COMPOSITE VERSION reflects all
amendments through February 10, 2009
CS EUROPE FINANCE
LIMITED and CS UK
FINANCE LIMITED
as the Borrowers and Guarantors
EACH OF THE CONDUIT LENDERS AND
INSTITUTIONAL LENDERS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO AS LENDERS ,
as the Lenders
EACH OF THE LENDER AGENTS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO AS LENDER AGENTS
,
as the Lender Agents
EACH OF THE SWINGLINE LENDER
AGENTS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO AS SWINGLINE LENDER
AGENTS
as the Swingline Lender Agents
EACH OF THE CONDUIT LENDERS AND
INSTITUTIONAL LENDERS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO AS SWINGLINE LENDERS
,
as the Swingline Lenders
CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE
LLC
as the Servicer
WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.
as the Administrative Agent and the Security Trustee
and
WACHOVIA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL
LTD.,
as Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
AMENDED
€
125,000,000
MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING FACILITY
AGREEMENT
-i-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
THE
FACILITY
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PURPOSE
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CONDITIONS OF
LOANS
|
|
|
51
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROCEDURE FOR
LOANS
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LOAN
TRANSFERS
|
|
|
60
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REPAYMENT,
PRE-PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
|
|
|
64
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INTEREST
|
|
|
68
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PAYMENT
MECHANICS
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COLLECTIONS AND
ALLOCATIONS
|
|
|
74
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PAYMENTS,
COMPUTATIONS, ETC.
|
|
|
75
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FEES
|
|
|
76
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TAX GROSS UP
AND INDEMNITIES
|
|
|
77
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCREASED
COSTS
|
|
|
82
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
INDEMNITIES
|
|
|
84
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INDEMNIFICATION
AND EXPENSES
|
|
|
84
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
|
|
|
87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INFORMATION
UNDERTAKINGS
|
|
|
94
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GENERAL
UNDERTAKINGS
|
|
|
96
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PERMITTED
TRANSFER AND SYNDICATION
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
|
|
|
103
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CHANGES TO THE
LENDERS
|
|
|
106
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CHANGES TO THE
BORROWERS
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ROLE OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE SECURITY TRUSTEE
|
|
|
111
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CONDUCT OF
BUSINESS BY THE SECURED PARTIES
|
|
|
118
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-ii-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PAYMENT
MECHANICS
|
|
|
118
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BORROWER
CROSS-GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
|
|
|
122
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SET-OFF
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTICES
|
|
|
125
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CALCULATIONS
AND CERTIFICATES
|
|
|
129
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PARTIAL
INVALIDITY
|
|
|
130
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REMEDIES AND
WAIVERS
|
|
|
130
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AMENDMENTS AND
WAIVERS
|
|
|
130
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COUNTERPARTS
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GOVERNING
LAW
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ENFORCEMENT
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SERVICE OF
PROCESS
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-iii-
THIS AMENDED
FACILITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated
10 February 2009 and made among:
|
(1)
|
|
CS EUROPE FINANCE LIMITED
(“ CSEF
”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CapitalSource Europe
Limited. incorporated in England and Wales under registered number
6340019 and CS UK FINANCE LIMITED (“ CSUF
”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CapitalSource UK Limited
incorporated in England and Wales under registered number 6340034,
each as a borrower and guarantor (each, a “ Borrower
” and together the “ Borrowers ” and each,
a “ Guarantor ” and together the “
Guarantors ”);
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
EACH OF THE CONDUIT
LENDERS FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO AND LISTED IN ANNEX B FROM TIME TO TIME
AS A CONDUIT LENDER, (each a “ Conduit Lender ”
and together the “ Conduit Lenders
”);
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
EACH OF THE INSTITUTIONAL
LENDERS FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO AND LISTED IN ANNEX B FROM TIME TO TIME
AS AN INSTITUTIONAL LENDER, (each an “ Institutional
Lender ” and together the “ Institutional
Lenders ”);
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
EACH OF THE LENDER AGENTS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY
HERETO AND LISTED IN ANNEX B FROM TIME TO TIME AS A LENDER AGENT,
(each a “ Lender Agent ” and together the
“ Lender Agents ”);
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5)
|
|
EACH OF THE CONDUIT LENDERS AND
INSTITUTIONAL LENDERS LISTED IN ANNEX B FROM TIME TO TIME AS A
SWINGLINE LENDER , (each, a “ Swingline
Lender ”, together the “ Swingline Lenders
” and, together with the Conduit Lenders and the
Institutional Lenders, the “ Lenders
”);
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6)
|
|
EACH OF THE SWINGLINE LENDER AGENTS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO AND LISTED IN ANNEX B FROM TIME TO
TIME AS A SWINGLINE LENDER AGENT , (each a “ Swingline
Lender Agent ” and together the “ Swingline
Lender Agents ”);
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7)
|
|
CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC
, as the servicer (the
“ Servicer ”);
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8)
|
|
WACHOVIA BANK, N.A.
, as the administrative
agent, (the “ Administrative Agent ”) and as the
security trustee (the “ Security Trustee ”);
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9)
|
|
WACHOVIA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL
LTD. , as
lead arranger (the “ Lead Arranger ”) and sole
bookrunner (the “ Sole Bookrunner ”).
|
|
|
(A)
|
|
The
parties hereto entered into a €
250,000,000
multicurrency revolving facility agreement dated 3
October 2007, as amended on 24 September 2008 (the
“ Facility Agreement ”) whereby the Lenders have
made available to the Borrowers a multicurrency revolving loan
facility in order to finance the purchase and origination of
certain Eligible Loans (as defined in the Facility Agreement),
subject to the terms specified therein;
|
|
|
(B)
|
|
The
parties hereto have agreed to make certain amendments to the
Facility Agreement by an amendment agreement dated 10
February 2009 (the “ Amendment Agreement
”).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(C)
|
|
The
Amendment Agreement shall amend and restate the Facility Agreement
as set out herein.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(D)
|
|
The
Borrowers intend to re-finance the Facility through a non-managed
collateralised debt obligation and transfer assets to companies
which at the time of such transfer will be asset-holding or
note-issuing companies for the purposes of Regulations 5 or 6 of
The Taxation of Securitisation Companies Regulations
2006;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(E)
|
|
Each of the Borrowers intends to
retain a profit of not less than €
5,000 per
annum;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(F)
|
|
Each of the Borrowers intends that
it will satisfy the payments condition provided in
Regulation 11 of The Taxation of Securitisation Companies
Regulations 2006. Each of the Borrowers therefore enters into this
Agreement with the intention that if it receives any amounts
(“ R ”) during an accounting period (as defined
in section 12 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988), it
will pay out to parties, during that accounting period or within
18 months after the end of that accounting period, the total
amount of R minus: (i) any amount retained as profit; (ii) any
amount reasonably required to provide for losses or expenses
arising from its business; and (iii) any amount reasonably
required to maintain or enhance its creditworthiness;
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(G)
|
|
Each of the Borrowers also intends
to ensure that any amounts that: (i) are no longer reasonably
required to provide against losses or expenses arising from its
business; (ii) are no longer reasonably required to maintain such
Borrower’s creditworthiness; or (iii) are required to be used
to meet such losses or expenses, will be added to R for purposes of
the preceding paragraph for the accounting period in which such
amounts are determined to no longer be required or are
used.
|
|
1.
|
|
DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
Definitions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In
this Agreement:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Account Bank ”
means Bank of America, N.A. or any replacement Account Bank
appointed pursuant to the terms of the Servicing
Agreement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Accreted Interest
” shall mean the accrued interest on a PIK Loan that is added
to the principal amount of such PIK Loan instead of being paid as
it accrues.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Accrual Period
” means, with respect to (i) the first Payment Date, the
period from and including the date of the Initial Advance, to and
including the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding
the first Payment Date and (ii) any subsequent Payment Date,
the period from and including the first calendar day of the
calendar month in which the immediately preceding Payment Date
occurred, to and including the last day of the calendar month
immediately preceding such subsequent Payment Date.
|
|
|
|
“ Additional Cost Rate
” has the meaning given to it in ANNEX C ( Mandatory Cost
Formulae ).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Administrative
Agent’s Accounts ” means the accounts set out on
ANNEX E attached hereto.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Advance ” shall
have the meaning given in Clause 5.1.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Advance Cut-Off
” means 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day falling two
Business Days after the Funding Date in respect of an
Advance.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Advance Rate ”
means, on any date of determination, the applicable percentage set
out below based on Eligible Loan Type and Country
Grouping:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Group I
|
|
Group II
|
|
Group III
|
|
Eligible Loan
Type
|
|
Country
|
|
Country
|
|
Country
|
|
|
|
|
70
|
%
|
|
|
64
|
%
|
|
|
53
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
51
|
%
|
|
|
60
|
%
|
|
|
50
|
%
|
|
|
|
“ Advances Outstanding
” means on any day, the aggregate principal amount
outstanding of (i) Advances made under the Facility by the Lenders
(“ Advances ”) and (ii) Swingline Advances
made by the Swingline Lender to the Borrowers, outstanding on such
day, after giving effect to all repayments of Advances and
Swingline Advances and makings of new Advances and Swingline
Advances on such day; provided that the Advances Outstanding
may be reduced by:
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
Principal Collections;
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
Repayments,
|
|
|
|
provided further
that the principal
amount of any Advance in an Alternative Currency shall in each case
other than for the purpose of calculating the Cost of Funds, be
computed using the Euro Equivalent of such Advance on such
day.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Affected Party
” means the Administrative Agent, each Lender Agent, each
Lender, all assignees and participants of the Lenders including any
Conduit Assignee, any successor to Wachovia Bank, N.A. as
Administrative Agent and any sub-agent of the Administrative
Agent.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Affiliate ”
with respect to a Person, means any other Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control” (including the
terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) when used with respect to
any specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting shares, by contract or otherwise; and the
terms “controlling” or “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing; provided that in the
case of
|
|
|
|
the Servicer or
any Subsidiary, “Affiliate” shall not include any
Obligor or any Person in which a Borrower has a Portfolio
Investment.
|
|
|
|
“ Aggregate Outstanding
Loan Balance ” means, as of any date of determination,
the sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loans
included as part of the Collateral on such date minus the
Outstanding Loan Balances of all Charged-Off Loans included as part
of the Collateral on such date.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Aggregate Unpaids
” means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of all
unpaid Advances Outstanding, Cost of Funds, Breakage Costs, Hedge
Breakage Costs and all other amounts owed by the relevant Borrower
to the Lenders, the Lender Agents, the Swingline Lender Agents, the
Administrative Agent, the Servicer, the Successor Servicer, each
Hedge Counterparty, the Account Bank and the Security Trustee
hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents (including,
without limitation, all Indemnified Amounts, other amounts payable
under Clause 15 and amounts required to be paid under Clause 13 to
any Indemnified Party) or under any Hedging Agreement (including,
without limitation, payments in respect of the termination of any
such Hedging Agreement) or by a Borrower or any other Person under
any fee letter delivered in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, in each case whether due or
accrued.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Alternative Currency
” means, at any time, any of Dollars, Pounds Sterling, and,
with the agreement of each Lender, any other Currency other than
Euro, so long as, in respect of any Currency that is to be
considered an Alternative Currency, at such time:
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
such Currency is dealt with in the
London interbank deposit market;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
such Currency is freely transferable
and convertible into Euro in the London foreign exchange market;
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c)
|
|
no
central bank or other governmental authorisation in the country of
issue of such Currency is required to permit use of such Currency
by any Lender for making an Advance hereunder or to permit the
relevant Borrower to borrow and repay the principal thereof and to
pay the interest thereon, unless such authorisation has been
obtained and is in full force and effect.
|
|
|
|
“ Alternative Currency
Account ” means any of the accounts established by the
Account Bank from time to time for the purpose of receiving amounts
denominated in an Alternative Currency other than Dollars and
Pounds Sterling.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Alternative Currency
Equivalent ” means, with respect to any amount stated in
Euro, the amount of the applicable Alternative Currency that would
be required to purchase such amount stated in Euro on any date of
calculation, based on the spot selling rate determined by the
Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, for delivery 2
Business Days later.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Amendment Date
” means 10 February 2009.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Amortisation Period
” means the period beginning on the Termination Date and
ending on the Collection Date.
|
|
|
|
“ Applicable Law
” means for any Person or property of such Person, all
applicable laws, rules, regulations (including proposed, temporary
and final income tax regulations), statutes, treaties, codes
ordinances, permits, certificates, orders and licenses of and
interpretations by any Governmental Authority and applicable
judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, orders, or line action of
any court, arbitrator or other administrative, judicial, or
quasi-judicial tribunal or agency of competent
jurisdiction.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Approved Country
” means each Group I Country, Group II Country or Group III
Country.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Approved Currency
” means Norwegian Krone, Swedish Krona or such other Currency
approved in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, so long as, in respect of any Currency that is to be
considered an Approved Currency, at such time:
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
such Currency is dealt with in the
London interbank deposit market;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
such Currency is freely transferable
and convertible into Euro in the London foreign exchange market;
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c)
|
|
no
central bank or other governmental authorisation in the country of
issue of such Currency is required to permit use of such Currency
by any Lender for making an Advance hereunder or to permit the
relevant Borrower to borrow and repay the principal thereof and to
pay the interest thereon, unless such authorisation has been
obtained and is in full force and effect.
|
|
|
|
“ Availability ”
means at any time, an amount equal to the positive excess, if any,
of (i) the Maximum Availability over (ii) the Advances
Outstanding on such day; provided that for all purposes of
this Agreement, during the Amortisation Period, the Availability
shall equal zero. Availability will be calculated in Euro, however,
amounts available for drawing will be determined separately for
each Currency as the lesser of (i) Availability (or the
Alternative Currency Equivalent thereof) and (ii) Currency
Specific Maximum Availability for such Currency.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Available Funds
” means with respect to any Payment Date, (a) all
amounts held in or credited to the Collection Accounts (including,
without limitation, any Collections on any of the Collateral) as of
the later of (i) the immediately preceding Determination Date
or (ii) the date of the calculations set out in the most
recent Borrower Notice and (b) all amounts held in or credited
to the Reserve Fund as of the immediately preceding Determination
Date.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Base Currency ”
means Euro.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Base Rate ”
means in relation to Advances and Swingline Advances in
(i) Dollars, an interest rate per annum equal to WBNA’s
LIBOR market index rate (“ LMIR ”) as determined
by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion or, if a LIBOR
Disruption Event has occurred and is continuing, the higher of the
Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50% per
annum and the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (ii) Pounds
Sterling, the base rate as set by the Monetary Policy Committee of
the
|
|
|
|
Bank of England
plus 0.50% per annum and (iii) Euro, the main
refinancing rate as set by the European Central Bank plus
0.50% per annum.
|
|
|
|
“ Basel II Framework
” means the framework for measuring the capital adequacy of
banks in the form set out in the paper entitled
“International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital
Standards, a Revised Framework” issued by the Basel Committee
on Banking Supervision in June 2004 in the form existing on
the date of this Agreement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Borrower
Cross-Guarantee ” means the guarantee of each Borrower in
respect of the payment obligations of each other Borrower pursuant
to Clause 27;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Borrower Cut-Off Date
” means, with respect to each Loan, the date such Loan is
originated or otherwise acquired by the relevant Borrower, on and
after which Collections on such Loan become included as part of the
Collateral.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Borrower Notice
” means a written notice, in the form of Exhibit A-1,
A-2 or A-3, as applicable, to be used for each Advance or Swingline
Advance, repayment of each Advance or Swingline Advance or
termination or reduction of the Facility Amount or prepayments of
Advances or Swingline Advances.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Borrowing Base
” means on any date of determination, an amount equal to
(i) the Aggregate Outstanding Loan Balance on such date
plus (ii) the Outstanding Loan Balance of all Eligible
Loans to become included as part of the Collateral on such date
minus (iii) the amount (calculated without duplication)
by which the Eligible Loans included in the determinations made in
(i) and (ii) above together exceed any applicable
Concentration Limits minus (iv) the Outstanding Loan
Balance of any Delinquent Loans. The Borrowing Base shall be
recalculated on: (i) the last day of each Collection Period,
(ii) the date on which an Advance or repayment of the Advances
Outstanding is requested, (iii) at the time a release of
Principal Collections is requested, (iv) the last day of each
calendar month and (v) any other time requested by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Borrowing Base
Certificate ” means a certificate of a Responsible
Officer of the Servicer setting out the current Borrowing Base as
of the date set out in such certificate and the manner of
calculation thereof, to be delivered to the parties and at the
times specified herein.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Breakage Costs
” means any amount or amounts as shall compensate a party for
any loss, cost or expense incurred by such party (as reasonably
determined by the applicable Lender Agent on behalf of such Lender)
as a result of (i) a prepayment by a Borrower of Advances
Outstanding (including Advances Outstanding in an Alternative
Currency) or Interest prior to the end of the then applicable
Interest Period, (ii)(a) solely in the case of a Conduit Lender,
the excess, if any, of the CP Rate over the Interest Rate, as
applicable, and, (b) solely in the case of a Borrower, the
excess, if any, of the Interest Rate over the CP Rate or
(iii) solely in the case of an Institutional Lender, the
excess, if any, of the applicable EURIBOR Rate or LIBOR Rate over
the applicable Base Rate for the number of days that the relevant
Advance is outstanding. All Breakage Costs shall be due and payable
upon the next Payment Date following notification to the
Administrative Agent, subject to and in accordance with Clause
8.4(a). The determination by (x) in the case of Breakage Costs
payable to a Lender, the
|
|
|
|
applicable
Lender Agent of the amount of any such loss or expense shall be set
out in a written notice to the Borrower and (y) in the case of
Breakage Costs payable to a Borrower by a Conduit Lender as
contemplated by clause (ii)(b) above, the applicable Lender Agent
of the amount of any such loss or expense shall be set out in a
written notice to such Borrower, which, in each case, shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. Breakage Costs shall be paid in
the currency in which such costs are incurred by the relevant
Lender.
|
|
|
|
“ Business Day ”
means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are
open for general business in London and New York City and in
relation to any date for payment or purchase of: (i) a
Currency other than Euro, the Principal Financial Centre of the
country of that Currency; or (ii) Euro, any TARGET Day that is
also a day on which dealings in deposits are conducted by and
between banks in the London Interbank market.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Capital Expenditures
” means, with respect to any Person and for any period, the
sum of capital expenditures and payments under Capitalised Leases
of such Person for such period determined and consolidated in
accordance with GAAP.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Capitalised Leases
” means, with respect to any Person, leases of (or other
agreements conveying the right to use) any property (whether real,
personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee that, in accordance
with GAAP, either would be required to be classified and accounted
for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person or
otherwise be disclosed as such in a note to such balance
sheet.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ CapitalSource Europe
Limited. ” means CapitalSource Europe Limited., a company
incorporated in England and Wales with registered number
5433665.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Change-in-Control
” means the date on which (a) the Servicer ceases to be
CapitalSource Finance LLC or an Affiliate thereof,
(b) CapitalSource Inc. ceases to hold, either directly or
indirectly, more than 50% (or such greater percentage that may be
necessary to maintain a controlling interest) of the share capital
in CapitalSource Finance LLC, CapitalSource Europe Limited., and
CapitalSource UK Limited and 100% of the share capital in each of
the Borrowers, (c) CapitalSource Europe Limited. ceases to
hold 100% of the share capital in CSEF or (d) CapitalSource UK
Limited ceases to hold 100% of the share capital in
CSUF.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Charged Account Control
Deed ” means the charged account control deed dated 3
October 2007 entered into by each Borrower with the Account
Bank and the Security Trustee.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Charged-Off Loan
” means any Loan: (i) that in the case of Loans with
interest payable no less frequently than quarterly (a) is
90 days or more past due on any principal or interest payment
in which case not less than 50% of the Outstanding Loan Balance
shall be deemed to be a Charged-Off Loan or (b) is
180 days or more past due on any principal or interest
payment, in which case not less than 100% of the Outstanding Loan
Balance shall be deemed to be a Charged-Off Loan, (ii) that in
the case of Loans with interest payable less frequently than
quarterly, is 60 or more days past due on any principal or interest
payment in which case not less than 100% of the Outstanding Loan
Balance shall be deemed to be a Charged-Off Loan, (iii) for
which the related Obligor has become subject to an Insolvency
Proceeding, in which case not
|
|
|
|
less than 100%
of the Outstanding Loan Balance shall be deemed to be a Charged-Off
Loan or (iv) in respect of which the Servicer has determined
that the related Obligor is Insolvent, in which case not less than
100% of the Outstanding Loan Balance shall be deemed to be a
Charged-Off Loan.
|
|
|
|
“ Closing Date ”
means 3 October 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Collateral ”
means all right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired or arising, and wherever located, of the Borrowers, in and
to property owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrowers,
including, without limitation, the property described in paragraphs
(i) through (xi) below and all accounts, cash and
currency, copyrights, copyright licenses, equipment, fixtures,
contract rights, general intangibles, instruments, certificates of
deposit, certificated securities, uncertificated securities,
financial assets, securities entitlements, commercial tort claims,
deposit accounts, inventory, investment property, letter-of-credit
rights, software, supporting obligations, accessions, and other
property consisting of, arising out of, or related to any of the
following:
|
|
|
(i)
|
|
the
Loans, and all monies due or to become due in payment of such Loans
on and after the related Borrower Cut-Off Date, including but not
limited to all Collections and all obligations owed to the
Borrowers in connection with such Loans;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
|
|
any
Related Property securing or purporting to secure the Loans (to the
extent the relevant Borrower has been Granted Security thereon)
including the related Security Granted by the Obligor under such
Loans and all proceeds from any sale or other disposition of such
Related Property;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(iii)
|
|
all
Security and property subject thereto from time to time purporting
to secure payment of any Loan, together with all security
registration filings required under the laws of the relevant
jurisdiction relating thereto;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(iv)
|
|
all
claims, suits, causes of action, and any other right of the
Borrowers, whether known or unknown, against the related Obligors,
if any, or any of their respective Affiliates, agents,
representatives, contractors, advisors, or any other Person that in
any way is based upon, arises out of or is related to any of the
foregoing, including, to the extent permitted to be assigned under
applicable law, all claims (including contract claims, tort claims,
professional negligence claims, and claims under any law governing
the purchase and sale of, or indentures for, securities), suits,
causes of action, and any other right of the Borrowers against any
lawyer, accountant, financial advisor, or other Person arising
under or in connection with the related Loan Documents;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(v)
|
|
all
cash, securities, or other property, and all setoffs and
recoupments, received or effected by or for the account of the
Borrowers under such Loans (whether for principal, interest, fees,
reimbursement obligations, or otherwise) after the related Borrower
Cut-Off Date, including all distributions obtained by or through
redemption, consummation of a plan of reorganisation,
restructuring, liquidation, or otherwise of any related Obligor or
the related Loan Documents, and all cash, securities, interest,
dividends, and other property that
|
|
|
|
|
may be
exchanged for, or distributed or collected with respect to, any of
the foregoing;
|
|
|
(vi)
|
|
all
Insurance Policies;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(vii)
|
|
the
Loan Documents with respect to the Loans;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(viii)
|
|
all
warrants, preferential rights to subscribe, convertibles or other
instruments received as consideration for entering into the
Loans;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ix)
|
|
each Collection Account and the
Reserve Fund, together with all funds held in or credited to such
accounts, each Funding Account to the extent of all Release Amounts
and Swingline Release Amounts held in or credited to such accounts,
and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time
representing or evidencing each of the foregoing or such
funds;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(x)
|
|
any
Hedging Agreement and any payment from time to time due
thereunder;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xi)
|
|
the
proceeds of each of the foregoing; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xii)
|
|
all
other property of the Borrowers,
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
any
of the foregoing which has been the subject of a Permitted
Transfer; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
any
Retained Interest or any of items (i) to (xii) above to
the extent they relate exclusively to a Retained Interest or a
portion of a loan representing a Retained Interest.
|
|
|
|
“ Collateral Custodian
” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or any other
Person approved by the Administrative Agent to act as collateral
custodian pursuant to the terms of the Custody Agreement in respect
of any US Loans acquired or held by the Borrowers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Collection Account
” means each of the Dollar Collection Account, the Euro
Collection Account and the Pounds Sterling Collection
Account.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Collection Date
” means the date following the Termination Date on which the
Obligations have been reduced to zero and irrevocably paid in full
other than contingent indemnification obligations.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Collection Excluded
Amounts ” means any amount received by a Borrower on or
with respect to any Collateral, which amount is attributable to
(a) the payment of any tax, fee or other charge imposed by any
Governmental Authority on such Loan, (b) any amount
representing a reimbursement of insurance premiums and (c) any
amount with respect to the Loan or other Collateral which has been
the subject of a Permitted Transfer or that is otherwise replaced
by a Substitute Loan (if the relevant Borrower has decided that
such Loan is no longer to be included in the Collateral), to the
extent such amount is attributable to a time after the effective
date of the Permitted Transfer.
|
|
|
|
“ Collection Period
” means with respect to the first Payment Date, the period
from and including the Closing Date to and including the
Determination Date preceding the first Payment Date; and
thereafter, the period from but excluding the Determination Date
preceding the previous Payment Date to and including the
Determination Date preceding the current Payment Date.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Collections ”
means:
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
all
cash collections or other cash proceeds received by the Borrowers
(or any Affiliate of a Borrower) or the Servicer (or any Affiliate
of the Servicer) on behalf of the Borrowers, from any source in
payment of any amounts owed in respect of a Loan (including,
without limitation, any Remaining Loan), including, without
limitation, Interest Collections, Principal Collections, Insurance
Proceeds, interest earnings in the Collection Accounts, all
Recoveries and any other funds received by or on behalf of the
Borrowers with respect to any Collateral; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
all
payments received pursuant to any Hedging Agreement or Hedge
Transaction,
|
|
|
|
but
shall exclude any Collection Excluded Amounts.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Committed Conduit
Lender ” means each of the Conduit Lenders identified as
such in Annex B from time to time and any other Person to which
such Committed Conduit Lender may assign all or a portion of its
Commitment and its rights and obligations under this Agreement that
is committed to fund Advances hereunder.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Commitment ”
means with respect to each Lender Group, the commitment (without
duplication) of each Institutional Lender or each Committed Conduit
Lender in such Lender Group to make Advances and, with respect to a
Swingline Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Swingline
Advances, in accordance herewith in an amount not to exceed
(a) prior to the Termination Date, the amount set out opposite
such Lender’s name in Annex B hereto and (b) on and
after the Termination Date, the outstanding Advances of such
Lender.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Commitment Fee
” means a Commitment Fee, payable in arrears on each Payment
Date in Euro in respect of each Accrual Period, equal to the sum of
the products for each day during the applicable Accrual Period of
(i) one divided by 360, (ii) the applicable Commitment
Fee Rate and (iii) the amount of each Lender’s
Commitment on such day minus the Advances outstanding funded
by each such Lender on such day, except that in the case of
the First Payment Date, the Accrual Period for purposes of the
Commitment Fee shall be deemed to begin on (and include) the
Closing Date and end on (and include) the last day of the calendar
month immediately preceding the First Payment Date. For the
avoidance of doubt, no Commitment Fee accrues on the Swingline
Facility.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Commitment Fee Rate
” means the rate set out in the Fee Letter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Concentration Limits
” means, on any day, each of the following (each limit stated
as a percentage shall be calculated on the basis of a percentage of
the Aggregate Outstanding Loan Balance unless otherwise indicated),
without double counting:
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
the
sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of Eligible Loans which have
been included as part of the Collateral for 24 months or more
shall not exceed 70%.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
the
sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loans to a
single Obligor (including affiliates thereof) shall not exceed the
greater of 8% and €
18,000,000; provided
that the Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loans to the
single largest Obligor (including affiliates thereof) shall not
exceed the greater of 8% and €
30,000,000 and the
Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loans to the second
largest Obligor (including affiliates thereof) shall not exceed the
greater of 8% and €
21,000,000.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c)
|
|
the
sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loans divided
by the number of Obligors (including affiliates thereof) shall not
exceed the greater of 2.5% and €
11,500,000.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(d)
|
|
the
sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loans to
Obligors which are in the same Industry (as defined by
Moody’s Industry Classifications) for each of the three
largest industry concentrations shall not exceed the greater of 15%
and €
37,500,000 and the
greater of 15% and €
27,500,000 for each
other Industry.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(e)
|
|
the
sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of Eligible Loans that are
denominated in Dollars shall not in the aggregate exceed the
greater of 40% or €
70,000,000;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(f)
|
|
the
sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of all Eligible Loans
denominated in an Approved Currency shall not in the aggregate
exceed the greater of 10% or €
15,000,000;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(g)
|
|
the
sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of Eligible Loans that have a
risk rating of 4, 5 or 6 according to the Servicer’s Credit
and Collection Policy shall not exceed 20%, 10% and 0%,
respectively;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(h)
|
|
the
sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of Eligible Loans denominated
in Pounds Sterling shall not in aggregate exceed the greater of 50%
and €
100,000,000;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(i)
|
|
the
sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of Eligible Loans that pay
interest less frequently than quarterly shall not exceed
(i) 20% if, as of the relevant Borrower Cut-Off Date or
Determination Date, the Reserve Fund contains an amount which is
less than the one-month Required Interest Reserve Amount,
(ii) 40% if, as of the relevant Borrower Cut-Off Date or
Determination Date, the Reserve Fund contains an amount which is
not less than the one-month Required Interest Reserve Amount,
(iii) 60% if, as of the relevant Borrower Cut-Off Date or
Determination Date, the Reserve Fund contains an amount which is
not less than the two-month Required Interest Reserve Amount or
(iv) 75% if, as of the relevant Borrower Cut-Off Date or
Determination Date, the Reserve Fund contains an amount which is
not less than the three-month Required Interest Reserve
Amount;
|
|
|
(j)
|
|
the
sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of Eligible Loans that are
unsecured loans shall not exceed zero; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(k)
|
|
The
sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of Eligible Loans that are
Sub-Participation Loans and Regulatory Sub-Participation Loans in
the aggregate shall not exceed the greater of the aggregate
percentage and Euro limits outlined in the following
table:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granting
Institution Rating
|
|
Aggregate %
|
|
Aggregate
€
Limit
|
|
Moody’s/S&P
|
|
Limit
|
|
(millions)
|
|
|
|
|
20
|
%
|
|
€
|
32.5
|
|
A2/A to but excluding Aa3/AA-
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
€
|
16
|
|
Regulatory Sub-Participation Loans granted by
CSEL
|
|
|
10
|
%
|
|
€
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
Note: The limits outlined in the
table above are cumulative (i.e. the limit of Aa3/AA- and higher
will include both Sub-Participation Loans granted by A2/A to but
excluding Aa3/AA- rated institutions and Regulatory
Sub-Participation Loans).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
provided that the Borrower shall only acquire
such Regulatory Sub-Participation Loans if there are tax or
regulatory reasons which prevent direct acquisition of such
Eligible Loan and that no Regulatory Sub-Participation Loans shall
be included in the Borrowing Base for more than
90 days.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Conduit Assignee
” means any special purpose entity that finances its
activities directly or indirectly through the issuance of asset
backed commercial paper and is administered by a Lender Agent or
any Affiliate thereof and is designated by a Lender Agent from time
to time to accept an assignment from a Conduit Lender of all or a
portion of such Conduit Lender’s Advances.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Conduit Lender
” means any Committed Conduit Lender (subject to Clause
33.19) and any other special purpose entity that finances its
activities directly or indirectly through asset backed commercial
paper as may from time to time become a Lender hereunder by
executing and delivering a Transfer Certificate to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrowers as contemplated by Clause
22.1 and identified as a Conduit Lender on Annex B from time to
time; provided that each Conduit Lender shall be a party to
a Liquidity Purchase Agreement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Contractual
Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, any
provision of any securities issued by such Person or any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement,
instrument or other document to which such Person is a party or by
which it or any of its property is bound or is subject.
|
|
|
|
“ Cost of Funds ”
shall mean, in respect of each Accrual Period, the aggregate of the
Usage Fee and the applicable Interest Rate(s) and based upon
Advances Outstanding.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Country Grouping
” means either a Group I Country, Group II Country or Group
III Country being the country group to which a Loan is attributed
by the Servicer acting reasonably and in good faith based first on
where a majority of the Obligor’s revenues are generated,
secondly on where the Obligor’s primary operations are
conducted and third on where the Obligor’s head office is
located. For the avoidance of doubt, each Loan shall be attributed
to only one Country Group.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ CP Rate ”
means, for any Interest Period, the per annum rate equivalent to
the weighted average of the per annum rates paid or payable by a
Conduit Lender from time to time as interest on or otherwise (by
means of interest rate hedges or otherwise taking into
consideration any incremental carrying costs associated with
short-term promissory notes issued by such Conduit Lender maturing
on dates other than those certain dates on which such Conduit
Lender is to receive funds) in respect of the commercial paper
issued by such Conduit Lender that are allocated, in whole or in
part, by the applicable Lender Agent (on behalf of such Conduit
Lender) to fund or maintain the Advances Outstanding during such
period, as determined by the applicable Lender Agent (on behalf of
such Conduit Lender) and reported to the relevant Borrower and the
Servicer, which rates shall reflect and give effect to (i) the
commissions of placement agents and dealers in respect of such
promissory notes, to the extent such commissions are allocated, in
whole or in part, to such promissory notes by the applicable Lender
Agent (on behalf of such Conduit Lender) and (ii) other
borrowings by such Conduit Lender, including, without limitation,
borrowings to fund Dollar, GBP or Euro amounts that are not easily
accommodated in the commercial paper market; provided that
if any component of such rate is a discount rate, in calculating
the CP Rate, the applicable Lender Agent shall for such component
use the rate resulting from converting such discount rate to an
interest bearing equivalent rate per annum.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Credit and Collection
Policy ” means the credit and collection policy of the
Servicer in effect on the Closing Date and attached hereto as
Exhibit D, furnished to the Administrative Agent by the
Servicer as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the Servicing
Agreement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ CSEF ” means CS
Europe Finance Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales
with registered number 6340019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ CSUF ” means CS
UK Finance Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales
with registered number 6340034.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Currency ”
means Euro, Dollars, Pounds Sterling or any other currency selected
with the unanimous consent of all of the Lenders.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Currency-Specific
Borrowing Base ” means on any date of determination, in
respect of any Currency, an amount equal to (i) the sum of the
aggregate Outstanding Loan Balance of all Eligible Loans
denominated in such Currency less any Charged-Off Loans denominated
in such Currency plus (ii) the Outstanding Loan Balance
of all Eligible Loans denominated in such Currency to become part
of the Collateral on such
|
|
|
|
date
minus (iii) the amount (calculated without duplication)
by which the Eligible Loans included in the determinations made in
(i) and (ii) above together exceed any applicable
Concentration Limits (when included as part of the Aggregate
Outstanding Loan Balance) minus (iv) the Outstanding
Loan Balance of any Delinquent Loans denominated in such
Currency.
|
|
|
|
“ Currency-Specific Maximum
Availability ” means, at any time, in respect of any
Currency, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Currency
Specific Borrowing Base for such Currency and (ii) the amount
of Principal Collections on deposit in the Collection Accounts
received in reduction of the Outstanding Loan Balance of any Loan
denominated in such Currency.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Custody Agreement
” means any custody agreement entered into between a Borrower
or the Borrowers, the Security Trustee and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association or such other Person as approved for such
purpose by the Administrative Agent providing for custodial
arrangements in respect, inter alia , of any US Loans
acquired or held by the Borrowers.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Debenture ”
means the debenture, dated on or about the date hereof and in a
form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, Granted by the
Borrowers in favour of the Security Trustee, as set forth in
Exhibit G hereto.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Deed of Subordination
” means the deed of subordination, dated the date hereof,
between, inter alia , the Borrowers, the Lenders, CSEL, the
Security Trustee and the Administrative Agent.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Default ” shall
mean any event or circumstance specified in Clause 21.1, other than
under Clause 21.1.17 which would (with the expiry of a grace
period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under
the Transaction Documents or any combination of any of the
foregoing) be an Event of Default.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Delayed Draw Term
Loan ” means a Loan that is fully committed on the
initial funding date of such Loan and is required to be fully
funded in one or more instalments on draw dates to occur within one
year of the initial funding of such Loan but which, once all such
instalments have been made, has the characteristics of a Term
Loan.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Delinquent Loan
” means any Loan (other than a Charged-Off Loan) as to which:
(a) all or any portion of any one or more payments of
principal or interest thereunder remains unpaid for (i) at
least 60 days from the original due date for such payment in
the case of Loans with interest payable no less frequently than
quarterly or (ii) at least 5 days from the original due
date for such payment in the case of Loans with interest payable
less frequently than quarterly (in both cases, without giving
effect to any grace period permitted in the Underlying
Instruments); (b) a Material Modification of the type
described in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (e) of the
definition thereof has occurred with respect to such Eligible Loan
has been made; (c) the related Obligor is failing to pay any
accrued, due and unpaid interest or principal payments on a current
basis (without giving effect to any grace period permitted in the
Underlying Instruments) on any of its debt or borrowings; or
(d) is on non-accrual status.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Derivatives ”
means any exchange-traded or over-the-counter (a) forward,
future, option, swap, cap, collar, floor, foreign exchange
contract, any combination thereof,
|
|
|
|
whether for
physical delivery or cash settlement, relating to any interest
rate, interest rate index, currency, currency exchange rate,
currency exchange rate index, debt instrument, debt price, debt
index, depository instrument, depository price, depository index,
equity instrument, equity price, equity index, commodity, commodity
price or commodity index, (b) any similar transaction, contract,
instrument, undertaking or security, or (c) any transaction,
contract, instrument, undertaking or security containing any of the
foregoing.
|
|
|
|
“ Determination Date
” means the last day of each calendar month.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Discharged Rights and
Obligations ” has the meaning given in Clause
22.4.3(a).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Discretionary Sale
” has the meaning given in Clause 6.2.1.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Discretionary Sale
Date ” means the Business Day identified by the Borrower
to the Administrative Agent in a Discretionary Sale Notice as the
proposed date of a Discretionary Sale.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Discretionary Sale
Notice ” has the meaning given in Clause
6.2.1(a).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Distribution ”
has the meaning given in Clause 19.1.1(h).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Dollar Collection
Account ” means the account specified in Schedule 6
of the Servicing Agreement maintained in the name of the Borrowers
for the purpose of receiving Collections in Dollars at the Account
Bank or any replacement account designated as the “Dollar
Collection Account” which the Borrowers (or the Servicer on
behalf of the Borrowers) may open with the Account Bank in
accordance with clause 5.3 of the Servicing Agreement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Dollars ” or
“$” means the lawful currency of the United States of
America.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Eligible Loan ”
means on any date of determination, any Loan included on the Loan
List that satisfies each of the following requirements:
|
|
|
(i)
|
|
the
Loan is a Senior Secured Loan or Subordinated Loan;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
|
|
(a) the relevant Borrower has
good legal and beneficial title to, and is the sole owner of, such
Loan, (b) the relevant Borrower has Granted to the Security
Trustee a valid and effective security interest in the Loan and
Related Property in accordance with the terms of the Security
Document or other instrument purporting to create such security
interest, subject to any filing, registration or notarisation
(including registration of a debenture necessary to perfect such
security interests in circumstances where perfection is required
pursuant to the Transaction Documents and to make such security
interest enforceable and effective), for the benefit of the Secured
Parties and (c) all original loan documents required to be
delivered to the Collateral Custodian or CSEL (or applicable
affiliate thereof), with respect to such Loan, have been or will be
delivered within a reasonable and customary timeframe from the
applicable funding date;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(iii)
|
|
the
Loan, together with the related Loan Documents or other instruments
evidencing the relevant Borrower’s rights in relation to or
interest in the Loan,
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
is in full force and effect and subject to relevant priority of
payments provisions or intercreditor arrangements in the Loan
Documents relating to the relevant Loan, constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Obligor of such Loan to pay the
stated amount of the Loan and interest thereon, and the related
Loan Documents are enforceable against such Obligor in accordance
with their respective terms and (b) has not had asserted with
respect to it any right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim,
defence or other material dispute;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(iv)
|
|
all
material consents, licenses, approvals or authorizations of, or
registrations or declarations with, any governmental authority or
any other person required to be obtained, effected or given in
connection with the making of such Loan and taking security in any
related collateral (“ Approvals ”) have been
obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect or if
any Approval is not obtained, such approval is obtained within
60 days of the date on which such Loan is advanced to the
related Obligor, provided that such an Approval is limited
to approvals required for the purpose of the target group in an
acquisition financing to perfect any up-stream security package and
further provided that, any Loan made as a share acquisition
facility that does not yet fully comply with criterion
(iv) above solely due to pending “whitewash
procedures” or similar procedures will not be deemed
ineligible for this reason alone, provided that
(a) such Loan is granted a valid and effective security
interest in 100% of the ownership interest of the related Obligor,
(b) no other person has any senior or pari passu
security interest over the assets that are expected to secure the
Loan upon the completion of the “whitewash procedures”
unless the Loan is not a senior secured loan and the sole person(s)
with any senior or pari passu interest(s) is/are the senior
creditor(s) ranking prior to the Loan as contemplated in the Loan
Documents and (c) if the “whitewash procedures”
are not completed within 60 days of the initial funding of
such Loan, such Loan will be classified as a Subordinated Loan
until the “whitewash procedures” have been
completed;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(v)
|
|
the
Loan was originated, documented, closed or purchased in accordance
with the terms of the Credit and Collection Policy and arose in the
ordinary course of the Borrower’s business from the extension
of credit to the Obligor thereof;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(vi)
|
|
such Loan was originated or
purchased pursuant to the business plan of CSEL and its Affiliates
in Europe;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(vii)
|
|
as
of the date such Loan is first included in the Collateral,
(a) such Loan is not more than 10 days delinquent in
payment of principal or interest, (b) such Loan has not been
more than 30 days delinquent in payment of either principal or
interest in the trailing 36-month period (unless otherwise approved
by the Administrative Agent), and (c) on the date such Loan
was originated or acquired by the relevant Borrower, no other loan
and/or extension of credit to the related Obligor was more than
30 days delinquent in payment of either principal or interest
in the trailing 36 month period;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(viii)
|
|
such Loan was purchased at a price
of not less than 85% of its par value;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ix)
|
|
from and after the date on which the
relevant Borrower purchased or originated such Loan, the Loan is
not a Materially Modified Loan and such
|
|
|
|
|
Loan is not a
loan (including, without limitation, a new loan that replaced a
prior loan by the relevant Borrower or any of its Affiliates to the
Obligor that was a Delinquent Loan or a Charged-Off Loan) or
extension of credit by such Borrower to the Obligor for the purpose
of (a) reducing or delaying payments due on such Loan,
(b) preventing such Loan or any other loan to such Obligor
from becoming past due or (c) causing a Delinquent Loan or a
Charged-Off Loan to cease to be so classified; provided that
the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (ix) shall not
include any loan and/or extension of credit provided solely for
refinancing purposes at such Loan’s original scheduled
maturity date;
|
|
|
(x)
|
|
the
proceeds of such Loan will not be used to finance activities of the
type engaged in by businesses classified as residential building
construction, non-residential building construction or utility
system construction;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xi)
|
|
any
applicable taxes in connection with the transfer of such Loan have
been paid or will be paid when due and the Obligor has been given
any assurances (including with respect to the payment of transfer
taxes and compliance with securities laws) required by the Loan
Documents in connection with the transfer of the Loan;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xii)
|
|
payments of interest on such Loan
are not subject to withholding or similar tax imposed by any
governmental authority unless (a) such withholding or similar
tax can be sheltered in full under an applicable “double tax
treaty” in respect of which the Obligor and the relevant
Borrower have complied with all necessary formalities for such
shelter to be applicable or (b) subject to completion of the
necessary formalities and to customary provisions such as tax
credit or tax mitigation provisions the Obligor is required to make
“gross-up” payments on an after-tax basis for the full
amount of such tax;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xiii)
|
|
the
Loan is denominated and payable only in Euro or in an Alternative
Currency and the related Loan Documents do not permit such Loan to
be repaid in any Currency other than the Currency in which such
Loan was made, provided that certain Loans may be
denominated in an Approved Currency subject to currency hedging
acceptable to the Administrative Agent (in each case determined in
its sole discretion) for each such Loan individually;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xiv)
|
|
such Loan provides for
(x) periodic payments of a portion of accrued and unpaid
interest in cash on a current basis, no less frequently than
semi-annually of not less than (a) 4% if the Loan is a fixed
rate loan or (b) 1.25% if the Loan is a Senior Secured Loan
with a floating interest rate, or (c) 2% if the Loan is a
floating rate loan other than a Senior Secured Loan and (y) a
fixed amount of principal payable in cash no later than its stated
maturity, and does not allow for the deferral of due interest and
principal (ie is not a ‘PIK toggle’ loan);
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xv)
|
|
the
Loan, together with the Loan Documents related thereto, was
originated in accordance with, and does not contravene in a
material respect any Applicable Laws (including, without
limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to usury,
predatory lending, truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair
credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection
practices and privacy)
|
|
|
|
|
and with
respect to which no party to the Loan Documents related thereto is
in violation in any material respect of any such Applicable Laws
(which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall in this paragraph
(xv) mean Applicable Laws in effect on the Borrower Cut-Off
Date with respect to such Loan);
|
|
|
(xvi)
|
|
the
Loan, together with the related Loan Documents, is capable of being
assigned or transferred by way of security to the Security Trustee
(or its successor, provided that such successor is a bank)
or another bank or financial institution nominated by the Security
Trustee, subject only to customary requirements for the consent of
the relevant Obligor and/or security agent or trustee;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xvii)
|
|
the
Loan and the relevant Borrower’s interest in all related
Collateral and Related Property are free of any Security, except
for Permitted Security;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xviii)
|
|
any
Related Property with respect to such Loan is insured by the
Obligor in accordance with the Credit and Collection
Policy;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xix)
|
|
the
Loan Documents with respect to such Loan are complete in accordance
with the Credit and Collection Policy and are in the English
language (or, to the extent that Loan Documents are not in English,
the relevant Borrower shall provide a copy of the relevant
investment committee meeting minutes, papers or memoranda produced
at such investment committee meeting in English and an English
translation of the relevant financial covenants contained in the
Loan Documents) and all such Loan Documents have been or will be
delivered to the Servicer (or applicable affiliate thereof) or the
Security Trustee within a reasonable and customary timeframe from
the applicable Funding Date, but in no event more than 15 Business
Days after such Funding Date;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xx)
|
|
the
Obligor with respect to such Loan is an Eligible
Obligor;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xxi)
|
|
the
Loan does not represent payment obligations relating to
“put” rights;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xxii)
|
|
the
Loan does not by its terms permit the payment obligation of the
Obligor thereunder to be converted into or exchanged for equity
capital of such Obligor;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xxiii)
|
|
the
Obligor of such Loan has waived to the fullest extent permitted by
law all rights of set-off and/or counterclaim against the relevant
Borrower and all assignees thereof;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xxiv)
|
|
all
information on the Loan List delivered to the Administrative Agent
with respect to such Loan is true and correct;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xxv)
|
|
the
Obligor of such Loan has executed all appropriate documentation
required by the Borrower, as required by, and in accordance with,
the Credit and Collection Policy and the Servicing
Standard;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(xxvi)
|
|
as
of the date on which such Loan becomes part of the Collateral, the
Weighted Average Spread Test is satisfied; provided that if
immediately prior to such date, the Weighted Average Spread Test
was not satisfied, such test is
|
|
|
|
|
maintained or
improved after giving effect to the inclusion of such Loan in the
Collateral; and
|
|
|
(xxvii)
|
|
if
the Loan is a Revolving Loan or a Delayed-Draw Term Loan, it is
subject to the Retained Interest provision of this
Agreement.
|
|
|
|
“ Eligible Loan Type
” shall refer to the classification of Loans into categories
in accordance with the definitions of Senior Secured Loans or
Subordinated Loans, as applicable.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Eligible Obligor
” means on any day, any Obligor that satisfies each of the
following requirements at all times:
|
|
|
(i)
|
|
such Obligor is not a natural person
and is a legal operating entity or holding company, duly
incorporated or organised and validly existing under the laws of
its jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
|
|
such Obligor is not (and has not
been for at least three years immediately preceding the relevant
date of determination) the subject of any Insolvency Proceeding,
unless otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(iii)
|
|
such Obligor is not a Governmental
Authority;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(iv)
|
|
such Obligor (a) is not a
casino in the business of gaming or gambling, including accepting,
recording or registering bets for money or other items of value
(b) is not an internet-based startup and (c) is not in
the nuclear waste, biotechnology, natural resource exploration
and/or production industries unless approved in writing by the
Administrative Agent;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(v)
|
|
such Obligor is in compliance with
all material terms and conditions of its Loan Documents;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(vi)
|
|
such Obligor is organised and
incorporated and all or substantially all of the related collateral
securing the Loans of such Obligor is located in, an Approved
Country, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(vii)
|
|
such Obligor is not organised in,
and does not have a principal office in, any jurisdiction in which
the origination or acquisition of such Loan by the relevant
Borrower would result in a conflict with or breach or violation of
any provision of any Loan Document or the laws of such
jurisdiction;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(viii)
|
|
such Obligor has an Eligible Risk
Rating.
|
|
|
|
“ Eligible Risk Rating
” means, with respect to a designated Obligor, as of the date
a Loan to such Obligor is originated or acquired by the relevant
Borrower, a risk rating of 1, 2 or 3 as determined in accordance
with the Credit and Collection Policy or such analogous rating
under any successor risk rating system as the Administrative
Agent
|
|
|
|
has approved
and notified to the Borrowers, such notice to be in the form
provided as Exhibit C.
|
|
|
|
“ Equity Security
” means any equity security or other obligation or security
that does not entitle the holder thereof to receive periodic
payments of interest and one or more instalments of principal
excluding PIK Securities.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Escrow Agent ”
means any Person (which, unless otherwise agreed by the Borrowers
and the Administrative Agent, shall either be a law firm of
recognised standing in the European Union or a bank that satisfies
the minimum rating requirements set forth in clauses (i) and
(ii) of the definition of “Selling Institution”)
acting in accordance with the terms of an Escrow Letter as an
escrow agent with respect to any Release Amounts or Swingline
Release Amounts delivered to it by the Account Bank pursuant to the
terms of the Servicing Agreement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Escrow Letter ”
means each letter agreement satisfactory in form and substance to,
and issued by the Escrow Agent to the relevant Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent and the Account Bank) as a
condition precedent to the release of Release Amounts or Swingline
Release Amounts by the Account Bank to the Escrow Agent; provided
that each Escrow Letter shall include an undertaking by the Escrow
Agent promptly to remit to the Security Trustee (on behalf of the
Administrative Agent or the Swingline Lender, as applicable) all of
the Release Amounts and Swingline Release Amounts (as applicable)
maintained by the Escrow Agent as of the Advance Cut-Off or
Swingline Advance Cut-Off applicable thereto.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ EU Insolvency
Regulation ” means Council Regulation
(EC) No. 1346/2000 of 20 May 2000.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ EURIBOR Rate ”
means for any Interest Period for any Advance in Euro, an interest
rate per annum equal to:
|
|
|
(i)
|
|
the
rate appearing on the Screen as EURIBOR Rate for deposits in Euro
as of 11:00 a.m. Brussels time two TARGET Days before the
applicable Funding Date (with respect to the initial Interest
Period for such Advance) and two TARGET Days before the first day
of the applicable Interest Period (with respect to all subsequent
Interest Periods for such Advance);
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
|
|
if
no such rate appears on the Screen at such time and day, then the
EURIBOR Rate for Euro shall be equal to the arithmetic mean
(calculated by the Administrative Agent) of the offered quotations
of four Reference Banks in the Relevant Interbank Market for
deposits in Euro as of 11:00 a.m. Brussels time two TARGET
Days before the applicable Funding Date (with respect to the
initial Interest Period for such Advance) and two TARGET Days
before the first day of the applicable Interest Period (with
respect to all subsequent Interest Periods for such Advance);
provided that if, on any such date, at least two of the
Reference Banks provide such quotations, EURIBOR shall equal the
arithmetic mean of such quotations; or
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(iii)
|
|
with respect to any Interest Period
having a designated maturity of less than one month, EURIBOR will
be determined through the use of straight-line interpolation by
reference to two rates calculated in accordance with
|
|
|
|
|
paragraphs
(i) or (ii) above, one of which will be determined as if
the maturity of the deposits in such Currency referred to therein
were the period of time for which rates are available next shorter
than such Interest Period and the other of which will be determined
as if the maturity were the period of time for which rates are
available next longer than such Interest Period.
|
|
|
|
“ EURIBOR Rate Disruption
Event ” means:
|
|
|
(i)
|
|
at
or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period
the rate appearing on the Screen as EURIBOR Rate for deposits in
Euro is not available and none or only one of the Reference Banks
supplies a rate to the Administrative Agent to determine the
EURIBOR Rate for the relevant currency and Interest Period;
or
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
|
|
before close of business in London
on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period, the
Administrative Agent receives notifications from any Institutional
Lender representing, in aggregate, more than 50% of the aggregate
Commitment of the Lenders then in effect, that the cost to it of
obtaining matching deposits in the Relevant Interbank Market would
be in excess of EURIBOR.
|
|
|
|
“ Euro ” or
“ €
” means the lawful
currency of the Participating Member States.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Euro Collection
Account ” means, in relation to each Borrower, the
account specified in Schedule 6 of the Servicing Agreement
maintained in the name of such Borrower for the purpose of
receiving Collections in Euro at the Account Bank or any
replacement account designated as the “Euro Collection
Account” which such Borrower (or the Servicer on behalf of
such Borrower) may open with the Account Bank in accordance with
clause 5.3 of the Servicing Agreement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Euro Equivalent
” means on any day, with respect to the amount of any
Alternative Currency, the amount of Euro that would be required to
purchase such amount of Alternative Currency on such day, based on
the spot selling rate the Administrative Agent for delivery two
Business Days after such date.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Eurocurrency Disruption
Event ” means with respect to any Currency, the
occurrence of any of the following: (a) a Swingline Lender or
any Institutional Lender shall have notified the Administrative
Agent of a determination by such Swingline Lender or Institutional
Lender or any of their respective assignees or participants, as
applicable, that it would be contrary to law or to the directive of
any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not
having the force of law) to obtain such Currency in the London
interbank market to fund any Advance or (b) the Administrative
Agent is unable, for any reason, to determine the Interest Rate for
such Currency.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Event of Default
” means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause
21.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Facility ”
means the multicurrency revolving loan facility made available to
the Borrowers by the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement.
|
|
|
|
“ Facility Amount
” means the aggregate Commitments of the Lender Groups then
in effect (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Commitment of
a Swingline Lender); provided that, except as set out in
Clause 5.4, such amount may not at any time exceed
€
125,000,000 without the
written agreement of the parties hereto; provided further that on
or after the Termination Date, the Facility Amount shall be equal
to the Advances Outstanding.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Federal Funds Rate
” means, with respect to any Lender, for any period, a
fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such
period to the weighted average of the federal funds rate as quoted
by the applicable Lender Agent (in the case of any Conduit Lender
or Institutional Lender) and confirmed in Federal Reserve Board
Statistical Release H.15 (519) or any successor or substitute
publication selected by the Administrative Agent (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the preceding Business Day), or, if, for
any reason, such rate is not available on any day, the rate
determined, in the sole opinion of each Lender Agent, to be the
rate at which federal funds are being offered for sale in the
national federal funds market at 9.00 a.m. (London
time).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Fee Letter ”
means, in respect of fees to accrue on or after 10
February 2009, the fee letter dated 10 February 2009 (and
in respect of fees accrued prior to 10 February 2009, the
previous fee letters dated 3 October 2007 and 24
September 2008), between each of the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ First Currency
” has the meaning given in Clause 15.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Fitch ” means
Fitch, Inc. or any successor to its rating business.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Fixed Rate Loan
” means a Loan that is not a Floating Rate Loan.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Fixed Rate Loan
Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction (a) the numerator of which
is the sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of all Fixed Rate Loans
that are Eligible Loans as of such date and (b) the
denominator of which is equal to the Aggregate Outstanding Loan
Balance as of such date.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Floating Rate Loan
” means a Loan where the interest rate payable by the Obligor
thereof is based on the prime interest rate or other comparable
daily rate, the LIBOR Rate or the EURIBOR Rate, plus some specified
interest percentage in addition thereto, and such Loan provides
that such interest rate will reset at the end of each interest
period (howsoever defined).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Floating Rate Loan
Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, the
percentage equivalent of a fraction (a) the numerator of which
is the sum of the Outstanding Loan Balances of all Floating Rate
Loans that are Eligible Loans as of such date and (b) the
denominator of which is equal to the Aggregate Outstanding Loan
Balance as of such date.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Funding Date ”
means any Business Day on which an Advance or Swingline Advance is
made.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Funding Request
” means a Borrower Notice requesting an Advance and including
the items required by Clause 5.1.
|
|
|
|
“ GAAP ” means
(i) in the case of any Person organised or incorporated in the
United States, the generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States, (ii) in the case of a Borrower, the generally
accepted accounting principles in its country of incorporation or
the United States or applicable international accounting standards
and (iii) in the case of any other Person, the generally
accepted accounting principles in accordance with which such Person
prepares its audited accounts. All ratios and computations based on
GAAP contained in this Agreement shall be computed in conformity
with GAAP as in effect on the date hereof.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Governmental
Authority ” means any nation or government, any state or
other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar
monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government, any court or arbitrator
and any accounting board or authority (whether or not a part of the
government) which is responsible for the establishment or
interpretation of national or international accounting
principles.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Grant ” shall
mean to grant, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, remise, demise,
release, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, create and
grant a security interest in and right of set-off against, deposit,
set over and confirm. A Grant of any instrument, shall include all
rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the
granting party thereunder, including without limitation, the
immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and
give receipt for principal and interest payments in respect
thereof, and all other monies payable thereunder, to give and
receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other
agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring any suit
in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative
proceeding in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and
generally to do and receive anything that the granting party may be
entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect
thereto.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Group I Country
” means Canada, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, the
Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Group II Country
” means Germany, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Group III Country
” means Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal and Spain and any other
member of the European Economic and Monetary Union which has a
foreign currency issuer credit rating of at least AA from S&P
or Aa2 from Moody’s and which is not a Group I Country or a
Group II Country.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Guarantor ”
means, in respect of each Borrower, the other Borrower pursuant to
the Borrower Cross-Guarantee;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Hedge Amount ”
means an amount equal to the product of (i) the Weighted
Average Advance Rate with respect to Eligible Loans that are Fixed
Rate Loans as of such date and (ii) the portion of the
Outstanding Loan Balance of all Eligible Loans that are Fixed Rate
Loans in excess of the Hedge Floor included in the Collateral as of
such date. The Hedge Amount for Eligible Loans that are Floating
Rate Loans is €
0.
|
|
|
|
“ Hedge Breakage Costs
” means with respect to each Hedge Counterparty upon the
early termination of any Hedge Transaction with such Hedge
Counterparty, the net amount, if any, payable by the relevant
Borrower to such Hedge Counterparty for the early termination of
that Hedge Transaction or any portion thereof.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Hedge Counterparty
” means any entity (which may include Wachovia Bank, N.A.)
that (i) on the date of entering into any Hedge Transaction
(x) is an interest rate swap dealer that has been approved in
writing by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld) and (y) has a long-term unsecured debt
rating of not less than “A” by S&P, not less than
“A-2” by Moody’s and not less than
“A” by Fitch (if such entity is rated by Fitch) (the
“ Long-term Rating Requirement ”) and a
short-term unsecured debt rating of not less than “A-1”
by S&P, not less than “P-1” by Moody’s and
not less than F-1 by Fitch (if such entity is rated by Fitch) (the
“ Short-term Rating Requirement ”), and
(ii) in a Hedging Agreement (x) consents to the assignment of
the relevant Borrower’s rights under such Hedging Agreement
to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties
pursuant to Clause 19.2. and (y) agrees that in the event that
Moody’s, S&P or Fitch reduces its long-term unsecured
debt rating below the Long-term Rating Requirement or reduces its
short-term debt rating below the Short-Term Rating Requirement, it
shall either collateralise its obligations in a manner satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent or transfer its rights and obligations
under each Hedging Agreement (excluding, however, any right to net
payments or Hedge Breakage Costs under any Hedge Transaction, to
the extent accrued to such date or to accrue thereafter and owing
to the transferring Hedge Counterparty as of the date of such
transfer) to another entity that meets the requirements of
paragraphs (b)(i) and (b)(ii) hereof and has entered into a Hedging
Agreement with the relevant Borrower on or prior to the date of
such transfer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Hedge Floor ”
means (i) €
30,000,000 or
(ii) at any time the Weighted Average Spread Test is not
satisfied, €
0.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Hedge Notional Amount
” means for any Advance, the aggregate notional amount in
effect on any day under all Hedge Transactions entered into
pursuant to Clause 19.2 for that Advance.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Hedge Transaction
” means each interest rate swap, index rate swap or interest
rate cap transaction or comparable derivative arrangements as the
Administrative Agent may approve in its discretion between a
Borrower and a Hedge Counterparty that is entered into pursuant to
Clause 19.2 and is governed by a Hedging Agreement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Hedging Agreement
” means the agreement between a Borrower and a Hedge
Counterparty that governs one or more Hedge Transactions entered
into by such Borrower and such Hedge Counterparty pursuant to
Clause 19.2, which agreement shall consist of a “Master
Agreement” in a form published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc., together with a
“Schedule” thereto substantially in such form as the
Required Lenders shall approve in writing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Holding Company
” means, in relation to a company or corporation, any other
company or corporation in respect of which it is a
Subsidiary.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Increased Costs
” means any amounts required to be paid by a Borrower to an
Affected Party pursuant to Clause 14.
|
|
|
|
“ Indebtedness ”
means with respect to any Person as of any date, whether or not
reflected on the balance sheet or comparable statement of financial
position of such Person, (a) all indebtedness of such Person
for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property
or services (other than current liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with
customary trade practices) or that is evidenced by a note, bond,
debenture or similar instrument, (including, without limitation,
any note, bond, debenture or similar instrument issued in
connection with a securitisation transaction), (b) all
obligations of such Person under capital leases, (c) all
obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances issued or
created for the account of such Person, (d) all liabilities
secured by any Security on any property owned by such Person even
though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for
the payment thereof, (e) all indebtedness, obligations or
liabilities of that Person in respect of Derivatives, determined as
of such date on a net mark-to-market basis in accordance with
customary market practice and (f) obligations under direct or
indirect guaranties in respect of obligation (contingent or
otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or to otherwise assure
a creditor against loss in respect of, clauses (a) through
(e) above.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Indemnified Amounts
” shall have the meaning given in Clause 16.1.1.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Indemnified Parties
” shall have the meaning given in Clause 16.1.1.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Independent Director
” shall have the meaning given in Clause 17.19.16.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Industry ”
means the industry of an Obligor as determined, in the reasonable
discretion of the relevant Borrower, by reference to the two-digit
standard industry classification or North American Industry
Classification System codes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Initial Advance
” means the first Advance made under this
Agreement.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Insolvency Laws
” means the insolvency laws of any country, and all other
applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganisation, suspension
of payments, or similar debtor relief laws from time to time in
effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Insolvency Proceeding
” means
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Any
corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is
taken by any person in relation to:
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
the
suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness,
winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way
of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of
any Borrower;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
a
composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any
creditor of any Borrower;
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c)
|
|
the
appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrator,
administrative receiver, compulsory manager or other similar
officer in respect of any Borrower or any of its assets;
or
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(d)
|
|
enforcement of any Security over any
assets of any Borrower,
|
|
|
|
or
any analogous procedure or step is taken in any
jurisdiction.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Insolvent ”
means, in relation to any person, (i) such person is unable or
admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due or is deemed to
or declared to be unable to pay its debts under applicable law;
(ii) such person suspends or threatens to suspend making
payments on any of its debts or, by reason of actual or anticipated
financial difficulties; (iii) such person commences
negotiations with one or more of its creditors with a view to
rescheduling any of its indebtedness; (iv) the value of the
assets of such person is less than its liabilities (taking into
account contingent and prospective liabilities); (v) a
moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of such
person; or (vi) such person is engaged in a business or a
transaction or is about to engage in a business or a transaction
for which such person’s property would constitute
unreasonably small capital.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Institutional Lender
” means each Lender designated as such on its signatures page
hereto and each financial institution other than a commercial paper
conduit which may from time to time become a Lender hereunder by
executing and delivering a Transfer Certificate to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrowers as contemplated by Clause
22.1, and in each case identified as such on Annex B
hereto.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Insurance Policy
” means with respect to any Loan, an insurance policy
covering physical damage to or loss to any assets or Related
Property of the Obligor securing such Loan.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Insurance Proceeds
” means any amounts payable or any payments made to the
relevant Borrower or to the Servicer on its behalf under any
Insurance Policy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“ Interest ”
means for each Accrual Period and each Advance and each Swingline
Advance outstanding during such Accrual Period, an amount equal
to:
|
|