Exhibit 10.13
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDMENT
(this “ Amendment ”), dated as of
December 21, 2004, to the Three Year Competitive Advance and
Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2004, (the
“ Credit Agreement ”), by and among PHH
Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “ Borrower
”), the financial institutions parties thereto (the “
Lenders ”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly
known as JPMorgan Chase Bank), as agent for the Lenders (in such
capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”).
W I
T N E S S E T
H :
WHEREAS,
the Borrower has requested that certain provisions of the Credit
Agreement be amended as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS,
the Lenders are willing to agree to such amendments on the terms
set forth herein;
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
contained herein, the undersigned hereby agree as follows:
I. Defined Terms . Terms
defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the
meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
II. Amendments to Article 1
(Definitions) .
(a) Article 1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding thereto the following
definitions in their appropriate alphabetical order:
“
Confidential Information Package ”: the Confidential
Information Package dated December 7, 2004 and which was made
available to each of the Lenders party to this Agreement as of such
date.
“
Floating LIBOR ” shall mean, with respect to any day,
the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for one
month deposits appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen (or
any successor page thereto) as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on
such day. In the event that such rate does not appear on Page 3750
of the Telerate screen (or otherwise on such screen), the “
Floating LIBOR ” shall be determined by reference to
such other comparable publicly available service for displaying
eurodollar rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent or,
in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at
which the Administrative Agent is offered one month deposits of
$1,000,000 for delivery on such day, at or about 11:00 A.M.,
New York City time, on such day in the interbank eurodollar market
where its eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations
are then being conducted.
“
Floating LIBOR Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Floating LIBOR Revolving Credit Loans.
“
Floating LIBOR Loan ” shall mean any Revolving Credit
Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to Floating
LIBOR in accordance with the provisions of Article 2.
“
Floating LIBOR Spread ” shall mean, at any date or any
period of determination, the LIBOR Spread that would be in effect
on such date pursuant to the chart set forth in Section 2.22
based on the rating of the Borrower’s senior unsecured
non-credit enhanced long-term debt.
“
Parent Guaranty ” shall mean the guaranty of the
Subsidiary Borrower Obligations provided by the Borrower pursuant
to Article 8A.
“ PHH
Spin-Off ” shall mean the tax-free distribution by
Cendant Corporation to its shareholders of the capital stock of the
Borrower as described in the Confidential Information Package.
“
Subsidiary Borrower ” shall mean any Subsidiary of the
Borrower that becomes a party hereto pursuant to
Section 9.9(b)(i) until such time as such Subsidiary Borrower
is removed as a party hereto pursuant to
Section 9.9(b)(ii).
“
Subsidiary Borrower Obligations ” shall mean the
Obligations of any Subsidiary Borrower.
(b) Section 1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the following defined terms
in their entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following
new definitions:
“
Affiliate ” shall mean as to any Person, any Person
which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by,
or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this
definition, a Person shall be deemed to be “controlled
by” another if such latter Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, power either to (i) vote 10% or more of the
securities having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors of such controlled Person or (ii) direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such controlled
Person whether by contract or otherwise.
“
Available Foreign Currencies ” shall mean the
currencies set forth on Schedule 1.1B, and any other available and
freely-convertible non-Dollar currency selected by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary Borrower and approved (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld) in writing by the Administrative Agent.
“ Cash
Collateral Account ” shall mean a collateral account
established with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the
Administrative Agent and under its sole dominion and control, into
which the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower shall from time to
time deposit Dollars pursuant to the express provisions of this
Agreement requiring such deposit.
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“
Change in Control ” shall mean (i) the
acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the
Closing Date), directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record,
of ownership or control of in excess of 50% of the voting common
stock of the Borrower on a fully diluted basis at any time or
(ii) if at any time, individuals who at the Closing Date
constituted the Board of Directors the Borrower (together with any
new directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose
nomination for election by the shareholders of the Borrower, as the
case may be, was approved by a vote of the majority of the
directors then still in office who were either directors at the
Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower then in
office.
“
Commitment ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender,
its commitment to make Loans to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower hereunder, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any
time the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name under
the heading “Commitment” on Schedule 1.1A.
“
Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter ” shall mean a
notification made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.4(d) in the form of
Exhibit E-4.
“
Competitive Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing
consisting of a Competitive Loan or concurrent Competitive Loans
from the Lender or Lenders whose Competitive Bids for such
Borrowing have been accepted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Borrower under the bidding procedure described in
Section 2.4.
“
Competitive Loan ” shall mean a Loan from a Lender to
the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to the bidding
procedure described in Section 2.4. Each Competitive Loan
shall be a LIBOR Competitive Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan.
“
Fundamental Documents ” shall mean this Agreement, any
Revolving Credit Notes, any Competitive Notes, and any other
ancillary documentation which is required to be, or is otherwise,
executed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower and delivered
to the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement.
“
Indebtedness ” shall mean (i) all indebtedness,
obligations and other liabilities of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries which are, at the date as of which Indebtedness is to
be determined, includable as liabilities in a consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, other than
(x) accounts payable, accrued expenses and derivatives
transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business
pursuant to hedging programs, (y) advances from clients
obtained in the ordinary course of the relocation management
services business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and
(z) current and deferred income taxes and other similar
liabilities plus (ii) without duplicating any items included
in Indebtedness pursuant to the foregoing clause (i) (but excluding
reinsurance obligations of Atrium Insurance Corporation), the
maximum aggregate amount of all liabilities of the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries under any Guaranty, indemnity or
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similar
undertaking given or assumed of, or in respect of, the
indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities, assets, revenues,
income or dividends of any Person other than the Borrower or one of
its Subsidiaries and (iii) all other obligations or
liabilities of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in relation
to the discharge of the obligations of any Person other than the
Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries.
“
Interest Period ” shall mean (a) as to any LIBOR
Borrowing, (i) the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing, and ending one week after the date of such Borrowing or
(ii) the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing, and
ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no
numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar
month that is 1, 2, 3, 6 or, subject to each Lender’s
approval, 12 months thereafter, as the Borrower or any relevant
Subsidiary Borrower may elect, (b) as to any ABR Borrowing or
Floating LIBOR Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing and ending on the earliest of (i) the next
succeeding March 31, June 30, September 30 or
December 31, (ii) the Termination Date and (iii) the
date such Borrowing is refinanced with a Borrowing of a different
Interest Rate Type in accordance with Section 2.6 or is
prepaid in accordance with Section 2.13, and (c) as to
any Fixed Rate Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing and ending on the date specified in the Competitive Bids
in which the offer to make the Fixed Rate Loans comprising such
Borrowing were extended, which shall not be earlier than seven days
after the date of such Borrowing or later than 360 days after
the date of such Borrowing; provided that (i) if any
Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day unless, in the case of LIBOR Loans only, such next succeeding
Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day
and (ii) no Interest Period with respect to any LIBOR
Borrowing or Fixed Rate Borrowing may be selected which would
result in the aggregate amount of LIBOR Loans and Fixed Rate Loans
having Interest Periods ending after any day on which a Commitment
reduction is scheduled to occur being in excess of the Total
Commitment scheduled to be in effect after such date. Interest
shall accrue from, and including, the first day of an Interest
Period to, but excluding, the last day of such Interest Period.
“
Loan ” shall mean a Competitive Loan or a Revolving
Credit Loan, whether made as a LIBOR Loan, a Floating LIBOR Loan,
an ABR Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan, as permitted hereby.
“
Lending Office ” shall mean, with respect to any of
the Lenders, the branch or branches (or affiliate or affiliates)
from which any such Lender’s LIBOR Loans, Floating LIBOR
Loans, Fixed Rate Loans or ABR Loans, as the case may be, are made
or maintained and for the account of which all payments of
principal of, and interest on, such Lender’s LIBOR Loans,
Floating LIBOR Loans, Fixed Rate Loans or ABR Loans are made, as
notified to the Administrative Agent from time to time.
“
Material Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary of the
Borrower which together with its Subsidiaries at the time of
determination had assets constituting 10% or more of Consolidated
Assets, accounts for 10% or more of Consolidated Net Worth, or
accounts
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for 10% or
more of the revenues of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries for the Rolling Period immediately preceding the date
of determination.
“
Obligations ” shall mean the obligation of the
Borrower and any Subsidiary Borrower to make due and punctual
payment of principal of, and interest on (including post-petition
interest, whether or not allowed), the Loans, the Facility Fee, the
Utilization Fee, reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of
Credit, and all other monetary obligations of the Borrower and any
Subsidiary Borrower to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender
or any Lender under this Agreement, the Notes or the Fundamental
Documents or with respect to any Interest Rate Protection
Agreements entered into between the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries and any Lender.
“
Revolving Credit Loans ” shall mean the Loans made by
the Lenders to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Borrower pursuant to
a notice given by the Borrower or such Subsidiary Borrower under
Section 2.5. Each Revolving Credit Loan shall be a LIBOR
Revolving Credit Loan or an ABR Loan.
“
Statutory Reserves ” shall mean a fraction (expressed
as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the
denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the
maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special,
emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal
established by the Board and any other banking authority to which
the Administrative Agent or any Lender is subject, for Eurocurrency
Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board) (or, at
any time when such Lender may be required by the Board or by any
other Governmental Authority, whether within the United States or
in another relevant jurisdiction, to maintain reserves against any
other category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference
to which LIBOR or Floating LIBOR, as the case may be, is determined
as provided in this Agreement or against any category of extensions
of credit or other assets of such Lender which includes any such
LIBOR Loans and/or Floating LIBOR Loans). Such reserve percentages
shall include those imposed under Regulation D of the Board.
LIBOR Loans and Floating LIBOR Loans shall be deemed to constitute
Eurocurrency Liabilities and as such shall be deemed to be subject
to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for
proration, exceptions or offsets which may be available from time
to time to any Lender under Regulation D of the Board.
Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the
effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
III. Amendments to Article 2 (The Loans) .
(a) References to “the
Borrower” contained in Article 2 of the Credit Agreement
shall be construed to apply to the Borrower and/or any relevant
Subsidiary Borrower mutatis mutandis .
(b) Section 2.2 of the Credit
Agreement (Loans) is hereby amended as follows:
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(i) by
inserting “or Floating LIBOR Loans” after each
occurrence of the words “ABR Loans” in
Section 2.2(a) and 2.2(c); and
(ii) by
deleting “twenty (20)” and inserting in lieu thereof
“twenty-three (23)” in Section 2.2(b).
(c) Section 2.5 of the Credit
Agreement (Revolving Credit Borrowing Procedure) is hereby amended
by inserting “or a Floating LIBOR Borrowing” after the
words “ABR Loans” in the fifth and tenth lines
thereof.
(d) Section 2.9 of the Credit
Agreement (Interest on Loans) is hereby amended as follows:
(i) by
inserting “or Floating LIBOR” after the word
“LIBOR” in Section 2.9(d);
(ii) by
relettering (x) existing Section 2.9(c) as new
Section 2.9(d) and (y) existing Section 2.9(d) as
new Section 2.9(e); and
(iii) by
inserting the following new Section 2.9(c):
“Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.10, the Loans comprising each
Floating LIBOR Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum
(computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a
year of 360 days) equal to Floating LIBOR plus the applicable
Floating LIBOR Spread from time to time in effect.”
(e) Section 2.10 of the Credit
Agreement (Interest on Overdue Amounts) is hereby amended by
inserting “, Floating LIBOR Loan” after the words
“LIBOR Loan” in clause (a) thereof.
(f) Section 2.11 of the Credit
Agreement (Alternate Rate of Interest) is hereby amended as
follows:
(i) by
inserting “or Floating LIBOR Loan” after the words
“LIBOR Loan” in the third line of
Section 2.11;
(ii) by
inserting “, in the case of LIBOR Loans,” after the
words “such Interest Period), or” in the sixth line of
Section 2.11;
(iii) by
inserting “or Floating LIBOR” after the word
“LIBOR” in the ninth line of Section 2.11; and
(iv) by
inserting “or Floating LIBOR Borrowing” after the words
“LIBOR Borrowing” in the fifteenth line of
Section 2.11.
(g) Section 2.13 of the Credit
Agreement (Prepayment of Loans) is hereby amended as follows:
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(i) by
inserting “or a Floating LIBOR Loan” after the words
“ABR Loan” in Section 2.13(a);
(ii) by
deleting the last sentence of Section 2.13(b) and inserting in
lieu thereof the following sentence:
“Any
prepayments required by this paragraph shall be applied
first to outstanding ABR Loans and second to Floating
LIBOR Loans, in each case, up to the full amount thereof before
they are applied to outstanding LIBOR Loans.”;
(iii) by
relettering existing Section 2.13(c) as new
Section 2.13(d); and
(iv) by
inserting the following new Section 2.13(c):
“(c) On
any date the Borrower shall cease to own, directly or through
wholly-owned Subsidiaries, all of the capital stock of any
Subsidiary Borrower, free and clear of any direct or indirect
Liens, such Subsidiary Borrower shall (i) make a mandatory
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