AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 10,
2007
AVERY DENNISON
CORPORATION ,
as the Borrower,
CITICORP USA, INC.
as Administrative Agent
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as Syndication Agent
The Other Banks Party
Hereto
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS
INC.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC
as Joint Lead Arrangers
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
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1.02 Use of Defined Terms
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1.04 Exhibits and Schedules
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1.05 Exchange Rates; Alternative Currency
Equivalents
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1.06 Redenomination of Sterling
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1.07 Additional Committed Alternative
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1.09 Amendment and Restatement
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2.03 Procedure for Borrowing
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2.04 Conversion and Continuation
Elections
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2.05 Optional Reduction or Termination of
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2.07 Repayment and Prepayments of
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2.09 Payments by the Borrower
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2.10 Payments by the Banks to the Administrative
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2.11 Extension of Maturity Date
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2.12 Increased Commitments; Additional
Banks
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2.13 Substitution of Banks
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SECTION 3. PAYMENTS, COSTS
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3.02 Special Eurocurrency
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3.04 Computation of Interest and Fees
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3.08 Failure to Charge Not Subsequent
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4.02 Any Borrowing, Conversion or
Continuation
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SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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5.01 Existence and Qualification; Power;
Compliance with Law
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5.02 Authority; Compliance with Other
Instruments and Government Regulations
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5.03 No Governmental Approvals
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5.06 No Material Adverse Change or Other
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5.08 Regulated Industries
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5.15 Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and
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5.16 Environmental Matters
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SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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6.01 Financial and Business
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6.02 Certificates; Other Information
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6.04 Payment of Taxes and Other Potential
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6.05 Preservation of Existence
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6.06 Maintenance of Properties
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6.10 Keeping of Records and Books of
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SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES UPON
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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SECTION 9. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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9.02 Delegation of Duties
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9.03 Administrative Agent and
Affiliates
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9.04 Banks’ Credit Decisions
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9.06 Liability of Administrative
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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
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10.01 Cumulative Remedies; No Waiver
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10.02 Amendments; Consents
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10.03 Costs, Expenses and Taxes
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10.04 Banks’ Relationship
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10.05 Survival of Representations and
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10.09 Right of Setoff; Sharing of Excess
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10.10 Indemnification by the Borrower
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10.16 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction;
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10.21 Website Communications
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Mandatory Cost
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Commitments and
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Litigation
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Lending Offices
and Addresses for Notices
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Notice of
Borrowing
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Notice of
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Compliance
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Assignment and
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FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDED
AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of
August 10, 2007 and is entered into by and among AVERY
DENNISON CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “
Borrower ”), the undersigned banks and other financial
institutions (together with each bank and financial institution
which becomes a Bank hereunder pursuant to Section 2.12
or Section 10.08 , collectively the “
Banks ”) party hereto, CITICORP USA, INC., as
Administrative Agent (the “ Administrative Agent
”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Syndication Agent (the
“ Syndication Agent ”).
WHEREAS, the
Borrower, certain banks and financial institutions (the “
Original Banks ”), Citicorp USA, Inc., as
administrative agent, and Bank of America, N.A. as syndication
agent, are parties to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated
as of July 16, 2004 (the “ Original Credit
Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS, the Banks
hereunder propose to acquire all rights and obligations of the
Original Banks under the Original Credit Agreement and concurrently
with such acquisition, the Borrower, the Banks, the Administrative
Agent and the Syndication Agent desire, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, to amend and restate the Original
Credit Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein in order to
make Loans available for working capital, commercial paper backup
and other general corporate purposes as set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and
covenants herein contained, the Borrower, the Banks, the
Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent agree that the
Original Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in
its entirety as follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined
Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings set forth respectively after each:
“
Acquisition ” means any transaction, or any series of
related transactions, consummated after the Restatement Date, by
which the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries directly or
indirectly (a) acquires any going business or all or
substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation, or
division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or
otherwise or (b) acquires (in one transaction or as the most
recent transaction in a series of transactions) control of at least
a majority in ordinary voting power of the securities of a
corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or (c) acquires control of at least a majority
ownership interest in any partnership or joint venture.
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Additional Bank ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.12(b) .
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Administrative Agent ” means CUSA in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Banks hereunder, and any successor
agent arising under Section 9.08 .
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Administrative Agent’s Payment Office ” means
the address for payments set forth on Schedule 10.06 or
such other address as the Administrative Agent may from time to
time specify.
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Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative
Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative
Agent.
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Affiliate ” means, as to any Person, any other Person
which directly or indirectly controls, or is under common control
with, or is controlled by, such Person. As used in this definition,
“control” (including, with its correlative meanings,
“controlled by” and “under common control
with”) shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of
power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies
(whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other
ownership interests, by contract or otherwise), provided
that, in any event, any Person which owns directly or indirectly
50% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors or other governing body of a corporation or
50% or more of the partnership or other ownership interests of any
other Person (other than as a limited partner of such other Person)
will be deemed to control such corporation or other
Person.
“ Agent
Parties ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.21(b) .
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Agent-Related Persons ” means CUSA and any successor
agent arising under Section 9.08 , together with their
respective Affiliates (including, in the case of CUSA, Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.), and the officers, directors, employees,
agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and
Affiliates.
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Aggregate Amounts Due ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.09(b) .
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Agreement ” means this First Amended and Restated
Revolving Credit Agreement, either as originally executed or as it
may from time to time be supplemented, modified, or
amended.
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Agreement Currency ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.20 .
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Alternative Currency ” means each of Euro, Sterling,
and each other currency that is freely available and freely
transferable and convertible into Dollars and which is approved by
all Banks in accordance with Section 1.07 .
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Alternative Currency Equivalent ” means, with respect
to any amount denominated in Dollars on any date of determination,
the amount of an Alternative Currency that could be purchased with
such amount of Dollars using the reciprocal of the foreign exchange
rate(s) specified in the definition of “Dollar
Equivalent,” as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
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Alternative Currency Loan ” means any Loan denominated
in an Alternative Currency. Each Alternative Currency Loan must be
a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
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Applicable Margin ” means, for any date of
determination, for the designated Rating Level, Utilization Ratio
applicable to such date of determination and Type of Loan, the
following interest rates per annum:
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Applicable
Margin when
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Utilization
Ratio is equal to
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TYPE OF LOAN
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Base
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Base
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Eurocurrency
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this definition, “ Utilization Ratio ” means, as
of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Loans as of such date to
(2) the Commitments in effect as of such date (whether used or
unused) of all Banks. The Applicable Margin shall be adjusted daily
to reflect changes in the Utilization Ratio and the Rating Level
applicable to the Borrower; provided , however , in
the event of a change in the Borrower’s Rating Level, the
Applicable Margin with respect to outstanding Eurocurrency Rate
Loans will continue to be in effect until the end of the then
existing Interest Period. The then existing Applicable Margins
shall thereupon be effective as to any new or continued
Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
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Approved Fund ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.08(g) .
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Assignment and Assumption ” means an Assignment and
Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit D
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Bank ” has the meaning specified in the introduction
to this Agreement.
“ Bank of
America ” means Bank of America, N.A.
“ Base
Rate ” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum
equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%
and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as
publicly announced from time to time by Citibank as
Citibank’s base rate (which is a rate set by Citibank based
upon various factors including Citibank’s costs and desired
return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used
as a reference point for pricing some loans which may be priced at,
above, or below such announced rate). Any change in such rate
announced by Citibank shall take effect at the opening of business
on the day specified in the public announcement of such
change.
“ Base
Rate Loan ” means a Loan that bears interest based on the
Base Rate. All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in
Dollars.
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Borrower ” has the meaning specified in the
introduction to this Agreement.
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Borrowing ” means any of the groups of Loans made at
any one time by the Banks, and shall include any Loans outstanding
on the Restatement Date. Each Borrowing shall be made up of Loans
made simultaneously by the Banks. Each Loan made by each Bank shall
be equal to that Banks’ pro-rata share, according to its
Commitment, of the applicable Borrowing.
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Borrowing Date ” means any date on which a Borrowing
occurs under Section 2.03 .
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Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to
close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the State of New
York or the state where the Administrative Agent’s Payment
Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is
located and (a) if such day relates to any Eurocurrency Rate
Loan denominated in a currency other than Euro, means any such day
on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are
conducted by and between banks in the London interbank market or
(b) if such day relates to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in Euro, means a TARGET Day.
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Calculation Date ” means, in respect of a Eurocurrency
Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, (a) the date
falling two Business Days (or such other period as is customary in
the relevant foreign exchange market for delivery on the date of
the relevant Borrowing) prior to the date of each Borrowing,
(b) the date falling two Business Days (or such other period
as is customary in the relevant foreign exchange market for
delivery on the date of the relevant conversion or continuation of
a Loan) prior to the date of conversion or continuation of any Loan
pursuant to Section 2.04 , or (c) such additional
dates as the Administrative Agent or the Majority Banks shall
specify.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” means, when used in connection with any
Person, the Person’s Investments in:
(a) Government
Securities due within one year after the date of the making of the
Investment;
(b) certificates
of deposit issued by, bank deposits in, bankers’ acceptances
of, and repurchase agreements covering Government Securities
executed by, any Bank or any bank doing business in and
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof, or Canada and having on the date of such Investment
combined capital, surplus, and undivided profits of at least
$500,000,000 in each case due within one year after the date of the
making of the Investment; and
(c) readily
marketable commercial paper of corporations doing business in and
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof, Canada or any province thereof given on the date of
such Investment the highest credit rating by NCO/Moody’s
Commercial Paper Division of Moody’s or S&P, in each case
due within six months after the date of the making of the
Investment.
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Citibank ” means Citibank, N.A.
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Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
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Commitment ” means, as to each Bank, the amount set
forth opposite that Bank’s name on Schedule 2.01
hereto, as such amount may be increased under
Section 2.12 or reduced under Section 2.05
or adjusted to give effect to any assignment of a commitment to
make a Loan pursuant to Section 10.08 .
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Communications ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.21(a) .
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Compliance Certificate ” means a certificate in the
form of Exhibit C signed by a Designated
Officer.
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Consolidated Debt ” means, at any date, the Debt of
the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a
consolidated basis as of such date.
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Consolidated Earnings Before Interest and Taxes ”
means, as of any date of determination, the earnings of the
Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for the twelve month
fiscal period most recently ended on or prior to such date before
deducting interest expense and taxes on or measured by income
charged against earnings for that period plus non-cash
expenses of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries reducing
such earnings, which do not represent usage of cash in such period
or any future period.
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Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period,
Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, to the extent
deducted in the determination of such Consolidated Net Income,
(a) Consolidated Interest for such period, (b) the
provision for income taxes for such period, (c) depreciation
and amortization expense for such period and (d) non-cash
expenses of Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries reducing
such Consolidated Net Income, which do not represent usage of cash
in such period or any future period.
“
Consolidated Interest ” means, as of any date of
determination, the interest expense of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries for the twelve month fiscal period then
ended, determined and consolidated in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
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Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any fiscal year,
the consolidated net income of the Borrower and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries for that period, determined and consolidated in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied.
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Consolidated Net Worth ” means, as of any date of
determination, the consolidated net worth of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied, plus
Subordinated Debt in an amount up to but not exceeding 20% of the
consolidated net worth of the Borrower and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries (minus any Subordinated Debt carried in the treasury
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary).
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Consolidated Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the
Borrower whose financial statements are consolidated with the
financial statements of the Borrower in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
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Consolidated Total Liabilities ” means, as of any date
of determination, all liabilities of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries that in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied should be
reflected in the liability side of a consolidated balance sheet of
the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date of
determination.
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Consolidated Total Tangible Assets ” means, as of any
date of determination, all assets of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries that in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied should be
reflected in the asset side of a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date of
determination, excluding any Intangible Assets.
“
Contingent Obligation ” means any guarantee of any
obligation of another Person, or any agreement to become directly
or indirectly responsible for an obligation of another Person,
(including, without limitation, any agreement to maintain the net
worth or liquidity of another Person or to purchase any obligation,
goods or services of another Person, or otherwise to provide credit
assurances to the holder of an obligation of another Person), or
any agreement in the nature of a guarantee or having the effect of
creating responsibility for the obligation of another Person,
except the guarantee or agreement in the nature of a
guarantee by the Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary of the
obligations of a Consolidated Subsidiary.
“
Conversion/Continuation Date ” means any date on which
a conversion or continuation occurs under Section 2.04
.
“ Current
Anniversary Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.11 .
“
CUSA ” means Citicorp USA, Inc.
“
Debt ” of any Person means at any date, without
duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed
money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (c) all
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property or services, except trade accounts payable and deferred
employee compensation obligations arising in the ordinary course of
business, (d) all obligations of such Person as lessee which
are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, (e) all unpaid reimbursement obligations of such
Person in respect of letters of credit or similar instruments but
only to the extent that either (i) the issuer has honored a
drawing thereunder or (ii) payment of such obligation is
otherwise due under the terms thereof, (f) all Debt secured by
a Lien on real property which is otherwise an obligation of such
Person, and (g) all Debt of others in excess of $1,000,000
guaranteed by such Person.
“
Declining Bank ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.11 .
“
Default ” means any event that, with the giving of
notice or passage of time or both, would be an Event of
Default.
“
Designated Interbank Eurocurrency Market ” means, for
any Eurocurrency Rate Loan an interbank Eurocurrency market
designated solely by the Administrative Agent to be the appropriate
interbank Eurocurrency market for that Eurocurrency Rate
Loan.
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Designated Interbank Eurocurrency Market Day ” means
any Business Day on which the Administrative Agent accepts deposits
in the Designated Interbank Eurocurrency Market.
“
Designated Officer ” means (i) the chief
executive officer, (ii) chief financial officer,
(iii) vice president and treasurer or (iv) vice president
and controller of the Borrower.
“ Dollar
Equivalent ” means, as of any date of determination
(a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such
amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any
currency other than Dollars, the amount of Dollars that would be
required to purchase the amount of the relevant Alternative
Currency based on the spot rate for the purchase by Citibank of
such Alternative Currency through its foreign exchange trading
office on such date.
“ Dollar
Loan ” means any Loan denominated in Dollars.
“
Dollars ” (or “$”) means the national
currency of the United States of America denominated in
dollars.
“
Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary whose
principal place of business is located in the United States of
America.
“
Eligible Assignee ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.08(g) .
“ EMU
” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with
the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single European Act
1986, the Maastrict Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of
1998, as amended from time to time.
“ EMU
Legislation ” means the legislative measures of the
European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or
operation of a single or unified European currency (whether known
as the “Euro” or otherwise).
“
Environmental Claims ” means all claims, however
asserted, by any Governmental Authority or other Person alleging
potential liability or responsibility for violation of any
Environmental Law, or for release or injury to the
environment.
“
Environmental Laws ” means all federal, state or local
laws, statutes, common law duties, rules, regulations, ordinances
and codes, together with all administrative orders, directed
duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and
agreements with, any Governmental Authorities, in each case
relating to environmental, health, safety and land use
matters.
“
ERISA ” means, at any date, the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 and the regulations
thereunder.
“
Euro ” and “ € ” means the
lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in
accordance with the EMU Legislation.
“
Eurocurrency Rate ” means (a) for any Interest
Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan other than one
referred to in subsection (b) of this definition, a rate per
annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the
following formula:
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Eurocurrency Base Rate ” means, for such Interest
Period:
(i) the rate per
annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to
be the offered rate that appears on the page of the Telerate screen
(or a successor servicer) that displays an average British Bankers
Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in the relevant
currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period)
with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date
for such currency.
(ii) in the event
the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not
appear on such page or service or such page or service shall cease
to be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by
the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page
or other service that displays an average British Bankers
Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in the relevant
currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period)
with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date
for such currency, or
(iii) in the event
the rates referenced in the preceding subsections (i) and
(ii) are not available, the rate per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent as the rate of interest (rounded upward to the
next 1/100th of 1%) at which deposits in the relevant currency for
delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds
in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made,
continued or converted by Citibank and with a term equivalent to
such Interest Period would be offered by Citibank to major banks in
the London interbank market for such currency at their request at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Quotation Date
for such currency; and
(b) for any
Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in a currency other than Dollars and advanced by a Bank
required to comply with the relevant requirements of the United
Kingdom or any Participating Member State, the sum of (i) the
rate determined in accordance with subsection (a) of this
definition and (ii) the Mandatory Cost Rate for such Interest
Period.
“
Eurocurrency Rate Loan ” means a Loan that bears
interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate. Eurocurrency Rate Loans
may be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative
Currency.
“
Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage ” means, for any day
during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a
decimal, rounded upward to the next 1/100th of 1%) in effect on
such day, whether or not applicable to any Bank, under regulations
issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System for determining the maximum reserve requirement
(including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve
requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The
Eurocurrency Rate for each outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall
be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in
the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage.
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“ Events
of Default ” has the meaning set forth for that term in
Section 8.01 .
“
Extending Bank ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.11 .
“ Federal
Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum
(rounded upwards to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds
brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on
the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that
(a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate
for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next
preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding
Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such
next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be the average rate charged to Citibank on such day on such
transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“ Foreign
Bank ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.08(e) .
“
Fund ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.08(g) .
“
Government Securities ” means readily marketable
direct obligations of the United States of America or obligations
fully guaranteed by the United States of America.
“
Governmental Agency ” means (a) any federal,
state, county or municipal government, or political subdivision
thereof, (b) any governmental or quasi-governmental agency,
authority, board, bureau, commission, department, instrumentality,
or public body, or (c) any court, administrative tribunal, or
public utility, in each case whether of the United States of
America or any other nation or supranational entity.
“
Increased Commitments ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.12(a) .
“
Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.10 .
“
Indemnitees ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.10 .
“
Intangible Assets ” means assets having no physical
existence and that, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied, should be classified as
intangible assets, including without limitation such intangible
assets as patents, trademarks, copyrights, franchises, licenses and
goodwill.
“
Interest Period ” means, as to any Eurocurrency Rate
Loan, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan or
on the Conversion/Continuation Date on which the Loan is convened
into or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, and ending on the
date one, two, three or six months thereafter as selected by the
Borrower in its Notice of Borrowing or Notice of
Conversion/Continuation; provided that:
(a) if any
Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business
Day, that Interest Period shall be extended to the following
Business Day unless, in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the
result of such extension would be to carry such
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Interest Period
into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period
shall end on the preceding Business Day;
(b) any Interest
Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the
last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period; and
(c) no Interest
Period for any Loan shall extend beyond the Maturity
Date.
“
Investment ” means, when used in connection with any
Person, any investment by the Person, whether by means of purchase
or other acquisition of stock or other securities or by means of
loan, advance, capital contribution, guarantee, or other debt or
equity participation or interest in any other Person.
“ Joint
Lead Arrangers ” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and
Banc of America Securities LLC.
“
Judgment Currency ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.20 .
“
Laws ” means, collectively, all federal, state and
local laws, statutes, codes, ordinances, rules and regulations,
including published opinions of the court of last resort in the
applicable jurisdiction, and shall include, without limitation, all
of the foregoing relating to environmental matters.
“ Lending
Office ” means, as to any Bank, the office or offices of
such Bank specified as its “Lending Office” or
“Domestic Lending Office” or “Eurocurrency
Lending Office”, as the, case may be, on
Schedule 10.06 , or such other office or offices as
such Bank may from time to time notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
“
Leverage Ratio ” means, at any date, the ratio of
Consolidated Debt at such date to Consolidated EBITDA for the
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on
or prior to such date.
“
Lien ” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any lease in the nature thereof, and any financing statement filed
under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction).
“
Loan ” means each of the loans outstanding on the
Restatement Date and any other loans to be made to the Borrower
hereunder by each of the Banks, and may be a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
or a Base Rate Loan (each a “ Type ” of
Loan).
“ Loan
Documents ” means this Agreement and all other documents
delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Bank in connection
herewith.
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Majority Banks ” means, at any time, a Bank or Banks
holding more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Loans then outstanding (or if no Loans are at the time outstanding,
a Bank or Banks having more than 50% of the aggregate
Commitments).
“
Mandatory Cost Rate ” means, with respect to any
period, a rate per annum determined in accordance with
Schedule 1.01 .
“ Margin
Stock ” means “margin stock” as such term is
defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, or any successor thereto.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse
change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations,
business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Borrower or the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole.
“
Maturity Date ” means the earlier to occur of:
(a) August 10, 2012 or, with respect to a particular
Bank, such later date as such Bank and the Borrower shall
subsequently agree pursuant to Section 2.11 ; and
(b) the date on which the Commitments terminate in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service
Inc.
“ Notice
of Borrowing ” means a notice in substantially the form
of Exhibit A .
“ Notice
of Conversion/Continuation ” means a notice in
substantially the form of Exhibit B .
“
Obligations ” means all obligations of every nature of
the Borrower from time to time owed to the Administrative Agent,
the Syndication Agent and the Banks under the Loan
Documents.
“
Original Banks ” has the meaning specified in the
recitals to this Agreement.
“
Original Commitment ” means, with respect to any
Original Bank, immediately prior to the effectiveness of this
Agreement, the amount of such Original Bank’s commitment to
make a Loan pursuant to the Original Credit Agreement.
“
Original Credit Agreement ” has the meaning specified
in the recitals to this Agreement.
“
Overnight Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to
any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the rate of
interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable
Alternative Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the
amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would
be offered for such day by Citibank to major banks in the London
interbank market.
“
Participant ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.08(d) .
“
Participating Member State ” means each state so
described in any EMU Legislation.
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“ Pension
Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit
plan” (as such term is defined in ERISA) which is subject to
ERISA and which is from time to time maintained by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries.
“
Person ” means any entity, whether an individual,
trustee, corporation, partnership, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, union, tribe, business association or
firm, joint venture, Governmental Agency, or otherwise.
“
Platform ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.21(b) .
“ Pro
Rata Share ” means, as to any Bank at any time, the
percentage equivalent (expressed as a decimal, rounded to the ninth
decimal place) at such time of such Bank’s Commitment divided
by the combined Commitments of all Banks.
“
Quotation Date ” means, for any Interest Period,
(a) for any currency other than Sterling, the date two
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period and
(b) for Sterling, the first day of such Interest Period;
provided that if market practice differs in the relevant interbank
market for any currency, the “Quotation Date” for such
currency shall be determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with market practice in the relevant interbank market
(and if quotations would normally be given by leading banks in the
relevant interbank market on more than one day, the
“Quotation Date” shall be the last of such
days).
“ Rating
Level I ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 1.08 .
“ Rating
Level II ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 1.08 .
“ Rating
Level III ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 1.08 .
“ Rating
Level IV ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 1.08 .
“ Rating
Level V ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 1.08 .
“
Register ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.08(c) .
“
Regulation D” and “Regulation U
” mean, respectively, Regulation D and
Regulation U, as at any time amended, of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation in
substance substituted therefor.
“
Regulatory Development ” means any or all of the
following: (i) any change in the Laws, or any change in the
interpretation thereof by any Governmental Agency or other
authority (whether or not having the force of law); (ii) any
change in the application of any existing Laws by any Governmental
Agency or other authority (whether or not having the force of law);
and (iii) compliance by any Bank with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) of any monetary or fiscal
agency or authority.
“
Restatement Date ” means the time and Business Day on
which the consummation of all of the transactions contemplated in
Section 4.01 occur.
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“
Restricted Margin Stock ” means, as of any date of
determination, all of the Margin Stock owned by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries to the extent that the fair market value thereof
is not more than 25% of the aggregate fair market value of the
assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a
consolidated basis.
“ Right
of Others ” means, as to any property in which a Person
has an interest, any legal or equitable claim or other interest
(other than a Lien) in or with respect to that property held by any
other Person, and any option or right held by any other Person to
acquire any such claim or other interest, including a
Lien.
“
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of the
Borrower with assets in excess of 3% of Consolidated Total Tangible
Assets.
“ Special
Euro Base Rate Borrowing ” shall have the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 2.03 .
“
Sterling ” and “ ₤ ” means
the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“
Sterling Reference Bank ” means Citibank.
“
Subordinated Debt ” means, as of any date of
determination, the aggregate principal amount then outstanding of
indebtedness of the Borrower that is subordinated to the
Obligations, on terms that (a) prohibit any payment on that
indebtedness (whether principal, premium, if any, interest, or
otherwise) if: (i) any event not waived hereunder has occurred
and is continuing that is a Default or an Event of Default, or
(ii) the payment would cause the occurrence of a Default or an
Event of Default; and (b) require that, upon acceleration of
that indebtedness or upon dissolution, liquidation, or
reorganization of the Borrower, the Obligations must be paid in
full before any payment (whether of principal, premium, if any,
interest, or otherwise) may be made on that
indebtedness.
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, partnership or joint venture whether now existing or
hereafter organized or acquired: (a) in the case of a
corporation of which a majority of the securities having ordinary
voting power for the election of a majority of the board of
directors (other than securities having such power only by reason
of the happening of a contingency) are at the time owned by such
Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or
(b) in the case of a partnership or joint venture, in which
such Person is a general partner or joint venturer or of which a
majority of the partnership or other ownership interests are at the
time owned by such Person and/or one or more of its
Subsidiaries.
“
Syndication Agent ” has the meaning specified in the
introduction to this Agreement.
“ TARGET
Day ” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated
Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System
(or, if such clearing system ceases to be operative, such other
clearing system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to
be a suitable replacement) is operating.
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“ to the
best knowledge of ” means, when modifying a
representation, warranty, or other statement of any Person, that
the fact or situation described therein is known by the Person (or,
in the case of a Person other than a natural person, known by a
responsible officer, director or partner of that Person) making the
representation, warranty, or other statement, or with the exercise
of reasonable due diligence under the circumstances (in accordance
with the standard of what a reasonable person in similar
circumstances would have done) should have been known by the Person
(or, in the case of a Person other than a natural person, should
have been known by a responsible officer, director or partner of
that Person).
“
Type ” has the meaning specified in the definition of
“Loan.”
“
Unrestricted Margin Stock ” means, as of any date of
determination, all of the Margin Stock owned by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries that is not Restricted Margin Stock.
1.02 Use of
Defined Terms . Any defined term used in the plural preceded by
the definite article shall be taken to encompass all members of the
relevant class. Any defined term used in the singular preceded by
“any” shall be taken to indicate any number of the
members of the relevant class.
1.03
Accounting Terms . All accounting terms not specifically
defined in this Agreement shall be construed in conformity with,
and all financial data required to be submitted by this Agreement
shall be prepared in conformity with, generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise
specifically prescribed herein.
1.04 Exhibits
and Schedules . All exhibits and schedules to this Agreement,
either as originally existing or as the same may from time to time
be supplemented, modified, or amended, are incorporated herein by
reference.
1.05 Exchange
Rates; Alternative Currency Equivalents . On each Calculation
Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine the exchange rate as
of such Calculation Date to be used for calculating relevant Dollar
Equivalent and Alternative Currency Equivalent amounts. The
exchange rates so determined shall become effective on such
Calculation Date and shall for all purposes of this Agreement
(other than any provision expressly requiring the use of a current
exchange rate) be the exchange rates employed in converting any
amounts between the applicable currencies. Wherever in this
Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion or
continuation of a Loan, an amount, such as a required minimum or
multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing or
Loan is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall
be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar
amount (rounded to the nearest 1,000 units of such Alternative
Currency), as determined by the Administrative Agent.
1.06
Redenomination of Sterling .
(a) At such
time, if any, as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland adopts the Euro as its lawful currency, each obligation of
each party to this Agreement to make a payment denominated in
Sterling shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such
adoption (in accordance with the applicable United Kingdom
legislation and the EMU Legislation). If the basis of accrual of
interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of Sterling shall
be
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inconsistent
with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for
the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such
expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice
with that applicable to the Euro; provided that if any
Borrowing in Sterling is outstanding immediately prior to such
date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such
Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest
Period.
(b) Each
provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable
changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time
to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the
Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant
market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
1.07
Additional Committed Alternative Currencies . The Borrower may
from time to time request that Loans be made in a currency other
than those specifically listed in the definition of
“Alternative Currency”; provided that such
requested currency otherwise meets the requirements set forth in
such definition. Any such request shall be made to the
Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify each Bank
thereof) not later than noon (New York City time) ten Business Days
prior to the date of the desired Borrowing. Each Bank shall notify
the Administrative Agent, not later than noon (New York City time)
five Business Days after receipt of such request whether it
consents, in its sole discretion, to making Loans in such requested
currency. Any failure by a Bank to respond to such request within
the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed
to be a refusal by such Bank to make Loans in such requested
currency. If all the Banks consent to making Loans in such
requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the
Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all
purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder.
1.08 Pricing
Levels . For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms
have the following meanings, subject to the concluding paragraph of
this Section 1.08 :
“ Rating
Level I ” means a period during which the long-term
senior unsecured debt rating of the Borrower is equal to or better
than (i) A+ by S&P, or (ii) A1 by
Moody’s.
“ Rating
Level II ” means a period (other than a Rating Level I)
during which the long-term senior unsecured debt rating of the
Borrower is equal to or better than (i) A by S&P, or
(ii) A2 by Moody’s.
“ Rating
Level III ” means a period (other than a Rating Level I
or a Rating Level II) during which the long-term senior
unsecured debt rating of the Borrower is equal to or better than
(i) A- by S&P, or (ii) A3 by
Moody’s.
“ Rating
Level IV ” means a period (other than a Rating Level I, a
Rating Level II or a Rating Level III) during which the
long-term senior unsecured debt rating of the Borrower is equal to
or better than (i) BBB+ by S&P, or (ii) Baa1 by
Moody’s.
“ Rating
Level V ” means any period which is not a Rating Level I,
a Rating Level II, a Rating Level III, or a Rating Level
IV.
The credit ratings
to be used for purposes of this Section 1.08 are those
assigned to the long-term senior unsecured debt of the Borrower
without third-party credit enhancement.
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Any rating
assigned to any other debt of the Borrower shall be disregarded.
The rating in effect at any date is that in effect at the close of
business on such date.
If the Borrower is
split-rated and the ratings differential is one level, the higher
of the two ratings will apply ( e.g. , A+/A2 results in a
Rating Level I and BBB+/A3 results in a Rating Level III). If the
Borrower is split-rated and the ratings differential is more than
one level, the rating one level below the higher of the two ratings
shall be used ( e.g. , A+/A3 results in a Rating Level II).
If, however, at any date the Borrower’s long-term senior
unsecured debt is not rated by both S&P and Moody’s, then
a Rating Level V shall apply; provided , however
, if a rating by either Moody’s or S&P is unavailable
because Moody’s or S&P has ceased to be in the business
of providing ratings, or no longer provides ratings of companies
similar to the Borrower, the rating level of the remaining rating
agency shall apply.
1.09 Amendment
and Restatement . On the Restatement Date and immediately prior
to the effectiveness of this Agreement, no Loans are outstanding
pursuant to the Original Credit Agreement. On the Restatement Date,
the Administrative Agent shall purchase and assume the Original
Commitments from the Original Banks, which Original Commitments
shall be (immediately upon such purchase and assumption by the
Administrative Agent) amended and restated in their entirety as
Commitments hereunder. The parties acknowledge and agree that this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents do not constitute a
novation, payment and reborrowing or termination of the obligations
under the Original Credit Agreement and that all such obligations
are in all respects continued and outstanding as obligations under
this Agreement except to the extent such obligations are modified
from and after the Restatement Date as provided in this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents.
2.01 Loans
. Each Bank, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase and
assume on the Restatement Date the amount of such Bank’s
Commitment hereunder set forth opposite its name on
Schedule 2.01 attached hereto. Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, at any time and from time to time from the
Restatement Date through the Maturity Date, each Bank severally
agrees to make Loans to the Borrower in such principal amounts in
Dollars or in one or more Committed Alternative Currencies as the
Borrower may request that do not, in the case of all Loans made by
such Bank, exceed in the aggregate outstanding at any one time the
Dollar Equivalent of that Bank’s Commitment or, in the case
of all Loans made by all Banks, exceed in the aggregate the Dollar
Equivalent of all Banks’ combined Commitments. Within the
limits of each Bank’s Commitment, and subject to the other
terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this
Section 2.01 , prepay under Section 2.07(b) and
reborrow under this Section 2.01 .
2.02 Loan
Accounts . The Loans made by each Bank shall be evidenced by
one or more loan accounts or records maintained by such Bank in the
ordinary course of business. The loan accounts or records
maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Bank shall be
conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Loans made by
the Banks to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon.
Any failure so to record or any error in doing so shall
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not, however,
limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder
to pay any amount owing with respect to the Loans.
2.03 Procedure
for Borrowing .
(a) Each
Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable
written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent in the form of
a Notice of Borrowing in the form of Exhibit A hereto (which
notice must be received by the Administrative Agent (i) prior
to noon (New York City time) three Business Days prior to the
requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
denominated in Dollars, (ii) prior to noon (New York City
time) four Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in
the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative
Currency, (iii) prior to noon (New York City time) on the
Business Day of the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Base
Rate Loans, and (iv) prior to noon (New York City time) two
Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of
a Special Euro Base Rate Borrowing (as defined in subsection
(e) below), specifying: (A) the amount and, if an
Alternative Currency Loan, the currency of the Borrowing, which
shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 or any
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof in the case of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans, and in an aggregate minimum amount of
$1,000,000 or any multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof in the
case of Base Rate Loans; (B) the requested Borrowing Date,
which shall be a Business Day; (C) the Type of Loans
comprising the Borrowing; and (D) the duration of the Interest
Period applicable to such Loans included in such notice. If the
Notice of Borrowing fails to specify the duration of the Interest
Period for any Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such
Interest Period shall be three months. If the Borrower fails to
specify a currency in a Notice of Borrowing requesting a Borrowing,
then the Loans so requested shall be made in Dollars.
(b) The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Bank of its receipt
of any Notice of Borrowing and of the amount of such Bank’s
Pro Rata Share of that Borrowing.
(c) Each Bank
will make the amount of its Pro Rata Share of each Borrowing
available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s Payment Office by 2:00
p.m. (New York City time) on the Borrowing Date requested by the
Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. The proceeds of all such Loans will then be made available
to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent by wire transfer in
accordance with written instructions provided to the Administrative
Agent by the Borrower of like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent.
(d) After
giving effect to any Borrowing, unless the Administrative Agent
shall otherwise consent, there may not be more than eight different
Interest Periods in effect.
(e) The
Borrower may request a Special Euro Base Rate Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.03(a)(iv) . A “ Special Euro Base Rate
Borrowing ” is a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in Dollars,
the proceeds of which, net of commissions and fees, are used by
Administrative Agent, on terms and conditions agreed upon by
Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to purchase Euros for the
account of the Borrower for delivery at an account specified by the
Borrower in London on the requested Borrowing Date. Each Bank shall
make available its Pro Rata Share of any Special Euro Base Rate
Borrowing in immediately available funds in Dollars pursuant to
subsection (c) above.
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For all
purposes of this Agreement, a Special Euro Base Rate Borrowing
shall be deemed a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans and shall be repaid
by the Borrower in Dollars.
2.04
Conversion and Continuation Elections .
(a) The
Borrower may, upon irrevocable written notice to the Administrative
Agent in the form of a Notice of Conversion/Continuation in the
form of Exhibit B hereto in accordance with
Section 2.04(b) : (i) elect, as of any Business
Day to convert any Base Rate Loans (or any part thereof in an
amount not less than $5,000,000, or that is in an integral multiple
of $1,000,000 in excess thereof) into Eurocurrency Rate Loans;
(ii) elect, as of the last day of the applicable Interest
Period to convert any Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or any part thereof
in an amount not less than $1,000,000, or that is in an integral
multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof) into Base Rate Loans; or
(iii) elect, as of the last day of the applicable Interest
Period, to continue any Eurocurrency Rate Loans having Interest
Periods expiring on such day (or any part thereof in an amount not
less than $5,000,000, or that is in an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof); provided , that if at any
time the aggregate amount of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in respect of
any Borrowing is reduced, by payment, prepayment, or conversion of
part thereof to be less than $5,000,000, such Eurocurrency Rate
Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans, and on and
after such date the right of the Borrower to continue such Loans
as, and convert such Loans into, Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall
terminate.
(b) The
Borrower shall deliver a Notice of Conversion/Continuation to be
received by the Administrative Agent not later than (i) noon
(New York City time) at least three Business Days in advance of the
Conversion/Continuation Date, if the Loans are to be converted into
or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars;
(ii) 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least four
Business Days in advance of the Conversion/Continuation Date, if
the Loans are to be converted into or continued as Eurocurrency
Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency; and
(iii) 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the
Conversion/Continuation Date, if the Loans are to be converted into
Base Rate Loans, specifying: (A) the proposed
Conversion/Continuation Date; (B) the aggregate amount of
Loans to be converted or continued and, if an Alternative Currency
Loan, the currency thereof; (C) the Type of Loans resulting
from the proposed conversion or continuation; and (D) other than in
the case of conversions into Base Rate Loans, the duration of the
requested Interest Period.
(c) If upon
the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to Eurocurrency
Rate Loans the Borrower has failed to select timely a new Interest
Period to be applicable to such Eurocurrency Rate Loans, then:
(i) with respect to such Eurocurrency Rate Loans that are
Dollar Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to
convert such Eurocurrency Rate Loans into Base Rate Loans effective
as of the expiration date of such Interest Period; and
(ii) with respect to such Eurocurrency Rate Loans that are
Alternative Currency Loans, such Loans shall be continued as
Eurocurrency Rate Loans in their original currency with an Interest
Period of one month. No Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be converted
into or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a
different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the original
currency of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan and reborrowed in the other
currency except as described in Sections 2.04(e) and
3.02(a) .
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(d) The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Bank of its receipt
of a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, or, if no timely notice is
provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent will promptly
notify each Bank of the details of any automatic conversion. All
conversions and continuations shall be made ratably according to
the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Loans with
respect to which the notice was given held by each Bank.
(e) During
the existence of a Default or Event of Default, the Borrower may
not: (i) elect to have a Dollar Loan made, converted into or
continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan; or (ii) elect to have
an Alternative Currency Loan made or continued for an Interest
Period greater than one month; provided , however ,
that Majority Banks may elect, on the last day of an Interest
Period of any Alternative Currency Loan, to redenominate such
Alternative Currency Loan into a Dollar Loan in a principal amount
equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such Alternative
Currency Loan and to convert such Dollar Loan into a Base Rate
Loan.
(f) After
giving effect to any conversion or continuation of Loans, unless
the Administrative Agent shall otherwise consent, there may not be
more than eight different Interest Periods in effect.
2.05 Optional
Reduction or Termination of Commitments . The Borrower may at
any time and from time to time, upon three Business Days’
written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly
notify each Bank thereof) by telecopier, telegram, personal
delivery or cable, terminate in whole or in part the unused
portions of the Commitments; provided , however ,
that in each case each partial termination shall be in integral
multiples of $1,000,000; provided , further , that
the Commitments may not be reduced at any time to an amount less
than the aggregate principal amount of all Borrowings then
outstanding; provided , further , that after any such
termination, the Commitments may not thereafter be increased in any
amount without the consent of all of the Banks.
(a) Interest
shall be payable on the outstanding daily unpaid principal amount
of each Loan from the date thereof until payment in full at the
rates set forth herein both before and after default and before and
after maturity and judgment, with interest on overdue interest to
bear interest at the rate set forth in Section 2.06(d)
, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws. Upon any partial
prepayment of any Base Rate Loan and upon any conversion of a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, interest accrued through the date of such
prepayment shall be payable on the next following April 1,
July 1, October 1 or January 1. Upon any partial or full
prepayment of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, interest accrued through
the date of such payment, prepayment or conversion shall be payable
on such date.
(b) Interest
accrued on each Base Rate Loan shall be due and payable on each
April 1, July 1, October 1 and January 1, commencing
with the first such date upon which Base Rate Loans are outstanding
hereunder. The unpaid principal amount of any Base Rate Loan shall
bear interest at a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the Base
Rate.
(c) Interest
accrued on each Eurocurrency Rate Loan with an Interest Period of
three months or less shall be payable on the last day of the
Interest Period for that Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
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Interest
accrued on each six month Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall also be paid
at the end of the third month of such Interest Period. The unpaid
principal amount of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Eurocurrency Rate for
that Eurocurrency Rate Loan plus the Applicable
Margin.
(d) Notwithstanding
Section (b) or (c) of this Section, during the existence
of an Event of Default, the unpaid principal amount of Loans (and
to the extent not paid when due, interest thereon and fees) shall
bear interest, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, at a
fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the
interest rate otherwise applicable to such Loan (or, if not a Loan,
at the interest rate per annum otherwise payable under this
Agreement for Base Rate Loans) plus 2.00% per annum, payable
upon demand.
2.07 Repayment
and Prepayments of Principal .
(a) If not
sooner paid, the principal indebtedness hereunder owed to each Bank
shall be payable on the Maturity Date of such Bank.
(b) The
principal indebtedness hereunder may, at any time and from time to
time, be prepaid in whole or in part without premium or penalty,
except that: (i) any partial prepayment shall be in an
amount not less than $1,000,000 or any multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof (or the Alternative Currency Equivalent thereof
determined on the date notice of prepayment is given);
(ii) the Administrative Agent must have received written
notice of any prepayment at least one Business Day before the date
of prepayment in the case of Base Rate Loans and at least three
Business Days before the date of prepayment in the case of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans (and the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Bank thereof); (iii) each prepayment of
principal, except for partial prepayments on Base Rate Loans, shall
be accompanied by prepayment of interest accrued through the date
of payment on the amount of principal paid; and (iv) in the
case of any prepayment of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Borrower
shall promptly reimburse each Bank for any loss or cost directly or
indirectly resulting from the prepayment, determined as set forth
in Section 3.03 .
(c) If the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that the
Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Loans exceeds the combined Commitments, by reason of
fluctuations in exchange rates or otherwise, the Borrower shall,
within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, prepay Loans
in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce the Dollar Equivalent
thereof as of the date of such payment to an amount not to exceed
the combined Commitments then in effect.
(a)
Facility Fee . The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the Banks ratably in proportion to their
Commitments, a facility fee on the daily average aggregate amount
of the Commitments (including both the portion thereof that is used
and the portion thereof that is unused), at the rate of
(i) 0.040% per annum during each Rating Level I,
(ii) 0.050% per annum during each Rating Level II,
(iii) 0.060% per annum during each Rating Level III,
(iv) 0.080% per annum during each Rating Level IV, and
(v) 0.125% per annum during each Rating Level V. Such facility
fee shall accrue, with respect to any Bank,
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from and
including the Restatement Date to but excluding the Maturity Date
of such Bank, payable quarterly in advance as of each April 1,
July 1, October 1 and January 1 prior to the Maturity Date of
such Bank, commencing October 1, 2007. The facility fee
provided in this subsection shall be nonrefundable and shall accrue
at all times after the Restatement Date, including at any time
during which one or more conditions in Section 4 are not
met.
(b)
Agency Fee . The Borrower shall pay an agency fee to the
Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agent’s own
account as agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.
2.09 Payments
by the Borrower .
(a) All
payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without set-off,
recoupment or counterclaim. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein and except with respect to payments of principal of and
interest on Alternative Currency Loans, all payments by the
Borrower shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Banks at the Administrative Agent’s Payment Office,
and shall be made in Dollars and in immediately available funds, no
later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified
herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments
by the Borrower hereunder with respect to principal of and interest
on Alternative Currency Loans shall be made to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the respective Banks to which such
payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Payment Office
in such Alternative Currency and in immediately available funds not
later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date specified
herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each
Bank its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as expressly
provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received. Any
payment received by the Administrative Agent later than 1:00 p.m.
(New York City time) shall be deemed to have been received on the
following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall
continue to accrue.
(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent receives notice from the Borrower prior to
the date on which any payment is due to the Banks that the Borrower
will not make such payment in full as and when required, the
Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such
payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date in
immediately available funds and the Administrative Agent may (but
shall not be so required), in reliance upon such assumption,
distribute to each Bank on such due date an amount equal to the
amount then due such Bank. If and to the extent the Borrower has
not made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each
Bank shall repay to the Administrative Agent on demand such amount
distributed to such Bank, together with interest thereon at the
Federal Funds Rate or, with respect to Alternative Currency Loans,
the Overnight Rate for each day from the date such amount is
distributed to such Bank until the date repaid.
2.10 Payments
by the Banks to the Administrative Agent.
(a) Unless
the Administrative Agent receives notice from a Bank on or prior to
the Restatement Date or, with respect to any Borrowing after the
Restatement Date, at least one Business Day prior to the date of
such Borrowing (or prior to the time of a Borrowing, in the case of
any Base Rate Loan), that such Bank will not make available as and
when required
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hereunder to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower the amount
of that Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that each Bank has made such amount
available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available
funds in the applicable currency on the Borrowing Date and the
Administrative Agent may (but shall not be so required), in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on
such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent any Bank
shall not have made its full amount available to the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds in the applicable currency and
the Administrative Agent in such circumstances has made available
to the Borrower such amount, that Bank shall on the Business Day
following such Borrowing Date make such amount available to the
Administrative Agent, together with interest at the Federal Funds
Rate or, with respect to Alternative Currency Loans, the Overnight
Rate for each day during such period. A notice of the
Administrative Agent submitted to any Bank with respect to amounts
owing under this Section (a) shall be conclusive, absent
manifest error. If such amount is so made available, such payment
to the Administrative Agent shall constitute such Bank’s Loan
on the date of Borrowing for all purposes of this Agreement. If
such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent on
the Business Day following the Borrowing Date, the Administrative
Agent will notify the Borrower of such failure to fund and, upon
demand by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall pay such
amount to the Administrative Agent for the Administrative
Agent’s account, together with interest thereon for each day
elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal
to the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising
such Borrowing.
(b) The
failure of any Bank to make any Loan on any Borrowing Date shall
not relieve any other Bank of any obligation hereunder to make a
Loan on such Borrowing Date, but no Bank shall be responsible for
the failure of any other Bank to make the Loan to be made by such
other Bank on any Borrowing Date.
2.11 Extension
of Maturity Date . The Borrower may, upon not less than
30 days’ (but not more than 45 days’) notice
prior to each anniversary of the Restatement Date (the “
Current Anniversary Date ”) to the Administrative
Agent (which shall notify each Bank of receipt of such request),
propose to extend the Maturity Date for an additional one-year
period measured from the Maturity Date then in effect. Each Bank
shall endeavor to respond to such request, whether affirmatively or
negatively (such determination to be in the sole discretion of such
Bank), by notice to the Administrative Agent in writing not less
than 20 days (but not more than 30 days) prior to the
Current Anniversary Date. The Administrative Agent shall, upon not
less than 15 days’ notice prior to the Current
Anniversary Date, notify the Borrower in writing of the
Banks’ decisions. No Maturity Date of any Bank shall be
extended unless (i) by the date 20 days prior to the
Maturity Date then in effect Banks having at least 50% in aggregate
amount of the Commitments in effect at the time any such extension
is requested shall have elected so to extend their Commitments and
(ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate signed by a Designated Officer dated as of such
extension date in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent stating that the representations and
warranties contained in Section 5 are true and correct
in all material respects on and as of such date, and that no state
of facts constituting a Default or an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing. Any Bank which does not give such notice to the
Administrative Agent by the date 20 days prior to the Maturity
Date then in effect shall be deemed to have elected not to extend
as requested, and the Commitment of each non-extending Bank shall
terminate on its Maturity Date determined
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without giving
effect to such requested extension. If any Bank does not consent to
a request for an extension of the Maturity Date, or is deemed not
to have consented to the requested extension (each, a “
Declining Bank ”), and the Maturity Date has been
extended for the other Bank(s) (the “ Extending Banks
”), the Borrower may, prior to the end of the Current
Anniversary Date, replace such Declining Bank with one or more
third party financial institutions acceptable to the Administrative
Agent or increase the Commitment of an Extending Bank, in an amount
equal to the amount of the Commitments of the Declining Banks,
provided that, as provided in Section 2.13 , the Extending
Banks shall have the right to increase their Commitments ratably up
to the amount of the Declining Banks’ Commitments before the
Borrower will be permitted to substitute any other financial
institution for the Declining Banks.
2.12 Increased
Commitments; Additional Banks .
(a) On a
single occasion during each year subsequent to the Restatement
Date, the Borrower may, upon at least thirty (30) days’
notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly provide a
copy of such notice to the Banks), propose to increase the amount
of the Commitments in an aggregate minimum amount of $25,000,000
and an aggregate maximum amount for all increases pursuant to this
Section 2.12 not to exceed $500,000,000 (the amount of
any such increase, the “ Increased Commitments
”) provided that (i) such Increased Commitments shall
become and remain effective only during a Rating Level I, a Rating
Level II, a Rating Level III or a Rating Level IV, and
(ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate signed by a Designated Officer dated as of the date of
such increase in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent stating that the representations and
warranties contained in Section 5 are true and correct
in all material respects on and as of such date and that no Default
or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) The
Borrower may offer the Increased Commitments to: (i) any Bank
party to this Agreement; provided , that any Bank offered an
Increased Commitment shall have no obligation to accept such
Increased Commitment; or (ii) any other financial institution
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and which agrees to become a
party to this Agreement (an “ Additional Bank
”); provided that the Commitment of each such
Additional Bank or Additional Banks equals or exceeds $10,000,000.
The sum of (1) the aggregate amount of Commitment increases of
any existing Banks pursuant to this subsection (b) plus
(2) the aggregate amount of any Commitments of Additional
Banks shall not in the aggregate exceed the total amount of the
Increased Commitments.
(c) An
increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments pursuant to
this Section 2.12 shall become effective upon the
receipt by the Administrative Agent of an agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent signed by the
Borrower, by each Additional Bank and by each other Bank whose
Commitment is to be increased, setting forth the new Commitments of
such Banks and setting forth the agreement of each Additional Bank
to become a party to this Agreement and to be bound by all the
terms and provisions hereof, together with such evidence of
appropriate corporate authorization on the part of the Borrower
with respect to the Increased Commitments and such opinions of
counsel for the Borrower with respect to the Increased Commitments
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
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2.13
Substitution of Banks. If any Bank declines to extend its
Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.11 , the Borrower
shall have the right, with the assistance of the Administrative
Agent, to seek one or more Eligible Assignees (which may be one or
more of the Banks) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower to purchase the Loans and assume the
Commitments of such Bank, and the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, such Bank, and such Eligible Assignees shall execute and
deliver an appropriately completed Assignment and Assumption
pursuant to Section 10.08 hereof to effect the
assignment of rights to and the assumption of obligations by such
Eligible Assignees; provided that (i) such requesting
Bank shall be entitled to compensation under Section 3
for any costs incurred by it prior to its replacement, (ii) no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
(iii) the Borrower has satisfied all of its obligations under
the Loan Documents relating to such Bank, (iv) in the case of
the Commitments of any Banks that have declined to extend their
Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.11 , the Banks that
have extended their Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.11
shall on a ratable basis have the right (but no obligation), for a
period of seven days following receipt of notice from the
Administrative Agent at the request of the Borrower that the
Commitments of non-extending Banks may be assumed, to assume the
Commitments of such declining Banks before any other Eligible
Assignees assume such Commitments, and (v) the Borrower shall
have paid the Administrative Agent a $3,500 administrative fee if
such replacement Bank is not an existing Bank.
SECTION 3.
PAYMENTS, COSTS
3.01
Eurocurrency Costs. Upon notice from any Bank and subject to
compliance with Section 9.09 , the Borrower shall promptly,
reimburse that Bank for any increase in its costs, including
without limitation taxes (and additional amounts equal to increases
in taxes attributable to payments by the Borrower of such taxes),
assessments or a change in the basis of taxation of payments to
such Bank (other than any tax, or changes in the rate of any tax,
based upon the income, profits or business of the Bank, or upon any
personal property or franchise of the Bank, or any similar tax
which may be levied upon the Bank, or any change in the rate of any
such similar tax by the United States or any other government
having jurisdiction, or any political subdivision or taxing
authority of any thereof), fees, charges, and/or special deposit
and/or other similar reserve requirements (other than requirements
expressly included herein in the determination of the Eurocurrency
Rate hereunder) directly or indirectly resulting from or relating
to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan due to any circumstance;
provided that, the Borrower shall have no obligation to
reimburse such Bank for any increase in costs that is attributable
to the prepayment by such Bank, in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan, of a time deposit in the Designated Interbank Eurocurrency
Market, where the Borrower has not paid or redesignated a
corresponding Eurocurrency Rate Loan prior to the end of the term
of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan. As used in the preceding sentence,
“reserve requirements” shall be calculated after taking
into account any compensation received by the Bank through the
computation of the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage or any
Eurocurrency fee paid to the Bank. Amounts payable to a Bank under
this Section 3.01 shall be determined solely by that
Bank upon the assumption that the Bank funded 100% of that
Eurocurrency Rate Loan by the acceptance of a time deposit in the
Designated Interbank Eurocurrency Market for a corresponding amount
and term, regardless of whether the Bank did so in fact. In
attributing a Bank’s general costs relating to its
Eurocurrency operations to any transaction under this Agreement, or
averaging any cost over
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a period of
time, that Bank may use any reasonable attribution and/or averaging
method it deems appropriate and practical. The determination of
such amount by the Bank shall be presumed correct in the absence of
manifest error.
3.02 Special
Eurocurrency Circumstances. If (x) any Regulatory
Development relating to the interbank Eurocurrency markets shall at
any time in the reasonable opinion of any Bank make it unlawful or
impractical for that Bank to fund or maintain a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan in the Designated Interbank Eurocurrency Market for a
corresponding amount or term, or to continue that funding or
maintaining, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon
any appropriate Eurocurrency Rate or (y) the Administrative
Agent or any Bank determines in connection with any request for a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof
that (i) deposits in the relevant currency are not being
offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for
such currency for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, (ii) adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Rate for such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or (iii) the Eurocurrency Rate for
such Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect
the cost to the Banks of funding such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the
Administrative Agent or that Bank, as applicable, shall promptly
notify the Administrative Agent and the Banks who shall notify the
Borrower and, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement:
(a) the then
outstanding principal amounts of any outstanding Eurocurrency Rate
Loan shall be automatically converted into a Base Rate Loan and,
if, on the date of any such conversion, any such Eurocurrency Rate
Loan is an Alternative Currency Loan, it shall be redenominated
into a Dollar Loan in a principal amount equal to the Dollar
Equivalent of the amount of such Alternative Currency Loan;
and
(b) no
Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be made thereafter until that Bank
determines that to do so would be lawful or practical.
Upon receipt of
such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a
Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request
into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount
specified therein.
3.03
Eurocurrency Indemnification. The Borrower hereby indemnifies
each Bank against, and agrees to hold each Bank harmless from and
reimburse each Bank on demand for all costs, expenses, claims,
penalties, liabilities, losses, legal fees and damages (including
without limitation any interest paid or that would be paid by a
Bank for deposits in Dollars in the Designated Interbank
Eurocurrency Market and any loss sustained or that would be
sustained by a Bank in connection with the reemployment of funds)
incurred or sustained, or that would be incurred or sustained, by
each Bank, as reasonably determined by the Bank, as a result of
(a) any failure of the Borrower to consummate, or the failure
of any condition required for the consummation of, any Eurocurrency
Rate Loan on the date or in the amount specified in any notice,
requesting or designating a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or (b) the
Borrower’s prepayment of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan before
the last day of its Interest Period. The indemnification shall be
determined as though the Bank had funded or would have funded 100%,
as the case may be, of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan in the Designated
Interbank Eurocurrency Market for a corresponding amount and
term.
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The
determination of such amount by the Bank shall be presumed correct
in the absence of manifest error.
3.04
Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest
hereunder shall be calculated on the basis of a year of
365 days or 366 days, as the case may be, and the actual
number of days elapsed, except that computations of interest
on all Eurocurrency Rate Loans (other than Eurocurrency Rate Loans
denominated in Sterling) and computations of interest on Base Rate
Loans when the Base Rate is calculated by reference to the Federal
Funds Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a year of
360 days and the actual number of days elapsed. All
computations of fees hereunder shall be calculated on the basis of
a year of 360 days and the actual number of days
elapsed.
3.05
Holidays. If any payment to be made by the Borrower on a Base
Rate Loan shall come due on a day other than a Business Day,
payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and the
extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest. If any
payment to be made by the Borrower on a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
shall come due on a day other than a Designated Interbank
Eurocurrency Market Day, payment shall be made on the next
preceding or succeeding Designated Interbank Eurocurrency Market
Day as determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
the then current banking practice in the Designated Interbank
Eurocurrency Market and the adjustment shall be reflected in
computing interest.
3.06 Payment
Free of Taxes. Subject to compliance with
Section 9.09 , any payments made by the Borrower
hereunder shall be made free and clear of, and without reduction by
reason of, any taxes, withholding or other deductions
whatsoever.
3.07 Funding
Sources. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to obligate
any Bank to obtain the funds for any Borrowing in any particular
place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Bank that
it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Borrowing in any
particular place or manner.
3.08 Failure
to Charge Not Subsequent Waiver. Any decision by the
Administrative Agent or any Bank not to require payment of any fee
or costs, or to reduce the amount of the payment required for any
fee or costs or to calculate any fee or costs in any particular
manner, for any particular Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall in no way
limit the Administrative Agent’s or that Bank’s right
to require full payment of any fee or costs for any other
Eurocurrency Rate Loan or to calculate any fee or costs in another
manner.
3.09 Other
Costs. If, at any time subsequent to the Restatement Date, any
Bank shall have reasonably determined that the adoption of any Law
regarding capital adequacy, any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirements generally applicable to commitments or credit
arrangements similar to the Commitments (other than requirements
expressly included herein in the determination of the Eurocurrency
Rate) hereunder, or any change therein, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
Agency, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by said
Bank or any corporation controlling said Bank with any request or
directive regarding capital adequacy, any reserve, special deposit
or similar requirement (other than requirements expressly included
herein in the determination of the Eurocurrency Rate hereunder)
(whether or not having the force of Law)
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of any such
Governmental Agency, central bank or comparable agency, has or
would have the effect of increasing the cost to, or reducing the
income received by or imposing any expense (including loss of
margin), on any said Bank or any corporation controlling said Bank,
or, in the case of any capital adequacy requirement, reducing the
rate of return on said Bank’s or corporation’s capital
as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that
which said Bank or corporation could have achieved but for such
adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration said
Bank’s or corporation’s policies with respect to
capital adequacy), then from time to time, each affected Bank may
notify the Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) of the
additional amount or amounts as will compensate said Bank or
corporation for such increase, reduction or imposition and, upon
demand, the Borrower shall pay said affected Bank or corporation
such amount or amounts. In determining such amount, the affected
Bank or corporation may use reasonable attribution and/or averaging
methods which it deems appropriate and practical. In no event shall
the Borrower be liable for any such amounts relating to periods of
time more than three months prior to the date upon which the
Borrower receives notice from the affected Bank, except to
the extent that such periods of time (i) relate to retroactive
applications of any such Law or retroactive interpretations or
administrations of any such Law or (ii) represent periods
during which it is impracticable for any such Bank to calculate any
such amounts due; provided , however , that such
information shall be provided to the Borrower as soon as
practicable. Said affected Bank shall, upon the Borrower’s
request, provide the Borrower with a statement showing in
reasonable detail, the basis for determining the amount charged
hereunder.
3.10
Survivability. The Borrower’s obligations under this
Section 3 shall survive the date on which all
Borrowings hereunder were fully paid.
4.01
Restatement Date. This Agreement shall become effective (as of
the date first written above) only upon the satisfaction of all of
the following conditions precedent:
(a) The
Administrative Agent shall have received all of the following, each
dated as of the Restatement Date (unless otherwise specified or
unless the Administrative Agent otherwise agrees) and all in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and legal
counsel for the Administrative Agent:
(i) a certificate
signed by a Designated Officer (A) stating that the execution,
delivery and performance of the Loan Documents by the Borrower was
duly authorized by resolution of its board of directors on the date
therein specified and that such authorization is still in force and
effect, (B) setting forth such resolution adopted by such
board of directors, (C) setting forth the name of each person
authorized to sign any Loan Document on behalf of the Borrower with
specimen signatures of such persons, and (D) stating that the
representations and warranties contained in Section 5
are true and correct on and as of the Restatement Date, no Default
or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the
Borrower shall be in compliance with all the terms and provisions
of the Loan Documents;
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(ii) a current
good standing certificate for the Borrower issued by the
appropriate Governmental Agency in the jurisdiction of
incorporation;
(iii) a
certificate of good standing of the Borrower as a foreign
corporation in California;
(iv) a favorable
written opinion of counsel for the Borrower dated as of the
Restatement Date and satisfactory to Administrative Agent and as to
such matters as Administrative Agent acting on behalf of the Banks
may reasonably request;
(v) a favorable
written opinion of counsel for the Administrative Agent dated as of
the Restatement Date and satisfactory to the Borrower and as to
such matters as the Borrower may reasonably request;
(vi) such other
certificates, documents, consents, or opinions that any Bank may
reasonably request; and
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall have received, for the account of the
Banks:
(i) with respect
to each Bank that was a party to the Original Credit Agreement, an
upfront fee equal to the sum of (A) 0.010% of such
Bank’s Original Commitment, and (B) 0.020% of the amount by
which such Bank’s Commitment exceeds such Bank’s
Original Commitment; and
(ii) with respect
to each Bank that was not a party to the Original Credit Agreement,
an upfront fee equal to 0.020% of such Bank’s
Commitment.
(c) The Joint
Lead Arrangers shall have received, for their own account, an
arrangement fee as agreed upon between the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Syndication
Agent.
4.02 Any
Borrowing, Conversion or Continuation. The obligation of the
Banks to make any Loan or to convert into or continue any
Eurocurrency Rate Loan is subject to the following conditions
precedent:
(a) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 5
(other than in Sections 5.06 and 5.09 ) shall be
true and correct in all material respects,
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