Exhibit 10(w)
EXECUTION COPY
U.S. $650,000,000
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 28, 2000
Among
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
as Borrower
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and
THE INITIAL LENDERS NAMED HEREIN
as Initial Lenders
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and
CITIBANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
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FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
and
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY
as Syndication Agents
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FORTIS (USA) FINANCE LLC
as Co-Agent
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and
XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
as Arranger
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I 1
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms 1
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SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods 10
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SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms 10
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ARTICLE II
SECTION 2.01. The Revolving Credit Advances 10
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SECTION 2.02. Making the Revolving Credit Advances 11
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SECTION 2.03. The Competitive Bid Advances 12
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SECTION 2.04. Fees 14
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SECTION 2.05. Termination or Reduction of the Commitments 15
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SECTION 2.06. Repayment of Revolving Credit Advances 15
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SECTION 2.07. Interest on Revolving Credit Advances 15
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SECTION 2.08. Interest Rate Determination 15
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SECTION 2.09. Optional Conversion of Revolving Credit Advances 16
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SECTION 2.10. Prepayments of Revolving Credit Advances 17
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SECTION 2.11. Increased Costs 17
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SECTION 2.12. Illegality 17
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SECTION 2.13. Payments and Computations 17
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SECTION 2.14. Taxes 18
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SECTION 2.15. Sharing of Payments, Etc. 19
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SECTION 2.16. Evidence of Debt 20
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SECTION 2.17. Use of Proceeds 20
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ARTICLE III
SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Sections 2.01 and 2.03 20
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SECTION 3.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Revolving Credit Borrowing 22
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SECTION 3.03. Conditions Precedent to Each Competitive Bid Borrowing 22
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SECTION 3.04. Determinations Under Section 3.01 22
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ARTICLE IV
SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower 23
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ARTICLE V
SECTION 5.01. Affirmative Covenants 24
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SECTION 5.02. Negative Covenants 25
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SECTION 5.03. Financial Covenant 27
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ARTICLE VI
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default 27
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ARTICLE VII
SECTION 7.01. Authorization and Action 29
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SECTION 7.02. Agent's Reliance, Etc. 29
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SECTION 7.03. Citibank and Affiliates 29
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SECTION 7.04. Lender Credit Decision 29
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SECTION 7.05. Indemnification 30
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SECTION 7.06. Successor Agent 30
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SECTION 7.07. Other Agents. 30
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ARTICLE VIII
SECTION 8.01. Amendments, Etc. 30
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SECTION 8.02. Notices, Etc. 31
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SECTION 8.03. No Waiver; Remedies 31
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SECTION 8.04. Costs and Expenses 31
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SECTION 8.05. Right of Set-off 32
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SECTION 8.06. Binding Effect 32
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SECTION 8.07. Assignments and Participations 32
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SECTION 8.08. Confidentiality 34
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SECTION 8.09. Governing Law 34
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SECTION 8.10. Execution in Counterparts 34
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SECTION 8.11. Jurisdiction, Etc. 34
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SECTION 8.12. Integration 35
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SECTION 8.13. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL 36
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Schedules
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Schedule I - List of Applicable Lending
Schedule 5.02(a) - Existing Liens
Exhibits
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Exhibit A-1 - Form of Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit A-2 - Form of Competitive Bid Note
Exhibit B-1 - Form of Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing
Exhibit B-2 - Form of Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing
Exhibit C - Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit D - Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Borrower
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364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 28, 2000
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC., a New York corporation (the
"Borrower"), the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders
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(the "Initial Lenders") listed on the signature pages hereof, and CITIBANK, N.A.
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("Citibank"), as administrative agent (the "Agent"), FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
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and BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY, as syndication agents, FORTIS (USA)
FINANCE LLC, as co-agent, and XXXXXXX XXXXX BARNEY INC., as arranger, for the
Lenders (as hereinafter defined), agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the
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following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
"Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance or a Competitive Bid
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Advance.
"Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly
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or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with
such Person or is a director or officer of such Person. For purposes of
this definition, the term "control" (including the terms "controlling",
"controlled by" and "under common control with") of a Person means the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 5% or more of the
Voting Stock of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of
Voting Stock, by contract or otherwise.
"Agent's Account" means the account of the Agent maintained by the
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Agent at Citibank at its office at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Account No. 00000000, Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx.
"Applicable Lending Office" means, with respect to each Lender, such
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Lender's Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and
such Lender's Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar Rate
Advance and, in the case of a Competitive Bid Advance, the office of such
Lender notified by such Lender to the Agent as its Applicable Lending
Office with respect to such Competitive Bid Advance.
"Applicable Margin" means (a) for Base Rate Advances, 0% per annum and
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(b) for Eurodollar Rate Advances as of any date, a percentage per annum
determined by reference to the Public Debt Rating in effect on such date as
set forth below:
Public Debt Rating Applicable Margin for
S&P/Xxxxx'x Eurodollar Rate Advances
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Level 1
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A+/A1or above 0.295%
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Xxxxx 0
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A/A2 0.430%
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Xxxxx 0
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X-/X0 0.515%
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Level 4
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BBB+/Baal 0.635%
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Level 5
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Lower than Xxxxx 0 0.750%
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provided that, until January 15, 2001, the Applicable Margin shall be
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deemed to be 0.885%.
"Applicable Percentage" means, as of any date, a percentage per annum
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determined by reference to the Public Debt Rating in effect on such date as
set forth below:
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Public Debt Rating Applicable
S&P/Xxxxx'x Percentage
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Level 1
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A+/A1or above 0.055%
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Xxxxx 0
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A/A2 0.070%
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Xxxxx 0
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X-/X0 0.085%
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Level 4
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BBB+/Baal 0.115%
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Level 5
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Lower than Xxxxx 0 0.150%
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provided that, until January 15, 2001, the Applicable Percentage shall be
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determined by reference to Level 4.
"Applicable Utilization Fee" means, as of any date after January 15,
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2001 that the aggregate Advances exceed 33% of the aggregate Commitments, a
percentage per annum determined by reference to the Public Debt Rating in
effect on such date as set forth below:
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Public Debt Rating Applicable
S&P/Xxxxx'x Utilization Fee
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Level 1
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A+/A1or above 0.100%
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Xxxxx 0
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A/A2 0.125%
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Xxxxx 0
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X-/X0 0.150%
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Level 4
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BBB+/Baal 0.150%
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Level 5
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Lower than Xxxxx 0 0.200%
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"Assignment and Acceptance" means an assignment and acceptance entered
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into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Agent, in
substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.
"Base Rate" means a fluctuating interest rate per annum in effect from
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time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the
highest of:
(a) the rate of interest announced publicly by Citibank in New
York, New York, from time to time, as Citibank's base rate;
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(b) the sum (adjusted to the nearest 1/4 of 1% or, if there is
no nearest 1/4 of 1%, to the next higher 1/4 of 1%) of (i) 1/2 of 1%
per annum, plus (ii) the rate obtained by dividing (A) the latest
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three-week moving average of secondary market morning offering rates
in the United States for three-month certificates of deposit of major
United States money market banks, such three-week moving average
(adjusted to the basis of a year of 360 days) being determined weekly
on each Monday (or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next
succeeding Business Day) for the three-week period ending on the
previous Friday by Citibank on the basis of such rates reported by
certificate of deposit dealers to and published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York or, if such publication shall be suspended or
terminated, on the basis of quotations for such rates received by
Citibank from three New York certificate of deposit dealers of
recognized standing selected by Citibank, by (B) a percentage equal to
100% minus the average of the daily percentages specified during such
three-week period by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including, but not limited to, any emergency,
supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) for Citibank with
respect to liabilities consisting of or including (among other
liabilities) three-month U.S. dollar non-personal time deposits in the
United States, plus (iii) the average during such three-week period of
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the annual assessment rates estimated by Citibank for determining the
then current annual assessment payable by Citibank to the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (or any successor) for insuring U.S.
dollar deposits of Citibank in the United States; and
(c) 1/2 of one percent per annum above the Federal Funds Rate.
"Base Rate Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance that bears
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interest as provided in Section 2.07(a)(i).
"Borrowing" means a Revolving Credit Borrowing or a Competitive Bid
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Borrowing.
"Business Day" means a day of the year on which banks are not required
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or authorized by law to close in New York City and, if the applicable
Business Day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances,
on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank market.
"Commitment" means as to any Lender (a) the amount set forth opposite
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such Lender's name on the signature pages hereof or (b) if such Lender has
entered into any Assignment and Acceptance, the amount set forth for such
Lender in the Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to Section 8.07(d).
"Competitive Bid Advance" means an advance by a Lender to the Borrower
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as part of a Competitive Bid Borrowing resulting from the competitive
bidding procedure described in Section 2.03 and refers to a Fixed Rate
Advance or a LIBO Rate Advance.
"Competitive Bid Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of
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simultaneous Competitive Bid Advances from each of the Lenders whose offer
to make one or more Competitive Bid Advances as part of such borrowing has
been accepted under the competitive bidding procedure described in Section
2.03.
"Competitive Bid Note" means a promissory note of the Borrower payable
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to the order of any Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2
hereto, evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender
resulting from a Competitive Bid Advance made by such Lender.
"Competitive Bid Reduction" has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
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"Confidential Information" means information that the Borrower
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furnishes to the Agent or any Lender, but does not include any such
information that is or becomes generally available to the public or that is
or becomes available to the Agent or such Lender from a source other than
the Borrower.
"Consolidated" refers to the consolidation of accounts in accordance
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with GAAP.
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"Convert", "Conversion" and "Converted" each refers to a conversion of
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Revolving Credit Advances of one Type into Revolving Credit Advances of the
other Type pursuant to Section 2.08 or 2.09.
"Debt" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness
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of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for
the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade
payables not overdue by more than 60 days incurred in the ordinary course
of such Person's business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by
notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all obligations
of such Person created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even
though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement
in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such
property), (e) all obligations of such Person as lessee under leases that
have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital
leases, (f) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in
respect of acceptances, letters of credit or similar extensions of credit,
(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements, (h) all
Debt of others referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above or clause (i)
below guaranteed directly or indirectly in any manner by such Person, or in
effect guaranteed directly or indirectly by such Person through an
agreement (1) to pay or purchase such Debt or to advance or supply funds
for the payment or purchase of such Debt, (2) to purchase, sell or lease
(as lessee or lessor) property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily
for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of such Debt or to
assure the holder of such Debt against loss, (3) to supply funds to or in
any other manner invest in the debtor (including any agreement to pay for
property or services irrespective of whether such property is received or
such services are rendered) or (4) otherwise to assure a creditor against
loss, and (i) all Debt referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured
by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent
or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including, without
limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though
such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt.
"Debt for Borrowed Money" of a Person means all items that, in
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accordance with GAAP, would be classified as indebtedness on a Consolidated
balance sheet of such Person.
"Default" means any Event of Default or any event that would
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constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given
or time elapse or both.
"Domestic Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, the
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office of such Lender specified as its "Domestic Lending Office" opposite
its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which it became a Lender, or such other office of such Lender as such
Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Agent.
"EBITDA" means, for any period, net income (or net loss) plus the sum
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of (a) interest expense, (b) income tax expense, (c) depreciation expense,
(d) amortization expense and all other non-cash charges and (e)
extraordinary or unusual losses deducted in calculating net income less
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extraordinary or unusual gains added in calculating net income, in each
case determined in accordance with GAAP for such period.
"Effective Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.01.
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"Eligible Assignee" means (i) a Lender; (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender;
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and (iii) any other Person approved by the Agent and, unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any assignment is
effected in accordance with Section 8.07, the Borrower, such approval not
to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that neither the
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Borrower nor an Affiliate of the Borrower shall qualify as an Eligible
Assignee.
"Environmental Action" means any action, suit, demand, demand letter,
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claim, notice of non-compliance or violation, notice of liability or
potential liability, investigation, proceeding, consent order or consent
agreement relating in any way to any Environmental Law, Environmental
Permit or Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of
injury to health, safety or the environment,
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including, without limitation, (a) by any governmental or regulatory
authority for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other
actions or damages and (b) by any governmental or regulatory authority or
any third party for damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery,
compensation or injunctive relief.
"Environmental Law" means any federal, state, local or foreign
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statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, judgment, decree or
judicial or agency interpretation, policy or guidance relating to pollution
or protection of the environment, health, safety or natural resources,
including, without limitation, those relating to the use, handling,
transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge of
Hazardous Materials.
"Environmental Permit" means any permit, approval, identification
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number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental
Law.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
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amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings
issued thereunder.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any Person that for purposes of Title IV of
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ERISA is a member of the Borrower's controlled group, or under common
control with the Borrower, within the meaning of Section 414 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
"ERISA Event" means (a) (i) the occurrence of a reportable event,
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within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to any Plan
unless the 30-day notice requirement with respect to such event has been
waived by the PBGC, or (ii) the requirements of subsection (1) of Section
4043(b) of ERISA (without regard to subsection (2) of such Section) are met
with a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of
a Plan, and an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13)
of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to
such Plan within the following 30 days; (b) the application for a minimum
funding waiver with respect to a Plan; (c) the provision by the
administrator of any Plan of a notice of intent to terminate such Plan
pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with
respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (d)
the cessation of operations at a facility of the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e)
the withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple
Employer Plan during a plan year for which it was a substantial employer,
as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (f) the conditions for the
imposition of a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA shall have been met with
respect to any Plan; (g) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring
the provision of security to such Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or
(h) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant
to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition
described in Section 4042 of ERISA that constitutes grounds for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, a Plan.
"Eurocurrency Liabilities" has the meaning assigned to that term in
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Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in
effect from time to time.
"Eurodollar Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, the
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office of such Lender specified as its "Eurodollar Lending Office" opposite
its name on Schedule I hereto or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant
to which it became a Lender (or, if no such office is specified, its
Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Lender as such
Lender may from time to time specify to the Borrower and the Agent.
"Eurodollar Rate" means, for any Interest Period for each Eurodollar
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Rate Advance comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing, an
interest rate per annum equal to the rate per annum obtained by dividing
(a) the rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of
1/16 of 1% per annum) appearing on Dow Xxxxx Markets Telerate Page 3750 (or
any successor page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in
U.S. dollars at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business
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Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period for a term comparable
to such Interest Period or, if for any reason such rate is not available,
the average (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per
annum, if such average is not such a multiple) of the rate per annum at
which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by the principal office of each
of the Reference Banks in London, England to prime banks in the London
interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the
first day of such Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to such
Reference Bank's Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising part of such Revolving
Credit Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period and for a
period equal to such Interest Period by (b) a percentage equal to 100%
minus the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage for such Interest Period. If
the Dow Xxxxx Markets Page 3750 (or any successor page) is unavailable, the
Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance
comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be determined
by the Agent on the basis of applicable rates furnished to and received by
the Agent from the Reference Banks two Business Days before the first day
of such Interest Period, subject, however, to the provisions of Section
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2.08.
"Eurodollar Rate Advance" means a Revolving Credit Advance that bears
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interest as provided in Section 2.07(a)(ii).
"Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage" for any Interest Period for all
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Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances comprising part of the same
Borrowing means the reserve percentage applicable two Business Days before
the first day of such Interest Period under regulations issued from time to
time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including,
without limitation, any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve
requirement) for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York
City with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including
Eurocurrency Liabilities (or with respect to any other category of
liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate
on Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances is determined) having a
term equal to such Interest Period.
"Events of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
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"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest
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rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members
of the Federal Reserve System 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
Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by
it.
"Fixed Rate Advances" has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a)(i).
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"Founder" means (a) each Person who is a beneficial owner (within the
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meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 20% or more of the outstanding shares
of Voting Stock of the Borrower on the date hereof or any Person that is or
becomes a fiduciary of any Person who is a beneficial owner of (or any
Person for whose account were held) outstanding shares of Voting Stock of
the Borrower on the date hereof (in any such case, an "Existing
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Shareholder"), including any group that is comprised solely of Existing
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Shareholders and (b) any such Existing Shareholder or group comprised
solely of Existing Shareholders who shall become the beneficial owner of
20% or more of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock of the Borrower
solely as a result of an acquisition by the Borrower of shares of its
Voting Stock, in each case until such time as the Persons or group
described in clause (a) or (b) above shall become the beneficial owner
(other than by means of a stock dividend, stock split, gift or inheritance
or receipt or exercise of, or accrual of any right to exercise, any stock
options of shares of stock granted by the Borrower) of any additional
shares of Voting Stock of the Borrower. In addition, the Borrower, any
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and any employee stock ownership or
other employee benefit plan of the Borrower or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of
the Borrower shall be a "Founder".
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"GAAP" has the meaning specified in Section 1.03.
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"Hazardous Materials" means (a) petroleum and petroleum products,
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byproducts or breakdown products, radioactive materials, asbestos-
containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls and radon gas and (b) any
other chemicals, materials or substances designated, classified or
regulated as hazardous or toxic or as a pollutant or contaminant under any
Environmental Law.
"Hedge Agreements" means interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements,
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interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements,
currency future or option contracts and other similar agreements.
"Information Memorandum" means the information memorandum dated
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October 25, 2000 used by the Agent in connection with the syndication of
the Commitments.
"Interest Period" means, for each Eurodollar Rate Advance comprising
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part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing and each LIBO Rate Advance
comprising part of the same Competitive Bid Borrowing, the period
commencing on the date of such Eurodollar Rate Advance or LIBO Rate Advance
or the date of the Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into such Eurodollar
Rate Advance and ending on the last day of the period selected by the
Borrower pursuant to the provisions below and, thereafter, with respect to
Eurodollar Rate Advances, each subsequent period commencing on the last day
of the immediately preceding Interest Period and ending on the last day of
the period selected by the Borrower pursuant to the provisions below. The
duration of each such Interest Period shall be one, two, three or six
months, as the Borrower may, upon notice received by the Agent not later
than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the
first day of such Interest Period, select; provided, however, that:
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(i) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period that ends
after the Termination Date;
(ii) Interest Periods commencing on the same date for Eurodollar
Rate Advances comprising part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing
or for LIBO Rate Advances comprising part of the same Competitive Bid
Borrowing shall be of the same duration;
(iii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would
otherwise occur on a day other than a Business Day, the last day of
such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the next succeeding
Business Day, provided, however, that, if such extension would cause
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the last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following
calendar month, the last day of such Interest Period shall occur on
the next preceding Business Day; and
(iv) whenever the first day of any Interest Period occurs on a
day of an initial calendar month for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month that succeeds such initial
calendar month by the number of months equal to the number of months
in such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end on the last
Business Day of such succeeding calendar month.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
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amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings
issued thereunder.
"Lenders" means the Initial Lenders and each Person that shall become
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a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.07.
"LIBO Rate" means, for any Interest Period for all LIBO Rate Advances
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comprising part of the same Competitive Bid Borrowing, an interest rate per
annum equal to the rate per annum obtained by dividing (a) the rate per
annum (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per
annum) appearing on Dow Xxxxx Markets Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor
page) as the London interbank
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offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars at approximately 11:00 A.M.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest
Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period or, if for any reason
such rate is not available, the average (rounded upward to the nearest
whole multiple of 1/16 of 1% per annum, if such average is not such a
multiple) of the rate per annum at which deposits in U.S. dollars offered
by the principal office of each of the Reference Banks in London, England
to prime banks in the London interbank market at 11:00 A.M. (London time)
two Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period in an amount
substantially equal to the amount that would be the Reference Banks'
respective ratable shares of such Borrowing if such Borrowing were to be a
Revolving Credit Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period
and for a period equal to such Interest Period by (b) a percentage equal to
100% minus the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage for such Interest Period.
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unavailable, the LIBO Rate for any Interest Period for each LIBO Rate
Advance comprising part of the same Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be
determined by the Agent on the basis of applicable rates furnished to and
received by the Agent from the Reference Banks two Business Days before the
first day of such Interest Period, subject, however, to the provisions of
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Section 2.08.
"LIBO Rate Advances" means a Competitive Bid Advance bearing interest
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based on the LIBO Rate.
"Lien" means any lien, security interest or other charge or
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encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of preferential arrangement,
including, without limitation, the lien or retained security title of a
conditional vendor and any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on
title to real property.
"Material Adverse Change" means any material adverse change in the
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business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the
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business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the rights and
remedies of the Agent or any Lender under this Agreement or any Note or (c)
the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement
or any Note.
"Merger Agreement" means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
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September 25, 2000 among Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Inc., a Virginia corporation, the
Borrower and B Acquisition Corp., a Virginia corporation and a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Borrower
"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or any successor by
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merger or change of name which is a nationally recognized rating agency.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section
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4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is making
or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the
preceding five plan years made or accrued an obligation to make
contributions.
"Multiple Employer Plan" means a single employer plan, as defined in
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Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees of the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one Person other than the
Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect
of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under
Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be
terminated.
"Note" means a Revolving Credit Note or a Competitive Bid Note.
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"Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing" has the meaning specified in
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Section 2.02(a).
"Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing" has the meaning specified in
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Section 2.03(a).
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"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any
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successor).
"Permitted Liens" means such of the following as to which no
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enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure proceeding shall
have been commenced: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental
charges or levies to the extent not required to be paid under Section
5.01(b) hereof; (b) Liens imposed by law, such as materialmen's,
mechanics', carriers', workmen's and repairmen's Liens and other similar
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations that
are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days; (c) pledges or deposits
to secure obligations under workers' compensation laws or similar
legislation or to secure public or statutory obligations; and (d)
easements, rights of way and other encumbrances on title to real property
that do not render title to the property encumbered thereby unmarketable or
materially adversely affect the use of such property for its present
purposes.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
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business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, or a government
or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
"Plan" means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan.
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"Public Debt Rating" means, as of any date, the lowest rating that has
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been most recently announced by either S&P or Moody's, as the case may be,
for any class of non-credit enhanced long-term senior unsecured debt issued
by the Borrower. For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if only one of S&P and
Moody's shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Applicable Margin,
the Applicable Percentage and the Applicable Utilization Fee shall be
determined by reference to the available rating; (b) if neither S&P nor
Moody's shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Applicable Margin,
the Applicable Percentage and the Applicable Utilization Fee will be set in
accordance with Level 5 under the definition of "Applicable Margin",
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"Applicable Percentage" or "Applicable Utilization Fee", as the case may
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be; (c) if the ratings established by S&P and Moody's shall fall within
different levels, the Applicable Margin, the Applicable Percentage and the
Applicable Utilization Fee shall be based upon the higher rating, except
that, in the event that the lower of such ratings is more than one level
below the higher of such ratings, the Applicable Margin, the Applicable
Percentage and the Applicable Utilization Fee shall be based upon the level
immediately above the lower of such ratings; (d) if any rating established
by S&P or Moody's shall be changed, such change shall be effective as of
the date on which such change is first announced publicly by the rating
agency making such change; and (e) if S&P or Moody's shall change the basis
on which ratings are established, each reference to the Public Debt Rating
announced by S&P or Moody's, as the case may be, shall refer to the then
equivalent rating by S&P or Moody's, as the case may be.
"Reference Banks" means Citibank and First Union National Bank.
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"Register" has the meaning specified in Section 8.07(d).
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"Required Lenders" means at any time Lenders owed at least a majority
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in interest of the then aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving
Credit Advances owing to Lenders, or, if no such principal amount is then
outstanding, Lenders having at least a majority in interest of the
Commitments.
"Revolving Credit Advance" means an advance by a Lender to the
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Borrower as part of a Revolving Credit Borrowing and refers to a Base Rate
Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Advance (each of which shall be a "Type" of
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Revolving Credit Advance).
"Revolving Credit Borrowing" means a borrowing consisting of
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simultaneous Revolving Credit Advances of the same Type made by each of the
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.
"Revolving Credit Note" means a promissory note of the Borrower
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payable to the order of any Lender, delivered pursuant to a request made
under Section 2.16 in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1
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hereto, evidencing the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Advances made by such Lender.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
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Companies, Inc., or any successor by merger or change of name which is a
nationally recognized rating agency
"Single Employer Plan" means a single employer plan, as defined in
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Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees of the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and no Person other than the Borrower and
the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4069 of
ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means any corporation, partnership, joint
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venture, limited liability company, trust or estate of which (or in which)
more than 50% of (a) the issued and outstanding capital stock having
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such
corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other
class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon
the occurrence of any contingency), (b) the interest in the capital or
profits of such limited liability company, partnership or joint venture or
(c) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate is at the time directly
or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or
more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person's other
Subsidiaries.
"Termination Date" means the earlier of (a) November 27, 2001 and (b)
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the date of termination in whole of the Commitments pursuant to Section
2.05 or 6.01.
"Voting Stock" means capital stock issued by a corporation, or
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equivalent interests in any other Person, the holders of which are
ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the
election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such
Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of
such a contingency.
SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement in the
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computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word "from" means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" each
mean "to but excluding".
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not
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specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistent with those applied in the preparation
of the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01(e) ("GAAP").
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ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
SECTION 2.01. The Revolving Credit Advances. Each Lender severally
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agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make Revolving
Credit Advances to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the
period from the Effective Date until the Termination Date in an aggregate amount
not to exceed at any time outstanding such Lender's Commitment provided that the
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aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders shall be deemed used from
time to time to the extent of the aggregate amount of the Competitive Bid
Advances then outstanding and such deemed use of the aggregate amount of the
Commitments shall be allocated among the Lenders ratably according to their
respective Commitments (such deemed use of the aggregate amount of the
Commitments being a "Competitive Bid Reduction"). Each Revolving Credit
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Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple
of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall consist of Revolving Credit Advances
of the same Type made on the same day by the Lenders ratably according to their
respective Commitments. Within the limits of each Lender's Commitment, the
Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay pursuant to Section 2.10 and
reborrow under this Section 2.01.
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SECTION 2.02. Making the Revolving Credit Advances. (a) Each
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Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be made on notice, given not later than (x)
11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of
the proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing in the case of a Revolving Credit
Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances or (y) 11:00 A.M. (New York
City time) on the date of the proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing in the case of
a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances, by the Borrower
to the Agent, which shall give to each Lender prompt notice thereof by
telecopier or telex. Each such notice of a Revolving Credit Borrowing (a
"Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing") shall be by telephone, confirmed
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immediately in writing, or telecopier or telex in substantially the form of
Exhibit B-1 hereto, specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Revolving
Credit Borrowing, (ii) Type of Advances comprising such Revolving Credit
Borrowing, (iii) aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, and (iv)
in the case of a Revolving Credit Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate
Advances, initial Interest Period for each such Revolving Credit Advance. Each
Lender shall, before 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the date of such
Revolving Credit Borrowing make available for the account of its Applicable
Lending Office to the Agent at the Agent's Account, in same day funds, such
Lender's ratable portion of such Revolving Credit Borrowing. After the Agent's
receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set
forth in Article III, the Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower
at the Agent's address referred to in Section 8.02.
(b) Anything in subsection (a) above to the contrary notwithstanding,
(i) the Borrower may not select Eurodollar Rate Advances for any Revolving
Credit Borrowing if the aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Borrowing is
less than $10,000,000 or if the obligation of the Lenders to make Eurodollar
Rate Advances shall then be suspended pursuant to Section 2.08 or 2.12 and (ii)
the Eurodollar Rate Advances may not be outstanding as part of more than six
separate Revolving Credit Borrowings.
(c) Each Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be irrevocable and
binding on the Borrower. In the case of any Revolving Credit Borrowing that the
related Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing specifies is to be comprised of
Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any
loss, cost or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure to
fulfill on or before the date specified in such Notice of Revolving Credit
Borrowing for such Revolving Credit Borrowing the applicable conditions set
forth in Article III, including, without limitation, any loss (excluding loss of
anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund the
Revolving Credit Advance to be made by such Lender as part of such Revolving
Credit Borrowing when such Revolving Credit Advance, as a result of such
failure, is not made on such date.
(d) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to
the date of any Revolving Credit Borrowing that such Lender will not make
available to the Agent such Lender's ratable portion of such Revolving Credit
Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available
to the Agent on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with
subsection (a) of this Section 2.02 and the Agent may, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount.
If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have so made such ratable
portion available to the Agent, such Lender and the Borrower severally agree to
repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with
interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to
the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Agent, at (i) in the
case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to Revolving
Credit Advances comprising such Revolving Credit Borrowing and (ii) in the case
of such Lender, the Federal Funds Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the Agent
such corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender's
Revolving Credit Advance as part of such Revolving Credit Borrowing for purposes
of this Agreement.
(e) The failure of any Lender to make the Revolving Credit Advance to
be made by it as part of any Revolving Credit Borrowing shall not relieve any
other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Revolving Credit
Advance on the date of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, but no Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Revolving Credit
Advance to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Revolving Credit
Borrowing.
SECTION 2.03. The Competitive Bid Advances. (a) Each Lender
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severally agrees that the Borrower may make Competitive Bid Borrowings under
this Section 2.03 from time to time on any Business Day during the period from
the date hereof until the date occurring 30 days prior to the Termination Date
in the manner
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set forth below; provided that, following the making of each Competitive Bid
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Borrowing, the aggregate amount of the Advances then outstanding shall not
exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments of the Lenders (computed without
regard to any Competitive Bid Reduction).
(i) The Borrower may request a Competitive Bid Borrowing under this
Section 2.03 by delivering to the Agent, by telecopier or telex, a notice
of a Competitive Bid Borrowing (a "Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing"),
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in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto, specifying therein the
requested (v) date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, (w)
aggregate amount of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, (x) in the
case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of LIBO Rate Advances,
Interest Period, or in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting
of Fixed Rate Advances, maturity date for repayment of each Fixed Rate
Advance to be made as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing (which
maturity date may not be earlier than the date occurring 30 days after the
date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing or later than the Termination Date),
(y) interest payment date or dates relating thereto, and (z) other terms
(if any) to be applicable to such Competitive Bid Borrowing, not later than
10:00 A.M. (New York City time) (A) at least one Business Day prior to the
date of the proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, if the Borrower shall
specify in the Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing that the rates of
interest to be offered by the Lenders shall be fixed rates per annum (the
Advances comprising any such Competitive Bid Borrowing being referred to
herein as "Fixed Rate Advances") and (B) at least four Business Days prior
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to the date of the proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, if the Borrower
shall instead specify in the Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing that the
Advances comprising such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be LIBO Rate
Advances. Each Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be irrevocable
and binding on the Borrower. The Agent shall in turn promptly notify each
Lender of each request for a Competitive Bid Borrowing received by it from
the Borrower by sending such Lender a copy of the related Notice of
Competitive Bid Borrowing.
(ii) Each Lender may, if, in its sole discretion, it elects to do
so, irrevocably offer to make one or more Competitive Bid Advances to the
Borrower as part of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing at a rate or
rates of interest specified by such Lender in its sole discretion, by
notifying the Agent (which shall give prompt notice thereof to the
Borrower), (A) before 9:30 A.M. (New York City time) on the date of such
proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid
Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate Advances and (B) before 10:00 A.M. (New
York City time) three Business Days before the date of such proposed
Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing
consisting of LIBO Rate Advances of the minimum amount and maximum amount
of each Competitive Bid Advance which such Lender would be willing to make
as part of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing (which amounts of such
proposed Competitive Bid may, subject to the proviso to the first sentence
of this Section 2.03(a), exceed such Lender's Commitment, if any), the rate
or rates of interest therefor and such Lender's Applicable Lending Office
with respect to such Competitive Bid Advance; provided that if the Agent in
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its capacity as a Lender shall, in its sole discretion, elect to make any
such offer, it shall notify the Borrower of such offer at least 30 minutes
before the time and on the date on which notice of such election is to be
given to the Agent, by the other Lenders. If any Lender shall elect not to
make such an offer, such Lender shall so notify the Agent before 10:00 A.M.
(New York City time), and such Lender shall not be obligated to, and shall
not, make any Competitive Bid Advance as part of such Competitive Bid
Borrowing; provided that the failure by any Lender to give such notice
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shall not cause such Lender to be obligated to make any Competitive Bid
Advance as part of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing.
(iii) The Borrower shall, in turn, (A) before 10:30 A.M. (New York
City time) on the date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the
case of a Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate Advances and
(B) before 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) three Business Days before the
date of such proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing, in the case of a
Competitive Bid Borrowing consisting of LIBO Rate Advances, either:
(x) cancel such Competitive Bid Borrowing by giving the Agent
notice to that effect, or
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(y) accept one or more of the offers made by any Lender or
Lenders pursuant to paragraph (ii) above, in its sole discretion, by
giving notice to the Agent of the amount of each Competitive Bid
Advance (which amount shall be equal to or greater than the minimum
amount, and equal to or less than the maximum amount, notified to the
Borrower by the Agent on behalf of such Lender for such Competitive
Bid Advance pursuant to paragraph (ii) above) to be made by each
Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, and reject any
remaining offers made by Lenders pursuant to paragraph (ii) above by
giving the Agent notice to that effect. The Borrower shall accept the
offers made by any Lender or Lenders to make Competitive Bid Advances
in order of the lowest to the highest rates of interest offered by
such Lenders. If two or more Lenders have offered the same interest
rate, the amount to be borrowed at such interest rate will be
allocated among such Lenders in proportion to the amount that each
such Lender offered at such interest rate.
(iv) If the Borrower notifies the Agent that such Competitive Bid
Borrowing is cancelled pursuant to paragraph (iii)(x) above, the Agent
shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders and such Competitive Bid
Borrowing shall not be made.
(v) If the Borrower accepts one or more of the offers made by any
Lender or Lenders pursuant to paragraph (iii)(y) above, the Agent shall in
turn promptly notify (A) each Lender that has made an offer as described in
paragraph (ii) above, of the date and aggregate amount of such Competitive
Bid Borrowing and whether or not any offer or offers made by such Lender
pursuant to paragraph (ii) above have been accepted by the Borrower, (B)
each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as part of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing, of the amount of each Competitive Bid Advance to
be made by such Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, and (C)
each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as part of such
Competitive Bid Borrowing, upon receipt, that the Agent has received forms
of documents appearing to fulfill the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III. Each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance as part
of such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall, before 11:00 A.M. (New York City
time) on the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing specified in the notice
received from the Agent pursuant to clause (A) of the preceding sentence or
any later time when such Lender shall have received notice from the Agent
pursuant to clause (C) of the preceding sentence, make available for the
account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Agent at its address
referred to in Section 8.02, in same day funds, such Lender's portion of
such Competitive Bid Borrowing. Upon fulfillment of the applicable
conditions set forth in Article III and after receipt by the Agent of such
funds, the Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower at the
location specified by the Borrower in its Notice of Competitive Bid
Borrowing. Promptly after each Competitive Bid Borrowing the Agent will
notify each Lender of the amount of the Competitive Bid Borrowing, the
consequent Competitive Bid Reduction and the dates upon which such
Competitive Bid Reduction commenced and will terminate.
(vi) If the Borrower notifies the Agent that it accepts one or more of
the offers made by any Lender or Lenders pursuant to paragraph (iii)(y)
above, such notice of acceptance shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss, cost
or expense incurred by such Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill on
or before the date specified in the related Notice of Competitive Bid
Borrowing for such Competitive Bid Borrowing the applicable conditions set
forth in Article III, including, without limitation, any loss (excluding
loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason of the
liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such
Lender to fund the Competitive Bid Advance to be made by such Lender as
part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing when such Competitive Bid Advance,
as a result of such failure, is not made on such date.
(b) Each Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of
$10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and,
following the making of each Competitive Bid Borrowing, the Borrower shall be in
compliance with the limitation set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of
subsection (a) above.
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(c) Within the limits and on the conditions set forth in this Section
2.03, the Borrower may from time to time borrow under this Section 2.03, repay
or prepay pursuant to subsection (d) below, and reborrow under this Section
2.03, provided that a Competitive Bid Borrowing shall not be made within three
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Business Days of the date of any other Competitive Bid Borrowing.
(d) The Borrower shall repay to the Agent for the account of each
Lender that has made a Competitive Bid Advance, on the maturity date of each
Competitive Bid Advance (such maturity date being that specified by the Borrower
for repayment of such Competitive Bid Advance in the related Notice of
Competitive Bid Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i) above and
provided in the Competitive Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance),
the then unpaid principal amount of such Competitive Bid Advance. The Borrower
shall have no right to prepay any principal amount of any Competitive Bid
Advance unless, and then only on the terms, specified by the Borrower for such
Competitive Bid Advance in the related Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing
delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i) above and set forth in the Competitive
Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance.
(e) The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of
each Competitive Bid Advance from the date of such Competitive Bid Advance to
the date the principal amount of such Competitive Bid Advance is repaid in full,
at the rate of interest for such Competitive Bid Advance specified by the Lender
making such Competitive Bid Advance in its notice with respect thereto delivered
pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) above, payable on the interest payment date or
dates specified by the Borrower for such Competitive Bid Advance in the related
Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing delivered pursuant to subsection (a)(i)
above, as provided in the Competitive Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid
Advance. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
under Section 6.01(a), the Borrower shall pay interest on the amount of unpaid
principal of and interest on each Competitive Bid Advance owing to a Lender,
payable in arrears on the date or dates interest is payable thereon, at a rate
per annum equal at all times to 1% per annum above the rate per annum required
to be paid on such Competitive Bid Advance under the terms of the Competitive
Bid Note evidencing such Competitive Bid Advance unless otherwise agreed in such
Competitive Bid Note.
(f) The indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each Competitive
Bid Advance made to the Borrower as part of a Competitive Bid Borrowing shall be
evidenced by a separate Competitive Bid Note of the Borrower payable to the
order of the Lender making such Competitive Bid Advance.
SECTION 2.04. Fees. (a) Facility Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay
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to the Agent for the account of each Lender a facility fee on the aggregate
amount of such Lender's Commitment from the date hereof in the case of each
Initial Lender and from the effective date specified in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender in the case of each other Lender
until the Termination Date at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable
Percentage, payable in arrears quarterly on the last day of each March, June,
September and December, commencing December 31, 2000, and on the Termination
Date.
(b) Utilization Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the
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account of each Lender for each date prior to the Termination Date on which the
aggregate outstanding Advances exceed 33% of the Commitments, a fee on the
aggregate amount of the outstanding Advances at a rate per annum equal to the
Applicable Utilization Fee, payable in arrears quarterly on the last day of each
March, June, September and December, commencing December 31, 2000, and on the
Termination Date.
(c) Agent's Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for its own
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account such fees as may from time to time be agreed between the Borrower and
the Agent.
SECTION 2.05. Termination or Reduction of the Commitments. The
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Borrower shall have the right, upon at least three Business Days' notice to the
Agent, to terminate in whole or reduce ratably in part the unused portions of
the respective Commitments of the Lenders, provided that each partial reduction
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shall be in the aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof and provided further that the aggregate amount of
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the Commitments of the Lenders shall not be reduced to an amount that is less
than the aggregate principal amount of the Competitive Bid Advances then
outstanding.
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SECTION 2.06. Repayment of Revolving Credit Advances. The Borrower
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shall repay to the Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders on the
Termination Date the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Advances
then outstanding.
SECTION 2.07. Interest on Revolving Credit Advances. (a) Scheduled
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Interest. The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of
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each Revolving Credit Advance owing to each Lender from the date of such
Revolving Credit Advance until such principal amount shall be paid in full, at
the following rates per annum:
(i) Base Rate Advances. During such periods as such Revolving Credit
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Advance is a Base Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all times to the
sum of (x) the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus (y) the
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Applicable Margin in effect from time to time, payable in arrears quarterly
on the last day of each March, June, September and December during such
periods and on the date such Base Rate Advance shall be Converted or paid
in full.
(ii) Eurodollar Rate Advances. During such periods as such Revolving
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Credit Advance is a Eurodollar Rate Advance, a rate per annum equal at all
times during each Interest Period for such Revolving Credit Advance to the
sum of (x) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period for such Revolving
Credit Advance plus (y) the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time,
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payable in arrears on the last day of such Interest Period and, if such
Interest Period has a duration of more than three months, on each day that
occurs during such Interest Period every three months from the first day of
such Interest Period and on the date such Eurodollar Rate Advance shall be
Converted or paid in full.
(b) Default Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance
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of an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a), the Borrower shall pay interest on
(i) the unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Advance owing to each
Lender, payable in arrears on the dates referred to in clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii)
above, at a rate per annum equal at all times to 1% per annum above the rate per
annum required to be paid on such Revolving Credit Advance pursuant to clause
(a)(i) or (a)(ii) above and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by law, the
amount of any interest, fee or other amount payable hereunder that is not paid
when due, from the date such amount shall be due until such amount shall be paid
in full, payable in arrears on the date such amount shall be paid in full and on
demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to 1% per annum above the rate
per annum required to be paid on Base Rate Advances pursuant to clause (a)(i)
above.
SECTION 2.08. Interest Rate Determination. (a) Each Reference Bank
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agrees to furnish to the Agent timely information for the purpose of determining
each Eurodollar Rate and each LIBO Rate. If any one or more of the Reference
Banks shall not furnish such timely information to the Agent for the purpose of
determining any such interest rate, the Agent shall determine such interest rate
on the basis of timely information furnished by the remaining Reference Banks.
The Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and the Lenders of the
applicable interest rate determined by the Agent for purposes of Section
2.07(a)(i) or (ii), and the rate, if any, furnished by each Reference Bank for
the purpose of determining the interest rate under Section 2.07(a)(ii).
(b) If, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advances, the Required
Lenders notify the Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period for
such Advances will not adequately reflect the cost to such Required Lenders of
making, funding or maintaining their respective Eurodollar Rate Advances for
such Interest Period, the Agent shall forthwith so notify the Borrower and the
Lenders, whereupon (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the
last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate
Advance, and (ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Revolving
Credit Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended until the
Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances causing
such suspension no longer exist.
(c) If the Borrower shall fail to select the duration of any Interest
Period for any Eurodollar Rate Advances in accordance with the provisions
contained in the definition of "Interest Period" in Section 1.01, the Agent will
forthwith so notify the Borrower and the Lenders and such Advances will
automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor, be
Converted into Base Rate Advances.
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(d) On the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
Eurodollar Rate Advances comprising any Borrowing shall be reduced, by payment
or prepayment or otherwise, to less than $10,000,000, such Advances shall
automatically Convert into Base Rate Advances.
(e) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default under Section 6.01(a), (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will
automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period therefor,
Convert into a Base Rate Advance and (ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make,
or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended.
(f) If Dow Xxxxx Markets Telerate Page 3750 is unavailable and
fewer than two Reference Banks furnish timely information to the Agent for
determining the Eurodollar Rate or LIBO Rate for any Eurodollar Rate Advances or
LIBO Rate Advances, as the case may be,
(i) the Agent shall forthwith notify the Borrower and the Lenders
that the interest rate cannot be determined for such Eurodollar Rate
Advances or LIBO Rate Advances, as the case may be,
(ii) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Advances, each such Advance
will automatically, on the last day of the then existing Interest Period
therefor, be prepaid by the Borrower or be automatically Converted into a
Base Rate Advance (or if such Advance is then a Base Rate Advance, will
continue as a Base Rate Advance), and
(iii) the obligation of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Advances
or LIBO Rate Advances or to Convert Revolving Credit Advances into
Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Agent shall notify
the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances causing such suspension
no longer exist.
SECTION 2.09. Optional Conversion of Revolving Credit Advances. The
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Borrower may on any Business Day, upon notice given to the Agent not later than
11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of
the proposed Conversion and subject to the provisions of Sections 2.08 and 2.12,
Convert all Revolving Credit Advances of one Type comprising the same Borrowing
into Revolving Credit Advances of the other Type; provided, however, that any
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Conversion of Eurodollar Rate Advances into Base Rate Advances shall be made
only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Advances,
any Conversion of Base Rate Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be in
an amount not less than the minimum amount specified in Section 2.02(b) and no
Conversion of any Revolving Credit Advances shall result in more separate
Revolving Credit Borrowings than permitted under Section 2.02(b). Each such
notice of a Conversion shall, within the restrictions specified above, specify
(i) the date of such Conversion, (ii) the Revolving Credit Advances to be
Converted, and (iii) if such Conversion is into Eurodollar Rate Advances, the
duration of the initial Interest Period for each such Advance. Each notice of
Conversion shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower.
SECTION 2.10. Prepayments of Revolving Credit Advances. The Borrower
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may, upon notice at least two Business Days' prior to the date of such
prepayment, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances, and not later than 11:00
A.M. (New York City time) on the date of such prepayment, in the case of Base
Rate Advances, to the Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate principal
amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given the Borrower shall, prepay
the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Advances comprising
part of the same Revolving Credit Borrowing in whole or ratably in part,
together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal
amount prepaid; provided, however, that (x) each partial prepayment shall be in
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an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof and (y) in the event of any such prepayment of a
Eurodollar Rate Advance, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the
Lenders in respect thereof pursuant to Section 8.04(c).
SECTION 2.11. Increased Costs. (a) If after the date hereof, due to
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either (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any
law or regulation or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any
central bank or other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of
law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make
or making, funding or maintaining Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances
(excluding for purposes of this Section 2.11 any such increased costs resulting
from (i)
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Taxes or Other Taxes (as to which Section 2.14 shall govern) and (ii) changes in
the basis of taxation of overall net income or overall gross income by the
United States or by the foreign jurisdiction or state under the laws of which
such Lender is organized or has its Applicable Lending Office or any political
subdivision thereof), then the Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by
such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), pay to the Agent for the
account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender
for such increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost,
submitted to the Borrower and the Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and
binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(b) If after the date hereof any Lender determines that compliance
with any law or regulation or any guideline or request from any central bank or
other governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) affects or
would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such
Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender and that the amount of such
capital is increased by or based upon the existence of such Lender's commitment
to lend hereunder and other commitments of this type, then, upon demand by such
Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the
Agent for the account of such Lender, from time to time as specified by such
Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or such
corporation in the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Lender
reasonably determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence
of such Lender's commitment to lend hereunder. A certificate as to such amounts
submitted to the Borrower and the Agent by such Lender shall be conclusive and
binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.12. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of
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this Agreement, if any Lender shall notify the Agent that the introduction of or
any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it
unlawful, or any central bank or other governmental authority asserts that it is
unlawful, for any Lender or its Eurodollar Lending Office to perform its
obligations hereunder to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or to fund or maintain
Eurodollar Rate Advances hereunder, (a) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will
automatically, upon such demand, Convert into a Base Rate Advance and (b) the
obligation of the Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or LIBO Rate Advances
or to Convert Revolving Credit Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be
suspended until the Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.
SECTION 2.13. Payments and Computations. (a) The Borrower shall
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make each payment hereunder not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on
the day when due to the Agent at the Agent's Account in same day funds without
deduction, set-off or counterclaim. The Agent will promptly thereafter cause to
be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest or
facility fees ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.03,
2.11, 2.14 or 8.04(c)) to the Lenders for the account of their respective
Applicable Lending Offices, and like funds relating to the payment of any other
amount payable to any Lender to such Lender for the account of its Applicable
Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. Upon its acceptance of an Assignment and Acceptance and recording of
the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to Section 8.07(c),
from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance,
the Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under the Notes in respect of
the interest assigned thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder, and the parties
to such Assignment and Acceptance shall make all appropriate adjustments in such
payments for periods prior to such effective date directly between themselves.
(b) The Borrower hereby authorizes each Lender, if and to the extent
payment owed to such Lender is not made when due hereunder or under the Note
held by such Lender, to charge from time to time against any or all of the
Borrower's accounts with such Lender any amount so due.
(c) All computations of interest based on the Base Rate shall be made
by the Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, all
computations of interest based on the Eurodollar Rate, the LIBO Rate or the
Federal Funds Rate or in respect of Fixed Rate Advances and of fees shall be
made by the Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case for the
actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day)
occurring in the period for which such interest or facility fees are payable.
Each determination by the Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(d) Whenever any payment hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated
to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of
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time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest or
facility fee, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if such extension
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would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Advances or
LIBO Rate Advances to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment
shall be made on the next preceding Business Day.
(e) Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower
prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the
Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Agent may assume that the
Borrower has made such payment in full to the Agent on such date and the Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on
such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the
extent the Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the Agent,
each Lender shall repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed
to such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such
amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such
amount to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.
SECTION 2.14. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by the Borrower
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hereunder or under the Notes shall be made, in accordance with Section 2.13,
free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with
respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Lender and the Agent, taxes
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imposed on its overall net income, and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of
net income taxes, by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender or the
Agent (as the case may be) is organized or any political subdivision thereof
and, in the case of each Lender, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and
franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes, by the jurisdiction
of such Lender's Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof
(all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings
and liabilities in respect of payments hereunder or under the Notes being
hereinafter referred to as "Taxes"). If the Borrower shall be required by law
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to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any
Note to any Lender or the Agent, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may
be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.14) such Lender or
the Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such
deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the
relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable
law.
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar
levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or under the Notes or from the
execution, delivery or registration of, performing under, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement or the Notes (hereinafter referred to as "Other
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Taxes").
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(c) The Borrower shall indemnify each Lender and the Agent for and
hold it harmless against the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including,
without limitation, taxes of any kind imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts
payable under this Section 2.14) imposed on or paid by such Lender or the Agent
(as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and
expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. This indemnification shall
be made within 30 days from the date such Lender or the Agent (as the case may
be) makes written demand therefor.
(d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the
Borrower shall furnish to the Agent, at its address referred to in Section 8.02,
the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing such payment. In the
case of any payment hereunder or under the Notes by or on behalf of the Borrower
through an account or branch outside the United States or by or on behalf of the
Borrower by a payor that is not a United States person, if the Borrower
determines that no Taxes are payable in respect thereof, the Borrower shall
furnish, or shall cause such payor to furnish, to the Agent, at such address, an
opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Agent stating that such payment
is exempt from Taxes. For purposes of this subsection (d) and subsection (e),
the terms "United States" and "United States person" shall have the meanings
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specified in Section 7701 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(e) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the
United States, on or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of this
Agreement in the case of each Initial Lender and on the date of the Assignment
and Acceptance pursuant to which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other
Lender, and from
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time to time thereafter as requested in writing by the Borrower (but only so
long as such Lender remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide each of the
Agent and the Borrower with two original Internal Revenue Service forms W-8BEN
or W-8EC1, as appropriate, or any successor or other form prescribed by the
Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Lender is exempt from or entitled
to a reduced rate of United States withholding tax on payments pursuant to this
Agreement or the Notes. If the form provided by a Lender at the time such Lender
first becomes a party to this Agreement indicates a United States interest
withholding tax rate in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be
considered excluded from Taxes unless and until such Lender provides the
appropriate forms certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon withholding
tax at such lesser rate only shall be considered excluded from Taxes for periods
governed by such form; provided, however, that, if at the date of the Assignment
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and Acceptance pursuant to which a Lender assignee becomes a party to this
Agreement, the Lender assignor was entitled to payments under subsection (a) in
respect of United States withholding tax with respect to interest paid at such
date, then, to such extent, the term Taxes shall include (in addition to
withholding taxes that may be imposed in the future or other amounts otherwise
includable in Taxes) United States withholding tax, if any, applicable with
respect to the Lender assignee on such date. If any form or document referred to
in this subsection (e) requires the disclosure of information, other than
information necessary to compute the tax payable and information required on the
date hereof by Internal Revenue Service form 1001 or 4224, that the Lender
reasonably considers to be confidential, the Lender shall give notice thereof to
the Borrower and shall not be obligated to include in such form or document such
confidential information.
(f) For any period with respect to which a Lender has failed to
provide the Borrower with the appropriate form described in Section 2.14(e)
(other than if such failure is due to a change in law occurring subsequent to
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the date on which a form originally was required to be provided, or if such form
otherwise is not required under subsection (e) above), such Lender shall not be
entitled to indemnification under Section 2.14(a) or (c) with respect to Taxes
imposed by the United States by reason of such failure; provided, however, that
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should a Lender become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form
required hereunder, the Borrower shall take such steps as the Lender shall
reasonably request to assist the Lender to recover such Taxes.
(g) Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to
this Section 2.14 agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal
policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its
Eurodollar Lending Office if the making of such a change would avoid the need
for, or reduce the amount of, any such additional amounts that may thereafter
accrue and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, be otherwise
disadvantageous to such Lender.
SECTION 2.15. Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender shall obtain
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any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right
of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the Revolving Credit Advances owing to
it (other than pursuant to Section 2.11, 2.14 or 8.04(c)) in excess of its
ratable share of payments on account of the Revolving Credit Advances obtained
by all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders
such participations in the Revolving Credit Advances owing to them as shall be
necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably
with each of them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess
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payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from
each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing
Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount
equal to such Lender's ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the
amount of such Lender's required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered
from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by
the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Borrower
agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender
pursuant to this Section 2.15 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect
to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the
Borrower in the amount of such participation.
SECTION 2.16. Evidence of Debt. (a) Each Lender shall maintain in
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accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the
indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Revolving Credit
Advance owing to such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of
principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder in respect of Revolving Credit Advances. The Borrower agrees that upon
notice by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy of such notice to the Agent)
to the effect that a Revolving Credit Note is required or appropriate in order
for such Lender to evidence (whether for purposes of pledge, enforcement or
otherwise) the Revolving Credit Advances owing to, or to be made by, such
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Lender, the Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to such Lender a
Revolving Credit Note payable to the order of such Lender in a principal amount
up to the Commitment of such Lender.
(b) The Register maintained by the Agent pursuant to Section 8.07(d)
shall include a control account, and a subsidiary account for each Lender, in
which accounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the date and amount of
each Borrowing made hereunder, the Type of Advances comprising such Borrowing
and, if appropriate, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the terms of
each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it, (iii) the amount
of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from
the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iv) the amount of any sum received by
the Agent from the Borrower hereunder and each Lender's share thereof.
(c) Entries made in good faith by the Agent in the Register pursuant
to subsection (b) above, and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant
to subsection (a) above, shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of
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principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such
account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement, absent manifest error;
provided, however, that the failure of the Agent or such Lender to make an
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entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such
account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the
Borrower under this Agreement.
SECTION 2.17. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Advances shall be
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available (and the Borrower agrees that it shall use such proceeds) for the
acquisition of the common stock of Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Inc., a Virginia
corporation, pursuant to the Merger Agreement and for other general corporate
purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including commercial paper
backstop.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND LENDING
SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Sections 2.01
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and 2.03. Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of this Agreement shall become effective on
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and as of the first date (the "Effective Date") on which the following
conditions precedent have been satisfied:
(a) There shall have occurred no Material Adverse Change since
December 31, 1999.
(b) There shall exist no action, suit, investigation, litigation or
proceeding affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pending or
threatened before any court, governmental agency or arbitrator that (i)
could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii)
purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any Note or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(c) Nothing shall have come to the attention of the Lenders during the
course of their due diligence investigation to lead them to believe that
the Information Memorandum was or has become misleading, incorrect or
incomplete in any material respect; without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Lenders shall have been given such access to the management,
records, books of account, contracts and properties of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as they shall have requested.
(d) All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been
obtained (without the imposition of any conditions that are not acceptable
to the Lenders) and shall remain in effect, and no law or regulation shall
be applicable in the reasonable judgment of the Lenders that restrains,
prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(e) The Borrower shall have notified each Lender and the Agent in
writing as to the proposed Effective Date.
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(f) The Borrower shall have paid all accrued fees and expenses of the
Agent and the Lenders (including the accrued fees and expenses of counsel
to the Agent).
(g) On the Effective Date, the following statements shall be true and
the Agent shall have received for the account of each Lender a certificate
signed by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower, dated the Effective
Date, stating that:
(i) The representations and warranties contained in Section
4.01 are correct on and as of the Effective Date, and
(ii) No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a
Default.
(h) The Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date the
following, each dated such day, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent and (except for the Revolving Credit Notes) in sufficient copies for
each Lender:
(i) The Revolving Credit Notes to the order of the Lenders to
the extent requested by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16.
(ii) Certified copies of the resolutions of the Board of
Directors of the Borrower approving this Agreement and the Notes, and
of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and
governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the
Notes.
(iii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Borrower certifying the names and true signatures of the
officers of the Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement and the
Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder.
(iv) A favorable opinion of Xxxxxxx X. Block, Senior Vice
President and General Counsel, counsel for the Borrower, substantially
in the form of Exhibit D hereto and as to such other matters as any
Lender through the Agent may reasonably request.
(v) A favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling, counsel for
the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(i) The Minimum Condition (as defined in the Merger Agreement) shall
have been satisfied and the applicable waiting period under the Xxxx-Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 has expired or terminated.
(j) The Borrower shall have reduced the commitments of the lenders,
and the aggregate principal amount of the advances, under the 180-Day
Credit Agreement dated as of November 2, 2000 among the Borrower, Citibank,
N.A., as lender and as administrative agent, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc.,
as arranger, to an aggregate amount of not more than $350,000,000.
SECTION 3.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Revolving Credit
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Borrowing. The obligation of each Lender to make a Revolving Credit Advance on
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the occasion of each Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be subject to the
conditions precedent that the Effective Date shall have occurred and on the date
of such Revolving Credit Borrowing (a) the following statements shall be true
(and each of the giving of the applicable Notice of Revolving Credit Borrowing
and the acceptance by the Borrower of the proceeds of such Revolving Credit
Borrowing shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that on
the date of such Borrowing such statements are true):
(i) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01
(except the representations set forth in the last sentence of subsection
(e) thereof and in subsection (f)(i) thereof) are correct on and as
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of such date, before and after giving effect to such Revolving Credit
Borrowing, and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made
on and as of such date, and
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from
such Revolving Credit Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds
therefrom, that constitutes a Default;
and (b) the Agent shall have received such other approvals, opinions or
documents as any Lender through the Agent may reasonably request.
SECTION 3.03. Conditions Precedent to Each Competitive Bid Borrowing.
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The obligation of each Lender that is to make a Competitive Bid Advance on the
occasion of a Competitive Bid Borrowing to make such Competitive Bid Advance as
part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing is subject to the conditions precedent
that (a) the Agent shall have received the written confirmatory Notice of
Competitive Bid Borrowing with respect thereto, (b) on or before the date of
such Competitive Bid Borrowing, but prior to such Competitive Bid Borrowing, the
Agent shall have received a Competitive Bid Note payable to the order of such
Lender for each of the one or more Competitive Bid Advances to be made by such
Lender as part of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, in a principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the Competitive Bid Advance to be evidenced thereby and
otherwise on such terms as were agreed to for such Competitive Bid Advance in
accordance with Section 2.03, and (c) on the date of such Competitive Bid
Borrowing the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the
applicable Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing and the acceptance by the
Borrower of the proceeds of such Competitive Bid Borrowing shall constitute a
representation and warranty by the Borrower that on the date of such Competitive
Bid Borrowing such statements are true):
(i) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are
correct on and as of the date of such Competitive Bid Borrowing, before and
after giving effect to such Competitive Bid Borrowing and to the
application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such
date, and
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from
such Competitive Bid Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds
therefrom, that constitutes a Default.
SECTION 3.04. Determinations Under Section 3.01. For purposes of
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determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 3.01, each
Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be
satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented
to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer
of the Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the date that the Borrower,
by notice to the Lenders, designates as the proposed Effective Date, specifying
its objection thereto. The Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of the
occurrence of the Effective Date.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. The
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Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
(a) The Borrower is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
Agreement and the Notes to be delivered by it, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, are within the Borrower's corporate
powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do
not contravene (i) the Borrower's charter or by-laws or (ii) any law or any
contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Borrower.
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(c) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to
or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any other
third party is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by
the Borrower of this Agreement or the Notes to be delivered by it.
(d) This Agreement has been, and each of the Notes to be delivered by
it when delivered hereunder will have been, duly executed and delivered by
the Borrower. This Agreement is, and each of the Notes when delivered
hereunder will be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower
enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms.
(e) The Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as at December 31, 1999, and the related Consolidated
statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for the fiscal year then ended, accompanied by an opinion of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants, and the
Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at
September 30, 2000, and the related Consolidated statements of income and
cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the nine months then
ended, duly certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower,
copies of which have been furnished to each Lender, fairly present subject,
in the case of said balance sheet as at September 30, 2000 and said
statements of income and cash flows for the nine months then ended, to
year-end audit adjustments, the Consolidated financial condition of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such dates and the Consolidated results
of the operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the periods
ended on such date, all in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied. Since December 31, 1999, there has been
no Material Adverse Change.
(f) There is no pending or threatened action, suit, investigation,
litigation or proceeding, including, without limitation, any Environmental
Action, affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any court,
governmental agency or arbitrator that (i) could be reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality,
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Note or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(g) The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit
for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning
of Regulation U issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System), and no proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or carry
any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any margin stock.
(h) The Borrower is not an "investment company", or a company
"controlled" by an "investment company", within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
SECTION 5.01. Affirmative Covenants. So long as any Advance shall
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remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower
will:
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each of its
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Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects, with all applicable laws,
rules, regulations and orders, such compliance to include, without
limitation, compliance with ERISA and Environmental Laws.
(b) Payment of Taxes, Etc. Pay and discharge, and cause each of its
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Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, before the same shall become delinquent,
(i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon
it or upon its property and (ii) all lawful claims that, if unpaid, might
by law become a Lien upon its property; provided, however, that neither the
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Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or discharge
any such tax, assessment, charge or claim that is being contested in good
faith
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and by proper proceedings and as to which appropriate reserves are being
maintained, unless and until any Lien resulting therefrom attaches to its
property and becomes enforceable against its other creditors.
(c) Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain, and cause each of its
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Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable
insurance companies or associations in such amounts and covering such risks
as is usually carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning
similar properties in the same general areas in which the Borrower or such
Subsidiary operates; provided, however, that the Borrower and its
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Subsidiaries may self-insure to the same extent as other companies engaged
in similar businesses and owning similar properties in the same general
areas in which the Borrower or such Subsidiary operates and to the extent
consistent with prudent business practice.
(d) Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc. Preserve and maintain,
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and cause each of its Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain, its corporate
existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided,
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however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate any merger
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or consolidation permitted under Section 5.02(b) and provided further that
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neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to
preserve any right or franchise or, in the case of any Subsidiary, its
corporate existence, if the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the
conduct of the business of the Borrower, and that the loss thereof is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Borrower or the Lenders.
(e) Visitation Rights. At any reasonable time and from time to time,
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permit the Agent or any of the Lenders or any agents or representatives
thereof, to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and
books of account of, and visit the properties of, the Borrower and any of
its Subsidiaries, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the
Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries with any of their officers or
directors and with their independent certified public accountants.
(f) Keeping of Books. Keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to
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keep, proper books of record and account, in which full and correct entries
shall be made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of
the Borrower and each such Subsidiary in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in effect from time to time.
(g) Maintenance of Properties, Etc. Maintain and preserve, and cause
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each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties
that are used or useful in the conduct of its business in good working
order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
(h) Reporting Requirements. Furnish to the Lenders:
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(i) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after
the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the
Borrower, the Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and Consolidated statements
of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the
period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending
with the end of such quarter, duly certified (subject to year-end
audit adjustments) by the chief financial officer of the Borrower as
having been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and certificates of the chief financial officer of the
Borrower as to compliance with the terms of this Agreement and setting
forth in reasonable detail the calculations necessary to demonstrate
compliance with Section 5.03, provided that in the event of any change
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in GAAP used in the preparation of such financial statements, the
Borrower shall also provide, if necessary for the determination of
compliance with Section 5.03, a statement of reconciliation conforming
such financial statements to GAAP;
(ii) as soon as available and in any event within 90 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the annual
audit report for such year for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
containing the Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and Consolidated
statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower
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and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, in each case accompanied by
an opinion acceptable to the Required Lenders by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other "Big Five" independent public
accountants, provided that in the event of any change in GAAP used in
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the preparation of such financial statements, the Borrower shall also
provide, if necessary for the determination of compliance with Section
5.03, a statement of reconciliation conforming such financial
statements to GAAP;
(iii) as soon as possible and in any event within five days
after the occurrence of each Default continuing on the date of such
statement, a statement of the chief financial officer of the Borrower
setting forth details of such Default and the action that the Borrower
has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(iv) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of
all reports that the Borrower sends to any of its securityholders, and
copies of all reports and registration statements that the Borrower or
any Subsidiary files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or
any national securities exchange;
(v) promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of all
actions and proceedings before any court, governmental agency or
arbitrator affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of the
type described in Section 4.01(f); and
(vi) such other information respecting the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries as any Lender through the Agent may from time to time
reasonably request.
SECTION 5.02. Negative Covenants. So long as any Advance shall
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remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower
will not:
(a) Liens, Etc. Create or suffer to exist, or permit any of its
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Subsidiaries to create or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to
any of its properties, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or assign,
or permit any of its Subsidiaries to assign, any right to receive income,
other than:
(i) Permitted Liens,
(ii) purchase money Liens upon or in any real property or
equipment acquired or held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business to secure the purchase price of such
property or equipment or to secure Debt incurred solely for the
purpose of financing the acquisition of such property or equipment, or
Liens existing on such property or equipment at the time of its
acquisition (other than any such Liens created in contemplation of
such acquisition that were not incurred to finance the acquisition of
such property) or extensions, renewals or replacements of any of the
foregoing for the same or a lesser amount, provided, however, that no
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such Lien shall extend to or cover any properties of any character
other than the real property or equipment being acquired, and no such
extension, renewal or replacement shall extend to or cover any
properties not theretofore subject to the Lien being extended, renewed
or replaced, provided further that the aggregate principal amount of
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the indebtedness secured by the Liens referred to in this clause (ii)
shall not exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding,
(iii) the Liens existing on the Effective Date and described on
Schedule 5.02(a) hereto,
(iv) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such
Person is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower or becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower;
provided that such Liens were not created in contemplation of such
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merger, consolidation or acquisition and do not extend to any assets
other than those of the Person so
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merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or such Subsidiary or
acquired by the Borrower or such Subsidiary,
(v) other Liens securing Debt in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time outstanding, and
(vi) the replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien
permitted by clause (iii) or (iv) above upon or in the same property
theretofore subject thereto or the replacement, extension or renewal
(without increase in the amount or change in any direct or contingent
obligor) of the Debt secured thereby.
(b) Mergers, Etc. Merge or consolidate with or into, or convey,
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transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a
series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets (whether now
owned or hereafter acquired) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, to, any Person, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so, except
that any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge or consolidate with or into,
or dispose of assets to, any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, and except
that any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge into or dispose of assets to
the Borrower and the Borrower may merge with any other Person so long as
the Borrower is the surviving corporation, provided, in each case, that no
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Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such proposed
transaction or would result therefrom.
(c) Accounting Changes. Make or permit, or permit any of its
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Subsidiaries to make or permit, any change in accounting policies or
reporting practices, except as required or permitted by generally accepted
accounting principles.
(d) Change in Nature of Business. Make, or permit any of its
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Subsidiaries to make, any material change in the nature of its business as
carried on at the date hereof.
(e) Subsidiary Debt. Permit any of its Subsidiaries to create or
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suffer to exist, any Debt other than:
(i) Debt owed to the Borrower or to a wholly owned Subsidiary
of the Borrower,
(ii) Debt aggregating for all of the Borrower's Subsidiaries
not more than $400,000,000 at any one time outstanding, and
(iii) endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 5.03. Financial Covenant. So long as any Advance shall
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remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, the Borrower
will maintain a ratio of Debt for Borrowed Money as at the end of each fiscal
quarter ending in the periods set forth below to EBITDA for the period of four
fiscal quarters then ended of not more than the ratios indicated below:
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Fiscal Quarter Ending Ratio
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December 31, 2000 3.65:1.0
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March 31, 2001 3.55:1.0
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June 30, 2001 3.45:1.0
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September 30, 2001 and thereafter 3.25:1.0
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ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events
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("Events of Default") shall occur and be continuing:
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(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Advance when
the same becomes due and payable; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any
interest on any Advance or make any other payment of fees or other amounts
payable under this Agreement or any Note within three Business Days after
the same becomes due and payable; or
(b) Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower herein or by
the Borrower (or any of its officers) in connection with this Agreement
shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made; or
(c) (i) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any term,
covenant or agreement contained in Section 5.01(d), (e) or (h), 5.02 or
5.03, or (ii) the Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any other term,
covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on its part to be
performed or observed if such failure shall remain unremedied for 10 days
after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the
Agent or any Lender; or
(d) The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any
principal of or premium or interest on any Debt that is outstanding in a
principal or notional amount of at least $25,000,000 in the aggregate (but
excluding Debt outstanding hereunder) of the Borrower or such Subsidiary
(as the case may be), when the same becomes due and payable (whether by
scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or
otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace
period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such
Debt; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any
agreement or instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue after
the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or
instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or
to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt; or any such Debt
shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid or
redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or
redemption), purchased or defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase
or defease such Debt shall be required to be made, in each case prior to
the stated maturity thereof; or
(e) The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall generally not pay
its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability
to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt
or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its
debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or
relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for
it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such
proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it), either such
proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 30 days, or
any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including, without
limitation, the entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of
a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or for any
substantial part of its property) shall occur; or the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the
actions set forth above in this subsection (e); or
(f) Judgments or orders for the payment of money in excess of
$25,000,000 in the aggregate shall be rendered against the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries and either (i) enforcement proceedings
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shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or
(ii) there shall be any period of 20 consecutive days during which a stay
of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or
otherwise, shall not be in effect; provided, however, that any such
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judgment or order shall not be an Event of Default under this Section
6.01(f) if and for so long as (i) the amount of such judgment or order is
covered by a valid and binding policy of insurance between the defendant
and the insurer covering payment thereof and (ii) such insurer, which shall
be rated at least "A" by A.M. Best Company, has been notified of, and has
not disputed the claim made for payment of, the amount of such judgment or
order; or
(g) (i) Any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert (other
than any Founder) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the
meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock
of the Borrower (or other securities convertible into such Voting Stock)
representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of all Voting Stock
of the Borrower; or (ii) during any period of up to 24 consecutive months,
commencing before or after the date of this Agreement, individuals who at
the beginning of such 24-month period were directors of the Borrower shall
cease for any reason (other than due to death or disability) to constitute
a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower (except to the extent
that individuals who at the beginning of such 24-month period were replaced
by individuals (x) elected by a majority of the remaining members of the
board of directors of the Borrower or (y) nominated for election by a
majority of the remaining members of the board of directors of the Borrower
and thereafter elected as directors by the shareholders of the Borrower);
or (iii) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert (other than
any Founder) shall have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have
entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon consummation, will result
in its or their acquisition of the power to exercise, directly or
indirectly, a controlling influence over the management or policies of the
Borrower; or
(h) The Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates shall incur, or shall
be reasonably likely to incur liability in excess of $25,000,000 in the
aggregate as a result of one or more of the following: (i) the occurrence
of any ERISA Event; (ii) the partial or complete withdrawal of the Borrower
or any of its ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan; or (iii) the
reorganization or termination of a Multiemployer Plan;
then, and in any such event, the Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the
consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the
obligation of each Lender to make Advances to be terminated, whereupon the same
shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the
consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the
Advances, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this
Agreement to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Advances, all such
interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which
are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; provided, however, that in the
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event of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the
Borrower under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, (A) the obligation of each Lender to
make Advances shall automatically be terminated and (B) the Advances, all such
interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE VII
THE AGENT
SECTION 7.01. Authorization and Action. Each Lender hereby appoints
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and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as are delegated to the
Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and discretion as are
reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for by
this Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the
Notes), the Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any
action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be
fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of
the Required Lenders, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders
and all holders of
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Notes; provided, however, that the Agent shall not be required to take any
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action that exposes the Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this
Agreement or applicable law. The Agent agrees to give to each Lender prompt
notice of each notice given to it by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
SECTION 7.02. Agent's Reliance, Etc. Neither the Agent nor any of
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its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this
Agreement, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Without limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the Agent: (i) may treat
the Lender that made any Advance as the holder of the Debt resulting therefrom
until the Agent receives and accepts an Assignment and Acceptance entered into
by such Lender, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as provided
in Section 8.07; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the
Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and
shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by
it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (iii)
makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible
to any Lender for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written
or oral) made in or in connection with this Agreement; (iv) shall not have any
duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of
the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement on the part of the Borrower
or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of the Borrower;
(v) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality,
validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or
any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; and (vi) shall incur
no liability under or in respect of this Agreement by acting upon any notice,
consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopier,
telegram or telex) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper
party or parties.
SECTION 7.03. Citibank and Affiliates. With respect to its
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Commitment, the Advances made by it and the Note issued to it, Citibank shall
have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may
exercise the same as though it were not the Agent; and the term "Lender" or
"Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include Citibank in its
individual capacity. Citibank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend
money to, act as trustee under indentures of, accept investment banking
engagements from and generally engage in any kind of business with, the
Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries and any Person who may do business with or own
securities of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, all as if Citibank were not
the Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
SECTION 7.04. Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that
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it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender
and based on the financial statements referred to in Section 4.01 and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or
any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or
not taking action under this Agreement.
SECTION 7.05. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the
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Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower), ratably according to the
respective principal amounts of the Revolving Credit Advances then owed to each
of them (or if no Revolving Credit Advances are at the time outstanding, ratably
according to the respective amounts of their Commitments), from and against any
and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature
whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent in
any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any action taken or
omitted by the Agent under this Agreement (collectively, the "Indemnified
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Costs"), provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of the
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Indemnified Costs resulting from the Agent's gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to
reimburse the Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-
pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Agent in
connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration,
modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal
proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or
responsibilities under, this Agreement, to the extent that the Agent is not
reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrower. In the case of any investigation,
litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Costs, this Section 7.05
applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by
the Agent, any Lender or a third party.
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SECTION 7.06. Successor Agent. The Agent may resign at any time by
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giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower and may be removed
at any time with or without cause by the Required Lenders. Upon any such
resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a
successor Agent, provided that, so long as no Default has occurred and is
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continuing, the Borrower shall have the right to consent to such successor Agent
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) . If no successor
Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and shall have
accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Agent's giving of
notice of resignation or the Required Lenders' removal of the retiring Agent,
then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor
Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $500,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as
Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon
succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges
and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged
from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Agent's
resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article VII
shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it
while it was Agent under this Agreement.
SECTION 7.07. Other Agents. Each Lender hereby acknowledges that
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neither any co-agent nor any other Lender designated as any "Agent" on the
signature pages hereof has any liability hereunder other than in its capacity as
a Lender.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 8.01. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any
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provision of this Agreement or the Revolving Credit Notes, nor consent to any
departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment, waiver
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or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by all the Lenders, do any of the
following: (a) waive any of the conditions specified in Section 3.01, (b)
increase the Commitments of the Lenders or subject the Lenders to any additional
obligations, (c) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Revolving Credit
Advances or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (d) postpone any date
fixed for any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Revolving Credit
Advances or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, (e) change the
percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the
Revolving Credit Advances, or the number of Lenders, that shall be required for
the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder or (f) amend this
Section 8.01; and provided further that no amendment, waiver or consent shall,
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unless in writing and signed by the Agent in addition to the Lenders required
above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this
Agreement or any Note.
SECTION 8.02. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications
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provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier, telegraphic or
telex communication) and mailed, telecopied, telegraphed, telexed or delivered,
if to the Borrower, at its address at 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Treasurer, with a copy to Corporate Secretary; if to any
Initial Lender, at its Domestic Lending Office specified opposite its name on
Schedule I hereto; if to any other Lender, at its Domestic Lending Office
specified in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender;
and if to the Agent, at its address at Xxx Xxxxx Xxx, Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000, Attention: Bank Loan Syndications Department; or, as to the Borrower or
the Agent, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a
written notice to the other parties and, as to each other party, at such other
address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the Borrower
and the Agent. All such notices and communications shall, when mailed,
telecopied, telegraphed or telexed, be effective when deposited in the mails,
telecopied, delivered to the telegraph company or confirmed by telex answerback,
respectively, except that notices and communications to the Agent pursuant to
Article II, III or VII shall not be effective until received by the Agent.
Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of any amendment or waiver of
any provision of this Agreement or the Notes or of any Exhibit hereto to be
executed and delivered hereunder shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart thereof.
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SECTION 8.03. No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any
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Lender or the Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder
or under any Note shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 8.04. Costs and Expenses. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay on
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demand all costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery, administration, modification and amendment of this
Agreement, the Notes and the other documents to be delivered hereunder,
including, without limitation, (A) all due diligence, syndication (including
printing, distribution and bank meetings), transportation, computer,
duplication, appraisal, consultant, and audit expenses and (B) the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent with respect thereto and with respect
to advising the Agent as to its rights and responsibilities under this
Agreement. The Borrower further agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses
of the Agent and the Lenders, if any (including, without limitation, reasonable
counsel fees and expenses), in connection with the enforcement (whether through
negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of this Agreement, the Notes and
the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including, without limitation,
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent and each Lender in
connection with the enforcement of rights under this Section 8.04(a), provided
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that in the case of any enforcement of this Agreement, the Notes and the other
documents to be delivered hereunder, the Agent and the Lenders shall retain one
counsel at the expense of the Borrower, provided, further, that if there exists
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or is reasonably likely to exist a conflict of interest that would make it
inappropriate for the same counsel to represent all the Lenders, then each
Lender with such a conflict of interest shall be entitled to retain its own
counsel at the expense of the Borrower.
(b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent
and each Lender and each of their Affiliates and their officers, directors,
employees, agents and advisors (each, an "Indemnified Party") from and against
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any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including,
without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by or
asserted or awarded against any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of
or in connection with or by reason of (including, without limitation, in
connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding or preparation of a
defense in connection therewith) (i) the Notes, this Agreement, any of the
transactions contemplated herein or the actual or proposed use of the proceeds
of the Advances or (ii) the actual or alleged presence of Hazardous Materials on
any property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Environmental
Action relating in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except to
the extent such claim, damage, loss, liability or expense is found in a final,
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted
from such Indemnified Party's gross negligence or willful misconduct. In the
case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity
in this Section 8.04(b) applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or
not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by the Borrower, its
directors, shareholders or creditors or an Indemnified Party or any other Person
or any Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated. The Borrower also agrees not
to assert any claim for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages
against the Agent, any Lender, any of their Affiliates, or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents, and the Agent
and each Lender agrees not to assert any claim for special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages against the Borrower, any of its Affiliates,
or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents,
on any theory of liability arising out of or otherwise relating to the Notes,
this Agreement, any of the transactions contemplated herein or the actual or
proposed use of the proceeds of the Advances.
(c) If any payment of principal of, or Conversion of, any
Eurodollar Rate Advance, LIBO Rate Advance is made by the Borrower to or for the
account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such
Advance, as a result of a payment or Conversion pursuant to Section 2.08(d) or
(e), 2.10 or 2.12, acceleration of the maturity of the Notes pursuant to Section
6.01 or for any other reason or by an Eligible Assignee to a Lender other than
on the last day of the Interest Period for such Advance upon an assignment of
rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.07 as a result
of a demand by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.07(a), the Borrower shall,
upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Agent), pay to the
Agent for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such
Lender for any additional losses, costs or expenses that it may reasonably incur
as a result of such payment or Conversion, including, without limitation, any
loss (excluding loss of anticipated profits), cost or expense incurred by reason
of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any
Lender to fund or maintain such Advance.
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(d) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the
Borrower hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in
Sections 2.11, 2.14 and 8.04 shall survive the payment in full of principal,
interest and all other amounts payable hereunder and under the Notes.
SECTION 8.05. Right of Set-off-. Upon (i) the occurrence and during
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the continuance of any Event of Default and (ii) the making of the request or
the granting of the consent specified by Section 6.01 to authorize the Agent to
declare the Notes due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01,
each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from
time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any
and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at
any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such
Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and
all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement and the Note held by such Lender, whether or not such Lender shall
have made any demand under this Agreement or such Note and although such
obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the
Borrower after any such set-off and application, provided that the failure to
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give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
The rights of each Lender and its Affiliates under this Section are in addition
to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of
set-off) that such Lender and its Affiliates may have.
SECTION 8.06. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective
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(other than Sections 2.01 and 2.03, which shall only become effective upon
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.01) when it
shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Agent and when the Agent shall
have been notified by each Initial Lender that such Initial Lender has executed
it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Borrower, the Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns,
except that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder
or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders.
SECTION 8.07. Assignments and Participations. (a) Each Lender may
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and, if demanded by the Borrower (following a demand by such Lender pursuant to
Section 2.11 or 2.14 or a notification by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.12)
upon at least five Business Days' notice to such Lender and the Agent, will
assign to one or more Persons all or a portion of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its
Commitment, the Revolving Credit Advances owing to it and the Revolving Credit
Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) each such assignment
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shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all rights and
obligations under this Agreement (other than any right to make Competitive Bid
Advances, Competitive Bid Advances owing to it and Competitive Bid Notes), (ii)
except in the case of an assignment to a Person that, immediately prior to such
assignment, was a Lender or an assignment of all of a Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning
Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment (determined as of the
date of the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment) shall in
no event be less than $10,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof, (iii) each such assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee,
(iv) each such assignment made as a result of a demand by the Borrower pursuant
to this Section 8.07(a) shall be arranged by the Borrower after consultation
with the Agent and shall be either an assignment of all of the rights and
obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement or an assignment of a
portion of such rights and obligations made concurrently with another such
assignment or other such assignments that together cover all of the rights and
obligations of the assigning Lender under this Agreement, (v) no Lender shall be
obligated to make any such assignment as a result of a demand by the Borrower
pursuant to this Section 8.07(a) unless and until such Lender shall have
received one or more payments from either the Borrower or one or more Eligible
Assignees in an aggregate amount at least equal to the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Advances owing to such Lender, together with accrued
interest thereon to the date of payment of such principal amount and all other
amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement, and (vi) the parties to
each such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for its acceptance
and recording in the Register, an Assignment and Acceptance, together with any
Revolving Credit Note subject to such assignment and a processing and
recordation fee of $3,500. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and
recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the
extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant
to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender
hereunder and (y) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that
rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such
Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an
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Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning
Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to
be a party hereto).
(b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the
Lender assignor thereunder and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with
each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided
in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes no representation
or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or
the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value of this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and
assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the
Borrower or the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of its
obligations under this Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of
this Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
Section 4.01 and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such
Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on
such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Agreement; (v) such assignee confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (vi)
such assignee appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on
its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this Agreement as
are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such powers and
discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees
that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that
by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(c) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an
assigning Lender and an assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee,
together with any Revolving Credit Note or Notes subject to such assignment, the
Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed and is in
substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto, (i) accept such Assignment and
Acceptance, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and
(iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower.
(d) The Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section
8.02 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it
and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and
the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Advances owing to, each Lender
from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be
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conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and the
Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or
other entities (other than the Borrower or any of its Affiliates) in or to all
or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including,
without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment, the Advances owing to it
and any Note or Notes held by it); provided, however, that (i) such Lender's
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obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment
to the Borrower hereunder) shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain
solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such
obligations, (iii) such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Note for all
purposes of this Agreement, (iv) the Borrower, the Agent and the other Lenders
shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with
such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement and (v) no participant
under any such participation shall have any right to approve any amendment or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any Note, or any consent to any
departure by the Borrower therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment,
waiver or consent would reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Notes or
any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in each case to the extent subject
to such participation, or postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal
of, or interest on, the Notes or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder, in
each case to the extent subject to such participation.
(f) Any Lender may, in connection with any assignment or
participation or proposed assignment or participation pursuant to this Section
8.07, disclose to the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or
participant, any information relating to the Borrower furnished to such Lender
by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided that, prior to any such disclosure,
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the assignee or participant or proposed assignee or participant shall agree
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to preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential Information relating to the
Borrower received by it from such Lender.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this
Agreement, any Lender may at any time create a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the
Advances owing to it and any Note or Notes held by it) in favor of any Federal
Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
SECTION 8.08. Confidentiality. Neither the Agent nor any Lender
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shall disclose any Confidential Information to any other Person without the
consent of the Borrower, other than (a) to the Agent's or such Lender's
Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors and, as
contemplated by Section 8.07(f), to actual or prospective assignees and
participants, and then only on a confidential basis, (b) as required by any law,
rule or regulation or judicial process and (c) as requested or required by any
state, federal or foreign authority or examiner regulating banks or banking.
SECTION 8.09. Governing Law. This Agreement and the Notes shall be
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governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
SECTION 8.10. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be
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executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this
Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.11. Jurisdiction, Etc. (a) Each of the parties hereto
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hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to
the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of
the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court
from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the Notes, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and
each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that
all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and
determined in any such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law,
in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment
in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by
law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party may
otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or
the Notes in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally
waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit,
action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes
in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an
inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such
court.
SECTION 8.12. Integration. This Agreement and the commitment letter
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dated September 21, 2000 among the Borrower, Citibank, N.A. and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Inc. constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all previous arrangements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
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SECTION 8.13. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE AGENT
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AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES OR THE
ACTIONS OF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION,
PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to
be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the
date first above written.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
By _____________________________________
Title:
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Agent
By _____________________________________
Title:
Initial Lenders
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Administrative Agent and Book Manager
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Commitment
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$75,000,000 CITIBANK, N.A.
By _____________________________________
Title:
Syndication Agents
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$75,000,000 BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY
By _____________________________________
Title:
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$75,000,000 FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
By _____________________________________
Title:
Co-Agents
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$60,000,000 BANK ONE, NA
By _____________________________________
Title:
$60,0000,000 FORTIS (USA) FINANCE LLC
By _____________________________________
Title:
By _____________________________________
Title:
Lenders
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$50,000,000 ABN AMRO BANK, N.V.
By _____________________________________
Title:
-
$50,000,000 FLEET NATIONAL BANK
By _____________________________________
Title:
$50,000,000 FUJI BANK
By _____________________________________
Title:
$40,000,000 BANK HAPOALIM
By _____________________________________
Title:
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$25,000,000 BANCA COMMERCIALE ITALIANA-NEW YORK BRANCH
By _____________________________________
Title:
25,000,000 BNP PARIBAS
By _____________________________________
Title:
By _____________________________________
Title:
$25,000,000 MELLON BANK
By _____________________________________
Title:
$25,000,000 SANWA BANK
By _____________________________________
Title:
$15,000,000 UNICREDITO ITALIANO SPA
By _____________________________________
Title:
$650,000,000 Total of the Commitments
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Exhibit 10(w)
SCHEDULE I
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT
APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICES
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Name of Initial Lender Domestic Lending Office Eurodollar Lending Office
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ABN AMRO BANK, N.V. 000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Loan Administration Attn: Loan Administration
T: 000 000-0000 T: 000 000-0000
F: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000
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BANCA COMMERCIALE ITALIANA-NEW YORK One Xxxxxxx Street Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
XXXXXX Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
T: 000 000-0000 T: 000 000-0000
F: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000
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BANK HAPOALIM 0000 Xxxxxx of the Americas 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
T: 212 782-2178 T: 212 782-2178
F: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000
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BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY 1251 Avenue of the Americas 1251 Avenue of the Americas
00/xx/ Xxxxx 00/xx/ Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xx Attn: Xxxxxxx Xx
T: 000 000-0000 T: 000 000-0000
F: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000
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BANK ONE, NA 1 Bank Xxx Xxxxx 0 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx
T: 000 000-0000 T: 000 000-0000
F: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000
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BNP PARIBAS 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
T: 000 000-0000 T: 000 000-0000
F: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000
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CITIBANK, N.A. Two Penns Way Xxx Xxxxx Xxx
Xxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx Attn: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx
T: 000 000-0000 T: 000 000-0000
F: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000
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FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00/xx/ Xxxxx 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00/xx/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
T: 000 000-0000 T: 000 000-0000
F: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
T: 000 000-0000 T: 000 000-0000
F: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000
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FORTIS (USA) FINANCE LLC 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Attn: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
T: 000 000-0000 T: 000 000-0000
F: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000
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FUJI BANK Two World Trade Center Two World Trade Center
New York, NY 10048 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
T: 000 000-0000 T: 000 000-0000
F: 000 000-0000 F: 000 000-0000
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XXXXXX XXXX 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx Center, 00/xx/ Xxxxx 0 Xxxxxx Xxxx Center, 12/th/ Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15259 Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Attn: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
T: 000 000-0000 T: 412 234-8285
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SANWA BANK 00 Xxxx 00/xx/ Xxxxxx 00 Xxxx 00/xx/ Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxx Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxx
T: 000 000-0000 T: 000 000-0000
F: 212 754-2368 F: 212 754-2368
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UNICREDITO ITALIANO SPA 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
T: 000 000-0000 T: 000 000-0000
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Exhibit 10(w)
EXHIBIT A-1 - FORM OF
REVOLVING CREDIT
PROMISSORY NOTE
U.S.$_______________ Dated: _______________, 200_
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES
INC., a New York corporation (the "Borrower"), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the
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order of __________ (the "Lender") for the account of its Applicable Lending
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Office on the Termination Date (each as defined in the Credit Agreement referred
to below) the principal sum of U.S.$[amount of the Lender's Commitment in
figures] or, if less, the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit
Advances made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the 364-Day Credit
Agreement dated as of November 28, 2000 among the Borrower, the Lender and
certain other lenders parties thereto, and Citibank, N.A. as Agent for the
Lender and such other lenders (as amended or modified from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein
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defined) outstanding on the Termination Date.
The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of
each Revolving Credit Advance from the date of such Revolving Credit Advance
until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and payable
at such times, as are specified in the Credit Agreement.
Both principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United
States of America to Citibank, as Agent, at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, in same day funds. Each Revolving Credit Advance owing to the Lender by
the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and all payments made on account
of principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender and, prior to any transfer
hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto which is part of this Promissory
Note.
This Promissory Note is one of the Revolving Credit Notes referred to in,
and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement,
among other things, (i) provides for the making of Revolving Credit Advances by
the Lender to the Borrower from time to time in an aggregate amount not to
exceed at any time outstanding the U.S. dollar amount first above mentioned, the
indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from each such Revolving Credit Advance
being evidenced by this Promissory Note and (ii) contains provisions for
acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events
and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity
hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
By__________________________________
Title:
ADVANCES AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
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Exhibit 10(w)
EXHIBIT A-2 - FORM OF
COMPETITIVE BID
PROMISSORY NOTE
U.S.$_______________ Dated: _______________, 200_
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES
INC., a New York corporation (the "Borrower"), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the
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order of __________ (the "Lender") for the account of its Applicable Lending
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Office (as defined in the 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of November 28, 2000
among the Borrower, the Lender and certain other lenders parties thereto, and
Citibank, N.A., as Agent for the Lender and such other lenders (as amended or
modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; the terms defined therein
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being used herein as therein defined)), on _______________, 200_, the principal
amount of U.S.$_______________.
The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof
from the date hereof until such principal amount is paid in full, at the
interest rate and payable on the interest payment date or dates provided below:
Interest Rate: _____% per annum (calculated on the basis of a year of _____
days for the actual number of days elapsed).
Both principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United
States to Citibank, as agent, for the account of the Lender at the office of
Citibank at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 in same day funds.
This Promissory Note is one of the Competitive Bid Notes referred to in,
and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement,
among other things, contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof
upon the happening of certain stated events.
The Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of any
kind. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any rights hereunder
on the part of the holder hereof shall operate as a waiver of such rights.
This Promissory Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
By_________________________________
Title:
Exhibit 10(w)
EXHIBIT B-1 - FORM OF NOTICE OF
REVOLVING CREDIT BORROWING
Citibank, N.A., as Agent
for the Lenders parties
to the Credit Agreement
referred to below
Xxx Xxxxx Xxx
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
[Date]
Attention: Bank Loan Syndications Department
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., refers to
the 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2000 (as amended or
modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement", the terms defined therein
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being used herein as therein defined), among the undersigned, certain Lenders
parties thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Agent for said Lenders, and hereby gives
you notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Credit Agreement that
the undersigned hereby requests a Revolving Credit Borrowing under the Credit
Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the information relating to
such Revolving Credit Borrowing (the "Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing") as
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required by Section 2.02(a) of the Credit Agreement:
(i) The Business Day of the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing is
_______________, 200_.
(ii) The Type of Advances comprising the Proposed Revolving Credit
Borrowing is [Base Rate Advances] [Eurodollar Rate Advances].
(iii) The aggregate amount of the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing is
$_______________.
[(iv) The initial Interest Period for each Eurodollar Rate Advance made
as part of the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing is _____ month[s].]
The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are
true on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the Proposed Revolving
Credit Borrowing:
(A) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 of
the Credit Agreement (except the representations set forth in the last sentence
of subsection (e) thereof and in subsection (f)(i) thereof) are correct, before
and after giving effect to the Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing and to the
application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date;
and
(B) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such
Proposed Revolving Credit Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds
therefrom, that constitutes a Default.
Very truly yours,
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
By____________________________
Title:
Exhibit 10(w)
EXHIBIT B-2 - FORM OF NOTICE OF
COMPETITIVE BID BORROWING
Citibank, N.A., as Agent
for the Lenders parties
to the Credit Agreement
referred to below
Xxx Xxxxx Xxx
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
[Date]
Attention: Bank Loan Syndications Department
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., refers to the
364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2000 (as amended or modified
from time to time, the "Credit Agreement", the terms defined therein being used
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herein as therein defined), among the undersigned, certain Lenders parties
thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Agent for said Lenders, and hereby gives you
notice, irrevocably, pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement that the
undersigned hereby requests a Competitive Bid Borrowing under the Credit
Agreement, and in that connection sets forth the terms on which such Competitive
Bid Borrowing (the "Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing") is requested to be
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made:
(A) Date of Competitive Bid Borrowing _____________________
(B) Amount of Competitive Bid Borrowing _____________________
(C) [Maturity Date] [Interest Period] _____________________
(D) Interest Rate Basis _____________________
(E) Interest Payment Date(s) _____________________
(F) _______________________ _____________________
The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on
the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the Proposed Competitive Bid
Borrowing:
(a) the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.01 are correct,
before and after giving effect to the Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing and to
the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such
date;
(b) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the
Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds
therefrom, that constitutes a Default;
(c) no event has occurred and no circumstance exists as a result of which the
information concerning the undersigned that has been provided to the Agent and
each Lender by the undersigned in connection with the Credit Agreement would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
(d) the aggregate amount of the Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing and all
other Borrowings to be made on the same day under the Credit Agreement is within
the aggregate amount of the unused Commitments of the Lenders.
The undersigned hereby confirms that the Proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing
is to be made available to it in accordance with Section 2.03(a)(v) of the
Credit Agreement.
Very truly yours,
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
By________________________
Title:
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Exhibit 10(w)
EXHIBIT C - FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of November 28,
2000 (as amended or modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among
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International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., a New York corporation (the
"Borrower"), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Citibank,
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N.A., as agent for the Lenders (the "Agent"). Terms defined in the Credit
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Agreement are used herein with the same meaning.
The "Assignor" and the "Assignee" referred to on Schedule I hereto agree as
follows:
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee
hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, an interest in and to the
Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement as of the date
hereof (other than in respect of Competitive Bid Advances and Competitive Bid
Notes) equal to the percentage interest specified on Schedule 1 hereto of all
outstanding rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (other than in
respect of Competitive Bid Advances and Competitive Bid Notes). After giving
effect to such sale and assignment, the Assignee's Commitment and the amount of
the Revolving Credit Advances owing to the Assignee will be as set forth on
Schedule 1 hereto.
2. The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such
interest is free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement
or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency
or value of the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant thereto; (iii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower or the
performance or observance by the Borrower of any of its obligations under the
Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto;
and (iv) attaches the Revolving Credit Note, if any held by the Assignor.
3. The Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit
Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in
Section 4.01 thereof and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit
Agreement; (iii) confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (iv) appoints and
authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise
such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to the
Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are
reasonably incidental thereto; (v) agrees that it will perform in accordance
with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of the Credit
Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender; and (vi) attaches any
U.S. Internal Revenue Service forms required under Section 2.14 of the Credit
Agreement.
4. Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will be
delivered to the Agent for acceptance and recording by the Agent. The effective
date for this Assignment and Acceptance (the "Effective Date") shall be the date
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of acceptance hereof by the Agent, unless otherwise specified on Schedule 1
hereto.
5. Upon such acceptance and recording by the Agent, as of the Effective
Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the
extent provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender thereunder and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the extent
provided in this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be
released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
6. Upon such acceptance and recording by the Agent, from and after the
Effective Date, the Agent shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement and
the Revolving Credit Notes in respect of the interest assigned hereby
(including, without limitation, all payments of principal, interest and facility
fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall
make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the
Credit Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes for periods prior to the
Effective Date directly between themselves.
7. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
8. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of Schedule 1 to this Assignment and Acceptance by telecopier shall
be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment
and Acceptance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused Schedule 1 to
this Assignment and Acceptance to be executed by their officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date specified thereon.
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Schedule 1
to
Assignment and Acceptance
Percentage interest assigned: _____%
Assignee's Commitment: $__________
Aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Credit
Advances assigned: $__________
Principal amount of Revolving Credit Note payable to Assignee: $__________
Principal amount of Revolving Credit Note payable to Assignor: $__________
Effective Date*: _______________, 200_
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor
By______________________________
Title:
Dated: _______________, 200_
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee
By______________________________
Title:
Dated: _______________, 200_
Domestic Lending Office:
[Address]
Eurodollar Lending Office:
[Address]
Accepted [and Approved] this
__________ day of _______________, 200_
CITIBANK, N.A., as Agent
By_____________________________________
Title:
[Approved this __________ day
___________________________________
* This date should be no earlier than five Business Days after the delivery of
this Assignment and Acceptance to the Agent.
3
of________________, 200_
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
By__________________________________]*
Title
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* Required if the Assignee is an Eligible Assignee solely by reason of clause
(iii) of the definition of "Eligible Assignee".
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Exhibit 10(w)
EXHIBIT D - FORM OF
OPINION OF COUNSEL
FOR THE BORROWER
