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REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

Revolving Credit Agreement

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Title: REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT
Date: 5/23/2005
Industry: Communications Services     Law Firm: Equant Inc.     Sector: Services

REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT, Parties: equant nv , france télécom s.a.
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REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

This Agreement is effective as of February 9, 2005 between:

France Télécom S.A., a French société anonyme established and acting according to the law of France with its seat at 6, place d’Alleray 75505 Paris Cedex 15, registered in the Commercial Register maintained by the Paris commercial Registry under no. B 380 129 866, hereinafter referred to as the “ Lender

and:

Equant N.V., a Dutch Naamloze Vennootschap established and acting according to the law of the Netherlands, with its seat at Heathrowstraat 10 1043, CH Amsterdam, The Netherlands registered with the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce number 33267383, hereinafter referred to as the “ Borrower

(together the “ Parties ”)

WHEREAS

The Borrower, a subsidiary of the Lender, listed on the New-York and Paris Stock Exchanges, is acting in the frame of the France Telecom Group Treasury practices and needs a financing in cash for the 12 months period as from the signing date hereof to cover its finding needs and potential cash risks as presented to the Meeting of the Borrower’s Audit Committee on January 21, 2005.

The Parties, in the course of their business relationship, wish to conclude a Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, upon and subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

DEFINITIONS

In this Agreement, except to the extent that the context requires otherwise:

Availability Period for Drawdowns ” means the period beginning upon fulfilment of the Conditions Precedents, and including, the Drawdown Date and ending on June 30, 2008. This Availability Period for Drawdowns could be subject to amendment between the Parties.

Borrowed Moneys Indebtedness ” means for the Borrower any indebtedness in respect of: (i) moneys borrowed; (ii) any indebtedness (actual or contingent) under any direct or indirect guarantee, security or other commitment designed to ensure any creditor against loss in respect of any Borrowed Moneys Indebtedness or obligations of any third party; and (iii) any indebtedness evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or other similar instruments or under any acceptance credit opened on behalf of the Borrower.

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Business Day ” means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks and foreign exchange markets are open for general business in Paris, Amsterdam, London and/or New York”

Conditions Precedents ” means the conditions precedent to the availability of the Facility as stated in Article 2.

Credit Facility Commencement Date ” means the date on which this Revolving Credit Facility is signed.

Credit Facility Maximum Amount ” means USD 250,000,000.00 (or its equivalent in any other Currency), subject to partial cancellation as stated in Article 1, or the amount outstanding at the time Borrower terminates the Facility, if the Facility is terminated before the Credit Facility Termination Date.

Credit Facility Termination Date ” means June 30, 2008, or any earlier date at the option of the Borrower subject to a two (2) weeks prior written notice, and is the date on which the Credit Facility must be reimbursed in full by the Borrower.

Currency ” means any currency included under Optional Currency

Dollar ” or “ U.S.$ ” or “ USD ” means the lawful currency for the time being of the United States of America.

Drawdown ” means an advance under the Facility made by the Lender to the Borrower for an amount equivalent to the Drawdown Amount in any of the Optional Currencies, as quoted on the Notice of Drawdown, before the end of the Availability Period for Drawdowns.

Drawdown Amount ” means, for any Drawdown, the nominal amount in the Currency made available to the Borrower upon its request by the Lender according to the Notice of Drawdown, being precised that the aggregate total Drawdown Amounts shall not exceed the Credit Facility Maximum Amount.

Drawdown Date ” means, for any Drawdown, the day (value date) on which the Lender makes the Drawdown Amount available to the Borrower, in accordance with the Notice of Drawdown.

EURIBOR ” means the rate per annum which appears on Telerate Page 248 (or any replacement of that page) or at about 11.00 am for the offering of deposits in Euros on two Business Days preceding any new Interest Period for a period comparable to this Interest Period.

Euro ” or “ ” or “ EUR ” means the single currency of member states of the European Union participating in Economic and Monetary Union as contemplated by the Treaty of Rome of 25 th March, 1957 establishing the European Community, as amended by the Maastricht Treaty on European Union (signed on 7 th February, 1992), as amended from time to time.

Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to it in Article 11 of this Agreement.

IBOR ” means in relation to any Advance (other than an Advance in Euro) the British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for the relevant currency and period, displayed on the appropriate page of the Telerate screen as of 11 a.m. London time, on the first day of that period if the currency is GBP or two (2) Business Days (which for these purposes only shall mean a Business Day in London) before the first day of that period for any other currency.

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Interest Period ” means the period beginning on, and including, the Drawdown Date and ending on (but excluding) the first Payment Date and each successive period beginning on (and including) a Payment date and ending on (but excluding) the succeeding Payment Date.

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse change in the business, assets, financial condition of the Borrower or in a manner which might threaten to enjoin or restrain its execution or performance of this Agreement

Notice of Drawdown ” means, every written drawing request in substantially the same form as provided in Schedule B), sent either by e-mail, facsimile or courier, and received by the Lender at least four (4) Business Days prior to the Drawdown Date, by any duly authorised representative of the Borrower, referring to this Agreement and its terms & conditions, i.e. at least the Drawdown Amount requested (provided that the total aggregate Drawdown Amounts shall not exceed the Credit Facility Maximum Amount), the currency requested (i.e. the Currency) and the bank accounts details (if different from the bank accounts details quoted in Schedule A).

Optional Currency ” means:

 

a)  

Euro (EUR)

 

 

b)  

US Dollars (USD)

 

 

 

 

c)  

Japanese Yen (JPY)

 

 

 

 

d)  

Sterling (GBP)

 

 

 

 

e)  

Any other currency (other than U.S. Dollars) which is freely transferable or freely convertible into U.S. Dollars and dealt on the London Interbank Market.

 

 

Payment Date ” means, in respect of any Drawdown and Interest Period, the 30th of June and 31st of December of each year and means, in the case of the first Payment Date, 30th of June 2005 and in the case of the last Payment Date, the Credit Facility Termination Date. If any Payment Date would fall on a day which is not a Business Day, that date will be the first succeeding day that is a Business Day unless that day falls in the next calendar month, in which that date will be the first preceding day that is a Business Day.

Rate per annum ” means 3 months IBOR (or EURIBOR in the case of drawdowns in EUR) plus a 220 basis point per annum margin.

Tax Treaty ” means the “convention” (treaty) between France and another state in order to avoid double taxation.

THE FACILITY

The Lender grants to the Borrower, upon and subject to the terms hereof, a Facility (the “ Facility ”) amounting to the Credit Facility Maximum Amount, subject to Drawdowns, as specified in the above Definitions, within the limits defined as the Credit Facility Maximum Amount ; the difference between the Credit Facility Maximum Amount and all the Drawdown Amounts being the “ Available Amount ”.

Article 1 — Facility amount

The Lender agrees to grant the Borrower loans up to an aggregate amount of USD 250,000,000.00 (two hundred and fifty millions dollars) or the equivalent amount in any other Optional Currency.

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The Borrower may, by giving not less than seven Business Days’ Prior notice to the Lender, cancel the Credit Facility Maximum Amount in whole or in part, in a minimum amount of USD10,000,000.00 and integral multiples thereof. Any cancellation will be irrevocable and may not be re-borrowed.

Article 2 — Purpose and use of the Facility

The Borrower shall use the Facility and any Drawdown Amounts for general corporate purposes.

Every Drawdown during the Availability Period for Drawdowns or any capitalisation of accrued interest payable pursuant to Article 4 hereunder will be subject to the following conditions (the “ Conditions Precedent ”):

•  

The Borrower is not defaulted in the due performance and observance of any other material provision contained in this Agreement and the Borrower has not failed to cure within any applicable grace period;

 

•  

No Event of Default is outstanding or might result from the making of the Drawdown;

 

 

 

 

•  

The aggregate Drawdown Amounts do not exceed the Credit Facility Maximum Amount;

 

 

 

 

•  

The Borrower has provided to the Lender in due time a Notice of Drawdown.

 

 

 

Article 3 — Fees

The Borrower will pay the Lender an up-front fee of 0.20% of the Credit Facility Maximum Amount, payable within thirty (30) Business Days following the Credit Facility Commencement Date.

In addition, the Borrower shall pay the Lender a commitment fee of 0.75% per annum on the undrawn and uncancelled amount of the Facility at each anniversary date hereof during the period from the Credit Facility Commencement Date up to and including the Credit Facility Termination Date.

For the avoidance of doubt, any such commitment fee payable shall, on its payment date, be incorporated as a Drawdown into the Facility, the amount of which will be increased accordingly, provided it shall not, at any time, exceed the Credit Facility Maximum Amount.

Article 4 — Interest

(a)  

Each Drawdown shall bear interest from the Drawdown Date to the date of its repayment or prepayment in full in accordance with Articles 4 and 5.

 

   

The rate of interest applicable to each Interest Period of the Facility shall be the Rate per annum.

 

 

 

 

(b)  

All interest payable under this Article shall accrue from day to day and be computed on the basis of actual days elapsed during the Interest Period and a year of 360 days (or in the case of a Drawdown denominated in GBP, 365 days) (the “Accrued Interest”). Accrued Interest in relation to each Interest Period of the Facility shall be paid in arrears on the Payment Date of each interest Period but it is agreed they will be deemed paid by compensation, through incorporation as a Drawdown into the Facility, the amount of which will be increased consequently, and bear interest as provided in

 

 

 

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clause (a) above provided that the amount of the Facility outstanding shall not exceed the Credit Facility Maximum Amount. All other terms and conditions, including the Termination Date, as set forth in the present Agreement, shall apply to such Accrued Interest.

 

(c)  

Except as provided in (b) here above, if the Borrower fails to pay any amount payable by it hereunder when due, the Borrower shall forthwith pay interest (“ Default Interest ”) on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment at a rate per annum which is the aggregate of two per cent and the rate which would have been applied if the unpaid amount were to constitute part of the Facility hereunder for successive Interest Periods until payment; the claim and the payment of Default Interests may not be considered as a renunciation by the Lender to its right to an early repayment nor to the granting of a grace period.

 

 

 

 

   

Default Interest owed by the Borrower shall automatically accrue as of right and without need of notification ( mise en demeure ) to the Borrower and will be compounded annually in accordance with Article 1154 of the French Civil Code (Code Civil).

 

 

 

 

(d)  

In order to comply with the law and notably with the provisions of Articles L. 313-1 and L. 313-2 of the French Consumers Code ( Code de la consommation ) regarding the Effective Global Rate of the Facility, the Parties to this Agreement expressly acknowledge for information purposes only that there does not exist any additional cost which could increase the Rate per annum applicable to the Facility, and thus the Effective Global Rate due on a nominal amount of USD 250,000,000 bearing interest at the Rate per annum based on a year of 360 days would be 2.38 per cent. Such rate cannot exceed the maximum legal rate of interest ( taux d’usure ) 2.39413 per cent defined at Article L. 313-3 of the French Consumers Code ( Code de la consommation ).

 

 

 

Article 5 — Payment

(a)  

The Lender shall make available to the Borrower the Credit Facility Maximum Amount on the Credit Facility Commencement Date. The Lender will make each Drawdown Amount available to the Borrower on the Drawdown Date.

 

(b)  

All payments hereunder shall be made in the Currency by transfer, after having received, as the case may be, the corresponding Notice of Drawdown four (4) Business Days prior to the date of such payments. Any payment shall be made, if to the Borrower, to the Borrower’s a


 
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