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EXHIBIT 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
$2,000,000,000
FIVE YEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT
Among
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY,
THE BORROWING SUBSIDIARIES,
THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as Syndication Agent,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
and
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of December 21, 2006
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
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SCHEDULES
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Commitments
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EXHIBITS
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Form of Competitive Bid Request
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Form of Notice of Competitive Bid
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Form of Competitive Bid Accept/Reject
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Termination
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FIVE YEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING
CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT (the " Agreement ") dated as of
December 21, 2006, among BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation (the " Company "), the BORROWING
SUBSIDIARIES (as defined herein), the lenders listed in
Schedule 2.1 (the " Lenders "), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as Syndication Agent, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking
association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such
capacity, " JPMCB "), and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as
Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, "
CNAI "; JPMCB and CNAI are referred to herein individually
as an "Administrative Agent" and collectively as the "
Administrative Agents ") and as competitive advance facility
agent (in such capacity, the " Advance Agent ").
The Company has requested that the Lenders, on the terms
and subject to the conditions herein set forth (i) extend
credit to the Company and the applicable Borrowing Subsidiaries to
enable them to borrow on a standby revolving credit basis on and
after the date hereof and at any time and from time to time prior
to the Maturity Date (such term and each other capitalized term
used but not defined herein having the meaning assigned to it in
Article I) a principal amount not in excess of $2,000,000,000
and (ii) provide a procedure pursuant to which the Company and
the Borrowing Subsidiaries may invite the Lenders to bid on an
uncommitted basis on short-term borrowings by the Company or the
applicable Borrowing Subsidiary. The proceeds of such borrowings
are to be used for working capital and other general corporate
purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries (other than funding
hostile acquisitions), including commercial paper backup and
repurchase of shares. The Lenders are willing to extend such credit
on the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.1. Defined Terms . As used in this
Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified
below:
" ABR ", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing,
refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference
to the Alternate Base Rate.
" Administrative Fees " shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.11(c).
" Administrative Questionnaire " shall mean an
administrative questionnaire delivered by a Lender pursuant to
Section 8.4(e) in form acceptable to the Administrative
Agents.
" Affiliate " shall mean, when used with respect to a
specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly,
Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the
Person specified.
" Alternate Base Rate " shall mean for any
day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the rate of
interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by CNAI as
its base rate in effect at its principal office in New York City,
(b) 1/2 of one percent above the Federal Funds Effective Rate
and (c) the Base CD Rate in effect for such day plus 1%. If
for any reason CNAI shall have determined (which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to
ascertain the Base CD Rate or Federal Funds Effective Rate, or
both, specified in clause (b) or (c), respectively, of the
first sentence of this definition, for any reason, including,
without limitation, the inability or failure of CNAI to obtain
sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms hereof, the
Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause
(b) or (c), or both, of the first sentence of this definition
until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer
exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate shall be effective on
the effective date of any change in such rate.
" Alternative Currency " shall mean at any time, Euro,
Sterling and any currency (other than Dollars) that is readily
available, freely traded and convertible into Dollars in the London
market and as to which a Dollar Equivalent can be calculated.
" Applicable Percentage " shall mean, with respect to any
Lender, the percentage of the total Commitments represented by such
Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or
expired, Applicable Percentage shall mean, with respect to any
Lender, the percentage of the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans represented by the Dollar
Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of each
Lender’s Loans.
" Applicable Rate " shall mean on any date, with respect
to any Eurocurrency Revolving Loan, or with respect to the facility
fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per
annum set forth below under the caption "Applicable Rate for
Eurocurrency Revolving Loans" or "Applicable Rate for Facility
Fees", as the case may be, based upon the Ratings by Moody’s
and S&P, respectively, in effect on such date:
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Revolving
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Eurocurrency Loans
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The higher Rating shall determine the Applicable
Rate unless the S&P and Moody’s Ratings are more than one
level apart, in which case the Rating one level above the lower
Rating shall be determinative. In the event that the
Company’s senior unsecured non-credit-enhanced long-term debt
is rated by only one of S&P and Moody’s, then that single
Rating shall be determinative. The Company hereby agrees that at
all times it shall maintain a senior unsecured non-credit-enhanced
long-term debt rating from either S&P or
Moody’s.
" Assessment Rate " shall mean, for any day, the net
annual assessment rate (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next
higher Basis Point) as most recently estimated by CNAI for
determining the then current annual assessment payable by CNAI to
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor) for
insurance by such Corporation (or such successor) of time deposits
made in Dollars at CNAI’s domestic offices.
" Assignment and Acceptance " shall mean an assignment
and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee in the form
of Exhibit B.
" Availability Period " shall mean the period from and
including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the
Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
" Base CD Rate " shall mean the sum of (a) the
product of (i) the Average Weekly Three-Month Secondary CD
Rate times (ii) a fraction of which the numerator is 100% and
the denominator is 100% minus the aggregate rates of (A) basic
and supplemental reserve requirements in effect on the date of
effectiveness of such Average Weekly Three-Month Secondary CD Rate,
as set forth below, under Regulation D of the Board applicable to
certificates of deposit in units of $100,000 or more issued by a
"member bank" located in a "reserve city" (as such terms are used
in Regulation D) and (B) marginal reserve requirements in
effect on such date of effectiveness under Regulation D applicable
to time deposits of a "member bank" and (b) the Assessment
Rate. " Average Weekly Three-Month Secondary CD Rate " shall
mean the three-month secondary certificate of deposit ("CD") rate
for the most recent weekly period covered therein in the Federal
Reserve Statistical release entitled "Weekly Summary of Lending and
Credit Measures (Averages of daily figures)" released in the week
during which occurs the day for which the CD rate is being
determined. The CD rate so reported shall be in effect, for the
purposes of this definition, for each day of the week in which the
release date of such publication occurs. If such publication or a
substitute containing the foregoing rate information is not
published by the Federal Reserve for any week, such average rate
shall be determined by CNAI on the basis of quotations received by
it from three New York City negotiable certificate of deposit
dealers of recognized standing on the first Business Day of the
week succeeding such week for which such rate information is not
published.
" Basis Point " shall mean 1/100th of 1%.
" Board " shall mean the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
" Board of Directors " shall mean either the board of
directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof
or any committee of officers of the Company acting
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pursuant to authority granted by the board of
directors of the Company or any committee of such board.
" Borrower " shall mean the Company or any Borrowing
Subsidiary.
" Borrowing " shall mean (a) Revolving Loans of the
same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in
the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest
Period and a single Currency are in effect or (b) a
Competitive Loan or group of Competitive Loans of the same Type
made on the same date and as to which a single Interest Period and
a single Currency are in effect.
" Borrowing Request " shall mean a request by the Company
for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.3.
" Borrowing Subsidiary " shall mean any Subsidiary of the
Company designated as a Borrowing Subsidiary by the Company
pursuant to Section 2.19.
" Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement " shall mean a Borrowing
Subsidiary Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit D.
" Borrowing Subsidiary Obligations " shall mean the due
and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and interest on
any Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrowing Subsidiaries
pursuant to this Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity,
by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including
fees, costs, expenses and indemnities (including, without
limitation, the obligations described in Section 2.19) of the
Borrowing Subsidiaries to the Lenders under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
" Borrowing Subsidiary Termination " shall mean a
Borrowing Subsidiary Termination substantially in the form of
Exhibit E.
" 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 Eurocurrency Loan, the term "Business Day" shall also
exclude (i) any day on which banks are not open for dealings
in dollar deposits or in the applicable Alternative Currency in the
London interbank market, (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency
Loan denominated in Euros, any day on which the TARGET payment
system is not open for settlement of payment in Euros or
(iii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in an
Alternative Currency other than Sterling or Euro, any day on which
banks are not open for dealings in such Alternative Currency in the
city which is the principal financial center of the country of
issuance of the applicable Alternative Currency.
" 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 the 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.
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" Change in Control " shall be deemed to
have occurred if (a) any Person or group of Persons (other
than (i) the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary or
(iii) any employee or director benefit plan or stock plan of
the Company or a Subsidiary or any trustee or fiduciary with
respect to any such plan when acting in that capacity or any trust
related to any such plan) shall have acquired beneficial ownership
of shares representing more than 20% of the combined voting power
represented by the outstanding Voting Shares of the Company (within
the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the applicable rules and
regulations thereunder), or (b) during any period of
12 consecutive months, commencing before or after the date of
this Agreement, individuals who on the first day of such period
were directors of the Company (together with any replacement or
additional directors who were nominated or elected by a majority of
directors then in office) cease to constitute a majority of the
Board of Directors of the Company.
" Change in Law " shall mean (a) the adoption of any
law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement,
(b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority
after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any
Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.14(b), by any lending
office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if
any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or
issued after the date of this Agreement.
" Class ", when used in reference to any Loan or
Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Competitive Loans.
" Code " shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.
" Commitment " shall mean, with respect to each Lender,
the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans expressed as
an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such
commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.8 or (b) reduced or increased from time to time
pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to
Section 8.4. The initial amount of each Lender’s
Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.1, or in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its
Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the
Lenders’ Commitments is $2,000,000,000.
" Commitment Utilization Percentage " shall mean on any
day, the percentage equivalent of a fraction (a) the numerator
of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans
and (b) the denominator of which is the aggregate Commitments
(or, on any day after termination of the Commitments, the aggregate
Commitments in effect immediately preceding such termination).
" Company " shall mean Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a
Delaware corporation.
" Competitive Bid " shall mean an offer by a Lender to
make a Competitive Loan pursuant to Section 2.4.
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" Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter "
shall mean a notification made by the Company pursuant to
Section 2.4(d) in the form of Exhibit A-4.
" Competitive Bid Rate " shall mean, as to any
Competitive Bid, the Competitive Loan Margin or the Fixed Rate, as
applicable, offered by the Lender making such Competitive Bid.
" Competitive Bid Request " shall mean a request made
pursuant to Section 2.4 in the form of Exhibit A-1.
" Competitive Borrowing " shall mean a Borrowing
consisting of a Competitive Loan or concurrent Competitive Loans
from the Lender or Lenders whose Competitive Bids for such
Borrowing have been accepted under the bidding procedure described
in Section 2.4.
" Competitive Loan " shall mean a Loan made pursuant to
Section 2.4. Each Competitive Loan shall be a Eurocurrency
Competitive Loan or a Fixed Rate Loan.
" Competitive Loan Exposure " shall mean, with respect to
any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Competitive Loans of such Lender
denominated in Dollars and (b) the sum of the Dollar
Equivalents of the aggregate principal amounts of the outstanding
Competitive Loans of such Lender denominated in Alternative
Currencies.
" Competitive Loan Margin " shall mean, with respect to
any Competitive Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the LIBO
Rate, the marginal rate of interest, if any, to be added to or
subtracted from the LIBO Rate in order to determine the interest
rate applicable to such Loan, as specified by the Lender making
such Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
" Consolidated Capitalization " shall mean at any time
the sum of short term borrowings, long-term debt and
shareholders’ equity, all as shown at such time in the
Company’s consolidated balance sheet determined in accordance
with GAAP.
" Consolidated Net Indebtedness " shall mean at any time
(i) the sum of short-term borrowings and long-term debt less
(ii) cash, cash equivalents, time deposits and marketable
securities, all as shown at such time on the Company’s
consolidated balance sheet determined in accordance with GAAP.
" Consolidated Net Tangible Assets " shall mean, with
respect to the Company, the total amount of its assets (less
applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after
deducting (i) all current liabilities (excluding the amount of
those which are by their terms extendable or renewable at the
option of the obligor to a date more than 12 months after the date
as of which the amount is being determined) and (ii) all
goodwill, tradenames, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt
discount and expense and other like intangible assets, all as set
forth on the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries and determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
" 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
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of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. "
Controlling " and " Controlled " have meanings
correlative thereto.
" Currency " shall mean Dollars or any Alternative
Currency.
" Debt " shall mean (i) all obligations represented
by notes, bonds, debentures or similar evidences of indebtedness;
(ii) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services other than, in the case of
any such deferred purchase price, on normal trade terms and
(iii) all rental obligations as lessee under leases which
shall have been or should be recorded as Capital Lease
Obligations.
" Default " shall mean any event or condition which
constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time
or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of
Default.
" Dollar Equivalent " shall mean on any date, with
respect to any principal amount of any Loan denominated in an
Alternative Currency, the equivalent in Dollars of such amount,
determined by CNAI using the Exchange Rate in effect for such
Alternative Currency at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on
such date; provided , however , that with respect to
determining the amount of any Loan that is being made, the Dollar
Equivalent shall be determined on the date of the relevant
Borrowing Request or Competitive Bid Request, as applicable, that
resulted in the making of such Loan. As appropriate, amounts
specified herein as amounts in Dollars shall be or include any
relevant Dollar Equivalent amount.
" Dollars " or " $ " shall mean lawful money of
the United States of America.
" Effective Date " means the date on which the conditions
specified in Section 4.1 are satisfied (or waived in
accordance with Section 8.7).
" EMU Legislation " means the legislative measures of the
European Council (including, without limitation, the European
Council regulations) for the introduction of, changeover to or
operation of the Euro in one or more member states.
" Environmental and Safety Laws " shall mean any and all
applicable current and future treaties, laws (including without
limitation common law), regulations, enforceable requirements,
binding determinations, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions,
permits, approvals, authorizations, licenses, permissions, written
notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered by any
Governmental Authority, relating to the environment, to employee
health or safety as it pertains to the use or handling of, or
exposure to, any hazardous substance or contaminant, to
preservation or reclamation of natural resources or to the
management, release or threatened release of any hazardous
substance, contaminant, or noxious odor, including without
limitation the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as
amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and
the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977,
the Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control
Act of 1976, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as
amended, the Emergency
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Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986,
the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, as amended, any similar or
implementing state law, all amendments of any of them, and any
regulations promulgated under any of them.
" ERISA " shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
" ERISA Affiliate " shall mean any trade or business
(whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Company, is
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
" ERISA Termination Event " shall mean (i) a
"Reportable Event" described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations issued thereunder (other than a "Reportable Event" not
subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC under such
regulations), or (ii) the withdrawal of the Company or any of
its ERISA Affiliates from a "single employer" Plan during a plan
year in which it was a "substantial employer", both of such terms
as defined in Section 4001(a) of ERISA, or (iii) the
filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan or the treatment
of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of
ERISA, or (iv) the institution of proceedings to terminate a
Plan by the PBGC or (v) any other event or condition which is
reasonably likely to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to
administer, any Plan or (vi) the partial or complete
withdrawal of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of the Company
from a Multiemployer Plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
" Euro " shall mean the lawful currency of the
Participating Member States of the European monetary union.
" Eurocurrency ", when used in reference to any Loan or
Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the LIBO Rate.
" Event of Default " shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Article VI.
" Excess Utilization Day " shall mean each day on which
the Commitment Utilization Percentage exceeds 50%.
" Exchange Act " shall mean the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
" Exchange Rate " shall mean, with respect to any
Alternative Currency on a particular date, the rate at which such
Alternative Currency may be exchanged into Dollars, as set forth on
such date on the applicable Reuters World Currency Page with
respect to such Alternative Currency; provided , that the
Company may make a one time election, with the approval of CNAI
(such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), to use Bloomberg
currency pages to determine the Exchange Rate instead of Reuters
currency pages. In the event that such rate does not appear on the
applicable Reuters World Currency Page, or Bloomberg currency page,
as the case may be, the Exchange Rate with respect to such
Alternative Currency shall be determined by reference to such other
publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be
agreed upon by CNAI and the Company or, in the absence of such
agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be CNAI’s spot
rate of exchange in the London interbank market or
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other market where its foreign currency exchange
operations in respect of such Alternative Currency is then being
conducted, at or about 10:00 A.M., local time, at such date
for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency for
delivery two Business Days later; provided , however
, that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no
such spot rate is being quoted, CNAI may use any reasonable method
it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
" Extension Letter " shall mean a letter from the Company
requesting an extension of the Maturity Date.
" Federal Funds Effective Rate " shall mean, for any day,
the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers, as released on the next succeeding Business
Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is
not so released for any day which is a Business Day, the arithmetic
average (rounded upwards to the next 1/100th of 1%), as determined
by CNAI, of the quotations for the day of such transactions
received by CNAI from three Federal funds brokers of recognized
standing selected by it.
" Financial Officer " of any corporation shall mean the
chief financial officer, principal accounting officer or treasurer
of such corporation.
" Fixed Rate " shall mean, with respect to any
Competitive Loan (other than a Eurocurrency Competitive Loan), the
fixed rate of interest per annum specified by the Lender making
such Competitive Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
" Fixed Rate Loan " shall mean a Competitive Loan bearing
interest at a Fixed Rate.
" Foreign Lender " shall mean, with respect to any
Borrower, any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which such Borrower is located. For
purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each
State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to
constitute a single jurisdiction.
" Funded Debt " shall mean Debt of the Company or a
Subsidiary owning Restricted Property maturing by its terms more
than one year after its creation and Debt classified as long-term
debt under GAAP and, in the case of Funded Debt of the Company,
ranking at least pari passu with the Loans.
" GAAP " shall mean generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America.
" Governmental Authority " shall mean the government of
any nation, including, but not limited to, the United States of
America, 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.
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" Guarantee " of or by any Person (the "
guarantor ") shall mean any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic
effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other Person (the " primary obligor ") in any manner,
whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or
advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or
supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment
thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or
services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness
or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain
working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement
condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the
primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation 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 , that the term Guarantee shall not
include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary
course of business.
" Hazardous Substances " shall mean any toxic,
radioactive, mutagenic, carcinogenic, noxious, caustic or otherwise
hazardous substance, material or waste, including petroleum, its
derivatives, by-products and other hydrocarbons, including, without
limitation, polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs"), asbestos or
asbestos-containing material, and any substance, waste or material
regulated or that could reasonably be expected to result in
liability under Environmental and Safety Laws.
" Indenture " shall mean the Indenture dated as of
June 1, 1993 between the Company and JPMCB, as successor to
The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), as Trustee, as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
" Interest Election Request " shall mean a request by the
Company to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance
with Section 2.7.
" Interest Payment Date " shall mean (a) with
respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June,
September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency
Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the
Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a
Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three
months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such
Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’
duration after the first day of such Interest Period and
(c) with respect to any Fixed Rate Loan, 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 90 days’ duration (unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request), each day
prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at
intervals of 90 days’ duration after the first 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.
" Interest Period " shall mean (a) as to any
Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter, as the
Company may elect, and (b) as to any Fixed Rate Borrowing, the
period (which shall not be less than seven days or more than 360
days) commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the
date specified in the
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applicable Competitive Bid Request;
provided , that (i) if any Interest Period would end on
a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of
a Eurocurrency Borrowing only, such next succeeding Business Day
would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day and
(ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency
Borrowing that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end
on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such
Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing
initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in
the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the
effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of
such Borrowing.
" Lenders " shall mean (a) the financial
institutions listed on Schedule 2.1 (other than any such
financial institution that has ceased to be a party hereto,
pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance) and (b) any
financial institution that has become a party hereto pursuant to an
Assignment and Acceptance.
" LIBO Rate " shall mean, with respect to any
Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing
on (i) Page 3740 or Page 3750, as the case may be, of Dow
Jones Markets (with respect to deposits in Dollars, Sterling or the
applicable Alternative Currency (other than Euros)) or (ii) on
the applicable page of the Telerate Service sponsored by the
Banking Federation of the European Union and the Financial Markets
Association (with respect to deposits in Euros) (or in either case
on any successor or substitute page of either such service, or any
successor to or substitute for either such service, providing rate
quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of
such service, as determined by CNAI from time to time for purposes
of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to
(A) deposits in Dollars, Sterling, Euros or the applicable
Alternative Currency, as applicable, 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
deposits in Dollars or the applicable Alternative Currency with a
maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that any
such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the "
LIBO Rate " with respect to such Eurocurrency Borrowing for
such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next Basis Point) equal to the arithmetic
average of the rates at which deposits in Dollars or the applicable
Alternative Currency approximately equal in principal amount to
such Borrowing and for a maturity comparable to such Interest
Period are offered to the principal London offices of the Reference
Lenders (or, if any Reference Lender does not at the time maintain
a London office, the principal London office of any Affiliate of
such Reference Lender) 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;
provided , however , that, if only two Reference
Lenders notify CNAI of the rates offered to such Reference Lenders
(or any Affiliates of such Reference Lenders) as aforesaid, the
LIBO Rate with respect to such Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be
equal to the arithmetic average of the rates so offered to such
Reference Lenders (or any such Affiliates).
" Lien " shall mean any mortgage, lien, pledge,
encumbrance, charge or security interest.
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" Loan Documents " means this Agreement,
each Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement, each Borrowing Subsidiary
Termination and each promissory note held by a Lender pursuant to
Section 2.9(e).
" Loans " shall mean the loans made by the Lenders to the
Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement.
" Margin Regulations " shall mean Regulations T, U
and X of the Board as from time to time in effect, and all
official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
" Material Adverse Effect " shall mean a material adverse
effect on the business, operations, properties or financial
condition of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole.
" Maturity " when used with respect to any Security,
shall mean the date on which the principal of such Security becomes
due and payable as provided therein or in the Indenture, whether on
a Repayment Date, at the Stated Maturity thereof or by declaration
of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
" Maturity Date " shall mean December 21, 2011,
subject to extension pursuant to Section 2.5.
" Moody’s " shall mean Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.
" Notice of Competitive Bid Request " shall mean a
notification made pursuant to Section 2.4 in the form of
Exhibit A-2.
" Original Issue Discount Security " shall mean
(i) any Security which provides for an amount less than the
principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration
of acceleration of the Maturity thereof, and (ii) any other
Security deemed an Original Issue Discount Security for United
States Federal income tax purposes.
" Overnight Rate " means, for any day, (a) with
respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the Federal Funds
Effective Rate, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated
in an Alternative Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which
overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an
amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such
rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch
or Affiliate of CNAI in the applicable offshore interbank market
for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.
" Participating Member State " means a member of the
European Communities that adopts or has adopted the Euro as its
currency in accordance with EMU Legislation.
" PBGC " shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor
entity performing similar functions.
" Person " shall mean any natural Person, corporation,
limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association,
company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
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" Plan " shall mean any employee pension
benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), subject to the provisions of
Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code that is
maintained for current or former employees, or any beneficiary
thereof, of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
" Rating Agencies " shall mean Moody’s and
S&P.
" Ratings " shall mean the ratings from time to time
established by the Rating Agencies for senior, unsecured,
non-credit-enhanced long-term debt of the Company.
" Reference Lenders " shall mean JPMCB, CNAI and Bank of
America, N.A.
" Register " shall have the meaning given such term in
Section 8.4(d).
" Repayment Date ", when used with respect to any
Security to be repaid, shall mean the date fixed for such repayment
pursuant to such Security.
" Required Lenders " shall mean, at any time, Lenders
having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments
representing at least 51% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit
Exposures and unused Commitments at such time; provided
that, for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable
pursuant to Article VI, and for all purposes after the Loans become
due and payable pursuant to Article VI or the Commitments
shall have expired or terminated, the Competitive Loan Exposures of
the Lenders shall be included in their respective Revolving Credit
Exposures in determining the Required Lenders.
" Restricted Property " shall mean (i) any
manufacturing facility, or portion thereof, owned or leased by the
Company or any Subsidiary and located within the continental United
States of America which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors
of the Company, is of material importance to the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, but no such
manufacturing facility, or portion thereof, shall be deemed of
material importance if its gross book value (before deducting
accumulated depreciation) is less than 2% of Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets, and (ii) any shares of capital stock or
indebtedness of any Subsidiary owning any such manufacturing
facility. As used in this definition, "manufacturing facility"
means property, plant and equipment used for actual manufacturing
and for activities directly related to manufacturing, and it
excludes sales offices, research facilities and facilities used
only for warehousing, distribution or general administration.
" Revolving Credit Exposure " shall mean, with respect to
any Lender at any time, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans
at such time.
" Revolving Loan " shall mean a Loan made pursuant to
Section 2.3.
" Sale and Leaseback Transaction " shall mean any
arrangement with any Person pursuant to which the Company or any
Subsidiary leases any Restricted Property that has been or is to be
sold or transferred by the Company or the Subsidiary to such
Person, other than (i) temporary leases for a term, including
renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more than three years,
(ii) leases between the Company and a Subsidiary or between
Subsidiaries,
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(iii) leases of Restricted Property executed
by the time of, or within 12 months after the latest of, the
acquisition, the completion of construction or improvement, or the
commencement of commercial operation, of such Restricted Property,
and (iv) arrangements pursuant to any provision of law with an
effect similar to that under former Section 168(f)(8) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
" S&P " shall mean Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Group or any successor thereto.
" SEC " shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
" Security " or " Securities " shall mean any note
or notes, bond or bonds, debenture or debentures, or any other
evidences of indebtedness, of any series authenticated and
delivered from time to time under the Indenture.
" Stated Maturity ", when used with respect to any
Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest
thereon, shall mean the date specified in such Security as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
" Sterling " shall mean the lawful currency of the United
Kingdom.
" subsidiary " shall mean, with respect to any Person
(the " parent ") at any date, (i) for purposes of
Sections 5.9 and 5.10 only, any Person the majority of the
outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly,
by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent of such
Person and (ii) for all other purposes under this Agreement,
any corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association or other entity the accounts of which would be
consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s
consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were
prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any
other corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association or other entity of which securities or other ownership
interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50%
of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more
than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date,
owned, controlled or held.
" Subsidiary " shall mean a subsidiary of the
Company.
" Taxes " shall mean any and all present or future taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings
imposed by any Governmental Authority and all liabilities with
respect thereto.
" Transactions " means the execution and delivery by the
Borrowers of this Agreement (or, in the case of the Borrowing
Subsidiaries, the Borrowing Subsidiary Agreements), the performance
by the Borrowers of this Agreement, the borrowing of the Loans and
the use of the proceeds thereof.
" 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 LIBO Rate, the Alternate
Base Rate and the Fixed Rate.
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" Value " shall mean, with respect to a
Sale and Leaseback Transaction, an amount equal to the present
value of the lease payments with respect to the term of the lease
remaining on the date as of which the amount is being determined,
without regard to any renewal or extension options contained in the
lease, discounted at the weighted average interest rate on the
Securities of all series (including the effective interest rate on
any Original Issue Discount Securities) which are outstanding on
the effective date of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and which
have the benefit of Section 1007 of the Indenture under which
the Securities are issued.
" Voting Stock " shall mean, as applied to the stock of
any corporation, stock of any class or classes (however designated)
having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the members of the board of directors (or other
governing body) of such corporation other than stock having such
power only by reason of the happening of a contingency.
" Wholly Owned Subsidiary " of any Person shall mean a
subsidiary of such Person of which securities (except for
directors’ qualifying shares) or other ownership interests
representing 100% of the equity are, at the time any determination
is being made, owned by such Person or one or more wholly owned
subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more
wholly owned subsidiaries of such Person.
SECTION 1.2. Classification of Loans and Borrowings
. 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 " Eurocurrency Loan ") or by Class and Type (e.g.,
a " Eurocurrency Revolving Loan "). Borrowings also may be
classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a " Revolving
Borrowing ") or by Type (e.g., a " Eurocurrency
Borrowing ") or by Class and Type (e.g., a " Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing ").
SECTION 1.3. Terms Generally . The definitions of
terms herein shall apply equally to 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". The word
"will" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as
the word "shall". Unless the context requires otherwise
(a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set
forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(c) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and words of
similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in
its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof,
(d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of,
and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the
words "asset" and "property" shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts and contract rights.
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SECTION 1.4. 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 the
Company notifies the Administrative Agent that the Company 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 the Company 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.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.1. Commitments . Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving
Loans to the Company and any Borrowing Subsidiary from time to time
during the Availability Period in Dollars, Pounds Sterling, Euros
or any Alternative Currency in an aggregate principal amount that
will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the
sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the total
Competitive Loan Exposures exceeding the total Commitments. Within
the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, the Company and each applicable Borrowing Subsidiary
may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
SECTION 2.2. Loans and Borrowings . (a) Each
Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of
Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with
their respective Commitments. Each Competitive Loan shall be made
in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.4.
The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by
it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder;
provided that the Commitments and Competitive Bids of the
Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any
other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.13, (i) each Revolving
Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans (which shall be
denominated in Dollars) or Eurocurrency Loans as the Company (on
its own behalf or on behalf of any other applicable Borrower) may
request in accordance herewith, and (ii) each Competitive
Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Eurocurrency Loans or
Fixed Rate Loans as the Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of
any other Borrower) may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender
at its option may make any Eurocurrency 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
affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay such Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period
for any Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be
in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000
(or the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of Loans denominated
in an Alternative Currency) and not less than $10,000,000 (or the
Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of Loans denominated in an
Alternative Currency). At the time that each ABR Revolving
Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount
that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than
$10,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be
in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance
of the total Commitments. ABR Loans shall be denominated only in
Dollars. Each Competitive Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be
in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000
and not less than $10,000,000, and each Competitive Borrowing
denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be in an aggregate
principal amount that is not less than the Dollar Equivalent of
$10,000,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be
outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not
at any time be more than a total of 15 Eurocurrency Revolving
Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of any other Borrower)
shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or
continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with
respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.3. Requests for Revolving Borrowings . To
request a Revolving Borrowing, the Company (on its own behalf or on
behalf of any other applicable Borrower) shall notify CNAI of such
request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency
Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time three
Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or
(b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:30
a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed
Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be
irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
telecopy to CNAI of a written Borrowing Request in the form of
Exhibit A-5. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing
Request shall specify the following information in compliance with
Section 2.2:
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(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 an ABR Borrowing or a
Eurocurrency Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (A) the
Currency of the requested Borrowing and (B) the initial
Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term "Interest Period";
(v) the location and number of the account of the Company or the
other applicable Borrowers to which funds are to be disbursed,
which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.6;
and
(vi) the applicable Borrower.
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If no election as to the Type of Revolving
Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing
shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no election as to the Currency of the
Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving
Borrowing shall be denominated in Dollars. If no Interest Period is
specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Revolving
Borrowing, then the Company shall be deemed to have selected an
Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following
receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section,
CNAI shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the
amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the
requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.4. Competitive Bid Procedure .
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, from
time to time during the Availability Period the Company (on its own
behalf or on behalf of any other Borrower) may request Competitive
Bids and the Company (on its own behalf and on behalf of any other
Borrowers) may (but shall not have any obligation to) accept
Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive Loans; provided that
no Competitive Loan may be requested that would result in the sum
of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the total Competitive
Loan Exposures exceeding the total Commitments. To request
Competitive Bids, the Company (on its own behalf and on behalf of
any other Borrowers) shall hand deliver or telecopy to the Advance
Agent a duly completed Competitive Bid Request in the form of
Exhibit A-1 hereto, to be received by the Advance Agent, in
the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m.,
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 10:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before
the date of the proposed Borrowing. A Competitive Bid Request that
does not conform substantially to Exhibit A-1 may be rejected
in the Advance Agent’s sole discretion, and the Advance Agent
shall promptly notify the Company of such rejection by telecopy.
Each Competitive Bid Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.2:
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(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the Currency of the requested Borrowing;
(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business
Day;
(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be a Eurocurrency Borrowing or
a Fixed Rate Borrowing;
(v) the Interest Period to be applicable to such Borrowing,
which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
"Interest Period";
(vi) the location and number of the account of the Company or
any other Borrower to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall
comply with the requirements of Section 2.6; and
(vii) the applicable Borrower.
If no election as to the Currency of a Borrowing is specified in
any Competitive Bid Request, then the applicable Borrower shall be
deemed to have requested a Borrowing in Dollars. Promptly following
receipt of a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with this
Section, the
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Advance Agent shall notify the Lenders of the
details thereof 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 such Borrower in response to a
Competitive Bid Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Lender must be
received by the Advance Agent by telecopy, in the form of
Exhibit A-3 hereto, in the case of a Eurocurrency Competitive
Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, three
Business Days before the proposed date of such Competitive
Borrowing, and in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later
than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the proposed date of
such Competitive Borrowing. Competitive Bids that do not conform
substantially to the format of Exhibit A-3 may be rejected by
the Advance Agent, and the Advance Agent shall notify the
applicable Lender as promptly as practicable. Each Competitive Bid
shall specify (i) the principal amount of the Competitive Loan
or Loans that the Lender is willing to make (which, in the case of
a Competitive Borrowing denominated in Dollars, shall be a minimum
of $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and, in the
case of a Competitive Borrowing denominated in an Alternative
Currency, shall be a minimum principal amount the Dollar Equivalent
of which is equal to $5,000,000, and which may equal the entire
principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing request by such
Borrower), (ii) the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates at which the
Lender is prepared to make such Loan or Loans (expressed as a
percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no more than
four decimal places) and (iii) the Interest Period applicable
to each such Loan and the last day thereof.
(c) The Advance Agent shall promptly notify such Borrower by
telecopy of the Competitive Bid Rate and the principal amount
specified in each Competitive Bid and the identity of the Lender
that shall have made such Competitive Bid.
(d) Subject only to the provisions of this paragraph, such
Borrower may accept or reject any Competitive Bid. Such Borrower
shall notify the Advance Agent by telephone, confirmed by telecopy
in the form of a Competitive Bid Accept/Reject Letter, whether and
to what extent it has decided to accept or reject each Competitive
Bid, in the case of a Eurocurrency Competitive Borrowing, not later
than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the
date of the proposed Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a
Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the proposed date of the Competitive Borrowing; provided
that (i) the failure of such Borrower to give such notice
shall be deemed to be a rejection of each Competitive Bid,
(ii) such Borrower shall not accept a Competitive Bid made at
a particular Competitive Bid Rate if the Company rejects a
Competitive Bid made at a lower Competitive Bid Rate,
(iii) the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by
such Borrower shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the
requested Competitive Borrowing specified in the related
Competitive Bid Request, (iv) to the extent necessary to
comply with clause (iii) above, such Borrower may accept
Competitive Bids at the same Competitive Bid Rate in part, which
acceptance, in the case of multiple Competitive Bids at such
Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in accordance with the
amount of each such Competitive Bid, and (v) except pursuant
to clause (iv) above, no Competitive Bid shall be accepted for
a Competitive Loan unless such Competitive Loan is, in the case of
a Competitive Borrowing denominated in Dollars, in a minimum
principal amount of $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 and, in the case of a Competitive Borrowing denominated
in an Alternative Currency, in a minimum principal amount the
Dollar Equivalent of which is
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$5,000,000; provided further that if a
Competitive Loan must be in an amount less than $5,000,000 or an
amount in an Alternative Currency of which the Dollar Equivalent is
less than $5,000,000 because of the provisions of clause (iv)
above, such Competitive Loan may be for a minimum of $5,000,000 or
an amount in an Alternative Currency of which the Dollar Equivalent
is $5,000,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000,000 thereof, and
in calculating the pro rata allocation of acceptances of portions
of multiple Competitive Bids at a particular Competitive Bid Rate
pursuant to clause (iv) the amounts shall be rounded to
integral multiples of $1,000,000 in a manner which shall be in the
discretion of such Borrower. A notice given by such Borrower
pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall be
irrevocable.
(e) The Advance Agent shall promptly notify each bidding Lender
by telecopy whether or not its Competitive Bid has been accepted
(and, if so, the amount and Competitive Bid Rate so accepted), and
each successful bidder will thereupon become bound, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, to make the Competitive Loan in
respect of which its Competitive Bid has been accepted.
(f) If the Advance Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid
in its capacity as a Lender, it shall submit such Competitive Bid
directly to the Company at least one quarter of an hour earlier
than the time by which the other Lenders are required to submit
their Competitive Bids to the Advance Agent pursuant to
paragraph (b) of this Section.
(g) All notices required by this Section 2.4 shall be given
in accordance with Section 8.1.
SECTION 2.5. Extension of Maturity Date .
(a) The Company may, by sending an Extension Letter to CNAI (in
which case CNAI shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the
Lenders), during the period of not less than 30 days and not more
than 60 days prior to any anniversary of the Closing Date,
request that the Lenders extend the Maturity Date at the time in
effect to the first anniversary of the Maturity Date then in
effect. Each Lender, acting in its sole discretion, shall, by
notice to CNAI given not more than 20 days after the date of
the Extension Letter, advise CNAI in writing whether or not such
Lender agrees to such extension (each Lender that so advises CNAI
that it will not extend the Maturity Date, being referred to herein
as a " Non-extending Lender "); provided that any Lender
that does not advise CNAI by the 20th day after the date of
the Extension Letter shall be deemed to be a Non-extending Lender.
The election of any Lender to agree to such extension shall not
obligate any other Lender to agree.
(b) (i) If Lenders holding Commitments that aggregate at
least 51% of the total Commitments on the 20th day after the date
of the Extension Letter shall not have agreed to extend the
Maturity Date, then the Maturity Date shall not be so extended and
the outstanding principal balance of all Loans and other amounts
payable hereunder shall be payable on such Maturity Date.
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Lenders that shall so have agreed shall be the
first anniversary of the current Maturity Date. In the event of
such extension, the Commitment of each Non-extending Lender shall
terminate on the Maturity Date in effect prior to such extension,
all Loans and other amounts payable hereunder to such Non-extending
Lenders shall become due and payable on such Maturity Date and the
total Commitment of the Lenders hereunder shall be reduced by the
Commitments of Non-extending Lenders so terminated on such Maturity
Date.
(c) In the event that the conditions of clause (ii) of
paragraph (b) above have been satisfied, the Company
shall have the right on or before the Maturity Date in effect prior
to the requested extension, at its own expense, to require any
Non-extending Lender to transfer and assign without recourse
(except as to title and the absence of Liens created by it) (in
accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in
Section 8.4) all its interests, rights and obligations under
this Agreement to one or more banks or other financial institutions
identified to the Non-extending Lender, which may include any
Lender (each an " Additional Commitment Lender "),
provided that (x) such Additional Commitment Lender, if
not already a Lender hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of
CNAI and the Company (such approvals not to be unreasonably
withheld), (y) such assignment shall become effective as of a
date specified by the Company (which shall not be later than the
Maturity Date in effect prior to the requested extension) and
(z) the Additional Commitment Lender shall pay to such
Non-extending Lender in immediately available funds on the
effective date of such assignment the principal of and interest
accrued to the date of payment on the Loans made by it hereunder
and all other amounts accrued for its account or owed to it
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no extension of the
Maturity Date shall become effective unless, on the Maturity
Date in effect prior to the requested extension the conditions
set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.2
shall be satisfied (with all references in such paragraphs to a
Borrowing being deemed to be references to the current Maturity
Date) and CNAI shall have received a certificate to that effect
dated such Maturity Date and executed by a Financial Officer of the
Company.
SECTION 2.6. Funding of Borrowings . (a) Each
Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the
proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available
funds in Dollars or in the applicable Alternative Currency, as the
case may be, to the account of CNAI or an Affiliate thereof most
recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the
Lenders, by 2:00 p.m., New York City time (or, in the case of any
Competitive Loan with respect to which a Borrower shall have
requested funding in another jurisdiction, to such account in such
jurisdiction as CNAI shall designate for such purpose by notice to
the applicable Lenders, by 2:00 p.m., local time). CNAI will make
such Loans available to such Borrower by promptly crediting the
amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of such Borrower
maintained with CNAI in New York City (or, in the case of any Loan
with respect to which such Borrower shall have requested funding in
another jurisdiction, to such account in such jurisdiction as such
Borrower shall have designated in the applicable Borrowing Request
or Competitive Bid Request).
(b) Unless CNAI shall have received notice from a Lender prior
to the proposed time of any Borrowing that such Lender will not
make available to CNAI such Lender’s share of such Borrowing,
CNAI may assume that such Lender has made such share available on
such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and
may, in reliance upon such assumption,
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make available to such Borrower a corresponding
amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share
of the applicable Borrowing available to CNAI, then the applicable
Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to CNAI
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is
made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of
payment to CNAI, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the
applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect or
(ii) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate on the
applicable Borrowing; provided that no repayment by such
Borrower pursuant to this sentence shall be deemed to be a
prepayment for purposes of Section 2.15. If such Lender pays
such amount to CNAI, then such amount shall constitute such
Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.
SECTION 2.7. Interest Elections . (a) Each
Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type and in the
Currency specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the
case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial
Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter,
the Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of any other Borrower)
may elect to convert such Borrowing (if denominated in Dollars) to
a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of
a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods or
Currencies therefor, all as provided in this Section. Eurocurrency
Loans may not be converted to Loans of a different Type. The
Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of any other Borrower) may
elect different options with respect to different portions of the
affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising
such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be
considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to
Competitive Borrowings, which may not be converted or
continued.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Company
(on its own behalf or on behalf of any other Borrower) shall notify
CNAI of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing
Request would be required under Section 2.3 if the Company (on
its own behalf or on behalf of any other Borrower) were requesting
a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to
be made on the effective date of such election. Each such
telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall
be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to CNAI of a
written Interest Election Request in a form approved by CNAI and
signed by the Company.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall
specify the following information in compliance with
Section 2.2:
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(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request
applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to
different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to
each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be
specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall
be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such
Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing
or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and
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(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency
Borrowing, (A) the Currency of the resulting Borrowing and
(B) the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving
effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by
the definition of the term "Interest Period".
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency
Borrowing but does not specify (x) an Interest Period, then
the Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of any other Borrower)
shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one
month’s duration or (y) a Currency, then the Company (on
its own behalf or on behalf of any other Borrowing Subsidiary)
shall be deemed to have selected a Borrowing denominated in Dollars
(in the case of an initial Eurocurrency Borrowing) or the same
Currency as the Eurocurrency Borrowing being continued.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request,
CNAI shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such
Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of any other
Borrower) fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with
respect to a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of
the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing
is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period
such Borrowing (i) if denominated in Dollars shall be
converted to an ABR Borrowing and (ii) if denominated in an
Alternative Currency shall be converted to a one month Interest
Period denominated in the same Currency as the Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing being continued. Notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and CNAI, at the request of the Required Lenders, so
notifies the Company, then, so long as an Event of Default is
continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing may be
converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing and
(ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing
shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto.
SECTION 2.8. Termination and Reduction of
Commitments . (a) Unless previously terminated, the
Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
(b) The Company may at any time terminate, or from time to time
reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each
reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000 and
(ii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Commitments
if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans
in accordance with Section 2.10, the sum of the Revolving
Credit Exposures plus the Competitive Loan Exposures would exceed
the total Commitments.
(c) The Company shall notify CNAI of any election to terminate
or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section
at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such
termination or reduction, specifying such election and the
effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice,
CNAI shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice
delivered by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be
irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the
Commitments delivered by the Company may state that such notice is
conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in
which case such notice may be revoked by the Company (by notice to
CNAI on or prior to the specified effective
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date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any
termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent.
Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the
Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 2.9. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of
Debt . (a) Each Borrower hereby unconditionally promises
to pay (i) to CNAI for the account of each Lender the then
unpaid principal amount of its Revolving Loans on the Maturity Date
and (ii) to CNAI for the account of each Lender the then
unpaid principal amount of each Competitive Loan on the last day of
the Interest Period applicable to such Loan.
(b) Each Lender shall 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) CNAI shall maintain a Register pursuant to subsection
8.4(d), and an account for each Lender in which it shall record
(i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder and any promissory
note evidencing such Loan, the Class, Type and Currency 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 CNAI hereunder for the account of the
Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each
Lender maintained pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (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 CNAI to maintain
such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect
the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by
a promissory note for its Competitive Loans and a promissory note
for its Revolving Loans. In such event, the applicable Borrower
shall 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) and in a form
approved by CNAI. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such
promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including
after assignment pursuant to Section 8.4) 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 assigns).
SECTION 2.10. Prepayment of Loans . (a) The
applicable Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time
to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to
prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section;
provided that no Borrower shall have the right to prepay any
Competitive Loan without the prior consent of the Lender
thereof.
(b) The Company (on its own behalf or on behalf of any other
Borrower) shall notify CNAI by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of
any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New
York City time three Business Days before the date of prepayment
and (ii) in the case of prepayment
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of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than
10:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of
prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify
the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or
portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of
prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of
termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.8,
then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of
termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.8.
Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a
Revolving Borrowing, CNAI shall advise the Lenders of the contents
thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall
be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance
of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in
Section 2.2. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be
applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.
Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent
required by Section 2.12.
SECTION 2.11. Fees . (a) The Company agrees to
pay to CNAI for the account of each Lender a facility fee in
Dollars which shall accrue at the Applicable Rate on the average
daily amount of the Commitment of such Lender (whether used or
unused) during the period from and including the date hereof to but
excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates;
provided that, if such Lender continues to have any
Revolving Credit Exposure after its Commitment terminates, then
such facility fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure from and including
the date on which its Commi
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