FIVE YEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

Exhibit 4f.

 

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 22, 2004

 

 

 

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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

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SCHEDULES

 

 

 

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FIVE YEAR COMPETITIVE ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) dated as of December 22, 2004, 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:

 

 

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.

 

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“ 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 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.

 

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“ 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.

 

“ 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

 

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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.

 

“ 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.

 

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“ 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 of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

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“ 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 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.

 

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“ 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 other market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such Alternative

 

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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.

 

“ 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

 

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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 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

 

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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 22, 2009, 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.

 

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.

 

(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

 

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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:

 

(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.

 

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.

 

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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:

 

(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 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.,

 

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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 $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.

 

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(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.

 

(ii) If (and only 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 have agreed to extend the Maturity Date, then the Maturity Date applicable to the 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

 

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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, 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.

 

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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:

 

(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

 

(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.

 

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(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 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.

 

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(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 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.

 

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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 he