Multicurrency Revolving Facility Canadian Revolving Facility Term A Loan Facility Term B Loan Facility Cdn. $175,000,000 Term C Loan Facility CREDIT AGREEMENT among BALL CORPORATION, CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF BALL CORPORATION, DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK...
Exhibit
99.2
_______________________
$715,000,000
Multicurrency
Revolving Facility
$35,000,000
Canadian
Revolving Facility
£85,000,000
Term
A Loan Facility
€350,000,000
Term
B Loan Facility
Cdn.
$175,000,000
Term
C Loan Facility
_______________________
among
BALL
CORPORATION,
CERTAIN
SUBSIDIARIES OF BALL CORPORATION,
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as
Administrative Agent
and
VARIOUS
LENDING INSTITUTIONS
Dated
as of October 13, 2005
_______________________
Arranged
by
DEUTSCHE
BANK SECURITIES INC.
AND
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
as
Joint Lead Arrangers,
with
DEUTSCHE
BANK SECURITIES INC., X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES, INC.
AND
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
as
Joint Bookrunners,
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, NA
AND
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as
Co-Syndication Agents
and
XXXXXX
COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.
AND
BNP PARIBAS
as
Co-Documentation Agents
_______________________
CHI:1587990.13
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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2
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1.1
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Definitions
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2
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1.2
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Accounting
Terms; Financial Statements.
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58
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1.3
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Calculation
of Exchange Rate
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59
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ARTICLE
II
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AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF U.S. DOLLAR, STERLING AND EURO CREDITS
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59
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2.1
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The
Commitments.
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59
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2.2
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Notes.
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63
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2.3
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Minimum
Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings
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63
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2.4
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Borrowing
Options
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63
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2.5
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Notice
of Borrowing
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64
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2.6
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Conversion
or Continuation
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65
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2.7
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Disbursement
of Funds
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65
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2.8
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Utilization
of Multicurrency Revolving Commitments in an Alternative
Currency.
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66
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2.9
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Additional
Facility.
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67
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2.10
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Letters
of Credit.
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68
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2.11
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Pro
Rata Borrowings
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76
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ARTICLE
IIA
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AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF CANADIAN DOLLAR CREDITS
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77
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2A.1
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The
Commitments.
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77
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2A.2
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Notes.
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78
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2A.3
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Minimum
Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings.
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78
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2A.4
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Borrowing
Options.
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78
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2A.5
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Notice
of Canadian Borrowing.
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79
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2A.6
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Conversion
or Continuation.
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79
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2A.7
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Disbursement
of Funds.
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80
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2A.8
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Pro
Rata Borrowings.
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81
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2A.9
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Bankers’
Acceptances.
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81
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ARTICLE
III
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INTEREST
AND FEES
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85
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3.1
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Interest.
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85
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3.2
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Fees.
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87
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3.3
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Computation
of Interest and Fees
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89
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3.4
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Interest
Periods
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89
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3.5
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Compensation
for Funding Losses
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90
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3.6
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Increased
Costs, Illegality, Etc.
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91
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3.7
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Market
Disruption Respecting B/As and B/A Discount Rate Loans.
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94
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3.8
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Replacement
of Affected Lenders
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94
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ARTICLE
IV
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REDUCTION
OF COMMITMENTS; PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS
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95
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4.1
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Voluntary
Reduction of Commitments
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95
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Mandatory
Reduction of Term Commitments
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96
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4.3
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Voluntary
Prepayments
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96
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4.4
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Mandatory
Prepayments.
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97
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4.5
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Application
of Prepayments.
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99
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4.6
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Method
and Place of Payment.
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100
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4.7
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Net
Payments.
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102
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4.8
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Representation
of Canadian Revolving Lenders
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106
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ARTICLE
V
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CONDITIONS
OF CREDIT
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106
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5.1
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Conditions
Precedent to the Initial Borrowing
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106
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5.2
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Conditions
Precedent to All Credit Events
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110
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ARTICLE
VI
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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111
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6.1
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Corporate
Status
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111
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6.2
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Corporate
Power and Authority
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112
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6.3
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No
Violation
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112
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6.4
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Governmental
and Other Approvals
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112
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6.5
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Financial
Statements; Financial Condition; Undisclosed Liabilities Projections;
Etc.
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112
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6.6
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Litigation
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114
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6.7
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True
and Complete Disclosure
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114
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6.8
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Use
of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.
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115
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6.9
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Taxes.
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115
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6.10
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Labor
Relations
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116
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6.11
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Security
Documents.
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116
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6.12
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Compliance
With ERISA
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117
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6.13
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Foreign
Pension Matters
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117
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6.14
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Ownership
of Property
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118
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6.15
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Capitalization
of Company
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118
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6.16
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Subsidiaries.
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118
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6.17
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Compliance
With Law, Etc
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119
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6.18
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Investment
Company Act
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119
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6.19
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Public
Utility Holding Company Act
|
119
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6.20
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Environmental
Matters.
|
119
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6.21
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Intellectual
Property, Licenses, Franchises and Formulas
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120
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ARTICLE
VII
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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120
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7.1
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Financial
Statements
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121
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7.2
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Certificates;
Other Information
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121
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7.3
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Notices
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122
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7.4
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Conduct
of Business and Maintenance of Existence
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123
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7.5
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Payment
of Obligations
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123
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7.6
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Inspection
of Property, Books and Records
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124
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7.7
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ERISA.
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124
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7.8
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Foreign
Pension Plan Compliance
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125
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7.9
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Maintenance
of Property, Insurance.
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126
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7.10
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Environmental
Laws.
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126
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7.11
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Use
of Proceeds
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127
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7.12
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Additional
Security; Further Assurances.
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127
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End
of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters
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129
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7.14
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Foreign
Subsidiaries Security
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129
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ARTICLE
VIII
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NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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129
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8.1
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Liens
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129
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8.2
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Indebtedness
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131
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8.3
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Fundamental
Changes
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133
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8.4
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Asset
Sales
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134
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8.5
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Dividends
or Other Distributions
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135
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8.6
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Issuance
of Stock.
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136
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8.7
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Loans,
Investment and Acquisitions
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137
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8.8
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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138
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8.9
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Sale-Leasebacks
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138
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8.10
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Restrictions
on Credit Support to Unrestricted Entities
|
139
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8.11
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Lines
of Business
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139
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8.12
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Fiscal
Year
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139
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8.13
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Limitation
on Voluntary Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications
of
Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements;
Certain Derivative Transactions, Etc
|
139
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8.14
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Limitation
on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries
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140
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ARTICLE
IX
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FINANCIAL
COVENANTS
|
141
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9.1
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Interest
Coverage Ratio
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141
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9.2
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Leverage
Ratio
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141
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ARTICLE
X
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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141
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10.1
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Events
of Default
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141
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10.2
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Rights
Not Exclusive
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145
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ARTICLE
XI
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ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
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145
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11.1
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Appointment
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145
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11.2
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Nature
of Duties
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146
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11.3
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Exculpation,
Rights Etc
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146
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11.4
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Reliance
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147
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11.5
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Indemnification
|
147
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11.6
|
Administrative
Agent In Its Individual Capacity
|
147
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11.7
|
Notice
of Default
|
148
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11.8
|
Holders
of Obligations
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148
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11.9
|
Resignation
by Administrative Agent.
|
148
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11.10
|
Administrative
Agent or Collateral Agent as UK Security Trustee.
|
148
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11.11
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The
Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Book Runners, Co-Syndication Agents
and
Co-Documentation Agents
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149
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ARTICLE
XII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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150
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12.1
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No
Waiver; Modifications in Writing.
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150
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12.2
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Further
Assurances
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153
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12.3
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Notices,
Delivery Etc
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153
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12.4
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Costs,
Expenses and Taxes; Indemnification.
|
154
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12.5
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Confirmations
|
156
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12.6
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Adjustment;
Setoff.
|
157
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12.7
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Execution
in Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments
|
158
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12.8
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Binding
Effect; Assignment; Addition and Substitution of Lenders.
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158
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12.9
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CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION; MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
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162
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12.10
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Release
of Collateral
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163
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12.11
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GOVERNING
LAW
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163
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12.12
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Severability
of Provisions
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163
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12.13
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Transfers
of Notes
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163
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12.14
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Registry
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164
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12.15
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Euro
Currency.
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164
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12.16
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Headings
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165
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12.17
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Termination
of Agreement
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165
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12.18
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Confidentiality
|
165
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12.19
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Concerning
the Collateral and the Loan Documents.
|
166
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12.20
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Effectiveness
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168
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12.21
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USA
Patriot Act
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169
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12.22
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Restrictions
on Guarantees and Pledges
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169
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12.23
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Redesignation
of BAP Group Members as Subsidiaries
|
169
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ARTICLE
XIII
|
COLLECTION
ACTION MECHANISM
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170
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13.1
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Implementation
of CAM.
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170
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13.2
|
Letters
of Credit.
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171
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ARTICLE
XIV
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COMPANY
GUARANTY
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172
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14.1
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Company
Guaranty
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172
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14.2
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Insolvency
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173
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14.3
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Nature
of Liability
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173
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14.4
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Independent
Obligation
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173
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14.5
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Authorization
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173
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14.6
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Reliance
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174
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14.7
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Subordination
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174
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14.8
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Waiver.
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175
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14.9
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Nature
of Liability
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175
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14.10
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Special
Provisions in Relation to German Tax Laws
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176
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INDEX
OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibits
Exhibit
2.1(c)
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Form
of Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate
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Exhibit
2.2(a)(1)
|
Form
of Term A Note
|
Exhibit
2.2(a)(2)
|
Form
of Term B Note
|
Exhibit
2.2(a)(3)
|
Form
of Multicurrency Revolving Note
|
Exhibit
2.2(a)(4)
|
Form
of U.S. Swing Line Note
|
Exhibit
2.2(a)(5)
|
Form
of European Swing Line Note
|
Exhibit
2.5
|
Form
of Notice of Borrowing
|
Exhibit
2.6
|
Form
of Notice of Conversion or Continuation
|
Exhibit
2.10(c)
|
Form
of Notice of Issuance
|
Exhibit
2A.2(a)(1)
|
Form
of Term C Note
|
Exhibit
2A.2(a)(2)
|
Form
of Canadian Revolving Note
|
Exhibit
2A.5
|
Form
of Notice of Canadian Borrowing
|
Exhibit
2A.6
|
Form
of Notice of Canadian Conversion or Continuation
|
Exhibit
4.7(d)
|
Form
of Section
4.7(d)
Certificate
|
Exhibit
5.1(b)(i)
|
Form
of Subsidiary Guaranty
|
Exhibit
5.1(b)(ii)
|
Form
of United States Pledge Agreement
|
Exhibit
5.1(c)(i)
|
Form
of Opinion of Borrowers’ Counsel
|
Exhibit
5.1(c)(ii)
|
Form
of Opinion of Administrative Agent’s Counsel
|
Exhibit
5.1(d)
|
Form
of Officer’s Certificate
|
Exhibit
5.1(e)
|
Form
of Secretary’s Certificate
|
Exhibit
5.1(r)
|
Form
of Post-Closing Agreement
|
Exhibit
7.2(a)
|
Form
of Compliance Certificate Pursuant to Section
7.2(a)
|
Exhibit
12.1(b)
|
Form
of Joinder Agreement
|
Exhibit
12.8(c)
|
Form
of Assignment and Assumption
Agreement
|
Schedules
Schedule
1.1(a)
|
Commitments
|
Schedule
1.1(b)
|
Multicurrency
Revolver Sublimits
|
Schedule
1.1(c)
|
Calculation
of Mandatory Costs
|
Schedule
1.1(d)
|
Other
Subsidiary Borrowers
|
Schedule
2.10(j)
|
Letters
of Credit Outstanding
|
Schedule
5.1(a)(iii)
|
Foreign
Pledged Collateral
|
Schedule
6.3
|
Approvals
and Consents
|
Schedule
6.4
|
Governmental
and Other Approvals
|
Schedule
6.5(d)
|
Indebtedness
|
Schedule
6.5(e)
|
Projections
|
Schedule
6.11
|
Pledge
Agreement Filings
|
Schedule
6.13
|
Foreign
Pension Plans
|
Schedule
6.16
|
Organization
of Subsidiaries
|
Schedule
8.1
|
Liens
|
Schedule
8.7
|
Existing
Investments
|
Schedule
8.14(a)
|
Existing
Restrictions on Subsidiaries
|
Schedule
12.3
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Notice
Addresses
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CHI:1587990.13
THIS
CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of October 13, 2005 and is made by and among
Ball
Corporation, an Indiana corporation (“Company”),
Ball
European Holdings, S.ar.l., a corporation organized under the laws of Luxembourg
(“European
Holdco”),
Ball
Packaging Products Canada Corp., a company organized under the laws of the
Province of Nova Scotia (“Canadian
Borrower”),
each
Other Subsidiary Borrower (as defined herein), the undersigned financial
institutions, including Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, in their capacities
as lenders hereunder (collectively, the “Lenders,”
and
each individually, a “Lender”),
The
Bank of Nova Scotia, as Canadian administrative agent (“Canadian
Administrative Agent”)]
and
Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity
“Administrative
Agent”)
and
collateral agent (in such capacity "Collateral
Agent")
for
the Lenders.
W
I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
Borrowers have requested that the Lenders (i) make term loans to European
Holdco
in the principal amount of £85 million maturing on October 13, 2011; (ii) make
term loans to European Holdco in the aggregate principal amount of €350 million
maturing on October 13, 2011; (iii) make term loans to Canadian Borrower
in the
aggregate amount of Cdn. $175 million maturing on October 13, 2011; (iv)
provide
a multicurrency revolving credit facility maturing on October 13, 2011
(including a letter of credit subfacility), to Company, European Holdco and
Other Subsidiary Borrowers in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
the
Dollar Equivalent of $715 million and (v) provide a revolving credit facility
to
Canadian Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Dollar Equivalent
of
$35 million at any time outstanding denominated in Canadian Dollars and maturing
on October 13, 2011;
WHEREAS,
the proceeds of the term loans described above will be used by Borrowers
and
certain of the proceeds of the revolving loans described above will be used
by
Borrowers to repay certain outstanding indebtedness of Borrowers, to pay
fees
and expenses in connection with the Transaction and to fund certain
dividends;
WHEREAS,
the proceeds of the revolving credit facilities described above will be used
by
Borrowers for ongoing working capital and general corporate purposes;
and
WHEREAS,
the Lenders are willing to extend commitments to make the term loans and
revolving credit loans to Borrowers for the purposes specified above and
only on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein
contained and, among other things, the assignment of and the grant of a security
interest in the Pledged Securities by Company and certain of its Subsidiaries
in
favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant
to
the Pledge Agreements, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.1 Definitions.
As used
herein, and unless the context requires a different meaning, the following
terms
have the meanings indicated:
“Acceptance
Fee”
means a
fee payable in Canadian Dollars by Canadian Borrower to a Lender with respect
to
the acceptance of a B/A or the making of a B/A Equivalent Loan on the date
of
such acceptance or loan, equal to the Applicable B/A Margin of the face amount
of such B/A or B/A Equivalent Loan calculated on the basis of the number
of days
in the applicable Contract Period (including the date of acceptance and
excluding the date of maturity) and a year of 365 days.
“Acquisition”
means
(i) the purchase by a Person of a business or business unit conducted by
another
Person (whether through the acquisition of Capital Stock or assets) or (ii)
the
merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Person with any other
Person.
“Additional
Facility”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.9(a).
“Additional
Security Documents”
means
all guarantees and pledge agreements and other related documents entered
into
pursuant to Section
7.12
with
respect to additional Collateral.
“Additional
Term Loans”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.9(a).
“Adjusted
Working Capital”
means
the difference between (i) the amount, without duplication, that is classified
on a consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries as the
consolidated current assets of Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance
with
GAAP excluding Cash and Cash Equivalents and (ii) the amount, without
duplication, that is classified on a consolidated balance sheet of Company
and
its Subsidiaries as the consolidated current liabilities of Company and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP excluding all short-term borrowings,
the
current portion of long-term indebtedness, the current portion of deferred
taxes
and the current portion of Capitalized Lease Obligations.
“Administrative
Agent”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement and any
successor Administrative Agent in such capacity, provided
that,
unless the context otherwise requires, when used in respect of payments and
notices pertaining to Canadian Revolving Loans, the term “Administrative
Agent”
shall
mean Canadian Administrative Agent.
“Aerospace
Asset Disposition”
means
(i) an Asset Disposition by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of all or
a
portion of (a) the Aerospace Business (whether or not such disposition is
to any
Permitted Aerospace JV), (b) the Capital Stock of a Person holding only the
Aerospace Business or (c) the Capital Stock of any Permitted Aerospace JV
or
(ii) the receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a liquidating dividend
in respect of an interest in the Capital Stock of any Permitted Aerospace
JV.
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“Aerospace
Business”
means
the assets constituting the business of Ball Aerospace and its Subsidiaries
on
the date hereof and business reasonably related or incidental to such business,
but excluding all Cash and Cash Equivalents held by Ball Aerospace and its
Subsidiaries other than Cash and Cash Equivalents held in the ordinary course
of
business and in an amount consistent with past practices.
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any Person, any Person or group acting in concert in respect
of
the Person in question that, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled
by or is under common control with such Person, provided
that,
neither DB nor any Affiliate of DB shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of
Borrower. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with
correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control
with”), as used with respect to any Person or group of Persons, shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of management and policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise. A Person shall
be
deemed to control a corporation if such Person is the “beneficial owner” as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act of 10% or more of the securities
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such
corporation.
“Agent”
or
“Agents”
means
Administrative Agent and/or Canadian Administrative Agent, as the context
may
require.
“Agreement”
means
this Credit Agreement, as the same may at any time be amended, supplemented
or
otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof and in
effect.
“Alternative
Currency”
means
at any time, Euros or Sterling.
“Alternative
Currency Loan”
means
any Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Canadian
Dollars.
“Applicable
B/A Discount Rate Margin”
means
at any date, the applicable percentage rate per annum set forth in the following
table under column Applicable B/A Discount Rate Margin opposite the Rating
Level
as of such date:
Rating
Level
|
Applicable
B/A Discount Rate Margin
|
Level
I
|
0.75%
|
Level
II
|
0.875%
|
Level
III
|
1.125%
|
Level
IV
|
1.375%
|
“Applicable
B/A Margin”
means
at any date, the applicable percentage rate per annum set forth in the following
table under column Applicable B/A Margin opposite the Rating Level as of
such
date:
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Rating
Level
|
Applicable
B/A Margin
|
Level
I
|
0.75%
|
Level
II
|
0.875%
|
Level
III
|
1.125%
|
Level
IV
|
1.375%
|
“Applicable
Base Rate Margin”
means
at any date, with respect to Multicurrency Revolving Loans, the applicable
percentage rate per annum set forth in the following table under the column
Applicable Base Rate Margin for Multicurrency Revolving Loans opposite the
Rating Level as of such date:
Rating
Level
|
Applicable
Base Rate Margin
for
Multicurrency Revolving Loans
|
Level
I
|
0%
|
Level
II
|
0%
|
Level
III
|
0.125
%
|
Level
IV
|
0.375
%
|
“Applicable
Canadian Prime Rate Margin”
means
at any date, the applicable percentage rate per annum set forth in the following
table under the column Applicable Canadian Prime Rate Margin opposite the
Rating
Level as of such date:
Rating
Level
|
Applicable
Canadian
Prime
Rate Margin
|
Level
I
|
0%
|
Level
II
|
0%
|
Level
III
|
0.125%
|
Level
IV
|
0.375%
|
“Applicable
Commitment Fee Percentage”
means
at any date, the applicable percentage rate per annum set forth in the following
table opposite the Rating Level as of such date:
Rating
Level
|
Applicable
Commitment
Fee
Percentage
|
Level
I
|
0.15%
|
Level
II
|
0.175%
|
Level
III
|
0.25%
|
Level
IV
|
0.35%
|
“Applicable
Currency”
means
as to any particular payment or Loan, Dollars, Canadian Dollars or the
Alternative Currency in which it is denominated or is payable.
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“Applicable
Eurocurrency Margin”
means
at any date, with respect to Multicurrency Revolving Loans, Term A Loans
and
Term B Loans, the applicable percentage set forth in the following table
under
the column Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Multicurrency Revolving Loans,
Term A Loans and Term B Loans opposite the Rating Level on such
date:
Rating
Level
|
Applicable
Eurocurrency Margin for
Multicurrency
Revolving Loans,
Term
A Loans and Term B Loans
|
Level
I
|
0.75%
|
Level
II
|
0.875%
|
Level
III
|
1.125%
|
Level
IV
|
1.375%
|
“Asset
Disposition”
means
any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (or series of related sales,
leases, transfers or dispositions) of all or any part of (i) an interest
in
shares of Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of Company (other than directors’
qualifying shares) or (ii) property or other assets (each of (i) and (ii)
referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”) by Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Assignee”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
12.8(c).
“Assignment
and Assumption Agreement”
means
an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
12.8(c)
annexed
hereto and made a part hereof made by any applicable Lender, as assignor,
and
such Lender’s assignee in accordance with Section
12.8.
“Attorney
Costs”
means
all reasonable fees and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel
and the reasonable allocated cost of internal legal services, including all
reasonable disbursements of internal counsel.
“Attributable
Debt”
means
as of the date of determination thereof, without duplication, (i) in connection
with a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the net present value (discounted
according to GAAP at the cost of debt implied in the lease) of the obligations
of the lessee for rental payments during the then remaining term of any
applicable lease, (ii) Receivables Facility Attributable Debt, (iii) the
principal balance outstanding under any synthetic lease, tax retention operating
lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product
to
which such Person is a party, where such transaction is considered borrowed
money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease
in
accordance with GAAP and (iv) the liquidation or preference value of outstanding
Disqualified Preferred Stock.
“Available
Canadian Revolving Commitment”
means,
as to any Canadian Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess,
if any, of (a) such Lender’s Canadian Revolving Commitment over (b) the
Effective Amount of then outstanding Canadian Revolving Loans made by such
Lender.
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“Available
Liquidity”
means,
at any date, the sum of (i) the Total Available Canadian Revolving Commitment
on
such date plus
(ii) the
Total Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitment on such date plus
(iii)
Cash and Cash Equivalents as of the most recent reporting date for such
balances.
“Available
Multicurrency Revolver Sublimit”
means,
as to European Holdco or any Other Subsidiary Borrower at any time an amount
equal to (i) such Borrower’s Multicurrency Revolver Sublimit at such time minus
(ii) the sum of (a) the aggregate Effective Amount
of
then outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans made to such Borrower plus
(b)
the Effective Amount of
such
Borrower’s LC Obligations plus (c) the aggregate Effective Amount of then
outstanding Swing Line Loans made to such Borrower.
“Available
Multicurrency Revolving Commitment”
means,
as to any Multicurrency Revolving Lender at any time an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (a) such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Commitment over (b)
the sum of (i) the aggregate Effective Amount
of
then outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans made by such Lender and (ii)
such
Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the Effective Amount of
LC
Obligations and Swing Line Loans
then outstanding.
“Available
Term C Commitment”
means,
as to any Term C Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any
of
(a) such Lender’s Term C Commitment over (b) the aggregate Term C Loans made by
such Lender.
“B/A
Discount Rate”
means:
(a) with
respect to each Interest Period applicable to B/A Discount Rate Loans advanced
by a Lender that is a Schedule I Bank, the CDOR Rate in effect on the first
day
of such Interest Period;
(b) with
respect to each Interest Period applicable to B/A Discount Rate Loans advanced
by a Lender that is a Schedule II Bank or a Schedule III Bank, the lesser
of (i)
the percentage discount rate (expressed to two decimal places and rounded
upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th
of 1 %)
quoted to the Canadian Administrative Agent by such Lender as the percentage
discount rate at which such Lender would, in accordance with its normal
practices, at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such day, be prepared
to
purchase B/As accepted
by such Lender having a term and face amount comparable to the Interest Period
and amount of such B/A Discount
Rate Loans and (ii) the CDOR Rate plus 0.10% per annum, in either case as
in
effect on the first day of such Interest Period; and
(c) with
respect to each Interest Period applicable to B/A Discount Rate Loans advanced
by a Lender that is not a Schedule I Bank, Schedule II Bank or Schedule III
Bank, the CDOR Rate in effect on the first day of such Interest Period plus
0.10% per annum.
“B/A
Discount Rate Loan”
means
any Loan in Canadian Dollars bearing interest at a rate determined by reference
to the B/A Discount Rate.
“B/A
Equivalent Loan”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2A.9(l).
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“B/A
Loan”
means a
Borrowing comprised of one or more Bankers’ Acceptances or, as applicable, B/A
Equivalent Loans. For greater certainty, all provisions of this Agreement
which
are applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances are also applicable, mutatis mutandis,
to B/A
Equivalent Loans.
“Ball
Aerospace”
means
Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., a Delaware corporation.
“Ball
Corporate Group”
means
Company, each of its Subsidiaries and the members of the BAP Group.
“Bank
Guarantee”
means a
direct guarantee issued for the account of Company, and, if requested, a
Subsidiary of Company, pursuant to this Agreement by a Facing Agent, in form
acceptable to the Facing Agent, ensuring that a liability acceptable to the
Facing Agent of Company or a Subsidiary of Company to a third Person will
be
met.
“Bankers’
Acceptance”
and
“B/A”
mean a
depository note within the meaning of the Depository Bills and Notes Act
(Canada) or a xxxx of exchange within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange
Act
(Canada), in each case, denominated in Canadian Dollars, drawn by Canadian
Borrower, and accepted by a Lender in accordance with this
Agreement.
“Bankruptcy
Code”
means
Title I of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended, as set forth in
Title
11 of the United States Code, as hereafter amended.
“BAP”
means
Ball Asia Pacific Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong corporation, and its successors
and assigns.
“BAP
Group”
means
BAP and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries and joint ventures (the
“BAP
Subs”)
and
each direct or indirect holding company of BAP and/or the BAP Subs that does
not
engage in any business other than holding shares of BAP or BAP Subs, as the
case
may be, and matters incidental thereto.
“Base
Rate”
means
the greater of (i) the rate most recently announced by DB at its principal
office as its “prime rate”, which is not necessarily the lowest rate made
available by DB or (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% per annum.
The
“prime rate” announced by DB is evidenced by the recording thereof after its
announcement in such internal publication or publications as DB may designate.
Any change in the interest rate resulting from a change in such “prime rate”
announced by DB shall become effective without prior notice to Borrowers
as of
12:01 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day on which each change
in such
“prime rate” is announced by DB. DB may make commercial or other loans to others
at rates of interest at, above or below its “prime rate”.
“Base
Rate Loan”
means
any Loan which bears interest at a rate determined with reference to the
Base
Rate.
“Benefited
Lender”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
12.6(a).
“Board”
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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“Borrowers”
means
Company, European Holdco, Canadian Borrower and Other Subsidiary
Borrowers.
“Borrowing”
means a
group of Loans of a single Type made by the Lenders or the European Swing
Line
Lender or U.S. Swing Line Lender, as appropriate on a single date (or resulting
from a conversion on such date) and in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as
to
which a single Interest Period is in effect, provided
that,
Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans incurred pursuant to Section
3.8
shall be
considered part of any related Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans.
“Business
Day”
means
(i) as it relates to any payment, determination, funding or notice to be
made or
given in connection with any Dollar-denominated Loan, or otherwise to be
made or
given to or from Administrative Agent, a day other than a Saturday, Sunday
or
other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required
by law to close; provided,
however,
that
when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan, the term “Business Day” shall
also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits
in the London interbank market; provided,
further,
that
when used in connection with any Letter of Credit, the term “Business Day” shall
also exclude any day on which commercial banks in the city in which the
respective Facing Agent for such Letter of Credit is domiciled are required
by
law to close; (ii) as it relates to any payment, determination, funding or
notice to be made or given in connection with any Alternative Currency Loan,
any
day (A) on which dealings in deposits in the Alternative Currency are carried
out in the London interbank market, (B) on which commercial banks and foreign
exchange markets are open for business in London, New York City, and the
principal financial center for such Alternative Currency, and (C) with respect
to any such payment, determination or funding to be made in connection with
any
Alternative Currency Loan denominated in Euros, on which the Trans-European
Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) System or
any
successor settlement system is open; provided,
however
that
when used in connection with a Borrowing by Canadian Borrower, the term
“Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for
business in Toronto or Montreal.
“CAM”
means
the mechanism for the allocation and exchange of interests in the Facilities
and
collections thereunder established under Article
XIII.
“CAM
Exchange”
means
the exchange of the Lenders’ interests provided for in Section
13.1.
“CAM
Exchange Date”
means
the first date after the Initial Borrowing Date on which there shall occur
any
event described in paragraph (e) or (f) of Section
10.1
with
respect to Company or European Holdco.
“CAM
Percentage”
means,
as to each Lender, a fraction, expressed as a decimal to 12 decimal places,
of
which (a) the numerator shall be the sum of (i) the aggregate Designated
Obligations owed to such Lender and (ii) such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver
Pro Rata Share of the aggregate outstanding LC Obligations, if any, of such
Lender, in each case immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date, and (b)
the
denominator shall be the sum of (i) the aggregate Designated Obligations
owed to
all the Lenders and (ii) the aggregate outstanding XX
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Obligations,
in each case immediately prior to such CAM Exchange Date. For purposes of
computing each Lender’s CAM Percentage, all Designated Obligations which shall
be denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be translated into U.S. Dollars
at the Exchange Rate in effect on the CAM Exchange Date.
“Canadian
Administrative Agent”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement and any
successor Canadian Administrative Agent in such capacity.
“Canadian
Borrower”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this
Agreement.
“Canadian
Commitment Fee”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
3.2(c).
“Canadian
Commitment Period”
means,
the period from and including the date hereof to but not including the Canadian
Revolver Termination Date.
“Canadian
Dollars”
and
“Cdn.$”
shall
mean lawful currency of Canada.
“Canadian
Notice Address”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2A.5.
“Canadian
Payment Office”
means
the office of Canadian Administrative Agent located at 000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000, X.X. Xxx 00, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X 0X0 or such other office
as
Canadian Administrative Agent may designate to Borrowers and the Lenders
from
time to time.
“Canadian
Prime Rate”
means,
for each day in any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum as shall
be in
effect from time to time, which rate per annum shall at all times for such
day
be equal to the higher of (a) the annual rate of interest announced publicly
by
Canadian Administrative Agent and in effect as its prime rate at its principal
office in Toronto, Ontario on such day for determining interest rates on
Canadian Dollar-denominated commercial loans made in Canada and (b) 0.75%
per
annum above the average of the rates per annum for Canadian Dollar bankers’
acceptances having a term of 30 days that appears on the display referred
to as
the “CDOR Page” (or any display substituted therefor) of Xxxxxx Monitor Money
Rates Service as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the date of determination,
as
reported by Canadian Administrative Agent (and if such screen is not available,
any successor or similar service as may be selected by Canadian Administrative
Agent).
“Canadian
Prime Rate Loan”
means
any Loan which bears interest at a rate determined with reference to the
Canadian Prime Rate.
“Canadian
Revolver Pro Rata Share”
means,
when used with reference to any Canadian Revolving Lender and any described
aggregate or total amount, an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying
such described aggregate or total amount by a fraction the numerator of which
shall be such Lender’s Canadian Revolving Commitment and the denominator of
which shall be the Canadian Revolving Commitments or, if the Canadian
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Revolver
Termination Date has occurred, such Lender’s aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Canadian Revolving Loans.
“Canadian
Revolver Termination Date”
means
the earliest to occur of (i) October 13, 2011 or (ii) such earlier
date as
the Canadian Revolving Commitments shall have been terminated or otherwise
reduced to $0 pursuant to this Agreement.
“Canadian
Revolving Commitment”
means,
with respect to any Canadian Revolving Lender, the obligation of such Canadian
Revolving Lender to make Canadian Revolving Loans and to participate in Letters
of Credit, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant
to this
Agreement, which commitment as of the date hereof is the amount set forth
opposite such lender’s name on Schedule
1.1(a)
hereto
under the caption “Amount of Canadian Revolving Commitment” as the same may be
adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof and “Canadian
Revolving Commitments”
means
such commitments collectively, which commitments equal $35,000,000 in the
aggregate as of the date hereof.
“Canadian
Revolving Facility”
means
the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the Canadian Revolving
Commitments and the Canadian Revolving Loans.
“Canadian
Revolving Lender”
means
any Lender which has a Canadian Revolving Commitment, which prior to any
CAM
Exchange shall
be
resident in Canada for purposes of the ITA, or deemed to be resident in Canada
for purposes of Part XIII of the ITA in respect of any amounts paid or credited
to such Lender under the Canadian Revolving Facility.
“Canadian
Revolving Loan”
and
“Canadian
Revolving Loans”
have
the meanings given in Section
2A.1(b),
including by way of Bankers’ Acceptances and B/A Equivalent Loans, pursuant to
Section
2A.1(b)
or
Section
2A.9.
“Canadian
Revolving Note”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2A.2.
“Capital
Stock”
means,
with respect to any Person, any and all common shares, preferred shares,
interests, participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated)
of such Person’s capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests or
other equivalent interests and any rights (other than debt securities
convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock), warrants or options
exchangeable for or convertible into such capital stock or other equity
interests.
“Capitalized
Lease”
means,
at the time any determination thereof is to be made, any lease of property,
real
or personal, in respect of which the present value of the minimum rental
commitment is capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee in accordance
with
GAAP.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligation”
means,
at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability
in respect of a Capitalized Lease which would at such time be so required
to be
capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee in accordance with
GAAP.
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“Cash”
means
money, currency or the available credit balance in Dollars, Canadian Dollars,
an
Alternative Currency or another currency reasonably acceptable to Administrative
Agent in a Deposit Account.
“Cash
Equivalents”
means
(i) any evidence of indebtedness, maturing not more than 180 days after the
date
of issue, issued by the United States of America or any instrumentality or
agency thereof, the principal, interest and premium, if any, of which is
guaranteed fully by, or backed by the full faith and credit of, the United
States of America, (ii) Dollar, Canadian Dollar or Alternative Currency
denominated (or other foreign currency fully hedged) time deposits, certificates
of deposit and bankers acceptances maturing not more than 180 days after
the
date of purchase, issued by (x) any Lender or (y) a commercial banking
institution having, or which is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank
holding company having, combined capital and surplus and undivided profits
of
not less than $200,000,000 and a commercial paper rating of “P-1” (or higher)
according to Xxxxx’x, “A-1” (or higher) according to S&P or the equivalent
rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency in the United States
(any such bank, an “Approved
Bank”),
or
(z) a non-United States commercial banking institution which is either currently
ranked among the 100 largest banks in the world (by assets, according to
the
American
Banker),
has
combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000
or whose commercial paper (or the commercial paper of such bank’s holding
company) has a rating of “P-1” (or higher) according to Xxxxx’x, “A-1” (or
higher) according to S&P or the equivalent rating by any other nationally
recognized rating agency, (iii) commercial paper, maturing not more than
180
days after the date of purchase, issued or guaranteed by a corporation (other
than Company or any Subsidiary of Company or any of their respective Affiliates)
organized and existing under the laws of any state within the United States
of
America with a rating, at the time as of which any determination thereof
is to
be made, of “P-1” (or higher) according to Xxxxx’x, or “A-1” (or higher)
according to S&P, (iv) demand deposits with any bank or trust company
maintained in the ordinary course of business, (v) repurchase or reverse
repurchase agreements covering obligations of the type specified in clause
(i)
with a term of not more than seven days with any Approved Bank and (vi) shares
of any money market mutual fund rated at least AAA or the equivalent thereof
by
S&P or at least Aaa or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x, including, without
limitation, any such mutual fund managed or advised by any Lender or
Administrative Agent.
“CDOR
Rate”
means,
on any day, the per annum rate of interest which is the rate determined as
being
the arithmetic average of the annual yield rates applicable to Canadian Dollar
bankers’ acceptances having identical issue and comparable maturity dates as the
Bankers’ Acceptances proposed to be issued or having a comparable term as the
Interest Period as the B/A Discount Rate Loans in question displayed and
identified as such on the display referred to as the “CDOR Page” (or any display
substituted therefor) of Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service as at approximately
10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such day, or if such day is not a Business Day,
then on the immediately preceding Business Day (as adjusted by Canadian
Administrative Agent in good faith after 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) to reflect
any error in a posted rate of interest or in the posted average annual rate);
provided,
however,
if such
a rate does not appear on such CDOR Page, then the CDOR Rate, on any day,
shall
be the discount rate quoted by Canadian Administrative Agent (determined
as of
10:00 a.m. (Toronto time)) on such day at which Canadian Administrative Agent
would purchase its own bankers acceptances in a comparable face amount and
with
comparable maturity dates to the Bankers’ Acceptances
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proposed
to be issued or having a comparable term as the Interest Period as the B/A
Discount Rate Loans in question on such day, or if such day is not a Business
Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day.
“Change
of Control”
means
(i) the sale, lease or transfer of all or substantially all of Company’s assets
to any Person or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act), (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of Company or European Holdco,
(iii)
any person or group of persons (within the meaning of the Exchange Act) shall
have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated
by the SEC under the Exchange Act) of 35% or more of the issued and outstanding
shares of Company’s Voting Securities; (iv) during any period of twelve
consecutive calendar months, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constituted Company’s board of directors (together with any new directors whose
election by Company’s board of directors or whose nomination for election by
Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the
directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning
of
such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so
approved) cease for any reason other than death or disability to constitute
a
majority of the directors then in office; or (v) any “Change of Control” (as
such term is defined in the 2012 Senior Note Indenture or any other Permitted
Debt Document related to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of the
foregoing).
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to time amended, including
the
regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Co-Documentation
Agents”
means
Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc. and BNP Paribas.
“COLI
Policy Advances”
of
Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall mean, with respect to any Company
Owned
Life Insurance Program, policy loans made to Company or any of its Subsidiaries
under life insurance policies in an amount not in excess of the available
cash
surrender values of such policies, which loans are made pursuant to the
contractual terms of life insurance policies issued in connection with a
Company
Owned Life Insurance Program.
“Collateral”
means
all “Collateral” as defined in each of the Security Documents and all other
assets pledged pursuant to the Security Documents.
“Collateral
Account”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
4.4(a).
“Collateral
Agent”
means
DB acting as collateral agent or as UK Security Trustee under the laws of
England and Wales acting for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant
to
its appointment as Collateral Agent in Section
11.1
or any
other agent or subagent or trustee acting for the benefit of the Secured
Creditors with the consent of Administrative Agent.
“Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Lender, the aggregate of the Multicurrency Revolving
Commitment, Canadian Revolving Commitment and Term Commitments of such Lender
and “Commitments”
means
such commitments of all of the Lenders collectively.
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“Commitment
Fee”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
3.2(b).
“Commitment
Period”
means,
the period from and including the date hereof to but not including the
Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date or, in the case of the Swing Line
Commitment, five (5) Business Days prior to the Multicurrency Revolver
Termination Date.
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock of Company, no par value.
“Company”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this
Agreement.
“Company
Owned Life Insurance Program”
means a
life insurance program in which Company is a participant, pursuant to which
Company is the owner of whole life policies insuring the lives of certain
of its
employees.
“Company
Refinancing”
means
the repayment in full of the Existing Credit Agreement.
“Company
Refinancing Documents”
means
collectively all agreements, instruments and documents executed in connection
with Company Refinancing, including, without limitation, any document or
instrument necessary to release and terminate any and all security interests
under the Existing Credit Agreement.
“Compliance
Certificate”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
7.2(a).
“Computation
Date”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.8(a).
“Consolidated
Assets”
means,
for any Person, the total assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries, as
determined from a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its consolidated
Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Capital Expenditures”
means,
for Company and its Subsidiaries, for any period, the aggregate of all
expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including
in
all events all Capitalized Lease Obligations but excluding any capitalized
interest with respect thereto) by Company and its Subsidiaries during that
period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included
in the
property, plant or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet
of
Company.
“Consolidated
Cash Interest Expense”
means,
for any period, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, but excluding, however,
interest expense not payable in cash, amortization of discount and deferred
financing costs; plus
(ii)
Dividends paid on Disqualified Preferred Stock (other than Dividends payable
solely in Capital Stock of Company or to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Company);
plus
or
minus,
as the
case may be (iii) net amounts paid or received under Interest Rate Agreements
(with cap payments amortized over the life of the cap); and minus
(iv) interest income received in Cash or Cash Equivalents in respect
of
Investments permitted hereunder.
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“Consolidated
Debt”
means,
at any time, (i) all Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries (other
than
the Unrestricted Entities) determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with
GAAP and (ii) the aggregate outstanding amount, without duplication, of
Attributable Debt of Company and its Subsidiaries (other than the Unrestricted
Entities) determined on a consolidated basis.
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
means,
for any period, on a consolidated basis for Company and its Subsidiaries,
the
sum of the amounts for such period, without duplication, of:
(i)
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Net Income,
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plus
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(ii)
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Consolidated
Interest Expense, to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated
Net
Income,
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plus
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(iii)
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charges
against income for foreign, federal, state and local taxes in each
case
based on income, to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated
Net
Income,
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plus
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(iv)
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depreciation
expense, to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net
Income,
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plus
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(v)
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amortization
expense, including, without limitation, amortization of good will
and
other intangible assets, fees, costs and expenses in connection
with the
execution, delivery and performance of any of the Transaction Documents,
and other fees, costs and expenses in connection with Permitted
Acquisitions, in each case, to the extent deducted in computing
Consolidated Net Income,
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the
gain (or plus
the loss) (net of any tax effect) resulting from the sale of any
capital
assets other than in the ordinary course of business to the extent
added
(deducted) in computing Consolidated Net Income,
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(vii)
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extraordinary
or non-cash nonrecurring after-tax gains (or plus
extraordinary or non-cash nonrecurring after-tax losses) to the
extent
added (deducted) in computing Consolidated Net Income,
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minus
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any
gain resulting from any write-up of assets (other than with respect
to any
company owned life insurance program) to the extent added in computing
Consolidated Net Income,
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plus
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(ix)
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any
non-cash charge resulting from any write-down of assets to the
extent
deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income; and
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plus
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(x)
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any
non-cash restructuring charge to the extent deducted in computing
Consolidated Net Income;
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in
each
case calculated for the applicable period in conformity with GAAP; provided,
however,
Consolidated EBITDA shall be decreased by the amount of any cash expenditures
in
such period related to non-cash charges added back to Consolidated EBITDA
during
any prior periods.
“Consolidated
Interest Expense”
means,
for any period, without duplication, the sum of the total interest expense
(including that attributable to Capitalized Leases in accordance with GAAP)
of
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with respect to all
outstanding Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries, including, without
limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with
respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, but excluding,
however, any amortization of deferred financing costs, all as determined
on a
consolidated basis for Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance
with GAAP plus
the
interest component of any lease payment under Attributable Debt transactions
paid by Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis plus
any
discount and/or interest component in respect of a sale of Receivables Facility
Assets by Company and its Subsidiaries regardless of whether such discount
or
interest would constitute interest under GAAP plus
dividends paid in cash on Disqualified Preferred Stock.
“Consolidated
Net Income”
and
“Consolidated
Net Loss”
mean,
respectively, with respect to any period, the aggregate of the net income
(loss)
of the Person in question for such period, determined in accordance with
GAAP on
a consolidated basis, provided
that,
there shall be excluded (i) the income of any unconsolidated Subsidiary and
any
Person in which any other Person (other than Company or any of the Subsidiaries
or any director holding qualifying shares in compliance with applicable law
or
any other third party holding a de
minimus
number
of shares in order to comply with other similar requirements) has a joint
interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions
actually paid to Company or any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries by such
Person
during such period and (ii) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles.
“Consolidated
Tangible Assets”
means,
for any Person, the total assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries, as
determined from a consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its consolidated
Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP, but excluding therefrom all
items
that are treated as goodwill and other intangible assets (net of applicable
amortization) under GAAP.
“Contaminant”
means
any material with respect to which any Environmental Law imposes a duty,
obligation or standard of conduct, including without limitation any pollutant,
contaminant (as those terms are defined in 42 U.S.C. § 9601(33)), toxic
pollutant (as that term is defined in 33 U.S.C. § 1362(13)), hazardous substance
(as that term is defined in 42 U.S.C. §9601(14)), hazardous chemical (as that
term is defined by 29 CFR § 1910.1200(c)), hazardous waste (as that term is
defined in 42 U.S.C. § 6903(5)), or any state, local or other equivalent of such
laws and regulations, including, without limitation, radioactive material,
special waste, polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, petroleum, including
crude
oil or any petroleum-derived substance, (or any fraction thereof), waste,
or
breakdown or decomposition product thereof, mold, bacteria or any constituent
of
any such substance or waste, including but not limited to polychlorinated
biphenyls and asbestos.
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“Contract
Period”
means
the term of a B/A Loan selected by Canadian Borrower in accordance with
Section
2A.5
or
Section
2A.6
commencing on the date of such B/A Loan and expiring on a Business Day which
shall be either 1, 2, 3 or 6 months (subject to availability) thereafter,
provided
that,
(i) if any Contract Period would otherwise expire on a day which is not a
Business Day, such Contract Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business
Day (or if such next succeeding Business Day is in a different month, on
the
next preceding Business Day) and (ii) no Contract Period for a Canadian
Revolving Loan shall extend beyond the Canadian Revolver Termination Date
and no
Contract Period for a Term C Loan shall extend beyond the Term C Loan Maturity
Date.
“Contractual
Obligation”
means,
as to any Person, any provision of any Securities issued by such Person or
of
any indenture or credit agreement or any agreement, instrument or other
undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound or to which it may be subject.
“Controlled
Group”
means
the group consisting of (i) any corporation which is a member of the same
controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of
the
Code) as Company; (ii) a partnership or other trade or business (whether
or not
incorporated) which is under common control (within the meaning of Section
414(c) of the Code) with Company; (iii) a member of the same affiliated service
group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Code) as Company, any
corporation described in clause (i) above or any partnership or trade or
business described in clause (ii) above; or (iv) any other Person which is
required to be aggregated with Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant
to
regulations promulgated under Section 414(o) of the Code.
“Controlled
Subsidiary”
of any
Person means a Subsidiary of such Person (i) ninety percent (90%) or more
of the
Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the
time be owned by such Person or by one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries
of such
Person and (ii) of which such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise.
“Co-Syndication
Agents”
means
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA and Bank of America, N.A.
“Credit
Event”
means
the making of any Loan or the issuance of any Letter of Credit.
“Credit
Exposure”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
12.8(b).
“Credit
Party”
means
Company, European Holdco, Canadian Borrower, Other Subsidiary Borrowers and
any
guarantor which may hereafter enter into a guarantee agreement or a pledge
agreement with respect to all or any portion of the Obligations.
“Customary
Permitted Liens”
means
for any Person
(i) Liens
for
taxes, assessments or governmental charges not yet due and payable or which
are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
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pursued,
provided
that,
adequate provision for the payment of all such taxes, assessments or
governmental charges known to such Person has been made on the books of such
Person to the extent required by GAAP or, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary,
generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in its
jurisdiction of organization;
(ii) mechanics’,
suppliers’, processor’s, materialmen’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, workmen’s,
landlord’s and similar Liens arising by operation of law and arising or created
in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations of such Person
that
are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or are being contested
in good
faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, provided
that,
adequate provision for the payment of such Liens known to such Person has
been
made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP or, in the
case
of a Foreign Subsidiary, generally accepted accounting principles in effect
from
time to time in its jurisdiction of organization;
(iii) Liens
arising out of pledges or deposits in connection with worker’s compensation,
unemployment insurance, old age pensions and social security benefits or
other
similar benefits which are not overdue or are being contested in good faith
by
appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, provided
that,
adequate provision for the payment of such Liens known to such Person has
been
made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP or, in the
case
of a Foreign Subsidiary, generally accepted accounting principles in effect
from
time to time in its jurisdiction of organization;
(iv) (A) Liens
incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the
performance of bids, tenders, trade contracts, statutory obligations, fee
and
expense arrangements with trustees and fiscal agents and other similar
obligations (exclusive of obligations incurred in connection with the borrowing
of money or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property) and
customary deposits granted in the ordinary course of business under Operating
Leases and (B) Liens securing surety, indemnity, performance, appeal, customs
and release bonds, provided
that,
adequate provision for the payment of all such obligations has been made
on the
books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP or, in the case of a
Foreign
Subsidiary, generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time
to time
in its jurisdiction of organization;
(v) Permitted
Real Property Encumbrances;
(vi) attachment,
judgment, writs or warrants of attachment or other similar Liens arising
in
connection with court or arbitration proceedings which do not constitute
an
Event of Default under Section
10.1(i);
(vii) licenses
of patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights granted in
the
ordinary course of business;
(viii) Liens
in
respect of an agreement to dispose of any asset, to the extent such disposal
is
permitted by Section
8.4;
(ix) Liens
arising due to any cash pooling, netting or composite accounting arrangements
between any one or more of Borrowers and any of their Subsidiaries or
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between
any one or more of such entities and one or more banks or other financial
institutions where any such entity maintains deposits.
(x) leases
or
subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with
the
business of Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any interest or title
of a
lessor, licensor or sublessor under any lease or license permitted by this
Agreement or the Security Documents; and
(xi) customary
rights of set off, revocation, refund or chargeback, Liens or similar rights
under agreements with respect to deposit disbursement, concentration account
or
comparable account under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction or under the
UCC
(or comparable foreign law) or arising by operation of law of banks or other
financial institutions where any Borrower maintains deposit disbursement,
concentration accounts or comparable account under the laws of any foreign
jurisdiction in the ordinary course of business permitted by this
Agreement.
“DB”
means
Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, and its successors.
“DBSI”
means
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
“Default
Rate”
means a
variable rate per annum which shall be two percent (2%) per annum plus
either
(i) the then applicable interest rate hereunder in respect of the amount
on
which the Default Rate is being assessed or (ii) if there is no such applicable
interest rate, the Base Rate plus the Applicable Base Rate Margin, and with
respect to the obligations denominated in Canadian Dollars, the Canadian
Prime
Rate plus the Applicable Canadian Prime Rate Margin, but in no event in excess
of that permitted by applicable law.
“Defaulting
Lender”
means
any Lender with respect to which a Lender Default is in effect.
“Deposit
Account”
means a
demand, time, savings, passbook, investment or like account with a bank,
savings
and loan association, credit union, brokerage or like organization, other
than
an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.
“Designated
Obligations”
means
all Obligations of the Credit Parties in respect of accrued and unpaid (a)
principal of and interest on the Loans (including B/As, B/A Equivalent Loans
and
Acceptance Fees with respect thereto), (b) LC Commissions and (c) Commitment
Fees, whether or not the same shall at the time of any determination be due
and
payable under the terms of the Loan Documents.
“Discount
Proceeds”
means
in respect of any Bankers’ Acceptance (or, as applicable, any B/A Equivalent
Loan) required to be accepted and purchased by a Lender an amount (rounded
to
the nearest whole cent with one-half one cent being rounded-up) determined
as of
the applicable date of the Loan or rollover date for such Loan which is equal
to:
Face
Amount x Price
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where
“Face Amount” is the face amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance (or, as applicable,
the B/A Equivalent Loan) and “Price” is equal to:
1
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+
(Rate x Term)
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where
the
“Rate” is the Discount Rate expressed as a decimal on the date of the Loan or
rollover date for such Loan, as the case may be; the “Term” is the Contract
Period of such Bankers’ Acceptance expressed as a number of days; and the Price
as so determined is rounded up or down to the fifth decimal place with .000005
being rounded-up.
“Discount
Rate”
means:
(a) with
respect to an issue of Bankers’ Acceptances accepted and purchased by a Lender
that is a Schedule I Bank, the CDOR Rate;
(b) with
respect to an issue of Bankers’ Acceptances accepted and purchased by a Lender
that is a Schedule II Bank or a Schedule III Bank, the lesser of (i) the
percentage discount rate (expressed to two decimal places and rounded upward,
if
necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) quoted to the Canadian Administrative
Agent by such Lender as the percentage discount rate at which such Lender
would,
in accordance with its normal practices, at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto
time)
on such day, be prepared to purchase B/As accepted by such Lender having
a term
and a face amount comparable to the term and face amount of such B/A and
(ii)
CDOR Rate plus ten (10) basis points (0.10%); and
(c) with
respect to a B/A Equivalent Loan:
(i)
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made
by a Schedule I Bank, the CDOR
Rate;
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made
by a Schedule II Bank or Schedule III Bank, the rate
determined
in accordance with subparagraph (b) of this definition;
and
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(iii)
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made
by any other Lender, the CDOR Rate plus 0.10% per
annum.
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“Disqualified
Preferred Stock”
means
any preferred stock of Company (or any equity security of Company that is
convertible or exchangeable into any such preferred stock of Company) that
is
not Permitted Preferred Stock.
“Dividend”
has the
meaning assigned to that term on Section
8.5.
“Documents”
means
the Loan Documents and the Transaction Documents.
“Dollar”
and
“$”
means
lawful money of the United States of America.
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“Dollar
Equivalent”
means,
at any time, (a) as to any amount denominated in Dollars, the amount thereof
at
such time, (b) as to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the
equivalent amount in Dollars as determined by Administrative Agent at such
time
on the basis of the Exchange Rate for the purchase of Dollars with such
Alternative Currency on the most recent Computation Date provided for in
Section
2.8(a),
and (c)
as to any amount denominated in Canadian Dollars, the equivalent in Dollars
of
such amount determined by Administrative Agent using the Exchange Rate then
in
effect.
“Domestic
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary other than a Foreign Subsidiary.
“Downgrade
Event”
means
the occurrence of any of the following at any time following the date on
which
Company has achieved Investment Grade Status: (i) Company’s issuer credit rating
is less than Baa3 from Xxxxx’x and its corporate credit rating is less than BBB-
from S&P; (ii) Company’s issuer credit rating is Baa3 or better from Xxxxx’x
but its corporate credit rating is less than BB+ from S&P, or (iii)
Company’s corporate credit rating is BBB- or better from S&P but its issuer
credit rating is less than Ba1 from Xxxxx’x; provided,
if
either S&P or Xxxxx’x shall change its system of classifications after the
date of this Agreement, a Downgrade Event shall exist at any time when Company’s
corporate or issuer credit rating is at or above the new rating which most
closely corresponds to the above specified levels under the previous rating
system.
“Drawing”
has the
meaning set forth in Section
2.10(d)(ii).
“Effective
Amount”
means
(a) with respect to any Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal
Dollar Equivalent amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings and
prepayments or repayments of Loans occurring on such date; and (b) with respect
to any outstanding LC Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount
of
such LC Obligations on such date after giving effect to any issuances of
Letters
of Credit occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount
of the LC Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any
reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit
or any
reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit
taking effect on such date.
“Effective
Date”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
12.20.
“Eligible
Assignee”
means a
commercial bank, financial institution, financial company, Fund or insurance
company in each case, together with its Affiliates or Related Funds, which
extends credit or buys loans in the ordinary course of its business or any
other
Person approved by Administrative Agent and Company, such approval not to
be
unreasonably withheld; provided,
that,
prior to any CAM Exchange, a Person shall only qualify as an Eligible Assignee
with respect to Credit Exposure under the Canadian Revolving Loans or Canadian
Revolving Commitments if such Person is either a resident in Canada for the
purpose of the ITA or is deemed to be resident in Canada for the purpose
of Part
XIII of the ITA in respect of any amounts that would be paid or credited
to such
Person under the Canadian Revolving Facility.
“EMU
Legislation”
means
the legislative measures of the European Union for the introduction of,
changeover to, or operation of, the Euro in one or more member
states.
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“Environmental
Claim”
means
any notice of violation, claim, suit, demand, abatement order, or other lawful
order by any Governmental Authority or any Person for any damage, personal
injury (including sickness, disease or death), property damage, contribution,
cost recovery, or any other common law claims, indemnity, indirect or
consequential damages, damage to the environment, nuisance, cost recovery,
or
any other common law claims, pollution, contamination or other adverse effects
on the environment, human health, or natural resources, or for fines, penalties,
restrictions or injunctive relief, resulting from or based upon (a) the
occurrence or existence of a Release or substantial threat of a material
Release
(whether sudden or non-sudden or accidental or non-accidental) of, or exposure
to, any Contaminant in, into or onto the environment at, in, by, from or
related
to the Premises or (b) the violation, or alleged violation, of any Environmental
Laws relating to environmental matters connected with any Borrower’s operations
or any Premises.
“Environmental
Laws”
means
any and all applicable foreign, federal, state, provincial or local laws,
statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, judgments,
directives, or Environmental Permits relating to the protection of health,
safety or the environment, including, but not limited to, the following statutes
as now written and hereafter amended: the Water Pollution Control Act, as
codified in 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et
seq.,
the
Clean Air Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et
seq.,
the
Toxic Substances Control Act, as codified in 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et
seq.,
the
Solid Waste Disposal Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et
seq.,
the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as
codified in 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et
seq.,
the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, as codified in
42
U.S.C. § 11001 et
seq.,
and
the Safe Drinking Water Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 300f et
seq.,
the
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Canada), the Fisheries Act (Canada)
and
the Waste Management Act (British Columbia) and any related regulations,
as well
as all provincial, state, local or other equivalents.
“Environmental
Lien”
means a
Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for (i) any liability under
Environmental Laws, or licenses, authorizations, or directions of any Government
Authority or court, or (ii) damages relating to, or costs incurred by such
Governmental Authority in response to, a Release or threatened Release of
a
Contaminant into the environment.
“Environmental
Permits”
means
any and all permits, licenses, certificates, authorizations or approvals
of any
Governmental Authority required by Environmental Laws and necessary or
reasonably required for the current and anticipated future operation of the
business of Company or any Subsidiary of Company.
“Environmental
Study”
means
those certain environmental assessments, and documents upon which such
assessments are based, prepared by an environmental consulting firm acceptable
to Administrative Agent with regard to the existing and potential liability
of
any Credit Party with respect to any environmental matters, including a review
of compliance with Environmental Laws.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as from time to time
amended.
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“ERISA
Affiliate”
means,
with respect to any Person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated)
which, together with such Person, is under common control as described in
Section 414(c) of the Code or is a member of a “controlled group”, as defined in
Section 414(b) of the Code which includes such Person. Unless otherwise
qualified, all references to an “ERISA Affiliate” in this Agreement shall refer
to an ERISA Affiliate of Company or any Subsidiary.
“Euro”
means
the lawful currency adopted by or which is adopted by participating member
states of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary
Union.
“Eurocurrency
Loan”
means
any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurocurrency
Rate.
“Eurocurrency
Rate”
shall
mean the aggregate of (1) and (2) below:
(1)
(a)
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in
the case of Dollar denominated Loans, (i) the rate per annum equal
to the
rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate
that
appears on the Telerate Screen that displays an average British
Bankers
Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for
delivery
on the first day of such interest period) with a term equivalent
to such
interest period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
time)
on the applicable Interest Rate Determination Date and, in the
event such
rate is not available, (ii) the arithmetic average (rounded up
to the
nearest 1/100th
of
1%) of the offered quotation in the interbank eurodollar market
by the
Reference Lenders to first class banks for Dollar deposits of amounts
in
immediately available funds with a term equivalent comparable to
the
interest period for which a Eurocurrency Rate is determined, as
of 11:00
a.m. (London time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination
Date;
or
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in
the case of Euro denominated Loans, (i) the rate per annum equal
to the
rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate
that
appears on the appropriate page of the Telerate Screen that displays
EURIBOR (for delivery on the first day of such interest period)
with a
term equivalent to such interest period, determined as of approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable Interest Rate Determination
Date and, in the event such rate is not available, (ii) the arithmetic
average (rounded up to the nearest 1/100th
of
1%) of the offered quotation in the European interbank market by
the
Reference Lenders for Euro deposits of amounts in immediately available
funds with a term equivalent comparable to the interest period
for which a
Eurocurrency Rate is determined, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time)
on the
applicable Interest Rate Determination Date;
or
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in
the case of Sterling denominated Loans, (i) the rate per annum
equal to
the rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate
that
appears on the appropriate page of the Telerate Screen that displays
LIBOR
(for delivery on the
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first
day
of such interest period) with a term equivalent to such interest period,
determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable
Interest Rate Determination Date and, in the event such rate is not available,
(ii) the arithmetic average (rounded up to the nearest 1/100th
of
1%) of
the offered quotation in the London interbank market by the Reference Lenders
for Sterling deposits of amounts in immediately available funds with a term
equivalent comparable to the interest period for which a Eurocurrency Rate
is
determined, as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the applicable Interest Rate
Determination Date; and
(2) the
then
current cost of the Lenders of complying with any Eurocurrency Reserve
Requirements.
“Eurocurrency
Reserve Requirements”
means,
for any day as applied to a Eurocurrency Loan, the aggregate (without
duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve
liquid asset or similar requirements in effect on such day (including, without
limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any
regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction
with respect thereto), including without limitation, under regulations issued
from time to time by (a) the Board, (b) any Governmental Authority of the
jurisdiction of the relevant currency or (c) any Governmental Authority of
any
jurisdiction in which advances in such currency are made to which banks in
any
jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or liabilities customarily
used to fund loans in such currency or by reference to which interest rates
applicable to loans in such currency are determined, including Mandatory
Costs.
“European
Holdco”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“European
Swing Line Lender”
means
Deutsche Bank AG London Branch or Affiliate of DB in such capacity.
“European
Swing Line Loans”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.1(c)(i)(2).
“European
Swing Line Note”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.2(a).
“Event
of Default”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
10.1.
“Excess
Cash Flow”
means,
for any period, an amount equal to Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
consolidated:
(i) Consolidated
EBITDA for such period,
minus (ii) foreign,
federal, state and local taxes in each case based on income paid in cash
for
such period,
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minus (iii) Consolidated
Capital Expenditures paid in cash during such period to the extent not financed
by Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations but excluding Loans
hereunder or under overdraft lines permitted by this Agreement),
minus (iv) Dividends
paid in cash by Company during such period to the extent permitted pursuant
to
Section
8.5,
minus (v) Consolidated
Cash Interest Expense during such period,
minus (vi) scheduled
amortization of the principal portion of the Term Loans and of the principal
portion of all other Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries paid in
cash
during such period (other than repayment of Indebtedness with proceeds of
issuance of other Indebtedness or equity or equity contributions or with
Net
Sale Proceeds or Recovery Events),
minus (vii) non
cash
charges added back to Consolidated EBITDA in a previous period pursuant to
clauses (ix) or (x) of the definition thereof to the extent any such charge
has
become a cash item in the current period,
minus (viii) voluntary
prepayments of the principal portion of the Term Loans, in each case calculated
in accordance with GAAP,
plus (ix) the
decrease, if any, in Adjusted Working Capital from the first day to the last
day
of such period,
minus (x) the
increase, if any, in Adjusted Working Capital from the first day to the last
day
of such period.
“Excess
Cash Flow Period”
means,
with respect to the repayment required on each Excess Cash Payment Date,
the
immediately preceding Fiscal Year of Company.
“Excess
Cash Payment Date”
means
the date occurring 100 days after the last day of a Fiscal Year of Company
(beginning with its Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2006).
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and as codified in 15 U.S.C.
78a
et seq.,
and as
hereafter amended.
“Exchange
Rate”
shall
mean, on any day, (a) with respect to conversions between any Alternative
Currency and Dollars, the Spot Rate and (b) with respect to conversions between
Canadian Dollars and Dollars, the spot rate set forth on the Reuters World
Currency Page for Canadian Dollars (or, if not so quoted, the spot rate of
exchange quoted for wholesale transactions made by Canadian Administrative
Agent
in Toronto, Ontario) at 12:00 noon (Toronto time), on such day, provided
that, if
at the time of any such determination, for any reason, no such spot rate
is
being quoted, Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent, as
applicable, may use any reasonable method it deems applicable to determine
such
rate, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error. For
purposes of determining the Exchange Rate in connection with an Alternative
Currency Borrowing such Exchange Rate shall be determined as of the Exchange
Rate Determination Date for such Borrowing.
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Administrative
Agent shall provide Borrowers with the then current Exchange Rate from time
to
time upon any Borrower’s request therefor.
“Exchange
Rate Determination Date”
means
for purposes of the determination of the Exchange Rate of any stated amount
on
any Business Day in relation to any Alternative Currency Borrowing, the date
which is two Business Days prior to such Eurocurrency borrowing and the same
day
for Sterling borrowings.
“Excluded
Taxes”
means
in the case of a Lender or Agent, taxes imposed on or measured by the overall
net income, receipts, net profits or capital of such Lender or Agent or a
branch
of such Lender or Agent (including, branch profits taxes), and franchise
taxes
imposed on such Lender or Agent by (i) the jurisdiction in which such Lender
or
Agent is incorporated or organized or (ii) the jurisdiction (or political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Lender’s or Agent’s
lending office in respect of which payments under this Agreement are made
is
located or is otherwise carrying on business; provided that, for certainty,
"Excluded Taxes" shall not include any amount payable pursuant to Part XIII
of
the ITA.
“Existing
Credit Agreement”
means
that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 19, 2002, as heretofore
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, among Company, Canadian Borrower,
European Holdco, certain other subsidiaries of Company, the financial
institutions party thereto, and DB, as administrative agent for such financial
institutions.
“Facility”
means
any of the credit facilities established under this Agreement.
“Facing
Agent”
means
each of DB (including DB acting through any branch or Affiliate) and any
other
Lender agreed to by such Lender, Company and Administrative Agent which has
issued (or has been deemed to have issued pursuant to Section
2.10(j))
a
Letter of Credit pursuant to Section
2.10.
“Federal
Funds Rate”
means
on any one day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the rate on overnight
federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System only
arranged by federal funds brokers, as published as of such day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published, the average
of
the quotations for such day on such transactions received by DB from three
federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by DB.
“Fiscal
Quarter”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
7.13.
“Fiscal
Year”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
7.13.
“Foreign
Pension Plan”
means
any plan, fund (including, without limitation, any super-annuation fund)
or
other similar program established or maintained outside of the United States
of
America by Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries primarily for the benefit
of employees of Company or such Subsidiaries residing outside the United
States
of America, which plan, fund, or similar program provides or results in,
retirement income, a deferral of
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income
in
contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of
employment, and which is not subject to ERISA or the Code.
“Foreign
Requirements of Law”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.12(a)(ii).
“Foreign
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than
the
United States of America or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia.
“Form
10-K”
means
the annual report in the Form 10-K filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant
to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act for the 2004 Fiscal
Year.
“Form
10-Q”
means
the quarterly report in the Form 10-Q filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act for the second Fiscal
Quarter
of 2005.
“Former
Premises”
means,
at any time, all real property formerly owned, leased or operated by Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries.
“Fund”
means a
Person that is a fund that makes, purchases, holds or otherwise invests in
commercial loans or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of
its
existence.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. as in effect from time
to
time.
“Government
Acts”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.10(h).
“Governmental
Authority”
means
any nation or government, any intergovernmental or supranational body, any
state, province or other political subdivision thereof and any entity lawfully
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory
organization (including the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners).
“Guarantee
Obligations”
means,
as to any Person, without duplication, any direct or indirect contractual
obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness
or Operating Lease, dividend or other obligation (“primary
obligations”)
of any
other Person (the “primary
obligor”)
in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any
obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent: (i) to purchase any
such
primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security
therefor; (ii) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment
of any
such primary obligation, or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital
of
the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of
the
primary obligor; (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily
for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the
ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation;
or
(iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such primary obligation
against loss in respect thereof; provided,
however,
that
the term Guarantee Obligations shall not include any endorsements of instruments
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for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any
Guarantee Obligation at any time shall be deemed to be an amount equal to
the
lesser at such time of (a) the stated or determinable amount of the primary
obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made or (b) the
maximum amount for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms
of the
instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation; or, if not stated or
determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability (assuming full
performance) in respect thereof.
“Guaranteed
Creditors”
means
and includes Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each Lender or an Affiliate
of a Lender (even if such Lender ceases to be a Lender under this Agreement
for
any reason) which becomes a party to one or more Interest Rate Agreements
or
Other Hedging Agreements entered into by a Borrower (other than Company)
or its
Subsidiaries.
“Guaranteed
Obligations”
means
(i) the principal and interest (whether such interest is allowed as
a claim
in a bankruptcy proceeding with respect to European Holdco, each Other
Subsidiary Borrower and Canadian Borrower or otherwise) on each Note issued
by
European Holdco, each Other Subsidiary Borrower and Canadian Borrower to
each
Lender, and all Loans made under this Agreement and all reimbursement
obligations and Unpaid Drawings with respect to Letters of Credit (other
than
with respect to Company obligations), together with all other obligations
(including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a)
of
the Bankruptcy Code or similar provisions under applicable insolvency laws
in
the relevant jurisdiction, would become due) and liabilities (including,
without
limitation, indemnities, fees and interest thereon) of European Holdco, each
Other Subsidiary Borrower and Canadian Borrower to such Lender now existing
or
hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement
or
any other Loan Documents and the due performance and compliance with all
terms,
conditions and agreements contained in the Loan Documents by European Holdco,
Other Subsidiary Borrowers and Canadian Borrower, and (ii) all obligations
(including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a)
of
the Bankruptcy Code or similar provisions under applicable insolvency laws
in
the relevant jurisdiction, would become due) of European Holdco, any Other
Subsidiary Borrower or Canadian Borrower owing under any Interest Rate Agreement
or Other Hedging Agreement entered into by European Holdco, any Other Subsidiary
Borrower or Canadian Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries with any Lender
or
any Affiliate thereof (even if such Lender subsequently ceases to be a Lender
under this Agreement for any reason) so long as such Lender or Affiliate
participates in such Interest Rate Agreement or Other Hedging Agreement,
and
their subsequent assigns, if any, whether or not existing or hereafter arising,
and the due performance and compliance with all terms, conditions and agreements
contained therein.
“Guarantors”
means,
collectively, Company and each Person party to the Subsidiary Guaranty.
“Guaranty”
means
each of the guaranty contained in Article
XIV
hereof
and the Subsidiary Guaranty.
“Hazardous
Materials”
means
(a) any petrochemical or petroleum products, radioactive materials, asbestos
in
any form that is or could become friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulation,
transformers or other equipment that contain dielectric fluid containing
levels
of
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polychlorinated
biphenyls and radon gas; (b) any chemicals, materials or substances defined
as
or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,”“hazardous
wastes,”“hazardous materials,”“restricted hazardous materials,”“extremely
hazardous wastes,”“restrictive hazardous wastes,”“toxic substances,”“toxic
pollutants,”“contaminants” or “pollutants,” or words of similar meaning and
regulatory effect; or (c) any other chemical, material or substance, exposure
to
which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental
Authority.
“Indebtedness”
means,
as applied to any Person (without duplication):
(i) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;
(ii) the
deferred and unpaid balance of the purchase price of assets or services (other
than trade payables and other accrued liabilities incurred in the ordinary
course of business that are not overdue by more than 90 days from the required
payment date therefor unless being contested in good faith) which purchase
price
is (a) due more than six months from the date of incurrence of the obligation
in
respect thereof or (b) evidenced by a note or a similar written
instrument;
(iii) all
Capitalized Lease Obligations;
(iv) all
indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, whether
or not such indebtedness has been assumed by such Person or is nonrecourse
to
such Person;
(v) notes
payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or
not
representing obligations for borrowed money (other than such notes or drafts
for
the deferred purchase price of assets or services which does not constitute
Indebtedness pursuant to clause (ii) above);
(vi) indebtedness
or obligations of such Person, in each case, evidenced by bonds, notes or
similar written instruments;
(vii) the
face
amount of all letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances issued for the account
of such Person, and without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder other
than,
in each case, commercial or standby letters of credit or the functional
equivalent thereof issued in connection with performance, bid or advance
payment
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, including, without
limitation, performance requirements under workers compensation or similar
laws;
(viii) all
obligations of such Person under Interest Rate Agreements or Other Hedging
Agreements;
(ix) Guarantee
Obligations of such Person; and
(x) Attributable
Debt of such Person;
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provided,
Indebtedness shall exclude COLI Policy Advances except to the extent such
COLI
Policy Advances constitute Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Indebtedness
to Remain Outstanding”
shall
have the meaning assigned to that term in Section
6.5(d).
“Indemnified
Person”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
12.4(b).
“Initial
Borrowing”
means
the first Borrowing by certain Borrowers under this Agreement.
“Initial
Borrowing Date”
means
the date of the Initial Borrowing.
“Initial
Loan”
means
the first Loan made by the Lenders under this Agreement.
“Intellectual
Property”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
6.21.
“Intercompany
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness of Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is owing to Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries.
“Interest
Coverage Ratio”
means,
for any period, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Cash Interest
Expense for such period.
“Interest
Payment Date”
means
(a) as to any Base Rate Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Loan, each Quarterly
Payment
Date to occur while such Loan is outstanding, (b) as to any Eurocurrency
Loan or
B/A Discount Rate Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less
the
last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (c) as to any
Eurocurrency Loan or B/A Discount Rate Loan having an Interest Period longer
than three months, each three (3) month anniversary of the first day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto and the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto; provided,
however,
that,
in addition to the foregoing, each of (i) the date upon which both the
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments have been terminated and the Multicurrency
Revolving Loans have been paid in full, (ii) the date upon which both the
Canadian Revolving Commitments have been terminated and the Canadian Revolving
Loans have been paid in full and (iii) the applicable Term Maturity Date
shall
be deemed to be an “Interest Payment Date” with respect to any interest which is
then accrued hereunder for such Loan.
“Interest
Period”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
3.4.
“Interest
Rate Agreement”
means
any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate
collar agreement, interest rate futures contract, interest rate option contract
or other similar agreement or arrangement to which Company or any Subsidiary
is
a party.
“Interest
Rate Determination Date”
means
the date for calculating the Eurocurrency Rate for an Interest Period, which
date shall be (i) in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan in Dollars, the second
Business Day prior to first day of the related Interest Period for such
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Loan
or
(ii) in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan in an Alternative Currency, the
date
on which quotations would ordinarily be given by prime banks in the relevant
interbank market for deposits in the Applicable Currency for value on the
first
day of the related Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Loan; provided,
however,
that if
for any such Interest Period with respect to an Alternative Currency Loan,
quotations would ordinarily be given on more than one date, the Interest
Rate
Determination Date shall be the last of those dates.
“Inventory”
means,
inclusively, all inventory as defined in the UCC from time to time and all
goods, merchandise and other personal property wherever located, now owned
or
hereafter acquired by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of every kind or
description which are held for sale or lease or are furnished or to be furnished
under a contract of service or are raw materials, work-in-process or materials
used or consumed or to be used or consumed in Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ business.
“Investment”
means,
as applied to any Person, (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other
acquisition by that Person of, or a beneficial interest in, Securities of
any
other Person, or a capital contribution by that Person to any other Person,
(ii)
any direct or indirect loan or advance to any other Person (other than prepaid
expenses or any Receivable created or acquired in the ordinary course of
business), including all Indebtedness to such Person arising from a sale
of
property by such person other than in the ordinary course of its business,
(iii)
any Acquisition or (iv) any purchase by that Person of a futures contract
or
such person otherwise becoming liable for the purchase or sale of currency
or
other commodity at a future date in the nature of a futures contract. The
amount
of any Investment by any Person on any date of determination shall be the
sum of
the value of the gross assets transferred to or acquired by such Person
(including the amount of any liability assumed in connection with such transfer
or acquisition by such Person to the extent such liability would be reflected
on
a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP) plus the cost of all additions
thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or
write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment, minus
the
amount of all cash returns of principal or capital thereon, cash dividends
thereon and other cash returns on investment thereon or liabilities expressly
assumed by another Person (other than Company or another Subsidiary of Company)
in connection with the sale of such Investment. Whenever the term “outstanding”
is used in this Agreement with reference to an Investment, it shall take
into
account the matters referred to in the preceding sentence.
“Investment
Grade Status”
shall
exist at any time when Company’s (i) corporate credit rating is BBB- or better
from S&P and its issuer credit rating is Ba1 or better from Moody’s or (ii)
its issuer credit rating is Baa3 or better from Moody’s and its corporate credit
rating is BB+ or better from S&P; provided,
if
either S&P or Xxxxx’x shall change its system of classifications after the
date of this Agreement, Investment Grade Status shall exist at any time when
Company’s corporate or issuer credit rating is at or above the new rating which
most closely corresponds to the above specified levels under the previous
rating
system.
“IRS”
means
the United States Internal Revenue Service, or any successor or analogous
organization.
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“ITA”
means
the Income Tax Act (Canada), as from time to time amended, including the
regulations proposed or promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute
and the
regulations proposed or promulgated thereunder.
“LC
Commission”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.10(g)(ii).
“LC
Obligations”
means,
at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate Stated Amount
of
the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of Unpaid
Drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant
to
Section 2.10(d).
The LC
Obligation of any Lender at any time shall mean its Multicurrency Revolver
Pro
Rata Share of the aggregate LC Obligations outstanding at such
time.
“LC
Participant”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.10(e)(i).
“LC
Supportable Indebtedness”
means
(i) obligations of Company or its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course
of business with respect to insurance obligations and workers’ compensation,
surety bonds and other similar statutory obligations and (ii) such other
obligations of Company or any of its Subsidiaries as are reasonably acceptable
to the respective Facing Agent and otherwise not restricted pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement.
“Lender”
and
“Lenders”
have
the respective meanings assigned to those terms in the introduction to this
Agreement and shall include any Person that becomes a “Lender” pursuant to
Section
12.8
and any
Person that becomes a Lender in connection with the incurrence of an Additional
Facility pursuant to Section
2.9.
“Lender
Default”
means
(i) the refusal (which has not been retracted) of a Lender to make available
its
portion of any Borrowing or to fund its portion of any unreimbursed payment
under Section
2.10(f)
or (ii)
a Lender having notified in writing Borrowers and/or Administrative Agent
that
it does not intend to comply with its obligations under Section
2.10(e)
or
Section
2.10(f),
as a
result of any takeover of such Lender by any regulatory authority or
agency.
“Letter
of Credit Payment”
means
as applicable (a) all payments made by the respective Facing Agent pursuant
to
either a draft or demand for payment under a Letter of Credit or (b) all
payments by Lenders having Multicurrency Revolving Commitments to such Facing
Agent in respect thereof (whether or not in accordance with their Multicurrency
Revolver Pro Rata Share).
“Letter
of Credit Amendment Request”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.10(c).
“Letters
of Credit”
means,
collectively, all Standby Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees, in each
case
issued pursuant to this Agreement.
“Leverage
Ratio”
means,
for any period, the ratio of Consolidated Debt as of the last day of such
period
to Consolidated EBITDA for such period.
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“Lien”
means
(i) any judgment lien or execution, attachment, levy, distraint or similar
legal
process and (ii) any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment,
security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge,
nantissement, fiducie sûreté, transfert à titre de garantie or deposit
arrangement (other than a deposit to a Deposit Account not intended as security)
of any kind or other arrangement of similar effect (including, without
limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease
in
the nature thereof, any agreement to give any of the foregoing, or any sale
of
receivables with recourse against the seller or any Affiliate of the
seller).
“Loan”
means
any Term Loan, Multicurrency Revolving Loan, Canadian Revolving Loan or Swing
Line Loan and “Loans” means all such Loans collectively.
“Loan
Documents”
means,
collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, each Letter of Credit, each Security
Document, each Subsidiary Guaranty, each Interest Rate Agreement and Other
Hedging Agreement entered into with a party that is a Lender or an Affiliate
of
a Lender at the time of entering into such Interest Rate Agreement or Other
Hedging Agreement (even if such Person subsequently ceases to be a Lender
under
this Agreement for any reason), and all other agreements, instruments and
documents executed in connection therewith, in each case as the same may
at any
time be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in
effect.
“Majority
Lenders”
of any
Facility means those Non-Defaulting Lenders which would constitute the Required
Lenders under, and as defined in, this Agreement if all outstanding Obligations
of other Facilities under this Agreement were repaid in full and all Commitments
with respect thereto were terminated.
“Mandatory
Costs”
means
the cost imputed to
the
Lender(s)
of
compliance with the mandatory
liquid assets requirements
of the Bank of England
and/or
the banking supervision or other costs of the Financial
Services Authority or
European
Central Bank or
any
successor body exercising their functions in this respect as determined in
accordance with Schedule
1.1(c).
“Manufacturing
Supply Agreement”
means
that certain Manufacturing Supply Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1994,
by and
between Canadian Borrower and Ball Metal Packaging Sales Corp., a Colorado
corporation and successor by assignment to Company, as amended, restated,
supplemented and otherwise modified as of the date hereof.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means a
material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial condition, or operations
of Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of Company
or
any Subsidiary to perform, in any material respect, its respective obligations
under any Loan Document to which it is a party, or (c) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Security Documents.
“Material
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary of Company, which either (i) the consolidated total assets
of
which were more than 8% of Company’s Consolidated Assets as of the end of the
most recently completed Fiscal Year of Company for which audited financial
statements are available or (ii) the consolidated total revenues of which
were
more than 7% of Company’s consolidated total revenues for such period; and
provided that Canadian Borrower,
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Ball
UK
Holdings, Ltd., Ball Packaging Europe UK Ltd., and Ball (France) Holdings
S.A.S.
or any successor to the foregoing shall be deemed to be Material Subsidiaries.
Assets of Foreign Subsidiaries shall be converted into Dollars at the rates
used
for purposes of preparing the consolidated balance sheet of Company included
in
such audited financial statements.
“Maximum
Commitment”
means,
when used with reference to any Lender, the aggregate of such Lender’s Term
Commitments, Multicurrency Revolving Commitment and Canadian Revolving
Commitment in the amounts not to exceed those set forth opposite the name
of
such Lender on Schedule
1.1(a)
hereto,
subject to reduction from time to time in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“Minimum
Borrowing Amount”
means
(i) with respect to Base Rate Loans, $1,000,000, (ii) with respect to
Eurocurrency Loans, $5,000,000 in the case of a Borrowing in Dollars, £3,000,000
in the case of a Borrowing in Sterling and €5,000,000 in the case of a Borrowing
in Euros, (iii) with respect to U.S. Swing Line Loans, $1,000,000, (iv) with
respect to European Swing Line Loans, £500,000 in the case of a Borrowing in
Sterling and €1,000,000 in the case of a Borrowing in Euro, (v) with respect to
Canadian Prime Rate Loans, Cdn.$1,000,000, and (vi) with respect to B/A Loans
or
B/A Discount Rate Loans Cdn.$5,000,000.
“Minimum
Borrowing Multiple”
means,
(i) in the case of a Borrowing in Dollars, $1,000,000, (ii) in the case of
a
Borrowing in Euros, €1,000,000, (iii) in the case of a Borrowing in Sterling
£500,000 and (iv) in the case of a Borrowing in Canadian Dollars,
Cdn.$1,000,000.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business
thereof.
“Multicurrency
Revolver Pro Rata Share”
means,
when used with reference to any Multicurrency Revolving Lender and any described
aggregate or total amount, an amount equal to the result obtained by multiplying
such described aggregate or total amount by a fraction the numerator of which
shall be such Multicurrency Revolving Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving
Commitment or, if the Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date has occurred,
the
Effective Amount of such Multicurrency Revolving Lender’s then outstanding
Multicurrency Revolving Loans and the denominator of which shall be the
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments or, if the Multicurrency Revolver
Termination Date has occurred, the Effective Amount of all then outstanding
Multicurrency Revolving Loans.
“Multicurrency
Revolver Sublimit”
means,
when used in reference to Company, the Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment
and when used in reference to European Holdco or any Other Subsidiary Borrower,
the maximum aggregate Effective Amount of outstanding Multicurrency Revolving
Loans, LC Obligations and Swing Line Loans permitted to be borrowed by European
Holdco or such Other Subsidiary Borrower, which amount is set forth on
Schedule
1.1(b)
attached
hereto.
“Multicurrency
Revolver Termination Date”
means
the earliest to occur of (i) October 13, 2011 or (ii) such earlier
date as
the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments shall have been terminated or otherwise
reduced to $0 pursuant to this Agreement.
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“Multicurrency
Revolving Commitment”
means,
with respect to any Multicurrency Revolving Lender, the obligation of such
Multicurrency Revolving Lender to make Multicurrency Revolving Loans and
to
participate in Letters of Credit, as such commitment may be adjusted from
time
to time pursuant to this Agreement, which commitment as of the date hereof
is
the amount set forth opposite such lender’s name on Schedule
1.1(a)
hereto
under the caption “Amount of Multicurrency Revolving Commitment” as the same may
be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, and “Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments”
means
such commitments collectively, which commitments equal $715,000,000 in the
aggregate as of the Effective Date.
“Multicurrency
Revolving Facility”
means
the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments and the Multicurrency Revolving Loans.
“Multicurrency
Revolving Lender”
means
any Lender which has a Multicurrency Revolving Commitment or is owed a
Multicurrency Revolving Loan (or a portion thereof).
“Multicurrency
Revolving Loan”
and
“Multicurrency
Revolving Loans”
have
the meanings given in Section
2.1(b).
“Multicurrency
Revolving Note”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.2(a).
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means a
Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to
which Company or any Subsidiary of Company or any ERISA Affiliate contributes
or
has an obligation to contribute.
“Net
Offering Proceeds”
means
the proceeds received from (a) the issuance of any Capital Stock (or capital
contribution with respect to Capital Stock) or (b) the incurrence of any
Indebtedness, in each case net of the liabilities for reasonably anticipated
cash taxes in connection with such issuance or incurrence, if any, any
underwriting, brokerage and other customary selling commissions incurred
in
connection with such issuance or incurrence, and reasonable legal, advisory
and
other fees and expenses, including, without limitation, title and recording
tax
expenses, if any, incurred in connection with such issuance or
incurrence.
“Net
Sale Proceeds”
means,
with respect to any Asset Disposition (including any Aerospace Asset
Disposition) the aggregate cash payments received by Company or any Subsidiary
from such Asset Disposition (including, without limitation, cash received
by way
of deferred payment pursuant to a note receivable, conversion of non-cash
consideration, cash payments in respect of purchase price adjustments or
otherwise, but only as and when such cash is received) minus
the
direct costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (including in
the
case of any Asset Disposition, the payment of the outstanding principal amount
of, premium, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than hereunder)
required to be repaid as a result of such Asset Disposition); and any provision
for taxes in respect thereof made or held in reserve in accordance with GAAP,
provided
that,
such expenses shall only include taxes to the extent that taxes are payable
in
cash in the current year or the following year as a result of such Asset
Disposition. Any proceeds received in a currency other than Dollars shall,
for
purposes of the
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calculation
of the amount of Net Sale Proceeds, be in an amount equal to the Dollar
Equivalent thereof as of the date of receipt thereof by Company or any
Subsidiary of Company.
“Non-Defaulting
Lender”
means
each Lender which is not a Defaulting Lender.
“Note”
means
any of the Canadian Revolving Notes, the Multicurrency Revolving Notes,
the Swing Line Note
or
the Term Notes and “Notes”
means
all of such Notes collectively.
“Notice
Address”
shall
mean the office of Administrative Agent located at 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx,
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, or such other office as Administrative Agent
may
hereafter designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto, provided
that in
the case of all borrowings under any Term Facility funded in an Alternative
Currency and all borrowings in Alternative Currencies under the Multicurrency
Revolving Facility and all notices relating thereto, the “Notice Office” shall
mean the office specified above.
“Notice
of Borrowing”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.5.
“Notice
of Canadian Borrowing”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2A.5.
“Notice
of Canadian Conversion or Continuation”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2A.6.
“Notice
of Conversion or Continuation”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.6.
“Notice
of Issuance”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10(c).
“Notice
Office”
means
the office of Administrative Agent located at 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, Attn: Commercial Loan Division, or such other
office as Administrative Agent may designate to Borrowers and the Lenders
from
time to time and with respect to Canadian Administrative Agent, 000 Xxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, X.X. Xxx 00, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X0X0, or such other office as
Canadian Administrative Agent may designate to Borrowers and the Lenders
from
time to time.
“Obligations”
means
all liabilities and obligations of Company and its Subsidiaries now or hereafter
arising under this Agreement and all of the other Loan Documents, whether
for
principal, interest, fees, expenses, indemnities or otherwise, and whether
primary, secondary, direct, indirect, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including
obligations of performance).
“Operating
Lease”
of any
Person, means any lease (including, without limitation, leases which may
be
terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal
or
mixed) by such Person, as lessee, which is not a Capitalized Lease.
“Organizational
Documents”
means,
with respect to any Person, such Person’s articles or certificate of
incorporation, certificate of amalgamation, memorandum or articles of
association, bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement,
joint venture
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agreement
or other similar governing documents and any document setting forth the
designation, amount and/or relative rights, limitations and preferences of
any
class or series of such Person’s Capital Stock.
“Other
Hedging Agreement”
means
any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract,
commodity agreements, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar
agreement.
“Other
Pledge Agreement”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(b)(iii).
“Other
Subsidiary Borrower”
means
each Foreign Subsidiary listed as an Other Subsidiary Borrower in Schedule
1.1(d)
as
amended from time to time in accordance with Section
12.1(b).
“Outstanding
Letters of Credit”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.10(j).
“Overnight
Euro Rate”
on any
date shall mean the offered quotation to first-class banks in the London
interbank market by European Swing Line Lender for Euro overnight deposits
of
amounts in immediately available funds comparable to the outstanding principal
amount of the Euro Swing Line Loan of European Swing Line Lender as of 11:00
a.m. (London time) on such date, provided
that in
the event Administrative Agent has made any determination pursuant to
Section
3.6
in
respect of European Swing Line Loans denominated in Euros, or in the
circumstances described in Section
3.6
in
respect of European Swing Line Loans denominated in Euros, the Overnight
Euro
Rate determined pursuant to this definition shall instead be the rate determined
by European Swing Line Lender as the all-in-cost of funds for European Swing
Line Lender to fund such Euro Swing Line Loan in each case, plus
the
Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Multicurrency Revolving Loans.
“Overnight
LIBOR Rate”
on any
date shall mean the offered quotation to first-class banks in the London
interbank market by European Swing Line Lender for Sterling overnight deposits
of amounts in immediately available funds comparable to the outstanding
principal amount of the European Swing Line Loan denominated in Sterling
of
European Swing Line Lender as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date,
provided,
that in
the event Administrative Agent has made any determination pursuant to
Section
3.6
in
respect of European Swing Line Loans denominated in Sterling, or in the
circumstances described in Section
3.6
in
respect of European Swing Line Loan, the Overnight LIBOR Rate determined
pursuant to this definition shall instead be the rate determined by European
Swing Line Lender as the all-in-cost of funds for European Swing Line Lender
to
fund such European Swing Line Loan, in each case, plus
the
Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Multicurrency Revolving Loans.
“Overnight
Rate Loan”
shall
mean each European Swing Line Loan which bears interest at a rate determined
with reference to the Overnight Euro Rate or the Overnight LIBOR Rate, as
applicable based on the Alternative Currency borrowed.
“Participants”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
12.8(b).
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“Participating
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary of Company or any other entity formed as necessary or customary
under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction that is a participant in a Permitted
Accounts Receivable Securitization.
“Patriot
Act”
shall
mean the Uniting and Strengthening America
by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public
Law 107-56
(as
amended).
“Payment
Office”
means
(a) with respect to Administrative Agent or U.S. Swing Line Lender, for payments
with respect to Dollar-denominated Loans and, except as provided in clauses
(b)
and (c) below, all other amounts, 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxx
Xxxxxx 00000, Attn: Commercial Loan Division, or such other address as
Administrative Agent or U.S. Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, may from
time to time specify in accordance with Section
12.3,
(b)
with respect to Administrative Agent or European Swing Line Lender, for payments
in any Alternative Currency, such account at such bank or office in London
or
such other place as Administrative Agent or European Swing Line Lender, as
the
case may be, shall designate by notice to the Person required to make the
relevant payment and (c) with respect to Canadian Administrative Agent, for
payments with respect to Canadian Revolving Loans, such account at such bank
or
office in Canada or such other place in Canada as Canadian Administrative
Agent
shall designate by notice to the Person required to make the relevant
payment.
“PBGC”
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by Section 4002(a)
of
ERISA.
“Permitted
Accounts Receivable Securitization”means
any
receivables financing program providing for the sale, conveyance or contribution
to capital of Receivables
Facility Assets or
interests therein by Company and
its
Participating
Subsidiaries to
a
Receivables
Subsidiary
in
transactions purporting to
be
sales
(and treated as sales for GAAP
purposes),
which Receivables
Subsidiary
shall
finance the purchase of such Receivables
Facility Assets by
the
direct (or, to the extent approved by Administrative Agent as evidenced by
its
written approval thereof, indirect) sale, transfer, conveyance, lien, grant
of
participation or other interest or pledge of such Receivables
Facility Assets or
interests therein to one
or
more limited purpose financing companies, special purpose entities, trusts
and/or financial institutions, in each case, on a limited recourse basis
as
to
Company and
the
Participating
Subsidiaries
(except
to the extent a limitation on recourse is not customary for similar transactions
or is prohibited in the relevant jurisdiction); provided that
any
such transaction shall be consummated pursuant to
documentation
necessary
or customary for such transactions in the relevant jurisdiction (or otherwise
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent as evidenced by its written
approval thereof) and shall provide for purchase price percentages reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
“Permitted
Acquisition”
means
any Acquisition by Company or a Subsidiary of Company if all of the following
conditions are met on the date such Acquisition is consummated:
(a) no
Event
of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
would
result therefrom;
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(b) in
the
case of any acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition shall
have been approved by the board of directors or comparable governing body
of
such Person;
(c) all
transactions related thereto are consummated in compliance, in all material
respects, with applicable Requirements of Law;
(d) in
the
case of any acquisition of any equity interest in any Person, after giving
effect to such acquisition such Person becomes a Subsidiary of Company which
is
not an Unrestricted Entity, such Person, to the extent required by Section
7.12,
(i) guarantees the Obligations hereunder and (ii) grants the
security
interest contemplated by such Section
7.12);
(e) all
actions, if any, required to be taken under Section
7.12
with
respect to any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary and its property are taken
as
and when required under Section
7.12;
and
(f) if
the
aggregate Investment for such acquisition is $50,000,000 or greater (including
the maximum value of earn out obligations, if any): (x) after giving effect
thereto on a Pro Forma Basis for the period of four Fiscal Quarters ending
with
the Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have most recently been
delivered (or were required to be delivered) under Section
7.1,
no
Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default would exist hereunder; (y)
there
is at least $150,000,000 of Available Liquidity and (z) on or before the
date of
such acquisition and before Company or any Subsidiary enters into such
acquisition or any agreement therefor (that is not contingent upon such
acquisition being permitted under this Agreement), Company delivers to
Administrative Agent and Lenders a certificate signed on behalf of Company
by
the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer of Company attaching financial
statements of the business or Person to be acquired, including income statements
or statements of cash flows and, if available, balance sheet statements for
at
least the fiscal year or the four fiscal quarters then most recently ended,
together with pro forma financial statements supporting the calculations
required by clauses (x) and (y) hereof, if applicable, certified on behalf
of
Company by the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer of Company to the best
of
his or her knowledge.
“Permitted
Additional Indebtedness”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
8.2(d).
“Permitted
Aerospace JV”
means a
Person (together with its Subsidiaries, if any) organized by Company or Ball
Aerospace and one or more third parties for the purpose, among other things,
of
conducting the Aerospace Business regardless of whether such Person is a
subsidiary, a joint venture or a minority-owned Person provided that (i)
such
Person shall not be a Controlled Subsidiary and (ii) to the extent
the
assets (net of cash proceeds) transferred by Company and its Subsidiaries
to
such Permitted Aerospace JV were more than 8% of Company’s Consolidated Assets
as of the end of the most recently completed Fiscal Year of Company for which
audited financial statements are available or the business transferred by
Company and its Subsidiaries to such Permitted Aerospace JV accounted for
more
than 7% of Company’s consolidated total revenues for such period, all of the
Capital Stock of such Person owned by Company and its Subsidiaries shall,
promptly and in any event within sixty (60) days, be pledged as collateral
to
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors.
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“Permitted
BAP Group Investment Amount”
means
an amount equal to (i) prior to a redesignation pursuant to Section
12.23,
the
Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate Investments pursuant to Section
8.7(l)
and the
aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of Guarantee Obligations or credit support
of
Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to Other Hedging Agreements to
which a
member of the BAP Group is party and (ii) thereafter, $0.
“Permitted
Covenant”
means
(i) any periodic reporting covenant, (ii) any covenant restricting payments
by
Company with respect to any securities of Company which are junior to the
Permitted Preferred Stock, (iii) any covenant the default of which can only
result in an increase in the amount of any redemption price, repayment amount,
dividend rate or interest rate, (iv) any covenant providing board observance
rights with respect to Company’s board of directors and (v) any other covenant
that, when considered with all of the covenants, taken as a whole, does not
adversely affect the interests of the Lenders (as reasonably determined by
Administrative Agent).
“Permitted
Debt Documents”
means,
collectively, the 2006 Senior Note Documents, the 2012 Senior Note Documents
and
any other documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing Permitted
Additional Indebtedness or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of any of the
foregoing.
“Permitted
Guarantee Obligations”
means
(i) Guarantee Obligations of Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
obligations of any Person under leases, supply contracts and other contracts
or
warranties and indemnities, in each case, not constituting Indebtedness of
such
Person, which have been or are undertaken or made in the ordinary course
of
business by Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation,
guarantees of leases and supply contracts entered into in the ordinary course
of
business), (ii) Guarantee Obligations of any Credit Party with respect
to
Indebtedness permitted under Section
8.2
(other
than clauses (b), (f), (g) and (n) of such Section) of any other Credit Party,
provided
that, to
the extent that such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations, such
Guarantee Obligations shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, (iii) Guarantee Obligations
of any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party with respect to Indebtedness
permitted under Section
8.2
of any
other Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party, (iv) Guarantee Obligations
with respect to surety, appeal and performance bonds obtained by Company
or any
of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (v) additional
Guarantee Obligations which (other than Guarantee Obligations of Indebtedness
permitted under Section
8.2(b))
do not
exceed the Dollar Equivalent of $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any
time.
“Permitted
Liens”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
8.1.
“Permitted
Preferred Stock”
means
any preferred stock of Company (or any equity security of Company that is
convertible or exchangeable into any preferred stock of Company), so long
as the
terms of any such preferred stock or equity security of Company (i) do not
provide any collateral security, (ii) do not provide any guaranty or other
support by any Borrower or any Subsidiaries of any Borrower, (iii) do not
contain any mandatory put, redemption, repayment, sinking fund or other similar
provision occurring before the eighth anniversary of the Effective Date,
(iv) do
not require the cash payment of dividends or interest, (v) do not contain
any
covenants other than any Permitted Covenant, (vi) do not grant the holders
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thereof
any voting rights except for (x) voting rights required to be granted to
such
holders under applicable law, (y) limited customary voting rights on fundamental
matters such as mergers, consolidations, sales of substantial assets, or
liquidations involving Company and (z) other voting rights to the extent
not
greater than or superior to those allocated to Common Stock on a per share
basis, and (vii) are otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Administrative
Agent.
“Permitted
Real Property Encumbrances”
means
(i) as to any particular real property at any time, such easements,
encroachments, covenants, rights of way, subdivisions, parcelizations, minor
defects, irregularities, encumbrances on title (including leasehold title)
or
other similar charges or encumbrances which do not, in the reasonable opinion
of
Administrative Agent, materially detract from the value of such real property
for the purpose for which it is held by the owner thereof, (ii) municipal
and
zoning ordinances and other land use and environmental regulations, which
are
not violated in any material respect by the existing improvements and the
present use made by the owner thereof of the premises, (iii) general real
estate
taxes and assessments not yet delinquent or the amount or validity of which
are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued,
provided
that,
adequate provision for the payment of all such taxes known to such Person
has
been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by GAAP or,
in the
case of a Foreign Subsidiary, generally accepted accounting principles in
effect
from time to time in its jurisdiction of organization and (iv) such other
items
to which Administrative Agent may consent.
“Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness”
means a
replacement, renewal, refinancing or extension of any Indebtedness by the
Person
that originally incurred such Indebtedness, provided
that
(i) the
principal amount of such Indebtedness (as determined as of the date of the
incurrence of the Indebtedness in accordance with GAAP) does not exceed the
principal amount of the Indebtedness refinanced thereby on such date plus
all
accrued interest and premiums and the amounts of all fees, expenses, prepayment
penalties and premiums incurred in connection with such replacement, renewal,
refinancing or extension;
(ii) unless
such Indebtedness is Indebtedness under this Agreement, the Weighted Average
Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness is not less than the Weighted Average
Life
to Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(iii) except
in
connection with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of the Senior Notes (2006)
with Indebtedness under this Agreement and except as permitted in connection
with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of the Senior Notes (2012), such
Indebtedness is not secured by any assets other than those securing such
Indebtedness on the Initial Borrowing Date and is not guaranteed by any Credit
Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party except to the extent such Person
guaranteed such Indebtedness being refinanced;
(iv) in
the
case of other indebtedness the Dollar Equivalent amount which is in excess
of
$75,000,000, the covenants, defaults and similar provisions applicable to
such
Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are no more restrictive in any material respect
than the provisions contained in the original documentation for such
Indebtedness or in this Agreement
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and
do
not conflict in any material respect with the provisions of this Agreement
and
is otherwise on market terms and conditions; and
(v) in
the
case of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of the Senior Notes (2012), (1)
such
Indebtedness is not Indebtedness under the Multicurrency Revolving Facility
unless Available Liquidity after giving effect to such incurrence would equal
at
least $250,000,000 and (2) unless such Indebtedness is Indebtedness under
the
Loan Documents, the scheduled maturity date shall not be earlier than, nor
shall
any amortization commence, prior to the date that is one year after the latest
Term Maturity Date.
“Person”
means
an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust,
incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or political subdivision thereof) or other entity
of
any kind.
“Plan”
means
any plan described in Section 4021(a) of ERISA and not excluded pursuant
to
Section 4021(b) thereof, which is or has, within the preceding six years,
been
established or maintained, or to which contributions are being or have been,
within the preceding six years, made, by Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA
Affiliates. For greater certainty, Plan does not include a Foreign Pension
Plan.
“Plan
Administrator”
has the
meaning assigned to the term “administrator” in Section 3(16)(A) of
ERISA.
“Plan
Sponsor”
has the
meaning assigned to the term “plan sponsor” in Section 3(16)(B) of
ERISA.
“Pledge
Agreements”
means,
once executed and delivered, each Other Pledge Agreement and United States
Pledge Agreement.
“Pledged
Securities”
means
all of the Pledged Securities as defined in the Pledge Agreements.
“Post
Closing Agreement”
means
the agreement executed pursuant to Section 5.1(r).
“Premises”
means,
at any time any real estate then owned, leased or operated by Company or
any of
its Subsidiaries.
“Pro
Forma Basis”
means,
(a) with respect to the preparation of pro forma financial statements for
purposes of the tests set forth in the definition of Permitted Acquisitions
and
for any other purpose relating to a Permitted Acquisition, pro forma on the
basis that (i) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection
with such
Acquisition was incurred or assumed on the first day of the applicable period,
(ii) if such Indebtedness bears a floating interest rate, such interest shall
be
paid over the pro forma period at the rate in effect on the date of such
Acquisition, and (iii) all income and expense associated with the assets
or
entity acquired in connection with such Acquisition (other than the fees,
costs
and expenses associated with the consummation of such Acquisition) for the
most
recently ended four fiscal quarter period for which such income and expense
amounts are available shall be treated as being earned or
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incurred
by Company over the applicable period on a pro forma basis without giving
effect
to any cost savings other than Pro Forma Cost Savings, (b) with respect to
the
preparation of a pro forma financial statement for any purpose relating to
an
Asset Disposition, pro forma on the basis that (i) any Indebtedness prepaid
out
of the proceeds of such Asset Disposition shall be deemed to have been prepaid
as of the first day of the applicable Test Period, and (ii) all income and
expense (other than such expenses as Company, in good faith, estimates will
not
be reduced or eliminated as a consequence of such Asset Disposition) associated
with the assets or entity disposed of in connection with such Asset Disposition
shall be deemed to have been eliminated as of the first day of the applicable
Test Period and (c) with respect to the preparation of pro forma financial
statements for any purpose relating to an incurrence of Indebtedness or the
payment of any Restricted Payment, pro forma on the basis that (i) any
Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with such incurrence of
Indebtedness or such payment was incurred or assumed on the first day of
the
applicable period, (ii) if such incurrence of Indebtedness bears a floating
interest rate, such interest shall be paid over the pro forma period at the
rate
in effect on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, and (iii) all
income and expense associated with any Permitted Acquisition consummated
in
connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness (other than the fees, costs
and
expenses associated with the consummation of such incurrence of Indebtedness)
for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period for which such income
and
expense amounts are available shall be treated as being earned or incurred
by
Company over the applicable period on a pro forma basis without giving effect
to
any cost savings other than Pro Forma Cost Savings.
“Pro
Forma Cost Savings”
means
with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, if requested by Company pursuant
to
the succeeding sentence, the amount of factually supportable and identifiable
pro forma cost savings directly attributable to operational efficiencies
expected to be created by Company with respect to such Permitted Acquisition
which efficiencies can be reasonably computed (based on the four (4) fiscal
quarters immediately preceding the date of such proposed acquisition) and
are
approved by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion acting in good faith.
If
Company desires to have, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the amount
of pro forma cost savings directly attributable to the aforementioned
operational efficiencies treated as part of the term Pro Forma Cost Savings,
then Company shall so notify Administrative Agent and provide written detail
with respect thereto not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed
date of consummation of such Permitted Acquisition.
“Pro
Rata Share”
means,
when used with reference to any Lender and any described aggregate or total
amount of any Facility or Facilities, an amount equal to the result obtained
by
multiplying such described aggregate or total amount by a fraction the numerator
of which shall be such Lender’s Maximum Commitment with respect to such Facility
or Facilities and the denominator of which shall be the Total Commitment
with
respect to such Facility or Facilities or, if no Commitments are then
outstanding, such Lender’s aggregate Loans to the total Loans and Obligations
hereunder with respect to such Facility.
“Projections”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
6.5(e).
“Quarterly
Payment Date”
means
the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December of each
year
commencing December 31, 2005.
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“Rating
Level”
means
the applicable Level based on the rating as determined
by either S&P or Xxxxx’x of Company’s non-credit-enhanced, senior secured
long-term debt maintained for the facilities under this Agreement (the
“S&P
Rating”
and
“Xxxxx’x
Rating”,
respectively, and collectively, the “Ratings”)
as set
forth in the following table under the column Rating Level opposite the Ratings
as of such date; provided
that (i)
if the Ratings issued by S&P and Xxxxx’x would result in different Rating
Levels, then the Rating Level shall be determined by reference to the higher
of
such Ratings (with Level I being the highest and Level IV being the lowest),
unless there is a split in Ratings of more than one level, in which case
the
level that is one level higher than the lower Rating shall apply and (ii)
if
S&P and/or Xxxxx’x shall not have a Rating in effect, such entity shall be
deemed to have a Level IV Rating in effect.
Rating
Level
|
Ratings
(S&P/Xxxxx’x)
|
Level
I
|
BBB-/Baa3
or better
|
Level
II
|
BB+/Ba1
|
Level
III
|
BB/Ba2
|
Level
IV
|
BB-/Ba3
or worse
|
Each
change in the Rating Level resulting from a publicly announced change in
a
Rating shall be effective, in the case of an upgrade, during the period
commencing on the date of delivery by Company to Administrative Agent of
notice
thereof pursuant to Section
7.3(d)
and
ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such
change and, in the case of a downgrade, during the period commencing on the
date
of the public announcement thereof and ending on the date immediately preceding
the effective date of the next such change. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
from
and after the date hereof until the later of the date of delivery by Company
of
financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter to have begun after
the
date hereof or a publicly announced change in a Rating results in a change
to
the Rating Level as described above, the Rating Level shall be no higher
than
Level II.
“Receivable(s)”
means
and includes all of Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ presently existing and
hereafter arising or acquired accounts, accounts receivable, and all present
and
future rights of Company and its Subsidiaries to payment for goods sold or
leased or for services rendered (except those evidenced by instruments or
chattel paper), whether or not they have been earned by performance, and
all
rights in any merchandise or goods which any of the same may represent, and
all
rights, title, security and guaranties with respect to each of the foregoing,
including, without limitation, any right of stoppage in transit.
“Receivables
Documents”
shall
mean all documentation relating to any receivables financing program providing
for the sale of Receivables Facility Assets by Company and its Subsidiaries
(whether or not to a Receivables Subsidiary) in transactions purporting to
be
sales (and treated as sales for GAAP purposes) and shall include the documents
evidencing any Permitted Accounts Receivable Securitization.
“Receivables
Facility Assets”
shall
mean all Receivables (whether now existing or arising in the future) of Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including without
limitation (i) all collateral given by the respective account debtor or on
its
behalf (but not by Company or any of its Subsidiaries) securing such
Receivables, (ii) all
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contracts
and all guarantees (but not by Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or other
obligations directly related to such Receivables, (iii) other related assets
including those set forth in the Receivables Documents, and (iv) proceeds
of all
of the foregoing.
“Receivables
Facility Attributable Debt”
means
at any date of determination thereof in connection with the Receivables
Documents, the aggregate Dollar Equivalent of the net outstanding amount
theretofore paid, directly or indirectly, by a funding source to a receivables
subsidiary in respect of the Receivables Facility Assets sold, conveyed,
contributed or transferred or pledged in connection with such documents (it
being the intent of the parties that the amount of Receivables Facility
Attributable Debt at any time outstanding approximate as closely as possible
the
principal amount of Indebtedness which would be outstanding at such time
under
the Receivables Documents, if the same were structured as a secured lending
agreement rather than an agreement providing for the sale, conveyance,
contribution to capital, transfer or pledge of such Receivables Facility
Assets
or interests therein).
“Receivables
Subsidiary”
means a
special purpose, bankruptcy remote Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Company which
has
been or may be formed for the sole and exclusive purpose of engaging in
activities in connection with the purchase, sale and financing of Receivables
in
connection with and pursuant to a Permitted Accounts Receivable Securitization;
provided,
however,
that if
the law of a jurisdiction in which Company proposes
to
create
a
Receivables
Subsidiary
does
not
provide for the creation of a bankruptcy remote entity that is acceptable
to
Company or requires the formation of one or more additional entities (whether
or
not Subsidiaries of Company), Administrative
Agent
may
in
its discretion permit Company to
form
such
other type
of
entity
in such jurisdiction to
serve
as
a Receivables
Subsidiary
as
is
necessary or customary for similar transactions in such
jurisdiction.
“Recovery
Event”
means
the receipt by Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) of any insurance
or
condemnation proceeds payable (i) by reason of any theft, physical destruction
or damage or any other similar event with respect to any properties or assets
of
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) by reason of any condemnation, taking,
seizing or similar event with respect to any properties or assets of Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) under any policy of insurance required to
be
maintained under Section
7.8;
provided,
however,
that in
no event shall payments made under business interruption insurance constitute
a
Recovery Event.
“Reference
Lenders”
mean DB
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA.
“Refunded
Swing Line Loans”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.1(c)(ii).
“Register”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
12.14.
“Regulation
D”
means
Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor
provision to all or a portion thereof establishing reserve
requirements.
“Related
Fund”
means,
with respect to any Lender which is a Fund, any other Fund that is administered
or managed by the same investment advisor of such Lender or by an Affiliate
of
such investment advisor.
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“Release”
means
any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, dumping,
injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, escape, leaching or
migration into the environment or into or out of any property of Company
or its
Subsidiaries, or at any other location, including any location to which Company
or any Subsidiary has transported or arranged for the transportation of any
Contaminant, including the movement of Contaminants through or in the air,
soil,
surface water, groundwater or property of Company or its Subsidiaries or
at any
other location, including any location to which Company or any Subsidiary
has
transported or arranged for the transportation of any Contaminant.
“Release
Date”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
12.19(c).
“Remedial
Action”
means
actions legally required to (i) clean up, remove, treat or in any other way
address Contaminants in the environment or (ii) perform pre-response or
post-response studies and investigations and post-response monitoring and
care
or any other studies, reports or investigations relating to
Contaminants.
“Replaced
Lender”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
3.8.
“Replacement
Lender”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
3.8.
“Reportable
Event”
means a
“reportable event” described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or in the regulations
thereunder with respect to a Plan, excluding any event for which the thirty
(30)
day notice requirement has been waived.
“Required
Lenders”
means
Non-Defaulting Lenders the sum of whose Effective Amount of outstanding Term
Loans, Multicurrency Revolving Commitments and Canadian Revolving Commitments
(or, if after the Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment or Total Canadian
Revolving Commitment, as applicable, has been terminated, outstanding
Multicurrency Revolving Loans and Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of
outstanding Swing Line Loans and LC Obligations or Canadian Revolving Loans,
as
applicable) constitute greater than 50% of the sum of (i) the total Effective
Amount of outstanding Term Loans of Non-Defaulting Lenders, (ii) the Total
Multicurrency Revolving Commitment less the aggregate Multicurrency Revolving
Commitments of Defaulting Lenders (or, if after the Total Multicurrency
Revolving Commitment has been terminated, the total Effective Amount of
outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans of Non-Defaulting Lenders and the
aggregate Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of all Non-Defaulting Lenders
of
the total outstanding Swing Line Loans and LC Obligations at such time) and
(iii) the Total Canadian Revolving Commitment less the aggregate Canadian
Revolving Commitments of the Defaulting Lenders (or, if after the Total Canadian
Revolving Commitment has been terminated, the total Effective Amount of
outstanding Canadian Revolving Loans of all Non-Defaulting Lenders at such
time).
“Requirement
of Law”
means,
as to any Person, any law (including common law), treaty, rule or regulation
or
judgment, decree, determination or award of an arbitrator or a court or other
Governmental Authority, including without limitation, any Environmental Law,
in
each case imposing a legal obligation or binding upon such Person or any
of its
property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
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“Responsible
Officer”
means
any of the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President,
any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, the Chief Financial
Officer, any Vice President or the Treasurer of Company or, if applicable,
any
Subsidiary.
“Restricted
Investment”
means
any Investment other than an Investment permitted by Section
8.7
(other
than clause (j) thereof).
“Restricted
Payment”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
8.5.
“Returns”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
6.9(a).
“S&P”
means
Standard & Poor’s Rating Service, a division of the XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
“Sale
and Leaseback Transaction”
means
any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby a seller or transferor shall
sell or otherwise transfer any real or personal property and then or thereafter
lease, or repurchase under an extended purchase contract, conditional sales
or
other title retention agreement, the same or similar property.
“Schedule
I Bank”
means a
bank that is a Canadian chartered bank listed on Schedule I to the Bank Act
(Canada).
“Schedule
II Bank”
means a
bank that is a Canadian chartered bank listed on Schedule II to the Bank
Act
(Canada).
“Schedule
III Bank”
means
an authorized foreign bank listed on Schedule III to the Bank Act
(Canada).
“Scheduled
Term Repayments”
means,
for any Term Facility, the scheduled principal repayments set forth in the
“Scheduled Term Repayments” definition applicable to such Term
Facility.
“Scheduled
Term A Repayments”
means,
with respect to the principal payments on the Term A Loans for each date
set
forth below, the Sterling amount set forth opposite thereto, as reduced from
time to time pursuant to Sections
4.3 and 4.4:
Date
|
Scheduled
Term A
Repayment
|
December
31, 2005
|
£0
|
March
31, 2006
|
£0
|
June
30, 2006
|
£0
|
September
30, 2006
|
£0
|
December
31, 2006
|
£0
|
March
31, 2007
|
£0
|
June
30, 2007
|
£0
|
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Date
|
Scheduled
Term A
Repayment
|
September
30, 2007
|
£0
|
December
31, 2007
|
£2,125,000
|
March
31, 2008
|
£2,125,000
|
June
30, 2008
|
£2,125,000
|
September
30, 2008
|
£2,125,000
|
December
31, 2008
|
£2,125,000
|
March
31, 2009
|
£2,125,000
|
June
30, 2009
|
£2,125,000
|
September
30, 2009
|
£2,125,000
|
December
31, 2009
|
£4,250,000
|
March
31, 2010
|
£4,250,000
|
June
30, 2010
|
£4,250,000
|
September
30, 2010
|
£4,250,000
|
December
31, 2010
|
£12,750,000
|
March
31, 2011
|
£12,750,000
|
June
30, 2011
|
£12,750,000
|
Term
A Loan Maturity Date
|
£12,750,000
|
“Scheduled
Term B Repayments”
means,
with respect to the principal payments on the Term B Loans for each date
set
forth below, the Euro amount set forth opposite thereto, as reduced from
time to
time pursuant to Sections
4.3
and
4.4.
Date
|
Scheduled
Term B
Repayment
|
December
31, 2005
|
€0
|
March
31, 2006
|
€0
|
June
30, 2006
|
€0
|
September
30, 2006
|
€0
|
December
31, 2006
|
€0
|
March
31, 2007
|
€0
|
June
30, 2007
|
€0
|
September
30, 2007
|
€0
|
December
31, 2007
|
€8,750,000
|
March
31, 2008
|
€8,750,000
|
June
30, 2008
|
€8,750,000
|
September
30, 2008
|
€8,750,000
|
December
31, 2008
|
€8,750,000
|
March
31, 2009
|
€8,750,000
|
June
30, 2009
|
€8,750,000
|
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Date
|
Scheduled
Term B
Repayment
|
September
30, 2009
|
€8,750,000
|
December
31, 2009
|
€17,500,000
|
March
31, 2010
|
€17,500,000
|
June
30, 2010
|
€17,500,000
|
September
30, 2010
|
€17,500,000
|
December
31, 2010
|
€52,500,000
|
March
31, 2011
|
€52,500,000
|
June
30, 2011
|
€52,500,000
|
Term
B Loan Maturity Date
|
€52,500,000
|
“Scheduled
Term C Repayments”
means,
with respect to the principal payments on the Term C Loans for each date
set
forth below, the Canadian Dollar amount equal to the percentage set forth
opposite thereto multiplied by the aggregate outstanding amount of Term C
Loans
at the close of business on the Term C Commitment Expiration Date (for purposes
of clarity, the Canadian Dollar amount assuming that the Term C Commitments
are
fully utilized on such date is set forth in parentheses), as reduced from
time
to time pursuant to Sections
4.3
and
4.4:
Date
|
Scheduled
Term C
Repayment
|
December
31, 2005
|
0%
(Cdn. $0)
|
March
31, 2006
|
0%
(Cdn. $0)
|
June
30, 2006
|
0%
(Cdn. $0)
|
September
30, 2006
|
0%
(Cdn. $0)
|
December
31, 2006
|
0%
(Cdn. $0)
|
March
31, 2007
|
0%
(Cdn. $0)
|
June
30, 2007
|
0%
(Cdn. $0)
|
September
30, 2007
|
0%
(Cdn. $0)
|
December
31, 2007
|
1.25%
(Cdn. $2,187,500)
|
March
31, 2008
|
1.25%
(Cdn. $2,187,500)
|
June
30, 2008
|
1.25%
(Cdn. $2,187,500)
|
September
30, 2008
|
1.25%
(Cdn. $2,187,500)
|
December
31, 2008
|
1.25%
(Cdn. $2,187,500)
|
March
31, 2009
|
1.25%
(Cdn. $2,187,500)
|
June
30, 2009
|
1.25%
(Cdn. $2,187,500)
|
September
30, 2009
|
1.25%
(Cdn. $2,187,500)
|
December
31, 2009
|
1.25%
(Cdn. $2,187,500)
|
March
31, 2010
|
1.25%
(Cdn. $2,187,500)
|
June
30, 2010
|
1.25%
(Cdn. $2,187,500)
|
September
30, 2010
|
1.25%
(Cdn. $2,187,500)
|
December
31, 2010
|
21.25%
(Cdn. $37,187,500)
|
March
31, 2011
|
21.25%
(Cdn. $37,187,500)
|
June
30, 2011
|
21.25%
(Cdn. $37,187,500)
|
Term
C Loan Maturity Date
|
21.25%
(Cdn. $37,187,500)
|
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“SEC”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
“Secured
Creditors”
has the
meaning provided in the respective Security Documents to the extent defined
therein and shall include any Person who is granted a security interest pursuant
to any Loan Document.
“Securities”
means
any stock, shares, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, options,
warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured,
convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly
known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations
in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of,
or any
right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security
Documents”
means,
collectively the Pledge Agreements, and all other documents executed in
connection therewith to effect the Pledge Agreements, in each case as the
same
may at any time be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified
and in
effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Security Documents” shall also include
all pledge agreements and other documents executed in connection therewith
to
effect such pledge agreements entered into by Company or any Subsidiary of
Company after the date of this Agreement in favor of Collateral Agent for
the
benefit of the Secured Creditors, in each case as the same may at any time
be
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect.
“Senior
Note (2006) Documents”
means
the Senior Notes (2006), the Senior Note (2006) Indenture and all other
documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the
Senior Notes (2006).
“Senior
Note (2006) Indenture”
means
that certain Indenture dated as of August 10, 1998, between Company and The
Bank
of New York, as Trustee, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Senior
Notes (2006)”
means
those certain 7 3/4% Senior Notes due August 1, 2006, issued by Company in
the
aggregate principal amount of $300 million pursuant to the Senior Note (2006)
Indenture, which term shall include and shall constitute the notes issued
in
exchange therefor as contemplated by the Senior Note (2006)
Indenture.
“Senior
Note (2012) Documents”
means
the Senior Notes (2012), the Senior Note (2012) Indenture and all other
documents evidencing, guaranteeing or otherwise governing the terms of the
Senior Notes (2012).
“Senior
Note (2012) Indenture”
means
that certain Indenture dated as of December 19, 2002, between Company and
The
Bank of New York, as Trustee, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Senior
Notes (2012)”
means
those certain 6 7/8% Senior Notes due December 1, 2012, issued by Company
in the
aggregate principal amount of $550 million pursuant to the Senior Note (2012)
Indenture, which term shall include and shall constitute the notes issued
in
exchange therefor as contemplated by the Senior Note (2012)
Indenture.
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“Shareholder
Rights Plan”
means
the Shareholder Rights Plan adopted by the Company on January 24, 1996, pursuant
to which holders of the Company’s Common Stock receive contingent rights to
purchase a fractional share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
(as
defined therein) and to acquire additional shares of Common Stock, and any
substantially similar successor or replacement shareholder rights plan adopted
by the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Spot
Rate”
means,
for any currency at any date, the rate quoted by DB as the spot rate for
the
purchase by DB of such currency with another currency through its foreign
exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City time)
for
delivery two (2) Business Days later; provided
that (i)
in the case of Euro denominated Loans, such delivery shall be two (2) Business
Days later and (ii) in the case of Sterling denominated Loans, such delivery
shall be one (1) Business Day later.
“Standby
Letters of Credit”
means
any of the irrevocable standby letters of credit issued pursuant to
this
Agreement,
in form
acceptable to
the
Facing
Agent,
together with any increases or decreases in the Stated
Amount thereof
and any renewals, amendments and/or extensions thereof.
“Stated
Amount”
or
“Stated
Amounts”
means
(i) with respect to any Letter of Credit issued in Dollars, the stated or
face
amount of such Letter of Credit to the extent available at the time for drawing
(subject to presentment of all requisite documents), and (ii) with respect
to
any Letter of Credit issued in any currency other than Dollars, the Dollar
Equivalent of the stated or face amount of such Letter of Credit to the extent
available at the time for drawing (subject to presentment of all requisite
documents), in either case as the same may be increased or decreased from
time
to time in accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
For
purposes of calculating the Stated
Amount of
any
Letter
of
Credit at
any
time:
(A) any
increase in the Stated
Amount of
any
Letter
of
Credit by
reason
of any amendment to
any
Letter
of
Credit shall
be
deemed effective under this Agreement
as
of the
date Facing
Agent actually
issues an amendment purporting to
increase
the Stated
Amount of
such
Letter
of
Credit,
whether
or not Facing
Agent receives
the consent of the Letter
of
Credit beneficiary
or beneficiaries to
the
amendment, except that if any Borrower has
required that the increase in Stated
Amount be
given
effect as of an earlier
date and
Facing
Agent issues
an
amendment to
that
effect, then such increase in Stated
Amount shall
be
deemed effective under this Agreement
as
of
such earlier
date requested
by such Borrower; and
(B) any
reduction in the Stated
Amount of
any
Letter
of
Credit by
reason
of any amendment to
any
Letter
of
Credit shall
be
deemed effective under this Agreement
as
of the
later of (x)
the
date
Facing
Agent actually
issues an amendment purporting to
reduce
the Stated
Amount of
such
Letter
of
Credit,
whether
or not the amendment provides that the reduction be given effect as of an
earlier
date,
or
(y)
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the
date
Facing
Agent receives
the written
consent
(including by authenticated telex, cable, SWIFT messages or facsimile
transmission (with, in the case of a facsimile transmission, a follow-up
original hard copy)) of the Letter
of
Credit beneficiary
or beneficiaries to
such
reduction, whether written
consent
must be dated on or after the date of the amendment issued by Facing
Agent purporting
to
effect
such reduction.
“Sterling”
means
the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Subsidiary”
of any
Person means any corporation, partnership (limited or general), limited
liability company, trust or other entity of which a majority of the stock
(or
equivalent ownership or equity interest) having voting power to elect a majority
of the board of directors (if a corporation) or to select the trustee or
equivalent managing body or controlling interest, shall, at the time such
reference becomes operative, be directly or indirectly owned or controlled
by
such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of such Person or any
combination thereof. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a
“Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement (a) shall refer to a
Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Company and (b) shall not include any Unrestricted
Entity.
“Subsidiary
Guaranty”
is
defined in Section
5.1(b)(i).
“Supermajority
Lenders”
means
Non-Defaulting Lenders the sum of whose Effective Amount of outstanding Term
Loans, Multicurrency Revolving Commitments and Canadian Revolving Commitments
(or, if after the Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment or Total Canadian
Revolving Commitment, as applicable, has been terminated, outstanding
Multicurrency Revolving Loans and Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of
outstanding Swing Line Loans and LC Obligations or Canadian Revolving Loans,
as
applicable) constitute greater than 66-2/3% of the sum of (i) the total
Effective Amount of outstanding Term Loans of Non-Defaulting Lenders, (ii)
the
Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment less the aggregate Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments of Defaulting Lenders (or, if after the Total
Multicurrency Revolving Commitment has been terminated, the total Effective
Amount of outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans of Non-Defaulting Lenders
and the aggregate Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of all Non-Defaulting
Lenders of the total Effective Amount of outstanding Swing Line Loans and
LC
Obligations at such time) and (iii) the Total Canadian Revolving Commitment
less
the aggregate Canadian Revolving Commitments of the Defaulting Lenders (or,
if
after the Total Canadian Revolving Commitment has been terminated, the total
Effective Amount of outstanding Canadian Revolving Loans of all Non-Defaulting
Lenders at such time).
“Swing
Line Commitment”
means,
with respect to the U.S. Swing Line Lender or European Swing Line Lender,
as
applicable, at any date, the obligation of such Lender to make Swing Line
Loans
pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(i)
in the
amount referred to therein.
“Swing
Line Facility”
means
the credit facility under this Agreement evidenced by the Swing Line Commitment
and the Swing Line Loans.
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“Swing
Line Lender”
means,
European Swing Line Lender or U.S. Swing Line Lender, as
applicable.
“Swing
Line Loan Participation Certificate”
means a
certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit
2.1(c).
“Swing
Line Loans”
means
U.S. Swing Line Loans and European Swing Line Loans, collectively.
“Syndication
Date”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.1(a).
“Tax
Sharing Agreements”
means
all tax sharing, disaffiliation tax allocation and other similar agreements
entered into by Company or its Subsidiaries on or before the date of this
Agreement.
“Taxes”
means
any and all present and future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority, and any and
all
liabilities (including interest and penalties) with respect to the foregoing,
but excluding Excluded Taxes.
“TBNS”
means
The Bank of Nova Scotia.
“Term
A
Commitment”
means,
with respect to any Term A Lender, the principal amount set forth opposite
such
Lender’s name on Schedule
1.1(a)
hereto
or in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement under the caption “Amount of Term
A Commitment”, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to
this Agreement, and “Term
A
Commitments”
means
such commitments collectively, which commitments equal £85,000,000 in the
aggregate as of the date hereof.
“Term
A
Lender”
means
any Lender which has a Term A Commitment or is owed a Term A Loan (or a portion
thereof).
“Term
A
Loan”
and
“Term
A
Loans”
have
the meanings assigned to those terms in Section
2.1(a)(i).
“Term
A
Loan Maturity Date”
means
October 13, 2011.
“Term
A
Note”
and
“Term
A
Notes”
have
the meanings assigned to those terms in Section
2.2(a).
“Term
B
Commitment”
means,
with respect to any Lender, the principal amount set forth opposite such
Lender’s name on Schedule
1.1(a)
hereto
or in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement under the caption “Amount of Term
B Commitment”, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to
this Agreement, and “Term
B
Commitments”
means
such commitments collectively, which commitments equal €350,000,000 in the
aggregate as of the date hereof.
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“Term
B
Lender”
means,
any Lender which has a Term B Commitment or is owed a Term B Loan (or portion
thereof).
“Term
B
Loan”
and
“Term
B
Loans”
have
the meanings assigned to those terms in Section
2.1(a)(ii).
“Term
B
Loan Maturity Date”
means
October 13, 2011.
“Term
B
Note”
and
“Term
B
Notes”
have
the meanings assigned to those terms in Section
2.2(a).
“Term
C
Commitment”
means,
with respect to any Lender, the principal amount set forth opposite such
Lender’s name on Schedule
1.1(a)
hereto
or in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement under the caption “Amount of Term
C Commitment”, as such commitment may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to
this Agreement, and “Term
C
Commitments”
means
such commitments collectively, which commitments equal Cdn.$175,000,000 in
the
aggregate as of the date hereof.
“Term
C
Commitment Expiration Date”
means
the earlier to occur of (i) December 15, 2005 or (ii) such earlier date as
the
Term C Commitments shall have been terminated or otherwise reduced to $0
pursuant to this Agreement.
“Term
C
Commitment Fee”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
3.2(d).
“Term
C
Lender”
means,
any Lender which has a Term C Commitment or which is owed a Term C Loan (or
portion thereof).
“Term
C
Loan”
and
“Term
C
Loans”
have
the meanings assigned to those terms in Section
2A.1(a).
“Term
C
Loan Maturity Date”
means
October 13, 2011.
“Term
C
Note”
and
“Term
C
Notes”
have
the meanings assigned to those terms in Section
2A.2(a).
“Term
Commitment”
means,
with respect to any Lender and any Term Facility, the principal amount set
forth
opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule
1.1(a)
hereto
or in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement under the caption for the amount
of commitment to such Term Facility, as such commitments may be adjusted
from
time to time pursuant to this Agreement, and “Term
Commitments”
means
such commitments collectively.
“Term
Facilities”
means
the Facilities under the Agreement other than the Multicurrency Revolving
Facility, the Canadian Revolving Facility and the Swing Line Facility,
collectively.
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“Term
Lender”
means,
with respect to any Term Facility, any Lender which has a Term Commitment
for
such Term Facility or is owed a Term Loan (or portion thereof) under such
Term
Facility.
“Term
Loans”
means
the Loans under the Term Facilities, collectively.
“Term
Maturity Date”
means,
with respect to any Term Facility, the scheduled maturity date for such Term
Facility under this Agreement.
“Term
Note”
and
“Term
Notes”
means
the notes provided for in Section
2.2(a)
and
2A.2(a)
that
evidence indebtedness under the Term Facilities, collectively.
“Term
Percentage”
means,
at any time with respect to any Term Facility, a fraction (expressed as a
percentage) the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Effective Amount
of
all Loans under such Term Facility outstanding at such time and the denominator
of which is equal to the aggregate Effective Amount of all Term Loans
outstanding at such time.
“Term
Pro Rata Share”
means,
with respect to any Term Facility, when used with reference to any Lender
and
any described aggregate or total amount, an amount equal to the result obtained
by multiplying such described aggregate or total amount by a fraction the
numerator of which shall be such Lender’s then outstanding Loans under such
Facility (or if no Loans are outstanding under such Facility such Lender's
Term
Commitment under such Facility) and the denominator of which shall be the
amount
of all then outstanding Loans under such Facility (or if no Loans are
outstanding under such Facility, all Lenders' Term Commitments under such
Facility).
“Termination
Event”
means
(i) a Reportable Event with respect to any Plan; (ii) the withdrawal of Company
or any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan during a plan year in which Company or
such
ERISA Affiliate was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of
ERISA or the cessation of operations which results in the termination of
employment of twenty percent (20%) of Plan participants who are employees
of
Company or any ERISA Affiliate; (iii) the imposition of an obligation on
Company
or any ERISA Affiliate under Section 4041 of ERISA to provide affected parties
written notice of intent to terminate a Plan in a standard termination or
a
distress termination described in Section 4041 of ERISA; (iv) the
institution by the PBGC or any similar foreign governmental authority of
proceedings to terminate a Plan or Foreign Pension Plan; (v) any event or
condition which would constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA (other
than
subparagraph (a)(4) of such Section) for the termination of, or the appointment
of a trustee to administer, any Plan; (vi) that a foreign governmental authority
shall appoint a trustee to administer any Foreign Pension Plan in place of
the
existing administrator; (vii) the partial or complete withdrawal of
Company
or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Pension Plan
or
(viii) receipt of a notice of reorganization or insolvency with respect
to
a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4242 or 4245 of ERISA.
“Test
Period”
means
the four consecutive Fiscal Quarters of Company then last ended, provided
that,
the first Test Period shall end on or about December 31, 2005.
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“Total
Available Canadian Revolving Commitment”
means,
at the time, any determination thereof is made, the sum of the respective
Available Canadian Revolving Commitments of the Lenders at such
time.
“Total
Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitment”
means,
at the time any determination thereof is made, the sum of the respective
Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of the Lenders at such
time.
“Total
Available Term C Commitment”
means,
at any time any determination thereof is made, the sum of the respective
Available Term C Commitments of the Lenders at such time.
“Total
Canadian Revolving Commitment”
means,
at any time, the sum of the Canadian Revolving Commitments of each of the
Lenders at such time.
“Total
Commitment”
means,
at the time any determination thereof is made, the sum of the Term Commitments,
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments and Canadian Revolving Commitments at
such
time.
“Total
Multicurrency Revolving Commitment”
means,
at any time, the sum of the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of each of
the
Lenders at such time.
“Transaction”
means
and includes (i) each of the Credit Events occurring on the Initial Borrowing
Date, (ii) Company Refinancing, (iii) such other transactions as are
contemplated by the Documents, and (iv) the payment of fees and expenses
in
connection with the foregoing.
“Transaction
Documents”
means
the Company Refinancing Documents and including any agreement, document,
instrument and certificate executed and/or delivered pursuant to the terms
of,
or in connection with, any of the foregoing.
“Transferee”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
12.8(d).
“Treaty
Lender”
means a
Lender which is treated as a resident of a Treaty State for the purposes
of the
Treaty, does not carry on a business in the United Kingdom through a permanent
establishment with which that Lender's participation in the Loan is effectively
connected and meets all other conditions in the Treaty for full exemption
from
tax imposed by the United Kingdom.
“Treaty
State”
means a
jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement (a "Treaty") with the United
Kingdom which makes provision for full exemption from tax imposed by the
United
Kingdom on interest.
“Type”
means
any type of Loan, namely, a Base Rate Loan, Canadian Prime Rate Loan, B/A
Discount Rate Loan, B/A Loan or a Eurocurrency Loan. For purposes hereof,
the
term “Rate” shall include the Eurocurrency Rate, the Base Rate, the Canadian
Prime Rate, the B/A Discount Rate and the Discount Rate applicable to B/A
and
B/A Equivalent Loans.
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“UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the relevant
jurisdiction.
“UK
Borrower”
means
(a) any Borrower that is incorporated in the United Kingdom and (b) any Borrower
in respect of which written notice is given to the Administrative Agent (whether
by the Company or the Borrower) prior to that Borrower becoming a Borrower
that
that Borrower is resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax
purposes.
“UK
Qualifying Lender”
means a
Lender which is beneficially entitled to interest payable to that Lender
in
respect of an advance under a Loan Document and is:
(a) a
Lender:
(i) which
is
a bank (as defined for the purpose of section 349 of the Income and Corporation
Taxes Xxx 0000 of England and Wales (the "Taxes Act")) making an advance
under a
Loan Document; or
(ii) in
respect of an advance made under a Loan Document by a person that was a bank
(as
defined for the purpose of section 349 of the Taxes Act) at the time that
that
advance was made,
and
which, in either case, is within the charge to United Kingdom corporation
tax as
respects any payments of interest made in respect of that advance;
or
(b) a
Lender
which is:
(i) a
company
resident in the United Kingdom for United Kingdom tax purposes;
(ii) a
company
not so resident in the United Kingdom which carries on a trade in the United
Kingdom through a permanent establishment and which brings into account interest
payable in respect of that advance in computing the chargeable profits (for
the
purposes of section 11(2) of the Taxes Act) of that company; or
(c) a
Treaty
Lender.
“UK
Security Documents”
means
any Other Pledge Agreements from time to time executed by any Credit Party
governed by the laws of England and Wales.
“UK
Security Trustee”
means
DB in its capacity as UK Security Trustee under the UK Security Documents
or any
successor UK Security Trustee.
“Uncommitted
Short Term Lines of Credit”
means
overdraft facilities, lines of credit or similar facilities providing for
uncommitted advances to a Foreign Subsidiary; provided, that no Indebtedness
incurred thereunder remains outstanding for more than one year and no Subsidiary
grants any Lien (other than Customary Permitted Liens) to secure such
Indebtedness.
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“United
States Pledge Agreement”
is
defined in Section
5.1(b)(ii).
“Unmatured
Event of Default”
means
an event, act or occurrence which with the giving of notice or the lapse
of time
(or both) would become an Event of Default.
“Unpaid
Drawing”
has the
meaning set forth in Section
2.10(d).
“Unrestricted
Entity”
means
(i) any Permitted Aerospace JV and (ii) prior to a redesignation by the Company
pursuant to Section
12.23,
members
of the BAP Group.
“U.S.
Swing Line Lender”
means
DB in such capacity.
“U.S.
Swing Line Loans”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.1(c)(i)(1).
“U.S.
Swing Line Note”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.2(a).
“Voting
Securities”
means
any class of Capital Stock of a Person pursuant to which the holders thereof
have, at the time of determination, the general voting power under ordinary
circumstances to vote for the election of directors, managers, trustees or
general partners of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time
any
other class or classes will have or might have voting power by reason of
the
happening of any contingency).
“Weighted
Average Life to Maturity”
means,
when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained
by
dividing (a) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness into
(b)
the total of the product obtained by multiplying (x) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments
of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof by
(y) the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse
between
such date and the making of such payment.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person, all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of which (other than qualifying shares
required to be owned by directors) are at the time owned directly or indirectly
by such Person and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person.
“written”
or “in writing”
means
any form of written communication or a communication by means of telecopier
device.
The
foregoing
definitions shall be equally applicable to
both
the
singular and plural forms of the defined terms. In the computation of periods
of
time from
a
specified date to
a
later
specified date, the word “from”
means
“from
and
including”
and the
words “to”
and
“until”
each
mean “to
but
excluding.” The words “herein,”“hereof”
and
words of similar import as used in this Agreement
shall
refer to
this
Agreement
as
a
whole and not to
any
particular provision in this Agreement.
References to
“Articles”,
“Sections”,
“paragraphs”,
“Exhibits”
and
“Schedules”
in this
Agreement
shall
refer to
Articles,
Sections,
paragraphs,
Exhibits
and
Schedules
of
this
Agreement
unless
otherwise expressly provided;
references to
Persons
include
their respective permitted successors and assigns or, in the case of
governmental Persons,
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Persons
succeeding
to
the
relevant functions of such persons; and all references to
statutes
and related regulations shall include any amendments of same and any successor
statutes and regulations. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references
to constitutive and Organizational Documents and to agreements (including
the
Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include
subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other
modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments,
restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited
by any Loan Document.
1.2 Accounting
Terms; Financial Statements.
(a) Except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms used herein but
not
expressly defined in this Agreement and all computations and determinations
for
purposes of determining compliance with the financial requirements of this
Agreement shall have the respective meanings given to them or shall be made
in
accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with the presentation of the
financial statements and projections delivered pursuant to, or otherwise
referred to in, Sections
6.5(a)
and
6.5(e).
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the financial statements required
to be
delivered pursuant to Section
7.1
shall be
prepared in accordance with GAAP in the United States of America as in effect
on
the respective dates of their preparation. Unless otherwise provided for
herein,
wherever any computation is to be made with respect to any Person and its
Subsidiaries, such computation shall be made so as to exclude all items of
income, assets and liabilities attributable to any Person which is not a
Subsidiary of such Person. For purposes of the financial terms set forth
herein,
including, without limitation, for all purposes under Article
IX,
whenever a reference is made to a determination which is required to be made
on
a consolidated basis (whether in accordance with GAAP or otherwise) for Company
and its Subsidiaries, such determination shall be made as if all Unrestricted
Entities were wholly-owned by a Person not an Affiliate of Company. In the
event
that any changes in generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S.
occur
after the date of this Agreement or the application thereof from that used
in
the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section
6.5(a)
hereof
occur after the Initial Borrowing Date and such changes or such application
result in a material variation in the method of calculation of financial
covenants or other terms of this Agreement, then the Company, the Agent and
the
Lenders agree to enter into and diligently pursue negotiations in good faith
in
order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect
such
changes so that the criteria for evaluating the Company’s financial condition
will be the same after such changes as if such changes had not
occurred.
(b) For
purposes of computing the Interest Coverage Ratio and Leverage Ratio as of
the
end of any Test Period, all components of such ratios for the applicable
Test
Period shall include or exclude, as the case may be, without duplication,
such
components of such ratios attributable to any business or assets that have
been
acquired or disposed of by Company or any Subsidiary of Company (including
through mergers or consolidations) after the first day of such Test Period
and
prior to the end of such Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis as determined in
good
faith by Company and certified to by a Responsible Officer of Company to
Administrative Agent.
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1.3 Calculation
of Exchange Rate.
On each
Exchange Rate Determination Date, Administrative Agent or Canadian
Administrative Agent, as applicable, shall (a) determine the Exchange Rate
as of
such Exchange Rate Determination Date and (b) give notice thereof to each
Borrower and to each Lender that shall have requested such information. The
Exchange Rates so determined shall become effective on the first Business
Day
immediately following the relevant Exchange Rate Determination Date (each,
a
“Reset Date”) and shall remain effective until the next succeeding Reset Date,
and shall for all purposes of this Agreement (other than any provision expressly
requiring the use of a current Exchange Rate) be the Exchange Rate employed
in
converting amounts between Dollars and Canadian Dollars or Alternative
Currencies.
ARTICLE
II
AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF U.S. DOLLAR, STERLING AND EURO CREDITS
2.1 The
Commitments.
(a) Sterling
and Euro Term Loans.
(i) Term
A
Loans.
Each
Term A Lender, severally and for itself alone, hereby agrees, on the terms
and
subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents,
to make a loan (each such loan, a “Term
A
Loan”
and
collectively, the “Term
A
Loans”)
to
European Holdco on the Initial Borrowing Date in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the Term A Commitment of such Term A Lender. The Term A Loans (i)
shall
be incurred by European Holdco pursuant to a single drawing, which shall
be on
the Initial Borrowing Date, (ii) shall be denominated in Sterling and (iii)
shall be made as Eurocurrency Loans with an initial Interest Period of one
month
and shall be maintained as Eurocurrency Loans, provided
that
except as permitted by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, no
incurrences of, or conversions into, Term A Loans maintained as Eurocurrency
Loans with an Interest Period in excess of one month (with all such Interest
Periods ending on the same day during such period) may be effected prior
to the
earlier of (1) the 60th day after the Initial Borrowing Date and (2) that
date (the “Syndication
Date”)
upon
which Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion (and notifies
Company) that the primary syndication (and resultant additions of institutions
as Lenders pursuant to Section
12.8(c))
has
been completed. Each Term A Lender’s Term A Commitment shall expire immediately
and without further action on the Initial Borrowing Date if the Term A Loans
are
not made on the Initial Borrowing Date. No amount of a Term A Loan which
is
repaid or prepaid by European Holdco may be reborrowed hereunder.
(ii) Term
B
Loans.
Each
Term B Lender, severally and for itself alone, hereby agrees, on the terms
and
subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents,
to make a loan (each such loan, a “Term
B
Loan”
and
collectively, the “Term
B
Loans”)
to
European Holdco on the Initial Borrowing Date in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the Term B Commitment of such Term B Lender. The Term B Loans (i)
shall
be incurred by European Holdco pursuant to a single drawing, which shall
be on
the Initial
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Borrowing
Date, (ii) shall be denominated in Euro and (iii) shall be made as Eurocurrency
Loans with an initial Interest Period of one month and shall be maintained
as
Eurocurrency Loans, provided
that,
except as permitted by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, no
incurrences of, or conversions into, Term B Loans maintained as Eurocurrency
Loans may be effected prior to the earlier of (1) the 60th day after the
Initial
Borrowing Date and (2) the Syndication Date. Each Term B Lender’s Term B
Commitment shall expire immediately and without further action on the Initial
Borrowing Date if the Term B Loans are not made on the Initial Borrowing
Date.
No amount of a Term B Loan which is repaid or prepaid by European Holdco
may be
reborrowed hereunder.
(b) Multicurrency
Revolving Loans.
Each
Multicurrency Revolving Lender, severally and for itself alone, hereby agrees,
on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth and in reliance
upon the representations and warranties set forth herein and in the other
Loan
Documents, to make loans to Company, European Holdco and the Other
Subsidiary Borrowers, denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency on
a
revolving basis from time to time during the Commitment Period, in an amount
not
to exceed its Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of, with respect to all
Borrowers, the Total Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitment and with
respect to any applicable Borrower, such Borrower’s Available Multicurrency
Revolver Sublimit (each such loan by any Lender, a “Multicurrency
Revolving Loan”
and
collectively, the “Multicurrency
Revolving Loans”).
All
Multicurrency Revolving Loans comprising the same Borrowing hereunder shall
be
made by the Multicurrency Revolving Lenders simultaneously and in proportion
to
their respective Multicurrency Revolving Commitments. Prior to the Multicurrency
Revolver Termination Date, Multicurrency Revolving Loans may be repaid and
reborrowed by Company, European Holdco and Other Subsidiary Borrowers in
accordance with the provisions hereof and, except as otherwise specifically
provided herein all Multicurrency Revolving Loans comprising the same Borrowing
shall at all times be of the same Type.
(c) Swing
Line Loans.
(i) Swing
Line Commitment.
(1) U.S.
Swing Line.
Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, the U.S. Swing Line Lender in its individual
capacity agrees to make swing line loans in Dollars (“U.S.
Swing Line Loans”)
to
Company on any Business Day from time to time during the Commitment Period
in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding that, when added to
the
Dollar Equivalent of the principal amount of European Swing Line Loans then
outstanding, do not exceed $50,000,000; provided,
however,
that in
no event may the amount of any Borrowing of U.S. Swing Line Loans (A) exceed
the
Total Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitment immediately prior to such
Borrowing (after giving effect to the use of proceeds thereof) or (B) cause
the
outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans of any Lender, when added to such
Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the then outstanding Swing
Line Loans and Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the aggregate LC
Obligations (exclusive of Unpaid Drawings relating to XX
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Obligations
which are repaid with the proceeds of, and simultaneously with the incurrence
of, Multicurrency Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans) to exceed such Lender’s
Multicurrency Revolving Commitment. Amounts borrowed by Company under this
Section
2.1(c)(i)(1)
may be
repaid and, to but excluding the Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date,
reborrowed. The U.S. Swing Line Loans shall be made in Dollars and maintained
as
Base Rate Loans and, notwithstanding Section
2.6,
shall
not be entitled to be converted into any other Type of Loan.
(2) European
Swing Line.
Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, the European Swing Line Lender in its
individual capacity agrees to make swing line loans in Alternative Currencies
(“European
Swing Line Loans”)
to
Company, European Holdco or any Other Subsidiary Borrower on any Business
Day
from time to time during the Commitment Period in an aggregate principal
amount
at any one time outstanding that, when added to the principal amount of U.S.
Swing Line Loans then outstanding do not to exceed the Dollar Equivalent
of
$50,000,000; provided,
however,
that in
no event may the amount of any Borrowing of European Swing Line Loans (A)
exceed
the Total Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitment immediately prior
to such
Borrowing (after giving effect to the use of proceeds thereof), (B) exceed
the
Available Multicurrency Revolver Sublimit for such Borrower immediately prior
to
such Borrowing or (C) cause the outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans
of any
Lender, when added to such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the
then outstanding Swing Line Loans and Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share
of
the aggregate LC Obligations (exclusive of Unpaid Drawings relating to LC
Obligations which are repaid with the proceeds of, and simultaneously with
the
incurrence of, Multicurrency Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans) to exceed
such
Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this
Section
2.1(c)(i)(2)
may be
repaid and, to but excluding the Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date,
reborrowed. The European Swing Line Loans shall be made in Alternative
Currencies and maintained as Overnight Rate Loans and, notwithstanding
Section
2.6,
shall
not be entitled to be converted into any other Type of Loan.
(ii) Refunding
of Swing Line Loans.
Each
Swing Line Lender, at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, may on
behalf of the applicable Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs each
Swing
Line Lender to so act on its behalf) notify each Multicurrency Revolving
Lender
(including such Swing Line Lender) to make a Multicurrency Revolving Loan
in the
Applicable Currency in an amount equal to such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver
Pro Rata Share of the principal amount of the applicable Swing Line Loans
(the
“Refunded
Swing Line Loans”)
outstanding on the date such notice is given; provided,
however,
that
such notice shall be deemed to have automatically been given upon the occurrence
of an Event of Default under Section
10.1(e)
or
10.1(f).
Unless
any of the events described in Section
10.1(e)
or
10.1(f)
shall
have occurred (in which event the procedures of Section
2.1(c)(iii)
shall
apply) and regardless of whether the conditions precedent set forth in this
Agreement to the making of a
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Multicurrency
Revolving Loan are then satisfied, each Multicurrency Revolving Lender shall
make the proceeds of its Multicurrency Revolving Loan available to the
applicable Swing Line Lender at the Payment Office prior to 11:00 a.m., New
York
City time, in funds immediately available on the Business Day next succeeding
the date such notice is given. The proceeds of such Multicurrency Revolving
Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line
Loans.
(iii) Participation
in Swing Line Loans.
If,
prior to refunding a Swing Line Loan with a Multicurrency Revolving Loan
pursuant to Section
2.1(c)(ii),
an
Event of Default under Section
10.1(e)
or
10.1(f)
shall
have occurred and be continuing, or if for any other reason a Multicurrency
Revolving Loan cannot be made pursuant to Section
2.1(c)(ii),
then,
subject to the provisions of Section
2.1(c)(iv)
below,
each Multicurrency Revolving Lender will, on the date such Multicurrency
Revolving Loan was to have been made, purchase (without recourse or warranty)
from the applicable Swing Line Lender an undivided participation interest
in the
Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to its Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata
Share
of such Swing Line Loan. Upon request, each Multicurrency Revolving Lender
will
immediately transfer to the applicable Swing Line Lender, in immediately
available funds, the amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof
such
Swing Line Lender will deliver to such Multicurrency Revolving Lender a Swing
Line Loan Participation Certificate dated the date of receipt of such funds
and
in such amount.
(iv) Lenders’
Obligations Unconditional.
Each
Lender’s obligation to make Multicurrency Revolving Loans in accordance with
Section
2.1(c)(ii)
and to
purchase participating interests in accordance with Section
2.1(c)(iii)
above
shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including, without limitation, (A) any set-off, counterclaim,
recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against any
Swing
Line Lender, any Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;
(B) the
occurrence or continuance of any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default;
(C) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of any Borrower
or any other Person; (D) any breach of this Agreement by any Borrower or
any
other Person; (E) any inability of any Borrower to satisfy the conditions
precedent to borrowing set forth in this Agreement on the date upon which
such
participating interest is to be purchased or (F) any other circumstance,
happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
If any Lender does not make available to the applicable Swing Line Lender
the
amount required pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(ii)
or
(iii)
above,
as the case may be, such Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover such
amount on demand from such Lender, together with interest thereon for each
day
from the date of non-payment until such amount is paid in full at the Federal
Funds Rate for the first two Business Days and at the Base Rate thereafter.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.1(c)(iv),
no
Lender shall be required to make a Multicurrency Revolving Loan to any Borrower
for the purpose of refunding a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(ii)
above or
to purchase a participating interest in a Swing Line Loan pursuant to
Section
2.1(c)(iii)
if an
Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and, prior to the making by the applicable Swing Line Lender of such Swing
Line
Loan, such Swing Line Lender has received written notice from such Lender
specifying that such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, describing the nature thereof and stating that, as a result
thereof, such Lender shall cease to make such Refunded Swing Line Loans and
purchase such participating interests, as the case may be;
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provided,
however,
that
the obligation of such Lender to make such Refunded Swing Line Loans and
to
purchase such participating interests shall be reinstated upon the earlier
to
occur of (y) the date upon which such Lender notifies such Swing Line Lender
that its prior notice has been withdrawn and (z) the date upon which the
Event
of Default or Unmatured Event of Default specified in such notice no longer
is
continuing.
2.2 Notes.
(a) Evidence
of Indebtedness.
At the
request of any Lender, each respective Borrower’s obligation to pay the
principal of and interest on all the Loans made to each of them by such Lender
shall be evidenced, (1) if Term A Loans, by a promissory note (each, a
“Term
A
Note”
and,
collectively, the “Term
A
Notes”)
duly
executed and delivered by European Holdco substantially in the form of
Exhibit
2.2(a)(1)
hereto,
with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, (2) if Term B
Loans,
by a promissory note (each, a “Term
B
Note”
and,
collectively, the “Term
B
Notes”)
duly
executed and delivered by European Holdco substantially in the form of
Exhibit
2.2(a)(2)
hereto,
with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, (3) if Multicurrency
Revolving Loans, by a promissory note (each, a “Multicurrency
Revolving Note”
and,
collectively, the “Multicurrency
Revolving Notes”)
duly
executed and delivered by Company, European Holdco and Other Subsidiary
Borrowers substantially in the form of Exhibit
2.2(a)(3)
hereto,
with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, (4) if U.S. Swing
Line Loans, by a promissory note (the “U.S.
Swing Line Note”
duly
executed and delivered by Company substantially in the form of Exhibit
2.2(a)(4)
hereto,
with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, and (5) if European
Swing Line Loans, by a promissory note (the “European
Swing Line Note”
duly
executed and delivered by Company, European Holdco and each Other Subsidiary
Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit
2.2(a)(5)
hereto,
with the blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith.
(b) Notation
of Payments.
Each
Lender will note on its internal records the amount of each Loan made by
it,
the Applicable Currency
and each payment in respect thereof and will, prior to any transfer of any
of
its Notes, endorse on the reverse side thereof the outstanding principal
amount
of Loans evidenced thereby. Failure to make any such notation shall not affect
any Borrowers’ or any Guarantor’s obligations hereunder or under the other
applicable Loan Documents in respect of such Loans.
2.3 Minimum
Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings.
The
aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing by any Borrower hereunder shall
be
not less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount and, if greater, shall be in Minimum
Borrowing Multiples (other than Swing Line Loans which may be in any amount
over
the Minimum Borrowing Amount) above such minimum (or, if less, the then Total
Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitment). More than one Borrowing may
be
incurred on any date, provided
that,
unless approved by Administrative Agent, at no time shall there be outstanding
more than six Borrowings of Eurocurrency Loans under any Term Facility, or
more
than twelve Borrowings of Eurocurrency Loans under the Multicurrency Revolving
Loan Facility.
2.4 Borrowing
Options.
The
Multicurrency Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars shall, at the option
of
Borrowers except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, be (i) Base Rate
Loans, (ii) Eurocurrency Loans, or (iii) part Base Rate Loans and part
Eurocurrency
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Loans.
The Term Loans and Multicurrency Revolving Loans denominated in Euro and/or
Sterling shall be Eurocurrency Loans. As to any Eurocurrency Loan, any Lender
may, if it so elects, fulfill its commitment by causing a foreign branch
or
affiliate with reasonable and appropriate capacities to fund such currency
and
without any increased cost to Borrowers to make or continue such Loan,
provided
that, in
such event the funding of that Lender’s Loan shall, for the purposes of this
Agreement, be considered to be the obligation of or to have been made by
that
Lender and the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay that Lender’s Loan
shall nevertheless be to that Lender and shall be deemed held by that Lender,
for the account of such branch or affiliate.
2.5 Notice
of Borrowing.
Whenever Company, European Holdco or any Other Subsidiary Borrower desires
to
make a Borrowing of any Loan (other than a Swing Line Loan) hereunder, Company
and the applicable Borrower shall give Administrative Agent at its Notice
Address at least one Business Day’s prior written notice (or telephonic notice
promptly confirmed in writing), given not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York
City
time) of each Base Rate Loan, and at least three Business Days’ prior written
notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing), given not later
than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), of each Eurocurrency Loan to be made
hereunder; provided,
however,
that a
Notice of Borrowing with respect to Borrowings to be made on the date hereof
may, at the discretion of Administrative Agent, be delivered later than the
time
specified above. Whenever Company desires that U.S. Swing Line Lender make
a
U.S. Swing Line Loan under Section
2.1(c)(i)(1),
it
shall deliver to U.S. Swing Line Lender prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City
time)
on the date of such Borrowing written notice (or telephonic notice promptly
confirmed in writing). Whenever any Borrower (other than Canadian Borrower)
desires that European Swing Line Lender make a European Swing Line Loan under
Section
2.1(c)(i)(2),
the
applicable Borrower shall deliver to European Swing Line Lender prior to
1:00
p.m. (London time) on the date of such Borrowing written notice (or telephone
notice promptly confirmed in writing). Each such notice (each a “Notice
of Borrowing”),
which
shall be in the form of Exhibit
2.5
hereto,
shall be irrevocable, shall be deemed a representation by Company and the
applicable Borrower that all conditions precedent to such Borrowing have
been
satisfied and shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans
to
be made pursuant to such Borrowing (stated in the relevant currency), (ii)
the
date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (iii) whether the Loans
being made pursuant to such Borrowing are to be Swing Line Loans and, if
not,
whether such Loans are to be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans and, with
respect to Eurocurrency Loans, the Interest Period and Applicable Currency
to be applicable thereto. Administrative Agent shall as promptly as practicable
give each Lender written or telephonic notice (promptly confirmed in writing)
of
each proposed Borrowing, of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof and of the
other matters covered by the Notice of Borrowing. Without in any way limiting
Company and the applicable Borrower’s obligation to confirm in writing any
telephonic notice, Administrative Agent or the Swing Line Lender (in the
case of
Swing Line Loans) or the respective Facing Agent (in the case of Letters
of
Credit) may act without liability upon the basis of telephonic notice believed
by Administrative Agent in good faith to be from a Responsible Officer of
Company and the applicable Borrower prior to receipt of written confirmation.
Administrative Agent’s records shall, absent manifest error, be final,
conclusive and binding on Borrowers with respect to evidence of the terms
of
such telephonic Notice of Borrowing. Borrowers hereby agree not to dispute
Administrative Agent’s, DB’s or such Facing Agent’s record of the time of
telephonic notice.
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2.6 Conversion
or Continuation.
Any
Borrower may elect (i) on any Business Day to convert Base Rate Loans or
any
portion thereof to Eurocurrency Loans, (ii) at the end of any Interest Period
with respect thereto, to convert Loans denominated in Dollars that are
Eurocurrency Loans or any portion thereof into Base Rate Loans or to continue
such Eurocurrency Loans or any portion thereof for an additional Interest
Period
and (iii) at the end of any Interest Period with respect thereto, to continue
Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency for an additional Interest Period;
provided,
however,
that
the aggregate principal amount of the Eurocurrency Loans for each Interest
Period therefor must be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the Minimum
Borrowing Amount for Eurocurrency Loans
or
Minimum Borrowing Multiples in excess thereof. Each continuation of Loans
shall
be allocated among the Loans in the applicable Facility of the applicable
Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares. Each such election
shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit
2.6
hereto
(a “Notice
of Conversion or Continuation”)
and
shall be made by giving Administrative Agent at least three Business Days’ (or
one Business Day in the case of a conversion into Base Rate Loans or three
Business Days’ in the case of continuation of a Loan denominated in Euros) prior
written notice thereof to the Notice Address given not later than 1:00 p.m.
(New
York City time) specifying (i) the amount and type of conversion or
continuation, (ii) in the case of a conversion to or a continuation of
Eurocurrency Loans, the Interest Period therefor and (iii) in the case of
a
conversion, the date of conversion (which date shall be a Business Day).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no conversion in whole or in part of Base
Rate
Loans to Eurocurrency Loans, and no continuation in whole or in part of
Eurocurrency Loans (other than Alternative Currency Loans), shall be permitted
at any time at which an Unmatured Event of Default or an Event of Default
shall
have occurred and be continuing. The applicable Borrower shall not be entitled
to specify an Interest Period in excess of 30 days, for any Alternative Currency
Loan if an Unmatured Event of Default or an Event of Default has occurred
and is
continuing. If, within the time period required under the terms of this
Section 2.6,
Administrative Agent does not receive a Notice of Conversion or Continuation
from the applicable Borrower containing a permitted election to continue
any
Eurocurrency Loans for an additional Interest Period or to convert any such
Loans, then, upon the expiration of the Interest Period therefor, such Loans
will be automatically converted to Base Rate Loans or, in the case of an
Alternative Currency Loan, Eurocurrency Loans in the same Applicable Currency
with an Interest Period of one month. Each Notice of Conversion or Continuation
shall be irrevocable.
2.7 Disbursement
of Funds.
No
later than 12:00 p.m. (local time at the place the applicable Borrower receives
funding) on
the
date specified in each Notice of Borrowing (3:30 p.m. local time at the place
of
funding in the case of Swing Line Loans), each Lender will make available
its
Pro Rata Share of Loans of the Borrowing requested to be made on such date
in
the Applicable Currency and in immediately available funds, at the Payment
Office (for the account of such non-U.S. office of Administrative Agent as
Administrative Agent may direct in the case of Eurocurrency Loans) and
Administrative Agent will make available to the applicable Borrower at its
Payment Office the aggregate of the amounts so made available by the Lenders
not
later than 2:00 p.m. (local time in the place of payment), or in the case
of
Swing Line Loans, 3:30 p.m. (local time in the place of payment). Unless
Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender at least one
Business Day prior to the date of Borrowing that such Lender does not intend
to
make available to Administrative Agent such Lender’s portion of the Borrowing to
be made on such date, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has
made
such amount available to Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing and
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Administrative
Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption,
make
available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. If such
corresponding amount is not in fact made available to Administrative Agent
by
such Lender on the date of Borrowing, Administrative Agent shall be entitled
to
recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender. If such Lender
does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s
demand therefor, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable
Borrower and, if so notified, the applicable Borrower shall immediately pay
such
corresponding amount to Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent shall
also be
entitled to recover from the applicable Borrower interest on such corresponding
amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was
made
available by Administrative Agent to such Borrower to the date such
corresponding amount is recovered by Administrative Agent, at a rate per
annum
equal to the rate for Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, as the case
may be,
applicable during the period in question; provided,
however,
that
any interest paid to Administrative Agent in respect of such corresponding
amount shall be credited against interest payable by such Borrower to such
Lender under Section
3.1
in
respect of such corresponding amount. Any amount due hereunder to Administrative
Agent from any Lender which is not paid when due shall bear interest payable
by
such Lender, from the date due until the date paid, at the Federal Funds
Rate
for amounts in Dollars (and, at Administrative Agent’s cost of funds for amounts
in any Alternative Currency) for the first three days after the date such
amount
is due and thereafter at the Federal Funds Rate (or such cost of funds rate)
plus 1%, together with Administrative Agent’s standard interbank processing fee.
Further, such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments
made
of principal and interest on its Loans, amounts due with respect to its Letters
of Credit (or its participations therein) and any other amounts due to it
hereunder first to Administrative Agent to fund any outstanding Loans made
available on behalf of such Lender by Administrative Agent pursuant to this
Section
2.7
until
such Loans have been funded (as a result of such assignment or otherwise)
and
then to fund Loans of all Lenders other than such Lender until each Lender
has
outstanding Loans equal to its Pro Rata Share of all Loans (as a result of
such
assignment or otherwise). Such Lender shall not have recourse against any
Borrower with respect to any amounts paid to Administrative Agent or any
Lender
with respect to the preceding sentence, provided
that,
such Lender shall have full recourse against Borrowers to the extent of the
amount of such Loans it has so been deemed to have made. Nothing herein shall
be
deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment
hereunder or to prejudice any rights which any Borrower may have against
the
Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
2.8 Utilization
of Multicurrency Revolving Commitments in an Alternative
Currency.
(a) Administrative
Agent will determine the Dollar Equivalent amount with respect to any
i)
Borrowing of Multicurrency Revolving Loans comprised of Alternative Currency
Loans as of the requested date of Borrowing, ii)
outstanding Alternative Currency Loans that are Multicurrency Revolving Loans
as
of the last Business Day of each month and iii)
outstanding Alternative Currency Loans on the date of any prepayment pursuant
to
Section
4.3
or
4.4
(each
such date under clauses (i) through (ii) a “Computation
Date”).
Upon
receipt of any Notice of Borrowing of Multicurrency Revolving Loans,
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Multicurrency Revolving Lender
thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share
of the Borrowing. In the case of a Borrowing
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comprised
of Alternative Currency Loans, such notice will provide the approximate amount
of each Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the Borrowing,
and Administrative Agent will, upon the determination of the Dollar Equivalent
amount of the Borrowing as specified in the Notice of Borrowing, promptly
notify
each Lender of the exact amount of such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata
Share of the Borrowing.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, during the existence of an Event of Default,
upon the request of the Majority Lenders, all or any part of any outstanding
Multicurrency Revolving Loans that are Alternative Currency Loans shall be
redenominated and converted into Base Rate Loans in Dollars with effect from
the
last day of the Interest Period with respect to any such Alternative Currency
Loans. Administrative Agent will promptly notify the applicable Borrower
of any
such redenomination and conversion request.
2.9 Additional
Facility.
(a) Borrowers
shall have the right at any time so long as (x) no Unmatured Event of Default
or
Event of Default then exists and (y) Borrowers shall have delivered to
Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate for the period of four full
Fiscal
Quarters immediately preceding the incurrence described below (prepared in
good
faith and in a manner and using such methodology which is consistent with
the
most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section
7.1)
giving
pro forma effect to such incurrence and evidencing compliance with the covenants
set forth in Article
IX,
and
from time to time after the Syndication Date to incur from one or more existing
Lenders and/or other Persons that are Eligible Assignees and which, in each
case, agree to make such loans to the applicable Borrower, loans and commitments
to make loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $500,000,000
(or
the Dollar Equivalent thereof at the time of funding), which loans may be
incurred as (i) one or more tranches of additional term loans (the “Additional
Term Loans”)
as
determined by Administrative Agent that are pari passu
in all
respects to the Term Loans made pursuant to Section
2.1(a)
under a
facility that would provide that the Additional Term Loans would have a Weighted
Average Life to Maturity of not less than the Term Loan with the then longest
Weighted Average Life to Maturity and a final maturity no earlier than latest
Term Maturity Date; provided,
that
the terms and conditions of any Additional Term Loans shall be substantially
similar to those applicable to the existing Term Loan Facilities, (ii) increases
to one or more existing Term Facilities and/or (iii) increases to one or
more
existing Facilities other than Term Facilities (provided that not more than
$250,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof at the time of funding) in
the
aggregate of increases may be to the revolving facilities) (collectively,
“Additional
Facilities”).
(b) In
the
event that any Borrower desires to create an Additional Facility, such Borrower
will enter into an amendment with the lenders (who shall by execution thereof
become Lenders hereunder if not theretofore Lenders) to provide for such
Additional Facility, which amendment shall set forth any terms and conditions
of
the Additional Facility not covered by this Agreement as agreed by the
applicable Borrower and such Lenders, and shall provide for the issuance
of
promissory notes to evidence the Additional Facility if requested by the
Lenders
making advances under the Additional Facility (which notes shall constitute
Term
Notes, Multicurrency Revolving Notes or Canadian Revolving Notes, as applicable,
for purposes of this Agreement), with such amendment to be in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to
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Administrative
Agent and consistent with the terms of this Section
2.9(b)
and of
the other provisions of this Agreement. No consent of any Lender (other than
any
Lender making loans or whose commitment is increased under the Additional
Facility) is required to permit the Loans contemplated by this Section
2.9(b)
or the
aforesaid amendment to effectuate the Additional Facility. This section shall
supercede any provisions contained in this Agreement, including, without
limitation, Section
12.1,
to the
contrary.
2.10 Letters
of Credit.
(a) Letters
of Credit Commitments.
Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, Company may request,
on
behalf of itself, European Holdco or any Other Subsidiary Borrower, that
any
Facing Agent issue, at any time and from time to time on and after the Initial
Borrowing Date, and prior to the 30th
Business
Day preceding the Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date, for the account
of
such Borrower and for the benefit of any holder (or any trustee, agent or
other
similar representative for any such holder) of LC Supportable Indebtedness
of
any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, a Letter of Credit, in a form
customarily used by such Facing Agent, or in such other form as has been
approved by such Facing Agent in support of such LC Supportable Indebtedness,
provided,
however,
no
Letter of Credit shall be issued the Stated Amount of which, (1) when added
to
the LC Obligations (exclusive of Unpaid Drawings relating to Letters of Credit
which are repaid on or prior to the date of, and prior to the issuance of,
the
respective Letter of Credit) at such time, would exceed either (x) the Dollar
Equivalent of $150,000,000 or (y) when added to the Dollar Equivalent of
the
aggregate principal amount of all Multicurrency Revolving Loans and Swing
Line
Loans, then outstanding with respect to all Borrowers, the Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments at such time or (2) when added to the Dollar Equivalent
of
the aggregate principal amount of all Multicurrency Revolving Loans, LC
Obligations and Swing Line Loans of such Borrower, such Borrower’s Available
Multicurrency Revolver Sublimit.
(b) Obligation
of Facing Agent to Issue Letter of Credit.
Each
Facing Agent may agree, in its sole discretion, that it will (subject to
the
terms and conditions contained herein), at any time and from time to time
on or
after the Initial Borrowing Date and prior to the Multicurrency Revolver
Termination Date, following its receipt of the respective Letter of Credit
Request, issue for the account of Company, European Holdco or any Other
Subsidiary Borrower one or more Letters of Credit in support of such LC
Supportable Indebtedness of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as is
permitted to remain outstanding without giving rise to an Event of Default
or
Unmatured Event of Default hereunder, provided
that,
the respective Facing Agent shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter
of
Credit of the types described above if at the time of such
issuance:
(i) any
order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall
purport by its terms to enjoin or restrain such Facing Agent from issuing
such
Letter of Credit or any Requirement of Law applicable to such Facing Agent
from
any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Facing Agent shall
prohibit, or request that such Facing Agent refrain from, the issuance of
letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall
impose upon such Facing Agent with respect to such Letter of Credit any
restriction or reserve or capital requirement (for which such Facing Agent
is
not otherwise compensated) not in effect on the date hereof, or any unreimbursed
loss, cost or expense which
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was
not
applicable, in effect or known to such Facing Agent as of the date hereof
and
which such Facing Agent in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it; or
(ii) such
Facing Agent shall have received notice from any Lender prior to the issuance
of
such Letter of Credit of the type described in Section
2.10(b)(ii)(A)(v).
(A) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (i) except as set forth on Schedule
2.10(j),
each
Letter of Credit shall have an expiry date occurring not later than one year
after such Letter of Credit’s date of issuance, provided
that,
any Letter of Credit may be automatically extendable for periods of up to
one
year so long as such Letter of Credit provides that the respective Facing
Agent
retains an option satisfactory to such Facing Agent, to terminate such Letter
of
Credit within a specified period of time prior to each scheduled extension
date;
(ii) no Letter of Credit shall have an expiry date occurring later than the
10th
Business Day prior to the Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date; (iii)
each
Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars or, in the respective Facing
Agent’s sole discretion, Alternative Currency and be payable on a sight basis;
(iv) the Stated Amount of each Letter of Credit shall not be less than the
Dollar Equivalent of $100,000 or such lesser amount as is acceptable to the
respective Facing Agent; and (v) no Facing Agent will issue any Letter of
Credit
after it has received written notice from the applicable Borrower or the
Required Lenders stating that an Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default
exists until such time as such Facing Agent shall have received a written
notice
of (x) rescission of such notice from the party or parties originally delivering
the same or (y) a waiver of such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default
by the Required Lenders (or all the Lenders to the extent required by
Section
12.1).
(B) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event a Lender Default exists, no Facing Agent shall
be
required to issue any Letter of Credit unless the respective Facing Agent
has
entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and the applicable Borrower
to
eliminate such Facing Agent’s risk with respect to the participation in Letters
of Credit of the Defaulting Lender or Lenders, including by cash collateralizing
such Defaulting Lender or Lenders’ applicable Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata
Share of the applicable LC Obligations.
(c) Procedures
for Issuances and Amendments of Letters of Credit.
Whenever Company, European Holdco or any Other Subsidiary Borrower desires
that
a Letter of Credit be issued, Company shall give Administrative Agent and
the
respective Facing Agent written notice thereof prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York
City
time) at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as may be acceptable
to such Facing Agent) prior to the proposed date of issuance (which shall
be a
Business Day) which written notice shall be in the form of Exhibit
2.10(c)
(each, a
“Notice of Issuance”) and may be submitted via facsimile to the respective
Facing Agent (who may rely upon such facsimile if it were an original thereof).
Each such notice shall specify (A) the proposed issuance date and expiration
date, (B) the name(s) of each obligor with respect to such Letter of Credit,
(C)
the applicable Borrower as the account party, (D) the name and address of
the
beneficiary (which Person shall be acceptable to the respective Facing Agent),
(E) the Stated Amount in Dollars or the Alternative Currency of such proposed
Letter of Credit and (F) the purpose of such Letter of Credit (which shall
be
acceptable to Agent and the respective Facing Agent) and such other information
as such Facing Agent may reasonably request. In addition, each Letter of
Credit
Request shall contain a general description
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of
the
terms and conditions to be included in such proposed Letter of Credit (all
of
which terms and conditions shall be acceptable to the respective Facing Agent).
Unless otherwise specified, all Standby Letters of Credit will be governed
by
the Uniform Customs and Practices for Documentary Credit Operations and all
Bank
Guarantees will be governed by the Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees, in
each
case, as in effect on the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit. Each
Notice
of Issuance shall include any other documents as the respective Facing Agent
customarily requires in connection therewith. From
time
to
time
while a Letter
of
Credit is
outstanding
and
prior
to
the
Multicurrency
Revolver Termination Date,
the
applicable Facing
Agent will,
upon written
request
received by the Facing
Agent (with
a
copy sent by Borrower to
Administrative
Agent)
at
least three Business Days (or such shorter time as the Facing
Agent and
Administrative
Agent
may
agree
in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to
the
proposed date of amendment, amend any Letter
of
Credit issued
by
it. Each such request for amendment of a Letter
of
Credit shall
be
made by facsimile, confirmed promptly in an original writing (each a
“Letter
of Credit Amendment Request”)
and
shall specify in
form
and detail reasonably satisfactory to
the
Facing
Agent:
(i)
the
Letter
of
Credit to
be
amended; (ii)
the
proposed date of amendment of the Letter
of
Credit (which
shall be a Business
Day);
(iii)
the
nature of the proposed amendment; and (iv)
such
other matters as the Facing
Agent may
require. The Facing
Agent shall
be
under no obligation to
amend
any
Letter
of
Credit if:
(A)
the
Facing
Agent would
have no obligation at such time to
issue
such Letter
of
Credit in
its
amended form under the terms of this Agreement,
or
(B)
the
beneficiary of any such Letter
of
Credit does
not
accept the proposed amendment to
the
Letter
of
Credit.
Each
Facing Agent shall, promptly after the issuance of or amendment or modification
to a Letter of Credit, give Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower
written notice of the issuance, amendment or modification of such Letter
of
Credit, accompanied by a copy of such issuance, amendment or modification.
Promptly upon receipt of such notice, Administrative Agent shall give each
Multicurrency Revolving Lender written notice of such issuance, amendment
or
modification, and if so requested by any Multicurrency Revolving Lender,
Administrative Agent shall provide such Multicurrency Revolving Lender with
copies of such issuance, amendment or modification.
(d) Agreement
to Repay Letter of Credit Payments.
(i) Company
hereby agrees to reimburse (or cause the applicable Borrower to reimburse)
the
respective Facing Agent, by making payment to Administrative Agent in
immediately available funds in Dollars at the Payment Office, for any payment
or
disbursement made by such Facing Agent under and in accordance with any Letter
of Credit (each such amount so paid or disbursed until reimbursed, an
“Unpaid
Drawing”),
no
later than one Business Day after the date on which Company receives notice
of
such payment or disbursement (if such Unpaid Drawing was in an Alternative
Currency, then in the Dollar Equivalent amount of such Unpaid Drawing), with
interest on the amount so paid or disbursed by such Facing Agent, to the
extent
not reimbursed prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the date of such
payment or disbursement, from and including the date paid or disbursed to
but
excluding the date such Facing Agent is reimbursed therefor by Company at
a rate
per annum which shall be the Base Rate in effect from time to time plus the
Applicable Base Rate Margin; provided,
however,
that,
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (i)
unless
Company shall have notified Administrative Agent and the applicable Facing
Agent
prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day following receipt
of such notice that the applicable Facing Agent will be reimbursed for the
amount of such Unpaid Drawing
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with
funds other than the proceeds of Multicurrency Revolving Loans, Company shall
be
deemed to have timely given a Notice of Borrowing to Administrative Agent
requesting each Multicurrency Revolving Lender to make Multicurrency Revolving
Loans which are Base Rate Loans on the date on which such Unpaid Drawing
is
honored in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such
Unpaid
Drawing and Administrative Agent shall, if such Notice of Borrowing is deemed
given, promptly notify the Lenders thereof and (ii) unless any of the events
described in Section
10.1(e)
or
10.1(f)
shall
have occurred (in which event the procedures of Section
2.10(e)
shall
apply), each such Multicurrency Revolving Lender shall, on the date such
drawing
is honored, make Multicurrency Revolving Loans which are Base Rate Loans
in the
amount of its Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the Dollar Equivalent
of
such Unpaid Drawing, the proceeds of which shall be applied directly by
Administrative Agent to reimburse the applicable Facing Agent for the amount
of
such Unpaid Drawing; and provided,
further,
that,
if for any reason, proceeds of Multicurrency Revolving Loans are not received
by
the applicable Facing Agent on such date in an amount equal to the amount
of the
Dollar Equivalent of such drawing, the applicable Borrower shall reimburse
the
applicable Facing Agent, on the Business Day immediately following the date
such
drawing is honored, in an amount in same day funds equal to the excess of
the
amount of the Dollar Equivalent of such drawing over the Dollar Equivalent
of
the amount of such Multicurrency Revolving Loans, if any, which are so received,
plus accrued interest on such amount at the rate set forth in Section
3.1(a);
provided,
however,
to the
extent such amounts are not reimbursed prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City
time)
on the fifth Business Day following such payment or disbursement, interest
shall
thereafter accrue on the amounts so paid or disbursed by such Facing Agent
(and
until reimbursed by Company) at a rate per annum which shall be the Base
Rate in
effect from time to time plus the Applicable Base Rate Margin plus an additional
2% per annum, such interest also to be payable on demand. The respective
Facing
Agent shall give Company prompt notice of each Drawing under any Letter of
Credit, provided
that,
the failure to give any such notice shall in no way affect, impair or diminish
Company’s obligations hereunder.
(ii) The
Obligations of Company under this Section
2.10(d)
to
reimburse the respective Facing Agent with respect to drawings on Letters
of
Credit (each, a “Drawing”)
(including, in each case, interest thereon) shall be absolute and unconditional
under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim
or
defense to payment which any Borrower may have or have had against any Facing
Agent, Agent or any Lender (including in its capacity as issuer of the Letter
of
Credit or as LC Participant), or any non-application or misapplication by
the
beneficiary of the proceeds of such Drawing, the respective Facing Agent’s only
obligation to Borrowers being to confirm that any documents required to be
delivered under such Letter of Credit appear to have been delivered and that
they appear to comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter
of
Credit. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by any Facing Agent under
or in
connection with any Letter of Credit if taken or omitted in the absence of
gross
negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final and non-appealable
judgment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not create
for
such Facing Agent any resulting liability to any Borrower.
(e) Letter
of Credit Participations.
(i) Immediately
upon the issuance by any Facing Agent of any Letter of Credit, such Facing
Agent
shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each Multicurrency
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Revolving
Lender, other than such Facing Agent (each such Lender, in its capacity under
this Section
2.10(e),
a
“LC
Participant”),
and
each such LC Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally
to have
purchased and received from such Facing Agent, without recourse or warranty,
an
undivided interest and participation, to the extent of such Multicurrency
Revolving Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share, in such Letter of
Credit, each Drawing made thereunder and the obligations of Borrowers under
this
Agreement with respect thereto (although Letter of Credit fees shall be payable
directly to Administrative Agent for the account of the LC Participant as
provided in Section
2.10(g)
and the
LC Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of the facing
fees),
and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto. Upon any change
in the
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments of the Multicurrency Revolving Lenders,
it
is hereby agreed that, with respect to all outstanding Letters of Credit
and
Unpaid Drawings relating to Letters of Credit, there shall be an automatic
adjustment pursuant to this Section
2.10(e)
to
reflect the new Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the assignor and
assignee Lender or of all Lenders with Multicurrency Revolving Commitments,
as
the case may be.
(ii) In
determining whether to pay under any Letter of Credit, such Facing Agent
shall
have no obligation relative to the LC Participants other than to confirm
that
any documents required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit appear
to
have been delivered and that they appear to comply on their face with the
requirements of such Letter of Credit. Any action taken or omitted to be
taken
by any Facing Agent under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued
by
it if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct
as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment rendered by a court
of
competent jurisdiction, shall not create for such Facing Agent any resulting
liability to any Borrower or any Lender.
(f) Draws
Upon Letter of Credit; Reimbursement Obligations.
(i) In
the
event that any Facing Agent makes any payment under any Letter of Credit
issued
by it and Company shall not have reimbursed such amount in full to such Facing
Agent pursuant to Section 2.10(d),
such
Facing Agent shall promptly notify Administrative Agent, and Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each LC Participant of such failure, and each
such
LC Participant shall promptly and unconditionally pay to Administrative Agent
for the account of such Facing Agent, the amount of such LC Participant’s
applicable Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of such payment in Dollars
or,
if in an Alternative Currency, in such Alternative Currency and in same day
funds; provided,
however,
that no
LC Participant shall be obligated to pay to Administrative Agent its applicable
Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of such unreimbursed amount for any
wrongful payment made by such Facing Agent under a Letter of Credit issued
by it
as a result of acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross
negligence as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment rendered
by a
court of competent jurisdiction on the part of such Facing Agent. If
Administrative Agent so notifies any LC Participant required to fund a payment
under a Letter of Credit prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) or, in
the
case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, 11:00
a.m.
(London time), on any Business Day, such LC Participant shall make available
to
Administrative Agent for the account of the respective Facing Agent such
LC
Participant’s applicable Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the amount of
such payment on such Business Day in same day funds. If and to the extent
such
LC Participant shall
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not
have
so made its applicable Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the amount
of
such payment available to Administrative Agent for the account of the respective
Facing Agent, such LC Participant agrees to pay to Administrative Agent for
the
account of such Facing Agent, forthwith on demand such amount, together with
interest thereon, for each day from such date until the date such amount
is paid
to Administrative Agent for the account of such Facing Agent at the overnight
Federal Funds rate. The failure of any LC Participant to make available to
Administrative Agent for the account of the respective Facing Agent its
applicable Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of any payment under any
Letter
of Credit issued by it shall not relieve any other LC Participant of its
obligation hereunder to make available to Administrative Agent for the account
of such Facing Agent its applicable Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share
of any
payment under any such Letter of Credit on the day required, as specified
above,
but no LC Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any other LC
Participant to make available to Agent for the account of such Facing Agent
such
other LC Participant’s applicable Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of any
such payment.
(ii) Whenever
any Facing Agent receives a payment of a reimbursement obligation as to which
Administrative Agent has received for the account of such Facing Agent any
payments from the LC Participants pursuant to this Section
2.10(f),
such
Facing Agent shall pay to Administrative Agent and Administrative Agent shall
pay to each LC Participant which has paid its Multicurrency Revolver Pro
Rata
Share thereof, in Dollars or, if in an Alternative Currency, in such Alternative
Currency and in same day funds, an amount equal to such LC Participant’s
Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the principal amount of such
reimbursement obligation and interest thereon accruing after the purchase
of the
respective participations.
(iii) The
obligations of the LC Participants to make payments to each Facing Agent
with
respect to Letters of Credit issued by it shall be irrevocable and not subject
to any qualification or exception whatsoever and shall be made in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all circumstances,
including, without limitation, any of the following circumstances (although
nothing in this clause (iii) shall constitute a waiver of any claims by an
LC
Participant against Facing Agent that are determined by a final and
non-appealable judgment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction to
have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Facing
Agent):
(A) any
lack
of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents;
(B) The
existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which any Borrower
or any
of its Subsidiaries may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a
Letter
of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom
any
such transferee may be acting), Administrative Agent, any LC Participant,
or any
other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit,
the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including
any underlying transaction between any Borrower and the beneficiary named
in any
such Letter of Credit);
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(C) any
draft, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit
proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect
to any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(D) the
surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance
of any
of the terms of any of the Loan Documents; or
(E) the
occurrence or continuance of any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of
Default.
(g) Fees
for Letters of Credit.
(i) Facing
Agent Fees.
Company
agrees to pay (or to cause the applicable Borrower to pay) in Dollars the
following amount to the respective Facing Agent with respect to the Letters
of
Credit issued by it for the account of any Borrower:
(A) with
respect to payments made under any Letter of Credit, interest, payable on
demand, on the amount paid by such Facing Agent in respect of each such payment
from the date of the payments through the date such amount is reimbursed
by
Company (including any such reimbursement out of the proceeds of Multicurrency
Revolving Loans at a rate determined in accordance with the terms of
Section
2.10(d)(i));
(B) with
respect to the issuance or amendment of each Letter of Credit and each payment
made thereunder, documentary and processing charges in accordance with such
Facing Agent’s standard schedule for such charges in effect at the time of such
issuance, amendment, transfer or payment, as the case may be; and
(C) a
facing
fee equal to one-eighth of 1% per annum of the Stated Amount of outstanding
and
undrawn LC Obligations payable in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date
and on
the Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date and thereafter, on demand together
with customary issuance and payment charges, provided
that, a
minimum fee of $500.00 per annum shall be payable per Letter of
Credit.
(ii) Participating
Lender Fees.
Company
agrees to pay in Dollars to Administrative Agent for distribution to each
participating Lender in respect of all Letters of Credit outstanding such
Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of a commission equal to the then
Applicable Eurocurrency Margin for Multicurrency Revolving Loans with respect
to
the Effective Amount of such outstanding Letters of Credit (the “LC
Commission”),
payable in arrears on and through each Quarterly Payment Date, on the
Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date and thereafter, on demand. The LC
Commission shall be computed on a daily basis from the first day of issuance
of
each Letter of Credit and on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed
over
a year of 360 days.
Promptly
upon receipt by the respective Facing Agent or Administrative Agent of any
amount described in clause (i)(A) or (ii) of this Section
2.10(g),
such
Facing Agent or Administrative Agent shall distribute to each Lender that
has
reimbursed such Facing Agent in accordance with Section
2.10(d)
its
Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of such amount.
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Amounts
payable under clause (i)(B) and (C) of this Section
2.10(g)
shall be
paid directly to such Facing Agent.
(h) Indemnification.
In
addition to amounts payable as elsewhere provided in this Agreement, Company
hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and hold each Facing Agent harmless
from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses,
costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) (other than
for Taxes, which shall be covered by Section
4.7,
and
Excluded Taxes) which any Facing Agent may incur or be subject to as a
consequence, direct or indirect, of (i) the issuance of the Letters of Credit,
other than as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct as
determined by a final and non-appealable judgment rendered by a court of
competent jurisdiction with respect to such Facing Agent or (ii) the failure
of
any Facing Agent to honor a Drawing under any Letter of Credit as a result
of
any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future
de
jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority (all such acts or
omissions herein called “Government
Acts”).
As
between Borrowers and each Facing Agent, Borrowers assume all risks of the
acts
and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by any Facing
Agent
by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance
and
not in limitation of the foregoing, each Facing Agent shall not be responsible:
(i) for the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect
of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application
for
and issuance of or any Drawing under such Letters of Credit, even if it should
in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate,
fraudulent or forged; (ii) for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter
of
Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole
or in
part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii)
for
failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to comply fully with
conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) for
errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of
any
messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they
be
in cipher; (v) for errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) for
any
loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in
order
to make a Drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof;
(vii) for the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit
of
the proceeds of any Drawing under such Letter of Credit; and (viii) for any
consequences arising from causes beyond the control of each Facing Agent,
including, without limitation, any Government Acts. None of the above shall
affect, impair, or prevent the vesting of any of each Facing Agent’s rights or
powers hereunder.
In
furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions
hereinabove set forth, any action taken or omitted by any Facing Agent under
or
in connection with the Letters of Credit issued by it or the related
certificates, if taken or omitted in good faith and in the absence of gross
negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final and non-appealable
judgment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not put any
Facing
Agent under any resulting liability to any Borrower.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Borrower shall have
any
obligation to indemnify any Facing Agent in respect of any liability incurred
by
such Facing Agent to the extent arising out of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Facing Agent. The right of indemnification in the first
paragraph of this
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Section
2.10(h)
shall
not prejudice any rights that any Borrower may otherwise have against each
Facing Agent with respect to a Letter of Credit issued hereunder.
(i) Increased
Costs.
If at
any time after the date hereof the introduction of or any change in any
applicable law, rule, regulation, order, guideline or request (other than
any
law, rule, regulation, guidelines or request relating to taxes that are the
subject matter of Section
4.7)
or in
the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority
charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance
by each
Facing Agent or such Lender with any request or directive by any such authority
(whether or not having the force of law or any change in GAAP), shall either
(i)
impose, modify or make applicable any reserve, deposit, capital adequacy
or
similar requirement against letters of credit issued by any Facing Agent
or
participated in by any Lender, or (ii) impose on any Facing Agent or any
Lender
any other conditions relating, directly or indirectly, to this Agreement
or any
Letter of Credit; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the
cost
to any Facing Agent or any Lender of issuing, maintaining or participating
in
any Letter of Credit, or reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable
by
such Facing Agent or any Lender hereunder or reduce the rate of return on
its
capital with respect to Letters of Credit, then, upon demand to Company by
the
respective Facing Agent or any Lender (a copy of which demand shall be sent
by
such Facing Agent or such Lender to Administrative Agent), Company shall
pay (or
cause the applicable Borrower to pay) to such Facing Agent or such Lender
such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased
cost or reduction in the amount receivable or reduction on the rate of return
on
its capital. Each Facing Agent or any Lender, upon determining that any
additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section
2.10(i),
will
give prompt written notice thereof to Company, which notice shall include
a
certificate submitted to Company by the respective Facing Agent or such Lender
(a copy of which certificate shall be sent by such Facing Agent or such Lender
to Administrative Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for
the
calculation of such additional amount or amounts necessary to compensate
such
Facing Agent or such Lender, although failure to give any such notice shall
not
release or diminish Company’s obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to
this Section 2.10(i).
The
certificate required to be delivered pursuant to this Section
2.10(i)
shall,
absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding on Company.
(j) Outstanding
Letters of Credit.
The
letters of credit set forth under the caption “Letters of Credit outstanding on
the Effective Date” on Schedule
2.10(j)
annexed
hereto and made a part hereof which were issued pursuant to the Existing
Credit
Agreement and remain outstanding as of the Initial Borrowing Date (the
“Outstanding
Letters of Credit”).
Company, each Facing Agent and each of the Lenders hereby agree with respect
to
the Outstanding Letters of Credit that such Outstanding Letters of Credit,
for
all purposes under this Agreement shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit
governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Each Lender agrees
to
participate in each Outstanding Letter of Credit issued by any Facing Agent
in
an amount equal to its Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of the Stated
Amount of such Outstanding Letter of Credit.
2.11 Pro
Rata Borrowings.
Except
as expressly provided in Section
2A.9(e),
Borrowings of Loans under this Agreement shall be loaned by the applicable
Lenders pro rata on the basis of their Commitments. No Lender shall be
responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make
Loans
hereunder and each Lender shall be obligated to make the
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Loans
provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other
Lender to fulfill its Commitments hereunder.
ARTICLE
IIA
AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF CANADIAN DOLLAR CREDITS
2A.1 The
Commitments.
(a) Term
C Loans.
Each
Term C Lender, severally and for itself alone, hereby agrees, on the terms
and
subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents,
to make loans (each such loan, a “Term
C
Loan”
and
collectively, the “Term
C
Loans”)
to
Canadian Borrower on or after the Initial Borrowing Date and prior to the
Term C
Commitment Expiration Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
the
Term C Commitment of such Term C Lender. The Term C Loans (i) shall be
denominated in Canadian Dollars and (ii) shall be made as Canadian Prime
Rate
Loans or B/A Discount Rate Loans and may, at the option of Canadian Borrower,
be
maintained as and/or converted into Canadian Prime Rate Loans or B/A Discount
Rate Loans, provided
that,
(x) all Term C Loans made by the Term C Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing
shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of
Term C
Loans of the same Type and (y) except as permitted by Administrative Agent
in
its sole discretion, no incurrences of, or conversions into, Term C Loans
maintained as B/A Discount Rate Loans with an Interest Period in excess of
thirty (30) days may be effected prior to the earlier of (1) the 60th day
after
the Initial Borrowing Date and (2) Syndication Date. Each Term C Lender’s Term C
Commitment shall expire immediately and without further action on the Term
C
Commitment Expiration Date if the Term C Loans are not made on or before
such
date. No amount of a Term C Loan which is repaid or prepaid by Canadian Borrower
may be reborrowed hereunder. For certainty and notwithstanding any other
provision hereof to the contrary, conversions of Types of Term C Loans from
Canadian Prime Rate Loans to B/A Discount Rate Loans, and vice
versa,
shall
not require, or be deemed to suggest or require, any repayment of the Term
C
Loans being converted or any readvance of the Term C Loans into which the
relevant conversion is being made; rather, with respect to conversions of
Term C
Loans, “conversions”, “convert” and similar expressions mean the change of the
interest rate applicable to such Loans from (as applicable) (a) the Canadian
Prime Rate plus the Applicable Canadian Prime Rate Margin to (b) the B/A
Discount Rate plus the Applicable B/A Discount Rate Margin, or vice
versa,
in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
(b) The
Canadian Revolving Loans.
Each
Canadian Revolving Lender, severally and for itself alone, hereby agrees,
on the
terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth and in reliance
upon
the representations and warranties set forth herein and in the other Loan
Documents, to make loans to Canadian Borrower in Canadian Dollars on a revolving
basis, including by means of B/As or B/A Equivalent Loans, from time to time
during the Canadian Commitment Period, in an amount not to exceed its Canadian
Revolver Pro Rata Share of the Total Available Canadian Revolving Commitment
(each loan by any Lender, a “Canadian
Revolving Loan”
and
collectively, the “Canadian
Revolving Loans”).
The
Canadian Revolving Loans shall be denominated in Canadian Dollars. Except
as
hereinafter provided, Canadian Revolving Loans may, at the option of Canadian
Borrower, be maintained as and/or
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converted
into Canadian Prime Rate Loans or B/A Loans. All Canadian Revolving Loans
comprising the same Borrowing hereunder shall be made by the Canadian Revolving
Lenders simultaneously and in proportion to their respective Canadian Revolving
Commitments. Prior to the Canadian Revolver Termination Date, Canadian Revolving
Loans may be repaid and reborrowed by Canadian Borrower in accordance with
the
provisions hereof and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein,
all
Canadian Revolving Loans comprising the same Borrowing shall at all times
be of
the same Type. As the context may require, references to the outstanding
principal amount of any Canadian Revolving Loan shall include the face amount
of
B/A Loans.
2A.2 Notes.
(a) Evidence
of Indebtedness.
At the
request of any Lender, Canadian Borrower’s obligation to pay the principal of
and interest on all the Loans (other than B/As) made to it by such Lender
shall
be evidenced (1) if Term C Loans, by a promissory note (each, a “Term
C
Note”
and,
collectively, the “Term
C
Notes”)
duly
executed and delivered by Canadian Borrower substantially in the form of
Exhibit
2A.2(a)(1)
hereto,
with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith, and (2) if Canadian
Revolving Loans, by a promissory note (each, a “Canadian
Revolving Note”
and,
collectively, the “Canadian
Revolving Notes”)
duly
executed and delivered by Canadian Borrower substantially in the form of
Exhibit
2A.2(a)(2)
hereto,
with blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith.
(b) Notation
of Payments.
Each
Canadian Revolving Lender and Term C Lender will note on its internal records
the amount of each Canadian Revolving Loan or Term C Loan, as applicable,
made
by it and each payment in respect thereof and will, prior to any transfer
of its
Canadian Revolving Note or Term C Note, as applicable, in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement, endorse on the reverse side thereof the outstanding
principal amount of Canadian Revolving Loans or Term C Loans, as applicable,
evidenced thereby. Failure to make any such notation shall not affect Canadian
Borrower’s or any guarantor’s obligations hereunder or under the other
applicable Loan Documents in respect of such Canadian Revolving Loans or
Term C
Loans, as applicable.
2A.3 Minimum
Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings.
The
aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing by Canadian Borrower hereunder
shall be not less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount and, if greater, shall
be in
integral multiples of Cdn.$1,000,000 above such minimum (or, if less, the
then
Total Available Canadian Revolving Commitment). More than one Borrowing may
be
incurred on any date.
2A.4 Borrowing
Options.
(a) The
Canadian Revolving Loans shall, at the option of Canadian Borrower except
as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, be (i) Canadian Prime Rate Loans, (ii)
B/A
Loans, or (iii) part Canadian Prime Rate Loans and part B/A Loans, and (b)
the
Term C Loans shall, at the option of Canadian Borrower except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, be (i) Canadian Prime Rate Loans, (ii) B/A Discount
Rate Loans, or (iii) part Canadian Prime Rate Loans and part B/A Discount
Rate
Loans, provided
that,
(x) all Loans made by Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Loans of the
same
Type and (y) except as permitted by Canadian Administrative Agent in its
sole
discretion, no incurrences of, or conversions into B/A Loans
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with
a
Contract Period, or B/A Discount Rate with an Interest Period, in excess
of one
month may be effected prior to the earlier of (1) the 60th day after the
Initial
Borrowing Date and (2) the Syndication Date.
2A.5 Notice
of Canadian Borrowing.
Whenever Canadian Borrower desires to make a Borrowing of any Canadian Revolving
Loan or Term C Loan hereunder, Canadian Borrower shall give Canadian
Administrative Agent at its office located at 000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
X.X.
Xxx 00, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X0X0 or such other address as Canadian
Administrative Agent may hereafter designate in writing to the parties hereto)
(the “Canadian
Notice Address”)
at
least one Business Day’s (two Business Days’ in the case of B/A Loans or B/A
Discount Rate Loans) prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly
confirmed in writing), given not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time)
of
each B/A Loan, B/A Discount Rate Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Loan; provided,
however,
that a
Notice of Canadian Borrowing with respect to Borrowings to be made on the
date
hereof may, at the discretion of Canadian Administrative Agent, be delivered
later than the time specified above. Each such notice (each a “Notice
of Canadian Borrowing”),
which
shall be in the form of Exhibit
2A.5
hereto,
shall be irrevocable, shall be deemed a representation by Canadian Borrower
that
all conditions precedent to such Borrowing have been satisfied and shall
specify
(i) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans (or the face amount of the
B/A
Loans, as the case may be) to be made pursuant to such Borrowing, (ii) the
date
of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day), and (iii) whether the Loans
being
made pursuant to such Borrowing are to be Canadian Prime Rate Loans, B/A
Discount Rate Loans or B/A Loans and, with respect to B/A Loans, the Contract
Period and maturity date to be applicable thereto and, with respect to B/A
Discount Rate Loans, the Interest Period applicable thereto. Canadian
Administrative Agent shall as promptly as practicable give each Canadian
Revolving Lender written or telephonic notice (promptly confirmed in writing)
of
each proposed Borrowing, of such Canadian Revolving Lender’s Canadian Revolver
Pro Rata Share thereof and of the other matters covered by the Notice of
Canadian Borrowing. Without in any way limiting Company’s and Canadian
Borrower’s obligation to confirm in writing any telephonic notice, Canadian
Administrative Agent may act without liability upon the basis of telephonic
notice believed by Canadian Administrative Agent in good faith to be from
a
Responsible Officer of Canadian Borrower prior to receipt of written
confirmation. Canadian Administrative Agent’s records shall, absent manifest
error, be final, conclusive and binding on Canadian Borrower with respect
to
evidence of the terms of such telephonic Notice of Canadian Borrowing. Canadian
Borrower hereby agrees not to dispute Canadian Administrative Agent’s or DB’s
record of the time of telephonic notice.
2A.6 Conversion
or Continuation.
Subject
to Section
2A.4
in
respect of the Canadian Revolving Facility, Canadian Borrower may elect (i)
on
any Business Day to convert Canadian Prime Rate Loans or any portion thereof
to
B/A Loans and (ii) at the end of any Contract Period with respect thereto,
to
convert B/A Loans or any portion thereof into Canadian Prime Rate Loans or
continue such B/A Loans or any portion thereof for an additional Contract
Period; provided,
however,
that
the aggregate face amount of the B/A Loans for each Contract Period therefor
must be in an aggregate principal amount of Cdn.$5,000,000 or an integral
multiple of Cdn.$1,000,000 in excess thereto. Subject to Section 2A.4, in
respect of the Term C Facility, Canadian Borrower may elect (i) on any Business
Day to convert Canadian Prime Rate Loans or any portion thereof to B/A Discount
Rate Loans and (ii) at the end of any Interest Period with respect thereto,
to
convert B/A Discount Rate Loans or any portion thereof into Canadian Prime
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Rate
Loans or continue such B/A Discount Rate Loans or any portion thereof for
an
additional Interest Period; provided,
however,
that
the aggregate amount of the B/A Discount Rate Loans for each Interest Period
therefor must be in an aggregate principal amount of Cdn.$5,000,000 or an
integral multiple of Cdn.$1,000,000 in excess thereto. Each such election
shall
be in substantially the form of Exhibit
2A.6
hereto
(a “Notice
of Canadian Conversion or Continuation”)
and
shall be made by giving Canadian Administrative Agent at least two Business
Days’ prior written notice thereof to the Canadian Notice Address given not
later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time), specifying (i) the amount and
type
of conversion or continuation, (ii) in the case of a conversion to or a
continuation of B/A Loans, the Contract Period therefor, (iii) in the case
of a
conversion to or continuation of B/A Discount Rate Loans, the Interest Period
therefor, and (iv) in the case of a conversion, the date of conversion (which
date shall be a Business Day). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no conversion
in
whole or in part of Canadian Prime Rate Loans to B/A Loans or B/A Discount
Rate
Loans, as applicable, and no continuation in whole or in part of B/A Loans
or
B/A Discount Rate Loans, as applicable, upon the expiration of the Contract
Period or Interest Period, as applicable, therefor, shall be permitted at
any
time at which an Unmatured Event of Default or an Event of Default shall
have
occurred and be continuing. If, within the time period required under the
terms
of this Section
2A.6,
Canadian Administrative Agent does not receive a Notice of Canadian Conversion
or Continuation from Canadian Borrower containing a permitted election to
continue any B/A Loans or B/A Discount Rate Loans, as applicable, for an
additional Contract Period or Interest Period, as applicable, or to convert
any
such Loans, then, upon the expiration of the Contract Period or Interest
Period,
as applicable, therefor, such Loans will be automatically converted to Canadian
Prime Rate Loans. Each Notice of Canadian Conversion or Continuation shall
be
irrevocable.
2A.7 Disbursement
of Funds.
No
later than 12:00 p.m. (local time at the place of funding) on the date specified
in each Notice of Canadian Borrowing, each Lender will make available its
Canadian Revolver Pro Rata Share of Loans of the Borrowing requested to be
made
on such date in Canadian Dollars and in immediately available funds, at the
Canadian Payment Office and Canadian Administrative Agent will make available
to
Canadian Borrower at its Canadian Payment Office the aggregate of the amounts
so
made available by the Lenders not later than 2:00 p.m. (local time in the
place
of payment). Unless Canadian Administrative Agent shall have been notified
by
any such Lender at least one Business Day prior to the date of Borrowing
that
such Lender does not intend to make available to Canadian Administrative
Agent
such Lender’s portion of the Borrowing to be made on such date, Canadian
Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available
to Canadian Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing and Canadian
Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon
such
assumption, make available to Canadian Borrower a corresponding amount. If
such
corresponding amount is not in fact made available to Canadian Administrative
Agent by such Lender on the date of Borrowing, Canadian Administrative Agent
shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such
Lender. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon
Canadian Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, Canadian Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify Canadian Borrower and, if so notified, Canadian Borrower
shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to Canadian Administrative
Agent. Canadian Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from
Canadian Borrower interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each
day
from the date such corresponding amount was made available by Canadian
Administrative
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Agent
to
Canadian Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by Canadian
Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to the rate for Canadian
Prime
Rate Loans, B/A Loans or B/A Discount Rate Loans, as the case may be, applicable
during the period in question; provided,
however,
that
any interest paid to Canadian Administrative Agent in respect of such
corresponding amount shall be credited against interest payable by Canadian
Borrower to such Lender under Section
3.1
in
respect of such corresponding amount. Any amount due hereunder to Canadian
Administrative Agent from any Lender which is not paid when due shall bear
interest payable by such Lender, from the date due until the date paid, at
the
average of the rates per annum for Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances having a
term of 30 days that appears on the display referred to as the “CDOR Page” (or
any display substituted therefor) of Xxxxxx Monitor Money Rates Service as
of
10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the date of determination, as reported by Canadian
Administrative Agent (and if such screen is not available, any successor
or
similar service as may be selected by Canadian Administrative Agent) for
the
first three days after the date such amount is due and thereafter at the
average
of the rates per annum for Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances having a term of
30 days that appears on the display referred to as the “CDOR Page” (or any
display substituted therefor) of Xxxxxx Monitor Money Rates Service as of
10:00
a.m. (Toronto time) on the date of determination, as reported by Canadian
Administrative Agent (and if such screen is not available, any successor
or
similar service as may be selected by Canadian Administrative Agent) plus
1% per
annum, together with Canadian Administrative Agent’s standard interbank
processing fee. Further, such Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any
and
all payments made of principal and interest on its Loans, and any other amounts
due to it hereunder first to Canadian Administrative Agent to fund any
outstanding Loans made available on behalf of such Lender by Canadian
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section
2A.7
until
such Loans have been funded (as a result of such assignment or otherwise)
and
then to fund Loans of all Lenders other than such Lender until each Lender
has
outstanding Loans equal to its Pro Rata Share of all Loans (as a result of
such
assignment or otherwise). Such Lender shall not have recourse against Canadian
Borrower with respect to any amounts paid to Canadian Administrative Agent
or
any Lender with respect to the preceding sentence, provided
that,
such Lender shall have full recourse against Canadian Borrower to the extent
of
the amount of such Loans it has so been deemed to have made. Nothing herein
shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its
Commitment hereunder or to prejudice any rights which Canadian Borrower may
have
against the Lender as a result of any default by such Lender
hereunder.
2A.8 Pro
Rata Borrowings.
Except
as expressly provided in Section
2A.9(e),
all
Borrowings of Loans under this Agreement shall be loaned by the applicable
Lenders pro rata on the basis of their Commitments. No Lender shall be
responsible for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make
Loans
hereunder and each Lender shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to
be
made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any other Lender to fulfill
its Commitment hereunder.
2A.9 Bankers’
Acceptances.
(a)
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Canadian Borrower may request
a
Canadian Revolving Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars by presenting drafts
for
acceptance and, if applicable, purchase as B/As by the Canadian Revolving
Lenders.
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(b) A
Lender
shall not be obliged to either accept any draft presented for acceptance
or
advance any B/A Equivalent Loan:
(i) which
is
drawn on, or where the Contract Period applicable thereto expires, on a day
which is not a Business Day;
(ii) where
the
Contract Period applicable thereto matures on a day subsequent to the Canadian
Revolver Termination Date;
(iii) where
the
Contract Period applicable thereto has a term other than approximately 30,
60,
90 or 180 days;
(iv) which
is
denominated in any currency other than Canadian Dollars;
(v) which
is
not in a form satisfactory to such Canadian Revolving Lender or Canadian
Administrative Agent;
(vi) for
a
continuation, in respect of which the Canadian Borrower has not then paid
the
applicable Acceptance Fee; or
(vii) if
an
Unmatured Event of Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(c) To
facilitate availment of B/A Loans, Canadian
Borrower
hereby appoints each Canadian
Revolving Lender as its attorney to sign and endorse on its behalf (in
accordance with a Notice of Canadian
Borrowing or Notice of Canadian Conversion or Continuation relating to a
B/A
Loan pursuant to Section
2A.5
or
Section
2A.6),
in
handwriting or by facsimile or mechanical signature as and when deemed necessary
by such Canadian
Revolving Lender, blank drafts in the form requested by such Canadian
Revolving Lender. In this respect, it is each Lender’s responsibility to
maintain an adequate supply of blank drafts for acceptance under this Agreement.
Canadian Borrower recognizes and agrees that all drafts signed and/or endorsed
by a Lender on behalf of Canadian Borrower shall bind Canadian Borrower as
fully
and effectually as if signed in the handwriting of and duly issued by the
proper
signing officers of Canadian Borrower. Each Lender is hereby authorized (in
accordance with a Notice of Canadian Borrowing or Notice of Canadian
Conversion or Continuation relating to a B/A Loan) to issue such B/As endorsed
in blank in such face amounts as may be determined by such Lender, provided
that,
the aggregate amount thereof is equal to the aggregate amount of drafts required
to be accepted and purchased by such Lender. No Lender shall be liable for
any
damage, loss or other claim arising by reason of any loss or improper use
of any
such instrument except for the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the
Lender or its officers, employees, agents or representatives. Each Lender
shall
maintain a record, which shall be made available to Canadian Borrower upon
its
request, with respect to drafts (i) received by it in blank hereunder, (ii)
voided by it for any reason, (iii) accepted and purchased by it hereunder,
and
(iv) cancelled at their respective maturities. On request by or on behalf
of
Canadian Borrower, a Lender shall cancel all forms of B/As which have been
pre-signed or pre-endorsed on behalf of Canadian Borrower and that are held
by
such Lender and are not required to be issued in accordance with Canadian
Borrower’s irrevocable notice. Canadian Borrower agrees that “draft” includes
and the
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provisions
of this Section
2A.9
applicable to a “draft” includes, and shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to, a
“depository note” which complies with the requirements of the Depository Bills
and Notes Act (Canada), and Canadian Borrower consents to the deposit of
any
such depository note in the book-based debt clearance system maintained by
the
Canadian Depository for Securities.
(d) Drafts
of
Canadian Borrower to be accepted as B/As hereunder shall be signed as set
forth
in this Section
2A.9.
Notwithstanding that any Person whose signature appears on any B/A may no
longer
be an authorized signatory for any Lender or Canadian Borrower at the date
of
issuance of a B/A, such signature shall nevertheless
be valid
and sufficient for all purposes as if such authority had remained in force
at
the time of such issuance and any such B/A so signed shall be binding on
Canadian Borrower.
(e) Promptly
following the receipt of a Notice of Canadian
Borrowing or Notice of Canadian Conversion or Continuation specifying a Loan
by
way of B/As, Canadian Administrative Agent shall so advise the Canadian
Revolving Lenders and shall advise each such Lender of the aggregate face
amount
of the B/As to be accepted by it and the applicable Contract Period (which
shall
be identical for all such Lenders). In the case of Loans comprised of B/A
Loans,
the aggregate face amount of the B/As to be accepted by a Lender shall be
in a
minimum aggregate amount of Cdn.$500,000 and shall be a whole multiple of
Cdn.$100,000, and such face amount shall be in the Lenders’pro
rata
portions
of such Loan, provided
that,
Canadian Administrative Agent may in its sole discretion increase or reduce
any
Lender’s portion of such B/A Loan to the nearest Cdn.$100,000.
(f) On
the
date of each issuance of B/As in accordance with this Section 2A.9, each
Lender
shall purchase from Canadian Borrower each B/A accepted by it for a purchase
price equal to the applicable Discount Proceeds determined on the basis of
the
Discount Rate, and (except to the extent such Discount Proceeds are being
applied to repay maturing B/As or Canadian Prime Rate Loans to be converted
in
accordance with Section 2A.6) shall remit not later than 2:00 p.m. (Eastern
time) in immediately available funds to Canadian Administrative Agent for
the
account of Canadian Borrower at the Payment Office the Discount Proceeds
so
determined less the Acceptance Fee payable by Canadian Borrower to such Lender
under Section 3.1(d) in respect of such B/As. Unless Canadian Administrative
Agent determines that any applicable condition specified in Article V has
not
been satisfied, Canadian Administrative Agent will make the funds so received
from Canadian Revolving Lenders available to Canadian Borrower at the Payment
Office.
(g) Each
B/A
to be accepted by a Lender shall be accepted at its Canadian Lending Office.
Each Lender may at any time and from time to time hold, sell, rediscount
or
otherwise dispose of any or all B/As accepted and purchased by it.
(h) In
anticipation of the maturity of B/As, Canadian Borrower shall, subject to
and in
accordance with the requirements hereof, do one or a combination of the
following with respect to the aggregate face amount at maturity of all such
B/As:
(i)
|
(A) deliver
to Canadian Administrative Agent a Notice of Canadian Continuation
that
Canadian Borrower intends to draw and present for
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acceptance
on the maturity date new B/As in an aggregate face amount up to the aggregate
amount of the maturing B/As and (B) on the maturity date pay to Canadian
Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Canadian Revolving
Lenders an additional amount equal to the positive difference, if any, between
the aggregate face amount of the maturing B/As and the Discount Proceeds
of such
new B/As;
(ii)
|
(A) deliver
to Canadian Agent a Notice of Canadian Conversion requesting a
conversion
of the maturing B/As to another Type of Canadian Revolving Loan
and
(B) on the maturity date pay to the Canadian Administrative
Agent for
the account of the applicable Canadian Revolving Lenders an amount
equal
to the positive difference, if any, between the aggregate face
amount of
the maturing B/As and the amount of the Loans into which conversion
is
requested; or
|
(iii)
|
on
the maturity date of the maturing B/As, pay to Canadian Administrative
Agent for the account of the applicable Canadian Revolving Lenders
an
amount equal to the aggregate face amount of such
B/As.
|
If
Canadian Borrower fails to so notify Canadian Administrative Agent or make
such
payments on maturity, Canadian Administrative Agent shall effect a conversion
into a Canadian Prime Rate Loan of the entire amount of such maturing B/As
as if
a Notice of Canadian Conversion had been given by Canadian Borrower to Canadian
Administrative Agent to that effect.
(i) Subject
to the other provisions hereof, conversions and continuations of B/As may
only
occur on the maturity date thereof.
(j) In
order
to satisfy the continuing liability of Canadian Borrower to an applicable
Lender
for the face amount of maturing B/As accepted by such Canadian Revolving
Lender,
such Canadian Revolving Lender shall receive and retain for its own account
the
Discount Proceeds of new B/As issued on a continuation thereof, and Canadian
Borrower shall on the maturity date of the continued B/As pay to Canadian
Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Canadian Revolving
Lenders an amount equal to the difference between the face amount of the
then
maturing B/As and the Discount Proceeds from the new B/As, together with
the
Acceptance Fees to which the applicable Canadian Revolving Lenders are entitled
pursuant to the provisions hereof.
(k) In
respect of conversions into B/As, in order to satisfy the continuing liability
of Canadian Borrower to the applicable Canadian Revolving Lenders for the
amount
of the converted Loan, each applicable Canadian Revolving Lender shall receive
and retain for its own account the Discount Proceeds of the B/As issued upon
such conversion, and Canadian Borrower shall on the conversion date pay to
Canadian Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Canadian
Revolving Lenders an amount equal to the positive difference, if any, between
the principal amount of the converted Loan and the aggregate Discount Proceeds
from the B/As issued on such conversion, together with the Acceptance Fees
to
which the applicable Canadian Revolving Lenders are entitled pursuant to
the
provisions hereof.
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(l) If
a
Lender is not a chartered bank under the Bank Act (Canada) or if a Lender
notifies Canadian Administrative Agent in writing that it is otherwise unable
to
accept Bankers’ Acceptances, such Lender will, instead of accepting and
purchasing Bankers’ Acceptances, make an advance (a “B/A
Equivalent Loan”)
to
Canadian Borrower in the amount and for the same term as the draft that such
Lender would otherwise have been required to accept and purchase hereunder.
Each
such Lender will provide to Canadian Administrative Agent the Discount Proceeds
of such B/A Equivalent Loan for the account of Canadian Borrower, less the
Acceptance Fee payable by the Canadian Borrower to such Lender in respect
of
such B/A Equivalent Loan. Each such B/A Equivalent Loan will bear interest
at
the same rate that would result if such Lender had accepted and purchased
(on a
discounted basis at the Discount Rate) a Bankers’ Acceptance for the relevant
Contract Period (it being the intention of the parties that each such B/A
Equivalent Loan shall have the same economic consequences for the applicable
Lenders and Canadian Borrower as the Bankers’ Acceptance which such B/A
Equivalent Loan replaces). All such interest shall be paid in advance on
the
date such B/A Equivalent Loan is made, and will be deducted from the principal
amount of such B/A Equivalent Loan in the same manner in which the discount
to
the purchase price of a Bankers’ Acceptance would be deducted from the face
amount of the Bankers’ Acceptance.
(m) Canadian
Borrower waives presentment for payment and any other defense to payment
of any
amounts due to a Lender in respect of a B/A accepted and purchased by it
pursuant to this Agreement which might exist solely by reason of such B/A
being
held, at the maturity thereof, by such Lender in its own right, and Canadian
Borrower agrees not to claim any days of grace if such Lender, as holder,
sues
Canadian Borrower on the B/A for payment of the amount payable by Canadian
Borrower thereunder. Unless Canadian Borrower has requested and Canadian
Revolving Lenders have granted a continuation of such B/A Loan in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement, on the last day of the Contract Period
of
a B/A, or such earlier date as may be required or permitted pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, Canadian Borrower shall pay the Canadian
Revolving Lender that has accepted and purchased such B/A the full face amount
of such B/A and, after such payment, Canadian Borrower shall have no further
liability in respect of such B/A and such Lender shall
be
entitled to all benefits of, and be responsible for all payments due to third
parties under, such B/A.
(n) Except
as
required by any Lender upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, no B/A
Loan
may be repaid by Canadian Borrower prior to the expiry date of the Contract
Period applicable to such B/A Loan; provided,
however,
that
any B/A Loan may be defeased as provided in the proviso to Section
4.3(d).
ARTICLE
III
INTEREST
AND FEES
3.1 Interest.
(a) Base
Rate Loans.
Each
Borrower agrees to pay interest in respect of the unpaid principal amount
of
such Borrower’s Base Rate Loans from the date the proceeds thereof are made
available to such Borrower (or, if such Base Rate Loan was converted from
a
Eurocurrency Loan, the date of such conversion) until the earlier of (i)
the
maturity (whether by
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acceleration
or otherwise) of such Base Rate Loan or (ii) the conversion of such Base
Rate
Loan to a Eurocurrency Loan pursuant to Section
2.6
at a
rate per annum equal to the relevant Base Rate plus the Applicable Base Rate
Margin.
(b) Eurocurrency
Loans.
Each
Borrower agrees to pay interest in respect of the unpaid principal amount
of
such Borrower’s Eurocurrency Loans from the date the proceeds thereof are made
available to such Borrower (or, if such Eurocurrency Loan was converted from
a
Base Rate Loan, the date of such conversion) until the earlier of (i) the
maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) of such Eurocurrency Loan
or
(ii) the conversion of such Eurocurrency Loan to a Base Rate Loan pursuant
to
Section
2.6
at a
rate per annum equal to the relevant Eurocurrency Rate plus the Applicable
Eurocurrency Margin.
(c) Canadian
Prime Rate Loans.
Canadian Borrower agrees to pay interest in respect of the unpaid principal
amount of each Canadian Prime Rate Loan from the date the proceeds thereof
are
made available to Canadian Borrower (or in the case of a conversion of a
B/A
Loan to a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, the date of such conversion) until the
earlier of (i) the maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) of such
Canadian Prime Rate Loan or (ii) the conversion of such Canadian Prime Rate
Loan
to a B/A Loan pursuant to Section
2A.6
at a
rate per annum equal to the Canadian Prime Rate plus the Applicable Canadian
Prime Rate Margin.
(d) B/A
Loans.
Canadian Borrower agrees to pay the Acceptance Fee on the date of acceptance
of
a draft or making of a B/A Equivalent Loan as calculated in the definition
of
“Acceptance Fee”.
(e) B/A
Discount Rate Loans.
Canadian
Borrower agrees to pay interest in respect of the unpaid principal amount
of
each of its B/A Discount Rate Loans during each Interest Period applicable
thereto from the date the proceeds thereof are made available to Canadian
Borrower (or, if such B/A Discount Rate Loan was converted from a Canadian
Prime
Rate Loan, the date of such conversion) until the earlier of (i) the maturity
(whether by acceleration or otherwise) of such B/A Discount Rate Loan or
(ii)
the conversion of such B/A Discount Rate Loan to a Canadian Prime Rate Loan
pursuant to Section 2A.6 at a rate per annum equal to the B/A Discount Rate
applicable to such Interest Period plus the Applicable B/A Discount Rate
Margin.
(f) Overnight
Rate Loans.
Company
agrees to pay interest in respect of the unpaid principal amount of each
Overnight Rate Loan from the date the proceeds thereof are made available
to
Company until the maturity of such Overnight Rate Loan at a rate per annum
equal
to the Overnight Euro Rate or Overnight LIBOR Rate, as applicable.
(g) Payment
of Interest.
Interest on each Loan (other than a B/A Loan) shall be payable in arrears
on
each Interest Payment Date; provided,
however,
that
interest accruing pursuant to Section
3.1(i)
shall be
payable from time to time on demand. Interest shall also be payable on all
then
outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans or Canadian Revolving Loans on
the
Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date or Canadian Revolver Termination
Date,
as applicable, and on all Loans (other than B/A Loans) on the date of repayment
(including prepayment) thereof (except that voluntary prepayments of
Multicurrency Revolving Loans or Canadian Revolving Loans that are Base Rate
Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans made
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pursuant
to Section
4.3
on any
day other than a Quarterly Payment Date, the Multicurrency Revolver Termination
Date or Canadian Revolver Termination Date, as applicable, need not be made
with
accrued interest from the most recent Quarterly Payment Date, provided such
accrued interest is paid on the next Quarterly Payment Date) and on the date
of
maturity (by acceleration or otherwise) of such Loans. During the existence
of
any Event of Default, interest on any Loan shall be payable on
demand.
(h) Notification
of Rate.
Administrative Agent, upon determining the interest rate for any Borrowing
of
Eurocurrency Loans for any Interest Period, shall promptly notify Borrowers
and
the Lenders thereof. Such determination shall, absent manifest error and
subject
to Section
3.6,
be
final, conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto.
(i) Default
Interest.
Notwithstanding the rates of interest specified herein, effective on the
date 30
days after the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default (other
than
the failure to pay Obligations when due) and for so long thereafter as any
such
Event of Default shall be continuing, and effective immediately upon any
failure
to pay any Obligations or any other amounts due under any of the Loan Documents
when due, whether by acceleration or otherwise, the principal balance of
each
Loan (other than a B/A Loan) then outstanding and, to the extent permitted
by
applicable law, any interest payment on each Loan (other than a B/A Loan)
not
paid when due or other amounts then due and payable shall bear interest payable
on demand, after as well as before judgment at a rate per annum equal to
the
Default Rate.
(j) Maximum
Interest.
If any
interest payment or other charge or fee payable hereunder exceeds the maximum
amount then permitted by applicable law, the applicable Borrower shall be
obligated to pay the maximum amount then permitted by applicable law and
the
applicable Borrower shall continue to pay the maximum amount from time to
time
permitted by applicable law until all such interest payments and other charges
and fees otherwise due hereunder (in the absence of such restraint imposed
by
applicable law) have been paid in full.
(k) Interest
Act (Canada) Disclosure.
Whenever a rate of interest or other rate per annum hereunder is expressed
or
calculated on the basis of a year (the “deemed year”) which contains fewer days
than the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such
rate of
interest or other rate shall be expressed as a yearly rate for purposes of
the
Interest
Act
(Canada)
by multiplying such rate of interest or other rate by the actual number of
days
in the calendar year of calculation and dividing it by the number of days
in the
deemed year. The rates of interest under this Agreement are nominal rates,
and
not effective rates or yields. The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest
does not apply to any interest calculation under this Agreement.
3.2 Fees.
(a) Upfront
Fees.
Each of
Company and European Holdco shall pay the fees as set forth in the fee letters
between each of Company and European Holdco and each of DBSI, DB, X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA to Administrative Agent for
distribution as set forth therein.
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(b) Commitment
Fees.
Company
shall pay to Administrative Agent for pro rata distribution to each
Non-Defaulting Lender having a Multicurrency Revolving Commitment (based
on its
Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share) a commitment fee in Dollars (the
“Commitment
Fee”)
for
the period commencing on the Initial Borrowing Date to and including the
Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date or the earlier termination of the
Multicurrency Revolving Commitments (and, in either case, repayment in full
of
the Multicurrency Revolving Loans and payment in full, or cash collateralization
by the deposit of cash into the Collateral Account in amounts and pursuant
to
arrangements satisfactory to Administrative Agent, of the LC Obligations),
computed at a rate equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage per
annum
on the average daily Total Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitment (with
the Available Multicurrency Revolving Commitment of each Lender determined
without reduction for such Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of
Swing Line Loans outstanding). Unless otherwise specified, accrued Commitment
Fees shall be due and payable in arrears (i) on each Quarterly Payment Date,
(ii) on the Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date and (iii) upon any reduction
or termination in whole or in part of the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments
(but only, in the case of a reduction, on the portion of the Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments then being reduced).
(c) Canadian
Commitment Fee.
Canadian Borrower agrees to pay to Canadian Administrative Agent for pro
rata
distribution to each Non-Defaulting Lender having a Canadian Revolving
Commitment (based on its Canadian Revolver Pro Rata Share) a commitment fee
in
Dollars (the “Canadian
Commitment Fee”)
for
the period commencing on the Initial Borrowing Date to and including the
Canadian Revolver Termination Date or the earlier termination of the Canadian
Revolving Commitments (and, in either case, repayment in full of the Canadian
Revolving Loans), computed at a rate equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee
Percentage per annum on the average daily Total Available Canadian Revolving
Commitment. Unless otherwise specified, accrued Canadian Commitment Fees
shall
be due and payable in arrears (i) on each Quarterly Payment Date, (ii) on
the
Canadian Revolver Termination Date and (iii) upon any reduction or termination
in whole or in part of the Canadian Revolving Commitments (but only, in the
case
of a reduction, on the portion of the Canadian Revolving Commitments then
being
reduced).
(d) Term
C Commitment Fees.
Canadian Borrower shall pay to Canadian Administrative Agent for pro rata
distribution to each Non-Defaulting Lender having a Term C Commitment (based
on
its Term Pro Rata Share of the Term C Facility) a commitment fee in Canadian
Dollars (the “Term
C
Commitment Fee”)
for
the period commencing on the Initial Borrowing Date to and including the
Term C
Commitment Expiration Date or the earlier termination of the Term C Commitments,
computed at a rate equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage per
annum
on the average daily Total Available Term C Commitment. Unless otherwise
specified, accrued Term C Commitment Fees shall be due and payable in arrears
(i) on each Quarterly Payment Date, (ii) on the Term C Commitment Expiration
Date and (iii) upon any reduction or termination in whole or in part of the
Term
C Commitments (but only, in the case of a reduction, on the portion of the
Term
C Commitments then being reduced).
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(e) Agency
Fees.
The
applicable Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for its own account,
agency and other Loan fees in the amount and at the times set forth in
administrative agent letter between Borrowers and Administrative
Agent.
3.3 Computation
of Interest and Fees.
Interest on all Loans (other than B/A Loans) and fees payable hereunder shall
be
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of
360
days, provided
that,
interest on all Base Rate Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans, B/A Discount
Rate
Loans and, if denominated in Sterling, Multicurrency Revolving Loans and
Term A
Loans shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed
over a
year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be. Each determination of an interest
rate by Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent pursuant to
any
provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on each Borrower
and
the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. Administrative Agent shall,
at any
time and from time to time upon request of any Borrower, deliver to such
Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by Administrative Agent
in
determining any interest rate applicable to Loans pursuant to this Agreement.
Each change in the Applicable Base Rate Margin, Applicable Eurocurrency Margin,
Applicable Canadian Prime Rate Margin, Applicable B/A Discount Rate Margin
or
the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage or any change in the Applicable
LC
Commission as a result of a change in the Rating Level shall become effective
on
the date upon which such change in the Rating Level is effective as set forth
in
the pentultimate sentence of the definition of Rating Level.
3.4 Interest
Periods.
At the
time it gives any Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of Conversion or Continuation,
with respect to Eurocurrency Loans or B/A Discount Rate Loans, a Borrower
shall
elect, by giving Administrative Agent written notice, the interest period
(each
an “Interest
Period”)
which
Interest Period shall, at the option of such Borrower, be one, two, three
or six
months or, if available to each of the applicable Lenders (as determined
by each
such applicable Lender in its sole discretion) a nine or twelve month period,
provided
that,
prior to the earlier to occur of the Syndication Date and sixty (60) days
after
the Initial Borrowing Date, Interest Periods for Eurocurrency Loans and B/A
Discount Rate Loans shall be one month, except as permitted by Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion (with all such Interest Periods ending on the
same
day during such period); provided,
further,
that:
(a) all
Eurocurrency Loans comprising a Borrowing shall at all times have the same
Interest Period;
(b) all
B/A
Discount Rate Loans comprising a Borrowing shall at all times have the same
Interest Period;
(c) the
initial Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Loan or B/A Discount Rate Loan
shall commence on the date of such Borrowing of such Eurocurrency Loan or
B/A
Discount Rate Loan (including the date of any conversion thereto from a Loan
of
a different Type) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect
of
such Eurocurrency Loan or B/A Discount Rate Loan shall commence on the last
day
of the immediately preceding Interest Period;
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(d) if
any
Interest Period relating to a Eurocurrency Loan or B/A Discount Rate Loan
begins
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month at the end of such Interest Period, such Interest Period shall end
on the
last Business Day of such calendar month;
(e) if
any
Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day which is not a Business Day,
such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day;
provided,
however,
that if
any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Loan or B/A Discount Rate Loan would
otherwise expire on a day which is not a Business Day but is a day of the
month
after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period
shall expire on the next preceding Business Day;
(f) at
any
time when an Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default is then in
existence, no Interest Period (a) of more than one month may be selected
with
respect to any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency and (b) may be
selected with respect to any Loan denominated in Dollars or Canadian
Dollars;
(g) no
Interest Period shall extend beyond the applicable Term Maturity Date for
any
Term Loan, the Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date for any Multicurrency
Revolving Loan or the Canadian Revolver Termination Date for any Canadian
Revolving Loan; and
(h) no
Interest Period in respect of any Borrowing of Term Loans shall be selected
which extends beyond any date upon which a mandatory repayment of such Term
Loans will be required to be made under Section
4.4(b),
(c)
or
(d)
as the
case may be, if the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Term
Facility which have Interest Periods which will expire after such date will
be
in excess of the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans of such Term Facility
then outstanding less the aggregate amount of such required
prepayment.
3.5 Compensation
for Funding Losses.
The
applicable Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon its written request
(which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for
all
losses, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation, any interest
paid by such Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its
Eurocurrency Loans, B/A Discount Rate Loans or B/A Equivalent Loans to the
extent not recovered by the Lender in connection with the liquidation or
re-employment of such funds and including the compensation payable by such
Lender to a Participant) and any loss sustained by such Lender in connection
with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds (including, without
limitation, a return on such liquidation or re-employment that would result
in
such Lender receiving less than it would have received had such Eurocurrency
Loan, B/A Discount Rate Loan or B/A Equivalent Loan remained outstanding
until
the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Eurocurrency Loans,
but
excluding Excluded Taxes) which such Lender may sustain as a result
of:
(a) for
any
reason (other than a default by such Lender or Administrative Agent) a
continuation or Borrowing of, or conversion from or into, Eurocurrency Loans,
B/A Discount Rate Loans or B/A Equivalent Loans does not occur on a date
specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing, Notice of Conversion or
Continuation, Notice of Canadian Borrowing, Notice of Canadian Conversion
or
Continuation (whether or not withdrawn);
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(b) any
payment, prepayment or conversion or continuation of any of its Eurocurrency
Loans, B/A Discount Rate Loans or B/A Equivalent Loans occurring for any
reason
whatsoever on a date which is not the last day of an Interest Period applicable
thereto;
(c) any
repayment of any of its Eurocurrency Loans not being made on the date specified
in a notice of payment given by any Borrower; or
(d) (i)
any
other failure by a Borrower to repay such Borrower’s Eurocurrency Loans, B/A
Discount Rate Loans or B/A Equivalent Loans when required by the terms of
this
Agreement or (ii) an election made by Borrowers pursuant to Section
3.8.
A
written notice setting forth in reasonable detail the basis of the incurrence
of
additional amounts owed such Lender under this Section
3.5
and
delivered to Borrowers and Administrative Agent by such Lender shall, absent
manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes. Calculation
of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section
3.5
shall be
made as though that Lender had actually funded its relevant Eurocurrency
Loan,
B/A Discount Rate Loan or B/A Equivalent Loan through the purchase of a
Eurocurrency deposit bearing interest at the Eurocurrency Rate or a B/A in
an
amount equal to the amount of that Loan, having a maturity comparable to
the
relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such Eurocurrency deposit
from an offshore office of that Lender to a domestic office of that Lender
in
the United States of America; provided,
however,
that
each Lender may fund each of its Eurocurrency Loans, B/A Discount Rate Loans
and
B/A Equivalent Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumption
shall be utilized only for the calculation of amounts payable under this
Section
3.5.
3.6 Increased
Costs, Illegality, Etc.
(a) Generally.
In the
event that any Lender shall have determined (which determination shall, absent
manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto
but,
with respect to clause (i) below, may be made only by the applicable
Agent):
(i) on
any
Interest Rate Determination Date that, by reason of any changes arising after
the date of this Agreement affecting the interbank Eurocurrency market, adequate
and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rate
on the
basis provided for in the definition of Eurocurrency Rate; or
(ii) without
duplication of amounts set forth in Section
3.6(c)
hereof,
at any time, that any Lender shall incur increased costs or reduction in
the
amounts received or receivable hereunder with respect to any Eurocurrency
Loan,
Canadian Revolving Loan or Term C Loan (x) any change since the date of this
Agreement having general applicability to all comparably situated Lenders
within
the jurisdiction in which such Lender operates in any applicable law or
governmental rule, regulation, order, guideline or request having the force
of
law or in the interpretation or administration thereof and including the
introduction of any new law or governmental rule, regulation, order, guideline
or request, such as, for example, but not limited to: (A) a change in the
basis
of taxation of payments to any Lender of the principal of or interest on
the
Notes or any other amounts payable hereunder (except for changes in the basis
of
taxation of or rate of tax on, or determined by reference to, Excluded Taxes)
or
(B) a change in official reserve requirements by any Governmental Authority
(but, in all events, excluding reserves required under Regulation D to the
extent included in the computation of the
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Eurocurrency
Rate) and/or (y) other circumstances since the date of this Agreement affecting
such Lender or the interbank Eurocurrency market, the Canadian interbank
market
or the position of such Lender in such market (excluding, however, differences
in a Lender’s cost of funds from those of Administrative Agent which are solely
the result of credit differences between such Lender and Administrative Agent);
or
(iii) at
any
time, that the making or continuance of any Eurocurrency Loan, Canadian
Revolving Loan or Term C Loan has been made (x) unlawful by any law, directive
or governmental rule, regulation or order or (y) impossible by compliance
by any
Lender in good faith with any governmental request (whether or not having
force
of law);
then,
and
in any such event, such Lender (or Administrative Agent, in the case of clause
(i) above) shall promptly give notice (by telephone confirmed in writing)
to
Borrowers and, except in the case of clause (i) above, to Administrative
Agent
of such determination (which notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit
to each of the other Lenders). Thereafter (x) in the case of clause (i) above,
Eurocurrency Loans shall no longer be available until such time as
Administrative Agent notifies Borrowers and the Lenders that the circumstances
giving rise to such notice by Administrative Agent no longer exist, and any
Notice of Borrowing, Notice of Conversion or Continuation given by any Borrower
with respect to Eurocurrency Loans (other than with respect to conversions
to
Base Rate Loans) which have not yet been incurred (including by way of
conversion) shall be deemed rescinded by such Borrower, (y) in the case of
clause (ii) above, the applicable Borrower shall pay to such Lender, upon
written demand therefor, such additional amounts (in the form of an increased
rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such
Lender in its sole discretion shall determine) as shall be required to
compensate such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amounts
received or receivable hereunder (any written notice as to the additional
amounts owed to such Lender, showing in reasonable detail the reasonable
basis
for the calculation thereof, submitted to Borrowers by such Lender shall,
absent
manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding on all the parties hereto;
however the failure to give any such notice shall not release or diminish
Borrowers’ obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section
3.6;
provided
that no Lender shall be entitled to receive additional amounts pursuant to
this
Section
3.6 for
periods occurring prior to the 180th day before the giving of such notice)
and
(z) in the case of clause (iii) above, the applicable Borrower shall take
one of
the actions specified in Section
3.6(b)
as
promptly as possible and, in any event, within the time period required by
law.
In determining such additional amounts pursuant to clause (y) of the immediately
preceding sentence, each Lender shall act reasonably and in good faith and
will,
to the extent the increased costs or reductions in amounts receivable relate
to
such Lender’s loans in general and are not specifically attributable to a Loan
hereunder, use averaging and attribution methods which are reasonable and
which
cover all loans similar to the Loans made by such Lender whether or not the
loan
documentation for such other loans permits the Lender to receive increased
costs
of the type described in this Section
3.6(a).
(b) Affected
Loans.
At any
time that any Loan is affected by the circumstances described in Section
3.6(a)(ii)
or
(iii),
Borrowers may (and, in the case of a Loan affected by the circumstances
described in Section
3.6(a)(iii),
shall)
either (i) if the affected Loan is then being made initially or pursuant
to a
conversion, by giving Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed in
writing) on the same date that such Borrower was notified by the
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affected
Lender or Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.6(a)(ii)
or
(iii),
cancel
the respective Borrowing, or (ii) if the affected Loan is then outstanding,
upon
at least three Business Days’ written notice to Administrative Agent, require
the affected Lender to convert such Loan into a permitted Loan hereunder
which
is not affected by or subject to such circumstances (or, if no such conversion
can be made, repay such Loan in accordance herewith), provided
that, if
more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must
be
treated the same pursuant to this Section
3.6(b).
(c) Capital
Requirements.
Without
duplication of amounts set forth in Section
3.6(a)(ii)
hereof,
if any Lender determines that the introduction of or any change in any
applicable law, directive or governmental rule, regulation, order, guideline
or
request (whether or not having the force of law) concerning capital adequacy,
or
any change in (after the date of this Agreement) interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable
agency, will have the effect of increasing the amount of capital required
or
expected to be maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such
Lender based on the existence of such Lender’s Commitments hereunder or its
obligations hereunder, then the applicable Borrower shall pay to such Lender
within 15 days after receipt by such Borrower of written demand by such Lender
in accordance with the provisions hereof such additional amounts as shall
be
required to compensate such Lender or such other corporation for the increased
cost to such Lender or such other corporation or the reduction in the rate
of
return to such Lender or such other corporation as a result of such increase
of
capital. In determining such additional amounts, each Lender will act reasonably
and in good faith and will use averaging and attribution methods which are
reasonable and which will, to the extent the increased costs or reduction
in the
rate of return relates to such Lender’s commitments or obligations in general
and are not specifically attributable to the Commitments and obligations
hereunder, cover all commitments and obligations similar to the Commitments
and
obligations of such Lender hereunder whether or not the loan documentation
for
such other commitments or obligations permits the Lender to make the
determination specified in this Section
3.6(c),
and
such Lender’s determination of compensation owing under this Section
3.6(c)
shall,
absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding on all the parties
hereto. Each Lender, upon determining that any additional amounts will be
payable pursuant to this Section 3.6(c),
will
give prompt written notice thereof to Borrowers, which notice shall show
in
reasonable detail the basis for calculation of such additional amounts, although
the failure to give any such notice shall not release or diminish any of
Borrowers’ obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section
3.6(c)
(provided that no Lender shall be entitled to receive additional amounts
pursuant to this Section
3.6(c)
for
periods occurring prior to the 180th day before the giving of such
notice).
(d) Change
of Lending Office.
Each
Lender which is or will be owed compensation pursuant to Section
3.6(a)
or
(c)
will, if
requested by any Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy
considerations of such Lender) to cause a different branch or Affiliate to
make
or continue a Loan or Letter of Credit if such designation will avoid the
need
for, or materially reduce the amount of, such compensation to such Lender
and
will not, in the judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous in
any
significant respect to such Lender. The requesting Borrower hereby agrees
to pay
all reasonable expenses incurred by any Lender in utilizing a different branch
or Affiliate pursuant to this Section
3.6(d).
Nothing
in this Section
3.6(d)
shall
affect or postpone any of the obligations of Borrowers or the right of any
Lender provided for herein.
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3.7 Market
Disruption Respecting B/As and B/A Discount Rate Loans.
If
Canadian Administrative Agent makes a determination (acting reasonably and
in
good faith), which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon Canadian
Borrower, and notifies Canadian Borrower, that there no longer exists an
active
market for B/As accepted by the applicable Lenders, then:
(a) the
right
of Canadian Borrower to request B/As, B/A Equivalent Loans or B/A Discount
Rate
Loans from any Lender shall be suspended until Canadian Administrative Agent
determines that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist,
and
so notifies Canadian Borrower;
(b) any
outstanding Notice of Canadian Borrowing requesting a Loan by way of B/As,
B/A
Equivalent Loans or B/A Discount Rate Loans shall be deemed to be a Notice
of
Canadian Borrowing requesting a Loan by way of Canadian Prime Rate Loans
in the
amount specified in the original Notice of Canadian Borrowing, unless Canadian
Borrower withdraws such original Notice by written notice to the Canadian
Administrative Agent received no later than noon (Toronto time) one Business
Day
prior to the date of the requested Borrowing specified in such original
Notice;
(c) any
outstanding Notice of Canadian Conversion requesting a conversion of a Loan
by
way of Canadian Prime Rate Loan into a Loan by way of B/As, B/A Equivalent
Loans
or B/A Discount Rate Loans shall be deemed to be a Notice of Canadian
Continuation requesting a continuation of such Loan as Canadian Prime Rate
Loans; and
(d) any
outstanding Notice of Canadian Continuation requesting a continuation of
a Loan
by way of B/As, B/A Equivalent Loans or B/A Discount Rate Loans shall be
deemed
to be a Notice of Canadian Conversion requesting a conversion of such Loans
into
Canadian Prime Rate Loans.
Canadian
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Canadian Borrower and the applicable
Lenders of any suspension of Canadian Borrower’s right to request the B/As, B/A
Equivalent Loans or B/A Discount Rate Loans and of any termination of any
such
suspension.
3.8 Replacement
of Affected Lenders.
(x) If
any Multicurrency Revolving Lender or Canadian Revolving Lender becomes a
Defaulting Lender or otherwise defaults in its Obligations to make Loans
or fund
Unpaid Drawings, (y) if any Lender (or in the case of Section
2.10(i),
any
Facing Agent) is owed increased costs under Section
2.10(i),
Section
3.6(a)(ii)
or
Section
3.6(c),
or
Borrowers are required to make any payments under Section
4.7
to any
Lender that Company determines are materially in excess of those to the other
Lenders or (z) as provided in Section
12.1(c)
in the
case of certain refusals by a Lender to consent to certain proposed amendment,
changes, supplements, waivers, discharges or terminations with respect to
this
Agreement which have been approved by the Required Lenders, Borrowers shall
have
the right to replace such Lender (the “Replaced
Lender”)
with
one or more other Eligible Assignee or Eligible Assignees, none of whom shall
constitute a Defaulting Lender at the time of such replacement (collectively,
the “Replacement
Lender”)
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, provided
that,
(i) at the time of any replacement pursuant to this Section
3.8,
the
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Replacement
Lender shall enter into one or more assignment agreements, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, pursuant to which the
Replacement Lender shall acquire all of the Commitments and outstanding Loans
of, and participation in Letters of Credit by, the Replaced Lender and (ii)
all
obligations of Borrowers owing to the Replaced Lender (including, without
limitation, such increased costs and excluding those amounts and obligations
specifically described in clause (i) above in respect of which the assignment
purchase price has been, or is concurrently being paid) shall be paid in
full to
such Replaced Lender concurrently with such replacement. Upon the execution
of
the respective assignment documentation, the payment of amounts referred
to in
clauses (i) and (ii) above and, if so requested by the Replacement Lender,
delivery to the Replacement Lender of the appropriate Note or Notes executed
by
the applicable Borrower, the Replacement Lender shall become a Lender hereunder
and, unless the Replaced Lender continues to have outstanding Term Loans
hereunder, the Replaced Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder,
except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement, which
shall survive as to such Replaced Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained above, no Lender that acts as a Facing Agent may be replaced
hereunder at any time which it has Letters of Credit outstanding hereunder
unless arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such Facing Agent (including
the
furnishing of a standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued
by an
issuer satisfactory to such Facing Agent or the depositing of cash collateral
into the Collateral Account in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably
satisfactory to such Facing Agent) have been made with respect to such
outstanding Letters of Credit.
ARTICLE
IV
REDUCTION
OF COMMITMENTS;
PAYMENTS
AND PREPAYMENTS
4.1 Voluntary
Reduction of Commitments.
Upon at
least two Business Days’ prior written notice (or telephonic notice confirmed in
writing) to Administrative Agent at the Notice Office (which notice
Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each Lender), Company (or
in the
case of Canadian Revolving Commitments and Term C Commitments, Canadian
Borrower) shall have the right, without premium or penalty, to terminate
the
unutilized portion of the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments, Canadian
Revolving Commitments, Term C Commitments or the Swing Line Commitment, as
the
case may be, in part or in whole, provided
that,
(x) any such voluntary termination of the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments,
Term C Commitments or Canadian Revolving Commitments shall apply to
proportionately and permanently reduce the Multicurrency Revolving Commitment,
Term C Commitments or Canadian Revolving Commitment of each Multicurrency
Revolving Lender or Canadian Revolving Lender, as the case may be, (y) any
partial voluntary reduction pursuant to this Section
4.1
shall be
in the amount of at least $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000
in
excess of that amount in the relevant currency of the applicable Facility
and
(z) any such voluntary termination of the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments,
Canadian Revolving Commitments, Term C Commitments or Swing Line Commitment
shall occur simultaneously with a voluntary prepayment, pursuant to Section
4.3
to the
extent necessary such that (i) the Total Multicurrency Revolving Commitment
shall not be reduced below the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Multicurrency Revolving Loans plus the aggregate LC Obligations and
the
Swing Line Commitment, (ii) the total of the Canadian Revolving Commitments
shall not be
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reduced
below the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Canadian Revolving Loans,
(iii) the total of the Term C Commitments shall not be reduced below the
Total
Available Term C Commitment and (iv) the Swing Line Commitment shall not
be
reduced below the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swing Line
Loans.
4.2 Mandatory
Reduction of Term Commitments.
The
Term A Commitments and Term B Commitments will terminate in their entirety
on
the Initial Borrowing Date, after giving effect to the Initial Borrowing
on such
date. The Term C Commitments will terminate in their entirety on the Term
C
Commitment Expiration Date, after giving effect to any Borrowing of Term
C Loans
on such date.
4.3 Voluntary
Prepayments.
Borrowers shall have the right to prepay the Loans in whole or in part from
time
to time on the following terms and conditions:
(a) the
applicable Borrower shall give Administrative Agent irrevocable written notice
at its Notice Office (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing)
of its
intent to prepay the Loans, whether such Loans are Term Loans, Multicurrency
Revolving Loans, Canadian Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans, the amount
of
such prepayment and the specific Borrowings to which such prepayment is to
be
applied, which notice shall be given by the applicable Borrower to
Administrative Agent by 12:00 noon (New York City time) at least three Business
Days prior in the case of Eurocurrency Loans and B/A Discount Rate Loans,
at
least one Business Day prior in the case of Base Rate Loans and Canadian
Prime
Rate Loans and by 11:00 a.m. (local time) in the case of Swing Line Loans
on the
date of such prepayment and which notice shall (except in the case of Swing
Line
Loans) promptly be transmitted by Administrative Agent to each of the applicable
Lenders;
(b) each
partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in a principal amount at least
equal to the Minimum Borrowing Multiple, provided
that, no
partial prepayment of Eurocurrency Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing
shall reduce the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Loans made
pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount
applicable thereto;
(c) Eurocurrency
Loans and B/A Discount Rate Loans may only be prepaid pursuant to this
Section 4.3
on the
last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto or on any other day subject
to
Section
3.5;
(d) each
prepayment in respect of any Borrowing shall be applied pro rata among the
Loans
comprising such Borrowing, provided,
however,
that
Canadian Borrower may defease any B/A by depositing with Canadian Administrative
Agent an amount equal to the face amount of such maturing B/A, provided,
further,
that,
such prepayment shall not be applied to any Multicurrency Revolving Loans
or
Canadian Revolving Loans of a Defaulting Lender at any time when the aggregate
amount of Multicurrency Revolving Loans or Canadian Revolving Loans of any
Non-Defaulting Lender exceeds such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Multicurrency
Revolver Pro Rata Share of all Multicurrency Revolving Loans then outstanding
or
Canadian Revolver Pro Rata Share of all Canadian Revolving Loans then
outstanding; and
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(e) each
voluntary prepayment of Term Loans shall be applied to the Scheduled Term
Repayments of the Term Facility or Term Facilities designated by Company
(in
amounts designated by Company), and within each such Term Loan, shall be
applied
to reduce the remaining Scheduled Term Repayments on a pro rata basis. Unless
otherwise specified by the applicable Borrower, such prepayment shall be
applied
first to the payment of Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans (as
applicable) and second to the payment of such Eurocurrency Loans or B/A Discount
Rate Loans (as applicable) such Borrower shall request (and in the absence
of
such request, as Administrative Agent shall determine).
The
notice provisions, the provisions with respect to the minimum amount of any
prepayment, and the provisions requiring prepayments in integral multiples
above
such minimum amount of this Section
4.3
are for
the benefit of Administrative Agent and may be waived unilaterally by
Administrative Agent.
4.4 Mandatory
Prepayments.
(a) Prepayment
Upon Overadvance.
The
applicable Borrower shall prepay the outstanding principal amount of the
Multicurrency Revolving Loans, the Canadian Revolving Loans or the Swing
Line
Loans on any date on which the aggregate outstanding Effective Amount of
such
Loans together with the aggregate Effective Amount of LC Obligations in the
case
of the Multicurrency Revolving Loans (after giving effect to any other
repayments or prepayments on such day) exceeds the aggregate Multicurrency
Revolving Commitments, Canadian Revolving Commitments or the Swing Line
Commitment, as
the
case may be (including, without limitation on the Multicurrency Revolver
Termination Date or the Canadian Revolver Termination Date, as the case may
be),
in the amount of such excess. If, after giving effect to the prepayment of
all
outstanding Multicurrency Revolving Loans, the aggregate Effective Amount
of LC
Obligations exceeds the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments then in effect,
Company shall cash collateralize LC Obligations by depositing, pursuant to
a
cash collateral agreement to be entered into in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent, cash with Administrative Agent in an
amount equal to the positive difference, if any, between the Effective Amount
of
such LC Obligations and the Multicurrency Revolving Commitments then in effect.
Administrative Agent shall establish in its name for the benefit of the
Multicurrency Revolving Lenders an interest bearing cash collateral account
(the
“Collateral
Account”)
into
which it shall deposit such cash to hold as collateral security for the LC
Obligations. If, after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding
Canadian Prime Rate Loans the outstanding principal amount of Canadian Revolving
Loans exceeds the aggregate Canadian Revolving Commitments then in effect,
the
Canadian Borrower shall cash collateralize outstanding B/A Loans by depositing
pursuant to a cash collateral agreement to be entered into in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Canadian Administrative Agent, cash with Canadian
Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the positive difference, if any,
between the outstanding principal amount of Canadian Revolving Loans and
the
Canadian Revolving Commitments then in effect. Canadian Administrative Agent
shall establish in its name for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders a cash
collateral account into which it shall deposit said cash to hold as collateral
security for the outstanding B/A Loans.
(b) Scheduled
Term A Repayments.
European Holdco shall cause to be paid Scheduled Term A Repayments on the
Term A
Loans until the Term A Loans are paid in
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full
in
the amounts and at the times specified in the definition of Scheduled Term
A
Repayments to the extent that prepayments have not previously been applied
to
such Scheduled Term A Repayments (and such Scheduled Term A Repayments have
not
otherwise been reduced) pursuant to the terms hereof.
(c) Scheduled
Term B Repayments.
European Holdco shall cause to be paid Scheduled Term B Repayments on the
Term B
Loans until the Term B Loans are paid in full in the amounts and at the times
specified in the definition of Scheduled Term B Repayments to the extent
that
prepayments have not previously been applied to such Scheduled Term B Repayments
(and such Scheduled Term B Repayments have not otherwise been reduced) pursuant
to the terms hereof.
(d) Scheduled
Term C Repayments.
Canadian Borrower shall cause to be paid Scheduled Term C Repayments on the
Term
C Loans until the Term C Loans are paid in full in the amounts and currencies
and at the times specified in the definition of Scheduled Term C Repayments
to
the extent that prepayments have not previously been applied to such Scheduled
Term C Repayments (and such Scheduled Term C Repayments have not otherwise
been
reduced) pursuant to the terms hereof.
(e) Mandatory
Prepayment Upon Asset Disposition.
On the
first Business Day after the date of receipt thereof by Company and/or any
of
its Subsidiaries of Net Sale Proceeds from any Asset Disposition (other than
an
Asset Disposition permitted by Section
8.3
or
Sections
8.4(a)
through
8.4(l)),
except
to the extent that the Net Sale Proceeds of such Asset Disposition, when
combined with the Net Sale Proceeds of all such Asset Dispositions, during
the
immediately preceding twelve month period, do not exceed $100,000,000
plus,
if an
Aerospace Asset Disposition occurred during such period, 50% of the Net Sale
Proceeds from such Aerospace Asset Disposition, Company and European Holdco
shall cause an amount equal to 100% of such excess Net Sale Proceeds from
such
Asset Disposition to be applied as a mandatory repayment of principal of
the
Loans pursuant to the terms of Section
4.5(a),
provided
that,
the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom shall not be required to be so applied on
such
date to the extent that no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default
then
exists and such Net Sale Proceeds are used to purchase assets used or to
be used
in the businesses referred to in Section
8.11
within
360 days following the date of such Asset Disposition; provided,
further,
that
(1) if all or any portion of such Net Sale Proceeds are not so used (or
contractually committed to be used) within such 360 day period, such remaining
portion shall be applied on the last day of the respective period as a mandatory
repayment of principal of outstanding Loans as provided above in this
Section
4.4(e)
and (2)
if all or any portion of such Net Sale Proceeds are not required to be applied
on the 360th day referred to in clause (1) above because such amount is
contractually committed to be used and subsequent to such date such contract
is
terminated or expires without such portion being so used, then such remaining
portion shall be applied on the date of such termination or expiration as
a
mandatory repayment of principal of outstanding Loans as provided in this
Section
4.4(e).
(f) Mandatory
Prepayment With Excess Cash Flow.
On each
Excess Cash Payment Date, Company and European Holdco shall cause an amount
equal to 50% of Excess Cash Flow of Company and its Subsidiaries for the
most
recent Excess Cash Flow Period ending prior to such Excess Cash Payment Date
to
be applied as a mandatory repayment of principal of
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the
Loans
pursuant to the terms of Section
4.5(a),
provided
that, so
long as no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default then exists, if
the
Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such most recent Excess Cash Flow Period
is
less than 3.50:1.0 and the Xxxxx’x Rating is at least Ba3 and the S&P Rating
is at least BB-, then, Company and European Holdco shall not be required
to
apply any portion of Excess Cash Flow as a mandatory repayment of Loans as
provided above in this Section
4.4(f)).
(g) Mandatory
Prepayment Upon Recovery Event.
Within
ten (10) days following each date on which Company or any of its Subsidiaries
receives any proceeds from any Recovery Event, except to the extent that
the net
proceeds of such Recovery Event, when combined with the net proceeds of all
other Recovery Events during the immediately preceding twelve month period,
do
not exceed $100,000,000, Company and European Holdco shall cause an amount
equal
to 100% of the proceeds of such Recovery Event (net of reasonable costs and
taxes incurred in connection with such Recovery Event) to be applied as a
mandatory repayment of principal of the Loans pursuant to the terms of
Section
4.5(a),
provided
that, so
long as no Event of Default then exists, the net proceeds from any Recovery
Event shall not be required to be so applied on such date to the extent that
any
Borrower has delivered a certificate to Administrative Agent on or prior
to such
date stating that such proceeds shall be used to replace or restore any
properties or assets in respect of which such proceeds were paid within 360
days
following the date of the receipt of such proceeds (which certificate shall
set
forth the estimates of the proceeds to be so expended); provided,
further,
that
(i) if
all or
any portion of such proceeds not required to be applied to the repayment
of
Loans pursuant to the first proviso of this Section
4.4(g)
are not
so used (or contractually committed to be used) within 360 days after the
day of
the receipt of such proceeds, such remaining portion shall be applied on
the
last day of such period as a mandatory repayment of principal of the Loan
as
provided in this Section 4.4(g)
and
(ii) if
all or
any portion of such proceeds are not required to be applied on the 360th
day
referred to in clause (i) above because such amount is contractually committed
to be used and subsequent to such date such contract is terminated or expires
without such portion being so used, then such remaining portion shall be
applied
on the date of such termination or expiration as a mandatory repayment of
principal of outstanding Loans as provided in this Section 4.4(g).
4.5 Application
of Prepayments.
(a) Prepayments.
Except
as expressly provided in this Agreement, all prepayments of principal made
by
any Borrower pursuant to Section
4.4(e)
through
(g)
shall be
applied (i) (1) if no Event of Default exists, to the Scheduled Term Repayments
of the Term Facility or Term Facilities designated by Company (in amounts
designated by Company); and (2) if an Event of Default exists, first to the
pro
rata payment of the unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans (with the
applicable Term Percentage of such repayment to be applied as a repayment
of
each of the Term Facilities) and second to the pro rata payment of the then
outstanding balance of the Multicurrency Revolving Loans and Canadian Revolving
Loans and the cash collateralization of LC Obligations; (ii) within each
of the
foregoing Loans (other than Canadian Revolving Loans), first to the payment
of
Base Rate Loans and second to the payment
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of
Eurocurrency Loans; (iii) with respect to Eurocurrency Loans, in such order
as
such Borrower shall request (and in the absence of such request, as
Administrative Agent shall determine); and (iv) within Canadian Revolving
Loans,
first to the payment of Canadian Prime Rate Loans and second to the cash
collateralization of outstanding B/A Loans in accordance with the cash
collateralization provisions set forth in Section
4.4(a).
Each
prepayment of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 4.4(e)
through
(g)
shall be
allocated within each Term Loan to reduce the remaining Scheduled Term
Repayments on a pro rata basis. If any prepayment of Eurocurrency Loans made
pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding Loans made pursuant
to such Borrowing to an amount less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, such
Borrowing shall immediately be converted into Base Rate Loans. All prepayments
shall include payment of accrued interest on the principal amount so prepaid,
shall be applied to the payment of interest before application to principal
and
shall include amounts payable, if any, under Section
3.5.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if all Scheduled Term Repayments other than
Scheduled Term C Repayments have been reduced to $0, any prepayment pursuant
to
Section
4.4(e)
through
(g)
that
occurs prior to the fifth anniversary of the Term C Commitment Expiration
Date
that would result in greater than 25% of the original principal amount of
the
Term C Loan having been repaid pursuant to mandatory prepayments on or prior
to
such date, shall be applied to the pro rata payment of the then outstanding
balance of Multicurrency Revolving Loans and Canadian Revolving Loans and
the
cash collateralization of LC Obligations. If at any time the balance of
Multicurrency Revolving Loans and Canadian Revolving Loans have been reduced
to
$0 and there is no further obligation to cash collateralize the LC Obligations,
there shall be no further obligation to make mandatory prepayments until
the
fifth anniversary of the Term C Commitment Expiration Date. For greater
certainty, but without derogating from or otherwise affecting the rights
of the
Agent and the Lenders and the other obligations of the Borrowers hereunder
(including, without limitation, the obligations of the Borrowers under Section
10.1), there shall be no obligation of Canadian Borrower under this Article
IV
to prepay an amount that would result in greater than 25% of the original
principal amount of the Term C Loan being repaid prior to the fifth anniversary
of the Term C Commitment Expiration Date.
(b) Payments.
All
regular installment payments of principal on the Term Loans shall be applied
(i)
first to the payment of Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans (as
applicable) and second to the payment of Eurocurrency Loans or B/A Discount
Rate
Loans (as applicable) and (ii) with respect to Eurocurrency Loans or B/A
Discount Rate Loans (as applicable), in such order as the applicable Borrower
shall request (and in the absence of such request, as Administrative Agent
shall
determine). All payments shall include payment of accrued interest on the
principal amount so paid, shall be applied to the payment of interest before
application to principal and shall include amounts payable, if any, under
Section
3.5.
4.6 Method
and Place of Payment.
(a) Except
as
otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement
shall
be made to Administrative Agent (other than payments with respect to the
Canadian Revolving Facility and Term C Loan Facility), for the ratable account
of the Lenders entitled thereto, not later than 12:00 Noon (local time in
the
city in which the Payment Office for the payment is located) on the date
when
due and shall be made in the currency such Loan was advanced and in each
case to
the account specified therefor for Administrative Agent or if no account
has
been so specified at the Payment Office, it being understood that with respect
to
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payments
in Dollars, written telex or telecopy notice by Company to Administrative
Agent
to make a payment from the funds in Company’s account at the Payment Office
shall constitute the making of such payment to the extent of such funds held
in
such account. Administrative Agent will thereafter cause to be distributed
on
the same day (if payment was actually received by Administrative Agent prior
to
12:00 Noon (local time in the city in which the Payment Office for the payment
is located on such day)) like funds relating to the payment of principal
or
interest or fees ratably to the Lenders entitled to receive any such payment
in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If and to the extent that any
such
distribution shall not be so made by Administrative Agent in full on the
same
day (if payment was actually received by Administrative Agent prior to 12:00
Noon (local time in the city in which the Payment Office for the payment
is
located on such day)), Administrative Agent shall pay to each Lender its
ratable
amount thereof and each such Lender shall be entitled to receive from
Administrative Agent, upon demand, interest on such amount at the overnight
Federal Funds Rate (or the applicable cost of funds with respect to amounts
denominated in an Alternative Currency) for each day from the date such amount
is paid to Administrative Agent until the date Administrative Agent pays
such
amount to such Lender.
(b) Except
as
otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement
with
respect to the Canadian Revolving Facility and Term C Loan Facility shall
be
made to Canadian Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Lenders
entitled thereto, not later than 12:00 Noon (local time in the city in which
the
Payment Office for the payment is located) on the date when due and shall
be
made in Canadian Dollars and in each case to the account specified therefor
for
Canadian Administrative Agent or if no account has been so specified at the
Payment Office, it being understood that with respect to payments in Canadian
Dollars, written telex or telecopy notice by Company to Canadian Administrative
Agent to make a payment from the funds in Company’s account at the Payment
Office shall constitute the making of such payment to the extent of such
funds
held in such account. Canadian Administrative Agent will thereafter cause
to be
distributed on the same day (if payment was actually received by Canadian
Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon (local time in the city in which
the
Payment Office for the payment is located on such day)) like funds relating
to
the payment of principal or interest or fees ratably to the Lenders entitled
to
receive any such payment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
If and
to the extent that any such distribution shall not be so made by Canadian
Administrative Agent in full on the same day (if payment was actually received
by Canadian Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon (local time in the city
in
which the Payment Office for the payment is located on such day)), Canadian
Administrative Agent shall pay to each Lender its ratable amount thereof
and
each such Lender shall be entitled to receive from Canadian Administrative
Agent, upon demand, interest on such amount at the applicable cost of funds
with
respect to Canadian Dollars for each day from the date such amount is paid
to
Canadian Administrative Agent until the date Canadian Administrative Agent
pays
such amount to such Lender.
(c) Any
payments under this Agreement which are made by any Borrower later than 12:00
Noon (local time in the city in which the Payment Office for the payment
is
located) shall, for the purpose of calculation of interest, be deemed to
have
been made on the next succeeding Business Day. Whenever any payment to be
made
hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Business Day,
the
due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and,
with
respect to payments of principal, interest shall be payable
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during
such extension at the applicable rate in effect immediately prior to such
extension, except that with respect to Eurocurrency Loans, if such next
succeeding Business Day is not in the same month as the date on which such
payment would otherwise be due hereunder or under any Note, the due date
with
respect thereto shall be the next preceding applicable Business
Day.
4.7 Net
Payments.
(a) All
payments made by or on behalf of Borrowers to or on behalf of any Lender
or
Agent hereunder or under any Loan Document will be made without recoupment,
setoff, counterclaim or other defense. Notwithstanding any other provision
in
any Loan Document, except as provided in this Section
4.7,
all
payments hereunder and under any of the Loan Documents (including, without
limitation, payments on account of principal and interest and fees) to or
on
behalf of any Lender or Agent shall be made by or on behalf of Borrowers
free
and clear of and without withholding for or on account of any present or
future
tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other charge of whatever nature now
or
hereafter imposed by any Governmental Authority, but excluding
therefrom
(i) Excluded
Taxes;
(ii) in
the
case of any Lender or Agent that is not a United States person (as such term
is
defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (each being referred to as a
“Non-U.S.
Participant”),
any
Taxes imposed by the United States by means of withholding at the source
unless
such withholding (a) results from a change in applicable law, treaty
or
regulations or the interpretation or administration thereof by any authority
charged with the administration thereof subsequent to the date of this Agreement
or (b) is imposed on payments with respect to a Lender’s interest in the Loan
Documents acquired under Section
3.8,
Section
12.6,
or
Article
XIII;
(iii) any
Taxes
to the extent such Taxes would be avoided if the Lender or Agent provided
the
forms required under Section
4.7(d),
unless
(A) the Lender or Agent is not legally entitled to provide the forms (1)
as a
result of a change in applicable law, treaty, or regulations or interpretation
or administration thereof by any authority charged with the administration
thereof subsequent to the date such Lender or Agent becomes a Lender or Agent
under a Loan Document or (2) after the Lender acquired an interest in the
Loan
Documents under Section
3.8,
Section
12.6,
or
Article
XIII
or (B)
the Lender or Agent is not providing the forms under Section
4.7(d)(iii)
because
the Lender or Agent determines (in its good faith judgment) that it is not
legally entitled to provide the forms or that providing the forms would
prejudice or disadvantage the Lender or Agent in any significant
respect;
(iv) in
the
case of any Participant or Assignee that is not a United States person (as
such
term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), any Taxes imposed by
the
United States by means of withholding at the source that are in effect on
the
date such Participant or Assignee becomes a party to this Agreement or any
Loan
Document, except to the extent (i) the person that assigned or transferred
the
interest to the Participant or Assignee was entitled to reimbursement for
such
taxes under this Section
4.7
or (ii)
the Participant or Assignee becomes a party to a Loan Document under
Section
3.8,
Section
12.6,
or
Article
XIII;
and
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(v) any
Taxes
imposed by Canada on any amount paid or credited prior to any CAM Exchange
under
the Canadian Revolving Facility to any Canadian Revolving Lender or any Eligible
Assignee to whom any part of a Lender’s Credit Exposure was assigned (a) that is
not resident in Canada for purposes of the ITA, and (b) that is not otherwise
deemed to be resident in Canada for purposes of Part XIII of the ITA in respect
of amounts paid or credited to such Lender or Eligible Assignee under the
Canadian Revolving Facility.
(vi) any
United Kingdom taxes required to be deducted or withheld (a “UK Tax Deduction”)
from a payment of interest under any Loan Document if on the date on which
the
payment falls due:
(A) the
payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a UK Tax Deduction
if it was a UK Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or
has
ceased to be a UK Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change
after
the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation,
administration, or application of) any law or Treaty, or any published practice
or concession of any relevant taxing authority; or
(B) the
relevant Lender is a UK Qualifying Lender solely under sub-paragraph (b)
of the
definition of UK Qualifying Lender; the Board of HM Revenue and Customs has
given (and not revoked) a direction (a “Direction”) under section 349C of the
Taxes Act (as that provision has effect on the date on which the relevant
Lender
became a Lender) which relates to that payment and that Lender has received
from
the Other Subsidiary Borrower organized under the laws of England and Wales
or
the Company a certified copy of that Direction; and the payment could have
been
made to the Lender without any Tax Deduction in the absence of that Direction;
or
(C) the
relevant Lender is a Treaty Lender and the party making the payment is able
to
demonstrate that the payment could have been made to the Lender without the
UK
Tax Deduction had that Lender complied with its obligations under Section
4.7(d)(iii).
(b) If
any
Borrower is required by law to make any deduction or withholding of any Taxes
from any payment due hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents (except
for
Taxes excluded under Section
4.7(a)(i),
(ii),
(iii),
(iv),
(v)
and
(vi)),
then
the amount payable will be increased to such amount which, after deduction
from
such increased amount of all such taxes required to be withheld or deducted
therefrom, will not be less than the amount due and payable hereunder had
no
such deduction or withholding been required. If any Borrower makes any payment
hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents in respect of which it is required
by law to make any deduction or withholding of any Taxes, it shall pay the
full
amount to be deducted or withheld to the relevant taxation or other Governmental
Authority within the time allowed for such payment under applicable law and
shall deliver to the Agent within 30 days after it has made such payment
to the
applicable authority a receipt issued by such authority evidencing the payment
to such authority of all amounts so required to be deducted or withheld from
such payment or such other evidence of payment that is reasonably satisfactory
to Administrative Agent.
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(c) Without
prejudice to the provisions of Section
4.7(a),
if any
Lender, or Administrative Agent on its behalf, is required by law to make
any
payment on account of Taxes on or in relation to any amount received or
receivable hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents by such Lender, or
Administrative Agent on its behalf, or any cost, loss or liability for Tax
in
respect to any such payment is imposed, levied or assessed against any Lender
or
Administrative Agent on its behalf, the applicable Borrower will promptly
indemnify such person against such Tax payment or cost, loss or liability,
together with any interest, penalties and expenses (including counsel fees
and
expenses but excluding any taxes described in clauses (i) through (vi) of
Section
4.7(a))
payable
or incurred in connection therewith, including any Tax of any Lender arising
by
virtue of payments under this Section
4.7(c),
computed in a manner consistent with this Section
4.7(c).
A
certificate (showing in reasonable detail the basis for such calculation)
as to
the amount of such payment by such Lender, or Administrative Agent on its
behalf, absent manifest error, shall be final, conclusive and binding upon
all
parties hereto for all purposes.
(d) (i) Each
Lender or Agent that is a Non-U.S. Participant (other than a Lender that
has
only a Canadian Revolving Commitment and/or a Term C Loan Commitment) agrees
to
deliver to Company and Administrative Agent on or prior to the Initial Borrowing
Date, or in the case of a Lender or Agent that becomes a party to a Loan
Document on a later date, the date such Lender or Agent becomes a party to
a
Loan Document, together with any other certificate or statement of exemption
required under the Code, (a) two (or more, as reasonably requested by Company
or
Administrative Agent) accurate and properly completed original signed copies
of
IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI or W-8IMY (or successor forms), or (b), (x) a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
4.7(d)
(any
such certificate, a “Section
4.7(d) Certificate”)
and
(y) two (or more, as reasonably requested by Company or Administrative Agent)
accurate and properly completed original signed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN
(or
successor form). In addition, each such Non-U.S. Participant agrees that
from
time to time after the Initial Borrowing Date, when a lapse in time or change
in
circumstances renders the previous certification obsolete or inaccurate in
any
material respect, it will timely deliver to Company and Administrative Agent
two
(or more, as reasonably requested by Company or Administrative Agent) new
accurate and properly completed original signed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN
or
W-8ECI or W-8IMY, or IRS Form W-8BEN and a Section 4.7(d) Certificate, as
the
case may be, and such other forms as may be required in order to confirm
or
establish the entitlement of such Lender or Agent to a continued exemption
from
(or reduction in) United States withholding Tax with respect to payments
under
any Loan Document. To the extent a Non-U.S. Participant (other than a Lender
that has only a Canadian Revolving Commitment and/or a Term C Loan Commitment)
is unable to deliver the forms required under Section
4.7(d)(i),
or the
forms previously delivered are inaccurate in any material respects, it shall
immediately notify Company and Administrative Agent.
(ii) Each
Lender and Agent that is a U.S. Person (as such term is defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code) and that is not a corporation for U.S. federal income
tax purposes, agrees to deliver to Company and Administrative Agent on or
prior
to the Initial Borrowing Date, or in the case of a Lender or Agent that becomes
a party to a Loan Document on a later date, the date the Lender or Agent
becomes
a party to such Loan Document, two accurate and properly completed original
signed copies of IRS Form W-9 (or successor form)
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certifying
to such Lender’s or Agent’s entitlement to receive payments under such Loan
Document without deduction for United States backup withholding
tax.
(iii) Each
Lender and Agent shall, if requested by Company or Administrative Agent,
within
a reasonable period of time after such request, provide to Company,
Administrative Agent or the applicable Governmental Authority any other tax
forms or other documents or complete other formalities necessary or appropriate
to avoid (or reduce) withholding for or on account of any Taxes imposed on
payments under the Loan Documents pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction
of
organization of Company, Canadian Borrower, European Holdco or any Other
Subsidiary Borrower, as applicable, provided,
however,
that no
Lender or Agent shall be required to provide forms or documents or complete
other formalities under this Section
4.7(d)(iii)
to the
extent the Lender or Agent determines (in its good faith discretion) that
it is
not legally entitled to do so or that providing such forms or documents or
completing the other formalities would prejudice or disadvantage the Lender
or
Agent in any significant respect. To the extent that a Lender or Agent is
unable
to deliver the forms or documents or complete the other formalities required
under this Section
4.7(d)(iii)
or the
previous forms delivered are inaccurate in any material respects, the Lender
or
Agent shall promptly notify Company and Administrative Agent.
(e) Each
Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of
the
occurrence of any event or the existence of any condition that would cause
any
Borrower to make a payment in respect of any Taxes to such Lender pursuant
to
Section
4.7(a)
or a
payment in indemnification for any Taxes pursuant to Section
4.7(c),
it will
use reasonable efforts to make, fund or maintain the Loan or other Facility
(or
portion of either) or participation in Letters of Credit (or portions thereof)
of such Lender with respect to which the aforementioned payment is or would
be
made through another lending office of such Lender or will assign its Loans
to
another Eligible Assignee if as a result thereof the additional amounts which
would otherwise be required to be paid by any Borrower in respect of such
Loans
or other Facility (or portions of either) or participation in Letters of
Credit
(or portions thereof) pursuant to Section
4.7(a)
or
Section
4.7(c)
would be
materially reduced, and if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, the
making, funding or maintaining of such Loans or other Facility (or portions
of
either) or participation in Letters of Credit (or portions thereof) through
such
other lending office would not be otherwise significantly disadvantageous
to
such Lender. Each Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable expenses incurred
by any
Lender in utilizing another lending office of such Lender pursuant to this
Section
4.7(e).
(f) If
any
Borrower shall pay any Taxes pursuant to this Section
4.7
and any
Lender or any Agent at any time thereafter receives a refund of such Taxes
or,
as determined in its sole judgment, a direct credit with respect to the payment
of such Taxes, then such Lender or any Agent shall promptly pay to such Borrower
the amount of such refund or credit net of all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably
incurred by the Lender or any Agent to obtain such refund or credit and without
interest except for any interest paid by the relevant Government Authority
with
respect to the refund); provided,
however,
that
such Borrower agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Borrower under
this
Section
4.7(f)
(plus
any penalties, interest, and other related charges) to the Lender or any
Agent
in the event the Lender or any Agent is required to repay the refund to the
Government Authority.
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4.8 Representation
of Canadian Revolving Lenders.
Each
Canadian Revolving Lender hereby represents and warrants to the Company,
Canadian Borrower and Administrative Agent that it is either a resident of
Canada for the purposes of Part XIII of the ITA or is deemed to be a resident
in
Canada for the purposes of Part XIII of the ITA in respect of amounts paid
or
credited pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE
V
CONDITIONS
OF CREDIT
5.1 Conditions
Precedent to the Initial Borrowing.
The
obligation of the Lenders to make the Initial Loans and the obligation of
the
respective Facing Agent to issue and the Lenders to participate in Letters
of
Credit under this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment, at or prior
to
the Initial Borrowing Date, of each of the following conditions:
(a) Credit
Agreement and Notes.
Borrowers shall have duly executed and delivered to Administrative Agent,
with a
signed counterpart for each Lender, this Agreement (including all schedules,
exhibits, certificates, opinions and financial statements required to be
delivered pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein), and, if
requested, the Notes payable to the order of each applicable Lender in the
amount of their respective Commitments all of which shall be in full force
and
effect;
(b) Guaranties
and Pledge Agreements.
(i) Subsidiary
Guaranty.
Each
Domestic Subsidiary of Company that is also a Material Subsidiary shall have
duly authorized, executed and delivered the Subsidiary Guaranty in the form
of
Exhibit
5.1(b)(i)
(as
modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, the “Subsidiary
Guaranty”),
(ii) United
States Pledge Agreement.
Company
and each Domestic Subsidiary of Company that is also a Material Subsidiary
shall
have duly authorized, executed and delivered the United States Pledge Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit
5.1(b)(ii)
(as
modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, the “United
States Pledge Agreement”),
(iii) Other
Pledge Agreements.
Each
Other Subsidiary Borrower shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered
such pledge agreement(s) in form and substance acceptable to Administrative
Agent as are necessary or appropriate to grant to Collateral Agent a security
interest in and to all Capital Stock of such Other Subsidiary Borrower’s
first-tier Subsidiaries listed on Schedule
5.1(b)(iii)
under
relevant Requirements of Laws in each applicable jurisdiction (each, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, an “Other
Pledge Agreement”),
(iv) Perfection
of Pledge Agreement Collateral.
(1)
Each Credit Party party to a United States Pledge Agreement shall have delivered
to Administrative Agent:
(A) all
the
certificated Pledged Securities referred to in such Pledge Agreements then
owned, if any, by such Credit Party, together with executed and undated
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stock
powers, in the case of capital stock constituting Pledged Securities and
the
Pledge Agreements and such other documents shall be in full force and effect,
(B) proper
financing statements (Form UCC-1 or such other financing statements or similar
notices as shall be required by local law, if any) for filing under the UCC
or
other appropriate filing offices of each foreign and domestic jurisdiction
as
may be necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent and the Required
Lenders, desirable to perfect the security interests purported to be created
by
the Pledge Agreements,
(C) copies
of
Requests for Information or Copies (Form UCC-11 or equivalent reports), listing
all effective financing statements or similar notices that name Company or
its
Subsidiaries (by its actual name or any trade name, fictitious name or similar
name), or any division or other operating unit thereof, as debtor and that
are
filed in the jurisdiction referred to in said clause (B) above, together
with
copies of such other financing statements (none of which shall cover the
Collateral except to the extent evidencing Permitted Liens or for which
Administrative Agent shall have received termination statements (Form UCC-3
or
such other termination statements as shall be required by local law) for
filing),
(D) evidence
of the completion of all other recordings and filings of, or with respect
to,
the Pledge Agreements with any foreign or domestic Governmental Authorities
and
all other actions as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, desirable to perfect the security
interests intended to be created by the Pledge Agreements, and
(E) evidence
that all other actions necessary, or in the reasonable opinion of Administrative
Agent and the Required Lenders, desirable to perfect the security interests
purported to be taken by the Pledge Agreements have been taken;
(2) Each
Credit Party party to an Other Pledge Agreement shall have delivered to
Administrative Agent such Pledged Securities, transfer powers, notice filings,
lien search results and other evidences, and shall have taken such actions,
in
each case as are necessary, or in the reasonable opinion of Administrative
Agent, desirable to perfect the security interests intended to be created
by the
Other Pledge Agreements (or to obtain the local law equivalent
thereof);
(c) Opinions
of Counsel.
Administrative Agent shall have received from (i) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx
& Xxxx LLP, special counsel to the Credit Parties, an opinion addressed to
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and dated the Initial Borrowing
Date, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders and which shall cover the matters
set forth in Exhibit
5.1(c)(i)
and such
other matters incident to the transactions contemplated herein as Administrative
Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, (ii) opinions of local
counsel to Administrative Agent and/or the Credit Parties (as is customary
in
the respective jurisdictions) from Luxembourg, Germany, Canada, the United
Kingdom, the Netherlands, the Cayman Islands and such other jurisdictions
as
reasonably requested by Administrative Agent dated the Initial Borrowing
Date
which shall cover the matters set forth in Exhibit
5.1(c)(ii),
with
such exceptions as are reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and
such
other matters incident to the transactions
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contemplated
herein as Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request,
each of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders;
(d) Officer’s
Certificate.
Administrative Agent shall have received, with a signed counterpart for each
Lender, a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer on behalf of Borrowers,
dated the date of this Agreement and in the form of Exhibit
5.1(d)
hereto,
stating that the representations and warranties set forth in Article
VI
hereof
are true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the certificate,
that no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, that the conditions of Section
5.1
hereof
have been fully satisfied (except that no opinion need be expressed as to
Administrative Agent’s or Required Lenders’ satisfaction with any document,
instrument or other matter);
(e) Secretary’s
Certificate.
On the
Initial Borrowing Date, Administrative Agent shall have received from each
Credit Party a certificate, dated the Initial Borrowing Date, signed by the
secretary or any assistant secretary (or, if no secretary or assistant secretary
exists, a Responsible Officer), of such Credit Party, in the form of
Exhibit 5.1(e)
with
appropriate insertions, as to the incumbency and signature of the officers
of
each such Credit Party executing any Loan Document (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent) and any certificate or other
document or instrument to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto by or on
behalf of such Credit Party, together with evidence of the incumbency of
such
secretary or assistant secretary (or, if no secretary or assistant secretary
exists, such Responsible Officer), and certifying as true and correct, attached
copies of the Certificate of Incorporation, Certificate of Amalgamation or
other
equivalent document (certified as of recent date by the Secretary of State
or
other comparable authority where customary in such jurisdiction) and By-Laws
(or
other Organizational Documents) of such Credit Party and the resolutions
of such
Credit Party and, to the extent required, of the equity holders of such Credit
Party, referred to in such certificate and all of the foregoing (including
each
such Certificate of Incorporation, Certificate of Amalgamation or other
equivalent document and By-Laws (or other Organizational Documents)) shall
be
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent;
(f) Good
Standing.
Where
customary in such jurisdiction, a good standing certificate or certificate
of
status or comparable certificate of each Credit Party from the Secretary
of
State (or other governmental authority) of its state or province of organization
or such equivalent document issued by any foreign Governmental Authority
if
applicable and to the extent customary in such foreign
jurisdiction;
(g) Adverse
Change.
On the
Initial Borrowing Date, both before and after giving effect to the Transaction,
there shall be no facts, events or circumstances then existing and nothing
shall
have occurred which shall have come to the attention of any of the Lenders
which
materially adversely affects the business, assets, financial condition,
operations or prospects of Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole
since
December 31, 2004;
(h) Approvals.
All
necessary governmental (domestic and foreign) and material third party approvals
and/or consents in connection with the Transaction and the transactions
contemplated by the Documents shall have been obtained and remain in effect,
and
all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being
taken
by any
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competent
authority which restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions
upon the consummation of all or any part of the Transaction or the other
transactions contemplated by the Documents. Additionally, there shall not
exist
any judgment, order, injunction or other restraint issued or filed or a hearing
seeking injunctive relief or other restraint pending or notified prohibiting
or
imposing material adverse conditions upon all or any part of the Transaction,
the transactions contemplated by the Documents or the making of the Loans
or the
issuance of Letters of Credit;
(i) Litigation.
No
action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, any inquiry or
investigation) by any entity (private or governmental) shall be pending or,
to
the best knowledge of Borrowers, threatened against Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or with respect to this Agreement, any other Document or any
documentation executed in connection herewith or the transactions contemplated
hereby (including, without limitation, the Transaction), or the obligations
being refinanced in connection with the consummation of the Transaction or
which
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall determine would reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no injunction or other
restraining order shall remain effective or a hearing therefor remain pending
or
noticed with respect to this Agreement, any other Document or any documentation
executed in connection herewith or the transactions contemplated hereby
(including, without limitation, the Transaction), the effect of which would
reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate,
a
Material Adverse Effect;
(j) Fees.
Borrowers shall have paid jointly and severally to Administrative Agent and
the
Lenders all costs, fees and expenses (including, without limitation, legal
fees
and expenses of Winston & Xxxxxx LLP and the reasonable costs, fees and
expenses referred to in Section
12.4)
payable
to Administrative Agent or any other collateral agent or trustee acting for
the
benefit of the Lenders, as the case may be, and the Lenders to the extent
then
due;
(k) Evidence
of Insurance.
On the
Initial Borrowing Date, Administrative Agent shall have received evidence
of
insurance complying with the requirements of Section
7.8
for the
business and properties of Company and its Subsidiaries.
(l) Termination
of Existing Credit Agreement.
On the
Initial Borrowing Date with proceeds from the Initial Borrowing hereunder,
the
total commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been
terminated, all loans thereunder shall have been repaid in full, together
with
interest thereon, all letters of credit, if any, issued thereunder shall
have
been terminated or deemed to be Letters of Credit under this Agreement and
all
other amounts owing pursuant to such agreements shall have been repaid in
full
and such agreements shall have been terminated on terms and conditions
satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders and be of no
further force or effect and the creditors thereunder shall have terminated
and
released all security interests and Liens on the assets owned by Company
and its
Subsidiaries in a manner satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
(m) Existing
Indebtedness.
On the
Initial Borrowing Date and after giving effect to the Transaction and the
other
transactions contemplated hereby, neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall have any material indebtedness for money borrowed outstanding except
for
the Loans and the Indebtedness to Remain Outstanding;
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(n) Tax
and Accounting Aspects of Transactions/Capital
Structure.
The
Required Lenders shall be reasonably satisfied with all financial, legal,
tax
and accounting matters (including any tax legislation pending before the
United
States Congress or any committee thereof) relating to the Transactions. On
the
Initial Borrowing Date, the ownership, financial structure and capital structure
(including without limitation, the terms of any capital stock, options, warrants
or other securities issued by Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and management
of Company and its Subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Transaction)
shall
be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required
Lenders;
(o) Solvency
Certificate.
On the
Initial Borrowing Date, Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received
a solvency certificate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent, from the Chief Financial Officer of Company with respect
to the solvency of Company, after giving effect to the Transaction;
(p) Financials.
Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received (i) audited
consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2003 and 2004, statements of
income
and cash flows at December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and interim unaudited
financial statements at July 3, 2005, and (ii) financial projections and
pro
forma financial statements for Company and its Subsidiaries and all such
statements, projections and pro forma financial statements, (including, with
respect to the projections, the reasonableness of any assumptions made therein),
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders;
(q) Other
Matters.
All
corporate and other proceedings taken in connection with the Transaction
at or
prior to the date of this Agreement, and all documents incident thereto will
be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative
Agent;
(r) Post-Closing
Agreement.
Company
shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered the Post-Closing Agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit
5.1(r).
5.2 Conditions
Precedent to All Credit Events.
The
obligation of each Lender to make Loans (including Loans made on the Initial
Borrowing Date) and the obligation of any Facing Agent to issue or any Lender
to
participate in any Letter of Credit hereunder in each case shall be subject
to
the fulfillment at or prior to the time of each such Credit Event of each
of the
following conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
The
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other
Loan
Documents shall each be true and correct in all material respects at and
as of
such time, as though made on and as of such time except to the extent such
representations and warranties are expressly made as of a specified date
in
which event such representation and warranties shall be true and correct
in all
material respects as of such specified date.
(b) No
Default.
No
Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default shall have occurred and shall
then be continuing on such date or will occur after giving effect to such
Credit
Event.
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(c) Notice
of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request.
(i) Prior
to
the making of each Loan, Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice
of
Borrowing meeting the requirements of Section
2.5
or
Canadian Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Canadian Borrowing
meeting the requirements of Section
2A.5,
as
applicable.
(ii) Prior
to
the issuance of each Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent and the respective
Facing Agent shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the
requirements of Section
2.10(c).
(d) Other
Information.
Administrative Agent shall have received such other information and reports
as
it may reasonably request in connection with such Credit Event.
The
acceptance of the benefits of each such Credit Event by Borrowers shall be
deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by it to the effect of
paragraphs (a)
and
(b)
of this
Section
5.2
(except
that no opinion need be expressed as to Administrative Agent’s or Required
Lenders’ satisfaction with any document, instrument or other
matter).
Each
Lender hereby agrees that by its execution and delivery of its signature
page
hereto and by the funding of its Loan to be made on the Initial Borrowing
Date,
such Lender approves of and consents to each of the matters set forth in
Section
5.1
and
Section
5.2
which
must be approved by, or which must be satisfactory to, Administrative Agent
or
the Required Lenders or Lenders, as the case may be, provided
that, in
the case of any agreement or document which must be approved by, or which
must
be satisfactory to, the Required Lenders, Administrative Agent or Company
shall
have delivered or caused to be delivered a copy of such agreement or document
to
such Lender on or prior to the Initial Borrowing Date if requested.
ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
In
order
to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans,
and
issue (or participate in) the Letters of Credit as provided herein, each
Borrower with respect to itself and its Subsidiaries makes the following
representations and warranties as of the Initial Borrowing Date (both before
and
after giving effect to the consummation of the Transaction) and as of the
date
of each subsequent Credit Event (except to the extent such representations
and
warranties are expressly made as of a specified date, in which case such
representations and warranties shall be true as of such specified date),
all of
which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Notes
and the making of the Loans and issuance of the Letters of Credit:
6.1 Corporate
Status.
Each
Credit Party (i) is a duly organized and validly existing organization in
good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization (to the extent
that such concept exists in such jurisdiction), (ii) has the corporate or
other
organizational power and authority to own its property and assets and to
transact the business in which it is engaged and (iii) is duly qualified
and is
authorized to do business and is in good standing (to the extent such concept
exists in the relevant jurisdiction) in (y) Indiana in the case of Company,
or
its
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jurisdiction
of organization in the case of a Subsidiary of Company and (z) in each other
jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of property or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except in the case of
clause (z) for such failure to be so qualified, authorized or in good standing
which, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.2 Corporate
Power and Authority.
Each
Credit Party has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
each
of the Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations
thereunder and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance by it of each of such Documents. Each Credit Party
has
duly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which it is a party,
and
each of such Documents constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the
enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights
and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought
in
equity or at law).
6.3 No
Violation.
The
execution and delivery by any Credit Party of the Documents to which it is
a
party (including, without limitation, the granting of Liens pursuant to the
Security Documents) and the performance of such Credit Party’s obligations
thereunder do not (i) contravene any provision of any Requirement of Law
applicable to any Credit Party, (ii) conflict with or result in any breach
of,
or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of
(or
the obligation to create or impose) any Lien (except pursuant to the Security
Documents) upon any of the property or assets of any Credit Party pursuant
to
the terms of any Contractual Obligation to which any Credit Party is a party
or
by which it or any of its property or assets is bound except for such
contraventions, conflicts, breaches or defaults that would not be reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) violate any provision of
any
Organizational Document of any Credit Party or (iv) require any approval
of
stockholders or any material approval or consent of any Person (other than
a
Governmental Authority) except filings, consents, or notices which have been
made, obtained or given and except as set forth on Schedule
6.3.
6.4 Governmental
and Other Approvals.
Except
as set forth on Schedule
6.4
and
except for filings necessary to create or perfect security interests in the
Collateral, no material order, consent, approval, license, authorization
or
validation of, or filing, recording or registration with (except as have
been
obtained or made on or prior to the Initial Borrowing Date), or exemption
by,
any Governmental Authority, is required to authorize, or is required in
connection with, (i) the execution and delivery of any Loan Document or the
performance of the obligations thereunder or (ii) the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability of any such Loan Document.
6.5 Financial
Statements; Financial Condition; Undisclosed Liabilities Projections;
Etc.
(a) Financial
Statements.
The
balance sheet of Company at December 31, 2003 and 2004, April 3, 2005
and
July 3, 2005 and the related statements of income and cash flows of
Company
for the Fiscal Year or other period ended on such dates and the related
statement of shareholders’ equity of the Company for the Fiscal Years ended
December 31, 2003
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and
2004,
as the case may be, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operation and cash flows of Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries, as of such dates and for such periods. Copies
of such
statements have been furnished to the Lenders prior to the date hereof and,
in
the case of the December 31, 2003 and 2004 statements, have been examined
by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent certified public accountants, who
delivered an unqualified opinion in respect thereto.
(b) Solvency.
On and
as of the Initial Borrowing Date, after giving effect to the Transaction
and to
all Indebtedness (including the Loans) being incurred (and the use of proceeds
thereof) and Liens created by Borrowers in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby,
(i) the
sum
of the assets, at a fair valuation, of each Credit Party will exceed its
debts;
(ii) no
Credit
Party has incurred, intends to, or believes that it will, incur debts beyond
its
ability to pay such debts as such debts mature; and
(iii) each
Credit Party will have sufficient capital with which to conduct its business.
For purposes of this Section
6.5(b)“debt”
means any liability on a claim, and “claim” means (y) any right to payment,
whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated,
fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable,
secured, or unsecured (including all obligations, if any, under any Plan
or the
equivalent for unfunded past service liability, and any other unfunded medical
and death benefits) or (z) any right to an equitable remedy for breach of
performance if such breach gives rise to a payment, whether or not such right
to
an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured,
unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. In computing the amount
of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities will
be
computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances
existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected
to
become an actual or matured liability.
(c) No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
Except
as fully reflected in the Form 10-K, the Form 10-Q, the financial statements
and
the notes related thereto delivered pursuant to Section
6.5(a)
and on
Schedule 6.5(d)
there
were as of the Initial Borrowing Date (and after giving effect to the
Transaction and the other transactions contemplated hereby) no liabilities
or
obligations with respect to Company and its Subsidiaries of any nature
whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether
or
not due) which, either individually or in aggregate, would be material to
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. As of the Initial Borrowing
Date
(and after giving effect to the Transaction and the other transactions
contemplated hereby), Borrowers do not know of any basis for the assertion
against Company or any Subsidiary of any liability or obligation of any nature
whatsoever that is not reflected in the financial statements or the notes
related thereto delivered pursuant to Section
6.5(a)
and on
Schedule
6.5(d)
which,
either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to
be
material to Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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(d) Indebtedness.
Schedule
6.5(d)
sets
forth a true and complete list of all material Indebtedness (other than
Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section
8.2(a)
through
(i)
and
(k)
through
(r))
of
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Initial Borrowing Date and which is
to
remain outstanding on the date hereof after giving effect to the Transaction
(the “Indebtedness
to Remain Outstanding”),
in
each case showing the outstanding aggregate principal amount thereof (and
the
aggregate amount of any undrawn commitments with respect thereto) and the
name
of the respective obligor and any other entity which directly or indirectly
guaranteed such debt. No Indebtedness to Remain Outstanding has been incurred
in
connection with, or in contemplation of, the Transaction or the other
transactions contemplated hereby. Borrowers have delivered or caused to be
delivered to Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of the form of
each
material agreement or instrument evidencing Indebtedness for money borrowed
listed on Schedule
6.5(d)
and of
each material agreement or instrument pursuant to which such Indebtedness
for
money borrowed was issued.
(e) Projections.
On and
as of the Initial Borrowing Date, the financial projections, attached hereto
as
Schedule
6.5(e)
and
previously delivered to Administrative Agent and the Lenders (the “Projections”)
and
each of the budgets delivered after the Effective Date pursuant to Section
7.2(d)
are, at
the time made, prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements
referred to in Sections
7.1(a)
and
(b)
and are
at the time made based on good faith estimates and assumptions made by the
management of Company, and there are no material statements or conclusions
in
the Projections or any such budgets which, at the time made, are based upon
or
include information known to Company to be materially misleading or which
fail
to take into account material information regarding the matters reported
therein. On the Initial Borrowing Date, Company believes that the Projections
are based upon reasonable assumptions, it being understood that uncertainty
is
inherent in any forecasts or projections, such Projections are not to be
viewed
as facts, and that no assurance can be given that the results set forth in
the
Projections will actually be obtained and the differences may be
material.
(f) No
Material Adverse Change.
Since
December 31, 2004, there has been no fact, event, circumstance or occurrence
which has caused or resulted in a Material Adverse Effect.
6.6 Litigation.
There
are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best knowledge of
Company and its Subsidiaries, threatened (i) against Company or any Credit
Party
challenging the validity or enforceability of any material provision of any
Loan
Document, or (ii) that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.7 True
and Complete Disclosure.
All
factual information (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished
by or on behalf of Company or any of its Subsidiaries in writing to any Lender
(including, without limitation, all information contained in the Loan Documents)
(other than the Projections as to which Section
6.5(e)
applies)
for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any transaction
contemplated herein is, and all other such factual information (taken as
a
whole) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of Company or any of its Subsidiaries
in writing to any Lender for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement
or
any transaction contemplated herein, when taken as a whole, do not contain
as of
the date furnished any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state
a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein
or
therein, in light of the circumstances under
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which
they were made, not misleading. Borrowers have disclosed to the Lenders (a)
all
agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and (b) all other matters known to any
of
them, that individually or in the aggregate with respect to (a) and (b) above,
would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.8 Use
of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.
(a) Term
Loan Proceeds.
All
proceeds of the Term Loans incurred on the Initial Borrowing Date shall be
used
by Canadian Borrower and European Holdco (x) to finance Company Refinancing,
(y)
to pay fees and expenses in connection with the Transaction and (z) for general
corporate purposes of Canadian Borrower and European Holdco and for funding
dividends to be paid by one or more Foreign Subsidiaries to Company or its
Domestic Subsidiaries in accordance with the American Jobs Creation Act of
2004.
(b) Multicurrency
Revolving Loan and Canadian Revolving Loan Proceeds.
All
proceeds of the Multicurrency Revolving Loans and Canadian Revolving Loans
incurred hereunder shall be used by Borrowers and Canadian Borrower, as
applicable, for ongoing working capital needs and general corporate purposes,
including Permitted Acquisitions by Company and its Subsidiaries and for
funding
dividends to be paid by one or more Foreign Subsidiaries to Company or its
Domestic Subsidiaries in accordance with the American Jobs Creation Act of
2004.
(c) Margin
Regulations.
No part
of the proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin
stock
(as defined in Regulation U of the Board), directly or indirectly, or to
extend
credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock for
the
purpose of reducing or retiring any indebtedness which was originally incurred
to purchase or carry any margin security or for any other purpose which might
cause any of the Loans or other extensions of credit under this Agreement
to be
considered a “purpose credit” within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the
Board.
6.9 Taxes.
(a) Tax
Returns and Payments.
Each of
Company and each of its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed
with
the appropriate taxing authority, all material returns, statements, forms
and
reports for taxes (the “Returns”)
required to be filed by or with respect to the income, properties or operations
of Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries. The Returns accurately reflect
all
material liability for taxes of Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods
covered thereby. Each of Company and each of its Subsidiaries has paid all
material taxes owed by it other than those contested in good faith and for
which
adequate reserves have been established in conformity with GAAP or their
equivalent in the relevant jurisdiction of the taxing authority. As of the
Initial Borrowing Date, except as disclosed to the Lenders in writing or
in the
Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, there is no material action, suit, proceeding,
investigation, audit, or claim pending or, to the knowledge of Borrowers,
threatened by any authority regarding any taxes relating to Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries. As of the Initial Borrowing Date, neither Company nor any
of
its Subsidiaries has incurred, or will incur, any material tax liability
in
connection with the Transaction. As of the Initial Borrowing Date, neither
Company nor any
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of
its
Subsidiaries has participated in a transaction (i) the “significant purpose
of which is the avoidance or evasion of federal income tax” within the meaning
of Code section 6111(d)(i)(A) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder or (ii) is a “reportable transaction” within the meaning of
Temporary Treasury Regulation 1.6011-4T.
(b) Tax
Examinations.
There
are no tax examinations in progress with respect to any material taxes or
tax
returns of Company or its Subsidiaries for which deficiencies have been asserted
against Company and its Subsidiaries that have not been fully paid or finally
settled or are not being contested in good faith with adequate reserves having
been established in conformity with GAAP or their equivalent in the relevant
jurisdiction of the taxing authority for the taxes being contested. No issue
has
been raised in writing in any examination which, by application or similar
principles, reasonably can be expected to result in an assertion of a material
deficiency for any open taxable year which is not under examination that
has not
been accrued on Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ audited financial statements for
its most recently ended Fiscal Year in accordance with GAAP or their equivalent
in the relevant jurisdiction of the taxing authority. Except as disclosed
to the
Lenders in writing or in the Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, neither Company nor
any of
its Subsidiaries has knowledge of any material income tax liability with
respect
to open taxable years in excess of amounts accrued for current taxes on such
Person’s financial statements for its most recently ended Fiscal
Year.
6.10 Labor
Relations.
Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice
that
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is
(i) no
significant unfair labor practice complaint pending against Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries or, to the best knowledge of Borrowers, threatened against
any
of them before the National Labor Relations Board or any similar Governmental
Authority in any jurisdiction, and no significant grievance or significant
arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining
agreement is so pending against Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to
the
best knowledge of Borrowers, threatened against any of them, (ii) no significant
strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage is pending against Company or
any of
its Subsidiaries or, to the best knowledge of Borrowers, threatened against
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) to the best knowledge of Borrowers,
no question concerning union representation exists with respect to the employees
of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except (with respect to any matter
specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, either individually or in the
aggregate) such as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.11 Security
Documents.
(a) When
executed and delivered, the Pledge Agreements will be effective to create
in
favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, legal
and
valid security interests in the Collateral described therein and proceeds
thereof. In the case of the Pledged Securities to the extent represented
by
certificated securities (the “Certificated
Pledged Stock”)
described in the Pledge Agreements, when stock certificates representing
such
Certificated Pledged Stock are delivered to Collateral Agent, and in the
case of
the other Collateral described in the Pledge Agreements, when financing
statements and other filings specified on Schedule
6.11
in
appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule
6.11 and
Borrowers receive proceeds of the Loans on the Initial Borrowing Date, each
of
the Pledge Agreements shall constitute a fully perfected Lien (to the extent
such Lien can be perfected by
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filing,
recording, registration or, with respect to the Certificated Pledged Stock,
possession) on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of
the
Credit Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for
the
Obligations (as defined in the Pledge Agreements), in each case prior and
superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of Collateral
other
than Certificated Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by Section
8.1,
and
only to the extent that priority can be obtained by filing).
(b) In
the
case of the Pledged Securities described in any Other Pledge Agreement, when
stock certificates (and, as required by French law, a duly signed statement
of
pledge (déclaration xx xxxx)) are delivered to Collateral Agent if any are
issued immediately and all other conditions required therein are met, each
Other
Pledge Agreement and signed statement of pledge shall constitute a fully
perfected (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction)
Lien
on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Credit
Parties in such Pledged Securities and the proceeds thereof, as security
for the
Obligations (as defined in such Other Pledge Agreement), in each case prior
and
superior in right to any other Person except Liens permitted by Section
8.1.
6.12 Compliance
With ERISA.
Except
as, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, each Plan
has
been operated and administered in a manner so as not to result in any liability
of any Borrower for failure to comply with the applicable provisions of
applicable law, including ERISA and the Code; no
Termination Event has occurred with respect to a Plan; to the best knowledge
of
each Borrower, no Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or in reorganization; no
Plan
has an accumulated or waived funding deficiency or has applied for an extension
of any amortization period within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code;
Borrowers and their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliates have not incurred
any
liability to or on account of a Plan pursuant to Section 409,
502(i),
502(l),
4062,
4063,
4064,
4069,
4201
or
4204
of
ERISA
or
Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code; no proceedings have been instituted to
terminate any Plan within the last fiscal year; using actuarial assumptions
and
computation methods consistent with subpart 1 of subtitle E of Title
IV
of
ERISA,
to the best knowledge of Borrowers, Borrowers and their Subsidiaries and
ERISA
Affiliates would not have any liability to any Plans which are Multiemployer
Plans in the event of a complete withdrawal therefrom, as of the close of
the
most recent fiscal year of each such Multiemployer Plan ending prior to the
date
of any Credit Event; no Lien imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets
of
Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate exists or is
likely to arise on account of any Plan; Borrowers and their Subsidiaries
and
ERISA Affiliates have made all contributions to each Plan within the time
required by law or by the terms of such Plan; and Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries and ERISA Affiliates do not maintain or contribute to any employee
welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which provides
benefits to retired employees (other than as required by Section 601 et seq.
of
ERISA) or any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA) the obligations with respect to either of which would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.13 Foreign
Pension Matters.
Except
as, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect: (a) each Foreign Pension Plan is in compliance and in good
standing (to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction)
with
all laws, regulations and rules applicable thereto, including all funding
requirements, and the respective requirements of the governing documents
for
such Foreign Pension Plan; (b) with respect to each
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Foreign
Pension Plan maintained or contributed to by Company or any Subsidiary, (i)
that
is required by applicable law to be funded in a trust or other funding vehicle,
the aggregate of the accumulated benefit obligations under such Foreign Pension
Plan does not exceed to any material extent the current fair market value
of the
assets held in the trusts or similar funding vehicles for such Foreign Pension
Plan and (ii) that is not required by applicable law to be funded in a trust
or
other funding vehicle, reasonable reserves have been established in accordance
with prudent business practice or where required by ordinary accounting
practices in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Pension Plan is maintained;
(c) there are no actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for
benefits) pending or, to the knowledge of Company and its Subsidiaries,
threatened against Company or any Subsidiary with respect to any Foreign
Pension
Plan; (d) all contributions required to have been made by Company or any
Subsidiary to any Foreign Pension Plan have been made within the time required
by law or by the terms of such Foreign Pension Plan; and (e) except as disclosed
on Schedule
6.13,
no
Foreign Pension Plan with respect to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries
could have any liability has been terminated or wound-up and no actions or
proceedings have been taken or instituted to terminate or wind-up such a
Foreign
Pension Plan.
6.14 Ownership
of Property.
Company
and each Material Subsidiary has good and marketable title to, or a subsisting
leasehold interest in, all material items of real and personal property used
in
its operations (except as to leasehold interests) free and clear of all Liens,
except Permitted Liens and except to the extent that the failure to have
such
title or interest (individually or in the aggregate) would not reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Substantially all items of real
and
material personal property owned by, leased to or used by Company and each
Material Subsidiary are in adequate operating condition and repair, ordinary
wear and tear excepted, are free and clear of any known defects except such
defects as do not substantially interfere with the continued use thereof
in the
conduct of normal operations, and are able to serve the function for which
they
are currently being used, except to the extent the failure to keep such
condition (individually or in the aggregate) would not reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.15 Capitalization
of Company.
On the
Initial Borrowing Date after giving effect to the Transaction, Company will
have
no Capital Stock outstanding other than the Common Stock and rights outstanding
under the Shareholder Rights Plan. All outstanding shares of capital stock
of
Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable. A complete and correct copy of each of the Organizational
Documents of Company in effect on the date of this Agreement has been delivered
to Administrative Agent. .
6.16 Subsidiaries.
(a) Organization.
Schedule
6.16
hereto
sets forth a true, complete and correct list as of the date of this Agreement
of
each Subsidiary of Company (including for purposes of this list the members
of
the BAP Group) and indicates for each such Subsidiary (i) its jurisdiction
of
organization, (ii) its ownership (by holder and percentage interest) and
(iii)
whether such Subsidiary is a Material Subsidiary. As of the Initial Borrowing
Date, Company has no Subsidiaries except for those Subsidiaries listed as
such
on Schedule 6.16
hereto.
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(b) Capitalization.
All
shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary of Company have been duly authorized
and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except for shares
of
Canadian Borrower which are assessable upon a winding up or bankruptcy of
Canadian Borrower) and are owned free and clear of all Liens except for
Permitted Liens. No authorized but unissued or treasury shares of capital
stock
of any Subsidiary of Company are subject to any option, warrant, right to
call
or similar commitment. A complete and correct copy of each Organizational
Document of each Domestic Subsidiary of Company, each first-tier Foreign
Subsidiary of Company or a Domestic Subsidiary and any Other Subsidiary Borrower
in effect on the date of this Agreement has been delivered to Administrative
Agent.
(c) Restrictions
on or Relating to Subsidiaries.
Except
to the extent permitted by Section
8.14,
there
does not exist any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of:
(i) any
Subsidiary of Company to pay dividends or make any other distributions on
its
Capital Stock, or to pay any Indebtedness owed to Company or a Subsidiary
of
Company;
(ii) any
Subsidiary of Company to make loans or advances to Company or any of Company’s
Subsidiaries; or
(iii) Company
or any of its Subsidiaries to transfer any of its properties or assets to
Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
except,
in connection with (i), (ii) or (iii) above, for such encumbrances or
restrictions existing under or by reason of (x) applicable law, (y) this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or (z) customary provisions restricting
subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of Company
or a Subsidiary of Company.
6.17 Compliance
With Law, Etc.
Neither
Company nor any of its Material Subsidiaries is in default under or in violation
of any Requirement of Law applicable to any of them or Contractual Obligation,
or under its Organizational Documents, as the case may be, in each case the
consequences of which default or violation, either in any one case or in
the
aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.18 Investment
Company Act.
Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
6.19 Public
Utility Holding Company Act.
Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “holding company,” or a “subsidiary
company” of a “holding company,” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or of
a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company” within the meaning of the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
6.20 Environmental
Matters.
(a) Company
and each of its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with,
and on
the date of such Credit Event are in compliance in all material respects
with,
all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits except for such
non-
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compliance
as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
have a
Material Adverse Effect. There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of
Borrowers, threatened Environmental Claims against Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any real property currently owned or operated by Company
or any
of its Subsidiaries except for such Environmental Claims that would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Hazardous
Materials have not at any time been generated, used, treated or stored on,
or
transported to or from, or otherwise come to be located on, any real property
owned or at any time operated by Company or any of its Subsidiaries where
such
generation, use, treatment or storage has violated or would reasonably be
expected to violate or create liability under any Environmental Law in any
material respect and result, either individually or in the aggregate, in
a
Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Borrowers, Hazardous Materials
have
not at any time been Released on or from, or otherwise come to be located
on,
any real property owned or at any time operated by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries where such Release has violated or would reasonably be expected
to
violate or create liability under any Environmental Law in any material respect
and result, either individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.21 Intellectual
Property, Licenses, Franchises and Formulas.
Each of
Company and its Subsidiaries owns or holds licenses or other rights to or
under
all the material patents, patent applications, trademarks, designs, service
marks, trademark and service xxxx registrations and applications therefor,
trade
names, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications therefor, trade
secrets, proprietary information, computer programs, data bases, licenses,
permits, franchises and formulas, or rights with respect to the foregoing
which
are material to the business of Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole,
(collectively, “Intellectual
Property”),
and
has obtained assignments of all leases and other rights of whatever nature,
material to the present conduct of the business of Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, without any known material conflict with the rights of
others
except, in each case, where the failure to own or hold such rights or obtain
such assignments would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has knowledge of any
existing or threatened claim by any Person contesting the validity,
enforceability, use or ownership of the Intellectual Property, or of any
existing state of facts that would support a claim that use by Company or
any of
its Subsidiaries of any such Intellectual Property has infringed or otherwise
violated any proprietary rights of any other Person which would reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE
VII
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Each
Borrower hereby agrees, as to itself and its Subsidiaries, that, so long
as any
of the Commitments remain in effect, or any Loan or LC Obligation remains
outstanding and unpaid or any other amount is owing to any Lender or
Administrative Agent hereunder, such Borrower shall:
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7.1 Financial
Statements.
Furnish, or cause to be furnished, to each Lender:
(a) Quarterly
Financial Statements.
As soon
as available, but in any event not later than fifty (50) days after the end
of
each of the Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year of Company, the unaudited
consolidating (on a basis reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent)
and
consolidated balance sheet and statements of income of Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related
unaudited consolidated statements of earnings and of cash flows of Company
and
its consolidated Subsidiaries for such quarter and the portion of the Fiscal
Year through the end of such quarter, all of which shall be certified by
the
Chief Financial Officer of Company, as at the dates indicated and for the
periods indicated, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments;
(b) Annual
Financial Statements.
As soon
as available, but in any event within ninety-five (95) days after the end
of
each Fiscal Year of Company, a copy of the consolidating (on a basis reasonably
acceptable to Administrative Agent) and audited consolidated balance sheet
of
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and
the
related consolidating and audited consolidated statements of income, earnings
and of cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form
the figures for the previous year;
All
such
financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects,
shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout
the
periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as approved by the
accountants preparing such statements or the Chief Financial Officer, as
the
case may be, and disclosed therein) and, in the case of the consolidated
financial statements referred to in Section
7.1(b),
shall
be accompanied by a report thereon of independent certified public accountants
of recognized national standing, which report shall contain no qualifications
with respect to the continuance of Company and its Subsidiaries as going
concerns and shall state that such financial statements present fairly in
all
material respects the financial position of Company and its Subsidiaries
as at
the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flow for
the
periods indicated in conformity with GAAP.
7.2 Certificates;
Other Information.
Furnish
to each Lender (or, if specified below, to Administrative Agent):
(a) Officer’s
Certificates.
Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in
Sections
7.1(a) and 7.1(b),
a
certificate of Company’s Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer substantially in
the form of Exhibit
7.2(a)
(a
“Compliance Certificate”)
stating that to the best of such officer’s knowledge, (i) such financial
statements present fairly, in accordance with GAAP (or, in the case of financial
statements of any Foreign Subsidiary delivered pursuant to Section
7.1(a),
generally accepted accounting principles in such Person’s jurisdiction of
organization), the financial condition and results of operations of Company
and
its Subsidiaries for the period referred to therein (subject, in the case
of
interim statements, to normal recurring adjustments) and
(ii)
no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists, except as specified
in
such certificate and, if so specified, the action which Company proposes
to take
with respect thereto, which certificate shall set forth detailed computations
to
the extent necessary to establish Company’s compliance with the covenants set
forth in Article
IX
of this
Agreement;
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(b) Audit
Reports and Statements.
Promptly following Company’s receipt thereof, copies of all consolidated
financial or other consolidated reports or statements of the Company, if
any,
submitted to Company by independent public accountants relating to any annual
or
interim audit of the books of Company and its Subsidiaries;
(c) Management
Letters.
Promptly after receipt thereof, a copy of any “management letter” received by
Company or any of its Subsidiaries from its certified public
accountants;
(d) Budgets;
Projections.
As soon
as available and in any event within sixty (60) days following the first
day of
each Fiscal Year of Company (i) an annual budget (by quarter) in form
satisfactory to Administrative Agent (including budgeted balance sheet,
statements of earnings and cash flows) prepared by Company for each Fiscal
Quarter of such Fiscal Year, which shall be accompanied by the statement
of the
Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer of Company
to the
effect that, to the best of his knowledge at the time made, such budget is
a
reasonable estimate for the periods covered thereby;
(e) Public
Filings.
Promptly after the same become public, copies of all financial statements,
annual or quarterly filings, registrations and Form 8-K reports which Borrowers
may make to, or file with, the SEC or any successor or analogous Governmental
Authority; provided that the Company shall not be required to furnish to
the
Administrative Agent or any Lender the Form 8-K filed in respect of
this
Agreement;
(f) Other
Requested Information.
Such
other information with respect to Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the
Collateral, including, without limitation, any Asset Disposition or financing
transaction, as Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time
reasonably request.
7.3 Notices.
Promptly and in any event within three (3) Business Days after a Responsible
Officer of Company or of any of its Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof,
give
written notice to Administrative Agent (which shall promptly provide a copy
of
such notice to each Lender) of:
(a) Event
of Default or Unmatured Event of Default.
The
occurrence of any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default, accompanied
by
a statement of the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer of Company setting
forth
details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action Borrowers
propose to take with respect thereto;
(b) Litigation
and Related Matters.
The
commencement of, or any material development in, any action, suit, proceeding
or
investigation pending or threatened against or affecting Company or any of
its
Material Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority, (i) in which Company reasonably determines
that expected exposure not covered by insurance of Company and its Subsidiaries
exceeds $40,000,000 in the aggregate, (ii) with respect to any Loan Document
or
any material Indebtedness or preferred stock of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (iii) which, if determined adversely to Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries, would individually or when
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aggregated
with any other action, suit, proceeding or investigation reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) Environmental
Matters.
The
occurrence of one or more of the following environmental matters which would
reasonably be expected to subject Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
liability individually or in the aggregate in excess of
$40,000,000:
(i) any
pending or threatened material Environmental Claim against Company or any
of its
Subsidiaries or any real property owned or operated by Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries;
(ii) any
condition or occurrence on or arising from any real property owned or operated
by Company or any of its Subsidiaries that (y) results in material noncompliance
by Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any applicable Environmental Law
or
(z) would reasonably be expected to form the basis of a material Environmental
Claim against Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any such real
property;
(iii) any
condition or occurrence on any real property owned or operated by Company
or any
of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to cause such real
property to be subject to any material restrictions on the ownership, occupancy,
use or transferability of such real property under any Environmental Law;
(iv) the
taking of any Remedial Action on any real property at any time owned or operated
by Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(v) All
such
notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the Environmental
Claim, condition, occurrence or Remedial Action and Company’s or such
Subsidiary’s response thereto. In addition, Company will provide Administrative
Agent with copies of all written communications with any Governmental Authority
relating to actual or alleged violations of Environmental Laws, all written
communications with any Person relating to Environmental Claims, and such
detailed written reports of any Environmental Claim as may reasonably be
requested by Administrative Agent;
(d) Rating
Matters.
Any
announcement by Xxxxx’x or S&P of any change in a Rating.
7.4 Conduct
of Business and Maintenance of Existence.
Continue to engage in business of the same general types as now conducted
by
Company and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, businesses
reasonably related or incidental thereto) and preserve, renew and keep in
full
force and effect its and each of its Material Subsidiary’s corporate existence
and take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises
material to its and those of each of its Material Subsidiaries’ business except
as otherwise permitted pursuant to Sections
8.3
and
8.4
and
comply and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply with all Requirements
of Law
except to the extent that failure to comply therewith would not in the aggregate
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.5 Payment
of Obligations.
Pay or
discharge or otherwise satisfy at maturity or, to the extent permitted hereby,
prior to maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may
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be,
and
cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to pay or discharge or otherwise
satisfy
at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may
be:
(a) all
material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon
any
of them or upon any of their income or profits or any of their respective
properties or assets prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto;
and
(b) all
lawful claims prior to the time they become a Lien (other than Permitted
Liens)
upon any of their respective properties or assets;
provided,
however,
that
neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or
discharge any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim while the same
is
being contested by it in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
pursued so long as Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall
have
set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP (segregated
to
the extent required by GAAP) or their equivalent in the relevant jurisdiction
of
the taxing authority with respect thereto.
7.6 Inspection
of Property, Books and Records.
Keep,
or cause to be kept, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep or cause
to be
kept, adequate records and books of account, in which entries are to be made
reflecting its and their business and financial transactions in accordance
with
GAAP and all material Requirements of Law and permit, and cause each of its
Subsidiaries to permit, any Lender or its respective representatives, at
any
reasonable time during normal business hours, and from time to time at the
reasonable request of such Lender and at such Lender’s expense made to Borrowers
and upon reasonable notice, to visit and inspect its and their respective
properties, to examine and make copies of and take abstracts from its and
their
respective records and books of account, and to discuss its and their respective
affairs, finances and accounts with its and their respective principal officers,
and, if an Event of Default exists and is continuing, permit, and cause each
of
its Subsidiaries to permit, Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders
access
to their independent public accountants (and by this provision Borrowers
authorize such accountants to discuss with Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders and such representatives, and in the presence of Company, the affairs,
finances and accounts of Company and its Subsidiaries).
7.7 ERISA.
(a) As
soon
as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries knows or has reason to know that a Termination Event
has
occurred with respect to any Plan, deliver, or cause such Subsidiary to deliver,
to Administrative Agent a certificate of a responsible officer of Company
or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, setting forth the details of such
Termination Event and the action, if any, which Company or such Subsidiary
is
required or proposes to take, together with any notices required or proposed
to
be given;
(b) Upon
the
request of any Lender made from time to time, deliver, or cause each Subsidiary
to deliver, to each Lender a copy of the most recent actuarial report and
annual
report on Form 5500 (to the extent such annual report is required by law)
completed with respect to any Plan;
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(c) As
soon
as possible and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after Company
or any
of its Subsidiaries knows or has reason to know that any of the following
have
occurred with respect to any Plan:
(i) such
Plan
has been terminated, reorganized, petitioned or declared insolvent under
Title
IV of ERISA,
(ii) the
Plan
Sponsor terminates such Plan,
(iii) the
PBGC
has instituted proceedings under Section 515 of ERISA to collect a
delinquent contribution to such Plan or under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate
such Plan,
(iv) that
an
accumulated funding deficiency has been incurred or that an application has
been
made to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the
minimum funding standard (including any required installment payments) or
on
extension of any amortization period under Section 412 of the Code,
(v) Company
or any Subsidiary of Company has incurred any liability that would result
in a
Material Adverse Effect under any employee welfare benefit plan (within the
meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA) that provides benefits to retired employees
(other than as required by Section 601 et seq. of ERISA) or any employee
pension
benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA),
deliver,
or cause such Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate to deliver, to Administrative
Agent
a written notice thereof;
(d) As
soon
as possible and in any event within thirty (30) days after Company or any
of its
Subsidiaries knows or has reason to know that any of them has caused a complete
withdrawal or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and
4205,
respectively, of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan, deliver, or cause such
Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate to deliver, to Administrative Agent a written
notice thereof;
(e) For
purposes of this Section
7.7,
Company
shall be deemed to have knowledge of all facts known by the Plan Administrator
of any Plan of which Company is the Plan Sponsor, and each Subsidiary of
Company
shall be deemed to have knowledge of all facts known by the Plan Administrator
of any Plan of which such Subsidiary is a Plan Sponsor. In addition to its
other
obligations set forth in this Article
VII,
Company
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at the request of any
Lender, deliver to such Lender (and a copy to Administrative Agent) copies
of
the most recent annual reports, actuarial reports and notices received by
Company or any Subsidiary with respect to any Foreign Pension Plan no later
than
ten (10) Business Days after the date of such request.
7.8 Foreign
Pension Plan Compliance.
Cause
each of its Subsidiaries and each member of the Controlled Group to, establish,
maintain and operate all Foreign Pension Plans to comply in all material
respects with all laws, regulations and rules applicable thereto and the
respective requirements of the governing documents for such Plans, except
for
failures to comply
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which,
in
the aggregate, would not be reasonably likely to subject Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries to liability, individually or in the aggregate in excess of
$40,000,000.
7.9 Maintenance
of Property, Insurance.
(a) Keep,
and
cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to keep, all material property
(including, but not limited to, equipment) useful and necessary in its business
in good working order and condition, normal wear and tear and damage by casualty
excepted, and subject to Section
8.4;
(b) Maintain,
and shall cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to maintain, with reputable
insurers, insurance with respect to its material properties and business
against
loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged
in
the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are
customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons. Such
insurance shall be maintained with reputable insurers, except that a portion
of
such insurance program (not to exceed that which is customary in the case
of
companies engaged in the same or similar business or having similar properties
similarly situated) may be effected through self-insurance, provided adequate
reserves therefor, in accordance with GAAP, are maintained;
(c) Shall
furnish to Administrative Agent, on the Initial Borrowing Date, a schedule
listing the insurance it, each Credit Party and Material Subsidiary carried.
7.10 Environmental
Laws.
(a) Comply
with, and cause its Subsidiaries to comply with, and, in each case take
reasonable steps to ensure compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any,
with, all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and comply in all material
respects with and maintain, and take reasonable steps to ensure that all
tenants
and subtenants obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain,
any
and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required
by
applicable Environmental Laws except to the extent that failure to do so
would
not in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(b) Conduct
and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all
remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and
promptly comply in all material respects with all lawful orders, directives
and
information requests of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental
Laws except to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith
by
appropriate proceedings or except to the extent that such failure to do so
would
not in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) Defend,
indemnify and hold harmless Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and their
respective employees, agents, officers and directors, from and against any
and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, claims, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of whatever kind or nature
known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way
relating to the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any
Environmental Law applicable to the operations of Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or the Premises, the Former Premises or any real property to
which
Hazardous
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Materials
related to Company or any of its Subsidiaries come to be located, or any
orders,
requirements or demands of Governmental Authorities related thereto, including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ and consultants’ fees, investigation
and laboratory fees, costs arising from any Remedial Action, court costs
and
litigation expenses, except to the extent that any of the foregoing arise
out of
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification
therefor. The agreements in this Section 7.10(c)
shall
survive termination of the Commitments and repayment of the Notes and all
other
Obligations.
7.11 Use
of Proceeds.
Use all
proceeds of the Loans as provided in Section 6.8.
7.12 Additional
Security; Further Assurances.
(a) Additional
Guarantors and Pledges.
(i) Subject
to Sections
12.19(c)
and
12.22,
cause
each Domestic Subsidiary of Company (other than a Receivables Subsidiary)
that
is or becomes a Material Subsidiary to become a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty
and the United States Pledge Agreement in accordance with the terms
thereof;
(ii) Subject
to Sections
12.19(c)
and
12.22,
cause
each Foreign Subsidiary of Company (other than a Receivables Subsidiary)
that is
or becomes an Other Subsidiary Borrower to become a party to an Other Pledge
Agreement; provided, that no Subsidiary shall be required to execute such
documents to the extent and for so long as any Requirement of Law (including
any
exchange control, financial assistance, corporate benefit, corporate interest,
absence of misuse of assets, minimum capitalization, fraudulent conveyance,
mandatory labor advice or similar rules or regulations, “Foreign
Requirements of Law”)
would
be violated thereby or a material tax liability would be imposed which
Administrative Agent determines would make the execution of such documents
not
commercially reasonable or impractical if all Credit Parties and their
Subsidiaries have taken all commercially reasonable steps to avoid or cure
such
violation or such liability; and
(iii) Cause
each Subsidiary that becomes a guarantor of obligations arising under any
Permitted Debt Document and that is not at such time party to the Subsidiary
Guaranty to become a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with
the
terms thereof; provided,
however,
that
this Section
7.12(a)(iii)
shall
not apply to a Foreign Subsidiary that becomes a guarantor of only obligations
under one or more Permitted Debt Documents of persons that are not United
States
persons within the meaning of Code Section 7701(a)(30).
(b) Pledge
of New Subsidiary Stock.
(i) Subject
to Sections
12.19(c)
and
12.22,
pledge
(or cause its Subsidiaries to pledge) all of the Capital Stock of each new
Domestic Subsidiary of Company that is a Material Subsidiary and each Domestic
Subsidiary that becomes a Material Subsidiary and 65% of the Capital Stock
of
each new first-tier Foreign Subsidiary (directly owned by Company or a Domestic
Subsidiary) that is a Material Subsidiary and each first-tier Foreign Subsidiary
(directly owned by Company or a Domestic Subsidiary) that becomes a Material
Subsidiary established, acquired, created or otherwise in existence after
the
Initial Borrowing Date to Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Creditors pursuant to the terms of the
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Pledge Agreement promptly, and in any event, within sixty (60) days,
in
the case of any such Domestic Subsidiary, and one hundred and twenty (120)
days,
in the case of any such first-tier Foreign Subsidiary of the creation of
such
new Subsidiary or the date such Subsidiary becomes a Material Subsidiary,
as
applicable;
(ii) Subject
to Sections
12.19(c)
and
12.22,
pledge
(or cause their Subsidiaries to pledge) all of the Capital Stock of each
of
Canadian Borrower’s new Subsidiaries that is a Material Subsidiary and each of
Canadian Borrower’s Subsidiaries that becomes a Material Subsidiary established,
acquired, created or otherwise in existence after the Initial Borrowing Date
to
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to
Section
7.12(a)(iii),
within
sixty (60) days of the creation of such new Subsidiary or the date such
Subsidiary becomes a Material Subsidiary, as applicable; and
(iii) Subject
to Sections
12.19(c)
and
12.22
and
except to the extent (and for so long as) it would result in a violation
of
Foreign Requirements of Law or imposition of a material tax liability that
Administrative Agent determines would make such pledge not commercially
reasonable or impractical (which all Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries
have
taken all commercially reasonable steps to avoid or cure) and except as
otherwise agreed by Required Lenders, pledge all of the Capital Stock of
each
new first-tier Foreign Subsidiary owned by European Holdco or any Other
Subsidiary Borrower that is a Material Subsidiary (other than a Foreign
Subsidiary owned directly by Company or a Domestic Subsidiary) and each
first-tier Foreign Subsidiary owned by European Holdco or any Other Subsidiary
Borrower that becomes a Material Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary
owned directly by Company or a Domestic Subsidiary) established, acquired,
created or otherwise in existence after the Initial Borrowing Date to Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to the terms of the
applicable Other Pledge Agreement, within one hundred and twenty (120) days
of
the creation of such new Subsidiary or the date such Subsidiary becomes a
Material Subsidiary, as applicable.
(c) Documentation
for Additional Security.
The
security interests required to be granted pursuant to this Section
7.12
shall be
granted pursuant to such security documentation (which shall be substantially
similar to the Security Documents already executed and delivered by the
applicable Borrower) reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
Administrative Agent and shall constitute valid and enforceable first priority
perfected security interests (to the extent such concepts exist in the relevant
jurisdiction) subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens. The Additional
Security Documents and other instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded
or filed in such manner and in such places and at such times as are required
by
law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect such security interest, in
favor
of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, required to be granted
pursuant to the Additional Security Document and, all taxes, fees and other
charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full by Company.
At the
time of the execution and delivery of the Additional Security Documents,
Company
shall cause to be delivered to Administrative Agent such agreements, opinions
of
counsel and other related documents as may be reasonably requested by
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to assure themselves that this
Section 7.12
has been
complied with.
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7.13 End
of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters.
Cause
Company’s and European Holdco’s annual accounting periods to end on December 31
of each year (each a “Fiscal
Year”),
with
quarterly accounting periods ending on or about March 31, June 30, September
30,
December 31, of each Fiscal Year (each a “Fiscal
Quarter”).
7.14 Foreign
Subsidiaries Security.
If,
following a change in the relevant sections of the Code or the regulations,
rules, rulings, notices or other official pronouncements issued or promulgated
thereunder, Administrative Agent or Required Lenders provides Company with
an
opinion addressed to Company of counsel (selected by Company within 30 days
after receiving the request of Administrative Agent) that in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Company concludes that with respect to any Foreign
Subsidiary that is (i) a Material Subsidiary and (ii) a direct Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of Company or a Domestic Subsidiary which has not already had
all of
its stock pledged pursuant to the Pledge Agreements that a pledge of 66 2/3%
or
more (in the case of a direct Foreign Subsidiary) or all (in the case of
any
indirect Foreign Subsidiary) of the total combined voting power of all classes
of capital stock of such Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote, would not cause
any undistributed earnings of a Foreign Subsidiary as determined for United
States Federal income tax purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to
a
Foreign Subsidiary’s United States parent for United States Federal income tax
purposes, then that portion of such Foreign Subsidiary’s outstanding capital
stock not theretofore pledged pursuant to a Pledge Agreement shall be pledged
upon entering all necessary documents to Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the
Secured Creditors pursuant to the Pledge Agreements (or another pledge agreement
in substantially similar form, if needed) to the extent that entering into
such
agreement is permitted by the laws of the respective foreign jurisdiction;
provided, however, that the amount of additional stock that may be pledged
pursuant to this Section
7.14 shall
not
exceed the amount of such stock that, in the opinion of such counsel, can
be
pledged without causing any such undistributed earnings of a Foreign Subsidiary
to be treated as a deemed dividend. All reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to obtain such an
opinion shall be paid by Company.
ARTICLE
VIII
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Each
Borrower hereby agrees, as to itself and its Subsidiaries, that, so long
as any
of the Commitments remain in effect or any Loan or LC Obligation remains
outstanding and unpaid or any other amount is owing to any Lender or
Administrative Agent hereunder:
8.1 Liens.
No
Borrower will nor will permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume
or suffer to exist or become a party to any agreement, note, indenture or
other
instrument pursuant to which such Person agrees to create, incur or assume
any
Lien in, upon or with respect to any of its properties or assets, whether
now
owned or hereafter acquired, except for the following Liens (herein referred
to
as “Permitted
Liens”):
(a) Liens
created by the Loan Documents or otherwise securing the
Obligations;
(b) Customary
Permitted Liens;
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(c) Liens
existing on the date hereof listed on Schedule
8.1
hereto;
(d) Liens
on
any property (including the interest of a lessee under a Capitalized Lease)
securing Indebtedness incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing (or
financing of the purchase price within 120 days after the respective purchase
of
assets) all or any part of the acquisition, construction, repair or improvement
cost of such property (including Liens to which any property is subject at
the
time of acquisition thereof by Company or any of its Subsidiaries) provided
that,
(i) any
such
Lien does not extend to any other property,
(ii) such
Lien
either exists on the date hereof or is created in connection with the
acquisition, construction, repair or improvement of such property as permitted
by this Agreement,
(iii) the
indebtedness secured by any such Lien, (or the Capitalized Lease Obligation
with
respect to any Capitalized Lease) does not exceed 100% of the fair market
value
of such assets and
(iv) the
Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted to be incurred pursuant to
Section
8.2(f);
(e) Liens
on
any assets of any Person at the time such assets are acquired or such Person
becomes a Subsidiary or is merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into
a
Subsidiary and, in each case, not created in contemplation of or in connection
with such event, provided
that,
(x) no such lien shall extend to or cover any other property or assets of
any
Borrower or of such Subsidiary, as the case may be, (y) the aggregate principal
amount of the Indebtedness secured by all such Liens in respect of any such
property or assets shall not exceed 100% of the fair market value of such
property or assets at the time of such acquisition nor, in the case of a
Lien in
respect of property or assets existing at the time of such Person becoming
a
Subsidiary or being so consolidated or merged, the fair market value of the
property or assets acquired at such time, and (z) the Indebtedness secured
thereby is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 8.2(g);
(f) any
Lien
arising out of the replacement, refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding
of
any Indebtedness secured by any Lien permitted by clauses (c), (d), (e),
(g) and
(h) of this Section, provided
that,
such Indebtedness is not increased and is not secured by any additional
assets;
(g) Liens
on
Receivables Facility Assets transferred in accordance with the terms of the
Receivables Documents pursuant to a Permitted Accounts Receivable
Securitization;
(h) Liens
incurred in connection with Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under
Section
8.9;
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(i) Liens
in
respect of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.2(r)
to the
extent such Lien exists at the time of redesignation of the BAP Group and
to the
extent such Liens would comply with clauses (x) and (y) of the proviso at
Section
8.1(e);
and
(j) additional
Liens incurred by Company and its Subsidiaries so long as, without duplication,
the Dollar Equivalent of the value of the property subject to such Liens
at the
time such Lien is incurred and the Dollar Equivalent of the Indebtedness
(including any refinancings of such Indebtedness) and other obligations secured
thereby do not exceed 5% of Company’s Consolidated Tangible Assets in the
aggregate at any time.
8.2 Indebtedness.
No
Borrower will nor will permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur, create,
assume
directly or indirectly, or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except:
(a) Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or otherwise
evidencing any of the Obligations, including, without limitation, Obligations
incurred under Additional Facilities created pursuant to Section
2.9;
(b) Receivables
Facility Attributable Debt incurred in connection with Permitted Accounts
Receivable Securitizations provided that (i) such Indebtedness related to
Permitted Accounts Receivable Securitizations of Foreign Subsidiaries
plus
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Uncommitted Short Term Lines of Credit
shall
not exceed the Dollar Equivalent of €150,000,000 in the aggregate and (ii) such
Indebtedness related to all Permitted Accounts Receivable Securitizations
shall
not exceed the Dollar Equivalent of $300,000,000 in the aggregate;
(c) Indebtedness
evidenced by the Senior Notes (2006) and the Senior Notes (2012);
(d) Indebtedness
of Company (i) other than Disqualified Preferred Stock provided,
that
(1) the covenants, defaults and similar provisions applicable to such
Indebtedness are, taken as a whole, no more restrictive than the provisions
contained in this Agreement and do not conflict in any material respect with
this Agreement and are, taken as a whole, otherwise on market terms and
conditions and (2) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness
on
a Pro Forma Basis for the period of four Fiscal Quarters ending with the
Fiscal
Quarter for which financial statements have most recently been delivered
(or
were required to be delivered) pursuant to Section
7.1,
no
Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default would exist hereunder and
any
refinancings of such Indebtedness that satisfy the provisions of this
Section
8.2(d)
(such
Indebtedness being referred to herein as “Permitted
Additional Indebtedness”)
and
(ii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $150,000,000 in the form of
Disqualified Preferred Stock;
(e) Indebtedness
under Interest Rate Agreements entered into to protect Borrowers or any of
their
Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates in respect of the
Obligations;
(f) Indebtedness
of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries (including any refinancings of such
Indebtedness) secured by Liens permitted under Section
8.1(d),
provided
that,
the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such
Indebtedness at
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any
time
together with the Dollar Equivalent of Indebtedness permitted to be outstanding
pursuant to Sections
8.2(g)
and
(n)
shall
not exceed 10% of Company’s Consolidated Tangible Assets as set forth on the
last financial statements delivered by Company pursuant to Section
7.1;
(g) Indebtedness
of a Subsidiary of Company issued and outstanding on or prior to the date
on
which such Person becomes a Subsidiary or is merged, amalgamated or consolidated
with or into a Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness issued as consideration
in,
or to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to consummate, the
transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Subsidiary
became a Subsidiary or was acquired by Company) and any Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness with respect to such Indebtedness provided,
that
the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such
Indebtedness at any time together with the Dollar Equivalent of Indebtedness
permitted to be outstanding pursuant to Sections
8.2(f)
and
(n)
shall
not exceed 10% of Company’s Consolidated Tangible Assets as set forth on the
last financial statements delivered by Company pursuant to Section
7.1;
(h) Indebtedness
under Other Hedging Agreements providing protection against fluctuations
in
currency or commodity values in connection with any Borrower’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ operations so long as management of such Borrower or any such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, has determined that the entering into of
such
Other Hedging Agreements was for bona fide
hedging
activities;
(i) Indebtedness
of Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries consisting of take-or-pay obligations
contained in supply agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business;
(j) Indebtedness
outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule
6.5(d)
hereto;
(k) Intercompany
Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section
8.7;
provided,
however,
that in
the event of any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock which
results in the holder of such Indebtedness ceasing to be a Subsidiary or
a
Borrower or any subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (other than to Company
or any of its Subsidiaries) such Indebtedness shall be required to be permitted
under another clause of this Section
8.2;
provided,
further,
however,
that in
the case of Intercompany Indebtedness consisting of a loan or advance to
a
Borrower, each such loan or advance shall be subordinated to the indefeasible
payment in full of all of such Borrower’s Obligations;
(l) Indebtedness
constituting Permitted Guarantee Obligations;
(m) Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to Indebtedness described in clauses
(c)
and
(j)
of this
Section
8.2
(and any
subsequent Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect
thereto);
(n) Indebtedness
in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section
8.9;
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(o) Indebtedness
in respect of obligations secured by Customary Permitted Liens;
(p) Guarantee
Obligations outstanding on the date hereof incurred by Company or any Subsidiary
of obligations of any employee, officer or director of Company or any such
Subsidiary in respect of loans made to such employee, officer or director
in
connection with such Person’s acquisition of Capital Stock, phantom stock
rights, capital appreciation rights or similar equity like interests in Company
or any such Subsidiary in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000
outstanding at any one time to the extent;
(q) Indebtedness
(including any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness of such Indebtedness) in
an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed the lesser of the Dollar Equivalent
of
$200,000,000 or the then current outstanding principal amount of the Term
B
Loans incurred by European Holdco or Ball Holdings, S.ar.l. a corporation
organized under the laws of Luxembourg and a direct Subsidiary of European
Holdco, in the form of one or more series of publicly traded or privately
placed
unsecured bonds or notes; provided that (1) the covenants, defaults and similar
provisions applicable thereto are no more restrictive, taken as a whole,
than
the provisions contained in this Agreement and are, taken as a whole, otherwise
on market terms and conditions, (2) after giving effect to the incurrence
of
such Indebtedness on a Pro Forma Basis for the period of four Fiscal Quarters
ending with the Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have most recently
been delivered (or were required to be delivered) pursuant to Section
7.1,
no
Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default would exist hereunder and
(3) the
Net Offering Proceeds of such Indebtedness are applied within one Business
Day
of the date of receipt thereof as a voluntary prepayment of the Term B
Loan;
(r) Indebtedness
in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Dollar Equivalent of
$25,000,000 of the BAP Group deemed incurred as a result of a redesignation
pursuant to Section
12.23;
and
(s) Indebtedness
(including any refinancings of such Indebtedness) incurred by Company or
any
Subsidiary of Company in addition to that referred to elsewhere in this
Section
8.2
in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Dollar Equivalent of $250,000,000
in the aggregate.
8.3 Fundamental
Changes.
No
Borrower will nor will permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to, merge
into or
consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into
or
consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time
thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, any Subsidiary (other than a Receivables
Subsidiary) (i) may merge into or consolidate with Company in a transaction
in
which Company is the surviving corporation, (ii) may merge into or consolidate
with any Credit Party in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a
Credit
Party, (iii) that is not a Credit Party may merge into or consolidate with
any
Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party or any Person that becomes a Credit
Party
simultaneously with such merger, (iv) may merge into or consolidate with
any
other Person that becomes a Credit Party in connection with a Permitted
Acquisition, (v) may liquidate or dissolve if Company determines in good
faith
that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of Company
and is
not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, provided
that,
any such merger
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involving
a Person that is not a Controlled Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger
shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section
8.7.
No
Unrestricted Entity shall enter into any merger or consolidation into or
with
Company or any of its Subsidiaries provided that a Permitted Aerospace JV
may
merge or consolidate with Company or any Subsidiary in a transaction that
is a
Permitted Acquisition.
8.4 Asset
Sales.
No
Borrower will nor will permit any of its Subsidiaries to, convey, sell, lease
or
otherwise dispose of (or become party to any agreement, note, indenture or
other
instrument pursuant to which such Person agrees to do any of the foregoing
at
any future time without Administrative Agent’s prior written consent) all or any
part of their property or assets, or enter into any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction, except that:
(a) Company
and its Subsidiaries may sell, contribute and make other transfers of
Receivables Facility Assets pursuant to the Receivables Documents under a
Permitted Accounts Receivable Securitization;
(b) Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries may lease, including subleases and assignments of
leases
and subleases, real or personal property in the ordinary course of
business;
(c) Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries may sell Inventory in the ordinary course of
business;
(d) Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries may sell or discount, in each case without recourse
and
in the ordinary course of business, accounts receivable arising in the ordinary
course of business (x) which are overdue, or (y) which such Borrower or
Subsidiary may reasonably determine are difficult to collect but only in
connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with prudent
business practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of
receivables);
(e) Company
or any Subsidiary may make an Asset Disposition to Company or any Subsidiary
(other than a Receivables Subsidiary);
(f) Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries may enter into consignment arrangements (as consignor
or
as consignee) or similar arrangements for the sale of goods in the ordinary
course of business;
(g) Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries may make Investments permitted pursuant to Section
8.7
and sell
Investments referred to in clauses (a), (d) and (i) of Section
8.7;
(h) Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries may (y) enter into licenses or sublicenses of software,
trademarks and other Intellectual Property and general intangibles in the
ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the
business of such Person and (z) abandon or dispose of intellectual property
or
other proprietary rights of such Person that, in the reasonable business
judgment of such Person, is no longer practical to maintain or useful in
the
conduct of its business;
(i) Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries may enter into Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted
under Section
8.9;
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(j) Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to
Section
8.5;
(k) Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries may make dispositions in the ordinary course of business
of equipment and other tangible personal property that is obsolete,
uneconomical, worn-out, excess or no longer useful in Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ business;
(l) Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries may make dispositions of owned or leased vehicles
in the
ordinary course of business;
(m) Company
may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or part of the Aerospace Business
(including the Capital Stock of any Permitted Aerospace JV) in one or more
transactions; provided,
that
(1) each such transaction (y) is for not less than fair market value (as
determined by the board of directors of Company in good faith, whose
determination shall be conclusive evidence thereof and shall be evidenced
by a
resolution of such board of directors set forth in a Responsible Officer
of
Company’s certificate delivered to Administrative Agent), and (z) is consummated
when no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom, and (2) the Net Sale Proceeds of which therefrom shall be paid
in
accordance with Section
4.4(e);
(n) Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries may make other Asset Dispositions for fair value (other
than to a Receivables Subsidiary), provided that the aggregate book value
(at
the time of disposition thereof) of all assets then proposed to be disposed
of
together with all other assets disposed of in such Fiscal Year pursuant to
this
clause (n) does not exceed 10% of the Consolidated Assets of Company at such
time measured as of the date of the last such sale in any Fiscal Year or
together with all other assets disposed of since the Initial Borrowing Date
pursuant to this clause (n), does not exceed 15% of the Consolidated Assets
of
Company at such time, in each case, measured as of the date of the last such
sale based on the last financial statements delivered by Company pursuant
to
Section
7.1;
provided,
however,
to the
extent that the Net Sale Proceeds of any Asset Disposition that are not required
to be used to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section
4.4(e)
are used
to purchase assets used or to be used in the businesses referred to in
Section
8.11
in the
time period prescribed in Section
4.4(e),
and if
Company or such Subsidiary has complied with the provisions of Section
7.12
with
respect to any assets purchased with such reinvested proceeds, such Asset
Disposition shall be disregarded for purposes of calculations pursuant to
this
Section
8.4(n)
(and
shall otherwise be deemed to be permitted under this Section
8.4(n))
to the
extent of the reinvested proceeds, from and after the time of compliance
with
Section
7.12
with
respect to the acquisition of such other property.
In
the
event the Required Lenders waive the provisions of this Section
8.4
with
respect to the sale of any Collateral, or any Collateral is sold as permitted
by
Section
8.4,
such
Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Security
Documents, and Administrative Agent shall be authorized to take any actions
deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing.
8.5 Dividends
or Other Distributions.
No
Borrower will nor will permit any of its Subsidiaries to, either: (i) declare
or
pay any dividend or make any distribution on or in respect of its Capital
Stock
(“Dividend”)
or to
the direct or indirect holders of its Capital Stock (except (A) dividends
or
distributions payable solely in Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Preferred
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Stock)
or
in options, warrants or other rights to purchase Capital Stock (other than
Disqualified Preferred Stock) and (B) dividends, distributions or redemptions
payable to (1) Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Company and (2) any
other
Subsidiary of Company in compliance with applicable corporation law; provided
that the amount of such dividends or distributions under this clause (2)
which
are paid or made to any Person not a member of the Ball Corporate Group shall
be
included for purposes of calculating compliance with clause (b) below, and
shall
be permitted only to the extent they are permitted under clause (b) below)
or
(ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital
Stock
of Borrowers other than in exchange for, or out of proceeds of, the
substantially concurrent sale (other than to an Affiliate of any Borrower)
of
other Capital Stock of such Borrower or as permitted in (i)(A) above or (iii)
purchase, defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise acquire or retire
for
value, prior to any scheduled final or stated maturity, any Indebtedness
that is
either subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Obligations (other
than
refinancings of such Indebtedness with the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness and other than Intercompany Indebtedness subordinated as a result
of Section
8.2(k))
or (iv)
make any Restricted Investment; (any of the foregoing being hereinafter referred
to as a “Restricted
Payment”);
provided,
however,
(a) Company
or a Subsidiary may make distributions to the extent necessary to enable
Company
or a Subsidiary of Company to pay their taxes as they legally become due,
and
(b) so
long
as no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would result therefrom and Company is in pro forma compliance
with
the financial covenants set forth in Sections
9.1
and
9.2
on a Pro
Forma Basis for the period of four Fiscal Quarters ending with the Fiscal
Quarter for which financial statements have most recently been delivered
(or
were required to be delivered) both before and after giving effect to such
Restricted Payments, Company or any Subsidiary of Company may make any
Restricted Payment which would not result in a violation of the Senior Note
(2012) Indenture, any document governing any Permitted Additional Indebtedness
or any document governing any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect
of
any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (i) Company may pay Dividends within 60 days after the date
of
declaration thereof if at such date of declaration such Dividend would have
complied with this Section
8.5,
(ii)
any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or
exchange its Capital Stock for the Capital Stock of another Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary and (iii) Company may issue Capital Stock contemplated by the
Shareholder Rights Plan.
8.6 Issuance
of Stock.
(a) Company
will not issue any Capital Stock, except for such issuances of Capital Stock
of
Company consisting of Common Stock, Capital Stock contemplated by the
Shareholder Rights Plan, Permitted Preferred Stock and Disqualified Preferred
Stock.
(b) No
Borrower will nor will permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, issue, sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose
of any
shares of Capital Stock of any Material Subsidiary of Company, except (i)
to
Company, (ii) to another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Company, (iii) to qualify
directors if required by applicable law,
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(iv) pledges
pursuant to the Loan Documents or (v) pursuant to employee stock ownership
or
employee benefit plans in effect on the date hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Company and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to sell (x) all
or
part of the Capital Stock of any Permitted Aerospace JV in one or more
transactions in accordance with the terms of Section
8.4(m)
and (y)
100% of the outstanding stock of any Subsidiary, but, except as set forth
in
clause (x), not less than 100% of such stock, subject to Section
8.4.
8.7 Loans,
Investment and Acquisitions.
No
Borrower will nor will permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Investments
or make any Acquisitions except:
(a) Borrowers
and their Subsidiaries may acquire and hold Cash and Cash
Equivalents;
(b) Investments
existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule
8.7,
without
giving effect to any additions thereto or replacements thereof;
(c) Investments
required pursuant to the terms of any Permitted Accounts Receivable
Securitization;
(d) Investments
(including debt obligations) in trade receivables or received in connection
with
the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement
(including settlements of litigation) of delinquent obligations of, and other
disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of
business;
(e) Company
may enter into Interest Rate Agreements in compliance with Section
8.2(e)
and
Other Hedging Agreements in compliance with Section
8.2(h);
(f) pledges
or deposits made in the ordinary course of business;
(g) Investments
by Borrowers or any Subsidiary in Company or a Person that is a Subsidiary
prior
to such Investments, provided
that, if
applicable, the requirements of Section
7.12
are
satisfied;
(h) Borrowers
or any Subsidiary may make Permitted Acquisitions;
(i) Borrowers
or any Subsidiary may acquire and hold debt securities and other non-cash
consideration as consideration for an asset disposition permitted pursuant
to
Section
8.4;
(j) Borrowers
or any Subsidiary may make Restricted Investments permitted by Section
8.5,
provided,
that
any Restricted Investment that is an Acquisition complies with clauses (a)
through (d) of the definition of Permitted Acquisition; and
(k) Investments,
if any, resulting from transactions under the Manufacturing Supply
Agreement;
(l) Investments,
in addition to those Investments identified on Schedule
8.7,
in any
member of the BAP Group; provided,
however, until such time as a redesignation of the
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BAP
Group
occurs pursuant to Section
12.23,
such
additional Investments together with the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate
Investments pursuant to Section
8.7(m)(ii)
and the
aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of Guarantee Obligations or credit support
of
Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to Other Hedging Agreements to
which a
member of the BAP Group is party shall not exceed the Dollar Equivalent of
$150,000,000 in the aggregate after the Effective Date;
(m) Investments
in any Permitted Aerospace JV (i) consisting of all or part of the Aerospace
Business; provided,
that
Company’s Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is less than 3.25:1.0 and (ii)
additional Investments by Company and its Subsidiaries in any Permitted
Aerospace JV; provided
however,
such additional Investments pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii) together
with
the Permitted BAP Group Investment Amount shall not exceed the Dollar Equivalent
of $150,000,000 in the aggregate after the Effective Date;
(n) extensions
of trade credit, accounts receivable and prepaid expenses in the ordinary
course
of business; and
(o) other
Investments (other than in Unrestricted Entities) not in excess of $150,000,000
outstanding at any one time; provided,
that
any such Investment that is an Acquisition complies with clauses (a) through
(d)
of the definition of Permitted Acquisition.
8.8 Transactions
with Affiliates.
No
Borrower will nor will permit any of its Subsidiaries, or any Unrestricted
Entity to, conduct any business or enter into any transaction or series of
similar transactions (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of
any
property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of any Borrower
(other than a Credit Party) unless the terms of such business, transaction
or
series of transactions are as favorable to such Borrower, such Subsidiary,
such
Permitted Aerospace JV or such member of the BAP Group as terms that would
be
obtainable at the time for a comparable transaction or series of similar
transactions in arm’s-length dealings with an unrelated third Person or, if such
transaction is not one which by its nature could be obtained from such Person,
is on fair and reasonable terms, provided
that,
the following shall be permitted: (t) any agreements in existence on the
Effective Date and disclosed in the Form 10-K or the Form 10-Q (as such
agreements may be renewed or otherwise continued in effect); (u) the payment
of
customary fees, expenses and compensation to members of the board of directors
or comparable governing body of such Person; (v) transactions expressly
permitted by Section
8.3
or
Section
8.5;
(w)
transactions expressly permitted by Section
8.4,
8.6
or
8.7
among
the Company and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries or among Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries; (x) transactions pursuant to Tax Sharing Agreements; (y)
transactions pursuant to the Manufacturing Supply Agreement; and (z)
transactions pursuant to any Permitted Accounts Receivable
Securitization.
8.9 Sale-Leasebacks.
No
Borrower will nor will permit any of its Subsidiaries to, lease any property
as
lessee in connection with a Sale and Leaseback Transaction entered into after
the Initial Borrowing Date unless such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is
consummated within 120 days after the date that such Person acquires the
property subject to such transaction and if, at the time of such entering
into
such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and after giving effect thereto, the
aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of Attributable Debt for such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction and for all Sale and Leaseback Transactions so entered
into by Borrowers
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and
their
Subsidiaries, together with the Dollar Equivalent of Indebtedness then
outstanding pursuant to Sections
8.2(f)
and
(g)
does not
exceed 10% of Company’s Consolidated Tangible Assets.
8.10 Restrictions
on Credit Support to Unrestricted Entities.
Other
than Investments permitted pursuant to Section
8.7(l)
and
(m),
neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall provide any type of credit support
or
credit enhancement to any Unrestricted Entity, whether directly through loans
to
or Investments in, letters of credit issued for the benefit of any creditor
of
any Unrestricted Entity or guarantees or any other Contractual Obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of Company or any of such Subsidiaries with respect
to
any Indebtedness or other obligation or liability of any Unrestricted Entity,
including, without limitation, any such Indebtedness, obligation or liability,
directly or indirectly guaranteed, supported by letter of credit, endorsed
(other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business),
co-made or discounted or sold with recourse, or in respect of which Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries is otherwise directly or indirectly liable, including
contractual obligations (contingent or otherwise) arising through any agreement
to purchase, repurchase, or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness, obligation
or
liability or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or
discharge thereof (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases,
capital contributions or otherwise), or to maintain solvency, assets, level
of
income, or other financial condition, or to make payment other than for value
received; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries may incur Guarantee Obligations or provide credit support in
respect of Other Hedging Agreements entered into by a member of the BAP Group
to
the extent such Guarantee Obligations would not result in a violation of
Section
8.7(l) or (m).
8.11 Lines
of Business.
No
Borrower will nor will permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into or acquire
any line of business which is not reasonably related or incidental to the
business engaged in as of the date hereof.
8.12 Fiscal
Year.
Neither
Company nor European Holdco will change its Fiscal Year.
8.13 Limitation
on Voluntary Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of
Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; Certain
Derivative Transactions, Etc.
No
Borrower will nor will permit any of its Subsidiaries to:
(a) make
(or
give any notice in respect of) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment
on or redemption or acquisition for value of (including, without limitation,
by
way of depositing with the trustee with respect thereto or any other Person
money or securities before due for the purpose of paying when due) any
Indebtedness (other than Intercompany Indebtedness subordinated as a result
of
Section
8.2(k))
that is
either subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Obligations, other
than
pursuant to the issuance of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness or as otherwise
permitted by Section
8.5;
(b) amend,
terminate or modify, or permit the amendment, termination or modification
of,
any provision of any documents governing Indebtedness described in
clause (a)
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above in
a
manner which, taken as a whole, is materially adverse to the interests of
the
Lenders; or
(c) amend,
modify or change in any way materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders,
its Organizational Documents (including, without limitation, by filing or
modification of any certificate of designation) or By-Laws, or any agreement
entered into by it, with respect to its Capital Stock, or enter into any
new
agreement with respect to its Capital Stock in any manner materially adverse
to
the interests of the Lenders.
8.14 Limitation
on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries.
No
Borrower will nor will permit any of its Material Subsidiaries, to create
or
otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual
encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Borrower or any Material
Subsidiary of any Borrower to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions
on its Capital Stock to Company or any of its other Subsidiaries or pay any
Indebtedness or other Obligation owed to Company or any of its other
Subsidiaries, (ii) make any loans or advances to Company or any of its other
Material Subsidiaries, or (iii) transfer any of its property to Company or
any
of its other Material Subsidiaries, except:
(a) any
encumbrance or restriction pursuant to the Loan Documents, the Senior Notes
(2006), the Senior Notes (2012), any documents evidencing Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness with respect to any of the foregoing, any Permitted Accounts
Receivable Securitization or an agreement in effect at or entered into on
the
Effective Date and reflected on Schedule 8.14(a)
hereto;
(b) any
encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Subsidiary of Company pursuant
to
an agreement relating to any Indebtedness issued by such Subsidiary on or
prior
to the date on which such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary of Company or was
acquired by Company (other than Indebtedness issued as consideration in,
or to
provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to consummate, the transaction
or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Subsidiary became
a
Subsidiary or was acquired by Company) and outstanding on such
date;
(c) any
such
encumbrance or restriction consisting of customary provisions (i) contained
in
any license or other contract governing intellectual property rights of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries restricting or conditioning the sublicensing
or assignment thereof, (ii) restricting subletting or assignment of any leases
governing leasehold interests of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii)
contained in any agreement relating to the sale, transfer or other disposition
of a Subsidiary or any property or assets pending such sale or other
disposition, provided such encumbrances or restrictions apply only to such
Subsidiary, property or assets;
(d) any
encumbrance or restriction existing solely as a result of a Requirement of
Law;
and
(e) in
the
case of clause (iii) above, Permitted Liens or other restrictions contained
in
security agreements or Capitalized Leases securing or otherwise related to
Indebtedness permitted hereby to the extent such restrictions restrict the
transfer of the property subject to such Permitted Lien, security agreements
or
Capitalized Lease.
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ARTICLE
IX
FINANCIAL
COVENANTS
Company
hereby agrees that, so long as any Commitments remain in effect or any Loan
or
LC Obligation remains outstanding and unpaid or any other amount is owing
to any
Lender or Administrative Agent hereunder, Company shall not:
9.1 Interest
Coverage Ratio.
Permit
the Interest Coverage Ratio for any Test Period to be less than 3.50 to
1.00.
9.2 Leverage
Ratio.
Permit
the Leverage Ratio for any Test Period to be greater than 3.75 to
1.00.
ARTICLE
X
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
10.1 Events
of Default.
Any of
the following events, acts, occurrences or state of facts shall constitute
an
“Event of Default” for purposes of this Agreement:
(a) Failure
to Make Payments When Due.
Any
Borrower (i) shall default in the payment of principal on any of the Loans,
the
face amount of any B/A Loan or any reimbursement obligation with respect
to any
Letter of Credit; or (ii) shall default in the payment of interest on any
of the
Loans or default in the payment of any fee or any other Obligation when due
and
such default in payment shall continue for five (5) Business Days;
or
(b) Representations
and Warranties.
Any
representation or warranty made by any Credit Party, as the case may be,
to
Administrative Agent or any Lender contained in any Loan Document or certificate
delivered to Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant hereto or thereto
shall
have been incorrect in any material respect on the date as of when made or
deemed made, or
(c) Covenants.
Any
Credit Party shall (i) default in the performance or observance of any term,
covenant, condition or agreement on its part to be performed or observed
under
Article
VIII
or
Article
IX
hereof
or Section
7.3(a)
or (ii)
default in the due performance or observance by it of any other term, covenant
or agreement contained in this Agreement and such default shall continue
unremedied or unwaived for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice
to
Company by Administrative Agent or any Lender;
(d) Default
Under Other Loan Documents.
Any
Credit Party shall default in the performance or observance of any term,
covenant, condition or agreement on its part to be performed or observed
hereunder or under any Loan Document (and not constituting an Event of Default
under any other clause of this Section
10.1)
and
such default shall continue unremedied or unwaived for a period of thirty
(30)
days after written notice thereof has been given to Company by Administrative
Agent; or
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(e) Voluntary
Insolvency, Etc.
Company
or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall become insolvent or generally fail
to
pay, or admit in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due,
or
shall voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law in any jurisdiction or seeking dissolution
or reorganization or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, court
appointed monitor, administrator, administrative receiver, liquidator or
other
similar official for it or a substantial portion of its property, assets
or
business or to effect a plan or other arrangement with its creditors, or
shall
file any answer admitting the jurisdiction of the court and the material
allegations of an involuntary petition filed against it in any bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar proceeding in any jurisdiction, or shall be adjudicated
bankrupt, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or
shall consent to, or acquiesce in the appointment of, a receiver, trustee,
custodian, court appointed monitor, administrator, administrative receiver,
liquidator or other similar official for a substantial portion of its property,
assets or business, shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to
arranging a composition or adjustment of its debts or shall take any corporate
action authorizing any of the foregoing; or
(f) Involuntary
Insolvency, Etc.
Involuntary proceedings or an involuntary petition shall be commenced or
filed
against Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries under any bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law in any jurisdiction or seeking the dissolution
or
reorganization of it or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
court
appointed monitor, administrator, administrative receiver, liquidator or
other
similar official for it or of a substantial part of its property, assets
or
business, or to effect a plan or other arrangement with its creditors or
any
writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall
be
issued or levied against a substantial part of its property, assets or business,
and such proceedings or petition shall not be dismissed, or such writ, judgment,
warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall not be released,
vacated or fully bonded, within sixty (60) days after commencement, filing
or
levy, as the case may be, or any order for relief shall be entered in any
such
proceeding; or
(g) Default
Under Other Agreements.
(i) Any
Credit Party shall default in the payment when due, whether at stated maturity
or otherwise, of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owed to the Lenders
under the Loan Documents or Intercompany Indebtedness) in excess of the Dollar
Equivalent of $40,000,000 in the aggregate beyond the period of grace, if
any,
provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was
created, or (ii) a default shall occur in the performance or observance of
any
agreement or condition to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument
or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event
shall
occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or
condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness
(or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause (determined
without regard to whether any notice of acceleration or similar notice is
required), any such Indebtedness to become due or be repaid prior to its
stated
maturity or (iii) any such Indebtedness of the Credit Parties shall be declared
to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a regularly
scheduled required payment or prepayment, prior to the stated maturity thereof
provided
that
this clause (g)(iii) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes
due as
a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing
such Indebtedness; or
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(h) Invalidity
of Subordination Provisions.
The
subordination provisions of any agreement or instrument evidencing, guaranteeing
or otherwise governing subordinated notes that constitute any Permitted
Additional Indebtedness or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are for
any
reason revoked or invalidated, or otherwise ceases to be in full force and
effect, or the Loans and the other Obligations hereunder entitled to receive
the
benefits of any Loan Document are for any reason subordinated or does not
have
the priority contemplated by this Agreement or such subordination provisions;
or
(i) Judgments.
One or
more judgments or decrees shall be entered against a Credit Party involving,
individually or in the aggregate, a liability (to the extent not paid or
covered
by insurance) of the Dollar Equivalent of $40,000,000 or more and shall not
have
been vacated, discharged, satisfied, stayed or bonded pending appeal within
sixty (60) days from the entry thereof; or
(j) Security
Documents.
At any
time after the execution and delivery thereof, any of the Security Documents
shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than due to the effect
of
applicable foreign law or action of any foreign government or as a result
of any
release of Collateral or termination of any Security Document in accordance
with
the provisions of Section
12.19)
or
shall cease to give Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors
the Liens, rights, powers and privileges purported to be created thereby
(including, without limitation, a first priority perfected security interest
in,
and Lien on, any material portion of the Collateral), in favor of Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors superior to and prior to the
rights of all third Persons and subject to no other Liens (except, in each
case,
to the extent expressly permitted herein or therein); or
(k) Guaranties.
Any
Guaranty or any provision thereof shall (other than as a result of the actions
taken by Administrative Agent or the Lenders to release such Guaranty) cease
to
be in full force and effect in accordance with its terms, or any Guarantor
or
any Person acting by or on behalf of such Guarantor shall deny or disaffirm
such
Guarantor’s obligations under any Guaranty; or
(l) ERISA.
Either
(i) any Termination Event shall have occurred, (ii) a trustee shall be appointed
by a United States District Court to administer any Plan or Multiemployer
Plan,
(iii) the PBGC institutes proceedings to terminate any Plan or Multiemployer
Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, (iv) Company or any
of its
Subsidiaries shall become liable to the PBGC or any other party under Section
4062, 4063 or 4064 of ERISA with respect to any Plan or (v) any Borrower
or
any Subsidiary of any Borrower fails to make a deficit reduction contribution
required under Code Section 412(l) to any Plan by the due date for such
contribution; if as of the date thereof or any subsequent date, the sum of
each
of Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ various liabilities (such liabilities to
include, without limitation, any liability to the PBGC or to any other party
under Section 4062, 4063 or 4064 of ERISA with respect to any Plan, or to
any
Multiemployer Plan under Section 4201 et seq.
of
ERISA) as a result of such events listed in subclauses (i) through (v) above
exceeds $40,000,000 in the aggregate; or
(m) Change
of Control.
A
Change of Control shall occur; or
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(n) Dissolution.
Any
order, judgment or decree shall be entered against Company or any Material
Subsidiary decreeing its involuntary dissolution or split up and such order
shall remain undischarged and unstayed for a period in excess of sixty (60)
days; or Company or any Material Subsidiary shall otherwise dissolve or cease
to
exist except as specifically permitted by this Agreement.
If
any of
the foregoing Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
Administrative Agent, at the written direction of the Required Lenders, shall
take one or more of the following actions: (i) by written notice to Borrowers
declare the Total Commitments to be terminated whereupon the Total Commitments
shall forthwith terminate, (ii) by written notice to Borrowers declare all
sums
then owing by Borrowers hereunder and under the Loan Documents to be forthwith
due and payable, whereupon all such sums shall become and be immediately
due and
payable without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind,
all
of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrowers or (iii) direct Borrowers
to
pay (and each Borrower agrees that upon receipt of such notice, or immediately
and automatically upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event
of
Default specified in Section 10.1(e)
or
Section
10.1(f)
with
respect to such Borrower it will pay) to Administrative Agent at the Payment
Office such additional amount of cash, to be held as security by Administrative
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, as is equal to the sum of
(a)
the aggregate Stated Amount of all Letters of Credit issued for the account
of
Company and its Subsidiaries and then outstanding and (b) the aggregate amount
of all Unpaid Drawings, provided that, at such time as (y) no Event of Default
shall be continuing or (z) this Agreement shall have terminated in accordance
with Section
12.17,
the
balance, if any, of the amount held pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be
returned to the Borrowers and (iv) enforce, or cause the Collateral Agent
to
enforce, the Guaranties and all of the Liens and security interests created
pursuant to the Security Documents in accordance with their terms. In cases
of
any occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section
10.1(e)
or
Section
10.1(f)
with
respect to Company or European Holdco, the Loans, together with accrued interest
thereon and all of the other Obligations, shall become immediately and
automatically due and payable forthwith and the Total Commitments immediately
and automatically terminated without the requirement of any such acceleration
or
request, and without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind,
all of which are expressly waived by each Borrower, any provision of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, and
other
amounts payable by Borrowers hereunder shall also become immediately and
automatically due and payable all without notice of any kind.
Notwithstanding
anything to
the
contrary contained in this Agreement
(including,
without limitation, Article IV
hereof),
all
payments (including the proceeds of any Asset
Disposition or
other
sale of, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral)
received after acceleration of the Obligations
shall
be
applied: first,
to
all
fees,
costs and expenses incurred by or owing to
Administrative
Agent
and
any
Lender
with
respect to
this
Agreement,
the
other Loan
Documents or
the
Collateral;
second,
to
accrued
and unpaid interest
on
the
Obligations
(including
any interest
which
but
for the provisions of the Bankruptcy
Code,
would
have accrued on such amounts); third,
to
the
principal amount of the Obligations
outstanding
and
to
cash
collateralize outstanding
Letters
of Credit (pro
rata
among all such Obligations
based
upon the principal amount thereof or the outstanding
face
amount of such Letters
of Credit,
as
applicable, and with respect to
amounts
applied to
Term
Loans,
pro
rata among all remaining Scheduled
Term Repayments thereof).
Any balance remaining shall be delivered to
Borrower
or
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to
whomever
may be lawfully entitled to
receive
such balance or as
a
court of competent jurisdiction may
direct.
Anything
in this Section
10.1
to the
contrary notwithstanding, Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the
Required Lenders, rescind and annul any acceleration of the Loans by written
instrument filed with Borrowers, provided
that, at
the time such acceleration is so rescinded and annulled: (A) all past due
interest and principal, if any, on the Loans and all other sums payable under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall have been duly paid, and
(B)
no other Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing which shall
not
have been waived in accordance with the provision of Section
12.1
hereof.
10.2 Rights
Not Exclusive.
The
rights provided for in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are
cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights, powers, privileges
or
remedies provided by law or in equity, or under any other instrument, document
or agreement now existing or hereafter arising.
ARTICLE
XI
ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
In
this
Article
XI,
the
Lenders agree among themselves as follows:
11.1 Appointment.
b)
The
Lenders hereby appoint DB as Administrative Agent (for purposes of this
Agreement, the term “Administrative Agent” shall include DB in its capacity as
Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents) and as Collateral Agent
(for purposes of this Agreement, the term "Collateral Agent" shall include
DB in
its capacity as Security Trustee under the laws of England and Wales and
as
agent or trustee in relation to any Security Documents under the laws of
any
other jurisdiction other than those of any State of the United States) for
the
Secured Creditors under all applicable Security Documents and Guaranties
and
appoint TBNS as Canadian Administrative Agent (Administrative Agent and Canadian
Administrative Agent are sometimes referred to in this Article
XI
as the
“Agents”,
and
individually as an “Agent”)
to act
as herein specified herein and in the other Loan Documents. Each Lender hereby
irrevocably authorizes and each holder of any Note by the acceptance of such
Note shall be deemed to irrevocably authorize Agents to take such action
on its
behalf under the provisions hereof, the other Loan Documents (including,
without
limitation, to give notices and take such actions on behalf of the Required
Lenders as are consented to in writing by the Required Lenders) and any other
instruments, documents and agreements referred to herein or therein and to
exercise such powers hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated
to
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent by
the
terms hereof and thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Except
as
expressly set forth in the Loan
Documents,
no
Agent
shall
have any duty to
disclose,
and shall not be liable for the failure to
disclose,
any information relating to
Company
or
any of
its Subsidiaries
that
is
communicated to
or
obtained by the financial institution serving in such capacity or
any of
its Affiliates
in
any
capacity. Agents
may perform any of their respective duties hereunder and under the other
Loan
Documents, by or through their officers, directors, agents, employees or
affiliates.
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(b) Administrative
Agent hereby
declares that it, including in its capacity as Collateral
Agent,
holds
and shall hold:
(i) all
rights, title and interest
that
may
now or hereafter be mortgaged, charged or assigned or otherwise secured in
favor
of Administrative
Agent and/or
Collateral
Agent by
or
pursuant to
the
Loan
Documents governed
by English law and all proceeds of enforcement of such security;
and
(ii) the
benefit of all representations, covenants, guarantees, indemnities and other
contractual provisions governed by English law given in favor of Administrative
Agent and/or
Collateral
Agent (other
than any such benefits given to
Administrative
Agent and/or
Collateral
Agent solely
for its own benefit), on trust (for which the perpetuity period shall be
80
years) for itself and the other Lenders
from
time
to
time.
11.2 Nature
of Duties.
Agents
shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth
in
this Agreement. The duties of Agents shall be mechanical and administrative
in
nature. EACH
LENDER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT EACH AGENT SHALL NOT HAVE, BY
REASON
OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, A FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP TO
OR IN
RESPECT OF ANY LENDER.
Nothing
in any of the Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall
be
so construed as to impose upon Agents any obligations in respect of any of
the
Loan Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein. Each Lender
shall make its own independent investigation of the financial condition and
affairs of Borrowers in connection with the making and the continuance of
the
Loans hereunder and shall make its own appraisal of the credit worthiness
of
each Borrower, and Agents shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially
or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender with any credit or other
information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before
making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter. Agents will promptly
notify each Lender at any time that the Required Lenders have instructed
it to
act or refrain from acting pursuant to Article
X.
11.3 Exculpation,
Rights Etc.
Neither
Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, agents employees
or
affiliates shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by them hereunder
or
under any of the other Loan Documents, or in connection herewith or therewith,
unless caused by its or their gross negligence or willful misconduct. Agents
shall not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements,
representations or warranties herein or for the execution, effectiveness,
genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectibility, or sufficiency of
any of
the Loan Documents or any other document or the financial condition of any
Borrower. Agents shall not be required to make any inquiry concerning either
the
performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of
this
Agreement or any of the Loan Documents or any other Document or the financial
condition of any Borrower, or the existence or possible existence of any
Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default unless requested to do so
by the
Required Lenders. Agents may at any time request instructions from the Lenders
with respect to any actions or approvals (including the failure to act or
approve) which by the terms of any of the Loan Documents, Agents are permitted
or required to take or to grant, and if such instructions are requested,
Agents
shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any action or to withhold
any approval and shall not be under any liability whatsoever to any Person
for
refraining from any action or withholding any approval under any of the Loan
Documents
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until
it
shall have received such instructions from the Required Lenders or all Lenders,
as applicable. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right
of
action whatsoever against Agents as a result of Agents acting, approving
or
refraining from acting or approving under any of the Loan Documents in
accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders or, to the extent
required by Section 12.1,
all of
the Lenders.
11.4 Reliance.
Agents
shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon
any
notice, writing, resolution notice, statement, certificate, order or other
document or any telephone, telex, teletype or telecopier message believed
by it
to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper
Person, and, with respect to all matters pertaining herein or to any of the
other Loan Documents and their duties hereunder or thereunder, upon advice
of
counsel selected by Agents.
11.5 Indemnification.
To the
extent Agents are not reimbursed and indemnified by Borrowers as required
herein, the Lenders will reimburse and indemnify Agents for and against any
and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, claims, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature
whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against Agents,
acting pursuant hereto in such capacity in any way relating to or arising
out of
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any action taken or
omitted
by Agents under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, in proportion
to each Lender’s Aggregate Pro Rata Share of the Total Commitment; provided,
however,
that no
Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations,
losses,
damages, claims, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements resulting from Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The obligations of the Lenders under this Section
11.5
shall
survive the payment in full of the Notes and the termination of this
Agreement.
For
purposes hereof, “Aggregate Pro Rata Share” means, when used with reference to
any Lender and any described aggregate or total amount, an amount equal to
the
result obtained by multiplying such desired aggregate or total amount by
a
fraction the numerator of which shall be the aggregate principal amount of
such
Lender’s Multicurrency Revolving Loan, Canadian Revolving Loan and Term Loans
and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate of all of the Loans
outstanding hereunder.
11.6 Administrative
Agent In Its Individual Capacity.
With
respect to its Loans and Commitments (and its Multicurrency Revolver Pro
Rata
Share, Canadian Revolver Pro Rata Share and Term Pro Rata Share, as applicable,
thereof), Agents shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers
hereunder and are subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and
to the
extent set forth herein for any other Lender or holder of Obligations. The
terms
“Lenders”, “holder of Obligations” or “Required Lenders” or any similar terms
shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include Agents in
their
individual capacity as a Lender, one of the Required Lenders or a holder
of
Obligations. Agents may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally
engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with Company or any
Subsidiary or affiliate of Company as if it were not acting as Administrative
Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, including, without limitation, the acceptance of fees or other
consideration for services without having to account for the same to any
of the
Lenders.
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11.7 Notice
of Default.
Agents
shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any
Event
of Default or Unmatured Event of Default hereunder unless such Agent has
received written notice from a Lender or a Borrower referring to this Agreement
describing such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default and stating
that
such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that either Agent receives
such a notice, such Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the
Lenders.
11.8 Holders
of Obligations.
Agents
may deem and treat the payee of any Obligation as reflected on the books
and
records of such Agent as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof unless
and
until a written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been
filed with Agents pursuant to Section
12.8(c).
Any
request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such
request or giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any Obligation
shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, transferee or assignee
of such Obligation or of any Obligation or Obligations granted in exchange
therefor.
11.9 Resignation
by Administrative Agent.
(a) Agents
may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder
at any
time by giving fifteen (15) Business Days’ prior written notice to Company and
the Lenders. Such resignation shall take effect upon the acceptance by a
successor Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent of appointment
pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) below or as otherwise provided
below.
(b) Upon
any
such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall appoint a successor
Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent who shall be satisfactory
to Company and shall be an incorporated bank or trust company, and, in the
case
of the Canadian Administrative Agent, shall be an Eligible
Assignee.
(c) If
a
successor Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent shall not
have
been so appointed within said fifteen (15) Business Day period, Administrative
Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent with the consent of Company, shall
then
appoint a successor Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent
who
shall serve as Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent until
such
time, if any, as the Required Lenders, with the consent of Company, appoint
a
successor Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent as provided
above.
(d) If
no
successor Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent has been
appointed pursuant to clause (b) or (c) by the twentieth (20th) Business
Day
after the date such notice of resignation was given by Administrative Agent
or
Canadian Administrative Agent, such Agent’s resignation shall become effective
and the Required Lenders shall thereafter perform all the duties of
Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent hereunder until such
time,
if any, as the Required Lenders, with the consent of Company, appoint a
successor Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent as provided
above.
(a) In
this
Agreement, any rights and remedies exercisable by, any documents to be delivered
to, or any other indemnities or obligations in favor of Administrative Agent
or
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Collateral
Agent shall be, as the case may be, exercisable by, delivered to, or be
indemnities or other obligations in favor of, Administrative Agent or Collateral
Agent (or any other Person acting in such capacity) in its capacity as UK
Security Trustee to the extent that the rights, deliveries, indemnities or
other
obligations relate to the UK Security Documents or the security thereby created.
Any obligations of Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (or any other
Person
acting in such capacity) in this Agreement shall be obligations of
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent in its capacity as UK Security Trustee
to the extent that the obligations relate to the UK Security Documents or
the
security thereby created. Additionally, in its capacity as UK Security Trustee,
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (or any other Person acting in such
capacity) shall have (i) all the rights, remedies and benefits in favor of
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent contained in the provisions of the
whole of this Article
XI;
(ii)
all the powers of an absolute owner of the security constituted by the UK
Security Documents and (iii) all the rights, remedies and powers granted
to it
and be subject to all the obligations and duties owed by it under the UK
Security Documents and/or any of the Loan Documents.
(b) Each
Lender and Administrative Agent hereby appoint the Collateral Agent as UK
Security Trustee and in that capacity to act as its trustee under and in
relation to the UK Security Documents and to hold the assets subject to the
security thereby created as trustee for itself and other Secured Parties
on the
trusts and other terms contained in the UK Security Documents and Administrative
Agent and each Secured Party hereby irrevocably authorize UK Security Trustee
to
exercise such rights, remedies, powers and discretions as are specifically
delegated to UK Security Trustee by the terms of the UK Security Documents
together with all such rights, remedies, powers and discretions as are
reasonably incidental thereto.
(c) Any
reference in this Agreement to Liens stated to be in favor of Administrative
Agent or Collateral Agent shall be construed so as to include a reference
to
Liens granted in favor of UK Security Trustee.
(d) The
Lenders agree that at any time that UK Security Trustee shall be a Person
other
than Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, such other Person shall have
the
rights, remedies, benefits and powers granted to Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent in its capacity as UK Security Trustee in this
Agreement.
(e) Any
reference in this Section
11.10
to the
rights, remedies, powers and benefits of, as indemnities or other obligations
in
favor of, the Collateral Agent in its capacity as UK Security Trustee shall
be
deemed to be extended, mutatis mutandis, to any other agent or trustee appointed
in respect of any Security Documents (or the security created thereby) governed
by the laws of any other jurisdiction other than those of any State of the
United States.
(f) Nothing
in this Section
11.10
shall
require UK Security Trustee or any other agent or trustee to act as a trustee
at
common law or to be holding any property on trust, in any jurisdiction outside
the United States or the United Kingdom which may not operate under principles
of trust or where such trust would not be recognized or its effects would
not be
enforceable.
11.11 The
Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Book Runners, Co-Syndication Agents and
Co-Documentation Agents.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any
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provision
of any other Loan Document, each of the Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Book
Runners, Co-Syndication Agents and Co-Documentation Agents are named as such
for
recognition purposes only, and in their respective capacities as such shall
have
no powers, duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby; it being understood and agreed that the Joint Lead Arrangers,
Joint
Book Runners, Co-Syndication Agents and Co-Documentation Agents shall be
entitled to all indemnification and reimbursement rights in favor of “Agents” as
provided for under Section
11.5.
Without
limitation of the foregoing, none of Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Book Runners,
Co-Syndication Agents or Co-Documentation Agents shall, solely by reason
of this
Agreement or any other Loan Documents, have any fiduciary relationship in
respect of any Lender or any other Person.
ARTICLE
XII
MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 No
Waiver; Modifications in Writing.
(a) No
failure or delay on the part of Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative
Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any
such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or
the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies provided for
herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies that may be
available to Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent or any Lender
at law or in equity or otherwise. Neither this Agreement nor any terms hereof
may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived, discharged, terminated
or
otherwise changed unless such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver,
discharge, termination or other change is in writing signed by Company, European
Holdco and the Required Lenders, provided
that, no
such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, discharge, termination
or
other change shall, without the consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting
Lender) (with Obligations directly affected thereby in the case of the following
clause (i)):
(i) extend
the final scheduled maturity of any Loan or Note (or extend the stated maturity
of any Letter of Credit beyond the Multicurrency Revolver Termination Date),
or
reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon
except
for waivers of Default Rate interest, or reduce the principal amount thereof
or
extend the time of payment or reduce the amount of any other amounts payable
hereunder or under any other Loan Document,
(ii) release
all or substantially all of the Guarantors or all or substantially all of
the
Collateral (except as expressly provided in the Security Documents),
(iii) amend,
modify or waive any provision of this Section
12.1
(except
for technical amendments with respect to additional extensions of credit
pursuant to Section
2.9
which
afford the protections to such additional extensions of credit of the type
provided to the Term Loans on the date hereof) or reduce any percentage
specified in the definition of Required Lenders,
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(iv) consent
to the assignment or transfer by any Borrower of any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement;
provided,
further,
that no
such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver, discharge, termination
or
other change shall:
(A) increase
the Commitments of any Lender over the amount thereof then in effect without
the
consent of such Lender (it being understood that waivers or modifications
of the
definition of Multicurrency Revolver Sublimit, Schedule
1.1(c),
conditions precedent, representations, warranties, covenants, Events of Default
or Unmatured Events of Default shall not constitute an increase of the
Commitment of any Lender, and that an increase in the available portion of
any
Commitment of any Lender shall not constitute an increase in the Commitment
of
such Lender),
(B) without
the consent of DB and each Facing Agent that has issued an outstanding Letter
of
Credit, amend, modify or waive any provision of Section
2.10
or alter
its rights or obligations with respect to Letters of Credit,
(C) without
the consent of Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent amend,
modify or waive any provision of Article
XI
as same
applies to Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent or any other
provisions as same relates to the rights or obligations of Administrative
Agent
or Canadian Administrative Agent,
(D) without
the consent of Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent, amend,
modify or waive any provisions relating to the rights or obligations of
Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent under the other Loan
Documents,
(E) without
the consent of the Majority Lenders of each Facility which is being allocated
a
lesser prepayment, repayment or commitment reduction, alter the required
application of any prepayments or repayments (or commitment reduction), as
between the various Facilities pursuant to clause (i) of the first sentence
of
Section 4.5(a)
and the
second and third sentence of Section
4.5(a)
(although the Required Lenders may waive in whole or in part, any such
prepayment, repayment or commitment reduction so long as the application,
as
amongst the various Facilities, of any such prepayment, repayment or commitment
reduction which is still required to be made is not altered),
(F) without
the consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) with Obligations
directly affected thereby amend the definition of Majority Lenders,
(G) without
the consent of each Term Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) with
Obligations directly affected thereby, amend the definition of Term Pro Rata
Share;
(H) without
the consent of the Supermajority Lenders of the Facilities affected thereby,
amend the definition of Supermajority Lenders;
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(I) without
the consent of each Multicurrency Revolving Lender (other than a Defaulting
Lender) with Obligations directly affected thereby, amend the definition
of
Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share; without the consent of each Canadian
Revolving Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) with Obligations directly
affected thereby, amend the definition of Canadian Revolver Pro Rata
Share,
(J) without
the consent of the Majority Lenders of the Multicurrency Revolving Facility,
amend the definition of Multicurrency Revolver Sublimits or, except as provided
in Section
12.1(b),
Schedule
1.1(b);
or
(K) without
the consent of the Supermajority Lenders of the applicable Facility, amend
the
definition of Scheduled Term Repayments for such Facility.
(b) In
addition to the amendments effected pursuant to the foregoing Section
12.1(a),
Schedules
1.1(b),
and
1.1(d)
may be
amended as follows:
(i) Schedules
1.1(b)
and
(d)
will be
amended to add Foreign Subsidiaries of Company as additional Other Subsidiary
Borrowers upon (A) execution and delivery by Company, any such Other
Subsidiary Borrower and Administrative Agent of a Joinder Agreement in the
form
of Exhibit
12.1(b),
providing for a Multicurrency Revolver Sublimit acceptable to Administrative
Agent, (B) delivery to Administrative Agent of (1) to the extent
not
previously delivered, the pledge and guarantee agreements required pursuant
to
Sections
7.12
and
7.14,
(2) an opinion of counsel which covers the matters set forth in
Exhibit
5.1(c)(ii)
with
such exceptions as are reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and
(3) such other documents with respect thereto as Administrative Agent
shall
reasonably request.
(ii) Schedules
1.1(b)
and
(d)
will be
amended to remove any Subsidiary as an Other Subsidiary Borrower upon
(A) execution and delivery by Company of a written request providing
for
such amendment and (B) repayment in full of all outstanding Loans
and other
Obligations of such Other Subsidiary Borrower.
(c) If,
in
connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of
any of
the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by clauses (a)(i) through
(iv),
inclusive, of the first proviso to the third sentence of Section
12.1(a),
the
consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more
of
such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then the
applicable Borrower shall have the right to replace each such non-consenting
Lender or Lenders (or, at the option of Borrowers if the respective Lender’s
consent is required with respect to less than all Loans and/or Commitments,
to
replace only the respective Loans and/or Commitments of the respective
non-consenting Lender which gave rise to the need to obtain such Lender’s
individual consent) with one or more Replacement Lenders pursuant to
Section
3.8
so long
as at the time of such replacement, each such Replacement Lender consents
to the
proposed amendment, modification, supplement. waiver, discharge, termination
or
other change.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, upon the execution and delivery of all documentation required
by
Administrative Agent to be delivered pursuant to Section
2.9
in
connection with an Additional Facility, this Agreement shall be deemed amended
without further
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action
by
any Lender to reflect, as applicable, the new Lenders and the terms of such
Additional Facility.
12.2 Further
Assurances.
Each
Borrower agrees to do such further acts and things and to execute and deliver
to
Administrative Agent and Canadian Administrative Agent such additional
agreements, powers and instruments, as Administrative Agent or Canadian
Administrative Agent may reasonably require or reasonably deem advisable
to
carry into effect the purposes of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents
or
to better assure and confirm unto Administrative Agent or Canadian
Administrative Agent its rights, powers and remedies hereunder.
12.3 Notices,
Delivery Etc.
c)
Except
where telephonic instructions or notices are authorized herein to be given,
all
notices, demands, instructions and other communications required or permitted
to
be given to or made upon any party hereto or any other Person shall be in
writing and shall be personally delivered or sent by registered or certified
mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by a reputable overnight
or
courier delivery service, or by prepaid telex or telecopier, and shall be
deemed
to be given for purposes of this Agreement on the third day after deposit
in
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, and otherwise on the date
that
such writing is delivered or sent to the intended recipient thereof, or in
the
case of notice delivered by telecopy, upon completion of transmission with
a
copy of such notice also being delivered under any of the methods provided
above, all in accordance with the provisions of this Section
12.3.
Unless
otherwise specified in a notice sent or delivered in accordance with the
foregoing provisions of this Section
12.3,
notices, demands, instructions and other communications in writing shall
be
given to or made upon the respective parties hereto at their respective
addresses (or to their respective telecopier numbers) indicated (i) in the
case
of any Lender, in such Lender’s administrative questionnaire most recently
delivered to Administrative Agent, (ii) in the case of any Assignee, on its
signature page to its Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (iii) in the case
of
any Borrower or Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, indicated on
Schedule
12.3
hereto
and, in the case of telephonic instructions or notices, by calling the telephone
number or numbers indicated for such party on such administrative questionnaire,
such Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Schedule
12.3,
as the
case may be.
(b) Notices
and
other
communications to
or
by
Administrative
Agent,
Collateral Agent and Lenders
hereunder
may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail
and
Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to
procedures
approved by Administrative
Agent
(with
the written consent of Company, in the case of procedures for deliveries
to
Company), provided
that
the
foregoing shall not apply to
notices
pursuant to
Article
II unless
otherwise agreed by Administrative
Agent and
the
applicable Lender.
Administrative
Agent or
Borrowers
may,
in
their discretion, agree to
accept
notices and other communications to
it
hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures
approved by it, provided
that
approval of such procedures may be limited to
particular
notices or communications.
(c) Unless
Administrative
Agent otherwise
prescribes, (i)
notices
and other communications sent to
an
e-mail
address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement
from
the
intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested”
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function,
as available, return e-mail or other written
acknowledgement),
provided
that
if
such notice or other communication is sent after 5:00
p.m.
(New
York
City time),
such
notice or communication shall be deemed to
have
been
sent at the opening of business on the next Business
Day for
the
recipient, and (ii)
notices
or communications posted to
an
Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt
by
the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing
clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available
and
identifying the website address therefor.
12.4 Costs,
Expenses and Taxes; Indemnification.
(a) Generally.
Company
and European Holdco, agree jointly and severally to pay promptly upon request
by
Administrative Agent (and any Lender, in connection with any enforcement
or
atonement as provided below) all reasonable costs and expenses in connection
with the negotiation, preparation, printing, typing, reproduction, execution,
delivery and syndication of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
the
documents and instruments referred to herein and therein and any amendment,
waiver, consent relating hereto or thereto or other modifications of (or
supplements to) any of the foregoing and any and all other documents and
instruments furnished pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith
or
therewith, including without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket
expenses of Winston & Xxxxxx LLP, special counsel to Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent and any local counsel retained by Administrative Agent relative
thereto, other Attorney Costs, independent public accountants and other outside
experts retained by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent in connection
with
the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and all
reasonable search fees, appraisal fees and expenses, filing and recording
fees
and all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, Attorney
Costs), if any, in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement, any
of the
Loan Documents or any other agreement furnished pursuant hereto or thereto
or in
connection herewith or therewith. In addition, Company and European Holdco
agree
jointly and severally to pay any and all present and future stamp, transfer,
excise and other similar taxes payable or determined to be payable in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any Loan Document, or
the
making of any Loan, and each agrees to save and hold Administrative Agent,
Canadian Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and each Lender harmless
from
and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any
delay
by any Borrower in paying, or omission by any Borrower to pay, such taxes,
excluding, in each case, such amounts that result from a transfer, assignment
or
grant of a participation by a Lender or Agent. Any portion of the foregoing
fees, costs and expenses which remains unpaid more than thirty (30) days
following Administrative Agent’s, Canadian Administrative Agent’s, Collateral
Agent’s or any Lender’s statement and the due date thereof shall bear interest
from the date of such due date at the Default Rate.
(b) Indemnification.
Company
and European Holdco agree jointly and severally to indemnify and hold harmless
DBSI, Co-Syndication Agent, Co-Documentation Agents, Administrative Agent,
Canadian Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and each Lender and each
director, officer, employee, agent, attorney and Affiliate of DBSI,
Co-Syndication Agents, Co-Documentation Agents, Administrative Agent, Canadian
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and each Lender (each such Person
an
“Indemnified
Person”
and
collectively, the “Indemnified
Persons”)
from
and against all losses, claims, damages,
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obligations
(including removal or remedial actions), reasonable expenses or liabilities
(not
including taxes that are the subject matter of Section
4.7
hereof)
to which such Indemnified Person may become subject, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, penalties, obligations (including removal or remedial actions),
reasonable expenses or liabilities (or actions, suits or proceedings including
any investigation or claims in respect thereof (whether or not Administrative
Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent or any Lender is a party thereto)) arise
out of, in any way relate to, or result from the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and to reimburse each
Indemnified Person upon their demand, for any Attorney Costs or other reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or claim; provided,
however,
(i) that
no
Indemnified Person shall have the right to be so indemnified hereunder
for
any loss, claim, damage, penalties, obligations, expense or liability to
the
extent it arises or results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of
such Indemnified Person or from such Indemnified Person’s breach of its
obligations under this Agreement as finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction and
(ii) that
nothing contained herein shall affect the express contractual obligations
of the
Lenders to Borrowers contained herein.
If
any
action, suit or proceeding arising from any of the foregoing is brought against
Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, any
Lender or any other Person indemnified or intended to be indemnified pursuant
to
this Section 12.4,
Company
and European Holdco will, if requested by Administrative Agent, Canadian
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, any Lender or any such Indemnified
Person, resist and defend such action, suit or proceeding or cause the same
to
be resisted and defended by counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Person
or
Persons indemnified or intended to be indemnified. The Indemnified
Persons shall, unless Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative
Agent,
Collateral Agent, a Lender or other Indemnified Person has made the
request
described in the preceding sentence and such request has been complied with,
have the right to employ their own counsel (or (but not as well as) staff
counsel) to investigate and control the defense of any matter covered by
such
indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the
expense of the indemnifying party; provided,
however,
that in
any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances,
Company and European Holdco shall not be liable for fees and expenses of
more
than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel), which counsel shall
be
designated by Administrative Agent provided,
further,
however,
each
Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such
inquiry, action, claim or proceeding and to control the defense thereof,
and the
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of Company
and European Holdco if (i) Company and European Holdco shall have agreed
in
writing to pay such fees and expenses or (ii) such Indemnified Person
shall
have notified Company and European Holdco that it has been advised by counsel
that there may be one or more legal defenses available to such Indemnified
Person that are different from or additional to those available to the other
Indemnified Persons and that such common representation would adversely impact
the adequacy of the proposed representation. Excluding any loss, cost, liability
or damage arising out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any
Indemnified Person
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as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable
judgment, Company and European Holdco further agree jointly and severally
to
indemnify and hold each Indemnified Person harmless from all loss, reasonable
cost (including Attorney Costs), liability and damage whatsoever incurred
by any
Indemnified Person by reason of any violation of any Environmental
Laws or
Environmental Permits or for the Release or Threatened Release of any
Contaminants into the environment for which Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has any liability or which is related to any property currently or formerly
owned, leased or operated by or on behalf of Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
or by reason of the imposition of any Environmental Lien or which occurs
by a
breach of any of the representations, warranties or covenants relating to
environmental matters contained herein, provided
that,
with respect to any liabilities arising from acts or failure to act for which
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is strictly liable under any Environmental
Law or Environmental Permit, Company’s and European Holdco’s obligation to each
Indemnified Person under this indemnity shall likewise be without
regard to
fault on the part of Company or any such Subsidiary. To the extent that the
undertaking to indemnify, pay or hold harmless Administrative Agent, Canadian
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, any Lender or other Indemnified Person
as set forth in this Section 12.4
may be
unenforceable because it is violative of any law or public policy, Company
shall
make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of
the
indemnified liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. The
obligations of Company and European Holdco under this Section
12.4
shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the discharge of Company’s and
European Holdco’s other Obligations hereunder.
(c) Foreign
Exchange Indemnity.
If any
sum due from any Borrower under this Agreement or any order or judgment given
or
made in relation hereto has to be converted from the currency (the “first
currency”)
in
which the same is payable hereunder or under such order or judgment into
another
currency (the “second
currency”)
for
the purpose of (i) making or filing a claim or proof against any Borrower
with
any Governmental Authority or in any court or tribunal, or (ii) enforcing
any
order or judgment given or made in relation hereto, Company and European
Holdco
shall indemnify and hold harmless each of the Persons to whom such sum is
due
from and against any loss actually suffered as a result of any discrepancy
between (a) the rate of exchange used to convert the amount in question from
the
first currency into the second currency, and (b) the rate or rates of exchange
at which such Person, acting in good faith in a commercially reasonable manner,
purchased the first currency with the second currency after receipt of a
sum
paid to it in the second currency in satisfaction, in whole or in part, of
any
such order, judgment, claim or proof. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute
a
separate obligation of Company and European Holdco distinct from its other
obligations hereunder and shall survive the giving or making of any judgment
or
order in relation to all or any of such other obligations. Notwithstanding
the
foregoing, payments of principal and interest on Loans denominated in Dollars,
Euros, Sterling or Canadian Dollars, as the case may be, shall be made in
Dollars, Euros, Sterling or Canadian Dollars, as the case may be.
12.5 Confirmations.
Each
Borrower and each holder of any portion of the Obligations agrees from time
to
time, upon written request received by it from the other, to confirm to the
other in writing (with a copy of each such confirmation to Administrative
Agent)
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loan or Loans and other Obligations
then outstanding.
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12.6 Adjustment;
Setoff.
(a) If
any
lender (a “Benefited
Lender”)
shall
at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest
thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily
or
involuntarily, by setoff, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature
referred to in Section
10.1(e)
or
Section
10.1(f)
hereof,
or otherwise) in a greater proportion than any such payment to and collateral
received by any other Lender in respect of such other Lender’s Loans or interest
thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders
such portion of each such other Lender’s Loans, or shall provide such other
Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof,
as
shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment
or
benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each Lender; provided,
however,
that
(i) if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter
recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and
the
purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but
without interest and (ii) any such collateral owned by a Foreign Subsidiary
or
the proceeds thereof shall not be paid in respect of Loans or other Obligations
of any Domestic Subsidiary. Each Borrower agrees that each Lender so purchasing
a portion of another Lender’s Loans may exercise all rights of payment
(including, without limitation, rights of setoff) with respect to such portion
as fully as if such Lender were the direct holder of such portion.
(b) In
addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each
Lender
shall have the right, without prior notice to Borrowers, any such notice
being
expressly waived by Borrowers, upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of
an Event of Default, to setoff and apply against any Obligations, whether
matured or unmatured, of any Borrower or any Credit Party to such Lender,
any
amount owing from such Lender to such Borrower or Credit Party, at or at
any
time after, the happening of any of the above-mentioned events, and the
aforesaid right of setoff may be exercised by such Lender against any Borrower
or Credit Party or against any trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession,
assignee for the benefit of creditors, receivers, administrator, administrative
receiver, court appointed monitor or other similar official, or execution,
judgment or attachment creditor of such Borrower or Credit Party, or against
anyone else claiming through or against, such Borrower or Credit Party or
such
trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, receivers, administrator, administrative receiver, court appointed
monitor or other similar official, or execution, judgment or attachment
creditor, notwithstanding the fact that such right of setoff shall not have
been
exercised by such Lender prior to the making, filing or issuance, or service
upon such Lender of, or of notice of, any such petition, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, appointment or application for the appointment of a
receiver, administrator, administrative receiver, court appointed monitor
or
other similar official, or issuance of execution, subpoena, order or warrant.
Each Lender agrees promptly to notify Company and Administrative Agent after
any
such setoff and application made by such Lender, provided
that,
the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff
and
application.
(c) Each
Borrower expressly agrees that to the extent such Borrower makes a payment
or
payments and such payment or payments, or any part thereof, are subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or are
required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver, administrator, administrative
receiver, court appointed monitor or other similar official, or any other
party
under any bankruptcy act, state or federal law, common law, rule,
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regulation
or equitable cause in any jurisdiction, then to the extent of such payment
or
repayment, the Indebtedness to the Lenders or part thereof intended to be
satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if said
payment or payments had not been made.
12.7 Execution
in Counterparts; Electronic Execution of Assignments.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different
parties
hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed
and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts,
taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. The words
“execution,”“signed,”“signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and
Assumption Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or
the
keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same
legal
effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the
use
of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent
and as
provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures
in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures
and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act.
12.8 Binding
Effect; Assignment; Addition and Substitution of
Lenders.
(a) This
Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, Borrowers,
Administrative Agent, the Lenders, all future holders of the Notes and their
respective successors and assigns; provided,
however,
that no
Borrower may assign its rights or obligations hereunder or in connection
herewith or any interest herein (voluntarily, by operation of law or otherwise)
without the prior written consent of the Lenders.
(b) Each
Lender may at any time sell to one or more banks or other entities
(“Participants”)
participating interests in all or any portion of its Commitment and Loans
or
participation in Letters of Credit or any other interest of such Lender
hereunder (in respect of any Lender, its “Credit
Exposure”).
In
the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a
Participant, such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain
unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance
thereof, and Borrowers, Canadian Administrative Agent and Administrative
Agent
shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection
with
such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. At the time of the
sale of a participating interest, the Lender transferring the interest (i)
shall
cause the Participant to provide the forms required under Section
4.7(d),
if
applicable, as if such Participant became a Lender on the date of the sale
and
(ii) shall, if required under applicable law, deliver revised forms in
accordance Section
4.7(d)
reflecting the portion of the interest sold and the portion of the interest
retained. Further, the Participant shall be subject to the obligations of
Section
3.6
and
Section
4.7
as if
such Participant was a Lender. Each Borrower agrees that if amounts outstanding
under this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents are due or unpaid, or shall
have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence
and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be
deemed
to have the right of setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts
owing under this Agreement and the Loan Documents to the same extent as if
the
amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender
under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document; provided,
however,
that
such right of setoff shall be subject to the obligation of such Participant
to
share with the Lenders, and the Lenders agree to share with such Participant,
as
provided in
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Section
12.6.
Each
Borrower also agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits
of
Section
3.6
and
Section
4.7
with
respect to its participation in the Loans outstanding from time to time,
as if
such Participant becomes a Lender on the date it acquired an interest pursuant
to this Section
12.8(b);
provided
that,
no
participation shall be made to any Person under this section if, at the time
of
such participation, the Participant’s benefits under Section
3.6 or
Section
4.7
would be
greater than the benefits that the participating Lender was entitled to under
Section
3.6
or
Section
4.7
(and if
any participation is made in violation of the foregoing, the Participant
will
not be entitled to the incremental amounts). Each Lender agrees that any
agreement between such Lender and any such Participant in respect of such
participating interest shall not, except with the consent of Administrative
Agent and Company, restrict such Lender’s right to approve or agree to any
amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, waiver of, or
consent under, this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents except to the
extent
that any of the forgoing would (i) extend the final scheduled maturity of
any
Loan or Note in which such Participant is participating (it being understood
that amending the definition of any Scheduled Term Repayment (other than
any
Term Maturity Date), shall not constitute an extension of the final scheduled
maturity of any Loan or Note) or extend the stated maturity of any Letter
of
Credit in which such Participant is participating beyond the Multicurrency
Revolver Termination Date, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment
of
interest or fees on any such Loan, Note or Letter of Credit (except in
connection with a waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in
interest rates) or reduce the principal amount thereof, or increase the amount
of the Participant’s participation over the amount thereof then in effect (it
being understood that waivers or modifications of conditions precedent,
covenants, representations, warranties, Events of Default or Unmatured Events
of
Default or of a mandatory reduction in Commitments shall not constitute a
change
in the terms of such participation, and that an increase in any Commitment
or
Loan shall be permitted without the consent of any Participant if the
Participant’s participation is not increased as a result thereof), (ii) consent
to the assignment or transfer by any Borrower of any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement or (iii) release all or substantially all
of
the Collateral under all of the Security Documents (except as expressly provided
in the Loan Documents) supporting the Loans and/or Letters of Credit hereunder
in which such Participant is participating. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
prior
to any CAM Exchange, a Lender shall only sell participations of Canadian
Revolving Loans or Canadian Revolving Commitments to any Person that is a
resident of Canada for purpose of the ITA or deemed to be resident in Canada
for
the purposes of Part XIII of the ITA in respect of any amounts that would
be
paid or credited to such Person under the Canadian Revolving Facility.
Notwithstanding anything in this paragraph to the contrary, any bank or other
lending institution that is a member of the Farm Credit System that (A) has
purchased a participation or sub-participation in the minimum amount of
$10,000,000 on or after the Effective Date, (B) is, by written notice to
Company
and Administrative Agent (“Voting
Participant Notification”),
designated by the selling Lender as being entitled to be accorded the rights
of
a Voting Participant hereunder (any bank or other lending institution that
is a
member of the Farm Credit System so designated being called a “Voting
Participant”)
and
(C) receives the prior written consent of Company and the Administrative
Agent
to become a Voting Participant, shall be entitled to vote (and the voting
rights
of the selling Lender shall be correspondingly reduced), on a dollar for
dollar
basis, as if such participant or sub-participant were a Lender, on any matter
requiring or allowing a Lender to provide or withhold its consent, or to
otherwise vote on any proposed action. To be effective, each Voting Participant
Notification shall, with respect to any
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Voting
Participant, (1) state the full name, as well as all contact information
required of an Assignee in any Administrative Questionnaire and (2) state
the
dollar amount of the participation or sub-participation purchased. Company
and
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on information
contained in notices delivered pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) Any
Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees, including
an
Affiliate of such Lender (which Affiliate, in the case of Credit Exposure
under
the Canadian Revolving Loans or Canadian Revolving Commitments, otherwise
meets
the definition of “Eligible Assignee”) (each an “Assignee”),
all
or any part of its Credit Exposure pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, provided
that no
assignment shall be made to any Person under this Section
12.8(c)
if, at
the time of such assignment, the Assignee’s benefits under Section
3.6
or
Section
4.7
would be
greater than the benefits that the assigning Lender was entitled to under
Section
3.6
or
Section
4.7
(and if
any assignment is made in violation of the foregoing, the Assignee will not
be
entitled to the incremental amounts) and provided,
further,
that,
any assignment of all or any portion of any Lender’s Credit Exposure to an
Assignee other than an Affiliate of such Lender or another Lender, or in
the
case of a Lender that is a Fund, any Related Fund of any Lender (i) shall
be an
assignment of its Credit Exposure in an amount not less than the Dollar
Equivalent of $5,000,000 for the Multicurrency Revolving Loan Facility or
Canadian Revolving Facility and $1,000,000 for the Term Facilities (treating
any
Fund and its Related Funds as a single Eligible Assignee) (or if less the
entire
amount of Lender’s Credit Exposure with respect to such Facility, provided,
that,
if such Lender and its Affiliates (or in the case of a Fund and its Related
Funds) collectively hold Credit Exposure at least equal to such minimum amounts,
such Affiliates and/or Related Funds must simultaneously assign Credit Exposure
such that the aggregate Credit Exposure assigned satisfies such minimum amount)
and (ii) shall require the prior written consent of Administrative Agent
(not to
be unreasonably withheld) and, provided no Event of Default then exists and
is
continuing, Company (the consent of Company not to be unreasonably withheld
or
delayed; provided,
however,
that
prior to the Syndication Date, assignments by Administrative Agents shall
not
require the consent of Company), and; provided, further,
that
notwithstanding the foregoing limitations, any Lender may at any time assign
all
or any part of its Credit Exposure to any Affiliate of such Lender or to
any
other Lender (or in the case of a Lender which is a Fund, to any Related
Fund of
such Lender) so long as such Affiliate, other Lender or Related Fund is an
Eligible Assignee. Upon execution of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement
and
the payment of a nonrefundable assignment fee of $3,500 (provided that no
such
fee shall be payable upon assignments by any Lender which is a Fund to one
or
more Related Funds) in immediately available funds to Administrative Agent
at
its Payment Office in connection with each such assignment, written notice
thereof by such transferor Lender to Administrative Agent and the recording
by
Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent of such assignment
and the
resulting effect upon the Loans and Multicurrency Revolving Commitment and
Canadian Revolving Commitment of the assigning Lender and the Assignee, the
Assignee shall have, to the extent of such assignment, the same rights, benefits
and obligations as it would have if it were a Lender hereunder and the holder
of
the Obligations (provided that Company, Canadian Administrative Agent and
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to continue to deal solely and directly
with the assignor Lender in connection with the interests so assigned to
the
Assignee until written notice of such assignment, together with payment
instructions, addresses and related information with respect to the Assignee,
shall have been given to Company, Canadian Administrative Agent and
Administrative Agent by the assignor Lender and the Assignee) and, if the
Assignee has
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expressly
assumed, for the benefit of Borrowers, some or all of the transferor Lender’s
obligations hereunder, such transferor Lender shall be relieved of its
obligations hereunder to the extent of such assignment and assumption, and
except as described above, no further consent or action by Company, the Lenders,
Canadian Administrative Agent or Administrative Agent shall be required.
At the
time of each assignment pursuant to this Section 12.8(c)
to a
Person which is not already a Lender hereunder, the respective Assignee shall
provide to Company and Administrative Agent the appropriate forms and
certificates as provided in Section
4.7(d),
if
applicable. Each Assignee shall take such Credit Exposure subject to the
provisions of this Agreement and to any request made, waiver or consent given
or
other action taken hereunder, prior to the receipt by Administrative Agent
and
Company of written notice of such transfer, by each previous holder of such
Credit Exposure. Such Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be deemed
to
amend this Agreement and Schedule
1.1(a)
hereto,
to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition
of such
Assignee as a Lender and the resulting adjustment of all or a portion of
the
rights and obligations of such transferor Lender under this Agreement, the
Maximum Commitment, the determination of its Term Pro Rata Share, Canadian
Revolver Pro Rata Share or Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share, as the
case
may be (in each case, rounded to twelve decimal places), the Loans, any
outstanding Letters of Credit and any new Notes, if requested, to be issued,
at
Borrowers’ expense, to such Assignee, and no further consent or action by
Company or the Lenders shall be required to effect such amendments.
(d) Each
Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant or Assignee
(each, a “Transferee”)
and
any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Lender’s
possession concerning Company and any Subsidiary of Company which has been
delivered to such Lender by any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or which
has
been delivered to such Lender by any Borrower in connection with such Lender’s
credit evaluation of such Borrower prior to entering into this Agreement,
provided
that,
such Transferee or prospective Transferee agrees to treat any such information
which is not public as confidential in accordance with the terms of Section
12.18
hereof.
(e) Notwithstanding
any other provision set forth in this Agreement, any Lender may at any time
pledge or assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement and
the
other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the Notes held by it,
but
excluding prior to any CAM Exchange, all or any portion of its rights related
to
Canadian Revolving Loans, including without limitation, the Canadian Revolving
Note held by it, if any) to any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with
Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Board without notice to, or the consent
of,
any Borrower, provided
that, no
such pledge or assignment of a security interest under this Section
12.8(e)
shall
release a Lender from any obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee
or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. Any Lender which is a fund
may
pledge all or any portion of its Notes or Loans to its trustee in support
of its
obligations to its trustee. No such pledge or assignment shall release the
transferor Lender from its obligations hereunder.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section
12.8,
no
Lender may assign or sell participations, or otherwise syndicate all or any
portion of such lender’s interests under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to any Person who is (i) listed on the Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons List maintained by the U.S. Department of Treasury Office
of
Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”)
and/or
on any other similar
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list
maintained by OFAC pursuant to any authorizing statute, Executive Order or
regulation or (ii) either (x) included within the term “designated national” as
defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, or (y)
designated under Sections 1(a), 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) of Executive Order No.
13224,
66 Fed. Reg. 49079 (published September 25, 2001) or similarly designated
under
any related enabling legislation or any other similar Executive
Orders.
12.9 CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION; MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
(a) ANY
LEGAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT
MAY BE BROUGHT IN XXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX SITTING IN NEW YORK,
NEW
YORK OR COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK,
AND,
BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY
AND
UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS.
EACH
CREDIT PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY DESIGNATES, APPOINTS AND EMPOWERS CT CORPORATION
SYSTEM WITH OFFICES ON THE DATE HEREOF AT 000 XXXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX
XXXX
00000 AS ITS DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT TO RECEIVE, ACCEPT
AND
ACKNOWLEDGE FOR AND ON ITS BEHALF, AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, SERVICE
OF
ANY AND ALL LEGAL PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS WHICH MAY BE SERVED
IN
ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. IF FOR ANY REASON SUCH DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE
AND
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SHALL CEASE TO BE AVAILABLE TO ACT AS SUCH, EACH CREDIT
PARTY AGREES TO DESIGNATE A NEW DESIGNEE, APPOINTEE AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
IN
NEW YORK CITY ON THE TERMS AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROVISION REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. EACH CREDIT PARTY
FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF
COPIES
THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO SUCH CREDIT
PARTY,
AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
12.3,
SUCH
SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING
HEREIN
SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, ANY
LENDER
OR THE HOLDER OF ANY NOTE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED
BY LAW
OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST EACH CREDIT
PARTY
IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(b) EACH
CREDIT PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID ACTIONS OR
PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT BROUGHT IN THE COURTS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE AND HEREBY
FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT
THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT
IN
AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
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(c) EACH
OF
THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY
HAVE TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY COURT OR JURISDICTION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
THOSE
REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE, IN RESPECT OF ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF
OR
DIRECTLY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
12.10 Release
of Collateral.
The
Collateral and any other collateral security for the Obligation shall be
released from any security interest or Lien created by the Loan Documents
(i) in
accordance with the provisions of Section
12.19(b)
or
(c)
and (ii)
at such time as no Commitment by any Lender remains outstanding to any Borrower
hereunder and after no Borrower shall have any Obligations or Loans of any
kind
then outstanding to Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent and
the
Lenders under this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents; and Administrative
Agent and the Lenders shall then deliver to Borrowers all collateral held
under
the Loan Documents and related documents in the custody or possession of
Administrative Agent and, if requested by any Borrower, shall execute and
deliver to such Borrower for filing in each office in which any financing
statement relative to such collateral, or any part thereof, shall have been
filed, a termination statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or like
statute
in any other jurisdiction releasing Administrative Agent’s interest therein, and
such other documents and instruments as such Borrower may reasonably request,
all without recourse upon, or warranty whatsoever by, Administrative Agent
or
Collateral Agent at the cost and expense of the applicable
Borrower.
12.11 GOVERNING
LAW.
THIS
AGREEMENT AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS
OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF SAID STATE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401
AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW BUT EXCLUDING ALL OTHER
CHOICE OF LAW AND CONFLICTS OF LAWS RULES.
12.12 Severability
of Provisions.
Any
provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision
in any other jurisdiction.
12.13 Transfers
of Notes.
In the
event that the holder of any Note (including any Lender) shall transfer such
Note, it shall immediately advise Administrative Agent and Company of such
transfer, and Administrative Agent and Company shall be entitled conclusively
to
assume that no transfer of any Note has been made by any holder (including
any
Lender) unless and until Administrative Agent and Company shall have received
written notice to the contrary. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement
or as otherwise expressly agreed in writing by all of the other parties hereto,
no Lender shall, by reason of the transfer of a Note or otherwise, be relieved
of any of its obligations hereunder. Each transferee of any Note shall take
such
Note subject to the provisions of this Agreement and to any request made,
waiver
or consent given or other action taken hereunder, prior to the receipt by
Administrative Agent and Company of written notice of such transfer, by each
previous holder of such Note, and, except as expressly otherwise provided
in
such transfer, Administrative Agent and Company shall be entitled conclusively
to assume that the transferee named in such notice shall hereafter be vested
with all
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rights
and powers under this Agreement with respect to the Pro Rata Share of the
Loans
of the Lender named as the payee of the Note which is the subject of such
transfer.
12.14 Registry.
Each
Borrower hereby designates Administrative Agent to serve as Borrowers’ agent,
solely for purposes of this Section
12.14
to
maintain a register (the “Register”)
on
which it will record the Commitment from time to time of each of the Lenders,
the Loans made by each of the Lenders and each repayment in respect of the
principal amount of the Loans of each Lender. Failure to make any such
recordation, or any error in such recordation shall not affect Borrowers’
obligations in respect of such Loans. With respect to any Lender, the transfer
of the Commitments of such Lender and the rights to the principal of, and
interest on, any Loan made pursuant to such Commitment shall not be effective
until such transfer is recorded on the Register maintained by Administrative
Agent with respect to ownership of such Commitment and Loans and prior to
such
recordation all amounts owing to the transferor with respect to such Commitments
and Loans shall remain owing to the transferor. The registration of assignment
or transfer of all or part of any Commitment and Loans shall be recorded
by
Administrative Agent on the Register only upon the acceptance by Administrative
Agent of a properly executed and delivered Assignment and Assumption Agreement
pursuant to Section
12.8.
Coincident with the delivery of such an Assignment and Assumption Agreement
to
Administrative Agent for acceptance and registration of assignment or transfer
of all or part of a Loan, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the assigning
or
transferor Lender shall surrender the Note evidencing such Loan, and thereupon,
if requested by the assigning or transferor Lender or new Lender, one or
more
new Notes in the same aggregate principal amount then owing to such assignor
or
transferor Lender shall be issued to the assigning or transferor Lender and/or
the new Lender.
12.15 Euro
Currency.
(a) The
following provisions of this Section
12.15
shall
come into effect on and from the date on which the United Kingdom becomes
a
Participating Member State. Each obligation under this Agreement which has
been
denominated in Sterling shall be redenominated into Euros in accordance with
the
relevant EMU Legislation. However if and to the extent that the relevant
EMU
Legislation provides that an amount which is denominated in Sterling can
be paid
by the debtor either in Euros or in that national currency unit, each party
to
this Agreement shall be entitled to pay or repay any amount denominated or
owing
in Sterling hereunder either in Euros or in Sterling. Without prejudice and
in
addition to any method of conversion or rounding prescribed by any relevant
EMU
Legislation, (i) each reference in this Agreement to a minimum amount (or
an
integral multiple thereof) in Sterling shall be replaced by a reference to
such
reasonably comparable and convenient amount (or an integral multiple thereof)
in
Euros as Administrative Agent may from time to time specify and (ii) except
as
expressly provided in this Section
12.15,
this
Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as
Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be necessary or
appropriate to reflect the introduction of or changeover to Euros in the
United
Kingdom.
(b) Company,
European Holdco and Other Subsidiary Borrowers agree, at the request of any
Lender or any Facing Agent, to compensate such Lender or the respective Facing
Agent for any loss, cost, expense or reduction in return that such Lender
or
such Facing Agent shall reasonably determine shall be incurred or sustained
by
such Lender or such Facing Agent as a result of the implementation of
Section
12.15(a)
that
would not have been incurred or
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sustained
by such Lender or such Facing Agent but for the transactions provided for
herein. A certificate of any such Lender or the respective Facing Agent setting
forth such Lender’s or such Facing Agent’s determination of the amount or
amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Facing Agent shall be
delivered to Administrative Agent for delivery to the applicable Borrower
and
shall be conclusive absent manifest error so long as such determination is
made
by such Lender or such Facing Agent on a reasonable basis. The applicable
Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate
within 10 days after receipt thereof.
12.16 Headings.
The
Table of Contents and Article and Section headings used in this Agreement
are
for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction of
this
Agreement.
12.17 Termination
of Agreement.
This
Agreement shall terminate when the Commitment of each Lender has terminated
and
all outstanding Obligations and Loans have been paid in full and all Letters
of
Credit have expired or been terminated; provided,
however,
that
the rights and remedies of Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative
Agent
and each Lender with respect to any representation and warranty made by any
Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and the
indemnification and expense reimbursement provisions contained in this Agreement
and any other Loan Document, shall be continuing and shall survive any
termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
12.18 Confidentiality.
Each of
the Lenders severally agrees to keep confidential all non-public information
pertaining to Company and its Subsidiaries which is provided to it by any
such
parties in accordance with such Lender’s customary procedures for handling
confidential information of this nature and in a prudent fashion, and shall
not
disclose such information to any Person except:
(a) to
the
extent such information is public when received by such Lender or becomes
public
thereafter due to the act or omission of any party other than a Lender,
(b) to
an
Affiliate of such Lender, counsel or auditors of such Lender, accountants
and
other consultants, in connection with the Loan Documents, retained by
Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent or any Lender,
(c) in
connection with any litigation or the enforcement of the rights of any Lender,
Administrative Agent or Canadian Administrative Agent under this Agreement
or
any other Loan Document,
(d) to
the
extent required by any applicable statute, rule or regulation or court order
(including, without limitation, by way of subpoena) or pursuant to the request
of any Governmental Authority having or asserting jurisdiction over any Lender,
Canadian Administrative Agent or Administrative Agent; provided,
however,
that in
such event, if the Lender(s) are able to do so, the Lender shall provide
Company
with prompt notice of such requested disclosure so that Borrowers may seek
a
protective order or other appropriate remedy, and, in any event, the Lenders
will endeavor in good faith to provide only that portion of such information
which, in the reasonable judgment of the Lender(s), is relevant and legally
required
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to
be
provided, or to any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access
to
information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with rating
issued with respect to such Lender.
(e) to
the
extent disclosure to other entities is appropriate in connection with any
proposed or actual assignment, grant of a participation or swap agreement
entered into by any of the Lenders with respect to interests in this Agreement
and/or any of the other Loan Documents to such other entities (who will in
turn
be required to maintain confidentiality as if they were Lenders parties to
this
Agreement). In no event shall Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative
Agent or any Lender be obligated or required to return any such information
or
other materials furnished by Borrowers.
12.19 Concerning
the Collateral and the Loan Documents.
(a) Authority.
Each
Lender authorizes and directs DB to act as Collateral Agent under each of
the
Security Documents and to act as UK Security Trustee under each of the UK
Security Documents, and to enter into the Loan Documents relating to the
Collateral for the benefit of the Lenders and the other secured parties.
Each
Lender agrees that any action taken by Administrative Agent, Canadian
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where required by the express
terms, hereof, a different proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with
the
provisions hereof or of the other Loan Documents, and the exercise by
Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent, Collateral Trustee,
UK
Security Trustee or the Required Lenders (or, where so required, such different
proportion) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such
other
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding
upon all of the Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or
UK
Security Trustee, as the case may be, shall have the sole and exclusive right
and authority to (i) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for the Lenders
with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection herewith
and
with the Loan Documents relating to the Collateral; (ii) execute and deliver
each Loan Document relating to the Collateral and accept delivery of each
such
agreement delivered by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) act as
collateral trustee for the Lenders for purposes stated therein to the extent
such action is provided for under the Loan Documents; (iv) manage, supervise
and
otherwise deal with the Collateral; (v) take such action as is necessary
or
desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interests
and
liens created or purported to be created by the Loan Documents, and (vi)
except
as may be otherwise specifically restricted by the terms hereof or of any
other
Loan Document, exercise all remedies given to Administrative Agent, Canadian
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, UK Security Trustee or the Lenders
with
respect to the Collateral under the Loan Documents relating thereto, applicable
law or otherwise.
(b) Release
of Collateral.
(i) Administrative
Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, UK Security Trustee
and
the Lenders hereby direct Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or UK Security
Trustee to release, in accordance with the terms hereof, any Lien held by
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or UK Security Trustee under the Security
Documents
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(and
in
the case of a sale of all of the Capital Stock of a Domestic Subsidiary under
clause (B) below, to release the affected Subsidiary from its Subsidiary
Guaranty):
(A) against
all of the Collateral, upon payment in full of the Loans and Obligations
and
termination hereof;
(B) against
any part of the Collateral sold or disposed of by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to the extent such sale or disposition is permitted hereby (or
permitted pursuant to a waiver or consent of a transaction otherwise prohibited
hereby);
(C) so
long
as no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, in the sole discretion of Administrative Agent upon the request
of
any Borrower, against any part of the Collateral with a fair market value
of
less than $10,000,000 in
the
aggregate during the term of this Agreement as such fair market value may
be
certified to Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or UK Security Trustee
by
such Borrower in an officer’s certificate acceptable in form and substance to
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or UK Security Trustee;
(D) in
accordance with Section
12.19(c);
and
(E) against
a
part of the Collateral which release does not require the consent of all
of the
Lenders as set forth in Section
12.1(a)(ii),
if such
release is consented to by the Required Lenders;
provided,
however,
that
(y) Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or UK Security Trustee shall not
be
required to execute any such document on terms which, in its opinion, would
expose it to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence
other
than the release of such Liens without recourse or warranty, and (z) such
release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations
or
any Liens upon (or obligations of Company or any of its Subsidiaries in respect
of) all interests retained by Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries, including
(without limitation) the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue
to
constitute part of the Collateral.
(ii) Each
of
the Lenders hereby directs Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or UK Security
Trustee to execute and deliver or file such termination and partial release
statements and comparable release documents under foreign law and such other
things as are necessary to release Liens to be released pursuant to this
Section
12.19
promptly
upon the effectiveness of any such release or enter into intercreditor
agreements contemplated or permitted herein.
(c) Certain
Collateral Limitations.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Loan Documents to the contrary,
the
Lenders hereby agree that if at any time (i) Company attains Investment Grade
Status and (ii) there is no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default
then
currently existing; (the occurrence of the events in clauses (i) and (ii)
hereof, a “Release
Date”),
upon
the written request of Company (and at Company’s expense), (A) Administrative
Agent shall promptly (and in any event within one hundred and twenty (120)
days
after the date of such request) take all such actions as shall be reasonably
requested by Company to release its security interest in all Collateral held
by
it, Collateral Agent or the UK
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Security
Trustee or any other Secured Creditor pursuant to the Loan Documents and
(B)
Company and its Subsidiaries shall not be required to comply with the provisions
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents requiring or otherwise pertaining
to the grant of any Lien on Collateral securing the Obligations including,
without limitation, Sections
6.12,
7.12
and
7.14
for so
long as Company maintains Investment Grade Status; provided,
however,
if at
any time following any Release Date, a Downgrade Event occurs, then (x) upon
the
request of Administrative Agent, Company and each Credit Party shall, at
the
sole expense of Company, take any action and execute all documents necessary
or
desirable in the reasonable opinion of Administrative Agent to reattach Liens
on
Collateral under the Loan Documents and each Credit Party shall deliver within
ninety (90) days of such Downgrade Event originals of all Pledged Securities
to
Collateral Agent to the extent so requested and otherwise required to be
delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and Collateral Agent may make (or cause the applicable Person to
make)
any filings (UCC or otherwise) necessary to effect the Liens granted pursuant
to
the Loan Documents; and (y) to the extent so requested, the provisions of
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents pertaining to the execution of Security
Documents and the grant of any Lien on Collateral shall again be required
to be
complied with, in each case until any subsequent Release Date.
(d) No
Obligation.
None of
Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or
UK
Security Trustee shall have any obligation whatsoever to any Lender or to
any
other Person to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Company
or any
of its Subsidiaries or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered
or that the Liens granted to Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent or UK Security Trustee herein or pursuant to the
Loan
Documents have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected,
protected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise
at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure
or
fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers
granted or available to Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent or UK Security Trustee in any of the Loan Documents, it
being
understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission
or
event related thereto, Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent or UK Security Trustee may act in any manner it may deem
appropriate, in its sole discretion, given its own interests in the Collateral
as one of the Lenders and that none of Administrative Agent, Canadian
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or UK Security Trustee shall have
any
duty or liability whatsoever to any Lender, provided
that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, each of Administrative Agent, Canadian
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or UK Security Trustee shall be
responsible for its grossly negligent actions or actions constituting
intentional misconduct.
12.20 Effectiveness.
This
Agreement shall become effective on the date (the “Effective
Date”)
on
which Borrowers and each of the Lenders shall have signed a counterpart of
this
Agreement (whether the same or different counterparts) and shall have delivered
the same to Administrative Agent at the Notice Office (or to Administrative
Agent’s counsel as directed by such counsel) or, in the case of the Lenders,
shall have given to Administrative Agent or telephonic (confirmed in writing),
written, telex or facsimile notice (actually received) at such office or
the
office of Administrative Agent’s counsel that the same has been signed and
mailed to it. Administrative Agent will give Borrowers and each Lender prompt
written notice of the occurrence of the Effective Date.
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12.21 USA
Patriot Act.
Each
Lender subject to the Patriot Act hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant
to the
requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record
information that identifies Borrower, which information includes the name
and
address of Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to
identify Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.
12.22 Restrictions
on Guarantees and Pledges.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any Loan Document (except
for
Section
7.14
of this
Agreement), (A) neither Company nor any Domestic Subsidiary of Company
(individually or in combination) shall pledge more than 65% of the stock
of any
Foreign Subsidiary (or more than 65% of the total combined voting power of
all
classes of stock of such Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote); (ii) no Foreign
Subsidiary of Company shall pledge the stock of any Subsidiary; and (iii)
no
Foreign Subsidiary shall provide any guarantees, in each case, to secure
any
obligations of any Borrower that is a United States person within the meaning
of
Code Section 7701(a)(30). For purposes of this Section
12.22,
Subsidiary shall include any Unrestricted Entity.
12.23 Redesignation
of BAP Group Members as Subsidiaries.
All
(but
not less than all) members of the BAP Group that would be Subsidiaries but
for
the last sentence of the definition of Subsidiary may be redesignated by
Company
as Subsidiaries (with such redesignation being deemed to be an Acquisition
by
Company of such Subsidiaries which shall be deemed to constitute a Permitted
Acquisition for purposes of Section
8.7)
provided that (i) Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent (not
less
than 30 days prior to the date Company desires such redesignation to be
effective) a notice signed by a Responsible Officer identifying the then
current
members of the BAP Group and providing such other information as Administrative
Agent may reasonably request, (ii) immediately before and immediately after
the
effectiveness of such redesignation, no Unmatured Event of Default or Event
of
Default exists or will exist (including, without limitation, the permissibility
of any Investment, Indebtedness, Liens or other obligations existing at such
Subsidiaries), (iii) Company has complied, to the extent applicable, with
the
provisions of Sections
7.12
and
7.14
and the
applicable Subsidiaries, on the effective date of such redesignation or such
later date as agreed to by Administrative Agent but in no event later than
one
hundred twenty days after such date, are in compliance with the terms and
conditions of all applicable Security Documents, (iv) Administrative Agent
has
received such other documents, instruments and opinions as it may reasonably
request in connection with such redesignation, and all such instruments,
documents and opinions shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to
Administrative Agent and (v) on the desired effective date of such
redesignation, Company shall deliver a certificate from a Responsible Officer
confirming clauses
(ii)
through
(iv)
above
and that the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and
the
other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on the
date
of, and after giving effect to, such redesignation as though made on such
date
(except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly made
of
a specified date in which event they shall be true as of such date).
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ARTICLE
XIII
COLLECTION
ACTION MECHANISM
13.1 Implementation
of CAM.
(a) (i)
On
the CAM Exchange Date, to the extent not otherwise prohibited by a Requirement
of Law or otherwise, each Multicurrency Revolving Lender shall immediately
be
deemed to have acquired (and shall promptly make payment therefor to Swing
Line
Lender in accordance with Section
2.1(c)(iii))
participations in the Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to such Multicurrency
Revolving Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of each Swing Line Loan
outstanding on such date and (ii) except as provided in clause (iii) below,
all
Loans outstanding in any currency other than Dollars (“Loans
to be Converted”)
shall
be converted into Dollars (calculated on the basis of the relevant Exchange
Rates as of the Business Day immediately preceding the CAM Exchange Date)
(“Converted
Loans”),
(iii)
on each date on or after the CAM Exchange Date on which any B/As or B/A
Equivalent Loans shall mature such B/As or B/A Equivalent Loans (“Acceptances
to be Converted”)
shall
be converted into Canadian Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars (calculated
on
the basis of the Exchange Rate as of the Business Day immediately preceding
such
maturity date) (“Converted
Acceptances”)
and
(iv) on the CAM Exchange Date (with respect to Loans described in the foregoing
clause (ii)), and on the respective maturity date (with respect to B/As and
B/A
Equivalent Loans described in the foregoing clause (iii)) each Lender severally,
unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that it shall purchase or sell in
U.S.
Dollars a participating interest in the Loans and Converted Acceptances in
an
amount equal to its CAM Percentage of (x) the outstanding principal amount
of
the Loans and (y) the face amount of matured B/As and B/A Equivalent Loans,
as
applicable, such that in lieu of the interest of each Lender in each Facility
in
which it shall participate prior to the CAM Exchange Date, such Lender shall
hold an interest in every one of the Facilities whether or not such Lender
shall
have previously participated therein, equal to such Lender’s CAM Percentage
thereof on the CAM Exchange Date. All Converted Loans and Converted Acceptances
(which shall have been converted into Canadian Revolving Loans denominated
in
U.S. Dollars) shall bear interest at the rate which would otherwise be
applicable to Base Rate Loans. Each Lender and each Borrower hereby consents
and
agrees to the CAM Exchange, and each Lender agrees that the CAM Exchange
shall
be binding upon its successors and assigns and any person that acquires a
participation in its interests in any Facility. Each Borrower agrees from
time
to time to execute and deliver to Administrative Agent all instruments and
documents as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to evidence and
confirm the respective interests of the Lenders after giving effect to the
CAM
Exchange.
(b) If,
for
any reason, the Loans to be Converted or Acceptances to be Converted, as
the
case may be, may not be converted into Dollars in the manner contemplated
by
paragraph (a) of this Section
13.1,
(i)
Administrative Agent shall determine the Dollar Equivalent of the Loans to
be
Converted or Acceptances to be Converted, as the case may be (calculated
on the
basis of the Exchange Rate as of the Business Day immediately preceding the
date
on which such conversion would otherwise occur pursuant to paragraph (a)
of this
Section
13.1)
and
such determination shall be utilized to determine the CAM Percentage of each
Lender and the participations to be exchanged.
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(c) As
a
result of the CAM Exchange, upon and after the CAM Exchange Date, each payment
received by Administrative Agent, Canadian Administrative Agent or Collateral
Agent pursuant to any Loan Document in respect of the Designated Obligations,
and each distribution made by Collateral Agent pursuant to any Security Document
in respect of the Designated Obligations, shall be distributed to the Lenders
pro rata in accordance with their respective CAM Percentages. Any direct
payment
received by a Lender upon or after the CAM Exchange Date, including by way
of
setoff, in respect of a Designated Obligation shall be paid over to
Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders in accordance
herewith.
13.2 Letters
of Credit.
(a) In
the
event that on the CAM Exchange Date any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding
and undrawn in whole or in part, or any amount drawn under a Letter of Credit
shall not have been reimbursed either by Borrowers or with the proceeds of
a
Multicurrency Revolving Loan, each Multicurrency Revolving Lender shall promptly
pay over to Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds in the same
currency as such Letter of Credit, in the case of any undrawn amount, and
in
Dollars, in the case of any unreimbursed amount, an amount equal to such
Multicurrency Revolving Lender’s Multicurrency Revolver Pro Rata Share of such
undrawn face amount or (to the extent it has not already done so) such
unreimbursed drawing, as the case may be, together with interest thereon
from
the CAM Exchange Date to the date on which such amount shall be paid to
Administrative Agent at the rate that would be applicable at the time to
a Base
Rate Multicurrency Revolving Loan, in a principal amount equal to such amount.
Administrative Agent shall establish a separate interest bearing account
or
accounts for each Lender (each, an “LC
Reserve Account”)
for
the amounts received with respect to each such Letter of Credit pursuant
to the
preceding sentence. Administrative Agent shall deposit in each Lender’s LC
Reserve Account such Lender’s CAM Percentage of the amounts received from the
Multicurrency Revolving Lenders as provided above. Administrative Agent shall
have sole dominion and control over each LC Reserve Account, and the amounts
deposited in each LC Reserve Account shall be held in such LC Reserve Account
until withdrawn as provided in paragraph (b),
(c),
(d)
or
(e)
below.
Administrative Agent shall maintain records enabling it to determine the
amounts
paid over to it and deposited in the LC Reserve Accounts in respect of each
Letter of Credit and the amounts on deposit in respect of each Letter of
Credit
attributable to each Lender’s CAM Percentage. The amounts held in each Lender’s
LC Reserve Account shall be held as a reserve against the outstanding LC
Obligations, shall be the property of such Lender, shall not constitute Loans
to
or give rise to any claim of or against any Credit Party and shall not give
rise
to any obligation on the part of any Borrower to pay interest to such Lender,
it
being agreed that the reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of
Credit
shall arise only at such times as drawings are made thereunder, as provided
in
Section
2.10.
(b) In
the
event that after the CAM Exchange Date any drawing shall be made in respect
of a
Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the respective
Facing Agent, withdraw from the LC Reserve Account of each Lender any amounts,
up to the amount of such Lender’s CAM Percentage of such drawing, deposited in
respect of such Letter of Credit and remaining on deposit and deliver such
amounts to such Facing Agent in satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations
of
the Multicurrency Revolving Lenders under subsection (f)
of
Section
2.10.
In the
event any Multicurrency Revolving Lender shall default on
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its
obligation to pay over any amount to Administrative Agent in respect of any
Letter of Credit as provided in this Section
13.2,
the
respective Facing Agent shall, in the event of a drawing thereunder, have
a
claim against such Multicurrency Revolving Lender to the same extent as if
such
Lender had defaulted on its obligations under subsection (f)
of
Section
2.10,
but
shall have no claim against any other Lender in respect of such defaulted
amount, notwithstanding the exchange of interests in Borrowers’ reimbursement
obligations pursuant Section
13.1.
Each
other Lender shall have a claim against such defaulting Multicurrency Revolving
Lender for any damages sustained by it as a result of such default, including,
in the event such Letter of Credit shall expire undrawn, its CAM Percentage
of
the defaulted amount.
(c) In
the
event that after the CAM Exchange Date any Letter of Credit shall expire
undrawn, Administrative Agent shall withdraw from the LC Reserve Account
of each
Lender the amount remaining on deposit therein in respect of such Letter
of
Credit and distribute such amount to such Lender.
(d) With
the
prior written approval of Administrative Agent and the respective Facing
Agent
(not to be unreasonably withheld), any Lender may withdraw the amount held
in
its LC Reserve Account in respect of the undrawn amount of any Letter of
Credit.
Any Lender making such a withdrawal shall be unconditionally obligated, in
the
event there shall subsequently be a drawing under such Letter of Credit,
to pay
over to Administrative Agent, for the account of such Facing Agent, on demand,
its CAM Percentage of such drawing.
(e) Pending
the withdrawal by any Lender of any amounts from its LC Reserve Account as
contemplated by the above paragraphs, Administrative Agent will, at the
direction of such Lender and subject to such rules as Administrative Agent
may
prescribe for the avoidance of inconvenience, invest such amounts in Cash
and
Cash Equivalents. Each Lender which has not withdrawn its CAM Percentage
of
amounts in its LC Reserve Account as provided in paragraph (d) above shall
have
the right, at intervals reasonably specified by Administrative Agent, to
withdraw the earnings on investments so made by Administrative Agent with
amounts in its LC Reserve Account and to retain such earnings for its own
account.
ARTICLE
XIV
COMPANY
GUARANTY
14.1 Company
Guaranty.
In order
to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit
hereunder and in recognition of the direct and indirect benefits to be received
by Company from the proceeds of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters
of
Credit, Company hereby agrees with the Lenders as follows: Company hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees as primary obligor and not merely
as
surety the full and prompt payment when due, whether upon maturity, acceleration
or otherwise, of any and all of the Guaranteed Obligations of each Borrower
(other than Company) to the Guaranteed Creditors. If any or all of the
Guaranteed Obligations of any Borrower (other than Company) to the Guaranteed
Creditors becomes due and payable hereunder, Company unconditionally promises
to
pay such Guaranteed Obligations to the Guaranteed Creditors, or order, on
demand, together with any and all reasonable expenses which may be incurred
by
Administrative Agent or the Lenders in collecting any of the Guaranteed
Obligations. If claim is ever made upon any Guaranteed
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Creditor
for repayment or recovery of any amount or amounts received in payment or
on
account of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and any of the aforesaid payees
repays all or part of said amount by reason of (i) any judgment, decree or
order
of any court or administrative body having jurisdiction over such payee or
any
of its property or (ii) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected
by such payee with any such claimant (including any Borrower), then and in
such
event Company agrees that any such judgment, decree, order, settlement or
compromise shall be binding upon Company, notwithstanding any revocation
of this
guaranty or other instrument evidencing any liability of any Borrower, and
Company shall be and remain liable to the aforesaid payees hereunder for
the
amount so repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such amount had never
originally been received by any such payee.
14.2 Insolvency.
Additionally, Company unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the payment
of
any and all of the Guaranteed Obligations of each Borrower to the Guaranteed
Creditors whether or not due or payable by such Borrower upon the occurrence
of
any of the events specified in Sections
10.1(e)
or
(f)
with
respect to such Borrower, and unconditionally promises to pay such Guaranteed
Obligations to the Guaranteed Creditors, or order, on demand, in lawful money
of
the United States or the applicable Alternative Currency, as the case may
be.
14.3 Nature
of Liability.
The
liability of Company hereunder is exclusive and independent of any security
for
or other guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations of any Borrower whether executed
by Company, any other guarantor or by any other party, and the liability
of
Company hereunder is not affected or impaired by (a) any direction as to
application of payment by any Borrower or by any other party; or (b) any
other
continuing or other guaranty, undertaking or maximum liability of a guarantor
or
of any other party as to the Guaranteed Obligations of any Borrower; or (c)
any
payment on or reduction in any such other guaranty or undertaking; or (d)
any
dissolution, termination or increase, decrease or change in personnel by
any
Borrower; or (e) any payment made to any Guaranteed Creditor on the Guaranteed
Obligations which any such Guaranteed Creditor repays to any Borrower pursuant
to court order in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium
or
other debtor relief proceeding in any jurisdiction.
14.4 Independent
Obligation.
The
obligations of Company hereunder are independent of the obligations of any
other
guarantor, any other party or any Borrower, and a separate action or actions
may
be brought and prosecuted against Company whether or not action is brought
against any other guarantor, any other party or any Borrower and whether
or not
any other guarantor, any other party or any Borrower be joined in any such
action or actions. Company waives, to the full extent permitted by law, the
benefit of any statute of limitations affecting its liability hereunder or
the
enforcement thereof. Any payment by any Borrower or other circumstance which
operates to toll any statute of limitations as to any Borrower shall operate
to
toll the statute of limitations as to Company or any guarantor.
14.5 Authorization.
Any
Guaranteed Creditor may (to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law)
at
any time and from time to time in accordance with the applicable provisions
of
the Credit Agreement without the consent of, or notice to, Company, without
incurring responsibility to Company and without impairing or releasing the
obligations of Company under this Article
XIV,
upon or
without any terms or conditions and in whole or in part:
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(a) change
the manner, place or terms of payment of, and/or change or extend the time
of
payment of, renew, increase, accelerate or alter, any of the Guaranteed
Obligations (including any increase or decrease in the rate of interest
thereon), any security therefor, or any liability incurred directly or
indirectly in respect thereof (other than any agreement between any Guaranteed
Creditor and Company specifically modifying or amending the terms of this
Article
XIV),
and
the guaranty herein made shall apply to the Guaranteed Obligations as so
changed, extended, renewed or altered;
(b) take
and
hold security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations and sell, exchange,
release, surrender, realize upon or otherwise deal with in any manner and
in any
order any property by whomsoever at any time pledged or mortgaged to secure,
or
howsoever securing, the Guaranteed Obligations or any liabilities (including
any
of those hereunder) incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof or
hereof, and/or any offset there against;
(c) exercise
or refrain from exercising any rights against any Borrower or others or
otherwise act or refrain from acting;
(d) release
or substitute any one or more endorsers, guarantors, any Borrower or other
obligors;
(e) settle
or
compromise any of the Guaranteed Obligations, any security therefor or any
liability (including any of those hereunder) incurred directly or indirectly
in
respect thereof or hereof, and may subordinate the payment of all or any
part
thereof to the payment of any liability (whether due or not) of any Borrower
to
its creditors other than the Guaranteed Creditors;
(f) apply
any
sums by whomsoever paid or howsoever realized to any liability or liabilities
of
any Borrower to the Guaranteed Creditors, regardless of what liability or
liabilities of Company or any Borrower remain unpaid;
(g) consent
to or waive any breach of, or any act, omission or default under, this Agreement
or any of the instruments or agreements referred to herein; and/or
(h) take
any
other action which would, under otherwise applicable principles of common
law,
give rise to a legal or equitable discharge of Company from its liabilities
under this Article
XIV.
14.6 Reliance.
It is
not necessary for any Guaranteed Creditor to inquire into the capacity or
powers
of any Borrower or the officers, directors, partners or agents acting or
purporting to act on their behalf, and any Guaranteed Obligations made or
created in reliance upon the professed exercise of such powers shall be
guaranteed hereunder.
14.7 Subordination.
Any of
the indebtedness of any Borrower (other than Company) now or hereafter owing
to
Company is hereby subordinated to the Guaranteed Obligations of any such
Borrower owing to the Guaranteed Creditors; and if Administrative Agent so
requests at a time when an Event of Default shall have occurred and is
continuing, all such indebtedness relating to the Guaranteed Obligations
of
Borrowers to Company shall be collected, enforced and received by Company
for
the benefit of the Guaranteed Creditors and be paid over to
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Administrative
Agent on behalf of the Guaranteed Creditors on account of the Guaranteed
Obligations of Borrowers to the Guaranteed Creditors, but without affecting
or
impairing in any manner the liability of Company under the other provisions
of
this Article
XIV.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, Company hereby agrees with the
Guaranteed Creditors that it will not exercise any right of subrogation which
it
may at any time otherwise have as a result of this guaranty (whether
contractual, under Section 509 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise) until
all
Guaranteed Obligations have been irrevocably paid in full in cash and all
Commitments terminated.
14.8 Waiver.
(a) Company
waives any right (to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law) to require
any Guaranteed Creditor to (i) proceed against any Borrower, any other guarantor
or any other party, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from
any
Borrower, any other guarantor or any other party or (iii) pursue any other
remedy in any Guaranteed Creditor’s power whatsoever. Company waives (to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law) any defense based on or arising
out
of any defense of any Borrower, any other guarantor or any other party, other
than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, based on or arising out
of
the disability of any Borrower, any other guarantor or any other party, or
the
validity, legality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any
part
thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability
of any
Borrower other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. The
Guaranteed Creditors may, at their election, foreclose on any security held
by
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor by
one
or more judicial or nonjudicial sales (to the extent such sale is permitted
by
applicable law), or exercise any other right or remedy the Guaranteed Creditors
may have against any Borrower or any other party, or any security, without
affecting or impairing in any way the liability of Company hereunder except
to
the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid. Company waives any
defense
arising out of any such election by the Guaranteed Creditors, even though
such
election operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or
subrogation or other right or remedy of Company against Borrower or any other
party or any security.
(b) Company
waives all presentments, demands for performance, protests and notices,
including without limitation notices of nonperformance, notices of protest,
notices of dishonor, notices of acceptance of this guaranty, and notices
of the
existence, creation or incurring of new or additional Guaranteed Obligations.
Company assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed
of each
Borrower’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances
bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the
nature, scope and extent of the risks which Company assumes and incurs
hereunder, and agrees that Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have
no
duty to advise Company of information known to them regarding such circumstances
or risks.
14.9 Nature
of Liability.
It is
the desire and intent of Company and the Lenders that this Article
XIV
shall be
enforced against Company to the fullest extent permissible under the laws
and
public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought.
If,
however, and to the extent that, the obligations of Company under this
Article
XIV
shall be
adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including, without
limitation, because of any applicable state or federal law relating to
fraudulent conveyances or transfers), then the
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amount
of
the Guaranteed Obligations of Company shall be deemed to be reduced and Company
shall pay the maximum amount of the Guaranteed Obligations which would be
permissible under applicable law.
14.10 Special
Provisions in Relation to German Tax Laws.
For
purposes of enabling the Credit Parties to demonstrate the absence of
back-to-back financing within the framework of the German rules on thin
capitalization, the Lenders hereby agree that, upon the request of Company,
they
will negotiate in good faith with Company and its Subsidiaries to effect
such
confirmations and/or amendments to Loan Documents (other than the Credit
Agreement) as shall be reasonably requested by Company and are reasonably
satisfactory to the Lenders.
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WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the
date
first above written.
BALL
CORPORATION
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BALL
PACKAGING PRODUCTS CANADA CORP.
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BALL
EUROPEAN HOLDINGS, S.AR.L.
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BALL
(LUXEMBOURG) FINANCE, S.AR.L.
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BALL
UK
HOLDINGS LTD.
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BALL
PACKAGING EUROPE UK LIMITED
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BALL
PACKAGING EUROPE HOLDING, B.V.
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BALL
PACKAGING EUROPE GMBH
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BALL
CAYMAN LIMITED
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DEUTSCHE
BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
in
its
individual capacity and in its capacities as
Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent and UK
Security
Trustee
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THE
BANK
OF NOVA SCOTIA,
in
its
individual capacity and as Canadian
Administrative
Agent
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