebtedness ”
of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations
of such Person for the repayment of money borrowed which are or
should be shown on a balance sheet as debt in accordance with GAAP,
(b) obligations of such Person as lessee under leases which,
in accordance with GAAP, are capital leases, (c) guaranties of
such Person of payment or collection of any obligations described
in clauses (a) and (b) of other Persons; and (d) all
obligations of such Person under any synthetic lease, tax retention
operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance
sheet financing if the obligation under such synthetic lease, tax
retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar
off-balance sheet financing, as the case may be, is considered
indebtedness for borrowed money for tax purposes but is classified
as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP; provided ,
that (i) clauses (a) and (b) include, in the case of
obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, only such
obligations as are or should be shown as debt or capital lease
liabilities on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower in
accordance with GAAP, (ii) clause (c) includes, in the
case of guaranties granted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, only
such guaranties of obligations of another Person that are or should
be shown as debt or capital lease liabilities on a consolidated
balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, and
(iii) the liability of any Person as a general partner of a
partnership for Indebtedness of such partnership, if such
partnership is not a Subsidiary of such Person, shall not
constitute Indebtedness.
“ Indemnified Taxes
” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“ Index Debt ”
means senior, unsecured, non-credit enhanced (except for any
guaranty by EPD) Indebtedness of the Borrower.
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“ Information Memorandum
” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated October
31, 2007 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.
“ Interest Election
Request ” means a request by the Borrower to convert or
continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with
Section 2.08, and being in the form of attached
Exhibit D.
“ Interest Payment Date
” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a
Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and
December, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last
day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which
such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with
an Interest Period of more than three (3) months’
duration, each day that occurs an integral multiple of three
(3) months after the first day of such Interest Period,
(c) with respect to any Fixed Rate Loan, the last day of the
Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a
part and, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing with an Interest
Period of more than 90 days’ duration (unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request), each day that
occurs an integral multiple of 90 days after the first day of
such Interest Period, and any other dates that are specified in the
applicable Competitive Bid Request as Interest Payment Dates with
respect to such Borrowing, and (d) with respect to any
Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be
repaid.
“ Interest Period
” means (a) with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing,
the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on
the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is
one, two, three or six months (and, if available to all
Lenders, 12 months) thereafter, as the Borrower may elect, and
(b) with respect to any Fixed Rate Borrowing, the period
(which shall not be less than seven (7) days or more than
180 days) commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending
on the date specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request;
provided , that (i) if any Interest Period would
end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall
be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case
of a Eurodollar Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day
would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and
(ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing
that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on
a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.
For purposes of this definition, the date of a Borrowing initially
shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case
of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of
the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“ Issuing Bank ”
means Wachovia Bank, National Association, in its capacity as the
issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such
capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i); provided ,
that , for purposes of the Existing Letters of Credit, the
term “Issuing Bank” shall mean Wachovia Bank, National
Association, in its capacity as issuer of the Existing Letters of
Credit under the Existing Credit Facility. The Issuing Bank may
arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by
Affiliates of the Issuing Bank if the Borrower (in its sole
discretion) approves such arrangement in writing, in which case the
term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate
with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower and the
Lender in question, appoint any Lender hereunder as Issuing Bank in
place of or in addition to Wachovia Bank, National
Association.
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“ LC Disbursement
” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a
Letter of Credit.
“ LC Exposure ”
means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn
amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus
(b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not
yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time.
The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable
Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.
“ Lenders ” means
the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that
shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Acceptance or pursuant to Section 2.01(b), other than any such
Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment
and Acceptance or pursuant to Section 2.01(c). Unless the
context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes
the Swingline Lender.
“ Letter of Credit
” means, collectively, the Existing Letters of Credit and any
letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.
“ LIBO Rate ”
means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest
Period, (a) the rate per annum appearing on Page 3750 of the
Bridge Telerate Service (formerly Dow Jones Market Service) (or on
any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor
to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations
comparable to those currently provided on such page of such
Service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to
time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates
applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior
to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar
deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period;
(b) if for any reason the rate specified in clause (a) of
this definition does not so appear on Page 3750 of the Bridge
Telerate Service (or any successor or substitute page or any such
successor to or substitute for such Service), the rate per annum
appearing on Reuters Screen LIBO page (or any successor or
substitute page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits
in dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period for
a maturity comparable to such Interest Period; and (c) if the
rate specified in clause (a) of this definition does not so
appear on Page 3750 of the Bridge Telerate Service (or any
successor or substitute page or any such successor to or substitute
for such Service) and if no rate specified in clause (b) of
this definition so appears on Reuters Screen LIBO page (or any
successor or substitute page), the average of the interest rates
per annum at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity
comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the respective
principal London offices of the Reference Banks in immediately
available funds in the London interbank market at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.
“ LIBOR Market Index
Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any LMIR
Borrowing or LMIR Loan (a) the rate per annum appearing on
Page 3750 of the Bridge Telerate Service (formerly Dow Jones Market
Service) (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service,
or any successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate
quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of
such Service, as determined by the Swingline Lender from time to
time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates
applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time for such day, provided,
if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding
Business Day, as the rate for dollar deposits with a one-month
maturity; (b) if for any reason the rate specified in
clause (a) of this
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definition does not so appear on Page 3750 of the Bridge Telerate
Service (or any successor or substitute page or any such successor
to or substitute for such Service), the rate per annum appearing on
Reuters Screen LIBO page (or any successor or substitute page) as
the London interbank offered rate for deposits in dollars at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, for such day, provided,
if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding
Business Day, for a one-month maturity; and (c) if the rate
specified in clause (a) of this definition does not so appear
on Page 3750 of the Bridge Telerate Service (or any successor or
substitute page or any such successor to or substitute for such
Service) and if no rate specified in clause (b) of this
definition so appears on Reuters Screen LIBO page (or any successor
or substitute page), the average of the interest rates per annum at
which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a one-month maturity
are offered by the respective principal London offices of the
Reference Banks in immediately available funds in the London
interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, for
such day.
“ Lien ” means,
with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust,
lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security
interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor
or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or
title retention agreement relating to such asset and (c) in
the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right
of a third party with respect to such securities. For avoidance of
doubt, operating leases are not “Liens”.
“ LMIR ”, when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to a Loan, or
Loans, in the case of a Borrowing, which bear interest at a rate
determined by reference to the LIBOR Market Index Rate.
“ Loans ” means
the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement.
“ Manager ” means
Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ March 15, 2000
Indenture ” means that certain Indenture dated as of
March 15, 2000, among the Borrower, EPD and Wachovia Bank,
National Association, f/k/a First Union National Bank, as
Trustee.
“ Margin ” means,
with respect to any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a rate
based on the LIBO Rate, the marginal rate of interest, if any, to
be added to or subtracted from the LIBO Rate to determine the rate
of interest applicable to such Loan, as specified by the Lender
making such Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
“ Material Adverse
Change ” means a material adverse change, from that in
effect on December 31, 2006, in the financial condition or
results of operations of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as indicated in the most recent
quarterly or annual financial statements, except as otherwise
disclosed in the Borrower’s and/or EPD’s filings with
the SEC prior to the date hereof.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means a material adverse effect on the financial
condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole, as indicated in the
most recent quarterly or annual financial statements.
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“ Material Indebtedness
” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of
Credit), of any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(other than Project Finance Subsidiaries) in an aggregate principal
amount exceeding $25,000,000.
“ Material Project
” means the construction or expansion of any capital project
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the aggregate capital
cost of which exceeds $50,000,000.
“ Material Project EBITDA
Adjustments ” shall mean, with respect to each Material
Project:
(A) prior to the Commercial
Operation Date of a Material Project (but including the fiscal
quarter in which such Commercial Operation Date occurs), a
percentage (based on the then-current completion percentage of such
Material Project) of an amount to be approved by the Administrative
Agent as the projected Consolidated EBITDA of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries attributable to such Material Project for the first
12-month period following the scheduled Commercial Operation Date
of such Material Project (such amount to be determined based on
customer contracts or tariff-based customers relating to such
Material Project, the creditworthiness of the other parties to such
contracts or such tariff-based customers, and projected revenues
from such contracts, tariffs, capital costs and expenses, scheduled
Commercial Operation Date, oil and gas reserve and production
estimates, commodity price assumptions and other factors deemed
appropriate by Administrative Agent), which may, at the
Borrower’s option, be added to actual Consolidated EBITDA for
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter in which
construction of such Material Project commences and for each fiscal
quarter thereafter until the Commercial Operation Date of such
Material Project (including the fiscal quarter in which such
Commercial Operation Date occurs, but net of any actual
Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
attributable to such Material Project following such Commercial
Operation Date); provided that if the actual Commercial
Operation Date does not occur by the scheduled Commercial Operation
Date, then the foregoing amount shall be reduced, for quarters
ending after the scheduled Commercial Operation Date to (but
excluding) the first full quarter after its Commercial Operation
Date, by the following percentage amounts depending on the period
of delay (based on the period of actual delay or then-estimated
delay, whichever is longer): (i) 90 days or less, 0%,
(ii) longer than 90 days, but not more than
180 days, 25% , (iii) longer than 180 days
but not more than 270 days, 50%, and (iv) longer than
270 days, 100%; and
(B) beginning with the first
full fiscal quarter following the Commercial Operation Date of a
Material Project and for the two immediately succeeding fiscal
quarters, an amount to be approved by the Administrative Agent as
the projected Consolidated EBITDA of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
attributable to such Material Project (determined in the same
manner as set forth in clause (A) above) for the balance of the
four full fiscal quarter period following such Commercial Operation
Date, which may, at the Borrower’s option, be added to actual
Consolidated EBITDA for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
fiscal quarters.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) no such additions shall be
allowed with respect to any Material Project unless:
(a) not later than 30 days prior
to the delivery of any certificate required by the terms and
provisions of Section 5.01(e) to the extent Material Project
EBITDA Adjustments will be made to Consolidated EBITDA in
determining compliance with
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Section 6.07, the Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent written pro forma projections of Consolidated
EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries attributable to such
Material Project and
(b) prior to the date such
certificate is required to be delivered, the Administrative Agent
shall have approved (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld)
such projections and shall have received such other information and
documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request,
all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
and
(ii) the aggregate amount of all
Material Project EBITDA Adjustments during any period shall be
limited to 15% of the total actual Consolidated EBITDA of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period (which total actual
Consolidated EBITDA shall be determined without including any
Material Project EBITDA Adjustments).
“ Material Subsidiary
” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower that, as of the last
day of the fiscal year of the Borrower most recently ended prior to
the relevant determination of Material Subsidiaries, has a net
worth determined in accordance with GAAP that is greater than 10%
of the Consolidated Net Worth of the Borrower as of such day.
“ Maturity Date ”
means the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date, as may be
extended pursuant to Section 2.01(c); provided , if the
Borrower has elected the Term-Out option in accordance with
Section 2.01(d) , “ Maturity Date ”
shall mean the date that is 364 days after the Maturity Date in
effect immediately prior to such election (such date, the “
Term Loan Maturity Date ”).
“ Moody’s ”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“ Multiemployer Plan
” means a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“ Notes ” means
any promissory notes issued by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.10(e)
“ Other Taxes ”
means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or
any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies
arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution,
delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement.
“ PBGC ” means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in
ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
“ Permitted Liens
” means:
(a) liens upon rights-of-way for
pipeline purposes;
(b) any statutory or
governmental lien or lien arising by operation of law, or any
mechanics’, repairmen’s, materialmen’s,
suppliers’, carriers’, landlords’,
warehousemen’s or similar lien incurred in the ordinary
course of business which is not yet due or which is being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and any undetermined lien
which is incidental to construction, development, improvement or
repair; or any right reserved to, or vested in, any
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municipality or public authority by the terms of any right, power,
franchise, grant, license, permit or by any provision of law, to
purchase or recapture or to designate a purchaser of, any
property;
(c) liens for taxes and
assessments which are (i) for the then current year,
(ii) not at the time delinquent, or (iii) delinquent but
the validity or amount of which is being contested at the time by
the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD in good faith by appropriate
proceedings;
(d) liens of, or to secure
performance of, leases, other than capital leases, or any lien
securing industrial development, pollution control or similar
revenue bonds;
(e) any lien upon property or
assets acquired or sold by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD
resulting from the exercise of any rights arising out of defaults
on receivables;
(f) any lien in favor of the
Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD; or any lien upon any property or
assets of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD permitted under the
March 15, 2000 Indenture, or any replacement indenture
containing similar terms and conditions with respect thereto;
(g) any lien in favor of the
United States of America or any state thereof, or any department,
agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United
States of America or any state thereof, to secure partial,
progress, advance, or other payments pursuant to any contract or
statute, or any debt incurred by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or
EPD for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase
price of, or the cost of constructing, developing, repairing or
improving, the property or assets subject to such lien;
(h) any lien incurred in the
ordinary course of business in connection with workmen’s
compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability, social
security, retiree health or similar laws or regulations or to
secure obligations imposed by statute or governmental
regulations;
(i) liens in favor of any Person
to secure obligations under provisions of any letters of credit,
bank guarantees, bonds or surety obligations required or requested
by any governmental authority in connection with any contract or
statute; or any lien upon or deposits of any assets to secure
performance of bids, trade contracts, leases or statutory
obligations;
(j) any lien upon any property
or assets created at the time of acquisition of such property or
assets by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD or within one year
after such time to secure all or a portion of the purchase price
for such property or assets or debt incurred to finance such
purchase price, whether such debt was incurred prior to, at the
time of or within one year after the date of such acquisition; or
any lien upon any property or assets to secure all or part of the
cost of construction, development, repair or improvements thereon
or to secure debt incurred prior to, at the time of, or within one
year after completion of such construction, development, repair or
improvements or the commencement of full operations thereof
(whichever is later), to provide funds for any such purpose;
(k) any lien upon any property
or assets (i) existing thereon at the time of the acquisition
thereof by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD, (ii) existing
thereon at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary by
acquisition, merger or otherwise, or (iii) acquired by any
Person after the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary by
acquisition, merger or otherwise, to the
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extent
such lien is created by security documents existing at the time
such Person becomes a Subsidiary and not added to such security
documents in contemplation thereof;
(l) liens imposed by law or
order as a result of any proceeding before any court or regulatory
body that is being contested in good faith, and liens which secure
a judgment or other court-ordered award or settlement as to which
the Borrower, the applicable Subsidiary or EPD has not exhausted
its appellate rights;
(m) any extension, renewal,
refinancing, refunding or replacement (or successive extensions,
renewals, refinancing, refunding or replacements) of liens, in
whole or in part, referred to in clauses (a) through
(l) above; provided, however, that any such extension,
renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement lien shall be
limited to the property or assets covered by the lien extended,
renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and that the obligations
secured by any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or
replacement lien shall be in an amount not greater than the amount
of the obligations secured by the lien extended, renewed,
refinanced, refunded or replaced and any expenses of the Borrower,
its Subsidiaries and EPD (including any premium) incurred in
connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or
replacement; or
(n) any lien resulting from the
deposit of moneys or evidence of indebtedness in trust for the
purpose of defeasing debt of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or
EPD;.
“ Permitted Sale/Leaseback
Transactions ” means any Sale/Leaseback
Transaction:
(a) which occurs within one year
from the date of completion of the acquisition of the Principal
Property subject thereto or the date of the completion of
construction, development or substantial repair or improvement, or
commencement of full operations on such Principal Property,
whichever is later; or
(b) involves a lease for a
period, including renewals, of not more than three years; or
(c) the Borrower, any Subsidiary
or EPD would be entitled to incur Indebtedness, in a principal
amount equal to the Attributable Indebtedness with respect to such
Sale/Leaseback Transaction, secured by a Lien on the property
subject to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to
Section 6.02 without equally and ratably securing the
Indebtedness under this Agreement pursuant to such Section;
or
(d) the Borrower, any Subsidiary
or EPD, within a one-year period after such Sale-Leaseback
Transaction, applies or causes to be applied an amount not less
than the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback
Transaction to (a) the prepayment, repayment, redemption,
reduction or retirement of any Indebtedness of the Borrower, any
Subsidiary or EPD that is not subordinated to the Indebtedness
under this Agreement, or (b) the expenditure or expenditures
for Principal Property used or to be used in the ordinary course of
business of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or EPD.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition, any
Sale-Leaseback Transaction not covered by clauses (a) through
(d), inclusive, of this definition, shall nonetheless be a
Permitted Sale/Leaseback Transaction if the Attributable
Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, together with
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness (other
than Indebtedness under this Agreement and Indebtedness under the
March 15, 2000 Indenture)
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secured
by Liens other than Permitted Liens upon Principal Properties, does
not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
“ Person ” means
any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
“ Plan ” means any
employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in
respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if
such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA
be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“ Prime Rate ”
means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time
to time by Wachovia Bank, National Association as its prime rate in
effect at its principal office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Each
change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the
date such change is publicly announced as being effective.
“ Principal Property
” means whether owned or leased on the date hereof or
thereafter acquired:
(a) any pipeline assets of the
Borrower, any Subsidiary or EPD, including any related facilities
employed in the transportation, distribution, storage or marketing
of refined petroleum products, natural gas liquids, and
petrochemicals, that are located in the United States of America or
any territory or political subdivision thereof; and
(b) any processing or
manufacturing plant or terminal owned or leased by the Borrower,
any Subsidiary or EPD that is located in the United States or any
territory or political subdivision thereof;
except, in the case of either of the
foregoing clauses (a) or (b):
(i) any such assets consisting of
inventories, furniture, office fixtures and equipment (including
data processing equipment), vehicles and equipment used on, or
useful with, vehicles; and
(ii) any such assets, plant or
terminal which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors (as
defined in the March 15, 2000 Indenture), is not material in
relation to the activities of the Borrower or of EPD and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole.
“ Program ” means
the buy-back program initiated by EPD whereby EPD or the Borrower
may after September 30, 2007 buy back up to the greater of
(i) 2,000,000 publicly held Common Units or (ii) the
number of publicly held Common Units the aggregate purchase price
of which is $80,000,000.
“ Project Financing
” means Indebtedness incurred by a Project Finance Subsidiary
to finance the acquisition or construction of any asset or project
which Indebtedness does not permit or provide for recourse against
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Project
Finance Subsidiary) and other than recourse that consists of rights
to recover dividends paid by such Project Finance Subsidiary.
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“ Project Finance
Subsidiaries ” means a Subsidiary that is
(A) created principally to (i) construct or acquire any
asset or project that will be or is financed solely with Project
Financing for such asset or project, related equity investments and
any loans to, or capital contributions in, such Subsidiary that are
not prohibited hereby, (ii) own an Equity Interest in a
Project Finance Subsidiary, and/or (iii) own an interest in
any such asset or project and (B) designated as a Project Finance
Subsidiary by the Borrower in writing to Administrative
Agent.
“ Reference Banks
” means Wachovia Bank, National Association, JPMorgan Chase
Bank and Citibank, N.A.
“ Register ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c).
“ Related Parties
” means, with respect to any specified Person, such
Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers,
employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such
Person’s Affiliates.
“ Required Lenders
” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit
Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the
sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments
at such time; provided that , for purposes of
declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to
Article VII, and for all purposes after the Loans become due
and payable pursuant to Article VII or the Commitments expire
or terminate, the outstanding Competitive Loans of the Lenders
shall be added to their respective Revolving Credit Exposures and
to the total Revolving Credit Exposures in determining the Required
Lenders; provided , further , if the Revolving Loans
have been converted to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(d), from
and after the effective date of such conversion, “
Required Lenders ” means Lenders having more than 50%
of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term
Loans.
“ Restricted Payment
” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any class of Equity
Interests of the Borrower, or any payment (whether in cash,
securities or other property), including any sinking fund or
similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption,
retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity
Interests of EPD or the Borrower or any option, warrant or other
right to acquire any Equity Interests of EPD or the Borrower.
“ Revolving Credit
Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time,
the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and Swingline Exposure at such
time.
“ Revolving Loan ”
means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03.
“ Sale/Leaseback
Transaction ” means any arrangement with any Person
providing for the leasing, under a lease that is not a capital
lease under GAAP, by the Borrower, or a Subsidiary (other than a
Project Finance Subsidiary) or EPD of any Principal Property, which
property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower,
such Subsidiary or EPD to such Person in contemplation of such
leasing.
“ S&P ” means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw
Hill Companies, Inc.
“ SEC ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).
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“ Subsidiary ”
means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent
”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, association or other entity of which securities or
other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity
or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a
partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests,
are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent and
one or more subsidiaries of the parent; provided ,
notwithstanding the foregoing, neither DEP nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall constitute or be deemed to be a Subsidiary of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“ Swingline Exposure
” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all
Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of
any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the
total Swingline Exposure at such time.
“ Swingline Lender
” means Wachovia Bank, National Association, in its capacity
as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
“ Swingline Loan ”
means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.
“ Taxes ” means
any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental
Authority.
“ Term Loans ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d) .
“ Term-Out ” means
Borrower’s election, at its option, to have the entire
principal balance of the Revolving Loans then outstanding continued
as non-revolving Term Loans as provided in
Section 2.01(d) .
“ Transactions ”
means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of
this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds
thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“ Type ”, when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the
rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, is determined by reference to the LIBO Rate, the
Alternate Base Rate or, in the case of a Competitive Loan or
Borrowing, the LIBO Rate or a Fixed Rate.
“ Withdrawal Liability
” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as
such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of
Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02. Classification of
Loans and Borrowings . For purposes of this Agreement, Loans
may be classified and referred to by Class ( e.g. , a
“Revolving Loan”) or by Type ( e.g. , a
“Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and Type ( e.g. ,
a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be
classified and referred to by Class ( e.g. , a
“Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type ( e.g. , a
“Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (
e.g. , a “Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing”).
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally
. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding
masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without
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limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed
to have the same meaning and effect as the word
“shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on
such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein),
(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to
include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the
words “herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any
particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to
refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to,
this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and
“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms;
GAAP . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms
of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in
accordance with (i) except for purposes of Section 6.07,
GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that ,
if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower
requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the
effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in
the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if
the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required
Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such
purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such
provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect
and applied immediately before such change shall have become
effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such
provision amended in accordance herewith; and (ii) for
purposes of Section 6.07, GAAP, as in effect on
September 30, 2007.
ARTICLE II
The
Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments .
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each
Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to
time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal
amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment
or (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans
exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower
may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
(b) The Borrower shall have the
right, without the consent of the Lenders but with the prior
approval of the Administrative Agent, not to be unreasonably
withheld, to cause from time to time an increase in the total
Commitments of the Lenders by adding to this Agreement one or more
additional Lenders or by allowing one or more Lenders to increase
their respective Commitments; provided however
(i) no Event of Default shall have occurred hereunder which is
continuing, (ii) no such increase shall cause the aggregate
Commitments hereunder to exceed $2,250,000,000, and (iii) no
Lender’s Commitment shall be increased without such
Lender’s consent.
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(c) Prior to the exercise by
Borrower of the Term-Out option, the Borrower may make requests for
one-year extensions of the Maturity Date by delivering a written
request for same to the Administrative Agent no earlier than
30 days prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date
and no later than 30 days prior to the Maturity Date (or
previously extended Maturity Date pursuant hereto). Any such
extension shall be effective if (i) consented to by Required
Lenders within thirty (30) days after such request,
(ii) on the Maturity Date as it existed immediately before
such extension (A) the Commitments of the dissenting Lenders
are terminated (which termination shall be effective
automatically), (B) all amounts owing to such dissenting
Lenders are paid in full (which payments shall not be subject to
Section 2.11), and (C) the total Commitments are
permanently reduced by an amount equal to such dissenting
Lenders’ Commitments so terminated, except to the extent that
the Commitments of the dissenting Lenders are replaced pursuant to
Section 2.19(b) and/or one or more Lenders agree(s) to
increase their respective Commitment(s), (iii) all conditions
precedent for a Borrowing set forth in Section 4.02 have been
satisfied, and (iv) the Borrower does not withdraw its request
for such extension before the Maturity Date (or previously extended
Maturity Date pursuant hereto).
(d) Provided no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower may, upon
prior written notice to the Administrative Agent sent not less than
thirty (30) days and not more than sixty (60) days prior
to the Maturity Date in effect, elect to have the entire principal
balance of the Revolving Loans then outstanding continued as
non-revolving term loans (the “ Term Loans ”)
due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date; provided ,
the Borrower may exercise the Term-Out only once during the term of
this Agreement, such exercise shall result in the permanent
termination of the Commitments, and the Borrower may repay, but not
reborrow, the Term Loans. As a condition precedent to the Term-Out,
the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a
certificate of the Borrower dated the effective date of the
Term-Out signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, certifying
that: (i) the resolutions adopted by the Borrower approving or
consenting to the Term-Out are attached thereto and such
resolutions are true and correct and have not been altered, amended
or repealed and are in full force and effect and (ii) before
and after giving effect to the Term-Out, (A) the
representations and warranties contained in Article III and
the EPD Guaranty Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the effective date of the Term-Out, except to
the extent that such representations and warranties specifically
refer to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct
in all material respects as of such earlier date and (B) that
no Default or Event of Default exists, is continuing, or would
result from the Term-Out. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay any and
all costs (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.16 incurred
by any Lender in connection with the exercise of the
Term-Out.
SECTION 2.02. Loans and
Borrowings . (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made
as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments.
Each Competitive Loan shall be made in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 2.04. The failure of any
Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve
any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided
that the Commitments and Competitive Bids of the Lenders are
several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other
Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to
Section 2.14, (i) each Revolving Borrowing shall be
comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower
may request in accordance herewith, and (ii) each Competitive
Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Eurodollar Loans or Fixed
Rate Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each
Swingline Loan shall (i) prior
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to the
acquisition by any Lender of a participation therein pursuant to
Section 2.05(c), be an LMIR Loan, and (ii) upon and
following the acquisition by any Lender of a participation therein,
be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar
Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such
Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise
of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to
repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(c) At the commencement of each
Interest Period for any Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such
Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time
that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be
in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and
not less than $1,000,000; provided that an ABR
Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to
the entire unused balance of the total Commitments or that is
required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
contemplated by Section 2.06(e). Each Competitive Borrowing
shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. Each Swingline Loan shall
be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not
less than $100,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may
be outstanding at the same time; provided that there
shall not at any time be more than a total of twelve Eurodollar
Revolving Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to
request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the
Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the
Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.03. Requests for
Revolving Borrowings . To request a Revolving Borrowing, the
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by
telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later
than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days
before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case
of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided
that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to
finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by
Section 2.06(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each
such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be
confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the
Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the
Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall
specify the following information in compliance with
Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate amount of the
requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing,
which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be
an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a Eurodollar
Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto,
which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
“Interest Period”; and
(v) the location and number of the
Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which
shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07.
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If no
election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then
the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no
Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed
to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance
with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each
Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such
Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested
Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Competitive Bid
Procedure . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, from time to time during the Availability Period the
Borrower may request Competitive Bids and may (but shall not have
any obligation to) accept Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive
Loans; provided that the sum of the total Revolving
Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Competitive Loans at any time shall not exceed the total
Commitments. To request Competitive Bids, the Borrower shall notify
the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone, in the case
of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing
and, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than
11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the
date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that the
Borrower may submit up to (but not more than) three Competitive Bid
Requests on the same day, but a Competitive Bid Request shall not
be made within five (5) Business Days after the date of any
previous Competitive Bid Request, unless any and all such previous
Competitive Bid Requests shall have been withdrawn or all
Competitive Bids received in response thereto rejected. Each such
telephonic Competitive Bid Request shall be confirmed promptly by
hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written
Competitive Bid Request signed by the Borrower. Each such
telephonic and written Competitive Bid Request shall specify the
following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate amount of the
requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing,
which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be
a Eurodollar Borrowing or a Fixed Rate Borrowing;
(iv) the Interest Period to be
applicable to such Borrowing, which shall be a period contemplated
by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;
(v) the location and number of the
Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which
shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07; and
(vi) the maturity date or dates of
the requested Borrowing.
Promptly
following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with
this Section, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of
the details thereof by telecopy, inviting the Lenders to submit
Competitive Bids.
(b) Each Lender may (but shall
not have any obligation to) make one or more Competitive Bids to
the Borrower in response to a Competitive Bid Request. Each
Competitive Bid by a Lender must be in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent and must be received by the Administrative
Agent by telecopy, in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive
Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, three
Business Days before the proposed date of such
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Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing,
not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the proposed
date of such Competitive Borrowing. Competitive Bids that do not
conform substantially to the form approved by the Administrative
Agent may be rejected by the Administrative Agent, and the
Administrative Agent shall so notify the applicable Lender and the
Borrower as promptly as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall
specify (i) the principal amount (which shall be a minimum of
$5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and which may
equal the entire principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing
requested by the Borrower) of the Competitive Loan or Competitive
Loans, as the case may be, that the Lender is willing to make,
(ii) the Competitive Bid Rate or Competitive Bid Rates, as the
case may be, at which the Lender is prepared to make such Loan or
Loans (expressed as a percentage rate per annum in the form of a
decimal to no more than four decimal places) and (iii) the
Interest Period applicable to each such Loan and the last day
thereof.
(c) The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Borrower by telecopy of the Competitive
Bid Rate and the principal amount specified in each Competitive Bid
and the identity of the Lender that shall have made such
Competitive Bid.
(d) Subject only to the
provisions of this paragraph, the Borrower may accept or reject any
Competitive Bid. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent
by telephone, confirmed by telecopy in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent, whether and to what extent it has decided to
accept or reject each Competitive Bid, in the case of a Eurodollar
Competitive Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York
City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed
Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing,
not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the proposed
date of the Competitive Borrowing; provided that
(i) the failure of the Borrower to give such notice shall be
deemed to be a rejection of each Competitive Bid, (ii) the
Borrower shall not accept a Competitive Bid made at a particular
Competitive Bid Rate if the Borrower rejects a Competitive Bid made
at a lower Competitive Bid Rate, (iii) the aggregate amount of
the Competitive Bids accepted by the Borrower shall not exceed the
aggregate amount of the requested Competitive Borrowing specified
in the related Competitive Bid Request, (iv) to the extent
necessary to comply with clause (iii) above, the Borrower may
accept Competitive Bids at the same Competitive Bid Rate in part,
which acceptance, in the case of multiple Competitive Bids at such
Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in accordance with the
amount of each such Competitive Bid, and (v) except pursuant
to clause (iv) above, no Competitive Bid shall be accepted for
a Competitive Loan unless such Competitive Loan is in a minimum
principal amount of $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of
$1,000,000; provided further that if a Competitive Loan must
be in an amount less than $5,000,000 because of the provisions of
clause (iv) above, such Competitive Loan may be for a minimum
of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and in calculating
the pro rata allocation of acceptances of portions of multiple
Competitive Bids at a particular Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to
clause (iv) the amounts shall be rounded to integral multiples
of $1,000,000 in a manner determined by the Borrower. A notice
given by the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph shall be
irrevocable.
(e) The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each bidding Lender by telecopy whether or
not its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and, if so, the amount
and Competitive Bid Rate so accepted), and each successful bidder
will thereupon become bound, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, to make the Competitive Loan in respect of which its
Competitive Bid has been accepted.
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(f) If the Administrative Agent
shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity as a
Lender, it shall submit such Competitive Bid directly to the
Borrower at least one quarter of an hour earlier than the time by
which the other Lenders are required to submit their Competitive
Bids to the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (b) of
this Section.
SECTION 2.05. Swingline Loans
. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower
from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in
(i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline
Loans exceeding $100,000,000 or (ii) the sum of the total
Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Competitive Loans exceeding the total Commitments;
provided that the Swingline Lender shall not be
required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding
Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow,
prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To request a Swingline Loan,
the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request
by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 12:00 noon,
New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each
such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested
date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested
Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the
Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower. The
Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the
Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the
Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline
Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as
provided in Section 2.06(e), by remittance to the Issuing
Bank) by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date
of such Swingline Loan.
(c) The Swingline Lender may by
written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require
the Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all
or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall
specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which the
Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the
Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender,
specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans, as the case may be. Each
Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt
of notice as provided above, to pay to the Administrative Agent,
for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Swingline Loans, as
the case may be. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its
obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to
this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence
and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the
Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any
offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Lender
shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by wire
transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as
provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such
Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis
mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and
the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender
the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any
Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter
payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the
Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts
received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party
on behalf of
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the
Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the
Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations
therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any
such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly
remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have
made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline
Lender, as their interests may appear. The purchase of
participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall
not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment
thereof.
SECTION 2.06. Letters of
Credit . (a) General . Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance
of Letters of Credit for its own account, in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any
time and from time to time during the Availability Period. In the
event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of
credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to,
or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to
any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement
shall control.
(b) Notice of Issuance,
Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions . To request
the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or
extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall
hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication,
if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing
Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent three
Business Days (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to the
Issuing Bank) in advance of the requested date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance
of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be
amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day),
the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall
comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such
Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof
and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend,
renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing
Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application
on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any
request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued,
amended, renewed or extended if and only if (and upon issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the
Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after
giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension
(i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed the total Commitments,
and (ii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus
the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans
shall not exceed the total Commitments.
(c) Expiration Date .
Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of
business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the
date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of
any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or
extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior
to the Maturity Date; provided , if the Borrower so
requests, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic
renewal provisions (each, an “ Auto-Renewal Letter of
Credit ”); provided that any such Auto-Renewal
Letter of Credit must permit the Issuing Bank to prevent any such
renewal at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with
the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior
notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than (A) thirty
(30) days before the end of such twelve-month period, or
(B) such later date to be agreed upon at the time such Letter
of Credit is issued (the “ Nonrenewal Notice Date
”). Once an
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Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be
deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Issuing Bank to
permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time prior to
the date set forth in clause (ii) of this
Section 2.06(c); provided that the expiry date of such Letter
of Credit complies with clause (ii) of this
Section 2.06(c).
(d) Participations . By
the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of
Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further
action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Issuing
Bank hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires
from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit
equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate
amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In
consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender
hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made
by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date
due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any
reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for
any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation
to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of
Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and
continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the
Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any
offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement . If
the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a
Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement
by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC
Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have
received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been
received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not
later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day
immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such
notice; provided that the Borrower may, subject to
the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance
with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed with
an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in an equivalent
amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s
obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by
the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the
Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative
Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement,
the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following
receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative
Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the
Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with
respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall
apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations
of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to
the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders.
Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any
payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the
Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing
Bank or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to
this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders
and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment
made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the
Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR
Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall
not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its
obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
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(f) Obligations Absolute
. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as
provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all
circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of
validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this
Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or
other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect,
(iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit
against presentation of a draft or other document that does not
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any
other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to
any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this
Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a
right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations
hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the
Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any
liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the
issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or
failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the
circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error,
omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery
of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to
any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a
drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms
or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the
Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not
be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the
Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to
consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived
by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered
by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s failure
to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other
documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms
thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of
gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing
Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction),
the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each
such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without
limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with
respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in
substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the
Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make
payment upon such documents without responsibility for further
investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the
contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents
if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of
such Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement
Procedures . The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its
receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a
demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall
promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by
telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and
whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement
thereunder; provided that any failure to give or
delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its
obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Lenders with
respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest .
If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless
the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the
date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall
bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC
Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower
reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then
applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided that , if
the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due
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pursuant
to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(d)
shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be
for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued
on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to
paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank
shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such
payment.
(i) Replacement of the
Issuing Bank . The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by
written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the
replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such
replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement
shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees
accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to
Section 2.12(b). From and after the effective date of any such
replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the
rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement
with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and
(ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank”
shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous
Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks,
as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing
Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party
hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of
an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of
Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be
required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j) Cash
Collateralization . If any Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing and if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated
pursuant to Article VII, on the Business Day that the Borrower
receives notice from the Administrative Agent upon written request
of the Required Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral
pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an
account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the
Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount
in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued
and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the
obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective
immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and
payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower
described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. Such
deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for
the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower
under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive
dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal,
over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment
of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and
sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the
Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear
interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall
accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied
by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC
Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the
extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the
reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at
such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated
(but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure
representing greater than 51% of the total LC Exposure), be applied
to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement.
If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral
hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default,
such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be
returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all
Events of Default have been cured or waived.
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SECTION 2.07. Funding of
Borrowings . (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be
made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer
of immediately available funds by 1:00 p.m., New York City time, to
the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by
it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided
that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in
Section 2.05. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans
available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so
received, in like funds, to an account designated by the Borrower
in the applicable Borrowing Request or Competitive Bid Request;
provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the
reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in
Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent
to the Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the
proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make
available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of
such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance
with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon
such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding
amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share
of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent,
then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay
to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding
amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the
date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding
the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the
case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective
Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or
(ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable
to such Borrowing. If such Lender pays such amount to the
Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such
Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
SECTION 2.08. Interest
Elections . (a) Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall
be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and,
in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, shall have an
initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request.
Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a
different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods
therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect
different options with respect to different portions of the
affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be
considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to
Competitive Borrowings or Swingline Borrowings, which may not be
converted or continued.
(b) To make an election pursuant
to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent
of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request
would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were
requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such
election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each
such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and
shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the
Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed
by the Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and written
Interest Election Request shall specify the following information
in compliance with Section 2.02:
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(i) the Borrowing to which such
Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are
being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the
portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in
which case the information to be specified pursuant to
clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each
resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the
election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which
shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing
is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a
Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto
after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest
Period”.
If any
such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but
does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be
deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s
duration, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing.
(d) Promptly following receipt
of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall
advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such
Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Borrower fails to
deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as
provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing
shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the
Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an
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