COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 19,
2006
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, and
WEYERHAEUSER REAL ESTATE COMPANY, as
Borrowers,
THE LENDERS, THE SWING LINE BANKS
AND INITIAL FRONTING BANKS NAMED HEREIN,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent,
CITIBANK, N.A., as Syndication
Agent,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., DEUTSCHE BANK
SECURITIES INC. and
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as Documentation
Agents,
and
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, as
Co-Documentation Agent
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. and
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
as Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Runners
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Section 1.01 Defined Terms
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Section 1.02 Terms Generally
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Section 1.03 Accounting Terms;
GAAP
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Section 2.03 Conversion and Continuation of
Loans
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Section 2.05 Repayment of Loans; Evidence
of Debt
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Section 2.06 Interest on Loans
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Section 2.07 Default Interest
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Section 2.08 Alternate Rate of
Interest
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Section 2.09 Termination and Reduction of
Commitments
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Section 2.11 Reserve Requirements; Change
in Circumstances
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Section 2.12 Change in Legality
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Section 2.14 Pro Rata Treatment
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Section 2.15 Sharing of Setoffs
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Section 2.18 Mitigation Obligations;
Replacement of Lenders
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Section 2.19 Competitive Bid
Procedure
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Section 2.20 Letters of Credit
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Section 2.21 Swing Line Loans
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Section 3.01 Organization;
Powers
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Section 3.02 Authorization
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Section 3.03 Enforceability
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Section 3.04 Consents and
Approvals
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Section 3.05 Financial
Statements
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Section 3.06 No Material Adverse
Change
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Section 3.07 Title to Properties;
Possession Under Leases
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Section 3.08 Subsidiaries
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Section 3.09 Litigation; Compliance with
Laws
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Section 3.11 Federal Reserve
Regulations
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Section 3.12 Investment Company
Act
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(i)
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Section 3.14 No Material
Misstatements
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Section 3.15 Compliance with
ERISA
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Section 3.16 Environmental
Matters
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Section 3.17 Maintenance of
Insurance
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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS OF LENDING AND ISSUANCE OF
LETTERS OF CREDIT
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Section 4.01 All Borrowings and
Issuances
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Section 4.02 Closing Date
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ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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Section 5.01 Existence; Businesses and
Properties
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Section 5.03 Obligations and
Taxes
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Section 5.04 Financial Statements, Reports,
etc
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Section 5.05 Litigation and Other
Notices
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Section 5.07 Maintaining Records; Access to
Properties and Inspections
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Section 5.08 Use of Proceeds
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Section 5.09 Environmental
Matters
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Section 5.10 OCBM Agreement
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Section 5.11 Further Assurances
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ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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Section 6.01 Covenants of
Weyerhaeuser
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Section 6.02 Covenants with respect to
WRECO
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ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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Section 7.01 Events of Default
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ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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Section 8.01 The Administrative
Agent
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Section 8.02 Other Agents
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Section 9.02 Survival of
Agreement
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Section 9.03 Binding Effect
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Section 9.04 Successors and
Assigns
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Section 9.05 Expenses; Indemnity
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Section 9.06 Right of Setoff
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Section 9.07 Applicable Law
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Section 9.08 Waivers; Amendment
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Section 9.09 Interest Rate
Limitation
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Section 9.10 Entire Agreement
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Section 9.11 WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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Section 9.12 Severability
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(ii)
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Section 9.13 Counterparts
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Section 9.15 Jurisdiction; Consent to
Service of Process
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Section 9.16 Domicile of Loans
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Section 9.17 Restricted and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries
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Section 9.18 USA PATRIOT Act
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EXHIBITS
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Form of
Revolving Borrowing Request
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Form of
Administrative Questionnaire
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance
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Form of
Certification of Financial Statements for Weyerhaeuser
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Form of
Certification of Financial Statements for WRECO
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Form of
Compliance Certificate for Weyerhaeuser
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Form of
Compliance Certificate for WRECO
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Form of
Subordinated Debt
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Form of
Promissory Note
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Form of Swing
Line Borrowing Request
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SCHEDULES
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Commitments
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Existing
Letters of Credit
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Subsidiaries of
Weyerhaeuser and WRECO
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Notices
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(iii)
COMPETITIVE
ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT dated as of
December 19, 2006 among WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, a Washington
corporation (“ Weyerhaeuser ”), WEYERHAEUSER
REAL ESTATE COMPANY, a Washington corporation (“ WRECO
,” together with Weyerhaeuser, the “ Borrowers
” and each, individually, a “ Borrower ”),
the lenders listed in Schedule 2.01 (together with each assignee
that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 9.04, a
“ Lender ,” and collectively, the “
Lenders ”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national
banking association (“ JPMorgan Chase Bank ”)
and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association (“
Citibank ”), as initial fronting banks (collectively,
in such capacities, the “ Initial Fronting Banks
”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK and CITIBANK, as swing line banks (in
such capacities, the “ Swing Line Banks ”),
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK as administrative agent for the Lenders (in
such capacity, and its successors in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”), CITIBANK, as syndication
agent (in such capacity, the “ Syndication Agent
”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as documentation agents
(collectively, in such capacities, the “ Documentation
Agents ”), and MORGAN STANLEY BANK, as co-documentation
agent (in such capacity, the “ Co-Documentation Agent
”).
WHEREAS,
Weyerhaeuser has entered into that certain Five-Year Competitive
Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of
March 26, 2002 (the “ Existing Five-Year Revolving
Credit Agreement ”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
administrative agent, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as
syndication agent, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. and Deutsche
Banc Alex Brown, Inc., as co-documentation agents, and the lenders
party thereto from time to time.
WHEREAS,
Weyerhaeuser has requested that the Lenders enter into this
Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Agreement (a) to
refinance the Existing Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement, (b) to
add WRECO as a Borrower, (c) to pay costs and expenses related
to such re-financing, (d) to provide the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries with financing for general corporate purposes and to
back-stop commercial paper issuances and (e) to provide for
the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Weyerhaeuser
which are to be utilized for general corporate purposes.
WHEREAS, WRECO
will derive a substantial benefit from the credit extended to
Weyerhaeuser.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
Section 1.01
Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the meanings specified below:
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Adjusted Net Worth ” shall mean, as of the date of any
computation thereof, the aggregate amount of capital stock (less
treasury stock), surplus and retained earnings of WRECO and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, after deducting (i) goodwill,
patents, trade names, trademarks, unamortized debt discount and
expense, deferred assets (other than prepaid taxes and insurance),
experimental or organizational expense, any reappraisal,
revaluation or write-up assets, and such other assets as are
properly classified as “intangible assets” of WRECO and
its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, (ii) all
minority interests in the capital stock and surplus of the
Restricted Subsidiaries of WRECO, (iii) all Investments in
Unrestricted Subsidiaries of WRECO, and (iv) all Investments
of WRECO and its Restricted Subsidiaries in any joint venture,
partnership or similar entity (not including any Investments in any
Restricted Subsidiary of WRECO) entered into for the purpose of
acquiring, developing, constructing, owning, operating, selling or
leasing any Real Estate Assets.
“
Administrative Agent Fees ” shall have the meaning
given such term in Section 2.04(b).
“
Administrative Questionnaire ” shall mean an
Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit B
hereto.
“
Affiliate ” shall mean, when used with respect to a
specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or
is under common Control with the person specified.
“
Aggregate Credit Exposure ” shall mean the aggregate
amounts of the Lenders’ Credit Exposures.
“
Agreement ” shall mean this Competitive Advance and
Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, together with all amendments,
supplements and modifications hereof.
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Applicable Margin ” shall have the meaning given such
term in Section 2.06(d).
“
Applicable Percentage ” of any Lender at any time
shall mean the percentage of the Total Commitment represented by
such Lender’s Commitment. In the event the Commitments shall
have expired or been terminated, the Applicable Percentage shall be
determined on the basis of the Commitments most recently in effect,
but giving effect to assignments pursuant to
Section 9.04.
“
Applicable Utilization Fee Percentage ” shall have the
meaning given such term in Section 2.06(e).
“
Assignment and Acceptance ” shall mean an assignment
and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the
consent of any party whose consent is required by
Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, which
acceptance shall be governed by the terms of Section 9.04,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“ Base
Rate ” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal to
the higher of (i) the Prime Rate and (ii)
1 / 2
of 1% plus the Federal Funds Rate,
each as in effect from time to time. If for any reason the
Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination
shall be
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conclusive
absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal
Funds Rate, including the inability or failure of the
Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance
with the terms thereof, the Base Rate shall be determined without
regard to clause (ii) of the first sentence of this definition,
until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer
exist. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime
Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective on the effective
date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate,
respectively.
“ Base
Rate Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Base
Rate Loans.
“ Base
Rate Loan ” shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a
rate determined by reference to the Base Rate in accordance with
the provisions of Article II.
“
Board ” shall mean the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“
Borrower ” and “ Borrowers ” shall
have the respective meanings given such terms in the introductory
paragraph hereto.
“
Borrowing ” shall mean a group of Loans of a single
Type made by the Lenders (or, in the case of a Competitive
Borrowing, by the Lender or Lenders whose Competitive Bids have
been accepted pursuant to Section 2.19) on a single date and
as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“
Borrowing Request ” shall mean a Revolving Borrowing
Request or a Swing Line Borrowing Request, as the case may
be.
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Business Day ” shall mean any day (other than a day
which is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the State of New
York) on which banks are open for business in New York City;
provided , however , that, when used in connection
with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall
also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in
dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“ Capital
Base ” shall mean, as of the date of any computation
thereof, the sum of (i) Adjusted Net Worth plus (ii) the
amount of WRECO/Weyerhaeuser Subordinated Debt then outstanding not
to exceed Adjusted Net Worth.
“ Capital
Lease Obligations ” of any person shall mean the
obligations of such person to pay rent or other amounts under any
lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are
required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a
balance sheet of such person under GAAP and, for purposes of this
Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the
capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance
with GAAP.
A “
Change in Control ” shall be deemed to have occurred
with respect to (a) Weyerhaeuser if, (i) any person or group
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the SEC as in effect on
the date hereof) shall own directly or indirectly, beneficially or
of record, shares representing more than 20% of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by the issued
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and outstanding
capital stock of Weyerhaeuser, (ii) a majority of the seats
(other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of Weyerhaeuser
shall at any time have been occupied by persons who were neither
(A) nominated by the management of Weyerhaeuser in accordance
with its charter and by-laws, nor (B) appointed by directors
so nominated, or (iii) any person or group shall otherwise
directly or indirectly Control Weyerhaeuser, and (b) WRECO if
Weyerhaeuser shall fail to own directly or indirectly, beneficially
or of record, shares representing at least 79% of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding
capital stock of WRECO.
“
Class ,” when used in reference to any Loan or
Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, is a Revolving Loan or Competitive Loan.
“ Closing
Date ” shall mean the first date on which the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 4.02 shall have been
satisfied.
“
Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and
rulings issued thereunder. Section references to the Code are to
the Code, as in effect at the date of this Agreement and any
subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental
thereto or substituted therefor.
“
Commitment ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender,
the commitment of such Lender hereunder as set forth in
Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to
which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable,
as such Lender’s Commitment may be permanently reduced,
increased or terminated from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.09, Section 2.18, Article VII or
Section 9.04.
“
Competitive Bid ” shall mean an offer by a Lender to
make a Competitive Loan in accordance with
Section 2.19.
“
Competitive Bid Rate ” shall mean, with respect to any
Competitive Bid, the Margin or the Fixed Rate, as applicable,
offered by the Lender making such Competitive Bid.
“
Competitive Bid Request ” shall mean a request by the
Borrower for Competitive Bids in accordance with
Section 2.19.
“
Competitive Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing
consisting of Competitive Loans or concurrent Competitive Loans
from the Lender or Lenders whose Competitive Bids for such
Borrowing have been accepted by the Borrower under the bidding
procedure described in Section 2.19.
“
Competitive Loan ” shall mean a Loan made pursuant to
Section 2.19.
“
Control ” shall mean the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities or by contract, and “ Controlling
” and “ Controlled ” shall have meanings
correlative thereto.
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“ Credit
Exposure ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, at
any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of all
outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lender to the Borrowers,
plus the aggregate amount at such time of such
Lender’s L/C Exposure, plus the aggregate amount at
such time of such Lender’s Swing Line Exposure.
“
Default ” shall mean any event or condition which upon
notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of
Default.
“
Dollars ,” “ dollars ” or “
$ ” shall mean lawful money of the United States of
America.
“
Environmental Claims ” shall mean any and all
administrative, regulatory, or judicial actions, suits, demand
letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation,
investigations, or proceedings relating in any way to any
Environmental Law (hereinafter referred to as “claims”)
or any permit issued under any such Environmental Law, including
without limitation (a) any and all claims by Governmental
Authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial,
or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable
Environmental Law, and (b) any and all claims by any third
party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost
recovery, compensation, or injunctive relief resulting from
Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of
injury to health, safety, or the environment.
“
Environmental Laws ” shall mean any and all Federal,
state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances,
codes, rules (including rules of common law), judgments, orders,
decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses,
agreements or other governmental restrictions now or hereafter in
effect relating to the environment, health, safety, Hazardous
Materials (including, without limitation, the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, Release, and
transportation thereof) or to industrial hygiene or the
environmental conditions on, under or about real property,
including, without limitation, soil, groundwater, and indoor and
outdoor ambient air conditions.
“
ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the
regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section
references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in effect at the date of this
Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA, amendatory
thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” shall mean any trade or business (whether or
not incorporated) that, together with Weyerhaeuser or WRECO, is
treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of
the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the
Code.
“
Eurodollar Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Eurodollar Loans.
“
Eurodollar Loan ” shall mean any Loan bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate in
accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“
Eurodollar Rate ” shall mean, with respect to any
Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on
Page 3750 of the Telerate Service (or on any successor
or
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substitute page
of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such
Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently
provided on such page of such Service, as determined by the
Administrative Agent from time to time for the purpose of providing
quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the
London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable
to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not
available at such time for any reason, then the “
Eurodollar Rate ” with respect to such Eurodollar
Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which
dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London
interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period.
“ Event
of Default ” shall have the meaning given such term in
Article VII.
“
Existing Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement ” shall
have the meaning given such term in the preliminary statements
hereto.
“
Existing Letters of Credit ” shall have the meaning
given such term in Section 2.20(a).
“
Facility Fees ” shall have the meaning given such term
in Section 2.04(a).
“ Federal
Funds Rate ” shall mean, for any day, the weighted
average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of
the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of
the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for
any day which is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for the day
of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from
three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
“
Fees ” shall mean the Facility Fees, the Fronting Fee,
the L/C Participation Fee and the Administrative Agent
Fees.
“
Financial Officer ” of any corporation shall mean the
chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or
controller of such corporation.
“ Fixed
Rate ” shall mean, with respect to any Competitive Loan
(other than a Eurodollar Competitive Loan), the fixed rate of
interest per annum specified by the Lender making such Competitive
Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
“ Fixed
Rate Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Fixed Rate Loans.
“ Fixed
Rate Loan ” shall mean a Competitive Loan bearing
interest at a Fixed Rate.
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Fronting Banks ” shall mean the Initial Fronting Banks
and any other Lender designated by Weyerhaeuser to the extent such
Lender has expressly agreed to perform all of the obligations that,
by the terms of this Agreement, are required to be performed as the
Fronting Banks, as such consent by such Lender may be evidenced
from time to time by documentation reasonably acceptable to
Weyerhaeuser, such Lender and the Administrative Agent.
“
Fronting Fee ” shall have the meaning given such term
in Section 2.04(c).
“
GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting
principles, applied on a consistent basis.
“
Governmental Authority ” shall mean the government of
the United States of America, any other nation or any political
subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,
regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining
to government.
“
Guarantee ” of or by any person shall mean any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such person guaranteeing or
having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any
other person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any
obligation of such person, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase
or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of)
such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for
the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness,
(b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for
the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the
payment of such Indebtedness, (c) to maintain working capital,
equity capital or other financial statement condition or liquidity
of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay
such Indebtedness or (d) as an account party in respect of any
letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such
Indebtedness or obligation; provided , however , that
the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or
deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of
business.
“
Hazardous Materials ” shall mean (a) any
petroleum or petroleum products, flammable substances, explosives,
radioactive materials, hazardous wastes, substances or
contaminants, toxic wastes, substances or contaminants, or any
other wastes, substances, contaminants or pollutants prohibited,
limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority;
(b) asbestos in any form that is or could become friable, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that
contains dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated
biphenyls or radon gas; (c) any chemicals, materials or
substances defined as or included in the definition of
“hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,”
“hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous
wastes,” “restricted hazardous wastes,”
“toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,”
“contaminants,” or “pollutants,” or words
of similar import, under any applicable Environmental Law; and
(d) any other chemical, material, or substance, exposure to
which is prohibited, limited, or regulated by any Governmental
Authority.
“
Indebtedness ” of any person shall mean, without
duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed
money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind,
(b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all
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obligations of
such person upon which interest charges are customarily paid,
(d) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or
other title retention agreements relating to property or assets
purchased by such person, (e) all obligations of such person
issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or
services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the
ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of others
secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien
on property owned or acquired by such person, whether or not the
obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (g) all
Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all
Capital Lease Obligations of such person, and (i) all
obligations of such person as an account party in respect of
letters of credit, letters of guaranty and bankers’
acceptances. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the
Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general
partner.
“ Initial
Fronting Banks ” shall have the meaning given such term
in the introductory paragraph hereto; provided that any
Lender which is the issuer of any Existing Letter of Credit shall
be an Initial Fronting Bank solely with respect to such Existing
Letter of Credit and its agreement to have such Existing Letters of
Credit deemed to be outstanding under this Agreement pursuant to
Section 2.20 and shall cease to be outstanding under the
Existing Five-Year Revolving Credit Agreement.
“
Interest Period ” shall mean, (a) as to any
Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing or on the date of conversion of a Borrowing of a
different Type to a Eurodollar Borrowing or on the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing
or conversion thereof, as the case may be, 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 or 6 months thereafter, as the applicable Borrower may
elect, and (b) with respect to any Fixed Rate Borrowing, the
period (which shall not be less than seven days nor more than
360 days) commencing on the date specified in the applicable
Competitive Bid Request; provided , however , that 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 Eurodollar Loans, 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; provided further that no Interest
Period for any Loan shall extend beyond the Termination Date.
Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an
Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest
Period.
“
Investments ” shall mean all investments in any
Person, computed in accordance with GAAP, made by stock purchase,
capital contribution, loan, advance, extension of credit, or
creation or assumption of any other contingent liability or
Guarantee in respect of any obligation of such Person, or
otherwise; provided , however , that in computing any
investment in any Person (i) all expenditures for such
investment shall be taken into account at the actual amounts
thereof in the case of expenditures of cash and at the fair value
thereof (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
WRECO) or depreciated cost thereof (in accordance with GAAP),
whichever is greater, in the case of expenditures of property,
(ii) there shall not be included any Real Estate Assets, or
any account or note receivable from such other Person arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) a
Guarantee or other contingent liability
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of any kind in
respect of any Indebtedness or other obligation of such Person
shall be deemed an Investment equal to the amount of such
Indebtedness or obligation.
“ L/C
Disbursement ” shall mean a payment or disbursement made
by any Fronting Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“ L/C
Exposure ” shall mean, at any time, the sum of
(a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of
Credit at such time (assuming compliance at such time with all
conditions to drawing) plus (b) the aggregate principal
amount of all L/C Disbursements that have not yet been converted to
Loans in accordance with Section 2.02(f) or reimbursed by
Weyerhaeuser at such time. The L/C Exposure of any Lender at any
time shall mean its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate L/C
Exposure at such time.
“ L/C
Participation Fee ” shall have the meaning given such
term in Section 2.04(c).
“ Lead
Arrangers ” shall mean, collectively, J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
“
Lender ” and “ Lenders ” shall have
the respective meanings given such terms in the introductory
paragraph hereto.
“ Lender
Affiliate ” shall mean, (a) with respect to any
Lender, (i) an Affiliate of such Lender or (ii) any
entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise)
that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise
investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the
ordinary course of its business and is administered or managed by a
Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender and (b) with respect to
any Lender that is a fund which invests in bank loans and similar
extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank loans and
similar extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment
advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment
advisor.
“ Letter
of Credit ” shall mean any letter of credit issued
pursuant to Section 2.20.
“
Lien ” shall mean, with respect to any asset,
(a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance,
charge or security interest in or on such asset, (b) the
interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement relating to
such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase
option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such
securities.
“
Loan ” shall mean a Revolving Loan, a Swing Line Loan
or a Competitive Loan.
“ Loan
Documents ” shall mean this Agreement, the OCBM
Agreement, any Letter of Credit and any application therefor and
any notes issued in accordance with Section 2.05.
“
Mandatory Convertible Debt Securities ” with respect
to Weyerhaeuser, shall mean all obligations of Weyerhaeuser
evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, or other similar
instruments, which by their terms convert mandatorily into equity
interests of Weyerhaeuser no later than three years from the date
of issuance of such bonds, notes, debentures, or other
similar
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instruments;
provided that at no time shall the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of such obligations included in the definition of
“Mandatory Convertible Debt Securities,” prior to their
conversion, exceed $1,500,000,000.
“
Margin ” means, with respect to any Competitive Loan
bearing interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate, the
marginal rate of interest, if any, to be added to or subtracted
from the Eurodollar Rate to determine the rate of interest
applicable to such Loan, and specified by the Lender making such
Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
“ Margin
Stock ” shall have the meaning given such term under
Regulation U.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean (a) a
materially adverse effect on the business, financial condition,
operations or properties of Weyerhaeuser and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, (b) a materially adverse effect on the
ability of Weyerhaeuser or any of its Subsidiaries to perform its
obligations under any Loan Documents to which it is or will be a
party, or (c) a materially adverse effect on the rights and
remedies available to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
under the Loan Documents.
“
Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware, and its successors and assigns, and if
such corporation shall for any reason no longer perform the
functions of a securities rating agency, “
Moody’s ” shall be deemed to refer to any other
nationally recognized rating agency designated by Weyerhaeuser and
the Required Lenders.
“ OCBM
Agreement ” shall mean the Ownership and Capital Base
Maintenance Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2006, and
entered into by Weyerhaeuser.
“
PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or
any successor thereto.
“
Person ” shall mean any natural person, corporation,
business trust, joint venture, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, association, company, partnership or
government, or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“
Plan ” shall mean any multiemployer or single-employer
plan as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA covered by Title IV
of ERISA, which is maintained or contributed to by (or to which
there is an obligation to contribute of), or at any time during the
five calendar years preceding the date of this Agreement was
maintained or contributed to by (or to which there was an
obligation to contribute of), Weyerhaeuser or an ERISA
Affiliate.
“ Prime
Rate ” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly
announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its
prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each
change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such change
is publicly announced as effective. The Prime Rate is a reference
rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate
actually charged to any customer.
“
Rating ” shall mean, as of any date, the rating by
Moody’s and S&P in effect on such date, of the Senior
Unsecured Long-Term Debt of Weyerhaeuser.
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“ Real
Estate Assets ” shall mean all assets of WRECO and its
Restricted Subsidiaries (determined, unless the context otherwise
requires, on a consolidated basis for WRECO and its Restricted
Subsidiaries) of the types described below, acquired and held for
the purpose of, and arising out of, the development and/or sale or
rental thereof in the ordinary course of business:
(i) improved and unimproved land, buildings and other
structures and improvements and fixtures located thereon, and
(ii) contracts, mortgages, notes receivables and other choses
in action.
“
Register ” shall have the meaning given such term in
Section 9.04(c).
“
Regulation D ” shall mean Regulation D of
the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings
and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“
Regulation T ” shall mean Regulation T of
the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings
and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“
Regulation U ” shall mean Regulation U of
the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings
and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“
Regulation X ” shall mean Regulation X of
the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings
and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“
Reinvestment Proceeds ” shall have the meaning given
such term in Section 2.10(b).
“ Related
Parties ” shall mean, with respect to any specified
Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective
directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person
and such Person’s Affiliates.
“
Release ” shall mean disposing, discharging,
injecting, spilling, leaking, dumping, emitting, escaping,
emptying, seeping, placing, and the like, into or upon any land or
water or air, or otherwise entering into the
environment.
“
Reportable Event ” shall mean an event described in
Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a Plan as to which the
30-day notice requirement has not been waived by statute,
regulation or otherwise.
“
Required Lenders ” shall mean, at any time, Lenders
having Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more
than 50% of the sum of the Aggregate Credit Exposure and unused
Commitments at such time; provided that, for the purpose of
declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to
Article VII, and for all purposes after the Loans become due
and payable pursuant to Article VII or the Commitments expire
or terminate, (i) the outstanding Competitive Loans of the
Lenders shall be added to their respective Credit Exposures and to
the Aggregate Credit Exposure and (ii) notwithstanding
Section 2.14, the entire amount of Competitive Loans of each
Lender shall reduce the unused Commitment of such Lender and shall
not reduce the unused Commitment of any other Lender in determining
the Required Lenders.
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“
Restricted Subsidiary ” shall mean, (i) with
respect to Weyerhaeuser, each Subsidiary that has not been
designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on Schedule 3.08
Part I and thereafter not designated by a Financial Officer of
Weyerhaeuser as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date
pursuant to Section 9.17 and (ii) with respect to WRECO,
each Subsidiary that has not been designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary on Schedule 3.08 Part II or thereafter
designated by a Financial Officer of WRECO as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.17. On
the Closing Date, the Company and its subsidiaries shall be deemed
Restricted Subsidiaries unless a Financial Officer of Weyerhaeuser
shall have designated any of such entities as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary after the Closing Date.
“
Revolving Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing
consisting of Revolving Loans.
“
Revolving Borrowing Request ” shall mean a request
made pursuant to Section 2.02(e) in the form of
Exhibit A.
“
Revolving Loan ” shall mean a Loan made by the Lenders
to a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01.
“
S&P ” shall mean Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
New York, and its successors and assigns, and if such corporation
shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a
securities rating agency, “S&P” shall be deemed to
refer to any other nationally recognized rating agency designated
by Weyerhaeuser and the Required Lenders.
“ SEC
” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
successor.
“ Senior
Debt ” shall mean all Indebtedness of any Person (other
than WRECO) which is not expressed to be subordinate and junior in
right of payment to any other Indebtedness of such Person, and,
with respect to WRECO, shall mean all Indebtedness of WRECO other
than Subordinated Debt.
“ Senior
Unsecured Long-Term Debt ” shall mean the unsecured
bonds, debentures, notes or other Indebtedness of Weyerhaeuser,
designated on its financial statements as senior long-term
indebtedness. In the event more than one issue of Senior Unsecured
Long Term Debt shall be outstanding at any relevant time and
different credit ratings shall have been issued by S&P or
Moody’s for such issues, Senior Unsecured Long-Term Debt
shall be deemed to refer to the lowest rated issue.
“
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 is subject with respect to the Eurodollar
Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the
Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed
pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be
deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such
reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration,
exemptions or offsets that may be
available from
time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any
comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any
reserve percentage.
“
Subordinated Debt ” shall mean and include
(i) Subordinated Promissory Notes of WRECO, in substantially
the form annexed as Exhibit E hereto, and (ii) any other
Indebtedness of WRECO now or hereafter created, issued or assumed
which at all times is evidenced by a written instrument or
instruments containing or having applicable thereto subordination
provisions substantially the same as those in said Exhibit E
hereto, providing for the subordination of such Indebtedness to
such other Indebtedness of WRECO as shall be specified or
characterized in such subordination provisions.
“
subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any Person
(herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation,
partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which
securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50%
of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors or more than 50% of the
general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is
being made, owned, controlled or held, or (b) which is, at the
time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent
or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one
or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“
Subsidiary ” shall mean any subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser
or WRECO, provided that there shall be excluded from this
definition (i) Nelson Forests Joint Venture, a joint venture
formed under the laws of New Zealand, and (ii) Wapawekka
Lumber Ltd., a limited partnership formed under the laws of
Saskatchewan, for so long as such business entities shall not be
Controlled by Weyerhaeuser or any of its subsidiaries.
“
Swing Line Banks ” shall have the meaning given such
term in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“
Swing Line Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing
consisting of Swing Line Loans.
“
Swing Line Borrowing Request ” shall mean a request
made pursuant to Section 2.21(b) in the form of
Exhibit G.
“
Swing Line Exposure ” shall mean, at any time, the
aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding at
such time made by the Swing Line Banks. The Swing Line Exposure of
any Lender at any time shall mean its Applicable Percentage of the
aggregate Swing Line Exposure at such time.
“
Swing Line Loan ” shall mean a Loan made by
(i) the Swing Line Banks pursuant to Section 2.21(a), or
(ii) any Lender pursuant to Section 2.21(c).
“
Termination Date ” shall mean December 19,
2011.
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“
Total Adjusted Shareholders’ Interest ” shall
mean, at any time, the amount of the preferred, preference and
common shares accounts plus (or minus in the case of a deficit) the
amount of other capital and retained earnings, in accordance with
GAAP, of Weyerhaeuser and its consolidated Subsidiaries, less
treasury common shares and the aggregate net book value (after
deducting any reserves applicable thereto) of all items of the
following character which are included in the consolidated assets
of Weyerhaeuser and its consolidated Subsidiaries:
(a) investments in
Unrestricted Subsidiaries; and
(b) without
duplication, investments by Weyerhaeuser and its consolidated
Subsidiaries in WRECO and its consolidated Subsidiaries.
No effect shall
be given for any increases or decreases attributable to cumulative
other comprehensive income resulting from the application of FASB
Statement 158.
“
Total Commitment ” shall mean at any time the
aggregate amount of the Commitments as in effect at such time, and
on the date hereof shall mean $1,000,000,000.
“
Total Funded Indebtedness ” with respect to
Weyerhaeuser shall mean, at any time, the aggregate principal
amount of all Indebtedness (other than Guarantees by such Person of
Indebtedness of others) for borrowed money or for the deferred
purchase price of property and Capital Lease Obligations of
Weyerhaeuser and its consolidated Subsidiaries, excluding
(a) the Indebtedness of Unrestricted Subsidiaries,
(b) without duplication, the Indebtedness of WRECO and its
consolidated Subsidiaries, and (c) 80% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Mandatory Convertible Debt Securities
outstanding at such time.
“
Transactions ” shall have the meaning given such term
in Section 3.02.
“
Transferee ” shall have the meaning given such term in
Section 2.17.
“
Type ,” when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing,
shall refer to the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan
or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For
purposes hereof, “Rate” shall include the Eurodollar
Rate, the Base Rate and the Fixed Rate applicable to any
Loan.
“
Unfunded Current Liability ” of any Plan shall mean
the amount, if any, by which the present value of the accrued
benefits under the Plan as of the close of its most recent plan
year, determined in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 35, based upon the actuarial
assumptions used by the Plan’s actuary in the most recent
annual valuation of the Plan, exceeds the fair market value of the
assets allocable thereto, determined in accordance with
Section 412 of the Code.
“
Unrestricted Subsidiary ” shall mean, (i) with
respect to Weyerhaeuser, each Subsidiary that has been designated
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on Schedule 3.08 Part I and
any Subsidiary which has been designated by a Financial Officer of
Weyerhaeuser as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date
pursuant to Section 9.17, and (ii) with respect to WRECO,
each Subsidiary that has been designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary on Schedule
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3.08
Part II and any Subsidiary which has been designated by a
Financial Officer of WRECO as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the
Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.17.
“
Utilization Fee ” shall have the meaning given such
term in Section 2.06(e).
“
Weyerhaeuser ” shall have the meaning given such term
in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“
WRECO ” shall have the meaning given such term in the
introductory paragraph hereto.
“
WRECO/Weyerhaeuser Subordinated Debt ” shall mean the
Subordinated Promissory Notes issued by WRECO to Weyerhaeuser
described in clause (i) of the definition of
“Subordinated Debt” and in substantially the form
annexed as Exhibit E hereto.
Section 1.02
Terms Generally . The definitions in Section 1.01 shall
apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The
words “include,” “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.” All references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed
references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules
to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. For
purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to
by Class ( e.g. , a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type
( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Loan”) or by Class and
Type ( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Revolving Loan”).
Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (
e.g. , a “Revolving Borrowing”) or by Type (
e.g. , a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and
Type ( e.g. , a “Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing”).
Section 1.03
Accounting Terms; GAAP . Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time
to time; provided that, if either Borrower notifies the
Administrative Agent that such Borrower requests an amendment to
any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application
thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the
Administrative Agent notifies either Borrower that the Required
Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such
purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such
provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect
and applied immediately before such change shall have become
effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such
provision amended in accordance herewith.
Section 2.01
Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions and
relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth,
each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, to make Loans to
each Borrower requesting a Borrowing, at any time and from time to
time on and after the date hereof and until the earlier of the
Termination Date and the termination of the Commitment of such
Lender, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding
not
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to exceed such
Lender’s Commitment at such time, minus, in each case, the
amount by which the Competitive Loans outstanding at such time
shall be deemed pursuant to Section 2.14 to have utilized such
Lender’s Commitment, subject , however , to the
conditions that:
(a) at no time
shall the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Loans made
by all Lenders and the Swing Line Banks plus the aggregate L/C
Exposure of such Lenders at such time exceed the Total
Commitment;
(b) at no time
shall the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Loans made
by all Lenders to WRECO exceed $400,000,000; and
(c) at all times
the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans
made by each Lender shall equal the product of (i) the
Applicable Percentage of such Lender times (ii) the
outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans made
pursuant to Section 2.02.
Each
Lender’s Commitment is set forth opposite its name in
Schedule 2.01, or in the case of each assignee that becomes a
party hereto pursuant to Section 9.04 or any subsequent
assignments pursuant to Section 9.04, on the Register
maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 9.04(c).
Within
the foregoing limits, each Borrower may borrow, pay or prepay and
reborrow hereunder, on and after the Closing Date and prior to the
Termination Date, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations
set forth herein, on a several and not joint basis.
Section 2.02
Loans . (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part
of a Revolving Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments;
provided , however , that the failure of any Lender
to make any Revolving Loan shall not in and of itself relieve any
other Lender of its obligation to lend hereunder (it being
understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the
failure of any other Lender to make any Revolving Loan required to
be made by such other Lender). Each Competitive Loan shall be made
in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.19.
The Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) comprising any Revolving
Borrowing (other than a Swing Line Borrowing) shall be in an
aggregate principal amount which is an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 and not less than $25,000,000 (or an aggregate principal
amount equal to the remaining balance of the available
Commitments).
(b) Each
Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Eurodollar Loans
or Base Rate Loans, as the applicable Borrower may request pursuant
to paragraph (e) hereof and each Competitive Borrowing shall
be comprised entirely of Eurodollar Loans or Fixed Rate Loans as
the applicable Borrower may request in accordance with
Section 2.19. Each Lender may at its option make any
Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or
Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that
any exercise of such option shall not (i) affect the
obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) entitle
such Lender to any amounts pursuant to Sections 2.11 or 2.12
to which amounts such Lender would not be entitled if such Lender
had made such Loan itself through its domestic branch. Borrowings
of more than one Type may be outstanding at the
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same time;
provided , however , that neither Borrower shall be
entitled to request any Revolving Borrowing which, if made, would
result in an aggregate of more than twenty (20) separate
Revolving Loans from any Lender being outstanding hereunder at any
one time. For purposes of the foregoing, Revolving Loans (other
than Revolving Loans which are Base Rate Loans) having different
Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same
date, shall be considered separate Revolving Loans.
(c) Each
Lender shall make each Loan (other than a Swing Line Loan) to be
made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer
of immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent in New
York, New York, not later than 12:00 noon (or in the case of Base
Rate Loans, 2:00 p.m.), New York City time, and the Administrative
Agent shall by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, credit the amounts so
received to the general deposit account of the applicable Borrower
maintained with the Administrative Agent or, if a Borrowing (other
than a Swing Line Borrowing) shall not occur on such date because
any condition precedent herein specified shall not have been met,
return the amounts so received to the respective Lenders.
Competitive Loans shall be made by the Lender or Lenders whose
Competitive Bids therefor are accepted pursuant to
Section 2.19 in the amount so accepted, and Revolving Loans
shall be made by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with Section
2.14. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from a Lender prior to the time of any Revolving Borrowing that
such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent
such Lender’s portion of such Revolving Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such
Borrowing in accordance with this paragraph (c) and the
Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the applicable Borrower on such date a corresponding
amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have made
such portion available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender and
the applicable Borrower severally agree to repay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount
together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such
amount is made available to the applicable Borrower until the date
such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at (i) in
the case of the applicable Borrower, the interest rate applicable
at the time to the Revolving Loans comprising such Borrowing and
(ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate. If
such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such
corresponding amount, such amount shall constitute such
Lender’s Revolving Loan as part of such Revolving Borrowing
for purposes of this Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower shall be
entitled to request any Revolving Borrowing with an Interest Period
ending after the Termination Date.
(e) In
order to request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower requesting
such Borrowing shall hand deliver or telecopy to the Administrative
Agent a Revolving Borrowing Request in the form of Exhibit A
(a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than
12:00 noon, New York City time, three Business Days before a
proposed borrowing and (b) in the case of a Base Rate
Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
day of a proposed borrowing. Such notice shall be irrevocable and
shall in each case specify (i) whether the Revolving Borrowing
then being requested is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing or a Base Rate
Borrowing; (ii) the date of such Revolving Borrowing (which
shall be a Business Day) and the amount thereof; and (iii) if
such Revolving Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing,
the
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Interest Period
with respect thereto. If no election as to the Type of Revolving
Borrowing is specified in any such notice, then the requested
Revolving Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Borrowing. If no Interest
Period with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing is specified in any
such notice, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. The
Administrative Agent shall promptly advise the Lenders of any
notice given pursuant to this Section 2.02(e) and of each
Lender’s portion of the requested Borrowing.
(f) If
a Fronting Bank shall not have received the payment required to be
made by Weyerhaeuser pursuant to Section 2.20(e) within the
time specified in such Section, such Fronting Bank will promptly
notify the Administrative Agent of the L/C Disbursement and the
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of such L/C
Disbursement and its Applicable Percentage thereof. Not later than
2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date (or, if such Lender
shall have received such notice later than 12:00 noon, New York
City time, on any day, no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, on the immediately following Business Day), each Lender will
make available the amount of its Applicable Percentage of such L/C
Disbursement (it being understood that such amount shall be deemed
to constitute a Base Rate Loan of such Lender and such payment
shall be deemed to have reduced the L/C Exposure) in immediately
available funds, to the Administrative Agent in New York, New York,
and the Administrative Agent will promptly pay to the applicable
Fronting Bank amounts so received by it from the Lenders. The
Administrative Agent will promptly pay to the applicable Fronting
Bank any amounts received by it from Weyerhaeuser pursuant to
Section 2.20(e) prior to the time that any Lender makes any
payment pursuant to this paragraph (f), and any such amounts
received by the Administrative Agent thereafter will be promptly
remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have
made such payments and to the applicable Fronting Bank, as their
interests may appear. If any Lender shall not have made its
Applicable Percentage of such L/C Disbursement available to the
Administrative Agent as provided above, such Lender agrees to pay
interest on such amount, for each day from and including the date
such amount is required to be paid in accordance with this
paragraph to but excluding the date such amount is paid, to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Fronting
Bank at, for the first such day, the Federal Funds Rate, and for
each day thereafter, the Base Rate.
Section 2.03
Conversion and Continuation of Loans . (a) Each
Borrower shall, with respect to its respective Revolving
Borrowings, have the right at any time, upon prior irrevocable
written notice to the Administrative Agent given in the manner and
at the times specified in Section 2.02(e) with respect to the
Type of Revolving Borrowing into which conversion or continuation
is to be made, to convert any of its Revolving Borrowings into a
Revolving Borrowing of a different Type and to continue any of its
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowings into a subsequent Interest Period
of any permissible duration, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and to the following:
(i) each
conversion or continuation shall be made pro rata among the Lenders
in accordance with the respective principal amounts of Revolving
Loans comprising the converted or continued Revolving
Borrowing;
(ii) if less than
all the outstanding principal amount of any Revolving Borrowing
shall be converted or continued, the aggregate principal amount of
such
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Revolving
Borrowing converted and/or continued shall in each case not be less
than the minimum amount set forth in Section 2.02;
(iii) if a
Eurodollar Borrowing is converted at any time other than on the
last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the applicable
Borrower shall pay any amount due pursuant to
Section 2.13;
(iv) if such
Revolving Borrowing is to be converted into a Eurodollar Borrowing
or if a Eurodollar Borrowing is to be continued, no Interest Period
selected shall extend beyond the Termination Date;
(v) interest
accrued to the day immediately preceding each date of conversion or
continuation shall be payable on each Revolving Borrowing (or part
thereof) that is converted or continued concurrently with such
conversion or continuation; and
(vi) Competitive
Borrowings may not be converted or continued.
(b) Each
notice given pursuant to Section 2.03(a) shall be irrevocable
and shall refer to this Agreement and specify (i) the identity
and the amount of the Revolving Borrowing that the applicable
Borrower requests to be converted or continued; (ii) whether
such Borrowing (or any part thereof) is to be converted or
continued as a Base Rate Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; (iii)
if such notice requests a conversion, the date of such conversion
(which shall be a Business Day); and (iv) if such Borrowing
(or any part thereof) is to be converted into or continued as a
Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period with respect thereto. If
no Interest Period is specified in any such notice with respect to
any conversion to or continuation as a Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration, in the
case of a Eurodollar Borrowing. The Administrative Agent shall
advise the Lenders of any notice given pursuant to
Section 2.03(a) and of each Lender’s portion of any
converted or continued Revolving Borrowing.
(c) If
the applicable Borrower shall not have given notice in accordance
with this Section 2.03 to continue any Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing into a subsequent Interest Period (and shall not
otherwise have given notice in accordance with this
Section 2.03 to convert such Eurodollar Borrowing), such
Borrowing shall automatically be converted into a Base Rate
Borrowing. In the event of the occurrence and continuation of a
Default or an Event of Default (i) all Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowings of each Borrower shall be converted into Base Rate
Borrowings on the last day of the Interest Period then in effect,
and (ii) no Base Rate Borrowing may be converted into a
Borrowing of another Type so long as a Default or Event of Default
continues to exist.
Section 2.04
Fees . (a) The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to
pay to each Lender, through the Administrative Agent, on each
March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31
and on the date on which the Commitment of such Lender shall be
terminated as provided herein, a facility fee (each, a “
Facility Fee ,” and collectively, the “
Facility Fees ”), calculated as specified below, on
the amount of the Commitment of such Lender, whether used or
unused, during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing
with the Closing Date or
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ending with the
Termination Date applicable to such Lender or any date on which the
Commitment of such Lender shall be terminated). All Facility Fees
shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days
and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day). The Facility
Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date
and shall cease to accrue on the earlier of the Termination Date
applicable to such Lender and the termination of the Commitment of
such Lender as provided herein, provided that, to the extent
that any Lender has any Credit Exposure which remains outstanding
after the Termination Date, the Facility Fee due to such Lender
shall continue to accrue on such Credit Exposure and shall be
payable upon demand.
The
Facility Fee for each Lender shall be calculated as a per annum
rate in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s
Commitment hereunder and the applicable percentage specified in the
table below, to be determined based upon the Ratings received from
S&P and Moody’s by Weyerhaeuser:
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Level 4
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Level 5
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A- or better
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BBB+
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BBB
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BBB-
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Below BBB-
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A3 or better
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Baa1
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Baa2
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Baa3
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0.07
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0.08
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0.10
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0.125
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0.15
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The
Facility Fees shall change effective as of the date on which the
applicable rating agency announces any change in its Ratings. In
the event either S&P or Moody’s shall withdraw or suspend
its Ratings, the remaining Rating announced by either S&P or
Moody’s, as the case may be, shall apply. In the event
neither agency shall provide a Rating, the Facility Fees shall be
based on the lowest rating provided above. If the Ratings by
S&P and Moody’s are split so that two consecutive Levels
(as defined in the table above) apply, the higher of those Ratings
shall determine the applicable percentage to calculate the Facility
Fee. If the Ratings by S&P and Moody’s are split so that
the applicable Levels in the table above are separated by only one
intermediate Level, then such intermediate Level shall determine
the applicable percentage to calculate the Facility Fee. If the
Ratings by S&P and Moody’s are split so that the
applicable Levels in the table above are separated by two
intermediate Levels, then the intermediate Level representing one
Level higher than the lowest Rating shall determine the applicable
percentage to calculate the Facility Fee. The Facility Fees shall
be calculated by the Administrative Agent, which calculation absent
manifest error shall be final and binding on all
parties.
(b) Weyerhaeuser
agrees to pay the Administrative Agent, for its own account, the
administration fees (the “ Administrative Agent Fees
”) at the times and in the amounts agreed upon in the letter
agreement dated as of November 8, 2006, among Weyerhaeuser,
WRECO, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and the Administrative
Agent.
(c) Weyerhaeuser
agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for pro rata
distribution to each Lender (an “ L/C Participation
Fee ”), for the period from the Closing Date until the
later of the Termination Date and the date on which there ceases to
be any L/C Exposure outstanding (or such earlier date as all
Letters of Credit shall be canceled or expire and the Total
Commitment shall be terminated), on that portion of the average
daily L/C Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued for the
account of Weyerhaeuser (excluding the portion
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thereof
attributable to unreimbursed L/C Disbursements), at the rate per
annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans from time
to time in effect for the Borrower and (ii) to each Fronting
Bank for its own account a fronting fee (a “ Fronting
Fee ”), which shall accrue at such rate as is mutually
agreed between the applicable Fronting Bank and Weyerhaeuser on the
average daily amount of the L/C Exposure attributable to Letters of
Credit issued by such Fronting Bank for the account of Weyerhaeuser
(excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed L/C
Disbursements) during the period from and including the Closing
Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the
Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any L/C
Exposure attributable to Letters of Credit issued by such Fronting
Bank for the account of Weyerhaeuser, as well as such Fronting
Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of
drawings thereunder. L/C Participation Fees and Fronting Fees
accrued under this paragraph are payable quarterly in arrears on
the last day of each calendar quarter and on the date on which the
Total Commitment shall be terminated as provided herein. All L/C
Participation Fees and Fronting Fees payable under this paragraph
shall be computed on the basis of the number of days actually
elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days.
(d) All
Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available
funds, to the Administrative Agent for prompt distribution, if and
as appropriate, among the Lenders. Once paid, none of the Fees
shall be refundable under any circumstances.
Section 2.05
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt . (a) The
outstanding principal balance of (i) each Revolving Loan shall be
payable on the Termination Date, (ii) each Swing Line Loan
shall be payable on the earlier of the maturity date specified in
the applicable Swing Line Borrowing Request (which maturity shall
not be later than the seventh day after the requested date of such
Borrowing) and the Termination Date, and (iii) each
Competitive Loan shall be payable on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to such Competitive Loan and on the Termination
Date. Each Loan shall bear interest from the date thereof on the
outstanding principal balance thereof as set forth in
Section 2.06.
(b) Each
Lender shall, and is hereby authorized by the Borrowers to,
maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such
Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the
amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender
from time to time hereunder.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall
record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class
and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto,
(ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable
or to become due and payable from each Borrower to each Lender
hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the
Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and
each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph
(b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima
facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of
any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or
any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of
each Borrower to repay its Loans in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
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(e) Any
Lender may request that Revolving Loans made by it be evidenced by
a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit F
attached hereto. In such event, the applicable Borrower shall
promptly, and in no event more than ten (10) Business Days
after a request therefor, prepare, execute and deliver to such
Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or,
if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered
assigns). Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note
and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment
pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more
promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee
named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to
such payee and its registered assigns).
Section 2.06
Interest on Loans . (a) Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.07, the Loans comprising (i) each Eurodollar
Revolving Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis of
the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) at
a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for the Interest
Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin,
determined pursuant to paragraph (d) below, and
(ii) Eurodollar Competitive Loan, at the Eurodollar Rate for
the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus (or minus, as
applicable) the Margin applicable to such Borrowing.
(b) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.07 the Loans comprising each
Base Rate Borrowing shall bear interest (computed on the basis of
the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or
366 days, as the case may be) at a rate per annum equal to the
Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) Interest
on each Eurodollar Loan shall, except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, be payable on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto and, in case of a Eurodollar Loan with an
Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day
that would have been an interest payment date for such Loan had
successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been
applicable to such Loan, and on the Termination Date or any earlier
date on which this Agreement is, pursuant to its terms and
conditions, terminated. Interest on each Base Rate Loan shall be
payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each
March, June, September and December, except as otherwise provided
in this Agreement and on the Termination Date or any earlier date
on which this Agreement is, pursuant to its terms and conditions,
terminated. The applicable Eurodollar Rate or Base Rate for each
Interest Period or day within an Interest Period, as the case may
be, shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Interest
on each Fixed Rate Loan shall be payable on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a
part and, in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing with an Interest
Period of more than three months’ duration (unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request), each day
prior to the last day of such Interest Period, and any other dates
that are specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request as
interest payment dates with respect to such Borrowing, and on the
Termination Date or any earlier date on which this Agreement is,
pursuant to its terms and conditions, terminated.
(d) As
used herein, “ Applicable Margin ” shall mean
the sum of (i) the applicable percentage per annum specified
in the table below, to be determined based upon the Ratings
received by Weyerhaeuser from S&P and Moody’s, and
(ii) the Utilization Fee. The
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percentage referred to in clause (i) of the immediately
preceding sentence shall be determined based upon the Ratings, as
follows:
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A3 or better
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Baa2
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0.27
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0.35
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0.60
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0.0000
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0.0000
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The
Applicable Margin shall change effective as of the date on which
the applicable rating agency announces any change in its Ratings.
In the event either S&P or Moody’s shall withdraw or
suspend its Ratings, the remaining Rating announced by either
S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, shall apply. In the
event neither agency shall provide a Rating, the Applicable Margin
shall be based on the lowest rating provided above. If the Ratings
by S&P and Moody’s are split so that two consecutive
Levels (as defined in the table above) apply, the higher of those
Ratings shall determine the Applicable Margin. If the Ratings by
S&P and Moody’s are split so that the applicable Levels
in the table above are separated by only one intermediate Level,
then such intermediate Level shall determine the Applicable Margin.
If the Ratings by S&P and Moody’s are split so that the
applicable Levels in the table above are separated by two
intermediate Levels, then the intermediate Level representing one
Level higher than the lowest Rating shall determine the Applicable
Margin. The Applicable Margin shall be calculated by the
Administrative Agent, which calculation absent manifest error shall
be final and binding on all parties.
(e) As
used herein, “ Utilization Fee ” shall mean
(i) with respect to any date on which the sum of (A) the
Aggregate Credit Exposure plus (B) the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Competitive Loans is equal to or exceeds 50%
of the Total Commitment, the applicable percentage specified in the
table below (the “ Applicable Utilization Fee
Percentage ”), to be determined based upon the Ratings
received by Weyerhaeuser from S&P and Moody’s, and
(ii) at all other times, 0.000%. The applicable percentage
referred to in clause (i) of the immediately preceding
sentence shall be determined based upon the Ratings, as
follows:
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Level 3
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Level 5
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A- or better
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Percentage:
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The
Applicable Utilization Fee Percentage shall change effective as of
the date on which the applicable rating agency announces any change
in its Ratings. In the event either S&P or Moody’s shall
withdraw or suspend its Ratings, the remaining Rating announced by
either S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, shall apply.
In the event neither agency shall provide a Rating, the Applicable
Utilization Fee Percentage shall be based on the lowest rating
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above. If the
Ratings by S&P and Moody’s are split so that two
consecutive Levels (as defined in the table above) apply, the
higher of those Ratings shall determine the Applicable Utilization
Fee Percentage. If the Ratings by S&P and Moody’s are
split so that the applicable Levels in the table above are
separated by only one intermediate Level, then such intermediate
Level shall determine the Applicable Utilization Fee Percentage. If
the Ratings by S&P and Moody’s are split so that the
applicable Levels in the table above are separated by two
intermediate Levels, then the intermediate Level representing one
Level higher than the lowest Rating shall determine the Applicable
Utilization Fee Percentage. The Applicable Utilization Fee
Percentage shall be calculated by the Administrative Agent, which
calculation absent manifest error shall be final and binding on all
parties.
(f) Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.07, the Loans comprising each
Fixed Rate Borrowing will bear interest at the Fixed Rate
applicable to such Loans.
Section 2.07
Default Interest . If a Borrower shall default in the
payment of the principal of or interest on any of its Loans or any
other amount becoming due hereunder (other than any L/C
Disbursement that has been made by a Fronting Bank and not yet due
pursuant to the terms of Section 2.20(e)), whether by scheduled
maturity, notice of prepayment, acceleration or otherwise, such
Borrower shall on demand from time to time by the Administrative
Agent pay interest, to the extent permitted by law, on such
defaulted amount up to (but not including) the date of actual
payment (after as well as before judgment) at a rate per annum
equal to the rate of interest applicable thereto at maturity or due
date plus 2%.
Section 2.08
Alternate Rate of Interest . In the event, and on each
occasion, that on the day two Business Days prior to the
commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing the
Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive
Loan, the Lender that is required to make such Loan) shall have
determined in good faith that dollar deposits in the principal
amounts of the Eurodollar Loans comprising such Borrowing are not
generally available in the London interbank market, or that the
rates at which such dollar deposits are being offered will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Required Lenders (or,
in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive Loan, the Lender that is
required to make such Loan) of making or maintaining their
Eurodollar Loans during such Interest Period, or that reasonable
means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate, the
Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive
Loan, the Lender that is required to make such Loan) shall, as soon
as practicable thereafter, give written notice of such
determination to the Borrowers and the Lenders. In the event of any
such determination, until the Administrative Agent shall have
advised the Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances giving
rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any request by the
Borrowers for a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.02 shall be deemed to be a request for a Base Rate
Borrowing, (ii) any request by the Borrowers for a conversion
to, or a continuation of, a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing pursuant
to Section 2.03 shall be deemed to be a request for,
respectively, a continuation as, or a conversion to, a Base Rate
Borrowing, and (iii) any request for a Eurodollar Competitive
Borrowing shall be ineffective; provided , that if the
circumstances giving rise to such notice do not affect all Lenders,
then requests for Eurodollar Competitive Borrowings may be made to
Lenders that are not affected thereby. Each determination by the
Administrative Agent hereunder shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
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Section 2.09
Termination and Reduction of Commitments . (a) The
unused Commitments of each Lender shall be automatically terminated
on the Termination Date.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.10(b), upon at least three Business Days’
prior irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent, the
Borrowers may at any time in whole permanently terminate, or from
time to time in part permanently reduce, the Total Commitment;
provided , however , that (i) each partial
reduction shall be in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and in a
minimum principal amount of $25,000,000 and (ii) no such
termination or reduction shall be made which would reduce the Total
Commitment to an amount less than the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Loans and the aggregate L/C
Exposure.
(c) Subject
to Section 2.18, each reduction in the Total Commitment
hereunder shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance
with their respective Commitments. The Borrowers jointly and
severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Lenders, on the date of each termination or reduction, the
Facility Fees on the amount of the Commitments so terminated or
reduced accrued through the date of such termination or
reduction.
Section 2.10
Prepayment . (a) Voluntary Prepayments . Except as
provided in the next sentence below, each of the Borrowers shall
have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any of
its respective Revolving Borrowings, in whole or in part, upon
giving written notice (or telephone notice promptly confirmed by
written notice) to the Administrative Agent: (i) before 12:00
noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior to prepayment,
in the case of Eurodollar Loans and (ii) before 12:00 noon,
New York City time, one Business Day prior to prepayment, in the
case of Base Rate Loans; provided , however , that
each partial prepayment shall be in an amount which is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $25,000,000. The Borrowers
shall not have the right to prepay any Competitive Loan without the
prior consent of the Lender thereof.
(b)
Mandatory Prepayments . On the date of any termination or
reduction of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.09, the
Borrowers shall pay or prepay so much of their respective
Borrowings as shall be necessary in order that the aggregate
principal amount of Loans outstanding and the aggregate L/C
Exposure does not exceed the Total Commitment, after giving effect
to such termination or reduction.
(c) Each
notice of prepayment under paragraph (a) above shall specify
the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing (or
portion thereof) to be prepaid, shall be irrevocable and shall
commit the applicable Borrower to prepay such Borrowing (or portion
thereof) by the amount stated therein on the date stated therein.
All prepayments under this Section 2.10 shall be subject to
Section 2.13 but otherwise without premium or penalty. All
prepayments under this Section 2.10 shall be accompanied by
accrued interest on the principal amount being prepaid to the date
of payment.
Section 2.11
Reserve Requirements; Change in Circumstances . (a) It
is understood that the cost to each Lender (including the
Administrative Agent, any Swing Line Bank and any Fronting Bank) of
making or maintaining any of the Eurodollar Loans or Letters of
Credit may fluctuate as a result of the applicability of reserve
requirements imposed by the
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Board at the
ratios provided for in Regulation D. Each Borrower agrees to
pay to each of such Lenders from time to time, as provided in
paragraph (d) below, such amounts as shall be necessary to
compensate such Lender for the portion of the cost of making or
maintaining Eurodollar Loans to such Borrower (or issuing Letters
of Credit for the account of Weyerhaeuser) resulting from any such
reserve requirements provided for in Regulation D as in effect
on the date thereof, it being understood that the rates of interest
applicable to Eurodollar Loans have been determined on the
assumption that no such reserve requirements exist or will exist
and that such rates do not reflect costs imposed on the Lenders in
connection with such reserve requirements. It is agreed that for
purposes of this paragraph (a) the Eurodollar Loans made hereunder
shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities as defined
in Regulation D and to be subject to the reserve requirements
of Regulation D without the benefit of or credit for
proration, exemptions or offsets which might otherwise be available
to the Lenders from time to time under
Regulation D.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision herein, if after the date of this Agreement any
change in applicable law or regulation or in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any governmental authority charged with
the interpretation or administration thereof (whether or not having
the force of law) shall change the basis of taxation of any
payments to any Lender (including the Administrative Agent, any
Swing Line Bank and any Fronting Bank) of the principal of or
interest on any Eurodollar Loan or Fixed Rate Loan made by such
Lender, of any payments related to the Letters of Credit or any
Fees or other amounts payable hereunder (other than changes in
respect of taxes imposed on the overall net income of such Lender
by the jurisdiction in which such Lender has its principal office
or by any political subdivision or taxing authority therein), or
shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special
deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or
for the account of or credit extended by such Lender, or shall
impose on such Lender or the London interbank market any other
condition affecting this Agreement, any Eurodollar Loan or Fixed
Rate Loan made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit issued by any
Fronting Bank hereunder, and the result of any of the foregoing
shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any Eurodollar Loan or Fixed Rate Loan (or issuing any
Letter of Credit) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest
or otherwise) in respect thereof by an amount deemed by such Lender
to be material, then the applicable Borrower will pay to such
Lender upon demand such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender for such additional costs actually incurred
or reduction actually suffered.
(c) If
after the date hereof any Lender (including the Administrative
Agent, the Swing Line Banks and any Fronting Bank) shall have
determined that the general applicability of any law, rule,
regulation or guideline adopted pursuant to or arising out of the
July 1988 report of the Basle Committee on Banking Regulations
and Supervisory Practices entitled “International Convergence
of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards,” or the
adoption after the date hereof of any other generally applicable
law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding capital adequacy, or
any change in any of the foregoing or in the interpretation or
administration of any of the foregoing by any governmental
authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any
Lender (or any lending office of such Lender) or any Lender’s
holding company with any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such
authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the
effect of reducing the
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rate of return
on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such
Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement, the Loans made by such Lender pursuant hereto (or the
Letters of Credit issued hereunder) to a level below that which
such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have
achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into
consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such
Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy) by
an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to
time, the applicable Borrower shall pay to such Lender such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such
Lender’s holding company for any such reduction
suffered.
(d) A
certificate of a Lender (including the Administrative Agent, the
Swing Line Banks and any Fronting Bank) setting forth a reasonably
detailed explanation of such amount or amounts as shall be
necessary to compensate such Lender (or participating banks or
other entities pursuant to Section 9.04) as specified in
paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above, as the case may be,
shall be delivered to the Borrowers and shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay each Lender the amount
shown as due on any such certificate delivered by it within
10 days after the receipt of the same.
(e) Failure
on the part of any Lender to demand compensation for any increased
costs or reduction in amounts received or receivable or reduction
in return on capital with respect to any period shall not
constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand
compensation with respect to such period or any other period;
provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to
compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.11 for any
increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days
prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrowers of such
increased costs or reductions in accordance with paragraph
(d) above and of such Lender’s intention to claim
compensation thereof; provided further that, if the
circumstances giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is
retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be
extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof.
(f) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 2.11, no Lender shall
demand compensation for any increased costs or reduction referred
to above if it shall not be the general policy or practice of such
Lender to demand such compensation in similar circumstances under
comparable provisions of other credit agreements, if any (it being
understood that this sentence shall not in any way limit the
discretion of any Lender to waive the right to demand such
compensation in any given case).
Section 2.12
Change in Legality . (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision herein contained, if any change in any law or regulation
or in the interpretation thereof by any governmental authority
charged with the administration or interpretation thereof shall
make it unlawful for any Lender (including the Administrative
Agent, any Swing Line Bank and any Fronting Bank) to make or
maintain any Eurodollar Loan or to give effect to its obligations
as contemplated hereby with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, then,
by written notice to the Borrowers and to the Administrative Agent,
such Lender may:
(i) declare that
Eurodollar Loans will not thereafter be made by such Lender
hereunder and any request by either Borrower for a Eurodollar
Revolving Borrowing or a conversion to or continuation of a
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing shall, as to such
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Lender only, be
deemed a request for a Base Rate Loan unless such declaration shall
be subsequently withdrawn; and
(ii) require that
all outstanding Eurodollar Revolving Loans made by it be converted
into Base Rate Loans, in which event all such Eurodollar Revolving
Loans shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans as of
the effective date of such notice as provided in paragraph
(b) below.
In the event
any Lender shall exercise its rights under (i) or
(ii) above, all payments and prepayments of principal which
would otherwise have been applied to repay the Eurodollar Revolving
Loans that would have been made by such Lender or the converted
Eurodollar Revolving Loans of such Lender shall instead be applied
to repay the Base Rate Loans made by such Lender in lieu of, or
resulting from the conversion of, such Eurodollar Revolving
Loans.
(b) For
purposes of this Section 2.12, a notice to a Borrower by any
Lender shall be effective as to each Eurodollar Revolving Loan, if
lawful, on the last day of the Interest Period currently applicable
to such Eurodollar Revolving Loan; in all other cases such notice
shall be effective on the date of receipt by such
Borrower.
Section 2.13
Indemnity . Each Borrower shall indemnify each Lender
against any loss or expense which such Lender sustains or incurs as
a consequence of (a) any failure by such Borrower to fulfill
on the date of any borrowing or any issuance of Letters of Credit
hereunder the applicable conditions set forth in Article IV,
(b) any failure by such Borrower to borrow or continue any
Loan hereunder or to proceed with the issuance of a Letter of
Credit hereunder after irrevocable notice of such borrowing,
continuation or issuance has been given pursuant to Section 2.02,
2.03, 2.19, 2.20 or 2.21, as applicable, (c) any payment,
prepayment or conversion of a Eurodollar Loan required by any other
provision of this Agreement or otherwise made or deemed made to or
by such Borrower on a date other than the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto; provided that such Borrower shall
not be required to indemnify a Lender pursuant to this clause
(c) for any loss or expense to the extent any such loss or
expense shall have been incurred pursuant to
(i) Section 2.11, 2.12 or 2.17 or
(ii) Section 2.10(a) more than six months prior to the
date that the applicable Lender shall have notified such Borrower
of its intention to claim compensation therefor, (d) any
default in payment or prepayment of the principal amount of any
Loan to such Borrower or any part thereof or interest accrued
thereon, as and when due and payable (at the due date thereof,
whether by scheduled maturity, acceleration, irrevocable notice of
prepayment or otherwise), (e) the failure of such Borrower to
borrow any Competitive Loan after accepting the Competitive Bid to
make such Loan, or (f) the occurrence of any Event of Default
including, in each such case, any loss or reasonable expense
sustained or incurred or to be sustained or incurred in liquidating
or employing deposits from third parties acquired to effect or
maintain such Loan or any part thereof as a Eurodollar Loan. Such
loss or reasonable expense shall include an amount equal to the
excess, if any, as reasonably determined by such Lender, of
(i) its cost of obtaining the funds for the Loan being paid,
prepaid, converted or not borrowed (based, in the case of a
Eurodollar Loan, on the Eurodollar Rate) for the period from the
date of such payment, prepayment or conversion or failure to borrow
to the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (or, in the
case of a failure to borrow, the Interest Period for such Loan
which would have commenced on the date of such failure) over
(ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such
Lender) that would be realized by such Lender in
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reemploying the
funds so paid, prepaid or converted or not borrowed for such period
or Interest Period, as the case may be. A certificate of any Lender
setting forth a reasonably detailed explanation of any amount or
amounts which such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this
Section shall be delivered to such Borrower and shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
Section 2.14
Pro Rata Treatment . Except in the case of any Competitive
Borrowing or as required under Sections 2.12 or 2.18, each
Borrowing, each payment or prepayment of principal of any
Borrowing, each payment of interest on the Loans, each payment of
the Facility Fees, each reduction of the Commitments and each
conversion of any Borrowing to a Borrowing of any Type, shall be
allocated pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Commitments (or, if such Commitments shall have expired
or been terminated, in accordance with the respective principal
amounts of their outstanding Revolving Loans). Each payment of
interest of any Competitive Borrowing shall be allocated pro rata
among the Lenders participating in such Borrowing in accordance
with the respective amounts of accrued and unpaid interest on their
outstanding Competitive Loans comprising such Borrowing. For the
purpose of determining the available Commitments of the Lenders at
any time, each outstanding Competitive Borrowing shall be deemed to
have utilized the Commitments of the Lenders (including those
Lenders that have not made Loans as part of such Competitive
Borrowing) pro rata in accordance with such respective Commitments.
Each Lender agrees that in computing such Lender’s portion of
any Borrowing to be made hereunder, the Administrative Agent may,
in its discretion, round each Lender’s percentage of such
Borrowing to the next higher or lower whole dollar
amount.
Section 2.15
Sharing of Setoffs . Each Lender agrees that if it shall,
through the exercise of a right of banker’s lien, setoff or
counterclaim against a Borrower, or pursuant to a secured claim
under Section 506 of Title 11 of the United States Code or
other security or interest arising from, or in lieu of, such
secured claim, received by such Lender under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or otherwise, or by any
other means, obtain payment (voluntary or involuntary) in respect
of any Loans (other than (i) Competitive Loans or
(ii) pursuant to Sections 2.09, 2.11 and 2.12) as a result of
which the unpaid principal portion of its Loans (other than
Competitive Loans) shall be proportionately less than the unpaid
principal portion of the Loans (other than Competitive Loans) of
any other Lender, it shall be deemed simultaneously to have
purchased from such other Lender at face value, and shall promptly
pay to such other Lender the purchase price for, a participation in
the Loans (other than Competitive Loans) of such other Lender, so
that the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans (other than
Competitive Loans) and participations in the Loans held by each
Lender shall be in the same proportion to the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Loans (other than Competitive Loans) then
outstanding as the principal amount of its Loans (other than
Competitive Loans) prior to such exercise of banker’s lien,
setoff or counterclaim or other event was to the principal amount
of all Loans (other than Competitive Loans) outstanding prior to
such exercise of banker’s lien, setoff or counterclaim or
other event; provided , however , that, if any such
purchase or purchases or adjustments shall be made pursuant to this
Section 2.15 and the payment giving rise thereto shall
thereafter be recovered, such purchase or purchases or adjustments
shall be rescinded to the extent of such recovery and the purchase
price or prices or adjustment restored without interest. Each
Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangements and
agrees that any Lender holding a participation in a Loan (other
than a Competitive Loan) deemed to have been so purchased may
exercise any and all rights of
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banker’s
lien, setoff or counterclaim with respect to any and all moneys
owing by such Borrower to such Lender by reason thereof as fully as
if such Lender had made a Loan (other than a Competitive Loan)
directly to such Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
Section 2.16
Payments . (a) The Borrowers shall make each payment
(including principal of or interest on any Borrowing or any Fees or
other amounts payable with respect to the Letters of Credit or
otherwise) hereunder and under any other Loan Document without
setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind not later than 12:00
(noon), New York City time, on the date when due in dollars to the
Administrative Agent at its offices at 270 Park Avenue, New York,
New York, in immediately available funds.
(b) Whenever
any payment (including principal of or interest on any Borrowing or
any Fees or other amounts payable with respect to the Letters of
Credit or otherwise) hereunder or under any other Loan Document
shall become due, or otherwise would occur, on a day that is not a
Business Day, such payment may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be
included in the computation of interest or Fees, if
applicable.
Section 2.17
Taxes . (a) Any and all payments by a Borrower
hereunder shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.16, free and
clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future
taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and
all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding any income,
franchise, branch profits or similar tax imposed on or measured by
the net income or net profits of the Administrative Agent, the
Swing Line Banks, any Fronting Bank or any Lender (or any
transferee or assignee that acquires a Loan (any such entity a
“ Transferee ”)) by the United States or any
jurisdiction under the laws of which it is organized or doing
business or any political subdivision thereof (all such nonexcluded
taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and
liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “ Taxes
”). If either Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any
Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to the
Lenders (or any Transferee), the Swing Line Banks, any Fronting
Bank or the Administrative Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be
increased by the amount necessary so that after making all required
deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums
payable under this Section 2.17) such Lender (or Transferee),
the Swing Line Banks, any Fronting Bank or the Administrative Agent
(as the case may be) shall receive an amount equal to the sum it
would have received had no such deductions been made,
(ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions and
(iii) such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the
relevant taxing authority or other Governmental Authority in
accordance with applicable law.
(b) In
addition, each Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp
or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges
or similar levies which arise from any payment made by such
Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the
execution, delivery or registration of or performance under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or otherwise with respect to
such Borrower’s role in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document (hereinafter referred to as “ Other Taxes
”).
(c) Each
Borrower will indemnify each Lender (or Transferee), each Swing
Line Bank, each Fronting Bank and the Administrative Agent for the
full amount of Taxes and
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Other Taxes
(including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on
amounts payable by such Borrower under this Section 2.17) paid
by such Lender (or Transferee), such Swing Line Bank, such Fronting
Bank or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and any
liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or
Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted by the relevant
taxing authority or other Governmental Authority. Each Borrower
shall also indemnify each Lender (or any Transferee), each Fronting
Bank and the Administrative Agent for the full amount of taxes
imposed on or measured by the net income or receipts of such Lender
(or any Transferee), such Swing Line Bank, such Fronting Bank or
the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, as such Lender (or
Transferee), such Fronting Bank or the Administrative Agent shall
determine are payable in respect of amounts paid by such Borrower
to or on behalf of such Lender (or any Transferee), such Swing Line
Bank, such Fronting Bank or the Administrative Agent, as the case
may be, pursuant to this Section 2.17. Such indemnification
shall be made within 30 days after the date any Lender (or
Transferee), the Swing Line Banks, any Fronting Bank or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, makes written demand
therefor. If any Lender (or Transferee), any Fronting Bank or the
Administrative Agent becomes entitled to a refund of Taxes or Other
Taxes for which such Lender (or Transferee), such Swing Line Bank,
such Fronting Bank or the Administrative Agent has received payment
from a Borrower hereunder, such Lender (or Transferee), such Swing
Line Bank, such Fronting Bank or Administrative Agent, as the case
may be, shall, at the expense of such Borrower, use its reasonable
efforts (consistent with internal policy, and legal and regulatory
restrictions) to obtain such refund. If a Lender (or Transferee),
the Swing Line Banks, a Fronting Bank or the Administrative Agent
receives a refund or is entitled to claim a tax credit in respect
of any Taxes or Other Taxes for which such Lender (or Transferee),
such Swing Line Bank, such Fronting Bank or the Administrative
Agent has received payment from a Borrower hereunder it shall
promptly notify such Borrower of such refund or credit and shall,
within 30 days after receipt of a request by such Borrower (or
promptly upon receipt, if such Borrower has requested application
for such refund or credit pursuant hereto), repay such refund or
amount of credit to such Borrower, net of all out-of-pocket
expenses of such Lender (or Transferee), such Swing Line Bank, such
Fronting Bank or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, and
without interest; provided that each Borrower, upon the
request of such Lender (or Transferee), such Swing Line Bank, such
Fronting Bank or the Administrative Agent, agrees to return such
refund or amount of credit (plus penalties, interest or other
charges) to such Lender (or Transferee), such Swing Line Bank, such
Fronting Bank or the Administrative Agent in the event such Lender
(or Transferee), such Swing Line Bank, such Fronting Bank or the
Administrative Agent is required to repay such refund or such
credit is denied or subsequently determined to be
unavailable.
(d) Within
30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes
withheld by either Borrower in respect of any payment to any Lender
(or Transferee), the Swing Line Banks, any Fronting Bank or the
Administrative Agent, such Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in
Section 9.01, the original or a certified copy of a receipt
evidencing payment thereof to the proper Governmental
Authority.
(e) Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement contained herein,
the agreements and obligations contained in this Section 2.17
shall survive the payment in full of the principal of and interest
on all Loans made hereunder.
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(f) Each
Lender (or Transferee), each Swing Line Bank or each Fronting Bank,
which is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the
United States shall, on or prior to the date of its execution and
delivery of this Agreement or, in the case of a Transferee, on the
date on which it becomes a Lender and in the case of any Lender,
any Swing Line Bank or any Fronting Bank, on or prior to the date
such Lender, such Swing Line Bank or such Fronting Bank changes its
funding office, and from time to time thereafter as requested in
writing by either Borrower (but only so long thereafter as such
Lender, such Swing Line Bank or such Fronting Bank remains lawfully
able to do so), shall deliver to the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent such certificates, documents or other
evidence, as required by the Code or Treasury Regulations issued
pursuant thereto, including Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or
Form W-8ECI and any other certificate or statement of exemption
required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-4(a) or
1.1441-6(c) or any subsequent version thereof, properly completed
and duly executed by such Lender (or Transferee), such Swing Line
Bank or such Fronting Bank establishing that any payment under the
Loan Documents is (i) not subject to withholding under the
Code because such payment is effectively connected with the conduct
by such Lender (or Transferee) or such Fronting Bank of a trade or
business in the United States, or (ii) fully or partially
exempt from United States tax under a provision of an applicable
tax treaty, or (iii) not subject to withholding under the
portfolio interest exception under Section 881(c) of the Code (and,
if such Lender (or Transferee), such Swing Line Bank or such
Fronting Bank delivers a Form W-8BEN claiming the benefits of
exemption from United States withholding tax under
Section 881(c), a certificate representing that such Lender
(or Transferee), such Swing Line Bank or such Fronting Bank is not
a “bank” for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is
not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of
Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of either Borrower and is
not a controlled foreign corporation related to either Borrower
(within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code). Unless
the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent have received forms or
other documents reasonably satisfactory to them indicating that
payments hereunder are not subject to United States withholding tax
or are subject to such tax at a rate reduced by an applicable tax
treaty, each applicable Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall
withhold taxes from such payments at the applicable statutory rate
in the case of payments to or for any Lender (or Transferee), any
Swing Line Bank or any Fronting Bank organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction outside the United States. If a Lender (or
Transferee), a Swing Line Bank or a Fronting Bank is unable to
deliver one of these forms or if the forms provided by a Lender (or
Transferee) or a Fronting Bank, at the time such Lender (or
Transferee), such Swing Line Bank or such Fronting Bank, first
becomes a party to this Agreement or at the time a Lender (or
Transferee), a Swing Line Bank or a Fronting Bank, changes its
funding office (other than at the request of a Borrower) indicate a
United States interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero,
withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded from
Taxes unless and until such Lender (or Transferee), such Swing Line
Bank or such Fronting Bank, provides the appropriate forms
certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon withholding tax at
such lesser rate only shall be considered excluded from Taxes for
periods governed by such appropriate forms; provided ,
however , that if at the effective date of a transfer
pursuant to which a Lender (or Transferee), a Swing Line Bank or a
Fronting Bank becomes a party to this Agreement, the Lender (or
Transferee), the Swing Line Banks or the Fronting Banks assignor
was entitled to payments under Section 2.17(a) in respect of
United States withholding tax with respect to interest paid at such
date, then, to such extent, the term Taxes shall include (in
addition to withholding taxes that may be imposed in the future or
other amounts otherwise includable in
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Taxes) United
States withholding tax, if any, applicable with respect to the
Lender (or Transferee), the Swing Line Banks or the Fronting Banks,
assignee on such date.
(g) The
Borrowers shall not be required to pay any additional amounts to
any Lender (or Transferee), the Swing Line Banks or any Fronting
Bank in respect of United States withholding tax pursuant to
paragraph (a) above for any period in respect of which the
obligation to pay such additional amounts would not have arisen but
for a failure by such Lender (or Transferee), such Swing Line Bank
or such Fronting Bank, to comply with the provisions of paragraph
(f) above unless such failure results from (i) a change
in applicable law, regulation or official interpretation thereof or
(ii) an amendment, modification or revocation of any
applicable tax treaty or a change in official position regarding
the application or interpretation thereof, in each case after the
Closing Date (and, in the case of a Transferee, after the date of
assignment or transfer).
(h) Any
Lender (or Transferee), any Swing Line Bank or any Fronting Bank
claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this
Section 2.17 shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with
internal policy, and legal and regulatory restrictions) to file any
certificate or document requested by the Borrowers or to change the
jurisdiction of its applicable lending office if the making of such
a filing or change would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of
any such additional amounts which may thereafter accrue and would
not, in the reasonable determination of such Lender (or
Transferee), such Swing Line Bank or such Fronting Bank be
materially disadvantageous to such Lender (or Transferee), such
Swing Line Bank or such Fronting Bank or require the disclosure of
information that such Lender (or Transferee), such Swing Line Bank
or such Fronting Bank reasonably considers to be
confidential.
Section 2.18
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders . (a) If
any Lender (including the Administrative Agent, any Swing Line Bank
or any Fronting Bank) requests compensation under Section 2.11, or
if it becomes unlawful for any Lender (including the Administrative
Agent, any Swing Line Bank or any Fronting Bank) to make or
maintain Eurodollar Loans under Section 2.12, or if a Borrower
is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender, the
Administrative Agent, any Swing Line Bank, any Fronting Bank or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender, the
Administrative Agent or any Fronting Bank pursuant to
Section 2.17, then such Lender, the Administrative Agent, such
Swing Line Bank or such Fronting Bank shall, at the request of such
Borrower, use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending
office for funding or booking its Loans or for the issuance of
Letters of Credit hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in
the judgment of such Lender, the Administrative Agent, such Swing
Line Bank or such Fronting Bank, as the case may be, such
designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce
amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.11 or 2.17 or no longer
make it unlawful for such Lender, the Administrative Agent, such
Swing Line Bank or such Fronting Bank, to make or maintain
Eurodollar Loans under Section 2.12, as the case may be, in
the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender, the
Administrative Agent, such Swing Line Bank or such Fronting Bank,
as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would
not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender, the Administrative
Agent, such Swing Line Bank or such Fronting Bank, as the case may
be. The Borrowers hereby agree, jointly and severally, to pay
all
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reasonable
costs and expenses incurred by any Lender, the Administrative
Agent, the Swing Line Banks or any Fronting Bank in connection with
any such designation or assignment.
(b) If
any Lender or any Fronting Bank requests compensation under
Section 2.11, or if it becomes unlawful for any Lender, any
Swing Line Bank or any Fronting Bank to make or maintain Eurodollar
Loans under Section 2.12, or if a Borrower is required to pay
any additional amount to any Lender, any Swing Line Bank any
Fronting Bank or any Governmental Authority for the account of any
Lender, any Swing Line Bank or any Fronting Bank pursuant to
Section 2.17, or if any Lender, any Swing Line Bank or any
Fronting Bank defaults in its obligation to fund Loans or issue
Letters of Credit hereunder, then the Borrowers may, at their sole
expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender, such Swing Line
Bank or such Fronting Bank and the Administrative Agent,
(i) require such Lender, such Swing Line Bank or such Fronting
Bank to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with
and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04),
all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement
(other than any outstanding Competitive Loans held by it) to an
assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be
another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment);
provided that (x) the Borrowers shall have received the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent
shall not unreasonably be withheld, (y) such assigning Lender,
Swing Line Bank or Fronting Bank shall have received payment of an
amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans (other than
Competitive Loans), accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all
other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the
extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees)
or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts) and (z) in
the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 2.11 or payments required to be
made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in
a reduction in such compensation or payments or (ii) terminate
the Commitment of such Lender upon notice given to such Lender
within forty-five (45) days of receipt of the notice given by
the Lender; provided that such notice shall be accompanied
by prepayment in full of all Loans from such Lender, including
accrued interest thereon and any breakage costs, accrued fees and
all other amounts payable to such Lender, without extension,
conversion or continuation. A Lender, a Swing Line Bank or a
Fronting Bank shall not be required to make any such assignment and
delegation under clause (i) above or terminate its Commitment
under clause (ii) above if, prior thereto, as a result of a
waiver by such Lender, such Swing Line Bank or such Fronting Bank
or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require
such assignment and delegation or termination of Commitment cease
to apply.
Section 2.19
Competitive Bid Procedure . (a) Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, from time to time during the
period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the
Termination Date, a Borrower may request Competitive Bids and may
(but shall not have any obligation to) accept Competitive Bids and
borrow Competitive Loans; provided that the sum of
(i) the Aggregate Credit Exposure and (ii) the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans at any time shall
not exceed the Total Commitment. To request Competitive Bids, a
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by
telephone, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than
12:00 noon, New York City time, four Business Days before the date
of the proposed Borrowing and, in the case of a Fixed Rate
Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, one
Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such
telephonic Competitive Bid Request shall be confirmed promptly by
hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written
Competitive Bid
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Request in a
form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by such
Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Competitive Bid Request
shall specify the following information in compliance with
Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate
amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of
such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such
Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing or a Fixed Rate
Borrowing;
(iv) the Interest
Period to be applicable to such Borrowing, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest
Period”: and
(v) the location
and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be
disbursed.
Promptly
following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with
this Section 2.19, the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Lenders of the details thereof in writing (which may be by
telecopy) inviting the Lenders to submit Competitive
Bids.
(b) Each
Lender may (but shall not have any obligation to) make one or more
Competitive Bids to the a
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