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CONFORMED
COPY
REVOLVING CREDIT AND
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
among
FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION
AND CERTAIN OF ITS
SUBSIDIARIES,
each a Debtor and a
Debtor-in-Possession under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code,
as Borrowers,
THE LENDERS PARTY
HERETO,
and
CITICORP USA,
INC.,
as Administrative
Agent
Citigroup Global Markets,
Inc.,
as Sole Lead Arranger and
Bookrunner
Congress Financial
Corporation (Central)
GMAC Commercial Finance
LLC
State of California Public
Employees’ Retirement System
Wells Fargo Foothill,
LLC,
as Co-Documentation
Agents
Dated as of December 9,
2004
CONFORMED
COPY
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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P AGE
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| ARTICLE 1 |
| D EFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01.
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Defined Terms
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Section 1.02.
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Terms Generally
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| ARTICLE 2 |
| A MOUNT
AND T ERMS OF C
REDIT |
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Section 2.01.
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Commitment of the
Lenders
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Section 2.02.
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Borrowing Base
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Section 2.03.
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Letters of Credit
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Section 2.04.
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Issuance
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Section 2.05.
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Nature of Letter of Credit
Obligations Absolute
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Section 2.06.
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Making of Loans
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Section 2.07.
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Swing Line Loans
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Section 2.08.
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Repayment of Loans and Unreimbursed
Draws; Evidence of Debt
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Section 2.09.
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Interest on Loans
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Section 2.10.
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Default Interest
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Section 2.11.
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Optional Termination or Reduction of
Commitment
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Section 2.12.
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Alternate Rate of
Interest
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Section 2.13.
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Refinancing of Loans
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Section 2.14.
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Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment
Reductions; Commitment Termination
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Section 2.15.
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Optional Prepayment of Loans;
Reimbursement of Lenders
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Section 2.16.
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Reserve Requirements; Change in
Circumstances
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Section 2.17.
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Change in Legality
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Section 2.18.
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Pro Rata Treatment,
etc.
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Section 2.19.
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Taxes
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Section 2.20.
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Certain Fees
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Section 2.21.
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Commitment Fee
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Section 2.22.
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Letter of Credit Fees
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Section 2.23.
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Nature of Fees
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Section 2.24.
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Priority and Liens
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Section 2.25.
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Use of Cash Collateral
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Section 2.26.
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Right of Set-Off
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Section 2.27.
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Security Interest in Letter of Credit
Account
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Section 2.28.
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Payment of Obligations
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Section 2.29.
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No Discharge; Survival of
Claims
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Section 2.30.
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Replacement of Certain
Lenders
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| ARTICLE 3 |
| R EPRESENTATIONS
AND W ARRANTIES |
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Section 3.01.
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Organization and
Authority
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Section 3.02.
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Due Execution
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Section 3.03.
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Statements Made
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Section 3.04.
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Financial Statements
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Section 3.05.
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Ownership
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Section 3.06.
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Liens
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Section 3.07.
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Compliance with Law
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Section 3.08.
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Insurance
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Section 3.09.
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The Approval Order
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Section 3.10.
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Use of Proceeds
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Section 3.11.
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Litigation
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Section 3.12.
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Intellectual Property
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Section 3.13.
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Intercompany Loans to Foreign
Subsidiaries
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| ARTICLE 4 |
| C ONDITIONS
OF L ENDING |
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Section 4.01.
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Conditions to Closing
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Section 4.02.
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Conditions Precedent to Each Loan, Each
Letter of Credit and Each Swing Line Loan
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| ARTICLE 5 |
| A FFIRMATIVE C
OVENANTS |
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Section 5.01.
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Financial Statements, Reports,
Etc.
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Section 5.02.
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Existence
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Section 5.03.
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Insurance
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Section 5.04.
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Obligations and Taxes
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Section 5.05.
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Notice of Event of Default,
etc.
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Section 5.06.
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Access to Books and
Records
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Section 5.07.
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Maintenance of Concentration
Account
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Section 5.08.
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Blocked Accounts
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Section 5.09.
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Borrowing Base
Certificate
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Section 5.10.
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Business Plan
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| ARTICLE 6 |
| N EGATIVE C
OVENANTS |
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Section 6.01.
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Liens
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Section 6.02.
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Merger, etc.
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Section 6.03.
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Indebtedness
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Section 6.04.
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Capital Expenditures
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Section 6.05.
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EBITDA
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Section 6.06.
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Guarantees and Other
Liabilities
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Section 6.07.
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Chapter 11 Claims
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Section 6.08.
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Dividends; Capital
Stock
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Section 6.09.
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Transactions with
Affiliates
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Section 6.10.
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Investments, Loans and
Advances
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Section 6.11.
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Disposition of Assets
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Section 6.12.
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Nature of Business
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Section 6.13.
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Transactions among
Borrowers
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Section 6.14.
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Right of Subrogation among
Borrowers
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| E VENTS OF
D EFAULT |
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Section 7.01.
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Events of Default
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| ARTICLE 8 |
| T HE A
DMINISTRATIVE A GENT |
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Section 8.01.
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Administration by Administrative
Agent
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Section 8.02.
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Advances and Payments
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Section 8.03.
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Sharing of Setoffs
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Section 8.04.
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Agreement of Required
Lenders
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Section 8.05.
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Liability of Administrative
Agent
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Section 8.06.
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Reimbursement and
Indemnification
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Section 8.07.
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Rights of Administrative
Agent
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Section 8.08.
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Independent Lenders
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Section 8.09.
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Notice of Transfer
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Section 8.10.
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Successor Administrative
Agent
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| ARTICLE 9 |
| G UARANTY |
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Section 9.01.
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Guaranty
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Section 9.02.
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No Impairment of
Guaranty
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Section 9.03.
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Subrogation
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| ARTICLE 10 |
| M
ISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 10.01.
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Notices
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Section 10.02.
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Survival of Agreement,
Representations and Warranties, etc.
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Section 10.03.
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Successors and Assigns
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Section 10.04.
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Confidentiality
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Section 10.05.
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Expenses
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Section 10.06.
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Indemnity
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Section 10.07.
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Choice of Law
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Section 10.08.
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No Waiver
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Section 10.09.
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Extension of Maturity
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Section 10.10.
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Amendments, etc.
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Section 10.11.
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Severability
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Section 10.12.
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Headings
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Section 10.13.
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Execution in
Counterparts
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Section 10.14.
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Prior Agreements
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Section 10.15.
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Further Assurances
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Section 10.16.
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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Section 10.17.
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Subordination of Intercompany
Indebtedness
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Section 10.18.
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Excluded Subsidiaries
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Section 10.19.
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Addition of F-M Canada as
Borrower
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Section 10.20.
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Commitment to Exit
Financing
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Annex A
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Commitment Amounts
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Annex B
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Addresses for Notices
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Exhibit A
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Approval Order
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Exhibit B
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Form of Security and Pledge
Agreement
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Exhibit C
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Form of Borrowing Base
Certificate
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Exhibit D
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Form of Opinion of Counsel
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Exhibit E
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Form of Assignment and
Acceptance
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Exhibit F
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Form of F-M Canada Supplement
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Schedule 1.01
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Existing Letters of Credit
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Schedule 3.05
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Subsidiaries
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Schedule 3.06
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Liens
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Schedule 3.07
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Environmental Reserves
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Schedule 3.12
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Intellectual Property
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Schedule 3.13
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Intercompany Loans to Foreign
Subsidiaries
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Schedule 6.03
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Existing Indebtedness of Foreign
Subsidiaries
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Schedule 6.06
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Existing Guarantees
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Schedule 6.10
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Existing Joint Venture
Investments
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Schedule 6.10(a)
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Permitted Equity Investments in Existing
Customers
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Schedule 6.11
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Surplus Real Estate Assets Eligible for
Sale
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Schedule 6.11(a)
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Other Surplus Assets Eligible for Sale
and Corresponding EBITDA
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Schedule 6.13
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Borrower Transaction
Restrictions
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CONFORMED
COPY
REVOLVING CREDIT AND
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTY
AGREEMENT, dated as of December 9, 2004, among FEDERAL-MOGUL
CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation (the “ Parent
”), each of the direct and indirect Domestic Subsidiaries of
the Parent party to this Agreement (each individually, a “
Borrower ” and, collectively, the “
Borrowers ”), each of which is a debtor and
debtor-in-possession in a case pending under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code (the cases of the Borrowers, each a “
Case ” and, collectively, the “ Cases
”), CITICORP USA, INC. (“ CUSA ”) and each
of the other commercial banks, finance companies, insurance
companies or other financial institutions or funds from time to
time party hereto (together with CUSA, the “ Lenders
”), CUSA, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“ Administrative Agent ”) for the Lenders,
CITIBANK, N.A., as Fronting Bank, and CUSA, as Swing Line
Lender.
INTRODUCTORY
STATEMENT
WHEREAS, on October 1, 2001,
the Borrowers filed voluntary petitions with the Bankruptcy Court
initiating the Cases, and the Borrowers have continued in the
possession of their assets and in the management of their
businesses pursuant to Sections 1107 and 1108 of the Bankruptcy
Code; and
WHEREAS, the Borrowers and
certain lenders (the “ Existing DIP Lenders ”)
entered into an Amended and Restated Revolving Credit, Term Loan
and Guaranty Agreement dated as of August 7, 2003 (the “
Existing DIP Credit Agreement ”), pursuant to which
the Existing DIP Lenders made available to the Borrowers a
revolving credit, letter of credit and term loan facility in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $600,000,000 (subject to
the terms and conditions of the Existing DIP Credit Agreement);
and
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have
applied to the Lenders for, and the Lenders have agreed to provide
to the Borrowers, a revolving credit and letter of credit facility
in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500,000,000
(subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement) that will
replace the Existing DIP Credit Agreement and refinance all amounts
outstanding thereunder; and
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the
credit extended pursuant hereto will be used only as described in
Section 3.10; and
WHEREAS, to provide for the
repayment of the Loans and the Swing Line Loans, the reimbursement
of any draft drawn under a Letter of Credit and the payment of the
other obligations of the Borrowers hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents, the Borrowers will provide to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders the following (each as more fully described
herein):
(a) an allowed Superpriority
Claim;
(b) a perfected first
priority Lien, pursuant to Section 364(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy
Code, upon all unencumbered property of the Borrowers and on all
cash maintained in the Letter of Credit Account and any investment
of the funds contained therein, provided that amounts in the
Letter of Credit Account shall not be subject to the Carve-Out
hereinafter referred to;
(c) a perfected junior Lien,
pursuant to Section 364(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code, upon all
property of the Borrowers that is subject to valid, perfected and
non-voidable liens in existence at the time of the commencement of
the Cases (including the Stock Liens) or that is subject to valid,
non-voidable liens in existence at the time of such commencement
that are perfected subsequent to such commencement as permitted by
Section 546(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (other than property (if any)
that is subject to any Primed Liens, which Liens shall be primed as
described in clause (d) below);
(d) a perfected first
priority senior priming Lien, pursuant to Section 364(d)(1) of the
Bankruptcy Code, upon all property of the Borrowers that is subject
to any of the Primed Liens (it being understood that the Stock
Liens shall not be primed or constitute part of the Primed Liens),
which priming Liens shall be senior in all respects to all of the
Primed Liens and any adequate protection liens granted to any
party; and
(e) a guaranty from the
Borrowers of the due and punctual payment and performance of the
obligations of any Excluded Subsidiaries in respect of any letters
of credit issued hereunder for the account thereof; and
WHEREAS, all of the claims
granted hereunder in the Cases to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders shall be subject to the Carve-Out to the extent provided in
Section 2.24.
Accordingly, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
D
EFINITIONS
Section 1.01 . Defined
Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings specified below.
“ ABR Loan
” shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined
by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the
provisions of Article 2.
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“ Account
” shall mean any right to payment for goods sold in the
ordinary course of business, regardless of how such right is
evidenced and whether or not it has been earned by
performance.
“ Account Debtor
” shall mean, with respect to any Account, the obligor with
respect to such Account.
“ Adjusted Eligible
Accounts Receivable ” shall mean Eligible Accounts
Receivable, minus the Dilution Reserve.
“ Adjusted LIBOR
Rate ” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar
Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to
the quotient of (a) the LIBOR Rate in effect for such Interest
Period divided by (b) a percentage (expressed as a decimal) equal
to 100% minus Statutory Reserves. For purposes hereof, the term
“ LIBOR Rate ” shall mean, with respect to any
Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on
Page 3750 of the Moneyline Telerate Markets (or on any successor or
substitute page of such Service) at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period, as the rate for Dollar deposits 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 “
LIBOR Rate ” with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing
for such Interest Period shall be the rate at which Dollar deposits
in an amount approximately equal to the Loan to be made by CUSA as
part of such Borrowing and for a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of
Citibank in immediately available funds to prime banks in the
London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time,
two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period.
“ Administrative
Agent ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“ Affected
Lender ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.30.
“ Affiliate
” shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person which,
directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is
under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this
definition, a Person (a “ Controlled Person ”)
shall be deemed to be “controlled by” another Person (a
“ Controlling Person ”) if the Controlling
Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of the Controlled
Person whether by contract or otherwise.
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“ Agreement
” shall mean this Revolving Credit and Guaranty Agreement, as
the same may from time to time be amended, restated, modified or
supplemented.
“ Alternate Base
Rate ” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the higher
of (a) the Citibank Rate for such day and (b) the Federal Funds
Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Citibank Rate or the
Federal Funds Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such
change in the Citibank Rate or the Federal Funds Rate,
respectively.
“ AM Finished
Goods ” shall mean Finished Goods, manufactured by
Borrowers for sale to an Account Debtor that is an after-market
retailer or distributor of goods of that kind, as determined by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
“ Amounts
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.19(a).
“ Approval Order
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.01(b).
“ Approved Fund
” shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that
invests in bank loans and similar commercial extensions of credit,
any other fund that invests in bank loans and similar commercial
extensions of credit and is managed by the same investment advisor
as such Lender or by a Lender Affiliate of such investment
advisor.
“ Asset Sale
” shall mean a sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or
sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or
other disposition to, or any exchange of property with, any Person
(other than a Borrower), in one transaction or series of
transactions, of all or any part of (i) the Borrowers’ or any
of their Subsidiaries’ businesses, assets or properties of
any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or
intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including,
without limitation, the capital stock of any of the Borrowers
(other than Parent) or their Subsidiaries in each case other than
(x) Inventory, including scrap or obsolete Inventory, sold in the
ordinary course of business and (y) sales of assets for aggregate
consideration of less than $1,000,000 with respect to any
transaction or series of related transactions.
“ Assignment and
Acceptance ” shall mean an assignment and acceptance
entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by
the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit
E.
“ Available AM
Finished Goods ” at any date of determination shall be
equal to the product of (i) Eligible AM Finished Goods
multiplied by (ii) 85% of
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the Net Orderly Liquidation Rate in
effect (based on the then most recent independent inventory
appraisal) on such date of determination.
“ Available OE
Finished Goods ” at any date of determination shall be
equal to the product of (i) Eligible OE Finished Goods
multiplied by (ii) 85% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Rate
in effect (based on the then most recent independent inventory
appraisal) on such date of determination.
“ Available Raw
Materials ” at any date of determination shall be equal
to the product of (i) Eligible Raw Materials multiplied by
(ii) 85% of the Net Orderly Liquidation Rate in effect (based on
the then most recent independent inventory appraisal) on such date
of determination.
“ Bankruptcy
Code ” shall mean The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as
heretofore and hereafter amended, and codified as 11 U.S.C. Section
101 et seq .
“ Bankruptcy
Court ” shall mean the United States Bankruptcy Court for
the District of Delaware or any other court having jurisdiction
over the Cases from time to time.
“ Board ”
shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of
the United States.
“ Borrower
” and “ Borrowers ” shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the introductory paragraph to this
Agreement.
“ Borrowing
” shall mean the incurrence of Loans of a single Type made
from all the Lenders, as applicable, on a single date and having,
in the case of Eurodollar Loans, a single Interest Period (with any
ABR Loan made pursuant to Section 2.17 being considered a part of
the related Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans).
“ Borrowing Base
” shall mean, at the time of any determination, an amount
equal to the sum, without duplication, of (a) 85% of Adjusted
Eligible Accounts Receivable plus (b) Available Raw
Materials, plus (c) Available OE Finished Goods, plus
(d) Available AM Finished Goods, minus the Carve-Out. The
Borrowing Base at any time shall be determined by reference to the
most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.09 of this Agreement.
Subject to the limitations and requirements set forth in Section
10.10(a) of this Agreement, standards of eligibility and reserves
and advance rates of the Borrowing Base may be revised and adjusted
from time to time by the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, with any changes in such standards to be effective
three (3) Business Days after delivery of notice thereof to the
Borrowers.
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“ Borrowing Base
Certificate ” shall mean a certificate substantially in
the form of Exhibit C hereto (with such changes therein as may be
required by the Administrative Agent from time to time to reflect
the components of and reserves against the Borrowing Base as
provided for hereunder from time to time), executed and certified
as accurate and complete by a Financial Officer of the Parent,
which shall include appropriate exhibits, schedules and supporting
documentation, and additional reports (i) as outlined in Exhibit C,
(ii) as requested by the Administrative Agent, and (iii) as
provided in Section 5.09.
“ Business Day
” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which banks in the State of New York are required or
permitted to close (and, for a Letter of Credit, any day other than
a day on which the Fronting Bank issuing such Letter of Credit is
closed); provided, however , that when used in connection
with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall
also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in
dollar deposits on the London interbank market.
“ Canadian
Dollars ” shall mean lawful currency of the Dominion of
Canada.
“ Capital
Expenditures ” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate
of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities
during such period and including that portion of Capitalized Leases
which is capitalized on the consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrowers and their Subsidiaries) by the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are
required to be included in or reflected by the property, plant,
equipment or intangibles or similar fixed asset accounts reflected
in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries (including equipment which is purchased simultaneously
with the trade-in of existing equipment owned by any of the
Borrowers or their Subsidiaries to the extent of the gross amount
of such purchase price less the book value of the equipment being
traded in at such time), but excluding expenditures made in
connection with the replacement or restoration of assets, to the
extent reimbursed or financed from insurance proceeds paid on
account of the loss of or the damage to the assets being replaced
or restored, or from awards of compensation arising from the taking
by condemnation or eminent domain of such assets being
replaced.
“ Capital Stock
” shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a
corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person
(other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or
options to purchase any of the foregoing.
“ Capitalized
Lease ” shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease
of property by such Person as lessee which would be capitalized on
a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
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“ Carve-Out
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.24.
“ Case ”
and “ Cases ” shall have the respective meanings
set forth in the introductory paragraph to this
Agreement.
“ CGMI ”
shall mean Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and its
successors.
“ Change of
Control ” shall mean: (i) 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), of shares representing more than
25% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the
issued and outstanding capital stock of Parent; or (ii) the
occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on
the board of directors of Parent, after the Closing Date, by
Persons who were neither (A) nominated by the board of directors of
Parent nor (B) appointed by the directors so nominated.
“ Citibank
” shall mean Citibank, N.A., a national banking association,
and its successors.
“ Citibank Rate
” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly
announced from time to time by Citibank as its base rate in effect
at its principal office in New York City; each change in the
Citibank Rate shall be effective on the date such change is
publicly announced.
“ Closing Date
” shall mean the date on which this Agreement has been
executed and the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.01
have been satisfied or waived, which date is December 9,
2004.
“ Code ”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“ Collateral
” shall mean the Collateral described in the Security and
Pledge Agreement.
“ Commitment
” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the amount set
forth opposite its name on Annex A hereto or as may subsequently be
set forth in the Register from time to time, and as the same may be
reduced from time to time pursuant to this Agreement.
“ Commitment Fee
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.21.
“ Commitment
Letter ” shall mean that certain Commitment Letter dated
October 1, 2004 among the Administrative Agent, CGMI and the
Parent.
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“ Commitment
Percentage ” shall mean at any time, with respect to each
Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing its Commitment at such
time by the Total Commitment at such time.
“ Concentration
Account ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.07.
“ Confidential
Information Memorandum ” shall mean the Confidential
Information Memorandum dated October 2004 and furnished to certain
Lenders.
“ Consolidated
EBITDA ” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net
Income for such period plus , without duplication and to the
extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such Consolidated
Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) depreciation expense,
(b) amortization expense, (c) expenses or losses resulting from
LIFO adjustments for inventory valuation in accordance with GAAP,
(d) income tax expense, (e) interest expense, (f) extraordinary
losses, (g) any non-recurring charge or restructuring charge which
in accordance with GAAP is excluded from operating income,
provided that the aggregate amount of charges added to
Consolidated EBITDA for any period pursuant to this clause (g) that
are cash charges or expenditures during such period or could
reasonably be expected to become a cash charge or expenditure in
any future period shall not exceed $10,000,000 for such period, (h)
the cumulative effect of any changes in accounting principles, as
shown on the Borrowers’ consolidated statement of income for
such period, (i) amounts payable under any key employee retention
program implemented during the Cases, (j) any pension contribution
expense in respect of defined benefit plans, (k) any non-recurring
Chapter 11 expenses and (l) any other non-cash charges not included
in operating income or in clauses (f) or (g) and minus , to
the extent included in the statement of such Consolidated Net
Income for such period, the sum of (a) interest income, (b)
extraordinary gains, (c) any income tax credits (to the extent not
netted from income tax expense), (d) any income resulting from LIFO
adjustments or inventory valuation in accordance with GAAP, (e) any
pension income and gains in respect of defined benefit plans, (f)
any other non-cash income or gains, and (g) the income, if any,
attributable to Minority Interests, all as determined on a
consolidated basis.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” shall mean, for any period, the consolidated net
income (or loss) of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Consummation
Date ” shall mean the date of the substantial
consummation (as defined in Section 1101 of the Bankruptcy Code and
which for purposes of this Agreement shall be no later than the
effective date) of a Reorganization Plan of the Borrowers that is
confirmed pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court in the
Cases.
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“ Contra Reserve
” shall mean, at any date, a reserve determined in the
Administrative Agent’s sole discretion, based upon the
estimated amount of Accounts wherein the Account Debtor (i) is a
creditor of a Borrower, (ii) has, may assert, has asserted or is
reasonably expected to assert a right of set-off against a Borrower
or (iii) has disputed or is reasonably expected to dispute its
liability (whether by chargeback or otherwise) or made, may make or
is reasonably expected to make any claim with respect to the
Account or any other Account of a Borrower which has not been
resolved, in each case, without duplication, to the extent of the
amount owed by such Borrower to the Account Debtor, the amount of
such actual or asserted right of set-off, or the amount of such
dispute or claim, as the case may be.
“ Critical Trade
Vendors ” shall mean those vendors that provide materials
or goods that are either actually or practically available only
from such vendor, as described in more detail in the Order
Authorizing, But Not Requiring, Payment of Certain Critical
Prepetition Trade Vendor Claims, entered by the Bankruptcy Court on
October 9, 2001.
“ CUSA ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to
this Agreement.
“ Default Notice
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.01.
“ Default Notice
Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.01.
“ Dilution
Factors ” shall mean, without duplication, with respect
to any period, the aggregate amount of all deductions, credit
memos, returns, adjustments, allowances, bad debt write-offs and
other non-cash credits which are recorded to reduce accounts
receivable in a manner consistent with current and historical
accounting practices of the Borrowers.
“ Dilution Ratio
” shall mean, at any date, the amount (expressed as a
percentage) equal to (a) the aggregate amount of the applicable
Dilution Factors for the twelve (12) most recently ended fiscal
months divided by (b) total gross sales for the twelve (12)
most recently ended fiscal months or such other amount as may be
determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion
in the event the Borrowers are unable to calculate dilution
effectively in the manner contemplated.
“ Dilution
Reserve ” shall mean, at any date, the product of (i) the
applicable Dilution Ratio minus 5% (which amount shall not be less
than zero) multiplied by (ii) the Eligible Accounts
Receivable on such date.
“ Dollars
” and “ $ ” shall mean lawful money of the
United States of America.
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“ Domestic
Consolidated Net Income ” shall mean, for any period, the
consolidated net income (or loss) of the Parent and its Domestic
Subsidiaries only (expressly excluding the income and expenses of
all Excluded Subsidiaries of the Borrowers), determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“ Domestic
EBITDA ” shall mean, for any period, Domestic
Consolidated Net Income for such period plus , without
duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the
statement of such Domestic Consolidated Net Income for such period,
in each case with respect to the Parent and its Domestic
Subsidiaries only, the sum of (a) depreciation expense, (b)
amortization expense, (c) expenses or losses resulting from LIFO
adjustments for inventory valuation in accordance with GAAP, (d)
income tax expense, (e) interest expense, (f) extraordinary losses,
(g) any non-recurring charge or restructuring charge which in
accordance with GAAP is excluded from operating income,
provided that the amounts referred to in this clause (g)
shall not exceed $10,000,000 in cash costs for any fiscal year for
any such charges which could reasonably be expected to become a
cash expenditure at any time, (h) the cumulative effect of any
changes in accounting principles, as shown on the Borrowers’
consolidated statement of income for such period, (i) amounts
payable under any key employee retention program implemented during
the Cases, (j) any pension contribution expense in respect of
defined benefit plans, (k) any non-recurring Chapter 11 expenses
and (1) any other non-cash charges not included in operating income
or in clauses (f) or (g) and minus , to the extent included
in the statement of such Domestic Consolidated Net Income for such
period, in each case with respect to the Parent and its Domestic
Subsidiaries only, the sum of (a) interest income, (b)
extraordinary gains, (c) any income tax credits (to the extent not
netted from income tax expense), (d) any income resulting from LIFO
adjustments or inventory valuation in accordance with GAAP, (e) any
pension income and gains in respect of defined benefit plans, (f)
any other non-cash income or gains, and (g) the income, if any,
attributable to Minority Interests in Domestic Subsidiaries, all as
determined on a consolidated basis.
“ Domestic
Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary incorporated,
organized or formed under the laws of any jurisdiction of the
United States (other than an Excluded Subsidiary).
“ Eligible Accounts
Receivable ” shall mean, at the time of any determination
thereof, each Account of a Borrower that satisfies the following
criteria at the time of creation and continues to meet the same at
the time of such determination: such Account (i) has been invoiced
to, and represents the bona fide amounts due to any of the
Borrowers from, the purchaser of goods or services, in each case
originated in the ordinary course of business of such Borrower and
(ii) in each case is subject to the Borrowers’ corporate
accounts receivable credit and collection policies, procedures and
practices and (iii) is not ineligible for inclusion in the
calculation of the Borrowing Base pursuant to any of clauses (a)
through (r)
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below or otherwise deemed by the
Administrative Agent in good faith to be ineligible for inclusion
in the calculation of the Borrowing Base as described below.
Eligible Accounts Receivable shall exclude the Contra Reserve, the
Rebate Reserve and Non-Core Accounts Receivable. Without limiting
the foregoing, to qualify as Eligible Accounts Receivable, an
Account shall indicate no person other than a Borrower as payee or
remittance party. In determining the amount to be so included, the
face amount of an Account shall be reduced by, without duplication,
to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of
all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits
pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance
charges or other allowances (including any amount that the
Borrowers, as applicable, may be obligated to rebate to a customer
pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or
oral)), (ii) the aggregate amount of all limits and deductions
provided for in this definition and elsewhere in this Agreement and
(iii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such
Account but not yet applied by the Borrowers to reduce the amount
of such Account. Unless otherwise approved from time to time in
writing by the Administrative Agent (subject to the limitations and
requirements set forth in Section 10.10(a)), no Account shall be an
Eligible Account Receivable if, without duplication:
(a) the relevant Borrower
does not have sole lawful and absolute title to such Account;
or
(b) except for Accounts
subject to the Extended Terms Eligible Amount, (i) it is unpaid
more than ninety (90) days from the original date of invoice or
sixty (60) days from the original due date or (ii) it has been
written off the books of the Borrowers or has been otherwise
designated on such books as uncollectible; or
(c) more than 50% in face
amount of all Accounts of the same Account Debtor are ineligible
pursuant to clause (b) above; or
(d) the Account Debtor is
insolvent or the subject of any bankruptcy case or insolvency
proceeding of any kind or is of uncertain credit quality, as
determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;
or
(e) the Account is not
payable in Dollars or Canadian Dollars or the Account Debtor is
either not organized under the laws of the United States of America
or Canada, any State or Province thereof, or the District of
Columbia or is located outside or has its principal place of
business or substantially all of its assets outside the United
States or Canada, except to the extent the Account is supported by
an irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent (as to form, substance and issuer) and assigned to and
directly drawable by the Administrative Agent; or
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(f) the Account Debtor is the
United States of America or any department, agency or
instrumentality thereof, unless the relevant Borrower duly assigns
its rights to payment of such Account to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended, which
assignment and related documents and filings shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; or
(g) the Account is supported
by a security deposit (to the extent received from the applicable
Account Debtor), progress payment, retainage or other similar
advance made by or for the benefit of the applicable Account
Debtor, in each case to the extent thereof; or
(h) (i) it is not subject to
a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, subject to no
other Liens other than Liens (if any) permitted by the Loan
Documents or (ii) it does not otherwise conform in all material
respects to the representations and warranties contained in the
Loan Documents relating to Accounts; or
(i) such Account was invoiced
in advance of goods or services provided, or twice, or the income
associated with such Account has not been earned; or
(j) such Account is
classified as a note receivable by the Borrowers in accordance with
the Borrowers’ current and historical practices;
or
(k) the sale to the Account
Debtor is on a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return,
ship-and-return, sale on approval or consignment or other similar
basis or made pursuant to any other written agreement providing for
repurchase or return of any merchandise which has been claimed to
be defective or otherwise unsatisfactory; or
(l) the Account represents a
progress-billing or otherwise does not represent a completed sale;
or
(m) the Account Debtor is an
Affiliate of the Borrowers; or
(n) such Account was not paid
in full, and the Borrower created a new receivable for the unpaid
portion of the Account, without the agreement of the customer, and
other Accounts constituting chargebacks, debit memos and other
adjustments for unauthorized deductions; or
(o) the Account is due and
payable more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the original
date of invoice;
(p) the Account is created on
cash on delivery terms;
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(q) the Account does not
comply in all material respects with the requirements of all
applicable laws and regulations, whether Federal, state or local;
or
(r) as to all or any part of
such Account, a check, promissory note, draft, trade acceptance of
other instrument for the payment of money has been received,
presented for payment and returned uncollected for any
reason.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, all Accounts of any single Account Debtor and its
Affiliates which, in the aggregate exceed (i) 20% in respect of
Account Debtors whose securities are rated Investment Grade by any
of Moody’s or S&P or (ii) 10% in respect of all other
Account Debtors, of the total amount of all Eligible Accounts
Receivable at the time of any determination shall be deemed not to
be Eligible Accounts Receivable to the extent of such excess. In
determining the aggregate amount of Accounts from the same Account
Debtor that are unpaid more than ninety (90) days from the date of
invoice or more than sixty (60) days from the due date pursuant to
clause (b) above, there shall be excluded the amount of any net
credit balances relating to Accounts with invoice dates more than
ninety (90) days prior to the date of determination or more than
sixty (60) days from the due date. Furthermore, no Account shall be
an Eligible Account Receivable if it is for goods that have been
sold under a purchase order or pursuant to the terms of a contract
or other agreement or understanding (written or oral) that
indicates that any Person other than a Borrower has or has had or
has purported to have or have had an ownership interest in such
goods.
“ Eligible AM
Finished Goods ” shall mean, on any date, Eligible
Inventory composed of AM Finished Goods on such date as shown on
the Borrowers’ perpetual inventory records in accordance with
their current and historical accounting practices, minus Inventory
Reserves.
“ Eligible
Assignee ” shall mean (i) a commercial bank having total
assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (ii) a finance company,
insurance company or other financial institution or fund, in each
case reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which in
the ordinary course of business extends credit of the type
contemplated herein and has total assets in excess of $200,000,000
and whose becoming an assignee would not constitute a prohibited
transaction under Section 4975 of ERISA; (iii) an Approved Fund;
(iv) a Lender Affiliate; (v) the Fronting Bank; (vi) the Swing Line
Lender; and (vii) any other financial institution satisfactory to
the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“ Eligible
Inventory ” shall mean, on any date, the Inventory Value
of all Inventory owned by the Borrowers on such date deemed by the
Administrative Agent in good faith to be eligible for inclusion in
the calculation of the Borrowing Base. Without limiting the
foregoing, to qualify as “Eligible Inventory”,
no
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Person other than the Borrowers shall
have any direct or indirect ownership interest or title to such
Inventory. Eligible Inventory shall exclude remanufactured parts
and Inventory referred to as “cores inventory”. Unless
otherwise from time to time approved in writing by the
Administrative Agent (subject to the limitations and requirements
set forth in Section 10.10(a)), no Inventory shall be deemed
Eligible Inventory if (and without duplication):
(a) it is not owned solely by
the Borrowers or the Borrowers do not have sole and good, valid and
unencumbered title thereto; or
(b) it is not located in the
United States (or, if F-M Canada becomes a Borrower in accordance
with Section 10.19, with respect to Inventory owned by F-M Canada,
such Inventory is not located in Canada); or
(c) it is not located on
property owned or leased by the Borrowers or in a contract
warehouse specified on a schedule attached to the Security and
Pledge Agreement and segregated or otherwise separately
identifiable from goods of all others, if any, stored on the
premises; or
(d) it is not subject to a
valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the
Administrative Agent, except, with respect to Inventory stored at
sites described in clause (c) above, for Liens for unpaid rent or
normal and customary warehousing charges, in each case, not yet
paid, to the extent of such unpaid rent or charges; or
(e) it is goods returned or
rejected due to quality issues by the Borrowers’ customers or
goods in transit to third parties (other than to warehouse sites
described in clause (c) above); or
(f) it is not in good
condition, does not meet all material standards imposed by any
Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over it, is
defective, is seconds or thirds or stale, or is obsolete or slow
moving or unmerchantable, or does not otherwise conform to the
representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents;
or
(g) it is located at any
operating facility that the Borrowers plan to close, or at any
operating facility that is closed, within thirty (30) days from the
date of determination of the most recent Borrowing Base;
or
(h) it is comprised of film,
pallets, and/or other shipping materials or supplies, repair parts,
fuel, cartons used in production or other containers, and any other
such material not considered used for sale by the Administrative
Agent from time to time, in the Administrative Agent’s sole
discretion; or
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(i) the Borrowers classify
such item as a sample item on their perpetual inventory records, or
the Borrowers use such item for display; or
(j) it is a discontinued
product or component thereof; or
(k) any portion of the
Inventory Value thereof is attributable to intercompany profit
among the Borrowers or their Affiliates; or
(l) it is damaged or marked
for return to vendor;
(m) it is Work-In-Process;
or
(n) it is consigned but still
accounted for in the Borrowers’ perpetual inventory
records.
“ Eligible OE
Finished Goods ” shall mean, on any date, Eligible
Inventory composed of OE Finished Goods on such date as shown on
the Borrowers’ perpetual inventory records in accordance with
their current and historical accounting practices, minus
Inventory Reserves.
“ Eligible Raw
Materials ” shall mean, on any date, Eligible Inventory
composed of Raw Materials to be used in the production of finished
goods inventory for sale, as determined by the Administrative Agent
in its sole discretion, on such date as shown on the
Borrowers’ perpetual inventory records in accordance with
current and historical accounting practices, minus Inventory
Reserves.
“ Environmental
Lien ” shall mean a Lien in favor of any Governmental
Authority for (i) any liability under federal or state
environmental laws or regulations, or (ii) damages arising from or
costs incurred by such Governmental Authority in response to a
release or threatened release of a hazardous or toxic waste,
substance or constituent, or other substance into the
environment.
“ ERISA ”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and
rulings issued thereunder.
“ ERISA
Affiliate ” shall mean any trade or business (whether or
not incorporated) which is a member of a group of which any of the
Borrowers is a member and which is under common control within the
meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code and the regulations
promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ Eurocurrency
Liabilities ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Regulation D issued by the Board, as in effect from time to
time.
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“ Eurodollar
Borrowing ” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Eurodollar Loans.
“ Eurodollar
Loan ” shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate in accordance
with the provisions of Article 2.
“ Event of
Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article
7.
“ Excluded
Subsidiary ” shall mean (i) any Foreign Subsidiary and
any Domestic Subsidiary which is a Subsidiary of a Foreign
Subsidiary in respect of which either (a) the pledge of more than
66% of the Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary (or, in the
case of a Domestic Subsidiary which is a Subsidiary of a Foreign
Subsidiary, the pledge of any Capital Stock of such Domestic
Subsidiary) as Collateral or (b) the guaranteeing by such
Subsidiary of, or the pledging of assets by such Subsidiary to
secure, the Obligations, would, in the good faith judgment of the
Borrowers, result in adverse tax consequences to the Borrowers or
any of their Subsidiaries or would be unlawful for such Subsidiary
and (ii) FM International, LLC, so long as 66% of its Capital Stock
is pledged under the Security and Pledge Agreement and such entity
has no operations other than holding the Capital Stock of any
Foreign Subsidiary.
“ Existing DIP
Credit Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in
the Introductory Statement.
“ Existing DIP
Lenders ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Introductory Statement.
“ Existing Letters
of Credit ” shall mean all letters of credit issued
pursuant to the Existing DIP Credit Agreement, outstanding
immediately prior to the Closing Date and listed in Schedule
1.01.
“ Extended Terms
Eligible Amount ” shall mean, on any date, for each
Extended Terms Customer, Accounts which are less than 1 day past
due, arising as a result of the sale of goods with payment terms in
excess of ninety (90) days and not greater than one hundred eighty
(180) days.
“ Extended Terms
Customer ” shall mean, on any date, Account Debtors which
have terms of sales greater than ninety (90) days, but not greater
than one hundred eighty (180) days.
“ Factoring
Arrangements ” shall mean any arrangements between a
Non-Debtor Foreign Subsidiary and a third party (other than an
Affiliate) under which the Accounts of such Subsidiary are factored
on a non-recourse basis.
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“ Federal Funds
Rate ” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum
(rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) 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 on the next
succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
provided that (i) 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 (ii) 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 quoted to Citibank on
such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
“ F-M Canada
” shall mean Federal-Mogul Canada Limited, a Canadian
corporation.
“ F-M Canada
Addition Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 10.19.
“ Fees ”
shall collectively mean the Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit Fees
and other fees referred to in Sections 2.20, 2.21 and
2.22.
“ Fee Letter
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.20.
“ Filing Date
” shall mean October 1, 2001.
“ Final Order
” shall mean the Final Order (I) Authorizing Debtors to
Obtain Post-Petition Financing Pursuant to 11 U.S.C.
§§105, 361, 362, 363, 364(c)(1), 364(c)(2), 364(c)(3) and
364(d), (II) Authorizing use of Cash Collateral Pursuant to 11
U.S.C. §363 and Granting Adequate Protection to the Holders of
the Existing Obligations Referred to Below entered by the
Bankruptcy Court on November 21, 2001 in connection with the
Existing DIP Agreement.
“ Financial
Officer ” shall mean the Chief Financial Officer,
Controller, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer of a
Borrower.
“ Finished Goods
” shall mean goods to be sold by the Borrowers in the
ordinary course of business.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ” shall mean a Subsidiary which is
incorporated or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside
of the United States.
“ Fronting Bank
” shall mean Citibank, or such other commercial bank as may
agree with Citibank to act in such capacity for the
Lenders.
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“ GAAP ”
shall mean accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States and applied in accordance with Section 1.02.
“ Governmental
Authority ” shall mean any Federal, state, municipal or
other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality or any court, in each case whether of the United
States or foreign.
“ Guaranteed
Obligations ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.01(a).
“ Indebtedness
” shall mean, at any time and with respect to any Person, (i)
all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all
indebtedness of such Person for the deferred purchase price of
property or services (other than (x) current trade payables
incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business and
(y) property, including inventory, and services purchased, and
expense accruals (other than trade payables) and deferred
compensation items arising, in the ordinary course of such
Person’s business), (iii) all obligations of such Person
evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments
(other than performance, surety and appeal bonds arising in the
ordinary course of business), (iv) all indebtedness of such Person
created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such
Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender
under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property), (v) all obligations of such
Person under leases which have been or should be, in accordance
with GAAP, recorded as capital leases, to the extent required to be
so recorded, (vi) all reimbursement, payment or similar obligations
of such Person, contingent or otherwise, under acceptance, letter
of credit or similar facilities and all obligations of such Person
in respect of (x) currency swap agreements, currency future or
option contracts and other similar agreements designed to hedge
against fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, (y)
interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements and interest rate
future or option contracts and other similar agreements designed to
hedge against fluctuations in interest rates and (z) swap
agreements, future or option contracts and other similar agreements
designed to hedge against fluctuations in commodities prices; (vii)
all indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above
guaranteed directly or indirectly by such Person, or in effect
guaranteed directly or indirectly by such Person through an
agreement (A) to pay or purchase such indebtedness or to advance or
supply funds for the payment or purchase of such indebtedness, (B)
to purchase, sell or lease (as lessee or lessor) property, or to
purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling
the debtor to make payment of such indebtedness or to assure the
holder of such indebtedness against loss in respect of such
indebtedness, (C) to supply funds to or in any other manner invest
in the debtor (including any agreement to pay for property or
services irrespective of whether such property is received or such
services are rendered) or (D) otherwise to assure a creditor
against loss in respect of such indebtedness, and
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(viii) all indebtedness referred to in
clauses (i) through (vii) above secured by (or for which the holder
of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property
(including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned
by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become
liable for the payment of such indebtedness. The Indebtedness of
any Person (i) 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 solely to the extent such Indebtedness is required
to be reflected on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance
with GAAP and (ii) shall not include in any event any Joint Venture
Put Obligation or any Factoring Arrangement.
“ Indemnified
Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
10.06.
“ Indentures
” shall mean, collectively, (i) the Indenture, dated as of
August 12, 1994, between Parent and U.S. Bank Trust National
Association (as successor to Continental Bank), as trustee,
together with the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of
July 8, 1998, the Second Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as
of October 9, 1998, and the Third Supplemental Indenture thereto,
dated as of December 29, 2000, (ii) the Indenture, dated as of June
29, 1998, between Parent and The Bank of New York, as trustee,
together with the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of
June 30, 1998, the Second Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as
of July 21, 1998, the Third Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated
as of October 9, 1998, and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture
thereto, dated as of December 29, 2000, and (iii) the Indenture,
dated as of January 20, 1999, among Parent, the guarantors party
thereto and The Bank of New York, as trustee, together with the
First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of December 29,
2000, each as subsequently amended in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof.
“ Insufficiency
” shall mean, with respect to any Plan, the amount, if any,
of its unfunded benefit liabilities within the meaning of Section
4001(a)(18) of ERISA.
“ Intercompany
Indebtedness ” shall mean any claim of an Affiliate of
Parent against any other Affiliate of Parent, any claim of Parent
against any of its Affiliates, and any claim of any Affiliate of
Parent against Parent.
“ Intercompany
Loans ” shall mean Intercompany Indebtedness for borrowed
money.
“ Interest Payment
Date ” shall mean (i) as to any Eurodollar Loan, the last
day of the applicable Interest Period, provided that with
respect to Interest Periods exceeding three months, interest shall
be payable on the three-month
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anniversary of the first day of the
Interest Period and on the last day of the Interest Period, (ii) as
to any ABR Loan (other than a Swing Line Loan), the last calendar
day of each month and the date on which any ABR Loans are
refinanced with Eurodollar Loans pursuant to Section 2.13 and (iii)
as to any Swing Line Loan, the last calendar day of each
month.
“ Interest
Period ” shall mean, as to any Borrowing of Eurodollar
Loans, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing
(including as a result of a refinancing of ABR Loans) or on the
last day of the preceding Interest Period applicable to such
Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or if
there is no corresponding day, the last day) in the calendar month
that is one, three or six months thereafter, as the Borrowers may
elect in the related notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.06(b)
or 2.13; provided, however , that (i) if any Interest Period
would end on a day which shall not be a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless
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) no Interest Period shall end later
than the Termination Date.
“ Inventory
” shall mean all Raw Materials, Work-in-Process, and Finished
Goods held by the Borrowers in the normal course of
business.
“ Inventory
Reserves ” shall mean the following, each as determined
by the Administrative Agent from time to time:
(a) a reserve for shrink, or
discrepancies that arise pertaining to inventory quantities on hand
between the Borrowers’ perpetual accounting system and
physical counts of the Inventory, but not less than 2% of the
Eligible Inventory; or
(b) a reserve for slow move,
obsolete or excess Inventory; or
(c) a reserve for favorable
standard cost variances; or
(d) a reserve for amounts
owing to landlords or warehousemen for Inventory stored at leased
facilities or public warehouses which are not the subject of an
access agreement acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in the
amount of (i) to the extent the Borrowers are able to determine the
Borrowers’ average monthly rental expense for such facility,
three (3) times the Borrowers’ average monthly rental expense
for such facility or (ii) in all other events, the Inventory Value
of the Inventory stored at such leased facilities or public
warehouses; or
(e) a reserve for Inventory
located at contractors’ or vendors’ facilities in the
amount of the Inventory Value of such Inventory; or
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(f) any other reserve as
deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion, from time to time; or
(g) a reserve for vendor
rebates; or
(h) a reserve for lower of
cost or market.
“ Inventory
Value ” shall mean a dollar amount equal to the lesser of
(i) the actual cost of Inventory determined on a basis consistent
with GAAP and with the Borrowers’ current and historical
accounting practice or (ii) the market value of such
Inventory.
“ Investments
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.10.
“ Investment
Grade ” shall mean either (i) at least Baa3 by
Moody’s (or the then equivalent) or (ii) at least BBB- by
S&P (or the then equivalent).
“ Joint Venture Put
Obligation ” shall mean any obligation of any Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries (i) to purchase any Capital Stock of any
Person that is a joint venture on the Closing Date, which Capital
Stock is not owned by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on
the Closing Date, so long as such obligation is in existence on the
Closing Date and has been disclosed by the Borrowers to the Lenders
prior to the Closing Date and (ii) to purchase any Capital Stock of
any joint venture formed after the Closing Date that is not owned
by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on the date of formation
of such new joint venture, so long as the aggregate amount of
obligations described in this clause (ii) shall not exceed
$25,000,000 at the time of determination thereof (with the amount
of any non-cash obligations to be estimated by the Borrowers in
good faith).
“ Lenders
” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context requires, includes
the Fronting Bank and the Swing Line Lender.
“ Lender
Affiliate ” shall mean, (a) with respect to any Lender,
(i) an Affiliate of such Lender or (ii) any entity (whether a
corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in loans and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business
and is administered or managed by a Lender or an Affiliate of such
Lender and (b) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which
invests in loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund
that invests in loans and similar extensions of credit and is
managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an
Affiliate of such investment advisor.
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“ Letter of
Credit ” shall mean any irrevocable letter of credit
issued pursuant to Section 2.03, which letter of credit shall be
(i) a standby or import documentary letter of credit, (ii)
denominated in Dollars and (iii) otherwise in such form as may be
reasonably approved from time to time by the Administrative Agent
and the applicable Fronting Bank.
“ Letter of Credit
Account ” shall mean the account established by the
Borrowers under the sole and exclusive control of the
Administrative Agent maintained at the office of Citibank at 388
Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013 designated as the
“CUSA FAO Federal-Mogul Corp L/C Cash Collateral
Account” that shall be used solely for the purposes set forth
in Sections 2.03(b) and 2.14.
“ Letter of Credit
Fees ” shall mean the fees payable in respect of Letters
of Credit pursuant to Section 2.22.
“ Letter of Credit
Outstandings ” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (i)
the aggregate undrawn stated amount of all Letters of Credit then
outstanding plus (ii) all amounts theretofore drawn under Letters
of Credit and not then reimbursed.
“ Lien ”
shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance,
lien or charge of any kind whatsoever (including any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature
thereof).
“ Loan ”
and “ Loans ” shall have the respective meanings
set forth in Section 2.01(a) and, unless specified, shall not
include Swing Line Loans.
“ Loan Documents
” shall mean this Agreement, the Letters of Credit, the
Security and Pledge Agreement and any other instrument or agreement
executed and delivered in connection herewith.
“ Maturity Date
” shall mean December 9, 2005.
“ Minority
Interests ” shall mean any shares of stock of any class
of a Subsidiary of the Borrowers (other than directors’
qualifying shares if required by law) that are not owned by
Borrowers or one of their Subsidiaries; Minority Interest shall be
valued in accordance with GAAP.
“ Minority
Lenders ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
10.10(b).
“ Moody’s
” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any
successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“ Multiemployer
Plan ” shall mean a “multiemployer plan” as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate is
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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 ” shall mean a Single Employer Plan, which (i) is
maintained for employees of a Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate and at
least one Person other than such Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates
or (ii) was so maintained and in respect of which a Borrower or an
ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4064 or 4069 of
ERISA in the event such Plan has been or were to be
terminated.
“ Net Orderly
Liquidation Rate ” shall mean, at any time with respect
to any domestic Inventory, the quotient (expressed as a percentage)
of (i) the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of such Inventory
divided by (ii) the gross inventory cost of such Inventory,
determined on the basis of the then most recently conducted
inventory appraisal performed by an independent inventory appraisal
firm satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“ Net Orderly
Liquidation Value ” shall mean, at any time, with respect
to any domestic Inventory, the net liquidation value of such
Inventory as then most recently determined, based on the then most
recently conducted inventory appraisal performed by an independent
inventory appraisal firm satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
“ Net Proceeds
” shall mean, in respect of any sale of assets, the proceeds
of such sale after the payment of or reservation for expenses that
are directly related to the sale, including, but not limited to,
related severance costs, taxes payable, brokerage commissions,
professional expenses, other similar costs that are directly
related to the sale and the amount secured by valid and perfected
Liens, if any, that are senior to the Liens on such assets held by
the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the “Net Cash Proceeds” of an Excluded
Subsidiary shall not include any amounts to the extent such amount
may not be distributed (by way of dividends, intercompany loans or
otherwise) to the Borrowers or Domestic Subsidiaries of the
Borrowers because doing so would (1) violate legal restrictions
binding upon such Excluded Subsidiary, (2) violate contractual
restrictions contained in agreements with third parties (other than
Affiliates of the Borrowers) entered into in good faith and binding
upon such Excluded Subsidiary or (3) result in material adverse tax
consequences to the Borrowers.
“ New Subsidiary
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.10(xv).
“ Non-Core Accounts
Receivable ” shall mean, at the time of any
determination, without duplication, (i) receivables arising from
transactions that are not in the ordinary course of business,
including equipment and equipment parts sales, (ii) Accounts
arising from transactions other than sales to customers
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who are not Affiliates of any of the
Borrowers of automobile, truck, aviation, farm or construction
vehicle parts manufactured by the Borrowers, on usual and customary
terms, in a manner consistent with historical sales practices,
(iii) non-trade receivables and (iv) miscellaneous and sundry
receivables.
“ Non-Debtor Foreign
Subsidiary ” shall mean the Excluded Subsidiaries of the
Borrowers other than the U.K. Subsidiaries, as set forth on
Schedule 3.05.
“ Obligations
” shall mean (a) the due and punctual payment of principal of
and interest on the Loans and Swing Line Loans and the
reimbursement of all amounts drawn under Letters of Credit (whether
such Letters of Credit are issued for the account of the Borrowers
or the Excluded Subsidiaries and including, without limitation, the
Guaranteed Obligations), (b) the due and punctual payment of the
Fees and all other present and future, fixed or contingent,
monetary obligations of the Borrowers to the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and (c) the due and
punctual payment of principal of and interest on and all other
amounts with respect to all Indebtedness described in clause (x) of
Section 6.03(vi); provided that the obligations described in
clause (c) and consisting of obligations in respect of (x) currency
swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other
similar agreements designed to hedge against fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates, (y) interest rate swap, cap or
collar agreements and interest rate future or option contracts and
other similar agreements designed to hedge against fluctuations in
interest rates or (z) swap agreements, future or option contracts
and other similar agreements designed to hedge against fluctuations
in commodities prices with an aggregate notional amount in excess
of $30,000,000 shall not constitute “Obligations”
unless the incurrence thereof has been approved by the Bankruptcy
Court.
“ OE Finished
Goods ” shall mean Finished Goods, manufactured by
Borrowers pursuant to an order by an Account Debtor, for use in
such Account Debtor’s (original equipment) manufacturing
processes, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion.
“ Organizational
Documents ” shall mean (i) with respect to any
corporation, its certificate or articles of incorporation, as
amended, and its by-laws, as amended, (ii) with respect to any
limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership or
formation, as amended, and its partnership agreement, as amended,
(iii) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership
agreement, as amended, (iv) with respect to any limited liability
company, its certificate of formation or articles of organization,
as amended, and its operating agreement, as amended, and (v) with
respect to any unlimited liability company, its certificate of
formation, as amended, and its memorandum and articles of
association, as amended. In the event any term or condition of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document requires any Organizational
Document to be certified by a secretary of state of similar
governmental official, the reference to any such
“Organizational
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Document” shall only be to a
document of a type customarily certified by such governmental
official.
“ Other Taxes
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.19.
“ Parent ”
shall mean have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph
to this Agreement.
“ PBGC ”
shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any
successor agency or entity performing substantially the same
functions.
“ Permitted
Investments ” shall mean:
(a) direct obligations of, or
obligations the principal of and interest on which are
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by
any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each
case maturing within twelve months from the date of acquisition
thereof;
(b) without limiting the
provisions of paragraph (d) below, investments in commercial paper
maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof and
having, at such date of acquisition, a rating of at least
“A-2” or the equivalent thereof from Standard &
Poor’s Rating Group or of at least “P-2” or the
equivalent thereof from Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc.;
(c) investments in
certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time
deposits (including Eurodollar time deposits) maturing within six
months from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by
or placed with (i) any domestic office of the Administrative Agent
or the bank with whom the Borrowers maintain their cash management
system, provided that if such bank is not a Lender
hereunder, such bank shall have entered into an agreement with the
Administrative Agent pursuant to which such bank shall have waived
all rights of setoff and confirmed that such bank does not have,
nor shall it claim, a security interest therein or (ii) any
domestic office of any other commercial bank of recognized standing
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any
State thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided
profits of not less than $250,000,000 and is the principal banking
Subsidiary of a bank holding company having a long-term unsecured
debt rating of at least “A-2” or the equivalent thereof
from Standard & Poor’s Rating Group or at least
“P-2” or the equivalent thereof from Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc.;
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(d) investments in commercial
paper maturing within six months from the date of acquisition
thereof and issued by (i) the holding company of the Administrative
Agent or (ii) the holding company of any other commercial bank of
recognized standing organized under the laws of the United States
of America or any State thereof that has (A) a combined capital and
surplus in excess of $250,000,000 and (B) commercial paper rated at
least “A-2” or the equivalent thereof from Standard
& Poor’s Rating Group or of at least “P-2” or
the equivalent thereof from Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc.;
(e) investments in repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven (7) days for
underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above
entered into with any office of a bank or trust company meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (c) above;
(f) investments in money
market funds substantially all the assets of which are comprised of
securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (e)
above;
(g) solely with respect to
any Foreign Subsidiary, in addition to the investments described in
clauses (a) through (f): (i) any investment of the type described
in clause (a) that is a direct obligation of, or an obligation the
principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed
by any government of any country in which such Foreign Subsidiary
conducts any operations, (ii) any investment of the type described
in clause (b) that has ratings issued by any internationally
recognized rating agency equivalent to those set forth in such
clause, (iii) any investment of the type described in clause (c)
issued or guaranteed by or placed with any commercial bank
organized under the laws of any country in which such Foreign
Subsidiary conducts any operations, (iv) any investment of the type
described in clause (d) issued by the holding company of any
commercial bank organized under the laws of any country in which
such Foreign Subsidiary conducts any operations that has commercial
paper with ratings issued by any internationally recognized rating
agency equivalent to those set forth in such clause, and (iv) any
investment of the type described in clause (f) that satisfies the
requirements of any of the other investments described in this
clause (g);
(h) to the extent owned on
the Closing Date, investments in the capital stock of any direct or
indirect Subsidiary of the Borrowers as disclosed in Schedule 3.05;
and
(i) to the extent owned on
the Closing Date, investments in joint ventures as disclosed in
Schedule 6.10;
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(j) additional investments in
joint ventures or wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrowers, in
each case in existence on the Closing Date, during each fiscal year
listed below in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount
specified opposite such fiscal year;
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(k) a Capital Expenditure in
the form of an equity investment in either a newly formed Domestic
Subsidiary organized as a limited liability company and
wholly-owned by Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc., which would
register to do business in Japan as a U.S. branch, or, directly or
indirectly, in an existing Non-Debtor Foreign Subsidiary organized
in Japan, not to exceed $13,000,000 in the aggregate, in connection
with the establishment of a technical center in Yokohama, Japan;
and
(l) additional investments in
Federal-Mogul Sealing Systems Hungaria Bt., a Hungarian entity, in
an aggregate amount not to exceed $30,000,000.
“ Permitted
Liens ” shall mean (i) Liens in favor of the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders; (ii) Liens imposed
by law (other than Environmental Liens and any Lien imposed under
ERISA) for taxes, assessments or charges of any Governmental
Authority for claims not yet due or which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which
adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are being
maintained in accordance with GAAP; (iii) Liens of landlords and
Liens of statutory carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen
and other Liens (other than Environmental Liens and any Lien
imposed under ERISA) in existence on the Filing Date or thereafter
imposed by law and created in the ordinary course of business; (iv)
Liens (other than any Lien imposed under ERISA) incurred or
deposits made (including, without limitation, surety bonds and
appeal bonds) in connection with workers’ compensation,
unemployment insurance and other types of social security benefits
or to secure the performance of tenders, bids, leases, contracts
(other than for the repayment of Indebtedness), statutory
obligations and other similar obligations incurred in the ordinary
course of business; (v) easements (including, without limitation,
reciprocal easement agreements and utility agreements),
rights-of-way, covenants, consents, reservations, encroachments,
variations and zoning and other restrictions, charges or
encumbrances (whether or not recorded) and interest of ground
lessors, which do not interfere with the ordinary conduct of the
business of any Borrower, and which do not detract from the value
of the property to which they attach or materially impair the use
thereof to any Borrower; (vi) purchase money Liens
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(including Capitalized Leases) upon or
in any property acquired or held in the ordinary course of business
to secure the purchase price of such property or to secure
Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.03(iv) solely for the purpose
of financing the acquisition of such property; (vii) Liens set
forth on Schedule 3.06; (viii) Liens on the assets of Non-Debtor
Foreign Subsidiaries granted to secure (x) Indebtedness of
Non-Debtor Foreign Subsidiaries owed to Persons other than
Affiliates, incurred pursuant to Section 6.03(vii) and in an
aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $15,000,000 at
any date, and (y) Intercompany Loans from the Borrowers permitted
by Section 6.10(iv) and Section 6.10(v); (ix) Liens on the assets
of the U.K. Subsidiaries granted to secure Intercompany Loans from
the Borrowers permitted by Section 6.10(vi); (x) Liens consisting
of deposits with derivatives traders as may be required pursuant to
the terms of the International Swap Dealers Association Master
Agreement(s) executed in the ordinary course of business in
connection with the Borrowers’ foreign exchange, commodities
and interest hedging programs in an aggregate amount not to exceed
at any time $15,000,000; (xi) Liens junior to the senior liens
contemplated hereby that are granted by the Approval Order as
adequate protection to the Primed Parties, provided that the
Approval Order provide that the holders of such junior liens shall
not be permitted to take any action to enforce their rights with
respect to such junior liens as long as any amounts are outstanding
under this Agreement or the Lenders have any Commitment hereunder,
(xii) Liens described in Section 2.24(a)(iii); (xiii) Liens that
secure prepetition obligations or indebtedness (other than
obligations under the Prepetition Agreements) in an aggregate
amount less than or equal to $20,000,000 that are not being primed
as described in the Approval Order; (xiv) Liens on the Collateral
securing the Indebtedness described in Section 6.03(vi); (xv) Liens
securing the Obligations owed to CUSA, Citibank or their respective
Affiliates and not permitted by the foregoing clauses; (xvi) Liens
on assets of any Non-Debtor Foreign Subsidiary securing
Intercompany Loans owed by any Non-Debtor Foreign Subsidiary to any
U.K. Subsidiary; (xvii) Liens on accounts receivable which arise in
connection with any receivables securitization permitted under
Section 6.11(vi); and (xviii) Liens created in connection with
extensions, renewals or replacements, including replacement Liens
granted by the Bankruptcy Court, of any Lien referred to in clauses
(i) through (x) above, provided that the principal amount of
the obligation secured thereby is not increased and that any such
extension, renewal or replacement is limited to the property
originally encumbered thereby.
“ Person ”
shall mean any natural person, corporation, division of a
corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, association,
company, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
“ Plan ”
shall mean a Single Employer Plan or a Multiemployer
Plan.
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“ Prepetition
Agreements ” shall mean the Prepetition Credit Agreement,
the Surety Bonds and each other agreement entered into prior to the
Filing Date relating to obligations or indebtedness of the
Borrowers in an aggregate amount in excess of
$20,000,000.
“ Prepetition Credit
Agreement ” shall mean that certain Fourth Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 29, 2000, as
amended, among Parent, each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower (as defined
therein), the banks and other financial institutions from time to
time parties thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, formerly known as
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as lead arranger, book manager and
administrative agent.
“ Prepetition
Payment ” shall mean a payment (by way of adequate
protection or otherwise) of principal or interest or otherwise on
account of any prepetition Indebtedness or trade payables or other
prepetition claims against the Borrowers, including, without
limitation, reclamation claims, materialmen’s liens and
prepetition claims of Critical Trade Vendors.
“ Primed Liens
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.24(a).
“ Primed Parties
” shall mean the holders of the Primed Liens.
“ Quarterly
Adjustment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.05.
“ Raw Materials
” shall mean any raw materials or Supplies used or consumed
in the manufacture, packing or shipping of goods to be sold by the
Borrowers in the ordinary course of business.
“ Rebate Reserve
” shall mean, at any time of determination, an amount owing
or payable to Account Debtors pursuant to incentive marketing
programs or similar programs, as determined by the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion from time to time.
“ Refunding
Borrowing ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.03(d).
“ Register
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
10.03(d).
“ Reorganization
Plan ” shall mean a plan of reorganization in any of the
Cases.
“ Replacement
Lender ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.30.
“ Required
Lenders ” shall mean, at any time, Lenders holding in
excess of 50% of the Total Commitment.
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“ S&P
” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor to
the rating agency business thereof.
“ Security and
Pledge Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.01(c).
“ Single Employer
Plan ” shall mean a single employer plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (i) is maintained for employees
of a Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate or (ii) was so maintained and
in respect of which a Borrower could have liability under Section
4069 of ERISA in the event such Plan has been or were to be
terminated.
“ Statutory
Reserves ” shall mean on any date the percentage
(expressed as a decimal) established by the Board and any other
banking authority which is the then stated maximum rate for all
reserves (including but not limited to any emergency, supplemental
or other marginal reserve requirements) applicable to any member
bank of the Federal Reserve System in respect of Eurocurrency
Liabilities (or any successor category of liabilities under
Regulation D issued by the Board, as in effect from time to time).
Such reserve percentages shall include, without limitation, those
imposed pursuant to said Regulation. The Statutory Reserves shall
be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any
change in such percentage.
“ Stock Liens
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.24(a).
“ Subsidiary
” shall mean, with respect to any Person (referred to in this
definition as the “parent”), any corporation,
association or other business entity (whether now existing or
hereafter organized) of which at least a majority of the securities
or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors is, at the time as of which any determination
is being made, owned or controlled by the parent or one or more
subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise qualified, all
references to a “Subsidiary” or to
“Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a
Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Parent.
“ Super-majority
Lenders ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
10.10(b).
“ Superpriority
Claim ” shall mean a claim against any Borrower in any of
the Cases which is a superpriority administrative expense claim
having priority over any or all administrative expenses, including
without limitation all administrative expenses of the kind
specified in Sections 105, 326, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), 506(c),
507(a), 507(b), 726, 1113 or 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code, whether
or not such expenses or claims may be secured by any lien, levy or
attachment.
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“ Supplies
” shall mean film, packaging and/or shipping supplies or
materials not otherwise directly used in the production of Finished
Goods.
“ Surety Bonds
” shall mean, collectively, the Contracts of Indemnity, each
dated December 29, 2000, entered into by the Parent and certain of
its Subsidiaries with (i) Travelers Casualty & Surety Company
of America with respect to Performance Bond Number 103529126 and
Performance Bond Number 103529229REL, each in the original maximum
amount of $50,000,000, (ii) SAFECO Insurance Company of America
with respect to Performance Bond Number 6066092 in the original
maximum amount of $75,000,000, and (iii) National Fire Insurance
Company of Hartford and Continental Casualty Company with respect
to Performance Bond Number 929182983 in the original maximum amount
of $75,000,000.
“ Swing Line
Borrowing ” shall mean a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan
pursuant to Section 2.07(b).
“ Swing Line
Lender ” shall mean CUSA in its capacity as provider of
Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender
hereunder.
“ Swing Line
Loan ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.07(a).
“ Taxes ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.19.
“ Termination
Date ” shall mean the earliest to occur of (i) the
Maturity Date, (ii) the Consummation Date and (iii) the
acceleration of the Loans and Swing Line Loans and the termination
of the Total Commitment in accordance with the terms
hereof.
“ Termination
Event ” shall mean (i) a “reportable event”,
as such term is described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations issued thereunder (other than a “reportable
event” not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the
PBGC under Section 4043 of ERISA or such regulations) or an event
described in Section 4068 of ERISA excluding events described in
Section 4043(c)(9) of ERISA or 29 CFR §§ 2615.21 or
2615.23, or (ii) the withdrawal of any Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year in which
it was a “substantial employer”, as such term is
defined in Section 4001(c) of ERISA, or the incurrence of liability
by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate under Section 4064 of ERISA
upon the termination of a Multiple Employer Plan, or (iii)
providing notice of intent to terminate a Plan pursuant to Section
4041(c) of ERISA or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a
termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, or (iv) the institution of
proceedings to terminate a Plan by the PBGC under Section 4042 of
ERISA, or (v) any other event or condition (other than the
commencement of the Cases and the failure to have made any
contribution accrued as of the Filing Date but not paid) which
would reasonably
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be expected to constitute grounds under
Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of
a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the imposition of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than for the payment of
premiums to the PBGC).
“ Third Party
Dividend ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.08.
“ Total
Commitment ” shall mean, at any time, the sum of the
Commitments at such time.
“ Total Usage
” shall mean, at any time, the sum of the then outstanding
aggregate principal amount of the Loans plus the aggregate
Letter of Credit Outstandings at such time plus the then
outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line
Loans.
“ Tranche C
Loans ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Final
Order.
“ Transferee
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.19.
“ Type ”
when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing shall refer to the
Rate of interest by reference to which interest on such Loan or on
the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes
hereof, “ Rate ” shall mean the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate and the Alternate Base Rate.
“ U.K.
Administration ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
definition of “U.K. Subsidiaries”.
“ U.K.
Subsidiaries ” shall mean those Subsidiaries of the
Borrowers which are organized under the laws of any jurisdiction in
the United Kingdom and which are the subject of administration
petitions under the U.K. Insolvency Act of 1986 (collectively, and
including upon the grant of such petitions, the “ U.K.
Administration ”) and are debtors in cases pending under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
“ U.K. Subsidiary
Proceedings ” shall mean the proceedings of the U.K.
Subsidiaries under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code commenced on
the Filing Date.
“ Unused Total
Commitment ” shall mean, at any time, (i) the Total
Commitment less (ii) the sum of (x) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of all Loans and Swing Line Loans and (y) the
aggregate Letter of Credit Outstandings.
“ Withdrawal
Liability ” shall have the meaning set forth under Part I
of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
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“
Work-in-Process ” shall mean goods to be sold by the
Borrowers in the ordinary course of business, which are currently
in the process of being manufactured.
Section 1.02 . Terms
Generally. The definitions in Section 1.01 shall apply equally
to both 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. References to
agreements, instruments or other documents shall, unless otherwise
specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements, instruments or
other documents as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time. All references herein to Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be deemed references to Sections of, and Exhibits
and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise
require. 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,
however , that for purposes of determining compliance with any
covenant set forth in Article 6, such terms shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date of this Agreement
applied on a basis consistent with the application used in the
Borrowers’ audited financial statements referred to in
Section 3.04.
ARTICLE 2
A MOUNT
AND T ERMS OF C
REDIT
Section 2.01 . Commitment
of the Lenders. (a) Each Lender severally and not jointly with
the other Lenders agrees, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions herein set forth, to make revolving credit loans (each a
“ Loan ” and collectively, the “
Loans ”) to the Borrowers at any time and from time to
time during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on
the Termination Date in an aggregate principal amount outstanding
at any time not to exceed, when added to such Lender’s
Commitment Percentage of the then aggregate Letter of Credit
Outstandings and the then outstanding principal amount of all Swing
Line Loans, the Commitment of such Lender, which Loans may be
repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement. At no time shall the Total Usage exceed the Total
Commitment of $500,000,000, as the same may be reduced from time to
time pursuant the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Each Borrowing shall be
made by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective
Commitments; provided, however , that the failure of any
Lender to make any Loan shall not in itself relieve the other
Lenders of their obligations to lend.
Section 2.02 . Borrowing
Base. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to
the contrary, the Total Usage shall not at any time exceed
the
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lesser of (i) the Total Commitment and
(ii) the Borrowing Base, and no Loan or Swing Line Loan shall be
made or Letter of Credit issued in violation of the
foregoing.
Section 2.03 . Letters of
Credit. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein
set forth, the Borrowers may request the Fronting Bank, at any time
and from time to time after the date hereof and prior to the
Termination Date, to issue, and, subject to the terms and
conditions contained herein, the Fronting Bank shall issue, for the
account of the Borrowers one or more Letters of Credit in support
of obligations of the Borrowers or one or more Excluded
Subsidiaries, provided that no Letter of Credit shall be
issued if after giving effect to such issuance (i) the aggregate
Letter of Credit Outstandings would exceed $75,000,000, and (ii)
the Total Usage would exceed the lesser of (x) the Total Commitment
and (y) the Borrowing Base, and, provided further that no
Letter of Credit shall be issued if the Fronting Bank shall have
received notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders that the conditions to such issuance have not been
met.
(b) No Letter of Credit shall
expire later than the earlier of (i) one year from the issuance
thereof, and (ii) five (5) days before the Maturity Date,
provided that if the Termination Date shall occur prior to
the expiration of any Letter of Credit, the Borrowers shall, at or
prior to the Termination Date, except as the Administrative Agent
may otherwise agree in writing, (i) cause all Letters of Credit
which expire after the Termination Date to be returned to the
Fronting Bank undrawn and marked “canceled” or (ii) if
the Borrowers are unable to do so in whole or in part, either (x)
provide a “back-to-back” letter of credit to the
Fronting Bank in a form satisfactory to the Fronting Bank and the
Administrative Agent (in their sole discretion), issued by a bank
satisfactory to the Fronting Bank and the Administrative Agent (in
their sole discretion), in an amount equal to 105% of the then
undrawn stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued
by the Fronting Bank and/or (y) deposit cash in the Letter of
Credit Account in an amount which, together with any amounts then
held in the Letter of Credit Account, is equal to 105% of the then
undrawn stated amount of all Letter of Credit Outstandings as
collateral security for the Borrowers’ reimbursement
obligations in connection therewith, such cash to be remitted to
the Borrowers upon the expiration, cancellation or other
termination or satisfaction of such reimbursement
obligations.
(c) The Borrowers shall pay
to the Fronting Bank, in addition to such other fees and charges as
are specifically provided for in Section 2.22 hereof, such fees and
charges in connection with the issuance and processing of the
Letters of Credit issued by the Fronting Bank as are customarily
imposed by the Fronting Bank from time to time in connection with
letter of credit transactions.
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(d) Drafts drawn under each
Letter of Credit shall be reimbursed by the Borrowers in Dollars
not later than the first Business Day following the date of draw
and shall bear interest from the date of draw until the first
Business Day following the date of draw at a rate per annum equal
to the Alternate Base Rate plus 1.25% and thereafter until
reimbursed in full at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base
Rate plus 3.25% (computed on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed over a year of 360 days). The Borrowers shall effect such
reimbursement (x) if such draw occurs prior to the Termination
Date, in cash or through a Borrowing (a “ Refunding
Borrowing ”) without the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or (y) if such draw occurs on
or after the Termination Date, in cash. Each Lender agrees to make
the Loans pursuant to any Borrowing described in clause (x) of the
immediately preceding sentence notwithstanding a failure to satisfy
the applicable lending conditions thereto or the provisions of
Sections 2.02 or 2.30.
(e) Immediately upon the
issuance of any Letter of Credit by the Fronting Bank, the Fronting
Bank shall be deemed to have sold to each Lender other than the
Fronting Bank and each such other Lender shall be deemed
unconditionally and irrevocably to have purchased from the Fronting
Bank, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and
participation, to the extent of such Lender’s Commitment
Percentage, in such Letter of Credit, each drawing thereunder and
the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement with respect
thereto. Upon any change in the Commitments pursuant to Section
10.03, it is hereby agreed that with respect to all Letter of
Credit Outstandings, there shall be an automatic adjustment to the
participations hereby created to reflect the new Commitment
Percentages of the assigning and assignee Lenders. Any action taken
or omitted by the Fronting Bank under or in connection with a
Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross
negligence or willful misconduct, shall not create for the Fronting
Bank any resulting liability to any other Lender.
(f) In the event that the
Fronting Bank makes any payment under any Letter of Credit and the
Borrowers shall not have reimbursed such amount in full to the
Fronting Bank pursuant to this Section, the Fronting Bank shall
promptly notify the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly
notify each Lender of such failure, and each Lender shall promptly
and unconditionally pay to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Fronting Bank the amount of such Lender’s Commitment
Percentage of such unreimbursed payment in Dollars and in same day
funds. If the Fronting Bank so notifies the Administrative Agent,
and the Administrative Agent so notifies the Lenders prior to 11:00
a.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, each Lender shall
make available to the Fronting Bank such Lender’s Commitment
Percentage of the amount of such payment on such Business Day in
same day funds. If and to the extent such Lender shall not have so
made its Commitment Percentage of the amount of such payment
available to the Fronting Bank, such Lender agrees to pay to the
Fronting Bank,
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forthwith on demand such amount,
together with interest thereon, for each day from such date until
the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Fronting Bank at the Federal Funds Rate. The failure
of any Lender to make available to the Fronting Bank its Commitment
Percentage of any payment under any Letter of Credit shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to make
available to the Fronting Bank its Commitment Percentage of any
payment under any Letter of Credit on the date required, as
specified above, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure
of any other Lender to make available to the Fronting Bank such
other Lender’s Commitment Percentage of any such payment.
Whenever the Fronting Bank receives a payment of a reimbursement
obligation as to which it has received any payments from the
Lenders pursuant to this paragraph, the Fronting Bank shall pay to
each Lender which has paid its Commitment Percentage thereof, in
Dollars and in same day funds, an amount equal to such
Lender’s Commitment Percentage thereof.
(g) Letters of Credit may be
issued for the account of Non-Debtor Foreign Subsidiaries (subject
to availability and the $75,000,000 sub-limit). The face amount of
Letters of Credit issued for the account of Non-Debtor Foreign
Subsidiaries shall constitute a use of the amount of Intercompany
Loans permitted to be made by the Borrowers pursuant to Sections
6.10(iv) and (v).
(h) Letters of Credit may be
issued for the account of the U.K. Subsidiaries (subject to
availability and the $75,000,000 sub-limit). The face amount of
Letters of Credit issued for the account of U.K. Subsidiaries shall
constitute a use of the amount of Intercompany Loans permitted to
be made by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 6.10(vi).
Section 2.04 .
Issuance. Whenever the Borrowers desire the Fronting Bank to
issue a Letter of Credit, they shall give to the Fronting Bank and
the Administrative Agent at least two (2) Business Days’
prior written (including telegraphic, telex, facsimile or cable
communication) notice (or such shorter period as may be agreed upon
by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers and the Fronting Bank)
specifying the date on which the proposed Letter of Credit is to be
issued (which shall be a Business Day), the stated amount of the
Letter of Credit so requested, the expiration date of such Letter
of Credit and the name and address of the beneficiary
thereof.
Section 2.05 . Nature of
Letter of Credit Obligations Absolute. The obligations of the
Borrowers to reimburse the Lenders for drawings made under any
Letter of Credit shall be joint and several, unconditional and
irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement under all circumstances, including, without
limitation: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any
Letter of Credit; (ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense
or other right which any Borrower may have at any time against
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beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or
against any of the Lenders, whether in connection with this
Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated
transaction; (iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document
presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (iv) payment by
the Fronting Bank of any Letter of Credit against presentation of a
demand, draft or certificate or other document which does not
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; (v) any other
circumstance or happening whatsoever, which is similar to any of
the foregoing; or (vi) the fact that any Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing. Nothing in this Section 2.05 shall
be construed to limit any claim any Borrower may have against the
Fronting Bank for any direct damages suffered by such Borrower that
are caused directly by the Fronting Bank’s gross negligence
or willful misconduct in honoring a presentation of a draft that
does not at least substantially comply with the terms of the Letter
of Credit under which such draft is drawn.
Section 2.06 . Making of
Loans. (a) Except as contemplated by Section 2.12, Loans shall
be either ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrowers may
request subject to and in accordance with this Section,
provided that all Loans made pursuant to the same Borrowing
shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, be Loans of
the same Type. Each Lender may fulfill its Commitment with respect
to any Eurodollar Loan or ABR Loan by causing any lending office of
such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any such use of
a lending office shall not affect the obligation of the Borrowers
to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Each Lender shall, subject to its overall policy considerations,
use reasonable efforts (but shall not be obligated) to select a
lending office which will not result in the payment of increased
costs by the Borrowers pursuant to Sections 2.16 or 2.19. No more
than twelve (12) Borrowings of Eurodollar Loans may be outstanding
at any time.
(b) The Borrowers shall give
the Administrative Agent prior written, telex, facsimile or
telephonic (confirmed promptly in writing) notice of each Borrowing
hereunder (other than a Refunding Borrowing) of at least three (3)
Business Days for Eurodollar Loans and one (1) Business Day for ABR
Loans; such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the
amount of the proposed Borrowing (which shall not be less than
$5,000,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof) and the date thereof (which shall be a Business Day) and
shall contain disbursement instructions. Such notice, to be
effective, must be received by the Administrative Agent not later
than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the third Business Day in
the case of Eurodollar Loans and the first Business Day in the case
of ABR Loans, preceding the date on which such Borrowing is to be
made. Such notice shall specify whether the Borrowing then being
requested is to be a Borrowing of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans. If
no election is made as to the Type of Loan, such notice shall be
deemed a request for Borrowing of ABR Loans. The Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each
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Lender of its proportionate share of
such Borrowing, the date of such Borrowing, the Type of Borrowing
or Loans being requested and the Interest Period or Interest
Periods applicable thereto, as appropriate. On the Borrowing date
specified in such notice, each Lender shall make its share of the
Borrowing available at the office of the Administrative Agent at 2
Penn’s Way, New Castle, Delaware 19720, no later than 12:00
noon, New York City time, in immediately available funds. Upon
receipt of the funds made available by the Lenders to fund any
Borrowing hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall disburse such
funds in the manner specified in the notice of Borrowing delivered
by the Borrowers.
Section 2.07 . Swing Line
Loans. (a) The Swing Line . Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein (including without limitation Section
2.02), the Swing Line Lender agrees to make loans (each such loan,
a “ Swing Line Loan ”) to the Borrowers from
time to time on any Business Day (other than the Closing Date)
until the Maturity Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any
time outstanding $50,000,000, notwithstanding the fact that such
Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Commitment Percentage of
the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender of the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans and Letter of Credit Outstandings, may exceed
the amount of such Lender’s Commitment; provided that
after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan and the risk
participations purchased by the Lenders as set forth in the last
sentence of this paragraph, the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s
Commitment Percentage of the Letter of Credit Outstandings, plus
such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the outstanding
principal amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such
Lender’s Commitment. Within the foregoing limits, and subject
to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow,
prepay and reborrow under this Section 2.07. Each Swing Line Loan
shall be an ABR Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line
Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a
risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to
the product of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage times the
amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing
Procedures . The Borrowers shall give the Swing Line Lender and
the Administrative Agent prior written, telex, facsimile or
telephonic (confirmed promptly in writing) notice of each Swing
Line Borrowing hereunder not later than 12:00 noon, New York City
time, on the requested borrowing date; such notice shall be
irrevocable and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which
shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing
date, which shall be a Business Day. Promptly after receipt by the
Swing Line Lender of any telephonic notice of Swing Line Borrowing,
the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent
(by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also
received such notice of Swing Line Borrowing and, if not, the Swing
Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or
in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line
Lender
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has received notice (by telephone or in
writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of
any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of
the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line
Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the
limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of
Section 2.07(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable
conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, then,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender
will, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
borrowing date specified in the notice of Swing Line Borrowing,
make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the
Borrowers.
(c) Repayment,
Interest. The Borrowers shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the
Maturity Date; provided that on each day that a Borrowing is
made, the Borrowers shall repay Swing Line Loans then outstanding
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of such
Borrowing (or, if less, all Swing Line Loans then outstanding).
Each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest as set forth in Section
2.09.
(d) Prepayment. The
Borrowers may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time,
voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without
premium or penalty; provided that (1) such notice must be
received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not
later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of the
prepayment, and (2) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum
principal amount of $100,000. Each such notice shall specify the
date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the
Borrowers, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment
amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the
date specified therein.
(e) Refinancing of Swing
Line Loans . (i) At any time the Borrower may request, or the
Swing Line Lender in its sole and absolute discretion may request,
on behalf of the Borrowers (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the
Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Lender
make an ABR Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s
Commitment Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then
outstanding; provided that if the aggregate principal amount
of Swing Line Loans outstanding on the last Business Day of any
week exceeds $15,000,000, then the Swing Line Lender shall make
such request on such last Business Day of such week. Such request
shall be made in writing and in accordance with the requirements of
Section 2.06(b), without regard to the minimum and multiples
specified therein for the principal amount of ABR Loans, but
subject to the Section 2.02 and the conditions set forth in Section
4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrowers with a copy
of the applicable written request described in the preceding
sentence promptly after delivering such request to the
Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an amount equal to its
Commitment Percentage of the amount specified in such request
available to
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the Administrative Agent in immediately
available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the
office of the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the day specified in such request, whereupon,
subject to Section 2.07(e)(ii), each Lender that so makes funds
available shall be deemed to have made an ABR Loan to the Borrowers
in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so
received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any
Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Borrowing in
accordance with Section 2.07(e)(i), the request for ABR Loans
submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be
deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the
Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan
and each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.07(e)(i)
shall be deemed payment in respect of such
participation.
(iii) If any Lender fails to
make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender
pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.07(c) by the
time specified in Section 2.07(e)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall
be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the
Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon
for the period from the date such payment is required to the date
on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line
Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds
Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the Swing Line
Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent)
with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Lender’s
obligation to make Loans or to purchase and fund risk
participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)
shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by
any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have
against the Swing Line Lender, any Borrower or any other Person for
any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence of any event or
circumstance which with the passage of time or giving of notice or
both would constitute an Event of Default, or (C) any other
occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing; provided that each Lender’s obligation
to make Loans pursuant to this Section 2.07(c) is subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the
Borrowers of a notice of Borrowing). No such funding of risk
participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of
the Borrowers to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as
provided herein.
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(f) Repayment of
Participations . At any time after any Lender has purchased and
funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line
Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the
Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Commitment
Percentage of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of
interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such
Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as
those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(g) Interest for Account
of Swing Line Lender . The Swing Line Lender shall be
responsible for invoicing the Borrowers for interest on the Swing
Line Loans. Until each Lender funds its ABR Loan or risk
participation pursuant to this Section 2.07 to refinance such
Lender’s Commitment Percentage of any Swing Line Loan,
interest in respect of such Commitment Percentage shall be solely
for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(h) Payments Directly to
Swing Line Lender . The Borrowers shall make all payments of
principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly
to the Swing Line Lender.
Section 2.08 . Repayment
of Loans and Unreimbursed Draws; Evidence of Debt. (a) The
Borrowers hereby jointly and severally unconditionally promise to
pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the
then unpaid principal amount of each Loan and each unreimbursed
draw under all Letters of Credit as set forth herein.
(b) Each Lender shall
maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrowers to such
Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender or
participation in each Letter of Credit or Swing Line Loan in which
such Lender is participating, including the amounts of principal
and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent
shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of
each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period
applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest
due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers to
each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by
the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders
and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the
accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this
Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts
of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the
failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such
accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the
obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans or drafts drawn
under any Letter of Credit in accordance with the terms of
this
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Agreement. To the extent there is any
conflict between the accounts maintained by any Lender and the
Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this
Section with respect to the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the
account maintained by such Lender shall control absent manifest
error.
(e) Any Lender may request
that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such
event, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender a
promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if
requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered
assigns) in a form furnished by the Administrative Agent and
reasonably acceptable to the Borrowers. Thereafter, the Loans
evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all
times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.03) be
represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to
the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note
is a registered note, to such payee and its registered
assigns).
Section 2.09 . Interest on
Loans. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.10, each ABR
Loan and each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest (computed, for
ABR Loans wherein the Alternate Base Rate is determined by
reference to the Federal Funds Rate, on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days, and otherwise
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a
year of 365 days) at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base
Rate plus 1.25%.
(b) Subject to the provisions
of Section 2.10, each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest (computed
on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of
360 days) at a rate per annum equal, during each Interest Period
applicable thereto, to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for such Interest
Period in effect for such Borrowing plus 2.25%.
(c) Accrued interest on all
Loans and Swing Line Loans shall be payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date applicable thereto, at maturity (whether by
acceleration or otherwise), after such maturity on demand and upon
any repayment or prepayment thereof (on the amount repaid or
prepaid).
Section 2.10 . Default
Interest. If any Borrower shall default in the payment of the
principal of or interest on any Loan or Swing Line Loan or in the
payment of any other amount becoming due hereunder (other than the
reimbursement pursuant to Section 2.03(d) of any draft drawn under
a Letter of Credit, which shall be governed by the provisions of
such Section), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, such Borrower shall on demand from time to time pay
interest, to the extent permitted by law, on such defaulted amount
up to (but not including) the date of actual payment (after as well
as before judgment) at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of
the actual number
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of days elapsed over a year of 360 days)
equal to 2% above the then applicable rate.
Section 2.11 . Optional
Termination or Reduction of Commitment. Upon at least two (2)
Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative
Agent, the Borrowers may at any time in whole permanently
terminate, or from time to time in part permanently reduce, the
Unused Total Commitment. Each such reduction or termination, as
applicable, of the Unused Total Commitment shall be in the
principal amount of $5,000,000 or any integral multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof. Any reduction or termination, as
applicable, pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be deemed to be a
reduction or termination, as applicable, in the amount of such
reduction or termination of the Total Commitment and shall be
applied pro rata to reduce the applicable Commitment of each
Lender. Simultaneously with each reduction or termination, as
applicable, of the Unused Total Commitment, the Borrowers shall pay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the
Commitment Fee accrued on the amount of the Commitment of such
Lender so terminated or reduced through the date
thereof.
Section 2.12 . Alternate
Rate of Interest. In the event, and on each occasion, that on
the day two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of any
Interest Period for a Eurodollar Loan, the Administrative Agent
shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and
binding upon the Borrowers absent manifest error) that reasonable
means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable Adjusted LIBOR
Rate, the Administrative Agent shall, as soon as practicable
thereafter, give written or telegraphic notice of such
determination to the Borrowers and the Lenders, and any request by
the Borrowers for a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans (including
pursuant to a refinancing with Eurodollar Loans) pursuant to
Section 2.06 or 2.13 shall be deemed a request for a Borrowing of
ABR Loans. After such notice shall have been given and until the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, each
request for a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to be a
request for a Borrowing of ABR Loans.
Section 2.13 . Refinancing
of Loans. The Borrowers shall have the right, at any time, on
three (3) Business Days’ prior irrevocable written notice to
the Administrative Agent (which notice, to be effective, must be
received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the date of any
refinancing), (x) to refinance (without the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 4.02 as a condition to such
refinancing) any outstanding Borrowing or Borrowings of Loans of
one Type (or a portion thereof) with a Borrowing of Loans of the
other Type or (y) to continue an outstanding Borrowing of
Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period, subject to the
following:
(a) as a condition to the
refinancing of ABR Loans with Eurodollar Loans and to the
continuation of Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period,
no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the
time of such refinancing;
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(b) if less than a full
Borrowing of Loans shall be refinanced, such refinancing shall be
made pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with the respective
principal amounts of the Loans comprising such Borrowing held by
the Lenders immediately prior to such refinancing;
(c) the aggregate principal
amount of Loans being refinanced shall be at least $5,000,000 or
any integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof,
provided that no partial refinancing of a Borrowing of
Eurodollar Loans shall result in the Eurodollar Loans remaining
outstanding pursuant to such Borrowing being less than $5,000,000
in aggregate principal amount;
(d) each Lender shall effect
each refinancing by applying the proceeds of its new Eurodollar
Loan or ABR Loan, as the case may be, to its Loan being
refinanced;
(e) the Interest Period with
respect to a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans effected by a
refinancing or in respect to the Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans
being continued as Eurodollar Loans shall commence on the date of
refinancing or the expiration of the current Interest Period
applicable to such continuing Borrowing, as the case may
be;
(f) a Borrowing of Eurodollar
Loans may be refinanced only on the last day of an Interest Period
applicable thereto; and
(g) each request for a
refinancing with a Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans which fails to
state an applicable Interest Period shall be deemed to be a request
for an Interest Period of one month.
In the event that the Borrowers shall
not give notice to refinance any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans, or
to continue such Borrowing as Eurodollar Loans, or shall not be
entitled to refinance or continue such Borrowing as Eurodollar
Loans, in each case as provided above, such Borrowing shall
automatically be refinanced with a Borrowing of ABR Loans at the
expiration of the then-current Interest Period. The Administrative
Agent shall, after it receives notice from the Borrowers, promptly
give each Lender notice of any refinancing, in whole or part, of
any Loan made by such Lender.
Section 2.14 . Mandatory
Prepayments and Commitment Reductions; Commitment Termination.
(a) If at any time the aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Loans and Swing Line Loans plus the aggregate Letter of
Credit
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Outstandings exceeds the lesser of (x)
the Total Commitment or (y) the Borrowing Base, the Borrowers will
within one (1) Business Day (i) prepay the Loans and Swing Line
Loans (by prepaying Swing Line Loans first, until all outstanding
Swing Line Loans are prepaid, and then prepaying Loans) in an
amount necessary to cause the aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Loans and Swing Line Loans plus the aggregate Letter of
Credit Outstandings, including unreimbursed draws, to be equal to
or less than the lesser of (x) the Total Commitment and (y) the
Borrowing Base, and (ii) if, after giving effect to the prepayment
in full of the Loans and Swing Line Loans, the aggregate Letter of
Credit Outstandings in excess of the amount of cash held in the
Letter of Credit Account exceeds the lesser of (x) the Total
Commitment or (y) the Borrowing Base, deposit into the Letter of
Credit Account an amount equal to 105% of the amount by which the
aggregate Letter of Credit Outstandings in excess of the amount of
cash held in the Letter of Credit Account so exceeds the lesser of
(x) the Total Commitment or (y) the Borrowing Base. Any such amount
deposited in the Letter of Credit Account pursuant to this Section
2.14(a) shall, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, be made available or refunded to the Borrowers by the
Administrative Agent to the extent at any time the lesser
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