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Exhibit
10.1
Execution
Copy
Published Cusip Number:
$300,000,000
REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
dated as of October 1,
2007,
among
TERADATA
CORPORATION,
as Borrower
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, L/C
Issuer and Swing Line Lender
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.,
as Syndication
Agent
CITIBANK,
N.A.,
FIFTH/THIRD
BANK
and
THE BANK OF
TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,
as Co-Documentation
Agents
and
the other LENDERS
party thereto
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC
and
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES
INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and
Joint Book Managers
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01
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Defined
Terms |
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Section 1.02
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Classification of Loans and Borrowings |
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Section 1.03
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Terms
Generally |
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Section 1.04
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Accounting Terms; GAAP |
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Section 1.05
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Exchange
Rates; Currency Equivalents |
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Section 1.06
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Additional Alternative Currencies |
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Section 1.07
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Change of
Currency |
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Section 1.08
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Times of
Day |
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| ARTICLE II THE CREDITS |
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Section 2.01
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Commitments |
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Section 2.02
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Loans and
Borrowings |
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Section 2.03
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Requests
for Revolving Borrowings |
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Section 2.04
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Competitive Bid Procedure |
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Section 2.05
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Swing
Line Loans |
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Section 2.06
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Letters
of Credit |
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Section 2.07
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Payments
Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback |
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Section 2.08
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Interest
Elections |
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Section 2.09
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Termination and Reduction of Commitments |
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Section 2.10
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Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt |
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Section 2.11
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Prepayment of Loans |
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Section 2.12
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Fees |
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Section 2.13
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Interest |
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Section 2.14
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Alternate
Rate of Interest |
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Section 2.15
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Increased
Costs |
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Section 2.16
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Break
Funding Payments |
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Section 2.17
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Taxes |
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Section 2.18
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Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs |
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Section 2.19
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
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Section 2.20
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Currency
Equivalents; Currency Fluctuations |
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Section 2.21
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Increase
in Revolving Commitments |
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Section 2.22
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Extension
of Maturity Date |
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| ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 3.01
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Organization; Powers |
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Section 3.02
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Authorization; Enforceability |
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Section 3.03
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Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts |
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Section 3.04
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Financial
Condition; No Material Adverse Change |
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Section 3.05
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Properties |
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Section 3.06
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Litigation and Environmental Matters |
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Section 3.07
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Compliance with Laws and Agreements |
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Section 3.08
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Investment Company Status |
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Section 3.09
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Taxes |
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Section 3.10
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ERISA |
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Section 3.11
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Disclosure |
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Section 3.12
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Federal
Reserve Regulations |
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Section 3.13
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Use of
Proceeds and Letters of Credit |
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Section 3.14
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Subsidiaries |
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| ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS |
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Section 4.01
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Conditions of Initial Credit Extension |
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Section 4.02
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Conditions to all Credit Extensions |
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| ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 5.01
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Financial
Statements and Other Information |
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Section 5.02
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Notices
of Material Events |
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Section 5.03
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Existence; Conduct of Business |
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Section 5.04
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Payment
of Obligations |
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Section 5.05
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Maintenance of Properties; Insurance |
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Section 5.06
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Books and
Records; Inspection Rights |
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Section 5.07
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Compliance with Laws |
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Section 5.08
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Material
Subsidiaries |
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Section 5.09
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Use of
Proceeds |
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| ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 6.01
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Subsidiary Indebtedness |
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Section 6.02
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Liens |
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Section 6.03
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Sale and
Leaseback Transactions |
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Section 6.04
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Fundamental Changes |
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Section 6.05
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Asset
Sales |
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Section 6.06
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Margin
Stock; Unfriendly Acquisitions |
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Section 6.07
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Fiscal
Year |
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Section 6.08
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Restrictive Agreements |
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Section 6.09
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Transactions with Non-Material Subsidiaries |
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Section 6.10
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Investments |
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Section 6.11
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Cash
Interest Coverage Ratio |
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Section 6.12
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Leverage
Ratio |
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| ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 7.01
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Events of
Default |
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Section 7.02
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Remedies
Upon Event of Default |
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Section 7.03
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Application of Funds |
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| ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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| ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 9.01
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Notices |
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Section 9.02
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Waivers;
Amendments |
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Section 9.03
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Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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Section 9.04
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Successors and Assigns |
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Section 9.05
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Survival |
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Section 9.06
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Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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Section 9.07
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Severability |
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Section 9.08
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Right of
Setoff; Payments Set Aside |
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Section 9.09
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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Section 9.10
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WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL |
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Section 9.11
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Headings |
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Section 9.12
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Confidentiality |
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Section 9.13
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Interest
Rate Limitation |
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Section 9.14
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Judgment
Currency |
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Section 9.15
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USA
Patriot Act |
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Section 9.16
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No
Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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| SCHEDULES : |
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| Schedule 1.01 |
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Disclosed
Matters |
| Schedule 2.01 |
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Commitments |
| Schedule 3.14 |
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Subsidiaries |
| Schedule 6.08 |
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Existing
Restrictions |
| Schedule 9.01 |
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Notice
Addresses |
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| EXHIBITS : |
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| Exhibit A |
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Form of
Loan Notice |
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Form of
Opinion |
| Exhibit C |
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Form of
Assignment and Assumption |
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Form of
Note |
| Exhibit E |
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Form of
Guaranty |
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Form of
Compliance Certificate |
v
This REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT is entered into as of October 1, 2007 (this
“ Agreement ”), among TERADATA
CORPORATION , as Borrower, each lender from time to time party
hereto (collectively, the “ Lenders ” and,
individually, a “ Lender ”), BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A. , as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line
Lender, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. , as Syndication Agent,
and CITIBANK, N.A. , FIFTH/THIRD BANK and THE BANK
OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. , as Co-Documentation
Agents.
The Borrower has requested
the Lenders to establish the credit facility provided for herein on
the Closing Date for the general corporate purposes of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries. The Lenders are willing to establish such
credit facility upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein.
Accordingly, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01 Defined
Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:
“ Additional Credit
Assumption Agreement ” means an agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
between the Borrower and an Additional Credit Lender pursuant to
which such Additional Credit Lender assumes an Additional Credit
Commitment under Section 2.21 .
“ Additional Credit
Commitment ” means the Commitment of any Lender
(including any increase to a Lender’s then existing
Commitment) established pursuant to Section 2.21
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“ Additional Credit
Lender ” means a Lender with an Additional Credit
Commitment or a Person that will become such a Lender pursuant to
Section 2.21 .
“ Administrative
Agent ” means Bank of America in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders under any of the Loan
Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“ Administrative
Agent’s Office ” means the Administrative
Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account set forth in
Schedule 9.01 , or such other address or account as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and
the Lenders.
“ Administrative
Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in
a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person
that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the
Person specified.
“ Agreement
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble
hereto.
“ Agreement
Currency ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.14(b) .
“ Aggregate
Commitments ” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of
Commitments in effect at such time.
“ Aggregate
Revolving Credit Exposure ” means the aggregate amount of
the Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures.
“ Alternative
Currency ” means each of British Pounds Sterling, Euros,
Japanese Yen and each other currency approved in accordance with
Section 1.05 .
“ Alternative
Currency Borrowing ” means a Borrowing consisting of
Alternative Currency Loans.
“ Alternative
Currency Exposure ” means, at any time, the aggregate
Dollar Equivalent of the principal amount of all outstanding
Alternative Currency Loans at such time. The Alternative Currency
Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable
Percentage of the total Alternative Currency Exposure at such
time.
“ Alternative
Currency Loans ” means the Revolving Loans that are
denominated in Alternative Currencies. Each Alternative Currency
Loan shall be a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
“ Applicable
Creditor ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.14(b) .
“ Applicable
Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender, the
percentage of the Aggregate Commitments represented by such
Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments have terminated or
expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon
the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any
assignments.
“ Applicable
Rate ” means the following percentages per annum, based
upon the Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance
Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 5.01(c) :
Applicable
Rate
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Pricing
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Leverage
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Facility Fee |
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Eurocurrency
Rate +
Letters of
Credit
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Utilization
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> 2.00:1 |
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0.150 |
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0.600 |
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0.125 |
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> 1.50:1 but <2.00:1 |
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0.125 |
% |
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0.375 |
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0.125 |
% |
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> 1.00:1 but <1.50:1 |
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0.100 |
% |
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0.300 |
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0.100 |
% |
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<1.00:1 |
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0.080 |
% |
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0.220 |
% |
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0.100 |
% |
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For the period from the
Closing Date until the first Business Day immediately following the
date a Compliance Certificate is delivered for the fiscal quarter
ending September 30, 2007 pursuant to
Section 5.01(c) , the Applicable Rate shall equal
Pricing Level 4. Thereafter, any increase or decrease in the
Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall
become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following
the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to
Section 5.01(c) ; provided , however ,
that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in
accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 1 shall apply as
of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance
Certificate was required to have been delivered.
Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this definition, the determination of the
Applicable Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions
of Section 2.13 .
“ Applicable
Time ” means, 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 L/C Issuer, 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.
“ Arrangers
” means Banc of America Securities and J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc. in their capacity as joint lead arrangers and joint book
managers.
“ Assignment and
Assumption ” means an Assignment and Assumption entered
into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party
whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by
the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit C or
any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“ Attributable
Indebtedness ” means, on any date, in respect of any
lease of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as lessee, entered into as
part of a sale and leaseback transaction subject to
Section 6.03 , (i) if such lease is a Capital
Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear
on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower prepared as of such
date in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) if such lease is not a
Capital Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining
lease payments under such lease that would appear on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower prepared as of such date in
accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital
Lease Obligation.
“ Audited Financial
Statements ” means the audited consolidated balance sheet
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries most recently delivered in
accordance with Section 5.01(a) , and the related
consolidated statements of income or operations,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes
thereto.
“ Availability
Period ” means the period from and including the Closing
Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the
date of termination of the Aggregate Commitments pursuant to
Section 2.09 , and (c) the date of termination of
the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation
of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to
Section 7.02 .
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“ Bank of
America ” means Bank of America, N.A. and its
successors.
“ Banc of America
Securities ” means Banc of America Securities LL/C and
its successors.
“ Base Rate
” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the
higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and
(b) the Prime Rate.
“ Base Rate Loan
”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are
bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base
Rate. Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in dollars
only.
“ Board ”
means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the
United States of America.
“ Borrower
” means Teradata Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
“ Borrower
Materials ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.02 .
“ Borrowing
” means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type and
currency, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the
case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as to which a single Interest
Period is in effect, (b) a Competitive Advance or group of
Competitive Advances of the same Type and currency made on the same
date and as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or
(c) Swing Line Loans made on the same date.
“ Borrowing
Request ” means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 .
“ Business Day
” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of,
or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative
Agent’s Office with respect to Obligations denominated in
Dollars is located and:
(a) 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 Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan,
means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are
conducted by and between banks in the London interbank Eurocurrency
market;
(b) if such day relates to
any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan that is
an Alternative Currency 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 Agreement in respect of any such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day;
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(c) if such day relates to
any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan that is
an Alternative Currency Loan denominated in a currency other than
Dollars or Euro, means any such day 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; and
(d) 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 Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency
Rate Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such
day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the
principal financial center of the country of such
currency.
“ Calculation
Date ” means each of the following: (a) each date of
a Borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an
Alternative Currency, (b) each date of a continuation of a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency,
(c) the last Business Day of each calendar week and
(d) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall
determine or the Required Lenders shall require.
“ Capital Lease
Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such
Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other
arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property,
or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be
classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet
of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall
be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Cash
Collateralize ” means to pledge and deposit with or
deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C
Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash
or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C
Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders).
Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings.
“ Change in
Control ” means (a) the acquisition of ownership,
directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or
group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder
as in effect on the date hereof) other than an employee benefit
plan or related trust of the Borrower or of the Borrower and any
Subsidiaries, of shares representing more than 25% of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Borrower; or (b) occupation of a majority
of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of
the Borrower by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the
board of directors of the Borrower nor (ii) appointed by
directors so nominated.
“ Change in Law
” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation
after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law,
rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof
by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or
(c)
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compliance by any Lender or the L/C
Issuer (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b) , by any
lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or the L/C
Issuer’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline
or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this
Agreement.
“ Class ”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving
Loans, Competitive Advances or Swing Line Loans.
“ Closing Date
” means the first date on which all the conditions precedent
in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance
with Section 4.01 (or, in the case of
Section 4.01(b) , waived by the Person entitled to
receive the applicable payment).
“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
“ Commitment
” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such
Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in
Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans hereunder, expressed as an
amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such
commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.09 , (b) increased from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.21 , and (c) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such
Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 . The initial amount of
each Lender’s Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01
, in the Additional Credit Assumption Agreement pursuant to which
such Lender shall have obtained an Additional Credit Commitment, or
in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender
shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The initial
aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments is
$300,000,000.
“ Competitive
Advance ” means a Loan made pursuant to
Section 2.04 .
“ Competitive
Bid ” means an offer by a Lender to make a Competitive
Advance in accordance with Section 2.04 .
“ Competitive Bid
Rate ” means, with respect to any Competitive Bid, the
Margin or the Fixed Rate, as applicable, offered by the Lender
making such Competitive Bid.
“ Competitive Bid
Request ” means a request by the Borrower for Competitive
Bids in accordance with Section 2.04 .
“ Compliance
Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in the
form of Exhibit F .
“ Consolidated Cash
Interest Expense ” means, for any period, the difference
for such period between (a) the sum for the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries of (i) interest expense and (ii) the portion
of any payments or accruals with respect to Capital Lease
Obligations allocable to interest expense and
(iii) capitalized interest expense and (b) to the extent
included in interest expense, the sum for the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries of (i) pay-in-kind interest expense and
(ii) the amortization of debt discounts, all as determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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“ Consolidated
EBITDA ” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period plus, to the
extent deducted in computing such consolidated net income and
without duplication, the sum of (a) income tax expense,
(b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, (c) depreciation
and amortization expense, and (d) extraordinary losses during
such period and nonrecurring noncash charges during such period
(provided that any cash expenditure in respect of any such noncash
charge will be deducted in computing Consolidated EBITDA for a
period in which such expenditure is made), minus, to the extent
added in computing such consolidated net income and without
duplication, the sum of (i) income tax benefit and
(ii) extraordinary or nonrecurring gains during such period,
all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis, the net income of
the Borrower and such Subsidiaries for that period.
“ Consolidated
Tangible Assets ” means, as of the last day of any fiscal
quarter of the Borrower, all tangible assets on the consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, as determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“ Control
” means 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.
“ Credit
Extension ” means each of the following: (a) a
Borrowing and (b) and L/C Credit Extension.
“ Debtor Relief
Laws ” means 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
” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of
Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless
cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“ Disclosed
Matters ” means the actions, suits and proceedings and
the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 1.01
.
“ Dollar
Equivalent ” means, on any date of determination, with
respect to any amount in any Alternative Currency, the equivalent
in dollars of such amount, determined by the Administrative Agent
using the Exchange Rate with respect to such Alternative Currency
then in effect as determined pursuant to
Section 2.20(a) .
“ dollars
” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the
United States of America.
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“ EMU ”
means the economic and monetary union 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 ” means the legislative measures of the
European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or
operation of a single or unified European currency.
“ Environmental
Laws ” means all (a) laws, rules, regulations, codes
and ordinances and (b) all orders, decrees, judgments,
injunctions or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered
into by any Governmental Authority and by or affecting the
Borrower, in each case relating in any way to the environment,
preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management,
release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to
health and safety matters.
“ Environmental
Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental
remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon
(a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the
generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any
Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of
any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any
contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to
which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a
single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code
or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and
Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
“ ERISA Event
” means (a) any “reportable event”, as
defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued
thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which
the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with
respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding
deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or
Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the
minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the
termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any
notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or
to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any
liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from
any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by
any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of
any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a
determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be,
insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV
of ERISA.
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“ Eurocurrency
Rate ” means, for any Interest Period with respect to a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British
Bankers Association LIBOR 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 Dollar deposits (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 Rate” for such Interest
Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative
Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars 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 to major banks in the London
interbank Eurocurrency market at their request at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.
“ Eurocurrency Rate
Loan ” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based
on the Eurocurrency Rate.
“ Events of
Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.01 .
“ Exchange Rate
” means, with respect to any Alternative Currency on any
date, the Spot Rate determined in accordance with
Section 1.05 .
“ Excluded Taxes
” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any
Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be
made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder,
(a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its
net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction
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 lending office is located, (b) any branch
profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any
similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower
is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than
an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under
Section 2.19(b) ), any withholding tax that is imposed
on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign
Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new
lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s
failure to comply with Section 2.17(e) , except to the
extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was
entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or
assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with
respect to such withholding tax pursuant to
Section 2.17(a) .
“ Extension
Notice ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.22 .
“ Federal Funds
Rate ” means, 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
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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 (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of
1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such
transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“ Fixed Rate
” means, with respect to any Competitive Advance (other than
a Eurocurrency Rate Loan Competitive Advance), the fixed rate of
interest per annum specified by the Lender making such Competitive
Advance in its related Competitive Bid.
“ Fixed Rate
Loan ” means a Competitive Advance bearing interest at a
Fixed Rate.
“ Foreign Lender
” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For
purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each
State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to
constitute a single jurisdiction.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary that is not organized
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the
District of Columbia.
“ GAAP ”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means the government of the United States of
America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof,
whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.
“ Guarantee
” of or by any Person (the “ guarantor ”)
means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor
guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any
Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “
primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct
or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply
funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other
obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the
purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to
purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose
of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of
the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity
capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of
the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such
Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in
respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to
support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided , that the
term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or
deposit in the ordinary course of business.
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“ Guarantors
” means, collectively, each Subsidiary party to the Guaranty
as of the Closing Date and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower
that executes and delivers a guaranty or guaranty supplement
pursuant to Section 5.08 .
“ Guaranty
” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the
Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit E ,
together with each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered
pursuant to Section 5.08 .
“ Hazardous
Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances
or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other
pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos
or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon
gas, infectious or medical wastes regulated pursuant to any
Environmental Law.
“ Hedging
Agreement ” means any interest rate protection agreement,
foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection
agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity
price hedging arrangement.
“ Increase Effective
Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.21 .
“ Indebtedness
” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person in
respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services
(excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course
of business), (d) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or
for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property
owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness
secured thereby has been assumed (if such Person has not assumed
such Indebtedness of others, then the amount of Indebtedness of
such Person shall be the lesser of (A) the amount of such
Indebtedness of others and (B) the fair market value of such
property, as reasonably determined by the Borrower), (e) all
Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (f) all
Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (g) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in
respect of standby letters of credit and letters of guaranty
(x) supporting Indebtedness or (y) obtained for any
purpose not in the ordinary course of business and (h) all
obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of
bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall
include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any
partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the
extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such
Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with
such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness
provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
“ Indemnified
Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“ Index Debt
” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for
borrowed money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other
Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.
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“ Information
Memorandum ” means the Confidential Information
Memorandum dated August 2007 relating to the Borrower distributed
to prospective Lenders in connection with the syndication of the
Commitments.
“ Interest Election
Request ” means a request by the Borrower to convert or
continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with
Section 2.08 .
“ Interest Payment
Date ” means (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan
(other than a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each
March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any
Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the last Business Day of the Interest
Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part
and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan Borrowing with an
Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each
Business Day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that
occurs at intervals of three months’ duration, after the
first day of such Interest Period, (c) with respect to any
Fixed Rate Loan, the last Business Day of the Interest Period
applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in
the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing with an Interest Period of more
than 90 days’ duration (unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Competitive Bid Request), each Business Day prior to the
last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of 90
days’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period,
and any other dates that are specified in the applicable
Competitive Bid Request as Interest Payment Dates with respect to
such Borrowing and (d) with respect to any Swing Line Loan,
the Business Day that such Loan is required to be
repaid.
“ Interest
Period ” means (a) with respect to any Eurocurrency
Rate Loan Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is one, two, three or six months
thereafter, as the Borrower may elect, and (b) with respect to
any Fixed Rate Borrowing, the period (which shall not be less than
7 days or more than 360 days) commencing on the date of
such Borrowing and ending on the date specified in the applicable
Competitive Bid Request; provided , that (i) if any
Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business
Day unless, in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan Borrowing only,
such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar
month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next
preceding Business Day and (ii) any Interest Period pertaining
to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan Borrowing that commences on the last
Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such
Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last
calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the
date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such
Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing,
thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent
conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“ Investment
” means, with respect to any Person, any acquisition or
investment (whether or not of a controlling interest) by such
Person, by means of any of the following: (a) the purchase or
other acquisition of any equity interest in another Person,
(b) a loan, advance or extension of credit to, capital
contribution to, Guarantee of obligations of, or purchase or other
acquisition of any Indebtedness of, another Person, including any
partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or
(c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a
series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets
of another Person that constitute the
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business or a division or operating unit
of another Person. Any binding commitment to make an Investment in
any other Person, as well as any option of another Person to
require an Investment in such Person, shall constitute an
Investment. For purposes of determining compliance with any
covenant contained in this Agreement, the amount of any Investment
shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for
subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such
Investment.
“ ISP ”
means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
“International Standby Practices 1998” published by the
Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc.
(or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of
issuance).
“ Issuer
Documents ” means with respect to any Letter of Credit,
the Letter of Credit Application and any other document, agreement
and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or
any Subsidiary) or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to any
such Letter of Credit.
“ Judgment
Currency ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.14(b) .
“ Laws ”
means, 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.
“ L/C Borrowing
” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under
any Letter of Credit which has not been (a) reimbursed by the
Borrower in accordance with Section 2.06(e) or
(b) refinanced as a Borrowing.
“ L/C Credit
Extension ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit,
the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or
the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.
“ L/C
Disbursement ” means a payment made by the L/C Issuer
pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
“ L/C Exposure
” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate
undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time
plus (b) the aggregate amount of all L/C Disbursements that
have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at
such time. The L/C Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its
Applicable Percentage of the total L/C Exposure at such
time.
“ L/C Issuer
” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters
of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder.
“ L/C
Obligations ” means, as at any date of determination, the
aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding
Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all
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Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C
Borrowings. For purposes of this 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 remaining to be
drawn.
“ Lenders
” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto and, as the context required, includes the Swing Line
Lender.
“ Letter of
Credit ” means any standby letter of credit issued
pursuant to this Agreement. Letters of Credit shall be denominated
in dollars only.
“ Letter of Credit
Expiration Date ” means the day that is five Business
Days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect.
“ Leverage Ratio
” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio
as of such day of (i) Total Indebtedness to
(ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters ending on such last day.
“ LIBO Rate
” means, with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan Borrowing
for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the
arithmetic average of the rates that appear on the Reuters Screen
LIBO Page at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate
for deposits in dollars or in the applicable Alternative Currency
with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event
that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then
the “ LIBO Rate ” with respect to such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be
the rate at which deposits in dollars or in the applicable
Alternative Currency approximately equal in principal amount to
such Eurocurrency Rate Loan Borrowing and for a maturity comparable
to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office
of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the
London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period.
“ Lien ”
means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of
trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security
interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor
or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or
title retention agreement (or any financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing)
relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any
purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with
respect to such securities.
“ Loan Documents
” means this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, each
Swap Contract with a Swap Bank, the Fee Letter and the
Guaranty.
“ Loan Notice
” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Revolving Loans
or Swing Line Loans, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type
to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate
Loans, pursuant to Section 2.03 , which, in each case,
if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto.
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“ Loan Parties
” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor, or
any combination of the foregoing.
“ Loans ”
means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to
this Agreement.
“ Margin ”
means, with respect to any Competitive Advance bearing interest at
a rate based on the LIBO Rate, the marginal rate of interest, if
any, to be added to or subtracted from the LIBO Rate to determine
the rate of interest applicable to such Loan, as specified by the
Lender making such Loan in its related Competitive Bid.
“ Margin Stock
” means “margin stock” as defined in Regulation U
of the Board.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, assets, operations, prospects or condition, financial or
otherwise, of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
(b) the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement or (c) the rights of or
benefits available to the Lenders pursuant to this
Agreement.
“ Material
Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans
and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more
Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$25,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the
“principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time
shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting
agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required
to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such
time.
“ Material
Subsidiary ” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of
the Borrower which (a) has total assets equal to or greater
than 5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets (calculated as of the most
recent fiscal period with respect to which the Lenders shall have
received financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to
Sections 5.01(a) or (b) (or if prior to
delivery of any financial statements pursuant to such Sections,
then calculated with respect to the year end financial statements
referenced in Section 3.04(a)) (the “Required
Financial Information”)) or (b) has income equal to or
greater than 5% of Consolidated Net Income (calculated for the most
recent period for which the Lenders have received the Required
Financial Information); provided , however , that
notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Material
Subsidiary” shall mean each of those Subsidiaries that
together with the Borrower and each other Material Subsidiary
(i) have assets equal to not less than 80% of Consolidated
Tangible Assets (calculated as described above) and
(ii) generate not less than 80% of Consolidated Net Income;
provided further that if more than one combination of
Subsidiaries satisfies such threshold, then those Subsidiaries so
determined to be “Material Subsidiaries” shall be
specified by the Borrower; provided , further , that
there shall be excluded from the definition of “Material
Subsidiaries” and the computations set forth above, any
Foreign Subsidiaries.
“ Maturity Date
” means the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement,
as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.22
.
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“ Maturity Date
Extension Request ” means a request by the Borrower, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, for the extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to
Section 2.22 .
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“ NCR ”
means NCR corporation, a Maryland corporation.
“ Non-Consenting
Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.22 .
“ Non-Recourse
Receivables Sale ” means a sale of accounts receivable by
the Borrower or a Subsidiary to a Person that is not an Affiliate
of the Borrower for fair value ( i.e. , reflecting a fair
market discount from face value) and solely for cash consideration
payable at the time of such sale; provided that neither the
Borrower nor any Subsidiary provides any Guarantee with respect to
the payment or collection of any such account receivable or any
portion thereof and the purchaser has no recourse to the Borrower
or any Subsidiary, or to their assets, in the event of nonpayment
of all or any portion of any such account receivable;
provided , further , that customary representations
and warranties of the Borrower or a Subsidiary in connection with
any such sale as to the ownership, validity, absence of Liens,
setoff rights and counterclaims and similar matters with respect to
the accounts receivable sold (but not as to collectability or
creditworthiness of the account debtor) shall not preclude
treatment of a sale of such receivables as a Non-Recourse
Receivables Sale.
“ Note ”
means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of each
Lender requesting a note and evidencing Loans made by such Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.
“ Obligations
” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan
Document (including Swap Contract entered into after the date of
this Agreement to which a Swap Bank is a party entered into after
the date of this Agreement) or otherwise with respect to any Loan
or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those
acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become
due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and
fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan
Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding,
regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in
such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents include
(a) the obligation to pay principal, interest, Letter of
Credit commissions, charges, expenses, fees, reasonable attorney
fees and disbursements, indemnities and other amounts payable by
the Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) the obligations
of the Borrower to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the
foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay
or advance on behalf of the Borrower.
“ Other Taxes
” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar
levies arising from any payment made hereunder or any other Loan
Document from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
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“ Outstanding
Amount ” means (a) with respect to Loans and Swing
Line Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent Amount of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect
to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans and Swing
Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and
(b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the
amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to
any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other
changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such
date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower
of Unreimbursed Amounts.
“ PBGC ”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and
defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar
functions.
“ Permitted
Encumbrances ” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for
taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance
with Section 5.04 ;
(b) Liens upon the equity
interest or assets of any subsidiary that is not a Material
Subsidiary securing claims in an aggregate amount at any time
outstanding that does not exceed $15,000,000;
(c) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s,
repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in
the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are
not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in
compliance with Section 5.04 ;
(d) pledges and deposits made
in the ordinary course of business in compliance with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other
social security laws or regulations;
(e) deposits to secure the
performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course
of business; and
(f) easements, zoning
restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real
property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of
business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not
materially detract from the value of the affected property or
interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary;
provided that the term
“Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien
securing Indebtedness.
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“ Person ”
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership,
Governmental Authority or other entity.
“ Plan ”
means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer
Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in
respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if
such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA
be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“ Platform
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02
.
“ Prime Rate
” means, as of any date of determination, the rate of
interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to
time by Bank of America as its “prime rate.” The
“prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based
upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and
desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and
is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be
priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such
rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening
of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such
change.
“ Public Lender
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02
.
“ Register
” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c)
.
“ Related
Parties ” means, 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.
“ Request for Credit
Extension ” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing,
conversion or continuation of Loans, a Loan Notice, (b) with
respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application,
(c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Loan Notice and, with
respect to a Competitive Advance, a request for Competitive Advance
made in accordance with Section 2.04 .
“ Required Extension
Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving
Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing at least 66
2/3% of the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure and
unused Commitments at such time.
“ Required
Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving
Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing at least 51%
of the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure and unused
Commitments at such time; provided that, for purposes of
declaring the Loans to be due and payable pursuant to Article
VII if the Commitments have expired or terminated, and for all
purposes after the Loans become due and payable pursuant to
Article VII and the Commitments expire or terminate,
the outstanding Competitive Advances of the Lenders shall be
included in their respective Revolving Credit Exposures in
determining the Required Lenders.
“ Reset Date
” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.20(a) .
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“ Responsible
Officer ” means the chief executive officer, president,
chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer or
controller of a Loan Party. 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.
“ Revolving Credit
Exposure ” means, with respect to any Lender at any time,
the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s
Revolving Loans denominated in dollars, its Alternative Currency
Exposure and its L/C Exposure and Swing Line Exposure at such
time.
“ Revolving Loan
” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03
.
“ Same Day Funds
” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments
in dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect
to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day
or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or
the L/C Issuer, 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.
“ San Diego
Facility ” means that certain real property located at
17087 Via Del Campo, 17089 Via Del Campo, 17093 Via Del Campo San
Diego CA and 17095 Via Del Campo, San Diego, California, and
described as Parcel 2 of Parcel Map No. 13441 filed in the
Office of the Recorder of the County of San Diego on
August 24, 1984 as Document No. 84-324480 of Official
Records.
“ San Diego Excess
Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.03(a) .
“ Spin-Off
” means the transaction described in Amendment No. 2 to
the Form 10 filed by the Borrower with the SEC on August 21,
2007, including, without limitation, (a) the transfer of all
assets and liabilities of the Teradata Data Warehousing business
from NCR to the Borrower and (b) the distribution by NCR of
all capital stock of the Borrower to the shareholders of NCR,
resulting in the shareholders of NCR owning all the capital stock
of the Borrower.
“ Spot Rate
” for a currency means the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent 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
may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution
designated by the Administrative Agent if the Person acting in such
capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot
buying rate for any such currency.
“ subsidiary
” means, with respect to any Person (the “
parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, association or other entity the
accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in
the parent’s consolidated financial
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statements if such financial statements
were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as
any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association or other entity (a) of which securities or other
ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or
more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a
partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests
are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that
is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or
more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more
subsidiaries of the parent.
“ Subsidiary
” means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
“ Swap Bank
” means any Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender in its
capacity as a party to a Swap Contract entered into after the date
of this Agreement.
“ Swap Contract
” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis
swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions,
commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts,
equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond
index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or
forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward
foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor
transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions,
cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot
contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of
any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of
the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by
or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all
transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are
subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of
master agreement published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange
Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master
Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities
under any Master Agreement.
“ Swap Termination
Value ” means, in respect of any one or more Swap
Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally
enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts,
(a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have
been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance
therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date
prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s)
determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts,
as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily
available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap
Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender).
“ Swing Line
Commitment ” means, with respect to the Swing Line
Lender, the Swing Line Lender’s commitment to make Swing Line
Loans from time to time hereunder in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding.
“ Swing Line
Exposure ” means, at any time, the aggregate principal
amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time. The Swing
Line Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable
Percentage of the total Swing Line Exposure at such
time.
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“ Swing Line
Lender ” means Bank of America, N.A. in its capacity as
lender of Swing Line Loans hereunder.
“ Swing Line
Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to
Section 2.05 .
“ Taxes ”
means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental
Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties
applicable thereto.
“ Total
Indebtedness ” means, as of any date, the aggregate
amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on such
date, without duplication, as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP and regardless of whether such Indebtedness
would be reflected on a balance sheet.
“ Total
Outstandings ” means, as of any date of determination,
the aggregate amount of outstanding Revolving Loans, Competitive
Advances, Swing Line Loans and L/C Exposure on such day.
“ Transactions
” means the execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the
proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit
hereunder.
“ Type ”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether
the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate, the
Base Rate or, in the case of a Competitive Advance or Borrowing,
the LIBO Rate or a Fixed Rate.
“ Unfriendly
Acquisition ” means any Acquisition that has not, at the
time of the first public announcement of an offer relating thereto,
been approved by the board of directors of the Person to be
acquired. For purposes of this definition, “
Acquisition ” shall mean any transaction or series of
related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or
indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all
of the assets of a Person, or of any business or division of a
Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess of 50% of the capital
stock, partnership interests, membership interests or equity of any
Person, or otherwise causing any Person to become a subsidiary, or
(c) a merger or consolidation or any other combination with
another Person (other than a Person that is a Subsidiary) in which
the Borrower or a Subsidiary is the surviving entity.
“ Unreimbursed
Amount ” means that amount of drawing under a Letter of
Credit for which the Borrower fails to reimburse the L/C Issuer in
accordance with Section 2.06(e) .
“ Withdrawal
Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a
result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer
Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E
of Title IV of ERISA.
Section 1.02
Classification of Loans and Borrowings . For purposes of
this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class
(e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan Revolving
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Loan”). Borrowings also may be
classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving
Borrowing”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency Rate Loan
Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “Eurocurrency
Rate Loan Revolving Borrowing”).
Section 1.03 Terms
Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally
to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding
masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The word
“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set
forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any
particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to
Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to
refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to,
this Agreement, (e) the words “asset” and
“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights and (f) references to “the date
hereof” or “the date of this Agreement” shall
refer to the Closing Date.
Section 1.04
Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time
to time; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the
Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any
provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring
after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the
operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent
notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an
amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of
whether any such notice is given before or after such change in
GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be
interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied
immediately before such change shall have become effective until
such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in
accordance herewith.
Section 1.05 Exchange
Rates; Currency Equivalents . (a) The Administrative Agent
shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Calculation Date to be
used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Revolving Loans
and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such
Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Calculation Date and
shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between
the applicable currencies until the next Calculation 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.
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(b) Wherever in this
Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation
or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, an amount, such as a
required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in dollars, but
such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is denominated in an Alternative
Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency
Equivalent of such dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of
such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded
upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent.
Section 1.06
Additional Alternative Currencies . (a) The Borrower
may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Rate Loans be made
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.
(b) Any such request shall be
made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., 20
Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or
such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion). In the case of any such request
pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. Each Lender (in the case
of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans) shall
notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., ten
Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in
its sole discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in
such requested currency.
(c) Any failure by a Lender
to respond to such request within the time period specified in the
preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Lender
to permit Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made 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 the Borrower and such currency
shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative
Currency hereunder for purposes of any Borrowings of Eurocurrency
Rate Loans. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain
consent to any request for an additional currency under this
Section 1.05 , the Administrative Agent shall promptly
so notify the Borrower.
Section 1.07 Change
of Currency . (a) Each obligation of the Borrowers 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 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 Borrowing in the currency of such member state is
outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall
take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at the end of the then
current Interest Period.
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(b) Each provision of this
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.
(c) Each provision of this
Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of
construction as the Administrative Agent 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.
Section 1.08 Times of
Day . Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to
times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or
standard, as applicable).
ARTICLE II
The Credits
Section 2.01
Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to the
Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the
Availability Period denominated in dollars or in any Alternative
Currency in an aggregate principal amount that will not at any time
result in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure
exceeding such Lender’s Commitment, (ii) the sum of
Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure plus the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Competitive Advances exceeding the Aggregate
Commitments or (iii) the Alternative Currency Exposure
exceeding $100,000,000. Within the foregoing limits and subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow
under this Section 2.01 , prepay under
Section 2.11 and reborrow Revolving Loans under this
Section 2.01 .
Section 2.02 Loans
and Borrowings . (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as
part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments.
Each Competitive Advance shall be made in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 2.04 . The failure of
any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder;
provided that the Commitments, Swing Line Commitments and
Competitive Bids of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be
responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as
required.
(b) Subject to
Section 2.14 , (i) each Revolving Borrowing shall
be comprised entirely of Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans
as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith, and
(ii) each Competitive Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Fixed Rate Loans as the Borrower may
request in accordance herewith. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a
Base Rate Loan . Each Lender at its option may make any
Eurocurrency Rate Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or
Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that
any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the
Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
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(c) At the commencement of
each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Rate Loan Revolving
Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate principal amount
that (i) if such Borrowing is denominated in dollars, is an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 or
(ii) in the case of any Alternative Currency Borrowing, in an
aggregate principal amount the Dollar Equivalent of which is not
less than $5,000,000. At the time that each Base Rate Loan
Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an
aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not
less than $5,000,000; provided that a Base Rate Loan
Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to
the entire unused balance of the Aggregate Commitments or that is
required to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as
contemplated by Section 2.06(e) . Each Competitive
Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. Each Swing
Line Borrowing shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple
of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000. Borrowings of more than
one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time.
(d) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to
request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the
Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the
Maturity Date.
Section 2.03 Requests
for Revolving Borrowings . (a) To request a Revolving
Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of
such request by telephone (i) in the case of a Eurocurrency
Rate Loan Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New
York City time, three Business Days before the date of the
proposed Borrowing or (ii) in the case of a Base Rate Loan
Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one
Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing;
provided that any such Loan Notice of a Base Rate Loan
Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an L/C
Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e) may be
given not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing
Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by
hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written
Loan Notice signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic Borrowing
Request and Loan Notice shall specify the following information in
compliance with Section 2.02 :
(i) the aggregate amount of
the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such
Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing
is to be a Base Rate Loan Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan Borrowing, the currency in which such
Borrowing is to be denominated;
(v) in the case of a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be
applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the
definition of the term “Interest Period”;
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(vi) the location and number
of the Borrower’s account (or other recipient’s account
designated in accordance with Section 2.03(b) ) to
which funds are to be disbursed.
If no election as to the Type of
Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving
Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Loan Borrowing. If no Interest
Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Rate
Loan Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. If no
election as to currency is specified with respect to any
Eurocurrency Rate Loan Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall
be deemed to have selected dollars. Promptly following receipt of a
Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details
thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as
part of the requested Borrowing.
(b) Following receipt of a
Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage of the applicable
Loans, and if no timely Loan Notice of a conversion or continuation
is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify
each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate
Loans or continuation of Loans denominated in a currency other than
dollars, in each case as described in the preceding subsection (a).
In the case of a Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of
its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at
the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency
not later than 1:00 p.m. in the case of Revolving Loans denominated
in dollars and not later than the applicable time specified by the
Administrative Agent in the case of Alternative Currency Loans, in
each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan
Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in
Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial
Credit Extension, Section 4.01 ), the Administrative
Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in
like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by
(i) crediting an account of the Borrower on the books of Bank
of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer
of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions
provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent
by the Borrower; provided , however , that if, on the
date the Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing denominated in
dollars is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings
outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied,
first , to the payment in full of any such L/C Credit
Extensions, and second , shall be made available to the
Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise
provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or
converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such
Eurocurrency Rate Loan. During the existence of a Default, no Loans
may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate
Loans (whether in dollars or an Alternative Currency) without the
consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may
demand that any or all of the then outstanding Alternative Currency
Loans be prepaid or redenominated into dollars in the amount of the
Dollar Equivalent thereof on the last day of the current interest
period with respect thereto.
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(d) The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest
rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans
upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base
Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify
the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of
America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate
promptly following the public announcement of such
change.
(e) After giving effect to
all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the
other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall
not be more than ten Interest Periods in effect with respect to
Loans.
(f) The failure of any Lender
to make any Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall
not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder
to make its Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall
be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Loan
to be made by such other Lender on the date of any
Borrowing.
Section 2.04
Competitive Bid Procedure . (a) Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, at any time and from time to time
prior to the end of the Availability Period the Borrower may
request Competitive Bids for Competitive Advances denominated in
dollars and may (but shall not have any obligation to) accept
Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive Advances; provided
that the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure plus the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Advances at
any time shall not exceed the Aggregate Commitments. To request
Competitive Bids, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative
Agent of such request by telephone, in the case of a Eurocurrency
Rate Loan Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
four Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and,
in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m.,
New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the
proposed Borrowing; provided that the Borrower may submit up
to (but not more than) two Competitive Bid Requests on the same
day, but a Competitive Bid Request shall not be made within five
Business Days after the date of any previous Competitive Bid
Request, unless any and all such previous Competitive Bid Requests
shall have been withdrawn or all Competitive Bids received in
response thereto rejected. Each such telephonic Competitive Bid
Request shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to
the Administrative Agent of a written Competitive Bid Request in a
form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the
Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Competitive Bid Request
shall specify the following information in compliance with
Section 2.02 :
(i) the aggregate amount of
the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such
Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing
is to be a Eurocurrency Rate Loan Borrowing or a Fixed Rate
Borrowing;
(iv) the Interest Period to
be applicable to such Borrowing, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest
Period”; and
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(v) the location and number
of the Borrower’s account (or other recipient’s
account) to which funds are to be disbursed.
The Borrower may at its election specify
certain alternatives in respect of which the Lenders may submit
alternative bids in the applicable Competitive Bid. Promptly
following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with
this Section, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of
the details thereof by telecopy, inviting the Lenders to submit
Competitive Bids.
(b) Each Lender may (but
shall not have any obligation to) make one or more Competitive Bids
to the Borrower in response to a Competitive Bid Request. Each
Competitive Bid by a Lender must be in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent and must be received by the Administrative
Agent by telecopy, in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan
Competitive Borrowing, not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City
time, three Business Days before the proposed date of such
Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing,
not later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the proposed
date of such Competitive Borrowing. Competitive Bids that do not
conform substantially to the form approved by the Administrative
Agent may be rejected by the Administrative Agent, and the
Administrative Agent shall notify the applicable Lender as promptly
as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall specify (i) the
principal amount (which shall be a minimum of $5,000,000 and an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and which may equal the entire
principal amount of the Competitive Borrowing requested by the
Borrower) of the Competitive Advance or Loans that the Lender is
willing to make, (ii) the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates at
which the Lender is prepared to make such Loan or Loans (expressed
as a percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no more
than four decimal places) and (iii) the Interest Period
applicable to each such Loan and the last day thereof. In the event
the Borrower has requested that alternative bids be included in a
Competitive Bid, such Competitive Bid shall include the information
set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) in respect of
each alternative in respect of which the applicable Lender wishes
to bid.
(c) The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Borrower by telecopy of the Competitive
Bid Rate and the principal amount specified in each Competitive Bid
and the identity of the Lender that shall have made such
Competitive Bid or, in the event the Borrower has requested
alternative bids, the respective Competitive Bid Rate in respect of
each offered alternative and the identity of the Lender that shall
have made such Competitive Bid.
(d) Subject only to the
provisions of this paragraph, the Borrower may accept or reject any
Competitive Bid. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent
by telephone, confirmed by telecopy in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent, whether and to what extent it has decided to
accept or reject each Competitive Bid, in the case of a
Eurocurrency Rate Loan Competitive Borrowing, not later than
10:30 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the
date of the proposed Competitive Borrowing, and in the case of a
Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York
City time, on the proposed date of the Competitive Borrowing;
provided that (i) the failure of the Borrower to give
such Loan Notice shall be deemed to be a rejection of each
Competitive Bid, (ii) the Borrower shall not accept a
Competitive Bid in respect of any alternative made at a particular
Competitive Bid Rate if the Borrower rejects a Competitive Bid made
in respect of such alternative at a lower Competitive Bid Rate,
(iii) the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bids accepted by
the
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Borrower shall not exceed the aggregate
amount of the requested Competitive Borrowing specified in the
related Competitive Bid Request, (iv) to the extent necessary
to comply with clause (iii) above, the Borrower may accept
Competitive Bids at the same Competitive Bid Rate in part, which
acceptance, in the case of multiple Competitive Bids at such
Competitive Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in accordance with the
amount of each such Competitive Bid, and (v) except pursuant
to clause (iv) above, no Competitive Bid shall be accepted for
a Competitive Advance unless such Competitive Advance is in a
minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of
$1,000,000; provided further that if a Competitive
Advance must be in an amount less than $5,000,000 because of the
provisions of clause (iv) above, such Competitive Advance may
be for a minimum of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple thereof,
and in calculating the pro rata allocation of acceptances of
portions of multiple Competitive Bids at a particular Competitive
Bid Rate pursuant to clause (iv) above the amounts shall be
rounded to integral multiples of $1,000,000 in a manner determined
by the Borrower. A Loan Notice given by the Borrower pursuant to
this paragraph shall be irrevocable.
(e) The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each bidding Lender by telecopy whether or
not its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and, if so, the amount
and Competitive Bid Rate so accepted), and each successful bidder
will thereupon become bound, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, to make the Competitive Advance in respect of which its
Competitive Bid has been accepted.
(f) If the Administrative
Agent shall elect to submit a Competitive Bid in its capacity as a
Lender, it shall submit such Competitive Bid directly to the
Borrower at least one quarter of an hour earlier than the time by
which the other Lenders are required to submit their Competitive
Bids to the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (b) of
this Section.
Section 2.05 Swing
Line Loans . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees to make Swing Line Loans
denominated in dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time
outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Swing Line Loans exceeding
$50,000,000 or (ii) the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Exposure plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Competitive Advances exceeding the Aggregate Commitments;
provided that the Swing Line Lender shall not be required
to, but may make Swing Line Loans to refinance outstanding Swing
Line Loans. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay
and reborrow Swing Line Loans. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be
in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less
than $1,000,000; provided that a Swing Line Borrowing may be
in an aggregate amount that is required to finance the
reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by
Section 2.06(e) .
(b) To request a Swing Line
Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of
such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than
12:00 noon, New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swing Line
Borrowing. Each such Loan Notice shall be irrevocable and shall
specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and
amount of the requested Swing Line Borrowing. The Administrative
Agent will promptly advise the Swing Line Lender of any such Loan
Notice received from the Borrower. The Swing
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Line Lender shall, subject to
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 4.02 , make the Swing Line Loan available to
the Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of
the Borrower with the Swing Line Lender (or, in the case of a Swing
Line Borrowing made to finance the reimbursement of an L/C
Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e) , by
remittance to the L/C Issuer) by 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the requested date of such Swing Line
Borrowing.
(c) The Swing Line Lender may
by written notice given to the Administrative Agent not later than
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day require the
Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a
portion of such Swing Line Lender’s Swing Line Loans
outstanding. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the
Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Lender,
specifying in such notice such Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of such Swing Line Loan or Loans. Each Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above,
to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swing
Line Lender, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such
Swing Line Loan or Loans. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that
its obligation to acquire participations in Swing Line Loans
pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall
not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the
occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination
of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made
without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
Each Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph
by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner
as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made
by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply,
mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the
Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the
Swing Line Lender the amounts so received by it from the Lenders.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any
participations in any Swing Line Loan acquired pursuant to this
paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swing Line
Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swing
Line Lender. Any amounts received by the Swing Line Lender from the
Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a
Swing Line Loan after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of the
proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly
remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by
the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the
Administrative Agent to the Lenders that shall have made their
payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swing Line Lender,
as their interests may appear. The purchase of participations in a
Swing Line Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the
Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
Section 2.06 Letters
of Credit . (a) (i) General . Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the L/C Issuer agrees, in
reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in this
Section 2.06 , that the Borrower may request the
issuance of standby Letters of Credit denominated in dollars, for
its own account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, at any time and from time
to time during the Availability Period. In the event of any
inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit
application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or
entered into by the Borrower with, the L/C Issuer relating to any
Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall
control.
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(i) The L/C Issuer shall not
issue any Letter of Credit, if:
(A) the expiry date of such
requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months
after the date of issuance, unless the Required Lenders have
approved such expiry date;
(B) the expiry date of such
requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit
Expiration Date, unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry
date;
(C) immediately before or
after giving effect to such Letter of Credit, the L/C Exposure
exceeds or would exceed $100,000,000;
(D) immediately before or
after giving effect to such Letter of Credit, the sum of the
Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure plus the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Competitive Advances exceeds or would exceed
the Aggregate Commitments; or
(E) the currency requested
for such Letter of Credit is anything other than
dollars.
(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not
be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit
if:
(A) any order, judgment or
decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its
terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing
such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or
any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C
Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from,
the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of
Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with
respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or
capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise
compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall
impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense
which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C
Issuer in good faith deems material to it;
(B) the issuance of such
Letter of Credit would violate any Laws or one or more policies of
the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit
generally;
(C) except as otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter
of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than
$500,000;
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(D) except as otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter
of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than
dollars;
(E) such Letter of Credit
contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated
amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(F) a default of any
Lender’s obligations to fund under
Section 2.06(d) exists or any Lender is at such time a
Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into
satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender to
eliminate the L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such
Lender.
(iii) The L/C Issuer shall
not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be
permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its
amended form under the terms hereof.
(iv) The L/C Issuer shall be
under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the
L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such
Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or
(B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept
the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall act
on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit
issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C
Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities
(A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article
VIII with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by
the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or
proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such
Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative
Agent” as used in Article VIII included the L/C Issuer
with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as
additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C
Issuer.
(b) Notice of Issuance,
Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions .
(i) Each Letter of Credit
shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of
the Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (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 Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be
received by the L/C Issuer 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 L/C Issuer may agree in a
particular instance in their 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 L/C Issuer the following: (A) the
proposed
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issuance date of the
requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day);
(B) the amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date
thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof;
(E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case
of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any
certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any
drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the
requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as the
L/C Issuer 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
L/C Issuer the following: (A) the Letter of Credit to be
amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which
shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed
amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may
require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer
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 L/C Issuer or the
Administrative Agent may require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt
of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer 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 Borrower and, if not, the L/C Issuer will
provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the
L/C Issuer 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
contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall,
on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of
the Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case
may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’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 L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an
amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) 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 L/C Issuer will also deliver to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of
such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Participations .
By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter
of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further
action on the part of the L/C Issuer or the Lenders, the L/C Issuer
hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from
the L/C Issuer, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to
such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount
available to be drawn under such Letter of
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Credit. In consideration and in
furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the L/C Issuer, the Lender’s Applicable Percentage
of each L/C Disbursement made by such L/C Issuer and not reimbursed
by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph
(e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required
to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Lender
acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire
participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of
Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by
any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or
extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance
of a Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and
that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement,
withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(d) Reimbursement . If
the L/C Issuer shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a
Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C
Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal
to such L/C Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, New York City
time, on the date that such L/C Disbursement is made, if the
Borrower shall have received notice of such L/C Disbursement prior
to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice
has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such
date, then not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on
(i) the Business Day the Borrower receives such notice if such
notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on
the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately
following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such
notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt;
provided that, if such L/C Disbursement is not less than
$5,000,000 or $1,000,000, respectively, the Borrower may, subject
to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in
accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such
payment be financed with a Base Rate Loan Revolving Borrowing or
Swing Line Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so
financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment
shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Base Rate Loan
Revolving Borrowing or Swing Line Borrowing. If the Borrower fails
to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall
notify each Lender of the applicable L/C Disbursement, the payment
then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such
Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following
receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative
Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the
Borrower, in the same manner as provided in
Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender
(and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis
mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and
the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the L/C Issuer the
amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following
receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the
Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall
distribute such payment to the L/C Issuer or, to the extent that
Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse
the L/C Issuer, then to such Lenders and the L/C Issuer as their
interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this
paragraph to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any L/C Disbursement
(other than the funding of Base Rate Loan Revolving Loans or Swing
Line Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and
shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such
L/C Disbursement.
(e) Obligations
Absolute . The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse L/C
Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section
shall be absolute, unconditional and
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irrevocable and shall be performed
strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any
and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any
lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this
Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or
other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect,
(iii) payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit
against presentation of a draft or other document that does not
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, (iv) any other
event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section,
constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of
setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder, or
(v) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense
or other right that the 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 L/C Issuer or any other Person,
whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or
instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction. Neither
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the L/C Issuer, nor any
of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or
responsi
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