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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED $400,000,000 SENIOR UNSECURED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

Revolving Credit Agreement

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED 

$400,000,000 

SENIOR UNSECURED 

REVOLVING CREDIT 

AGREEMENT | Document Parties: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., | BARNES GROUP INC. | KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. You are currently viewing:
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Title: FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED $400,000,000 SENIOR UNSECURED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 11/2/2007
Industry: Misc. Fabricated Products     Law Firm: Nixon Peabody;Bingham McCutchen     Sector: Basic Materials

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED 

$400,000,000 

SENIOR UNSECURED 

REVOLVING CREDIT 

AGREEMENT, Parties: bank of america  n.a.  , barnes group inc. , keybank national association , jpmorgan chase bank  n.a.
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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 CONTENTS

 

               Page
  1.    DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION    1
   1.1.       

Definitions

   1
   1.2.       

Rules of Interpretation

   23
   1.3.       

Letter of Credit Amounts

   24
   1.4.       

Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents

   24
   1.5.       

Additional Alternative Currencies

   24
   1.6.       

Change of Currency

   25
  2.    THE REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY    26
   2.1.       

Commitment to Lend

   26
   2.2.       

Facility Fee

   26
   2.3.       

Reduction of Total Commitment

   26
   2.4.       

The Revolving Credit Notes

   27
   2.5.       

Interest on Loans

   28
   2.6.       

Requests for Loans

   28
   2.7.       

Conversion Options

   29
   2.8.       

Funds for Loan

   30
   2.9.       

Settlements

   31
  3.    REPAYMENT OF THE LOANS    32
   3.1.       

Maturity

   32
   3.2.       

Mandatory Repayments of Loans

   33
   3.3.       

Optional Repayments of Loans

   33
   3.4.       

Extension of Loan Maturity Date

   33
  4.    LETTERS OF CREDIT    35
   4.1.       

Letter of Credit Commitments

   35
   4.2.       

Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit

   36
   4.3.       

Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations

   38
   4.4.       

Repayment of Participations

   40
   4.5.       

Obligations Absolute

   40
   4.6.       

Role of Issuing Bank

   41

 

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               Page
   4.7.       

Cash Collateral

   42
   4.8.       

Applicability of ISP

   42
   4.9.       

Letter of Credit Amounts

   42
   4.10.     

Letter of Credit Fee

   43
  5.    CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS    43
   5.1.       

Administrative Agent’s Fee

   43
   5.2.       

Funds for Payments

   43
   5.3.       

Computations; Retroactive Adjustments of Applicable Margin

   45
   5.4.       

Inability to Determine Eurocurrency Rate

   46
   5.5.       

Illegality

   46
   5.6.       

Additional Costs, etc

   47
   5.7.       

Capital Adequacy

   48
   5.8.       

Certificate

   49
   5.9.       

Indemnity for Eurocurrency Rate Loans

   49
   5.10.     

Interest After Default

   49
   5.11.     

Replacement of Lenders

   50
  6.    GUARANTORS    50
   6.1.       

Guaranty by Subsidiaries

   50
   6.2.       

Guaranty by BGI

   51
  7.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES    51
   7.1.       

Corporate Authority

   51
   7.2.       

Governmental Approvals

   52
   7.3.       

Title to Properties

   52
   7.4.       

Financial Statements

   52
   7.5.       

No Material Adverse Changes, etc.

   53
   7.6.       

Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, etc.

   53
   7.7.       

Litigation

   53
   7.8.       

Compliance with Other Instruments, Laws, etc.

   53
   7.9.       

Tax Status

   53
   7.10.     

No Event of Default

   53

 

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               Page
   7.11.     

Holding Company and Investment Company Acts

   53
   7.12.     

Certain Transactions

   53
   7.13.     

Employee Benefit Plans

   54
   7.14.     

Use of Proceeds

   55
   7.15.     

Environmental Compliance

   55
   7.16.     

Subsidiaries, etc.

   56
   7.17.     

Disclosure

   56
   7.18.     

Foreign Asset Control Regulations, Etc.

   57
  8.    AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS    57
   8.1.       

Punctual Payment

   57
   8.2.       

Maintenance of Office

   57
   8.3.       

Records and Accounts

   57
   8.4.       

Financial Statements, Certificates and Information

   58
   8.5.       

Notices

   59
   8.6.       

Legal Existence; Maintenance of Properties

   60
   8.7.       

Insurance

   60
   8.8.       

Taxes

   61
   8.9.       

Inspection of Properties and Books, etc.

   61
   8.10.     

Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits

   61
   8.11.     

Employee Benefit Plans

   62
   8.12.     

Use of Proceeds

   62
   8.13.     

Further Assurances

   62
  9.    CERTAIN NEGATIVE COVENANTS    62
   9.1.       

Restrictions on Indebtedness

   62
   9.2.       

Restrictions on Liens

   64
   9.3.       

Restrictions on Investments

   66
   9.4.       

Restricted Payments

   67
   9.5.       

Merger, Consolidation and Disposition of Assets

   68
   9.6.       

Sale and Leaseback

   69
   9.7.       

Compliance with Environmental Laws

   69

 

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               Page
   9.8.       

Employee Benefit Plans

   69
   9.9.       

Business Activities

   70
   9.10.     

Fiscal Year

   70
   9.11.     

Transactions with Affiliates

   70
   9.12.     

Optional Payment of Subordinated Debt

   70
10.    FINANCIAL COVENANTS    70
   10.1.     

Interest Coverage

   71
   10.2.     

Leverage Ratio

   71
   10.3.     

Senior Leverage Ratio

   71
11.    CLOSING CONDITIONS    71
   11.1.     

Loan Documents etc.

   71
   11.2.     

Certified Copies of Governing Documents

   71
   11.3.     

Corporate or Other Action

   71
   11.4.     

Incumbency Certificate

   72
   11.5.     

Solvency Certificate

   72
   11.6.     

Opinions of Counsel

   72
   11.7.     

Payment of Fees

   72
   11.8.     

Financial Statements

   72
   11.9.     

Intercreditor Arrangements

   72
   11.10.   

Existing Credit Agreement

   72
12.    CONDITIONS TO ALL BORROWINGS    73
   12.1.     

Representations True; No Default or Event of Default

   73
   12.2.     

No Legal Impediment

   73
   12.3.     

Proceedings and Documents

   73
   12.4.     

No Material Adverse Change

   73
   12.5.     

Alternative Currencies

   73
13.    EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC.    74
   13.1.     

Events of Default and Acceleration

   74
   13.2.     

Termination of Commitments

   76
   13.3.     

Remedies

   77

 

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14.    THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT    77
   14.1.     

Authorization

   77
   14.2.     

Employees and Administrative Agents

   78
   14.3.     

No Liability

   78
   14.4.     

No Representations

   79
   14.5.     

Payments

   80
   14.6.     

Holders of Notes

   81
   14.7.     

Indemnity

   81
   14.8.     

Administrative Agent as Lender; Etc.

   81
   14.9.     

Resignation

   81
   14.10.   

Notification of Defaults and Events of Default

   82
   14.11.   

Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

   83
15.    ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION    84
   15.1.     

General Conditions and Conditions to Assignment

   84
   15.2.     

Certain Representations and Warranties; Limitations; Covenants

   85
   15.3.     

Register

   87
   15.4.     

Participations

   87
   15.5.     

Limitation upon Participant Rights

   87
   15.6.     

Participant Affiliated with the Borrowers

   87
   15.7.     

Miscellaneous Assignment Provisions

   88
   15.8.     

Resignation After Assignment

   88
   15.9.     

Replacement of Non-Extending Lenders

   88
16.    PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATIONS    89
   16.1.     

Setoff

   89
   16.2.     

Expenses

   90
   16.3.     

Indemnification

   91
   16.4.     

Treatment of Certain Confidential Information

   91
   16.5.     

Survival of Covenants, Etc.

   93
   16.6.     

Notices, Etc.

   93
   16.7.     

GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION

   95

 

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   16.8.     

Headings

   95
   16.9.     

Counterparts

   95
   16.10.   

Entire Agreement, Etc.

   95
   16.11.   

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

   96
   16.12.   

Consents, Amendments, Waivers, Etc.

   96
   16.13.   

Severability

   97
   16.14.   

USA Patriot Act Notice

   97
   16.15.   

Liability for the Obligations

   98
   16.16.   

Judgment Currency

   98
17.    TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS    98
   17.1.     

Existing Credit Agreement Superseded

   98
   17.2.     

Return and Cancellation of Notes

   98
   17.3.     

Interest and Fees Under Superseded Agreement

   99
18.    NO ADVISORY OR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY    99

 

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Exhibits

 

Exhibit   A   Form of Note
Exhibit   B   Form of Loan Request
Exhibit   C   Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit   D   Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit   E   Guaranty
Exhibit   F   BGI Guaranty

 

Schedules

 

Schedule   1   Lenders and Commitments
Schedule   1-A   Mandatory Cost Formulae
Schedule   7.4.1   Fiscal Year Not Ending on December 31
Schedule   7.5   Restricted Payments
Schedule   7.7   Litigation
Schedule   7.15   Environmental Compliance
Schedule   7.16   Subsidiaries Etc.
Schedule   9.1   Existing Senior Debt
Schedule   9.2   Existing Liens
Schedule   9.3   Existing Investments
Schedule   16.6.1   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.

 

Level

  

Leverage Ratio

   Eurocurrency Rate
Loans
  

Letter of Credit

  

Facility Fee

I

   Less than 2.00:1    0.30%    0.30%    0.10%

II

   Less than 2.25:1 but greater than or equal to 2.00:1    0.375%    0.375%    0.125%

III

   Less than 2.50:1 but greater than or equal to 2.25:1    0.475%    0.475%    0.15%

IV

   Less than 2.75:1 but greater than or equal to 2.50:1    0.55%    0.55%    0.20%

V

   Less than 3.00:1 but greater than or equal to 2.75:1    0.75%    0.75%    0.25%

VI

   Less than 3.25:1 but greater than or equal to 3.00:1    0.95%    0.95%    0.30%

VII

   Greater than or equal to 3.25:1    1.15%    1.15%    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:

 

Eurocurrency Rate =   Eurocurrency Base Rate    
  1.00 – Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage    

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.

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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.

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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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