AMENDMENT NO. 1 to SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (THREE-YEAR FACILITY), AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO LOCAL CURRENCY ADDENDUM and AMENDMENT NO. 1 to JAPAN LOCAL CURRENCY ADDENDUM


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AMENDMENT NO. 1
to
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (THREE-YEAR FACILITY),
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO LOCAL CURRENCY ADDENDUM
and
AMENDMENT NO. 1 to JAPAN LOCAL CURRENCY ADDENDUM

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (THREE-YEAR FACILITY), AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO LOCAL CURRENCY ADDENDUM and AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO JAPAN LOCAL CURRENCY ADDENDUM (this “Amendment”), dated as of September 2, 2021, is entered into by and among:
(i)    Caterpillar Inc. (“Caterpillar”);
(ii)    Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (“CFSC”);
(iii)    Caterpillar Finance Kabushiki Kaisha (“CFKK”);
(iv)    Caterpillar International Finance Designated Activity Company (“CIF” and together with Caterpillar, CFSC and CFKK, the “Borrowers”);
(v)    the Banks, Local Currency Banks and Japan Local Currency Banks party to the Existing Credit Agreement referenced below (collectively, the “Banks”);
(vi)    MUFG Bank, Ltd., as Japan Local Currency Agent (the “Japan Local Currency Agent”) and as Japan Local Currency Bank (the “Japan Local Currency Bank”) under the Existing Credit Agreement;
(vii)    Citibank Europe plc, UK Branch, as Local Currency Agent (the “Local Currency Agent”) under the Existing Credit Agreement; and
(viii)    Citibank, N.A., as Agent (the “Administrative Agent” and together with the Japan Local Currency Agent and the Local Currency Agent, the “Agents”) under the Existing Credit Agreement.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
The Borrowers, the Banks and the Agents are parties to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility) dated as of September 5, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).


CFSC, CIF, the Local Currency Banks, the Administrative Agent and the Local Currency Agent are parties to the Local Currency Addendum dated as of September 5, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Local Currency Addendum”).
CFSC, CFKK, the Japan Local Currency Banks, the Administrative Agent and the Japan Local Currency Agent are parties to the Japan Local Currency Addendum dated as of September 5, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Japan Local Currency Addendum”).
The Borrowers have requested that the Existing Credit Agreement, the Existing Local Currency Addendum and the Existing Japan Local Currency Addendum be amended as hereinafter set forth.
The Existing Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, is referred to herein as the “Amended Credit Agreement”. The Existing Local Currency Addendum, as amended by this Amendment, is referred to herein as the “Amended Local Currency Addendum”. The Existing Japan Local Currency Addendum, as amended by this Amendment, is referred to herein as the “Amended Japan Local Currency Addendum”.
In consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows.
SECTION 1.Defined Terms. Each capitalized term used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Amended Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2.Amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement. Effective as of the date hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 below:
2.1.the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety pursuant to Annex I hereto;
2.2.the Existing Local Currency Addendum is hereby amended in its entirety pursuant to Annex II hereto; and
2.3.the Existing Japan Local Currency Addendum is hereby amended in its entirety pursuant to Annex III hereto.
SECTION 3.Reaffirmation of CFSC Guaranty. CFSC hereby reaffirms all of its obligations under Article IX of the Amended Credit Agreement and acknowledges and agrees that such obligations remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified, reaffirmed and confirmed.
SECTION 4.Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective and be deemed effective as of the date hereof (the “Amendment Effective Date”) upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following:
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4.1.duly executed counterparts of this Amendment from each Borrower, the Agents, and each Bank;
4.2.the Administrative Agent shall have received, for the account of each applicable Bank, any upfront fees to be paid by any Borrower to such Banks in connection with this Amendment;
4.3.certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of each Borrower evidencing corporate authority to execute and deliver this Amendment;
4.4.an opinion letter of counsel for each of Caterpillar and CFSC, given upon their express instructions, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
4.5.an opinion letter of Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Borrowers, given upon their express instructions, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and
4.6.a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to each Borrower that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, to the extent such documentation is requested at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Amendment Effective Date.
SECTION 5.Covenants, Representations and Warranties of the Borrowers.
5.1.Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each Borrower hereby reaffirms all covenants, representations and warranties made by it in the Amended Credit Agreement, the Amended Local Currency Addendum and the Amended Japan Local Currency Addendum and agrees that all such covenants, representations and warranties shall be deemed to have been re-made as of the date hereof.
5.2.Each Borrower hereby represents and warrants that (a) this Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Borrower, enforceable against such Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting creditor’s rights generally and by the effect of general principles of equity and (b) on the date hereof, no Event of Default exists with respect to such Borrower and no event exists which, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to such Borrower.
SECTION 6.Reference to and Effect on the Existing Credit Agreement, the Existing Local Currency Addendum and the Existing Japan Local Currency Addendum.
6.1.Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Amended Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended hereby,
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and each reference to any such agreement in any other document, instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection with such agreement shall mean and be a reference to such agreement as amended hereby. In addition, this Amendment constitutes a Loan Document.
6.2.Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Amended Local Currency Addendum to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Existing Local Currency Addendum as amended hereby, and each reference to any such agreement in any other document, instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection with such agreement shall mean and be a reference to such agreement as amended hereby.
6.3.Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Amended Japan Local Currency Addendum to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Existing Japan Local Currency Addendum as amended hereby, and each reference to any such agreement in any other document, instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection with such agreement shall mean and be a reference to such agreement as amended hereby.
6.4.Except as specifically amended above, the Existing Credit Agreement, the Existing Local Currency Addendum, the Existing Japan Local Currency Addendum, the Notes and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
6.5.The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any party under the Existing Credit Agreement, the Existing Local Currency Addendum, the Existing Japan Local Currency Addendum, the Notes or any other document, instrument or agreement executed in connection therewith, nor constitute a waiver of any provision contained therein, except as specifically set forth herein.
SECTION 7.Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. A facsimile or PDF copy of any signature hereto shall have the same effect as the original of such signature. The parties may execute this Amendment using Electronic Signatures as contemplated by Section 8.11 of the Amended Credit Agreement.
SECTION 8.Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York (without regard for conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the internal law of the State of New York). This Amendment shall be subject to the submission to jurisdiction and service of process provisions and requirements set forth in Section 8.08 of the Amended Credit Agreement, and the waiver of jury trial provisions and requirements set forth in Section 8.12 of the Amended Credit Agreement.
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SECTION 9.Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose
SECTION 10.Additional Bank; Departing Banks.
10.1.Upon the effectiveness hereof, Banco Santander, S.A., New York Branch (the “Additional Bank”) shall constitute a Bank under the Amended Credit Agreement, with its Commitment and Revolving Credit Commitment appearing in Schedule I to the Amended Credit Agreement. The Additional Bank shall be deemed and constitute a Bank under the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall be bound by the provisions of this Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, funding obligations in respect of its Commitment and Revolving Credit Commitment as and when required under the Amended Credit Agreement). The Additional Lender acknowledges and agrees that it has received a copy of the Amended Credit Agreement, together with copies of financial statements and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment and to become a Bank, which analysis and decision has been made independently of and without reliance upon the Agents or any other Bank.  The Additional Bank confirms it will, independently and without reliance on the Agents, or any other Bank, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Amended Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents, and it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Bank.
10.2.Upon the effectiveness hereof, each of Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (each, a “Departing Bank”) shall no longer constitute a Bank under the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. Each Departing Bank’s Commitment and Revolving Credit Commitment under the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to giving effect to this Amendment shall be terminated, and no Departing Bank shall be a “Bank” party to the Amended Credit Agreement. Each Departing Bank shall no longer have any rights or obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than rights and obligations under those provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement that expressly survive termination thereof, which shall survive).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers or representatives thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

By:/s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:Corporate Treasurer


CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL
SERVICES CORPORATION

By:/s/Xxx Xx Xxxx
Name:Xxx Xx Xxxx
Title:Treasurer


CATERPILLAR INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY

By:/s/Xxx Xx Xxxx
Name:Xxx Xx Xxxx
Title:Director

CATERPILLAR FINANCE KABUSHIKI
KAISHA

By:/s/Xxx Xx Xxxx
Name:Xxx Xx Xxxx
Title:Director

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


CITIBANK, N.A., as Agent

By:/s/Xxxxx Xxxxx
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title:Vice President
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


CITIBANK EUROPE PLC, UK BRANCH, as Local Currency Agent

By:/s/Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:Vice President
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


MUFG BANK, LTD., as Japan Local Currency Agent

By:/s/Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name:Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title:Managing Director, Head of Osaka Corporate Banking Division No. 3

                            
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


CITIBANK, N.A., as a Bank and a Local Currency Bank


By:/s/Xxxxx Xxxxx
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title:Vice President





Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Bank


By:/s/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:Director
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., LONDON BRANCH (formerly Bank of America Xxxxxxx Xxxxx International Limited), as a Local Currency Bank


By:/s/Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name:Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title:Vice President
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


                    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Bank and a Local Currency Bank

By:/s/Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name:Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:Executive Director






Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Bank and a Local Currency Bank


By:/s/Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:Director




Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, as a Bank and a Local Currency Bank


By:/s/Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name:Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:Director





Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


MUFG BANK, LTD., as a Bank

By:/s/Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Name:Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title:Director


Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
BANKING GROUP LIMITED, as a Bank


By:/s/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:Executive Director

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


BNP PARIBAS, as a Bank and a Local Currency Bank


By:/s/Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Name:Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:Managing Director
By:/s/Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:Director




Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as a Bank


By:/s/Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxx
Name:Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxx
Title:Director


Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, as a Bank


By:/s/Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Name:Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:Executive Director

                    



Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Bank


By:/s/Xxxxx XxxXxxxxxx
Name:Xxxxx XxxXxxxxxx
Title:Authorized Signatory



Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Bank


By:/s/Xxxxx X. XxXxxxx
Name:Xxxxx X. XxXxxxx
Title:Senior Vice President


Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Bank and a Local Currency Bank


By:/s/Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Name:Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title:Managing Director
By:/s/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:Director




Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Departing Bank

By:/s/Xxxxx Xxxxx
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title:Director
By:/s/Xxxxx Xxxxx
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:Vice President


                        

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


ING BANK N.V., DUBLIN BRANCH, as a Bank


By:/s/Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:Managing Director
By:/s/Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Name:Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title:Vice President


Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


LLOYDS BANK PLC, as a New Bank, a Bank and a Local Currency Bank


By:/s/Xxx Marriott
Name:Xxx Marriott
Title:Associate Director

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA
S.A., NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Bank


By:/s/Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:Managing Director
By:/s/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name:Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:Senior Vice President



Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as a Departing Bank


By:/s/Xxxxx XxXxxxxxxxx
Name:Xxxxx XxXxxxxxxxx
Title:Executive Director

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


    THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, as a Bank


By:/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name:Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:Senior Vice President

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum



KBC BANK N.V., as a Bank

By:/s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Name:Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title:Managing Director
By:/s/Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Name:Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title:Managing Director


Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, as a Bank


By:/s/Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name:Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title:Director, Financing Solutions

                        
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Bank
By:/s/Suosheng Li
Name:Suosheng Li
Title:General Manager

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Bank



By:/s/Xxxxxxxxx Xxx
Name:Xxxxxxxxx Xxx
Title:Vice President
By:/s/Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Name:Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Title:Executive Director

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as a Bank


By:/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xx.
Name:Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xx.
Title:Vice President




Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION, as a Bank


By:/s/Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:Tier II Attorney

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


ITAU UNIBANCO S.A. – MIAMI BRANCH, as a Bank
By:/s/Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name:Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:Attorney
By:/s/Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:Attorney
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Bank
By:/s/Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:Managing Director
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Bank
By:/s/Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Name:Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:Director

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


BANCO SANTANDER, S.A., NEW YORK BRANCH, as an Additional Bank
By:/s/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name:Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:Managing Director
By:/s/Xxxx Xxxx-Xxxxxxxx
Name:Xxxx Xxxx-Xxxxxxxx
Title:Executive Director
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1 to Caterpillar Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility),
Amendment No. 1 to Local Currency Addendum
and Amendment No. 1 to Japan Local Currency Addendum


Annex I

Existing Credit Agreement, as modified

Attached


SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
(Five-Year Facility)

Dated as of September 5, 2019,
as amended pursuant to Amendment No. 1 dated as of September 2, 2021,
CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION,
CATERPILLAR INTERNATIONAL FINANCE DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY,
and
CATERPILLAR FINANCE KABUSHIKI KAISHA,
as Borrowers
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NAMED HEREIN,
as Banks
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Agent,
CITIBANK EUROPE PLC, UK BRANCH,
as Local Currency Agent
MUFG BANK, LTD.,
as Japan Local Currency Agent
CITIBANK, N.A., BofA SECURITIES, INC., JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, MUFG BANK, LTD., and SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

as Joint Lead Arrangers
and Joint Bookrunners[1]





[1] Titles as of Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.


TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS .............................................................1
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms .......................................................................................1
SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods ............................................................................29
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms ..............................................................................................29
SECTION 1.04. Rates ...................................................................................................................29
ARTICLE II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES .......................................................30
SECTION 2.01. The Revolving Credit Advances; Allocation of Commitments .........................30
SECTION 2.02. Making the Revolving Credit Advances ............................................................31
SECTION 2.03. Reserved .............................................................................................................34
SECTION 2.04. Fees .....................................................................................................................39
SECTION 2.05. Reduction of the Commitments; Bank Additions ..............................................39
SECTION 2.06. Repayment of Advances .....................................................................................42
SECTION 2.07. Interest on Advances ..........................................................................................42
SECTION 2.08. Interest Rate Determination ...............................................................................43
SECTION 2.09. Prepayments of Advances ..................................................................................43
SECTION 2.10. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy; Illegality ...................................................44
SECTION 2.11. Payments and Computations ..............................................................................47
SECTION 2.12. Taxes ..................................................................................................................48
SECTION 2.13. Sharing of Payments, Etc. ..................................................................................50
SECTION 2.14. Tax Forms ..........................................................................................................50
SECTION 2.15. Market Disruption; Denomination of Amounts in Dollars ................................51
SECTION 2.16. Extensions of the Commitments ........................................................................54
SECTION 2.17. Defaulting Banks ................................................................................................56
SECTION 2.18. Funding Vehicle .................................................................................................57
ARTICLE III CONDITIONS OF LENDING.......................................................................................57
SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to Initial Advances ..........................................................57
SECTION 3.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing ..........................................................58
SECTION 3.03. Conditions Precedent to Certain Borrowings .....................................................59
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .............................................................59
SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Borrowers .............................................59
SECTION 4.02. Additional Representations and Warranties of CFSC, CIF and CFKK .............62
ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF THE BORROWERS .......................................................................62
SECTION 5.01. Affirmative Covenants .......................................................................................62
SECTION 5.02. Negative Covenants ...........................................................................................66
SECTION 5.03. Financial Covenant of Caterpillar ......................................................................67
SECTION 5.04. Financial and Other Covenants of CFSC ...........................................................67
ARTICLE VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT ..............................................................................................67
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default ................................................................................................67
ARTICLE VII AGENCY .....................................................................................................................71
SECTION 7.01. Appointment and Authority ...............................................................................71
SECTION 7.02. Agent Individually ..............................................................................................71



SECTION 7.03. Duties of the Agent; Exculpatory Provisions .....................................................73
SECTION 7.04. Reliance by Agent ..............................................................................................74
SECTION 7.05. Delegation of Duties ...........................................................................................74
SECTION 7.06. Resignation or Removal of Agent ......................................................................74
SECTION 7.07. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Banks ........................................................76
SECTION 7.08. No Other Duties, etc. ..........................................................................................77
SECTION 7.09. Indemnification ..................................................................................................77
SECTION 7.10. Bank ERISA Matters ..........................................................................................78
SECTION 7.11. Erroneous Payments ...........................................................................................79
ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS ...................................................................................................82
SECTION 8.01. Amendments, Etc. ..............................................................................................82
SECTION 8.02. Notices; Communications, Etc. ..........................................................................83
SECTION 8.03. No Waiver; Remedies ........................................................................................86
SECTION 8.04. Costs, Expenses and Taxes .................................................................................86
SECTION 8.05. Right of Set-off ...................................................................................................88
SECTION 8.06. Binding Effect ....................................................................................................89
SECTION 8.07. Assignments and Participations .........................................................................89
SECTION 8.08. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Service of Process .......................91
SECTION 8.09. Caterpillar as Agent for the Borrowers ..............................................................92
SECTION 8.10. Judgment Currency ............................................................................................92
SECTION 8.11. Execution in Counterparts ..................................................................................93
SECTION 8.12. Waiver of Jury Trial ...........................................................................................93
SECTION 8.13. USA Patriot Act Notification .............................................................................94
SECTION 8.14. Confidentiality ....................................................................................................94
SECTION 8.15. Treatment of Information ...................................................................................95
SECTION 8.16. Termination of Prior Agreement ........................................................................97
SECTION 8.17. No Fiduciary Duty ..............................................................................................97
SECTION 8.18. Arrangers ............................................................................................................98
SECTION 8.19. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions ..98
ARTICLE IX CFSC GUARANTY ......................................................................................................99
SECTION 9.01. The Guaranty ......................................................................................................99
SECTION 9.02. Guaranty Unconditional .....................................................................................99
SECTION 9.03. Discharge Only Upon Payment In Full; Reinstatement in Certain Circumstances ...............................................................................................................................100
SECTION 9.04. Waiver by CFSC ................................................................................................100
SECTION 9.05. Subrogation ........................................................................................................100
SECTION 9.06. Stay of Acceleration ...........................................................................................101


SCHEDULES
Schedule I Commitments
Schedule II Commitment Fee and Applicable Margin Table
Schedule III Departing Bank Schedule
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Note
Exhibit B-1 Form of Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing
Exhibit B-2 Form of Notice of Local Currency Borrowing
Exhibit B-3 Form of Notice of Japan Local Currency Borrowing
Exhibit B-4 Form of Notice of Allocation
Exhibit B-5 Form of Notice of Bank Addition
Exhibit C-1 Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit C-2 Form of Assumption and Acceptance
Exhibit D Form of Opinion of Counsel for each of Caterpillar and CFSC
Exhibit E [Reserved]
Exhibit F-1 Form of Compliance Certificate (Caterpillar)
Exhibit F-2 Form of Compliance Certificate (CFSC)
Exhibit G-1 Form of Local Currency Addendum
Exhibit G-2 Form of Japan Local Currency Addendum



SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
(Five-Year Facility)
Dated as of September 5, 2019
Caterpillar Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Caterpillar”), Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“CFSC”), Caterpillar International Finance Designated Activity Company, a designated activity company organized under the laws of Ireland (“CIF”), Caterpillar Finance Kabushiki Kaisha, an entity organized under the laws of Japan (“CFKK”), the financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereof and those financial institutions that become “Added Banks” pursuant to Section 2.05(c), in each case together with their respective successors and assigns (the “Banks”), Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), as agent (the “Agent”) for the Banks hereunder, Citibank Europe plc, UK Branch (formerly known as Citibank International Limited), as the Local Currency Agent, and MUFG Bank, Ltd., as the Japan Local Currency Agent, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION1.01.    Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
“Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income” means (i) with respect to Caterpillar, on any date of determination, the accumulated other comprehensive income(loss) balance as presented in Caterpillar’s financial statements compiled in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and (ii) with respect to CFSC, on any date of determination, the aggregate amount, as such amount appears in CFSC’s financial statements, compiled in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, of (x) CFSC’s translation adjustments related to its foreign currency transactions, (y) adjustments to the market value of CFSC’s derivative instruments and (z) adjustments to the market value of CFSC’s retained interests in securitized receivables.
“Activities” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(b).
“Added Bank” means any Bank which becomes a Bank hereunder, or whose Commitment is increased (to the extent of such increase), pursuant to an Assumption and Acceptance as provided in Section 2.05(c).
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Agent.
“Advance” means a Revolving Credit Advance, a Local Currency Advance or a Japan Local Currency Advance.
“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.


“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agent’s Group” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(b).
“Agreed Currencies” means (i) Dollars, (ii) so long as such currency remains an Eligible Currency, Pounds Sterling and Euro, and (iii) any other Eligible Currency which the Borrowers request the Agent to include as an Agreed Currency hereunder and which is acceptable to each Bank with a Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, that the Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of each such request and each such Bank shall be deemed not to have agreed to each such request unless its written consent thereto has been received by the Agent within five (5) Business Days from the date of such notification by the Agent to such Bank.
“Agreement” means this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Five-Year Facility) as it may from time to time be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Allocated Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
“Allocation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
“Allocation Percentage” means, with respect to Caterpillar or CFSC at any time, such Borrower’s Allocation at such time divided by the Total Commitment at such time.
“Alternative Financial Information Service” means, with respect to an Agreed Currency, a generally recognized financial information service (if any) selected by the Agent in consultation with the Borrowers that reports interest settlement rates for deposits in such Agreed Currency.
“Amendment No. 1” means Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.
“Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions to effectiveness of Amendment No. 1 were satisfied or waived, which date was September 2, 2021.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and all applicable laws, rules, and regulations of any applicable jurisdiction concerning or relating to bribery, corruption or money laundering.
“Applicable Lending Office” means, with respect to each Bank, such Bank’s Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance, such Bank’s Eurocurrency Lending Office in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Advance, such Bank’s RFR Lending Office in the case of an RFR Advance, such Bank’s (or its Affiliate’s) office, branch or agency, as specified by such Bank in the Local Currency Addendum, in the case of a Local Currency Advance, and such Bank’s (or its Affiliate’s) office, branch or agency, as specified by such Bank in the Japan Local Currency Addendum, in the case of a Japan Local Currency Advance.


“Applicable Margin” means, from time to time, with respect to any Advance, the percentages per annum set forth in Schedule II hereto based upon the then applicable Credit Rating for the applicable Borrower and its corresponding Advance; provided that (a) if the respective Credit Ratings for a Borrower issued by S&P and Xxxxx’x differ by one level, then the pricing Level for the higher of such Credit Ratings shall apply; (b) if there is a split in Credit Ratings of more than one level, then the pricing Level that is one level lower than the pricing Level of the higher Credit Rating shall apply; (c) if a Borrower has only one Credit Rating, the pricing Level for such Credit Rating shall apply; and (d) if a Borrower does not have any Credit Rating, pricing Level V shall apply. Each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a publicly announced change in the Credit Ratings shall be effective during the period commencing on the date of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. The Applicable Margin for RFR Advances denominated in Pounds Sterling includes a XXXXX Credit Adjustment. The Applicable Margin for RFR Advances denominated in Japanese Yen includes a TONAR Credit Adjustment.
“Approved Electronic Communications” means each Communication that any Borrower is obligated to, or otherwise chooses to, provide to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum or the transactions contemplated herein or therein, including any financial statement, financial and other report, notice, request, certificate and other information material; provided, however, that, solely with respect to delivery of any such Communication by any Borrower to the Agent and without limiting or otherwise affecting either the Agent’s right to effect delivery of such Communication by posting such Communication to the Approved Electronic Platform or the protections afforded hereby to the Agent in connection with any such posting, “Approved Electronic Communication” shall exclude (i) any notice that relates to a request for an extension of credit (including any election of an interest rate or Interest Period relating thereto), (ii) any notice of Conversion, Redenomination or continuation, and any other notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material relating to a request for a new, or a Conversion, Redenomination or continuation of an existing, Advance, (iii) any notice pursuant to Section 2.09 and any other notice relating to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iv) all notices of any Event of Default or unmatured Event of Default, (v) any notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material required to be delivered to satisfy any of the conditions set forth in Article III or any other condition to any Advance or other extension of credit hereunder or any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and (vi) service of process.
“Approved Electronic Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(d).
“Arrangers” means Citibank, BofA Securities, Inc., JPMorgan, Barclays Bank PLC, MUFG Bank, Ltd., and Société Générale.
“Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by an assigning Bank and an assignee, and accepted by the Agent, in accordance with Section 8.07 and in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto.
“Assumption and Acceptance” means an assumption and acceptance executed by an Added Bank and the Borrowers, and accepted by the Agent, in accordance with Section 2.05(c) and in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto.


“Available Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to any Bank at any time, such Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time minus the sum of the aggregate Dollar Amount of such Bank’s outstanding Revolving Credit Advances and, if such Bank is a Local Currency Bank, its Non-Same Day Local Currency Advances.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any then-current Benchmark for any Agreed Currency, as applicable, (x) if any then-current Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period or (y) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement as of such date.
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Bank” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereof. To the extent applicable, any reference to a Bank or the Banks includes a reference to a Local Currency Bank, the Local Currency Banks, a Japan Local Currency Bank or the Japan Local Currency Banks, and, to the extent applicable, any reference to a Bank includes a reference to its Affiliate, branch or agency which is a Local Currency Bank or a Japan Local Currency Bank. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Banks” excludes any Departing Bank.
“Bank Addition” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Bank Appointment Period” has the meaning specified in Section 7.06.
“Bank Insolvency Event” means, with respect to any Bank, that (i) such Bank or its Parent Company has been adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Bank or its Parent Company or its assets to be, insolvent, or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, or makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (ii) other than pursuant to an Undisclosed Administration that is not expected to impair or delay a Bank’s ability to satisfy its funding obligations hereunder, such Bank or its Parent Company is the subject of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation or similar proceeding, or a receiver, trustee, conservator, intervenor or sequestrator or the like has been appointed for such Bank or its Parent Company, or such Bank or its Parent Company has taken any action in furtherance of or indicating its consent to or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.


“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A.
“Base Rate” means, for any date during any Interest Period or any other period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum as shall be in effect from time to time which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the highest of:
(a) the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New York, New York, and in effect on such date, as Citibank’s base rate; and
(b) 1/2 of one percent above the Federal Funds Rate as in effect on such date; and
(c) as long as none of the conditions described in Section 2.10(c) or (d) or Section 2.15(c) shall exist, the Eurocurrency Rate for a Borrowing in Dollars on such date for a one-month Interest Period (or if such date is not a Business Day, on the preceding Business Day) plus 1%; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Eurocurrency Rate for any day shall be based on the applicable Bloomberg screen rate (or on any successor or substitute page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day.
If the Base Rate is being used as an alternative rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.15(c), then the Base Rate shall be the greater of clause (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Base Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
“Base Rate Advance” means an Advance in Dollars which bears interest as provided in Section 2.07(a).
“Benchmark” means, initially, (i) with respect to amounts denominated in Dollars, USD LIBOR, (ii) with respect to amounts denominated in Pounds Xxxxxxxx, XXXXX, (iii) with respect to amounts denominated in Japanese Yen, TONAR, and (iv) with respect to any amounts denominated in Euro, EURIBOR; provided that if a replacement of an initial or subsequent Benchmark has occurred pursuant to Section 2.15(c), then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate. Any reference to “Benchmark” shall include, as applicable, the published component used in the calculation thereof.
“Benchmark Replacement” means, for any Available Tenor:
(1) For purposes of clause (i) of Section 2.15(c), the first alternative set forth below that can be determined by the Agent:
a) the sum of: (i) Term SOFR and (ii) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) for an Available Tenor of one-month’s duration, 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) for an Available Tenor of three-months’ duration, 0.42826% (42.826 basis points) for an Available Tenor of six-months’ duration and 0.71513% (71.513 basis points) for an Available Tenor of twelve-months’ duration; provided, that if any Available Tenor of USD LIBOR does not correspond to an Available Tenor of Term SOFR, the


Benchmark Replacement for such Available Tenor of USD LIBOR shall be the closest corresponding Available Tenor (based on tenor) for Term SOFR and if such Available Tenor of USD LIBOR corresponds equally to two Available Tenors of Term SOFR, the corresponding tenor of Term SOFR with the shorter duration shall be applied, or
b) the sum of: (i) Daily Simple SOFR and (ii) the spread adjustment selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for the replacement of the tenor of USD LIBOR with a SOFR-based rate having approximately the same length as the interest payment period specified in clause (a) of this definition (which spread adjustment, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be 0.11448% (11.448 basis points); and
(2) For purposes of clause (ii) of Section 2.15(c), the sum of (a) the alternate benchmark rate and (b) an adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), in each case, that has been selected by the Agent and the Borrowers as the replacement for such Available Tenor of such Benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-prevailing market convention, including any applicable recommendations made by the Relevant Governmental Body, for syndicated credit facilities at such time denominated in the applicable Agreed Currency in the U.S. syndicated loan market;
provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” the definition of “XXXXX”, the definition of “TONAR”, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, the formula for calculating any successor rates identified pursuant to the definition of “Benchmark Replacement”, the formula, methodology or convention for applying the successor Floor to the successor Benchmark Replacement and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Agent in its reasonable discretion decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent in its reasonable discretion decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent in its reasonable discretion determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any then-current Benchmark other than USD LIBOR, the occurrence of one or more of the following events: a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of any then-current Benchmark, the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark, the


Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the central bank for the Agreed Currency applicable to such Benchmark, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark, announcing or stating that (a) such administrator has ceased or will cease on a specified date to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark or (b) all Available Tenors of such Benchmark are or will no longer be representative and that representativeness will not be restored.
“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of a Borrower or any duly authorized committee of that board.
“Borrower” means each of Caterpillar, CFSC, CIF and CFKK, and “Borrowers” means all of the foregoing.
“Borrower Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 8.09.
“Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Local Currency Borrowing or a Japan Local Currency Borrowing.
“Business Day” means a day of the year (i) on which banks are not required or authorized to close in New York City, New York or Chicago, Illinois, (ii) if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurocurrency Rate Advance, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank market, (iii) if the applicable Business Day relates to any Eurocurrency Rate Advance in Euro or any other Agreed Currency other than Dollars or Pounds Sterling, a day on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank market and on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is operating or, as the case may be, on which banks and foreign exchange markets are open for business in the principal financial center for the Agreed Currency concerned, (iv) if the applicable Business Day relates to any RFR Advance, an RFR Business Day, and (v) if the applicable Business Day relates to a Japan Local Currency Advance, on which banks are generally open in Tokyo for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities and on which dealings in Japanese Yen are carried on in the Tokyo interbank market.
“Capitalization” means, as at any date, the sum of (i) Caterpillar Consolidated Debt at such date, plus (ii) stockholders’ equity (including preferred stock) of Caterpillar at such date.
“Caterpillar Consolidated Debt” means, as at any date, the aggregate Debt of Caterpillar and its Subsidiaries (other than CFSC) at such date.


“Caterpillar Purchase Claims” means the outstanding liens on or claims against or in respect of any of the accounts receivable of Caterpillar or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding CFSC and CFSC’s Subsidiaries) arising out of the sale or securitization by Caterpillar or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding CFSC and CFSC’s Subsidiaries) of such accounts receivable.
“CFKK Event of Default” means an Event of Default with respect to CFKK.
“CFSC Consolidated Debt” means, for any period of determination, the aggregate Debt of CFSC and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis for such period. The calculation of CFSC Consolidated Debt shall exclude any non-recourse secured borrowings related to the securitization of accounts receivable which have been legally sold to a bankruptcy remote special purpose vehicle. For purposes of this definition, retained interest in a securitization is not considered “recourse”.
“CFSC Event of Default” means an Event of Default with respect to CFSC.
“CFSC Guaranty” means the guaranty by CFSC of the obligations of (a) CIF under this Agreement and the Local Currency Addendum and (b) CFKK under this Agreement and the Japan Local Currency Addendum, which guaranty is contained in Article IX.
“CFSC Purchase Claims” means the outstanding liens on or claims against or in respect of any of the accounts receivable of CFSC or any of its Subsidiaries arising out of the sale or securitization by CFSC or any such Subsidiaries of such accounts receivable.
“Change of Control” means (a) with respect to CFSC, that Caterpillar shall cease to own free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances, 100% of the outstanding shares of voting stock of CFSC on a fully diluted basis, (b) with respect to CIF, that CFSC shall cease to own, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances, directly or indirectly through a wholly-owned Subsidiary of CFSC, 100% of the outstanding shares of voting stock of CIF on a fully diluted basis and (c) with respect to CFKK, that either (i) CFSC and Caterpillar, in the aggregate, shall cease to own, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances, directly or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries of CFSC or Caterpillar, 90% or more of the outstanding shares of voting of stock of CFKK on a fully diluted basis or (ii) CFSC shall cease to own, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances, directly or indirectly through one or more of its Subsidiaries, 80% or more of the outstanding shares of voting stock of CFKK on a fully diluted basis.
“CIF Event of Default” means an Event of Default with respect to CIF.
“Closing Date” means September 5, 2019.
“Co-Syndication Agents” means Bank of America and JPMorgan.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Commitment” means, for each Bank, the obligation of such Bank to make (a) Revolving Credit Advances, (b) if it is a Local Currency Bank, Local Currency Advances and (c)


if it is a Japan Local Currency Bank, Japan Local Currency Advances, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Bank’s name under the “Commitment” heading on Schedule I hereto, or on the signature page of the Assignment and Acceptance or Assumption and Acceptance by which it became a Bank hereunder, as such amount may be increased or reduced pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Commitment Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
“Commitment Fee Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
“Communications” means each notice, demand, communication, information, document and other material provided for hereunder or under the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum or otherwise transmitted between the parties hereto relating to this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum, any Borrower or its Affiliates, or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum, including, without limitation, all Approved Electronic Communications.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means as of any particular time, for any Borrower, the aggregate amount of assets after deducting therefrom (a) all current liabilities, (b) any current liability which has been reclassified as a long‑term liability because such liability by its terms is extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed, and (c) all goodwill, excess of cost over assets acquired, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangibles, all as shown in the most recent consolidated financial statements of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
“Consolidated Net Worth” means as at any date, (i) for Caterpillar, the consolidated stockholders’ equity (including preferred stock but excluding “Pension and other post-retirement benefits” that are reflected in “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss)”) of Caterpillar at such date, and (ii) for CFSC, the stockholders’ equity (including preferred stock but excluding “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income” and non-controlling interests as defined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) of CFSC on such date.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Convert”, “Conversion”, and “Converted” each refer to a conversion of Advances of one Type into Advances of another Type pursuant to Section 2.10 or 2.15(a).
“Credit Rating” means, at any time, with respect to Caterpillar or CFSC, the credit rating on such Borrower’s long-term senior unsecured debt then most recently publicly announced by either Xxxxx’x or S&P, and “Credit Ratings” means with respect to each such Borrower, such credit ratings from both Xxxxx’x and S&P. In the case of each of CFKK and


CIF, “Credit Rating” and “Credit Ratings” mean, at any time, the Credit Rating and Credit Ratings of CFSC at such time, as determined pursuant to the preceding sentence.
“Current Termination Date” means, with respect to any Bank at any time, September 2, 2026 or such later date to which the “Current Termination Date” shall then have been extended with the consent of such Bank pursuant to Section 2.16.
“Daily Simple RFR” means, for any day (an “RFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to, for any Obligation, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, (a) Pounds Sterling, the greater of (i) XXXXX for the day (such day “i”) that is five RFR Business Days prior to (A) if such RFR Rate Day is an RFR Business Day, such RFR Rate Day or (B) if such RFR Rate Day is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such RFR Rate Day, in each case, as such XXXXX is published by the XXXXX Administrator on the XXXXX Administrator’s Website, and (ii) the Floor, and (b) Japanese Yen, the greater of (i) TONAR for the day (such day “i”) that is five RFR Business Days prior to (A) if such RFR Rate Day is an RFR Business Day, such RFR Rate Day or (B) if such RFR Rate Day is not an RFR Business Day, the RFR Business Day immediately preceding such RFR Rate Day, in each case, as such TONAR is published by the TONAR Administrator on the TONAR Administrator’s Website, and (ii) the Floor. If by 5:00 pm (local time for the applicable RFR) on the second (2nd) RFR Business Day immediately following any day “i”, the RFR in respect of such day “i” has not been published on the applicable RFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the applicable Daily Simple RFR has not occurred, then the RFR for such day “i” will be the RFR as published in respect of the first preceding RFR Business Day for which such RFR was published on the RFR Administrator’s Website; provided that any RFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple RFR for no more than three (3) consecutive RFR Rate Days. Any change in Daily Simple RFR due to a change in the applicable RFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the RFR without notice to the Borrowers.
“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day, SOFR, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Agent, then the Agent may establish another convention in its reasonable discretion.
“Debt” means (i) indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, (iv) obligations as lessee under leases which shall have been or should be, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital leases, (v) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above, and (vi) liabilities in respect of unfunded vested benefits under Plans covered by Title IV of ERISA; provided, however, for purposes of Sections 5.03 and 5.04(a) and (b) only, clause (vi) above shall include only those liabilities of the applicable Borrower and all ERISA Affiliates for such Borrower’s then current fiscal year (and, if such liabilities are still


outstanding, for prior fiscal years) to (a) all single employer plans (as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) to meet the minimum funding standard requirements of Section 412(a) of the Code (without regard to any waiver under Section 412(c) of the Code) and (b) all multiemployer plans (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) for all required contributions and payments.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, examinership or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Defaulting Bank” means, at any time, subject to Section 2.17(d), (i) any Bank that has failed for two or more consecutive Business Days to comply with its obligations under this Agreement to make available its ratable portion of a Borrowing (each, a “funding obligation”), unless such Bank has notified the Agent and a Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Bank’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding has not been satisfied (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, will be specifically identified in such writing), (ii) any Bank that has notified the Agent or a Borrower in writing, or has stated publicly, that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, unless such writing or statement states that such position is based on such Bank’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding cannot be satisfied (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default, if any, will be specifically identified in such writing or public statement), (iii) any Bank that has, for three or more Business Days after written request of the Agent or a Borrower, failed to confirm in writing to the Agent and the Borrowers that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Bank shall cease to be a Defaulting Bank pursuant to this clause (iii) upon the Agent’s and the Borrowers’ receipt of such written confirmation), (iv) any Bank with respect to which a Bank Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Bank or its Parent Company, or (v) any Bank that has become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Bank shall not be a Defaulting Bank solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in such Bank or its Parent Company by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof. Any determination by the Agent that a Bank is a Defaulting Bank under any of clauses (i) through (v) above will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Bank will be deemed to be a Defaulting Bank (subject to Section 2.17(d)) upon notification of such determination by the Agent to the Borrowers and the Banks. The Agent will promptly send to all parties hereto a copy of any notice to the Borrowers provided for in this definition.
“Departing Bank” means each “Bank” under the Existing Credit Agreement that does not have a Commitment hereunder and is identified on the Departing Bank Schedule hereto.
“Departing Bank Schedule” means Schedule III hereto, which schedule identifies each Departing Bank as of the Closing Date.
“Designated Persons” means a Person:

(i) listed in the annex to, or otherwise the subject of the provisions of, any Executive Order;


(ii) named as a “Specially Designated National and Blocked Person” on the most current list published by OFAC at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list (or listed as a restricted party by the U.S. Department of State or given a similar designation by the United Nations Security Council or an applicable Governmental Authority in Ireland, Japan, the European Union, any European Union member state, the United Kingdom, Australia, or Hong Kong) (each, an “SDN”), or is otherwise the subject of any Sanctions Laws and Regulations; or
(iii) in which one or more SDNs have 50% or greater ownership interest or that is otherwise controlled by an SDN.
“Dollar Amount” means, for any currency at any date (i) the amount of such currency if such currency is Dollars or (ii) the Equivalent Amount of Dollars if such currency is any currency other than Dollars.
“Dollars” and the sign “$” each means lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic Lending Office” means, with respect to any Bank, the office of such Bank specified as its “Domestic Lending Office” on its respective signature page hereto or such other office of such Bank as such Bank may from time to time specify to the Borrowers and the Agent.
“Earlier Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(c).
“Early Opt-in Effective Date” means, with respect to any Early Opt-in Election, the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Banks, so long as the Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Banks, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from Banks comprising the Majority Banks.
“Early Opt-in Election” means, if the then-current Benchmark is a LIBOR, the occurrence of the following:
(1) (a) with respect to Dollars, a notification by the Agent to (or the request by the Borrowers to the Agent to notify) each of the other parties hereto that at least five currently outstanding Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities in the U.S. syndicated loan market at such time contain (as a result of amendment or as originally executed) a SOFR-based rate (including SOFR, a term SOFR or any other rate based upon SOFR) as a benchmark rate (and such syndicated credit facilities are identified in such notice and are publicly available for review); or (b) with respect to a Non-Hardwired Currency, a notification by the Agent to (or the request by the Borrowers to the Agent to notify) each of the other parties hereto that at least five currently outstanding syndicated credit facilities which include such Non-Hardwired Currency at such time in the U.S. syndicated loan market contain or are being executed or amended, as applicable, to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the then current Benchmark with respect to such Non-Hardwired Currency as a benchmark rate


(and such syndicated credit facilities are identified in such notice and are publicly available for review), and
(2) in each case, the joint election by the Agent and the Borrowers to trigger a fallback from the applicable LIBOR and the provision by the Agent of written notice of such election to the Banks.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Currency” means any currency other than Dollars with respect to which the Agent or a Borrower has not given notice in accordance with Section 2.15(a) and that is readily available, freely traded, in which deposits are customarily offered to banks in the London interbank market, convertible into Dollars in the international interbank market, available to the Banks in such market and as to which an Equivalent Amount may be readily calculated. If, after the designation by the Banks of any currency as an Agreed Currency or Local Currency:
(i) currency control or other exchange regulations are imposed in the country or jurisdiction in which such currency is issued with the result that different types of such currency are introduced, or such currency is, in the determination of the Agent, no longer readily available or freely traded, then the Agent shall promptly notify the Banks and the Borrowers, and such currency shall no longer be an Agreed Currency or Local Currency until such time as the Disqualifying Event no longer exists, and the Borrowers shall be permitted to repay all Advances in such currency in Dollars;
(ii) in the determination of the Agent, in consultation with Bank of America and JPMorgan, an Equivalent Amount with respect to such currency is not readily calculable, then the Agent shall promptly notify the Banks and the Borrowers, and such currency shall no longer be an Agreed Currency or Local Currency until such time as the Disqualifying Event no longer exists; or
(iii) each of the Disqualifying Events described in clauses (i) and (ii) above exist, then the Borrowers shall repay all Advances in such currency to which the Disqualifying Events apply within fifteen (15) Business Days of receipt of such notice from the Agent.
Each of the events described in clauses (i) and (ii) above shall be referred to herein as a “Disqualifying Event”.


“Eligible Financial Institution” means, as of the date of any assignment as contemplated in Section 8.07(a)(i), a commercial bank or financial institution (i) with a credit rating on its long-term senior unsecured debt of either (a) “BBB+” or better from S&P or (b) “Baa1” or better from Xxxxx’x; and (ii) having shareholders' equity of not less than $5,000,000,000.
“Equivalent Amount” means, for any currency with respect to any amount of Dollars at any date, the equivalent in such currency of such amount of Dollars, calculated on the basis of the arithmetic mean of the buy and sell spot rates of exchange of the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, as applicable (by reference to an appropriate Bloomberg screen, Alternative Financial Information Service screen or other generally recognized financial information service selected by the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, as applicable, in consultation with the Borrowers), in the London interbank market (or other market where the Agent’s or the Local Currency Agent’s, as applicable, foreign exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted) or, in the case of Japanese Yen, in the Tokyo interbank market for such other currency at or about 11:00 a.m. (local time applicable to the transaction in question) two (2) Business Days prior to the date on which such amount is to be determined (provided that if an Equivalent Amount is being determined with respect to (x) the making of a Local Currency Advance in Pounds Sterling or Euro, such amount shall be determined at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) for Pounds Sterling, and 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time) for Euro, on the date of such Local Currency Advance or (y) the making of a Japan Local Currency Advance on a same-day basis, such amount shall be determined at or about 11:00 a.m. (Tokyo time) on the date of such Japan Local Currency Advance), rounded up to the nearest amount of such currency as determined by the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, as applicable, from time to time; provided, however, that if at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Agent or the Local Currency Agent (or the Japan Local Currency Agent, if applicable) may use any reasonable method it deems appropriate (after consultation with the Borrowers) to determine such amount, and such determination shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“ERISA Affiliate” means each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which, together with a Borrower or a Subsidiary of such Borrower, would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA.
“ERISA Termination Event” means (i) a “Reportable Event” described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder (other than a “Reportable Event” not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC under such regulations), or (ii) the withdrawal of a Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a “single employer plan” during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer”, both of such terms as defined in Section 4001(a) of ERISA, or (iii) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, or (iv) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan by the PBGC or (v) any other event or condition which might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or (vi) the partial or complete withdrawal of a Borrower or any


ERISA Affiliate of such Borrower from a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a) of ERISA.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.11(a).
“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.11 (d)(i).
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.11(d)(i).
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.11(d)(i).
“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.11(e).
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
“Euro” means the Euro referred to in the Council Regulation E.C. No. 1103/97 dated 17 June 1997 passed by the Council of the European Union, or, if different, the then lawful currency of the member states of the European Union that participate in the third stage of the Economic and Monetary Union.
“Eurocurrency Base Rate” means, with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Advance for the relevant Interest Period:
(a) for any Eurocurrency Rate Advance in any Agreed Currency other than Euro and one corresponding with an RFR: the applicable ICE Benchmark Administration (or any successor entity) Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in the Agreed Currency appearing on the applicable Bloomberg screen (or other applicable screen for such Agreed Currency) as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period and having a maturity equal to such Interest Period; provided, that if such screen rate is unavailable at such time for any reason, then the Eurocurrency Base Rate for purposes of this clause (a) shall be the Interpolated Rate therefor; provided, further, that, if such rate is below zero, it will be deemed to be zero; and
(b) for any Eurocurrency Rate Advance in Euro: the interest rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Agent to be the Euro Interbank Offered Rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate (“EURIBOR”) and displayed on the applicable Bloomberg screen (or any successor page) as of 11:00 a.m. (Brussels time), on the date that is two (2) TARGET Settlement Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period (or on the first day of such Interest Period, in the case of a Same Day Local Currency Advance), and having a maturity equal to such Interest Period; provided, that if such screen rate is unavailable at such time for any reason, then the Eurocurrency Base Rate for purposes of this clause (a) shall be the Interpolated Rate therefor; provided, further, that, if such rate is below zero, it will be deemed to be zero.


Any Eurocurrency Base Rate determined on the basis of the rate displayed on a Bloomberg screen (or other applicable screen) in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this subparagraph shall be subject to corrections, if any, made in such rate and displayed by Bloomberg (or other applicable service) within one hour of the time when such rate is first displayed by such service; provided, that, if such rate is below zero, it will be deemed to be zero.
“Eurocurrency Lending Office” means, with respect to any Bank, the office of such Bank specified as its “Eurocurrency Lending Office” on its respective signature page hereto (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Bank as such Bank may from time to time specify to the Borrowers and the Agent. A Bank may specify different offices for its Advances denominated in Dollars and its Advances denominated in other Agreed Currencies, respectively, and the term “Eurocurrency Lending Office” shall refer to any or all such offices, collectively, as the context may require when used in respect of such Bank.
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means, with respect to a Revolving Credit Advance or a Local Currency Advance for the relevant Interest Period, an interest rate obtained by dividing (i) the Eurocurrency Base Rate applicable to such Interest Period by (ii) a percentage equal to 100% minus the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage, such Eurocurrency Rate to be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage; provided, that if such rate is below zero, it will be deemed to be zero.
“Eurocurrency Rate Advance” means a Revolving Credit Advance denominated in Dollars or in an Agreed Currency which bears interest as provided in Section 2.07(b) or a Local Currency Advance which bears interest as provided in Section 2.07(b) and the Local Currency Addendum.
“Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage” means, for any date:
(a) in the case of any Revolving Credit Advance, that percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect on such date, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City with deposits exceeding five billion dollars in respect of Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term equal to the applicable Interest Period (or in respect of any other category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Eurocurrency Rate Advances is determined or any category of extensions of credit or other assets which includes loans by a non‑United States office of any bank to United States residents); or
(b) in the case of any Local Currency Advance, that percentage (expressed as a decimal (or, an amount expressed as a decimal percentage)) calculated by the Local Currency Agent (in consultation with the Borrowers) of the cost of the Local Currency Banks complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority and/or the Prudential Regulation Authority, the European Central Bank or any other applicable Governmental Authority.


“Events of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“Executive Order” is defined in the definition of “Sanctions Laws and Regulations”.
“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Five-Year Facility), dated as of September 10, 2015, among Caterpillar, CIF, CFSC and CFKK, as borrowers thereunder, certain financial institutions party thereto, MUFG, as Japan Local Currency Agent, Citibank Europe plc, UK Branch, as Local Currency Agent, and Citibank, as agent for such financial institutions, as amended from time to time prior to the date hereof.
“Extended Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(c).
“Extension Confirmation Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Extension Confirmation Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(b).
“Extension Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).
“Facility Termination Date” means the earlier to occur of (i) the Current Termination Date then in effect and (ii) the date of termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05(a) or 6.01.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to the initial Benchmark for each Agreed Currency provided for hereunder. The Floor equals 0% for all Agreed Currencies as of the date hereof.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).


“Information Memorandum” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated July 2021 in the form approved by the Borrowers concerning the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries which, at the Borrowers’ request and on their behalf, was prepared in relation to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as amended pursuant to Amendment No. 1, and distributed by the Arranger to selected financial institutions before the date of this Agreement.
“Insignificant Subsidiary” means, on any date, any Subsidiary of Caterpillar or CFSC whose aggregate asset value, as reasonably calculated by Caterpillar in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, is at less than or equal to $50,000,000 on such date.
“Interest Expense” means, for any period of determination, all interest (without duplication), whether paid in cash or accrued as a liability, attributable to CFSC Consolidated Debt (including imputed interest on any capital lease of CFSC or its Subsidiaries) in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
“Interest Period” means, for each Advance, other than an RFR Advance, comprising part of the same Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Advance, or the date of the Conversion, continuation or Redenomination, as applicable, of such Advance, and ending on the last day of the period selected by a Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The duration of each such Interest Period shall be (a) in the case of a Base Rate Advance or a Japan Base Rate Advance, 30 days, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Advance in Euro, 1, 3 or 6 months and (c) in the case of any other Eurocurrency Rate Advance, 1, 3 or 6 months, in each case as a Borrower may, in the Notice of Borrowing requesting such Advance, select; provided, however, that:
(i) the duration of any Interest Period which would otherwise end after the Revolving Credit Termination Date shall end on the Revolving Credit Termination Date;
(ii) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing shall be of the same duration; and
(iii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day, provided, in the case of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Advance, that if such extension would cause the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day.
“Interpolated Rate” means, at any time, with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Advance denominated in any Agreed Currency and for any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available for the applicable Agreed Currency) that is shorter than the Interest Period and (b) the Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available for the applicable Agreed Currency) that exceeds the Interest Period, with such rates being determined on the days and times set forth in the definition of Eurocurrency Base Rate.


“Japan Base Rate” means, for any Interest Period or any other period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the rate of interest announced publicly by MUFG in Tokyo, Japan, from time to time, as MUFG’s short-term base rate.
“Japan Base Rate Advance” means a Japan Local Currency Advance which bears interest as provided in Section 2.07(a).
“Japan Local Currency Addendum” means the local currency addendum dated as of the date hereof among CFKK, CFSC, the Japan Local Currency Banks named therein, the Japan Local Currency Agent and the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2.
“Japan Local Currency Advance” means any Advance in Japanese Yen, made to CFKK pursuant to Sections 2.03C and 2.03D and the Japan Local Currency Addendum.
“Japan Local Currency Agent” means MUFG, as agent under the Japan Local Currency Addendum, or any successor agent under the Japan Local Currency Addendum.
“Japan Local Currency Bank” means each Bank (or any Affiliate, branch or agency thereof) party to the Japan Local Currency Addendum. In the event any agency, branch or Affiliate of a Bank shall be party to the Japan Local Currency Addendum, such agency, branch or Affiliate shall, to the extent of any commitment extended and any Advances made by it, have all the rights of such Bank hereunder; provided, however, that, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, such Bank shall continue, to the exclusion of such agency or Affiliate, to have all the voting and consensual rights vested in it by the terms hereof.
“Japan Local Currency Borrowing” means a borrowing comprised of simultaneous Japan Local Currency Advances made to CFKK by each of the Japan Local Currency Banks pursuant to Sections 2.03C and 2.03D and the Japan Local Currency Addendum.
“Japan Local Currency Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03C(a).
“Japanese Yen” means the lawful currency of Japan.
“Joint Fee Letter” means the Joint Fee Letter, dated July 20, 2021, among the Borrowers, Citibank, Bank of America, JPMorgan, and certain of the Arrangers.
“JPMorgan” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“Leverage Ratio” has the meaning specified in Section 5.04(a).
“LIBOR” means USD LIBOR, EURIBOR, and any other Eurocurrency Rate in effect from time to time for an Agreed Currency not covered by the foregoing and not corresponding with an RFR.


“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum, and the Notes, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Local Currency” means (i) only so long as such currency remains an Eligible Currency, Pounds Sterling or Euro and (ii) any other Agreed Currency which CIF requests the applicable Local Currency Banks to include as a Local Currency hereunder and which is reasonably acceptable to each such Local Currency Bank.
“Local Currency Addendum” means the local currency addendum dated as of the date hereof among CIF, CFSC, the Local Currency Banks named therein, the Local Currency Agent and the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1.
“Local Currency Advance” means any Advance in a Local Currency, made to CIF pursuant to Sections 2.03A and 2.03B and the Local Currency Addendum.
“Local Currency Agent” means Citibank Europe plc, UK Branch, as agent under the Local Currency Addendum, or any successor agent under the Local Currency Addendum.
“Local Currency Bank” means each Bank (or any affiliate, branch or agency thereof) party to the Local Currency Addendum. In the event any agency, branch or affiliate of a Bank shall be party to the Local Currency Addendum, such agency, branch or affiliate shall, to the extent of any commitment extended and any Advances made by it, have all the rights of such Bank hereunder; provided, however, that, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, such Bank shall continue to the exclusion of such agency or Affiliate to have all the voting and consensual rights vested in it by the terms hereof.
“Local Currency Borrowing” means a borrowing comprised of simultaneous Local Currency Advances made to CIF by each of the Local Currency Banks pursuant to Sections 2.03A and 2.03B and the Local Currency Addendum.
“Local Currency Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03A(a).
“Majority Banks” means at any time Banks holding more than 50% of the Commitments, or if the Commitments have been terminated, Banks holding more than 50% of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances.
“Majority Japan Local Currency Banks” means Japan Local Currency Banks holding more than 50% of the Japan Local Currency Commitments.
“Majority Local Currency Banks” means Local Currency Banks holding more than 50% of the Local Currency Commitments.
“Margin Stock” has the meaning set forth in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto, and if Moody’s ceases to issue ratings of the type described herein with respect to the Borrowers, then the Borrowers and the Agent, with the consent of the Majority Banks, shall agree upon a


mutually acceptable replacement debt rating agency and shall further agree, upon determination of such replacement agency, to determine appropriate equivalent ratings levels to replace those contained herein.
“MUFG” means MUFG Bank, Ltd.
“Net Gain/(Loss) From Interest Rate Derivatives” has the meaning as reflected in the financial caption Other income(expense), in CFSC’s Consolidated Statement of Profit as compiled under generally accepted accounting principles.
“Non-Defaulting Bank” means, at any time, a Bank that is not a Defaulting Bank.
“Non-Hardwired Currencies” means Euro and any other Agreed Currency from time to time that is not Dollars or an Agreed Currency corresponding with an RFR.
“Non-Same Day Local Currency Advances” means Local Currency Advances other than Same Day Local Currency Advances.
“Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(f).
“Notice of Allocation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).
“Notice of Bank Addition” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Notice of Borrowing” means a Notice of Local Currency Borrowing, a Notice of Japan Local Currency Borrowing or a Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing, as applicable.
“Notice of Japan Local Currency Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03D(a).
“Notice of Local Currency Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03B(a).
“Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a).
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities and obligations of, the Borrowers arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Advance, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against the Borrowers or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any debtor relief laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed or allowable claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the foregoing, the Obligations include (a) the obligation to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, indemnities and other amounts payable by the Borrowers under any Loan Document and (b) the obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that the Agent or any Bank, in each case in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of the Borrowers.


“OFAC” is defined in the definition of “Sanctions Laws and Regulations”.
“Other Credit Agreements” means (a) that certain Credit Agreement (2021 364-Day Facility), dated as of September 2, 2021, among the Borrowers, as borrowers thereunder, certain financial institutions party thereto, MUFG, as Japan Local Currency Agent, Citibank Europe plc, UK Branch, as Local Currency Agent, and Citibank, as agent for such banks, and (b) that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility), dated as of September 5, 2019 (the “Three-Year Agreement”), among the Borrowers, as borrowers thereunder, certain financial institutions party thereto, MUFG, as Japan Local Currency Agent, Citibank Europe plc, UK Branch, as Local Currency Agent, and Citibank, as agent for such banks, in each case, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Other Rate Early Opt-in Election” means an Early Opt-in Election has occurred under clause (1)(b) and (2) of the definition of “Early Opt-in Election”.
“Parent Company” means, with respect to a Bank, the bank holding company (as defined in Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y), if any, of such Bank and/or any Person owning, beneficially or of record, directly or indirectly, a majority of the shares of such Bank.
“Payment Office” means (a) with respect to Advances other than Same Day Local Currency Advances and Japan Local Currency Advances, (i) for Dollars, the principal office of Citibank in New York City, located on the date hereof at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, (ii) for any other Agreed Currency, the office of Citibank located on the date hereof at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xx. 0, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000; (b) with respect to Same Day Local Currency Advances, the office of the Local Currency Agent set forth in the Local Currency Addendum; and (c) with respect to any Japan Local Currency Advance, the office of the Japan Local Currency Agent set forth in the Japan Local Currency Addendum, or in any case, such other office of the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, as applicable, as shall be from time to time selected by it by written notice to the Borrowers and the Banks.
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.11(a).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
“Plan” means any multiemployer plan or single employer plan, each as defined in Section 4001 and subject to Title IV of ERISA, which is maintained, or at any time during the five calendar years preceding the date of this Agreement was maintained, for employees of a Borrower or a Subsidiary of such Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate.
“Plan Asset Regulations” means 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.


“Pounds Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Prior 364-Day Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement (2018 364-Day Facility), dated as of September 6, 2018, among Caterpillar, CFSC, CFKK and CIF, as borrowers, the financial institutions party thereto, MUFG, as Japan Local Currency Agent, Citibank Europe plc, UK Branch, as Local Currency Agent, and Citibank, as agent for such financial institutions.
“Prior Three-Year Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (Three-Year Facility), dated as of September 10, 2015, among Caterpillar, CFSC, CFKK and CIF, as borrowers, the financial institutions party thereto, MUFG, as Japan Local Currency Agent, Citibank Europe plc, UK Branch, as Local Currency Agent, and Citibank, as agent for such financial institutions, as amended from time to time prior to the date hereof.
“Purchase Claims” means Caterpillar Purchase Claims or CFSC Purchase Claims, or both, as applicable.
“Redenominate,” “Redenomination” and “Redenominated” each refer to a redenomination comprising all or part of the same Borrowing from an Agreed Currency to Dollars or from Dollars to another Agreed Currency, or the continuation of such Advances in the same Agreed Currency, in each case pursuant to Section 2.10 or 2.15.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 8.07(c).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and such Person’s and such Person’s Affiliates’ respective managers, administrators, members, trustees, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, fund managers and advisors.
“Relevant Governmental Body” means (a) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of Dollars, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto and (b) with respect to a Benchmark Replacement in respect of any other Agreed Currency, (1) the central bank, regulator or other supervisory authority for the Agreed Currency in which such amounts are denominated hereunder or any central bank or other supervisor which is responsible for supervising either (A) such Benchmark Replacement or (B) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement or (2) any working group or committee officially endorsed or convened by (A) the central bank for the Agreed Currency in which such amounts are denominated, (B) any central bank or other supervisor that is responsible for supervising either (i) such Benchmark Replacement or (ii) the administrator of such Benchmark Replacement, (C) a group of those central banks or other supervisors or (D) the Financial Stability Board or any part thereof.
“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.


“Restricting Information” means material non-public information with respect to any of the Borrowers or their securities.
“Revolving Credit Advance” means an advance by a Bank to a Borrower as part of a Revolving Credit Borrowing and refers to a Base Rate Advance, a Eurocurrency Rate Advance, or an RFR Advance, each of which shall be a “Type” of Advance.
“Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Advances of the same Type made to a Borrower by each of the Banks pursuant to Section 2.01.
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means, for each Bank, the obligation of such Bank to make Revolving Credit Advances and, if such Bank is a Local Currency Bank, Non-Same Day Local Currency Advances, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Bank’s name under the “Revolving Credit Commitment” heading on Schedule I hereto, or on the signature page of the Assignment and Acceptance or Assumption and Acceptance by which it became a Bank hereunder, as such amount may be increased or reduced pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that if such Bank’s Same Day Local Currency Commitment or Japan Local Currency Commitment is terminated in whole or in part without a corresponding reduction or termination of the Commitments, then such Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment shall equal the sum of (x) the amount set forth as such Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment on Schedule I to this Agreement or on such Bank’s signature page to its Assignment and Acceptance or its Assumption and Acceptance, as applicable, plus (y) the amount of such Bank’s terminated Same Day Local Currency Commitment or Japan Local Currency Commitment, as applicable. No such change shall result in a Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment exceeding its Commitment. For each Bank that is not a Local Currency Bank or Japan Local Currency Bank, such Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment will be equal to its Commitment. For each Bank that is Local Currency Bank or a Japan Local Currency Bank, such Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment will be equal to its Commitment minus the sum of its Same Day Local Currency Commitment and its Japan Local Currency Commitment.
“Revolving Credit Obligations” means, at any time, the aggregate outstanding Advances at such time minus the sum of the outstanding Same Day Local Advances and the outstanding Japan Local Currency Advances at such time.
“Revolving Credit Termination Date” means the earlier to occur of (i) the Current Termination Date then in effect and (ii) the date of termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.05(a) or 6.01.
“RFR” means, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, (a) Pounds Xxxxxxxx, XXXXX, and (b) Japanese Yen, TONAR.
“RFR Administrator” means the XXXXX Administrator or the TONAR Administrator, as applicable.
“RFR Advance” means an Advance that bears interest at a rate based on a Daily Simple RFR.


“RFR Business Day” means, for any Obligations, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in, or calculated with respect to, (a) Pounds Sterling, any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which banks are closed for general business in London, (c) Japanese Yen, any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which banks are closed for general business in Japan; provided, that for purposes of notice requirements in respect of requesting Borrowings or prepaying Advances, such day also shall be required to be a Business Day.
“RFR Interest Payment Date” means, as to any RFR Advance, each date that is on the numerically corresponding day in each calendar month that is one month after the Borrowing of such Advance; provided that, as to any such RFR Advance, (i) if any such date would be a day other than a Business Day, such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such date shall be the next preceding Business Day and (ii) the RFR Interest Payment Date with respect to any Borrowing that occurs on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in any applicable calendar month) shall be the last Business Day of any such succeeding applicable calendar month; provided, that for purposes of this clause (b), the date of a Borrowing of an Advance initially shall be the date on which such Advance is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Advance or Borrowing, and (B) the Current Termination Date or Extended Termination Date, as applicable.
“RFR Lending Office” means, with respect to any Bank, the office of such Bank specified as its “RFR Lending Office” on its respective signature page hereto (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Bank as such Bank may from time to time specify to the Borrowers and the Agent. A Bank may specify different offices for its Advances denominated in different Agreed Currencies, and the term “RFR Lending Office” shall refer to any or all such offices, collectively, as the context may require when used in respect of such Bank.
“RFR Rate Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple RFR”.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, or any successor thereto, and if S&P ceases to issue ratings of the type described herein with respect to the Borrowers, then the Borrowers and the Agent, with the consent of the Majority Banks, shall agree upon a mutually acceptable replacement debt rating agency and shall further agree, upon determination of such replacement agency, to determine appropriate equivalent ratings levels to replace those contained herein.
“Same Day Local Currency Advances” means any Advances under the Same Day Local Currency Subfacility.
“Same Day Local Currency Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03A(a).
“Same Day Local Currency Subfacility” means the subfacility under the Local Currency Addendum which provides for the Local Currency Banks to make Local Currency


Advances available to CIF under the Local Currency Addendum on a same day notice basis in an amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the Dollar Amount of $150,000,000.
“Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions Laws and Regulations (at the time of this Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
“Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions Laws and Regulations-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, or an applicable Governmental Authority in Ireland, the European Union, any European Union member state, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, or Hong Kong, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b), including, without limitation, any Person in which one or more SDNs have 50% or greater ownership interest.
“Sanctions Laws and Regulations” means:

(i) any sanctions, prohibitions or requirements imposed by any executive order (an “Executive Order”) or by any sanctions program administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce; and
(ii) any sanctions measures imposed by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Japan or the applicable Governmental Authority in Hong Kong, China.
“Screen Rate” means, for any Eurocurrency Rate Advance, the applicable interest rate therefor as determined pursuant to the definition of Eurocurrency Base Rate.
“SOFR” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such Business Day published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“XXXXX” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the Sterling Overnight Index Average for such Business Day published by the XXXXX Administrator on the XXXXX Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“XXXXX Administrator” means the Bank of England (or any successor administrator of the Sterling Overnight Index Average).


“XXXXX Administrator’s Website” means the Bank of England’s website, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx, or any successor source for the Sterling Overnight Index Average identified as such by the XXXXX Administrator from time to time.
“XXXXX Credit Adjustment” means an amount equal to 0.0326.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Borrower, a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Borrower or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by such Borrower and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
“Support Agreement” means that certain Support Agreement dated as of December 21, 1984, amended June 14, 1995, between Caterpillar and CFSC, as the same may be amended or modified in accordance with the terms of Section 5.04(c) and in effect from time to time.
“Three-Year Agreement” is defined in the definition of “Other Credit Agreements.”
“TARGET Settlement Day” means any Business Day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System is open.
“Term SOFR” means, for the applicable corresponding tenor with respect to any Available Tenor, the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
“TONAR” means, with respect to any Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the Tokyo Overnight Average Rate for such Business Day published by the TONAR Administrator on the TONAR Administrator’s Website on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
“TONAR Administrator” means the Bank of Japan (or any successor administrator of the Tokyo Overnight Average Rate).
“TONAR Administrator’s Website” means the Bank of Japan’s website, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xx, or any successor source for the Tokyo Overnight Average Rate identified as such by the TONAR Administrator from time to time.
“TONAR Advance” means a Japan Local Currency Advance which bears interest at a rate based on TONAR as provided in Section 2.07(c).
“TONAR Credit Adjustment” means an amount equal to 0.00.
“Total Commitment” means, at any time, the sum of all of the Banks’ Commitments at such time.


“Total Japan Local Currency Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03C(a).
“Total Local Currency Commitment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03A(a).
“Total Revolving Credit Commitment” means, at any time, the sum of all of the Banks’ Revolving Credit Commitments at such time (which shall be an amount equal to the Total Commitment at such time minus the sum of the aggregate Dollar Amount of the Same Day Local Currency Subfacility at such time and the aggregate Dollar Amount of the Total Japan Local Currency Commitment at such time).
“Type”, when used in reference to any Revolving Credit Advance, has the meaning specified in the definition of “Revolving Credit Advance”, when used in reference to a Japan Local Currency Advance, refers to a Japan Base Rate Advance or a TONAR Advance, and when used in reference to a Local Currency Advance, has the meaning specified in the definition of “Local Currency Advance”, each of which shall be a “Type” of Advance.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Undisclosed Administration” means the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator with respect to a Bank under the Dutch Financial Supervision Act 2007 (as amended from time to time and including any successor legislation).
“USA Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-56,115 Stat. 272 (2001), as amended.
“USD LIBOR” means the London interbank offered rate for Dollars (which, as of the date hereof, is determined pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Eurocurrency Base Rate).
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised


under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
SECTION 1.02.    Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”.
SECTION 1.03.    Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States consistent with those applied in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) and all references contained herein to generally accepted accounting principles shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles.
SECTION 1.04.    Rates. The Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to the Base Rate, the Eurocurrency Rate, any RFR, SOFR, XXXXX, XXXXX, any Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referenced in the definition thereof or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, the Base Rate, the Eurocurrency Rate, any RFR, SOFR, XXXXX, TONAR, or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes or any other alternative, successor or replacement rate pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Agent and its Affiliates may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of the Base Rate, any Benchmark, the Eurocurrency Rate, any RFR, SOFR, XXXXX, XXXXX, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrowers. The Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain the Base Rate, the Eurocurrency Rate, any RFR, SOFR, XXXXX, TONAR, or any Benchmark, any component definition thereof or rates referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrowers, any Bank or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
SECTION 2.01. The Revolving Credit Advances; Allocation of Commitments.
(a)    Each Bank severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Revolving Credit Advances in any Agreed Currency to Caterpillar and CFSC from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Revolving Credit Termination Date in a Dollar Amount not to exceed such Bank’s Available Revolving Credit Commitment at such time; provided, however, that at no time shall the Dollar Amount of (i) the outstanding Advances exceed the Total Commitment, (ii) the Revolving Credit


Obligations exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, (iii) any Bank’s Revolving Credit Advances, Local Currency Advances and Japan Local Currency Advances exceed such Bank’s Commitment, (iv) all Revolving Credit Advances to Caterpillar exceed Caterpillar’s Allocation at such time, (v) all Revolving Credit Advances to CFSC plus the Dollar Amount of all Local Currency Advances and Japan Local Currency Advances exceed CFSC’s Allocation at such time, (vi) any Bank’s Revolving Credit Advances to Caterpillar exceed such Bank’s Allocated Commitment for Caterpillar at such time, or (vii) any Bank’s Revolving Credit Advances to CFSC plus such Bank’s Local Currency Advances and Japan Local Currency Advances at such time exceed such Bank’s Allocated Commitment for CFSC at such time. Each Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be in an aggregate Dollar Amount not less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall consist of Revolving Credit Advances of the same Type and the same Agreed Currency made on the same day to the same Borrower by the Banks ratably according to their respective Available Revolving Credit Commitments. Within the limits of each Bank’s Allocated Commitment to a Borrower, such Borrower may from time to time borrow, repay pursuant to Section 2.06 or prepay pursuant to Section 2.09, and reborrow under this Section 2.01.
(b)    The Borrowers will on the Closing Date and from time to time thereafter, but no more often than weekly, and subject to the limitation set forth below, allocate or re‑allocate the Total Commitment between Caterpillar and CFSC (each such Borrower’s allocated portion of the Total Commitment at any time being such Borrower’s “Allocation”), in such a manner that (i) the sum of the Allocations at any time shall equal the Total Commitment at such time, (ii) each Bank’s Commitment allocable to Caterpillar and CFSC at any time (such Bank’s “Allocated Commitment” with respect to such Borrower) shall be an amount equal to the product of such Bank’s Commitment at such time multiplied by the Allocation Percentage for such Borrower at such time, and (iii) CFSC’s Allocation at any time shall be in an amount equal to or greater than the sum of the Total Local Currency Commitment and the Total Japan Local Currency Commitment at such time. Each such allocation or re-allocation shall be made on notice, given not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of the proposed allocation or re-allocation, by the Borrower Agent to the Agent, which shall give to each Bank prompt notice thereof by facsimile or electronic mail. Each such notice of an allocation or re‑allocation of the Total Commitment (a “Notice of Allocation”) shall be by facsimile or electronic mail, confirmed immediately in writing, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-4 hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) effective date of such allocation or re‑allocation of the Total Commitment, and (ii) Allocation for each Borrower. Each Borrower’s Allocation, and each Bank’s Allocated Commitment with respect to such Borrower, shall remain in effect (i) from the Closing Date until the first Notice of Allocation becomes effective, and (ii) thereafter, from the date that the most recent Notice of Allocation became effective until the next subsequent Notice of Allocation becomes effective.
(c)     The Borrowers and the Agent shall furnish to the Local Currency Agent and the Japan Local Currency Agent, promptly following the making, payment or prepayment of each Revolving Credit Advance, and at any other time at the reasonable request of the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, a statement setting forth the outstanding Revolving Credit Advances.


SECTION 2.02. Making the Revolving Credit Advances
(a)    Each Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of the proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing (in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing comprised of Base Rate Advances), or not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing (in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances), by a Borrower to the Agent, which shall give to each Bank prompt notice thereof by facsimile or electronic mail. Each such notice of a Revolving Credit Borrowing (a “Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing”) shall be by facsimile or electronic mail, confirmed immediately in writing, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) Borrower, (ii) date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, (iii) Type of Revolving Credit Advances comprising such Revolving Credit Borrowing, (iv) in the case of a proposed Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances, Agreed Currency of such Advances, (v) aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, (vi) Interest Period for the Revolving Credit Advances (to the extent constituting a Eurocurrency Rate Advance) and (vii) account to which the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be made available. In the case of each proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing, the Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of such Bank’s ratable share of such Revolving Credit Borrowing based upon the Available Revolving Credit Commitments of the Banks, and in the case of a proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances, the Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of the applicable interest rate under Section 2.07(b). Each Bank shall, before 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the applicable Payment Office, in the Agreed Currency and in same day funds, such Bank’s ratable portion of such Revolving Credit Borrowing. After the Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, the Agent will promptly make such same day funds available to the account specified by the applicable Borrower in the Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing.
(b)    Each Notice of a Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower submitting such Notice. In the case of any Revolving Credit Borrowing which the related Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances, the requesting Borrower shall indemnify each Bank against any loss, cost or expense incurred by such Bank as a direct result of the failure of such Borrower, for any reason other than a default by such Bank, to borrow the requested Revolving Credit Advances on the date specified in the Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing. Such indemnification shall include, without limitation, any loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Bank to fund the Advance to be made by such Bank as part of such Borrowing; provided, however, that any indemnification for such losses, costs and expenses shall be limited to an amount equal to (i) the principal amount of the Advance to be made by such Bank times (ii) the number of days in the requested Interest Period (which is assumed to be one month for purposes of any RFR Advance), divided by (x) 360 in respect of Eurocurrency Rate Advances and (y) 365 or 366, as applicable, in respect of RFR Advances, times (iii) the interest differential between the interest rate based on the applicable Eurocurrency Rate or applicable RFR which would have applied to such Advance and the rate of interest which would apply if such Borrower had requested on the date of the requested Revolving Credit Borrowing a Revolving Credit Borrowing comprised of


Advances of the same Type and Agreed Currency for a period equal to the requested Interest Period (which is assumed to be one-month for purposes of any RFR Advance). A certificate describing in reasonable detail the amount of such losses, costs and expenses, submitted to such Borrower and the Agent by such Bank, shall create a rebuttable presumption of such losses, costs or expenses.
(c)    Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Bank prior to the time of any Revolving Credit Borrowing that such Bank will not make available to the Agent such Bank’s ratable portion of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Bank has made such portion available to the Agent on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 2.02 and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Bank shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Agent, such Bank and such Borrower severally agree to repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to such Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Agent, at (i) in the case of such Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to Revolving Credit Advances comprising such Revolving Credit Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Bank, the Federal Funds Rate. If such Bank shall repay to the Agent such corresponding amount, together with interest thereon as required in the immediately preceding sentence, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Bank’s Revolving Credit Advance as part of such Revolving Credit Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement and such Bank shall be entitled to all rights in respect of such Revolving Credit Advance, including the right to receive interest from the date funds in connection therewith shall have been made available to such Borrower. If such Borrower shall repay to the Agent such corresponding amount, such repayment shall not relieve such Bank from its obligation to make its ratable portion of such Revolving Credit Borrowing available to such Borrower. Nothing contained herein shall impair the right of such Borrower to the performance by any Bank of such Bank’s obligations hereunder. Subject to Section 2.17, in the event that any Bank shall at any time fail to make its ratable portion of any Revolving Credit Borrowing available to the Agent for disbursement to such Borrower, the Agent shall make inquiry of such Bank as to the circumstances giving rise to such failure and shall promptly advise such Borrower of the response, if any, the Agent shall have received in connection with such inquiry; provided that no failure or delay on the part of the Agent to make such inquiry shall relieve such Borrower or such Bank of its obligation to repay any amount made available by the Agent to such Borrower in anticipation of receiving such Bank’s portion of such Revolving Credit Borrowing.
(d)    The failure of any Bank to make the Revolving Credit Advance to be made by it as part of any Revolving Credit Borrowing shall not relieve any other Bank of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Revolving Credit Advance on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, but no Bank shall be responsible for the failure of any other Bank to make the Revolving Credit Advance to be made by such other Bank on the date of any Revolving Credit Borrowing. Nothing contained herein shall impair the rights and remedies of the Borrower requesting any Revolving Credit Borrowing against any Bank under applicable law as a result of such Bank’s failure to make the Revolving Credit Advance to be made by it as part of such Revolving Credit Borrowing.
(e)    Any Bank may make, carry or transfer Advances at, to or for the account of, any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate at the Bank; provided, however, no


Affiliate of any Bank shall be deemed a party to this Agreement or shall have any rights, liability or obligation under this Agreement unless such Bank and such Affiliate shall have executed and delivered, and the Agent shall have accepted, an Assignment and Acceptance in accordance with Section 8.07, and then such Affiliate shall have rights and obligations hereunder only to the extent contemplated therein.
(f)    Each Bank shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Bank resulting from each Advance made by such Bank from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Bank from time to time hereunder. The Agent shall also maintain accounts in which it will record (a) the amount of each Advance made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period with respect thereto, (b) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the applicable Borrower to each Bank hereunder and (c) the amount of any sum received by the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, as applicable, hereunder from the applicable Borrower and each Bank’s share thereof. Entries recorded pursuant to the foregoing shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the Borrowers’ obligations; provided, however, that the failure of the Agent or any Bank to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay its obligations hereunder in accordance with their terms. Any Bank may request that its Revolving Credit Advances be evidenced by a promissory note in substantially the form of Exhibit A (a “Note”). In such event, the applicable Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Bank such Note payable to the order of such Bank. Thereafter, the Advances evidenced by such Note and interest thereon shall at all times (prior to any assignment pursuant to Section 8.07) be represented by one or more Notes payable to the order of the payee named therein, except to the extent that any such Bank subsequently returns any such Note for cancellation and requests that such Advances once again be evidenced as described above.
SECTION 2.03.    [Reserved].
SECTION 2.03A. Terms of Local Currency Facility.
(a)    The Local Currency Addendum sets forth (i) the maximum amount (expressed in Dollar Amount) available to be borrowed from all Local Currency Banks under the Local Currency Addendum (the “Total Local Currency Commitment”), which shall not exceed $1,000,000,000, (ii) with respect to each Local Currency Bank, the maximum amount (expressed in Dollar Amount) available to be borrowed from such Local Currency Bank thereunder (such Bank’s “Local Currency Commitment”), and (iii) with respect to each Local Currency Bank, the maximum amount (expressed in Dollar Amount) available to be borrowed from such Local Currency Bank under the Same Day Local Currency Subfacility (such Bank’s “Same Day Local Currency Commitment”). In no event shall a Local Currency Bank’s Local Currency Commitment (or, if such Local Currency Bank is also a Japan Local Currency Bank, the sum of its Local Currency Commitment and its Japan Local Currency Commitment) at any time exceed such Bank’s Commitment. No Same Day Local Currency Advance shall be made in an Agreed Currency other than Pounds Sterling or Euro without the prior written approval of all of the Local Currency Banks and the Local Currency Agent.


(b)    No Local Currency Advance may be made if the Dollar Amount of (i) outstanding Local Currency Advances would exceed the Total Local Currency Commitment, (ii) any Local Currency Bank’s Local Currency Advances would exceed its Local Currency Commitment, (iii) the outstanding Advances would exceed the Total Commitment, (iv) the Revolving Credit Obligations would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, (v) any Bank’s Revolving Credit Advances, Local Currency Advances and Japan Local Currency Advances would exceed such Bank’s Commitment, (vi) all Revolving Credit Advances to CFSC plus the Dollar Amount of all Local Currency Advances and Japan Local Currency Advances would exceed CFSC’s Allocation at such time, (vii) any Bank’s Revolving Credit Advances to CFSC plus such Bank’s Local Currency Advances and Japan Local Currency Advances at such time would exceed such Bank’s Allocated Commitment for CFSC at such time, or (viii) the outstanding Same Day Local Currency Advances would exceed the Dollar Amount of the Same Day Local Currency Subfacility.
(c)    CIF and the Local Currency Agent shall furnish to the Agent, promptly following the making, payment or prepayment of each Local Currency Advance, and at any other time at the reasonable request of the Agent, a statement setting forth the outstanding Local Currency Advances made under the Local Currency Addendum, which statement shall also indicate the amount of the Local Currency Advances that are Same Day Local Currency Advances.
(d)    CIF and the Local Currency Agent shall furnish to the Agent copies of any amendment, supplement or other modification to the terms of any Local Currency Addendum promptly after the effectiveness thereof.
(e)    CFSC and CIF may terminate the Local Currency Addendum in their sole discretion if there are not any Advances outstanding thereunder, by written notice to the Agent, the Local Currency Agent and the Local Currency Banks, which notice shall be executed by CFSC, CIF and, if such consent is required, each Local Currency Bank.
SECTION 2.03B. Making the Local Currency Advances. (a) Each Local Currency Borrowing shall be made on a Business Day upon notice given by CIF to the Agent and the Local Currency Agent, such notice to be given at the time specified in the Local Currency Addendum. Each Local Currency Borrowing shall be in an aggregate Dollar Amount not less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall consist of Local Currency Advances of the same Local Currency made on the same day to CIF by the Local Currency Banks ratably according to their respective Local Currency Commitments. The Agent (or in the case of a Same Day Local Currency Advance, the Local Currency Agent) shall give each Local Currency Bank prompt notice thereof by facsimile or electronic mail. Each such notice of a Local Currency Borrowing (a “Notice of Local Currency Borrowing”) shall be by facsimile or electronic mail, confirmed immediately in writing, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Borrowing, (ii) Local Currency of such Borrowing, (iii) Interest Period for such Borrowing (where applicable) and (iv) aggregate amount of such Borrowing.
(b) Subject to any alternative procedures set forth in the Local Currency Addendum, each Local Currency Bank, for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, shall make such Local Currency Bank’s ratable portion of such Local Currency Borrowing on the


proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Agent (or in the case of a Same Day Local Currency Advance, the Local Currency Agent) by the time specified in the Local Currency Addendum or Notice of Local Currency Borrowing, and the Agent (or in the case of a Same Day Local Currency Advance, the Local Currency Agent) shall make such funds available to CIF at the applicable Payment Office.
(c) Each Notice of Local Currency Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on CFSC and CIF. CFSC and CIF, jointly and severally, shall indemnify each Local Currency Bank against any loss, cost or expense reasonably incurred by such Local Currency Bank as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of Local Currency Borrowing for such Local Currency Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including, without limitation, any loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Local Currency Bank to fund the Local Currency Advance to be made by such Local Currency Bank as part of such Local Currency Borrowing when such Local Currency Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date.
(d) Unless the Agent (or, in the case of a Same Day Local Currency Advance, the Local Currency Agent) shall have received notice from a Local Currency Bank prior to the time of any Local Currency Borrowing that such Local Currency Bank will not make available to the Agent or the Local Currency Agent, as applicable, such Local Currency Bank’s ratable portion of such Local Currency Borrowing, the Agent or the Local Currency Agent, as applicable, may assume that such Local Currency Bank has made such portion available to it on the date of such Local Currency Borrowing in accordance with subsection (b) of this Section 2.03B and it may, in reliance upon such assumption, make (but shall not be required to make) available to CIF on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Local Currency Bank shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Agent (or, in the case of a Same Day Local Currency Advance, the Local Currency Agent), such Local Currency Bank and CIF severally agree to repay to the Agent (or, in the case of a Same Day Local Currency Advance, the Local Currency Agent) forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to CIF until the date such amount is repaid to the Agent (or, in the case of a Same Day Local Currency Advance, the Local Currency Agent) at (i) in the case of CIF, the interest rate applicable at the time to Local Currency Advances comprising such Local Currency Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Local Currency Bank, the Federal Funds Rate or the Agent’s (or, in the case of a Same Day Local Currency Advance, the Local Currency Agent’s) overdraft cost, if higher. If such Local Currency Bank shall repay to the Agent (or, in the case of a Same Day Local Currency Advance, the Local Currency Agent) such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Local Currency Bank’s Local Currency Advance as part of such Local Currency Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
(e) The failure of any Local Currency Bank to make the Local Currency Advance to be made by it as part of any Local Currency Borrowing shall not relieve any other Local Currency Bank of its obligation hereunder to make its Local Currency Advance on the date of such Local Currency Borrowing, but no Local Currency Bank shall be responsible for the failure of any other Local Currency Bank to make the Local Currency Advance to be made by such other Local Currency Bank on the date of any Local Currency Borrowing.


SECTION 2.03C. Terms of Japan Local Currency Facility.
(a) The Japan Local Currency Addendum sets forth (i) the maximum amount (expressed in Dollar Amount) available to be borrowed from all Japan Local Currency Banks under the Japan Local Currency Addendum (the “Total Japan Local Currency Commitment”), which shall not exceed $75,000,000 and (ii) with respect to each Japan Local Currency Bank, the maximum amount (expressed in Dollar Amount) available to be borrowed from such Japan Local Currency Bank thereunder (such Bank’s “Japan Local Currency Commitment”). In no event shall a Japan Local Currency Bank’s Japan Local Currency Commitment (or, if such Japan Local Currency Bank is also a Local Currency Bank, the sum of its Japan Local Currency Commitment and its Local Currency Commitment) at any time exceed such Bank’s Commitment.
(b) No Japan Local Currency Advance may be made if the Dollar Amount of (i) outstanding Japan Local Currency Advances would exceed the Total Japan Local Currency Commitment, (ii) any Japan Local Currency Bank’s Japan Local Currency Advances would exceed its Japan Local Currency Commitment, (iii) the outstanding Advances would exceed the Total Commitment, (iv) the Revolving Credit Obligations would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, (v) any Bank’s Revolving Credit Advances, Local Currency Advances and Japan Local Currency Advances would exceed such Bank’s Commitment, (vi) all Revolving Credit Advances to CFSC plus the Dollar Amount of all Local Currency Advances and Japan Local Currency Advances would exceed CFSC’s Allocation at such time, or (vii) any Bank’s Revolving Credit Advances to CFSC plus such Bank’s Local Currency Advances and Japan Local Currency Advances at such time would exceed such Bank’s Allocated Commitment for CFSC at such time.
(c) CFKK and the Japan Local Currency Agent shall furnish to the Agent, promptly following the making, payment or prepayment of each Japan Local Currency Advance, and at any other time at the reasonable request of the Agent, a statement setting forth the outstanding Japan Local Currency Advances made under the Japan Local Currency Addendum.
(d) CFKK and the Japan Local Currency Agent shall furnish to the Agent copies of any amendment, supplement or other modification to the terms of the Japan Local Currency Addendum promptly after the effectiveness thereof.
(e) CFSC and CFKK may terminate the Japan Local Currency Addendum in their sole discretion if there are not any Advances outstanding thereunder, by written notice to the Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent and the Japan Local Currency Banks, which notice shall be executed by CFSC, CFKK and, if such consent is required, each Japan Local Currency Bank.
SECTION 2.03D. Making the Japan Local Currency Advances. (a) Each Japan Local Currency Borrowing shall be made on a Business Day upon notice given by CFKK to the Japan Local Currency Agent, with a copy to the Agent, such notice to be given at the time specified in the Japan Local Currency Addendum. Each Japan Local Currency Borrowing shall be in an aggregate Dollar Amount not less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall consist of Japan Local Currency Advances of the same Type made on the same day to CFKK by the Japan Local Currency Banks ratably according to their respective Japan Local Currency Commitments. The Japan Local Currency Agent shall give each Japan Local Currency Bank prompt notice thereof by facsimile or electronic mail.


Each such notice of a Japan Local Currency Borrowing (a “Notice of Japan Local Currency Borrowing”) shall be by facsimile or electronic mail, confirmed immediately in writing, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-3 hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Borrowing, (ii) Type of Japan Local Currency Advances comprising such Japan Local Currency Borrowing, (iii) Interest Period for such Borrowing and (iv) aggregate amount of such Borrowing.
(b) Subject to any alternative procedures set forth in the Japan Local Currency Addendum, each Japan Local Currency Bank, for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, shall make such Japan Local Currency Bank’s ratable portion of such Japan Local Currency Borrowing on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Japan Local Currency Agent by the time specified in the Japan Local Currency Addendum or Notice of Japan Local Currency Borrowing, and the Japan Local Currency Agent shall make such funds available to CFKK at the applicable Payment Office.
(c) Each Notice of Japan Local Currency Borrowing shall be irrevocable and binding on CFSC and CFKK. CFSC and CFKK, jointly and severally, shall indemnify each Japan Local Currency Bank against any loss, cost or expense reasonably incurred by such Japan Local Currency Bank as a result of any failure to fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of Japan Local Currency Borrowing for such Japan Local Currency Borrowing the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, including, without limitation, any loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Japan Local Currency Bank to fund the Japan Local Currency Advance to be made by such Japan Local Currency Bank as part of such Japan Local Currency Borrowing when such Japan Local Currency Advance, as a result of such failure, is not made on such date.
(d) Unless the Japan Local Currency Agent shall have received notice from a Japan Local Currency Bank prior to the date of any Japan Local Currency Borrowing that such Japan Local Currency Bank will not make available to the Japan Local Currency Agent such Japan Local Currency Bank’s ratable portion of such Japan Local Currency Borrowing, the Japan Local Currency Agent may assume that such Japan Local Currency Bank has made such portion available to it on the date of such Japan Local Currency Borrowing in accordance with subsection (b) of this Section 2.03D and it may, in reliance upon such assumption, make (but shall not be required to make) available to CFKK on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Japan Local Currency Bank shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Japan Local Currency Agent, such Japan Local Currency Bank and CFKK severally agree to repay to the Japan Local Currency Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to CFKK until the date such amount is repaid to the Japan Local Currency Agent at (i) in the case of CFKK, the interest rate applicable at the time to Japan Local Currency Advances comprising such Japan Local Currency Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Japan Local Currency Bank, the Federal Funds Rate or the Japan Local Currency Agent’s overdraft cost, if higher. If such Japan Local Currency Bank shall repay to the Japan Local Currency Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Japan Local Currency Bank’s Japan Local Currency Advance as part of such Japan Local Currency Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.


(e) The failure of any Japan Local Currency Bank to make the Japan Local Currency Advance to be made by it as part of any Japan Local Currency Borrowing shall not relieve any other Japan Local Currency Bank of its obligation hereunder to make its Japan Local Currency Advance on the date of such Japan Local Currency Borrowing, but no Japan Local Currency Bank shall be responsible for the failure of any other Japan Local Currency Bank to make the Japan Local Currency Advance to be made by such other Japan Local Currency Bank on the date of any Japan Local Currency Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04.    Fees.     (a) Each of Caterpillar and CFSC shall pay to the Agent, for the account of each Bank, a fee (each a “Commitment Fee” and collectively, the “Commitment Fees”) calculated on a daily basis by multiplying the Commitment Fee Rate in effect on each day by the amount of such Bank’s unused Allocated Commitment for such Borrower as in effect on such day. The Commitment Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears, commencing on January 2, 2020, for the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2019, inclusive, on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter thereafter for the period of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, and on the Facility Termination Date for the period since the last payment of Commitment Fees. The “Commitment Fee Rate,” as of any date of determination, shall at all times be determined in accordance with the table set forth on Schedule II hereto, such rate to change for any Borrower when and as any Credit Rating of such Borrower changes (and subject to the split rating rules set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin). The Commitment Fees allocable to each of Caterpillar and CFSC shall be the several obligation of each.
(b) The Borrowers shall pay (i) to the Agent, solely for its own account, the fees specified in the Administrative Agent Fee Letter, dated July 20, 2021, among the Borrowers, Citibank and the Agent, (ii) to the Agent, for the ratable account of each Bank, or to certain of the Arrangers, for their own separate accounts, as applicable, the fees specified in the Joint Fee Letter, in each case on the dates specified therein, and (iii) to the Agent, for the benefit of certain of the Arrangers, for their own separate accounts, as applicable, the fees specified in the Passive JLA Fee Letter, dated September 2, 2021, in each case on the date specified therein. No Person other than the Agent, Citibank, Bank of America, JPMorgan and the Arrangers, as applicable, shall have any interest in such fees.
SECTION 2.05    Reduction of the Commitments; Bank Additions. (a) Subject to Section 2.17(c), the Borrowers shall have the right, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the unused portions of the respective Commitments and Allocated Commitments of the Banks; provided that the aggregate amount of the Allocated Commitments of the Banks to (i) Caterpillar shall not be reduced to an amount which is less than the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of the Advances to Caterpillar then outstanding and (ii) CFSC shall not be reduced to an amount which is less than the sum of the aggregate principal Dollar Amount of the Advances to CFSC and the Local Currency Advances and Japan Local Currency Advances then outstanding, and provided, further, that each partial reduction shall be in the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof. Any such reduction of each Bank’s Commitment will be an automatic reduction of such Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment in an identical amount.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the acquisition of one Bank by another Bank, or the merger, consolidation or other combination of any two or more Banks (any


such acquisition, merger, consolidation or other combination being referred to hereinafter as a “Combination” and each Bank which is a party to such Combination being hereinafter referred to as a “Combined Bank”), the Borrowers may notify the Agent that they desire to reduce the Commitment of the Bank surviving such Combination (the “Surviving Bank”) to an amount equal to the Commitment of that Combined Bank which had the largest Commitment of each of the Combined Banks party to such Combination (such largest Commitment being the “Surviving Commitment” and the Commitments of the other Combined Banks being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “Retired Commitments”). If the Majority Banks (determined as set forth below) and the Agent agree to such reduction in the Surviving Bank’s Commitment, then (i) the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be reduced by the Retired Commitments effective upon the effective date of the Combination, provided, that, on or before such date the Borrowers have paid in full the outstanding principal amount of the Advances of each of the Combined Banks other than the Combined Bank whose Commitment is the Surviving Commitment, (ii) from and after the effective date of such reduction, the Surviving Bank shall have no obligation with respect to the Retired Commitments, and (iii) the Borrowers shall notify the Agent whether they wish such reduction to be a permanent reduction or a temporary reduction. If such reduction is to be a temporary reduction, then the Borrowers shall be responsible for finding one or more financial institutions (each, a “Replacement Bank”), acceptable to the Agent (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), willing to assume the obligations of a Bank hereunder with aggregate Commitments up to the amount of the Retired Commitments. The Agent may require the Replacement Banks to execute such documents, instruments or agreements as the Agent deems necessary or desirable to evidence such Replacement Banks’ agreement to become parties hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.05(b), Majority Banks shall be determined as if the reduction in the aggregate amount of the Commitments requested by the Borrowers had occurred (i.e., the Combined Banks shall be deemed to have a single Commitment equal to the Surviving Commitment and the aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be deemed to have been reduced by the Retired Commitments).
(c) The Borrowers shall have the right prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, upon at least five (5) Business Days’ notice to the Agent, to add one or more bank or banks as new Banks hereunder, or to increase the Commitment of any existing Bank with such existing Bank’s prior written consent, pursuant to the terms hereof (any such addition of a new Bank or increase in the Commitment of an existing Bank upon the request of the Borrowers pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) being referred to as a “Bank Addition”); provided that (i) such proposed Bank, in the case of a bank not already a Bank hereunder, is acceptable to the Agent (the acceptance of the Agent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); (ii) after giving effect to the proposed Bank Addition, no Bank’s Commitment would exceed 20% of the Total Commitment; and (iii) after giving effect to the proposed Bank Addition, the Total Commitment would not exceed 130% of the Total Commitment on (A) the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, if such Bank Addition is to occur prior to any Extension Request having been made pursuant to Section 2.16(a) and (B) the date of the most recent Extension Request, if such Bank Addition is to occur after any Extension Request has been made. Each notice of a proposed Bank Addition (a “Notice of Bank Addition”) shall be by facsimile or electronic mail, confirmed immediately in writing, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-5 hereto, specifying therein (i) the name and address of the proposed Added Bank, (ii) the date on which the Borrowers wish such Bank Addition to become effective, and (iii) the amount of the Commitment such Added Bank would have hereunder after giving effect to such Bank Addition. If the conditions set forth in the proviso contained in the first sentence of this Section 2.05(c) have been satisfied, the Agent shall


forward to such Added Bank and the Borrowers for execution by such Added Bank and the Borrowers an Assumption and Acceptance. The Added Bank shall, upon such execution, return the executed Assumption and Acceptance to the Agent, for the Agent’s acceptance thereof, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500.
Upon such execution, delivery and acceptance, from and after the effective date specified in each Assumption and Acceptance, the Added Bank shall, in addition to the rights and obligations hereunder held by it immediately prior to such effective date (if any), have the rights and obligations hereunder that have been assumed by it pursuant to such Assumption and Acceptance and, in the case of a bank not previously a Bank hereunder, shall become a Bank hereunder.
By executing and delivering an Assumption and Acceptance, each Added Bank confirms to and agrees with each party hereto as follows: (i) neither the Agent nor any Bank makes any representation or warranty, nor assumes any responsibility with respect to, any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; and (ii) neither the Agent nor any Bank makes any representation or warranty, nor assumes any responsibility with respect to, the financial condition of any Borrower or the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto.
The Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 8.02 a copy of each Assumption and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it. Such copies shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers or any Bank at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
Upon its receipt of an Assumption and Acceptance executed by an Added Bank and the Borrowers, the Agent shall, if such Assumption and Acceptance has been completed and is in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto, (i) accept such Assumption and Acceptance, and (ii) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrowers. Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice, if requested by an Added Bank, each Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Agent a new Note or Notes to the order of such Added Bank. Such new Note or Notes shall be dated the effective date of such Assumption and Acceptance and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto.
(d) If there are any Revolving Credit Advances outstanding on the effective date of any Assumption and Acceptance, the Added Bank shall purchase from the other Banks such participations in such Revolving Credit Advances as shall be necessary to cause such Added Bank to share ratably (based on the proportion that such Added Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment bears to the Total Revolving Credit Commitment after giving effect to the Bank Addition) in each such Revolving Credit Advance. To purchase such participations, the Added Bank shall before 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the effective date of its Assumption and Acceptance, make available for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at its address referred to in Section 8.02, in the applicable Agreed Currency and in same day funds, such Added Bank’s ratable portion (based on the proportion that such Added Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment (or the increase in such Added Bank’s Revolving Credit Commitment, in the


case of an Added Bank which is an existing Bank hereunder) bears to the Total Revolving Credit Commitment after giving effect to the Bank Addition) of each Revolving Credit Borrowing then outstanding, together with an amount equal to such ratable portion of the interest which has accrued to such date and remains unpaid on such Revolving Credit Borrowing. After the Agent’s receipt of such funds, the Agent will promptly make such same day funds available to the account of each Bank in an amount to such Bank’s ratable portion of such payment by the Added Bank. In addition, if such Added Bank acquires a Local Currency Commitment or a Japan Local Currency Commitment, automatically upon and simultaneously with becoming an Added Bank, such Added Bank shall have acquired a ratable risk participation in all then outstanding Local Currency Advances or Japan Local Currency Advances, as applicable, with such ratable risk participation based on such Added Bank’s Local Currency Commitment or Japan Local Currency Commitment as a fraction of the aggregate of all Local Currency Commitments or Japan Local Currency Commitments, as applicable.
SECTION 2.06.    Repayment of Advances. Each Borrower shall repay the principal amount (or the portion thereof remaining after giving effect to any earlier partial prepayments thereof) of each Advance made to such Borrower by each Bank on the last day of the Interest Period for such Advance. RFR Advances shall be repaid on the RFR Interest Payment Date therefor.
SECTION 2.07.    Interest on Advances. Each Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance made to such Borrower by each Bank from the date of such Advance until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at the following rates per annum:
(a)    Base Rate Advances. If such Advance is a Base Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during the Interest Period for such Advance to the sum of the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time, payable on the last day of such Interest Period (or, with respect to any portion thereof that shall be prepaid pursuant to Section 2.09 or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, on the date of such prepayment); or if such Advance is a Japan Base Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during the Interest Period for such Advance to the sum of the Japan Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time, payable on the last day of such Interest Period (or with respect to any portion thereof that shall be prepaid pursuant to Section 2.09 or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the Japan Local Currency Addendum, on the date of such prepayment).
(b)    Eurocurrency Rate Advances. If such Advance is a Eurocurrency Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times during the Interest Period for such Advance to the sum of the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time, payable on the last day of such Interest Period (or, with respect to any portion thereof that shall be prepaid pursuant to Section 2.09 or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, on the date of such prepayment) and, if such Interest Period has a duration of more than three months, on the day which occurs during such Interest Period three months from the first day of such Interest Period.
(c)    RFR Advances. If such Advance is an RFR Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times while such Advance is outstanding to the sum of the Daily Simple RFR in


effect from time to time for such RFR Advance plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time, payable on each RFR Interest Payment Date while such RFR Advance is outstanding (or, with respect to any portion thereof that shall be prepaid pursuant to Section 2.09 or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, on the date of such prepayment).
(d)    Post-Default Interest. Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of any Event of Default, the unpaid principal amount of each Advance shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal at all times to 2% per annum above the rate per annum otherwise required to be paid on such Advance in accordance with subsection (a), (b) or (c) above; provided that any amount of principal which is not paid when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) shall bear interest, from the date on which such amount is due until such amount is paid in full, payable on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the greater of (x) 2% per annum above the Base Rate in effect from time to time and (y) 2% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on such Advance immediately prior to the date on which such amount became due.
SECTION 2.08.    Interest Rate Determination. The Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrowers and the Banks (or the Local Currency Banks or Japan Local Currency Banks, as applicable) of the applicable interest rate determined by the Agent for purposes of Section 2.07(a) or (b) (or by each Japan Local Currency Bank for the purpose of determining the applicable interest rate under Section 2.07(c), if applicable).
SECTION 2.09.    Prepayments of Advances. (a) Any Borrower may, upon at least three (3) Business Days’ prior notice to the Agent, stating (i) the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment and (ii) the Advances (which shall be part of the same Borrowing) to which such prepayment is to be applied, and if such notice is given such Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding principal amounts of the Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing in whole or ratably in part, together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid; provided, however, that (x) each partial prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal Dollar Amount of not less than $10,000,000 and in an integral Dollar Amount multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (y) in the case of any such prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Advance or an RFR Advance, such Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable Banks in respect thereof pursuant to Section 8.04(b).
(b) If on any date that the Dollar Amount of (i) Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances outstanding in an Agreed Currency, (ii) Local Currency Advances or (iii) Japan Local Currency Advances, is determined pursuant to Section 2.15 (each such date, a “Computation Date”), it is determined that as a result of currency fluctuations with respect to the Advances to which such Computation Date applies, the aggregate Dollar Amount of (x) all outstanding Advances exceeds the Total Commitment, or (y) all outstanding Revolving Credit Obligations exceeds the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, the Borrowers shall on such date prepay (without premium or penalty other than any payment required pursuant to Section 8.04(b)) an aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Advances ratably to the Banks in an amount equal to or, at the option of the Borrowers, greater than such excess, with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid. For purposes of the determination referred to in the previous sentence, if a Disqualifying Event of the type described in clause (ii) of the definition of “Eligible Currency” exists, then such determination shall be made in consultation with Bank of America and JPMorgan using any method they deem


reasonably appropriate, and such determination shall be conclusive. The Borrowers may determine which Borrowing such prepayment shall be allocated to, and any such prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances shall be subject to the provisions of Section 8.04(b).
SECTION 2.10.    Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy; Illegality. (a) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change (other than any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Advances, to the extent already included in the Eurocurrency Rate Reserve Percentage) in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Bank of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances, then the applicable Borrower shall from time to time, upon written demand by such Bank (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Bank additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Bank for such increased cost; provided, that (x) such Bank shall have certified in writing to the applicable Borrower that it is generally seeking, or intends to generally seek, comparable compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities (to the extent such Bank has the right under such similar credit facilities to do so) with respect to such change regarding such increased cost and (y) such additional amounts shall not be duplicative of any amounts to the extent otherwise paid by the applicable Borrower under any other provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any reserve requirements included in determining the Eurocurrency Rate). A certificate describing in reasonable detail the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrowers and the Agent by such Bank, shall create a rebuttable presumption of such increased cost. If any such increase in cost is attributable to specific Advances made to a particular Borrower, compensation for such increased cost shall be paid by such Borrower (or if such Borrower is CIF or CFKK, by CFSC). In all other cases, compensation for such increased cost shall be paid by Caterpillar.
(b) If any Bank determines that compliance with any law or regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law) affects or would affect the amount of capital or liquidity required or expected to be maintained by such Bank or by any Person controlling such Bank and that the amount of such capital or liquidity requirement is increased by or based upon the existence of such Bank’s Advances or commitment to lend hereunder, then, upon written demand by such Bank (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), the applicable Borrower shall immediately pay to the Agent for the account of such Bank, from time to time as specified by such Bank, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Bank (or, if applicable, such Person controlling such Bank) in the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Bank reasonably determines such increase in capital or liquidity requirement to be allocable to the existence of such Bank’s commitment to lend hereunder; provided, that (x) such Bank shall have certified in writing to the applicable Borrower that it is generally seeking, or intends to generally seek, comparable compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities (to the extent such Bank has the right under such similar credit facilities to do so) with respect to such change regarding such increased cost and (y) such additional amounts shall not be duplicative of any amounts to the extent otherwise paid by the applicable Borrower under any other provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any reserve requirements included in determining the Eurocurrency Rate). A certificate describing in reasonable detail such amounts


submitted to the applicable Borrower by such Bank shall create a rebuttable presumption of such amounts. If any such increase in capital or liquidity requirement is attributable to specific Advances made to a particular Borrower or to the Allocated Commitments to a particular Borrower or Borrowers, compensation for such increase in capital or liquidity requirement shall be paid by such Borrower (or if such Borrower is CIF or CFKK, by CFSC). In all other cases, compensation for such increased capital or liquidity requirement shall be paid by Caterpillar.
(c) If any Bank shall notify the Agent that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it unlawful, or that any central bank or other Governmental Authority asserts that it is unlawful, for such Bank or its Eurocurrency Lending Office or RFR Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make Local Currency Advances, RFR Advances or Eurocurrency Rate Advances or to fund or maintain Local Currency Advances, RFR Advances or Eurocurrency Rate Advances hereunder, (i) all Local Currency Advances, RFR Advances and Eurocurrency Rate Advances of such Bank to any Borrower then outstanding shall be Redenominated into Dollars and begin bearing interest at the Base Rate (or in the case of RFR Advances denominated in Japanese Yen, be maintained in Japanese Yen but begin bearing interest at the Japan Base Rate) for the Interest Period selected by such Borrower in accordance with the procedures of Section 2.02(a), notwithstanding any prior election by such Borrower to the contrary, either (x) one Business Day after such notice, or (y) if such Bank may lawfully continue to maintain and fund such Advances at the applicable Eurocurrency Rate to a later day during such Interest Period, on such later day (in which case such Borrower shall in addition reimburse such Bank for any resulting losses as provided in Section 8.04(b)) and (ii) the obligation of such Bank to make Local Currency Advances, RFR Advances or Eurocurrency Rate Advances, as applicable, shall be suspended until such Bank shall notify the Agent that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and until such notification has been given (i) in the case of Local Currency Advances, RFR Advances or Eurocurrency Rate Advances, such Bank shall fund its Local Currency Advance made in connection with each Local Currency Borrowing and Revolving Credit Advance made in connection with each Revolving Credit Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances as a Base Rate Advance, and (ii) in the case of a Japan Local Currency Advance, the Japan Local Currency Banks shall fund each Japan Local Currency Borrowing with Japan Base Rate Advances.
(d) If the Majority Banks (or the Majority Local Currency Banks, as applicable) shall, at least one (1) Business Day before the requested date of, or the proposed Conversion Redenomination or continuation of the Advances comprising all or part of, any requested Revolving Credit Borrowing or Local Currency Borrowing (or on the date of such Local Currency Borrowing, in the case of a Same Day Local Currency Borrowing), notify the Agent that the Eurocurrency Rate for Eurocurrency Rate Advances or Daily Simple RFR for the RFR Advances comprising such Borrowing will not adequately reflect the cost to such Majority Banks (or such Majority Local Currency Banks, as applicable) of making or funding their respective Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances for such Revolving Credit Borrowing or Local Currency Borrowing, the Agent shall so notify the Borrowers, and (1) each such outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into (or if such Advance is then a Base Rate Advance, shall continue as), and with respect to a requested Advance as part of a requested Borrowing, such Advance shall be, a Base Rate Advance, (2) each such outstanding RFR Advance will automatically, on the day such notice is delivered, Convert into, and with respect to a requested


Advance as part of a requested Borrowing, such Advance shall be, a Base Rate Advance, and (3) the right of the requesting Borrower to select the Eurocurrency Rate or RFR for such Borrowing, and the right of any Borrower to Convert Advances into, or continue Advances as, Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances, or to select the Eurocurrency Rate or RFR for any subsequent Borrowing, shall be suspended until the Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Banks that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and each Advance comprising such Borrowing shall be a Base Rate Advance.
(e) If the Majority Japan Local Currency Banks shall, at least one (1) Business Day before the requested date of, or the proposed Conversion or continuation of the Advances comprising all or part of any requested Japan Local Currency Borrowing (or on the date of such Borrowing if it is being requested on a same-day basis), notify the Japan Local Currency Agent that TONAR for TONAR Advances comprising such Borrowing will not adequately reflect the cost to such Majority Japan Local Currency Banks of making or funding their respective TONAR Advances for such Japan Local Currency Borrowing, the Japan Local Currency Agent shall so notify CFKK and (1) each such outstanding TONAR Advance will automatically, on the day such notice is delivered, Convert (or if such Advance is then a Japan Base Rate Advance, shall continue as), and with respect to a requested Japan Local Currency Advance as part of a requested Borrowing, such Japan Local Currency Advance shall be a Japan Base Rate Advance, and (2) the right of CFKK to select TONAR for such Borrowing, and the right of CFKK to Convert Advances into, or continue Advances as, TONAR Advances, or select TONAR for any subsequent Borrowing, shall be suspended until the Japan Local Currency Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Japan Local Currency Banks that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and each Advance comprising such Borrowing shall be a Japan Base Rate Advance.
(f) In the event that a Bank (an “Affected Bank”) either demands payment from any Borrower at any time pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 2.10 or fails to consent to any extension of the Current Termination Date requested by the Borrowers under Section 2.16, then from such time and for so long thereafter as such Bank remains an Affected Bank, the Borrowers may either (1) terminate such Affected Bank’s Commitment hereunder or (2) replace such Affected Bank with another bank or banks acceptable to the Agent (the consent of the Agent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at such time, (ii) in the case of clause (2), the Affected Bank and the replacement bank(s) execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment and Acceptance and such other documents, agreements and instruments as the Agent may reasonably require in order to effectuate the assumption by such replacement bank(s) of the Affected Bank’s obligations hereunder, and (iii) the Affected Bank has been paid all amounts due to it hereunder. In no event shall the replacement of an Affected Bank impair or otherwise affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower or Borrowers to make the payments demanded by such Affected Bank pursuant to this Section 2.10 and, if applicable, Section 8.04(b).
(g) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives relating to capital adequacy or liquidity promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each


case be deemed to be a change in law and be eligible for redress pursuant to clause (a), (b) and (c), as applicable, of this Section 2.10, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
SECTION 2.11.    Payments and Computations
(a)    The Borrowers shall make each payment hereunder and under the Notes (except with respect to principal of, interest on, and other amounts relating to Local Currency Advances, Japan Local Currency Advances or Advances denominated in an Agreed Currency other than Dollars), without set-off, deduction, or counterclaim, not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the day when due in Dollars to the Agent in same day funds by deposit of such funds to the Agent’s account maintained at the Payment Office for Dollars in New York City. The Borrowers shall make each payment hereunder and under the Notes with respect to principal of, interest on, and other amounts relating to Advances (other than Local Currency Advances or Japan Local Currency Advances) denominated in an Agreed Currency other than Dollars, without set-off, deduction, or counterclaim, not later than 11:00 A.M. (London time) on the day when due in such Agreed Currency to the Agent in same day funds by deposit of such funds to the Agent’s account maintained at the Payment Office for such Agreed Currency. CIF shall make each payment under the Local Currency Addendum with respect to principal of, interest on, and other amounts relating to Local Currency Advances without set-off, deduction, or counterclaim, not later than 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day when due in the applicable Local Currency to the Agent (or in the case of a Same Day Local Currency Advance, the Local Currency Agent) in same day funds by deposit of such funds to the Agent’s or the Local Currency Agent’s, as applicable, account maintained at the Payment Office for such Local Currency. CFKK shall make each payment under the Japan Local Currency Addendum with respect to principal of, interest on, and other amounts relating to Japan Local Currency Advances, without set-off, deduction, or counterclaim, not later than 11:00 a.m. (Tokyo time) on the day when due in Japanese Yen to the Japan Local Currency Agent in same day funds by deposit of such funds to the Japan Local Currency Agent’s account at the Payment Office set forth in the Japan Local Currency Addendum. The Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, as applicable, will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or fees ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.02(c), 2.05(d), 2.10, 2.12 or 8.04) to the applicable Banks for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Bank to such Bank for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding the foregoing, if an event of the type described in clause (i) of the definition of “Eligible Currency” is continuing, any principal or interest in respect of any Advances made in such currency may be repaid in Dollars.
(b)    All computations of interest based on the Base Rate determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof shall be made by the Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be; all computations of interest on Advances in Pounds Sterling and Japanese Yen shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be; and all computations of interest based on the Eurocurrency Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, and all computations of the Commitment Fees shall be made by the Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest or Commitment Fees are payable. Each determination by the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, as the


case may be, of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c)    Whenever any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day (including any RFR Interest Payment Date), such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest or Commitment Fees, as the case may be; provided, however, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day and such contraction of time shall in such case reduce the days included in the computation of payment of interest.
(d)    Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Banks hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment in full to the Agent on such date and the Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Bank on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Bank. If and to the extent that such Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the Agent, each Bank shall repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Bank together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Bank until the date such Bank repays such amount to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
SECTION 2.12.    Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by any of the Borrowers hereunder, under the Local Currency Addendum, under the Japan Local Currency Addendum or under each of the Notes shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.11, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Bank, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent and the Agent, (i) taxes imposed on its net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Bank, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent or the Agent (as the case may be) is organized or any political subdivision thereof and, in the case of each Bank, taxes imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction of such Bank’s Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof and (ii) any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA (all such non‑excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If any Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder, under the Local Currency Addendum, under the Japan Local Currency Addendum or under any Note to any Bank, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent or the Agent, (i) the sum payable by such Borrower shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.12) such Bank, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent or the Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions and (iii) such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law.


(b) In addition, the Borrowers agree to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder, under the Local Currency Addendum, under the Japan Local Currency Addendum or under the Notes or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum or the Notes (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”). If any such Other Taxes are attributable to a specific Borrower, they shall be paid by such Borrower (or in the case of CFKK or CIF, by CFSC). In all other cases, they shall be paid by Caterpillar.
(c) Each Borrower will indemnify each Bank, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent and the Agent for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.12) paid by such Bank, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent or the Agent (as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. This indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date such Bank, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent or the Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor.
(d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the Borrower paying such Taxes will furnish to the Agent, at its address referred to in Section 8.02, a copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof; provided, however, that such copy shall be furnished solely for the purpose of enabling the Agent to verify the payment of such Taxes by such Borrower as required above. If no Taxes are payable in respect of any payment hereunder, under the Local Currency Addendum, under the Japan Local Currency Addendum or under the Notes, the Borrowers will furnish to the Agent, at such address, a certificate from each appropriate taxing authority, or an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Agent, in either case stating that such payment is exempt from or not subject to Taxes; provided, however, that if any Bank, the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, as a recipient of payments called for hereunder, shall be exempt from or entitled to a reduced rate of any Taxes, particularly those imposed by way of withholding, whether by virtue of the provisions of a relevant treaty or otherwise, it shall be incumbent upon such Bank, the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent to (a) so inform the Borrowers, (b) furnish to the Borrowers whatever certification or other documentation may be required by law or regulation to establish such exemption or reduced rate, and (c) cooperate with the Borrowers in any and all other respects to the extent necessary to establish such exemption or eligibility for reduced rate.
(e) Any Bank whose Advances have resulted in the imposition of Taxes shall use its best efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to take such steps as would eliminate or reduce the amount of such Taxes; provided that no such steps shall be required to be taken if, in the reasonable judgment of such Bank, such steps would be disadvantageous to such Bank.
(f) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrowers hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrowers contained in this Section 2.12 shall survive the payment in full of principal and interest hereunder, under the Local Currency Addendum, under the Japan Local Currency Addendum and under the Notes.


(g) For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the effective date of this Agreement, the Borrowers and the Agent shall treat (and the Banks hereby authorize the Agent to treat) the Advances as not qualifying as a "grandfathered obligation" within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).
SECTION 2.13.    Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Bank shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set‑off, or otherwise) on account of the Revolving Credit Advances made by it (other than pursuant to Sections 2.02(c), 2.05(d), 2.10, 2.12 or 8.04) in excess of its ratable share of payments on account of the Revolving Credit Advances obtained by all the Banks, such Bank shall forthwith notify the Agent thereof and purchase from the other Banks such participations in the Revolving Credit Advances made by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Bank to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Bank, such purchase from each Bank shall be rescinded and such Bank shall repay to the purchasing Bank the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Bank’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Bank’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Bank) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Bank in respect of the total amount so recovered. Each Borrower agrees that any Bank so purchasing a participation from another Bank pursuant to this Section 2.13 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set‑off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Bank were the direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
SECTION 2.14.    Tax Forms. Each Bank that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), other than any Local Currency Bank or Japan Local Currency Bank that is an Affiliate, branch or agency of a Bank, shall submit to the Borrowers and the Agent, on or before the Closing Date (or in the case of any Person becoming a Bank hereunder pursuant to Section 2.05(c) or Section 8.07, on or before the date of acceptance by the Agent of the applicable Assumption and Acceptance or Assignment and Acceptance), duly completed and signed copies of either Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (relating to such Bank and entitling it to a complete exemption from withholding on all amounts to be received by such Bank at any Applicable Lending Office designated by such Bank, including fees, under this Agreement) or Form W-8ECI (relating to all amounts to be received by such Bank at any Applicable Lending Office designated by such Bank, including fees, under this Agreement) of the United States Internal Revenue Service and Form W-8BEN or Form W-8BEN-E (relating to the foreign status exemption from United States federal income tax backup withholding), or, in any such case, such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities. Thereafter and from time to time, each such Bank shall, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, submit to the Borrowers and the Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies of one or the other of such forms (or such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States taxing authorities) as may be (i) requested by the Borrowers or the Agent from such Bank and (ii) required under then‑current United States law or regulations to determine the United States withholding taxes on payment in respect of all amounts to be received by such Bank at any Applicable Lending Office designated by such Bank, including fees, under this Agreement. Upon the request of the Borrowers or the Agent, each Bank that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall submit to the Borrowers and the


Agent a certificate to the effect that it is such a United States person. If any Bank determines that it is unable to submit to the Borrowers and the Agent any form or certificate that such Bank is obligated to submit pursuant to this Section 2.14, or that such Bank is required to withdraw or cancel any such form or certificate previously submitted, such Bank shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Agent of such fact. In addition, if a payment made to a Bank hereunder, under the Local Currency Addendum, under the Japan Local Currency Addendum or under any of the Notes would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Bank were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Bank shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers and the Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Bank has complied with such Bank’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.14, “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.15.    Market Disruption; Denomination of Amounts in Dollars
(a)    Market Disruption. Notwithstanding the satisfaction of all conditions referred to in Article III and this Article II with respect to any Borrowing in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars, if there shall occur on or prior to the date of such Borrowing, or the continuation, Conversion or Redenomination of such Borrowing in or to an Agreed Currency other than Dollars, any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates, exchange controls or interest rate quotation sources which would (i) in the reasonable opinion of the Borrowers, the Majority Local Currency Banks (in the case of a Local Currency Borrowing), the Agent or the Banks having at least 66-2/3% of the Available Revolving Credit Commitments, in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing, make it impracticable for the Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances comprising such Borrowing to be denominated in the Agreed Currency specified by the applicable Borrower, then the Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to such Borrower, the Local Currency Banks and the Banks, or the applicable Borrower shall give notice to the Agent, the Local Currency Banks and the Banks, as the case may be, and such Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances shall not be denominated in such currency but shall be made on the date of such Borrowing, or continued, Converted or Redenominated, as applicable, on the date of such continuation, Conversion or Redenomination, in Dollars, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount of the aggregate principal amount specified in the related Notice of Borrowing, or the Dollar Amount of the Advances being continued, Converted or Redenominated, as applicable, as Base Rate Advances, unless the applicable Borrower notifies the Agent at least one (1) Business Day before such date that (x) in the case of a requested Borrowing, it elects not to borrow on such date or (y) in the case of a requested Borrowing, continuation, Conversion or Redenomination, it elects to borrow on such date in a different Agreed Currency, or continue the applicable Advances in, or Convert or Redenominate the applicable Advances to, a different Agreed Currency, in which the denomination of such Advances would in the opinion of the Agent, the Majority Local Currency Banks (in the case of a Local Currency Borrowing) or the Banks having at least 66-2/3% of the Available Revolving Credit Commitments, in the case of a


Revolving Credit Borrowing, be practicable and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount of the aggregate principal amount specified in the related Notice of Borrowing, or the Dollar Amount of the Advances being continued, Converted or Redenominated, as applicable, or (ii) in the reasonable opinion of any Bank, make it impracticable for the Eurocurrency Rate Advance or RFR Advance of such Bank comprising part of such Borrowing to be denominated in the Agreed Currency specified by the applicable Borrower, then the Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to such Borrower, and the Eurocurrency Rate Advance or RFR Advance of such Bank as part of such Borrowing shall not be denominated in such currency but shall be made on the date of such Borrowing, or continued, Converted or Redenominated, as applicable, in Dollars, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount of the aggregate principal amount of such Bank’s Advance, as a Base Rate Advance, unless the applicable Borrower notifies the Agent at least one (1) Business Day before such date that (x) in the case of a requested Borrowing, it elects not to borrow on such date or (y) in the case of a requested Borrowing, continuation, Conversion or Redenomination, it elects to borrow on such date in a different Agreed Currency, or continue the applicable Advances as, or Convert or Redenominate the applicable Advances to a different Agreed Currency, in which the denomination of all such Advances as part of such Borrowing would in the opinion of the Agent, the Majority Local Currency Banks (in the case of a Local Currency Borrowing) or the Banks having at least 66-2/3% of the Available Revolving Credit Commitments, in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing, be practicable and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Dollar Amount of the aggregate principal amount specified in the related Notice of Borrowing or the Dollar Amount of the Advances being continued, Converted or Redenominated, as applicable.
(b)    Calculation of Amounts. Except as set forth below, all amounts referenced in this Article II shall be calculated using the Dollar Amount determined based upon the Equivalent Amount in effect as of the date of any determination thereof; provided, however, that to the extent any Borrower shall be obligated hereunder to pay in Dollars any Borrowing denominated in a currency other than Dollars, such amount shall be paid in Dollars using the Dollar Amount of the Borrowing (calculated based upon the Equivalent Amount in effect on the date of payment thereof). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the full risk of currency fluctuations shall be borne by the Borrowers and the Borrowers agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Local Currency Bank, each Japan Local Currency Bank, the Agent and the Banks from and against any loss resulting from any Borrowing denominated in a currency other than in Dollars.
(c)    Benchmark Replacement Setting. On March 5, 2021 the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), the regulatory supervisor of USD LIBOR’s administrator (“IBA”), announced in a public statement the future cessation or loss of representativeness of overnight/Spot Next, 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12- month LIBOR tenor settings. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document:


(i)    Replacing USD LIBOR. On the earlier of (A) the date that all Available Tenors of USD LIBOR have either permanently or indefinitely ceased to be provided by IBA or have been announced by the FCA pursuant to public statement or publication of information to be no longer representative and (B) the Early Opt-in Effective Date, if the then-current Benchmark is USD LIBOR, the Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any setting of such Benchmark on such day and all subsequent settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. If the Benchmark Replacement is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a monthly basis.
(ii)    Replacing Other and Future Benchmarks. Upon (A) the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any such Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Banks without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Banks comprising the Majority Banks or (B) an Early Opt-in Effective Date with respect to an Other Rate Early Opt-in Election, the Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any setting of such Benchmark on such day and all subsequent settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. At any time that the administrator of any then-current Benchmark has permanently or indefinitely ceased to provide such Benchmark (including, without limitation, any RFR then in effect) or such Benchmark has been announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator or the administrator of such Benchmark pursuant to public statement or publication of information to be no longer representative and will not be restored (including, without limitation, any RFR then in effect), (A) with respect to amounts denominated in Dollars, the Borrowers may revoke any request for a Borrowing of, Conversion to or continuation of Advances to be made, Converted or continued that would bear interest by reference to such Benchmark until the Borrowers’ receipt of notice from the Agent that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark, and, failing that, the Borrowers will be deemed to have Converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or Conversion to Base Rate Advances and (B) with respect to amounts denominated in any Agreed Currency other than Dollars, the obligation of the Banks to make or maintain Advances referencing such Benchmark in the affected Agreed Currency shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected amounts or Interest Periods (as applicable)), and any outstanding Advances in such Agreed Currency shall immediately or, in the case of a term rate at the end of the applicable Interest Period, be prepaid in full or Converted to a Base Rate Advance denominated in Dollars. During the period referenced in the foregoing sentence, if a component of the Base Rate is based


upon the Benchmark, such component will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
(iii)    Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation and administration of any Benchmark Replacement, the Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.
(iv)    Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Agent will promptly notify the Borrowers and the Banks of (A) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (B) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. For the avoidance of doubt, any notice required to be delivered by the Agent as set forth in this Section titled “Benchmark Replacement Setting” may be provided, at the option of the Agent (in its sole discretion), in one or more notices and may be delivered together with, or as part of any amendment which implements any Benchmark Replacement or Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Agent or, if applicable, any Bank (or group of Banks) pursuant to this Section, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section titled “Benchmark Replacement Setting”.
(v)    Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. At any time (including in connection with the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement), (A) if any then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR or LIBOR), then the Agent may remove any tenor of such Benchmark that is unavailable or non-representative for Benchmark (including Benchmark Replacement) settings and (B) the Agent may reinstate any such previously removed tenor for Benchmark (including Benchmark Replacement) settings.
SECTION 2.16.    Extensions of the Commitments
(a)    During the period from the date that is 60 days prior to the Current Termination Date to the date that is 32 days prior to each anniversary of the Closing Date the Borrowers may, by written notice (an “Extension Request”) given to the Agent, request that the Current Termination Date be extended. Each such Extension Request shall contemplate an extension of the Current Termination Date to a date that is one year after the Current Termination Date then in effect (or if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day).
(b)    The Agent shall promptly advise each Bank, including each Local Currency Bank and each Japan Local Currency Bank, of its receipt of any Extension Request.


Each Bank may, in its sole discretion, consent to a requested extension by giving written notice thereof to the Agent by not later than the Business Day (the “Extension Confirmation Date”) immediately preceding the date that is 31 days after the date of the Extension Request but no more than 45 days prior to the next anniversary of the Closing Date. Failure on the part of any Bank to respond to an Extension Request by the applicable Extension Confirmation Date shall be deemed to be a denial of such request by such Bank. If Banks having at least 50% of the Commitments at the time of the issuance of any Extension Request shall consent in writing to the requested extension, such request shall be granted with respect to each consenting Bank; provided, however, that no such consent shall be granted in connection with (i) Local Currency Advances unless Local Currency Banks having at least 50% of the Local Currency Commitments at the time of issuance of any Extension Request shall consent in writing to the requested extension and (ii) Japan Local Currency Advances unless Japan Local Currency Banks having at least 50% of the Japan Local Currency Commitments at the time of issuance of any Extension Request shall consent in writing to the requested extension. Promptly following the opening of business on the first Business Day following the applicable Extension Confirmation Date, the Agent shall notify the Borrowers in writing as to whether the requested extension has been granted (such written notice being an “Extension Confirmation Notice”) and, if granted, such extension shall become effective upon the issuance of such Extension Confirmation Notice. The Agent shall promptly thereafter provide a copy of such Extension Confirmation Notice to each Bank.
(c)    Each Extension Confirmation Notice shall specify therein the date to which the Current Termination Date is to be extended in respect of each of the consenting Banks, which date shall be one year after the Current Termination Date then in effect (or if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) (such date being referred to herein as the “Extended Termination Date”). The Current Termination Date with respect to (i) any Banks which shall have denied such requested extension in writing, or which shall have failed to respond to the applicable Extension Request, and (ii) all Banks, in the event that fewer than the minimum number of Banks specified above shall consent in writing to such Extension Request, shall continue to be the then existing Current Termination Date (the “Earlier Termination Date”). The Current Termination Date with respect to those Banks which shall have consented to the applicable Extension Request, in the event that the requisite number of Banks specified above shall consent in writing to such Extension Request, shall continue to be the Earlier Termination Date until the end of the day immediately preceding the Current Termination Date then in effect at which time the Current Termination Date then in effect shall become the Extended Termination Date provided for in such Extension Confirmation Notice.
(d)    If fewer than all of the Banks agree to any extension of the Current Termination Date that shall have become effective in accordance with this Section 2.16, (i) no Advance made or to be made prior to the Earlier Termination Date shall have an Interest Period which ends after the Earlier Termination Date, (ii) all Advances, Local Currency Advances, if applicable, Japan Local Currency Advances, if applicable, and all other obligations, of the Borrower to the Banks hereunder shall be repaid in full on the Earlier Termination Date (whether from proceeds of Borrowings made on the Earlier Termination Date from the Banks having agreed to such extension or from other sources) and (iii) the Commitment, Local Currency Commitment or Japan Local Currency Commitment, as applicable, of each Bank that shall not have consented to such extension shall terminate on the Earlier Termination Date, and such Bank shall have no further obligation hereunder other than in respect of obligations expressly


contemplated herein to survive the termination of this Agreement. Such Bank shall also receive from the applicable Borrower all other amounts owing to it hereunder or in connection herewith on the Earlier Termination Date.
SECTION 2.17.    Defaulting Banks. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Bank becomes a Defaulting Bank, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Bank is a Defaulting Bank:
(a)    Such Defaulting Bank will not be entitled to any fees accruing during such period pursuant to Section 2.04 (without prejudice to the rights of the Banks other than Defaulting Banks in respect of such fees);
(b)    (i) Any amount paid by the Borrowers or otherwise received by the Agent for the account of a Defaulting Bank under this Agreement other than any amounts representing principal or interest payable to such Defaulting Bank (whether on account of fees, indemnity payments or other amounts not constituting principal or interest) will not be paid or distributed to such Defaulting Bank, but will instead be retained by the Agent in a segregated non-interest bearing account until (subject to Section 2.17(d)) the termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all obligations of the Borrowers hereunder and will be applied by the Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to the making of payments from time to time in the following order of priority: first to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Bank to the Agent under this Agreement, second to the payment of post-default interest and then current interest due and payable to the Non-Defaulting Banks, ratably among them in accordance with the amounts of such interest then due and payable to them, third to the payment of fees then due and payable to the Non-Defaulting Banks hereunder, ratably among them in accordance with the amounts of such fees then due and payable to them, fourth to the ratable payment of other amounts then due and payable to the Non-Defaulting Banks, and fifth after the termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all obligations of the Borrowers hereunder, to pay amounts owing under this Agreement to such Defaulting Bank or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. (ii) Any amount paid by the Borrowers for the account of a Defaulting Bank representing principal or interest payable to such Defaulting Bank shall be paid to such Defaulting Bank in the same amounts and in the same manner as if such Defaulting Bank were a Non-Defaulting Bank;
(c)    The Borrowers may terminate the unused amount of the Commitment of a Defaulting Bank upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior notice to the Agent (which will promptly notify the Banks thereof), and in such event the provisions of Section 2.17(b) will apply to all amounts thereafter paid by the Borrowers for the account of such Defaulting Bank under this Agreement (whether on account of principal, interest, fees, indemnity or other amounts), provided that such termination will not be deemed to be a waiver or release of any claim any Borrower, the Agent or any Bank may have against such Defaulting Bank; and
(d)    In the event that the Borrowers and the Agent agree in writing in their discretion that a Bank is no longer a Defaulting Bank, the Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any amounts then held in the segregated account referred to in Section 2.17(b)), such Bank will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par such portion of outstanding Advances of the other Banks and/or make such other


adjustments as the Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Revolving Credit Obligations of the Banks to be on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective Commitments, whereupon such Bank will cease to be a Defaulting Bank and will be a Non-Defaulting Bank (and each Bank’s ratable portion of aggregate outstanding Advances will automatically be adjusted on a prospective basis to reflect the foregoing); provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers while such Bank was a Defaulting Bank; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Bank to Non-Defaulting Bank will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Bank’s having been a Defaulting Bank.
SECTION 2.18. Funding Vehicle. Each Bank may, at its option, make any Borrowing available to either CFKK or CIF by causing any foreign or domestic branch or Affiliate of such Bank to make such Borrowing available; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of such Borrower to repay such Borrowing in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum and the Japan Local Currency Addendum, as applicable.

ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
SECTION 3.01.    Conditions Precedent to Initial Advances. The obligation of each Bank to make its initial Advance on or after the Closing Date is subject to the conditions precedent that (i) all principal, accrued interest, fees, expenses, costs and other amounts outstanding under the terms of the Prior 364-Day Agreement, accrued to the Closing Date, shall have been paid, and the commitments of the lenders thereunder to extend credit shall have terminated, (ii) the Prior Five-Year Agreement shall have been refinanced pursuant to the Five-Year Agreement, (iii) the Agent shall have received, for the benefit of the Banks, the one-time upfront fees due and payable on the Closing Date, (iv) each Departing Bank shall have received payment in full of all of the principal, accrued interest, fees, expenses, costs and other amounts owing to it under the Existing Credit Agreement (other than obligations to pay fees and expenses with respect to which the Borrowers have not received an invoice, contingent indemnity obligations and other contingent obligations owing to it under the Existing Credit Agreement) and (v) the Agent shall have received on or before the day of the initial Borrowing the following, each dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and in sufficient copies for each Bank:
(a)    A fully executed copy of this Agreement, of the Local Currency Addendum and of the Japan Local Currency Addendum.
(b)    Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of each Borrower evidencing corporate authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum (if applicable), the Japan Local Currency Addendum (if applicable), the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum (if applicable), the Japan Local Currency Addendum (if applicable), the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.


(c)    A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Borrower certifying the names and true signatures of the officers of such Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum (if applicable), the Japan Local Currency Addendum (if applicable) and the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.
(d)    A favorable opinion of counsel for each of Caterpillar and CFSC, given upon their express instructions, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.
(e)    A favorable opinion of Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, counsel for the Borrowers, given upon their express instructions, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
(f)    A Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to each Borrower that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, to the extent such documentation is requested at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
In addition, (i) the obligation of each Bank requesting Notes to make its initial Advance is subject to the further condition precedent that the Agent shall have received, on or before the day of the initial Borrowing, the Notes dated the Closing Date and payable to the order of such Bank, (ii) the obligation of the Local Currency Banks to make the initial Advances under the Local Currency Addendum shall be subject to any further conditions set forth in the Local Currency Addendum and (iii) the obligation of the Japan Local Currency Banks to make the initial Advances under the Japan Local Currency Addendum shall be subject to any further conditions set forth in the Japan Local Currency Addendum.
SECTION 3.02.    Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing. The obligation of each Bank to make an Advance on the occasion of each Borrowing to any Borrower (including the initial Borrowing) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Borrowing:
(a)    the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Borrowing and the acceptance by a Borrower of the proceeds of such Borrowing shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Borrower that on the date of such Borrowing such statements are true):
(i)    The representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 (excluding those contained in the second sentence of subsection (e) and in subsection (f) thereof), and if such Borrowing is by CFSC, CIF or CFKK, Section 4.02, are correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and
(ii)    No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, which constitutes an Event of Default with respect to any Borrower; and
(b)    the Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as any Bank through the Agent may reasonably request.



SECTION 3.03.    Conditions Precedent to Certain Borrowings. The obligation of each Bank to make an Advance on the occasion of any Borrowing to any Borrower which would increase the aggregate outstanding amount of Advances owing to such Bank over the aggregate amount of such Advances outstanding immediately prior to the making of such Advance shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that on the date of such Borrowing the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Borrowing and the acceptance by a Borrower of the proceeds of such Borrowing shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Borrower that on the date of such Borrowing such statements are true): (i) the representations and warranties contained in subsection (f) of Section 4.01 are correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing, before and after giving effect to such Borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, and (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, which would constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Borrower but for the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 4.01.    Representations and Warranties of the Borrowers. Each Borrower represents and warrants as of the Closing Date and on each date specified in Article III, as follows:
(a)    Organization; Qualification. Such Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (1) under the laws of the State of Delaware, in the case of Caterpillar and CFSC, (2) under the laws of Ireland, in the case of CIF and (3) under the laws of Japan, in the case of CFKK, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in every jurisdiction in which failure to qualify would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect (i) the financial condition or operations of such Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of such Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement and its Notes, under the Local Currency Addendum, in the case of CIF and CFSC, and under the Japan Local Currency Addendum, in the case of CFKK and CFSC.
(b)    Authority; No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by such Borrower of this Agreement and its Notes, the Local Currency Addendum, in the case of CIF and CFSC, and the Japan Local Currency Addendum, in the case of CFKK and CFSC, are within such Borrower’s corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not contravene (i) such Borrower’s charter or by-laws or (ii) any law or any contractual restriction binding on or affecting such Borrower.
(c)    Governmental Consents. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by such Borrower of this Agreement or its Notes, or of the Local Currency Addendum, in the case of CIF and CFSC, or of the Japan Local Currency Addendum in the case of CFKK and CFSC.


Execution; Enforceability.
(i)    This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of such Borrower. Upon execution of this Agreement by the Agent and when the Agent shall have been notified by each Bank that such Bank has executed this Agreement, this Agreement will be, and such Borrower’s Notes when executed and delivered hereunder will be, legal, valid and binding obligations of such Borrower enforceable against such Borrower in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by the effect of general principles of equity.
(ii)    The Local Currency Addendum has been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each of CFSC and CIF. Upon execution of the Local Currency Addendum by the Agent and the Local Currency Agent and when the Local Currency Agent or the Agent shall have been notified by each Local Currency Bank that such Local Currency Bank has executed the Local Currency Addendum, the Local Currency Addendum will be the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of CFSC and CIF enforceable against each of CFSC and CIF in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by the effect of general principles of equity.
(iii)    The Japan Local Currency Addendum has been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each of CFSC and CFKK. Upon execution of the Japan Local Currency Addendum by the Agent and the Japan Local Currency Agent and when the Japan Local Currency Agent or the Agent shall have been notified by each Japan Local Currency Bank that such Japan Local Currency Bank has executed the Japan Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum will be the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of CFSC and CFKK enforceable against each of CFSC and CFKK in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by the effect of general principles of equity.
(e)    Accuracy of Information; Material Adverse Change. The consolidated balance sheets of Caterpillar and CFSC as at December 31, 2020 and as at June 30, 2021, and the related consolidated statements of income and changes in stockholders’ equity of Caterpillar and CFSC for the fiscal year and six‑month period, respectively, then ended, copies of which have been furnished to each Bank, fairly present the financial condition of Caterpillar and CFSC as at such dates and the results of the operations of Caterpillar and CFSC for such periods, all in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied. Since December 31, 2020, there has been no material adverse change in such condition or operations. As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.



(f)    Litigation. There is no pending or threatened action or proceeding affecting such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator which is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect the financial condition or operations of such Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole or which purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum or any Note or which is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect the ability of such Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement and its Notes or under the Local Currency Addendum, in the case of CIF and CFSC, or under the Japan Local Currency Addendum, in the case of CFKK and CFSC.
(g)    Margin Stock. Such Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock. Following the application of the proceeds of each Advance, no more than 25% of the value of the assets of such Borrower will consist of, or be represented by, Margin Stock.
(h)    ERISA. Each Plan of such Borrower or a Subsidiary of such Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate complies in all material respects with ERISA, the Code and regulations thereunder and the terms of such Plan, except for such noncompliance as would not reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on the ability of such Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement and its Notes. Each Plan has satisfied the minimum funding standard under Section 412(a) of the Code without the need of any funding waiver under Section 412(c) of the Code. Neither such Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate nor any fiduciary of any Plan which is not a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) (i) has engaged in a nonexempt prohibited transaction described in Sections 406 of ERISA or 4975 of the Code whereby such prohibited transaction has materially adversely affected the business, financial condition or results of operations of such Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) has taken or failed to take any action which would constitute or result in an ERISA Termination Event. During the six year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, neither such Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has (i) failed to make a required contribution or payment to a multiemployer plan or (ii) made a complete or partial withdrawal under Sections 4203 or 4205 of ERISA from a multiemployer plan. During the six year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, neither such Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has failed to make a required installment or any other required payment under Section 412 of the Code or Section 430 of the Code on or before the due date for such installment or other payment. Neither such Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due which are unpaid. None of the Borrowers nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations), and neither the execution, delivery or performance of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, including the making of any Advance hereunder, will give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.


(i)    Taxes; Assessments. Such Borrower has paid or discharged, or caused to be paid or discharged, before the same shall have become delinquent, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon such Borrower or any Subsidiary of such Borrower or upon the income, profits or property of such Borrower or any Subsidiary of such Borrower, other than (i) such taxes, assessments and governmental charges the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established, or (ii) up to $10,000,000 at any time in aggregate taxes, assessments, and governmental charges so long as no material adverse effect upon the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would reasonably be expected to result therefrom, and so long as, upon knowledge thereof, the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary either promptly pays the applicable delinquent amount or contests such amount as contemplated above.
(j)    Sanctions Laws and Regulations. Neither any Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the best of such Borrower’s knowledge, any of its or any of its Subsidiaries’ respective directors or officers is a Designated Person. Each of the Borrowers has a “Worldwide Code of Conduct” in full force and effect on the date hereof which, by its terms, applies to all activities undertaken by all Borrowers’ and Subsidiaries’ employees around the world. Among the commitments in the Worldwide Code of Conduct is the commitment that each of the Borrowers and Subsidiaries, and their respective employees, follow applicable import and export control laws when conducting business around the world, including any Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions Laws and Regulations, and such commitment currently applies, and will apply, to all activities undertaken by each Borrower and each Subsidiary, including but not limited to, any use of the proceeds of this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum or any Advance, as well as the payment of any amount due pursuant to this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum.
SECTION 4.02.    Additional Representations and Warranties of CFSC, CIF and CFKK
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Each of CFSC, CIF and CFKK represents and warrants that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWERS
SECTION 5.01.    Affirmative Covenants. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or any Bank shall have any Commitment hereunder, each Borrower (provided, that for purposes of Sections 5.01(f)(i), (ii), (iii), (v), (vi), (viii), (ix) and (x), the term Borrower refers to each of Caterpillar and CFSC, but not to CFKK or CIF) will, unless the Majority Banks shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a)    Corporate Existence, Etc. Subject to Section 5.02(b), do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that such Borrower shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if its board of directors shall determine that the


preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Borrower and that the loss thereof would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and its Notes.
(b)    Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, noncompliance with which would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect (i) the financial condition or operations of such Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of such Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement, its Notes, and, if applicable, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum. Each Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by such Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations.
(c)    Maintenance of Properties. Cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of such Borrower may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent such Borrower from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the reasonable judgment of such Borrower, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary of such Borrower and would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and its Notes.
(d)    Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. Pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits or property of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such Borrower shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided, further, that up to $10,000,000 in aggregate taxes, assessments, governmental charges, and lawful claims as described above may be delinquent at any time so long as no material adverse effect upon the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, could reasonably be expected to result therefrom, and so long as, upon knowledge thereof, the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary either promptly pays the applicable delinquent amount or contests such amount as contemplated above.
(e)    Use of Proceeds. Use all proceeds of Advances solely for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, repaying or prepaying Advances in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. No Borrower will request any Borrowing, and no Borrower shall knowingly use, and shall ensure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not knowingly use, the proceeds of any Borrowing (i) in


furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, to the extent such activities, businesses or transactions would be prohibited by Sanctions Laws and Regulations if conducted by a corporation incorporated in the United States, the United Kingdom, or in a European Union member state or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions Laws and Regulations applicable to any party hereto.
(f)    Reporting Requirements. Furnish to the Banks:
(i) as soon as available and in any event within forty‑five (45) days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of Caterpillar and CFSC, a consolidated balance sheet of Caterpillar and CFSC as of the end of such quarter, and a consolidated statement of income and changes in stockholders’ equity of Caterpillar and CFSC for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter;
(ii) as soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Caterpillar and CFSC, a copy of the annual report for such year for such Borrower, containing consolidated financial statements of Caterpillar and CFSC for such year, certified (A) in a manner acceptable to the Majority Banks by PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. or other independent public accountants acceptable to the Majority Banks and (B) as may be required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all rules and regulations enacted under or in connection therewith;
(iii) together with each delivery of any financial statements pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above, a Compliance Certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit F-1 or F-2 hereto, as applicable, demonstrating in reasonable detail compliance as at the end of the applicable accounting periods with the covenants contained in Section 5.03 (in the case of Caterpillar) and Sections 5.04(a) and (b) (in the case of CFSC);
(iv) as soon as possible and in any event within five (5) days after the occurrence of each Event of Default with respect to such Borrower and each event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to such Borrower, continuing on the date of such statement, a statement of the chief financial officer of such Borrower setting forth details of such Event of Default or event and the action which such Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(v) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all reports which such Borrower sends to any of its security holders, and copies of all reports and registration statements (without exhibits) which such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (without duplication) files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange, in each case without duplication of materials furnished to the Banks pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of this subsection (f);


(vi) promptly after the written request of the Agent or any Bank, copies of all reports and notices which such Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or Subsidiary of such Borrower files under ERISA with the Internal Revenue Service or the PBGC or the U.S. Department of Labor or which such Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or Subsidiary of such Borrower receives from any such Person;
(vii) promptly after (A) the occurrence thereof, notice of the institution of or any material adverse development in any action, suit or proceeding or any governmental investigation or any arbitration, before any court or arbitrator or any governmental or administrative body, agency or official, against such Borrower or any of its material property, or (B) actual knowledge thereof, notice of the threat of any such action, suit, proceeding, investigation or arbitration, and in the case of either (A) or (B), which such Borrower reasonably believes is likely to be resolved against such Borrower and, if so resolved against such Borrower, is reasonably anticipated by such Borrower to materially adversely affect (x) the financial condition of such Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (y) the ability of such Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement and its Notes, and, if applicable, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum (without duplication of notices furnished to the Banks pursuant to clause (v) of this subsection (f));
(viii) promptly after (A) the occurrence thereof, notice that (1) an ERISA Termination Event or a prohibited transaction, as such term is defined in Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA, with respect to any Plan of such Borrower has occurred and there shall result therefrom a liability or material risk of incurring a liability to the PBGC or a Plan that will have a material adverse affect upon the business or financial condition or results of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which notice shall specify the nature thereof and such Borrower’s proposed response thereto, (2) such Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate has failed to make a required installment or any other required payment under Section 412 or Section 430 of the Code and (3) the plan administrator of any Plan has applied under Section 412(c) of the Code for a waiver of the minimum funding standards of Section 412(a) of the Code, together with copies of such waiver application, and (B) actual knowledge thereof, copies of any notice of the PBGC’s intention to terminate or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Plan;
(ix) (A) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Credit Ratings then in effect for such Borrower from S&P and Xxxxx’x and (B) within two (2) Business Days after such Borrower receives notice from S&P or Xxxxx’x of a change in any of such Borrower’s Credit Ratings, such Borrower’s revised Credit Ratings (or, if applicable, notice that a Credit Rating will no longer be received from such rating service);
(x) such other information respecting the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as any Bank through the Agent may from time to time reasonably request in writing with an indication of the reason for such request; and


(xi) together with each delivery of any financial statements pursuant to clause (ii) above, any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in parts (c) or (d) of such certification.
Financial statements and other documents required to be furnished pursuant to Section 5.01(f)(i) or (ii) (to the extent any such financial statements or other documents are included in reports or other materials otherwise filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been furnished on the date on which (i) the applicable Borrower posts such financial statements or other documents, or provides a link thereto, on such Borrower’s website on the Internet, or (ii) such financial statements or other documents are posted on behalf of the applicable Borrower on the Approved Electronic Platform or an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Bank and the Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Agent or the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website located at xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/xxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx.xxx).
SECTION 5.02.    Negative Covenants. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or any Bank shall have any Commitment hereunder, no Borrower will, without the written consent of the Majority Banks:
(a)    Liens, Etc. Create or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create or suffer to exist, any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, (excluding Caterpillar Purchase Claims and CFSC Purchase Claims, to the extent that such Purchase Claims could be deemed to constitute liens or security interests), upon or with respect to any of its properties, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or assign, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to assign, any right to receive income (excluding any assignment of accounts receivable arising out of or in connection with the sale or securitization by Caterpillar, CFSC or any Subsidiary of either of its accounts receivable giving rise to Caterpillar Purchase Claims or CFSC Purchase Claims), in each case to secure or provide for the payment of any Debt of any Person, if the aggregate amount of the Debt so secured (or for which payment has been provided) would at any time exceed an amount equal to 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of such Borrower.
(b)    Mergers, Etc. (i) Merge or consolidate with or into any Person, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so, or (ii) convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to any Person, or (iii) together with one or more of its consolidated Subsidiaries, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of such Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to any Person; except that any Subsidiary of such Borrower may merge or consolidate with or into, or transfer assets to, or acquire assets of, such Borrower or any other Subsidiary of such Borrower and except that any Subsidiary of such Borrower may merge into or transfer assets to such Borrower and such Borrower may merge with, and any Subsidiary of such Borrower may merge or consolidate with or into, any other Person, provided in each case that, immediately after giving effect to such proposed transaction, no Event of Default with respect to such Borrower or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to


such Borrower, would exist and in the case of any such merger to which any Borrower is a party, such Borrower is the surviving corporation.
SECTION 5.03.    Financial Covenant of Caterpillar. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or any Bank shall have any Commitment hereunder, Caterpillar will, unless the Majority Banks shall otherwise consent in writing, maintain at all times during each fiscal year of Caterpillar, Consolidated Net Worth of not less than $9,000,000,000.
SECTION 5.04.    Financial and Other Covenants of CFSC. So long as any Advance shall remain unpaid or any Bank shall have any Commitment hereunder, CFSC will, unless the Majority Banks shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a)    Ratio of CFSC Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Net Worth.
(i) Maintain at all times a ratio (the “Leverage Ratio”) of (x) CFSC Consolidated Debt to (y) CFSC’s Consolidated Net Worth of not greater than 10.0 to 1. For purposes of this subsection (i), the Leverage Ratio at any time shall be equal to the average of the Leverage Ratios as determined on the last day of each of the six preceding calendar months.
(ii) Maintain a Leverage Ratio of not greater than 10.0 to 1 on each December 31, commencing December 31, 2019. For purposes of this subsection (ii), the Leverage Ratio shall be the ratio of (x) CFSC Consolidated Debt to (y) CFSC’s Consolidated Net Worth on the date for which computed.
(b)    Interest Coverage Ratio. Maintain a ratio of (i) profit excluding income taxes, Interest Expense and Net Gain/(Loss) From Interest Rate Derivatives to (ii) Interest Expense of not less than 1.15 to 1, in each case, calculated at the end of each calendar quarter for the rolling four-quarter period then most recently ended for CFSC and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
(c)    Support Agreement. CFSC will not terminate, or make any amendment or modification to, the Support Agreement which, in the determination of the Agent, adversely affects the Banks’ interests pursuant to this Agreement, without giving the Agent and the Banks at least thirty (30) days prior written notice and obtaining the written consent of the Majority Banks.
ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01    Events of Default. If any of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall occur and be continuing with respect to any Borrower:
(a)    Such Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any of the Advances when the same becomes due and payable, or (ii) any interest on any of the Advances, or any Commitment Fee, other fee or other amount payable by it hereunder (including, in the case of CFSC, any amount payable under the CFSC Guaranty) by the later of (A) five (5) Business Days after such item has become due and (B) two (2) Business Days after receipt of written notice from the Agent that such item has become due; or


(b)    Any representation or warranty made by such Borrower herein, in the Local Currency Addendum or in the Japan Local Currency Addendum, or by such Borrower (or any of its officers) in connection with this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(c)    Such Borrower shall fail to perform or observe (i) any covenant or agreement made by it contained in subsection (a) or (f)(iv) of Section 5.01 or in Section 5.02 or (ii) any other term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, the Japan Local Currency Addendum or the Local Currency Addendum on its part to be performed or observed if the failure to perform or observe such other term, covenant or agreement shall remain unremedied for 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been received by such Borrower; provided, that should CFSC or any of its Subsidiaries fail to observe any such term, covenant or agreement referred to in subsections (i) or (ii) above, such failure shall not be attributable, except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, to Caterpillar; or
(d)    Any of the following shall occur:
(i) such Borrower or any Subsidiary of such Borrower (other than CFSC and its Subsidiaries in the case of Caterpillar) shall fail to pay any principal of, premium or interest on, or other amount owing in respect of any of its Debt which is outstanding in a principal amount of at least $100,000,000 in the aggregate, in the case of Caterpillar, or $50,000,000 in the aggregate, in the case of each of CFSC, CIF and CFKK (but excluding, in each case, Debt consisting of such Borrower’s obligations hereunder (including the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum, if applicable) or under the Other Credit Agreements) when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Debt, or
(ii) such Borrower or any Subsidiary of such Borrower (other than CFSC and its Subsidiaries in the case of Caterpillar) shall fail to observe or perform any term, covenant or condition on its part to be observed or performed under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Debt which is outstanding in a principal amount of at least $100,000,000 in the aggregate, in the case of Caterpillar, or $50,000,000 in the aggregate, in the case of each of CFSC, CIF and CFKK (but excluding, in each case, Debt consisting of such Borrower’s obligations hereunder (including the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum, if applicable) or under the Other Credit Agreements), when required to be observed or performed, and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such failure is to accelerate, or permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt or such Debt has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded, or
(iii) any amount of Debt in excess of $100,000,000 in the aggregate, in the case of Caterpillar, or $50,000,000 in the aggregate, in the case of each of CFSC, CIF and CFKK, shall be required to be prepaid, defeased, purchased or otherwise acquired by such Borrower or any Subsidiary of such Borrower (other than CFSC and its Subsidiaries


in the case of Caterpillar), other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment, prior to the stated maturity thereof, or
(iv) any “Event of Default” shall occur with respect to such Borrower under either of the Other Credit Agreements, or
(v) in the case of CIF or CFKK, any CFSC Event of Default shall occur, or the CFSC Guaranty shall be terminated, revoked, or declared void, voidable, invalid or unenforceable; or
(e)    Such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than CFSC and its Subsidiaries in the case of Caterpillar) shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or an officer or other authorized representative of such Borrower or Subsidiary shall admit in writing such Borrower’s or Subsidiary’s inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than CFSC and its Subsidiaries in the case of Caterpillar) seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property; or any such proceeding shall be instituted against such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than CFSC and its Subsidiaries in the case of Caterpillar) and either an order for relief against such Borrower or Subsidiary is entered in such proceeding or such proceeding is not dismissed within forty-five (45) days; or such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than CFSC and its Subsidiaries in the case of Caterpillar) shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this subsection (e);
provided, however, that the filing of one or more of the proceedings and/or the occurrence of one or more of the other events described in this Section 6.01(e) with respect to any Insignificant Subsidiary shall not constitute an Event of Default hereunder until such time as the aggregate of the asset values, as reasonably determined by Caterpillar in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, of all Insignificant Subsidiaries subject to the proceedings and/or other events described in this Section 6.01(e) equals or exceeds $250,000,000 (with each Insignificant Subsidiary’s asset value being determined, for purposes of this clause (e), on the date on which such filing or other event commences or otherwise initially occurs with respect to such Insignificant Subsidiary and with such value remaining in effect for such Insignificant Subsidiary once determined); or
(f)    Any judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of (i) $100,000,000 in the case of Caterpillar, or (ii) $50,000,000 in the case of each of CFSC, CIF and CFKK, shall be rendered against such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than CFSC and its Subsidiaries in the case of Caterpillar) and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii) there shall be any period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(g)    (i) A Plan of such Borrower shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standard required by Section 412 of the Code for any plan year or a waiver of such standard is sought or granted under Section 412(c), or (ii) an ERISA Termination Event shall have occurred


with respect to such Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate or such Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate has incurred or is likely to incur a liability to or on account of a Plan under Section 4062, 4063, 4064, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA, or (iii) such Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate shall engage in any prohibited transaction described in Sections 406 of ERISA or 4975 of the Code for which a statutory or class exemption is not available or a private exemption has not been previously obtained from the Department of Labor, or (iv) such Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate shall fail to pay any required installment or any other payment required under Section 412 or Section 430 of the Code on or before the due date for such installment or other payment, or (v) such Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate shall fail to make any contribution or payment to any multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) which such Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate may be required to make under any agreement relating to such multiemployer plan or any law pertaining thereto, and there shall result from any such event or events either a liability or a material risk of incurring a liability to the PBGC or a Plan, which will have a material adverse effect upon the business, financial condition or results of operations of such Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or
(h)    With respect to CFSC, CIF or CFKK, a Change of Control shall occur; or
(i)    With respect to CFSC, CIF or CFKK, the Support Agreement shall for any reason fail to be in full force and effect, or any action shall be taken by any Borrower to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of the Support Agreement, or CFSC or Caterpillar shall fail to comply with any of the terms or provisions of the Support Agreement; then, and in any such event, (i) the Agent (x) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Majority Banks, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the obligation of each Bank to make Advances to such Borrower to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (y) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Majority Banks, by notice to such Borrower, declare the Advances to such Borrower, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon such Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by such Borrower; (ii) in the case of a CFSC Event of Default or a CIF Event of Default, the Local Currency Agent, (x) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Majority Local Currency Banks, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the obligation of each Local Currency Bank to make Local Currency Advances to CIF to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (y) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Majority Local Currency Banks, by notice to CIF, declare the Local Currency Advances to CIF, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement and the Local Currency Addendum to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon such Local Currency Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by CIF and (iii) in the case of a CFSC Event of Default or a CFKK Event of Default, the Japan Local Currency Agent, (x) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Majority Japan Local Currency Banks, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the obligation of each Japan Local Currency Bank to make Japan Local Currency Advances to CFKK to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (y) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Majority Japan Local Currency Banks, by notice to CFKK, declare the Japan Local Currency Advances to CFKK, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement and the Japan Local Currency Addendum to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon such Japan Local Currency


Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by CFKK; provided, however, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to any Borrower described in Section 6.01(e), (A) the obligation of each Bank to make Advances to any Borrower shall automatically be terminated and (B) the Advances to the Borrowers, all such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the fact that an Event of Default exists with respect to one of the Borrowers hereunder shall not of itself constitute an Event of Default with respect to any of the other Borrowers, provided, however, that in the case of CIF and CFKK, any CFSC Event of Default shall be a CIF Event of Default and a CFKK Event of Default.
ARTICLE VII
AGENCY
SECTION 7.01.    Appointment and Authority . Each Bank hereby appoints Citibank to act on its behalf as the Agent hereunder and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article VII are solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Banks, and no Borrower shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
SECTION 7.02.    Agent Individually. (a) The Person serving as the Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Bank as any other Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent; and the term “Bank” or “Banks” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Banks.
(b) Each Bank understands that the Person serving as Agent, acting in its individual capacity, and its Affiliates (collectively, the “Agent’s Group”) are engaged in a wide range of financial services and businesses (including investment management, financing, securities trading, corporate and investment banking and research) (such services and businesses are collectively referred to in this Section 7.02 as “Activities”) and may engage in the Activities with or on behalf of one or more of the Borrowers or their respective Affiliates. Furthermore, the Agent’s Group may, in undertaking the Activities, engage in trading in financial products or undertake other investment businesses for its own account or on behalf of others (including the Borrowers and their Affiliates and including holding, for its own account or on behalf of others, equity, debt and similar positions in the Borrowers or their respective Affiliates), including trading in or holding long, short or derivative positions in securities, loans or other financial products of one or more of the Borrowers or their Affiliates. Each Bank understands and agrees that in engaging in the Activities, the Agent’s Group may receive or otherwise obtain information concerning the Borrowers or their Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of the Borrowers to perform their respective obligations hereunder, under the Local


Currency Addendum, if applicable, and under the Japan Local Currency Addendum, if applicable) which information may not be available to any of the Banks that are not members of the Agent’s Group. None of the Agent nor any member of the Agent’s Group shall have any duty to disclose to any Bank or use on behalf of the Banks, and shall not be liable for the failure to so disclose or use, any information whatsoever about or derived from the Activities or otherwise (including any information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any Borrower or any Affiliate of any Borrower) or to account for any revenue or profits obtained in connection with the Activities, except that the Agent shall deliver or otherwise make available to each Bank such documents as are expressly required by this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum to be transmitted by the Agent to the Banks.
(c) Each Bank further understands that there may be situations where members of the Agent’s Group or their respective customers (including the Borrowers and their Affiliates) either now have or may in the future have interests or take actions that may conflict with the interests of any one or more of the Banks (including the interests of the Banks hereunder, under the Local Currency Addendum and under the Japan Local Currency Addendum). Each Bank agrees that no member of the Agent’s Group is or shall be required to restrict its activities as a result of the Person serving as Agent being a member of the Agent’s Group, and that each member of the Agent’s Group may undertake any Activities without further consultation with or notification to any Bank. None of (i) this Agreement, the Notes, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum, (ii) the receipt by the Agent’s Group of information (including the Information Memorandum) concerning the Borrowers or their Affiliates (including information concerning the ability of the Borrowers to perform their respective obligations hereunder, under the Local Currency Addendum, if applicable, and under the Japan Local Currency Addendum, if applicable) nor (iii) any other matter shall give rise to any fiduciary, equitable or contractual duties (including without limitation any duty of trust or confidence) owing by the Agent or any member of the Agent’s Group to any Bank including any such duty that would prevent or restrict the Agent’s Group from acting on behalf of customers (including the Borrowers or their Affiliates) or for its own account.
SECTION 7.03.    Duties of Agent; Exculpatory Provisions. (a) The Agent’s duties hereunder, the Local Currency Agent’s duties under the Local Currency Addendum and the Japan Local Currency Agent’s duties under the Japan Local Currency Addendum are solely ministerial and administrative in nature and none of the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein, in the Local Currency Addendum or in the Japan Local Currency Addendum. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, but shall be required to act or refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written direction of the Majority Banks, the Majority Local Currency Banks or the Majority Japan Local Currency Banks, as applicable (or such other number or percentage of the Banks as shall be expressly provided for herein, in the Local Currency Addendum or in the Japan Local Currency Addendum, as applicable), provided that none of the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent shall be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent or any of their respective Affiliates to liability or that is contrary to this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum, the


Japan Local Currency Addendum or applicable law (including for the avoidance of doubt, any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Bank in violation of any Debtor Relief Law).
(b) None of the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Majority Banks, the Majority Local Currency Banks or the Majority Japan Local Currency Banks, as applicable (or as the Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 8.01 and 6.01) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default or the event or events that give or may give rise to any Event of Default unless and until the Borrowers or any Bank shall have given notice to the Agent describing such Event of Default and such event or events.
(c) None of the Agent, any member of the Agent’s Group, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty, representation or other information made or supplied in or in connection with this Agreement, the Information Memorandum, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith or the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the information contained therein, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Event of Default or unmatured Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, the Notes, the Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article III or elsewhere herein, other than (but subject to the foregoing clause (ii)) to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent.
(d) Nothing in this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum shall require the Agent or any of its Related Parties to carry out any “know your customer” or other checks in relation to any person on behalf of any Bank and each Bank confirms to the Agent that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Agent or any of its Related Parties.
SECTION 7.04.    Reliance by Agent. Each of the Agent, the Local Currency Agent and the Japan Local Currency Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Each of the Agent, the Local Currency Agent and the Japan Local Currency Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of an Advance that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Bank, a Local Currency Bank or the Japan Local Currency Bank, the Agent, the Local Currency Agent and the Japan Local


Currency Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Bank, Local Currency Bank or the Japan Local Currency Bank, as applicable unless an officer of the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, as applicable, responsible for the transactions contemplated hereby shall have received notice to the contrary from such Bank, Local Currency Bank or Japan Local Currency Bank, as applicable, prior to the making of such Advance, and in the case of a Borrowing, such Bank, Local Currency Bank or such Japan Local Currency Bank, as applicable, shall not have made available to the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, as applicable, such Bank’s, Local Currency Bank’s or Japan Local Currency Bank’s, as applicable, ratable portion of such Borrowing. The Agent, the Local Currency Agent and the Japan Local Currency Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
SECTION 7.05.    Delegation of Duties. The Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder, under the Local Currency Addendum or under the Japan Local Currency Addendum by or through any one or more sub‑agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent and any such sub‑agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. Each such sub‑agent and the Related Parties of the Agent and each such sub‑agent shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article VII and Section 8.04 (as though such sub-agents were the “Agent” hereunder or under the Japan Local Currency Addendum) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
SECTION 7.06.    Resignation or Removal of Agent. (a) The Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Banks and the Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Majority Banks shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowers, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Majority Banks and shall have accepted such appointment within 60 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation (such 60-day period, the “Bank Appointment Period”), then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Banks, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. In addition and without any obligation on the part of the retiring Agent to appoint, on behalf of the Banks, a successor Agent, the retiring Agent may at any time upon or after the end of the Bank Appointment Period notify the Borrowers and the Banks that no qualifying Person has accepted appointment as successor Agent and the effective date of such retiring Agent’s resignation which effective date shall be no earlier than three business days after the date of such notice. Upon the resignation effective date established in such notice and regardless of whether a successor Agent has been appointed and accepted such appointment, the retiring Agent’s resignation shall nonetheless become effective and (i) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as Agent hereunder and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Agent shall instead be made by or to each Bank directly, until such time as the Majority Banks appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this clause (a).


(b) If the Person serving as Agent is a Defaulting Bank pursuant to clause (iv) of the definition thereof (such Person, a “Defaulting Agent”), the Majority Banks may, by notice in writing to the Borrowers and such Defaulting Agent, remove such Defaulting Agent as Agent and, in consultation with the Borrowers, appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. Such Defaulting Agent’s removal shall become effective upon the earlier of (x) the date that a qualifying Person shall have been so appointed by the Majority Banks and shall have accepted such appointment and (y) 30 days after the delivery of the removal notice in writing to the Borrowers and such Defaulting Agent (such date, the “Removal Effective Date”). Upon the Removal Effective Date and regardless of whether a successor Agent has been appointed and accepted such appointment, the removal of such Defaulting Agent shall become effective and (i) such Defaulting Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as Agent hereunder and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Agent shall instead be made by or to each Bank directly, until such time as the Majority Banks appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this clause (b).
(c) Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties as Agent of the retiring (or retired) or removed Agent, and the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations as Agent hereunder (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section 7.06). The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the retiring or removed Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder, or any retiring Local Currency Agent’s resignation or removal under the Local Currency Addendum, or any retiring Japan Local Currency Agent’s resignation or removal under the Japan Local Currency Addendum, the provisions of this Article VII and Section 8.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Agent, Local Currency Agent or Japan Local Currency Agent, its sub‑agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Agent was acting as Agent, the retiring Local Currency Agent was acting as Local Currency Agent or the retiring Japan Local Currency Agent was acting as Japan Local Currency Agent.
SECTION 7.07.    Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Banks. (a) Each Bank confirms to the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, each other Bank and each of their respective Related Parties that it (i) possesses (individually or through its Related Parties) such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable, without reliance on the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, any other Bank or any of their respective Related Parties, of evaluating the merits and risks (including tax, legal, regulatory, credit, accounting and other financial matters) of (x) entering into this Agreement, (y) making Advances and other extensions of credit hereunder and (z) taking or not taking actions hereunder and thereunder, (ii) is financially able to bear such risks and (iii) has determined that entering into this Agreement and making Advances and other extensions of credit hereunder is suitable and appropriate for it.
(b) Each Bank acknowledges that (i) it is solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with this Agreement and, to the extent such Bank is a party thereto, the Local Currency Addendum and the Japan Local Currency Addendum, (ii) that it has, independently and without reliance upon


the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, any other Bank or any of their respective Related Parties, made its own appraisal and investigation of all risks associated with, and its own credit analysis and decision to enter into, this Agreement and, to the extent such Bank is a party thereto, the Local Currency Addendum and the Japan Local Currency Addendum, based on such documents and information, as it has deemed appropriate and (iii) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, any other Bank or any of their respective Related Parties, continue to be solely responsible for making its own appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with, and its own credit analysis and decision to take or not take action under, this Agreement and, to the extent such Bank is a party thereto, the Local Currency Addendum and the Japan Local Currency Addendum, based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, which may include, in each case:
(A) the financial condition, status and capitalization of each Borrower;
(B) the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes (with respect to any Bank that has requested a Note), the Local Currency Addendum (with respect to any Bank party thereto), the Japan Local Currency Addendum (with respect to any Bank party thereto) and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection herewith or therewith;
(C) determining compliance or non-compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of an Advance hereunder and, to the extent such Bank is a party thereto, under the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum, and the form and substance of all evidence delivered in connection with establishing the satisfaction of each such condition subject to confirmation by the Agent of its receipt of items requested to be delivered as conditions to lending pursuant to Sections 3.01 and 3.02 hereof;
(D) adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the Information Memorandum and any other information delivered by the Agent, any other Bank or by any of their respective Related Parties under or in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection herewith or therewith.
SECTION 7.08.    No Other Duties, etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Persons acting as Bookrunners or Arrangers listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Agent or as a Bank hereunder.
SECTION 7.09.    Indemnification. To the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers in accordance with Section 8.4 hereof, the Banks agree to indemnify the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, the Arrangers and the Co-Syndication Agents ratably according to the respective principal amounts of the Revolving Credit Advances, Local Currency Advances or Japan Local Currency Advances, as applicable, then held by each of them (or if no Revolving Credit Advances, Local Currency Advances or Japan Local Currency Advances are at the time outstanding, ratably according to the respective amounts of their Commitments, Local Currency Commitments or Japan Local Currency Commitments, as applicable), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever


which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, the Arrangers or the Co-Syndication Agents in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum or any action taken or omitted by the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, the Arrangers or the Co-Syndication Agents under this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum; provided that no Bank shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Agent’s, the Local Currency Agent’s, the Japan Local Currency Agent’s, the Arrangers’ or the Co-Syndication Agents’ gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Bank agrees to reimburse the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, the Arrangers and the Co-Syndication Agents promptly upon demand for its ratable share (determined as specified in the first sentence of this Section 7.09) of any out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable outside counsel fees) incurred by the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, the Arrangers or the Co-Syndication Agents in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiation, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum, to the extent that the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, the Arrangers or the Co-Syndication Agents are not reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrowers.
SECTION 7.10    Bank ERISA Matters. (a) Each Bank (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Bank party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Bank party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Bank party hereto, for the benefit of, the Agent, and each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrowers, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i)    such Bank is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Bank’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Advances, the Commitments or this Agreement,
(ii)    the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Bank’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Advances, the Commitments and this Agreement, and the conditions for exemptive relief thereunder are and will continue to be satisfied in connection therewith,
(iii)    (A) such Bank is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such


Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Bank to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Advances, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Advances, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Bank, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Bank’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Advances, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv)    such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Bank.
(b) In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Bank or (2) a Bank has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Bank further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Bank party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Bank party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Bank party hereto, for the benefit of, the Agent, and each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrowers, that none of the Agent, or any Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Bank involved in such Bank’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Advances, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Agent under this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum or any documents related to hereto or thereto).
As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

SECTION 7.11.    Erroneous Payments.    (a) If the Agent (x) notifies a Bank, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Bank (any such Bank or other recipient (and each of their respective successors and assigns), a “Payment Recipient”) that the Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds (as set forth in such notice from the Agent) received by such Payment Recipient from the Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously or mistakenly transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Bank or other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether transmitted or received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and (y) demands in writing the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous


Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Agent pending its return or repayment as contemplated below in this Section 7.11 and held in trust for the benefit of the Agent, and such Bank shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter (or such later date as the Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of the Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(b)    Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Bank or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Bank (and each of their respective successors and assigns), agrees that if it receives a payment, prepayment or repayment (whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in this Agreement or in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Agent (or any of its Affiliates), or (z) that such Bank, or other such recipient, otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), then in each such case:
(i)    it acknowledges and agrees that (A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error and mistake shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error and mistake has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and
(ii)    such Bank shall (and shall cause any other recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to) promptly (and, in all events, within one Business Day of its knowledge of the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in immediately preceding clauses (x), (y) and (z)) notify the Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Agent pursuant to this Section 7.11(b).
For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to deliver a notice to the Agent pursuant to this Section 7.11(b) shall not have any effect on a Payment Recipient’s obligations pursuant to Section 7.11(a) or on whether or not an Erroneous Payment has been made.



(c)    Each Bank hereby authorizes the Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Bank under any Loan Document (including this Agreement), or otherwise payable or distributable by the Agent to such Bank under any such Loan Document with respect to any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, against any amount that the Agent has demanded to be returned under immediately preceding clause (a).
(d) (i) In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by the Agent for any reason, after demand therefor in accordance with immediately preceding clause (a), from any Bank that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) (and/or from any Payment Recipient who received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) on its respective behalf) (such unrecovered amount, an “Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency”), upon the Agent’s notice to such Bank at any time, then effective immediately (with the consideration therefor being acknowledged by the parties hereto), (A) such Bank shall be deemed to have assigned its Advances (but not its Commitments) with respect to which such Erroneous Payment was made (the “Erroneous Payment Impacted Class”) in an amount equal to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser amount as the Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Advances (but not Commitments) of the Erroneous Payment Impacted Class, the “Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment”) (on a cashless basis and such amount calculated at par plus any accrued and unpaid interest (with the assignment fee to be waived by the Agent in such instance)), and is hereby (together with the Borrowers) deemed to execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Acceptance by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Agent and such parties are participants) with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and such Bank shall deliver any Notes evidencing such Advances to the Borrowers or the Agent (but the failure of such Person to deliver any such Notes shall not affect the effectiveness of the foregoing assignment), (B) the Agent as the assignee Bank shall be deemed to have acquired the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, (C) upon such deemed acquisition, the Agent as the assignee Bank shall become a Bank, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and the assigning Bank shall cease to be a Bank, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement and its applicable Commitments which shall survive as to such assigning Bank, (D) [RESERVED], and (E) the Agent will reflect in the Register its ownership interest in the Advances subject to the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, no Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment will reduce the Commitments of any Bank and such Commitments shall remain available in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(ii)    Subject to Section 8.07, the Agent may, in its discretion, sell any Advances (provided that no sales of such Advances shall be made to a Defaulting Bank) acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and upon receipt of the proceeds of such sale, the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Bank shall be reduced by the net proceeds of the sale of such Advance (or portion thereof), and the Agent shall retain all other rights, remedies and claims against such Bank (and/or against any recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf). In addition, an Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Bank (x)


shall be reduced by the proceeds of prepayments or repayments of principal and interest, or other distribution in respect of principal and interest, received by the Agent on or with respect to any such Advances acquired from such Bank pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment (to the extent that any such Advances are then owned by the Agent) and (y) may, in the sole discretion of the Agent, be reduced by any amount specified by the Agent in writing to the applicable Bank from time to time.
(e)    The parties hereto agree that (x) irrespective of whether the Agent may be equitably subrogated, in the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights and interests of such Payment Recipient (and, in the case of any Payment Recipient who has received funds on behalf of a Bank, to the rights and interests of such Bank, as the case may be) under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, with respect to such amount (the “Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights”) (provided that the Borrowers’ obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in respect of the Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights shall not be duplicative of such obligations in respect of Advances that have been assigned to the Agent under an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment) and (y) an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by a Borrower; provided that this Section 7.11 shall not be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for), or have the effect of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Obligations of the Borrowers relative to the amount (and/or timing for payment) of the Obligations that would have been payable had such Erroneous Payment not been made by the Agent; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, immediately preceding clauses (x) and (y) shall not apply to the extent any such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Agent from the Borrowers for the purpose of making such Erroneous Payment.
(f)    To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment received, including, without limitation, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.
(g)    Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 7.11 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Agent, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 8.01.    Amendments, Etc.
(a)    No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum or the Notes, nor consent to any departure by any Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Borrowers and the Majority Banks, the Majority Local Currency Banks or the Majority Japan Local Currency Banks, as the case may be, and then such waiver or


consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all the Banks, do any of the following: (a) waive any of the conditions specified in Section 3.01, 3.02, or 3.03 (if and to the extent that the Borrowing which is the subject of such waiver would involve an increase in the aggregate outstanding amount of Advances over the aggregate amount of Advances outstanding immediately prior to such Borrowing), (b) increase the Commitments of the Banks (other than pursuant to Section 2.05(c)), increase the Local Currency Commitments, increase the Japan Local Currency Commitments, or subject the Banks to any additional obligations, (c) reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate or amount of interest on, the Advances or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (d) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Advances or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (e) change the definition of “Majority Banks,” “Majority Local Currency Banks” or “Majority Japan Local Currency Banks,” or the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Advances, or the number of Banks, which shall be required for the Banks, or any of them, to take any action hereunder, under the Local Currency Addendum or under the Japan Local Currency Addendum, or the percentage of the Local Currency Commitments or Japan Local Currency Commitments or the aggregate unpaid Local Currency Advances or Japan Local Currency Advances, or the number of Local Currency Banks or Japan Local Currency Banks, which shall be required for the Local Currency Banks or the Japan Local Currency Banks, as applicable, or any of them, to take any action hereunder, under the Local Currency Addendum or under the Japan Local Currency Addendum, as applicable, (f) amend, modify, or otherwise release CFSC from its obligations under, Article IX hereof or (g) amend this Section 8.01; and provided, further, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Agent and the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, as applicable, in addition to the Borrower and the Banks required above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of the Agent, the Local Currency Agent or the Japan Local Currency Agent, as applicable, under this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum or any Note.
(b)    Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, during such period as a Bank is a Defaulting Bank, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, such Bank will not be entitled to vote in respect of amendments and waivers hereunder and the Commitment and the outstanding Advances or other extensions of credit of such Bank hereunder will not be taken into account in determining whether the Majority Banks or all of the Banks, as required, have approved any such amendment or waiver (and the definition of “Majority Banks” will automatically be deemed modified accordingly for the duration of such period); provided, that any such amendment or waiver that would increase the Commitment of such Defaulting Bank or subject such Defaulting Bank to any additional obligations, postpone the date fixed for any payment of principal or interest owing to such Defaulting Bank hereunder, reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Advances or any fees or other amounts owing to such Defaulting Bank hereunder, or alter the terms of this proviso, will require the consent of such Defaulting Bank.
SECTION 8.02.    Notices; Communications, Etc.
(a)    All notices, demands, requests, consents and other Communications provided for in this Agreement shall be given in writing, or by any telecommunication device capable of creating a written record (including electronic mail, except with respect to (x) service of process to any party or (y) communications to any Bank that has previously notified the Agent


and the Borrowers that electronic mail is not an acceptable delivery method), and addressed to the party to be notified as follows:
(i)    if to Caterpillar
000 X.X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000‑5370
Attention of: Director - Corporate Finance Services
Telecopier No.: 000-000-0000
E-Mail Address: XxXxxx_Xxx@xxx.xxx

with a copy to:

000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Legal Services – Enterprise Governance & Finance Group
Telecopier No.: 000-000-0000
E-Mail Address: xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx

(ii)    if to CFSC, CIF or CFKK
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
0000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention of: Treasurer
Telecopier No.: 000-000-0000
E-Mail Address: Xxx.XxXxxx@xxx.xxx

with a copy to:

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
0000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Legal Department – Securities Group
Telecopier No.: 000-000-0000
E-Mail Address: Xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx

(iii)    if to the Agent
Citibank, N.A.
0000 Xxxxx Xx., Xxxxxxxx Xx. 0
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention of: Bank Loan Syndications
Telecopier No.: 000-000-0000
E-Mail Address: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx

with a copy to:

Citibank, N.A.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx


Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention of: Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telecopier No.: 000-000-0000
E-Mail Address: xxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx

(iv)    if to any other Bank, to its address (or telecopier number or e-mail address) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire;
or at such other address as shall be notified in writing (x) in the case of the Borrowers or the Agent, to the other parties and (y) in the case of all other parties, to the Borrowers and the Agent.
(b)    Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices, demands, requests, consents and other Communications described in clause (a) shall be effective (i) if delivered by hand, including any overnight courier service, upon personal delivery, (ii) if delivered by mail, when received by the intended recipient, (iii) if delivered by posting to an Approved Electronic Platform, an Internet website or a similar telecommunication device requiring that a user have prior access to such Approved Electronic Platform, website or other device (to the extent permitted by this Section 8.02 to be delivered thereunder), when such notice, demand, request, consent and other communication shall have been made generally available on such Approved Electronic Platform, Internet website or similar device to the class of Person being notified (regardless of whether any such Person must accomplish, and whether or not any such Person shall have accomplished, any action prior to obtaining access to such items, including registration, disclosure of contact information, compliance with a standard user agreement or undertaking a duty of confidentiality) and such Person has been notified in respect of such posting that a communication has been posted to the Approved Electronic Platform and (iv) if delivered by electronic mail or any other telecommunications device, when received by the intended recipient; provided, however, that notices and communications to the Agent pursuant to Article II or Article VII shall not be effective until received by the Agent. If any notice, demand, request or other communication related to an Event of Default (including, without limitation, any notice of a failure to make a required payment), is delivered by the Agent or any Bank to the Borrower by electronic mail or any other telecommunications device, the Agent or such Bank, as applicable, shall promptly deliver a duplicate copy of such notice, demand, request or other communication to the Borrower by hand (including by overnight courier service) or by mail.
(c)    Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) (unless the Agent and the Borrowers agree that the provisions of clause (a) and (b) be followed) and any other provision in this Agreement providing for the delivery of any Approved Electronic Communication by any other means, the Borrowers shall deliver all Approved Electronic Communications to the Agent by properly transmitting such Approved Electronic Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably acceptable to the Agent to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx or such other electronic mail address (or similar means of electronic delivery) as the Agent may notify to the Borrowers. Nothing in this clause (c) shall prejudice the right of the Agent or any Bank to deliver any Communication to any Borrower in any manner authorized in this Agreement or to request that the Borrowers effect delivery in such manner.


(d)    Each of the Banks and each Borrower agree that the Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Approved Electronic Communications available to the Banks by posting such Approved Electronic Communications on IntraLinks™ or a substantially similar electronic platform chosen by the Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “Approved Electronic Platform”).
(e)    Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Agent from time to time (including, as of the Closing Date, a dual firewall and a User ID/Password Authorization System) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a single-user-per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Banks and each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure and that there are confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. In consideration for the convenience and other benefits afforded by such distribution and for the other consideration provided hereunder, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Banks and each Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Approved Electronic Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and, subject to subsection (f) below, understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.
(f)    THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. NONE OF THE AGENT NOR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE AGENT’S GROUP WARRANTS THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EACH EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM, EXCEPT FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS RESULTING FROM AGENT’S OR AGENT GROUP’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE AGENT PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.
(g)    Each of the Banks and each Borrower agree that the Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Approved Electronic Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Agent’s generally-applicable document retention procedures and policies.
SECTION 8.03.    No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any party hereto to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder, under the Local Currency Addendum, under the Japan Local Currency Addendum or under any Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.


SECTION 8.04.    Costs, Expenses and Taxes. (a) Caterpillar agrees to pay on written demand all reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, each of the Arrangers and each of the Co-Syndication Agents in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification and amendment of this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, each of the Arrangers and each of the Co-Syndication Agents with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, each of the Arrangers and each of the Co-Syndication Agents as to their rights and responsibilities under this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum and the Japan Local Currency Addendum. The Borrowers further agree to pay all costs and expenses, if any (including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses of the Banks), of the Agent, the Banks, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, each of the Arrangers and each of the Co-Syndication Agents in connection with the enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder. If any such costs or expenses are attributable to a particular Borrower, such costs or expenses shall be paid by such Borrower. In all other cases, such costs or expenses shall be paid by Caterpillar.
(b) If any payment of principal of any Eurocurrency Rate Advance or an RFR Advance is made other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Advance, as a result of a payment pursuant to Section 2.09 or acceleration of the maturity of the Advances pursuant to Section 6.01 or for any other reason, or if the Banks receive payments from an Added Bank in connection with the purchase of a participation in Eurocurrency Rate Advances or RFR Advances by such Added Bank pursuant to Section 2.05(d), the applicable Borrower shall, upon demand by any Bank (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the account of such Bank any amounts as such Bank shall reasonably determine in good faith to be required to compensate such Bank for any additional losses, costs or expenses which it may reasonably incur as a result of such payment. Such indemnification shall include, without limitation, any loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Bank to fund or maintain such Advance; provided, however, that any indemnification for such losses, costs and expenses shall be limited to an amount equal to (i) the principal amount of the Advance paid by such Borrower or the amount of the participation purchased by such Added Bank, as the case may be, times (ii) the number of days remaining in the Interest Period applicable to such Advance (which shall be deemed to be one month for RFR Advances), divided by (x) 360 for Eurocurrency Rate Advances and (y) 365 or 366, as applicable, for RFR Advances, times (iii) the interest differential between the interest rate applicable to such Advance and the rate of interest which would apply on an Advance to such Borrower of the same Type requested on the date of such payment by such Borrower for an Interest Period which most nearly approximates the remaining term of the Interest Period applicable to the Advance paid by such Borrower. A certificate describing in reasonable detail the amount of such losses, costs and expenses, and specifying therein the Type of loan in reference to which such Bank shall have made its calculations thereof (the “Reference Investment”), submitted to such Borrower and the Agent by such Bank, shall create a rebuttable presumption of the rate applicable to the Reference Investment identified therein. In making any determination under this Section 8.04(b), each Bank shall use reasonable efforts to minimize the


amount payable by such Borrower hereunder to such Bank, provided that such action does not result in any additional cost, loss or expense for such Bank and is not otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank.
(c) The Borrowers severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, each Bank, each Local Currency Bank, each Japan Local Currency Bank, each Arranger and each Co-Syndication Agent and each of their Affiliates, directors, officers and employees from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel) which may be incurred by or asserted against the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, such Bank, such Local Currency Bank, such Japan Local Currency Bank, such Arranger or such Co-Syndication Agent or any of its or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, members, partners, agents, or employees in connection with or arising out of the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to any investigation, litigation, or proceeding (i) related to any transaction or proposed transaction (whether or not consummated) in which any proceeds of any Borrowing are applied or proposed to be applied, directly or indirectly, by such Borrower, whether or not the Agent, the Local Currency Agent, the Japan Local Currency Agent, such Bank, such Local Currency Bank, such Japan Local Currency Bank, such Arranger or such Co-Syndication Agent or any such director, officer or employee is a party to such transactions or (ii) related to such Borrower’s entering into this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum or the Japan Local Currency Addendum, or to any actions or omissions of such Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of its or their respective officers, members, partners, agents, directors or employees in connection therewith. If any such claims, damages, liabilities and expenses are attributable to a particular Borrower, such indemnity shall be provided by such Borrower. In all other cases, such indemnity shall be provided by Caterpillar. No Borrower shall be required to indemnify any such indemnified Person from or against any portion of such claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (x) arising out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such indemnified Person or (y) that result from the violation in any material respect by such indemnified Person of any law, regulation, ordinance, or judicial or governmental agency order.
(d) The Borrowers’ obligations under this Section 8.04 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and repayment of all Advances.
SECTION 8.05.    Right of Set-off. Upon (i) the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default with respect to a Borrower and (ii) the making of the request or the granting of the consent specified by Section 6.01 to authorize the Agent to declare the Advances to such Borrower due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01, each Bank is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Bank to or for the credit or the account of such Borrower against any and all of the obligations of such Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum, and any Note of such Borrower held by such Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement, the Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum, or such Note and although such obligations may be unmatured. Each Bank agrees to immediately notify such Borrower and the Agent by