EXHIBIT 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 1, 2005
Among
TAL INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER CORPORATION,
f/k/a TRANSAMERICA LEASING, INC.,
as a Borrower,
TRANS OCEAN LTD.,
as a Borrower,
TRANS OCEAN CONTAINER CORPORATION,
as a Borrower,
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
as Lenders,
and
FORTIS CAPITAL CORP.,
as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent
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1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION...................................................... 1
1.1. Definitions......................................................................... 1
1.2. Rules of Interpretation............................................................. 41
1.3. Use of Defined Terms................................................................ 42
1.4. Accounting and Financial Determinations............................................. 43
2. COMMITMENTS OF LENDER........................................................................ 43
2.1. Commitments to Make Loans........................................................... 43
2.2. Requests for Loan................................................................... 43
2.3. The Revolving Credit Notes.......................................................... 43
2.4. Termination or Reduction of Commitments............................................. 44
2.5. Repayment of Principal of Loans..................................................... 44
2.6. Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent............................. 45
2.7. Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent............................................. 45
2.8. Obligations of Lenders Several...................................................... 45
2.9. Revolving Credit Facility........................................................... 45
3. JOINT AND SEVERAL OBLIGATION................................................................. 46
3.1. Joint and Several Obligation........................................................ 46
4. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL LOANS........................................................... 48
4.1. Interest on Loans................................................................... 48
4.2. Mandatory Repayments of the Loans................................................... 48
4.3. Optional Prepayment of Loans........................................................ 48
4.4. Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent.......................... 49
4.5. Sharing of Payments by Lenders...................................................... 49
4.6. Funding Source...................................................................... 50
5. CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS................................................................... 50
5.1. Fees................................................................................ 50
5.2. Funds for Payments.................................................................. 51
5.3. Computations........................................................................ 54
5.4. Inability to Determine LIBOR Rate................................................... 54
5.5. Illegality.......................................................................... 55
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5.6. Additional Costs, etc............................................................... 55
5.7. Capital Adequacy.................................................................... 56
5.8. Certificate......................................................................... 57
5.9. Indemnity........................................................................... 57
5.10. Interest After Default.............................................................. 57
6. COLLATERAL SECURITY.......................................................................... 58
6.1. Security of Borrowers............................................................... 58
7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES............................................................... 58
7.1. Company Status...................................................................... 58
7.2. Company Power and Authority......................................................... 59
7.3. No Violation........................................................................ 59
7.4. Litigation.......................................................................... 59
7.5. Margin Regulations.................................................................. 59
7.6. Governmental Approvals.............................................................. 60
7.7. Investment Company Act.............................................................. 60
7.8. Public Utility Holding Company Act.................................................. 60
7.9. True and Complete Disclosure........................................................ 60
7.10. Financial Condition; Financial Statements........................................... 61
7.11. Security Interests.................................................................. 61
7.12. Compliance with ERISA............................................................... 62
7.13. Subsidiaries........................................................................ 62
7.14. Compliance with Statutes; Agreements, etc........................................... 63
7.15. Environmental Matters............................................................... 63
7.16. Labor Relations..................................................................... 63
7.17. Tax Returns and Payments............................................................ 64
7.18. Scheduled Existing Indebtedness..................................................... 64
7.19. Insurance........................................................................... 64
7.20. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, etc............................................. 64
7.21. Credit and Collection Policy........................................................ 64
7.22. Form of Lease Agreement............................................................. 65
8. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS........................................................................ 65
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8.1. Information Covenants............................................................... 65
8.2. Books, Records and Inspections...................................................... 68
8.3. Reserved............................................................................ 68
8.4. Payment of Taxes.................................................................... 68
8.5. Existence; Franchises............................................................... 68
8.6. Compliance with Statutes; etc....................................................... 69
8.7. End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters................................................ 69
8.8. Further Assurances.................................................................. 69
8.9. Performance of Obligations.......................................................... 69
8.10. Maintenance of Chassis and Containers............................................... 69
8.11. Insurance........................................................................... 70
8.12. Interest Rate Hedging Agreements.................................................... 71
8.13. UNIDROIT Convention................................................................. 72
8.14. Compliance with Credit and Collection Policy........................................ 72
8.15. Static Storage Containers........................................................... 72
9. NEGATIVE COVENANTS........................................................................... 72
9.1. Changes in Business; etc............................................................ 72
9.2. Consolidation; Merger; Sale of Assets; etc.......................................... 72
9.3. Liens............................................................................... 73
9.4. Indebtedness........................................................................ 75
9.5. Loans; Investments.................................................................. 78
9.6. Dividends........................................................................... 80
9.7. Transactions with Affiliates........................................................ 80
9.8. Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries.................................. 81
9.9. Change in Credit and Collection Policy.............................................. 82
9.10. Fiscal Year......................................................................... 82
10. FINANCIAL COVENANTS.......................................................................... 82
10.1. Consolidated EBIT to Consolidated Cash Interest Expense Ratio....................... 82
10.2. Minimum Tangible Net Worth.......................................................... 82
10.3. Maximum Leverage Ratio.............................................................. 83
11. CLOSING CONDITIONS........................................................................... 83
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11.1. Execution of Agreement; Notes....................................................... 83
11.2. Officer's Certificate............................................................... 83
11.3. Opinions of Counsel................................................................. 83
11.4. Company Documents; Proceedings...................................................... 83
11.5. Approvals........................................................................... 84
11.6. Guaranty by TAL Group............................................................... 84
11.7. Intercreditor Agreement with Holder of Seller Loan.................................. 84
11.8. Security Agreement.................................................................. 85
11.9. Tax Allocation Agreements........................................................... 86
11.10. Insurance Certificates; etc......................................................... 86
11.11. Audited and Unaudited Financial Statement........................................... 86
11.12. Payment of Fees..................................................................... 87
11.13. Pledge Agreement.................................................................... 87
11.14. [Intentionally Omitted]............................................................. 87
11.15. [Intentionally Omitted]............................................................. 87
11.16. Securitization Intercreditor Agreement.............................................. 87
11.17. Master Indenture Documents.......................................................... 87
12. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ALL LOANS............................................................ 87
12.1. Restatement Effective Date.......................................................... 87
12.2. No Default; Representations and Warranties.......................................... 87
12.3. Loan Request........................................................................ 88
12.4. Certification....................................................................... 88
12.5. Conformity with Concentration Limits................................................ 88
13. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC......................................................... 89
13.1. Events of Default and Acceleration.................................................. 89
13.2. Termination of Commitments.......................................................... 91
13.3. Remedies............................................................................ 91
13.4. Distribution of Collateral Proceeds................................................. 92
14. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT.................................................... 93
14.1. Appointment and Authority........................................................... 93
14.2. Rights as a Lender.................................................................. 93
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14.3. Exculpatory Provisions.............................................................. 93
14.4. Reliance by Administrative Agent.................................................... 94
14.5. Delegation of Duties................................................................ 94
14.6. Resignation of Administrative Agent................................................. 95
14.7. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.............................. 96
14.8. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim....................................... 96
14.9. Collateral Matters.................................................................. 97
14.10. Collateral Agent.................................................................... 98
15. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS....................................................................... 98
15.1. General Conditions.................................................................. 98
15.2. Assignments by Lenders.............................................................. 98
15.3. Register............................................................................ 100
15.4. Participations...................................................................... 100
15.5. Limitations upon Participant Rights................................................. 101
15.6. Certain Pledges..................................................................... 101
15.7. Electronic Execution of Assignments................................................. 101
16. PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATIONS........................................................... 101
16.1. Setoff.............................................................................. 101
16.2. Expenses............................................................................ 102
16.3. Indemnification..................................................................... 103
16.4. Treatment of Certain Confidential Information....................................... 104
16.5. Survival of Covenants, etc.......................................................... 105
16.6. Notices............................................................................. 105
16.7. Governing Law....................................................................... 107
16.8. Headings............................................................................ 107
16.9. Counterparts........................................................................ 107
16.10. Entire Agreement, etc............................................................... 107
16.11. Waiver of Jury Trial................................................................ 107
16.12. Consents, Amendments, Waivers, Etc.................................................. 108
16.13. Replacement of Lenders.............................................................. 110
16.14. Severability........................................................................ 111
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16.15. USA Patriot Act..................................................................... 111
16.16. Effect on Original Agreement........................................................ 111
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Exhibits
Exhibit A Form of Asset Base Report
Exhibit B Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit C Form of Equipment Report
Exhibit D Form of Manager Report
Exhibit E Form of Loan Request
Exhibit F Form of Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit G Credit and Collection Policy
Exhibit H Form of Lease Agreement
Exhibit I Credit Agreement Depreciation Policy
Exhibit J Hedging Policy
Exhibit K Form of Opinion of Borrowers' Counsel
Exhibit L Form of Officer's Certificate of Borrower
Exhibit M Form of Security Agreement
Exhibit N Form of Pledge Agreement
Exhibit O [Intentionally Omitted]
Exhibit P Form of Intercompany Note
Exhibit Q Form of Guaranty
Exhibit R Form of Securitization Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit S Agreed Upon Procedures
Schedules
Schedule 1 Funding Commitments of Lenders
Schedule 2 Rights with Respect to Leases that are Not Assignable Without
the Consent of the Related Lessee or Any Other Person
Schedule 7.13 Subsidiaries of Borrowers
Schedule 7.18 Existing Indebtedness of Borrowers and Subsidiaries
Schedule 7.19 Insurance Maintained by Borrowers and Subsidiaries
Schedule 9.3 Liens Existing on the Restatement Effective Date
Schedule 9.5 Investments Existing on the Restatement Effective Date
Schedule 9.7 Agreements of Borrowers and Subsidiaries with any Affiliate of
the Borrowers or the Subsidiaries
Schedule 9.8 Encumbrances or Restrictions on Borrowers and Subsidiaries
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is made as of August 1, 2005, by
and among TAL INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER CORPORATION (f/k/a TRANSAMERICA LEASING
INC.) a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (together with its successors and permitted assigns, "TAL"), TRANS
OCEAN LTD., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (together with its successors and permitted assigns, "TOL"), TRANS
OCEAN CONTAINER CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of the State
of Delaware (together with its successors and permitted assigns, "TOCC", each of
TAL, TOL and TOCC, a "Borrower" and collectively, the "Borrowers"), each lender
from time to time party hereto (collectively, the "Lenders" and individually, a
"Lender"), and FORTIS CAPITAL CORP., a Connecticut corporation (together with
its successors and permitted assigns, the "Administrative Agent").
WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Lenders and Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V. have
previously entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of November 3, 2004 (the
"Original Agreement");
WHEREAS, the parties to the Original Agreement wish to amend and restate
the Original Agreement in its entirety, effective as of August 1, 2005;
WHEREAS, Fortis Capital Corp. has agreed to assume the role of
Administrative Agent from Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V. and Fortis Bank
(Nederland) N.V. has agreed to relinquish the role of Administrative Agent to
Fortis Capital Corp.;
WHEREAS, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Lenders are willing to make available to the Borrowers the credit facility
provided for herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and
agreements set forth herein below, and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree to amend and restate the Original Agreement to read in its entirety as
provided herein:
1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION.
1.1. DEFINITIONS. The following terms shall have the meanings set
forth in this Section 1 or elsewhere in the provisions of this Credit
Agreement referred to below:
Acquisition. The acquisition by TAL Group of all of the Capital Stock
of TAL and TOL.
Acquisition Date. With respect to a Container, the date on which a
Borrower initially acquired such Container.
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Administrative Agent. Fortis, acting as agent for the Lenders, and
each other Person appointed as the successor Administrative Agent in accordance
with Section 14.6.
Administrative Agent's Office. The Administrative Agent's office
located at Three Stamford Plaza, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx
00000, or at such other location as the Administrative Agent may designate from
time to time.
Administrative Agent's Special Counsel. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP or
such other counsel as may be approved by the Administrative Agent.
Administrative Questionnaire. An administrative questionnaire in a
form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Advance Rate. With respect to any date of determination, one of the
following amounts:
(1) at all times from the Restatement Effective Date until the date on
which a Refinancing Event occurs, seventy percent (70%); or
(2) on the date on which a Refinancing Event occurs, eighty-five
percent (85%) and on each date of determination thereafter, an amount equal
to the greater of (A) eighty-two percent (82%) and (B) difference between
(i) eighty-five percent (85%), minus (ii) the product of (x) one percent
(1%), and (y) the number of full 12 calendar month periods that have
elapsed since the day on which the Refinancing Event occurred.
Affiliate. With respect to any 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 Fee. The fee payable to the Administrative Agent on each Payment
Date as set forth in the Fee Letter.
Aggregate Commitments. An amount equal to the sum of the Commitments
of all the Lenders.
Aggregate Net Book Value. As of any date of determination, an amount
equal to the sum of the Net Book Values (such Net Book Values to be measured as
of the last day of the prior month) of all Eligible Containers and all Eligible
Chassis.
Aggregate Note Principal Balance. As of any date of determination, an
amount equal to the sum of the then unpaid principal balance of all Revolving
Credit Notes.
Applicable Margin. With respect to each Loan for each Interest Period,
one of the following amounts:
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(A) with respect to each Base Rate Loan, one percent (1.00%) per
annum; or
(B) with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan at all times prior to August
11, 2005, two percent (2.00%); or
(C) with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan at all times on and after
August 11, 2005 but prior to the date on which a Refinancing Event occurs,
two and three quarters percent (2.75%); or
(D) with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan on or after the date on which
a Refinancing Event occurs, either (i) two and one eighth percent (2.125%)
if the Advance Rate then in effect is greater than eighty-two percent (82%)
or (ii) two percent (2.00%) if the Advance Rate then in effect is equal to
eighty-two percent (82%).
Asset Base. As of any date of determination, an amount equal to the
product of (i) the Advance Rate then in effect, times (ii) the sum of (a) the
Aggregate Net Book Value plus (b) any receivables resulting from the sale or
other disposition of a Container or Chassis, in each case so long as the
Administrative Agent has a valid and perfected lien in such receivables and such
receivables were not outstanding for more than ninety (90) days (measured from
the issue date of such receivables).
Asset Base Deficiency. As of any Payment Date, the condition that
exists if (i) the Aggregate Note Principal Balance (calculated after giving
effect to any principal payments to be paid on such Payment Date) exceeds (ii)
the Asset Base. If such term is used in a quantitative context, the amount of
the Asset Base Deficiency shall be equal to the amount of such excess.
Asset Base Report. An Asset Base Report signed by a responsible
officer of the Borrowers and in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto.
Assignment and Assumption. An assignment and assumption entered into
by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose
consent is required by Section 15.2), and accepted by the Administrative Agent,
in substantially the form of Exhibit B or any other form approved by the
Administrative Agent.
Authorized Officer. With respect to (i) delivering Notices of
Borrowing and similar notices, any person or persons that has or have been
authorized by the Board of Directors of a Borrower to deliver such notices
pursuant to this Credit Agreement and that has or have appropriate signature
cards on file with the Administrative Agent, (ii) delivering financial
information and officer's certificates pursuant to this Credit Agreement, any
Senior Designated Officer of any Borrower, and (iii) any other matter in
connection with this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any officer
(or a person or persons so designated by any two officers) of the Borrowers.
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Availability Termination Date. The earlier to occur of (i) the date of
which the Commitments are terminated in full pursuant to Section 2.4 or 13.2
hereof and (ii) August 1, 2008.
Base Rate. The higher of (a) the variable annual rate of interest so
designated from time to time by Citibank N.A. as its "prime rate", such rate
being a reference rate and not necessarily representing the lowest or best rate
being charged to any customer, and (b) one-half of one percent (0.50%) above the
Federal Funds Effective Rate. For the purposes of this definition, "Federal
Funds Effective Rate" shall mean for any day, the rate per annum equal to the
weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, 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, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative
Agent from three funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the
Administrative Agent. Changes in the Base Rate resulting from any changes in
Citibank N.A.'s "prime rate" shall take place immediately without notice or
demand of any kind.
Base Rate Loans. All or any portion of any Loan bearing interest
calculated by reference to the Base Rate.
Borrower. Each of TAL, TOL and TOCC.
Breakage Cost. With respect to any Lender with respect to any Breakage
Prepayment, an amount equal to the difference (as reasonably determined by such
Lender and set forth in a certificate of such Lender delivered to the Borrowers)
of (a) such Lender's cost of obtaining funds for the LIBOR Rate Loan that is the
subject of such Breakage Prepayment for the period from the date of such
Breakage Prepayment to the last day of the Interest Period in effect (or that
would have been in effect) for such LIBOR Rate Loan, minus (b) the amount of
interest likely to be realized by such Lender in redeploying the funds released
or not utilized by reason of such Breakage Conversion or such Breakage
Prepayment for such period.
Breakage Prepayment. This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3 hereof.
Business Day. One of the following: (i) for all purposes other than as
covered by clause (ii) below, any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day
which shall be in Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx or the city in which the
Administrative Agent's office is located, a legal holiday or a day on which
banking institutions are authorized by law or other governmental actions to
close and (ii) with respect to all notices and determinations in connection
with, and payments of principal and interest on or with respect to, LIBOR Rate
Loans, any day which is a Business Day described in clause (i) above and which
is also a day for trading by and between banks in U.S. dollar deposits in the
interbank Eurodollar market.
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Capitalized Leases. Leases under which a Borrower is the lessee or
obligor, the discounted remaining rental payment Obligations under which are
required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee or obligor in
accordance with GAAP.
Capital Stock. Any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any
and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
Cash Equivalents. All of the following: (i) securities issued or
directly fully guaranteed or insured by the governments of the United States,
Canada and members of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality
thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the respective such
government is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than one
year from the date of acquisition, (ii) securities issued by any state of the
United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition
thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from either S&P or Xxxxx'x, (iii) certificates of deposit and
Eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition, bankers' acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and
overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic commercial bank or
commercial bank of a foreign country recognized by the United States, (x) in the
case of a domestic commercial bank, having capital and surplus in excess of
$500,000,000 and outstanding debt which is rated "A" (or similar equivalent
thereof) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating
organization (as defined under Rule 436 under the Securities Act) and (y) in the
case of a foreign commercial bank, having capital and surplus in excess of
$250,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof), (iv) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than thirty days for underlying securities
of the types described in clauses (i) and (iii) above entered into with any
financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (iii)
above, (v) commercial paper having a rating of at least A-2 from S&P or at least
P-2 from Xxxxx'x, (vi) securities with maturities of six (6) months or less from
the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender
or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (iii)(x) of this
definition, (vii) Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a
rating of A or higher from S&P or A2 or higher from Xxxxx'x with maturities of
24 months or less from the date of acquisition and (viii) investments in money
market funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the
types described in clauses (i) through (vii) above.
Casualty Loss. With respect to any Container or Chassis, as the case
may be, as of any date of determination, any of the following events or
conditions:
(i) total loss or destruction thereof;
(ii) theft or disappearance thereof without recovery within sixty (60)
days after such theft or disappearance becomes known to any
Borrower or any of its Affiliates;
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(iii) damage rendering such Container or Chassis, as the case may be,
unfit for normal use and, in the judgment of any Borrower, beyond
repair at reasonable cost; or
(iv) any condemnation, seizure, forced sale or other taking of title
to or use of such Container or Chassis, as the case may be.
Certificate of Title. With respect to a Chassis, a MSO or an original
certificate or other document issued by the Registrar of Titles of the
applicable state, on which the Trust is shown as the owner of such Chassis.
Change of Control. With respect to any of TAL Group, TOCC, TAL or TOL
and without the prior consent of the Majority Lenders, the occurrence of any of
the following events or conditions (i) prior to the occurrence of the
Refinancing Event, any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), other than one or more Permitted
Holders, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and
13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of
more than 50% of the total voting power of the voting common equity interests of
such Person, or (ii) prior to the occurrence of the Refinancing Event, any
"person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934), other than one or more Permitted Holders, shall have
acquired, by contract or otherwise, the power to exercise, directly or
indirectly, a controlling influence over the composition of the board of
directors or other similar management body of such Person, or (iii) prior to the
occurrence of the Refinancing Event, the Permitted Holders cease for any reason
to be the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate of at least
a majority of the total voting power of the voting Capital Stock of TAL Group,
whether by virtue of the issuance, sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of
TAL Group, a merger, consolidation or sale of assets involving TAL Group, one of
its Subsidiaries, any voting trust or other agreement, or (iv) subsequent to the
Refinancing Event, the occurrence of all of the following events: (A) TAL Group
shall consolidate or merge with or into any Person, (B) immediately following
the occurrence of the consolidation or merger referenced in clause (A), (x) the
Permitted Holders shall beneficially own, directly or indirectly, in the
aggregate a lesser percentage of the total voting power of the voting Capital
Stock of the Person formed by such consolidation or merger than any other
"person" (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) or "group" (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), and (y) any "person" (as such
term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934), other than one or more Permitted Holders, shall have acquired, by
contract or otherwise, the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a
controlling influence over the composition of the board of directors or other
similar management body of the Person formed by such consolidation or merger and
(C) less than seventy percent (70%) of the consolidated assets of the Person
formed by such consolidation or merger and its Restricted Subsidiaries are held
in connection with a Permitted Business.
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Chassis. Any intermodal container chassis to which either the Trust or
any Borrower either (i) has good title and that is held for lease or sale or
(ii) is lessor under any Finance Lease.
Chassis Representations and Warranties. All of the following:
(1) Specifications. The Chassis conforms to the Borrowers' standard
specifications for that category of chassis and to any applicable
industry standards;
(2) Rights to Leases. The rights with respect to each Lease included
in the Related Assets for such Chassis either (x) are assignable
without the consent of the related Lessee or any other Person
other than consents that will have been obtained on or before the
related transfer date, or (y) are subject to a one hundred
percent (100%) participation interest in favor of the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders;
(3) Lessee Acceptance. With respect to each Chassis that is subject
to a Lease on the Restatement Effective Date or Funding Date, as
the case may be, the related Lessee has, to the best of the
Borrower's knowledge, received and taken possession of such
chassis;
(4) Lease Files. Each Lease is stored in the Borrower's offices
located in Purchase, New York and is subject to its customary
security and safekeeping procedures;
(5) Master Lease Arrangements. In the case of each Lease which
consists of a master lease and one or more addenda or schedules
thereto, such addenda or schedules each constitute a separate
contractual lease obligation of the related Lessee;
(6) Chattel Paper. With respect to each Lease, aside from any
originally executed counterpart of each Lease in the possession
of the Lessee, all other originally executed counterpart(s) of
such Lease are in the possession of the Borrowers;
(7) Lessees. No Lessee is an Affiliate of any Borrower;
(8) Non-Cancelable and Assignable. Each Finance Lease in respect of
such Chassis provides that (i) the Lessee's obligations
thereunder are non-cancelable, unconditional and not subject to
any right of set-off, rescission, counterclaim, offset, reduction
or recoupment, and (ii) the Lessee is responsible for all taxes,
maintenance and insurance and assumes all risk of Casualty Loss;
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(9) Compliance with Law. The Lease complied in all material respects
at the time it was originated with all legal requirements of the
jurisdiction in which it was originated;
(10) Return of Chassis. Each Lease provides for the return of the
related Chassis upon its expiration or earlier termination
(unless the Lessee complies with the terms of any purchase option
contained therein);
(11) Certificate of Title. Either (A) a Certificate of Title has been
issued with respect to such Chassis and such Certificate of Title
(i) indicates that the Trust as the owner of such Chassis and
(ii) there is no secured party shown on such Certificate of
Title, or (B) an application for a Certificate of Title meeting
the requirements of (i) and (ii) has been filed by the Borrower
with the appropriate state office and not more than one hundred
twenty (120) days shall have elapsed since such application has
been made; and
(12) Allocation to Pledged SUBI Certificate. All of the beneficial
interest in such Chassis is represented by a Pledged SUBI
Certificate.
Code. The United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time (and any successor statute thereto), and the regulations
promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section references to the Code are to
the Code as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date, and any subsequent
provisions of the code, amendments thereto or substituted therefrom.
Collateral. All of the property, rights and interests of the Borrowers
that are or are intended to be subject to the Liens created by the Security
Documents.
Collateral Agent. Fortis Capital Corp., acting as collateral agent
under the Security Documents.
Collection Period. Initially, the period commencing on the Restatement
Effective Date to and including September 30, 2005, and thereafter each calendar
quarter.
Commitment. With respect to each Lender, the amounts set forth on
Schedule 1 hereto as the amounts of such Lender's commitment to make Loans to
the Borrowers pursuant to this Credit Agreement, as the same may be reduced from
time to time; or if such commitments are terminated pursuant to the provisions
hereof, zero.
Commitment Fee. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.1.1.
Commitment Percentage. With respect to any Lender, the percentage
(carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Aggregate Commitments
represented by
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such Lender's Commitment at such time. If the commitment of each Lender to make
Loans has been terminated pursuant to this Credit Agreement or if the Aggregate
Commitments have expired, then the Commitment Percentage of each Lender shall be
determined based on the outstanding Loans owing to such Lender at such time. The
initial Commitment Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of
such Lender on Schedule 1 hereto or on the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to
which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
Company. Any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or
other business entity (or the adjectival form thereof, where appropriate).
Competitor. Any Person engaged and competing with TAL Group, the
Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries in the container or chassis
leasing business; provided, however, that in no event shall any insurance
company or commercial banking institution be deemed to be a Competitor unless
such Person or any of its Affiliates are directly and actively engaged in the
operation of a container or chassis leasing business.
Concentration Limits. As of any date of determination, with respect to
a Container, all of the clauses (1) through (3) and, with respect to a Chassis,
clause (4):
(1) The sum of the Net Book Values of all Specialized Containers
(other than refrigerated Containers) that constitute Eligible
Containers on such date shall not exceed an amount equal to
twenty percent (20%) of the then Aggregate Net Book Value;
(2) The sum of the Net Book Values of all 20 foot, 40 foot and 40
foot high cube refrigerated Containers that constitute Eligible
Containers on such date shall not exceed an amount equal to forty
percent (40%) of the then Aggregate Net Book Value;
(3) The sum of the Net Book Values of all Eligible Containers that
are acquired by a Borrower directly from the manufacturer thereof
for which the initial Lease of such Eligible Container after its
Acquisition Date is a Finance Lease on such date shall not exceed
an amount equal to forty percent (40%) of the then Aggregate Net
Book Value; and
(4) The sum of the Net Book Values of all Eligible Chassis as of such
date shall not exceed an amount equal to Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000).
For the purposes of ascertaining the Borrowers' compliance with Section 12.5
hereof, in determining which of the foregoing Concentration Limits shall be
deemed applicable to a Container or Chassis designated by the Borrowers as an
"Eligible Container" or "Eligible Chassis" on the applicable Loan Request, the
following guidelines shall govern:
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(a) with respect to any Specialized Container (other than a
refrigerated Container) designated as an "Eligible Container" on such Loan
Request, either (x) to the extent that such Container was acquired by a
Borrower directly from the manufacturer thereof for which the initial Lease
of such Container after its Acquisition Date is a Finance Lease, then only
clauses (1) and (3) above shall be deemed applicable or (y) to the extent
the foregoing clause (x) is not applicable, then only clause (1) above
shall be deemed applicable;
(b) with respect to any 20 foot, 40 foot or 40 foot high cube
refrigerated Container designated as an "Eligible Container" on such Loan
Request, either (x) to the extent that such Container was acquired by a
Borrower directly from the manufacturer thereof for which the initial Lease
of such Container after its Acquisition Date is a Finance Lease, then only
clauses (2) and (3) above shall be deemed applicable or (y) to the extent
the foregoing clause (x) is not applicable, then only clause (2) above
shall be deemed applicable;
(c) with respect to any Container designated as an "Eligible
Container" that was acquired by a Borrower directly from the manufacturer
thereof for which the initial Lease of such Container after its Acquisition
Date is a Finance Lease and in respect of which neither clause (a) or (b)
above shall be applicable, only clause (3) above shall be deemed
applicable;
(d) with respect to any Container designated as an "Eligible
Container" for which neither clause (a), (b) nor (c) above shall be
applicable, none of clauses (1) through (4) above shall be deemed
applicable; and
(e) with respect to any Chassis designated as an "Eligible Chassis" on
such Loan Request, only clause (4) above shall be deemed applicable.
Consolidated or consolidated. With reference to any term defined
herein, shall mean that term as applied to the accounts of the applicable Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries, consolidated in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Cash Interest Expense. With respect to any Person for any
period, the difference of (i) the aggregate Consolidated Interest Expense of
such Person for such period, minus (ii) to the extent included in such aggregate
Consolidated Interest Expense, and to the extent incurred by TAL Group or any of
its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (a) amortization or write off of debt or equity
issuance costs and deferred financing costs, (b) interest expense to the extent
not paid in cash attributable to dividends in respect of all Preferred Equity of
TAL Group and its Consolidated Subsidiaries that is not Disqualified Stock
pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150, "Accounting for
Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and
Equity", and (c) any non-cash interest expense related to (1) any interest
expense that has not been paid in cash, (2) accrued interest on Disqualified
Stock to the extent not paid, and (3) any incremental non-cash interest expense
incurred by TAL Group or its Subsidiaries as the result of an accounting change
in accordance with
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GAAP that occurs after the Restatement Effective Date, plus (iii) without
duplication, cash interest payments made in such period (exclusive of any such
cash payment funded with the proceeds of an equity offering or capital
contribution) related to Consolidated Interest Expense that were deducted from
Consolidated Cash Interest Expense in a prior period.
Consolidated EBIT. For any period, means the sum of Consolidated Net
Income, plus the following, without duplication, to the extent deducted in
calculating such Consolidated Net Income:
(1) all income tax expense of TAL Group and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, all taxes incurred by TAL Group and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries in respect of the repatriation of
income from jurisdictions outside the United States and all
amounts paid by TAL Group and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
pursuant to the terms of any tax sharing or similar agreement;
(2) the Consolidated Interest Expense of TAL Group and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries;
(3) depreciation and amortization charges of TAL Group and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries relating to any increased depreciation
or amortization charges resulting from purchase accounting
adjustments or inventory write-ups with respect to acquisitions
or the amortization or write-off of deferred debt or equity
issuance costs;
(4) all other non-cash charges of TAL Group and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries (other than depreciation expense) minus, with
respect to any such non-cash charge occurring on or after the
Restatement Effective Date that was previously added in a prior
period to calculate Consolidated EBIT and that represents an
accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period,
any cash payments made during such period;
(5) any non-capitalized costs incurred in connection with financings,
the Acquisition, acquisitions of Containers or Chassis or
dispositions (including financing and refinancing fees and any
premium or penalty paid in connection with redeeming or retiring
Indebtedness prior to the stated maturity thereof pursuant to the
agreements governing such Indebtedness);
(6) rental expense paid on or prior to April 30, 2005 with respect to
containers leased by a Borrower from The Union Bank of
Switzerland to the extent that containers related to such expense
have been repurchased by the Borrowers and their Consolidated
Subsidiaries;
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(7) all non-cash expenses attributable to Incentive Arrangements; and
(8) to the extent that any portion of the Management Fee payable
during such period was accrued and not paid during such period,
the aggregate amount of expenses attributable to all payments or
accruals of Management Fee during such period;
in each case, for such period and as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated EBIT to Consolidated Cash Interest Expense Ratio. As of
any date of determination, means the ratio of (a) the aggregate amount of
Consolidated EBIT for TAL Group and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the period
of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or prior to the
date of such determination to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for TAL
Group and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such four fiscal quarters.
Consolidated Funded Debt. As of any date of determination with respect
to a Person, the total amount, without duplication, of: (1) the principal amount
outstanding under all Indebtedness of such Person and such Person's Consolidated
Subsidiaries, (2) all Finance Lease obligations, as lessee, of such Person and
such Person's Consolidated Subsidiaries, and (3) the aggregate of the present
values of future rental payments under any lease of any container which such
Person or any of such Person's Consolidated Subsidiaries is the lessee (i) that
is treated by the lessee as an operating lease rather than a capital lease in
accordance with GAAP, and (ii) in respect of which the lessor retains or obtains
ownership of the property so leased for federal income tax purposes, in the
event, but only in the event, that the aggregate of such present values shall be
in excess of Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000).
Consolidated Interest Expense. With respect to any Person for any
period, the aggregate of the interest expense of such Person and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, on a Consolidated basis, as
determined in accordance with GAAP, and including, without duplication, (a) all
amortization or accretion of original issue discount; (b) the interest component
of payments on Capitalized Leases paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or
accrued by such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries during such period; and
(c) net cash costs under all Interest Rate Hedging Agreements (including
amortization of fees).
Consolidated Net Income. For any period, the aggregate net income (or
loss) of TAL Group and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period on a
consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that
there shall be not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:
(1) any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of
assets (other than Containers, Chassis and Related Assets) of TAL
Group, any Borrower, any Consolidated Subsidiary or any other
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Person (including pursuant to any sale-and-leaseback arrangement)
which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course
of business and any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or
other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person;
(2) extraordinary gains or losses, as determined in accordance with
GAAP;
(3) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations
(including, without limitation, operations disposed of during
such period whether or not such operations were classified as
discontinued);
(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles, as
determined in accordance with GAAP;
(5) any adjustments, restructuring costs, non-recurring expenses,
non-recurring fees, non-operating expenses, charges or other
expenses (including bonus and retention payments and non-cash
compensation charges) (a) made or incurred in connection with the
Acquisition or the financing thereof or (b) incurred in
connection with acquisitions of Containers and/or Chassis;
(6) Systems/Organizational Establishment Expenses; and
(7) any net income (or loss) of any Person (other than TAL Group) if
such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary of TAL Group;
provided, that TAL Group, or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiary's, equity in the net income of any such Person for
such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up
to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such
Person during such period to TAL Group or such Consolidated
Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution;
in each case, for such period.
Consolidated Subsidiaries. With respect to any Person, each Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person that is required to be consolidated with such Person
in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth. As of any date of determination with
respect to a Person, the excess of: (a) the tangible assets of such Person and
such Person's Consolidated Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with GAAP plus
the aggregate amount of Consolidated Funded Debt of the type specified in clause
(3) of the definition of Consolidated Funded Debt, over (b) all Indebtedness of
such Person and its Consolidated Subsidiaries; provided, however, that (i) in no
event shall there be included in the above calculation any intangible assets
such as patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, goodwill,
organizational costs, amounts relating to covenants not to
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compete, or any impact from applications of FASB 133, and (ii) securities
included as such intangible assets shall be taken into account at their current
market price or cost, whichever is lower.
Container. Any marine and maritime container (including dry cargo
containers, refrigerated containers (including the associated generator sets,
gps units and refrigeration units) and Specialized Containers) to which any
Borrower either (i) has good title and that is held for lease or sale or (ii) is
lessor under any Finance Lease. For the avoidance of doubt, as of any date of
determination, any container or other asset owned by any Special Purpose Vehicle
as of such date shall not be deemed to be a "Container".
Container Representations and Warranties. All of the following:
(1) Specifications. The container conforms to the Borrowers' standard
specifications for that category of container and to any
applicable industry standards;
(2) Rights to Leases. The rights with respect to each Lease included
in the Related Assets for such Container either (x) are
assignable without the consent of the related Lessee or any other
Person other than consents that will have been obtained on or
before the related transfer date, or (y) are subject to a one
hundred percent (100%) participation interest in favor of the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lender;
(3) Lessee Acceptance. With respect to each container that is subject
to a Lease on the Restatement Effective Date or Funding Date, as
the case may be, the related Lessee has, to the best of TAL's
knowledge, received and taken possession of such container;
(4) Lease Files. Each Lease is stored in TAL's offices located in
Purchase, New York and is subject to its customary security and
safekeeping procedures;
(5) Master Lease Arrangements. In the case of each Lease which
consists of a master lease and one or more addenda or schedules
thereto, such addenda or schedules each constitute a separate
contractual lease obligation of the related Lessee;
(6) Chattel Paper. With respect to each Lease, aside from any
originally executed counterpart of each Lease in the possession
of the Lessee, all other originally executed counterpart(s) of
such Lease are in the possession of the Borrowers;
(7) Lessees. No Lessee is an Affiliate of any Borrower;
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(8) Registration. Each container's registration xxxx (four letter
prefix) has been registered in the name of one of the Borrowers
in the official register of the Bureau International des
Containers (Paris);
(9) Non-Cancelable and Assignable. Each Finance Lease in respect of
such Container provides that (i) the Lessee's obligations
thereunder are non-cancelable, unconditional and not subject to
any right of set-off, rescission, counterclaim, offset, reduction
or recoupment and (ii) the Lessee is responsible for all taxes,
maintenance and insurance and assumes all risk of Casualty Loss;
(10) Compliance with Law. The Lease complied in all material respects
at the time they were originated with all legal requirements of
the jurisdiction in which they were originated; and
(11) Return of Container. Each Lease provides for the return of the
related containers upon its expiration or earlier termination
(unless the Lessee complies with the terms of any purchase option
contained therein).
Contingent Obligation. As to any Person, means any obligation of such
Person as a result of such Person being a general partner of any other Person,
unless the underlying obligation is expressly made non-recourse as to such
general partner, and any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to
guarantee any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations ("primary
obligations") of any other Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such
Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation
or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to
advance or supply funds (x) for the purchase or payment of any such primary
obligation or (y) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary
obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary
obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the
purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of
the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise
to assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary obligation against loss in
respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Contingent Obligation shall
not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the
ordinary course of business. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be
deemed to be an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the stated or determinable
amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation
is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform
thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith and (y) the stated amount
of such Contingent Obligation.
Control. 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
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to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. "Controlling" and
"Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto.
Credit Agreement. This Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of August 1, 2005 among the Borrowers, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent,
including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto, as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
Credit Agreement Depreciation Policy. The depreciation policy utilized
by the Borrowers for the purpose of calculating the Asset Base for this Credit
Agreement, which policy is attached as Exhibit I hereto. For the avoidance of
doubt, the Credit Agreement Depreciation Policy is incorporated by this Credit
Agreement, and may only be amended in accordance with the procedures for
amending this Credit Agreement provided in Section 16.12.
Credit and Collection Policy. This term shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7.21.
Default. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.
Defaulting Lender. Any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion
of the Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of
the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has otherwise failed to pay
over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required
to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless
the subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become
the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
Designated Event of Default. The occurrence of an Event of Default of
the types set forth in Sections 13.1(a), 13.1(b), 13.1(c), 13.1(e), 13.1(h),
13.1(i) or 13.1(l) hereof.
Determination Date. Initially, October 21, 2005 and thereafter the
fifteenth Business Day of each calendar quarter.
Disqualified Stock. With respect to any Person means that portion of
any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the
option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event (other than an
event that would constitute a Change of Control), matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable
at the sole option of the holder thereof (except in each case, upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control) on or prior to the first anniversary of the
final maturity date of the Loans for cash or is convertible into or exchangeable
for debt securities of TAL Group or its Consolidated Subsidiaries at any time
prior to such anniversary.
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Dividend. With respect to any Person, (i) the payment by such Person
of a dividend or distribution (other than dividends or distributions payable in
Capital Stock of such Person (other than Disqualified Stock)) on or in respect
of shares of the Capital Stock of such Person or (ii) the purchase, redemption
or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of such Person
(other than Disqualified Stock).
Dollars or $. Dollars in lawful currency of the United States of
America.
Early Amortization Event. This term shall have the meaning set forth
in the Master Indenture Documents.
Eligible Assignee. Any of the following: (i) a Lender; (ii) an
Affiliate of a Lender; (iii) any insurance company or commercial banking
institution, in each case, that is not a Competitor; and (iv) any other Person
(other than a natural person) approved by the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided
that notwithstanding the foregoing, "Eligible Assignee" shall not include any
Borrower nor any of their respective Affiliates.
Eligible Chassis. Each Chassis which, when considered with all other
Chassis, shall comply with each of the following requirements:
(1) Such Chassis substantially conforms to the standard
specifications used by the Borrowers for chassis purchased for
its own account and for that category of chassis and to any
commonly applied regulations promulgated by the United States
Department of Transportation;
(2) Such Chassis shall comply with all of the Chassis Representations
and Warranties;
(3) To the knowledge of the Borrowers, such Chassis shall not have
suffered a Casualty Loss;
(4) Such Chassis shall be free and clear of all Liens except for
Permitted Liens;
(5) Either (i) the lease rights with respect to such Chassis are
assignable without consent or for which consents have been
obtained or (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have been granted
a one hundred percent (100%) participation interest in the lease
rights with respect to such Chassis; provided, however, that the
sum of the Net Book Values of all Chassis that have been
classified as an Eligible Chassis pursuant to clause (ii) above,
together with the sum of the Net Book Values of all Containers
that have been classified as Eligible Containers pursuant to
clause (6)(ii) of the definition of Eligible Container, shall not
exceed an
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amount equal to the greater of (x) five percent (5.0%) of the
Asset Base then in effect and (y) Three Million Dollars
($3,000,000);
(6) Each lease for such Chassis shall substantially contain the
general trading terms the Borrowers use in the normal course of
their business; and
(7) Such Chassis shall have been designated by a Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary as an "Eligible Chassis" hereunder and as a
"Pledged Chassis" under the Security Agreement (it being
understood that, for the purposes of this clause (7), a Chassis
will be deemed to have been designated by a Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary as an "Eligible Chassis" hereunder in the
event that such Chassis is so designated in any applicable Loan
Request or Asset Base Report or is otherwise so designated on the
books and records of such Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary).
Eligible Container. Each Container which, when considered with all
other Containers, shall comply with each of the following requirements:
(1) Such Container substantially conforms to the standard
specifications used by the Borrowers for containers purchased for
its own account, for that category of container and to any
commonly applied standards promulgated by the International
Organization for Standardization;
(2) Such Container shall comply with all of the Container
Representations and Warranties;
(3) To the knowledge of the Borrowers, such Container shall not have
suffered a Casualty Loss;
(4) Either (i) one of the Borrowers shall have good and marketable
title to such Container and the Administrative Agent has a
perfected security interest therein or (ii) such Container is
subject to a Finance Lease for which any Borrower is the lessor;
(5) Such Container shall be free and clear of all Liens except for
Permitted Liens;
(6) Either (i) the lease rights with respect to such Container are
assignable without consent or for which consents have been
obtained, or (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have been
granted a one hundred percent (100%) participation interest in
the lease rights with respect to such Container; provided,
however, that the sum of the Net Book Values of all Containers
that have been classified as an Eligible Container pursuant to
clause (ii) above,
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together with the sum of the Net Book Values of all Chassis that
have been classified as an Eligible Chassis pursuant to clause
(5)(ii) of the definition of Eligible Chassis, shall not exceed
an amount equal to the greater of (x) five percent (5.0%) of the
Asset Base then in effect and (y) Three Million Dollars
($3,000,000);
(7) Each lease for such Container shall substantially contain the
general trading terms the Borrowers use in the normal course of
their business; and
(8) Such Container shall have been designated by a Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary as an "Eligible Container" hereunder and as
a "Pledged Container" under the Security Agreement (it being
understood that, for the purposes of this clause (8), a Container
will be deemed to have been designated by a Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary as an "Eligible Container" hereunder in the
event that such Container is so designated in any applicable Loan
Request or Asset Base Report or is otherwise so designated on the
books and records of such Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary);
provided, however, that (i) in addition to any Container that complies with all
of the foregoing, the containers owned by ICS Terminals (UK) Limited shall also
be considered an Eligible Container for purposes of calculating the Asset Base
so long as (x) ICS Terminals (UK) Limited is a Wholly-Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of any Borrower and such containers do not become subject to a Lien
(other than Permitted Liens) in favor of any Person (other than the
Administrative Agent) and (y) solely for the purposes of calculating the Asset
Base, the sum of the Net Book Values of all such containers owned by ICS
Terminals (UK) London) shall not at any one time exceed Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000), and (ii) the net book value of refrigeration equipment owned by
the Borrowers to be utilized with one or more refrigerated Containers owned by
the Borrowers, but which refrigeration equipment has not yet been installed on a
refrigerated Container, shall also be considered an Eligible Container for
purposes of calculating the Asset Base subject to a maximum limit at any one
time of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,500,000).
Eligible Investments. Book-entry securities, negotiable instruments or
securities represented by instruments in bearer or registered form, which
evidence:
(a) direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to the
full and timely payment by, the United States of America;
(b) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit of any
depository institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and
examination by Federal or State banking or depository institution authorities;
provided, however, that at the time of the investment or contractual commitment
to invest therein, the commercial paper or
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other short-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligations the
rating of which is based on the credit of a Person other than such depository
institution or trust company) thereof shall be rated "A-1+" by S&P and "Prime-1"
by Xxxxx'x;
(c) commercial paper that, at the time of the investment or
contractual commitment to invest therein, is rated "A-1+" by S&P and "Prime-1"
by Xxxxx'x;
(d) bankers' acceptances issued by any depository institution or trust
company referred to in clause (b) above;
(e) repurchase obligations with respect to any security pursuant to a
written agreement that is a direct obligation of, or fully guaranteed as to the
full and timely payment by, the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof the obligations of which are backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States of America, in either case entered into with (i)
a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in
clause (b) or (ii) a depository institution or trust company the deposits of
which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and whose
commercial paper or other short-term unsecured debt obligations are rated "A-1+"
by S&P and "Prime-1" by Xxxxx'x and long-term unsecured debt obligations are
rated "AAA" by S&P and "Aaa" by Xxxxx'x;
(f) money market mutual funds registered under the Investment Company
Act having a rating, at the time of such investment, from each of S&P and
Xxxxx'x in the highest investment category granted thereby; and
(g) any other investment as may be acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, as evidenced by the Administrative Agent's prior written consent to that
effect.
Environmental Law. Any applicable local, state, federal, or other laws
in the United States of America, or any other laws relating to the environment
or natural resources or the regulation of releases or threatened releases of
Hazardous Substances into ambient air, water, or land, or otherwise relating to
the manufacture, processing, generation, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, cleanup, transport or handling of Hazardous Substances, and all rules,
orders and regulations currently promulgated thereunder.
Environmental Claim. Any and all administrative, regulatory or
judicial actions, suits, orders, claims or proceedings against any Borrower or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under any Environmental Law or any permit
issued to any Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under any such
Environmental Law (for purposes of this definition, "Claims"), including,
without limitation, (a) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory
authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other
actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law, and (b) any and
all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification,
cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous
Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety
or the environment.
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Equipment Report. An Equipment Report signed by a responsible officer
of the Borrowers and in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.
ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in effect at the date
of this Credit Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA, amendatory
thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.
ERISA Affiliate. Each trade or business, whether or not incorporated,
which together with any Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of any Borrower
would be deemed to be a "single employer" within the meaning of Section 414(b)
or (c) of the Code.
ERISA Event. Means (a) any "reportable event", as defined in Section
4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan
(other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the
existence with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated funding deficiency" (as
defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not
waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d)
of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with
respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by any Borrower or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with
respect to the termination of any Plan or the withdrawal or partial withdrawal
of any Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan; (e) the receipt by any Borrower or any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to
the intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan; (f) the adoption of any amendment to a Plan that would
require the provision of security pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code or
Section 307 of ERISA; (g) the receipt by any Borrower or any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from
any Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of any notice,
concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization,
within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; or (h) the occurrence of a "prohibited
transaction" with respect to which any Borrower or any of their respective
Restricted Subsidiaries is a "disqualified person" (within the meaning of
Section 4975 of the Code) or with respect to which any Borrower or any of their
respective Restricted Subsidiaries could otherwise be liable.
Eurocurrency Reserve Rate. For any day with respect to a LIBOR Rate
Loan, the maximum rate (expressed as a decimal) at which any bank subject
thereto would be required to maintain reserves under Regulation D of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor or similar
regulations relating to such reserve requirements) against "Eurocurrency
Liabilities" (as that term is used in Regulation D), if such liabilities were
outstanding. The Eurocurrency Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on
and as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Rate.
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Event of Default. This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 13.1.
Executive Order. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.20.
Fair Market Value. With respect to any asset (including a Container or
a Chassis), shall mean the price at which a willing buyer, not an Affiliate of
the seller, and a willing seller who does not have to sell, would agree to
purchase and sell such asset, as determined in good faith by the board of
directors or other governing body or, pursuant to a specific delegation of
authority by such board of directors or governing body, a designated senior
executive officer of any Borrower or their Subsidiaries selling such asset.
Federal Bankruptcy Code. Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code as in effect
from time to time (and any successor thereto).
Fee Letter. That certain fee letter, dated as of August 1, 2005, by
and among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, as amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms.
Fees. Collectively, the Commitment Fee and the fees detailed in the
Fee Letter.
Finance Lease. Any lease that is classified as a "direct financing
lease" pursuant to GAAP.
Financial Affiliate. A Subsidiary of the bank holding company
controlling any Lender, which Subsidiary is engaging in any of the activities
permitted by Section 4(e) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C.
Section 1843).
Foreign Assets Control Regulations. This term shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 7.20.
Fortis. Fortis Capital Corp., a Connecticut corporation, and its
successors.
Funding Date. Each date on which a Loan is made to one or more of the
Borrowers pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement.
GAAP or Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Accounting
principles which are consistent with the principles promulgated or adopted from
time to time by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, its committees and its
predecessors, including applicable statements and interpretations issued by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accounting or its committees.
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Governmental Authority. Any foreign, federal, state, regional, local,
municipal or other government, or any department, commission, board, bureau,
agency, public authority or instrumentality thereof, or any court or arbitrator.
Guaranty. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.6
hereof.
Guarantor. TAL Group, as guarantor under the Guaranty.
Hazardous Substances. Those substances or materials that are
prohibited, limited or regulated by any Environmental Law.
Hedging Agreement. Any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap
agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate futures contract,
interest rate option agreement, interest rate exchange agreement, forward
currency exchange agreement, forward rate currency agreement, forward commodity
contract, commodity swap, commodity option or other similar agreement or
arrangement to which one or more of the Borrowers (or any of their Restricted
Subsidiaries) at that time is a party, designed to protect the Borrowers (or
such Restricted Subsidiary) against fluctuations in those interest rates,
exchange rates, forward rates or commodity prices that normally arise in
connection with the Borrowers' ordinary course of business or as otherwise
required to be entered into by one or more of the Borrowers (or any of their
Restricted Subsidiaries) pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of any
Loan Document.
High Yield Bonds. Any issuance by TAL Group after the Restatement
Effective Date of notes or other debt securities in a private placement or
public offering (including a Rule 144A offering or similar transaction) the
proceeds of which are used by TAL Group to refinance, in whole or in part, the
Seller Loan.
Incentive Arrangements. Any (a) earn-out agreements, (b) stock
appreciation rights, (c) "phantom" stock plans, (d) employment agreements, (e)
non-competition agreements and (f) incentive and bonus plans entered into by any
Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary for the benefit of, and in order to
retain, executives, officers or employees of Persons or businesses.
Indebtedness. As to any Person, without duplication, means (i) all
indebtedness (including principal, interest, fees and charges) of such Person
for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of
credit, bankers' acceptances, and bank guaranties issued for the account of such
Person, (iii) all indebtedness of the types described in clause (i), (ii), (iv),
(v) or (vi) of this definition secured by any Lien on any property owned by such
Person, whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed by such Person
(provided that, if the Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable in
respect of such indebtedness, such indebtedness shall be deemed to be in an
amount equal to the lesser of (A) the outstanding amount of such Indebtedness
and (B) the fair market value of the property to which such Lien relates as
determined in good faith by such Person), (iv) the aggregate amount of all
capitalized lease obligations of such Person, (v) all Contingent Obligations of
such
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Person, (vi) as of any date of determination, all obligations under any interest
rate hedging or under any similar type of agreement to the extent of the amount
due if such agreement were to be terminated on such date of determination, and
(vii) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase
price of property or services, all conditional sale obligations and all
obligations under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts
payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business
that are either (x) not overdue by 90 days or more or (y) being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently
conducted).
Indemnified Liabilities. This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 16.3.
Indemnitees. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section
16.3.
Indenture Trustee. The Indenture Trustee under the Master Indenture
Documents, which shall initially be U.S. Bank National Association.
Independent Accountant. Any "Big 4" or other nationally or regionally
recognized accounting firm that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent and that is independent with respect to the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
Intercompany Note. A promissory note evidencing intercompany loans
(other than intercompany Indebtedness pursuant to the Master Indenture Documents
or any other Permitted Securitization) made pursuant to Section 9.4(v),
substantially in the form of Exhibit P hereto.
Intercompany Subordination Agreement. That certain Intercompany
Subordination Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2004, among the Borrowers and
their Subsidiaries.
Intercreditor Agreement. This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.7 hereof.
Interest Period. With respect to all or any relevant portion of any
Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the Funding Date of such Loan and
ending on the close of business on the day preceding the immediately following
Payment Date, and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on a Payment Date and
ending (i) for any Base Rate Loan, the day immediately preceding the next
succeeding Payment Date; and (ii) for any LIBOR Rate Loan, the day preceding the
1, 3 or 6 month anniversary of such Payment Date, as selected by the Borrowers
and available to the Administrative Agent; provided that all of the foregoing
provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:
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(A) if any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would
otherwise end on a day that is not a LIBOR Business Day, that Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding LIBOR Business Day unless
the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into
another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on
the immediately preceding LIBOR Business Day;
(B) if any Interest Period with respect to a Base Rate Loan would end
on a day that is not a Business Day, that Interest Period shall end on the
next succeeding Business Day;
(C) any Interest Period relating to any LIBOR Rate Loan that begins on
the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end
of such Interest Period) shall end on the last LIBOR Business Day of a
calendar month; and
(D) any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the
Availability Termination Date shall end on the Availability Termination
Date.
Interest Rate Hedging Agreement. A Hedging Agreement that protects a
Borrower against fluctuations in interest rates.
Investments. Any direct or indirect advance, loan (other than advances
to customers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts
receivable on the balance sheet of the lender) or other extensions of credit
(including by way of guarantee or similar arrangement) or capital contribution
to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment
for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or
acquisition for value of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar
instruments issued by any Person. In determining the aggregate amount of
Investments outstanding at any particular time: (a) the amount of any Investment
represented by a guaranty shall be taken at not less than the principal amount
of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding; (b) there shall be deducted
in respect of each such Investment any amount received as a return of capital
(but only by repurchase, redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend
or liquidating distribution); (c) there shall not be deducted in respect of any
Investment any amounts received as earnings on such Investment, whether as
dividends, interest or otherwise; and (d) there shall not be deducted from the
aggregate amount of Investments any decrease in the value thereof.
Lease. All leases or contracts for use or hire of an Eligible
Container or Eligible Chassis by a Lessee and a Borrower, as lessor, but only to
the extent such lease or contract relates to an Eligible Container or Eligible
Chassis.
Lender Affiliate. With respect to any Lender, an Affiliate of such
Lender.
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Lenders. Fortis and the other lending institutions listed on Schedule
1 hereto and any other Person who becomes an assignee of any rights and
obligations of a Lender pursuant to Section 15.
Lessee. Any obligor under a Lease.
Leverage Ratio. As of a date of determination, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Funded Debt, to (b) Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.
LIBOR Business Day. Any day on which commercial banks are open for
international business (including dealings in Dollar deposits) in London or such
other eurodollar interbank market as may be selected by the Administrative Agent
in its sole discretion acting in good faith.
LIBOR Rate. For any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan,
the rate of interest equal to (i) the rate determined by the Administrative
Agent at which Dollar deposits for such Interest Period are offered based on
information presented on Page 3750 of the Dow Xxxxx Market Service (formerly
known as the Telerate Service) as of 11:00 a.m. London time on the second LIBOR
Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period, divided by (ii) a
number equal to 1.00 minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Rate. If the rate described
above does not appear on the Dow Xxxxx Market Service on any applicable interest
determination date, the LIBOR Rate shall be the rate (rounded upward, if
necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point),
determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in Dollars for a
period of time comparable to such LIBOR Rate Loan which are offered by four
major banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. London
time, on the second LIBOR Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest
Period as selected by the Administrative Agent. The principal London office of
each of the four major London banks will be requested to provide a quotation of
its Dollar deposit offered rate. If at least two such quotations are provided,
the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer
than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate for that date will be
determined on the basis of the rates quoted for loans in Dollars to leading
European banks for a period of time comparable to such Interest Period offered
by major banks in New York City at approximately 11:00 a.m. New York City time,
on the second LIBOR Business Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
In the event that the Administrative Agent is unable to obtain any such
quotation as provided above, it will be considered that the LIBOR Rate pursuant
to a LIBOR Rate Loan cannot be determined.
LIBOR Rate Loan. A Loan bearing interest calculated by reference to
the LIBOR Rate.
Lien. Any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge,
preference, priority or other security agreement of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing or similar
statement or notice filed under the UCC or any similar recording or
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notice statute (other than any unauthorized notice filing for which there is not
otherwise any underlying Lien or obligation), and any lease having substantially
the same effect as the foregoing).
Loan Documents. This Credit Agreement, any Hedging Agreement, the
Revolving Credit Notes, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Guaranty, the
Securitization Intercreditor Agreement, the Intercompany Subordination
Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Trust Agreement, the Participation Agreement and
the Security Documents.
Loan Request. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.2.
Loans. Loans made or to be made by the Lenders to the Borrowers
pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.
Majority Lenders. As of any date of determination, any single Lender
or multiple Lenders having more than fifty percent (50%) of the sum of the
portion of the Aggregate Commitments unfunded at such date plus the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans or, if the commitment of each Lender
to make Loans has been terminated pursuant to Section 13.2, any single or
multiple Lenders holding in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding principal amount of the Loans; provided that the Commitment of, and
the portion of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans held or deemed held
by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a
determination of Majority Lenders.
Management Fee. Collectively, the management fee and all other amounts
payable to TAL Group, pursuant to the terms of that certain intercompany
management consulting agreement, dated November 3, 2004, by and among TAL, TOL
and TAL Group, as in effect on the date hereof.
Manager Report. A Manager Report signed by a responsible officer of
the Borrowers and in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto.
Margin Stock. The term shall have the meaning provided in Regulation
U.
Master Indenture Documents. The Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2005,
between TAL Advantage I LLC and U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture
trustee, and all other Transaction Documents (as such term is defined in such
Indenture).
Material Adverse Effect. With respect to any event or occurrence of
whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation,
arbitration or governmental investigation or proceeding):
(a) a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or
operations of the Borrowers taken as a whole; or
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(b) a material adverse effect on the ability of any Borrower to
perform any of its monetary Obligations under any of the Loan Documents to
which it is a party.
Moody's. Xxxxx'x Investor Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
MSO. With respect to any Chassis, a manufacturer's statement of
origin.
Multiemployer Plan. Any multiemployer plan, as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA with respect to which any Borrower or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates shall have any liability.
Net Book Value. With respect to an Eligible Container or an Eligible
Chassis, as the case may be, as of any date of determination, one of the
following amounts:
(A) with respect to an Eligible Container or Eligible Chassis that as
of such date of determination is subject to a Finance Lease, the net book
value, as determined in accordance with GAAP, of such Eligible Container or
Eligible Chassis as of the last day of the month immediately preceding such
date of determination;
(B) with respect to an Eligible Container that as of such date of
determination is not subject to a Finance Lease, the excess of (i) the
Original Equipment Cost of such Eligible Container, over (ii) the
accumulated depreciation with respect to such Eligible Container,
calculated as of the last day of the immediately preceding month utilizing
the Credit Agreement Depreciation Policy; (it being understood that any
portion of the Original Equipment Cost of such Eligible Container that is
attributable to an improvement to such Eligible Container pursuant to
clause (A)(iii) or clause (B)(iii) of the definition of "Original Equipment
Cost", shall, notwithstanding the foregoing, be depreciated over the
remaining depreciation period of such Eligible Container from and after the
date of such improvement, in each case, as determined in accordance with
the Credit Agreement Depreciation Policy); or
(C) with respect to an Eligible Chassis that as of such date of
determination is not subject to a Finance Lease, the excess of (i) the
Original Equipment Cost of such Eligible Chassis, over (ii) the accumulated
depreciation of such Eligible Chassis, calculated as of the last day of the
immediately preceding month utilizing the Credit Agreement Depreciation
Policy (it being understood that any portion of the Original Equipment Cost
of such Eligible Chassis that is attributable to an improvement to such
Eligible Chassis pursuant to clause (B)(iii) of the definition of "Original
Equipment Cost", shall, notwithstanding the foregoing, be depreciated over
the remaining depreciation period of such Eligible Chassis from and after
the date of such improvement, in each case, as determined in accordance
with the Credit Agreement Depreciation Policy).
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Non-Excluded Taxes. Any taxes other than:
(i) income taxes, branch profits taxes, franchise taxes or any other
tax imposed on the net income of the Lender or the Administrative
Agent under the laws of the jurisdiction (or any political
subdivision of taxing authority thereof or therein) in which such
Lender or the Administrative Agent is organized or in which the
principal office or funding office of such Lender or the
Administrative Agent is located;
(ii) any deduction, withholding or other imposition of taxes that
arises as a result of a present or former connection between such
Lender or the Administrative Agent and the relevant jurisdiction
imposing such tax, including carrying on business in, having a
branch, agency or permanent establishment in, or being resident
in such jurisdiction but excluding any such connection which
arises solely as a result of such Lender or the Administrative
Agent having executed, performed its obligations under or
received payment under any of the Loan Documents or otherwise
solely by virtue of the Loan Documents.
Non-U.S. Lender. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.2.3.
Notes. The Revolving Credit Notes.
Obligations. All indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of any of
the Borrowers to any of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, individually
or collectively, existing on the date of this Credit Agreement or arising
thereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent,
matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising
by contract, operation of law or otherwise, arising or incurred under this
Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any Loan or
any of the Revolving Credit Notes.
Original Agreement. This term shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Credit Agreement.
Original Equipment Cost. As of any date of determination for an
Eligible Container or an Eligible Chassis, as the case may be, one of the
following amounts:
(A) with respect to any Eligible Container owned by any Borrower on
the closing date of the Acquisition, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
greater of (A) the vendor's or manufacturer's invoice price of such
Eligible Container and (B) with respect to those Eligible Containers owned
by the Borrowers on the closing date of the Acquisition that were
previously acquired by a Borrower through an asset purchase or other
acquisition, the purchase price allocated to an Eligible Container by such
Borrower in the acquisition of such Eligible Container,
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plus (ii) reasonable and customary inspection, transport and initial
positioning costs necessary to put such Eligible Container in service, plus
(iii) the cost of any improvement to such Eligible Container that has been
capitalized in accordance with GAAP; or
(B) with respect to any Eligible Container or Eligible Chassis
acquired by any Borrower subsequent to the closing date of the Acquisition,
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the vendor's or manufacturer's invoice
price of such Eligible Container or Eligible Chassis, plus (ii) reasonable
and customary inspection, transport and initial positioning costs necessary
to put such Eligible Container or Eligible Chassis in service, plus (iii)
the cost of any improvement to such Eligible Container or Eligible Chassis
that has been capitalized in accordance with GAAP.
Other Taxes. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.2.2(b).
Participant. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section
15.4 hereof.
Participation Agreement. The participation agreement, dated as of
November 3, 2004, among the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, as such
agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
Patriot Act. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section
16.15.
Payment Date. With respect to any payment one of the following: (i) as
to Commitment Fees, and interest payments on any Base Rate Loan, the last day of
the calendar quarter with respect to interest accrued during such calendar
quarter, including, without limitation, the calendar quarter which includes the
Drawdown Date of such Base Rate Loan; (ii) as to interest payments on LIBOR Rate
Loan in respect of which the Interest Period is (a) three months or less, the
last day of such Interest Period and (b) more than three months, the date that
is three months from the first day of such Interest Period and, in addition, the
last day of such Interest Period or (iii) as to principal payments, the last day
of each calendar quarter prior to the Availability Termination Date and the
Availability Termination Date.
PBGC. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to
Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.
Permitted Business. The marine container leasing business and any
business that is the same as or similar, reasonably related, complementary,
ancillary or incidental to the marine container leasing business, including, but
not limited to, the leasing of chassis. The container logistics business, the
container purchase and resale business, and the static storage business, all as
currently engaged in by Borrowers or their Subsidiaries on the Restatement
Effective Date are also deemed to be a Permitted
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Business. For the avoidance of doubt, all activities contemplated by the Master
Indenture Documents and all activities related to a Permitted Securitization
shall be deemed to be a "Permitted Business" hereunder.
Permitted Dividend. Any of:
(i) the payment of any dividend or other distribution or redemption
within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend or call for
redemption if such payment would have been permitted on the date of
declaration or call for redemption;
(ii) payments or advances to or by a Borrower that will be used for
one of the purposes described in clauses (i), (iv), (v), (vi), (viii), (ix)
and (xiv) of Section 9.5 hereof;
(iii) payments, advances or dividends to any direct or indirect parent
entity of a Borrower to be used by such entity solely to pay its franchise
taxes, directors fees, registration and reporting fees, fees and expenses
associated with state qualifications and other state, federal or regulatory
compliance matters, fees and expenses of accountants and other fees, costs
and expenses owing by it in the ordinary course of business; provided, that
any such payments, advances or dividends shall actually be used by such
entity to pay such amounts; and provided further, that any such payments,
advances or dividends to directors that are Affiliates of a Borrower or
employees of a Borrower or any Affiliate of a Borrower are in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $1.5 million in any fiscal year (it being acknowledged
and agreed that any independent director of a Borrower shall not be deemed
to be an Affiliate of such Borrower for the purposes of this clause (iii));
(iv) payments, advances or dividends to any direct or indirect parent
entity of a Borrower to be used by such entity solely to pay
indemnification payments to one or more of its officers and directors;
(v) dividends or distributions to any Borrower or any Subsidiary of
any Borrower;
(vi) advances to any direct or indirect parent entity of a Borrower to
be used by such entity solely to pay federal, state and local income taxes
made no earlier than five days prior to the date on which such entity is
required to make such payment in an amount not to exceed the aggregate tax
liability of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries for such calendar year
determined as if the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries were a separate
affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended) filing a consolidated return, or, to the extent
applicable, a separate group filing combined or unitary returns, and then
only to the extent that any such payments are actually paid by such entity
to governmental entities and any payments made in connection with any
tax-sharing agreement;
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(vii) cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in
connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities
convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of a Borrower; provided, that any such cash payment shall not (A) be
for the purpose of evading the limitations of Section 9.6 (as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors of the applicable Borrower) and (B)
exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in any fiscal year;
(viii) the acquisition of any shares of Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of any Borrower, solely in exchange for other shares of
Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any Borrower;
(ix) repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of
stock options, warrants or other similar rights if such Capital Stock
represents a portion of the exercise price of such options, warrants or
other similar rights;
(x) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for
value of any Capital Stock of such Person owned by a Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower;
(xi) so long as no Designated Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, Dividends made to effect a Permitted Securitization;
provided, however, that no such distribution shall be made to TAL Group
pursuant to this clause (xi);
(xii) any Dividend made out of the net cash proceeds or the fair
market value of other assets received by a Borrower from any Person (other
than a Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower) from the substantially
concurrent sale of, or made by exchange for, Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of such Borrower or a substantially concurrent capital
contribution received by a Borrower from its stockholders;
(xiii) the purchase, repurchase, retirement, redemption or other
acquisition of shares of Capital Stock of a Borrower, any Subsidiary of a
Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of a Borrower from employees,
former employees, directors, former directors or consultants of a Borrower,
any Subsidiary of a Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of a Borrower
(or permitted transferees of such employees, former employees, directors or
former directors), pursuant to the terms of the agreements (including
employment agreements) or plans (or amendments thereto) approved by the
Board of Directors of a Borrower or of any direct or indirect parent of a
Borrower under which such individuals purchase or sell or are granted the
option to purchase or sell, shares of such Capital Stock; provided, that
the aggregate amount of such repurchases and other acquisitions in any
calendar year shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the sum of (x) Five
Million Dollars ($5,000,000) and (y) the aggregate amount of Dividends
permitted (but not made) pursuant to this clause (xiii) in prior calendar
years and
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(ii) Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000); provided further, that such amount
in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed the net
cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by a Borrower or
any direct or indirect parent of a Borrower after the Restatement Effective
Date;
(xiv) so long as no Designated Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the payment of the Management Fee or payments, advances
or dividends to any direct or indirect parent entity of a Borrower to be
used by such entity solely to pay the Management Fee;
(xv) so long as no Designated Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, from and after the occurrence of a Refinancing Event, any
Dividend to the extent that such Dividend, together with the aggregate
amount of all other Dividends made pursuant to this clause (xv) since the
occurrence of the Refinancing Event, is less than fifty percent (50%) of
the Consolidated Net Income for the period commencing on the date on which
such Refinancing Event occurred and terminating on the date that such
Dividend is so made;
(xvi) on or about the date of a Refinancing Event, a Dividend to TAL
Group to the extent that TAL Group shall apply the proceeds of such
Dividend to permanently reduce the outstanding principal amount of the
Seller Loan and to pay all accrued and unpaid interest thereon; and
(xvii) prior to the occurrence of a Refinancing Event, to the extent
that (x) all or any portion of the principal amount of the Seller Loan
and/or High Yield Bonds is then outstanding and (y) no Designated Event of
Default is then continuing or would result from such payment, on the due
date of each interest payment on the Seller Loan and/or the High Yield
Bonds, as the case may be, a Dividend to TAL Group in an amount equal to:
(A) in the case of the Seller Loan, the amount of accrued and
unpaid interest, and liquidated damages, on the then unpaid principal
balance of such Seller Loan; provided, however, that in calculating
the amount payable pursuant to this clause (A), the unpaid principal
balance of the Seller Loan used in such calculation shall not exceed
Two Hundred Seventy Five Million Dollars ($275,000,000) and the
interest rate per annum used in such calculation shall not exceed the
lesser of (i) eleven and one half percent (11.5%) per annum and (ii)
the sum of (x) eight and three-fourths percent (8-3/4%), plus (y) the
product of (a) one-quarter percent (1/4%) times (b) the number of full
three month periods that shall have elapsed since the closing date of
the Acquisition; and
(B) in the case of the High Yield Bonds, the amount of accrued
and unpaid interest, and liquidated damages, on the then unpaid
principal balance of such High Yield Bonds; provided, however, that in
calculating the amount payable pursuant to this clause (B), the unpaid
principal
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balance of the High Yield Bonds used in such calculation shall not
exceed Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000) and the interest
rate per annum used in such calculation shall not exceed the greater
of (i) ten percent (10%) per annum and (ii) such higher interest rate
per annum as shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the
Majority Lenders.
Permitted Holders. The Resolute Fund L.P., The Jordan Company, L.P.,
Xxxxxx & Company Limited, Edgewater Private Equity Fund III, L.P., Edgewater
Private Equity Fund IV, L.P., Fairholme Partners, L.P., Fairholme Ventures II,
LLC, Fairholme Holdings, Ltd., JZ Equity Partners plc and their respective
direct or indirect partners, shareholders, members, investors and Affiliates.
Permitted Indebtedness. This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.4 hereof.
Permitted Liens. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.3 hereof.
Permitted Securitization. Each of (A) the transactions contemplated by
the Master Indenture Documents, and (B) any other transaction pursuant to which
(i) one or more of the Borrowers and/or their respective Subsidiaries either (x)
sells, conveys or otherwise transfers, or grants a security interest in,
containers or chassis, leases and other related assets or (y) sells, conveys,
issues or otherwise transfers or grants a security interest in a SUBI, in either
case, to a Special Purpose Vehicle or any other Person (other than the Borrowers
or any of their respective Subsidiaries), (ii) such Special Purpose Vehicle or
such other Person issues Indebtedness (or interests therein) that is secured by
such containers or chassis, leases and other related assets (or by a SUBI),
(iii) none of the Borrowers or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than a Special Purpose Vehicle) has any obligation to maintain such
entity's financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of
operating results (other than those related to or incidental to the relevant
Permitted Securitization) and (iv) none of the holders of the Indebtedness shall
have recourse to the Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (other
than a Special Purpose Vehicle) for credit losses on leases or the inability of
the containers or chassis, in each case subject to the Permitted Securitization,
to generate sufficient cash flow to repay the Indebtedness issued by such
entity.
Permitted Transaction. Any of the following transactions:
(i) any transaction contemplated by the Master Indenture Documents or
by any other Permitted Securitization, including, without limitation, any
sale, contribution or other transfer of Containers, Chassis and Related
Assets in connection with a Permitted Securitization from time to time so
long as no Default, Event of Default or Asset Base Deficiency is then
continuing (or would result from such sale, contribution or transfer of
Containers, Chassis, and Related Assets or a SUBI);
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(ii) any lease of Containers or Chassis in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practices;
(iii) any merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation of any
Borrower with and into another Borrower;
(iv) any merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation of any
Restricted Subsidiary of any Borrower with and into any Borrower (so long
as a Borrower is the surviving corporation of such merger, consolidation,
dissolution or liquidation);
(v) any merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation of any
Restricted Subsidiary of any Borrower with and into any other Restricted
Subsidiary of any Borrower;
(vi) any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
of assets by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower to any
other Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower;
(vii) any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
of assets by any Restricted Subsidiary of any Borrower to any Borrower or
any other Restricted Subsidiary of any Borrower;
(viii) any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition
by any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Borrower of any Cash
Equivalents;
(ix) any disposition of used, obsolete, uneconomic, worn-out or
surplus assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
(x) any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition by
any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Borrower of Containers or
Chassis to their respective Lessees in the ordinary course of business
pursuant to (A) a Finance Lease that is originated in the ordinary course
of business and consistent with past practices (so long as such Finance
Lease, to the extent that it relates to an Eligible Container or Eligible
Chassis, complies with all Chassis Representations and Warranties and/or
Container Representations and Warranties, as the case may be), (B) a
purchase option contained in any Lease with such Lessee that was originated
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices or
(C) any other arm's length transaction with a Person that is not an
Affiliate of any Borrower entered into in the ordinary course of business
and consistent with past practice; and
(xi) any other sale or disposition by any Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary of any Borrower of Eligible Containers or Eligible Chassis that
will result in net sales proceeds (after deducting any costs incurred in
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each such sale) of not less than the sum of the Net Book Values of the
Eligible Containers or Eligible Chassis that were sold.
Person. An individual, any partnership, a corporation, a joint
venture, a trust, an unincorporated organization, or a government or any agency
or political subdivision thereof.
Plan. Any employee pension plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or
Section 307 of ERISA, and in respect of which any Borrower or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates is an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
Pledge Agreement. This term shall have the meaning provided in Section
11.13.
Pledge Agreement Collateral. This term shall mean all of the
"Collateral" as defined in the Pledge Agreement.
Pledged Chassis. This term shall have the meaning set forth in the
Security Agreement.
Pledged Container. This term shall have the meaning set forth in the
Security Agreement.
Pledged SUBI Certificate. A certificate representing a special unit of
beneficial interest in the Trust, which certificate has been pledged by the
Borrowers to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the Pledge
Agreement.
Pre-Syndication Aggregate Commitments. An amount equal to the lesser
of (i) the Aggregate Commitments and (ii) One Hundred Twenty-Five Million
Dollars ($125,000,000), as such amount may be increased from time to time prior
to the Syndication Event with the prior written consent of the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent.
Preferred Equity. With respect to the Capital Stock of any Person
means Capital Stock of such Person (other than common stock of such Person) of
any class or classes (however designated) that ranks prior, as to the payment of
dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to Capital Stock of any
other class of such Person.
Record. The grid attached to a Revolving Credit Note, or the
continuation of such grid, or any other similar record, including computer
records, maintained by the Administrative Agent with respect to any Loan
referred to in such Note.
Refinance. In respect of any security or Indebtedness, means to
refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or
to issue a security or
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Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in
whole or in part. Refinanced and Refinancing shall have correlative meanings.
Refinancing Event. All of the following events or conditions shall
have occurred:
(1) TAL Group receives, subsequent to the Restatement Effective Date, net
cash proceeds from an equity infusion in an amount of not less than
One Hundred Fifty-Five Million Dollars ($155,000,000); and
(2) TAL Group repays in full the principal balance of, and accrued
interest on, the Seller Loan and all other amounts owing by TAL Group
pursuant to the loan documents evidencing such Seller Loan; and
(3) The Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of TAL Group increases by at least
One Hundred Fifty-Five Million Dollars ($155,000,000) from the
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of TAL Group immediately prior to the
occurrence of the events specified in clauses (1) and (2) above.
Refinancing Indebtedness. Any Refinancing by a Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower of Indebtedness permitted by or incurred in
accordance with clause (i), (ii), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (xii), (xiv),
(xv) or (xvi) of Section 9.4, in each case that does not:
(1) have an aggregate principal amount (or, if such Indebtedness is issued
with original issue discount, an aggregate offering price) greater
than the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness
being Refinanced (or, if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is issued
with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) as of the
date of such proposed Refinancing plus (y) the amount of fees,
expenses, premium, defeasance costs and accrued but unpaid interest
relating to the Refinancing of such Indebtedness being Refinanced; or
(2) create Indebtedness with: (a) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that
is less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness
being Refinanced; or (b) a final maturity earlier than the final
maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced.
Register. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.3.
Registrar of Titles. The agency, department or office having the
responsibility for maintaining records of titles to motor vehicles in the
jurisdiction in which a particular Chassis is registered.
Regulation T. Regulation T of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System as from to time in effect and any successor to all or any portion
thereof.
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Regulation U. Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a
portion thereof.
Regulation X. Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or any
portion thereof.
Related Assets. With respect to any Container or Chassis, all of the
following: (i) all of a Borrower's right, title and interest in and to, but none
of its obligations under, any agreement between such Borrower and the
manufacturer of each such Container or Chassis pursuant to which such Borrower
acquired a Container or Chassis from such manufacturer, and all amendments,
additions and supplements hereafter made with respect thereto, (ii) all of a
Borrower's right, title and interest in and to any Lease which such Container or
Chassis is subject to from time to time, (iii) all right, title and interest of
such Borrower in and to all payments, proceeds and other amounts in respect of
such Container or Chassis (or any Lease to which such Container or Chassis is
subject) which have accrued but have not been paid and (iv) all payments,
proceeds and income of the foregoing or related thereto.
Related Parties. With respect to any Person, such Person's Affiliates
and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such
Person and of such Person's Affiliates.
Restatement Effective Date. August 1, 2005.
Restricted Subsidiary. With respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of
such Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person.
Returns. This term shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.17.
Revolving Credit Note. This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3.
Revolving Credit Note Record. A Record with respect to a Revolving
Credit Note.
Revolving Credit Period. The period commencing on the Restatement
Effective Date and ending on the Availability Termination Date.
Securitization Intercreditor Agreement. An intercreditor agreement
between the Administrative Agent and the Indenture Trustee, substantially in the
form of Exhibit R hereto, as such agreement may be amended, modified, restated
or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Security Agreement. This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.8.
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Security Documents. The Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and
other instruments and documents, including, without limitation, Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements (or documents of similar import) and
filings made with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United
States Copyright Office, required to be executed or delivered pursuant to any
Security Document.
Seller Loan. The loan (including any Exchange Notes issued pursuant to
the terms of such agreement) to TAL Group evidenced by the senior subordinated
credit agreement, dated as of November 3, 2004, among TAL Group, Transamerica
Accounts Holding Corporation, as agent, and the lenders named therein, as such
agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of such agreement and the Loan Documents.
Senior Designated Officer. With respect to a Borrower, the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or any Vice
President of such Borrower.
Special Purpose Vehicle. A corporation, partnership, trust, limited
liability company or other entity that is formed by one or more of the Borrowers
or one of their Subsidiaries for the purpose of purchasing or financing assets
of the Borrowers and/or its Subsidiaries pursuant to any Permitted
Securitization and that is designated as a "Special Purpose Vehicle" in a
written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrowers.
Specialized Containers. All refrigerated containers, tank containers,
special purposes containers, open top containers, flat rack containers, bulk
containers, high cube containers (other than 40' high cube dry containers),
cellular palletwide containers and all other types of containers other than
standard dry cargo containers.
S&P. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.
State. Any state of the United States of America.
SUBI. A special unit of beneficial interest in the Trust. References
to a SUBI shall be deemed to include, where applicable, references to one or
more certificates representing such SUBI.
Subsidiary. With respect to any Person shall mean and include (i) any
corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, joint venture
or other entity more than 50% of whose Voting Stock is at the time owned by such
Person directly or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries of such Person
and (ii) with respect to TAL, the Trust.
Surviving Entity. This term shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 9.2(a)(ii).
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Syndication Event. Means the occurrence of any assignment or
participation by Fortis to any Person after the Restatement Effective Date of
all or any portion of Fortis' Commitment to the extent that, as a result of such
assignment and participation, the aggregate amount of Fortis' Commitment that
shall have been assigned or participated by Fortis, in one or more transactions,
since the Restatement Effective Date shall equal or exceed Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000).
Systems/Organizational Establishment Expenses. The aggregate of all
expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by TAL Group and
the Consolidated Subsidiaries in establishing, implementing, integrating or
replacing financial, information technology and other similar systems of TAL
Group and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.
TAL. TAL International Container Corporation, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and its successors and permitted
assigns.
TAL Group. TAL International Group, Inc., a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware and its successors and permitted
assigns.
Term Lease. A lease having an initial term of 36 months or greater.
TOCC. Trans Ocean Container Corporation, a corporation organized under
the laws of the State of Delaware, and its successors and permitted assigns.
TOL. Trans Ocean Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware, and its successors and permitted assigns.
Trading With the Enemy Act. This term shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 7.20.
Trust. Any titling trust established by, or on behalf of, any Borrower
in order to serve as the registered owner of an Eligible Chassis.
Trust Agreement. Any trust agreement pursuant to which a Trust is
established.
Type. As to all or any portion of any Loan, its nature as a Base Rate
Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan.
Unrestricted Subsidiary. With respect to any Person, any Subsidiary
(i) of such Person organized or acquired directly or indirectly by TAL Group
after the Restatement Effective Date that, substantially contemporaneously with
such organization or acquisition, such Person designates as an "Unrestricted
Subsidiary" by written notice to the Administrative Agent and (ii) of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person. So long as no Default or Event of
Default shall result therefrom, any Person may designate any Unrestricted
Subsidiary as a "Restricted Subsidiary" by written notice to the Administrative
Agent.
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UCC. The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the
applicable jurisdiction.
Voting Stock. Stock or similar interests, of any class or classes
(however designated), the holders of which are at the time entitled, as such
holders, to vote for the election of a majority of the directors (or persons
performing similar functions) of the corporation, association, trust or other
business entity involved, whether or not the right to so vote exists by reason
of the happening of a contingency.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity. When applied to any Indebtedness at
any date, means the number of years obtained by dividing (1) the then
outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (2) the sum of
the total of the products obtained by multiplying:
(A) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund,
serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment
at final maturity, in respect thereof, by
(B) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which
will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary. As to any Person, any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of such Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. As to any Person, (i) any corporation 100% of
whose Capital Stock (other than director's qualifying shares and/or other
nominal amounts of shares required by applicable law to be held by Persons other
than such Person) is at the time owned by such Person and/or one or more
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and (ii) any partnership, limited
liability company, association, joint venture or other entity in which such
Person and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person owns 100% of
the Capital Stock at such time (other than director's qualifying shares and/or
other nominal amounts of interests required by applicable law to be held by
Persons other than such Person).
Withdrawal Liability. Liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of
a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are
defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
1.2. RULES OF INTERPRETATION.
(a) A reference to any document or agreement shall include such
document or agreement as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Credit Agreement.
(b) The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the
singular.
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(c) A reference to any law includes any amendment or modification to
such law.
(d) A reference to any Person includes its permitted successors and
permitted assigns.
(e) Accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them by GAAP applied on a consistent basis by the accounting
entity to which they refer.
(f) The words "include", "includes", and "including" are not limiting.
(g) All terms not specifically defined herein or by GAAP, which terms
are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New
York, have the meanings assigned to them therein, with the terms
"instrument" and "chattel paper" being that defined under Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code.
(h) Reference to a particular "Section" or Section refers to that
section of this Credit Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
(i) The words "herein", "hereof", "hereunder" and words of like import
shall refer to this Credit Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
section or subdivision of this Credit Agreement.
(j) Unless otherwise expressly indicated, in the computation of
periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word
"from" means "from and including," the words "to" and "until" each mean "to
but excluding," and the word "through" means "to and including."
(k) This Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents may use several
different limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or
similar matters. All such limitations, tests and measurements are, however,
cumulative and are to be performed in accordance with the terms thereof.
(l) This Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the result
of negotiation among, and have been reviewed by counsel to, among others,
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrowers and are the product
of discussions and negotiations among all parties. Accordingly, this Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are not intended to be construed
against the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders merely on account of
the Administrative Agent's or any Lender's involvement in the preparation
of such documents.
1.3. USE OF DEFINED TERMS. Unless otherwise defined or the context
otherwise requires, terms for which meanings are provided in this Credit
Agreement shall have such meanings when used in each Schedule and in each
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other Loan Document, notice and other communication delivered from time to
time in connection with this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.
1.4. ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DETERMINATIONS. Unless otherwise
specified, all accounting terms used herein or in any other Loan Document
shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations and computations
hereunder or thereunder (including computation of the financial ratios and
covenants contained in Section 10) shall be made, and all financial
statements required to be delivered hereunder or thereunder shall be
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
2. COMMITMENTS OF LENDER.
2.1. COMMITMENTS TO MAKE LOANS. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such
loan, a "Loan") to the Borrowers from time to time, on any Business Day
during the Revolving Credit Period; provided, however, that (a) prior to
the occurrence of the Syndication Event, after giving effect to all amounts
requested, the Aggregate Note Principal Balance shall not exceed the lesser
of (i) the Pre-Syndication Aggregate Commitments and (ii) the Asset Base,
calculated after giving effect to the Eligible Containers and Eligible
Chassis, if any, to be acquired with the proceeds of such Loan and (b) from
and after the occurrence of the Syndication Event, after giving effect to
all amounts requested, the Aggregate Note Principal Balance shall not
exceed the lesser of (i) Aggregate Commitments and (ii) the Asset Base,
calculated after giving effect to the Eligible Containers and Eligible
Chassis, if any, to be acquired with the proceeds of such Loan. Loans shall
be LIBOR Rate Loans or, under the circumstances set forth in Section 5.4 or
Section 5.5 hereof, a Base Rate Loan.
2.2. REQUESTS FOR LOAN. The Borrowers shall give to the Administrative
Agent written notice in the form of Exhibit E hereto (or telephonic notice
confirmed in a writing in the form of Exhibit E hereto) of each Loan
requested hereunder (a "Loan Request") no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York
time) three (3) LIBOR Business Days prior to any proposed Funding Date.
Each such Loan Request shall specify (i) the principal amount of the Loan
requested, (ii) the proposed Funding Date of such Loan and (iii) the
Interest Period for such Loan. Each Loan Request shall be irrevocable and
binding on the Borrowers and shall obligate the Borrowers to accept the
Loan, as the case may be, requested from the Lenders on the proposed
Funding Date. Each Loan Request shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of
$1,000,000. No Loan Request shall be permitted to request any Loan on or
after the Availability Termination Date, on which date any unfunded portion
of the Commitments shall terminate, automatically and without notice or
action of any kind.
2.3. THE REVOLVING CREDIT NOTES. The Loans shall be evidenced by
separate promissory notes of the Borrowers in substantially the form of
Exhibit F hereto (each a "Revolving Credit Note"), dated as of the
Restatement Effective
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Date (or such other date on which a Lender may become a party hereto in
accordance with Section 15 hereof) and completed with appropriate
insertions. One Revolving Credit Note shall be payable to the order of each
Lender in a principal amount equal to such Lender's Commitment to make
Loans or, if less, the outstanding amount of all Loans made by such Lender,
plus interest accrued thereon, as set forth below. The Borrowers
irrevocably authorizes each Lender to make or cause to be made, at or about
the time of the Funding Date of any Loan or at the time of receipt of any
payment of principal on such Lender's Revolving Credit Note, an appropriate
notation on such Lender's Revolving Credit Note Record reflecting the
making of such Loan or (as the case may be) the receipt of such payment.
The outstanding amount of the Loans set forth on such Lender's Revolving
Credit Note Record shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of
the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to such Lender, but the
failure to record, or any error in so recording, any such amount on such
Lender's Revolving Credit Note Record shall not limit or otherwise affect
the obligations of the Borrowers hereunder or under any Revolving Credit
Note to make payments of principal of or interest on any Revolving Credit
Note when due.
2.4. TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF COMMITMENTS. The Borrowers may, upon
notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Commitments, or
from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitments; provided
that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not
later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) three (3) Business Days prior to the
date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be
in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof, and (iii) the Borrowers shall not terminate or reduce the
Aggregate Commitments prior to the Availability Termination Date if, after
giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the
Aggregate Note Principal Balance would exceed the Aggregate Commitments.
The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such
notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Commitments. Any
reduction of the Aggregate Commitments shall be applied to the Commitment
of each Lender according to its Commitment Percentage. All fees accrued
until the effective date of any termination or reduction of the Aggregate
Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination or
reduction.
2.5. REPAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF LOANS. (a) Subject to the provisions of
Section 13.1 hereof relating to the acceleration of the Revolving Credit
Notes and the other Obligations hereunder, the Borrowers shall pay to each
Lender on each Payment Date, as a principal payment on its Revolving Credit
Note in an amount equal to its pro rata share of (i) the Asset Base
Deficiency (if any) for such Payment Date and (ii) any amount required to
be repaid in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.2.1 hereof. The
unpaid principal balance of, and all accrued interest and other amounts
owing on, or with respect to, the Revolving Credit Notes shall be payable
in full on the earlier to occur of (x) the Availability Termination Date
and (y) the date on which the Revolving Credit Notes and the
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other Obligations have been declared due and payable in accordance with the
provisions of Section 13.1 hereof.
2.6. FUNDING BY LENDERS; PRESUMPTION BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to
the proposed Funding Date that such Lender will not make available to the
Administrative Agent such Lender's share of such requested Loan, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share
available on such date in accordance with Section 2.1, and may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers a corresponding
amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the
applicable requested Loan available to the Administrative Agent, then the
applicable Lender agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with
interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is
made available to the Borrowers to, but excluding, the date of payment to
the Administrative Agent, at, in the case of a payment to be made by such
Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Loan to the
Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such
Lender's portion of the requested Loan.
2.7. FAILURE TO SATISFY CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. If any Lender makes
available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such
Lender as provided in the provisions of this Credit Agreement, and such
funds are not made available to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent
because the conditions to the applicable Loan set forth in Sections 11 and
12 are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the
Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received
from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
2.8. OBLIGATIONS OF LENDERS SEVERAL. The obligations of the Lenders
hereunder to make Loans and to make payments pursuant to this Credit
Agreement are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any
Loan or to make any payment under this Credit Agreement on any date
required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding
obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for
the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan or to make its payment
under this Credit Agreement.
2.9. REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY. The credit facility evidenced by this
Credit Agreement is a revolving credit facility. Accordingly, the Borrowers
will, subject to compliance with the terms of this Credit Agreement, have
the right during the Revolving Credit Period to reborrow any amounts repaid
to the Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement.
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3. JOINT AND SEVERAL OBLIGATION.
3.1. JOINT AND SEVERAL OBLIGATION. Each of the Borrowers hereby agrees
that it is jointly and severally liable for all of the Obligations,
regardless of the actual allocation of the proceeds of the Loans among the
Borrowers. Each of the Borrowers accepts joint and several liability for
all Obligations hereunder in consideration of the financial accommodation
to be provided by the Lenders to each of the Borrowers under this Credit
Agreement, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each
Borrower and in consideration of the undertakings by each other Borrower to
accept joint and several liability for the Obligations.
Each Borrower jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally accepts, not merely as a surety but also as a co-debtor,
joint and several liability with each Borrower with respect to the payment
and performance of all of the Obligations, it being the intention of the
parties hereto that all of the Obligations shall be the joint and several
obligations of each of the Borrowers without preferences or distinction
among them.
If and to the extent that any Borrower shall fail to make any payment
with respect to any of the Obligations as and when due or to perform any of
the Obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, then in each such
event, the other Borrowers will make such payment with respect to, or
perform, such Obligations.
The obligations of each Borrower under the provisions of this Section
3.1 constitute full recourse obligations of such Borrower, enforceable
against it to the full extent of its properties and assets, irrespective of
the validity, regularity or enforceability of this Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document against any other Borrower or any other circumstances
whatsoever that under applicable law might constitute a defense to the
joint and several Obligations of such other Borrower.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each Borrower hereby
waives notice of acceptance of its joint and several liability, notice of
any and all Obligations incurred hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, or
of any demand for any payment hereunder or any other Loan Document, notice
of any action at any time taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender under or in respect of any of the Obligations, any requirement
of diligence and, generally, all demands, notices and other formalities of
every kind in connection with the Obligations, this Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document. Each Borrower hereby assents to, and waives notice of,
any extension or postponement of the time for the payment of any of the
Obligations, the acceptance of any partial payment thereon, any waiver,
consent or other action or acquiescence by the Administrative Agent or any
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Lender at any time or times in respect of any default by any Borrower in
the performance or satisfaction of any term, covenant, condition or
provision hereunder or under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document, any and all other indulgences whatsoever by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender in respect of any of the Obligations, and the taking,
addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, at any time or
times, of any security for any of the Obligations or the addition,
substitution or release, in whole or in part, of any Borrower. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Borrower assents to any
other action or delay in acting or failure to act on the part of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, including, without limitation, any
failure strictly or diligently to assert any right or to pursue any remedy
or to comply fully with applicable laws or regulations thereunder which
might, but for the provisions of this Section 3.1, afford grounds for
terminating, discharging or relieving such Borrower, in whole or in part,
from any of its obligations under this Section 3.1, it being the intention
of each Borrower that, so long as any of the Obligations remain
unsatisfied, the obligations of such Borrower shall not be discharged
except by performance and then only to the extent of such performance. The
Obligations of each Borrower shall not be diminished or rendered
unenforceable by any winding up, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation,
reconstruction or similar proceeding with respect to any other Borrower or
the other Lender. The joint and several liability of each Borrower
hereunder shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any
absorption, merger, amalgamation or any other change whatsoever in the
name, membership, constitution or place of formation of any other Borrower.
The provisions of this Section 3.1 are made for the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and each Lender and their successors and assigns, and
may be enforced by such party from time to time against any Borrower as
often as occasion therefore may arise and without requirement on the part
of the Administrative Agent or any Lender first to marshal any of its
claims or to exercise any of its rights against any other Borrower or to
exhaust any remedies available to it against any other Borrower or to
resort to any other source or means of obtaining payment of any of the
Obligations or to elect any other remedy. The provisions of this Section
3.1 shall remain in effect until all the Obligations shall have been paid
in full or otherwise fully satisfied. If at any time, any payment, or any
part thereof, made in respect of any of the Obligations, is rescinded or
must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower,
or otherwise, the provisions of this Section 3.1 will forthwith be
reinstated in effect, as though such payment had not been made.
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4. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL LOANS.
4.1. INTEREST ON LOANS.
4.1.1. INTEREST RATES. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section
5.10, the Loans shall bear interest during each Interest Period relating to
all or any portion of the Loans at the following rates:
(i) To the extent that all or any portion of a Loan bears
interest during such Interest Period at the Base Rate, such Loan or
such portion shall bear interest during such Interest Period at the
rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the Applicable Margin and (ii)
the Base Rate in effect from time to time.
(ii) To the extent that all or any portion of a Loan bears
interest during such Interest Period based on the LIBOR Rate, such
Loan or such portion shall bear interest during such Interest Period
at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the LIBOR Rate and (ii)
the Applicable Margin.
The Borrowers promise to pay interest on the Loans or any portion thereof
outstanding during each Interest Period in arrears on each Payment Date.
(b) In no event shall the interest charged with respect to a Loan
exceed the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. If at any time the
interest rate charged with respect to a Loan exceeds the maximum rate
permitted by applicable law, the rate of interest to accrue pursuant to
such Loan shall be limited to the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.
4.1.2. AMOUNTS. Any portion of the Loans bearing interest based on the
LIBOR Rate relating to any Interest Period shall be in the amount of
$500,000 or an integral multiple thereof. No Interest Period relating to a
Loan or any portion thereof bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate shall extend
beyond August 1, 2008.
4.2. MANDATORY REPAYMENTS OF THE LOANS.
4.2.1. REPAYMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSET BASE DEFICIENCY. On
each Payment Date, the Borrowers shall, repay the Loans to the extent of
the then existing Asset Base Deficiency, if any. Any such repayment
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.2.1 shall not be subject to
the provisions of Section 4.3 hereof.
4.2.2. APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS. All payments made pursuant to Section
4.2.1 or Section 4.3, shall be applied pro rata among the Loans.
4.3. OPTIONAL PREPAYMENT OF LOANS. The Borrowers shall have the right
at any time to prepay one or more of the Loans on or before the
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Termination Date, as a whole, or in part, upon delivery of written notice
to the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time)
on the Business Day prior to such prepayment, without premium or penalty,
provided that (a) each partial prepayment shall be in the principal amount
of $1,000,000 or multiples of $500,000 in excess thereof and (b) in the
event that any LIBOR Rate Loan is prepaid at any time other than the end of
an Interest Period applicable thereto (a "Breakage Prepayment"), the
Borrowers shall pay, upon demand, to each Lender an amount equal to such
Lender's Breakage Cost. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each
Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such
Lender's Commitment Percentage of such prepayment. Any prepayment of
principal of a Loan shall include all interest accrued to the date of
prepayment. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the
Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages.
4.4. PAYMENTS BY BORROWER; PRESUMPTIONS BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the
Borrowers prior to the date on which any payment is due to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the
Borrowers will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume
that the Borrowers have made such payment on such date in accordance
herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the
Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrowers have not in fact
made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to
the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to
such Lender, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each
day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater
of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent
in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A
notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrowers with
respect to any amount owing under this Section 4.4 shall be conclusive,
absent manifest error.
4.5. SHARING OF PAYMENTS BY LENDERS. If any Lender shall, by
exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment
in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Loans made by it
resulting in such Lender's receiving payment of a proportion of the
aggregate amount of such Loans or and accrued interest thereon greater than
its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving
such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such
fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans
of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable,
so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders
ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued
interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them, provided
that:
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(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of
the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be
rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery,
without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to
(x) any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with
the express terms of this Credit Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a
Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in
any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the
Borrowers or any of their Affiliates (as to which the provisions of this
Section shall apply).
The Borrowers consent to the foregoing and agree, to the extent they
may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a
participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against
the Borrowers rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the
Borrowers in the amount of such participation.
4.6. FUNDING SOURCE. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any
Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner
or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or
will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
5. CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS.
5.1. FEES.
5.1.1. COMMITMENT FEE. The Borrowers agree to pay on each Payment Date
during the Revolving Credit Period to the Administrative Agent for the
accounts of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment
Percentages a commitment fee (the "Commitment Fee") calculated at the rate
of three-eighths of one percent (0.375%) per annum on the average daily
amount during the related Collection Period by which (a) prior to the
occurrence of the Syndication Event, the Pre-Syndication Aggregate
Commitment in respect of the Loan exceeds the Aggregate Note Principal
Balance, and (b) from and after the occurrence of the Syndication Event,
the Aggregate Commitment in respect of the Loan exceeds the Aggregate Note
Principal Balance. The Commitment Fee shall be payable in arrears on each
Payment Date for the immediately preceding Collection Period commencing on
the first such date following the date hereof, with a final payment on the
expiration or termination of the Revolving Credit Period.
5.1.2. OTHER FEES. The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent
for its own account fees in the amount and at the times specified in the
Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be
refundable for any reason whatsoever. The Borrowers shall also pay to the
Lenders such fees as shall
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have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times
so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be
refundable for any reason whatsoever.
5.2. FUNDS FOR PAYMENTS.
5.2.1. PAYMENTS TO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. All payments of principal,
interest, Fees and any other amounts due hereunder or under any of the
other Loan Documents shall be made on the due date thereof to the
Administrative Agent in Dollars, for the accounts of the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent, at the Administrative Agent's Office or at such other
place that the Administrative Agent may from time to time designate, in
each case at or about 11:00 a.m. (New York time or other local time at the
place of payment) and in immediately available funds.
5.2.2. NO OFFSET, ETC.
(a) Subject to Section 5.2.3, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder
and under any of the other Loan Documents shall be made without recoupment,
setoff or counterclaim and free and clear of and without deduction for any
taxes (including interest, penalties and additions to tax), levies,
imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions, withholdings, compulsory loans,
restrictions or conditions of any nature now or hereafter imposed or levied
by any jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or taxing or other
authority therein unless the Borrowers are compelled by law to make such
deduction or withholding. If any Non-Excluded Taxes are imposed upon the
Borrowers with respect to any amount payable by it hereunder or under any
of the other Loan Documents, the Borrowers will pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the Lenders or (as the case may be) the
Administrative Agent, on the date on which such amount is due and payable
hereunder or under such other Loan Document, such additional amount in
Dollars as shall be necessary to enable the Lenders or the Administrative
Agent to receive the same net amount which the Lenders or the
Administrative Agent would have received on such due date had no such
Non-Excluded Taxes been imposed upon the Borrowers. The Borrowers will
deliver promptly to the Administrative Agent certificates or other valid
vouchers for all taxes or other charges deducted from or paid with respect
to payments made by the Borrowers under such other Loan Document.
(b) In addition, the Borrowers agree to pay to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law any current or
future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes,
charges or similar levies (including, without limitation, mortgage
recording taxes, transfer taxes and similar fees) imposed by the United
States or any taxing authority thereof or therein that arise from any
payment made hereunder ("Other Taxes").
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(c) Subject to Section 5.2.3, the Borrowers agree to indemnify the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent for the full amount of Non-Excluded
Taxes (including additional amounts with respect thereto) and Other Taxes,
and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, provided that the Lenders or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall have provided the Borrowers
with evidence, reasonably satisfactory to the Borrowers, of payment of
Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes, as the case may be.
(d) Any Lender or the Administrative Agent that becomes entitled to
the payment of additional amounts pursuant to Section 5.2.2(a) or
indemnification pursuant to Section 5.2.2(c) shall use reasonable efforts
(consistent with applicable law) to file any document reasonably requested
by the relevant Borrower or, if a Lender, to change the jurisdiction of its
applicable lending office if the making of such a filing or change of
office, as the case may be, would avoid the need for or reduce the amount
of any payment of such additional amounts that may thereafter accrue and
would not, in the good faith determination of such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as applicable, be disadvantageous to it.
(e) If a Lender or the Administrative Agent receives any refund with
respect to taxes for which the Borrowers have paid any additional amounts
pursuant to Section 5.2.2(a)U, then such Lender or the Administrative
Agent, as applicable, shall promptly pay to the Borrowers the portion of
the sum of such refund and any interest received with respect thereto as it
determines, in its reasonable, good faith judgment, will leave it, after
such payment, in no better or worse financial position than it would have
been absent the imposition of such taxes and the payment of such additional
amounts pursuant to Section 5.2.2(a)U; provided, however, that (i) the
Borrowers agree to promptly return any amount paid to the Borrowers
pursuant to this Section 5.2.2(d)U upon notice from such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as applicable, that such refund or any portion
thereof is required to be repaid to the relevant taxing authority, (ii)
nothing in this Section 5.2.2(e) shall require a Lender to disclose any
confidential information to the Borrowers (including, without limitation,
its tax returns), and (iii) no Lender shall be required to pay any amounts
pursuant to this Section 5.2.2(e) at any time which a Default or Event of
Default exists (provided, that, upon the waiver or cure of any such Default
or Event of Default, all such amounts that would otherwise be required to
be paid pursuant to this Section 5.2.2(e) but for the effect of this clause
(iii) shall be promptly so paid).
(f) If the Borrowers determine in good faith that a reasonable basis
exists for contesting any Non-Excluded Taxes for which additional amounts
have been paid pursuant to Section 5.2.2(a), the relevant Lender or
Administrative Agent (to the extent such Person reasonably determines in
good faith that it will not suffer any adverse effect as a result thereof)
shall cooperate with the Borrowers in challenging such Non-Excluded Taxes,
at the Borrowers' expense, if so requested by the Borrowers in writing.
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5.2.3. NON-U.S. LENDERS. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent that
is not a U.S. Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code for U.S.
federal income tax purposes (a "Non-U.S. Lender") hereby agrees that it
shall, prior to the date of the first payment by the Borrowers hereunder to
be made to such Lender or the Administrative Agent or for such Lender's or
the Administrative Agent's account (and thereafter when required to the
extent it is legally entitled to do so), deliver to the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent, as applicable, such certificates, documents or other
evidence, as and when required by the Code, including (a) two (2) duly
completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI and
any other certificate or statement of exemption required by the Code, or
any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed
and duly executed by such Lender or the Administrative Agent establishing
that with respect to payments of principal, interest or fees hereunder it
is (i) not subject to United States federal withholding tax under the Code
because such payment is effectively connected with the conduct by such
Lender or Administrative Agent of a trade or business in the United States
or (ii) totally exempt from United States federal withholding tax under a
provision of an applicable tax treaty or (b) in the case of a Non-U.S.
Lender that is not legally entitled to deliver the forms specified in
clause (a) and that is not a "bank" for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of
the Code, a certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and to the effect that (i) such
Non-U.S. Lender is not a "bank" for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the
Code, is not subject to regulatory or other legal requirements as a bank in
any jurisdiction, and has not been treated as a bank for purposes of any
tax, securities law or other filing or submission made to any governmental
authority, any application made to a rating agency or qualification for any
exemption from any tax, securities law or other legal requirements, (ii) is
not a ten (10) percent shareholder for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of
the Code and (iii) is not a controlled foreign corporation receiving
interest from a related person for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the
Code, together with a properly completed Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8BEN; provided, that an Administrative Agent that delivers the forms and
certificate provided in clause (b) above must also deliver to the Borrowers
two accurate, complete and signed copies of either Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, or, in each case, an applicable successor form,
establishing a complete exemption from withholding of U.S. federal income
tax imposed on the payment of any fees to such Administrative Agent. Each
Lender agrees that it shall, promptly upon a change of its lending office
or the selection of any additional lending office, to the extent the forms
previously delivered by it pursuant to this section are no longer
effective, and promptly upon the Borrower's or the Administrative Agent's
reasonable request after the occurrence of any other event (including the
passage of time) requiring the delivery of a Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI in
addition to or in replacement of the forms previously delivered, deliver to
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the
extent it is properly entitled to do so, a properly completed and executed
Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, as applicable (or any successor forms thereto).
For any
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period with respect to which such Lender or Administrative Agent has failed
to provide the Borrowers with the appropriate, complete and accurate form
or other relevant document pursuant to this Section 5.2.3 establishing a
complete exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax (unless such failure
is due to a change in treaty, law, or regulation occurring subsequent to
the date on which a form originally was required to be provided), such
Lender or Administrative Agent shall not be entitled to any "gross-up" of
Taxes or indemnification under Section 5.2.2 with respect to Non-Excluded
Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by the United States; provided, however, that
should such a Lender or Administrative Agent, which is otherwise exempt
from a withholding tax, become subject to Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes
because of its failure to deliver a form required hereunder, the Borrowers
shall take such steps as such Lender or Administrative Agent shall
reasonably request, at such Lender's or Administrative Agent's expense, to
assist such Lender or Administrative Agent to recover such Non-Excluded
Taxes or Other Taxes.
5.3. COMPUTATIONS. All computations of interest on the Loans and of
Fees shall be based on a 360-day year (or 365-day year with respect to
interest calculations on Base Rate Loans) and paid for the actual number of
days elapsed. Except as otherwise provided in the definition of the term
"Interest Period" with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, whenever a payment
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents becomes due on a day
that is not a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall accrue during such
extension. The outstanding amount of any Revolving Credit Note as reflected
on its Record from time to time shall, absent manifest error, be considered
correct and binding on the Borrowers unless within five (5) Business Days
after receipt of any notice by the Administrative Agent or any of the
Lenders of such outstanding amount, the Administrative Agent or such Lender
shall notify the Borrowers to the contrary.
5.4. INABILITY TO DETERMINE LIBOR RATE. In the event, prior to the
commencement of any Interest Period relating to any LIBOR Rate Loan, any
Lender shall determine that (a) adequate and reasonable methods do not
exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate that would otherwise determine the
rate of interest to be applicable to any LIBOR Rate Loan during any
Interest Period or (b) the LIBOR Rate determined or to be determined for
such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to
such Lender of making or maintaining their LIBOR Rate Loans during such
period, such Lender shall forthwith give notice of such determination
(which shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower) to the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent. In such event (i) any Loan Request with respect
to LIBOR Rate Loans shall be automatically withdrawn and shall be deemed a
request for Base Rate Loans, (ii) each LIBOR Rate Loan will automatically,
on the last day of the then current Interest Period relating thereto,
become a Base Rate Loan, and (iii) the obligations of the Lenders to make
LIBOR Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent
determines that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer
exist,
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whereupon the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrowers and the
Lenders and each Base Rate Loan shall automatically convert to a LIBOR Rate
Loan on the last day of the then current Interest Period.
5.5. ILLEGALITY. Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any
present or future law, regulation, treaty or directive or the
interpretation or application thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender
to make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans, such Lender shall forthwith give
notice of such circumstances to the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and
the other Lenders and thereupon (a) the commitment of such Lender to make
LIBOR Rate Loans shall forthwith be suspended until such time as the
condition giving rise to such illegality no longer exists and (b) such
Lender's Loans then outstanding as LIBOR Rate Loans, if any, shall be
converted automatically to Base Rate Loans on the last day of each Interest
Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loans or within such earlier period as
may be required by law. The Borrowers hereby agrees promptly to pay the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, upon demand by such
Lender, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for any
costs incurred by such Lender in making any conversion in accordance with
this Section 5.5, including any interest or fees payable by such Lender to
lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain its LIBOR Rate
Loans hereunder. If the Administrative Agent determines that the condition
giving rise to such illegality no longer exists, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the Lender, and each Base Rate Loan
shall automatically convert to a Libor Rate Loan on the last day of the
current Interest Period.
5.6. ADDITIONAL COSTS, ETC. If any present or future applicable law,
which expression, as used herein, includes statutes, rules and regulations
thereunder and interpretations thereof by any competent court or by any
governmental or other regulatory body or official charged with the
administration or the interpretation thereof and requests, directives,
instructions and notices at any time or from time to time hereafter made
upon or otherwise issued to any Lender or the Administrative Agent by any
central bank or other fiscal, monetary or other authority (whether or not
having the force of law), shall:
(a) impose or increase or render applicable (other than to the extent
specifically provided for elsewhere in this Credit Agreement) any special
deposit, reserve, assessment, liquidity, capital adequacy or other similar
requirements (whether or not having the force of law) against assets held
by, or deposits in or for the account of, or loans by, or letters of credit
issued by, or commitments of an office of any Lender, or
(b) impose on any Lender or the Administrative Agent any other
conditions or requirements with respect to this Credit Agreement, the other
Loan Documents, the Loans, such Lender's Commitment or any class of loans
or
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commitments of which any of the Loans form a part, and the result of any of
the foregoing is
(i) to increase the cost to any Lender of making, funding,
issuing, renewing, extending or maintaining any of the Loans, or
(ii) to reduce the amount of principal, interest, or other amount
payable such Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder on account
of such Lender's Commitment or any of the Loans, or
(iii) to require such Lender or the Administrative Agent to make
any payment or to forego any interest or other sum payable hereunder,
the amount of which payment or foregone interest or other sum is
calculated by reference to the gross amount of any sum receivable or
deemed received by such Lender or the Administrative Agent from the
Borrowers hereunder,
then, and in each such case, the Borrowers will, upon demand made by such
Lender or (as the case may be) the Administrative Agent at any time and
from time to time and as often as the occasion therefor may arise, pay to
such Lender or the Administrative Agent such additional amounts as will be
sufficient to compensate such Lender or the Administrative Agent for such
additional cost, reduction, payment or foregone interest or other sum
(other than taxes which shall be treated exclusively pursuant to Section
5.2.2).
The failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation
for any increased costs shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender's
right to demand such compensation; provided, that no Borrower shall be
under any obligation to compensate any Lender under this Section 5.6 for
any increased costs with respect to any period prior to the date that is
120 days prior to such request if such Lender knew of the circumstances
giving rise to such increased costs and of the fact that such circumstances
would result in a claim for increased compensation by reason of such
increased costs.
5.7. CAPITAL ADEQUACY. If after the date hereof any Lender or the
Administrative Agent determines that (a) the adoption of or change in any
law, governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) regarding capital requirements for banks or
bank holding companies or any change in the interpretation or application
thereof by a Governmental Authority with appropriate jurisdiction, or (b)
compliance by such Lender or the Administrative Agent or any corporation
controlling such Lender or the Administrative Agent with any law,
governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) of any such entity regarding capital adequacy,
has the effect of reducing the return on such Lender's or the
Administrative Agent's commitment with respect to any Loans to a level
below that which such Lender or the Administrative Agent could have
achieved
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but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such
Lender's or the Administrative Agent's then existing policies with respect
to capital adequacy and assuming full utilization of such entity's capital)
by any amount deemed by such Lender or (as the case may be) the
Administrative Agent to be material, then such Lender or the Administrative
Agent may notify the Borrowers of such fact. To the extent that the amount
of such reduction in the return on capital is not reflected in the Base
Rate or LIBOR Rate, the Borrowers agree to pay such Lender or (as the case
may be) the Administrative Agent for the amount of such reduction in the
return on capital as and when such reduction is determined upon
presentation by such Lender or (as the case may be) the Administrative
Agent of a certificate in accordance with Section 5.8 hereof. Such Lender
or (as the case may be) the Administrative Agent shall allocate such cost
increases among its customers in good faith and on an equitable basis.
The failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation
for any reduction in amounts received or receivable or reduction in return
on capital shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender's right to demand
such compensation; provided, that no Borrower shall be under any obligation
to compensate any Lender under this Section 5.7 for any reductions with
respect to any period prior to the date that is 120 days prior to such
request if such Lender knew of the circumstances giving rise to such
reductions and of the fact that such circumstances would result in a claim
for increased compensation by reason of such reductions.
5.8. CERTIFICATE. A certificate setting forth any additional amounts
payable pursuant to Sections 5.6 or 5.7 and a brief explanation of such
amounts which are due, submitted by any Lender or the Administrative Agent
to the Borrowers, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, that such
amounts are due and owing.
5.9. INDEMNITY. The Borrowers agree to indemnify each Lender and to
hold each Lender harmless from and against any loss, cost or expense
(including loss of anticipated profits) that such Lender may sustain or
incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Borrowers in payment of the
principal amount of or any interest on any LIBOR Rate Loans as and when due
and payable, including any such loss or expense arising from interest or
fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to
maintain its LIBOR Rate Loans, (b) default by the Borrowers in making a
borrowing after the Borrower has given (or is deemed to have given) a Loan
Request relating thereto in accordance with Section 2.2, or (c) the making
of any payment of a LIBOR Rate Loan that is not the last day of the
applicable Interest Period with respect thereto, including interest or fees
payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to
maintain any such Loans.
5.10. INTEREST AFTER DEFAULT. Overdue principal and (to the extent
permitted by applicable law) overdue interest on the Loans and all other
overdue
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amounts payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall
bear interest compounded monthly and payable on demand at a rate per annum
equal to two percent (2%) above the then applicable rate of interest under
this Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents until such amount shall
be paid in full (after as well as before judgment).
6. COLLATERAL SECURITY.
6.1. SECURITY OF BORROWERS. Subject to the Security Documents, the
Obligations are and shall continue to be secured by a perfected first
priority security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens entitled to
priority under applicable law) in the Collateral specified in the Security
Documents, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, pursuant to the terms
of the Security Documents to which the Borrowers are a party.
7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Credit Agreement and
to make the Loans as provided for herein, each Borrower makes, on a joint
and several basis, the following representations, warranties and agreements
with the Administrative Agent and Lenders, all of which shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Credit Agreement and the making of the Loans
(with the occurrence of the Restatement Effective Date and each Funding
Date on or after the Restatement Effective Date being deemed to constitute
a representation and warranty that the matters specified in this Section 7
are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Restatement
Effective Date and on and as of such Funding Date unless stated to relate
to a specific earlier date in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such
earlier date):
7.1. COMPANY STATUS. Each Borrower and each of their respective
Restricted Subsidiaries (i) is a duly organized and validly existing
Company in good standing (or its equivalent) under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization except where the failure to be so duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing, either individually or in
the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (ii) has the Company power and authority to own its property and
assets and to transact the business in which it is presently engaged,
except where the failure to have such power and authority, either
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) is duly qualified and is authorized to
do business and is in good standing (or its equivalent) in all
jurisdictions where it is required to be so qualified (or its equivalent)
and where the failure to be so qualified, either individually or in the
aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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7.2. COMPANY POWER AND AUTHORITY. Each Borrower has the Company power
and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of
the Loan Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary
Company action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party. Each Borrower has duly executed and
delivered each Loan Document to which it is a party and each such Loan
Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Borrower enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent
that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws generally affecting
creditors' rights and by equitable principles (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in equity or at law).
7.3. NO VIOLATION. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by
any Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, nor compliance
by such Borrower with the terms and provisions thereof, nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein, (i) will
contravene any material provision of any applicable law, statute, rule or
regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or
governmental instrumentality, (ii) will conflict or be inconsistent with or
result in any breach of, any of the terms, covenants, conditions or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, or (other than pursuant to
the Security Documents) result in the creation or imposition of (or the
obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets
of such Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the
terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, credit
agreement or any other agreement, contract or instrument to which such
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or
any of its material property or assets are bound or to which it may be
subject, or (iii) will violate any provision of the certificate of
incorporation, by-laws, certificate of partnership, partnership agreement,
certificate of limited liability company, limited liability company
agreement or equivalent organizational document, as the case may be, of
such Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
7.4. LITIGATION. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or
investigations pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in
writing (i) with respect to any Loan Document or (ii) with respect to any
other matter, as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse
determination and that, if adversely determined, either individually or in
the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
7.5. MARGIN REGULATIONS. No part of any Loan (or the proceeds thereof)
will be used to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit for
the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. Neither the making
of any Loan nor the use of the proceeds thereof nor the occurrence of any
other Loan will violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of
Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X.
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7.6. GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS. Except as may have been obtained or made
on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date (and which remain in full
force and effect on the Restatement Effective Date), no order, consent,
approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or
registration with, or exemption by, any domestic or foreign governmental or
public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to
authorize, in respect of a Borrower, or is required to be obtained by a
Borrower in connection with (i) the execution, delivery and performance by
a Borrower of any Loan Document or (ii) the legality, validity, binding
effect or enforceability of any Loan Document with respect to a Borrower,
in each case, except for (A) the filing of any Security Documents and (B)
such the failure of which to make or obtain, individually or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
7.7. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT. None of the Borrower nor any of their
respective Restricted 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.
7.8. PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT. None of the Borrower nor any
of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries is a "holding company" or a
"subsidiary company" of a "holding company," or an "affiliate" of a
"holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company,"
within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended.
7.9. TRUE AND COMPLETE DISCLOSURE. All factual information (taken as a
whole) furnished by or on behalf of the Borrowers or any of their
respective Restricted Subsidiaries in writing to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender (including, without limitation, all information contained in
the Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Credit
Agreement is, and all other such factual information (taken as a whole)
hereafter furnished by, or on behalf of, the Borrowers or any of their
respective Restricted Subsidiaries in writing to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender in connection with this Credit Agreement will be, true and
accurate in all material respects on the date as of which such information
is dated or certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any material
fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole) not misleading
in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under
which such information was provided; provided, however, that to the extent
that any such information was based upon or constitutes a forecast or
projection, each Borrower represents only that it acted in good faith and
utilized assumptions believed by the management of such Borrower to be
reasonable at the time made in the preparation of such information (it
being understood by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that any
financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as
fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered thereby
may differ from the projected results set forth therein).
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7.10. FINANCIAL CONDITION; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. (a) On and as of the
Restatement Effective Date, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to all
Indebtedness (including the Loans) incurred, and to be incurred, and Liens
created, and to be created, by each Borrower in connection therewith, with
respect the Borrowers and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (on a
consolidated basis) (x) the sum of the assets, at a fair valuation, of the
Borrowers and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated
basis) will exceed its or their debts, (y) they have not incurred nor
intended to, nor believe that they will, incur debts beyond their ability
to pay such debts as such debts mature and (z) they will not have
unreasonably small capital with which to conduct their business in the
manner such business is now conducted. For purposes of this Section
7.10(a), "debt" means any liability on a claim, and "claim" means (i) right
to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated,
unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed,
legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (ii) right to an equitable remedy
for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a payment, whether
or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed,
contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.
The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the
amount that, in the light of all facts and circumstances existing at such
time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an
actual or matured liability.
(b) The consolidated balance sheets of TAL Group and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and their fiscal quarter ended March
31, 2005 and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows
and changes in shareholders' equity of TAL Group for the two months and
fiscal quarter ended on such dates, in each case furnished to the
Administrative Agent and Lenders prior to the Restatement Effective Date,
present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position
of TAL Group and their Restricted Subsidiaries at the date of said balance
sheets and the consolidated results of their operations for the respective
periods covered thereby. All of the foregoing financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except, in the
case of the aforementioned quarterly financial statements, for normal
year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes).
(c) Since March 31, 2005, there has been no change in the business,
financial condition or operations of the Borrowers taken as a whole (other
than the incurrence of Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and the Master
Indenture Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby) that would reasonably be expected to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
7.11. SECURITY INTERESTS. On and after the Restatement Effective Date,
each of the Security Documents creates as security in the United States for
the Obligations covered thereby, a valid and enforceable security interest
in and Lien on all of the Collateral subject thereto, without prejudice to
any statutory priority
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rights, superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons, and
subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens. The Borrowers have filed
or caused to be filed all UCC financing statements in the appropriate
offices therefor (or has authenticated and delivered to the Administrative
Agent UCC financing statements suitable for filing in such offices) and has
taken all of the actions necessary in the United States to create perfected
security interests in the Collateral which the Security Documents require
the Borrowers to create perfected security interests.
7.12. COMPLIANCE WITH ERISA. Each of the Borrowers and each of their
respective ERISA Affiliates is in compliance in all material respects with
the applicable provisions of ERISA and the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably
expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA
Events, could reasonably be expected to result in any liability of any
Borrower or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in excess of
$20,000,000. The present value of all benefit liabilities under each Plan
(based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the last annual valuation date
applicable thereto, exceed by more than $15,000,000 the fair market value
of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all benefit
liabilities of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for
purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as
of the last annual valuation date applicable thereto, exceed by more than
$20,000,000 the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded
Plans.
7.13. SUBSIDIARIES. On and as of the Restatement Effective Date, the
Borrowers have no Subsidiaries other than those Subsidiaries listed on
Schedule 7.13. Schedule 7.13 sets forth, as of the Restatement Effective
Date, (i) the percentage ownership (direct and indirect) of each Borrower
in each class of Capital Stock of each of its Subsidiaries and also
identifies the direct owner thereof and (ii) the jurisdiction of
organization of each such Subsidiary. All outstanding shares of Capital
Stock of each Subsidiary of each Borrower have been duly and validly
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent applicable in the
jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary). As of the Restatement
Effective Date, no Subsidiary of any Borrower has outstanding any
securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Capital Stock or
outstanding any right to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options or
warrants for the purchase of, or any agreement providing for the issuance
(contingent or otherwise) of or any calls, commitments or claims of any
character relating to, its Capital Stock or any stock appreciation or
similar rights. Except for the existing investments described on Schedule
7.13, as of the Restatement Effective Date, none of the Borrowers nor any
of their Subsidiaries owns or holds, directly or indirectly, any Capital
Stock of any Person other than its Subsidiaries indicated on Schedule 7.13.
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7.14. COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTES; AGREEMENTS, ETC. Each Borrower and
each of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance with (i)
all applicable statutes, regulations, rules and orders of, and all
applicable restrictions imposed by, all governmental bodies, domestic or
foreign, in respect of the conduct of its business (including the
origination of Leases) and the ownership of its property (excluding
applicable statutes, regulations, orders and restrictions relating to
environmental standards and controls, which matters are covered under
Section 7.15) and (ii) all contracts and agreements to which it is a party,
except, in each case, such non-compliances as would not reasonably be
expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
7.15. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. Except as would not reasonably be
expected to result in, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect: (i) each of the Borrower and their respective Restricted
Subsidiaries has complied with all applicable Environmental Laws and the
requirements of any permits issued under such Environmental Laws and none
of the Borrowers nor any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries is
liable for any penalties, fines or forfeitures for failure to comply with
any of the foregoing; (ii) there are no pending Environmental Claims or, to
the knowledge of any Senior Designated Officer of the Borrower,
Environmental Claims threatened in writing against any Borrower or any of
their Restricted Subsidiaries or any property (real or personal) owned,
leased or operated by any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries
(including, to the knowledge of any Senior Designated Officer of any
Borrower, any such claim arising out of the ownership, lease or operation
by any Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any property (real
or personal) formerly owned, leased or operated by any Borrower or any of
their Restricted Subsidiaries but no longer owned, leased or operated by
such Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); and (iii) to the
knowledge of any Senior Designated Officer of the Borrower, there are no
facts, circumstances, conditions or occurrences on or arising from any
property (real or personal) owned, leased or operated by any Borrower or
any of their Restricted Subsidiaries (including any property (real or
personal) formerly owned, leased or operated by any Borrower or any of
their Restricted Subsidiaries but no longer owned, leased or operated by
such Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or relating to the
past or present operations of any Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an
Environmental Claim against such Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or any such property (real or personal).
7.16. LABOR RELATIONS. As of the Restatement Effective Date, there are
no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against any Borrower or any of their
respective Restricted Subsidiaries pending, or to the knowledge of the
Borrowers, threatened. The hours worked by and payments made to employees
of the Borrowers and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries have not been
in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or and other applicable
federal, state or local law dealing with such matters, except for such
violations that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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7.17. TAX RETURNS AND PAYMENTS. Each of the Borrowers and each of
their respective Restricted Subsidiaries has timely filed (including
applicable extensions) with the appropriate taxing authority, all federal
and other material returns, statements, forms and reports for taxes (the
"Returns") required to be filed by or with respect to the income,
properties or operations of the Borrower and each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries. The Returns accurately reflect in all material respects all
liability for taxes of the Borrowers and each of their Restricted
Subsidiaries as a whole for the periods covered thereby. The Borrowers and
each of their Restricted Subsidiaries have paid all material taxes payable
by them other than those contested in good faith and for which adequate
reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.
7.18. SCHEDULED EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS. Schedule 7.18 sets forth all
material Indebtedness of the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries as
of the Restatement Effective Date and the incurrence of Loans on such date
(exclusive of Indebtedness pursuant to this Credit Agreement, the other
Loan Documents and the Master Indenture Documents), in each case showing
the aggregate principal amount thereof (and the aggregate amount of any
undrawn commitments with respect thereto) and the name of the respective
borrower and any other entity which directly or indirectly guarantees such
debt.
7.19. INSURANCE. Schedule 7.19 sets forth a summary of all insurance
maintained by the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries on and as of
the Restatement Effective Date, with the amounts insured (and any
deductibles) set forth therein.
7.20. FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL REGULATIONS, ETC. None of the requesting
or borrowing of any Loan or the use of the proceeds of such will violate
the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq., as amended)
(the "Trading With the Enemy Act") or any of the foreign assets control
regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B,
Chapter V, as amended) (the "Foreign Assets Control Regulations") or any
enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto (which for the
avoidance of doubt shall include, but shall not be limited to (a) Executive
Order 13224 of September 21, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support
Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (2001)) (the "Executive Order") and (b) the
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56)).
Furthermore, none of the Borrowers or their Affiliates (a) is or will
become a "blocked person" as described in the Executive Order, the Trading
With the Enemy Act or the Foreign Assets Control Regulations or (b) engages
or will engage in any dealings or transactions, or be otherwise associated,
with any such "blocked person".
7.21. CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY. The credit and collection policy
used by the Borrowers as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date (which
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policy also addressed the criteria under which a lessee is allowed to
self-insure for property and liability risks) is attached as Exhibit G
hereto (the "Credit and Collection Policy").
7.22. FORM OF LEASE AGREEMENT. The standard form(s) of Lease Agreement
used by the Borrowers in the ordinary course of their business as in effect
on the Restatement Effective Date is attached as Exhibit H hereto.
8. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.
Each Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that as of the Restatement
Effective Date and thereafter for so long as this Credit Agreement is in
effect and until the Revolving Credit Period has been terminated, and the
Loans and Notes, together with interest, Fees and all other Obligations
incurred hereunder, are paid in full:
8.1. INFORMATION COVENANTS. Each Borrower will furnish, or will cause
to be furnished, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to each
Lender:
(a) Quarterly Financial Statements. Within 60 days after the close of
the first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal year of TAL Group, the
consolidated balance sheet of TAL Group and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
as at the end of such fiscal quarter, the related consolidated statements
of income for such fiscal quarter and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal
year ended with the last day of such fiscal quarter and the related
consolidated statements of shareholder's equity and cash flows for the
elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such fiscal
quarter, all of which shall be certified by the chief financial officer or
other Authorized Officer of TAL Group that they fairly present in all
material respects in accordance with GAAP the consolidated financial
condition of TAL Group and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates
indicated and the consolidated results of their operations and/or changes
in their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(b) Annual Financial Statements. Within 120 days after the close of
each fiscal year of TAL Group, the consolidated balance sheet of TAL Group
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the
related consolidated statements of income and shareholder's equity and
statement of cash flows for such fiscal year and, with respect to each
fiscal year commencing after the completion of the first full fiscal year
following the Restatement Effective Date, setting forth comparative
consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year (or, if shorter since
inception), together with a certification by an Independent Accountant
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in each case to the
effect that such statements fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial condition of TAL Group and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their
consolidated operations and changes in
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financial position for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP
applied on a basis consistent with prior years except as disclosed therein
(which report shall be without a "going concern" or like qualification or
exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of
such audit); provided, however, that any such "going concern" qualification
that is specifically related to the status of the loans evidenced by this
Credit Agreement shall not cause a breach under the provisions of this
clause (b).
(c) Business Plan. On or prior to March 31 of each fiscal year
commencing after the Restatement Effective Date, a consolidated business
plan for the Borrowers (or updates to the existing business plans of such
entities) for such fiscal year.
(d) Officer's Certificates. At the time of the delivery of the
financial statements provided for in Sections 8.1(a) and (b), a certificate
of the chief financial officer or other Authorized Officer of the Borrower
to the effect that no Default or Event of Default exists or, if any Default
or Event of Default does exist, specifying the nature and extent thereof,
and which certificate shall set forth in reasonable detail the calculations
required to establish whether the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
were in compliance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof as at the end
of such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as the case may be.
(e) Notice of Default, Litigation or Early Amortization Event.
Promptly, and in any event within five Business Days after any Senior
Designated Officer of any Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
thereof obtains knowledge thereof, notice of (i) the occurrence of any
event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, which notice
shall specify the nature and period of existence thereof and what action
the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary proposes to take with respect
thereto, (ii) any litigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of
Senior Designated Officer of any Borrower, threatened in writing against
any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which, either
individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect, (iii) the occurrence of an Early Amortization
Event or a default or an event of default under the Master Indenture
Documents or (iv) any governmental investigation pending or, to the
knowledge of Senior Designated Officer of any Borrower, threatened in
writing against any Borrower or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries which,
either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Management Letters. At the request of the Administrative Agent, a
copy of any "management letter" submitted to the Borrowers or any of their
Restricted Subsidiaries by its independent accountants in connection with
any annual, interim or special audit made by them of the financial
statements of a Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and
management's responses thereto.
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(g) Container Performance Reports and Pledged Container and Pledged
Chassis Lists. (x) On each Determination Date with respect to the reports
set forth in clauses (i) and (ii), or within 45 days after the end of each
Collection Period with respect to all other reports, each of the following:
(i) Manager Reports, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, (ii)
Asset Base Reports, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, (iii) an
Equipment Report, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, setting
forth the number and type of containers then owned by the Borrowers, their
aggregate Net Book Value and their aggregate Original Equipment Cost, and
(iv) an updated and complete listing of all Pledged Containers and Pledged
Chassis as of the last day of the preceding Collection Period; and (y) on
the date of the establishment of the Trust, an updated version of Schedule
I to the Security Agreement (in electronic or paper format) containing an
updated and complete listing of all Pledged Containers and Pledged Chassis
as of such date.
(h) Reports. Within 5 Business Days following transmission thereof,
copies of any public filings and registrations with, and reports to, the
SEC by TAL Group, any Borrower or any of their respective Restricted
Subsidiaries.
(i) Independent Certified Public Accountant's Report. The Borrowers
shall cause an Independent Accountant to deliver to the Administrative
Agent on or before June 30, 2006 (and each subsequent anniversary thereof),
a report evaluating the Borrowers' assets with respect to the twelve months
ended on the preceding December 31 (or such other period as shall have
elapsed from the Restatement Effective Date to the date of such statement),
an agreed upon procedures report with respect to the procedures set forth
in Exhibit S hereto. Such report may be issued on a consolidated basis for
the Containers and Chassis owned by the Borrowers and the Special Purpose
Vehicle under the Master Indenture Documents prior to the date on which
both of the following shall have occurred: (x) any Series of Notes other
than the Warehouse Notes (as such terms are defined in the Master Indenture
Documents) shall have been issued pursuant to the terms of the Master
Indenture Documents and (y) either S&P or Xxxxx'x has issued with respect
to the Containers and Chassis subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement
and the Master Indenture Documents, a rating with respect to any such
series of Notes.
(j) Copies of Purchase Documentation, Invoices, Bills of Sale and
Other Title Documents. Upon the reasonable request of the Administrative
Agent, the Borrowers shall provide to the Administrative Agent (A) copies
of purchase documentation, invoices, bills of sale and/or releases with
respect to the Eligible Containers or Eligible Chassis purchased with the
proceeds of the Loans, and (B) such other documentation as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request to establish the Original
Equipment Cost and/or Net Book Value of each such Eligible Container or
Eligible Chassis.
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(k) Other Information. From time to time, such other information or
documents (financial or otherwise) in the form utilized by the Borrowers in
their own operations with respect to the Borrowers or any of their
Restricted Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may
reasonably request and which is reasonably available to the Borrowers.
8.2. BOOKS, RECORDS AND INSPECTIONS. Each Borrower will, and will
cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record
and accounts in which full, true and correct entries which permit the
preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and which
conform in all material respects to all requirements of law, shall be made
of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and
activities. At the expense of the Borrowers, each Borrower will, and will
cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit officers and
designated representatives of the Administrative Agent to visit and
inspect, under guidance of officers of such Borrower or Restricted
Subsidiary, any of the properties of the Borrowers or their Restricted
Subsidiaries, and to examine the books of account of the Borrowers or their
Restricted Subsidiaries and discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of
the Borrowers or their Restricted Subsidiaries with, and be advised as to
the same by, its and their officers and independent accountants, all upon
reasonable prior notice and at such reasonable times and intervals (during
regular working hours) and to such reasonable extent as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request; provided, however, that unless an Event of
Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, the Administrative
Agent may request only one inspection under this Section 8.2 during any
twelve month period.
8.3. RESERVED.
8.4. PAYMENT OF TAXES. Each Borrower will pay and discharge, and will
cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its
income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, in each case on
a timely basis, and all lawful claims which, if unpaid, could reasonably be
expected to become a lien or charge upon any properties of such Borrower or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under Section
9.3; provided that none of the Borrowers nor any of their Restricted
Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge,
levy or claim which is immaterial or is being contested in good faith and
by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves with respect
thereto in accordance with GAAP.
8.5. EXISTENCE; FRANCHISES. Except as otherwise permitted by Section
9.2, each Borrower will do, and will cause each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve
and keep in full force and effect its Company existence and its rights,
franchises, authorities to do business, licenses, certifications,
accreditations and patents; provided, however, that nothing in this Section
8.5 shall (x) prevent the withdrawal by a Borrower or any
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of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its qualification as a foreign Company in
any jurisdiction where such withdrawal would not, either individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or
(y) require the preservation of any such right, franchise, authorities to
do business, license, certification, accreditation or patent to the extent
that the lapse thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.6. COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTES; ETC. Each Borrower will, and will cause
each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply with all applicable
statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions
imposed by, all governmental bodies, domestic or foreign, in respect of the
conduct of its business and the ownership of its property, except for such
noncompliances as, either individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.7. END OF FISCAL YEARS; FISCAL QUARTERS. Each Borrower will cause
(i) each of its fiscal years to end on December 31 of each calendar year
and (ii) each of its fiscal quarters to end on March 31, June 30, September
30 and December 31 of each year.
8.8. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each Borrower will, and will cause each of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, at its own expense, make, execute, endorse,
acknowledge, file and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent from time to
time such vouchers, invoices, schedules, confirmatory assignments,
confirmatory conveyances, financing statements, transfer endorsements,
confirmatory powers of attorney, certificates, reports and other assurances
or confirmatory instruments and take such further steps relating to the
Collateral covered by any of the Security Documents as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably require pursuant to this Section 8.8.
8.9. PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS. The Borrowers will, and will cause
each of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, perform all of its obligations
under the terms of each mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, loan agreement
or credit agreement and each other agreement, contract or instrument by
which it is bound (other than any such obligations under, or mortgages,
deeds of trust, indentures, loan agreements, credit agreements or other
material agreements, contracts or instruments entered into in connection
with, a Permitted Securitization), except such non-performances as, either
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to cause
a Material Adverse Effect.
8.10. MAINTENANCE OF CHASSIS AND CONTAINERS. The Borrowers will or
will cause their Restricted Subsidiaries and the Trust to:
(i) keep, or cause to be kept, its Eligible Containers and
Eligible Chassis in good repair and working order in a manner
consistent
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with past practices, and make, or cause to be made, all needful and
proper repairs, replacements, additions and improvements thereto as
are necessary for the conduct of its business, and in order to
maintain the Eligible Containers and Eligible Chassis in accordance
with manufacturer's instructions and in as good an operating condition
as when originally delivered, reasonable wear and tear and causes
beyond the Borrowers' control excepted;
(ii) at all times use the Eligible Containers and Eligible
Chassis, and require the related Lessee to use the Eligible Containers
and Eligible Chassis, in accordance with good operating practices and
shall at all times comply with all loading limitations, handling
procedures and operating instructions prescribed by the manufacturer
which, with respect to Eligible Containers include but are not limited
to the latest applicable regulations and recommendations of the
International Organization of Standardization as well as any
applicable local regulations;
(iii) not knowingly use (or knowingly permit the Lessees to use)
the Eligible Containers or Eligible Chassis for storage of
transportation of contraband in violation of applicable United States
law;
(iv) with respect to Eligible Containers, comply with the
International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) in all respects
including, without limitation, plating, maintenance, examination,
re-examination and marking with re-examination dates of such Eligible
Container, such examination, or re-examination, shall be performed in
accordance with the rules and regulations for the Safety Approval of
Cargo Containers of the United States Department of Transportation;
and
(v) with respect to each Eligible Chassis, will keep, or cause to
be kept, such Eligible Chassis in roadworthy condition as defined in
applicable law.
8.11. INSURANCE. The Borrowers will, in a manner consistent with the
practices of the Borrowers as of the Restatement Effective Date, (i) effect
and maintain, with financially sound and reputable companies reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which the Administrative Agent
acknowledges to be true on the Restatement Effective Date) a general
liability insurance, insuring the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and
each Lender against liability for personal injury and property damage
liability, caused by, or relating to, the Eligible Containers and Eligible
Chassis then off-lease, with such levels of coverage and deductibles that
are, with respect to the Eligible Containers, consistent with the levels in
effect as of the Restatement Effective Date, and (ii) have a standard form
of lease agreement that requires each Lessee to maintain (1) physical
damage insurance in an amount equal to the value of the Eligible Containers
and Eligible Chassis on lease to it and to name TAL as a loss payee,
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and (2) comprehensive general liability insurance, including contractual
liability, against claims for bodily injury or death and property damage
and to name TAL as an additional insured. The Administrative Agent and the
Lenders reserve the right (but shall not have the obligation) to obtain (i)
at Borrowers' expense, insurance with respect to any or all of the
foregoing risks if the Borrowers shall fail to obtain such coverage in the
specified amounts, and (ii) at the Lender's expense, additional insurance
on its own behalf with respect to any or all of the foregoing risks (or any
other risk). However, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders will notify
the Borrowers prior to obtaining and such insurance. All insurance
maintained by the Borrowers for loss or damage of the Eligible Containers
and Eligible Chassis shall provide that losses, if any, shall be payable to
the Administrative Agent or its designee as sole loss payee and the
Borrower shall utilize its reasonable efforts to have all checks relating
to any such losses delivered promptly to Administrative Agent or such other
person designated by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and
each Lender shall be named as an additional insured with respect to all
such liability insurance maintained by, or on behalf of, the Borrowers. The
Borrowers shall pay the premiums with respect to all such insurance and
deliver to Administrative Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent of such insurance coverage. The Borrowers shall cause
to be provided to Administrative Agent, not less than fifteen (15) days
prior to the scheduled expiration or lapse of such insurance coverage,
evidence reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent of renewal or
replacement coverage. The Borrowers shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to have each insurer agree, by endorsement upon the policy or
policies issued by it or by independent instrument furnished to
Administrative Agent, that (i) it will give each additional insured and the
loss payee thirty (30) days' prior written notice of the effective date of
any material alteration, cancellation or non-renewal of such policy and
(ii) in the event that the cancellation of such coverage would result in a
breach of this Section 8.11 by the Borrowers, it will permit the
Administrative Agent and/or the Lender(s) to make payments to effect the
continuation of coverage upon notice of cancellation due to nonpayment of
premium.
8.12. INTEREST RATE HEDGING AGREEMENTS. Within sixty (60) days after
the Restatement Effective Date and thereafter within thirty (30) days after
the end of each calendar quarter thereafter, the Borrowers will enter into,
and maintain for so long as any Obligations remain unpaid, one or more
Hedging Agreements with respect to a minimum of seventy percent (70%) of
that portion of the Aggregate Note Principal Balance over Twenty Million
Dollars ($20,000,000) attributable to (i) those Eligible Containers and
Eligible Chassis that are then subject to a Lease that has a then remaining
term of more than three years and (ii) without duplication of the Leases
referred to in clause (i), those Eligible Containers and Eligible Chassis
that are then subject to a Finance Lease, all of which Hedging Agreements
shall have an aggregate notional principal amount required by the formula
set forth in Exhibit J hereto and have a projected amortization schedule as
set forth in such Exhibit.
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8.13. UNIDROIT CONVENTION. The Borrowers will comply with the terms
and provisions of the UNIDROIT Convention on International Interests in
Mobile Goods or any other internationally recognized system for recording
interests in or liens against shipping containers at the time that such
convention is adopted.
8.14. COMPLIANCE WITH CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY. The Borrowers will
comply in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy in
regard to the origination of, and amendments and modifications to, Leases.
8.15. STATIC STORAGE CONTAINERS. The Borrowers will cause all of the
static storage containers owned by ICS Terminals (UK) Limited and included
in the calculation of the Asset Base to be free from Liens (other than
Permitted Liens) in favor of any Person (other than the Administrative
Agent).
9. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.
Each Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that as of the Restatement
Effective Date and thereafter for so long as this Credit Agreement is in
effect and until all Commitments have been terminated, and the Loans and
Revolving Credit Notes, together with interest, Fees and all other
Obligations incurred hereunder, are paid in full:
9.1. CHANGES IN BUSINESS; ETC. The Borrowers will not, and will not
permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business
other than a Permitted Business; provided that in the event that a Borrower
shall engage in any consolidation, merger or sale transaction permitted
pursuant to Section 9.2(b), from and after the consummation of such
transaction, a Borrower or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, shall not
be deemed to violate this Section 9.1 if at least seventy percent (70%) of
the consolidated assets of the Borrowers or Surviving Entity, as
applicable, and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries are held in
connection with a Permitted Business.
9.2. CONSOLIDATION; MERGER; SALE OF ASSETS; ETC. Except in connection
with a Permitted Transaction, each Borrower will not, in a single
transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or
into any Person, or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of
(or cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to sell, assign,
transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of) all or substantially all of the
assets of the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries (determined on a
consolidated basis for the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries)
whether as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person
unless:
(a) either:
(i) such Borrower shall be the surviving or continuing
corporation; or
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(ii) the Person (if other than such Borrower) formed by such
consolidation or into which such Borrower is merged, or the Person
which acquires by sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition the properties and assets of the Borrowers and their
Restricted Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety (the "Surviving
Entity"):
(A) shall be an entity organized and validly existing under
the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the
District of Columbia; and
(B) shall expressly assume, by supplemental agreement (in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent), executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent, the
due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the
Loans and the performance of every covenant set forth in this
Credit Agreement on the part of the Borrowers to be performed or
observed; and
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the
assumption contemplated by clause (a)(ii)(B) above, (i) no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred or be continuing, (ii) at least seventy
percent (70%) of the consolidated assets of the Borrower or the Surviving
Entity, as the case may be, and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries
shall be held in connection with a Permitted Business.
Upon any consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer of all or
substantially all of the Borrowers' assets in accordance with the foregoing, in
which a Borrower is not the Surviving Entity, the Surviving Entity shall succeed
to, and by substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
applicable Borrower or Borrowers under this Credit Agreement with the same
effect as if the Surviving Entity had been named as such.
To the extent the Majority Lenders waive the provisions of this Section 9.2
with respect to the sale or other disposition of any Collateral, or any
Collateral is sold or otherwise disposed of as permitted by this Section 9.2,
such Collateral (unless transferred to another Borrower) shall be sold or
otherwise disposed of free and clear of the Liens created by the Security
Documents and the Majority Lenders shall take such actions (including, without
limitation, directing the Administrative Agent to take such actions) as are
reasonably requested by a Borrower in connection therewith.
9.3. LIENS. The Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of their
Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Lien upon or with respect to any Collateral; provided that the provisions
of this Section 9.3 shall not prevent the creation, incurrence, assumption
or existence of the following (Liens described below are herein referred to
as "Permitted Liens"):
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(i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or
levies not yet delinquent or Liens for taxes, assessments or
governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings for which adequate cash reserves have been
established in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) Liens in respect of property or assets of the Borrowers or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries imposed by law which have not
arisen to secure Indebtedness for borrowed money, such as carriers',
seamen's, stevedores', wharfinger's, warehousemens', mechanics',
landlord's, suppliers', repairmen's or other like Liens, and relating
to amounts not yet due or which shall not have been overdue for a
period of more than thirty (30) days or which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate cash reserves
have been established in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) Liens created by or pursuant to this Credit Agreement and
the Security Documents;
(iv) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in
respect of which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review
and in respect of which there shall have been secured a subsisting
stay of execution pending such appeal or proceedings (including in
connection with the deposit of cash or other property in connection
with the issuance of stay and appeal bonds);
(v) Liens (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA) (x) incurred or
deposits made in the ordinary course of business of the Borrowers and
their Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with workers'
compensation, unemployment insurance, social security benefits and
other similar forms of governmental insurance benefits, (y) to secure
the performance by the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries of
tenders, statutory obligations, surety and customs bonds, statutory
bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts,
performance bonds and other similar obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business (exclusive of (I) obligations for the
payment of Indebtedness and (II) stay and appeal bonds and other
obligations in respect of litigation, arbitration or similar claims or
otherwise of the types described in Section 9.3(iv) above) or (z) to
secure the performance by the Borrowers and their Restricted
Subsidiaries of leases of real property, to the extent incurred or
made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices;
(vi) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases (including
Leases) granted to third Persons in the ordinary course of business;
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(vii) Liens arising from or related to precautionary UCC or like
personal property security financing statements regarding operating
leases (if any) entered into by the Borrowers and their Restricted
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(viii) Liens arising pursuant to purchase money mortgages or
security interests securing Indebtedness representing the purchase
price (or financing of the purchase price within 120 days after the
respective purchase) of Eligible Containers or Eligible Chassis
acquired after the Restatement Effective Date by the Borrowers and, if
applicable, their Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that (x) any such
Liens attach only to the assets so purchased and (y) the Indebtedness
secured by any such Lien does not exceed 100% of the purchase price
(including any fees or other expenses incurred in connection
therewith) of the property being purchased at the time of the
incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(ix) Liens in favor of customs or revenue authorities arising as
a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with
the importation of goods;
(x) Liens of any lessee under any Finance Lease;
(xi) Liens securing Hedging Agreements that either (A) are
required to be incurred pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents or
(B) relate to Indebtedness that is permitted to be incurred under the
terms of the Loan Documents;
(xii) Liens existing on the Restatement Effective Date and set
forth on Schedule 9.3;
(xiii) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common
law provision relating to bankers' liens, rights of set off or similar
rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained
with a creditor depository institution;
(xiv) Liens incurred in connection with a Permitted
Securitization; and
(xv) Liens securing Permitted Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
Section 9.4(ii), Section 9.4(xv) or Section 9.4(xvi).
9.4. INDEBTEDNESS. The Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of
their Restricted Subsidiaries to, contract, create, incur, assume or suffer
to exist any Indebtedness, except (Indebtedness described below is herein
referred to as "Permitted Indebtedness"):
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(i) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents;
(ii) Indebtedness of the Borrowers and their Restricted
Subsidiaries not to exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) at any
one time outstanding prior to a Refinancing Event and Twenty-Five
Million Dollars ($25,000,000) at any one time outstanding after a
Refinancing Event;
(iii) Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any of their Restricted
Subsidiaries under Hedging Agreements entered into to protect them
against fluctuations in interest rates in respect of Indebtedness
otherwise permitted under this Credit Agreement, so long as the
entering into of such Hedging Agreements are bona fide hedging
activities and are not for speculative purposes;
(iv) Indebtedness of the Borrowers or any of their Restricted
Subsidiaries which may be deemed to exist in connection with
agreements providing for indemnification, purchase price adjustments
and similar obligations in connection with the acquisition or
disposition of any business, Restricted Subsidiary or assets prior to
the Restatement Effective Date or in accordance with the requirements
of this Credit Agreement, or from letters of credit, surety bonds or
performance bonds securing any obligation of the Borrowers or any such
Restricted Subsidiary, pursuant to such agreement;
(v) Intercompany Indebtedness of a Borrower or a Restricted
Subsidiary for so long as such Indebtedness is held by a Borrower or a
Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower; provided, that with
respect to any intercompany Indebtedness (other than intercompany
Indebtedness pursuant to the Master Indenture Documents or any other
Permitted Securitization) (I) unless the respective obligor under such
intercompany loan reasonably determines that the execution, delivery
and performance of an Intercompany Note is prohibited by, or that such
Intercompany Note would not be enforceable against such obligor under,
applicable local law, any such intercompany loan made pursuant to this
clause (iv) shall be evidenced by an Intercompany Note or by such
other documentation as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent,
and (II) each such intercompany loan made pursuant to this clause (v)
shall be subject to an Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(vi) Indebtedness of a Borrower or of a Restricted Subsidiary
represented by letters of credit for the account of such Borrower or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (i) in order to
provide security for workers' compensation claims, payment obligations
in connection with self-insurance or similar requirements in the
ordinary course of business,
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(ii) in order to provide security for any trade, contractual or
payment obligations of such Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary, or
(iii) issued or incurred for such other purposes as are related to the
ordinary course of business of such Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of
outstanding Indebtedness permitted pursuant to the provisions of this
clause (vi) shall not exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000);
(vii) Purchase money indebtedness or obligations in connection
with the acquisition of Containers or Chassis by a Borrower or its
Restricted Subsidiaries after the Restatement Effective Date; provided
that (A) such indebtedness or obligations represents the purchase
price (or financing of the purchase price within 120 days after the
respective purchase) of such Container or Chassis, and (B) such
indebtedness or obligations do not exceed 100% of the purchase price
(including any fees or other expenses incurred in connection
therewith) of the property being purchased at the time of the
incurrence of such indebtedness or obligations;
(viii) Indebtedness of a Borrower or of a Subsidiary set forth on
Schedule 7.18 hereto or otherwise outstanding as of the Restatement
Effective Date; provided however, that the Seller Loan shall not be
permitted subsequent to the occurrence of a Refinancing Event;
(ix) Refinancing Indebtedness;
(x) Obligations in respect of performance, bid, surety and appeal
bonds and completion guarantees or obligations of a similar nature
provided by a Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business;
(xi) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other
financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn
against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, so long
as such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of the
incurrence thereof;
(xii) Indebtedness incurred in connection with a Permitted
Securitization;
(xiii) Endorsements for collection, deposit or negotiation and
warranties of products and services, in each case, incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(xiv) Unsecured Indebtedness of any of the Borrowers issued in
lieu of making a cash Dividend permitted pursuant to Section 9.6;
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(xv) Indebtedness incurred by a Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary of a Borrower in order to finance the acquisition by a
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of Containers and/or Chassis
that do not constitute Collateral; and
(xvi) Indebtedness incurred by a Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary of a Borrower that is secured by such Borrower's or
Restricted Subsidiary's (as the case may be) interest in collateral
consisting of Finance Leases and/or the related Containers and/or
Chassis.
9.5. LOANS; INVESTMENTS. The Borrowers will not, and will not permit
any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any Investment, except:
(i) the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire
and hold cash and Cash Equivalents;
(ii) the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire
and hold receivables owing to it, if created or acquired in the
ordinary course of its business and payable or dischargeable in
accordance with customary trade terms of such Borrower or such
Restricted Subsidiary;
(iii) the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire
and own investments (including debt obligations) received in
connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of Lessees,
suppliers, trade creditors, licensees, licensors and customers and in
good faith settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes
with, Lessees, suppliers, trade creditors, licensees, licensors and
customers arising in the ordinary course of business;
(iv) Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business or otherwise in compliance with Section 9.4(iii) or Section
9.4(xii) shall be permitted;
(v) Both of (x) loans by the Borrowers and their Restricted
Subsidiaries to officers, employees and directors of the Borrowers and
their Restricted Subsidiaries for bona fide business purposes, in each
case incurred in the ordinary course of business shall be permitted,
and (y) advances of reimbursable expenses, including advances for
travel and moving expenses, by the Borrowers and their Restricted
Subsidiaries to officers, employees and directors of the Borrowers and
their Restricted Subsidiaries for bona fide purposes, in each case
incurred in the ordinary course of business shall be permitted;
(vi) Investments in any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of
any Borrower shall be permitted; provided, that in order for any
intercompany Indebtedness to be permitted pursuant to this clause
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such intercompany Indebtedness must additionally be permitted to be
incurred under Section 9.4(v);
(vii) Investments as lessor under arm's-length capital leases
(determined in accordance with GAAP) of maritime containers or
intermodal chassis entered into in the ordinary course of business
with unaffiliated third parties shall be permitted;
(viii) Investments in any Person to the extent such Investments
consist of prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for
collection and lease, utility and workers' compensation, performance
and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business
shall be permitted;
(ix) Investments incurred in connection with a Permitted
Securitization shall be permitted;
(x) the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries may own the
Capital Stock of, their respective Subsidiaries created or acquired in
accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement;
(xi) the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries may acquire
and hold Investments issued by the purchaser of assets in connection
with a sale of such assets to the extent permitted by Section 9.2;
(xii) Investments in existence as of the Restatement Effective
Date as set forth on Schedule 9.5 hereto and any extension,
modification or renewal of and such Investments existing on the
Restatement Effective Date, shall be permitted;
(xiii) the Borrowers may acquire and hold obligations of one or
more officers, directors or other employees of such Borrowers or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such officers',
directors' or employees' acquisition of shares of capital stock of the
Borrowers, so long as no cash is paid by the Borrowers or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to such officers, directors or employees in
connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;
(xiv) Investments in Eligible Investments shall be permitted;
(xv) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and joint ventures
shall be permitted provided that, all debt of Unrestricted
Subsidiaries shall be non-recourse to the Borrowers and their
Restricted Subsidiaries and further provided that prior to a
Refinancing Event, Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall not
exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
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(xvi) Investments by any Person existing at the time such Person
becomes a Subsidiary of a Borrower (and extensions, replacements an
renewals thereof) shall be permitted; provided, that all such
Investments existed at the time such Person became a Subsidiary of a
Borrower and were not made in connection therewith or in contemplation
thereof;
(xvii) Investments made, directly or indirectly, out of the net
cash proceeds or the fair market value of other assets received by a
Borrower from any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of a
Borrower) from the substantially concurrent sale of, or made by
exchange for, Capital Stock of such Borrower or a substantially
concurrent capital contribution received by a Borrower from its
stockholders shall be permitted; and
(xviii) other Investments in any Person in an aggregate amount
not to exceed $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding prior to a
Refinancing Event and $15,000,000 at any one time outstanding after a
Refinancing Event shall be permitted.
9.6. DIVIDENDS. The Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of
their Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Wholly-Owned Restricted
Subsidiary) to, declare or pay any Dividends other than a Permitted
Dividend.
9.7. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. The Borrowers will not, and will
not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any
transaction or series of transactions with any Affiliate of the Borrowers
or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary course
of business and on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to such
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be reasonably expected to
be obtainable by such Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time in
a comparable arm's-length transaction with a Person other than an
Affiliate; provided that the following shall in any event be permitted: (i)
the payment of consulting or other fees to the Borrowers by any of their
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; (ii) reasonable fees and
compensation paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers,
directors, employees or consultants of any Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries; (iii) transactions exclusively between or among
the Borrowers, exclusively between or among a Borrower and any Restricted
Subsidiary of any Borrower, exclusively between Restricted Subsidiaries of
any of the Borrowers, or exclusively between any of the Borrowers or any of
their respective Restricted Subsidiaries and any of their respective joint
ventures; (iv) any agreement as in effect as of the Restatement Effective
Date as set forth on Schedule 9.7 hereto or any transaction contemplated
thereby and any amendment thereto or any replacement agreement thereto, so
long as any such amendment or replacement agreement is not more
disadvantageous to any Borrower or any of their respective Restricted
Subsidiaries in any material respect than the original agreement as in
effect on the Restatement Effective Date; (v) any reasonable employment,
stock option, stock repurchase, employee benefit compensation, business
expense
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reimbursement, severance, termination, or other employment-related
agreements, arrangements or plans entered into in good faith by any
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business; (vi) any issuance of Capital Stock of any of the Borrowers; (vii)
any transaction consummated (A) in connection with or to facilitate a
Permitted Securitization or (B) pursuant to the Master Indenture Documents,
(viii) the Borrowers and their Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into
employment and severance arrangements with respect to the procurement of
services with their respective officers and employees in the ordinary
course of business; and (ix) transactions to the extent permitted by
Section 9.6.
9.8. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON SUBSIDIARIES. The Borrowers
will not, and will not permit any of their Restricted Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or
become effective, any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any such
Restricted Subsidiary to (x) pay dividends or make any other distributions
on its capital stock or any other Capital Stock or participation in its
profits owned by a Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or pay
any Indebtedness owed to a Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
(y) make loans or advances to a Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or (z) transfer any of its properties or assets to the
Borrowers or any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, except for such
encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) applicable
law, rule, regulation or order, (ii) this Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, (iii) customary provisions restricting subletting or
assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of a Borrower or a
Restricted Subsidiary of a Borrower, (iv) customary provisions restricting
assignment of any licensing agreement (in which the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries is the licensee) or any other contract entered into
by a Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business, (v) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement in
effect or entered into on the Restatement Effective Date as set forth on
Schedule 9.8 hereto (and all replacements or substitutions thereof on terms
not materially more adverse to the Lenders and not materially less
favorable or materially more onerous to the Borrowers and their respective
Restricted Subsidiaries than those contained the any such agreement on the
Restatement Effective Date), (vi) customary agreements relating to the
transfer of, or the granting of licenses in licenses related to,
copyrights, patents or other intellectual property, (vii) provisions in
joint venture agreements and other similar agreements (in each case
relating solely to the respective joint venture or similar entity or the
equity interests therein), (viii) purchase money indebtedness permitted to
be incurred under this Credit Agreement, (ix) restrictions on cash or other
deposits under bona fide arrangements with customers entered into in the
ordinary course of business, (x) Refinancing Indebtedness (provided, that
the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Refinancing
Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, take as a whole, than
those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being
refinanced); (xi) agreements or instruments that prohibit the payment of
dividends or the making of other
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distributions with respect to Capital Stock other than on a pro rata basis,
(xii) with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary, any encumbrance or
restriction contained in the terms of any Indebtedness, or any agreement
pursuant to which such Indebtedness was issued, if (1) the encumbrance or
restriction applies only in the event of a payment default or a default
with respect to a financial covenant contained in such Indebtedness or
agreement, (2) the encumbrance or restriction is not materially more
disadvantageous to the Lenders than is customary in comparable financings,
and (3) such encumbrance or restriction will not materially affect the
Borrowers' ability to make principal or interest payments on the Loans,
(xiii) restrictions on the transfer of any asset pending the close of the
sale of such asset (xiv) any restriction or encumbrance or the transfer of
any assets subject to Liens permitted by Section 9.3 hereof, or (xv)
encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Master Indenture Documents
which are not materially more restrictive than the encumbrances and
restrictions contained in the Master Indenture Documents as in effect on
the Restatement Effective Date.
9.9. CHANGE IN CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY. The Borrowers will not
change the terms and provisions of the Credit and Collection Policy in any
material respect without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent in each instance, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
9.10. FISCAL YEAR. The Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of
their Restricted Subsidiaries to, change the date of the end of its fiscal
year to other than December 31.
10. FINANCIAL COVENANTS.
The Borrowers covenant and agree that, at all times subsequent to the
Restatement Effective Date and for so long as any Loan or Revolving Credit
Note is outstanding or any Lender has any obligation to make any Loans:
10.1. CONSOLIDATED EBIT TO CONSOLIDATED CASH INTEREST EXPENSE RATIO.
As of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrowers, commencing on
December 31, 2005, the Consolidated EBIT to Consolidated Cash Interest
Expense Ratio will not be less than (i) for any date prior to the date of
the occurrence of a Refinancing Event, 1.00 to 1.00, and (ii) for any date
after the date of the occurrence of a Refinancing Event, 1.10 to 1.00.
10.2. MINIMUM TANGIBLE NET WORTH. As of the last day of each fiscal
quarter of the Borrowers, commencing on December 31, 2005, the Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth of TAL Group shall be not less than the sum of (i) the
difference of (A) the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of TAL Group on the
Restatement Effective Date, minus (B) $10,000,000; plus (ii) an amount
equal to fifty percent (50%) of the cumulative sum of the aggregate net
income (or loss) of TAL Group and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP, for the period
commencing on the Restatement
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Effective Date and terminating on such date of determination, plus (iii)
one hundred percent (100%) of the net cash proceeds to TAL Group from the
first Refinancing Event occurring on or after the Restatement Effective
Date.
10.3. MAXIMUM LEVERAGE RATIO. As of the last day of each fiscal
quarter of the Borrowers occurring after a Refinancing Event, the Leverage
Ratio of TAL Group shall be less than or equal to 4.75 to 1.00.
11. CLOSING CONDITIONS.
The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan hereunder on the
Restatement Effective Date, is subject, at the time of the making of such
Loans to the satisfaction of the following conditions (or the written
waiver of such conditions by the Administrative Agent):
11.1. EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT; NOTES. On or prior to the Restatement
Effective Date, (i) this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall have been executed and delivered and (ii) there shall have been
delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender which
has requested the same the appropriate Note, in each case executed by the
Borrowers and in the amount, maturity and as otherwise provided herein.
11.2. OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE. On the Restatement Effective Date, the
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from the Borrowers,
dated the Restatement Effective Date and signed by an Authorized Officer of
the Borrowers, certifying that all of the applicable conditions set forth
in Section 12.2 (other than such conditions to the extent that such
conditions are expressly subject to the satisfaction of the Administrative
Agent and/or the Majority Lenders), have been satisfied on such date.
11.3. OPINIONS OF COUNSEL. On the Restatement Effective Date, the
Administrative Agent shall have received from Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx & Maw LLP,
counsel to the Borrower, an opinion addressed to the Administrative Agent
and each of the Lenders and dated the Restatement Effective Date
substantially in the form of Exhibit K, which opinion shall (x) be
addressed to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and be dated
the Restatement Effective Date, (y) cover the enforceability of the Loan
Documents and the creation and perfection of the security interests and/or
liens granted pursuant to the relevant Security Documents and such other
matters incident to the transactions contemplated herein as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (z) be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
11.4. COMPANY DOCUMENTS; PROCEEDINGS.
(a) On the Restatement Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall
have received from each Borrower a certificate, dated the Restatement
Effective Date, signed by the chairman, a vice-chairman, the president, any
vice-president
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or any other Authorized person of such Borrower, and attested to by the
secretary, any assistant secretary or other senior officer of such
Borrower, in the form of Exhibit L with appropriate insertions, together
with copies of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or equivalent
organizational documents of such Borrower and the resolutions of such
Borrower referred to in such certificate, and all of the foregoing shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(b) On the Restatement Effective Date, all instruments and agreements
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Credit Agreement
and the other Documents shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall
have received all information and copies of all certificates, documents and
papers, including good standing certificates, bring-down certificates and
any other records of Company proceedings and governmental approvals, if
any, which the Administrative Agent reasonably may have requested in
connection therewith, such documents and papers, where appropriate, to be
certified by proper Company or governmental authorities.
11.5. APPROVALS. On or prior to the Restatement Effective Date, (i)
all necessary governmental (domestic and foreign), regulatory and material
third party approvals and/or consents in connection with this Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall have been obtained and remain
in full force and effect and evidence thereof shall have been provided to
the Administrative Agent; except for any such approval or consent the
failure to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and (ii) all applicable waiting periods shall have expired
without any action being taken by any competent authority which restrains,
prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, the making of the Loans or otherwise referred to herein or
therein. Additionally, on the Restatement Effective Date, there shall not
exist any judgment, order, injunction or other restraint issued or filed or
a hearing seeking injunctive relief or other restraint pending or notified
prohibiting or imposing materially adverse conditions upon, or materially
delaying, or making economically unfeasible, the consummation of the making
of the Loans or the other transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents
or otherwise referred to herein or therein.
11.6. GUARANTY BY TAL GROUP. On the Restatement Effective Date, TAL
Group shall have duly executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent
the guaranty in the form of Exhibit Q hereof (as amended, modified,
restated and/or supplemented from time to time, the "Guaranty").
11.7. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT WITH HOLDER OF SELLER LOAN. The holder
of the Seller Loan will have entered into a written agreement with the
Administrative Agent (the "Intercreditor Agreement") to the effect that (i)
it will not institute, and will not join with others in instituting a
bankruptcy against any
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of the Borrowers until at least one year and one day (or the longest
performance period under federal or state insolvency laws then in effect)
after all indebtedness under the Loan Documents have been repaid in full;
(ii) distributions to the holder of the Seller Loan are to be made only at
the times and only in such amounts as funds are available to the Borrowers
in accordance with the terms of the priority of payments contained in the
Loan Documents; (iii) it shall take no action that would cause any of the
Borrowers to breach any of its respective covenants in its organizational
documents or the Loan Documents; (iv) it shall not amend, or agree to the
amendment of, the organizational documents of any of the Borrowers without
the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent in each instance; and
(v) it shall take no action, or join with others to take any action (x)
challenging the validity or enforceability of any of the security interests
set forth in the Loan Documents or (y) seeking the consolidation of any of
the Borrowers with any other Person.
11.8. SECURITY AGREEMENT. On the Restatement Effective Date, each of
the Borrowers shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered the
amended and restated security agreement in the form of Exhibit M hereto (as
amended, modified, restated and/or supplemented from time to time, the
"Security Agreement") covering all of such Borrower's present and future
collateral referred to therein, together with:
(i) proper financing statements (Form UCC-1 or the equivalent)
authenticated for filing under the UCC or other appropriate filing
offices of each jurisdiction as may be necessary or, in the reasonable
opinion of the Administrative Agent desirable, to perfect the security
interests purported to be created by the Security Agreement;
(ii) certified copies of Requests for Information or Copies (Form
UCC-11), or equivalent reports, each of a recent date, listing all
effective financing statements that name a Borrower as debtor and that
are filed in the jurisdictions referred to in clause (i) above,
together with copies of such other financing statements that name a
Borrower as debtor (none of which shall cover any of the Collateral,
except to the extent evidencing Permitted Liens or in respect of which
the Administrative Agent shall have received termination statements
(Form UCC-3) or such other termination statements as shall be required
by local law fully executed (where required) for filing);
(iii) evidence of the completion of (or adequate provision for)
all other recordings and filings of, or with respect to, the Security
Agreement as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the
Administrative Agent desirable, to perfect the security interests
intended to be created by the Security Agreement; and
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(iv) evidence that all other actions necessary or, in the
reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent desirable, to create,
maintain, effect, perfect, preserve, maintain and protect the security
interests purported to be created by the Security Agreement have been
taken;
and the Security Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
11.9. TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENTS. On or prior to the Restatement
Effective Date, there shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent
by the Borrowers true and correct copies of all tax sharing and other tax
allocation agreements entered into by a Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, all agreements shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall be in full force and
effect on the Restatement Effective Date.
11.10. INSURANCE CERTIFICATES; ETC. On the Restatement Effective
Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of insurance
complying with the requirements of Section 8.11 for the business and
properties of the Borrowers, in scope, form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and naming the Administrative
Agent as an additional insured and/or loss payee, and stating that such
insurance shall not be canceled or materially revised without at least 30
days' prior written notice by the respective insurer to the Administrative
Agent.
11.11. AUDITED AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Prior to the
Restatement Effective Date, the Agent and each of the lenders have
received: (i) the financial statements of TAL Group and its consolidated
Subsidiaries (and their respective predecessors) as of December 31, 2004
and the consolidated balance sheet of TAL Group and its consolidated
Subsidiaries (and their respective predecessors), and the related
consolidated statements of income and shareholder's equity and statement of
cash flows for the two months then ended, together with a certification by
an Independent Accountant reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, to the effect that such statements fairly present in all material
respects the consolidated financial condition of TAL Group and its
consolidated Subsidiaries (and their respective predecessors) as of the
dates indicated and the results of their consolidated operations and
changes in financial position for the periods indicated in conformity with
GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years except as disclosed
therein (which report shall be without a "going concern" or like
qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to
the scope of such audit), and (ii) the balance sheet of TAL Group and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2005 and the related consolidated
statements of income for such fiscal quarter and the related consolidated
statements of shareholder's equity and cash flows for the elapsed portion
of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such fiscal quarter, all of
which shall be certified by the chief financial officer or other Authorized
Officer of TAL Group that they fairly present in all material respects in
accordance with
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GAAP the consolidated financial condition of TAL Group and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of
their operations and/or changes in their cash flows for the periods
indicated, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes.
11.12. PAYMENT OF FEES. On the Restatement Effective Date, all costs,
fees and expenses, and all other compensation due to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders (including, without limitation, reasonable and
documented legal fees and expenses) shall have been paid to the extent then
due.
11.13. PLEDGE AGREEMENT. On the Restatement Effective Date, each
Borrower shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered the amended and
restated pledge agreement in the form of Exhibit N (as amended, modified,
restated and/or supplemented from time to time, the "Pledge Agreement") and
shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, as pledgee thereunder,
all of the Pledge Agreement Collateral, if any, referred to therein and
then owned by such Borrower, (x) endorsed in blank in the case of
promissory notes constituting Pledge Agreement Collateral and (y) together
with executed and undated transfer powers in the case of certificated
Capital Stock constituting Pledge Agreement Collateral, and the Pledge
Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
11.14. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
11.15. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
11.16. SECURITIZATION INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. On the Restatement
Effective Date, the Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent a fully executed version of the Securitization Intercreditor
Agreement.
11.17. MASTER INDENTURE DOCUMENTS. On the Restatement Effective Date,
all of the Master Indenture Documents shall have been executed, and the
Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of all such Master
Indenture Documents.
12. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ALL LOANS.
The obligation of each Lender to make Loans (including Loans made on
the Restatement Effective Date) is subject, at the time of each such Loan
(except as hereinafter indicated), to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
12.1. RESTATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE. The Restatement Effective Date shall
have occurred and the Revolving Credit Period shall not have expired or
been terminated.
12.2. NO DEFAULT; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. At the time of each
such Loan and immediately after giving effect thereto (i) there shall exist
no Designated Event of Default and (ii) all representations and warranties
contained
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herein and in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all
material respects with the same effect as though such representations and
warranties had been made on the date of such Loan (it being understood and
agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of
a specified date shall be required to be true and correct in all material
respects only as of such specified date).
12.3. LOAN REQUEST. Prior to the making of each Loan, the
Administrative Agent shall have received a Loan Request meeting the
requirements of Section 2.2 and showing in reasonable detail that the
Aggregate Note Principal Balance (calculated after giving effect to the
requesting Loan) shall not exceed (i) the Asset Base (calculated as of the
last day of the most recent month for which internal financial statements
are available and after giving effect to the addition of the Eligible
Containers and Eligible Chassis to be acquired with the proceeds of the
Loan) and (ii) (a) prior to the occurrence of the Syndication Event, the
Pre-Syndication Aggregate Commitments (calculated as of the last day of the
most recent month for which internal financial statements are available and
after giving effect to the addition of the Eligible Containers and Eligible
Chassis to be acquired with the proceeds of the Loan) or (b) from and after
the occurrence of the Syndication Event, the Aggregate Commitments
(calculated as of the last day of the most recent month for which internal
financial statements are available and after giving effect to the addition
of the Eligible Containers and Eligible Chassis to be acquired with the
proceeds of the Loan).
12.4. CERTIFICATION. The Borrowers shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of the Borrower, signed on the
Borrower's behalf by its Authorized Officer, as to the matters set out in
Sections 12.2 and 12.3. Each request for a Credit Extension, and acceptance
by the Borrower of the proceeds of any Borrowing, shall constitute a
certification required by this Section 12.4 that on the date of such Loan
Extension (both immediately before and after giving effect thereto) the
statements made in Sections 12.2 and 12.3 are true and correct.
12.5. CONFORMITY WITH CONCENTRATION LIMITS. If the proceeds of such
Loan are to be used to acquire Containers and/or Chassis which are to be
designated by a Borrower as an "Eligible Container" and/or "Eligible
Chassis" on the applicable Loan Request, then, immediately after giving
effect to the acquisition of such Container or Chassis, the Borrowers shall
be in compliance with the Concentration Limits applicable to such Container
or Chassis (without regard to whether the Borrowers are then in compliance
with any Concentration Limit that, pursuant to the definition of
"Concentration Limits," is not deemed applicable to such Container or
Chassis) (provided that for purposes of determining compliance with the
Concentration Limits, only those Containers and/or Chassis (A) that are
then designated by the Borrowers as "Eligible Container" or "Eligible
Chassis" and (B) to be acquired with the proceeds of such
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Loan and so designated as "Eligible Containers" and/or "Eligible Chassis"
shall be considered in such calculation).
13. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC.
13.1. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND ACCELERATION. If any of the following
events ("Events of Default" or, if the giving of notice or the lapse of
time or both is required, then, prior to such notice or lapse of time,
"Defaults") shall occur:
(a) the Borrowers shall fail to pay (i) on any Payment Date any
principal payment, or (ii) on the date on which the principal balance of
the Revolving Credit Notes have been accelerated in accordance with Section
13.1 hereof, the then Aggregate Note Principal Balance;
(b) the Borrowers shall fail to pay on any Payment Date any interest
payment, Commitment Fees or Agent Fee then due and payable on the Revolving
Credit Notes and the continuation of such default for more than five (5)
Business Days after such amounts shall have become due and payable;
(c) on any Payment Date, the Aggregate Note Principal Balance (after
giving effect to any payments of principal made on such Payment Date)
exceeds an amount equal to the Asset Base then in effect and such condition
shall have then existed for a period of 30 consecutive days;
(d) default in the payment of any amounts due and owing to the Lenders
of any Revolving Credit Notes other than the amounts described in clauses
(a) and (b) above, and the continuation of such default for more than
fifteen (15) Business Days after the date on which a Senior Designated
Officer of the Borrowers received written notice of non-payment;
(e) any Borrower shall fail to comply with any of its covenants
contained in Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8 or Section 10;
(f) any Borrower, shall fail to perform any term, covenant or
agreement contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents (which is
not otherwise addressed in this Section 13) which failure materially and
adversely affects the interests of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
and continues for thirty days after written notice of such failure has been
given to a Senior Designated Officer of the Borrower;
(g) any representation or warranty of any Borrower made in any Loan
Document shall prove incorrect in any material respect when made which
materially and adversely affects the interest of the Administrative Agent
or any Lender and which (if curable) remains unremedied for a period of 30
days after the first date on which a Senior Designated Officer of such
Borrower has received written notice thereof;
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(h) any Borrower, any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than a Special Purpose Vehicle) or the Guarantor shall commence a
voluntary case concerning itself under the Federal Bankruptcy Code; or an
involuntary case is commenced against any Borrower, any of their respective
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Special Purpose Vehicle) or the
Guarantor and the petition is not controverted within 10 days, or is not
dismissed within 60 days, after commencement of the case; or a custodian
(as defined in the Bankruptcy Code) is appointed for, or takes charge of,
all or substantially all of the property of any Borrower, any of their
respective Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Special Purpose Vehicle)
or the Guarantor; or any Borrower, any of their respective Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than a Special Purpose Vehicle) or the Guarantor
commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or
liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in
effect relating to any Borrower, any of their respective Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than a Special Purpose Vehicle) or the Guarantor and
such proceeding remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or any
Borrower, any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a
Special Purpose Vehicle) or the Guarantor is adjudicated insolvent or
bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or
proceeding is entered; or any Borrower, any of their respective Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than a Special Purpose Vehicle) or the Guarantor
suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any
substantial part of its property to continue undischarged or unstayed for a
period of 60 days; or any Borrower, any of their respective Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than a Special Purpose Vehicle) or the Guarantor makes
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any Company action is
taken by any Borrower, any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than a Special Purpose Vehicle) or the Guarantor for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing;
(i) a Change of Control occurs without the prior consent of the
Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders;
(j) the Security Agreement or the Lien purported to be created thereby
shall become or be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid or enforceable against any Borrower for any reason other than any
action taken by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the failure of
the Administrative Agent or any Lender to take any action within its
control;
(k) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against a
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Special
Purpose Vehicle) involving a liability (to the extent not paid when due or
covered by a reputable and solvent insurance company (with any portion of
any judgment or decree not so covered to be included in any determination
hereunder)) equal to or in excess of $20 Million Dollars for all such
judgments and decrees and all such judgments or decrees shall either be
final and non-appealable or shall not have
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been vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal for any period
of 30 consecutive days;
(l) TAL Group, any Borrower or any of their respective Restricted
Subsidiaries fails to make any payment when due (beyond the applicable
grace or cure period with respect thereto, if any) or defaults in the
observance or performance (beyond the applicable grace or cure period with
respect thereto, if any) of any payment obligation, or any other agreement
or covenant with respect to the Indebtedness that, individually or in the
aggregate for all such Persons, exceeds Twenty Million Dollars
($20,000,000) and the holder(s) of such Indebtedness have accelerated such
Indebtedness;
(m) any law, rule or regulation shall render invalid, or preclude
enforcement of, any material provision of this Credit Agreement, the
Guaranty or any other Loan Document or impair performance of the
obligations of any Borrower or TAL Group under this Credit Agreement or
under any other Loan Document, in each case, for any reason other than any
action taken by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the failure of
the Administrative Agent or any Lender to take any action within its
control; and
then, and in any such event, so long as the same may be continuing, the
Administrative Agent may, and upon the request of the Majority Lenders
shall, by notice in writing to the Borrowers declare all amounts owing with
respect to this Credit Agreement, the Revolving Credit Notes and the other
Loan Documents to be, and they shall thereupon forthwith become,
immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrowers; provided that in the event of any Event of Default specified in
Sections 13.1(h), all such amounts shall become immediately due and payable
automatically and without any requirement of notice from the Administrative
Agent.
13.2. TERMINATION OF COMMITMENTS. If an Event of Default specified in
Sections 13.1(h) shall occur, any unused portion of the credit hereunder
shall forthwith terminate and each of the Lenders shall be relieved of all
further obligations to make Loans to the Borrower. If any other Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may
and upon the request of the Majority Lenders shall, by notice to the
Borrower, terminate the unused portion of the Commitments hereunder, and
upon such notice being given such unused portion of the Commitments
hereunder shall terminate immediately and each of the Lenders shall be
relieved of all further obligations to make Loans. No termination of the
Commitments hereunder shall relieve the Borrowers of any of the
Obligations.
13.3. REMEDIES. In case any one or more of the Events of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, and whether or not the Administrative
Agent shall have accelerated the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section
13.1, each
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Lender, if owed any amount with respect to the Loans may, with the consent
of the Majority Lenders but not otherwise, proceed to protect and enforce
its rights by suit in equity, action at law or other appropriate
proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any covenant or
agreement contained in this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
or any instrument pursuant to which the Obligations to such Lender are
evidenced, including as permitted by applicable law the obtaining of the ex
parte appointment of a receiver, and, if such amount shall have become due,
by declaration or otherwise, proceed to enforce the payment thereof or any
other legal or equitable right of such Lender. No remedy herein conferred
upon any Lender or the Administrative Agent or the holder of any Note is
intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every remedy
shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given
hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or
any other provision of law.
13.4. DISTRIBUTION OF COLLATERAL PROCEEDS. In the event that,
following the occurrence or during the continuance of any Default or Event
of Default, the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case may be,
receives any monies in connection with the enforcement of any of the
Security Documents, or otherwise with respect to the realization upon any
of the Collateral, such monies shall be distributed for application as
follows:
(a) First, to the payment of, or (as the case may be) the
reimbursement of the Administrative Agent for, or in respect of, all
reasonable costs, expenses, disbursements and losses which shall have been
incurred or sustained by the Administrative Agent in connection with the
collection of such monies by the Administrative Agent, for the exercise,
protection or enforcement by the Administrative Agent of all or any of the
rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Administrative Agent under
this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of
the Collateral or in support of any provision of adequate indemnity to the
Administrative Agent against any taxes or liens which by law shall have, or
may have, priority over the rights of the Administrative Agent to such
monies;
(b) Second, to the payment in full of all of the Obligations;
(c) Third, upon payment and satisfaction in full or other provisions
for payment in full satisfactory to the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent of all of the Obligations, to the payment of any obligations required
to be paid pursuant to Section 9-608(a)(1)(C) or 9-615(a)(3) of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of New York; and
(d) Fourth, the excess, if any, shall be returned to the Borrowers or
to such other Persons as are entitled thereto.
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14. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT.
14.1. APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORITY. Each of the Lenders hereby
irrevocably appoints Fortis to act on its behalf as the Administrative
Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the
Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise
such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms
hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section are solely for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders, and none of the
Borrowers shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such
provisions.
14.2. RIGHTS AS A LENDER. The Person serving as the Administrative
Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a
Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not
the Administrative Agent and the term "Lender" or "Lenders" shall, unless
otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires,
include the Person serving as the Administrative 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 of their Affiliates as if such Person were not the
Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to
the Lenders.
14.3. EXCULPATORY PROVISIONS. The Administrative Agent shall not have
any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in
the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Administrative Agent:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties,
regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing;
(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or
exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers
expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the
Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the
Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as
shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents),
provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any
action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the
Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document
or applicable law; and
(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other
Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the
failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrowers or any of
their Affiliates that
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is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative
Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or
not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Majority
Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be
necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall
be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 16.12 and
13.2) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge
of any Default or Event of Default unless and until notice describing such
Default or Event of Default is given to the Administrative Agent by any
Borrower or a Lender.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty
to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation
made in or in connection with this Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith,
(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 Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability,
effectiveness or genuineness of this Credit Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Sections 11 or 12 or elsewhere
herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent.
14.4. RELIANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. The Administrative 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. The Administrative 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 a
Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender,
the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to
such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to
the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The
Administrative 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.
14.5. DELEGATION OF DUTIES. The Administrative Agent may perform any
and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under
any
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other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by
the Administrative Agent. The Administrative 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. The exculpatory provisions of
this Section 14 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related
Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply
to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the
credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as
Administrative Agent.
14.6. RESIGNATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. The Administrative Agent
may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the
Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Majority
Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrowers, to appoint
a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the
Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days
after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation,
then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders,
appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set
forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the
Borrowers and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such
appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in
accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall
be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by
the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan
Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such
collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is
appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided
to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made
by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Majority Lenders
appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this
Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor's appointment as Administrative
Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all
of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired)
Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the
other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above
in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor
Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the
retiring Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section and Section 16.3 shall
continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative 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
Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
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In the event that (i) the Administrative Agent, whether in its
capacity as the Administrative Agent or a Lender, does not consent (or
fails to respond) to a proposed amendment, modification or waiver to any
provision of this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document requested by
any Borrower and (ii) such proposed amendment, modification or waiver has
been approved by the Majority Lenders, any Borrower may, upon (x) delivery
of written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent, and (y) receipt by
the Administrative Agent of the amount calculated in accordance with
Section 16.13 hereof in connection with a transfer of the Loans by the
Administrative Agent, require that the Administrative Agent promptly resign
from such position, such resignation, and the appointment of a successor
Administrative Agent to be consummated in accordance with the first
paragraph of this Section 14.6.
14.7. NON-RELIANCE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND OTHER LENDERS. Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon
the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related
Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Credit Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently
and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or
any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as
it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own
decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document
furnished hereunder or thereunder.
14.8. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. In case of the
pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to a Borrower, the Administrative Agent (irrespective
of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as
herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether
the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on such Borrower) shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal
and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other
Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as
may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders
and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel) and all other
amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 5.1 and
16.3 allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event
that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Administrative Agent under Sections 5.1 and 16.3.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the
Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to
authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any
Lender in any such proceeding.
14.9. COLLATERAL MATTERS. The Lenders irrevocably authorize the
Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the
Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the
Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than
contingent indemnification obligations), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as
part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any
other Loan Document, or (iii) subject to Section 16.12, if approved,
authorized or ratified in writing by the Majority Lenders;
(b) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the
Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on
such property that is permitted by Section 9.3(viii); and
(c) to take the actions with respect to the Collateral and the
Guaranty as are set forth in the Security Documents and the Guaranty,
respectively.
The Lenders hereby agree that the Security Documents may be enforced
only by the action of the Administrative Agent, in each case, acting upon
the instructions of the Majority Lenders, and that no Lender shall have any
right individually to seek to enforce or to enforce the Security Documents
to realize upon the security to be granted hereby, it being understood and
agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised by the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Lender upon the terms of this Credit Agreement
and the Security Documents.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Majority
Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent's authority to
release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of
property.
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14.10. COLLATERAL AGENT. All of the provisions of this Article 14
applicable to the Administrative Agent shall be equally applicable to the
Collateral Agent.
15. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
15.1. GENERAL CONDITIONS. The provisions of this Credit Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that none
of the Borrowers may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
Obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and
no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder except (a) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the
provisions of Section 15.2, (b) by way of participation in accordance with
the provisions of Section 15.4 or (c) by way of pledge or assignment of a
security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 15.6 (and any
other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null
and void). Nothing in this Credit Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be
construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the
extent provided in Section 15.4, and, to the extent expressly contemplated
hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason
of this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
15.2. ASSIGNMENTS BY LENDERS. Any Lender may at any time assign to one
or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations
under this Credit Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment
and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that
(i) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining
amount of the assigning Lender's Commitment and the Loans at the time
owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an
Affiliate of a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which
for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the
Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of
the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment,
determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect
to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if a
"Trade Date" is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the
Trade Date, shall not be less than $15,000,000 unless each of the
Administrative Agent and, so long as no Designated Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers otherwise consent (each
such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
(ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a
proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and
obligations
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under this Credit Agreement with respect to the Loans or the
Commitment assigned, it being understood that non-pro rata assignments
of or among any of the Commitments and Loans are not permitted;
(iii) any assignment of a Commitment or Loan must be approved by
the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Designated Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers (each such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless the Person
that is the proposed assignee is an Eligible Assignee);
(iv) so long as Fortis is the Administrative Agent, any
assignment by Fortis or any of its Affiliates of all or a portion of
its Commitments or Loans that would result in Fortis and its
Affiliates holding in aggregate less than twenty percent (20%) of the
Aggregate Commitments, or, if the Commitments are not then in effect,
the aggregate Loan outstanding, shall require, so long as no
Designated Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
consent of the Borrowers (each such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed); and
(v) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to
the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and the Eligible Assignee,
if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
an Administrative Questionnaire.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to Section 15.3, from and after the effective date specified
in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall
be a party to this Credit Agreement and, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations
of a Lender under this Credit Agreement, and the assigning Lender
thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Credit
Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of
the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement,
such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be
entitled to the benefits of Sections 5.2.2, 5.6 and 16.3 with respect to
facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such
assignment. Upon request, the Borrowers (at their expense) shall execute
and deliver a Revolving Credit Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment
or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Credit
Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for
purposes of this Credit Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section
15.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
Borrowers shall not be obligated to pay to the Eligible Assignee any amount
under Section 5.2.2(a) that is greater than the amount that the Borrowers
would have been obligated to pay such Eligible
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Assignee's assignor if such assigning Lender had not assigned to such
Eligible Assignee any of its rights under this Credit Agreement, unless (1)
the circumstances giving rise to such greater payments did not exist at the
time of such assignment, or (2) the Borrowers consented to the assignment
to such Eligible Assignee.
15.3. REGISTER. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this
purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at the Administrative
Agent's Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and
a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders,
and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans owing to, each
Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the
Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a
Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Credit Agreement, notwithstanding
notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by
any Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time
upon reasonable prior notice. In addition, at any time that a request for a
consent for a material or substantive change to the Loan Documents is
pending, any Lender wishing to consult with other Lenders in connection
therewith may request and receive from the Administrative Agent a copy of
the Register.
15.4. PARTICIPATIONS. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent
of, or notice to, the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, sell
participations to any Person (other than a natural person or any Borrower
or any of their Affiliates) (each, a "Participant") in all or a portion of
such Lender's rights and/or obligations under this Credit Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to
it); provided that (i) such Lender's obligations under this Credit
Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such
obligations and (iii) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in
connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Credit
Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells
such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole
right to enforce this Credit Agreement and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Credit Agreement; provided
that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not,
without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment,
modification or waiver that would reduce the principal of or the interest
rate on any Loan, extend the term or increase the amount of the Commitment
of such Lender as it relates to such Participant, reduce the amount of any
Commitment Fee to which such Participant is entitled or extend any
regularly scheduled payment date for principal or interest. Subject to
Section 15.5, the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled
to the benefits of Sections 5.2.2, 5.6, 5.7 and 5.9 to the same extent as
if it were a Lender and had acquired
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its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 15.2. To the extent
permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits
of Section 16.1 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant
agrees to be subject to Section 15.1 as though it were a Lender. Each
Lender that sells a participation pursuant to this Section 15.4 to a
Participant shall, as agent of the Borrowers solely for the purpose of this
Section 15.4, record in book entries maintained by such Lender the name and
the amount of the participating interest of each Participant entitled to
receive payments in respect of such participation.
15.5. LIMITATIONS UPON PARTICIPANT RIGHTS. A Participant shall not be
entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 5.2.2, 5.6 or 5.7
than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect
to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the
participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers' prior written
consent. A Participant that would be a Non-U.S. Lender if it were a Lender
shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.2.2 unless the Borrower
is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such
Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrowers, to comply with
Section 5.2.3 as though it were a Lender.
15.6. CERTAIN PLEDGES. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a
security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Credit
Agreement (including under its Revolving Credit Note) to secure obligations
of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to
a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall
release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any
such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
15.7. ELECTRONIC EXECUTION OF ASSIGNMENTS. The words "execution,"
"signed," "signature," and words of like import in any Assignment and
Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping
of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal
effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the
use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the
extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York
State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state
laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
16. PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATIONS.
16.1. SETOFF. Each Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent
and each of the Lenders a continuing lien, security interest and right of
setoff as security for all liabilities and Obligations to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender, whether now existing or hereafter
arising, upon and against all deposits, credits, collateral and property,
now or hereafter in the possession, custody, safekeeping or control of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender or any Lender
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Affiliate and their successors and assigns or in transit to any of them.
Regardless of the adequacy of any collateral, if any of the Obligations are
due and payable and have not been paid or any Event of Default shall have
occurred, any deposits or other sums credited by or due from any of the
Lenders to any Borrower and any securities or other property of any
Borrower in the possession of such Lender may be applied to or set off by
the Administrative Agent against the payment of Obligations and any and all
other liabilities, direct, or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to
become due, now existing or hereafter arising, of the Borrowers to such
Lender. ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE ANY LENDER TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS OR
REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL WHICH SECURES THE
OBLIGATIONS, PRIOR TO EXERCISING ITS RIGHT OF SETOFF WITH RESPECT TO SUCH
DEPOSITS, CREDITS OR OTHER PROPERTY OF THE BORROWERS ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED. Each of the Lenders agree with each
other Lender that (a) if an amount to be set off is to be applied to
Indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender, other than Indebtedness
evidenced by the Revolving Credit Notes held by such Lender, such amount
shall be applied ratably to such other Indebtedness and to the Indebtedness
evidenced by all such Notes held by such Lender, and (b) if such Lender
shall receive from the Borrowers, whether by voluntary payment, exercise of
the right of setoff, counterclaim, cross action, enforcement of the claim
evidenced by the Revolving Credit Notes held by such Lender by proceedings
against the Borrowers at law or in equity or by proof thereof in
bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, receivership or similar
proceedings, or otherwise, any amount in excess of its ratable portion of
the payments received by all of the Lenders with respect to the Revolving
Credit Notes held by all of the Lenders, such Lender will make arrangements
with the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders with respect to such
excess in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.6.
16.2. EXPENSES. The Borrowers agree to pay, on a joint and several
basis, (a) the reasonable and documented costs of producing and reproducing
this Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the other agreements
and instruments mentioned herein, (b) the reasonable and documented fees,
expenses and disbursements of the Administrative Agent's Special Counsel
and any local counsel to the Administrative Agent incurred in connection
with the preparation, syndication, administration or interpretation of the
Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned herein, each closing
hereunder, any amendments, modifications, approvals, consents or waivers
hereto or hereunder, or the cancellation of any Loan Document upon payment
in full in cash of all of the Obligations or pursuant to any terms of such
Loan Document providing for such cancellation, (c) the reasonable and
documented fees, expenses and disbursements of the Administrative Agent or
any of its Affiliates incurred by the Administrative Agent or such
Affiliate in connection with the preparation, syndication, administration
or interpretation of the Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned
herein, (d) any reasonable and documented fees, costs, expenses and
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bank charges, including bank charges for returned checks, incurred the
Administrative Agent in establishing, maintaining or handling agency
accounts, lock box accounts and other accounts for the collection of any of
the Collateral, (e) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses
(including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, and
reasonable consulting, accounting, appraisal, investment banking and
similar professional fees and charges) incurred by the Administrative Agent
in connection with (i) the enforcement of or preservation of rights under
any of the Loan Documents against the Borrowers or the administration
thereof after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default and (ii) any
litigation, proceeding or dispute whether arising hereunder or otherwise,
in any way related to the Administrative Agent's relationship with the
Borrowers and (f) all reasonable and documented fees, expenses and
disbursements of any Lender or the Administrative Agent incurred in
connection with UCC searches, UCC filings, or mortgage recordings. The
covenants contained in this Section 16.2 shall survive payment or
satisfaction in full of all other Obligations.
16.3. INDEMNIFICATION. Each Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless, on a joint and several basis, the Administrative Agent, each of
the Lenders and each of their Affiliates ("Indemnitees") from and against
any and all claims, actions and suits whether groundless or otherwise, and
from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages and expenses of
every nature and character arising out of this Credit Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby (the
"Indemnified Liabilities") including, without limitation, (a) any actual or
proposed use by the Borrowers of the proceeds of any of the Loans, (b) the
reversal or withdrawal of any provisional credits granted by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the transfer of funds from lock
box, bank agency, concentration accounts or otherwise under any cash
management arrangements with the Borrowers or in connection with the
provisional honoring of funds transfers, checks or other items, (c) the
Borrowers entering into or performing this Credit Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, (d) any such liability, loss, damage or expense in
any way relating to, or arising out of, the manufacture, ownership, leasing
or operation of the Collateral incurred prior to any foreclosure on the
Collateral, or (e) with respect to the Borrowers and their respective
properties and assets, the violation of any Environmental Law, the
presence, disposal, escape, seepage, leakage, spillage, discharge,
emission, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substances or any
action, suit, proceeding or investigation brought or threatened with
respect to any Hazardous Substances (including, but not limited to, claims
with respect to wrongful death, personal injury or damage to property), in
each case including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of one counsel incurred in connection with any such
investigation, litigation or other proceeding; provided, however, that the
Borrowers shall have no obligation to any Indemnitee hereunder with respect
to Indemnified Liabilities and related costs and expenses (i) to the extent
that such Indemnified Liabilities constitute special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages or damages or liabilities based upon any
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theory of lost profits, or (ii) to the extent that such Indemnified
Liabilities are finally judicially determined to have resulted from the
gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or recklessness of such
Indemnitee (and, upon any such determination, any indemnification payments
with respect to such Indemnified Liabilities or related costs and expenses
previously received by such Indemnitee shall be promptly reimbursed by such
Indemnitee). In litigation, or the preparation therefor, each Indemnitee
shall be entitled to select its own counsel and, in addition to the
foregoing indemnity; provided, that the Borrowers shall only be obligated
under this Section 16.3 to pay the reasonable and documented fees and
expenses of one counsel on behalf of all Indemnitees. If, and to the extent
that the Obligations of the Borrowers under this Section 16.3 are
unenforceable for any reason, the Borrowers hereby agree to make the
maximum contribution to the payment in satisfaction of such Obligations
which is permissible under applicable law. The covenants contained in this
Section 16.3 shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of all other
Obligations.
16.4. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
16.4.1. CONFIDENTIALITY. Each of the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent agrees, on behalf of itself and each of its Affiliates, directors,
officers, employees and representatives, to use reasonable precautions to
keep confidential, in accordance with their customary procedures for
handling confidential information of the same nature and in accordance with
safe and sound banking practices, any information supplied to it by, or on
behalf of, the Borrowers pursuant to this Credit Agreement, provided that
nothing herein shall limit the disclosure of any such information (a) after
such information shall have become public other than through a violation of
this Section 16.4, or becomes available to any of the Lenders or the
Administrative Agent on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than
the Borrowers, (b) to the extent required by statute, rule, regulation or
judicial process, (c) to counsel for any of the Lenders or the
Administrative Agent, (d) to bank examiners or any other regulatory
authority having jurisdiction over any Lender or the Administrative Agent,
or to auditors or accountants, (e) to the Administrative Agent, any Lender
or any Financial Affiliate, (f) in connection with any litigation to which
any one or more of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or any Financial
Affiliate is a party, or in connection with the enforcement of rights or
remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (g) to a Lender
Affiliate or a Subsidiary or affiliate of the Administrative Agent, (h) to
any actual or prospective assignee or participant or any actual or
prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative
transactions referenced to credit or other risks or events arising under
this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as such assignee,
participant or counterparty, as the case may be, agrees to be bound by the
provisions of this Section 16.4 or (i) with the prior written consent of
the Borrowers. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the
Financial Affiliates agrees not to use any information supplied to it by,
or on behalf, of the Borrowers pursuant to this Credit Agreement for any
purpose or in any manner other that evaluating the
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performance of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries hereunder and enforcing
the rights, remedies and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents. Without the prior written consent of the Borrowers, none of the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Financial Affiliate shall be
permitted to refer to any of the Borrowers in connection with any
advertising, promotion or marketing undertaken by the Administrative Agent,
such Lenders or such Financial Affiliate.
16.4.2. PRIOR NOTIFICATION. Unless specifically prohibited by
applicable law or court order, each of the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent shall, prior to disclosure thereof, notify the Borrowers of any
request for disclosure of any such information by any governmental agency
or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with
an examination of the financial condition of such Lender by such
governmental agency) or pursuant to legal process.
16.4.3. OTHER. In no event shall any Lender or the Administrative
Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished to it or
any Financial Affiliate by the Borrowers. The obligations of each Lender
under this Section 16.4 shall supersede and replace the obligations of such
Lender under any confidentiality letter in respect of this financing signed
and delivered by such Lender to the Borrowers prior to the date hereof and
shall be binding upon any assignee of, or purchaser of any participation
in, any interest in any of the Loans from any Lender.
16.5. SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS, ETC. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties made herein, in the Revolving Credit Notes,
in any of the other Loan Documents or in any documents or other papers
delivered by or on behalf of the Borrowers pursuant hereto shall be deemed
to have been relied upon by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent,
notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by any of
them, and shall survive the making by the Lenders of any Loans as herein
contemplated, and shall continue in full force and effect so long as any
amount due under this Credit Agreement or the Revolving Credit Notes or any
of the other Loan Documents remains outstanding or any Lender has any
obligation to make any Loans and for such further time as may be otherwise
expressly specified in this Credit Agreement. All statements contained in
any certificate or other paper delivered to any Lender or the
Administrative Agent at any time by or on behalf of the Borrowers pursuant
hereto or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall
constitute representations and warranties by the Borrowers hereunder.
16.6. NOTICES. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Credit
Agreement, all notices and other communications made or required to be
given pursuant to this Credit Agreement or the Revolving Credit Notes shall
be in writing and shall be delivered in hand, mailed by United States
registered or certified first class mail, postage prepaid, sent by
overnight courier, or sent by
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telegraph, telecopy, facsimile or telex and confirmed by delivery via
courier or postal service, addressed as follows:
(a) if to TOL, at: c/o TAL International Container Corporation, 000
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, or at such other
addresses for notice as TOL shall last have furnished in writing to the
Person giving the notice;
(b) if to TAL at: c/o TAL International Container Corporation, 000
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, or at such other
addresses for notice as TAL shall last have furnished in writing to the
Person giving the notice;
(c) if to TOCC, at: c/o TAL International Container Corporation, 000
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000, or at such other
addresses for notice as TOCC shall last have furnished in writing to the
Person giving the notice;
(d) if to the Administrative Agent, at Three Stamford Plaza, 000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Loan Administration, with
a copy to Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V., 3000 AS Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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other address for notice as the Administrative Agent shall last have
furnished in writing to the Person giving the notice; and
(e) if to any Lender, at such Lender's address set forth on Schedule 1
hereto, or such other address for notice as such Lender shall have last
furnished in writing to the Person giving the notice.
Any such notice or demand shall be deemed to have been duly given or
made and to have become effective (i) if delivered by hand, overnight
courier or facsimile to a responsible officer of the party to which it is
directed, at the time of the receipt thereof by such officer or the sending
of such facsimile and (ii) if sent by registered or certified first-class
mail, postage prepaid, on the sixth Business Day following the mailing
thereof. Any notice or other communication to be made hereunder or under
the Revolving Credit Notes, even if otherwise required to be in writing
under other provisions of this Credit Agreement or the Revolving Credit
Notes may alternatively be made in an electronic record transmitted
electronically under such authentication and other procedures as the
parties hereto may from time to time agree in writing (but not an
electronic record), and such electronic transmission shall be effective at
the time set forth in such procedures. Unless otherwise expressly provided
in such procedures, such an electronic record shall be equivalent to a
writing under the other provisions of this Credit Agreement or the
Revolving Credit Notes and such authentication, if made in compliance with
the procedures so agreed by the parties hereto in writing (but not
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an electronic record), shall be equivalent to a signature under the other
provisions of this Credit Agreement or the Revolving Credit Notes.
16.7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT AND, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE
SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED THEREIN, EACH OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS ARE
CONTRACTS UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL FOR ALL
PURPOSES BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF SAID
STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW BUT OTHERWISE EXCLUDING THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO CONFLICTS OR
CHOICE OF LAW). EACH BORROWER AGREES THAT ANY SUIT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT IN
THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN
AND CONSENTS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURT AND SERVICE OF
PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT BEING MADE UPON THE BORROWERS BY MAIL AT THE
ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 16.6. THE BORROWERS HEREBY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION
THAT THEY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT OR ANY
SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH SUIT IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT.
16.8. HEADINGS. The captions in this Credit Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit the provisions
hereof.
16.9. COUNTERPARTS. This Credit Agreement and any amendment hereof may
be executed in several counterparts and by each party on a separate
counterpart, each of which when executed and delivered shall be an
original, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. In
proving this Credit Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or
account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom
enforcement is sought. Delivery by facsimile by any of the parties hereto
of an executed counterpart hereof or of any amendment or waiver hereto
shall be as effective as an original executed counterpart hereof or of such
amendment or waiver and shall be considered a representation that an
original executed counterpart hereof or such amendment or waiver, as the
case may be, will be delivered.
16.10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT, ETC. The Loan Documents and any other
documents executed in connection herewith or therewith express the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby. Neither this Credit Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated, except as provided in Section 16.12.
16.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES
ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO
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ANY ACTION OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
CREDIT AGREEMENT, THE REVOLVING CREDIT NOTES OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS, ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR THE
PERFORMANCE OF SUCH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE
OF DEALINGS, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY
PARTY, INCLUDING ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS, STATEMENTS OR
ACTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER RELATING TO THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE LOANS OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND AGREES
THAT IT WILL NOT SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH ACTION WITH ANY OTHER ACTION
IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE OR HAS NOT BEEN WAIVED. Except as
prohibited by law, each Borrower hereby waives any right it may have to
claim or recover in any litigation referred to in the preceding sentence
any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages or any damages
other than, or in addition to, actual damages. Each Borrower (a) certifies
that no representative, agent or attorney of any Lender or the
Administrative Agent has represented, expressly or otherwise, that the
Administrative Agent would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce
the foregoing waivers and (b) acknowledges that the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders have been induced to enter into this Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which it is a party by, among other things, the
waivers and certifications contained herein.
16.12. CONSENTS, AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC. Any consent or approval
required or permitted by this Credit Agreement to be given by the Lenders
may be given, and any term of this Credit Agreement, the other Loan
Documents or any other instrument related hereto or mentioned herein may be
amended, and the performance or observance by the Borrowers of any terms of
this Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or such other instrument or
the continuance of any Default or Event of Default may be waived (either
generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or
prospectively) with, but only with, the written consent of the Borrowers
and the written consent of the Majority Lenders. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no amendment, modification or waiver shall:
(a) without the written consent of the Borrowers and each Lender
directly affected thereby:
(i) reduce, delay or forgive the principal amount of any Loans or
reduce the rate of interest on the Loans or the priority thereof or
the amount of any Fees (other than interest on the Revolving Credit
Notes accruing pursuant to Section 5.10 following the effective date
of any waiver by the Majority Lenders of the Event of Default relating
thereto);
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(ii) increase the amount of such Lender's Commitment or extend
the expiration date of such Lender's Commitment;
(iii) postpone or extend the Availability Termination Date or any
other regularly scheduled dates for payments of principal of, or
interest on, the Loans or any Fees or other amounts payable to such
Lender (it being understood that (A) a waiver of the application of
the default rate of interest pursuant to Section 5.10, and (B) any
vote to rescind any acceleration made pursuant to Section 13.1 of
amounts owing with respect to the Loans and other Obligations shall
require only the approval of the Majority Lenders); and
(iv) other than pursuant to a Permitted Securitization or any
other transaction permitted by the terms of this Credit Agreement,
release all or substantially all of the Collateral (excluding, if the
Borrowers or any Subsidiary of a Borrower becomes a debtor under the
Federal Bankruptcy Code or other applicable insolvency laws, the
release of "cash collateral", as defined in Section 363(a) of the
federal Bankruptcy Code or any analogous provision of any applicable
insolvency law pursuant to a cash collateral stipulation with the
debtor approved by the Majority Lenders);
(b) without the written consent of all of the Lenders, amend or waive
this Section 16.12 or the definition of "Majority Lenders";
(c) without the written consent of the Administrative Agent, amend or
waive Section 14, the amount or time of payment of any Agent Fee payable
for the Administrative Agent's account or any other provision applicable to
the Administrative Agent;
(d) without the consent of the holder of the Seller Loan, amend this
Credit Agreement if the amendment or the effect of such amendment would
either (i) violate the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement or (ii) alter,
in a manner adverse to the holder of the Seller Loan, clause (xvi) or
(xvii) of the definition of Permitted Dividends; or
(e) without the consent of any affected counterparty (other than any
Borrower or any of its Affiliates) to any Hedging Agreement, reduce, delay,
forgive or change the relative priority of any amounts owing to such Person
in accordance with the terms hereof.
No waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly
waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing or
delay or omission on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
exercising any right shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise be
prejudicial thereto. No notice to or demand upon the Borrowers shall
entitle the Borrowers to other or further notice or demand in similar or
other circumstances.
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16.13. REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS.
(a) In the event (i) any Lender delivers a certificate requesting
compensation pursuant to Section 5.6 or 5.7, (ii) any Lender delivers a
notice described in Section 5.4 or 5.5, (iii) any Borrower is required to
pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority on
account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.2.2 or (iv) any Lender does not
consent (or fails to respond) to a proposed amendment, modification or
waiver to any provision of this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document
requested by any Borrower, any Borrower may, at its sole expense and
effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require
such Lender to transfer and assign, without recourse (in accordance with
and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 15.2), all of its
interests, rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement to an
assignee that shall assume such assigned obligations (which assignee may be
another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:
(i) the Borrowers shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the
assignment fee specified in Section 15.2;
(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal
to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon,
accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 5.9)
from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and
accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other
amounts);
(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim
for compensation under Section 5.6 or 5.7 or payments required to be
made pursuant to Section 5.2.2, such assignment will result in a
reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and
(iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable laws.
In connection with any such replacement, if the replaced Lender does not
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Assignment
and Assumption reflecting such replacement within five Business Days of the
date on which the replacement Lender executes and delivers such Assignment
and Assumption to the replaced Lender, then such replaced Lender shall be
deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Assumption. A
Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if,
prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the
circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such assignment and
delegation cease to apply.
(b) If (i) any Lender shall request compensation under Section 5.6 or
5.7, (ii) any Lender delivers a notice described in Section 5.4 or 5.5, or
(iii) any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender
or any
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Governmental Authority on account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.2.2,
then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (which shall not require such
Lender to incur an unreimbursed loss or unreimbursed cost or expense or
otherwise take any action inconsistent with its internal policies or legal
or regulatory restrictions or suffer any disadvantage or burden deemed by
it to be significant) (x) to file any certificate or document reasonably
requested in writing by any Borrower or (y) to assign its rights and
delegate and transfer its obligations hereunder to another of its offices,
branches or affiliates, if such filing or assignment would reduce its
claims for compensation under Section 5.6 or 5.7, enable it to withdraw its
notice pursuant to Section 5.4 or 5.5, or would reduce amounts payable
pursuant to Section 5.2.2, as the case may be, in the future. The Borrowers
hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any
Lender in connection with any such filing or assignment, delegation and
transfer.
16.14. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Credit Agreement are
severable and if any one clause or provision hereof shall be held invalid
or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, then such
invalidity or unenforceability shall affect only such clause or provision,
or part thereof, in such jurisdiction, and shall not in any manner affect
such clause or provision in any other jurisdiction, or any other clause or
provision of this Credit Agreement in any jurisdiction.
16.15. USA PATRIOT ACT. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrowers that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L.
107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the "Patriot Act"), it is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the
Borrowers, which information includes the name and address of the Borrowers
and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrowers
in accordance with the Patriot Act.
16.16. EFFECT ON ORIGINAL AGREEMENT. Notwithstanding that this Credit
Agreement is amended and restated as of August 1, 2005, nothing contained
herein shall be deemed to cause a novation of any transfers, conveyances or
transactions which were effected under the Original Agreement that was
executed on November 3, 2004, as amended and supplemented to date,
including, without limitation, the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes
issued pursuant thereto and the security interests granted pursuant to the
Loan Documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Credit
Agreement as of the date first set forth above.
TAL INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
TRANS OCEAN LTD.
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
TRANS OCEAN CONTAINER CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
FORTIS CAPITAL CORP., as Administrative
Agent and as Collateral Agent
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
FORTIS CAPITAL CORP., as Lender
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President