Amended Revolving Credit Agreement
among Procter & Gamble International S.a.r.1 and a
syndicate of banks led by Citigroup
AMENDMENT TO $17B 364-DAY
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Reference
is made to the $17B 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of
July 27, 2005 (as amended as of July 30, 2006, as further
amended as of December 7, 2006, as further amended as of
August 17, 2007 and as may be further amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “ Credit
Agreement ”) among The Procter & Gamble Company, an
Ohio corporation (“ P&G ”), Procter &
Gamble International S.A.R.L., a société a
responsibility é limitée organized under the laws of
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Procter & Gamble Holding
(HK) Limited, a company organized and existing under the laws
of Hong Kong, Procter & Gamble International Operations S.A., a
company organized and existing under the laws of Switzerland, the
Additional Borrowers party thereto (collectively, the “
Borrowers ”), the Lenders party thereto, Citibank,
N.A., as administrative agent for such Lenders (the “
Agent ”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication
agent, and ABN Amro Bank N.V., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as
co-documentation agents. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in
this Amendment shall have the same meanings as specified therefor
in the Credit Agreement.
The
Lenders have agreed to make and have made loans and other
extensions of credit to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement.
The Borrowers have requested and, on the Amendment Effective Date
(as hereinafter defined), the Lenders will have agreed, that
certain provisions of the Credit Agreement be amended and otherwise
modified in the manner provided for herein.
As
of the date hereof, (i) the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Tranche B Advances owing to Procter & Gamble
Financial Services (“ PGFS ”) is
$11,829,490,971.68, of which $9,811,779,061.19 have an Interest
Period that ends on January 31, 2008 (the “ First
Refinancing Date ”) and of which $2,071,711,910.49 have
an Interest Period that ends on February 5, 2008 (the “
Second Refinancing Date ”), (ii) PGFS has an
outstanding Tranche B Commitment of $12,100,000,000 and
(iii) no Lender other than PGFS has an outstanding Tranche B
Commitment or Tranche B Advances owing to it. Each of the First
Refinancing Date and the Second Refinancing Date are referred to
herein as a “ Refinancing Date ”, as the context
may require.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual
covenants contained herein, and for other valuable consideration
the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
SECTION
1. Amendment To The Credit Agreement. On the First
Refinancing Date, so long as the Amendment Effective Date has
occurred, up to $9,811,779,061.19 of the outstanding Tranche B
Advances shall be refinanced into and shall constitute obligations
solely of one or more of the Borrowers under an agreement (the
“ Intercompany Loan Agreement ”) entered into or
concurrently to be entered into solely by and among such Borrowers
and PGFS and/or any of its affiliates. On the Second Refinancing
Date, so long as the Amendment Effective Date has occurred, all of
the Tranche B Advances that remain outstanding on such date shall
be refinanced into and shall constitute obligations solely under
the Intercompany Loan Agreement. On each Refinancing Date, after
giving effect to the refinancing consummated on such date, the
parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the Tranche B Advances
so refinanced on such date shall no longer be governed by the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) no Lender
shall have any interest in any Tranche B Advances so refinanced on
such date (except as otherwise provided in Section 2
below) and (iii) the Agent shall have no further duties or
obligations to PGFS under or in respect of any of the Tranche B
Advances so refinanced on such date. It
is understood
and agreed that, on or prior to the Second Refinancing Date,
P&G may (and intends to) deliver a notice pursuant to
Section 2.01(c) of the Credit Agreement on or prior to
the Second Refinancing Date that reallocates all or a portion of
the Tranche B Commitments (which shall then be unused) to
additional Tranche A Commitments.
SECTION
2. Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this
Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date
first above written (the “Amendment Effective
Date”) when (i) P&G, the Required Lenders and
the Agent shall have executed this Amendment and (ii) the Initial
Borrower, or P&G on its behalf, shall have notified the Agent
that the Intercompany Loan Agreement has become
effective.
SECTION
3. Reference To And Effect On The Loan Documents. On and
after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit
Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”,
“hereof” or words of like import referring to the
Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to
“the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”,
“thereof” or words of like import referring to the
Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby. Except as amended herein, all of the
provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are
and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the
terms thereof and are hereby in all respects ratified and
confirmed.
SECTION
6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed
by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate
counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be
deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an
executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile transmission
shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
hereof. A set of the copies of this Amendment signed by all the
parties shall be lodged with P&G and the Agent.
SECTION
7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
2
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized
officers as of the day and year first above written.
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THE PROCTER
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Borrower
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CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Agent and Lender
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ABN AMRO BANK
N.V., as Lender
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DEUTSCHE BANK
AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as
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HSBC BANK USA,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Lender
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JPMORGAN CHASE
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MERRILL LYNCH
CAPITAL CORP., as Lender
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MERRILL LYNCH
BANK USA, as Lender
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GOLDMAN SACHS
CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as
Lender
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MORGAN STANLEY
SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Lender
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THE HONG KONG
SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION LIMITED, as an Exiting Lender
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AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Reference
is made to the Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of July 27,
2005 (as amended as of July 30, 2006 and as further amended as
of December 7, 2006 and as may be further amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the
“ Credit Agreement ”) among Procter & Gamble
International S.A.R.L., a société à
responsabilité limitée organized under the laws of
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (the “ Initial Borrower
”), the Additional Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders party
thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent for such Lenders
(the “ Agent ”), Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
as sole lead arranger and sole book runner, JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as syndication agent, and ABN Amro Bank N.V. and Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc., as co-documentation agents. Capitalized terms
not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the same
meanings as specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
The
Lenders have agreed to make and have made loans and other
extensions of credit to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement.
The Initial Borrower has requested and, upon this Amendment
becoming effective, the Lenders will have agreed, that certain
provisions of the Credit Agreement be amended and otherwise
modified in the manner provided for herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual
covenants contained herein, and for other valuable consideration
the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
SECTION
1. Amendment To The Credit Agreement . As of the Amendment
Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), the Credit Agreement shall
be amended and restated in its entirety in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, in part, and Exhibit B hereto, in
part.
SECTION
2. Conditions Precedent . This Amendment shall become
effective as of the date first above written (the “
Amendment Effective Date ”) when (i) the
Borrowers, Lenders and the Agent shall have executed this Amendment
with respect to Exhibit A, (ii) the Borrowers, the
Required Lenders and the Agent have executed this Amendment with
respect to Exhibit B, and (iii) Agent shall have received a
certificate from P&G certifying that the resolutions of
P&G, the Initial Borrower and each Additional Borrower
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit
Agreement, copies of which have been previously delivered to Agent,
remain in full force and effect without any modification or
amendment.
SECTION
3. Assignment and Acceptance; Exiting Lenders . Each of the
Lenders agrees that such Lender has effected all required purchases
and sales of its Commitments and outstanding Advances owing to it
under the Credit Agreement such that, as of the Amendment Effective
Date, (i) such Lender’s Commitments and outstanding Advances
owing to it under the agreement set forth on Exhibit A hereto
shall be as set forth on Schedule II to such agreement and
(ii) such Lender’s Commitments and outstanding Advances
owing to it under the agreement set forth on Exhibit B hereto
shall be as set forth on Schedule II to such agreement. Each
Borrower hereby ratifies and confirms that the Commitments and
outstanding Advances owing to each of the Lenders under each such
agreement as of the Amendment Effective Date are as set forth on
Schedule II to each respective agreement. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Amendment or in Exhibit A or
Exhibit B, each Lender that is a party to the Credit Agreement
listed on the signature pages hereof as an “Exiting
Lender” (each, an “Exiting Lender”) shall cease
to be a party to the Credit Agreement on the Amendment Effective
Date and shall be paid on the
Amendment
Effective Date (A) the aggregate principal amount of, and any
interest accrued and unpaid to the Amendment Effective Date on the
outstanding Advances, if any, of such Exiting Lender plus
(B) any accrued but unpaid facility fees owing to such Exiting
Lender as of the Amendment Effective Date; plus (C) all
additional costs, reimbursements, expense reimbursements and
indemnities payable to such Exiting Lender, and all other accrued
and unpaid amounts owing to such Exiting Lender, under the Credit
Agreement, as of the Amendment Effective Date.
SECTION
4. Reference To And Effect On The Loan Documents . On and
after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit
Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”,
“hereof” or words of like import referring to the
Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to
“the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”,
“thereof” or words of like import referring to the
Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit
Agreement, as amended and otherwise modified hereby. Except as
amended or waived herein, all of the provisions of the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are and shall remain in full
force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof and are
hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.
SECTION
5. Execution in Counterparts . This Amendment may be
executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of
separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery
of an executed signature page of this Amendment by facsimile
transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Amendment signed by
all the parties shall be lodged with the Initial Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
SECTION
6. Confirmation of Guaranty . By execution below, P&G
hereby consents to this Amendment and hereby confirms and agrees
that (a) notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Amendment,
the P&G Guaranty is, and shall continue to be, in full force
and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects,
except that, on and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each
reference in the Guaranty to the “Credit Agreement”,
“thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like
import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as
amended hereby.
SECTION
7. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
2
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized
officers as of the day and year first above written.
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PROCTER &
GAMBLE INTERNATIONAL S.A.R.L., as the Initial Borrower
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PROCTER &
GAMBLE HOLDING (HK) LIMITED, as a Borrower
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PROCTER &
GAMBLE INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS S.A., as a Borrower
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THE PROCTER
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CITIBANK, N.A.,
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ABN AMRO BANK
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DEUTSCHE BANK
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HSBC BANK USA,
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JPMORGAN CHASE
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MERRILL LYNCH
CAPITAL CORP., as Lender
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MERRILL LYNCH
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MORGAN STANLEY
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MORGAN STANLEY
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GOLDMAN SACHS
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THE HONG KONG
SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED, as an Exiting Lender
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364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 27, 2005, as
amended as of July 30, 2006, as further amended as of
December 7, 2006
and as further amended as of August 17, 2007
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE
COMPANY,
PROCTER & GAMBLE INTERNATIONAL S.A.R.L.,
PROCTER & GAMBLE HOLDING (HK) LIMITED,
PROCTER & GAMBLE INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS S.A., and
THE ADDITIONAL BORROWERS (AS DEFINED HEREIN)
as Borrowers
THE LENDERS PARTY
HERETO
as Lenders
CITIBANK, N.A.
as Sole Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.
as Syndication Agent
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., DEUTSCHE BANK
AG, NEW YORK BRANCH and
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Co-Documentation Agents
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
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SECTION 1.01 Certain Defined Terms
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SECTION 1.02 Computation of Time
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SECTION 1.03 Accounting Terms
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ARTICLE II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE
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SECTION 2.01 The Revolving Credit Advances and
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SECTION 2.02 Making the Revolving Credit
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SECTION 2.03 Competitive Bid Facility
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SECTION 2.04 Facility Fees
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SECTION 2.05 Termination or Reduction of the
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SECTION 2.06 Repayment of Advances
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SECTION 2.07 Interest on Revolving Credit
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SECTION 2.08 Interest Rate
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SECTION 2.09 Optional Conversion of
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SECTION 2.13 Payments and
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SECTION 2.15 Sharing of Payments,
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND
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SECTION 3.01 Conditions Precedent to Initial
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SECTION 3.02 Conditions Precedent to Each
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SECTION 3.03 Determinations Under
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND
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SECTION 4.01 Representations and Warranties of
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SECTION 5.01 Affirmative Covenants
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SECTION 5.02 Negative Covenants
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SECTION 6.01 Events of Default
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SECTION 7.02 Agent’s Reliance,
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SECTION 7.04 Lender Credit Decision
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SECTION 7.05 Indemnification
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SECTION 8.01 Amendments, Etc.
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SECTION 8.03 No Waiver; Remedies
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SECTION 8.04 Costs and Expenses
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SECTION 8.06 Binding Effect
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SECTION 8.07 Assignments and
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SECTION 8.08 Confidentiality
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SECTION 8.10 Additional Borrowers; Assumption of
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List of
Applicable Lending Offices
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Commitments
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Form of Notice
of Revolving Credit Borrowing
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of Competitive Bid Borrowing
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance
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Form of Opinion
of Luxembourg Counsel for the Initial Borrower
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of In-house Counsel for the Initial Borrower
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of Special Counsel for the Initial Borrower
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$17,000,000,000
364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 27,
2005,
as amended as of July 30, 2006,
as further amended as of December 7, 2006 and as further
amended as of
August 17, 2007
THE PROCTER &
GAMBLE COMPANY, an Ohio corporation (“ P&G
”), PROCTER & GAMBLE INTERNATIONAL S.A.R.L., a
société à responsabilité limitée
organized under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“
PGI ”), PROCTER & GAMBLE HOLDING
(HK) LIMITED, a company organized and existing under the laws
of Hong Kong (“ P&G HK ”), PROCTER &
GAMBLE INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS S.A., a company organized and
existing under the laws of Switzerland (“ PGIO ”
and, together with P&G, PGI, P&G HK and the Additional
Borrowers (as hereinafter defined), collectively, the “
Borrowers ”), the LENDERS PARTY HERETO, CITIBANK,
N.A., as sole lead arranger and administrative agent for such
Lenders (together with any successor thereto appointed pursuant to
Article VII, the “ Agent ”), JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A., as syndication agent and ABN AMRO BANK N.V., DEUTSCHE
BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH and HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.,
as co-documentation agents, agree as follows:
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING
TERMS
SECTION 1.01
Certain Defined Terms .
As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings
(such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined):
“ Act
” has the meaning specified in Section 8.16.
“
Additional Borrower ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.10(a).
“
Advance ” means a Tranche A Advance, a Tranche B
Advance or a Competitive Bid Advance made by a Lender to a Borrower
as part of a Borrowing and refers to a Base Rate Advance or a
Eurocurrency Rate Advance (each of which shall be a “
Type ” of Advance).
“
Affiliate ” means, as to any Person, any other Person
that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is
under common control with such Person or is a director or officer
of such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term
“control” (including the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) of a Person means the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 10% or more of
the Voting Equity of such Person.
“
Agent’s Account ” means (a) in the case of
Advances denominated in Dollars, the account of the Agent
maintained at Citibank, N.A., at its office at Two Penns Way, New
Castle, Delaware 19720, Account No. 36852248, Attention: Bank
Loan Syndications, (b) in the case of Advances denominated in
any Optional Currency, the account of the Sub-Agent designated in
writing from time to time by the Agent to the Borrowers and the
Lenders for such purpose, and (c) in any such case, such other
account of the Agent as is designated in writing from time to time
by the Agent to each of the Borrowers and the Lenders for such
purpose.
“
Agreement ” means this 364-Day Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2007, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“
Amendment Effective Date ” means the date on which the
condition precedent to the effectiveness of the amendment to this
Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2006, has been
satisfied.
“
Applicable Lending Office ” means, with respect to
each Lender, such Lender’s Domestic Lending Office in the
case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender’s Eurocurrency
Lending Office in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Advance and, in
the case of a Competitive Bid Advance, the office of such Lender or
any of its Affiliates notified by such Lender to the Agent as its
Applicable Lending Office with respect to such Competitive Bid
Advance. It is acknowledged and agreed that any Lender may have one
or more Applicable Lending Offices with respect to Advances of any
Type made or to be made to any Borrower and one or more other
Applicable Lending Offices with respect to Advances of such Type
made or to be made to any other Borrower.
“
Applicable Margin ” means, as of any date,
(a) for Base Rate Advances, 0.000% per annum and (b) for
Eurocurrency Rate Advances, 0.070% per annum.
“
Assignment and Acceptance ” means an assignment and
acceptance entered into by a Lender and any Person and approved by
P&G and the Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit
B hereto or in such other form as agreed to by P&G, the
Agent and the applicable Lender assignee.
“
Assuming Extending Lender ” has the meaning specified
in Section 2.20(c).
“ Base
Rate ” means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in
effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times
be equal to the higher of:
(a) the rate of
interest announced publicly by Citibank, N.A. in New York, New
York, from time to time, as Citibank, N.A.’s base rate;
and
(b) 0.50% per
annum above the Federal Funds Rate.
“ Base
Rate Advance ” means a Revolving Credit Advance
denominated in Dollars that bears interest as provided in
Section 2.07(a)(i).
“
beneficial owner ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.14(c)(v).
“
Borrowers ” has the meaning specified in the recital
of parties to this Agreement.
“
Borrowing ” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a
Competitive Bid Borrowing.
“
Borrower Accession Agreement ” has the meaning
specified in Section 8.10(a).
“
Business Day ” means a day of the year on which banks
are not required or authorized by law to close in New York City
and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurocurrency
Rate Advances, on which dealings are carried on in the London
interbank market (or, in the case of an Advance denominated in
(i) Euros, on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time
Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is open or
(ii) a currency other than Dollars and Euros, on which
dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and
between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank
markets for such currency).
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“ Change
in Law ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.14(a).
“ Closing
Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01.
“
Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the
Tranche A Commitment or the Tranche B Commitment of such Lender, as
the context may require.
“
Communications ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.02(b).
“
Competitive Bid Advance ” means an advance by a Lender
to any Borrower as part of a Competitive Bid Borrowing and refers
to a Fixed Rate Advance or a Eurocurrency Rate Advance.
“
Competitive Bid Borrowing ” means a borrowing
consisting of simultaneous Competitive Bid Advances from each of
the Lenders whose offer to make one or more Competitive Bid
Advances as part of such Borrowing has been accepted under the
competitive bidding procedure described in
Section 2.03.
“
Competitive Bid Note ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.03(f).
“
Competitive Bid Reduction ” means, at any time, the
deemed use of each Lender’s Tranche A Commitment in an amount
equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all outstanding
Competitive Bid Advances at such time.
“
Confidential Information ” means information that
P&G or any of the other Borrowers furnishes to the Agent or any
Lender on a confidential basis or that a reasonable Person would
conclude is confidential or proprietary, but does not include any
such information that is or becomes generally available to the
public or that is or becomes available to the Agent or such Lender
from a source other than P&G, any of the other Borrowers or any
of their Affiliates or any of their respective advisors.
“
Consenting Lender ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.20(b).
“
Consolidated ” refers to the consolidation of accounts
in accordance with GAAP.
“
Consolidated Assets ” means, with respect to any
Person, all assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries that, in
accordance with GAAP, would be classified as assets on the balance
sheet of such Person determined on a Consolidated basis.
“
Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any Person for any
period, net income (or net loss) plus the sum of (a) interest
expense, (b) income tax expense, (c) depreciation expense
and (d) amortization expense, in each case determined for such
Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP
for such period.
“
Convert ”, “ Conversion ” and
“ Converted ” each refers to a conversion of
Revolving Credit Advances under a particular Facility and of one
Type into Revolving Credit Advances under such particular Facility
of the other Type pursuant to Section 2.08 or 2.09.
“ Covered
Jurisdiction ” means, with respect to any Borrower, the
United States, Switzerland and Ireland.
“
Debt ” of any Person means, without duplication,
(a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
(b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase
price of property or services (other than trade payables incurred
in the ordinary course of such Person’s business),
(c) all obligations of
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such Person
evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments,
(d) all obligations of such Person as lessee under leases that
have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as
capital leases, (e) all non-contingent obligations to
reimburse any Person in respect of any amounts paid under
acceptances, letters of credit or similar extensions of credit,
(f) all Debt of others referred to in clauses (a) through
(e) above or clause (g) below guaranteed directly or
indirectly in any manner by such Person, or in effect guaranteed
directly or indirectly by such Person through an agreement
(i) to pay or purchase such Debt or to advance or supply funds
for the payment or purchase of such Debt, (ii) to purchase,
sell or lease (as lessee or lessor) property, or to purchase or
sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to
make payment of such Debt or to assure the holder of such Debt
against loss, (iii) to supply funds to or in any other manner
invest in the debtor (including any agreement to pay for property
or services irrespective of whether such property is received or
such services are rendered) or (iv) otherwise to assure a
creditor against loss, and (g) all Debt referred to in
clauses (a) through (f) above secured by (or for which
the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Mortgage on property (including,
without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such
Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable
for the payment of such Debt.
“
Default ” means any Event of Default or any event that
would constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that
notice be given or time elapse or both.
“
Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has
failed to fund any portion of the Advances required to be funded by
it hereunder within three Business Days of the date required to be
funded by it hereunder and such failure is continuing, or
(b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Agent or any other
Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within
three Business Days of the date when due, and such failure is
continuing, unless the subject of a good faith dispute.
“
Dollars ” and the “ $ ” sign each
means lawful currency of the United States of America.
“
Domestic Lending Office ” means, with respect to any
Lender, the office, offices, Affiliate or Affiliates of such Lender
specified as its “Domestic Lending Office” opposite its
name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance
pursuant to which it became a Lender, or such other office or
Affiliate of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time
specify to each of the Borrowers and the Agent. It is acknowledged
and agreed that any Lender may specify one or more Domestic Lending
Offices with respect to Advances made or to be made to any Borrower
and one or more other Domestic Lending Offices with respect to
Advances made or to be made to any other Borrower; provided
that no Lender may specify more than one Domestic Lending Office
unless it also specifies a “Principal Domestic Lending
Office”, in which case such “Principal Domestic Lending
Office” shall be deemed to be its “Domestic Lending
Office” for purposes of the definition herein of
“Eurocurrency Lending Office” and
Section 8.02.
“
Email ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.02(a).
“ EMU
” means Economic and Monetary Union as contemplated in the
Treaty of Rome.
“ EMU
Legislation ” means legislative measures of the European
Union for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of the
Euro in one or more member states, being in part legislative
measures to implement EMU.
“
Equivalent ” means, at any time, (a) with respect
to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof
in the applicable Optional Currency determined by using the quoted
spot rate at which the Sub-Agent’s principal office in London
offers to exchange Dollars for such Optional Currency in London
prior to 4:00 P.M. (London time) (unless otherwise indicated
by the terms of this
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Agreement) on
such date as is required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Optional
Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars determined by
using the quoted spot rate at which the Sub-Agent’s principal
office in London offers to exchange such Optional Currency for
Dollars in London prior to 4:00 P.M. (London time) (unless
otherwise indicated by the terms of this Agreement) on such date as
is required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations
promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“
Euro ” and “ (euro) ” means the
lawful currency of the European Union as constituted by the Treaty
of Rome which established the European Community.
“
Eurocurrency Lending Office ” means, with respect to
any Lender, the office, offices, Affiliate or Affiliates of such
Lender specified as its “Eurocurrency Lending Office”
opposite its name on Schedule I hereto or in Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender (or, if no such
office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other
office, offices, Affiliate or Affiliates of such Lender as such
Lender may from time to time specify to each of the Borrowers and
the Agent. It is acknowledged and agreed that any Lender may
specify one or more Eurocurrency Lending Offices with respect to
Advances made or to be made to any Borrower and one or more other
Eurocurrency Lending Offices with respect to Advances made or to be
made to any other Borrower.
“
Eurocurrency Rate ” means, for any Interest Period for
each Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of the same
Borrowing, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest whole
multiple of 1/1000 of 1% per annum) appearing on Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page) as the London
interbank offered rate for deposits in the applicable currency at
approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the Business Day
immediately preceding the first day of such Interest Period, for a
term comparable to such Interest Period or, if for any reason such
rate is not available, the average (rounded upward to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/1000 of 1% per annum, if such average is not
such a multiple) of the rate per annum at which deposits in the
applicable currency is offered by the principal office of each of
the Reference Banks in London, England to prime banks in the London
interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the Business
Day immediately preceding the first day of such Interest Period in
an amount substantially equal to such Reference Bank’s
Eurocurrency Rate Advance comprising part of such Borrowing to be
outstanding during such Interest Period and for a period equal to
such Interest Period. If the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any
successor or substitute page) is unavailable, the Eurocurrency Rate
for any Interest Period for each Eurocurrency Rate Advance
comprising part of the same Borrowing shall be determined by the
Agent on the basis of applicable rates furnished to and received by
the Agent from the Reference Banks on the Business Day immediately
preceding the first day of such Interest Period, subject, however,
to the provisions of Section 2.08.
“
Eurocurrency Rate Advance ” means a Revolving Credit
Advance denominated in any Optional Currency that bears interest as
provided in Section 2.07(a)(ii) or a Competitive Bid Advance
denominated in any Optional Currency that bears interest by
reference to the Eurocurrency Rate.
“ Events
of Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.01.
“
Excluded Taxes ” means, (a) with respect to any
Lender or the Agent, Taxes imposed on such Person’s overall
net income (and franchise Taxes imposed on such Person in lieu of
net income Taxes) as a result of any present or former connection
between such Person and the relevant taxing authority, in each
case, whether in effect as of the date hereof or subsequently
imposed as a result of a Change in Law, and (b) with respect
to payments made by any Borrower organized in a Covered
Jurisdiction to any
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Person, any
Taxes not imposed as a direct result of a Change in Law occurring
after the date on which such Person became a Lender or the
Agent.
“
Existing Credit Agreement ” means the Bridge Credit
Agreement dated as of January 28, 2005 between the Initial
Borrower and Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as amended,
supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time.
“
Facility ” means the Tranche A Facility or the Tranche
B Facility, as the context may require.
“
Facility Fee ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.04(a).
“ Federal
Funds Rate ” means, for any period, a fluctuating
interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to
the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day
is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Agent
from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
“ Five
Year Revolving Credit Agreement ” means the Five Year
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2005 (as
amended as of July 20, 2006, as further amended as of
December 7, 2006, and further amended as of August 17,
2007, and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the), among the Borrower, the other
“Borrowers” referred to therein, Citibank, N.A, as the
Agent, the Lenders, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as sole lead
arranger and sole book runner, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
syndication agent, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as
documentation agent.
“ Fixed
Rate Advances ” means a Competitive Bid Advance
denominated in any Optional Currency that bears interest as
provided in Section 2.03(a)(i).
“
GAAP ” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.03.
“
Indemnified Costs ” has the meaning specified in
Section 7.05.
“ Initial
Borrower ” means PGI, in its capacity as the Initial
Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement.
“ Initial
Lender ” means each financial institution identified as
an Initial Lender on the signature pages to this
Agreement.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to
any Base Rate Advance, (i) the last day of each March, June,
September and December during the period in which such Base Rate
Advance is outstanding and (ii) the date such Base Rate
Advance is Converted or paid in full, and (b) with respect to
any Eurocurrency Rate Advance, (i) the last day of each
Interest Period applicable to such Eurocurrency Rate Advance and,
if such Interest Period has a duration of more than three months,
each day that occurs during such Interest Period every three months
from the first day of such Interest Period and (ii) the date
such Eurocurrency Rate Advance is Converted or paid in
full.
“
Interest Period ” means, for each Eurocurrency Rate
Advance comprising part of the same Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Eurocurrency Rate Advance or the
date of the Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into such
Eurocurrency Rate Advance and ending on the last day
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of the period
selected by the Borrower requesting a Borrowing pursuant to the
provisions below and, thereafter, with respect to Eurocurrency Rate
Advances, each subsequent period commencing on the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of
the period selected by such Borrower pursuant to the provisions
below. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be one week
or one, two, three or six, or to the extent generally available,
nine or twelve months, as such Borrower may, upon notice received
by the Agent not later than 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the
Business Day immediately preceding the first day of such Interest
Period, select; provided , however , that:
(a) no Borrower
may select any Interest Period that ends after the Termination Date
or, if the Advances have been converted to a term loan pursuant to
Section 2.20 prior to such selection, that ends after the
Maturity Date;
(b) Interest
Periods commencing on the same date for Eurocurrency Rate Advances
comprising part of the same Borrowing shall be of the same
duration;
(c) whenever the
last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day
other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period
shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day,
provided , however , that, if such extension would
cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next
following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period
shall occur on the next preceding Business Day; and
(d) whenever the
first day of any Interest Period occurs on a day of an initial
calendar month for which there is no numerically corresponding day
in the calendar month that succeeds such initial calendar month by
the number of months equal to the number of months in such Interest
Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of
such succeeding calendar month.
“
Internal Revenue Code ” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations
promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“
Lenders ” means each Initial Lender and each Person
that shall become a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.07 and,
as to any Lender, the term “Lender” includes any of its
Affiliates designated as such by such Lender located in (
e.g. , being fiscally resident in or organized in or having
a branch, office, permanent establishment or other place of
business in) a Covered Jurisdiction.
“ Loan
Documents ” means, collectively, this Agreement, each
Note, if any, and each Borrower Accession Agreement.
“
Material Adverse Change ” means any material adverse
change in the financial condition or results of operations of
P&G and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse
effect on (a) the financial condition or results of operations
of P&G and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the
rights and remedies of the Agent or the Lenders under any Loan
Document or (c) the ability of the Borrowers to perform their
obligations under the Loan Documents.
“
Material Subsidiary ” means, at any time, any
Subsidiary of P&G having (a) assets with a value of not
less than 5% of the total value of the assets of P&G and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) Consolidated EBITDA of
not less than 5% of the aggregate Consolidated EBITDA of P&G
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case as of the end
of or for the most recently completed fiscal quarter of
P&G.
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“
Maturity Date ” means the earlier of (a) the
first or second anniversary of the Scheduled Termination Date, as
determined by P&G in accordance with Section 2.20 and
(b) the date of termination in whole of the aggregate
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05 or 6.02.
“
Mortgage ” means any lien or security interest or
other charge or encumbrance having the effect of a lien or security
interest.
“
Non-Consenting Lender ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.20(b).
“
Non-Excluded Taxes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.14(a).
“
Note ” means a Tranche A Note, a Tranche B Note or a
Competitive Bid Note, as context may require.
“
Notice ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.02(c).
“ Notice
of Competitive Bid Borrowing ” has the meaning specified
in Section 2.03(a)(i).
“ Notice
of Revolving Credit Borrowing ” has the meaning specified
in Section 2.02(a).
“
Optional Currency ” means Dollars, Sterling, Yen or
Euro, as the context may require.
“ P&G
Guaranty ” means the Guaranty dated as of August 23,
2006 made by P&G in favor of the Agent and the
Lenders.
“
Permitted Mortgages ” means the following types of
Mortgages:
(a) Mortgages for
taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies to the extent
not otherwise required to be paid under
Section 5.01(b);
(b) Mortgages
imposed by law, including, without limitation, materialmen’s,
mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, storage and
repairmen’s Mortgages and other similar Mortgages arising in
the ordinary course of business;
(c) pledges or
deposits to secure obligations under workers’ compensation
laws, unemployment insurance or other similar social security
legislation (including, without limitation, in respect of employee
benefit plans subject to ERISA) or to secure public or statutory
obligations;
(d) Mortgages
securing the performance of, or payment in respect of, tenders,
statutory obligations, progress or advance payments, contract bids,
government or utility obligations, payment, performance, surety and
return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business and other obligations of a similar
nature, whether pursuant to statutory requirements, common law or
consensual arrangements;
(e) any interest
or title of a lessor or sublessor or a licensor and any restriction
or encumbrance to which the interest or title of such lessor,
sublessor or licensor may be subject;
(f) Mortgages
arising out of judgments or awards that do not constitute an Event
of Default under Section 6.01(e);
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(g) rights of way,
easements, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), covenants,
consents, reservations, encroachments, variations, mineral
reservations and rights, leases, licenses and other similar
restrictions, charges, encumbrances (whether or not recorded),
prior rights of other Persons, and similar obligations with respect
to real property arising by operation of law or contained in
similar instruments;
(h) Mortgages
arising from the rights of lessors under leases (including
financing statements regarding property subject to such leases or
subleases);
(i) rights of
consignors of goods, whether or not perfected by the filing of a
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any
jurisdiction (or similar filings and recordings under equivalent
provisions of applicable law), including, without limitation, goods
which are the subject of tolling agreements or manufacturing and
servicing agreements;
(j) leases,
licenses, subleases or sublicenses (including the provision of
software under an open source license) which would not have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(k) Liens in favor
of customs and revenue authorities to secure payment of customs
duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary
course of business;
(l) Liens
(i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of
the Uniform Commercial Code on the items in the course of
collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or
other commodities brokerage accounts and (iii) in favor of a
banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law
encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial
institution (including the right of set off);
(m) Liens
consisting of an agreement or arrangement to sell, lease, transfer
or otherwise convey or dispose of property of P&G and/or one or
more of its Subsidiaries; and
(n) Liens arising
as part of the securitization (or other similar arrangements) or
other off-balance sheet financing of property of P&G and/or one
or more of its Subsidiaries.
“
Person ” means an individual, partnership, corporation
(including a business trust), joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability
company or other entity, or a government or any political
subdivision or agency thereof.
“
Platform ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.02(b).
“ Primary
Currency ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.09(b).
“
Principal Manufacturing Property ” means any facility
(together with the land on which it is erected and fixtures
comprising a part thereof) used primarily for manufacturing or
processing, wherever located, owned or leased by any Borrower or
any Subsidiary of any Borrower and having a gross book value in
excess of $750,000,000, other than any such facility or portion
thereof (a) which is a pollution control or other facility
financed by obligations issued by (i) a state or local
governmental unit pursuant to Section 103(b)(4)(E),
103(b)(4)(F) or 103(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or
any successor provision thereof, or (ii) the equivalent of the
financing referred to in subclause (a)(i) above in any jurisdiction
other than the United States, or (b) which, in the opinion of
the Board of Directors of P&G or any Borrower, is not of
material importance to the total business conducted by P&G and
its Subsidiaries, considered as a whole.
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“ Process
Agent ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.13(a).
“ Pro
Rata Share ” of any amount means, with respect to any
Lender at any time, the product of (a) such amount multiplied
by (b) a fraction the numerator of which is the amount of such
Lender’s Commitment(s) under the applicable Facility or
Facilities at such time (or, if the Commitments shall have been
terminated pursuant to Section 2.05 or 6.02 at or prior to
such time, such Lender’s Commitment(s) under the applicable
Facility or Facilities as in effect immediately prior to such
termination) and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount
of such Facility or Facilities at such time (or, if the Commitments
shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 2.05 or 6.02 at
or prior to such time, the applicable Facility or Facilities as in
effect immediately prior to such termination).
“
Reference Advance ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.07(c).
“
Reference Banks ” means (a) in the case of any
Revolving Credit Borrowing, Citibank, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. and (b) in the case of any Competitive Bid Borrowing, two
of the Lenders making the all or part of such Competitive Bid
Borrowing (as selected by the applicable Borrower) or if only one
Lender is making such Competitive Bid Borrowing, such
Lender.
“
Register ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.07(d).
“ Related
Indemnified Party ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.04(b).
“
Required Lenders ” means at any time Lenders owed in
excess of 50% of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount (based
on the Equivalent in Dollars at such time) of the Revolving Credit
Advances owing to the Lenders or, if no such principal amount is
then outstanding, Lenders having in excess of 50% of the
Commitments; provided, however , that if any Lender shall be
an Affiliate of any Borrower at such time, there shall be excluded
from the determination of Required Lenders at such time the then
aggregate unpaid principal amount (based on the Equivalent in
Dollars at such time) of the Revolving Credit Advances owing to
such Affiliate (in its capacity as a Lender) at such time or, if no
such principal amount is then outstanding, such Affiliate’s
Commitment at such time.
“
Revolving Credit Advance ” means a Tranche A Advance
or a Tranche B Advance, as applicable.
“
Revolving Credit Borrowing ” means a Tranche A
Borrowing or a Tranche B Borrowing, as applicable.
“
Scheduled Termination Date ” means the Termination
Date as defined by reference to clause (a) of the definition
thereof.
“
Section 2.14 Certificate ” has the meaning
specified in Section 2.14(c)(ii).
“
Sterling ” means the lawful currency of the United
Kingdom.
“
Sub-Agent ” means Citibank International
plc.
“
Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or
estate of which (or in which) more than 50% of (a) the issued
and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect
a majority of the Board of Directors of such corporation
(irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other
class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting
power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (b) the
interest in the capital or profits
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of such limited
liability company, partnership or joint venture or (c) the
beneficial interest in such trust or estate is at the time directly
or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person
and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such
Person’s other Subsidiaries.
“
Taxes ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.14(a).
“
Termination Date ” means the earlier of
(a) August 15, 2008 and (b) the date of termination
in whole of the aggregate Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05
or 6.02.
“ Tranche
A Advance ” means an advance by a Lender to a Borrower as
part of a Tranche A Borrowing and refers to a Base Rate Advance or
a Eurocurrency Rate Advance.
“ Tranche
A Borrowing ” means a Borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Tranche A Advances of the same Type made by each of
the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
“ Tranche
A Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the
amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule II hereof and identified as its “Tranche A
Commitment” or, if such Lender has entered into any
Assignment and Acceptance, the amount set forth for such Lender in
the Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to
Section 8.07(d), as such amount may be reduced pursuant to
Section 2.05.
“ Tranche
A Facility ” means, at any time, the aggregate Tranche A
Commitments of all of the Lenders at such time.
“ Tranche
A Note ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.17(a).
“ Tranche
B Advance ” means an advance by a Lender to a Borrower as
part of a Tranche B Borrowing and refers to a Base Rate Advance or
a Eurocurrency Rate Advance.
“ Tranche
B Borrowing ” means a Borrowing consisting of
simultaneous Tranche B Advances of the same Type made by each of
the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(c).
“ Tranche
B Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the
amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule II hereof and identified as its “Tranche B
Commitment” or, if such Lender has entered into any
Assignment and Acceptance, the amount set forth for such Lender in
the Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to
Section 8.07(d), as such amount may be reduced pursuant to
Section 2.05.
“ Tranche
B Facility ” means, at any time, the aggregate Tranche B
Commitments of all of the Lenders at such time.
“ Tranche
B Note ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.17(a).
“ Treaty
of Rome ” means the Treaty of Rome of 25 March 1957,
as amended by the Single European Act 1986 and the Maastricht
Treaty (which was signed at Maastricht on 7 February 1992 and
came into force on 1 November 1993), as such treaty may be
amended from time to time and as referred to in the EMU
legislation.
“
Type ” has the meaning specified in the definition of
“ Advance ” set forth in this
Section 1.01.
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“ Unused
Tranche A Commitment ” means, with respect to any Lender
at any time, (a) such Lender’s Tranche A Commitment at
such time, less (b) the sum of:
(i) the aggregate
principal amount of all Tranche A Advances made by such Lender (in
its capacity as a Lender) and outstanding at such time;
and
(ii) the product
of (A) a fraction the numerator of which is the amount of such
Lender’s Tranche A Commitment at such time minus the
aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Advances held by such
Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate
Tranche A Commitments of all Lenders at such time minus the
aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Advances made by the
Lenders and outstanding at such time and (B) the aggregate
principal amount of all Competitive Bid Advances made by the
Lenders and outstanding at such time.
“ Unused
Tranche B Commitment ” means, with respect to any Lender
at any time, (a) such Lender’s Tranche B Commitment at
such time, less (b) the aggregate principal amount of all
Tranche B Advances made by such Lender (in its capacity as a
Lender) and outstanding at such time.
“ Voting
Equity ” means capital stock issued by a corporation, or
equivalent interests in any other Person, the holders of which are
ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for
the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions)
of such Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by
the happening of such a contingency.
“ Yen
” means the lawful currency of Japan.
SECTION 1.02
Computation of Time Periods . In this Agreement in the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including” and the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but
excluding”.
SECTION 1.03
Accounting Terms . All accounting terms not specifically
defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistent with those applied in the
preparation of the financial statements delivered to the Agent in
accordance with this Agreement (“ GAAP
”).
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE
ADVANCES
SECTION 2.01
The Revolving Credit Advances and Reallocation Between
Facilities . (a) Tranche A Advances . Each Lender
severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth, to make Tranche A Advances to each Borrower from time to
time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date
until the Termination Date in an aggregate amount (based in respect
of any Advances to be denominated in any Optional Currency other
than Dollars by reference to the Equivalent thereof in Dollars
determined on the date of delivery of the applicable Notice of
Revolving Credit Borrowing) not to exceed such Lender’s
Unused Tranche A Commitment. Each such Borrowing shall be in a
minimum amount of $10,000,000, in respect of Tranche A
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Advances
denominated in Dollars (or the Equivalent in any other applicable
Optional Currency thereof), or, if less, an aggregate amount equal
to the amount by which the aggregate amount of a proposed
Competitive Bid Borrowing requested by any Borrower exceeds the
aggregate amount of Competitive Bid Advances offered to be made by
the Lenders and accepted by such Borrower in respect of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing, if such Competitive Bid Borrowing is
made on the same date as such Tranche A Borrowing) and shall
consist of Tranche A Advances of the same Type made on the same day
by the Lenders ratably according to their respective Tranche A
Commitments; provided that such minimum amount shall not
apply with respect to any Revolving Credit Advances made in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.04(b) or 2.07(c).
Within the limits of each Lender’s Tranche A Commitment, each
Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(a), prepay
pursuant to Section 2.10 and reborrow under this
Section 2.01(a).
(b)
Tranche B Advances . Each Lender severally agrees, on the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Tranche B
Advances to each Borrower from time to time on any Business Day
during the period from the Closing Date until the Termination Date
in an aggregate amount (based in respect of any Advances to be
denominated in any Optional Currency by reference to the Equivalent
thereof in Dollars determined on the date of delivery of the
applicable Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing) not to exceed such
Lender’s Unused Tranche B Commitment. Each such Borrowing
shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000, in respect of Tranche
B Advances denominated in Dollars (or the Equivalent in any other
applicable Optional Currency thereof), and shall consist of Tranche
B Advances of the same Type made on the same day by the Lenders
ratably according to their respective Tranche B Commitments;
provided that such minimum amount shall not apply with
respect to any Tranche B Advances made in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 2.04(b) or 2.07(c). Within the limits
of each Lender’s Tranche B Commitment, each Borrower may
borrow under this Section 2.01(b), prepay pursuant to
Section 2.10 and reborrow under this
Section 2.01(b).
(c)
Reallocation of Advances and Commitments . P&G shall be
entitled, upon at least one Business Day’s notice to the
Agent, to reallocate a portion of the Tranche A Commitments to
additional Tranche B Commitments (and vice versa) and/or to
reallocate all or a portion of the outstanding Tranche A Advances
comprising part of the same Borrowings to additional Tranche B
Advances comprising part of the same Borrowings (and vice versa);
provided that (a) each such reallocation of Commitments
and/or Advances shall be made ratably among the Lenders;
provided that P&G, in its sole discretion, may elect to
reallocate all, a portion or none of such Commitments and/or
Advances to any Lender that is an Affiliate of a Borrower,
(b) any such reallocation of Advances shall be in an aggregate
principal amount of at least $100,000,000 (or the Equivalent in any
other applicable Optional Currency thereof) or shall otherwise be
all of the Revolving Credit Advances comprising part of the same
Borrowings and (c) any such reallocation of Commitments and/or
Advances may (but shall not be required) be made in conjunction
with the exercise of the call rights set forth in Section 2.18
and/or the put rights set forth in Section 2.19. Any notice
delivered by P&G pursuant to this Section 2.01(c) shall
specify (i) the effective date of each intended reallocation
of Commitments and/or Advances (ii) whether the reallocation
is of Commitments, Revolving Credit Advances or both,
(iii) the amount of each such reallocation of Commitments
and/or Revolving Credit Advances and, in the case of Revolving
Credit Advances, which Borrowings are to comprise such
reallocation. On or promptly following the effective date of any
reallocation of Commitments and/or Revolving Credit Advances
pursuant to this Section 2.01(c), the Agent shall notify the
Lenders of the effective date of each such reallocation and shall
distribute a revised Schedule II hereto reflecting each such
reallocation
SECTION 2.02
Making the Revolving Credit Advances.
(a) Each
Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not later
than (i) 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Business
Day immediately preceding the date of the proposed Borrowing in the
case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency
Rate Advances denominated in Dollars, (ii) 11:00 A.M.
(London time) on the second Business Day prior to the date of the
proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing in the case of a Revolving
Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances
denominated in any Optional Currency, or (iii) 9:00 A.M.
(New York City time) on the Business Day of the date of the
proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing in the case of a Revolving
Credit Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances, by any Borrower
to the Agent (and, in
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the case of a
Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances
denominated in any Optional Currency, simultaneously to the
Sub-Agent), which shall give to each Lender prompt notice thereof
by telecopier or Email. Each such notice of a Revolving Credit
Borrowing (a “ Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing
”) shall be by Email, confirmed promptly by telephone or by
telecopier and shall be in substantially the form of
Exhibit A-1 hereto, specifying therein (A) the
requested date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, (B) whether
such Borrowing is a Tranche A Borrowing or a Tranche B Borrowing,
(C) the requested Type and Optional Currency of Revolving
Credit Advances comprising such Revolving Credit Borrowing,
(D) the requested aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit
Borrowing, (E) in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing
consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances, the requested initial
Interest Period for each such Revolving Credit Advance, and
(F) the requested account to which the proceeds of the
requested Revolving Credit Borrowing are to be transferred. Each
Lender shall, before 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the
date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, make available for the
account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the
Agent’s Account, in same day funds, such Lender’s
ratable portion of such Revolving Credit Borrowing. After the
Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the
applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Agent will
make such funds available to the appropriate Borrower by
transferring the amount thereof to the account designated by such
Borrower for such purpose.
(b) Anything
in subsection (a) above to the contrary notwithstanding, no
Borrower may select Eurocurrency Rate Advances for any Revolving
Credit Borrowing if the obligation of the Lenders to make
Eurocurrency Rate Advances shall then be suspended pursuant to
Section 2.08 or 2.12.
(c) Each
Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be irrevocable and
binding on the Borrower giving such notice. In the case of any
Revolving Credit Borrowing which the related Notice of Revolving
Credit Borrowing specifies is to be composed of Eurocurrency Rate
Advances, such Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any
loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any
failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice
of Revolving Credit Borrowing for such Revolving Credit Borrowing
the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including,
without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of anticipated
profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to
fund the Revolving Credit Advance to be made by such Lender as part
of such Revolving Credit Borrowing when such Revolving Credit
Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such
date.
(d) Unless
the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, shall have received
notice from a Lender prior to the time of any Revolving Credit
Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Agent or
the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, such Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, the Agent or the
Sub-Agent, as the case may be, may assume that such Lender has made
such portion available to the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case
may be, on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing in
accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.02 and
the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower requesting
such Revolving Credit Borrowing on such date a corresponding
amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have so
made such ratable portion available to the Agent or the Sub-Agent,
as the case may be, such Lender and such Borrower severally agree
to repay to the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be,
forthwith on demand (or, solely in the case of the Borrowers,
within five days of such demand) such corresponding amount,
together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such
amount is made available to such Borrower until the date such
amount is repaid to the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be,
at (i) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate
applicable at the time to Revolving Credit Advances comprising such
Revolving Credit Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such
Lender, the Federal Funds Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the
Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, such corresponding
amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Advance as part of such Revolving Credit Borrowing
for purposes of this Agreement.
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(e) The
failure of any Lender to make the Revolving Credit Advance to be
made by it as part of any Revolving Credit Borrowing shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to
make its Revolving Credit Advance on the date of such Revolving
Credit Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the
failure of any other Lender to make the Revolving Credit Advance to
be made by such other Lender on the date of any Revolving Credit
Borrowing.
(f) Any
Revolving Credit Advance made by any Applicable Lending Office of
any Lender shall be deemed to be an Advance of such Lender for
purposes of calculating the utilization of the Tranche A Commitment
or the Tranche B Commitment (as applicable) of such Lender
hereunder, except that if such Applicable Lending Office of such
Lender is another Lender, such Revolving Credit Advance shall be
deemed to be an Advance of such other Lender for purposes of
calculating the utilization of the Tranche A Commitments or the
Tranche B Commitments (as applicable) of both such Lenders
hereunder.
SECTION 2.03
Competitive Bid Facility . (a) Each Lender
severally agrees that any Borrower may make Competitive Bid
Borrowings under this Section 2.03 from time to time on any
Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the date
occurring 30 days prior to the Termination Date in the manner
set forth below; provided that, the aggregate principal
amount of the Competitive Bid Advances comprising each Competitive
Bid Borrowing shall not exceed the aggregate Unused Tranche A
Commitments of the Lenders at such time.
(i) Any Borrower
may request a Competitive Bid Borrowing under this
Section 2.03 by delivering to the Agent (and, in the case of a
Competitive Bid Borrowing not consisting of Fixed Rate Advances or
Eurocurrency Rate Advances to be denominated in Dollars,
simultaneously to the Sub-Agent), by telephone or Email, confirmed
promptly in writing, or by telecopier, a notice of a Competitive
Bid Borrowing (a “ Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing
”), in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2
hereto, specifying therein (A) the requested date of such
proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day),
(B) the requested aggregate amount and Optional Currency of
such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, (C) whether such
proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing shall consist of Fixed Rate
Advances or Eurocurrency Rate Advances, (D) in the case of a
Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of (1) Eurocurrency Rate
Advances, the requested Interest Period for each such Eurocurrency
Rate Advance and (2) Fixed Rate Advances, the requested
maturity date for repayment of each such Fixed Rate Advance (which
maturity date may not be earlier than the date occurring seven days
after the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing or later
than the earlier of (x) 365 days after the date of such
proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing and (y) the Termination
Date), (E) the requested interest payment date or dates for
each Competitive Bid Advance comprising part of such proposed
Competitive Bid Borrowing, (F) whether or not the Competitive
Bid Advances comprising such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing may
be prepaid and, if so, whether with or without penalty,
(G) the address and account number of such Borrower to which
the proceeds of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing are to be
advanced, and (H) the requested other terms, if any, to be
applicable to such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, not later
than (I) 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) at least two
Business Days prior to the date of the proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing, if such Borrower shall specify in the related Notice of
Competitive Bid Borrowing that the rates of interest to be offered
by the Lenders shall be fixed rates per annum (the Advances
comprising any such Competitive Bid Borrowing, which shall be
denominated in Dollars or any Optional Currency, being referred to
herein as “ Fixed Rate Advances ”)
(II) 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) three Business Days
preceding the date of the proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing in the
case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate
Advances denominated in Dollars, and (III) 2:00 P.M. (New
York City time) three Business Days preceding the date of the
proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing in the case of a Competitive Bid
Borrowing consisting of Eurocurrency Rate Advances denominated in
any
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Optional
Currency. Each Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be
irrevocable and binding on the Borrower that requested such
Competitive Bid Borrowing. The Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case
may be, shall in turn promptly notify each Lender of each request
for a Competitive Bid Borrowing received by it from any Borrower by
sending such Lender a copy of the related Notice of Competitive Bid
Borrowing by telecopier or Email.
(ii) Each Lender
may, in its sole discretion, elect to irrevocably offer to make one
or more Competitive Bid Advances to the Borrower requesting the
Competitive Bid Advances as part of such proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing at a rate or rates of interest specified by such Lender
in its sole discretion, by notifying the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as
the case may be (which shall give prompt notice thereof to the
Borrower requesting the Competitive Bid Borrowing), before
12:00 P.M. (New York City time) one Business Day prior to the
date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a
Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate Advances, and
(B) before 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) two Business
Days prior to the date of the proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing,
in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of
Eurocurrency Rate Advances, of the minimum amount and maximum
amount of each Competitive Bid Advance that such Lender would be
willing to make as part of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing
(which amounts, subject to the proviso of the first sentence
of this Section 2.03(a), may exceed such Lender’s
Tranche A Commitment), the rate or rates of interest therefor and
such Lender’s Applicable Lending Office with respect to such
Competitive Bid Advance; provided that if the Agent, in its
capacity as a Lender, shall, in its sole discretion, elect to make
any such offer, it shall notify the Borrower requesting such
Competitive Bid Borrowing of such offer at least 30 minutes before
the time and on the date on which notice of such election is to be
given to the Agent or to the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, by the
other Lenders. If any Lender shall elect not to make such an offer,
such Lender shall so notify the Agent, before 10:00 A.M. (New
York City time) or the Sub-Agent before 12:00 Noon (London time),
as the case may be, on the date on which notice of such election is
to be given to the Agent or to the Sub-Agent, as the case may be,
by the other Lenders, and such Lender shall not be obligated to,
and shall not, make any Competitive Bid Advance as part of such
proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing; provided that the
failure by any Lender to give such notice shall not cause such
Lender to be obligated to make any Competitive Bid Advance as part
of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing.
(iii) The Borrower
requesting any particular Competitive Bid Borrowing shall, in turn,
before (A) 4:00 P.M. (New York City time) one Business
Day prior to the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing,
in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate
Advances, and (B) 4:00 P.M. (New York City time) two
Business Days prior to the date of such proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of
Eurocurrency Rate Advances, either:
(A) cancel such
Competitive Bid Borrowing by giving the Agent notice to that
effect; or
(B) accept one or
more of the offers made by any Lender or Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.03(a)(ii), in its sole discretion but subject to the
next two succeeding sentences, by giving notice to the Agent or to
the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, of the amount of each
Competitive Bid Advance (which amount shall be equal to or greater
than the minimum amount, and equal to or less than the maximum
amount, notified to such Borrower by the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as
the case may be, on behalf of such Lender for such Competitive Bid
Advance pursuant to Section 2.03(a)(ii)) to be made by each
Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, and reject
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remaining
offers made by Lenders pursuant to Section 2.03(a)(ii) by
giving the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, notice to
that effect; provided , however , that such Borrower
may not accept offers that, in the aggregate, exceed the amount of
the proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing specified in the related
Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing. The Borrower that requested
such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall accept the offers made by any
Lender or Lenders to make Competitive Bid Advances in order of the
lowest to the highest rates of interest offered by such Lenders for
a particular Competitive Bid Borrowing. If two or more Lenders have
offered the same interest rate for a particular Competitive Bid
Borrowing, the amount to be borrowed at such interest rate will be
allocated among such Lenders ratably according to the amount that
each such Lender offered at such interest rate.
(iv) If the
Borrower that requested any particular Competitive Bid Borrowing
notifies the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, that such
Competitive Bid Borrowing is cancelled pursuant to
Section 2.03(a)(iii)(A), the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the
case may be, shall give prompt notice thereof to each of the
Lenders and such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall not be
made.
(v) If the
Borrower that requested any particular Competitive Bid Borrowing
accepts one or more of the offers made by any Lender or Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.03(a)(iii)(B) in respect of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing, the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case
may be, shall in turn promptly notify (A) each Lender that has
made an offer as described in Section 2.03(a)(ii) of the date
and the aggregate amount of such Competitive Bid Borrowing and
whether or not any offer or offers made by such Lender pursuant to
Section 2.03(a)(ii) have been accepted by such Borrower and
(B) each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as
part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, (1) of the amount of
each Competitive Bid Advance to be made by such Lender as part of
such Competitive Bid Borrowing and (2) upon receipt, that the
Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, has received forms of
documents appearing to fulfill the applicable conditions set forth
in Article III. Each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid
Advance as part of any Competitive Bid Borrowing shall, before
12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the date of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing specified in the notice received from the
Agent or from the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, pursuant to
subclause (v)(A) of the immediately preceding sentence or any
later time when such Lender shall have received notice from the
Agent or from the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, pursuant to
subclause (v)(B)(2) of the immediately preceding sentence,
make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to
the Agent at the applicable Agent’s Account, in same day
funds, such Lender’s portion of such Competitive Bid
Borrowing. Upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth
in Article III and after receipt by the Agent of such funds,
the Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower that
requested such Borrowing at the address and the account number
specified by such Borrower in the related Notice of Competitive Bid
Borrowing or, if no such address and account number are specified
in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing, at the
Agent’s address referred to in Section 8.02. Promptly
after (x) each Competitive Bid Borrowing, the Agent will
notify each Lender of the amount of such Competitive Bid Borrowing,
the corresponding Competitive Bid Reduction resulting therefrom and
the dates upon which such Competitive Bid Reduction commenced and
will terminate and (y) the prepayment of any Competitive Bid
Borrowing by the applicable Borrower, the Agent will notify each
Lender of the amount and date of each such prepayment and the
amount, if any, of the corresponding Competitive Bid Reduction
remaining after giving effect thereto.
(vi) If the
Borrower that requested any applicable Competitive Bid Borrowing
notifies the Agent or the Sub-Agent, as the case may be, that it
accepts one or more of the offers
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made by any
Lender or Lenders pursuant to Section 2.03(a)(iii)(B), such
notice of acceptance shall be irrevocable and binding on such
Borrower. Such Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any
loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any
failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice
of Competitive Bid Borrowing for such Competitive Bid Borrowing the
applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including,
without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of anticipated
profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to
fund the Competitive Bid Advance to be made by such Lender as part
of such Competitive Bid Borrowing when such Competitive Bid
Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such
date.
(b) Each
Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of not
less than $10,000,000 (or the Equivalent in any other Optional
Currency thereof) and, following the making of each Competitive Bid
Borrowing, the Borrowers shall be in compliance with the limitation
set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of
Section 2.03(a).
(c) Within
the limits and on the conditions set forth in this
Section 2.03, any Borrower may from time to time borrow under
Section 2.03(a), repay pursuant to Section 2.06(b) or
prepay pursuant to Section 2.03(d), and reborrow under
Section 2.03(a).
(d) The
Borrower to which any particular Competitive Bid Borrowing is made
shall have no right to prepay the principal amount of any
Competitive Bid Advance (or any portion thereof) unless, and then
only on the terms, specified by such Borrower for such Competitive
Bid Advance in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing
delivered pursuant to Section 2.03(a)(i) and, if applicable,
set forth in the Competitive Bid Note evidencing such Competitive
Bid Advance.
(e) The
Borrower to which any particular Competitive Bid Borrowing is made
shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each
Competitive Bid Advance from the date of such Competitive Bid
Advance to the date the principal amount of such Competitive Bid
Advance is repaid in full, at the rate of interest for and in the
Optional Currency of such Competitive Bid Advance specified by the
Lender making such Competitive Bid Advance in its notice with
respect thereto delivered pursuant to Section 2.03(a)(ii),
payable on the interest payment date or dates specified by such
Borrower for such Competitive Bid Advance in the related Notice of
Competitive Bid Borrowing delivered pursuant to
Section 2.03(a)(i) and, if applicable, provided in the
Competitive Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid
Advance.
(f) Each
Borrower agrees that upon notice by any Lender to such Borrower
(with a copy of such notice to the Agent) to the effect that a
promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness is required or
appropriate in order for such Lender to evidence (whether for
purposes of pledge, enforcement or otherwise) any Competitive Bid
Advance owing to, or to be made by, such Lender as part of a
Competitive Bid Borrowing, such Borrower shall promptly execute and
deliver to such Lender a separate promissory note, in substantially
the form of Exhibit F-2 hereto (each, a “
Competitive Bid Note ”), payable to the order of such
Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of indebtedness of
such Borrower resulting from such Competitive Bid
Advance.
SECTION 2.04
Facility Fees .
(a) P&G
agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender a
facility fee (a “ Facility Fee ”) in Dollars on
the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of such Lender’s
Commitments plus (ii) such Lender’s ratable share of the
aggregate amount of the Commitments assumed by Affiliates of any of
the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.18, from the Effective
Date in the case of each Initial Lender and from the effective date
specified in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it
became a Lender in
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the case of
each other Lender until the Termination Date or the Maturity Date,
as applicable to such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to 0.025%
per annum, payable in arrears quarterly on the last day of each
March, June, September and December and on the Termination
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