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Exhibit 4.1
(i)
EXECUTION
VERSION
FOURTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED
$400,000,000
SENIOR
UNSECURED
REVOLVING
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of
September 19, 2007
among
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.,
as Administrative
Agent
THE LENDERS LISTED ON
SCHEDULE I HERETO
and
BARNES GROUP INC.
and
BARNES GROUP SWITZERLAND
GmbH, Nevis Branch
as Borrowers
with
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC, as Arranger
KEYBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.
as Co-Syndication
Agents
and
THE BANK OF NEW
YORK
and
THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF
THE BANK OF IRELAND
as Co-Documentation
Agents
TABLE OF
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DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION |
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Definitions
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Rules of Interpretation
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Letter of Credit Amounts
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1.4. |
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Exchange Rates; Currency
Equivalents
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Additional Alternative
Currencies
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Change of Currency
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THE REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY |
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2.1. |
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Commitment to Lend
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Facility Fee
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Reduction of Total Commitment
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2.4. |
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The Revolving Credit Notes
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2.5. |
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Interest on Loans
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2.6. |
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Requests for Loans
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Conversion Options
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Funds for Loan
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2.9. |
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Settlements
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REPAYMENT OF THE LOANS |
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Maturity
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Mandatory Repayments of Loans
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Optional Repayments of Loans
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3.4. |
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Extension of Loan Maturity
Date
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LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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4.1. |
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Letter of Credit Commitments
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4.2. |
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Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of
Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit
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4.3. |
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Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of
Participations
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4.4. |
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Repayment of Participations
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Obligations Absolute
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4.6. |
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Role of Issuing Bank
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4.7. |
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Cash Collateral
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4.8. |
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Applicability of ISP
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4.9. |
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Letter of Credit Amounts
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4.10. |
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Letter of Credit Fee
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CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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5.1. |
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Administrative Agent’s
Fee
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5.2. |
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Funds for Payments
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Computations; Retroactive Adjustments of
Applicable Margin
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Inability to Determine Eurocurrency
Rate
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Illegality
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Additional Costs, etc
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5.7. |
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Capital Adequacy
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5.8. |
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Certificate
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5.9. |
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Indemnity for Eurocurrency Rate
Loans
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5.10. |
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Interest After Default
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5.11. |
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Replacement of Lenders
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GUARANTORS |
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6.1. |
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Guaranty by Subsidiaries
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6.2. |
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Guaranty by BGI
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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7.1. |
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Corporate Authority
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7.2. |
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Governmental Approvals
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7.3. |
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Title to Properties
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7.4. |
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Financial Statements
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7.5. |
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No Material Adverse Changes,
etc.
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7.6. |
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Franchises, Patents, Copyrights,
etc.
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7.7. |
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Litigation
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7.8. |
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Compliance with Other Instruments, Laws,
etc.
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7.9. |
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Tax Status
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7.10. |
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No Event of Default
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7.11. |
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Holding Company and Investment Company
Acts
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7.12. |
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Certain Transactions
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7.13. |
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Employee Benefit Plans
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7.14. |
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Use of Proceeds
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7.15. |
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Environmental Compliance
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Subsidiaries, etc.
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7.17. |
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Disclosure
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7.18. |
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Foreign Asset Control Regulations,
Etc.
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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8.1. |
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Punctual Payment
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8.2. |
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Maintenance of Office
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8.3. |
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Records and Accounts
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8.4. |
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Financial Statements, Certificates and
Information
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8.5. |
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Notices
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8.6. |
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Legal Existence; Maintenance of
Properties
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8.7. |
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Insurance
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8.8. |
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Taxes
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8.9. |
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Inspection of Properties and Books,
etc.
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8.10. |
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Compliance with Laws, Contracts,
Licenses, and Permits
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8.11. |
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Employee Benefit Plans
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8.12. |
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Use of Proceeds
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8.13. |
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Further Assurances
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CERTAIN NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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9.1. |
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Restrictions on Indebtedness
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9.2. |
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Restrictions on Liens
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9.3. |
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Restrictions on Investments
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9.4. |
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Restricted Payments
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9.5. |
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Merger, Consolidation and Disposition of
Assets
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9.6. |
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Sale and Leaseback
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9.7. |
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Compliance with Environmental
Laws
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9.8. |
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Employee Benefit Plans
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9.9. |
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Business Activities
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9.10. |
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Fiscal Year
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9.11. |
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Transactions with Affiliates
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9.12. |
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Optional Payment of Subordinated
Debt
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FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
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10.1. |
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Interest Coverage
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10.2. |
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Leverage Ratio
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10.3. |
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Senior Leverage Ratio
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CLOSING CONDITIONS |
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11.1. |
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Loan Documents etc.
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11.2. |
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Certified Copies of Governing
Documents
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11.3. |
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Corporate or Other Action
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11.4. |
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Incumbency Certificate
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11.5. |
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Solvency Certificate
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11.6. |
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Opinions of Counsel
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11.7. |
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Payment of Fees
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11.8. |
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Financial Statements
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11.9. |
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Intercreditor Arrangements
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11.10. |
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Existing Credit Agreement
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CONDITIONS TO ALL BORROWINGS |
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12.1. |
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Representations True; No Default or
Event of Default
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12.2. |
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No Legal Impediment
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12.3. |
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Proceedings and Documents
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No Material Adverse Change
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12.5. |
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Alternative Currencies
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC. |
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13.1. |
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Events of Default and
Acceleration
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13.2. |
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Termination of Commitments
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13.3. |
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Remedies
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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14.1. |
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Authorization
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14.2. |
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Employees and Administrative
Agents
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14.3. |
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No Liability
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14.4. |
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No Representations
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14.5. |
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Payments
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14.6. |
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Holders of Notes
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14.7. |
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Indemnity
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14.8. |
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Administrative Agent as Lender;
Etc.
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14.9. |
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Resignation
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14.10. |
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Notification of Defaults and Events of
Default
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of
Claim
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ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION |
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15.1. |
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General Conditions and Conditions to
Assignment
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15.2. |
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Certain Representations and Warranties;
Limitations; Covenants
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15.3. |
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Register
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15.4. |
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Participations
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15.5. |
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Limitation upon Participant
Rights
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15.6. |
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Participant Affiliated with the
Borrowers
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15.7. |
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Miscellaneous Assignment
Provisions
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15.8. |
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Resignation After Assignment
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15.9. |
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Replacement of Non-Extending
Lenders
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PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATIONS |
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Setoff
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16.2. |
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Expenses
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16.3. |
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Indemnification
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16.4. |
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Treatment of Certain Confidential
Information
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16.5. |
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Survival of Covenants, Etc.
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16.6. |
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Notices, Etc.
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16.7. |
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GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO
JURISDICTION
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Headings
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16.9. |
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Counterparts
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16.10. |
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Entire Agreement, Etc.
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16.11. |
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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16.12. |
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Consents, Amendments, Waivers,
Etc.
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16.13. |
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Severability
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16.14. |
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USA Patriot Act Notice
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16.15. |
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Liability for the Obligations
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16.16. |
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Judgment Currency
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TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS |
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17.1. |
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Existing Credit Agreement
Superseded
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17.2. |
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Return and Cancellation of
Notes
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17.3. |
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Interest and Fees Under Superseded
Agreement
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| 18. |
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NO ADVISORY OR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY |
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Exhibits
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| Exhibit A |
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Form of
Note |
| Exhibit B |
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Form of
Loan Request |
| Exhibit C |
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Form of
Compliance Certificate |
| Exhibit D |
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Assignment and Assumption |
| Exhibit E |
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Guaranty |
| Exhibit F |
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BGI
Guaranty |
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Schedules
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| Schedule 1 |
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Lenders
and Commitments |
| Schedule 1-A |
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Mandatory
Cost Formulae |
| Schedule 7.4.1 |
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Fiscal
Year Not Ending on December 31 |
| Schedule 7.5 |
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Restricted Payments |
| Schedule 7.7 |
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Litigation |
| Schedule 7.15 |
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Environmental Compliance |
| Schedule 7.16 |
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Subsidiaries Etc. |
| Schedule 9.1 |
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Existing
Senior Debt |
| Schedule 9.2 |
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Existing
Liens |
| Schedule 9.3 |
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Existing
Investments |
| Schedule 16.6.1 |
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Addresses
for Notices |
FOURTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED
REVOLVING
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This FOURTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Credit
Agreement ”) is made as of September 19, 2007, by
and among Barnes Group Inc. (“ BGI ”), a
Delaware corporation having its principal place of business at 123
Main Street, P.O. Box 489, Bristol, Connecticut 06011, Barnes Group
Switzerland GmbH, a limited liability company organized under the
laws of Switzerland and an indirect, wholly-owned Subsidiary of
BGI, registered at Alte Haslenstrasse 29, 9053 Teufen, Switzerland,
acting through its Nevis Branch having its registered office at
Four Seasons Estates, Villa 1426, Palm Grove Villas,
Nevis & Saint Kitts, West Indies (“ Barnes
Switzerland ”, and together with BGI, the “
Borrowers ”, and each individually, a “
Borrower ”), and Bank of America, N.A. (“
Bank of America ”), a national banking
association, and the other lending institutions listed on
Schedule 1 (the “ Lenders
”) and Bank of America, as administrative agent for itself
and such other lending institutions (the “
Administrative Agent ”) with Banc of America
Securities LLC, as Arranger (the “ Arranger ”),
KeyBank National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Co-Syndication Agents (the “ Syndication Agents
”) and The Bank of New York and The Governor and Company of
The Bank of Ireland as Co-Documentation Agents (the “
Documentation Agents ”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to
that certain Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement,
dated as of June 23, 2006 (as amended and in effect from time
to time, the “ Existing Credit Agreement
”), by and among BGI, certain of the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent, and certain other parties thereto, such
Lenders have made available certain financing to the Borrowers upon
the terms and conditions contained therein; and
WHEREAS, the Borrowers
have requested, among other things, to amend and restate the
Existing Credit Agreement and the Lenders are willing to amend and
restate the Existing Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions
set forth herein;
NOW THEREFORE , in
consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein, the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent agree that as of the date hereof, the Existing Credit
Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as set
forth herein:
1. DEFINITIONS AND
RULES OF INTERPRETATION .
1.1. Definitions
. The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this
§1 or elsewhere in the provisions of this Credit Agreement
referred to below:
Accountants .
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other nationally recognized
independent auditors selected by BGI and reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent.
Acquired Business . A
company or business acquired by BGI or any of its Subsidiaries
(through asset purchase or otherwise) in compliance with §9.5;
provided that the company or business acquired will not be
considered an Acquired Business until (a) BGI has delivered to
the Administrative Agent historical financial statements of such
company or business prepared in
accordance with GAAP, an officer’s
certificate pursuant to §9.5.1(a) and such other financial
information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and
(b) the Administrative Agent has consented in writing to the
designation of such acquired company or business as an Acquired
Business, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
Additional Commitment
Lender . See §3.4(d).
Adjustment Date . The
first day of the month immediately following the month in which a
Compliance Certificate is to be delivered by the Borrowers pursuant
to §8.4(c).
Administrative Agent .
Bank of America, N.A., acting as agent for the Lenders and each
other Person appointed as the successor Administrative Agent in
accordance with §14.9.
Administrative
Agent’s Office . With respect to any currency, the
Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account
as set forth on Schedule 16.6.1 with respect to such
currency, or such other address or account with respect to such
currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify
to the Borrowers and the Lenders.
Administrative
Agent’s Special Counsel . Bingham McCutchen LLP, or such
other counsel as may be approved by the Administrative
Agent.
Administrative
Questionnaire . An Administrative Questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Affiliate .
(a) When used generally, with respect to any Person, another
Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified, and (b) when used with
respect to the Borrowers, any Person that would be considered to be
an affiliate of BGI under Rule 144(a) of the Rules and Regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as in effect on the date
hereof, if BGI were issuing securities.
Agreement Currency .
See §16.16.
Alternative Currency .
Each of Euro, Sterling, Swiss Franc, and each other currency (other
than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with
§1.5.
Alternative Currency
Equivalent . At any time, with respect to any amount
denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the
applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative
Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the
basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent
Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency
with Dollars.
Alternative Currency
Sublimit . An amount equal to $200,000,000. The Alternative
Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Total
Commitments.
Amendment Fee . See
§11.7.
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Applicable Margin .
For each period commencing on an Adjustment Date through the date
immediately preceding the next Adjustment Date (each a “Rate
Adjustment Period”), the Applicable Margin shall be the
applicable margin set forth below with respect to the Leverage
Ratio, as determined for the four (4) consecutive fiscal
quarters then ending of BGI and its Subsidiaries ending on the last
day of the fiscal quarter ended immediately prior to the applicable
Rate Adjustment Period.
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Leverage
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Eurocurrency Rate
Loans |
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Letter of
Credit
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Facility
Fee
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Less than
2.00:1 |
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0.30% |
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0.30% |
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0.10% |
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II
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Less than
2.25:1 but greater than or equal to 2.00:1 |
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0.375% |
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0.375% |
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0.125% |
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III
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Less than
2.50:1 but greater than or equal to 2.25:1 |
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0.475% |
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0.475% |
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0.15% |
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IV
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Less than
2.75:1 but greater than or equal to 2.50:1 |
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0.55% |
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0.55% |
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0.20% |
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V
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Less than
3.00:1 but greater than or equal to 2.75:1 |
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0.75% |
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0.75% |
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0.25% |
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VI
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Less than
3.25:1 but greater than or equal to 3.00:1 |
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0.95% |
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0.95% |
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0.30% |
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VII
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Greater
than or equal to 3.25:1 |
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1.15% |
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1.15% |
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0.35% |
If the Borrowers fail to
deliver any Compliance Certificate pursuant to §8.4(c) hereof,
then for the period commencing on the next Adjustment Date to occur
subsequent to such failure through the date immediately following
the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered, the
Applicable Margin shall be the highest Applicable Margin set forth
above.
Applicable Pension
Legislation . At any time, any pension or retirement benefits
legislation (be it national, federal, provincial, territorial or
otherwise) then applicable to any Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
Applicable Time . With
respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency,
the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative
Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the
Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely
settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking
procedures in the place of payment.
Approved Fund . Any
Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender,
(b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an
Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.
Arranger . Banc of
America Securities LLC.
Assignment and
Assumption . See §15.1.
Assignment Fee . See
§15.1.
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Attributable Debt . In
respect of a sale and leaseback transaction, at the time of
determination, the present value (discounted at the rate of
interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance
with GAAP) of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments
during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and
leaseback transaction (including any period for which such lease
has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be
extended).
Auto-Extension Letter of
Credit . See §4.2.
Balance Sheet Date .
December 31, 2006.
Bank of America . Bank
of America, N.A., a national banking association, in its individual
capacity.
Barnes Switzerland .
Barnes Group Switzerland GmbH, a limited liability company
organized under the laws of Switzerland and an indirect,
wholly-owned Subsidiary of BGI, registered at Alte Haslenstrasse
29, 9053 Teufen, Switzerland, acting through its Nevis Branch
having its registered office at Four Seasons Estates, Villa 1426,
Palm Grove Villas, Nevis & Saint Kitts, West
Indies.
Barnes Switzerland
Loans . Revolving Credit Loans made or to be made by the
Lenders to Barnes Switzerland pursuant to §2.
Barnes Switzerland
Obligations . All Obligations of Barnes Switzerland with
respect to the Barnes Switzerland Loans.
Base Rate . The higher
of (a) the variable annual rate of interest so designated from
time to time by Bank of America at its office in Charlotte, North
Carolina, as its “prime rate”, such rate being a
reference rate and not necessarily representing the lowest or best
rate being charged to any customer, and (b) one-half of one
percent (1/2%) above the Federal Funds Rate. Changes in the
Base Rate resulting from any changes in Bank of America’s
“ prime rate ” shall take place
immediately without notice or demand of any kind.
Base Rate Loans .
Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to the Base Rate.
All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
BGI . Barnes Group
Inc., a Delaware corporation.
BGI Guaranty . The
guaranty dated as of the date hereof executed pursuant to §6.2
in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, of the
payment and performance of the Barnes Switzerland Obligations in
the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.
BGI Loans . Revolving
Credit Loans other than the Barnes Switzerland Loans.
Borrower(s) . As
defined in the preamble hereto.
Borrower Materials .
See §8.4.
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Business Day . Any day
on which banking institutions in New York, New York are open for
the transaction of banking business and, in the case of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans, also a day which is a Eurocurrency
Business Day.
Capitalized Leases .
Leases under which BGI or any of its Subsidiaries is the lessee or
obligor, the discounted future rental payment obligations under
which are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the
lessee or obligor in accordance with GAAP.
Capital Stock . Any
and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a
corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to
purchase any of the foregoing.
Change in Law . The
occurrence, after the date of this Credit Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule,
regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule,
regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or
application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the
making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) by any Governmental
Authority.
Change of Control . If
(a) any Person or group of Persons (as used in Sections 13 and
14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations thereunder) shall have become the beneficial
owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act) of thirty
percent (30%) or more of BGI’s outstanding Voting Stock;
provided , however, that members of the Barnes family, Bank
of America and any of its Affiliates (to the extent that it owns
stock in which a member of the Barnes family has an interest), the
Barnes Group Inc. Retirement Savings Plan and Fidelity Management
Trust Company, in its capacity as trustee under such plan, and
employees of BGI (except employees of BGI who became beneficial
owners of more than ten percent (10%) of BGI’s Voting
Stock prior to becoming employees of BGI) shall not be counted as a
Person for purposes hereof, or (b) a “change of
control” occurs under the other Existing Senior Debt, or any
future Indebtedness, or (c) BGI fails to own, directly or
indirectly, 100% of the stock of Barnes Switzerland except for any
nominal interest (5% or less) required to be held by a third
party.
Closing Date .
September 19, 2007.
Code . The Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Commitment . With
respect to each Lender, the amount set forth on Schedule
1 hereto as the amount of such Lender’s
commitment to make Loans to, and to participate in the issuance,
extension and renewal of Letters of Credit for the account of, the
Borrowers or either of them, as the same may be reduced from time
to time; or if such commitment is terminated pursuant to the
provisions hereof, zero.
Commitment Percentage
. With respect to each Lender, the percentage set forth on
Schedule 1 hereto as such Lender’s
percentage of the aggregate Commitments of all of the
Lenders.
Compliance Certificate
. See §8.4(c).
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Consolidated or
consolidated . With reference to any term defined herein, shall
mean that term as applied to the accounts of BGI and its
Subsidiaries, consolidated in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Cash Interest
Expense . As of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the amount
of interest expense, paid or payable in cash, of the Borrowers,
their Subsidiaries, and Acquired Businesses (to the extent that
such Acquired Business is included in the calculation of
Consolidated EBITDA for such period), for the four fiscal quarters
ended on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP for such period. Except to the extent approved
by the Administrative Agent, all Indebtedness incurred in
connection with the acquisition of any Acquired Business shall be
deemed to have been incurred at the beginning of the four fiscal
quarters ended on the last day of such fiscal quarter and to have
borne interest at a rate no less than the sum of (a) the
arithmetic mean of (x) the Eurocurrency Rate for Eurocurrency
Rate Loans having an Interest Period of one month in effect on the
first day of the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then
ending and (y) the Eurocurrency Rate for Eurocurrency Rate
Loans having an Interest Period of one month in effect on the last
day of the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters then ending
plus (b) the Applicable Margin for Loans then in effect
(after giving effect to such acquisition on a pro forma
basis).
Consolidated EBITDA .
For any period, Consolidated Net Income of the Borrowers, their
Subsidiaries and, without duplication, the Acquired Businesses
(excluding, without duplication, (a) extraordinary gains and
losses in accordance with GAAP, (b) gains and losses in
connection with asset dispositions whether or not constituting
extraordinary gains and losses, and (c) gains or losses on
discontinued operations) for the four fiscal quarters ended on such
date, plus (i) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense of the
Borrowers, their Subsidiaries and, without duplication, the
Acquired Businesses for such period, plus (ii) to the extent
deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income of the
Borrowers, their Subsidiaries and, without duplication, the
Acquired Businesses, the sum of income taxes, depreciation and
amortization for such period. The financial results of any Acquired
Businesses acquired at any time during the period tested shall be
included as if such Acquired Business had been acquired as of the
first day of the period tested.
Consolidated Net
Income . The consolidated net income (or deficit) of BGI and
its Subsidiaries, after deduction of all expenses, taxes, and other
proper charges, determined in accordance with GAAP (excluding any
losses attributable to the use of a fair value methodology for
recognition and measurement of impairment of goodwill identified in
accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement
No. 142).
Consolidated Senior
Debt . Consolidated Total Debt less the outstanding
amount of any Subordinated Debt.
Consolidated Total
Assets . All assets of BGI and its Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total
Debt . With respect to BGI and its Subsidiaries, the sum,
without duplication, of (a) the aggregate amount of
Indebtedness of BGI and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis,
outstanding on such date for borrowed money or the deferred
purchase price
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of property including, without
limitation, in respect of any Synthetic Leases or any Capitalized
Leases, plus (b) Indebtedness of the type referred to
in clause (a) of another Person (not including BGI or its
Subsidiaries) guaranteed by BGI or its Subsidiaries.
Consolidated Total
Liabilities . All liabilities of BGI and its Subsidiaries
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and
classified as such on the consolidated balance sheet of BGI and its
Subsidiaries.
Control . 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 ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “
Controlled ” have meanings correlative
thereto.
Conversion Request . A
notice given by a Borrower to the Administrative Agent of the
Borrower’s election to convert or continue a Loan in
accordance with §2.7.
Credit Agreement .
This Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement,
including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto.
Debtor Relief Laws .
The Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership,
insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time
in effect and affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
Default . See
§13.1.
Delinquent Lender .
See §14.5.3.
Derivative Contract .
See the definition of “Indebtedness”.
Distribution . The
declaration or payment of any dividend on or in respect of any
shares of any class of Capital Stock of a Person, other than
dividends payable solely in shares of common stock of such Person;
the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other
acquisition of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of a
Person, directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary of such Person
or otherwise (including the setting apart of assets for a sinking
or other analogous fund to be used for such purpose); the return of
capital by a Person to its shareholders as such; or any other
distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class of Capital
Stock of such Person.
Documentation Agents .
As defined in the preamble hereto.
Dollars or $ .
Dollars in lawful currency of the United States of
America.
Dollar Equivalent . At
any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in
Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount
denominated in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent amount
thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the
Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the
Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation
Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative
Currency.
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Domestic Lending
Office . Initially, the office of each Lender designated as
such in Schedule 1 hereto; thereafter, such
other office of such Lender, if any, located within the United
States that will be making or maintaining Base Rate
Loans.
Drawdown Date . The
date on which any Loan is made or is to be made, and the date on
which any Loan is converted or continued in accordance with
§2.7.
Eligible
Assignee . Any of (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate
of a Lender; and (c) any other Person (other than a natural
person) approved by (i) the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank and Swing Line Lender, and (ii) unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, BGI (each such approval not
to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee”
shall not include the Borrowers or any of the Borrowers’
Affiliates.
Employee Benefit Plan
. Any employee benefit plan within the meaning of §3(3) of
ERISA maintained or contributed to by any Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate, other than a Guaranteed Pension Plan or a Multiemployer
Plan.
EMU . The economic and
monetary union established in accordance with the Treaty of Rome
1957, as amended by the Single European Act 1986, the Maastricht
Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.
EMU Legislation . The
legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction
of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European
currency.
Environmental Laws .
Any and all Federal, provincial, state, local and foreign statutes,
law, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees,
permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or
governmental restrictions relating to health, safety or the
environment, including but not limited to, the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act
of 1980 as amended (“CERCLA”), the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (“SARA”), the Federal
Clean Water Act, the Federal Clean Air Act and the Toxic Substances
Control Act.
ERISA . The Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA Affiliate . Any
Person which is treated as a single employer with any of the
Borrowers under §414 of the Code.
ERISA Reportable Event
. A reportable event with respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan
within the meaning of §4043 of ERISA and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Euro and EUR .
The lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced
in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
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Eurocurrency Base Rate
. See the definition of “Eurocurrency Rate”.
Eurocurrency Business
Day . Any day: (a) on which dealings in deposits in
Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank
eurodollar market, if such day relates to any interest rate
settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, any
fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in
respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings
in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Credit Agreement in
respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan; (b) that is a
TARGET Day, if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to
a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings,
disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any
such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be
carried out pursuant to this Credit Agreement in respect of any
such Eurocurrency Rate Loan; (c) on which dealings in deposits
in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the
London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such
currency, if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars
or Euro; and (d) on which banks are open for foreign exchange
business in the principal financial center of the country of such
currency, if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements,
settlements and payments in a currency other than Dollars or Euro
in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency
other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings in any currency
other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant to this
Credit Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan
(other than any interest rate settings).
Eurocurrency Lending
Office . Initially, the office of each Lender designated as
such in Schedule 1 hereto; thereafter, such
other office of such Lender, if any, that shall be making or
maintaining Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
Eurocurrency Rate .
For any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, a
rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
the following formula:
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Where,
“ Eurocurrency Base
Rate ” means, for such Interest Period the rate per annum
equal to the British Bankers Association Eurocurrency Rate (“
BBA LIBOR ”), as published by Reuters (or other
commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as
designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to
the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the
relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such
rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “
Eurocurrency Base Rate ” for such Interest Period
shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent
to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for
delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in Same Day Funds
in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made,
continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term
equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of
America’s London Branch (or other
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Bank of America branch or
Affiliate) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank
market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of
such Interest Period.
“ Eurocurrency
Reserve Percentage ” means, for any day during any
Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal,
carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether
or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time
to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of
the United States for determining the maximum reserve requirement
(including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve
requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities”). The
Eurocurrency Rate for each outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall
be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in
the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage.
Eurocurrency Rate
Loans . Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to the
Eurocurrency Rate. Eurocurrency Rate Loans may be denominated in
Dollars or in an Alternative Currency. All Loans denominated in an
Alternative Currency must be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
Event of Default . See
§13.1.
Excluded Taxes . With
respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank
or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account
of any obligation of any Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed
on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and
franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws
of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal
office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its
applicable Domestic Lending Office is located, (b) any branch
profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax
imposed by any other jurisdiction in which such Borrower is located
and (c) except as provided in the following sentence, in the
case of a Non-U.S. Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a
request by the Borrowers under §5.11), any withholding tax
that is imposed on amounts payable to such Non-U.S. Lender at the
time such Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a
new Domestic Lending Office) or is attributable to such Non-U.S.
Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a
Change in Law) to comply with §5.2.3, except to the extent
that such Non-U.S. Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled,
at the time of designation of a new Domestic Lending Office (or
assignment), to receive additional amounts from the applicable
Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to
§5.2.2.
Existing Credit
Agreement . As defined in the preamble hereto.
Existing Maturity Date
. See §3.4(a).
Existing Senior Debt .
Indebtedness of BGI and its Subsidiaries in existence as of the
Closing Date and listed on Schedule 9.1
hereof.
Existing Senior Notes
. The senior notes included in Existing Senior Debt and listed as
items 1 through 3 on Schedule 9.1 hereof.
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Existing Subordinated
Debt . Indebtedness of BGI incurred pursuant to the Existing
Subordinated Debt Transactions.
Existing Subordinated Debt
Transactions . The convertible senior subordinated debt
offerings by BGI of the Existing Subordinated Notes.
Existing Subordinated
Notes . (i) The 3.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2025 and (ii) the 3.375% Convertible Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2027 issued by BGI on August 1, 2005
and March 12, 2007, respectively.
Extending Lender . See
§3.4(e).
Facility Fee . See
§2.2.
Federal Funds Rate .
For any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of
the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of
the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on
such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on
the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that
(a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate
for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next
preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding
Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such
next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be the average rate charged to Bank of America on such day on
such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
Fee Letter . The fee
letter dated August 6, 2007 among BGI, the Administrative
Agent and the Arranger.
Fees . Collectively,
the Facility Fee, the Letter of Credit Fees, the Administrative
Agent’s Fee, the Amendment Fee and the closing fees paid to
the Lenders to obtain their commitments hereunder.
Financial Affiliate .
A Subsidiary of the bank holding company controlling any Lender,
which Subsidiary is engaging in any of the activities permitted by
§4(e) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C.
§1843).
GAAP or generally accepted
accounting principles . (a) When used herein, whether
directly or indirectly through reference to a capitalized term used
therein, means (i) principles that are consistent with the
principles promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board and its predecessors, in effect on the Balance
Sheet Date, and (ii) to the extent consistent with such
principles, the accounting practice of BGI, and (b) when used
in general, other than as provided above, means principles that are
(i) consistent with the principles promulgated or adopted by
the Financial Accounting Standards Board and its predecessors, as
in effect from time to time, and (ii) consistently applied
with past financial statements of BGI applying the same
principles.
Gibraltar Subsidiary .
Barnes Group Gibraltar Limited, a corporation organized under the
Laws of Gibraltar and an indirect, wholly-owned Subsidiary of
BGI.
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Governing Documents .
With respect to any Person, its certificate or articles of
incorporation, its by-laws and all shareholder agreements, voting
trusts and similar arrangements applicable to any of its Capital
Stock.
Governmental Authority
. Any foreign, federal, state, regional, local, municipal or other
government, or any department, commission, board, bureau, agency,
public authority or instrumentality thereof, or any court or
arbitrator.
Guaranteed Pension
Plan . Any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of
§3(2) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by any Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate the benefits of which are guaranteed on
termination in full or in part by the PBGC pursuant to Title IV of
ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.
Guarantor .
Collectively, all of, and individually, any of (a) as set
forth in the BGI Guaranty, BGI, and (b) each Subsidiary or
Acquired Business that enters into a Guaranty in favor of the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
Guaranty . The
guaranty dated as of the date required by §6.1 from each
Person required to become a Guarantor pursuant to §6.1 in
favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in each case of
the payment and performance of the Obligations in the form of
Exhibit E attached hereto.
Hazardous Substances .
See §7.15(b).
Honor Date . See
§4.3.
Indebtedness . As to
any Person and whether recourse is secured by or is otherwise
available against all or only a portion of the assets of such
Person and whether or not contingent, but without
duplication:
(a) all indebtedness arising
from borrowed money and similar monetary obligations, whether
direct or indirect;
(b) all indebtedness of
others secured by any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien,
charge, or other encumbrance existing on property owned by such
Person or any of its Subsidiaries or acquired by such Person or any
of its Subsidiaries subject thereto, whether or not the
Indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed;
(c) all indebtedness for the
deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current
trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and
payable in accordance with customary practices and accrued expenses
incurred in the ordinary course of business);
(d) all Attributable Debt of
such Person with respect to sale and leaseback transactions of such
Person;
(e) all guarantees,
endorsements and other contingent obligations, in respect of
Indebtedness of others, including (i) any obligation to supply
funds to or in any
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manner to invest in, directly
or indirectly, the debtor, to purchase Indebtedness, or to insure
the owner of Indebtedness against loss, through an agreement to
purchase goods, supplies or services for the purpose of enabling
the debtor to make payment of the Indebtedness held by such owner
or otherwise, (ii) any obligation of any partnership in which
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner and
(iii) any obligation to maintain working capital, equity
capital or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the
primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such
primary obligation;
(f) the obligations of such
Person to reimburse the issuer in respect of any letters of credit
issued for the account of such Person or whereupon such Person is
responsible for payment thereof;
(g) every obligation of such
Person under any Capitalized Lease;
(h) every obligation of such
Person under any Synthetic Lease;
(i) all sales by such Person,
other than the sale or discounting of receivables in the ordinary
course of business in connection with the collection thereof, of
(i) accounts for money due or to become due, (ii) chattel
paper, instruments or documents creating or evidencing a right to
payment of money or (iii) other receivables (collectively
“ receivables ”) and;
(j) every obligation of such
Person under any forward contract, futures contract, swap, option
or other financing agreement or arrangement (including, without
limitation, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements), the
settlement value of which is dependent upon interest rates,
currency exchange rates, commodities or other indices (a “
Derivative Contract ”).
The “ amount
” or “ principal amount ” of any
Indebtedness at any time of determination represented by
(t) any Indebtedness, issued at a price that is less than the
principal amount at maturity thereof, shall be the amount of the
liability in respect thereof determined in accordance with GAAP,
(u) any Capitalized Lease shall be the principal component of
the aggregate of the rental obligations under such Capitalized
Lease payable over the term thereof that is not subject to
termination by the lessee, (v) any sale of receivables shall
be the amount of unrecovered capital or principal investment of the
purchaser (other than BGI or any of BGI’s wholly-owned
Subsidiaries) thereof, excluding amounts representative of yield or
interest earned on such investment, (w) any Synthetic Lease
shall be the stipulated loss value, termination value or other
equivalent amount, (x) any Derivative Contract shall be the
maximum amount of any termination or loss payment required to be
paid by such Person if such derivative contract were, at the time
of determination, to be terminated by reason of any event of
default or early termination event thereunder, whether or not such
event of default or early termination event has in fact occurred,
(y) any equity related purchase obligation shall be the
maximum fixed redemption or purchase price thereof inclusive of any
accrued and unpaid dividends to be comprised in such redemption or
purchase price and (z) any guaranty or other contingent
liability referred to in clause (i) shall be an amount equal
to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in
respect of which such guaranty or other contingent obligation is
made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is
required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in
good faith.
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Indemnified Party .
See §14.7.
Indemnitee . See
§16.3.
Intercreditor
Agreement . That certain Sharing Agreement, dated as of
January 11, 2006, executed and delivered by the Administrative
Agent, the lenders party thereto, other lenders to foreign
Subsidiaries party from time to time thereto, the holders of
Existing Senior Notes, and the Borrowers.
Interest Payment Date
. (a) As to any Base Rate Loan, the last day of the calendar
quarter with respect to interest accrued during such calendar
quarter, including, without limitation, the calendar quarter which
includes the Drawdown Date of such Base Rate Loan; and (b) as
to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan in respect of which the Interest
Period is (i) 3 months or less, the last day of such Interest
Period and (ii) more than 3 months, the date that is 3 months
from the first day of such Interest Period and, in addition, the
last day of such Interest Period.
Interest Period . With
respect to each Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on
the Drawdown Date of such Loan and ending on the last day of one of
the periods set forth below, as selected by a Borrower in a Loan
Request or as otherwise required by the terms of this Credit
Agreement (i) for any Base Rate Loan, the last day of the
calendar quarter; and (ii) for any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, 1,
2, 3, or 6 months; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing
on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to
such Loan and ending on the last day of one of the periods set
forth above, as selected by a Borrower in a Conversion Request;
provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to
Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(A) if any Interest Period
with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan would otherwise end on a
day that is not a Eurocurrency Business Day, that Interest Period
shall be extended to the next succeeding Eurocurrency Business Day
unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest
Period into another calendar month, in which event such Interest
Period shall end on the immediately preceding Eurocurrency Business
Day;
(B) if any Interest Period
with respect to a Base Rate Loan would end on a day that is not a
Business Day, that Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding
Business Day;
(C) if a Borrower shall fail
to give notice as provided in §2.7, such Borrower shall be
deemed to have requested a conversion of the affected Eurocurrency
Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan and the continuance of all Base Rate
Loans as Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto;
(D) any Interest Period
relating to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan that begins on the last
Eurocurrency Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for
which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Eurocurrency Business Day of a calendar month; and
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(E) any Interest Period that
would otherwise extend beyond the Loan Maturity Date shall end on
the Loan Maturity Date.
Investments . All
expenditures made and all liabilities incurred (contingently or
otherwise) for the acquisition of stock or Indebtedness of, or for
loans, advances, capital contributions or transfers of property to,
or in respect of any guaranties (or other commitments as described
under Indebtedness), or obligations of, any Person (other than the
Person making such expenditure or incurring such liability). In
determining the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any
particular time: (a) the amount of any Investment represented
by a guaranty shall be taken at not less than the principal amount
of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding; (b) there
shall be deducted in respect of each such Investment any amount
received as a return of capital (but only by repurchase,
redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend or
liquidating distribution); (c) there shall not be deducted in
respect of any Investment any amounts received as earnings on such
Investment, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise; and
(d) there shall not be deducted from the aggregate amount of
Investments any decrease in the value thereof.
ISP . With respect to
any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices
1998” published by the Institute of International Banking
Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in
effect at the time of issuance).
Issuer Documents .
With respect to a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit
Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument
entered into by the Issuing Bank and any of the Borrowers (or any
of their Subsidiaries) or in favor of the Issuing Bank and relating
to such Letter of Credit.
Issuing Bank . Bank of
America or any other Lender that agrees to act as an Issuing Bank,
in each case in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
The Issuing Bank may arrange, with the consent of the Borrowers,
for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by the Issuing
Bank’s Affiliates, in which case the term “Issuing
Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to
Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. Nothing herein shall be
deemed to restrict the right of the Issuing Bank to issue letters
of credit outside of this Credit Agreement.
Judgment Currency .
See §16.16.
Laws . Collectively,
all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes,
treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and
administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the
interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental
Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or
administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders,
directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of,
and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case
whether or not having the force of law.
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Lender Affiliate .
(a) With respect to any Lender, (i) an Affiliate of such
Lender or (ii) any entity (whether a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, trust or legal entity) that is engaged
in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank loans
and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its
business and is administered or managed by such Lender or an
Affiliate of such Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender
that is a fund which invests in bank loans and similar extensions
of credit, any other entity (whether a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, trust or other legal entity) that is a
fund that invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit
and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by
an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
Lender Election Notice
Date . See §3.4(b).
Lenders . Bank of
America and the other lending institutions listed on
Schedule 1 hereto and any other Person
(a) who becomes an assignee of any rights and obligations of a
Lender pursuant to §15 or (b) becomes a Lender pursuant
to the provisions of §2.3.1.
Letter of Credit .
Standby and documentary letters of credit issued hereunder. Letters
of Credit may be issued in Dollars or in an Alternative
Currency.
Letter of Credit
Advance . With respect to each Lender, such Lender’s
funding of its participation in any Letter of Credit Borrowing in
accordance with its Commitment Percentage. All Letter of Credit
Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.
Letter of Credit
Application . An application and agreement for the issuance or
amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in
use by the Issuing Bank.
Letter of Credit
Sublimit . An amount equal to $50,000,000. The Letter of Credit
Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Total
Commitments.
Letter of Credit
Borrowing . An extension of credit resulting from a drawing
under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the
date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Loan. All Letter
of Credit Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.
Letter of Credit
Expiration Date . With respect to Letters of Credit, an expiry
date no later than the date which is the earlier of
(i) one-year after the issuance thereof (provided that such
Letter of Credit may contain customary “evergreen”
provisions) and (ii) fourteen (14) days (or, if the
Letter of Credit is confirmed by a confirmer or otherwise provides
for one or more nominated persons, forty-five (45) days) prior
to the Loan Maturity Date.
Letter of Credit Fee .
See §4.10.
Letter of Credit
Obligations . As at any date of determination, the aggregate
undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the
aggregate of all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, including all
Letter of Credit Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount
available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of
such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with
§1.3. For all purposes of this Credit Agreement, if on any
date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms
but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the
operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining
available to be drawn.
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Letter of Credit
Participation . See §4.1.5.
Leverage Ratio . See
§10.2.
Lien . Any mortgage,
deed of trust, security interest, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, attachment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien
(statutory, judgment or otherwise), or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any Capitalized Lease, any Synthetic Lease, any financing lease
involving substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing and the filing of any financing statement under the UCC
or comparable law of any jurisdiction).
Loan(s) . The
Revolving Credit Loan(s) made by the Lenders to the Borrowers
pursuant to §2, including the Swing Line Loans advanced by the
Swing Line Lender under §2.6.2.
Loan Documents . This
Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranties, the BGI Guaranty, the
Letter of Credit Applications, and the Letters of
Credit.
Loan Parties .
Collectively, the Borrowers and each other Person (other than the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, or any Lender) executing a
Loan Document.
Loan Request . See
§2.6.
Loan Maturity Date .
The later of (i) September 19, 2012 and (ii) if
maturity is extended pursuant to §3.4, with respect to
Extending Lenders, such extended maturity date as determined
pursuant to such Section.
Luxembourg
Subsidiaries . Barnes Group Luxembourg (No. 1) S.A. and Barnes
Group Luxembourg (No. 2) S.A., each a corporation organized under
the Laws of Luxembourg, and wholly-owned Subsidiaries of
BGI.
Mandatory Cost . With
respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in
accordance with Schedule 1-A .
Material Adverse
Effect . With respect to any event or occurrence of whatever
nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation,
arbitration or governmental investigation or
proceeding):
(a) a material adverse effect
on the business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise),
assets, operations or income of any of BGI and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole;
(b) an adverse effect on the
ability of any of BGI or any other obligor, individually and taken
as a whole, to perform any of their respective Obligations under
any of the Loan Documents to which it is a party; or
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(c) any material impairment
of the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any material
impairment of the rights, remedies or benefits available to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan
Document.
Maximum Drawing Amount
. The maximum Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate amount that
the beneficiaries may at any time draw under outstanding Letters of
Credit, as such aggregate amount may be reduced from time to time
pursuant to the terms of the Letters of Credit.
Moody’s .
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor
thereto.
Non-Extending Lender.
See §3.4(b).
Non-Extension Notice
Date . See §4.2.
Non-U.S. Lender
. See §5.2.3.
Notes . See
§2.4.
Note Record . A Record
with respect to a Note.
Obligations . All
indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of any of BGI, Barnes
Switzerland, and any of their Subsidiaries, as the case may be,
including, without limitation, the Barnes Switzerland Obligations,
to any of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, individually or
collectively, existing on the date of this Credit Agreement or
arising thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute
or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated,
secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or
otherwise, arising or incurred under this Credit Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans made
or Reimbursement Obligations incurred or any of the Notes, Letter
of Credit Application, Letter of Credit or other instruments at any
time evidencing any thereof.
Operating Accounts .
See §2.6.2.
Optional Subordinated
Payment . Any repayment, prepayment, redemption, repurchase,
cash payment or any other payment that may be made solely at the
option of the Borrowers, in connection with the conversion of
Subordinated Debt.
Overnight Rate . For
any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in
Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and
(ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank, or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation,
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 Bank of America in the applicable offshore
interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank
market.
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Participant . See
§15.4.
Participating Member
State . Each state so described in any EMU
Legislation.
PBGC . The Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by §4002 of ERISA and any
successor entity or entities having similar
responsibilities.
Performance Letter of
Credit . Any Letter of Credit issued to support contractual
obligations for supply, service or construction contracts,
including, but not limited to, bid, performance, advance payment,
warranty, retention, availability and defects liability
obligations.
Permitted Liens .
Liens permitted by §9.2.
Person . Any
individual, corporation, limited liability company partnership,
limited liability partnership, trust, other unincorporated
association, business, or other legal entity, and any Governmental
Authority.
Platform . See
§8.4.
Public Lender . See
§8.4.
Real Estate . All real
property at any time owned or leased (as lessee or sublessee) by
BGI or any of its Subsidiaries.
Record . The grid
attached to a Note, or the continuation of such grid, or any other
similar record, including computer records, maintained by any
Lender with respect to any Loan referred to in such
Note.
Register . See
§15.3.
Reimbursement
Obligation . BGI’s and/or Barnes Switzerland’s
obligation, as applicable, to reimburse the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders on account of any drawing under any Letter of
Credit as provided in §4.2.
Related Parties . With
respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and
the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors
of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
Requested Extension
Date . See §3.4(a).
Requested Extension Notice
Date . See §3.4(a).
Required Lenders . As
of any date, the Lenders holding more than fifty percent
(50%) of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes on such
date; and if no such principal is outstanding, the Lenders whose
aggregate Commitments constitute more than fifty percent
(50%) of the Total Commitment.
Responsible Officer .
The president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer,
vice president-controller, vice president-treasurer, treasurer or
assistant treasurer of a Loan Party.
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Any document delivered hereunder that is
signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be
conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary
corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan
Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed
to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
Restricted Payment .
In relation to the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, any
(a) Distribution, (b) payment or prepayment by the
Borrowers or their Subsidiaries to any of the Borrower’s or
any Subsidiary’s shareholders (or other equity holders), in
each case, other than to the Borrowers, or to any Affiliate of any
of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary of any Affiliate of any of the
Borrowers or such Subsidiary’s shareholders (or other equity
holders), or (c) derivatives or other transactions with any
financial institution, commodities or stock exchange or
clearinghouse (a “ Derivatives Counterparty
”) obligating any of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary to make
payments to such Derivatives Counterparty as a result of any change
in market value of any Capital Stock of any of the Borrowers or
such Subsidiary.
Revaluation Date .
With respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i) each
Drawdown Date of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an
Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of a continuation of a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency
pursuant to §2.7, and (iii) such additional dates as the
Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall
require. With respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the
following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit
denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of an
amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of
increasing the amount thereof (solely with respect to the increased
amount), (iii) each date of any payment by the Issuing Bank
under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency,
and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or
the Issuing Bank shall determine or the Required Lenders shall
require.
Revolving Credit Loans
. Revolving credit loans (including, without limitation, the BGI
Loans and the Barnes Switzerland Loans) made or to be made by the
Lenders to BGI and Barnes Switzerland pursuant to
§2.
S&P .
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor
thereto.
Sale Leaseback
Transaction . Any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby
BGI or any domestic Subsidiary of BGI sells or transfers any
property owned by it in order then or thereafter to lease such
property or lease other property that BGI or such domestic
Subsidiary of BGI intends to use for substantially the same purpose
as the property being sold or transferred.
Same Day Funds . With
respect to disbursements and payments (a) in Dollars,
immediately available funds, and (b) in an Alternative
Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to be
customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the
settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant
Alternative Currency.
Settlement . The
making or receiving of payments, in Same Day Funds, by the Lenders,
to the extent necessary to cause each Lender’s actual share
of the outstanding amount of Loans
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(after giving effect to any Loan
Request) to be equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage
of the outstanding amount of such Loans (after giving effect to any
Loan Request), in any case where, prior to such event or action,
the actual share is not so equal.
Settlement Amount .
See §2.9.1.
Settlement Date .
(a) The Drawdown Date relating to any Loan Request,
(b) Friday of each week, or if a Friday is not a Business Day,
the Business Day immediately following such Friday, (c) at the
option of the Administrative Agent, on any Business Day following a
day on which the account officers of the Administrative Agent
active upon the Borrowers’ account become aware of the
existence of an Event of Default, (d) any Business Day on
which the amount of Loans outstanding from Bank of America
plus Bank of America’s Commitment Percentage of the
sum of the Maximum Drawing Amount and any Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligations is equal to or greater than Bank of America’s
Commitment Percentage of the Total Commitment, (e) any day on
which any conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan occurs, or (f) any Business Day on which (i) the
amount of outstanding Loans decreases and (ii) the amount of
the Administrative Agent’s Loans outstanding equals zero
Dollars ($0).
Senior Leverage Ratio
. See §10.3.
Settling Lender . See
§2.9.1.
Significant Subsidiary
. Each Subsidiary of BGI which in the most recent fiscal year of
the Borrowers accounted for more than ten percent (10%) of the
Consolidated Total Assets for each of the most recent three fiscal
years of the Borrowers; provided, however, that with respect to
Subsidiaries created or acquired after the date hereof, if
thereafter such entity, in a fiscal year, accounts for more than
ten percent (10%) of the Consolidated Total Assets in such
fiscal year, it shall be deemed to be a Significant Subsidiary for
such fiscal year.
Special Notice
Currency . At any time, an Alternative Currency, other than the
currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North
America or Europe.
Spot Rate . For a
currency, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the
Issuing Bank, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person
acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such
Person of such currency with another currency through its principal
foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the
date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign
exchange computation is made; provided that the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank may obtain such spot rate
from another financial institution designated by the Administrative
Agent or the Issuing Bank if the Person acting in such capacity
does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate
for any such currency; and provided further that the
Issuing Bank may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which
the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter
of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
Sterling and
£ . The lawful currency of the United
Kingdom.
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Subordinated Debt .
Indebtedness of BGI or any of its Subsidiaries that is expressly
subordinated and made junior to the payment and performance in full
of the Obligations, and evidenced as such by a written instrument
containing subordination provisions in form and substance approved
by the Administrative Agent after consultation with the Required
Lenders, including without limitation the Existing Subordinated
Debt.
Subsidiary . Any
corporation, association, trust, or other business entity of which
the designated parent shall at any time own directly or indirectly
through a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries at least a majority (by number
of votes) of the outstanding Voting Stock.
Swing Line Lender .
Bank of America in its capacity as lender of Swing Line Loans
hereunder.
Swing Line Loan(s) .
See §2.6.2.
Swiss Franc or
SwF . The lawful currency of Switzerland.
Syndication Agents .
As defined in the preamble hereto.
Synthetic Lease . Any
lease of goods or other property, whether real or personal, which
is treated as an operating lease under GAAP and as a loan or
financing for U.S. income tax purposes.
TARGET Day . Any day
on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement
Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment
system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if
any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable
replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in
Euro.
Taxes . Other than
Excluded Taxes, all present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other
charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any
interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable
thereto.
Total Commitment . The
sum of the Commitments of the Lenders, as in effect from time to
time, which amount, as of the Closing Date shall not exceed
$400,000,000, which amount may be increased or decreased from time
to time in accordance with this Credit Agreement.
Type . As to any Loan,
its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan.
Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligation . Any Reimbursement Obligation for which the
applicable Borrower does not reimburse the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders on the date specified in, and in accordance with,
§4.2.
Voting Stock . Stock
or similar interests, of any class or classes (however designated),
the holders of which are at the time entitled, as such holders, to
vote for the election of a majority of the directors (or persons
performing similar functions) of the corporation, association,
trust or other business entity involved, whether or not the right
so to vote exists by reason of the happening of a
contingency.
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1.2. Rules of
Interpretation.
(a) A reference to any
document or agreement shall include such document or agreement as
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with its terms and the terms of this Credit Agreement.
(b) The singular includes the
plural and the plural includes the singular.
(c) A reference to any law
includes any amendment or modification to such law.
(d) A reference to any Person
includes its permitted successors and permitted assigns.
(e) Accounting terms not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP
applied on a consistent basis by the accounting entity to which
they refer.
(f) The words
“include”, “includes” and
“including” are not limiting.
(g) All terms not
specifically defined herein or by GAAP, which terms are defined in
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York,
have the meanings assigned to them therein, with the term “
instrument ” being that defined under Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code.
(h) Reference to a particular
“§” refers to that section of this Credit
Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
(i) The words
“herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder”
and words of like import shall refer to this Credit Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular section or subdivision of this
Credit Agreement.
(j) Unless otherwise
expressly indicated, in the computation of periods of time from a
specified date to a later specified date, the word
“from” means “from and including,” the
words “to” and “until” each mean “to
but excluding,” and the word “through” means
“to and including.”
(k) This Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents may use several different limitations,
tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters. All
such limitations, tests and measurements are, however, cumulative
and are to be performed in accordance with the terms
thereof.
(l) This Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents are the result of negotiation among, and
have been reviewed by counsel to, among others, the Administrative
Agent and the Borrowers and are the product of discussions and
negotiations among all parties. Accordingly, this Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents are not intended to be construed
against the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders merely on
account of the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s
involvement in the preparation of such documents.
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1.3. Letter of Credit
Amounts .
Unless otherwise specified
herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be
deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such
Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided ,
however , that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by
its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto,
provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount
thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be
the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum stated amount of such Letter
of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not
such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
1.4. Exchange Rates;
Currency Equivalents .
(a) The Administrative Agent
or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates
as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar
Equivalent amounts of the Loans, the Maximum Drawing Amount of any
outstanding Letters of Credit and the Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligations denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such Spot Rates
shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the
Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the
applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur.
Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan
Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or
except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any
currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents
shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as applicable.
(b) Wherever in this Credit
Agreement in connection with a Loan, conversion, continuation or
prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or the issuance, amendment
or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required
minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Loan,
Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an
Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative
Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount, as determined by the
Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may
be.
1.5. Additional
Alternative Currencies .
(a) A Borrower may from time
to time request that Eurocurrency Rate Loans be made and/or Letters
of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically
listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency;”
provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency
(other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely
transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of any such
request with respect to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such
request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders; and in the case of any such request with
respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be
subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing
Bank.
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(b) Any such request shall be
made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., twenty
(20) Business Days prior to the date of the desired Drawdown
Date (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the
Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request
pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Issuing Bank, in its or their
sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to
Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request
pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify the Issuing Bank thereof. Each Lender (in the case
of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans) or the
Issuing Bank (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of
Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00
a.m., ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such request
whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as
the case may be, in such requested currency.
(c) Any failure by a Lender
or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to respond to such request
within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be
deemed to be a refusal by such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, to permit Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made or
Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency. If the
Administrative Agent and all the Lenders consent to making
Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such requested currency, the
Administrative Agent shall so notify BGI and such currency shall
thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency
hereunder for purposes of the making of any Eurocurrency Rate
Loans; and if the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank consent
to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency,
the Administrative Agent shall so notify BGI and such currency
shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative
Currency hereunder for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances.
If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any
request for an additional currency under this §1.5 the
Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify BGI.
1.6. Change of
Currency .
(a) Each obligation of either
Borrower to make a payment denominated in the national currency
unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro
as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated
into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU
Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member
state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Credit
Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with
any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the
basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed
basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect
from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its
lawful currency; provided that if any Loan made in the
currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to
such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such
Loan, at the end of the then current Interest Period.
(b) Each provision of this
Credit Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of
construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time
specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by
any member state of the European Union and any relevant market
conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
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(c) Each provision of this
Credit Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes
of construction as the Administrative Agent, in consultation with
the Borrowers, may from time to time specify to be appropriate to
reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant
market conventions or practices relating to the change in
currency.
2. THE REVOLVING CREDIT
FACILITY .
2.1. Commitment to
Lend . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Credit Agreement, each of the Lenders severally agrees to lend
to BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland, and BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland
may borrow, repay, and reborrow from time to time from the Closing
Date up to but not including the Loan Maturity Date upon notice by
BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland, as the case may be, to the
Administrative Agent given in accordance with §2.6, such sums,
in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies, as are
requested by such Borrower up to a maximum aggregate amount
outstanding (after giving effect to all amounts requested) at any
one time equal to such Lender’s Commitment minus such
Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the sum of the Maximum
Drawing Amount and all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations,
provided that the sum of the outstanding amount of the Loans
(after giving effect to all amounts requested) plus the
Maximum Drawing Amount and all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations
shall not at any time exceed the Total Commitment at such time; and
provided , further , that (in the case of any such
requested Loan denominated in Alternative Currencies) the
outstanding principal amount of the Loans denominated in
Alternative Currencies (after giving effect to all amounts
requested) shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit. The
Loans shall be made pro rata in accordance with each
Lender’s Commitment Percentage. Each request for a Loan
hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by BGI or
Barnes Switzerland, as the case may be, that the conditions set
forth in §11 and §12, in the case of the initial Loans to
be made on the Closing Date, and §12, in the case of all other
Loans, have been satisfied on the date of such request. Each Base
Rate Loan shall be denominated in Dollars. Each Eurocurrency Rate
Loan may be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative
Currency.
2.2. Facility Fee
. BGI agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
accounts of the Lenders in accordance with the Lenders’
respective Commitment Percentages a facility fee (the “
Facility Fee ”) in Dollars calculated at the
rate per annum related to the then current Applicable Margin, as
set forth in the definition “Applicable Margin” in
§1.1 hereof, on the Total Commitment in effect from time to
time from the Closing Date to the Loan Maturity Date. The Facility
Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each
calendar quarter for the immediately preceding calendar quarter
commencing on the first such date following the date hereof, with a
final payment on the Loan Maturity Date or any earlier date on
which the Commitments shall terminate.
2.3. Reduction of Total
Commitment . BGI shall have the right at any time and from
time to time upon three (3) Business Days prior written notice
to the Administrative Agent to reduce by $5,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof or to terminate
entirely
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the Total Commitment, whereupon the
Commitments of the Lenders shall be reduced pro rata in
accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages of the
amount specified in such notice or, as the case may be, terminated.
Promptly after receiving any notice of BGI delivered pursuant to
this §2.3, the Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of
the substance thereof. The amount of any such Total Commitment
reduction shall not be applied to the Alternative Currency Sublimit
or the Letter of Credit Sublimit, unless the Total Commitment is
reduced to a level below the Alternative Currency Sublimit or the
Letter of Credit Sublimit, as applicable, unless otherwise
specified by BGI. Upon the effective date of any such reduction or
termination, BGI shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
respective accounts of the Lenders the full amount of any Facility
Fee then accrued on the amount of the reduction. No reduction or
termination of the Commitments may be reinstated.
2.3.1. Increase of
Total Commitment . Unless a Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, BGI may request, with prior written
notice to the Administrative Agent, and subject to the approval of
the Administrative Agent if with respect to a new lender, that the
Total Commitment be increased, provided that the
Total Commitment shall not, except with the consent of the Required
Lenders, in any event exceed $600,000,000 hereunder, and
provided , further , that (i) any Lender which
is a party to this Revolving Credit Agreement prior to such
increase shall have the first option to increase its Commitment
hereunder, but no Lender shall have any obligation to do so,
(ii) in the event that it becomes necessary to include a new
Lender to provide additional funding under this §2.3.1, such
new Lender must be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent and BGI, and (iii) the Lenders’ Commitment
Percentages shall be correspondingly adjusted, as necessary, to
reflect any increase in the Total Commitment and Schedule
1 shall be amended to reflect such adjustments. Each
increase in the Total Commitment shall be in a minimum aggregate
amount of $10,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof.
2.4. The Revolving
Credit Notes . The Loans (other than those Swing Line Loans
advanced by the Swing Line Lender under §2.6.2) shall be
evidenced by separate promissory notes of BGI and/or Barnes
Switzerland, as the case may be, in substantially the form of
Exhibit A hereto (each a “ Note
”), dated as of the Closing Date (or such other date on which
a Lender may become a party hereto in accordance with §15
hereof) and completed with appropriate insertions. One Note shall
be payable to the order of each Lender in a principal amount equal
to such Lender’s Commitment or, if less, the outstanding
amount of all Loans made by such Lender, plus interest accrued
thereon, as set forth below. BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland, as the
case may be, irrevocably authorizes each Lender to make or cause to
be made, at or about the time of the Drawdown Date of any Loan or
at the time of receipt of any payment of principal on such
Lender’s Note, an appropriate notation on such Lender’s
Note Record reflecting the making of such Loan or (as the case may
be) the receipt of such payment. The outstanding amount of the
Loans set forth on such Lender’s Note Record shall be
prima facie evidence of the principal amount thereof
owing and unpaid to such Lender, but the failure to record, or any
error in so recording, any such amount on such Lender’s Note
Record shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of BGI
and/or Barnes Switzerland, as the case may be, hereunder or under
any Note to make payments of principal of or interest on any Note
when due.
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2.5. Interest on
Loans . Except as otherwise provided in
§5.10,
(a) Each Loan which is a Base
Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with the
Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the last day of the Interest
Period with respect thereto at the rate per annum equal to the Base
Rate.
(b) Each Loan which is a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period
commencing with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the last
day of the Interest Period with respect thereto at the rate per
annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate determined for such Interest
Period plus the Applicable Margin with respect to
Eurocurrency Rate Loans as in effect from time to time plus
(in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan of any Lender which is
lent from a Eurocurrency Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a
Participating Member State) the Mandatory Cost.
BGI promises to pay or,
solely in the case of the Barnes Switzerland Loans, Barnes
Switzerland promises to pay, interest on the Loans, as applicable,
on each Interest Payment Date with respect thereto.
2.6. Requests for
Loans .
2.6.1. General
. BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland, as the case may be, shall give to
the Administrative Agent written notice in the form of
Exhibit B hereto (or telephonic notice
confirmed in a writing in the form of Exhibit
B hereto) of each Loan requested hereunder (a “
Loan Request ”) no less than (a) one
(1) Business Day prior to the proposed Drawdown Date of any
Base Rate Loan, (b) three (3) Eurocurrency Business Days
prior to the proposed Drawdown Date of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan
denominated in Dollars, and (c) four (4) Eurocurrency
Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of Special Notice
Currency) prior to the proposed Drawdown Date of any Eurocurrency
Rate Loan denominated in Alternative Currencies. Each such notice
shall specify (i) the principal amount of the Loan requested,
(ii) the proposed Drawdown Date of such Loan, (iii) the
Interest Period for such Loan, (iv) the Type of such Loan, and
(v) the currency of such Loan to be borrowed. If such Borrower
fails to specify a currency in a Loan Request, then the Loan so
requested shall be made in Dollars. Promptly upon receipt of any
such notice, the Administrative Agent shall notify each of the
Lenders thereof. Each Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding
on BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland, as the case may be, and shall
obligate such Borrower to accept the Loan requested from the
Lenders on the proposed Drawdown Date. Each Loan Request shall be
in a minimum aggregate amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof, and after giving effect to all Loans,
all conversions of Loans from one Type to another as provided in
§2.7.1, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type as
provided in §2.7.2, there shall not be more than ten
(10) Interest Periods in effect with respect to the
Loans.
2.6.2. Swing Line
. Notwithstanding the notice and minimum amount requirements
set forth in §2.6.1 but otherwise in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this Credit Agreement, the Swing Line Lender may,
in its sole discretion and without conferring with the Lenders,
make Loans in Dollars to BGI and/or Barnes
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Switzerland, as the case may
be, on a same day basis in a minimum aggregate amount of $100,000
and in an aggregate amount not exceeding $15,000,000 (a) by
entry of credits to the applicable operating account of BGI and/or
Barnes Switzerland, as the case may be (the “
Operating Accounts ”) with the Administrative
Agent or such other account which BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland, as
the case may be, has designated as such to the Administrative Agent
by not less than three (3) Business Days notice, to cover
checks or other charges which BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland, as the
case may be, has drawn or made against such account or (b) in
an amount as otherwise requested by BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland,
as the case may be (such Loans made pursuant to this §2.6.2,
“ Swing Line Loans ”). Each of the
Borrowers hereby requests and authorizes the Swing Line Lender to
make from time to time such Swing Line Loans by means of
appropriate entries of such credits sufficient to cover checks and
other charges then presented for payment from the appropriate
Operating Account or as otherwise so requested. Each of the
Borrowers acknowledges and agrees that the making of such Swing
Line Loans shall, in each case, be subject in all respects to the
provisions of this Credit Agreement as if they were Loans covered
by a Loan Request including, without limitation, the limitations
set forth in §2.1 and the requirements that the applicable
provisions of §11 (in the case of Loans made on the Closing
Date) and §12 be satisfied. All actions taken by the Swing
Line Lender pursuant to the provisions of this §2.6.2 shall be
conclusive and binding on BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland, as the
case may be, and the Lenders absent the Swing Line Lender’s
gross negligence or willful misconduct. Swing Line Loans made
pursuant to this §2.6.2 shall be Base Rate Loans until
converted in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement
and, prior to a Settlement, such interest shall be for the account
of the Swing Line Lender.
2.7. Conversion
Options .
2.7.1. Conversion to
Different Type of Loan . The applicable Borrower may elect
from time to time to convert any outstanding Loan to a Loan of
another Type, provided that (a) with respect to any
such conversion of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars
to a Base Rate Loan, the applicable Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent at least three (3) Eurocurrency Business
Days prior written notice of such election; (b) with respect
to any such conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan denominated in Dollars, the applicable Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent at least three (3) Eurocurrency Business
Days prior written notice of such election; (c) with respect
to any such conversion of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in
Alternative Currencies, the applicable Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent at least four (4) Eurocurrency Business
Days (or five Eurocurrency Business Days in the case of a Special
Notice Currency) prior written notice of such election;
(d) with respect to any such conversion of a Eurocurrency Rate
Loan into a Base Rate Loan, such conversion shall only be made on
the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto and
(e) no Loan may be converted into a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing. On the date on which such conversion is being made each
Lender shall take such action as is necessary to transfer its
Commitment Percentage of such Loans to its Domestic Lending Office
or its Eurocurrency Lending Office, as the case may be. All or any
part of outstanding Loans of any Type may be converted into a Loan
of another Type as provided herein, provided
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that any partial conversion
shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Each Conversion Request
relating to the conversion of a Loan to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
shall be irrevocable by the Borrowers. No Loan may be converted
into a Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must
be prepaid in the original currency of such Loan and reborrowed in
the other currency.
2.7.2. Continuation of
Type of Loan . Any Loan of any Type may be continued as a
Loan of the same Type upon the expiration of an Interest Period
with respect thereto by compliance by the applicable Borrower with
the notice provisions contained in §2.7.1; provided
that no Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued as such when any
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, but
shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan on the last
day of the first Interest Period relating thereto ending during the
continuance of any Default or Event of Default of which officers of
the Administrative Agent active upon the Borrowers’ account
have actual knowledge. In the event that the applicable Borrower
fails to provide any such notice with respect to the continuation
of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan as such, then such Eurocurrency Rate
Loan shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan on the
last day of the first Interest Period relating thereto. The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders promptly when any
such automatic conversion contemplated by this §2.7 is
scheduled to occur. No Loan may be continued as a Loan denominated
in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the
original currency of such Loan and reborrowed in the other
currency.
2.7.3. Eurocurrency
Rate Loans . Any conversion to or from Eurocurrency Rate
Loans shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such
elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate
principal amount of all Eurocurrency Rate Loans having the same
Interest Period shall not be less than $5,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
2.8. Funds for Loan
.
2.8.1. Funding
Procedures . Not later than 11:00 a.m. (Boston time) on the
proposed Drawdown Date of any Loans denominated in Dollars and not
later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative
Agent in the case of any Loans in an Alternative Currency, each of
the Lenders will make available to the Administrative Agent, at the
Administrative Agent’s Office, in Same Day Funds, the amount
of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the amount of the
requested Loans for the applicable currency. Upon receipt from each
Lender of such amount, and upon receipt of the documents required
by §§11 and 12 and the satisfaction of the other
conditions set forth therein, to the extent applicable, the
Administrative Agent will make available to BGI and/or Barnes
Switzerland, as the case may be, the aggregate amount of such Loans
made available to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders. The
failure or refusal of any Lender to make available to the
Administrative Agent at the aforesaid time and place on any
Drawdown Date the amount of its Commitment Percentage of the
requested Loans shall not relieve any other Lender from its several
obligation hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent
the amount of such other Lender’s Commitment Percentage of
any requested Loans.
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2.8.2. Advances by
Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent may, unless
notified to the contrary by any Lender prior to a Drawdown Date or
the Applicable Time, as the case may be, assume that such Lender
has made available to the Administrative Agent on such Drawdown
Date or Applicable Time, as the case may be, the amount of such
Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Loans to be made on
such Drawdown Date or Applicable Time, as the case may be, and the
Administrative Agent may (but it shall not be required to), in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to BGI and/or Barnes
Switzerland, as the case may be, a corresponding amount. If any
Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent such amount on a
date after such Drawdown Date or Applicable Time, as the case may
be, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its
Commitment Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative
Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the
date such amount is paid by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal
to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. A
statement of the Administrative Agent submitted to such Lender with
respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be
prima facie evidence of the amount due and owing to
the Administrative Agent by such Lender. If the amount of such
Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such Loans is not made
available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three
(3) Business Days following such Drawdown Date or Applicable
Time, as the case may be, the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to recover such amount from the applicable Borrower on
demand, with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to
the Loans made on such Drawdown Date or Applicable Time, as the
case may be. The obligations of any Lender under this clause shall
survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination
of this Credit Agreement.
2.9.
Settlements .
2.9.1. General
. On each Settlement Date, the Administrative Agent shall, not
later than 11:00 a.m. (Boston time), give telephonic or facsimile
notice (a) to (i) the Lenders and (ii) BGI and/or
Barnes Switzerland, as the case may be, of the respective
outstanding amount of Loans made by the Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Lenders from the immediately preceding Settlement
Date through the close of business on the prior day and the amount
of any Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made (following the giving of
notice pursuant to §2.6.1(b)) on such date pursuant to a Loan
Request and (b) to the Lenders of the amount (a “
Settlement Amount ”) that each Lender (a
“ Settling Lender ”) shall pay to effect
a Settlement of any Loan. A statement of the Administrative Agent
submitted to the Lenders and BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland, as the
case may be, or to the Lenders with respect to any amounts owing
under this §2.9, shall be prima facie evidence
of the amount due and owing. Each Settling Lender shall, not later
than 3:00 p.m. (Boston time) on such Settlement Date, effect a wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent
in the amount of the Settlement Amount for such Settling Lender.
All funds advanced by any Lender as a Settling Lender pursuant to
this §2.9 shall for all purposes be treated as a Loan made by
such Settling Lender to BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland, as the case
may be, and all funds received by any Lender pursuant to this
§2.9 shall for all purposes be treated as repayment of amounts
owed with respect to Loans made by such Lender. In the event that
any bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, receivership or
similar cases or proceedings in which any of the Borrowers
is
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a debtor prevent a Settling
Lender from making any Loan to effect a Settlement as contemplated
hereby, such Settling Lender will make such dispositions and
arrangements with the other Lenders with respect to such Loans,
either by way of purchase of participations, distribution,
pro tanto assignment of claims, subrogation or
otherwise as shall result in each Lender’s share of the
outstanding Loans being equal, as nearly as may be, to such
Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the outstanding amount of
the Loans.
2.9.2. Failure to Make
Funds Available . The Administrative Agent may, unless
notified to the contrary by any Settling Lender prior to a
Settlement Date, assume that such Settling Lender has made or will
make available to the Administrative Agent on such Settlement Date
the amount of such Settling Lender’s Settlement Amount, and
the Administrative Agent may (but it shall not be required to), in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to BGI and/or Barnes
Switzerland, as the case may be, a corresponding amount. If any
Settling Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent such
amount on a date after such Settlement Date, such Settling Lender
shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Commitment Percentage
thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest
thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is
paid by such Settling Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the
applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. A statement
of the Administrative Agent submitted to such Settling Lender with
respect to any amounts owing under this §2.9.2 shall be prima
facie evidence of the amount due and owing to the Administrative
Agent by such Settling Lender. If such Settling Lender’s
Settlement Amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent
by such Settling Lender within three (3) Business Days
following such Settlement Date, the Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to recover such amount from BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland,
as the case may be, on demand, with interest thereon at the rate
per annum applicable to the Loans as of such Settlement Date. The
obligations of any Settling Lender under this clause shall survive
the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this
Credit Agreement.
2.9.3. No Effect on
Other Lenders . The failure or refusal of any Settling
Lender to make available to the Administrative Agent at the
aforesaid time and place on any Settlement Date the amount of such
Settling Lender’s Settlement Amount shall not
(a) relieve any other Settling Lender from its several
obligations hereunder to make available to the Administrative Agent
the amount of such other Settling Lender’s Settlement Amount
or (b) impose upon any Lender, other than the Settling Lender
so failing or refusing, any liability with respect to such failure
or refusal or otherwise increase the Commitment of such other
Lender.
3. REPAYMENT OF THE
LOANS .
3.1. Maturity .
BGI promises to pay and, solely in the case of the Barnes
Switzerland Loans, Barnes Switzerland promises to pay, on the Loan
Maturity Date, and there shall become absolutely due and payable on
the Loan Maturity Date, all of the Loans outstanding on such date,
together with any and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon;
provided that BGI and/or Barnes Switzerland, as the case may
be, shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of
(i) the date ten (10) Business Days after such Loan is
made and (ii) the Loan Maturity Date.
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3.2. Mandatory
Repayments of Loans . If at any time (a) the sum of
the outstanding amount of the Loans, the Maximum Drawing Amount and
all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations exceeds the Total Commitment
at such time or (b) the sum of the outstanding amount of all
Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies exceeds the Alternative
Currency Sublimit at such time, then BGI shall immediately pay or
(solely in the case of the Barnes Switzerland Loans) shall cause
Barnes Switzerland to pay the amount of such excess to the
Administrative Agent for the respective accounts of the Lenders for
application: first, to any Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations;
second, to the Loans; and third, to provide to the Administrative
Agent cash collateral for Reimbursement Obligations as contemplated
by §4.2(b) and (c). Each payment of any Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligations or prepayment of Loans shall be allocated among the
Lenders, in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to each
Reimbursement Obligation or (as the case may be) the respective
unpaid principal amount of each Lender’s Note, with
adjustments to the extent practicable to equalize any prior
payments or repayments not exactly in proportion. For the avoidance
of doubt, any payments by Barnes Switzerland shall be applied
solely to the Barnes Switzerland Loans or Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligations or Reimbursement Obligations in respect of Letters of
Credit issued for the account of Barnes Switzerland.
3.3. Optional
Repayments of Loans . BGI shall have the right, at its
election, to repay the outstanding amount of the Loans, as a whole
or in part, and Barnes Switzerland shall have the right, at its
election, to repay the outstanding amount of the Barnes Switzerland
Loans, as a whole or in part, in each case at any time without
penalty or premium, provided that, subject to compliance
with §5.9, any full or partial prepayment of the outstanding
amount of any Eurocurrency Rate Loans pursuant to this §3.3
may be made on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period
relating thereto. The applicable Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent, no later than 10:00 a.m., Boston time,
(i) at least one (1) Business Day prior written notice of
any proposed prepayment pursuant to this §3.3 of Base Rate
Loans, (ii) at least three (3) Eurocurrency Business Days
notice of any proposed prepayment pursuant to this §3.3 of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, and (iii) at
least four (4) Eurocurrency Business Days (or five, in the
case of prepayment of Loans denominated in Special Notice
Currencies) written notice of any proposed prepayment pursuant to
this §3.3 of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in
Alternative Currencies, in each case specifying the proposed date
of prepayment of Loans and the principal amount to be prepaid. Each
such partial prepayment of the Loans shall be in an integral
multiple of $1,000,000, shall be accompanied by the payment of
accrued interest on the principal prepaid to the date of prepayment
and shall be applied, in the absence of instruction by the
applicable Borrower, first to the principal of Base Rate Loans and
then to the principal of Eurocurrency Rate Loans. Each partial
prepayment shall be allocated among the Lenders, in proportion, as
nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amount of
each Lender’s Note, with adjustments to the extent
practicable to equalize any prior repayments not exactly in
proportion.
3.4. Extension of Loan
Maturity Date .
(a) Requests for
Extension . BGI may by notice to the Administrative Agent (who
shall promptly notify the Lenders) given on a Business Day (the
“ Requested Extension Notice Date ”) that is not
earlier than 60 Business Days and not later than 50 Business Days
prior to the first and second anniversaries of the Closing Date
(such
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anniversary date, being a
“ Requested Extension Date ”), request that each
Lender extend such Lender’s Loan Maturity Date for an
additional year from the Loan Maturity Date then in effect
hereunder (the “ Existing Maturity Date
”).
(b) Lenders Election to
Extend . Each Lender, acting in its sole and individual
discretion, shall, by notice to the Administrative Agent given not
later than 30 Business Days following the Requested Extension
Notice Date (the “ Lender Election Notice Date
”), advise the Administrative Agent whether or not such
Lender agrees to such extension (and each Lender that determines
not to so extend its Loan Maturity Date (a “ Non-Extending
Lender ”) shall notify the Administrative Agent of such
fact promptly after such determination (but in any event no later
than the Lender Election Notice Date) and any Lender that does not
so advise the Administrative Agent on or before the Lender Election
Notice Date 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 so agree.
(c) Notification by
Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall notify
BGI of each Lender’s determination whether or not to extend
under this Section no later than the date that is 15 Business Days
prior to the Requested Extension Date, (or, if such date is not a
Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day).
(d) Additional Commitment
Lender . BGI shall have the right to replace each Non-Extending
Lender with, and add as “Lender” under this Credit
Agreement in place thereof, one or more Eligible Assignees (each,
an “ Additional Commitment Lender ”) as provided
in §15; provided that each of such Additional
Commitment Lender shall enter into an Assignment and Assumption
pursuant to which such Additional Commitment Lender shall,
effective as of the Requested Extension Date, assume a Commitment
(and, if any such Additional Commitment Lender is already a Lender,
increase its Commitment in a corresponding amount hereunder on such
date).
(e) Minimum Extension
Requirement . If (and only if) the total of the Commitments of
the Lenders who have agreed so to extend the Loan Maturity Date
(each, an “ Extending Lender ”) and the
additional Commitments of the Additional Commitment Lenders shall
be more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments in
effect immediately prior to the Requested Extension Date, then,
effective as of the Requested Extension Date, the Loan Maturity
Date of each Extending Lender and of each Additional Commitment
Lender shall be extended to the date falling one year after the
Existing Maturity Date (except that, if such date is not a Business
Day, such Loan Maturity Date as so extended shall be the next
preceding Business Day) and effective upon the Requested Extension
Date, each Additional Commitment Lender shall thereupon become a
“Lender” for all purposes of this Credit
Agreement.
(f) Conditions to
Effectiveness of Extensions . As a condition precedent to such
extension, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
a certificate of the Borrowers dated as of the Requested Extension
Date signed by the Borrowers certifying that, before and after
giving effect to such extension, (A) the representations and
warranties contained in Article 7 and the other Loan Documents are
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the
Requested Extension Date, except to the extent
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that such representations and
warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case
they are true and correct in all material respects as of such
earlier date, and except that for purposes of this §3.4, the
representations and warranties contained in §7.4 shall be
deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to
such Section, and (B) no Default exists. In addition, on the
Loan Maturity Date of each Non-Extending Lender, the Borrowers
shall prepay any Loans outstanding on such date (and pay any
additional amounts required pursuant to §5.6) to the extent
necessary to keep outstanding Loans ratable with any revised
Commitment Percentages of the respective Lenders effective as of
such date.
(g) Conflicting
Provisions . This Section shall supersede any provisions in
§16.12 to the contrary.
4. LETTERS OF
CREDIT .
4.1. Letter of Credit
Commitments .
(a) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof and the execution and delivery by the applicable
Borrower of a letter of credit application on the Administrative
Agent’s customary form (a “ Letter of
Credit Application ”), the Issuing Bank on
behalf of the Lenders and in reliance upon the agreement of the
Lenders set forth in §4.1.4 and upon the representations and
warranties of the applicable Borrower contained herein, agrees, in
its individual capacity, to issue, extend and renew for the account
of the applicable Borrower one or more standby or documentary
letters of credit denominated in Dollars or in one or more
Alternative Currencies (individually, a “ Letter
of Credit ”), in such form as may be requested
from time to time by the applicable Borrower and agreed to by the
Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent; provided ,
however , that, after giving effect to such request,
(a) the sum of the aggregate Maximum Drawing Amount and all
Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of
Credit Sublimit at any one time and (b) (i) in the case
of BGI, the sum of (I) the Maximum Drawing Amount on all
Letters of Credit, (II) all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, and
(III) the amount of all Loans outstanding shall not exceed the
Total Commitment at such time, and (ii) in the case of Barnes
Switzerland, the sum of (I) the Maximum Drawing Amount on all
Letters of Credit, (II) all Unpaid Reimbursement Obligations, and
(III) the amount of all Loans outstanding shall not exceed the
Total Commitment at such time.
(b) The Issuing Bank shall
not issue any Letter of Credit, if:
(i) Subject to §4.1(c),
the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more
than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension;
or
(ii) the expiry date of such
requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit
Expiration Date.
(c) The Issuing Bank shall
not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit
if:
(i) any order, judgment or
decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its
terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Bank from issuing
such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the Issuing Bank or
any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing
Bank shall prohibit, or request that the Issuing Bank refrain from,
the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of
Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Issuing Bank with
respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or
capital requirement (for which the Issuing Bank is not otherwise
compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall
impose upon the Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense
which was not applicable on the date hereof and which the Issuing
Bank in good faith deems material to it;
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(ii) the issuance of such
Letter of Credit would violate (A) any Laws or (B) one or
more policies of the Issuing Bank, provided that such
policies have been disclosed to the Borrowers prior to the request
for the issuance of such Letter of Credit;
(iii) except as otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, such
Letter of Credit is in an initial face amount less than
$100,000;
(iv) except as otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, such
Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than
Dollars or an Alternative Currency;
(v) the Issuing Bank does not
as of the issuance date of such requested Letter of Credit issue
Letters of Credit in the requested currency;
(vi) such Letter of Credit
contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated
amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(vii) a default of any
Lender’s obligations to fund under §4.3 exists or any
Lender which has a Revolving Credit Commitment has failed to fund
any portion of any participations in Letter of Credit Obligations
required to be funded by it hereunder, unless the Issuing Bank has
entered into satisfactory arrangements with the applicable Borrower
or such Lender to eliminate the Issuing Bank’s risk with
respect to such Lender.
4.2. Procedures for
Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters
of Credit .
(a) Each Letter of Credit
shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of
the applicable Borrower delivered to the Issuing Bank (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit
Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible
Officer of the applicable Borrower. Such Letter of Credit
Application must be received by the Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two
Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative
Agent and the Issuing Bank may agree in a particular instance in
their
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sole discretion) prior to the
proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In
the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of
Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and
detail satisfactory to the Issuing Bank: (i) the proposed
issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a
Business Day); (ii) the amount and currency thereof;
(iii) the expiry date thereof; (iv) the name and address
of the beneficiary thereof; (v) the documents to be presented
by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder;
(vi) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such
beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (vii) such
other matters as the Issuing Bank may require. In the case of a
request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such
Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail
satisfactory to the Issuing Bank (w) the Letter of Credit to
be amended; (x) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which
shall be a Business Day); (y) the nature of the proposed
amendment; and (z) such other matters as the Issuing Bank may
require. Additionally, the applicable Borrower shall furnish to the
Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent such other documents and
information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance
or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the Issuing Bank
or the Administrative Agent may require.
(b) Promptly after receipt of
any Letter of Credit Application at the address set forth in
§16.6 for receiving Letter of Credit Applications and related
correspondence, the Issuing Bank will confirm with the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit
Application from the applicable Borrower and, if not, the Issuing
Bank will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.
Unless the Issuing Bank has received written notice from any
Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one
Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment
of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable
conditions in §12 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing Bank shall, on the
requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the
applicable Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into
the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in
accordance with the Issuing Bank’s usual and customary
business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of
Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Issuing Bank a risk
participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the
product of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentage times the amount of such Letter of
Credit.
(c) Promptly after its
delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of
Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the
beneficiary thereof, the Issuing Bank will also deliver to the
applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and
complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(d) If any Borrower so
requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the
Issuing Bank may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to
issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions
(each, an “ Auto-Extension Letter of Credit ”);
provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit
the Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in
each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of
such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the
beneficiary
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thereof not later than a day
(the “ Non-Extension Notice Date ”) in each such
twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of
Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Issuing Bank, no
Borrower shall be required to make a specific request to the
Issuing Bank for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter
of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have
authorized (but may not require) the Issuing Bank to permit the
extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date
not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided,
however, that the Issuing Bank shall not permit any such extension
if (A) the Issuing Bank has determined that it would not be
permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such
Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms
hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (b) or
(c) of §4.1 or otherwise), or (B) it has received
notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the
day that is five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date
(1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders
have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or the applicable Borrower that
one or more of the applicable conditions specified in §12 is
not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the Issuing
Bank not to permit such extension.
(e) The Administrative Agent
will notify the Lenders, on a quarterly basis, of all Letters of
Credit outstanding.
4.3. Drawings and
Reimbursements; Funding of Participations .
(a) Upon receipt from the
beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing
under such Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall notify the
applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the
case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency,
the applicable Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Bank in such
Alternative Currency, unless (i) the Issuing Bank (at its
option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require
reimbursement in Dollars, or (ii) in the absence of any such
requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the applicable Borrower
shall have notified the Issuing Bank promptly following receipt of
the notice of drawing that the applicable Borrower will reimburse
the Issuing Bank in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement
in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an
Alternative Currency, the Issuing Bank shall notify the applicable
Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing
promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 11:00
a.m. on the date of any payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter
of Credit to be reimbursed in Dollars, or the Applicable Time on
the date of any payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of
Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative Currency (each such date,
an “ Honor Date ”), the applicable Borrower
shall reimburse the Issuing Bank through the Administrative Agent
in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the
applicable currency. If the applicable Borrower fails to so
reimburse the Issuing Bank by such time, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of
the Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation (expressed in Dollars in the
amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of
Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency), and the amount of
such Lender’s Commitment Percentage thereof. In such event,
the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a
Revolving Credit Loan which is a Base
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Rate Loan to be disbursed on
the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligation, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified
in §2.6 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but
subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Total
Commitment and the conditions set forth in §12 (other than the
delivery of a Loan Request). Any notice given by the Issuing Bank
or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this §4.3(a) may be
given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing;
provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation
shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such
notice.
(b) Each Lender shall upon
any notice pursuant to §4.3(a) make funds available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank, in
Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for
Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Commitment
Percentage of the Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation not later than
1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the
Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of
4.3(c), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed
to have made a Revolving Credit Loan which is a Base Rate Loan to
the applicable Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent
shall remit the funds so received to the Issuing Bank in
Dollars.
(c) With respect to any
Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation that is not fully refinanced by a
Revolving Credit Loan which is a Base Rate Loan because the
conditions set forth in §12 cannot be satisfied or for any
other reason, the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have
incurred from the Issuing Bank a Letter of Credit Borrowing in the
amount of the Unpaid Reimbursement Obligation that is not so
refinanced, which Letter of Credit Borrowing shall be due and
payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest
at the rate set forth for Base Rate Loans in §6.11. In such
event, each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Issuing Bank pursuant to §4.3(b) shall be
deemed payment in respect of its participation in such Letter of
Credit Borrowing and shall constitute a Letter of Credit Advance
from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation
under this §4.3.
(d) Until each Lender funds
its Revolving Credit Loan which is a Base Rate Loan or Letter of
Credit Advance pursuant to this §4.3 to reimburse the Issuing
Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in
respect of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such amount
shall be solely for the account of the Issuing Bank.
(e) Each Lender’s
obligation to make a Revolving Credit Loan which is a Base Rate
Loan or Letter of Credit Advances to reimburse the Issuing Bank for
amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this
§4.3, shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be
affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender
may have against the Issuing Bank, the applicable Borrower or any
other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or
continuance of a Default, or (iii) any other occurrence, event
or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing;
provided , however , that each Lender’s
obligation to make a Revolving Credit Loan which is a Base Rate
Loan pursuant to this §4.3 is subject to the conditions set
forth in §12 (other than delivery by
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the applicable Borrower of a
Loan Request). No such making of a Letter of Credit Advance shall
relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the applicable
Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Bank for the amount of any
payment made by the Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit,
together with interest as provided herein.
(f) If any Lender fails to
make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Issuing Bank any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant
to the foregoing provisions of this §4.3 by the time specified
in Section §4.3(b), the Issuing Bank shall be entitled
to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative
Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period
from the date such payment is required to the date on which such
payment is immediately available to the Issuing Bank at a rate per
annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in
effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees
customarily charged by the Issuing Bank in connection with the
foregoing. A certificate of the Issuing Bank submitted to any
Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any
amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
4.4. Repayment of
Participations .
(a) At any time after the
Issuing Bank has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has
received from any Lender such Lender’s Letter of Credit
Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with §4.3, if
the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the Issuing
Bank any payment in respect of the related Unpaid Reimbursement
Obligation or interest thereon (whether directly from the
applicable Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash
Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the
Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Commitment
Percentage thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest
payments, to reflect the period of time during which such
Lender’s Letter of Credit Advance was outstanding) in Dollars
and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative
Agent.
(b) If any payment received
by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Bank
pursuant to §4.3(a) is required to be returned in connection
with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law (including pursuant
to any settlement entered into by the Issuing Bank in its
discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Issuing Bank its Commitment Percentage thereof
on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from
the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such
Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate
from time to time in effect. The obligations of Lenders under this
clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the
termination of this Credit Agreement.
4.5. Obligations
Absolute .
The obligation of the
applicable Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Bank for each drawing
under each Letter of Credit and to repay each Letter of Credit
Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and
shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Credit
Agreement under all circumstances, including the
following:
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(a) any lack of validity or
enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Credit Agreement, or
any other Loan Document;
(b) the existence of any
claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that any
Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any
beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any
Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be
acting), the Issuing Bank or any other Person, whether in
connection with this Credit Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or
instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated
transaction;
(c) any draft, demand,
certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit
proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any
respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of
any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter
of Credit;
(d) any payment by the
Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a
draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms
of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the Issuing Bank
under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a
trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the
benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative
of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter
of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding
under any Debtor Relief Law;
(e) any adverse change in the
relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant
Alternative Currency to any Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the
relevant currency markets generally; or
(f) any other circumstance or
happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Borrower
or any Subsidiary.
The applicable Borrower shall
promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment
thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of
noncompliance with the applicable Borrower’s instructions or
other irregularity, the applicable Borrower will immediately notify
the Issuing Bank. The applicable Borrower shall be conclusively
deemed to have waived any such claim against the Issuing Bank and
its correspondents unless such notice is given as
aforesaid.
4.6. Role of Issuing
Bank .
Each Lender and each of the
Borrowers agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of
Credit, the Issuing Bank shall not have any responsibility to
obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and
documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or
to
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ascertain or inquire as to the validity
or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person
executing or delivering any such document. None of the Issuing
Bank, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related
Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the
Issuing Bank shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action
taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the
approval of Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable;
(ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross
negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution,
effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or
instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. Each
Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any
beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of
Credit; provided , however , that this assumption is
not intended to, and shall not, preclude such Borrower from
pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the
beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None
of the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent, any of their
respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or
assignee of the Issuing Bank, shall be liable or responsible for
any of the matters described in clauses (a) through
(e) of §4.5; provided , however , that
anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the
applicable Borrower may have a claim against the Issuing Bank, and
the Issuing Bank may be liable to the applicable Borrower, to the
extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to
consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by such Borrower which
such Borrower proves were caused by the Issuing Bank’s
willful misconduct or gross negligence or the Issuing Bank’s
willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the
presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and
certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of
a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, the Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on
their face to be in order, without responsibility for further
investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the
contrary, and the Issuing Bank shall not be responsible for the
validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning
or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the
rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in
part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any
reason.
4.7. Cash
Collateral .
Upon the request of the
Administrative Agent, (i) if the Issuing Bank has honored any
full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such
drawing has resulted in a Letter of Credit Borrowing and an Event
of Default exists, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit
Expiration Date, any Letter of Credit Obligation for any reason
remains outstanding, the applicable Borrower shall, in each case,
immediately cash collateralize the then outstanding amount of all
Letter of Credit Obligations.
4.8. Applicability of
ISP .
Unless otherwise expressly
agreed by the Issuing Bank and the applicable Borrower when a
Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable
to an Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of the ISP shall apply
to each standby Letter of Credit.
4.9. Letter of Credit
Amounts .
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Unless otherwise specified
herein the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed
to be the Maximum Drawing Amount of such Letter of Credit in effect
at such time; provided , however , that with respect
to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any
Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic
increases in the Maximum Drawing Amount thereof, the Maximum
Drawing Amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the
maximum drawing amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect
to all such increases, whether or not such maximum drawing amount
is in effect at such time.
4.10. Letter of Credit
Fee . The applicable Borrower shall pay a fee (the
“Letter of Credit Fee ”)
equal to the Applicable Margin on the Maximum Drawing Amount of the
Letters of Credit (other than Performance Letters of Credit), in
Dollars, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders, to be shared pro rata by the Lenders in
accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages. The
applicable Borrower shall pay a fee equal to one-half of the
Applicable Margin on the Maximum Drawing Amount of the Performance
Letters of Credit (the “ Performance Letter
of Credit Fee ”, collectively with the
Letter of Credit Fee, the “ Letter of
Credit Fees ”) to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the Lenders, to be shared pro rata by
the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment
Percentages. The Letter of Credit Fees shall be payable quarterly
in arrears on the first day of each calendar quarter for the
quarter just ended, with the first such payment commencing on the
first such date following the date hereof, and on the Loan Maturity
Date. In addition, an issuing fee (the “ Issuance
Fee ”) equal to one eighth percent (1/8%) of the
Maximum Drawing Amount with respect to each Letter of Credit shall
be payable by the applicable Borrower to the Issuing Bank for its
account and the applicable Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Bank
any amendment, negotiation or document examination and other
administrative fees charged by the Issuing Bank in connection with
Letters of Credit as in effect from time to time.
5. CERTAIN GENERAL
PROVISIONS .
5.1. Administrative
Agent’s Fee . BGI shall pay to the Administrative
Agent an Administrative Agent’s fee (the “
Administrative Agent’s Fee ”) as
set forth in the Fee Letter.
5.2. Funds for
Payments .
5.2.1. Payments to
Administrative Agent . Except with respect to principal of
and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, all
payments of principal, interest, Reimbursement Obligations, Fees
and any other amounts due hereunder or under any of the other Loan
Documents shall be made on the due date thereof to the
Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the respective accounts of the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent, at the Administrative
Agent’s Office or at such other place that the Administrative
Agent may from time to time designate, in each case at or about
11:00 a.m. (Boston, Massachusetts, time or other local time at the
place of payment) and in Same Day Funds. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder
with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in an
Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for
the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is
owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in such
Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the
Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates
specified herein.
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Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require
that any payments due under this Credit Agreement be made in the
United States. If, for any reason, any Borrower is prohibited by
any Law from making any required payment hereunder in an
Alternative Currency, such Borrower shall make such payment in
Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the Alternative Currency
payment amount.
5.2.2. No Offset,
etc. All payments by the Borrowers hereunder and under any
of the other Loan Documents shall be made without recoupment,
setoff or counterclaim and free and clear of and without deduction
for any Taxes unless the applicable Borrower is compelled by law to
make such deduction or withholding. If any such Taxes are imposed
with respect to any amount payable by a Borrower hereunder or under
any of the other Loan Documents, the applicable Borrower will pay
to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders or (as
the case may be) the Administrative Agent, on the date on which
such amount is due and payable hereunder or under such other Loan
Document, such additional amount in Dollars as shall be necessary
to enable the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to receive the
same net amount which the Lenders or the Administrative Agent would
have received on such due date had no such Taxes been imposed. The
Borrowers will deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent
certificates or other valid vouchers for all taxes or other charges
deducted from or paid with respect to payments made by either
Borrower hereunder or under such other Loan Document. Each Borrower
shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the
Issuing Bank, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for
the full amount of any Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable
to amounts payable under this Section paid by the Administrative
Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, and any
penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or
with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or
legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.
A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability
delivered to a Borrower by a Lender or the Issuing Bank (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent
on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Bank,
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
5.2.3. Non-U.S.
Lenders. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent that is
not a U.S. Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code for federal income tax purposes (a “ Non-U.S.
Lender ”) hereby agrees that, if and to the extent it
is legally able to do so, it shall, prior to the date of the first
payment by the Borrowers hereunder to be made to such Lender or the
Administrative Agent or for such Lender’s or the
Administrative Agent’s account, deliver to the Borrowers and
the Administrative Agent, as applicable, such certificates,
documents or other evidence, as and when required by the Code or
Treasury Regulations issued pursuant thereto, including (a) in
the case of a Non-U.S. Lender that is a “bank” for
purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, two
(2) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI and any other certificate or statement of
exemption required by Treasury Regulations, or any subsequent
versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and duly
executed by such Lender or the Administrative Agent establishing
that with respect to payments of principal, interest or fees
hereunder it is (i) not subject to United States federal
withholding tax under the Code because such payment is effectively
connected with the conduct by such Lender or Administrative Agent
of a trade or business in the United
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States or (ii) totally
exempt or partially exempt from United States federal withholding
tax under a provision of an applicable tax treaty and (b) in
the case of a Non-U.S. Lender that is not a “bank” for
purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a certificate in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and BGI and to the effect that (i) such Non-U.S. Lender
is not a “bank” for purposes of
Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, is not subject to regulatory
or other legal requirements as a bank in any jurisdiction, and has
not been treated as a bank for purposes of any tax, securities law
or other filing or submission made to any governmental authority,
any application made to a rating agency or qualification for any
exemption from any tax, securities law or other legal requirements,
(ii) is not a ten (10) percent shareholder for purposes
of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code and (iii) is not a
controlled foreign corporation receiving interest from a related
person for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code,
together with a properly completed Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8 or W-9, as applicable (or successor forms). Each Lender or the
Administrative Agent agrees that it shall, promptly upon a change
of its lending office or the selection of any additional lending
office, to the extent the forms previously delivered by it pursuant
to this section are no longer effective, and promptly upon
BGI’s or the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request
after the occurrence of any other event (including the passage of
time) requiring the delivery of a Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI, Form
W-8 or W-9 in addition to or in replacement of the forms previously
delivered, deliver to BGI and the Administrative Agent, as
applicable, if and to the extent it is properly entitled to do so,
a properly completed and executed Form W-8BEN, Form W-8ECI, Form
W-8 or W-9, as applicable (or any successor forms thereto). The
Borrowers shall not be required to pay any additional amounts to
any Non-U.S. Lender in respect of United States federal withholding
tax pursuant to §5.2.2 above to the extent that the obligation
to pay such additional amounts would not have arisen but for a
failure by such Non-U.S. Lender to comply with the provisions of
this §5.2.3; provided , however , that the
foregoing shall not relieve the Borrowers of their obligation to
pay additional amounts pursuant to §5.2.2 in the event that,
as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or
governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in
interpretation, administration or application thereof, a Non-U.S.
Lender that was previously entitled to receive all payments under
this Credit Agreement and the Notes without deduction or
withholding or with reduced withholding of any United States
federal income taxes is no longer properly entitled to deliver
forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date
establishing the fact that such Lender is not subject to
withholding or that such Lender is subject to reduced withholding,
as the case may be.
5.3. Computations;
Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Margin .
(a) Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all computations of interest, and, the
Facility Fee, the Letter of Credit Fees or other fees shall be
based on a 360-day year and paid for the actual number of days
elapsed, except that computations based on the Base Rate (except to
the extent derived from the Federal Funds Rate) shall be based on a
365 or 366, as applicable, day year and paid for the actual number
of days elapsed, and computations of interest in respect of Loans
denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which market practices
differ from the foregoing, shall be made in accordance with such
market practice. Whenever a payment hereunder or under any
of
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the other Loan Documents
becomes due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date for
such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day,
and interest shall accrue during such extension; provided
that for any Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Rate Loan
if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding
calendar month or after the Loan Maturity Date, it shall be deemed
to end on the next preceding Business Day.
(b) If, as a result of any
restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of
BGI or its Subsidiaries resulting from the error of BGI or its
Subsidiaries, including any of their agents or advisors, BGI or the
Lenders determine that (i) the Leverage Ratio as calculated by
BGI as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper
calculation of the Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher
pricing for such period, the Borrowers shall immediately and
retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of the applicable Lenders, promptly on demand by the
Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or
deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrowers
under any Debtor Relief Law, automatically and without further
action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing
Bank), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and
fees that should have been paid for the applicable period of such
inaccuracy over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for
such period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case
may be, under Section 4.3(c) , 4.10 or
5.10 or under Article 13 . The Borrowers’
obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of
the Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations
hereunder.
5.4. Inability to
Determine Eurocurrency Rate . In the event, prior to the
commencement of any Interest Period relating to any Eurocurrency
Rate Loan, the Administrative Agent shall determine or be notified
by the Required Lenders that (a) adequate and reasonable
methods do not exist for ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate that
would otherwise determine the rate of interest to be applicable to
any Eurocurrency Rate Loan (whether in Dollars or an Alternative
Currency) during any Interest Period or (b) the Eurocurrency
Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will
not, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable opinion,
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lenders of making or
maintaining their Eurocurrency Rate Loans during such period, the
Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice of such
determination (which shall be conclusive and binding on the
Borrowers and the Lenders) to the Borrowers and the Lenders. In
such event (i) any Loan Request or Conversion Request with
respect to Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be automatically withdrawn
and shall be deemed a request for Base Rate Loans, (ii) each
Eurocurrency Rate Loan will automatically, on the last day of the
then current Interest Period relating thereto, become a Base Rate
Loan, and (iii) the obligations of the Lenders to make
Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies
shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders determine that the circumstances giving rise to such
suspension no longer exist, whereupon the Administrative Agent or,
as the case may be, the Administrative Agent upon the instruction
of the Required Lenders, shall so notify the Borrowers and the
Lenders.
5.5. Illegality
. Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any present
or future law, regulation, treaty or directive or the
interpretation or application thereof shall make it
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unlawful for any Lender to make or
maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether denominated in Dollars or
an Alternative Cu
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