Exhibit 10.69
Acadia Strategic
Opportunity Fund III LLC,
a Delaware limited
liability company
As Borrower
Acadia Realty Acquisition
III LLC,
a Delaware limited
liability company
As Managing
Member
Acadia Realty Limited
Partnership,
a Delaware limited
partnership
As Guarantor
Acadia Investors III,
Inc.,
a Maryland
corporation
As Pledgor
Revolving Credit
Agreement
Bank of America,
N.A.
As Administrative Agent
Banc of America
Securities LLC
As Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager
YC Susi
Trust,
As Conduit Lender
Bank of America,
N.A.
As an Administrator, Alternate Lender and Managing Agent
and
The Other Conduit Lenders, Administrators,
Alternate Lenders and Managing Agents
From Time to Time Party Hereto
October 10,
2007
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DEFINITIONS |
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Defined Terms |
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1.2. |
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Other Definitional Provisions |
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1.3. |
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Letter of Credit Amounts |
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LOANS AND LETTERS OF
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2.1. |
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The Commitment |
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2.2. |
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Revolving Credit Commitment |
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Borrowing Procedures |
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Determination of Yield and Interest
Periods |
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2.5. |
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Letters of Credit |
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Payment of Borrower Guaranty |
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Use of Proceeds and Letters of
Credit |
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Administrative Agent and Arranger
Fees |
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Unused Facility Fee |
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2.10. |
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Letter of Credit Fees |
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Computation of Interest and Fees |
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Increase in the Facility Amount |
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PAYMENT OF
OBLIGATIONS |
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Notes |
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3.2. |
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Payment of Obligations |
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3.3. |
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Payment of Interest |
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Payments Generally |
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Voluntary Prepayments |
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3.6. |
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Reduction or Early Termination of
Commitments |
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3.7. |
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Lending Office |
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CHANGE IN
CIRCUMSTANCES |
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4.1. |
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Taxes |
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4.2. |
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Illegality |
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4.3. |
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Inability to Determine Rates |
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4.4. |
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Increased Cost and Capital
Adequacy |
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4.5. |
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Funding Losses |
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Matters Applicable to all Requests
for Compensation |
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Prohibited Event |
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SECURITY |
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5.1. |
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Liens and Security Interest |
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5.2. |
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Collateral Account; Capital
Calls |
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5.3. |
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Agreement to Deliver Additional
Collateral Documents |
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5.4. |
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Subordination of All Credit Party
Claims |
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[RESERVED] |
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ADDITIONAL ALTERNATE
LENDER PROVISIONS |
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Assignment to Alternate Lenders |
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Downgrade of Alternate Lender |
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
LENDING |
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8.1. |
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Obligation of Lenders |
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8.2. |
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Qualified Borrower Loans and Letters
of Credit |
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8.3. |
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All Loans and Letters of Credit |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES |
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9.1. |
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Organization and Good Standing of
Borrower |
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9.2. |
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Organization and Good Standing of
Managing Member |
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Organization and Good Standing of
Guarantor |
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9.4. |
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Organization and Good Standing of
Pledgor |
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9.5. |
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Authorization and Power |
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No Conflicts or Consents |
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9.7. |
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Enforceable Obligations |
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9.8. |
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Priority of Liens |
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9.9. |
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Financial Condition |
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9.10. |
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Full Disclosure |
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9.11. |
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No Default |
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9.12. |
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No Litigation |
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9.13. |
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Material Adverse Change |
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9.14. |
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Taxes |
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Jurisdiction of Formation; Principal
Office |
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9.16. |
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ERISA Compliance |
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Compliance with Law |
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Hazardous Substances |
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Insider |
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Properties |
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Operating Structure |
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Capital Commitments and
Contributions |
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Fiscal Year |
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Investment Company Act |
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Margin Stock |
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Foreign Asset Control Laws |
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9.27. |
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Brokers’ Fees |
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Solvency |
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Managing Member Representation |
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Guarantor Representation |
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Pledgor Representation |
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Investments |
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9.33. |
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Investor Documents |
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9.34. |
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Advisory Committee |
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS |
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10.1. |
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Financial Statements, Reports and
Notices |
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10.2. |
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Payment of Taxes |
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10.3. |
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Maintenance of Existence and
Rights |
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10.4. |
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Notice of Default |
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10.5. |
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Other Notices |
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Compliance with Loan Documents,
Operating Agreement, Partnership Agreement and Stockholders
Agreement |
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10.7. |
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Books and Records; Access |
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10.8. |
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Compliance with Law |
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10.9. |
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Insurance |
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Authorizations and Approvals |
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10.11. |
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Maintenance of Liens |
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Further Assurances |
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10.13. |
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Investor Financial and Rating
Information |
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10.14. |
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Certain Included Investor
Requirements |
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10.15. |
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Covenants of Qualified Borrowers |
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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Mergers |
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Negative Pledge |
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Fiscal Year and Accounting
Method |
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Constituent Documents |
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Transfer by, or Admission of,
Investors |
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Capital Commitments |
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ERISA Compliance |
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11.8. |
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Environmental Matters |
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11.9. |
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Dissolution |
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11.10. |
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Limitations on Dividends and
Distributions |
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11.11. |
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Limitation on Debt |
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Limitation on Managing Member’s
Activities |
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Limitation on Pledgor’s
Activities |
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11.14. |
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Limitation on Guarantor’s
Activities |
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Investor Withdrawal |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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12.1. |
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Events of Default |
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Remedies Upon Event of Default |
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12.3. |
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Performance by Administrative
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AGENCY PROVISIONS |
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13.1. |
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Appointment and Authorization of
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Delegation of Duties |
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Exculpatory Provisions |
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Reliance on Communications |
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13.5. |
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Notice of Default |
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Non-Reliance on Agents and Other
Lenders |
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Indemnification |
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Agents in Their Individual
Capacity |
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13.9. |
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Successor Agent |
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13.10. |
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No Other Duties, Etc |
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13.11. |
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Administrative Agent May File Proofs
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Amendments |
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14.2. |
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Setoff |
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14.3. |
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Sharing of Payments |
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14.4. |
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Payments Set Aside |
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14.5. |
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Waiver |
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14.6. |
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Payment of Expenses |
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14.7. |
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Notice |
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14.8. |
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GOVERNING LAW |
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14.9. |
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Choice of Forum; Consent to Service
of Process and Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury |
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14.10. |
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Invalid Provisions |
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14.11. |
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Entirety and Amendments |
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14.12. |
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Successors and Assigns |
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14.13. |
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Lender Default |
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14.14. |
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Replacement of Lender |
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14.15. |
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Maximum Interest |
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14.16. |
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Headings |
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14.17. |
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Survival |
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14.18. |
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Integration |
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14.19. |
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Limited Liability of Investors |
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14.20. |
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Confidentiality |
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14.21. |
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USA PATRIOT Act Notice |
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14.22. |
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Multiple Counterparts |
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14.23. |
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No Bankruptcy Petition Against any
Conduit Lender |
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14.24. |
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No Recourse Against any Conduit
Lender |
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SCHEDULES
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SCHEDULE 1.1
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Commitments |
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SCHEDULE 14.7
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Address and Account Information |
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SCHEDULE
14.12(b)
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Processing & Recording Fees |
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A:
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Schedule of Investors and
Commitments |
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EXHIBIT B-1:
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Form of Note |
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EXHIBIT B-2:
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Form of Qualified Borrower Note |
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EXHIBIT B-3:
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Form of Qualified Borrower Letter of
Credit Note |
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EXHIBIT C:
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Form of Loan Notice |
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EXHIBIT D-1:
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Form of Request for Letter of
Credit |
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EXHIBIT D-2:
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Form of Letter of Credit |
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EXHIBIT E:
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Form of Borrower and Managing Member
Security Agreement |
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EXHIBIT F:
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Form of Account Assignment |
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EXHIBIT G:
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Form of Facility Increase
Request |
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EXHIBIT H:
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Form of Borrowing Base
Certificate |
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EXHIBIT I:
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Form of Investor Letter |
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EXHIBIT J:
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[Reserved] |
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EXHIBIT K:
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[Reserved] |
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EXHIBIT L:
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Form of Capital Contributions Pledge
Agreement |
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EXHIBIT M:
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Form of Assignment and Assumption
Agreement |
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EXHIBIT N:
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Form of Borrower Guaranty |
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EXHIBIT O:
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Form of Compliance Certificate |
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EXHIBIT P:
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Form of Guaranty of Capital |
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT (together with all amendments and modifications
hereof and supplements and attachments hereto, this “
Credit Agreement ”) is dated as of
October 10, 2007 by and among ACADIA STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY
FUND III LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (the
“ Borrower ”), ACADIA REALTY
ACQUISITION III LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (the
“ Managing Member ”), ACADIA REALTY
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP , a Delaware limited partnership (the
“ Guarantor ”) ACADIA INVESTORS III,
INC. , a Maryland corporation (the “
Pledgor ”), YC SUSI Trust , as Conduit
Lender, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , a national banking
association (in its individual capacity, “ Bank of
America ”), as administrative agent (together with
any successor appointed pursuant to Section 13.9
below, the “ Administrative Agent ”) for
the Lenders, as an Alternate Lender, as an Administrator and as a
Managing Agent, and each of the other Persons from time to time
party hereto as Lenders, Managing Agents and Administrators (all
such terms, as hereinafter defined).
A.
Borrower, Managing Member, Guarantor and Pledgor have requested
that Lenders make loans and cause the issuance of letters of credit
to Borrower and Qualified Borrowers (as hereinafter defined) for
the principal purposes of providing working capital to the
Borrower; financing the costs and other expenses to be incurred by
Borrower in connection with making investments permitted under the
Operating Agreement (as hereinafter defined); and financing the
costs of other undertakings by Borrower permitted under the
Operating Agreement; and
B.
Lenders are willing to lend funds and to cause the issuance of
letters of credit upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Credit Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the mutual promises herein contained and for other
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as
follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Defined Terms . For the
purposes of this Credit Agreement, unless otherwise expressly
defined, the following terms shall have the respective meanings
assigned to them in this Section 1 or in the
Section or recital referred to:
“ Account
Assignment ” means that certain assignment of the
Collateral Account substantially in the form of
Exhibit F , dated the date hereof, executed by
Borrower in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties.
“ Adequately
Capitalized ” means in compliance with the capital
standards for bank holding companies as described in the Bank
Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Administrative
Agent ” is defined in the first paragraph
hereof.
Acadia Strategic Opportunity Fund III LLC
Revolving Credit Agreement
“ Administrative
Agent’s Account ” means the account designated
from time to time by the Administrative Agent for payments by the
Borrower Parties pursuant to this Credit Agreement.
“ Administrative
Agent’s Office ” means Administrative
Agent’s address set forth on Schedule 14.7 or
such other address as Administrative Agent may from time to time
notify the Borrower and the Lenders in writing.
“ Administrator
” means: (a) with respect to YC SUSI, Bank of America or
an Affiliate thereof; and (b) with respect to any other
Conduit Lender, the Person designated by such Conduit Lender as its
“Administrator”, which Person becomes a party to this
Credit Agreement in such capacity.
“ Affiliate
” of any Person means any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, controls or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person. For the purpose of this definition,
“control” and the correlative meanings of the terms
“controlled by” and “under common control
with” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
shares or partnership interests or by contract or otherwise.
“ Agent-Related
Persons ” means each Agent, together with its
Affiliates (including, in the case of Bank of America in its
capacity as the Administrative Agent, the Arranger), and the
officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of
such Persons and their respective Affiliates.
“ Agents ”
means, collectively, Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuer,
Administrators, Managing Agents, the Arranger and any successors
and assigns in such capacities.
“ Alternate Lender
Percentage ” means, with respect to any Lender Group,
at any time, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator
of which is the portion of the Loans funded by the Alternate
Lenders of such Lender Group and the denominator of which is the
aggregate Loans at such time of such Lender Group; provided
that at all times on and after the first Assignment Date occurring
on or after the Conduit Investment Termination Date for the Conduit
Lender related to such Lender Group, the Alternate Lender
Percentage for such Lender Group means 100%.
“ Alternate Lender Pro
Rata Share ” means, with respect to each Alternate
Lender and any Lender Group, the percentage obtained from the
fraction: (a) the numerator of which is the Commitment of such
Alternate Lender; and (b) the denominator of which is the
aggregate Commitments of all Alternate Lenders in the related
Lender Group.
“ Alternate
Lenders ” means: (a) for the YC SUSI Lender
Group, Bank of America and any assignees thereof that shall become
party hereto pursuant to Section 7 or
Section 14.12 ; and (b) for any other Lender
Group, the “Alternate Lenders” specified therefore who
become parties hereto and any assignees thereof that shall become
party hereto pursuant to Section 7 or
Section 14.12 .
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“ Alternate Rate
” means, for any Interest Period for any Portion of Loans for
any Lender Group, an interest rate per annum as provided in
the Fee Letter above the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period;
provided, however, that in the case of:
(a) any Interest Period of one
to (and including) 14 days;
(b) any Interest Period which
commences prior to the related Managing Agent receiving at least
three (3) Business Days notice thereof; or
(c) any Interest Period relating
to a Portion of Loans which is less than $5,000,000;
the “ Alternate Rate
” for each such Interest Period shall be an interest rate
per annum equal to the Base Rate in effect on each day of
such Interest Period. The “ Alternate Rate ” for
any date on or after the occurrence of an Event of Default or the
Maturity Date shall be the Default Rate.
“ Applicable
Margin ” has the meaning provided in the Fee
Letter.
“ Applicable
Requirement ” means, for any Included Investor that
is (or whose Credit Provider, if applicable, is): (a) a Bank
Holding Company, Adequately Capitalized status or better and a
Rating of BBB/Baa2 or higher; (b) an insurance company, a
Best’s Rating of A- or higher and a Rating of BBB/Baa2 or
higher; (c) an ERISA Investor, or the trustee or nominee of an
ERISA Investor, in addition to the Sponsor’s Rating of
BBB/Baa2 or higher, a minimum Funding Ratio for the related pension
fund based on the Rating of the Sponsor of the related pension fund
as follows:
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Sponsor Rating |
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Minimum Funding
Ratio |
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A-/A3 or
higher
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No minimum |
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BBB+/Baa1
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90% |
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BBB/Baa2
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95% |
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(d) a Governmental Plan
Investor, or the Responsible Party with respect to such
Governmental Plan Investor, in addition to the Responsible
Party’s Rating of BBB/Baa2 or higher, a minimum Funding Ratio
for the pension fund based on the Rating of the Responsible Party
as follows:
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Minimum Funding
Ratio |
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A-/A3 or
higher
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No minimum |
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BBB+/Baa1
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90% |
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BBB/Baa2
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95%; |
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and (e) otherwise a Rated
Investor, a Rating of BBB/Baa2 or higher.
The first Rating indicated in each
case above is the S&P Rating and the second Rating indicated in
each case above is the Moody’s Rating. In the event that the
S&P and Moody’s Ratings are not equivalent, then the
Applicable Requirement shall be based on the lower of the two. If
any such Person has only one Rating, from either S&P or
Moody’s, then that Rating shall apply.
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“ Application and
Agreement for Letter of Credit ” means an application
and agreement for standby letter of credit by, between and among
Borrower and a Qualified Borrower, on the one hand, and the Letter
of Credit Issuer, on the other hand, in a form acceptable to the
Letter of Credit Issuer (and customarily used by it in similar
circumstances) and conformed to the terms of this Credit Agreement,
either as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented, modified, amended, renewed, or extended, provided,
however , to the extent that the terms of such Application and
Agreement are inconsistent with the terms of this Credit Agreement,
the terms of this Credit Agreement shall control.
“ Approved Fund
” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or
will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise
investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in
the ordinary course of its business, that is administered or
managed by: (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender;
or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers
or manages a Lender.
“ Arranger
” is defined in the preamble to this Credit Agreement.
“ Assignee
” is defined in Section 14.
12(b) hereof.
“ Assignee Group
” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of
one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same
investment advisor.
“ Assignment
Amount ” means, with respect to an Alternate Lender
at the time of any assignment pursuant to
Section 7.1 by any Conduit Lender in such
Alternate Lender’s Lender Group, an amount equal to the least
of: (a) such Alternate Lender’s Alternate Lender Pro
Rata Share of the Obligations requested by such Conduit Lender to
be assigned at such time; (b) such Alternate Lender’s
unused Commitment ( minus the sum of (i) the
unrecovered principal amount of such Alternate Lender’s
investments in such Obligations pursuant to the Program Support
Agreement to which it is a party and (ii) such Alternate
Lender’s Alternate Lender Pro Rata Share of the applicable
Lender Group Percentage of the Letter of Credit Liability); and
(c) in the case of an assignment on or after the Conduit
Investment Termination Date for the Conduit Lender related to such
Lender Group, (i) such Alternate Lender’s Alternate
Lender Pro Rata Share of the applicable Conduit Lender Percentage
of the Lender Group Percentage of the Borrowing Base minus
(ii) such Alternate Lender’s Alternate Lender Pro Rata
Share of the applicable Lender Group Percentage of the Letter of
Credit Liability.
“ Assignment and
Assumption Agreement ” means the agreement
contemplated by Section 14.12(b) hereof,
pursuant to which any Lender assigns all or any portion of its
rights and obligations hereunder, which agreement shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit M attached
hereto.
“ Assignment Date
” is defined in Section 7.
1(a) hereof.
“ Assignment Fee
” is defined in Schedule 14.
12(b) hereto.
“ Attorney Costs
” means and includes all reasonable fees and disbursements of
any law firm or other external counsel and the allocated cost of
internal legal services and all disbursements of internal
counsel.
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“ Auto-Extension Letter
of Credit ” is defined in
Section 2. 5(b)(iii) .
“ Availability
Period ” means the period commencing on the Closing
Date and ending on the Maturity Date.
“ Available Loan
Amount ” means, at any time, the lesser of
(a) the Facility Amount at such time; or (b) the
Borrowing Base at such time.
“ Bank Holding
Company ” means a “ bank holding company
” as defined in Section
2(a) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as
amended, or a non-bank subsidiary of such bank holding
company.
“ Bank of America
” is defined in the preamble to this Credit Agreement.
“ Base Rate
” means, for any day for any Portion of Loans for any Lender
Group, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of:
(a) the Federal Funds Rate for such day, plus the Applicable
Margin; and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as
publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its
“ prime rate ”, plus the Applicable Margin. The
“ prime rate ” is a rate set by Bank of America
based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs
and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors,
and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may
be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in
such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the
opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement
of such change.
“ Best
‘ s Rating ” means a “
Best ‘ s Rating ” by A.M. Best
Company.
“ Borrower
” is defined in the preamble to this Credit Agreement.
“ Borrower and Managing
Member Security Agreement ” means that certain
Security Agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E , executed and delivered by Borrower
and Managing Member in favor of Administrative Agent for the
benefit of Secured Parties.
“ Borrower
Guaranty ” means an unconditional guaranty of
payments in the form of Exhibit N attached
hereto, enforceable against Borrower for the payment of a Qualified
Borrower’s debt or obligation to Secured Parties; and “
Borrower Guaranties ” means such guaranties,
collectively.
“ Borrower
Parties ” means Borrower and each Qualified Borrower;
and “ Borrower Party ” means any of
them.
“ Borrowing
” means a disbursement made by Lenders with respect to Loans
hereunder (including any reimbursement of the Letter of Credit
Issuer following a draw on a Letter of Credit) and “
Borrowings ” means the plural thereof.
“ Borrowing Base
” means the sum of (a) ninety percent (90%) of the
Eligible Available Contributions of the Included Investors at such
time; and (b) sixty-five percent (65%) of the Eligible
Available Contributions of the Designated Investors at such
time.
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“ Borrowing Base
Certificate ” means the certificate setting forth the
calculation of the Borrowing Base in the form of
Exhibit H .
“ Borrowing Base
Deficit ” means, on any date of determination, the
amount (if any) by which: (a) the Principal Obligation is in
excess of (b) the Borrowing Base.
“ Business Day
” means any day of the year except a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under
the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the State of New York or the
city of Charlotte, North Carolina.
“ Capital Call
” means a call upon all or any of the Investors for payment
of all or any portion of their Unfunded Capital Commitments
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Stockholders
Agreement, the Partnership Agreement and/or the Operating
Agreement, as applicable.
“ Capital Call
Notice ” means any notice sent to an Investor for the
purpose of making a Capital Call.
“ Capital Call Notice
Date ” is defined in Section 5.
2(c) hereof.
“ Capital
Commitment ” means the commitment of each Investor to
fund Capital Contributions, directly or indirectly, to a Credit
Party in the amount set forth in, and pursuant to the terms of, the
Stockholders Agreement, the Partnership Agreement and/or the
Operating Agreement, as applicable.
“ Capital
Contribution ” means for any Investor, any
contribution of capital made to Borrower or the Pledgor, as
applicable, in response to a Capital Call Notice.
“ Capital Contributions
Pledge Agreement ” means that certain Capital
Contributions Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof
executed and delivered by Pledgor in favor of Administrative Agent
on behalf of the Secured Parties, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time with the
consent of Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer, and
the Lenders to the extent expressly required hereby, which
agreement shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit L attached hereto.
“ Capital Lease
” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property
(whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee which,
in accordance with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital
lease on the balance sheet of that Person and the amount of such
obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Cash
Collateralize ” is defined in
Section 2. 5(g)(ii) hereof.
“ CERCLIS ”
means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Information System.
“ Change in Law
” means the occurrence, after the date of this Credit
Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking
effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty; (b) any change
in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration,
interpretation or application
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thereof
by any Governmental Authority; or (c) the making or issuance
of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) by any Governmental Authority.
“ Closing Date
” means the date on which all of the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 8.1 hereof are satisfied or
waived.
“ Code ”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of New
York and any other state, which governs creation or perfection (and
the effect thereof) of security interests in any collateral for the
Obligations.
“ Collateral
” is defined in Section 5.
1(a) hereof.
“ Collateral
Account ” is defined in
Section 5.2(a) .
“ Collateral
Documents ” means the security agreements, financing
statements, assignments and other documents and instruments from
time to time executed and delivered pursuant to this Credit
Agreement and any documents or instruments amending or
supplementing the same, including, without limitation, the Borrower
and Managing Member Security Agreement, the Capital Contributions
Pledge Agreement and the Account Assignment.
“ Commercial
Paper ” means, with respect to a Conduit Lender, the
promissory notes issued or to be issued by such Conduit Lender (or
its related commercial paper issuer if such Conduit Lender does not
itself issue commercial paper) in the commercial paper
market.
“ Commitment
” means, with respect to each Alternate Lender, as the
context requires, the commitment of such Alternate Lender to make
Loans (including Loans funding draws under Letters of Credit) and
to pay Assignment Amounts in accordance herewith in an amount not
to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Alternate
Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1 hereof and
the heading “ Commitment ” (or, in the
case of an Alternate Lender which becomes a party hereto pursuant
to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement entered into pursuant to
the terms hereof, as set forth in such Assignment and Assumption
Agreement); minus the amount of any Commitment or portion
thereof assigned by such Alternate Lender pursuant to an Assignment
and Assumption Agreement entered into pursuant to the terms hereof;
plus the amount of any increase to such Alternate
Lender’s Commitment consented to by such Alternate Lender
prior to the time of determination; provided, however, that,
to the extent that the Facility Amount is reduced or otherwise
declines, the aggregate of the Commitments of all the Alternate
Lenders shall decline by a like amount and the Commitment of each
Alternate Lender shall decline in proportion thereto.
“ Compliance
Certificate ” is defined in
Section 10.1(d) .
“ Concentration
Limit ” has the meaning provided in the definition of
“ Inclusion Percentage ”.
“ Conduit
Assignee ” means any special purpose entity that
finances its activities directly or indirectly through asset backed
commercial paper and is administered by an Administrator or any of
its Affiliates and designated by such Administrator from time to
time to accept an
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assignment from the applicable Conduit Lender of all or a portion
of its Loans and other interests hereunder.
“ Conduit Collateral
Agent ” means, with respect to any Conduit Lender,
the “ Collateral Agent ” (if any) with respect
to such Conduit Lender’s commercial paper program.
“ Conduit Investment
Termination Date ” means, with respect to any Conduit
Lender, the date of the delivery by such Conduit Lender to the
Borrower of written notice that such Conduit Lender elects, in its
sole discretion, not to make any further Loans or participate in
any further Letters of Credit hereunder.
“ Conduit Lender
” means: (a) YC SUSI and any permitted Conduit Assignee
thereof; and (b) any other Person that shall become a party to
this Credit Agreement as a “ Conduit Lender
” pursuant to the terms hereof; and, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Credit Agreement, their respective successors
and assigns (but not any Participant who is not otherwise a party
to this Credit Agreement).
“ Conduit Lender
Percentage ” means, with respect to any Conduit
Lender, at any time, 100%, less the Alternate Lender Percentage of
such Conduit Lender’s Lender Group at such time.
“ Constituent
Documents ” means, for any entity, its constituent or
organizational documents, including: (a) in the case of a
limited partnership, its certificate of registration as a limited
partnership and its limited partnership agreement; (b) in the
case of a limited liability company, its certificate of formation
or organization and its operating agreement or limited liability
company agreement; (c) in the case of a corporation, its
articles or certificate of incorporation and its bylaws; and
(d) in the case of a joint venture, trust or other form of
business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable
agreement of formation and any agreement, instrument, filing or
notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation
with the secretary of state or other department in the state or
jurisdiction of its formation, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“ Controlled
Group ” means: (a) the controlled group of
corporations as defined in Section 1563 of the Internal
Revenue Code; or (b) the group of trades or businesses under
common control as defined in Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code, in each case of which any Borrower Party is a part or may
become a part.
“ CP Rate ”
means, for any Interest Period for any Portion of Loans funded by a
Conduit Lender (or its related commercial paper issuer if such
Conduit Lender does not itself issue commercial paper) of a Lender
Group by issuing Commercial Paper, the per annum rate equivalent to
the sum of (a) the Used Fee, (b) the Dealer Fee, and
(c) the weighted average cost (as determined by the applicable
Administrator and including incremental carrying costs incurred
with respect to Commercial Paper maturing on dates other than those
on which corresponding funds are received by such Conduit Lender,
other borrowings by such Conduit Lender (other than under any
Program Support Agreement) and any other costs associated with the
issuance of Commercial Paper) of or related to the issuance of
Commercial Paper that are allocated, in whole or in part, by such
Conduit Lender or the applicable Administrator to fund or maintain
such
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Portion
of Loans (and which may be also allocated in part to the funding of
other assets of such Conduit Lender); provided, however,
that if any component of such rate is a discount rate, in
calculating the “ CP Rate ” for such
Portion of Loans for such Interest Period, such Conduit Lender
shall for such component use the rate resulting from converting
such discount rate to an interest bearing equivalent rate per
annum .
“ Credit
Agreement ” is defined in the preamble hereto.
“ Credit Parties
” means Borrower, each Qualified Borrower, Managing Member,
Guarantor and Pledgor; “ Credit Party ”
means any one of them.
“ Credit Party
Claims ” is defined in Section 5.4
hereof.
“ Credit Provider
” means a Person providing a guaranty, in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, of the obligations
of an Included Investor to make Capital Contributions to a Credit
Party, or, under the applicable Investor Letter, to Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“ Current Party
” is defined in Section 14.13 .
“ Dealer Fee
” has the meaning provided in the Fee Letter.
“ Debtor Relief
Laws ” means any applicable liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, or similar laws affecting
the rights, remedies, or recourse of creditors generally, including
without limitation the United States Bankruptcy Code and all
amendments thereto, as are in effect from time to time during the
term of the Loans.
“ Default Rate
” has the meaning provided in the Fee Letter.
“ Defaulting Alternate
Lender ” means any Alternate Lender that:
(a) has failed to make its Pro Rata Share of any advance
required to be made in respect of Loans or any disbursement by the
Letter of Credit Issuer in respect of Loans or Letters of Credit,
respectively; (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required
to be paid by it hereunder within one (1) Business Day of the
date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute; or
(c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
“ Defaulting
Investor ” is defined in
Section 2. 1(c) hereof.
“ Designated Exclusion
Event ” means that, at any time, either:
(a) five (5) Designated Investors are Defaulting
Investors, or (b) Designated Investors with an aggregate
Unfunded Capital Commitment greater than 10% of the total aggregate
Unfunded Capital Commitment of all Investors are Defaulting
Investors, provided , that for purposes of determining a
Designated Exclusion Event, any (i) Designated Investor that
becomes a Defaulting Investor but that is replaced by the Credit
Parties with a new Designated Investor, or (ii) whose
obligations are transferred to any existing Designated Investor or
Included Investor in accordance with the terms
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of this
Credit Agreement and the Operating Agreement or Stockholders
Agreement, as applicable, shall not be counted.
“ Designated
Investor ” means any Investor (other than an Included
Investor): (a) that has been so designated by 100% of the
Lenders (in their sole discretion) as a Designated Investor, as
evidenced in writing executed by Administrative Agent; and
(b) that has delivered to Administrative Agent the information
and documents required under Section 8.
1(p) ; provided that, from and
after the occurrence of an Investor’s Effective Removal Date,
the Investor shall no longer be a Designated Investor until such
time as all Exclusion Events affecting such Investor have been
cured and such Investor shall have been approved again as a
Designated Investor in the sole and absolute discretion of the
Required Lenders. Designated Investors approved as such as of the
Closing Date are as set forth on Exhibit A
.
“ Dollars ”
and the sign “ $ ” means lawful currency
of the United States of America.
“ Downgrade Collateral
Account ” is defined in Section 7.
2(a) hereof.
“ Downgrade Draw
” is defined in Section 7.
2(a) hereof.
“ Effective Removal
Date ” means, with respect to any Investor, fifteen
(15) Business Days following the occurrence of an Exclusion
Event with respect to such Investor.
“ Eligible
Assignee ” means: (a) a Lender or Program
Support Provider; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved
Fund with respect to a Lender; and (c) any other Person
approved by: (i) Administrative Agent and, (ii) unless an
Event of Default exists and is continuing at the time any
assignment is effected in accordance with
Section 14. 12(b) hereof,
Borrower, each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed by Borrower or Administrative Agent, as applicable, and
such approval to be deemed given by Borrower if no objection is
received by the assigning Lender and Administrative Agent from
Borrower within five (5) Business Days after notice of such
proposed assignment has been provided by the assigning Lender to
Borrower; provided, however , that no Credit Party or
Affiliate of any Credit Party shall qualify as an “
Eligible Assignee .”
“ Eligible Available
Contributions of the Designated Investors ” means, as
of any date, an amount equal to the sum of the products of
(a) the Inclusion Percentage for each Designated Investor
multiplied by (b) the Unfunded Capital Commitment of such
Designated Investor, provided , that at any time a
Designated Exclusion Event has occurred and is continuing, the
Eligible Available Contributions of all Designated Investors shall
be zero.
“ Eligible Available
Contributions of the Included Investors ” means, as
of any date, an amount equal to the sum of the products of
(a) the Inclusion Percentage for each Included Investor
multiplied by (b) the Unfunded Capital Commitment of such
Included Investor.
“ Environmental
Complaint ” means any complaint, order, demand,
citation or notice threatened or issued in writing to any Credit
Party by any Person with regard to air emissions, water discharges,
Releases, or disposal of any Hazardous Material, noise emissions or
any other environmental, health or safety matter affecting any
Credit Party or any of their Properties.
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“ Environmental
Laws ” means: (a) the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended by the Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act of
1986, 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq .; (b) the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended by the Hazardous
and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C. §6901 et
seq .; (c) the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §7401 et
seq ., as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990;
(d) the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. §1251 et
seq .; (e) the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C.A.
§2601 et seq .; (f) all other federal, state and
local laws, or ordinances, regulations or policies relating to
pollution or protection of human health or the environment
including without limitation, air pollution, water pollution, noise
control, or the use, handling, discharge, disposal or Release or
recovery of on-site or off-site Hazardous Materials, as each of the
foregoing may be amended from time to time, applicable to any
Credit Party, and (g) any and all regulations promulgated
under or pursuant to any of the foregoing statutes.
“ Environmental
Liability ” means any written claim, demand,
obligation, cause of action, accusation or allegation, or any
order, violation, damage (including, without limitation, to any
Person, property or natural resources), injury, judgment, penalty
or fine, cost of enforcement, cost of remedial action, cleanup,
restoration or any other cost or expense whatsoever, including
Attorney Costs and disbursements resulting from the violation or
alleged violation of any Environmental Law or the imposition of any
Environmental Lien or otherwise arising under any Environmental Law
or resulting from any common law cause of action asserted by any
Person.
“ Environmental
Lien ” means a Lien in favor of any Governmental
Authority: (a) under any Environmental Law; or (b) for
any liability or damages arising from, or costs incurred by, any
Governmental Authority in response to the Release or threatened
Release of any Hazardous Material.
“ Environmental
Requirement ” means any Environmental Law, agreement,
or restriction, as the same now exists or may be changed, amended,
or come into effect in the future, which pertains to health,
safety, or the environment, including, but not limited to ground,
air, water, or noise pollution, or underground or aboveground
tanks.
“ Equity Interest
” means, (a) with respect to any member of Borrower, its
Membership Interest, and (b) with respect to any Stockholder,
its Stockholder Interest.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by
any Governmental Authority, as from time to time in effect.
“ ERISA Investor
” means an Investor that is (a) an “employee
benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title I of ERISA,
(b) any “plan” defined in Section 4975(e)
of the Code other than a governmental plan, (c) a group trust,
as described in Revenue Ruling 81-100 , or (d) a
partnership or commingled account of a fund, or any other entity,
whose assets include or are deemed to include the assets of one or
more such employee benefit plans subject to Title I of ERISA, as
determined under Section 2510.3-101 or
Section 2550.401c-1 of the regulations of the United States
Department of Labor or under any other relevant legal
authority.
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“ Event of
Default ” is defined in
Section 12.1 hereof.
“ Excluded Taxes
” means, with respect to any Tax Indemnified Party or any
other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any
obligation of any Credit Party hereunder: (a) taxes imposed on
or measured by its net income (however denominated), and franchise
taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws
of which such Tax Indemnified Party or recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is located or, in the case of any
Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located; (b) any
branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar
tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which such Credit Party is
located; and (c) in the case of a Foreign Person (other than
an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under
Section 14.14 ), any withholding tax that
(i) is attributable to such Foreign Person’s failure or
inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply
with Section 4.1(e) , or (ii) is imposed on
amounts payable to such Foreign Person at the time such Foreign
Person becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office)
except to the extent of the additional amounts, if any, that such
Foreign Person (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time
of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive
from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to
Section 4.1(a) .
“ Exclusion Event
” is defined in Section 2.
1(c) hereof.
“ Facility Amount
” means an amount equal to $75,000,000 as it may be reduced
by Borrower pursuant to Section 3.6 , or
increased pursuant to Section 2.12 (not to
exceed the Maximum Commitment).
“ Facility Increase
Request ” means the notice in the form of
Exhibit G pursuant to which Borrower requests an
increase of the Commitments in accordance with
Section 2.12 .
“ Federal Funds
Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 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 by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such
day; provided that (a) if such day is not a
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such
rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so
published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no
such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the
Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged
to the Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as
determined by it.
“ Fee Letter
” shall mean, collectively, each separate letter agreement by
and among Borrower and each Managing Agent and/or Administrative
Agent, together with all amendments and modifications
thereof.
“ Foreign Person
” means, with respect to any Credit Party, any Tax
Indemnified Party that is a resident of or organized under the laws
of a jurisdiction other than that in which such Credit Party is
resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the
United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbian
shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
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“ Funding Ratio
” means: (a) for a Governmental Plan Investor, the
actuarial present value of the assets of the plan over the
actuarial present value of the plan’s total benefit
liabilities, as reported in such plan’s audited financial
statements; and (b) for an ERISA Investor, the funded current
liability percentage reported on Schedule B to the most recent
Form 5500 filed by such plan with the United States Department
of Labor.
“ Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles ” or “ GAAP
” means those generally accepted accounting principles and
practices that are recognized as such by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants or by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or through other appropriate boards or committees
thereof, and that are consistently applied for all periods, after
the date hereof, so as to properly reflect the financial position
of such Person, except that any accounting principle or practice
required to be changed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(or other appropriate board or committee of the said Board) in
order to continue as a generally accepted accounting principle or
practice may be so changed.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means any foreign governmental authority,
the United States of America, any State of the United States of
America, and any subdivision of any of the foregoing, and any
agency, department, commission, board, authority or
instrumentality, bureau or court having jurisdiction over any
Credit Party, any Agent, any Lender or the Letter of Credit Issuer,
or any of their respective businesses, operations, assets, or
properties.
“ Governmental Plan
Investor ” means an Investor that is a pension plan
and that is a governmental plan as defined in Section 3(32) of
ERISA.
“ Guaranteed
Obligations ” means those obligations guaranteed by
the Guarantor pursuant to the Guaranty of Capital.
“ Guarantor
” is defined in the preamble to this Credit Agreement.
“ Guaranty
” means the guaranty of the Guarantor made pursuant to the
Guaranty of Capital.
“ Guaranty
Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person,
without duplication, any obligations (other than endorsements in
the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for
deposit or collection) guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other
Person in any manner, whether direct or indirect, and including
without limitation any obligation, whether or not contingent:
(a) to purchase any such Indebtedness or other obligation or
any property constituting security therefor; (b) to advance or
provide funds or other support for the payment or purchase of such
Indebtedness or obligation or to maintain working capital, solvency
or other balance sheet condition of such other Person (including,
without limitation, maintenance agreements, comfort letters, take
or pay arrangements, put agreements or similar agreements or
arrangements) for the benefit of the holder of Indebtedness of such
other Person; (c) to lease or purchase property, securities or
services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such
Indebtedness; or (d) to otherwise assure or hold harmless the
owner of such Indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect
thereof.
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“ Guaranty of
Capital ” means that certain Guaranty of Capital,
substantially in the form of Exhibit P , dated
as of the date hereof, executed by Guarantor in favor of
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties.
“ Hazardous
Material ” means any substance, material, or waste
which is or becomes regulated, under any Environmental Law, as
hazardous to public health or safety or to the environment,
including, but not limited to: (a) any substance or material
designated as a “hazardous substance” pursuant to
Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C.
§1251 et seq ., or listed pursuant to Section 307
of the Clean Water Act, as amended; (b) any substance or
material defined as “hazardous waste” pursuant to
Section 1004 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq .; (c) any
substance or material defined as a “hazardous
substance” pursuant to Section 101 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended,
42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq .; or (d) petroleum, petroleum
products and petroleum waste materials.
“ Hedging
Agreements ” means, collectively, interest rate
protection agreements, foreign currency exchange agreements,
commodity purchase or option agreements or other interest or
exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreements, in each case,
entered into or purchased by Borrower.
“ Honor Date
” is defined in Section 2.
5(c)(i) hereof.
“ Implicit Borrowing Base
Deficit ” means, on any date of determination, the
amount (if any) by which: (a) the aggregate Principal
Obligation is in excess of (b) the Borrowing Base (
provided that, for purposes of this definition, the
Borrowing Base shall be calculated as if each Effective Removal
Date related to each Exclusion Event shall have occurred).
“ Included
Investor ” means an Investor: (a) that has, or
that has a Credit Provider that has, met the Applicable Requirement
for such Investor and that has been designated on the Closing Date
by Administrative Agent as an “Included Investor”;
(b) that has delivered to Administrative Agent the information
and documents required under Section 8.1(p) ;
and (c) for Investors being added to the Borrowing Base as an
“Included Investor” after the Closing Date,
satisfaction of the requirements in clauses (a) and
(b) above and (i) in the case of a Rated
Investor, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, acting
alone (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) as evidenced in a
writing executed by Administrative Agent, and (ii) in the
cased of a Non-Rated Investor, with the consent of 100% of the
Lenders, as evidenced in a writing executed by Administrative
Agent; provided that a Defaulting Investor shall no longer
be an Included Investor until such time as all Exclusion Events
affecting such Investor have been cured and such Investor shall
have been approved in writing as an Included Investor in the sole
and absolute discretion of Administrative Agent, the Letter of
Credit Issuer, and all of the Lenders. Included Investors approved
as such on the Closing Date are as set forth on
Exhibit A .
“ Inclusion
Percentage ” means, (a) with respect to each
Included Investor and each Designated Investor, the highest
percentage (up to 100%) which results in an aggregate amount of
Unfunded Capital Commitment of such Investor at such time not
exceeding the applicable Concentration Limit (as set forth below)
for such Investor as a percentage of the total aggregate Unfunded
Capital Commitment of all Investors at such time:
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Is the lower of the Rating of the Investor (or its Credit
Provider, if applicable) as issued by either Standard &
Poor’s or Moody’s. If any Investor has only one Rating
from either Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s, then that
Rating shall apply. For any Investor that is an unrated subsidiary
of a parent with a Rating, a guaranty from the rated parent entity
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(b) notwithstanding anything in
clause (a) of this definition to the contrary, so
long as Yale University and/or any of its affiliates qualifies as
an Included Investor and has a Rating of AAA/Aaa, its Concentration
Limit (collectively with any affiliates) will be 17%.
“ Indebtedness
” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without
duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as
indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person
for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar
instruments;
(b) all direct or contingent
obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit
(including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances,
bank guaranties and similar instruments;
(c) all net obligations of such
Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to
pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than
trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business);
(e) all indebtedness (excluding
prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or
being acquired by such Person (including indebtedness arising under
conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or
not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is
limited in recourse;
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(f) all Capital Leases and Synthetic
Lease Obligations; and
(g) all Guaranty Obligations of such
Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the
Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any
partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is
itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such
Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such
Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The
amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date
shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such
date. The amount of any Capital Lease or Synthetic Lease Obligation
as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable
Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date.
“ Indemnified
Taxes ” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“ Indemnitee
” is defined in Section 14.
6(b) hereof.
“ Interest
Component ” means, with respect to a Conduit Lender,
at any time of determination, the aggregate for all Related
Commercial Paper of such Conduit Lender at such time of:
(a) with respect to any Commercial Paper issued on an interest
bearing basis, the interest payable on such Commercial Paper at its
maturity (including any dealer commissions); and (b) with
respect to any Commercial Paper issued on a discount basis, the
portion of the face amount of such Commercial Paper representing
the discount incurred in respect thereof (including any dealer
commissions).
“ Interest Period
” means, (a) with respect to any Portion of Loans funded
by the issuance of Commercial Paper, (i) initially the period
commencing on (and including) the date of the initial purchase or
funding of such Portion of Loans and ending on (and including) the
last day of the current calendar month, and (ii) thereafter,
each period commencing on (and including) the first day after the
last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period for such
Portion of Loans and ending on (and including) the last day of the
current calendar month; and (b) with respect to any Portion of
Loans not funded by the issuance of Commercial Paper,
(i) initially the period commencing on (and including) the
date of the initial purchase or funding of such Portion of Loans
and ending on (but excluding) the next following Settlement Date,
and (ii) thereafter, each period commencing on (and including)
a Settlement Date and ending on (but excluding) the next following
Settlement Date; provided , that
(A) any Interest Period with respect
to any Portion of Loans which would otherwise end on a day which is
not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day; provided , however , if Yield in
respect of such Interest Period is computed by reference to the
LIBOR Rate, and such Interest Period would otherwise end on a day
which is not a Business Day, and there is no subsequent Business
Day in the same calendar month as such day, such Interest Period
shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(B) in the case of any Interest
Period for any Portion of Loans which commences before the Maturity
Date and would otherwise end on a date occurring after the Maturity
Date, such Interest Period shall end on (but exclude) such Maturity
Date and
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the duration of
each Interest Period which commences on or after the Maturity Date
shall be of such duration as shall be selected by the applicable
Managing Agent; and
(C) any Interest Period in respect of
which Yield is computed by reference to the CP Rate may be
terminated at the election of applicable Managing Agent, in which
case the Portion of Loans allocated to such terminated Interest
Period shall be allocated to a new Interest Period commencing on
(and including) the date of such termination and ending on (but
excluding) the next following Settlement Date, and shall accrue
Yield at the Alternate Rate.
“ Internal Revenue
Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.
“ Investment
Period ” has the meaning provided in the Operating
Agreement.
“ Investor
” means each of Managing Member, Pledgor, any other member of
Borrower or Stockholder of Pledgor, as applicable.
“ Investor Letter
” is defined in Section 5.
1(b) hereof.
“ Investor
Documents ” means the Operating Agreement, the
Stockholders Agreement, each Investor Letter, and any amendments or
supplements thereto or modifications thereof, executed or delivered
pursuant to the terms thereof and this Credit Agreement, and any
additional documents delivered in connection with any such
amendment, supplement or modification.
“ ISP ”
means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
“International Standby Practices 1998” published by the
Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such
later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of
issuance).
“ Issuer
Documents ” means with respect to any Letter of
Credit, the Request for Letter of Credit, the Application and
Agreement for Letter of Credit, and any other document, agreement
and instrument entered into by the Letter of Credit Issuer and a
Borrower Party or in favor of the Letter of Credit Issuer and
relating to any such Letter of Credit.
“ L/C Advance
” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s
funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing. All L/C Advances
shall be denominated in Dollars.
“ L/C Borrowing
” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under
any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when
made or refinanced as a Borrowing. All L/C Borrowings shall be
denominated in Dollars.
“ Laws ”
means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and
local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations,
ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or
authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof
by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement,
interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable
administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses,
authorizations and
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permits
of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case
whether or not having the force of law.
“ Lender ”
means each Conduit Lender and each Alternate Lender, as the context
may require, and collectively, the “ Lenders
”.
“ Lender Group
” means each of: (a) the YC SUSI Lender Group; and
(b) any other “ Lender Group ” from
time to time party hereto in accordance with the terms hereof as
designated by the Managing Agent of such group.
“ Lender Group
Percentage ” means, for any Lender Group, the
percentage equivalent (carried out to five decimal places) of a
fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate Commitments or
Principal Obligation, as applicable, of all Lenders in such Lender
Group and the denominator of which is the aggregate Commitments or
Principal Obligation, as applicable, of all Lenders in all Lender
Groups.
“ Lender Party
” is defined in Section 13.
1(a) hereof.
“ Lending Office
” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such
Lender (or an affiliate of such Lender) identified on
Schedule 14.7 , or such other office or offices
as a Lender may from time to time notify Borrower and
Administrative Agent.
“ Letter of
Credit ” means a standby letter of credit issued by
the Letter of Credit Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.5 hereof in the form of
Exhibit D-2 hereto (or such other form as
approved by the Letter of Credit Issuer) in Dollars either as
originally issued or as the same may, from time to time, be amended
or otherwise modified or extended.
“ Letter of Credit
Expiration Date ” means the day that is the earlier
of: (a) fifteen (15) days prior to the Stated Maturity
Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the
next preceding Business Day); or (b) the date upon which
Administrative Agent declares the Obligations due and payable after
the occurrence of an Event of Default.
“ Letter of Credit
Fees ” is defined in Section 2.10
hereof.
“ Letter of Credit
Issuer ” means Bank of America, or any Lender or
Affiliate of such Lender so designated, and which accepts such
designation, by Administrative Agent and approved by
Borrower.
“ Letter of Credit
Liability ” means the aggregate amount of the undrawn
face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the
amount drawn under Letters of Credit for which the Letter of Credit
Issuer and Lenders, or any one or more of them, have not yet
received payment or reimbursement (in the form of a conversion of
such liability to Loans, or otherwise) as required pursuant to
Section 2.5 . For all purposes of this Credit
Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has
expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder
by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP,
such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be
“outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to
be drawn.
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“ Letter of Credit
Sublimit ” means, at any time, seventy-five percent
(75%) of the Facility Amount at such time.
“ LIBOR Rate
” means, for any Interest Period for any Portion of Loans for
any Lender Group, a rate per annum determined by Administrative
Agent pursuant to the following formula:
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where,
“ London
Interbank Offered Rate ” means, for such
Interest Period:
(a) the
rate per annum (carried out to the fifth decimal place) equal to
the rate that appears on the page of the Telerate Screen that
displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement
Rate (such page currently being page number 3750) for deposits in
Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period)
with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior
to the first day of such Interest Period, or
(b) in the
event that the rate referenced in the preceding subsection
(a) does not appear on such page or service or such page or
service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum (carried to
the fifth decimal place) equal to the rate determined by
Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or
other service that displays an average British Bankers Association
Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to
such Interest Period, determined as of approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first
day of such Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest
Period, or
(c) in the
event the rates referenced in the preceding subsections
(a ) or (b) are not available, the
rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent as the rate of
interest at which deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first
day of such Interest Period) in same day funds in the approximate
amount of the applicable Portion of Loans to be funded by reference
to the LIBOR Rate and with a term equivalent to such Interest
Period would be offered by its London Branch to major banks in the
offshore interbank market at their request at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first
day of such Interest Period; and
“
Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage ” means, for
any day during any Interest Period, the maximum effective reserve
percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to the fifth
decimal place) in effect on such date, whether or not applicable to
any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor), as
such regulation may be amended from time to time or any successor
regulation, for determining the maximum reserve requirement
(including any supplemental, emergency, or marginal reserve
requirement) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as “ eurocurrency liabilities ”).
The LIBOR Rate shall be
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adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the
Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage.
“ Lien ”
means any lien, mortgage, security interest, tax lien, pledge,
encumbrance, or conditional sale or title retention arrangement, or
any other interest in property designed to secure the repayment of
indebtedness, whether arising by agreement or under any statute or
law, or otherwise.
“ Liquidity
Commitment ” means an amount equal to 102% of the
Facility Amount in effect from time to time.
“ Loan ”
means an extension of credit by a Lender to a Borrower Party
pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement, and
“ Loans ” means the plural thereof. All
Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
“ Loan Amount
” is defined in Section 2.
3(g) hereof.
“ Loan Date
” is defined in Section 2.
3(a) hereof.
“ Loan Deficit
” is defined in Section 2.
3(h) hereof.
“ Loan Documents
” means this Credit Agreement, the Notes (including any
renewals, extensions, re-issuances and refundings thereof), each
Application and Agreement for Letter of Credit, each of the
Collateral Documents, the Guaranty of Capital, each Assignment and
Assumption Agreement and such other agreements and documents, and
any amendments or supplements thereto or modifications thereof,
executed or delivered pursuant to the terms of this Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and any additional
documents delivered in connection with any such amendment,
supplement or modification.
“ Loan Notice
” means any notice substantially in the form of
Exhibit C , containing the information specified
therein, executed and delivered by a Borrower Party.
“ Managing Agent
” means, with respect to any Lender Group, the Person acting
as Managing Agent therefor and designated as such on the signature
pages hereto or in the assignment pursuant to which such Lender
Group becomes a party hereto, and its successors and assigns.
“ Managing Member
” is defined in the preamble to this Credit Agreement.
“ Margin Stock
” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Regulation U.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means any circumstances or events which
could reasonably be expected to: (a) have any material adverse
effect upon the validity, performance, or enforceability of any of
the Loan Documents executed by Borrower, any Qualified Borrower,
Managing Member, Guarantor or Pledgor; (b) materially impair
the ability of Borrower, Managing Member, Guarantor or Pledgor, or
any one of them, to fulfill their respective obligations under the
Loan Documents; (c) cause an Event of Default; or
(d) impair, impede, or jeopardize, in any material respect,
the obligation or the liability of Borrower, Managing
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Member,
Guarantor or Pledgor to fulfill its obligations under the Operating
Agreement, Stockholders Agreement or Partnership Agreement, as
applicable.
“ Maturity Date
” means the earliest of: (a) the Stated Maturity Date;
(b) the date upon which Administrative Agent declares the
Obligations due and payable after the occurrence of an Event of
Default; (c) the date upon which Borrower terminates the
Commitments pursuant to Section 3.6 hereof or
otherwise and (d) fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the
end of the Investment Period.
“ Maximum
Commitment ” means an amount equal to $300,000,000,
as it may be reduced by Borrower pursuant to
Section 3.6 .
“ Maximum Rate
” means, on any day, the highest rate of interest (if any)
permitted by applicable law on such day.
“ Membership
Interest ” means, with respect to any member of
Borrower, the equity interest of such member in Borrower.
“ Moody
’ s ” means Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“ Non-Defaulting
Alternate Lender ” is defined in
Section 2. 3(h) hereof.
“ Non-Extension Notice
Date ” is defined in Section 2.
5(b)(iii) hereof.
“ Non-Rated
Investor ” means an Investor that is not a Rated
Investor.
“ Non-Rated Included
Investor ” means an Included Investor that is not a
Rated Investor.
“ Notes ”
means the promissory notes provided for in
Section 3.1 hereof, and all promissory notes
delivered in substitution or exchange therefor, as such notes may
be amended, restated, reissued, extended or modified, and the
Qualified Borrower Notes; and “ Note ”
means any one of the Notes.
“ Obligations
” means all present and future Indebtedness, obligations, and
liabilities of any Credit Party to any of the Secured Parties, and
all renewals and extensions thereof (including, without limitation,
Loans, Letters of Credit Liability, or both), or any part thereof,
arising pursuant to this Credit Agreement (including, without
limitation, the indemnity provisions hereof) or represented by the
Notes and each Application and Agreement for Letter of Credit, and
all interest accruing thereon, and Attorney Costs incurred in the
enforcement or collection thereof, regardless of whether such
indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities are direct, indirect,
fixed, contingent, joint, several, or joint and several; together
with all indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities of any Credit
Party to any of the Secured Parties evidenced or arising pursuant
to any of the other Loan Documents, and all renewals and extensions
thereof, or any part thereof.
“ Operating
Agreement ” means that certain Operating Agreement of
Borrower, by and among Managing Member and Pledgor dated as of
May 15, 2007, as supplemented by that certain pledge
agreement, dated as of May 15, 2007, from Pledgor to Borrower,
as each may be
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restated, modified, amended or supplemented from time to time, with
the consent of Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer,
and the Lenders to the extent expressly required hereby.
“ Operating
Company ” means an “ operating company
” within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-
101(c) of the regulations of the United States Department of
Labor.
“ Other Taxes
” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or
any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies
arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan
Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
“ Participant
” is defined in Section 14.12(f) .
“ Partnership
Agreement ” means that certain Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Guarantor, dated as of May 13, 2003, as
previously restated, modified, amended or supplemented from time to
time, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Letter of
Credit Issuer and the Lenders to the extent expressly required
hereby.
“ Pending Capital
Call ” means any Capital Call that has been made upon
the Investors and that has not yet been funded by the applicable
Investor, but with respect to which such Investor is not in
default.
“ Person ”
means an individual, sole proprietorship, joint venture,
association, trust, estate, business trust, corporation, limited
liability company, nonprofit corporation, partnership, sovereign
government or agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision
thereof, or any similar entity or organization.
“ Plan ”
means any plan, including single employer and multi-employer plans
to which Section 4021(a) of ERISA applies, or any retirement
medical plan, each as established or maintained for employees of
Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group to which Section
4021(a) of ERISA applies.
“ Plan Asset
Regulations ” means 29 C.F.R §2510.3-101, et
seq.
“ Plan Assets
” means “plan assets” within the meaning of the
Plan Asset Regulations.
“ Pledgor ”
is defined in the first paragraph hereof.
“ Portion of Loan
” is defined in Section 2.4 hereof.
“ Potential
Default ” means any condition, act, or event which,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would become an
Event of Default.
“ Principal
Obligation ” means the sum of: (a) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans; plus (b) the
Letter of Credit Liability.
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“ Pro Rata Share
” means, with respect to each Lender, the percentage obtained
from the fraction: (a) (i) the numerator of which is the
Commitment of such Lender; and (ii) the denominator of which
is the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders; or (b) in the
event the Commitments are zero (0): (i) the numerator of which
is the Principal Obligation outstanding with respect to such
Lender; and (ii) the denominator of which is the total
Principal Obligation outstanding.
“ Program Support
Agreement ” means and includes, with respect to any
Conduit Lender, any agreement entered into by any Program Support
Provider providing for the issuance of one or more letters of
credit for the account of such Conduit Lender (or any related
commercial paper issuer that finances such Conduit Lender), the
issuance of one or more surety bonds for which such Conduit Lender
(or such related issuer) is obligated to reimburse the applicable
Program Support Provider for any drawings thereunder, the sale by
such Conduit Lender (or such related issuer) to any Program Support
Provider of its interests hereunder (or portions thereof or
participations therein) or the making of loans or other extensions
of credit to such Conduit Lender (or such related issuer) in
connection with such Conduit Lender’s (or such related
issuer’s) commercial paper program, together with any letter
of credit, surety bond or other instrument issued thereunder.
“ Program Support
Provider ” means and includes, with respect to any
Conduit Lender, any Person now or hereafter extending credit or
having a commitment to extend credit to or for the account of, or
to make purchases from, such Conduit Lender (or any related
commercial paper issuer that finances such Conduit Lender) or
issuing a letter of credit, surety bond or other instrument to
support any obligations arising under or in connection with such
Conduit Lender’s (or such related issuer’s) commercial
paper program.
“ Prohibited
Event ” is defined in Section 4.7
.
“ Property
” means any real property, improvements thereon and any
leasehold or similar interest in real property which is owned,
directly or indirectly, by any Borrower Party, or secures any
investment of any Borrower Party.
“ Qualified
Borrower ” means any entity, which entity may be
organized in the United States or outside of the United States, in
which Borrower owns a direct or indirect ownership interest or
through which Borrower will acquire an investment, the indebtedness
of which entity can be guaranteed by Borrower pursuant to the terms
of the Operating Agreement, and which entity has executed a
Qualified Borrower Note and in respect of which entity Borrower has
executed a Borrower Guaranty.
“ Qualified Borrower
Letter of Credit Note ” means a letter of credit note
executed and delivered by a Qualified Borrower, in the form of
Exhibit B-3 attached hereto, the payment of
which is guaranteed by Borrower pursuant to a Borrower Guaranty, as
such note may be amended, restated, reissued, extended or
modified.
“ Qualified Borrower
Notes ” means the Qualified Borrower Promissory Notes
and the Qualified Borrower Letter of Credit Notes, and “
Qualified Borrower Note ” means any one of
them, as such note may be amended, restated, reissued, extended or
modified.
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“ Qualified Borrower
Promissory Note ” means a promissory note executed
and delivered by a Qualified Borrower, in the form of
Exhibit B-2 attached hereto, the payment of
which is guaranteed by Borrower pursuant to a Borrower
Guaranty.
“ Rate Type
” means the LIBOR Rate, the Base Rate or the CP Rate.
“ Rated Investor
” means any Investor that has a Rating (or that has a Credit
Provider, Sponsor, or Responsible Party that has a Rating).
“ Rating ”
means, for any Person, its senior unsecured debt rating (or
equivalent thereof, such as, but not limited to, a corporate credit
rating, issuer rating/insurance financial strength rating (for an
insurance company), general obligation rating (for a governmental
entity), or revenue bond rating (for an educational institution))
from either of S&P or Moody’s.
“ Register
” is defined in Section 14.
12(e) hereof.
“
Regulation T ,” “
Regulation U ,” and “
Regulation X ” means Regulation T, U,
or X, as the case may be, of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, from time to time in effect, and shall include any
successor or other regulation relating to reserve requirements or
margin requirements, as the case may be, applicable to member banks
of the Federal Reserve System.
“ Related Commercial
Paper ” means, with respect to any Conduit Lender, at
any time of determination, Commercial Paper of such Conduit Lender
(or its related commercial paper issuer) the proceeds of which are
then allocated by the Administrator of such Conduit Lender (or its
related commercial paper issuer) as the source of funding the
acquisition or maintenance of its Principal Obligation
hereunder.
“ Release ”
means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection,
deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching, or migration of
Hazardous Materials into the environment, or into or out of any
Property, including the movement of any Hazardous Material through
or in the air, soil, surface water, groundwater, of any
Property.
“ Request for Letter of
Credit ” means a request for the issuance of a Letter
of Credit substantially in the form of
Exhibit D-1 hereto.
“ Required
Lenders ” means: (a) Alternate Lenders (other
than Defaulting Alternate Lenders) holding an aggregate of more
than fifty (50%) of the aggregate Commitments of all Alternate
Lenders (other than Defaulting Alternate Lenders); or (b) at
any time that the Available Loan Amount is zero (0), Alternate
Lenders (other than Defaulting Alternate Lenders) owed an aggregate
of more than fifty (50%) of the Principal Obligation outstanding
and payable to all Lenders (other than Defaulting Alternate
Lenders) at such time (including, for purposes of such calculation,
each Alternate Lender’s Alternate Lender Pro Rata Share of
that portion of the Principal Obligations outstanding and payable
to the Conduit Lender in its Lender Group).
“ Responsible
Officer ” means: (a) in the case of a
corporation, its president, senior vice president, any vice
president or treasurer, and, in any case where two Responsible
Officers are acting on behalf of such corporation, the second such
Responsible Officer may be a secretary or
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assistant secretary; (b) in the case of a limited partnership,
the Responsible Officer of the general partner, acting on behalf of
such general partner in its capacity as general partner; and
(c) in the case of a limited liability company, the chief
executive officer, president, general counsel, chief financial
officer, or senior vice president of the managing member, acting on
behalf of such managing member in its capacity as managing
member.
“ Responsible
Party ” means, for any Governmental Plan Investor:
(a) if the state under which the Governmental Plan Investor
operates is obligated to fund the Governmental Plan Investor and is
liable to fund any shortfalls, the state; and (b) otherwise,
the Governmental Plan Investor itself.
“ S&P ”
means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of
the McGraw & Hill Companies, Inc. and any successor
thereto.
“ Secured Parties
” means, collectively, the Lenders, Agents, Arranger, Letter
of Credit Issuer, Program Support Providers, Conduit Collateral
Agents and Indemnitees, and “ Secured Party
” means any of the foregoing.
“ Settlement Date
” means the 12 th day of each
month (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next
succeeding Business Day); provided that after the Maturity
Date, any Business Day selected from time to time by Administrative
Agent shall be a Settlement Date.
“ Solvent ”
means, with respect to any Person as of a particular date, that on
such date: (a) such Person is able to pay its debts and other
liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they
mature in the normal course of business; (b) such Person does
not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or
liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts
and liabilities mature in their ordinary course; (c) such
Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not
about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such
Person’s assets would constitute unreasonably small capital
after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the
industry in which such Person is engaged or is to engage;
(d) the fair value of the assets of such Person is greater
than the total amount of liabilities, including, without
limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person; and
(e) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such
Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the
probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become
absolute and matured.
“ Sponsor ”
of an ERISA Investor means a sponsor as that term is understood
under ERISA, specifically, the entity that established the plan and
is responsible for the maintenance of the plan and, in the case of
a plan that has a sponsor and participating employers, the entity
that has the ability to amend or terminate the plan.
“ Stockholder
” means a holder of shares of the equity interests of
Pledgor.
“ Stockholders
Agreement ” means the Stockholders Agreement of
Pledgor, dated as of May 15, 2007, as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time with
the consent of Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuer,
and the Lenders to the extent expressly required hereby.
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“ Stockholders
Interest ” means, with respect to any Stockholder,
its equity interest in Pledgor.
“ Stated Maturity
Date ” means October 10, 2011.
“ Subsequent
Investor ” is defined in
Section 11. 5(c) hereof.
“ Swap Contract
” means: (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis
swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions,
commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts,
equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond
index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or
forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward
foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor
transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions,
cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot
contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of
any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of
the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by
or subject to any master agreement; and (b) any and all
transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are
subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of
master agreement published by the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange
Master Agreement, or any other master agreement, including any such
obligations or liabilities under any such master agreement.
“ Swap Termination
Value ” means, in respect of any one or more Swap
Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally
enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts:
(a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have
been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance
therewith, such termination value(s); and (b) for any date
prior to the date referenced in clause (a) , the
amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap
Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other
readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in
such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of
a Lender).
“ Synthetic Lease
Obligation ” means the monetary obligation of a
Person under: (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or
tax retention lease; or (b) an agreement for the use or
possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on
the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or
bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the
indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting
treatment).
“ Tax Indemnified
Parties ” means, collectively, the Letter of Credit
Issuer, the Lenders, Agents, the Program Support Providers and
Conduit Collateral Agents, and “Tax Indemnified Party”
means any of the foregoing.
“ Taxes ”
means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges
imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest,
additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“ UCC ” is
defined in Section 8.1 .
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“ Unfunded Capital
Commitment ” means, with respect to any Investor at
any time: (a) such Investor’s Capital Commitment at such
time, excluding (1) any Capital Commitment subject to a
Pending Capital Call and (2) returns of Capital Contributions,
unless a confirmation certificate in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent has been received by the
Administrative Agent from a Credit Party, reporting the returned
Capital Contributions and providing the amounts of the remaining
unfunded Capital Commitments of the Investors; minus
(b) such Investor’s aggregate Capital Contributions made
prior to such time.
“ Unreimbursed
Amount ” is defined in Section 2.
5(c)(i) hereof.
“ Used Fee
” has the meaning provided in the Fee Letter.
“ YC SUSI ”
means YC SUSI Trust, a Delaware Statutory Trust.
“ YC SUSI Alternate
Lenders ” means the Alternate Lenders in the YC SUSI
Lender Group, as set forth on the signature pages hereto or the
applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
“ YC SUSI Lender
Group ” means YC SUSI, any permitted Conduit Assignee
thereof, the YC SUSI Alternate Lenders from time to time party
hereto and Bank of America, as Managing Agent.
“ Yield ”
means, the sum of:
(a) for any Portion of Loans for any
Lender Group during any Interest Period to the extent a Conduit
Lender funds such Portion of Loans through the issuance of
Commercial Paper (directly or indirectly through a related
commercial paper issuer);
(b) for any Portion of Loans funded
by the Alternate Lenders and for any Portion of Loans for any
Lender Group to the extent the related Conduit Lender does not fund
such Portion of Loans through the issuance of Commercial Paper
(directly or indirectly through a related commercial paper
issuer);
where:
AR/BR = the
Alternate Rate or Base Rate, as applicable, for such Portion of
Loans for such Interest Period;
CPR = the CP
Rate for such Portion of Loans for such Interest Period (as
determined by each applicable Administrator on or prior to the
fifth Business Day of the calendar month next following such
Interest Period);
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D = the actual
number of days during such Interest Period, and
L = the amount
of such Portion of Loans during such Interest Period;
provided that no provision of
this Credit Agreement shall require the payment or permit the
collection of Yield in excess of the Maximum Rate; and
provided , further , that at all times during the
existence of an Event of Default or after the Maturity Date, Yield
for all Portions of Loans shall accrue at the Default Rate. Without
limiting the obligation of any Borrower Party to pay interest
pursuant to Section 3.3 , Yield shall include
interest pursuant to Section 3.3 on the
Principal Obligation and all other Obligations not paid or
deposited when due under this Credit Agreement or under the
Notes.
1.2. Other Definitional
Provisions .
(a) All terms defined in this Credit
Agreement shall have the above-defined meanings when used in the
Notes or any other Loan Documents or any certificate, report or
other document made or delivered pursuant to this Credit Agreement,
unless otherwise defined in such other document.
(b) Defined terms used in the
singular shall import the plural and vice versa.
(c) The words “hereof,”
“herein,” “hereunder,” and similar terms
when used in this Credit Agreement shall refer to this Credit
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provisions of this
Credit Agreement.
(d) The term “including”
is by way of example and not limitation. The term
“documents” includes any and all instruments,
documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial
statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in
physical or electronic form.
(e) In the computation of periods of
time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word
“from” means “from and including;” the
words “to” and “until” each mean “to
but excluding;” and the word “through” means
“to and including.”
(f) Section headings herein and in
the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference
only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(g) Unless otherwise specified in the
Loan Documents, time references are to time in New York, New
York.
1.3. Letter of Credit Amounts
. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount
of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the
maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to
all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the
documents issued in connection therewith, but only to the extent
such maximum face amount is in effect at such time.
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2.
LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
2.1. The Commitment .
(a) Committed Amount . Subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth, including
Sections 8.1 , 8.2 (if applicable)
and 8.3 , Lenders having Commitments agree severally,
during the Availability Period: (i) to extend to Borrower or
any Qualified Borrower a revolving line of credit; and (ii) to
participate in Letters of Credit issued by the Letter of Credit
Issuer for the account of Borrower or any Qualified Borrower.
(b) Limitation on Borrowings .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, Lenders
shall not be required to advance any Borrowing or cause the
issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder if:
(i) after giving effect to such
Borrowing or issuance of such Letter of Credit: (A) the
Principal Obligation would exceed the Available Loan Amount;
(B) the Letter of Credit Liability would exceed the Letter of
Credit Sublimit; or (C) any Implicit Borrowing Base Deficit
would exist; or
(ii) an Event of Default or a
Potential Default exists.
(c) Exclusion Events . If any
of the following events (each, an “ Exclusion
Event ”) shall occur with respect to any Designated
Investor or any Included Investor or, if applicable, the Sponsor,
Responsible Party, or Credit Provider of such Investor (such
Investor hereinafter referred to as a “ Defaulting
Investor ”):
(i) it shall: (A) apply for or
consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
intervenor, or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part
of its assets; (B) file a voluntary petition as debtor in
bankruptcy or admit in writing that it is unable to pay its debts
as they become due; (C) make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors; (D) file a petition or answer seeking
reorganization or an arrangement with creditors or take advantage
of any Debtor Relief Laws; (E) file an answer admitting the
material allegations of, or consent to, or default in answering, a
petition filed against it in any bankruptcy, reorganization, or
insolvency proceeding; or (F) take any personal, partnership,
limited liability company, corporate or trust action, as
applicable, for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing;
(ii) an order, order for relief,
judgment, or decree shall be entered by any court of competent
jurisdiction or other competent authority approving a petition
seeking such Person’s reorganization or appointing a
receiver, custodian, trustee, intervenor, or liquidator of such
Person or of all or substantially all of its assets, and such
order, judgment, or decree shall continue unstayed and in effect
for a period of sixty (60) days;
(iii) any final judgment(s) for the
payment of money which in the aggregate exceed fifteen percent
(15%) of its net worth shall be rendered against such Person, and
such judgment or judgments shall not be satisfied or
discharged
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at least ten
(10) days prior to the date on which any of its assets could
be lawfully sold to satisfy such judgment;
(iv) such Investor shall repudiate,
challenge, or declare unenforceable its obligation to make
contributions to the capital of the applicable Credit Party
pursuant to its Capital Commitment or a Call Notice; shall
otherwise disaffirm any material provision of the Operating
Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement or the Partnership Agreement,
as applicable; or shall otherwise disaffirm any material provision
of its Investor Letter; or a court of competent jurisdiction finds
such Capital Commitment or the obligations under its Investor
Letter unenforceable;
(v) such Investor shall fail to make
a contribution to the capital of the applicable Credit Party when
required pursuant to a Call Notice, subject to any applicable
notice or cure periods, or shall otherwise be in material default
under the Operating Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement, its
Investor Letter or any Loan Document, following any applicable
notice requirements or cure periods;
(vi) any representation or warranty
made under its Investor Letter or any Loan Documents executed by
such Person shall prove to be untrue or inaccurate in any material
respect, as of the date on which such representation or warranty is
made, and such Person shall fail to cure the adverse effect of the
failure of such representation or warranty within thirty
(30) days after written notice thereof is delivered by
Administrative Agent to Borrower and to such Person;
(vii) such Investor shall transfer
its Equity Interest in Borrower or Pledgor, as applicable, in
violation of this Credit Agreement;
(viii) default shall occur in the
performance by it of any of the covenants or agreements contained
in its Investor Letter, the Operating Agreement, the Stockholders
Agreement or the Partnership Agreement (except, in each case, as
otherwise specifically addressed in this
Section 2.1(c) , in which case no grace period
beyond any provided for herein shall apply) and such default shall
continue uncured to the satisfaction of Administrative Agent for a
period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof has
been given by Administrative Agent to Borrower and to such
Investor;
(ix) in the case of each Included
Investor that is a Rated Investor, it shall fail to maintain the
Applicable Requirement for such Investor required in the definition
of Applicable Requirement in Section 1
hereof;
(x) in the case of any Non-Rated
Included Investor, such Investor shall fail to maintain a net worth
(determined in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles), measured at the end of each fiscal year of such
Person, of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the initial net
worth of such Investor, Sponsor, Responsible Party, or Credit
Provider measured at the end of the fiscal
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year preceding
the designation of such Investor as an Included Investor hereunder;
or
(xi) in the case of each Designated
Investor and Non-Rated Included Investor, following the occurrence
of an event which materially adversely affects the ability of such
Investor to fulfill its obligations under the Operating Agreement
or the Stockholders Agreement, as applicable, and the Required
Lenders elect to declare the occurrence of an Exclusion Event with
respect to such Investor,
then as
of the Effective Removal Date for such Exclusion Event, such
Investor shall no longer be a Designated Investor or an Included
Investor, as applicable, and Administrative Agent and the Borrower
Parties shall treat such Defaulting Investor’s Capital
Commitment and Unfunded Capital Commitment as zero (0) for
purposes of: (A) calculating the aggregate Unfunded Capital
Commitment of the Designated Investors or Included Investors, as
applicable, with respect to this Credit Agreement;
(B) calculating the Available Loan Amount and Borrowing Base;
and (C) calculating whether a mandatory prepayment is required
to be made by Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.1(d) .
(d) Mandatory Prepayment
.
(i) Excess Loans Outstanding .
If, on any day, the Principal Obligation exceeds the Available Loan
Amount or if an Implicit Borrowing Base Deficit exists (including,
without limitation, as a result of an Exclusion Event), then the
Credit Parties shall pay on demand such excess or amount of
Implicit Borrowing Base Deficit, as applicable, to Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, in immediately available funds
(except to the extent any such excess is otherwise addressed by
Section 2. 1(d)(ii) :
(A) promptly on demand (but in no event later than one
(1) Business Day), to the extent such funds are available in
the Collateral Account or another account maintained by Borrower;
and (B) within fifteen (15) Business Days of demand to the
extent that it is necessary for a Credit Party to issue Call
Notices to fund such required payment (and the Credit Parties shall
issue such Call Notices during such time, and shall pay such excess
or amount of Implicit Borrowing Base Deficit, as applicable,
immediately after the Capital Contributions relating to such Call
Notice are received); provided that the amount of such
excess shall be paid to Administrative Agent concurrently with the
creation of such excess or deficit if it results from any willful
act of any Credit Party. The Credit Parties hereby agree that
Administrative Agent may withdraw from the Collateral Account any
Capital Contributions deposited therein in respect of such Call
Notices until the payment obligations required by this
Section 2. 1(d)(i) have been
satisfied in full.
(ii) Excess Letters of Credit
Outstanding . If any excess or amount of Implicit Borrowing
Base Deficit, as applicable, calculated pursuant to
Section 2. 1(d)(i) is attributable
to undrawn Letters of Credit, the Credit Parties shall Cash
Collateralize the Letter of Credit Liability in the amount of such
excess or Implicit Borrowing Base Deficit, as applicable, when
required pursuant to the
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terms of
Section 2. 1(d)(i) , as security
for such portion of the Obligations. Unless otherwise required by
law, upon: (i) a change in circumstances such that the
Principal Obligation no longer exceeds the Available Loan Amount;
or (ii) the full and final payment of the Obligations,
Administrative Agent shall return to the Credit Parties (or the
applicable Qualified Borrower) any amounts remaining in said cash
collateral account.
(e) Loans in Dollars . Each
Loan made pursuant to this Credit Agreement shall be both funded
and payable in Dollars.
2.2. Revolving Credit
Commitment . Subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, each Alternate Lender severally agrees, on any Business Day
during the Availability Period, to make Loans to Borrower or any
Qualified Borrower at any time and from time to time in an
aggregate principal amount up to such Lender’s Commitment at
any such time; provided, however, that, after making such
Loans: (a) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Principal
Obligation would not exceed such Lender’s Commitment as of
such date; and (b) the Principal Obligation of such
Lender’s Lender Group would not exceed the aggregate
Commitment of the Alternate Lenders in such Lender Group. Subject
to the foregoing limitation, the conditions set forth in
Section 8 and the other terms and conditions
hereof, Borrower or any Qualified Borrower may borrow, repay
without penalty or premium, and re-borrow hereunder, during the
Availability Period. Each Borrowing pursuant to this Section
2.2 shall be funded ratably by each Lender Group in
accordance with its Lender Group Percentage. No Lender shall be
obligated to fund any Loan if the interest rate applicable thereto
under Section 2.11 hereof would exceed the Maximum
Rate in effect with respect to such Loan.
2.3. Borrowing Procedures
.
(a) Loan Notice . The
applicable Borrower Party may request a Loan hereunder by
delivering to Administrative Agent, by electronic mail, facsimile
or by telephone notice followed by the written confirmation via
electronic mail or other evidence of writing, a Loan Notice,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of such
Borrower Party (and each Loan Notice submitted by a Qualified
Borrower must be countersigned by a Responsible Officer of
Borrower), no later than 11:00 a.m. at least two
(2) Business Days prior to the proposed date of any Loan
(including the initial Loan). Each such Loan Notice shall specify:
(i) the desired amount of such Loan, which shall be
(a) at least $500,000 at all times when there is only one
Alternate Lender party hereto, and (b) at least $1,000,000 at
all times when there are two or more Alternate Lenders party
hereto; (ii) the desired date of such Loan (the “
Loan Date ”), which shall be a Business Day;
and (iii) such other information as is required by the form of
such Loan Notice. Each Loan Notice submitted by such Borrower Party
shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the
applicable Borrower Party that: (i) the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 9 hereof are true and
correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Loan
Notice, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such
date (except to the extent of changes in facts or circumstances
that have been disclosed to the Administrative Agent and do not
constitute an Event of Default or a Potential Default under this
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document); (ii) no Event of
Default or, to its knowledge, Potential Default
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exists and is
continuing at such date; (iii) the conditions specified in
Sections 8.1 , 8.2 (if applicable)
and 8.3 , have been or will be satisfied as of the
Loan Date; and (iv) after giving effect to such Borrowing, the
Principal Obligation will not exceed the Available Loan Amount as
of such date. No Loan Notice shall be valid hereunder for any
purpose unless it shall have been accompanied or preceded by the
information and other documents required to be delivered in
accordance with this Section 2.3 . All Loans
hereunder shall be made by each Lender Group on a pro rata
basis based on the Lender Group Percentage of each Lender
Group.
(b) Further Information . Each
Loan Notice shall be accompanied or preceded by: (A) a
Borrowing Base Certificate dated the date of such Loan Notice; and
(B) such documents as are required to satisfy any applicable
conditions precedent as provided in Section 8.2
.
(c) Notification of Conduit
Lender . Administrative Agent will promptly notify each
Managing Agent of Administrative Agent’s receipt of any Loan
Notice, and each Managing Agent will promptly notify each of the
Lenders in its Lender Group. If the Loan Notice is received prior
to the Conduit Investment Termination Date for a Conduit Lender,
such Conduit Lender (or its Administrator on its behalf) shall
instruct Administrative Agent to accept or reject such Loan Notice
by notice given to Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower
Party by telephone or facsimile by no later than the close of its
business on the later of the Business Day of its receipt of any
such Loan Notice or the Business Day prior to the applicable Loan
Date.
(d) Loan Notice Irrevocable .
Each Loan Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on such Borrower
and any applicable Qualified Borrower, and Borrower (and, if
applicable, the Qualified Borrower) shall indemnify Lenders against
any cost, loss, or expense incurred by Lenders, or any of them, as
a result of any failure to fulfill, on or before the date specified
in the Loan Notice, the conditions to such Borrowing set forth
herein, including, without limitation, any cost, loss, or expense
incurred by reason of the liquidation or redeployment of the
deposits or other funds acquired by Lenders, or any of them, to
fund the Borrowing to be made by Lenders as a part of such
Borrowing when such Borrowing, as a result of such failure, is not
made on such date (including, in the case of a Conduit Lender,
pursuant to a Program Support Agreement), except with respect to a
Borrowing for a Loan at the Base Rate, as to which Borrower shall
not be required to indemnify Lenders against such costs, losses or
expenses incurred by Lenders as a result of such liquidation or
redeployment of funds. A certificate of Administrative Agent
setting forth the amount of any such cost, loss or expense, and the
basis for the determination thereof and the calculation thereof,
shall be delivered to Borrower and the applicable Qualified
Borrower and shall, in the absence of a manifest error, be
conclusive and binding
(e) Alternate Lender’s
Commitment . At no time will any Conduit Lender have any
obligation to fund a Loan or participate in any Letter of Credit.
At all times on and after the Conduit Investment Termination Date
for a Conduit Lender or if a Conduit Lender has failed for whatever
reason to fund its portion of a Borrowing in full, all Loans and
participations in Letters of Credit shall be made by the Alternate
Lenders of the
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related Lender
Group. At any time when a Conduit Lender has rejected a request for
Loan (it being understood that if a Conduit Lender does not fund
any Loan in relation to which all of the conditions precedent set
forth in Section 8.2 (if applicable) and
Section 8.3 have been satisfied on the date set forth
in the applicable Loan Notice, such Conduit Lender shall be deemed
to have rejected the request for Loan), the related Managing Agent
shall so notify the related Alternate Lenders and such Alternate
Lenders shall make such Loan, on a pro rata basis, in
accordance with their respective Alternate Lender Pro Rata Shares.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Section 2. 3(e) or elsewhere in
this Credit Agreement to the contrary, no Alternate Lender shall be
obligated to provide Administrative Agent or any Borrower Party
with funds in connection with a Loan in an amount that would result
in the sum of the portion of the Loans then funded by it plus such
Alternate Lender’s Alternate Lender Pro Rata Share of the
applicable Lender Group Percentage of the Letter of Credit
Liability exceeding its Commitment then in effect (minus the
unrecovered principal amount of such Alternate Lender’s
investments in the Principal Obligation pursuant to the Program
Support Agreement to which it is a party). The obligation of each
Alternate Lender to remit its Alternate Lender Pro Rata Share of
any such Loan requested of its Lender Group shall be several from
that of each other Alternate Lender, and the failure of any
Alternate Lender to so make such amount available to Administrative
Agent shall not relieve any other Alternate Lender of its
obligation hereunder.
(f) Payment of Loan . On any
Loan Date, each Conduit Lender or each Alternate Lender, as the
case may be, shall remit its share of the aggregate amount of such
Loan to Administrative Agent, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to Administrative Agent for the account of the
appropriate Borrower Party no later than 12:00 noon. Administrative
Agent shall in turn forward the same in immediately available funds
to the appropriate Borrower Party’s account at Administrative
Agent specified in the Loan Notice, or, if requested by the
applicable Borrower Party in the Loan Notice, wire transfer such
funds as requested.
(g) Managing Agents May Advance
Funds . Unless a Managing Agent shall have received notice from
any Lender in its Lender Group that such Person will not make its
share of any Loan available on the applicable Loan Date therefor
(for purposes of this paragraph only, the “ Loan
Amount ”), such Managing Agent may (but shall have no
obligation to) make any such Lender’s share of any such Loan
available to the applicable Borrower Party in anticipation of the
receipt by such Managing Agent of such Loan Amount from the
applicable Lender. To the extent any such Lender fails to remit
such Loan Amount to such Managing Agent after any such advance by
such Managing Agent on such Loan Date, such Lender shall be
required to pay such Loan Amount for its own account, together with
interest thereon at a per annum rate equal to the Federal Funds
Rate to such Managing Agent upon its demand therefor. If such
Lender does not pay such Loan Amount together with such interest,
such Managing Agent will promptly notify the Borrower, and Borrower
shall immediately pay such Loan Amount to Administrative Agent (for
distribution to the applicable Managing Agent), together with
interest thereon from the applicable Loan Date through the date
such Loan Amount is repaid to Administrative Agent promptly on
demand, to the extent such funds are available in the Collateral
Account; and otherwise, to the extent that it is necessary
for
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Borrower to
issue Call Notices to fund such required payment, within fifteen
(15) Business Days after Administrative Agent’s demand (but,
in any event, the Credit Parties shall issue such Call Notices and
shall make such payment promptly after the related Capital
Contributions are received); or (ii) from any Qualified
Borrower (as applicable), promptly on demand; in each case,
together with interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate
applicable to the requested Borrowing for the period commencing on
the borrowing date and ending on (but excluding) the date
Administrative Agent recovers the amount from Borrower. Until such
amount shall be repaid, such amount shall be deemed to be a Loan
funded by the applicable Managing Agent and such Managing Agent
shall be deemed to be the owner of such Loan. Upon the payment of
such amount to Administrative Agent by such Lender, such payment
shall constitute such Person’s payment of its share of the
applicable Loan.
(h) Defaulting Alternate
Lender . If, by 2:00 p.m. on any Loan Date or Assignment Date,
as applicable, whether or not any Managing Agent has advanced the
amount of the applicable Loan or paid the applicable Assignment
Amount, one or more Alternate Lenders in a Lender Group (each, a
“ Defaulting Alternate Lender ”, and each
Alternate Lender other than any Defaulting Alternate Lender being
referred to as a “ Non-Defaulting Alternate
Lender ”) fails to make its share of any Loan
available to Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 2.3(f ) or any Assignment Amount payable
by it pursuant to Section 7.1 (the aggregate
amount not so made available to Administrative Agent being herein
called in either case the “ Loan Deficit
”), then such Alternate Lender’s Managing Agent shall,
by no later than 2:30 p.m. on the applicable Loan Date or the
applicable Assignment Date, as the case may be, instruct each
Non-Defaulting Alternate Lender in such Lender Group to pay, by no
later than 3:00 p.m. on such date, in immediately available funds,
to the account designated by Administrative Agent, an amount equal
to the lesser of: (i) such Non-Defaulting Alternate
Lender’s proportionate share (based upon the relative
Commitments of the Non-Defaulting Alternate Lenders) of the Loan
Deficit with respect to such Lender Group; and (ii) its unused
Commitment. A Defaulting Alternate Lender shall forthwith, upon
demand, pay to its related Managing Agent for the ratable benefit
of the Non-Defaulting Alternate Lenders all amounts paid by each
Non-Defaulting Alternate Lender on behalf of such Defaulting
Alternate Lender, together with interest thereon, for each day from
the date a payment was made by a Non-Defaulting Alternate Lender
until the date such Non Defaulting Alternate Lender has been paid
such amounts in full, at a rate per annum equal to the
Default Rate. In addition, if, after giving effect to the
provisions of the immediately preceding sentence, any Loan Deficit
with respect to any Assignment Amount continues to exist, each such
Defaulting Alternate Lender shall pay interest to the related
Managing Agent, for the account of the related Conduit Lender, on
such Defaulting Alternate Lender’s portion of such remaining
Loan Deficit, at a rate per annum , equal to the Default
Rate, for each day from the applicable Assignment Date until the
date such Defaulting Alternate Lender shall pay its portion of such
remaining Loan Deficit in full to such Conduit Lender.
(i) Intent to Fund . Subject
to Section 2.4 , each Conduit Lender confirms
with Borrower that it intends to fund all Loans hereunder through
the issuance of its Commercial Paper to the extent reasonably
available prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default or
Potential Default.
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2.4. Determination of Yield and
Interest Periods . For purposes of determining the Interest
Period applicable to each Loan and of calculating Yield with
respect thereto, each applicable Managing Agent shall allocate the
Loans of the Lenders in its Lender Group to tranches (each a
“ Portion of Loan ”). Any Portion of Loan
funded by a Conduit Lender may from time to time be funded through
the issuance of Commercial Paper or pursuant to a Program Support
Agreement, in the sole discretion of such Conduit Lender. Any
Portion of Loan funded by the Alternate Lenders or the applicable
Program Support Providers shall accrue Yield at the Alternate Rate
or Base Rate, as selected by the Borrower. Any Portion of Loan
funded by the Conduit Lenders through the issuance of Commercial
Paper shall accrue Yield at the applicable CP Rate. At any time,
each Portion of Loan shall have only one Interest Period and one
Rate Type. The aggregate Portions of Loans of each Lender Group at
all times shall be equal to the Loans of such Lender Group, and at
any time when the Loans are not divided into two or more portions,
the term “ Portion of Loans ” shall mean
100% of the Loans of such Lender Group.
2.5. Letters of Credit .
(a) Letter of Credit
Commitment .
(i) Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, on any Business Day during the Availability
Period: (A) the Letter of Credit Issuer agrees, in reliance
upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in this
Section 2.5 : (1) from time to time on any
Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit
denominated in Dollars for the account of a Borrower Party, in
aggregate face amounts that shall be not less than $500,000 (
provided , however , three (3) Letters of Credit
for amounts less than $500,000 may be issued each calendar year),
as a Borrower Party may request, and to amend or extend Letters of
Credit previously issued by it; and (2) to honor drawings
under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Alternate Lenders
severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the
account of a Borrower Party and any drawings thereunder; provided
that after giving effect to an issuance of a Letter of Credit;
(1) the Principal Obligation will not exceed the Available
Loan Amount on such date; (2) no Implicit Borrowing Base
Deficit shall exist and (3) the Letter of Credit Liability
will not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Within the foregoing
limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, a Borrower
Party’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully
revolving, and accordingly a Borrower Party may, during the
foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of
Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and
reimbursed. The Letter of Credit Issuer shall have the right to
approve the form of Letter of Credit requested.
(ii) The Letter of Credit Issuer
shall not issue or extend any Letter of Credit, if:
(A) subject to Section 2.
5(b)(iii) , the expiration date of such Letter of
Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date
of issuance or last extension, unless the Letter of Credit Issuer
has approved such expiry date in its sole discretion; or
(B) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit would occur
after the date fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Stated
Maturity Date, unless the Borrower or applicable Qualified Borrower
shall Cash Collateralize the then-
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outstanding
Letter of Credit Liability in respect of such Letter of Credit
fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the then-applicable Stated
Maturity Date, and such Letter of Credit has an expiration date
that is not later than twelve (12) months following the Stated
Maturity Date.
(iii) The Letter of Credit Issuer
shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental
Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or
restrain the Letter of Credit Issuer from issuing such Letter of
Credit, or any Law applicable to the Letter of Credit Issuer or any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from
any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Letter of
Credit Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the Letter of Credit
Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or
such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Letter
of Credit Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any
restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Letter
of Credit Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in
effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Letter of
Credit Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not
applicable on the Closing Date and which the Letter of Credit
Issuer in good faith deems material to it; (B) the issuance of
such Letter of Credit would violate any Laws or one or more
policies of the Letter of Credit Issuer; (C) such Letter of
Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars;
(D) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for
automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing
thereunder; or (E) a default of any Lender’s obligations
to fund hereunder exists or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting
Alternate Lender hereunder, unless the Letter of Credit Issuer has
entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower Parties or
such Lender to eliminate the Letter of Credit Issuer’s risk
with respect to such Lender.
(iv) The Letter of Credit Issuer
shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if:
(A) the Letter of Credit Issuer would have no obligation at
such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under
the terms hereof; or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of
Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of
Credit.
(b)
Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit;
Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall
be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of a
Borrower Party delivered to the Letter of Credit Issuer (with a
copy to Administrative Agent) in the form of a Request for Letter
of Credit and an Application and Agreement for Letter of Credit,
together with a Borrowing Base Certificate, each appropriately
completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower
Party. Such Request for Letter of Credit must be received by the
Letter of Credit Issuer and Administrative Agent not later than
11:00 a.m. at least two (2) Business Days prior to the
proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be, of
any Letter of Credit (or such later date and time as Administrative
Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuer may agree
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in a
particular instance in their sole discretion). In the case of a
request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Request
for Letter of Credit shall specify in form and detail satisfactory
to the Letter of Credit Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of
the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day);
(B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof;
(D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof;
(E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case
of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any
certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any
drawing thereunder; and (G) such other matters as the Letter
of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request
for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, the related
Request for Letter of Credit shall specify in form and detail
satisfactory to the Letter of Credit Issuer: (1) the Letter of
Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment
thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the
proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the Letter
of Credit Issuer may reasonably require. Additionally, the
applicable Borrower Party shall furnish to the Letter of Credit
Issuer and Administrative Agent such other documents and
information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance
or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the Letter of
Credit Issuer or Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of
any Request for Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer will
confirm with Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that
Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Request for Letter
of Credit from a Borrower Party and, if not, the Letter of Credit
Issuer will provide Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. The
Letter of Credit Issuer shall also promptly notify each Managing
Agent (which in turn shall promptly notify each Lender in its
Lender Group) of the Request for Letter of Credit and the terms
thereof. Unless the Letter of Credit Issuer has received written
notice from any Lender, Administrative Agent or any Borrower Party,
at least one (1) Business Day prior to the requested date of
issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one
or more applicable conditions contained in
Section 8 shall not then be satisfied, then,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Letter of Credit
Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for
the account of such Borrower Party or enter into the applicable
amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the
Letter of Credit Issuer’s usual and customary business
practices.
(iii) If a Borrower Party so
requests in any applicable Request for Letter of Credit, the Letter
of Credit Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to
issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions
(each, an “ Auto-Extension Letter of Credit
”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of
Credit must permit the Letter of Credit Issuer to prevent any such
extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing
with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior
notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a Business Day
(the “ Non-Extension Notice Date ”) in
each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such
Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the Letter
of Credit
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Issuer,
a Borrower Party shall not be required to make a specific request
to the Letter of Credit Issuer for any such extension. Once an
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall
be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the Letter of
Credit Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at
any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit
Expiration Date; provided , however , that the Letter
of Credit Issuer shall not permit any such extension if:
(A) the Letter of Credit Issuer has determined that it would
not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to
issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under
the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause
(ii) or (iii) of
Section 2. 5(a) or otherwise); or
(B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in
writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the
Non-Extension Notice Date: (1) from Administrative Agent that
the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension; or
(2) from Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Borrower Party
that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in
Section 8.2 and, if applicable,
Section 8.3 , is not then satisfied, and in each
such case directing the Letter of Credit Issuer not to permit such
extension.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery
of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to
an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary
thereof, the Letter of Credit Issuer will also deliver to the
applicable Borrower Party and Administrative Agent and each
Managing Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or
amendment.
(v) Whenever the Letter of
Credit Issuer issues a Letter of Credit, each Alternate Lender
shall, automatically and without further action of any kind upon
the effective date of issuance of such Letter of Credit, have
irrevocably (i) agreed to acquire a participation interest
therein in an amount equal to its Alternate Lender Pro Rata Share
of its Lender Group Percentage of the Letter of Credit Liability
attributable to such Letter of Credit and (ii) committed to
make a Loan hereunder equal to its Alternate Lender Pro Rata Share
of its Lender Group Percentage of the applicable reimbursement
amount in the event that such Letter of Credit is subsequently
drawn and such drawn amount shall not have been reimbursed by a
Borrower Party upon such draw or a Loan with respect to such
unreimbursed draw is not made by such Alternate Lender’s
related Conduit Lender. In the event that any Letter of Credit
expires or is surrendered to the Letter of Credit Issuer without
being drawn (in whole or in part) then, in such event, the
foregoing commitment to make Loans with respect to draws under such
Letter of Credit shall expire with respect to such Letter of Credit
and the Letter of Credit Liability shall automatically reduce by
the amount of the Letter of Credit which is no longer outstanding.
Each Lender shall share in all rights and obligations resulting
therefrom, in accordance with such participation interest,
including, without limitation: (i) the right to receive from
Administrative Agent its share of any reimbursement of the amount
of each draft drawn under each Letter of Credit, including any
interest payable with respect thereto; (ii) the right to
receive from the Letter of Credit Issuer its share of the Letter of
Credit Fees pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof;
(iii) the right to receive from the Letter of Credit
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Issuer its
additional costs pursuant to Section 4 hereof;
and (iv) the obligation to reimburse Administrative Agent in
the form of a Loan to the applicable Borrower Party hereunder upon
receipt of notice of any payment by the Letter of Credit
Issuer.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements;
Funding of Participation .
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary
of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such
Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall notify the
applicable Borrower Party and Administrative Agent thereof. Not
later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the Letter of
Credit Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “
Honor Date ”), the applicable Borrower Party
shall reimburse the Letter of Credit Issuer through the
Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such
drawing. If a Borrower Party fails to so reimburse the Letter of
Credit Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify each Managing Agent of the Honor Date, the amount of the
unreimbursed drawing (the “ Unreimbursed Amount
”), and the amount of such Lender Group’s Lender Group
Percentage thereof. Each such notice by the Letter of Credit Issuer
shall be treated as a Loan Notice by the applicable Borrower Party.
In such event, the applicable Borrower Party shall be deemed to
have requested a Borrowing to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an
amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the
minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.3,
but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the
Available Loan Amount and the conditions set forth in
Section 8.2 , if applicable, and
Section 8.3 (other than the delivery of a Loan
Notice). Any notice given by the Letter of Credit Issuer or
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.
5(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately
confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an
immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or
binding effect of such notice.
(ii) If the Letter of Credit Issuer
so notifies a Managing Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. on any Business
Day, such Managing Agent’s related Lender Group shall make
available to Administrative Agent, for the account of the Letter of
Credit Issuer, its Lender Group Percentage of the Unreimbursed
Amount by 4:30 p.m. on such Business Day (or a subsequent day
specified by Administrative Agent) in immediately available funds.
If the Letter of Credit Issuer so notifies a Managing Agent after
11:00 a.m. on any Business Day, such Managing Agent’s
related Lender Group shall make available to Administrative Agent
for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer its Lender Group
Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount by 12:00 noon on the next
Business Day (or a subsequent day specified by Administrative
Agent) in immediately available funds. If any amounts have been
deposited into a segregated interest-bearing cash collateral
account for the purpose of Cash Collateralizing the Letter of
Credit Liability, the Letter of Credit Issuer shall use such funds
to satisfy any drawings under the Letters of Credit prior to
notifying the Managing Agents of the need for a Loan with respect
thereto. Lenders may conclusively rely on the Letter of Credit
Issuer as to the amount due Administrative Agent by reason of any
draft of a Letter of
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Credit or due
the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Application and Agreement for
Letter of Credit. If any payment received by Administrative Agent
pursuant to this Section 2. 5(c)
is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described
in Section 14.4 , each Alternate Lender shall
pay to Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit
Issuer its Alternate Lender Pro Rata Share of the related Lender
Group Percentage thereof on demand of Administrative Agent, plus
interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such
amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the
Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.
(iii) With respect to any
Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing
because the conditions set forth in Section 8.2
, if applicable, and Section 8.3 , cannot be
satisfied or for any other reason, the applicable Borrower Party
shall be deemed to have incurred from the Letter of Credit Issuer
an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is
not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on
demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the
Default Rate. In such event, each Lender Group’s payment to
Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer
pursuant to Section 2. 5(c)(i)
shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C
Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from the applicable
Lenders in such Lender Group in satisfaction of its participation
obligation under this Section 2.5 .
(iv) Until each applicable Lender in
each Lender Group funds its Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this
Section 2. 5(c) to reimburse the
Letter of Credit Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of
Credit, interest in respect of such Lender Group’s Lender
Group Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of
the Letter of Credit Issuer.
(v) Each Alternate Lender’s
obligation to make Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the Letter of
Credit Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as
contemplated by this Section 2.5(c) , shall be
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including: (A) any set-off, counterclaim,
recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have
against the Letter of Credit Issuer, any Credit Party, or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance
of a Potential Default or Event of Default; or (C) any other
occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing; provided, however , that each Alternate
Lender’s obligation to make Loans pursuant to this
Section 2. 5(c) is subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 8.2 , if applicable,
and Section 8.3 (other than delivery of a Loan
Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or
otherwise impair the obligations of any Credit Party to reimburse
the Letter of Credit Issuer for the amount of any payment made by
the Letter of Credit Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together
with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Alternate Lender fails to
make available to Administrative Agent for the account of the
Letter of Credit Issuer any amount required to be
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paid by such
Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.5(c) by the time specified in
Section 2. 5(c)(ii) , the Letter
of Credit Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Alternate
Lender (acting through 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 Letter of Credit Issuer at a rate per
annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.
A certificate of the Letter of Credit Issuer submitted to any
Alternate Lender (through Administrative Agent) with respect to any
amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of
Participations.
(i) At any time after the Letter of
Credit Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has
received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect
of such payment in accordance with
Section 2.5(c) , if Administrative Agent
receives for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer any payment
in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon
(whether directly from Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of
cash collateral applied thereto by Administrative Agent),
Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata
Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest
payments, to reflect the period of time during which such
Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as
those received by Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by
Administrative Agent for the account of the Letter of Credit Issuer
pursuant to Section 2. 5(c)(i) is
required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in
Section 14.4 (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by the Letter of Credit Issuer in its
discretion), each Alternate Lender shall, and each Conduit Lender
may (and if a Conduit Lender does not, the Alternate Lenders in its
Lender Group shall), pay to Administrative Agent for the account of
the Letter of Credit Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of
Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such
demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a
rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in
effect.
(e) Obligations Absolute . The
obligations of the applicable Borrower Party to reimburse the
Letter of Credit Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of
Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement under all
circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or
enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Credit Agreement, or
any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim,
counterclaim, set-off, defense or other right that any Borrower
Party may have at any time against any beneficiary or any
transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any
such beneficiary
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or any such
transferee may be acting), the Letter of Credit Issuer or any other
Person, whether in connection with this Credit Agreement, the
transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any
agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated
transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate
or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to
be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or
any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or
any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document
required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of
Credit;
(iv) any payment by the Letter of
Credit Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a
draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms
of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the Letter of
Credit Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting
to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for
the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other
representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee
of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or
(v) any other circumstance or
happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Borrower
Party.
The
applicable Borrower Party shall promptly examine a copy of each
Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it
and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with such Borrower
Party’s instructions or other irregularity, such Borrower
Party will immediately notify the Letter of Credit Issuer. The
applicable Borrower Party shall be conclusively deemed to have
waived any such claim against the Letter of Credit Issuer and its
correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of Letter of Credit
Issuer . Each Lender and each Borrower Party agree that, in
paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit
Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document
(other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly
required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to
the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of
the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the
Letter of Credit Issuer, any Agent-Related Person nor any of the
respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the Letter
of Credit Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for: (i) any
action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or
with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as
applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of
gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due
execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any
document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or related
Request for Letter of Credit. Each Borrower Party hereby assumes
all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee
with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided,
however , that this assumption is not intended to, and shall
not, preclude any Borrower Party’s pursuing such rights and
remedies as it may have against the
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beneficiary or
transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Letter
of Credit Issuer, any Agent-Related Person, nor any of the
respective correspondents, participants or assignees of the Letter
of Credit Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the
matters described in clauses (i) through
(v) of Section 2.5(e) ;
provided, however , that anything in such clauses to the
contrary notwithstanding, a Borrower Party may have a claim against
the Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Letter of Credit Issuer may be
liable to such Borrower Party, to the extent, but only to the
extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary,
damages suffered by such Borrower Party which such Borrower Party
proves were caused by the Letter of Credit Issuer’s willful
misconduct or gross negligence or the Letter of Credit
Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit
after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft
and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions
of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, the Letter of Credit Issuer may accept documents that
appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for
further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to
the contrary, and the Letter of Credit Issuer shall not be
responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits
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