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Exhibit 10.1
$1,000,000,000
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP.,
as Borrower,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties
Hereto,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent,
BNP PARIBAS,
as Documentation Agent,
COBANK, ACB,
as Documentation Agent,
FORTIS CAPITAL CORP.,
as Documentation Agent,
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of November 19, 2007
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., as Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1.
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DEFINITIONS
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1.1
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Defined Terms
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1.2
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Other Definitional Provisions
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SECTION 2.
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AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
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2.1
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Commitments
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2.2
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Procedure for Loan Borrowing
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2.3
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Commitment Fees, etc.
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2.4
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Termination or Reduction of Commitments
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2.5
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Prepayments
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2.6
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Conversion and Continuation Options
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2.7
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Limitations on Eurocurrency Borrowings
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2.8
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Interest Rates and Payment Dates
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2.9
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Computation of Interest and Fees
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2.10
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Inability to Determine Interest Rate
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2.11
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Pro Rata Treatment and Payments
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2.12
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Requirements of Law
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2.13
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Taxes
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2.14
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Indemnity
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2.15
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Change of Lending Office
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2.16
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Illegality
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2.17
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Replacement of Lenders
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2.18
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Judgment Currency
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SECTION 3.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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3.1
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No Change
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3.2
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Existence; Compliance with Law
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3.3
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Power; Authorization; Enforceable
Obligations
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3.4
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No Legal Bar
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3.5
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Litigation
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3.6
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No Default
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3.7
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Ownership of Property; Liens
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3.8
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Taxes
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3.9
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Federal Regulations
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3.10
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Investment Company Act; Other Regulations
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3.11
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No Subsidiaries
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3.12
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Use of Proceeds
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3.13
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Solvency
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3.14
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Limited Purpose
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SECTION 4.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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4.1
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Conditions to Effectiveness
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4.2
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Conditions to Each Loan
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SECTION 5.
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COVENANTS
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5.1
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Affirmative Covenants
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5.2
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Negative Covenants
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SECTION 6.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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SECTION 7.
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THE AGENTS
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7.1
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Appointment
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7.2
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Delegation of Duties
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7.3
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Exculpatory Provisions
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7.4
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Reliance by Administrative Agent
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7.5
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Notice of Default
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7.6
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Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders
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7.7
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Indemnification
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7.8
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Agent in Its Individual Capacity
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7.9
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Successor Administrative Agent
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7.10
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Syndication Agent and Documentation
Agents
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7.11
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Agent Communications
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SECTION 8.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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8.1
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Amendments and Waivers
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8.2
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Notices
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8.3
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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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8.4
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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8.5
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Payment of Expenses and Taxes
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8.6
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Successors and Assigns; Participations and
Assignments
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8.7
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Adjustments; Set-off
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8.8
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Counterparts
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8.9
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Severability
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8.10
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Integration
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8.11
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Governing Law
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8.12
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Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers
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8.13
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Acknowledgements
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8.14
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Confidentiality
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8.15
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WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL
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8.16
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No Bankruptcy Petition Against the Borrower;
Liability of the Borrower
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8.17
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Conversion of Approved Currencies into
Dollars
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8.18
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U.S.A. Patriot Act
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SCHEDULES :
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1.1A
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Mandatory Cost Formula
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3.3
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Consents, Authorizations, Filings and
Notices
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EXHIBITS :
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A
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Form of Guaranty Agreement
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B
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Form of Closing Certificate
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C
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Form of Assignment and Acceptance
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D-1
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Form of Legal Opinion of Winston & Strawn
LLP
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D-2
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Form of Legal Opinion of Conyers Dill &
Pearman
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E
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Form of Exemption Certificate
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof and in
effect from time to time, this “ Agreement ”), dated as of
November 19, 2007, among BUNGE LIMITED FINANCE CORP., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the several banks
and other financial institutions or entities from time to time
parties to this Agreement (the “ Lenders ”), CITIBANK, N.A., as
syndication agent (the “ Syndication
Agent ”), BNP PARIBAS, as a
documentation agent, COBANK, ACB, as a documentation agent, FORTIS
CAPITAL CORP. as a documentation agent (together, BNP Paribas,
CoBank, ACB and Fortis Capital Corp. are referred to herein as the
“ Documentation Agents
”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as
administrative agent.
The parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Defined Terms . As used
in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall
have the respective meanings set forth in this Section
1.1.
“ ABR
”: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greater
of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%. For
purposes hereof, “ Prime
Rate ” shall mean the rate of
interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal
office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be
the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in
connection with extensions of credit to debtors). Any change in the
ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on
the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“ ABR
Loans ”: Loans the rate of interest
applicable to which is based upon the ABR.
“ Adjusted LIBO
Rate ” means, with respect to any
Eurocurrency Loan for each day during each Interest Period, an
interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next
1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period
multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate; provided that, with respect to any
Eurocurrency Loan denominated in the Optional Currency, the
Adjusted LIBO Rate shall mean the LIBO Rate.
“ Administrative
Agent ”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
together with its Affiliates, as the arranger of the Commitments
and as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its
successors.
“ Administrative
Agent (London Office) ”: for
designated notice purposes only, J.P. Morgan Europe
Limited.
“ Affiliate ”: with respect to
any specified Person, any other Person which, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition “control” of a Person means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such
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Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities or otherwise, and the terms “controlling”
and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“ Agents
”: the collective reference to the Syndication
Agent, the Documentation Agents and the Administrative
Agent.
“ Aggregate
Exposure ”: with respect to any
Lender at any time, an amount (expressed in the Base Currency)
equal to the amount of such Lender’s Commitment then in
effect or, if the Commitments have been terminated, the Dollar
Equivalent of such Lender’s Loans then
outstanding.
“ Aggregate Exposure
Percentage ”: with respect to any
Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such
Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to the Aggregate
Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
“ Agreement ”: as defined in the
preamble hereto.
“ Annex X
”: Annex X (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time) attached to the
Pooling Agreement.
“ Applicable
Margin ”: the rate per annum set
forth under the relevant column on the Pricing Grid.
“ Applicable
Moody’s Rating ” shall mean
the senior long-term unsecured debt rating that Moody’s
provides of (i) the Guarantor or (ii) if Moody’s does not
provide such a rating of the Guarantor, then the Bunge Master Trust
or (iii) if Moody’s does not provide such a rating of the
Guarantor or the Bunge Master Trust, then the Borrower.
“ Applicable S&P
Rating ” shall mean the senior
long-term unsecured debt rating that S&P provides of (i) the
Guarantor or (ii) if S&P does not provide such a rating of the
Guarantor, then the Bunge Master Trust or (iii) if S&P does not
provide such a rating of the Guarantor or the Bunge Master Trust,
then the Borrower.
“ Assignee
”: as defined in Section 8.6(c).
“ Assignment and
Acceptance ”: an Assignment and
Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit C.
“ Assignor
”: as defined in Section 8.6(c).
“ Available
Commitment ”: as to any Lender at
any time, an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment then in
effect minus:
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the Dollar Equivalent of the principal amount of its
outstanding Loans on such date; and
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(b)
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for purposes of Section 2.2 only, in relation to any
proposed borrowing or Loan, the Dollar Equivalent of the principal
amount of any Loans that are due to be made by such Lender on or
before the proposed Borrowing Date.
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“ BAFC
”: Bunge Asset Funding Corp., a Delaware
corporation, and its successors and permitted assigns.
“ Base
Currency ”: Dollars.
“ Benefitted
Lender ”: as defined in Section
8.7(a).
“ Board
”: the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).
“ Board of
Directors ” means, with respect to
any Person, the board of directors of such Person or any duly
authorized committee thereof.
“ Borrower
”: as defined in the preamble
hereto.
“ Borrower
Account ”: any account established
by or for the Borrower, other than the Series 2002-1 Collection
Subaccount (or any sub-subaccount thereof), for the purpose of
depositing funds borrowed hereunder or under any Pari Passu
Indebtedness, any amounts paid pursuant to the Series 2002-1 VFC
and all amounts received with respect to Hedge
Agreements.
“ Borrowing ” means Loans of the
same Type and currency, made, converted or continued on the same
date to the Borrower and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to
which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“ Borrowing
Date ”: any Business Day specified
by the Borrower as a date on which the Borrower requests the
Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
“ Bunge
Funding ”: Bunge Funding, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and its successors and permitted
assigns.
“ Bunge Master
Trust ”: the trust created pursuant
to the Pooling Agreement.
“ Business
Day ”: a day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are
authorized or required by law to close, provided , that (a) with respect to
notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of
principal and interest on, Eurocurrency Loans, the term
“Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which
banks are not open for dealings in deposits in the currency in
which such Eurocurrency Loan is denominated in the London interbank
market and (b) when used in connection with any Eurocurrency Loan
denominated in the Optional Currency, the term “Business
Day” shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET payment
system is not open for the settlement of payment in
Euro.
“ Capital
Stock ”: means, with respect to any
Person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase,
warrants, options (whether or not currently exercisable),
participations or
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other equivalents of or interests in (however
designated) the equity (which includes, but is not limited to,
common stock or shares, preferred stock or shares and partnership
and joint venture interests) of such Person (excluding any debt
securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, such
equity).
“ Change in
Control ”: the occurrence of any of
the following:
(1) the
Guarantor becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing
pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written
notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group
(within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the
Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group
acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of
securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the
Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of
transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business
combination, of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Guarantor then outstanding;
(2) the
sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person
that is not a Subsidiary of the Guarantor; or
(3) the
first day on which a majority of the members of the
Guarantor’s Board of Directors are not Continuing
Directors.
“ Closing
Date ”: the date on which the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.1 shall have been
satisfied, which date is November 19, 2007.
“ Code
”: the United States Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder from time to time.
“ Commitment ”: as to any Lender,
the obligation of such Lender to make Loans in an aggregate Dollar
Equivalent principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth in
the Base Currency under the heading “Commitment”
opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1 or in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as
the same may be increased or reduced from time to time pursuant to
the terms hereof. The original amount of the Total Commitments is
$1,000,000,000.
“ Commitment Fee
Rate ”: the rate per annum set
forth under the relevant column on the Pricing Grid.
“ Commitment
Period ”: the period from and
including the Closing Date to the earlier of (a) the Termination
Date or (b) the date of termination of the Commitments in
accordance with the terms hereof.
“ Conduit
Lender ”: any special purpose
corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the
purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such
Lender and designated by such Lender in a written
instrument; provided
, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit
Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its
obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason,
its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such
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Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the
Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to
deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this
Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and
provided ,
further , that no
Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount
pursuant to Section 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 or 8.5 than the designating
Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the
extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed
to have any Commitment.
“ Continuing
Directors ”: as of any date of
determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the
Guarantor who (a) was a member of such Board of Directors on the
Closing Date; or (b) was nominated for election, appointed or
elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority
of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board of
Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a
specific vote or by approval of the Guarantor’s proxy
statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election
as a director).
“ Contractual
Obligation ”: as to any Person, any
provision of any security issued by such Person or of any
agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is
a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“ Daily
Report ”: a report prepared by the
Servicer on each Business Day required pursuant to Section 4.01 of
the Servicing Agreement or Section 5.1(n) of this Agreement, in
substantially the form of Exhibit B attached to the Series 2002-1
Supplement.
“ Default
”: any of the events specified in
Section 6, whether or not any requirement for the giving of
notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
“ Defaulted
Loan ”: any Purchased Loan with
respect to which the related Obligor or the Guarantor has failed to
make any payment due and owing (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) for a period of at least eight (8) days
or more.
“ Delinquent
Loan ”: any Purchased Loan (a) with
respect to which the related Obligor or the Guarantor has failed to
make any payment due and owing (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) for a period of at least one (1) day but
not greater than seven (7) days or (b) as to which an Insolvency
Event has occurred with respect to the related Obligor.
“ Designated
Obligors ”: the Guarantor and the
Subsidiaries of the Guarantor set forth on Schedule IV to the
Guaranty Agreement hereto (and their successors) and any other
Subsidiaries of the Guarantor designated by the Guarantor from time
to time that satisfy the conditions set forth in the definition of
“Eligible Obligor” in Annex X to the Pooling Agreement.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, with the prior
written consent of the Required Lenders (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), the Guarantor may from time to time
identify the Guarantor and certain Subsidiaries that shall not be
classified as Designated Obligors.
“ Dollar
Equivalent ” means, on any date of
determination (a) with respect to any amount denominated in the
Base Currency, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount
denominated in the Optional Currency or any other Master Trust
Approved Currency, the
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equivalent in Dollars of such amount, determined by
the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.2(e) using the Rate
of Exchange with respect to such currency on such date in effect
under the provisions of such Section.
“ Dollars
” and “ $ ”: dollars in lawful currency
of the United States.
“ EMU
Legislation ”: the legislative
measures of the European Council for the introduction of, change
over to or operation of a single unified European
currency.
“ Environmental
Laws ”: any and all foreign,
Federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders,
regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of
any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law (including
common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or
standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the
environment, as now or may at any time hereafter be in
effect.
“ ERISA
”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended from time to time.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ”: with respect to any
Person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is
a member of a group of which such Person is a member and which is
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
“ ERISA
Event ”: (a) (i) the occurrence of
a reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA,
with respect to any Plan unless the 30-day notice requirement with
respect to such event has been waived by the PBGC or (ii) the
requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a
contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA,
of a Plan, and an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11),
(12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to
occur with respect to such Plan within the following 30 days; (b)
any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards
(within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA) applicable to such Plan, whether or not waived, the filing
of an application for a minimum funding waiver with respect to a
Plan, or the failure to make by its due date a required installment
under Section 412(m) of the Code with respect to any Plan or the
failure by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make any
required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (c) the provision by
the administrator of any Plan of a notice of intent to terminate
such Plan, pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any
such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section
4041(e) of ERISA); (d) the cessation of operations at a facility of
the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates in the circumstances
described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the withdrawal by the
Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Multiple Employer
Plan during a plan year for which it was a substantial employer, as
defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions for
imposition of a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA shall have been
met with respect to any Plan; (g) the adoption of an amendment to a
Plan requiring the provision of security to such Plan pursuant to
Section 307 of ERISA; (h) the institution by the PBGC of
proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA,
or the occurrence of any event or condition described in Section
4042 of ERISA that constitutes grounds for the termination of, or
the appointment of a trustee to administer, such Plan; (i) a
determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at
risk” status, within the meaning of Section 430 of
the
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Code; or (j) the receipt by the Borrower or any of
its ERISA Affiliates of a determination that a Multiemployer Plan
is in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section
432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA.
“ Euro
” and “ EUR ”: the single lawful
currency introduced at the start of the third stage of the European
Economic and Monetary Union pursuant to a treaty establishing the
European Union (as amended from time to time).
“ Eurocurrency ”: when used in
reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or
the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“ Event of
Default ”: any of the events
specified in Section 6, provided that any requirement for the
giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
“ Exchange
Act ”: the U.S. Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
“ Federal Funds
Effective Rate ”: for any day, the
weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business
Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate
is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average
of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. from three federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it.
“ Funding
Office ”: the office of the
Administrative Agent specified in Section 8.2 or such other office
as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent
as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the
Lenders.
“ GAAP
”: generally accepted accounting principles in
the United States as in effect from time to time.
“ Governmental
Authority ”: any nation or
government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and
any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory
or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government.
“ Group
Members ”: the collective reference
to the Borrower, the Guarantor and the Designated
Obligors.
“ Guaranty
Agreement ”: the Guaranty to be
executed and delivered by the Guarantor, substantially in the form
of Exhibit A.
“ Guarantee
Obligation ”: as to any Person (the
“ guaranteeing person
”), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing
person or (b) another Person (including any bank under any letter
of credit) with respect to which the guaranteeing person has issued
a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either
case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness,
leases, dividends or other obligations (the “
primary obligations ”) of any other third Person (the “
primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly,
including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not
contingent, (i) to purchase any such
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primary obligation or any property constituting
direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply
funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary
obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of
the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or
solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property,
securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the
owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary
obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv)
otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary
obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided , however , that the term Guarantee
Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall
be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which
such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for
which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms
of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such
primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such
guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable,
in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such
guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good
faith.
“ Guarantor ”: Bunge Limited, a
company organized under the laws of Bermuda, as guarantor pursuant
to the Guaranty Agreement.
“ Hedge
Agreements ”: all interest rate
swaps, caps or collar agreements or similar arrangements dealing
with interest rates or currency exchange rates or the exchange of
nominal interest obligations, either generally or under specific
contingencies.
“ Hedge Termination
Amounts ”: as the context requires
hereunder, all amounts (i) due and owing by the Borrower or (ii)
received by the Borrower, in each case in connection with the
termination of a Hedge Agreement entered into by the
Borrower.
“ Indebtedness ”: as to any
Person, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for
borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (c) all
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary
course of business, (d) all obligations of such Person as lessee
which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, (e) all obligations
of such Person created or arising under any conditional sales or
other title retention agreement with respect to any property
acquired by such Person (including without limitation, obligations
under any such agreement which provides that the rights and
remedies of the seller or lender thereunder in the event of default
are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (f) all
obligations of such Person with respect to letters of credit and
similar instruments, including without limitation obligations under
reimbursement agreements, (g) all Indebtedness of others secured by
(or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien on any asset of
such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such
Person, (h) all net obligations of such Person in respect of equity
derivatives and Hedge Agreements and (i) all Guarantee Obligations
of such Person (other than guarantees of obligations of direct or
indirect Subsidiaries of such Person).
“ Insolvency
Event ”: as defined in Annex X to
the Pooling Agreement.
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“ Interest Payment
Date ”: (a) as to any ABR Loan, the
last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while
such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan,
(b) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period of
three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period,
(c) as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period
longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole
multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and
the last day of such Interest Period and (d) as to any Loan,
the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect
thereof.
“ Interest
Period ”: as to any Eurocurrency
Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing,
continuation or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect
to such Eurocurrency Loan, and ending one, two, three, four, five
or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice
of borrowing, notice of continuation or notice of conversion, as
the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter,
each period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding
Interest Period applicable to such Eurocurrency Loan, and ending
one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the
Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not
later than (x) with respect to a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in
the Base Currency, 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date that
is three (3) Business Days prior to the last day of the then
current Interest Period with respect thereto and (y) with respect
to a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in the Optional Currency, 10:00
A.M., New York City time, on the date that is four (4) Business
Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with
respect thereto; provided
that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to
Interest Periods are subject to the following:
(i) if
any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would
be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in
which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately
preceding Business Day;
(ii) the
Borrower may not select an Interest Period that would extend beyond
the Termination Date;
(iii) any
Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall
end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and
(iv) the Borrower
shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a payment or
prepayment of the principal of any Eurocurrency Loan during an
Interest Period for such Loan.
“ Investor
Certificateholder ”: as defined in
Annex X to the Pooling Agreement.
“ Lender
Affiliate ”: (a) any Affiliate of
any Lender, (b) any Person that is administered or managed by any
Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender and that is engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial
loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of
its business and (c) with respect to any Lender which is a
fund
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that invests in commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in commercial
loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed or advised by
the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of
such Lender or investment advisor.
“ Lenders
”: as defined in the preamble hereto;
provided , that unless
the context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the
Lenders shall be deemed to include any Conduit Lender.
“ Level I
”, “ Level
II ”, “ Level III ”, “
Level IV ” and
“ Level V ”: the respective Level set forth below:
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S&P
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Moody’s
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Level I
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BBB+ or higher
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Baa1 or higher
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Level II
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BBB
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Baa2
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Level III
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BBB-
|
Baa3
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Level IV
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BB+
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Ba1
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Level V
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BB or lower
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Ba2 or lower
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provided that if on any
day the Applicable Moody’s Rating and the Applicable S&P
Rating do not coincide for any rating category and the Level
differential is (x) one level, then the higher of the Applicable
S&P Rating or the Applicable Moody’s Rating will be the
applicable Level; (y) two levels, the Level at the midpoint will be
the applicable Level; and (z) more than two levels, the higher of
the intermediate Levels will be the applicable Level.
“ LIBO
Rate ”: (a) with respect to any
Eurocurrency Loan denominated in the Base Currency for each day
during each Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
(2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period
by reference to the British Bankers’ Association Interest
Settlement Rates for deposits in the Base Currency (as reflected on
the applicable Reuters screen page), for a period equal to such
Interest Period, and (b) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan
denominated in the Optional Currency for each day during each
Interest Period, the rate appearing on the Reuters screen EURIBOR01
page (it being understood that this rate is the Euro interbank
offered rate (known as the “EURIBOR Rate”) sponsored by
the Banking Federation of the European Union (known as the
“FBE”) and the Financial Markets Association (known as
the “ACI”)) at approximately 10:00 a.m., Brussels time,
two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period, as the rate for deposits in Euro with a maturity comparable
to such Interest Period; provided that, to the extent that an
interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this definition, the “LIBO Rate” shall be
the rate at which the Administrative Agent offers to place deposits
in the currency of such Borrowing for such Interest Period to major
banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of
such Interest Period.
“ Lien
”: with respect to any asset, (a) any
mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge or
security interest in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a
vendor or a
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lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital
lease or title retention agreement relating to such
asset.
“ Loan
”: any loan made by any Lender pursuant to
this Agreement.
“ Loan
Documents ”: this Agreement, the
Guaranty Agreement and the Notes.
“ Loan
Parties ”: each Group Member that
is a party to a Loan Document.
“ Mandatory
Cost ”: with respect to any period,
the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance with
Schedule 1.1A.
“ Mandatory CP
Wind-Down Event ”: as defined in
Annex X to the Pooling Agreement.
“ Master
Trust ”: the Bunge Master Trust
created by the Pooling Agreement.
“ Master Trust
Approved Currency ”: Dollars, Euro,
Sterling and Yen.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ”: (a) a material adverse
effect on the business, property, operations, condition (financial
or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower or of the Guarantor and
its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) a material
impairment of the collectibility of the Purchased Loans taken as a
whole or (c) a material impairment of the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
or of the Transaction Documents or the rights or remedies of the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders against the Borrower or the
Guarantor hereunder or under the other Loan Documents.
“ Monthly Settlement
Statement ”: as defined in Annex X
to the Pooling Agreement.
“ Moody’s ”: Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ”: with respect to any Person,
a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to
which such Person or any ERISA Affiliate of such Person (other than
one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m)
or (o) of Section 414 of the Code) is making or accruing an
obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the
preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make
contributions.
“ Multiple Employer
Plan ”: a single employer plan, as
defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for
employees of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates and at
least one Person other than the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates
or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which the Borrower or
any of its ERISA Affiliates could have liability under Section 4064
or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be
terminated.
“ Non-Excluded
Taxes ”: as defined in Section
2.13(a).
“ Non-U.S.
Lender ”: as defined in Section
2.13(d).
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“ Notes
”: the collective reference to any promissory
note evidencing Loans.
“ Obligations ”: the unpaid
principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the
maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower,
whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is
allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and
liabilities of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or to any
Lender, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or
to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may
arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any
other Loan Document or any other document made, delivered or given
in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of
principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities,
costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are
required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or
otherwise.
“ Obligor
”: as defined in Annex X to the Pooling
Agreement.
“ Optional
Currency ”: Euro.
“ Other
Taxes ”: 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 from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
“ Pari Passu
Indebtedness ”: the Dollar
Equivalent of (i) Indebtedness for borrowed money, the proceeds of
which are used to increase the Series 2002-1 Invested Amount and/or
to refinance Indebtedness originally used for such purpose, and
(ii) Indebtedness incurred in connection with Hedge Agreements
entered into in connection with the Commitments hereunder and any
Pari Passu Indebtedness described in clause (i) above, in each case
which ranks not greater than pari passu (in priority of payment) with the Loans.
“ Participant ”: as defined in
Section 8.6(b).
“ Participating
Member State ”: each state so
described in any EMU Legislation.
“ Payment
Period ”: a period commencing on a
date on which the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all
other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents have become due and payable (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and ending on the date the
Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all such other amounts
are paid in full by the Borrower or the Guarantor.
“ PBGC
”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA and any
Person succeeding to the functions thereof.
“ Permitted
Indebtedness ”: (a) Indebtedness of
the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement and (b) Pari Passu
Indebtedness.
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“ Person
”: an individual, partnership, corporation,
limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental
Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“ Plan
”: a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple
Employer Plan.
“ Pooling
Agreement ”: the Fifth Amended and
Restated Pooling Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2004, among Bunge
Funding, Bunge Management Services, Inc., as servicer and the
trustee named therein, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Potential Series
2002-1 Early Amortization Event ”:
an event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or
both, would constitute a Series 2002-1 Early Amortization
Event.
“ Pricing
Grid ”: the table set forth
below.
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Rating
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Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency
Loans
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Applicable Margin
for ABR Loans
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Commitment
Fee Rate
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Level I
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0.575%
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0.00%
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0.06%
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Level II
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0.70%
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0.00%
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0.08%
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Level III
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0.825%
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0.00%
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0.10%
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Level IV
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1.00%
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0.00%
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0.125%
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Level V
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1.25
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0.25%
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0.20%
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“ Purchased
Loans ”: as defined in Annex X to
the Pooling Agreement.
“ Rate of
Exchange ”: as of the relevant
date, the rate of exchange set forth on the relevant page of the
Reuters screen on or about 11:00 A.M., New York time, for the
purchase of (as the context shall require) a Master Trust Approved
Currency with any other Master Trust Approved Currency on such
date.
“ Register
”: as defined in Section 8.6(d).
“ Regulation
U ”: Regulation U of the Board as
in effect from time to time.
“ Required
Lenders ”: at any time, the holders
of more than 50% of the Aggregate Exposure Percentage.
“ Requirement of
Law ”: as to any Person, the
Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or
governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or
regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other
Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any
of its property is subject.
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“ Responsible
Officer ”: as to any Person, any
member of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or any Vice
President of such Person or any other officer of such Person
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any
of the above-designated officers.
“ S&P
”: Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any
successor thereto.
“ Sale
Agreement ”: the Second Amended and
Restated Sale Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2002, among Bunge
Funding, as Buyer, Bunge Finance Limited, a Bermuda company, as a
Seller, and Bunge Finance North America, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, as a Seller, as the same may be amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Series
”: as defined in Annex X to the Pooling
Agreement.
“ Series 2002-1
Accrued Interest ”: as defined in
Annex X to the Pooling Agreement.
“ Series 2002-1
Allocated Loan Amount ”: as defined
in Annex X to the Pooling Agreement.
“ Series 2002-1
Collection Subaccount ”: as defined
in Annex X to the Pooling Agreement.
“ Series 2002-1 Early
Amortization Event ”: as defined in
Annex X to the Pooling Agreement.
“ Series 2002-1
Invested Amount ”: as defined in
Annex X to the Pooling Agreement.
“ Series 2002-1
Supplement ”: the Third Amended and
Restated Series 2002-1 Supplement to the Pooling Agreement, dated
as of August 31, 2005, among the Borrower, Bunge Funding, Bunge
Management Services, Inc., as Servicer and The Bank of New York, as
Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“ Series 2002-1
VFC ”: the interest in the Bunge
Master Trust created and authorized pursuant to the Series 2002-1
Supplement and the Pooling Agreement that is designated as the
“Series 2002-1 VFC Certificate” pursuant to the Series
2002-1 Supplement.
“ Servicer
”: Bunge Management Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and any “Successor Servicer” (as defined
in Annex X to the Pooling Agreement).
“ Servicing
Agreement ”: the Third Amended and
Restated Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2003 among
Bunge Funding, the Servicer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee,
as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
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“ Single Employer
Plan ”: a single employer plan, as
defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for
employees of the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates and no
Person other than the Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates or (b) was
so maintained and in respect of which the Borrower or any of its
ERISA Affiliates could have liability under Section 4069 of ERISA
in the event such plan has been or were to be
terminated.
“ Solvent
”: with respect to any Person on a particular
date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such
Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including,
without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the
present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less
than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability
of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured,
(c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it
will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability
to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (d) such
Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not
about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such
Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small
capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be
computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and
circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can
reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured
liability.
“ Statutory Reserve
Rate ” means a fraction (expressed
as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the
denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum
reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or
supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the
Board to which the Administrative Agent is subject for eurocurrency
funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency
Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve
percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation
D. Eurocurrency Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency
funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without
benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may
be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation
D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in any reserve percentage.
“ Sterling
”: the lawful currency of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (in addition to the
Euro).
“ Subsidiary ”: as to any Person,
a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having
ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at
the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled,
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both,
by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a
“Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this
Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the
Borrower.
“ Syndication
Agent ”: as defined in the preamble
hereto.
“ Termination
Date ”: November 18,
2008.
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“ Total
Commitments ”: at any time, the
aggregate amount in the Base Currency of all Lenders’
Commitments then in effect.
“ Total
Loans ”: at any time, the aggregate
principal amount of the Loans of the Lenders outstanding at such
time (after converting the outstanding principal amount of any
Loans denominated in the Optional Currency into the Dollar
Equivalent thereof at such time).
“ Transaction
Documents ”: the collective
reference to the Pooling Agreement, the Series 2002-1 Supplement,
the Series 2002-1 VFC, the Sale Agreement and the Servicing
Agreement.
“ Transferee ”: any Assignee or
Participant.
“ Type
”: as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan
or a Eurocurrency Loan.
“ United
States ”: the United States of
America.
“ Voting
Stock ”: with respect to any Person
as of any date, the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the
time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of
such Person.
“ Withdrawal
Liability ”: liability to a
Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal
from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV
of ERISA.
“ Yen
”: the lawful currency of Japan.
1.2
Other Definitional Provisions
. (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms
defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used
in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
(b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents,
and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant
hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to any Group
Member not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly
defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words
“include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”, (iii) the word
“incur” shall be construed to mean incur, create,
issue, assume, become liable in respect of or suffer to exist (and
the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall
have correlative meanings), (iv) 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, Capital Stock, securities,
revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, and
(v) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations
shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such
agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements, restatements or
modifications set forth herein).
(c) The words “hereof”,
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
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provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule
and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall
be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such
terms.
(e) For purposes of calculating the Dollar
Equivalent of (i) any Loan or Borrowing denominated in the Optional
Currency outstanding at any time during any period, (ii) any Loan
denominated in the Optional Currency at the time of the making of
such Loan pursuant to Section 2.1 and (iii) any other amount
denominated in a Master Trust Approved Currency, the Administrative
Agent will at least once during each calendar month and on or prior
to the date of any borrowing and the last day of any Interest
Period and at such other times as it in its sole discretion decides
to do so or as otherwise directed by the Required Lenders,
determine the respective rate of exchange into Dollars of the
Optional Currency or such other Master Trust Approved Currency
(which rate of exchange shall be based upon the Rate of Exchange in
effect on the date of such determination). Such rate of exchange so
determined on each such determination date shall, for purposes of
the calculations described in the preceding sentence, be deemed to
remain unchanged and in effect until the next such determination
date.
SECTION 2.
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
2.1
Commitments . Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to
make revolving credit loans in either the Base Currency or the
Optional Currency to the Borrower from time to time during the
Commitment Period in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent principal
amount at any one time outstanding which does not exceed the amount
of such Lender’s Commitment. The Borrower shall not request
and no Lender shall be required to make any Loan if, after making
such Loan, the Total Loans would exceed the Total Commitments then
in effect. During the Commitment Period the Borrower may use the
Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Loans in whole or in part,
and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions
hereof. Subject to Section 2.10, each Loan shall be either an ABR
Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan, as determined by the Borrower and
notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections
2.2 and 2.6. The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Loans not
later than the Termination Date.
2.2
Procedure for Loan Borrowing .
The Borrower may borrow under the Commitments during
the Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice
(which notice must be received by (a) the Administrative Agent
prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, three (3) Business Days
prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurocurrency
Loans denominated in the Base Currency, (b) the Administrative
Agent (London Office) prior to 10:00 A.M., London time, four (4)
Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of
Eurocurrency Loans denominated in the Optional Currency, or (c) the
Administrative Agent prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on
the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of ABR Loans), specifying
(i) the amount and Type of Loans to be borrowed, (ii) whether such
Loans are to be denominated in the Base Currency or in the Optional
Currency, (iii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iv) in the case
of Eurocurrency Loans, the length of the initial Interest Period
therefor. Each borrowing under the Commitments shall be in an
amount equal to (x) in the case of ABR Loans, $1,000,000
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or a whole multiple thereof (or, if the then
aggregate Available Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such
lesser amount), (y) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans denominated
in the Base Currency, $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000
in excess thereof and (z) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in the Optional Currency, EUR 5,000,000 or a whole
multiple of EUR 1,000,000 in excess thereof. Upon receipt of any
such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender thereof. Each Lender will make the
amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the Funding
Office prior to 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing
Date requested by the Borrower, in each case in funds immediately
available in Euros or Dollars, as the case may be, to the
Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available at
2:00 P.M., New York City time on the Borrowing Date to the Borrower
by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower
on the books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made
available to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders and in like
funds as received by the Administrative Agent. Should any such
borrowing notice from the Borrower indicate an account on the books
of another bank or financial institution, the Administrative Agent
shall transfer the amounts described in such borrowing notice to
such account within a reasonable period of time.
2.3
Commitment Fees, etc .
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender a commitment fee in Dollars for the period
from and including the date hereof to the last day of the
Commitment Period, computed at a rate per annum equal to the
weighted average Commitment Fee Rate during the period for which
payment is being made, on the average daily amount of the Available
Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is
made, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March,
June, September and December and on the Termination Date,
commencing on the first of such dates to occur after the date
hereof.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent the fees in the amounts and on the dates previously agreed to
in writing by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
2.4
Termination or Reduction of
Commitments . The Borrower shall have the
right, upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ notice to
the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Commitments or, from
time to time, to reduce the amount of the Commitments;
provided that no such
termination or reduction of Commitments shall be permitted if,
after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Loans
made on the effective date thereof, the Total Loans would exceed
the Total Commitments. Any such reduction shall be in an amount
equal to $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof, and shall reduce
permanently the Commitments then in effect.
2.5
Prepayments . (a) The
Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans, in
whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon irrevocable
notice delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than (i)
10:00 A.M., New York City time, three (3) Business Days prior
thereto, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in the Base
Currency, (ii) 10:00 A.M., New York City time, four (4)
Business Days prior thereto, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in the Optional Currency and (iii) 10:00 A.M., New
York City time, on the date thereof, in the case of ABR Loans,
which notice shall specify the date and
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amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is
of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in the Base Currency or Optional
Currency or ABR Loans; provided
, that if a Eurocurrency Loan is prepaid on any day
other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to
Section 2.14. Upon receipt of any such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender
thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such
notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein,
together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid.
Partial prepayments of Loans shall be in an aggregate principal
amount of $1,000,000 (with respect to ABR Loans and Eurocurrency
Loans denominated in the Base Currency) or EUR 1,000,000 (with
respect to Eurocurrency Loans denominated in the Optional Currency)
or a whole multiple thereof.
(b) If, on any day, the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans hereunder and Pari Passu
Indebtedness (after converting all such amounts into the then
Dollar Equivalent thereof) exceeds the then current Series 2002-1
Invested Amount outstanding under the Series 2002-1 VFC (after
giving effect to any increases or decreases therein on such day),
the Borrower shall prepay Loans and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness in
an amount sufficient to comply with Section 5.2(a).
(c) If, on any date, the Total Loans outstanding on
such date exceed the Total Commitments in effect on such date, the
Borrower immediately shall prepay the Loans in the amount of such
excess.
2.6
Conversion and Continuation Options
. (a) The Borrower may elect from time to time to
convert Eurocurrency Loans denominated in the Base Currency to ABR
Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice
of such election no later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time,
on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date,
provided that any such conversion of Eurocurrency Loans may only be
made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.
The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans to
Eurocurrency Loans denominated in the Base Currency by giving the
Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no
later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the fourth (4th)
Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice
shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period
therefor), provided that no ABR Loan may be converted into a Eurocurrency Loan when
any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders have determined in its
or their sole discretion not to permit such conversions. Upon
receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each relevant Lender thereof.
(b) Any Eurocurrency Loan may be continued as such
upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with
respect thereto by the Borrower giving irrevocable notice to the
Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions
of the term “Interest Period” set forth in Section 1.1,
of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such
Loans, provided that no Eurocurrency Loan may be continued as such when any
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have determined in
its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuations,
and provided , further ,
that if the Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as
described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not
permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso, any such Eurocurrency
Loans denominated in the Base Currency shall be automatically
converted to ABR Loans on the
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last day of such then expiring Interest Period, and
any such Eurocurrency Loans denominated in the Optional Currency
shall as of the last day of such then expiring Interest Period bear
interest at such rate as the Administrative Agent determines
adequately reflects the costs (including a comparable margin to
that set forth herein) to the Lenders of maintaining such Loans.
Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
2.7
Limitations on Eurocurrency Borrowings
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of
Eurocurrency Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall be
in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that,
after giving effect thereto, (a) the aggregate principal amount of
the Eurocurrency Loans denominated in the Base Currency comprising
each Eurocurrency Borrowing in the Base Currency shall be equal to
$5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (b)
the aggregate principal amount of the Eurocurrency Loans
denominated in the Optional Currency comprising each Eurocurrency
Borrowing in the Optional Currency shall be equal to EUR 5,000,000
or a whole multiple of EUR 1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (c) no
more than fifteen (15) Eurocurrency Borrowings shall be outstanding
at any one time.
2.8
Interest Rates and Payment Dates
. (a) Each Eurocurrency Loan shall bear interest for
each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate
per annum equal to (i) the Adjusted LIBO Rate determined for such
day plus (ii) the Applicable Margin plus (iii) in the case of a
Eurocurrency Loan of any Lender which is made from a lending office
in the United Kingdom or in a Participating Member State, the
Mandatory Cost, if any.
(b) Each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per
annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) During the continuance of an Event of Default
all outstanding Loans (whether or not overdue) shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to the rate that would otherwise be
applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section plus 2%.
If all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or any
commitment fee or other amount payable hereunder (other than any
amount to which the preceding sentence is applicable) shall not be
paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per
annum equal to the rate then applicable to ABR Loans
plus 2% from the date
of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well
after as before judgment).
(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date, provided
that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of
this Section shall be payable from time to time on
demand.
2.9
Computation of Interest and Fees
. (a) Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto
shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual
days elapsed, except that, with respect to ABR Loans the rate of
interest on which is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate, the
interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or
366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed. The
Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the
Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of an
Adjusted LIBO Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan
resulting from a change in the ABR or the Statutory
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Reserve Rate shall become effective as of the
opening of business on the day on which such change becomes
effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable
notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date
and the amount of each such change in interest rate.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement
shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in
the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at
the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement
showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in
determining any interest rate pursuant to Section
2.8(a).
2.10
Inability to Determine Interest Rate
. If prior to the first day of any Interest Period
for a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in any
currency:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have
determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding
upon the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the
relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period,
or
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have
received notice from the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO
Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will
not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as
conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining
their affected Loans during such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or
telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the relevant Lenders
as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (x) any
Eurocurrency Loans requested to be made on the first day of such
Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans (if such Borrowing is
requested to be made in the Base Currency) or shall be made as a
Eurocurrency Loan bearing interest at such rate as the
Administrative Agent determines adequately reflects the costs to
the Lenders of making or maintaining such Borrowing (if such
Borrowing is requested to be made in the Optional Currency),
(y) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first
day of such Interest Period to Eurocurrency Loans shall be
continued as ABR Loans (if such Loans are denominated in the Base
Currency) or as Loans bearing interest at such rate as the
Administrative Agent determines adequately reflects the costs to
the Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans (if such Loans are
denominated in the Optional Currency) and (z) any outstanding
Eurocurrency Loans shall be converted, on the last day of the
then-current Interest Period, to ABR Loans (if such Loans are
denominated in the Base Currency) or as Loans bearing interest at
such rate as the Administrative Agent determines adequately
reflects the costs to the Lenders of making or maintaining such
Loans (if such Loans are denominated in the Optional Currency).
Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent,
no further Eurocurrency Loans shall be made or continued as such,
nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert Loans to
Eurocurrency Loans.
2.11
Pro Rata Treatment and Payments
. (a) Each borrowing by the Borrower from the
Lenders hereunder shall be made pro rata according to the respective Commitments of the Lenders. Any
reduction of the Commitments of the Lenders shall be made
pro rata
according
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to the respective Commitments of the Lenders. Each
payment by the Borrower on account of any commitment fee with
respect to any period shall be made pro rata according to the respective average daily Available Commitments
of the Lenders for such period.
(b) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the
Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Loans shall
be made pro rata according to the then Dollar
Equivalent of the respective outstanding principal amounts of the
Loans then held by the Lenders.
(c) All payments (including prepayments) to be made
by the Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal,
interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or
counterclaim and shall be made prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City
time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in immediately
available funds. Payments and prepayments of principal of and
interest on Loans denominated in the Optional Currency shall be
made in the Optional Currency; payments and prepayments of all
other amounts hereunder shall be made in the Base Currency. The
Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders
promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment
hereunder (other than payments on the Eurocurrency Loans) becomes
due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any
payment on a Eurocurrency Loan becomes due and payable on a day
other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such
extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar
month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment
of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest
thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such
extension.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been
notified in writing by any Lender prior to a Borrowing Date that
such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its
share of such borrowing on such date available to the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such
Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent
on such Borrowing Date, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall
not be so required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is
not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time
on such Borrowing Date, and if the Administrative Agent makes such
corresponding amount available to the Borrower, then such Lender
shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with
interest thereon, at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on
interbank compensation, for the period until such Lender makes such
amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A
certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender
with respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If the Administrative
Agent makes such Lender’s share of such borrowing available
to the Borrower, and if such Lender’s share of such borrowing
is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender
within three (3) Business Days after such Borrowing Date, the
Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount
with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR
Loans, on demand, from the Borrower. The failure of any Lender to
make
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any Loan on any Borrowing Date shall not relieve any
other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make a Loan on such
Borrowing Date pursuant to the provisions contained herein, but no
Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to
make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on any Borrowing
Date.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been
notified in writing by the Borrower prior to the date of any
payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower
will not make such payment to the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is making such
payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be
required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to
the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made
to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three (3)
Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall
be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any
amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence,
such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to
the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein
shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or
any Lender against the Borrower.
2.12
Requirements of Law .
(a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or
in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any
Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority
made subsequent to the date hereof:
(i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind
whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, or any Eurocurrency Loan
made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such
Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded Taxes covered by
Section 2.13 and changes in the rate of tax on the overall net
income of such Lender);
(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any
reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement
against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the
account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or
any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that
is not otherwise included in the determination of the Adjusted LIBO
Rate; or
(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other
condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to
increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount that such Lender
deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or
maintaining any Eurocurrency Loans or to reduce any amount
receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case,
the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any
additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such
increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes
entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this
paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has
become so entitled.
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(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the
adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding
capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or
compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such
Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy
(whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect
of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such
corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations
hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such
corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or
compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such
corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by
an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to
time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy
to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the
Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such
reduction; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender
pursuant to this paragraph for any amounts incurred more than six
months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of
such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor;
and provided further that, if the circumstances
giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such
six-month period shall be extended to include the period of such
retroactive effect.
(c) A certificate as to any additional amounts
payable pursuant to this Section submitted by any Lender to the
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The obligations of the
Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the termination of
this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts
payable hereunder.
2.13
Taxes . (a) All
payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made
free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on
account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings,
now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed
by any Governmental Authority, excluding net income taxes and
franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on
the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or
former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender
and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such
tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the
Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or
performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced,
this Agreement or any other Loan Document). If any such
non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees,
deductions or withholdings (“ Non-Excluded Taxes ”) or Other
Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, the amounts so
payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be
increased to the extent necessary to yield to the
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