U.S. $225,000,000
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of November 13, 2000
among
KAMAN CORPORATION,
as the Company,
VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NAMED HEREIN,
as the Banks,
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
and
FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
as the Co-Administrative Agents
for the Banks
Bank One, N.A.,
as the Documentation Agent
and
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
and
FLEET SECURITIES, INC.,
as the Co-Lead Arrangers
KAMAN CORPORATION
U.S. $225,000,000
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
As of November 13, 2000
KAMAN CORPORATION
U.S. $225,000,000
Revolving Credit Agreement
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I. THE LOANS................................................2
Section 1.1. Commitments.......................................2
Section 1.2. Mandatory Reduction of Commitments; Optional
Termination or Reduction of Commitments; Termination of
Commitments; Extension of B Loan Maturity Date.................5
Section 1.3. Making and Funding Loans..........................7
Section 1.4. Bid Auction Advances............................. 8
Section 1.5. Letter of Credit Commitments.....................12
Section 1.6. Renewal or Conversion of Loans; Existing Loans...13
Section 1.7. Interest.........................................14
Section 1.8. Interest Periods.................................15
Section 1.9. Letters of Credit Issuance Procedures............15
Section 1.9.1. Other Banks' Participation.............15
Section 1.9.2. Disbursements..........................16
Section 1.9.3. Reimbursement..........................16
Section 1.9.4. Deemed Disbursements...................17
Section 1.9.5. Nature of Reimbursement Obligations....17
Section 1.10. Repayments and Prepayments of Principal of
Loans and Letters of Credit; Pro Rata Treatment;
Application of Prepayments....................................18
Section 1.11. Payments and Computations.......................20
Section 1.12. Payments to be Free of Deductions...............21
Section 1.13. Fees............................................22
Section 1.14. Use of Proceeds.................................23
Section 1.15. Illegality......................................23
Section 1.16. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy;
Suspensions of Eurodollar Loans...............................24
Section 1.17. Certain Indemnities.............................25
Section 1.18. Bank Wires to the Company.......................26
Section 1.19. Administrator or Bank Certificate...............26
Section 1.20. Interest Limitation.............................26
ARTICLE II. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.........................27
Section 2.1. Due Organization; Good Standing; Qualification...27
Section 2.2. Due Authorization; No Conflicts..................27
Section 2.3. Binding Agreements...............................28
Section 2.4. Subsidiaries; Maintenance of
Subsidiary Guarantee..........................................28
Section 2.5. No Defaults......................................28
Section 2.6. Financial Statements.............................28
Section 2.7. No Material Adverse Changes......................28
Section 2.8. No Material Litigation...........................28
Section 2.9. True Copies of Governing Documents...............28
Section 2.10. Compliance with Environmental Laws..............29
Section 2.11. Liens...........................................29
Section 2.12. Compliance With ERISA...........................29
Section 2.13. Existing Credit Agreement.......................29
Section 2.14. Ownership of Properties.........................29
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Section 2.15. Taxes...........................................29
Section 2.16. Regulations U and X.............................29
Section 2.17. Investment Company Act; Public Utility
Holding Company Act...........................................29
Section 2.18. Accuracy of Information.........................30
ARTICLE III. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS AND
CONDITIONS OF LENDING.........................................30
Section 3.1. Conditions of Loans..............................30
Section 3.2. Conditions of Each Loan and Bid Auction Advance..31
ARTICLE IV. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS..................................32
Section 4.1. Financial Statements; Notice of
Events of Default.............................................32
Section 4.2. Securities Regulation Compliance Reports.........32
Section 4.3. Insurance........................................33
Section 4.4. Tax and Other Liens..............................33
Section 4.5. Litigation.......................................33
Section 4.6. Conduct of Business..............................33
Section 4.7. Pension Plans....................................34
Section 4.8. Records and Accounts.............................34
Section 4.9. Inspection.......................................34
Section 4.10. Subsidiary Guarantees...........................35
Section 4.11. Further Assurances..............................35
ARTICLE V. NEGATIVE COVENANTS......................................35
Section 5.1. Liens............................................35
Section 5.2. Limitation on Indebtedness.......................36
Section 5.3. Contingent Liabilities...........................36
Section 5.4. Consolidation or Merger..........................37
Section 5.5. Limitation on Certain Other Fundamental Changes..37
Section 5.6. Sale of Assets...................................37
Section 5.7. Affiliate Transactions...........................39
Section 5.8. Certain Restrictive Agreements...................39
Section 5.9. Compliance With Environmental Laws...............39
ARTICLE VI. FINANCIAL COVENANTS....................................39
Section 6.1.Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.......................39
Section 6.2.Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Total
Capitalization................................................39
ARTICLE VII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; CERTAIN REMEDIES...................39
Section ▇.▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇ of Default.................................39
Section 7.2.Acceleration of Obligations.......................41
Section 7.3.Termination of Commitments; Exercise
of Other Remedies.............................................41
Section ▇.▇.▇▇ Implied Waivers; Rights Cumulative.............42
Section 7.5.Set-Off...........................................42
ARTICLE VIII. THE CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS AND THE
ADMINISTRATOR......................................................43
Section 8.1.Authorization.....................................43
Section ▇.▇.▇▇ Liability......................................43
Section 8.3.Conditions of Acting as Administrator and of
Accepting Appointment as a Co-Administrative Agent............43
Section 8.4. Co-Administrative Agents; Administrator;
Documentation Agent...........................................43
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Section 8.5. Payments.........................................45
Section 8.6. Holders of Notes.................................46
Section 8.7. Modification of this Agreement, the Notes and
the Letters of Credit and each of the other Credit Documents;
Waivers and Consents..........................................46
Section 8.8. Costs of Co-Administrative Agents;
Indemnification...............................................47
Section 8.9. Non-Reliance on Co-Administrative Agents and the
Administrator; Assignment.....................................48
Section 8.10. Successor Administrator.........................48
Section 8.11. Action by the Administrator.....................48
Section 8.12. Substitution of Banks...........................49
ARTICLE IX.DEFINITIONS.............................................50
Section 9.1. Accounting Terms, Changes in GAAP
or FASB Standards.............................................50
Section 9.2. Other Definitions................................50
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS...........................................64
Section 10.1. Expenses........................................64
Section 10.2. Prejudgment Remedy Waiver; Other Waivers........64
Section 10.3. Covenants to Survive; Binding Agreement.........65
Section 10.4. Amendments and Waivers..........................65
Section 10.5. Transfer of Bank's Interest.....................65
Section 10.6. Notices.........................................69
Section 10.7. Headings; Severability: Entire Agreement........70
Section 10.8. Governing Law...................................70
Section 10.9. Counterparts....................................70
Section 10.10. Waiver of Jury Trial...........................70
Section 10.11. Consent to Jurisdiction........................70
Section 10.12. Effective Date.................................71
Section 10.13. Guarantee......................................71
Section 10.13.1. Acceleration of Guarantee............71
Section 10.13.2. Guarantee absolute, etc..............72
Section 10.13.3. Reinstatement, etc...................73
Section 10.13.4. Waiver, etc..........................73
Section 10.13.5. Postponement of Subrogation, etc.....73
Exhibit A-1 - Form of Revolver A Note
Exhibit A-2 - Form of Revolver B Note
Exhibit B-1 - Form of Bid Auction A Note
Exhibit B-2 - Form of Bid Auction B Note
Exhibit C - Form of Loan Election Notice
Exhibit D - Form of Bid Auction Election Notice
Exhibit E - Form of Bid Auction Offer
Exhibit F - Form of Bid Auction Acceptance
Exhibit G - Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit H - Form of Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
Exhibit I - Form of Subsidiary Guarantee
Exhibit J - Form of Letter of Credit Election Notice
Exhibit K - Form of Extension Request
Exhibit L - Form of Legal Opinion of counsel to the Company
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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of November 13, 2000 among KAMAN
CORPORATION, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may become parties hereto (referred to herein
individually as a "Bank" or collectively as the "Banks"), THE BANK OF NOVA
SCOTIA ("Scotiabank") and FLEET NATIONAL BANK ("Fleet") as the
Co-Administrative Agents (individually, a "Co-Administrative Agent" and
collectively, the "Co-Administrative Agents") for the Banks, and BANK ONE,
N.A. ("Bank One") as the Documentation Agent for the Banks (the "Documentation
Agent").
WHEREAS, the Company is currently engaged directly and through its
various Subsidiaries in the business of manufacturing and distributing
aerospace, industrial and musical products and developing technologies which
serve defense, industrial and commercial markets;
WHEREAS, the Company, the Co-Administrative Agents and certain financial
institutions are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of January 29, 1996 and amended and restated as of July 3,
1997 (such agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the
date hereof, the "Existing Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Company desires to replace in its entirety the Existing
Credit Agreement to, among other things, obtain Revolver A Commitments and
Revolver B Commitments (such terms, together with other capitalized terms used
herein, having the meanings provided in Section 9.1) from the Banks and each
Issuer pursuant to which Loans and Letters of Credit, in a maximum aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the Total
Commitment, will be made to the Company (or, in the case of Letters of Credit,
issued for the account of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor) from time to
time prior to the Termination Date;
WHEREAS, the Company also desires the Banks to provide a procedure
pursuant to which the Company may invite the Banks to bid on an uncommitted
basis on short-term borrowings by the Company;
WHEREAS, each of the Banks is willing, on the terms and subject to the
conditions hereinafter set forth (including Article III), (i) to issue (or
participate in) Letters of Credit for the account of the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor; and (ii) to extend such Commitments and make such Loans
to the Company and provide such a procedure;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of such borrowings will be used by the Company (a)
to refinance Indebtedness outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, if
any, (b) for its general corporate purposes and (c) for acquisitions by the
Company, in compliance with the terms and conditions herein and for fees and
expenses related thereto; and
WHEREAS, each of the Company, the Banks, the Co-Administrative Agents and
the Documentation Agent acknowledges and agrees that (a) all Letters of Credit
(as defined under the Existing Credit Agreement) issued under the Existing
Credit Agreement shall continue as Letters of Credit A under this Agreement,
as provided in Article I, and shall be governed by this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree, as of the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), as
follows:
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ARTICLE I.
THE LOANS
Section 1.1. Commitments.
(a) The Revolver A Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions contained
in this Agreement, each Bank with a Revolver A Commitment and each Issuer
agrees (severally and not jointly) that from time to time prior to November
11, 2005 (the "A Loan Maturity Date"), in the case of each Bank with a
Revolver A Commitment, such Bank will make loans to the Company (the "Revolver
A Loans" and, individually, a "Revolver A Loan") and will purchase
participation interests in each Letter of Credit A pursuant to Section 1.9.1,
and, in the case of each Issuer, such Issuer will issue one or more Letters of
Credit A for the account of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided,
that (i) after giving effect to the making of each Revolver A Loan, the
aggregate amount of all Revolver A Loans then outstanding plus Letter of
Credit A Outstandings plus all Bid Auction A Advances then outstanding shall
not exceed the Total Revolver A Commitment, (ii) the aggregate principal
amount of all Revolver A Loans made by any Bank, together with the aggregate
amount of such Bank's participating interest in all Letter of Credit A
Outstandings, shall not exceed, at any one time outstanding for such Bank, the
amount set forth opposite such Bank's name below (as such Banks and such
amounts may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 1.2 or 10.5
hereof) and (iii) after giving effect to the making of each Revolver A Loan,
the aggregate amount of all Loans then outstanding plus Letter of Credit
Outstandings plus all Bid Auction Advances then outstanding shall not exceed
the Total Commitment.
Percentage of
Bank Revolver A Total Revolver A
Commitments Commitment
---------------------- ---------------------------- -----------------------
THE BANK OF NOVA $28,333,333.33 18.8888889%
SCOTIA
FLEET NATIONAL BANK $28,333,333.33 18.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇%
BANK ONE, N.A. (Main $23,333,333.33 15.5555556%
Office Chicago)
CITIZENS BANK OF $16,666,666.67 11.1111111%
MASSACHUSETTS
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BANK $13,333,333.33 8.8888889%
FIRST UNION NATIONAL $20,000,000.00 13.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇%
BANK
MELLON BANK, N.A. $10,000,000.00 6.6666667%
THE CHASE $10,000,000.00 6.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇%
MANHATTAN BANK
Total Revolver A
Commitment $150,000,000 100.000000%
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Such amounts, as they may be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter
provided, are herein called individually a "Revolver A Commitment" and
collectively either the "Revolver A Commitments" or the "Total Revolver A
Commitment". Each Revolver A Loan shall be either a Domestic Loan or a
Eurodollar Loan, as the Company may elect, in each case subject to the
provisions of this Agreement. Although the Total Revolver A Commitment
initially equals $150,000,000 in the aggregate (and shall not exceed
$150,000,000 in the aggregate even though the principal indebtedness to
a Bank may, from time to time, exceed such Bank's Revolver A Commitment
as a result of one or more Bid Auction A Advances), it is understood that
each Bank's portion of the Total Revolver A Commitment is a several
obligation and not a joint obligation. No Bank nor any Issuer shall be
required to make any Revolver A Loan or issue (or participate in) any
Letter of Credit A after such Bank's Revolver A Commitment shall have
terminated. No Bank shall be responsible to the Company, either
Co-Administrative Agent, the Administrator or the other Banks for the
obligations or Revolver A Commitments of any other Bank. Neither of the
Co-Administrative Agents nor the Administrator shall be responsible to the
Company for the obligations or Revolver A Commitments of any of the Banks.
(b) The Revolver B Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions contained
in this Agreement, each Bank with a Revolver B Commitment and each Issuer
agrees (severally and not jointly) that from time to time prior to the B Loan
Maturity Date, in the case of each Bank with a Revolver B Commitment, such
Bank will make loans to the Company (the "Revolver B Loans" and, individually,
a "Revolver B Loan") and will purchase participation interests in each Letter
of Credit B pursuant to Section 1.9.1, and, in the case of each Issuer, such
Issuer will issue one or more Letters of Credit B for the account of the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided, that (i) after giving effect to
the making of each Revolver B Loan, the aggregate amount of all Revolver B
Loans then outstanding plus Letter of Credit B Outstandings plus all Bid
Auction B Advances then outstanding shall not exceed the Total Revolver B
Commitment, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolver B Loans made
by any Bank, together with the aggregate amount of such Bank's participating
interest in all Letter of Credit B Outstandings, shall not exceed, at any one
time outstanding for such Bank, the amount set forth opposite such Bank's name
below (as such Banks and such amounts may be adjusted from time to time
pursuant to Section 1.2 or 10.5 hereof) and (iii) after giving effect to the
making of each Revolver B Loan, the aggregate amount of all Loans then
outstanding plus Letter of Credit Outstandings plus all Bid Auction Advances
then outstanding shall not exceed the Total Commitment.
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Percentage of
Bank Revolver B Total Revolver B
Commitments Commitment
---------------------- -------------------------- -----------------------
THE BANK OF NOVA $14,166,666.67 18.8888889%
SCOTIA
FLEET NATIONAL BANK $14,166,666.67 18.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇%
BANK ONE, N.A. (Main $11,666,666.67 15.5555556%
Office Chicago)
CITIZENS BANK OF $8,333,333.33 11.1111111%
MASSACHUSETTS
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BANK $6,666,666.67 8.8888889%
FIRST UNION NATIONAL $10,000,000.00 13.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇%
BANK
MELLON BANK, N.A. $5,000,000.00 6.6666667%
THE CHASE $5,000,000.00 6.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇%
MANHATTAN BANK
Total Revolver B
Commitment $75,000,000 100.000000%
Such amounts, as they may be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter
provided, are herein called individually a "Revolver B Commitment" and
collectively either the "Revolver B Commitments" or the "Total Revolver B
Commitment". Each Revolver B Loan shall be either a Domestic Loan or a
Eurodollar Loan, as the Company may elect, in each case subject to the
provisions of this Agreement. Although the Total Revolver B Commitment
initially equals $75,000,000 in the aggregate (and shall not exceed
$75,000,000 in the aggregate even though the principal indebtedness to a Bank
may, from time to time, exceed such Bank's Revolver B Commitment as a result
of one or more Bid Auction B Advances), it is understood that each Bank's
portion of the Total Revolver B Commitment is a several obligation and not a
joint obligation. No
Bank nor any Issuer shall be required to make any Revolver B Loan or issue (or
participate in) any Letter of Credit B after such Bank's Revolver B Commitment
shall have terminated. No Bank shall be responsible to the Company, either
Co-Administrative Agent, the Administrator or the other Banks for the
obligations or Revolver B Commitments of any other Bank. Neither of the
Co-Administrative Agents nor the Administrator shall be responsible to the
Company for the obligations or Revolver B Commitments of any of the Banks.
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Section 1.2. Mandatory Reduction of Commitments; Optional Termination or
Reduction of Commitments; Termination of Commitments; Extension of B Loan
Maturity Date.
(a) Mandatory Reduction of Commitments. Each of the Total Revolver
A Commitment and the Total Revolver B Commitment, and each of the
Revolver A Commitments and the Revolver B Commitments of the Banks with
a Commitment in the respective Tranche, shall be irrevocably and
permanently reduced in connection with certain sales of assets
described in Section 5.6, in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5.6.
(b) Optional Termination or Reduction of Revolver A Commitments.
At the Company's option and upon three (3) Business Days' prior written
notice to the Administrator, the Company, without premium or penalty,
may permanently: (i) terminate the Total Revolver A Commitment upon
payment in full of the Revolver A Notes and (A) delivery to the
Administrator of cash collateral (to be held in a cash collateral
account pursuant to a cash collateral agreement satisfactory to the
Administrator) in an amount equal to the then existing Stated Amount of
all Letters of Credit A, plus any unreimbursed disbursements made under
the Letters of Credit A or (B) the delivery to the Issuer of each Letter
of Credit A, marked "terminated" by the beneficiary, together with all
accrued interest thereon to the date of such payment, and all Fees and
other amounts then due the Banks with a Revolver A Commitment hereunder
and thereunder; or (b) reduce pro rata the Total Revolver A Commitment
of the Banks by an amount specified in such notice in integral multiples
of $10,000,000 upon pro rata prepayment to each Bank with a Revolver A
Commitment of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolver A Note of
such Bank in excess of the amount of the reduced Revolver A Commitment,
if any, of such Bank together with accrued interest on the amount so
paid to the date of such payment; provided, that if the termination or
reduction of any Revolver A Commitment pursuant to this clause (ii)
requires the payment of a Eurodollar Loan or Bid Auction A Advance, the
termination or reduction of such Revolver A Commitment may be made only
on the last Business Day of the Interest Period applicable to such
Eurodollar Loan or Bid Auction A Advance. If any prepayment of a
Eurodollar Loan or Bid Auction A Advance is required or permitted by a
Bank on a date other than the last Business Day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, the Company shall indemnify the Bank receiving any
such prepayment in accordance with Section 1.17.
(c) Optional Termination or Reduction of Revolver B Commitments. At
the Company's option and upon three (3) Business Days' prior written
notice to the Administrator, the Company, without premium or penalty,
may permanently: (i) terminate the Total Revolver B Commitment upon
payment in full of the Revolver B Notes and (A) delivery to the
Administrator of cash collateral (to be held in a cash collateral
account pursuant to a cash collateral agreement satisfactory to the
Administrator) in an amount equal to the then existing Stated Amount of
all Letters of Credit B, plus any unreimbursed disbursements made under
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any Letter of Credit B or (B) the delivery to the Issuer of each Letter
of Credit B, marked "terminated" by the beneficiary, together with all
accrued interest thereon to the date of such payment, and all Fees and
other amounts then due the Banks with a Revolver B Commitment hereunder
and thereunder; or (b) reduce pro rata the Total Revolver B Commitment
of the Banks by an amount specified in such notice in integral multiples
of $10,000,000 upon pro rata prepayment to each Bank with a Revolver B
Commitment of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolver B Note
of such Bank in excess of the amount of the reduced Revolver B
Commitment, if any, of such Bank together with accrued interest
on the amount so paid to the date of such payment; provided, that if the
termination or reduction of any Revolver B Commitment pursuant to this
clause (b) requires the payment of a Eurodollar Loan or Bid Auction B
Advance, the termination or reduction of such Revolver B Commitment may
be made only on the last Business Day of the Interest Period applicable
to such Eurodollar Loan or Bid Auction B Advance. If any prepayment of a
Eurodollar Loan or Bid Auction B Advance is required or permitted by a
Bank on a date other than the last Business Day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, the Company shall indemnify the Bank receiving any
such prepayment in accordance with Section 1.17.
(d) Termination of Revolver A Commitments. The Commitments of the
Banks to make Revolver A Loans and an Issuer to issue Letters of Credit
A shall terminate on the A Loan Maturity Date, or such earlier date as
such Revolver A Commitments may be terminated pursuant to the provisions
of this Section 1.2 or Section 7.3.
(e) Termination of Revolver Loan B Commitments. The Commitments of
the Banks to make Revolver B Loans and an Issuer to issue Letters of
Credit B shall terminate on the B Loan Maturity Date, or such earlier
date as such Revolver B Commitments may be terminated pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 1.2 or Section 7.3.
(f) Extension of B Loan Maturity Date. The Company may, provided
that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, by
written notice to the Administrator, substantially in the form of
Exhibit K attached hereto (an "Extension Request") given not more than
ninety (90) days nor less than sixty (60) days prior to the B Loan
Maturity Date in effect at any time (the "Existing B Loan Maturity Date")
request that the B Loan Maturity Date be extended to the date which is
364 days after the Existing B Loan Maturity Date. The Administrator shall
notify each of the Banks with a Revolver B Commitment of such Extension
Request promptly after receipt thereof, and request each such Bank to
notify the Administrator of its determination to consent or not to
consent to such Extension Request. The determination of each such Bank
shall be in the sole discretion of such Bank. Each Bank with a Revolver B
Commitment shall give written notice of its determination to consent or
not to consent to such Extension Request pursuant to this Section 1.2(f),
not less than 30 days prior to the Existing B Loan Maturity Date (the
"Extension Consent Date"). Any Bank which fails to give written notice of
its consent or non-consent by the Extension Consent Date shall be deemed
not to have consented to the Extension Request hereunder (any such Bank,
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and together with any other Bank which gives written notice of its lack
of consent to the Extension Request, collectively, the "Non-Consenting
Banks"). If Banks holding at least 75% of the Total Revolver B
Commitments consent to the Extension Request (the "Consenting Banks") by
so notifying the Administrator in writing by the Extension Consent Date,
the B Loan Maturity Date shall be extended for 364 days from the Existing
B Loan Maturity Date in respect of the Revolver B Commitments of the
Consenting Banks, but not of the Non-Consenting Banks. In respect of each
of the Non-Consenting Banks, the Revolver B Commitments held by each such
Bank shall (a) not be extended and (B) terminate at the end of the
Existing B Loan Maturity Date. On the Existing B Loan Maturity Date all
outstanding Obligations owing to the Non-Consenting Banks shall be paid
by the Company to the Administrator for the account of each of the
Non-Consenting Banks. In the event that Banks holding at least 75% of the
Total Revolver B Commitments do not consent to the Extension Request, the
Existing B Loan Maturity Date shall remain in effect.
Section 1.3. Making and Funding Loans.
(a) Procedures for Loans. When the Company desires to borrow Loans,
or to select an interest rate option for an Interest Period for Loans,
the procedures set forth in this Section 1.3 shall apply. The Company
shall give the Administrator at least three (3) Business Days' prior
written notice in the case of a Eurodollar Loan, and notice on the same
date in the case of a Domestic Loan (and the Administrator shall, in
turn, promptly notify each of the Banks of each such notice). Such notice
(individually, a "Loan Election Notice" and collectively "Loan Election
Notices",) shall specify: (a) the date of the proposed borrowing (which
shall be a Business Day); (b) the Type of Loan being requested; (c) the
Interest Period applicable to such Loans; and (d) the aggregate amount to
be borrowed; and (e) the Tranche being requested. All Loan Election
Notices must be received by the Administrator before 10:00 a.m., Boston,
Massachusetts time on the Business Day specified in the second sentence
of this Section 1.3(a). Each borrowing of a Loan shall be (x) in the case
of Domestic Loans, in an aggregate amount not less than $2,000,000 or in
a greater integral multiple of $1,000,000, and (y) in the case of
Eurodollar Loans, in an aggregate amount not less than $2,000,000 or in a
greater integral multiple of $1,000,000. Except for Bid Auction
Borrowings, each borrowing hereunder shall, to the extent that each Bank
satisfies its obligations hereunder, be made from each Bank pro rata
based upon such Bank's percentage of the Total Revolver A Commitment or
Total Revolver B Commitment, as the case may be.
(b) Revolver A Notes. The Revolver A Loans of each Bank with a
Revolver A Commitment shall be evidenced by a promissory note payable to
the order of such Bank and in the amount of the Revolver A Commitment of
such Bank, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 attached hereto
(individually a "Revolver A Note" and collectively the "Revolver A
Notes"). The principal amount of each Revolver A Loan made by each Bank
and any repayment or permitted prepayment thereof shall be recorded by
such Bank on either the schedule attached to such Bank's Revolver A Note
or its books and records. The aggregate unpaid principal amount of
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Revolver A Loans set forth on such schedule or books and records shall be
presumptive evidence of the principal amount owing and unpaid thereon.
Within the limits of the Total Revolver A Commitment, and subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the Company may borrow hereunder, prepay
(but only to the extent permitted by this Agreement), and reborrow
pursuant to Section 1.1 and Section 1.3 hereof until the A Loan Maturity
Date. Notwithstanding any term to the contrary contained herein, any
failure of any Bank or the Administrator to make any notation on a
schedule to any Revolver A Note or otherwise record a transaction in a
timely fashion or to make correctly any such notation or recordation
shall not affect or impair the validity of any Obligations.
(c) Revolver B Notes. The Revolver B Loans of each Bank with a
Revolver B Commitment shall be evidenced by a promissory note payable to
the order of such Bank and in the amount of the Revolver B Commitment of
such Bank, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 attached hereto
(individually a "Revolver B Note" and collectively the "Revolver B
Notes"). The principal amount of each Revolver B Loan made by each Bank
and any repayment or permitted prepayment thereof shall be recorded by
such Bank on either the schedule attached to such Bank's Revolver B Note
or its books and records. The aggregate unpaid principal amount of
Revolver B Loans set forth on such schedule or books and records shall be
presumptive evidence of the principal amount owing and unpaid thereon.
Within the limits of the Total Revolver B Commitment, and subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the Company may borrow hereunder, prepay
(but only to the extent permitted by this Agreement), and reborrow
pursuant to Section 1.1 and Section 1.3 hereof until the B Loan Maturity
Date. Notwithstanding any term to the contrary contained herein, any
failure of any Bank or the Administrator to make any notation on a
schedule to any Revolver B Note or otherwise record a transaction in a
timely fashion or
to make correctly any such notation or recordation shall not affect or
impair the validity of any Obligations.
(d) Funding Loans. Not later than 2:00 p.m. (Boston, Massachusetts
time) on the date of the proposed borrowing of any Loan, as specified in
the applicable Loan Election Notice, received by the Administrator in
accordance with clause (a) above, each of the Banks with a Commitment in
the applicable Tranche will make available to the Administrator, in
immediately available funds, at the Administrator's Funding Office, such
Bank's percentage share of the Loans to be loaned on such date. Upon
receipt from such Bank of such amount, and subject to the provisions of
Section 1.1 and upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions of Article
III, the Administrator shall make available to the Company, in
immediately available funds, at the Administrator's Funding Office, such
amount of funds received from such Bank.
Section 1.4. Bid Auction Advances.
(a) Generally.
(i) Each Bank with a Revolver A Commitment severally agrees
that the Company may request Bid Auction A Borrowings under this
Section 1.4 from time to time, on any Business Day after the date
hereof and prior to the A Loan Maturity Date in the manner set forth
below;
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provided that, after giving effect to the making of each Bid Auction
A Borrowing, the aggregate principal amount of all Revolver A Loans
then outstanding plus the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit A
Outstandings plus all Bid Auction A Advances then outstanding shall
not exceed the Total Revolver A Commitment. All Bid Auction A
Advances shall be in Dollars. There shall be no Bid Auction A
Advances outstanding on or after the A Loan Maturity Date.
(ii) Each Bank with a Revolver B Commitment severally agrees
that the Company may request Bid Auction B Borrowings under this
Section 1.4 from time to time, on any Business Day after the date
hereof and prior to the B Loan Maturity Date in the manner set forth
below; provided that, after giving effect to the making of each Bid
Auction B Borrowing, the aggregate principal amount of all Revolver
B Loans then outstanding plus the aggregate amount of all Letter of
Credit B Outstandings plus all Bid Auction B Advances then
outstanding shall not exceed the Total Revolver B Commitment. All
Bid Auction B Advances shall be in Dollars. There shall be no Bid
Auction B Advances outstanding on or after the B Loan Maturity Date.
(b) Notification of Bid Auction Borrowing. The Company shall request
a Bid Auction A Borrowing or Bid Auction B Borrowing under this Section
1.4 by delivering to the Administrator, by 10:00 a.m. (Boston,
Massachusetts time) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date of
the proposed Bid Auction Borrowing, a Bid Auction Election Notice. Such
Bid Auction Election Notice shall specify the following:
(i) that such proposed borrowing is to be a Bid Auction A
Borrowing or a Bid Auction B Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such proposed borrowing (which must be a
Business Day);
(iii) the aggregate amount of such proposed borrowing;
(iv) the Interest Period for such proposed borrowing; and
(v) any other terms to be applicable to such proposed
borrowing.
The Administrator shall promptly (and in any event by 5:00 p.m. Boston,
Massachusetts time on the date of such receipt) notify each Bank, with a
Commitment in the respective Tranche, by telecopier, of each request for
a Bid Auction Borrowing received by it from the Company.
(c) Banks Response to Bid Auction Borrowing Notification. Each Bank,
with a Commitment in the respective Tranche, including the Administrator
acting in its capacity as a Bank, may, if in its sole discretion it
elects to do so, offer to make one or more Bid Auction A Advances or Bid
Auction B Advances, as the case may be, to the Company as part of such
proposed Bid Auction Borrowing, by delivering to the Company a Bid
Auction Offer by telecopy or telefacsimile, before 9:00 a.m. (Boston,
Massachusetts time) on the date of the proposed borrowing specified in
the Bid Auction Election Notice. Each such Bid Auction Offer shall
include the following: (i) the minimum amount and maximum amount of
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each Bid Auction A Advance or Bid Auction B Advance that such Bank would
be willing to make as part of such proposed Bid Auction Borrowing (which
amounts may (A) exceed such Bank's Revolver A Commitment but may not
exceed the then available Total Revolver A Commitment or (B) exceed such
Bank's Revolver B Commitment but may not exceed the then available Total
Revolver B Commitment); (ii) the rate of interest offered therefor; and
(iii) the identity of the quoting Bank.
(d) Company Acceptance or Rejection of Offers. The Company shall, in
turn, before 10:30 a.m. (Boston, Massachusetts time) on the date of the
proposed borrowing specified in the Bid Auction Election Notice, either:
(i) cancel such Bid Auction Borrowing by giving the
Administrator notice to that effect, or
(ii) accept one or more of the offers made by any Bank or Banks
pursuant to and in compliance with Section 1.4(c), in the Company's
sole discretion, by delivering to the Administrator and such Bank or
Banks a Bid Auction Acceptance. Each such Bid Auction Acceptance
shall specify the date and amount of each Bid Auction A Advance or
Bid Auction B Advance, as applicable (which amount shall be equal to
or greater than the minimum amount, and equal to or less than the
maximum amount, as specified by such Bank for such Bid Auction
Advance pursuant to Section 1.4(c)) to be made by each Bank as part
of such Bid Auction A Borrowing or Bid Auction B Borrowing, and the
unused amount of the Total Revolver A Commitment or Total Revolver B
Commitment, as applicable, after giving effect to such Bid Auction
Borrowing. In addition the Company shall reject any remaining offers
made by any Bank or Banks pursuant to Section 1.4(c) by giving the
Administrator and any such Bank or Banks notice to that effect.
(e) Usage of Commitments.
(i) Upon each occasion that a Bid Auction A Advance is made,
and during the period such Bid Auction A Advance is outstanding,
each Bank's Revolver A Commitment shall be deemed automatically
utilized by an amount equal to the amount of such Bid Auction A
Advance multiplied by such Bank's percentage of the Total Revolver A
Commitment, regardless of the extent to which such Bank makes a Bid
Auction A Advance.
(ii) Upon each occasion that a Bid Auction B Advance is made,
and during the period such Bid Auction B Advance is outstanding,
each Bank's Revolver B Commitment shall be deemed automatically
utilized by an amount equal to the amount of such Bid Auction B
Advance multiplied by such Bank's percentage of the Total Revolver B
Commitment, regardless of the extent to which such Bank makes a Bid
Auction B Advance.
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(f) Funding Indemnity. If the Company notifies the Administrator
that a Bid Auction Borrowing is canceled pursuant to Section 1.4(d)(i),
the Administrator shall give prompt notice thereof to the Banks, and such
Bid Auction Borrowing shall not be made. If the Company accepts one or
more Bid Auction Advance offers made by any Bank or Banks such acceptance
shall be irrevocable and binding on the Company and, in respect of any
Bid Auction Borrowing, the Company shall indemnify each such Bank against
any loss or expense incurred by such Bank as a result of any failure by
the Company to fulfill, on or before the date specified for such Bid
Auction Borrowing, the applicable conditions set forth in this Agreement,
including, without limitation, (i) any loss or expense incurred by reason
of liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by
such Bank to fund or maintain such Bid Auction Advance, and (ii)
compensation as provided in Section 1.17.
(g) Making Bid Auction Advances. Each Bank that is to make a Bid
Auction Advance as part of any Bid Auction Borrowing shall, before 12:00
noon (Boston, Massachusetts time) on the date of such Bid Auction
Borrowing specified in the Bid Auction Election Notice pursuant to
Section 1.4(b), if all applicable conditions specified in Section 3.2
have been satisfied, make available to the Administrator at the
Administrator's Funding Office, in immediately available funds, such
Bank's portion of such Bid Auction Borrowing. After receipt by the
Administrator of such funds, the Administrator will make such funds
available to the Company at the Administrator's Funding Office.
(h) Repayment at Maturity.
(i) The Company shall repay to the Administrator, for the
account of each Bank which has made a Bid Auction A Advance to the
Company, the principal amount of such Bid Auction A Advance on the
last day of the Interest Period relating to such Bid Auction A
Advance. All Bid Auction A Advances outstanding on the A Loan
Maturity Date shall be absolutely and unconditionally due and
payable on the A Loan Maturity Date.
(ii) The Company shall repay to the Administrator, for the
account of each Bank which has made a Bid Auction B Advance to the
Company, the principal amount of such Bid Auction B Advance on the
last day of the Interest Period relating to such Bid Auction B
Advance. All Bid Auction B Advances outstanding on the B Loan
Maturity Date shall be absolutely and unconditionally due and
payable on the B Loan Maturity Date.
(i) No Prepayment of Bid Auction Advances. The Company shall not be
permitted to prepay any Bid Auction Advance.
(j) Bid Auction Notes.
(i) Each Bid Auction A Advance from any Bank shall be evidenced
by a grid promissory note of the Company payable to the order of the
lending Bank, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto
(individually a "Bid Auction A Note" and collectively the "Bid
Auction A Notes").
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(ii) Each Bid Auction B Advance from any Bank shall be
evidenced by a grid promissory note of the Company payable to the
order of the lending Bank, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2
hereto (individually a "Bid Auction B Note" and collectively the
"Bid Auction B Notes").
Section 1.5. Letter of Credit Commitments.
(a) Letter of Credit A Commitments. Subject to the fulfillment of
the applicable conditions of Article III, from time to time on any
Business Day occurring from and after the Effective Date but prior to the
A Loan Maturity Date, the Issuer will
(i) issue one or more irrevocable standby Letters of Credit A
for the account of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in the
Stated Amount requested by the Company on such day; or
(ii) extend the Stated Expiry Date of an existing Letter of
Credit A previously issued (or deemed to have been issued) under
this Agreement to a date not later than the earlier of (x) one week
prior to the A Loan Maturity Date and (y) one year from the date of
such extension;
provided that, no Issuer shall be permitted or required to issue any
Letters of Credit A if, after giving effect to the issuance of such
Letter of Credit A, (i) the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit A
Outstandings would exceed the Total Revolver A Commitment, (ii) the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolver A Loans and Bid Auction A
Advances then outstanding plus all Letter of Credit A Outstandings would
exceed the Total Revolver A Commitment, or (iii) the aggregate amount of
all Loans then outstanding plus Letter of Credit Outstandings plus all
Bid Auction Advances then outstanding would exceed the Total Commitment.
(b) Letter of Credit B Commitments. Subject to the fulfillment of
the applicable conditions of Article III, from time to time on any
Business Day occurring from and after the Effective Date but prior to the
B Loan Maturity Date, the Issuer will
(i) issue one or more irrevocable standby Letters of Credit B
for the account of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in the
Stated Amount requested by the Company on such day; or
(ii) extend the Stated Expiry Date of an existing Letter of
Credit B previously issued under this Agreement to a date not later
than the earlier of (x) one week prior to the B Loan Maturity Date
and (y) one year from the date of such extension
provided that, no Issuer shall be permitted or required to issue any
Letters of Credit B if (A) after giving effect to the issuance of such
Letter of Credit B, (i) the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit B
Outstandings would exceed the Total Revolver B Commitment, (ii) the
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aggregate principal amount of all Revolver B Loans and Bid Auction B
Advances then outstanding plus all Letter of Credit B Outstandings would
exceed the Total Revolver B Commitment or (iii) the aggregate amount of
all Loans then outstanding plus Letter of Credit Outstandings plus all
Bid Auction Advances then outstanding would exceed the Total Commitment
or (B) there is availability under the Total Revolver A Commitment to
issue a Letter of Credit A in the Stated Amount requested by the Company
under this Section 1.5(b).
(c) Existing Letters of Credit. The Company, the Banks and the
Issuer each agree that (i) any Existing Letter of Credit shall be deemed
a Letter of Credit A issued under and governed by this Agreement, (ii)
this Credit Agreement supercedes the Existing Credit Agreement with
respect to the Existing Letters of Credit, and (iii) all Existing Letters
of Credit, from and after the Effective Date, shall be subject to and
governed by the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Usage of Commitments.
(i) Upon each occasion that a Letter of Credit A is issued (or
deemed issued) hereunder, and during the period such Letter of
Credit A or Reimbursement Obligation for Letters of Credit A remains
outstanding, each Bank's Revolver A Commitment shall be deemed
automatically utilized by an amount equal to the amount of all
Letter of Credit A Outstandings multiplied by such Bank's percentage
of the Total Revolver A Commitment.
(ii) Upon each occasion that a Letter of Credit B is issued (or
deemed issued) hereunder, and during the period such Letter of
Credit B or Reimbursement Obligation for Letters of Credit B remains
outstanding, each Bank's Revolver B Commitment shall be deemed
automatically utilized by an amount equal to the amount of all
Letter of Credit B Outstandings multiplied by such Bank's percentage
of the Total Revolver B Commitment.
Section 1.6. Renewal or Conversion of Loans; Existing Loans.
(a) Subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
including without limitation, the satisfaction of all the conditions set
forth in Section 3.2 (except clause (a) thereof) to the making of any
Loan, the Company may, on any Business Day, renew any Eurodollar Loan or
convert any Domestic Loan into a Eurodollar Loan or any Eurodollar Loan
into a Domestic Loan before the A Loan Maturity Date or B Loan Maturity
Date, as applicable, provided, that any renewal or conversion of a
Eurodollar Loan may be made only at the expiration of the Interest Period
for the Eurodollar Loan to be renewed or converted. If the Company
desires to so renew a Eurodollar Loan or convert a Domestic Loan or a
Eurodollar Loan, it shall give the Administrator written notice of such
renewal or conversion not later than 10:00 a.m. (Boston, Massachusetts
time), (i) in the case of conversions into Domestic Loans, on the date of
such renewal or conversion, and (ii) in the case of renewals of or
conversions into Eurodollar Loans, on the third Business Day prior to the
date of such proposed renewal or conversion. Each such notice shall
specify: (i) the date of such renewal or conversion; (ii) the specific
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Domestic Loan to be converted or Eurodollar Loan to be renewed or
converted; (iii) the Domestic Loan or Eurodollar Loan which is to replace
such Domestic Loan or Eurodollar Loan; and (iv) the Interest Period for
any replacement Eurodollar Loan.
Section 1.7. Interest.
(a) Interest Rates on Loans.
(i) Loans. Each Loan shall bear interest (from the date made
through and including the date of payment in full) at a rate per
annum equal to either: (A) in the case of Domestic Loans, the Base
Rate plus the Applicable Margin for such Domestic Loans; or (B) in
the case of Eurodollar Loans, LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin for
such Eurodollar Loans.
(ii) Bid Auction Advances. Each Bid Auction Advance shall bear
interest (from the date made through and including the date of
payment in full) at a rate per annum as determined in accordance
with Section 1.4.
(b) Calculation. Interest on Domestic Loans shall be calculated on
the basis of a 365 or 366 day year (as applicable) and the actual number
of days elapsed, and the interest rate with respect to any Domestic Loan
shall change effective immediately upon any change in the Base Rate,
without notice or demand to or upon the Company. Interest on Eurodollar
Loans and Bid Auction Advances shall be calculated on the basis of a 360
day year and the actual number of days elapsed. Each determination of any
interest rate by the Administrator pursuant to this Agreement or the
Notes shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and each of the
Banks in the absence of manifest error.
(c) Interest Payments. Interest shall accrue on the entire principal
of each Domestic Loan, each Eurodollar Loan and each Bid Auction Advance
and shall be payable in arrears by the Company to the Administrator for
the account of the Bank or Banks making such Advance as follows:
(i) Domestic Loans. With respect to any Domestic Loan, on the
last Business Day of each calendar quarter;
(ii) Eurodollar Loans. With respect to any Eurodollar Loan, on
the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; provided that
interest shall also be payable on the last day of the third (3rd)
month for any Eurodollar Loan having a six (6) month Interest
Period; and
(iii) Bid Auction Advances. With respect to any Bid Auction
Advance, on the last day of the Interest Period for such Bid Auction
Advance; provided that interest shall also be payable every ninety
(90) days for Bid Auction Advances with Interest Periods in excess
of ninety (90) days.
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It is understood and agreed that the interest payable on the last day of
an Interest Period in excess of 90 days shall be only of interest accrued
after the 90th day of such Interest Period if interest accrued through
such 90th day was paid on such 90th day, as provided herein.
(d) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event
any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Company shall pay, but
only to the extent permitted by law, interest (after as well as before
any judgment) on all Advances and Reimbursement Obligations at a rate per
annum equal to the then applicable rate per annum pursuant to clause (a)
of this Section 1.7 (in the case of any Loans), or the then applicable
fee pursuant to clause (b) of Section 1.13 (in the case of Letters of
Credit and Reimbursement Obligations), as the case may be, plus a margin
of two percent (2%).
Section 1.8. Interest Periods. Any Interest Period which would otherwise
end on a day which is not a Business Day shall end on the next succeeding
Business Day. Each Interest Period for any Revolver A Loan which is a
Eurodollar Loan or for any Bid Auction A Advance, made, converted or renewed
prior to the A Loan Maturity Date, must end on or prior to the A Loan Maturity
Date. Each Interest Period for any Revolver B Loan which is a Eurodollar Loan
or for any Bid Auction B Advance, made, converted or renewed prior to the B
Loan Maturity Date, must end on or prior to the B Loan Maturity Date. Any
Interest Period for a Eurodollar Loan which begins on a day for which there is
no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month during which such
Interest Period is to end shall end on the last day of such calendar month (or
the next preceding Business Day if such last day is not a Business Day).
Section 1.9. Letters of Credit Issuance Procedures. By delivering to the
Administrator a Letter of Credit Election Notice on or before 10:00 a.m.
(Boston, Massachusetts time), on a Business Day, the Company may from time to
time request, on not less than three (3) nor more than ten (10) Business Days'
notice, in the case of an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, and not less
than three (3) days prior notice, in the case of a request for the extension
of the Stated Expiry Date of a Letter of Credit, that the Issuer issue (for
the account of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor), or extend the Stated
Expiry Date of, as the case may be, an irrevocable Letter of Credit in such
form as may be requested by the Company and approved by the Issuer. Each
Letter of Credit shall be in Dollars and shall by its terms be stated to
expire on a date (its "Stated Expiry Date") no later than one week prior to
the A Loan Maturity Date (in the case of a Letter of Credit A) or the B Loan
Maturity Date (in the case of a Letter of Credit B).
Section 1.9.1. Other Banks' Participation. (a) Letters of Credit A. Upon
the issuance of each Letter of Credit A issued by an Issuer under this
Agreement (including each Existing Letter of Credit) or upon any extension of
any Stated Expiry Date of any Letter of Credit A, and without further action,
each Bank with a Revolver A Commitment (other than the Issuer) shall be deemed
to have irrevocably purchased, to the extent of its pro rata Revolver A
Commitment to make Revolver A Loans, a participation interest in such Letter
of Credit A (including any Reimbursement Obligation with respect thereto), and
such Bank shall, to the extent of its Revolver A Commitment, be responsible
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for reimbursing promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) the
Issuer for Reimbursement Obligations which have not been reimbursed by the
Company in accordance with Section 1.9.3. In addition, such Bank shall, to the
extent of its pro rata Revolver A Commitment to make Revolver A Loans, be
entitled to receive a ratable portion of the Letter of Credit A Fees payable
pursuant to Section 1.13(c) with respect to each Letter of Credit A and of
interest payable pursuant to Section 1.7 with respect to any Reimbursement
Obligation.
(b) Letters of Credit B. Upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit B
issued by an Issuer under this Agreement or upon any extension of any Stated
Expiry Date of any Letter of Credit B, and without further action, each Bank
with a Revolver B Commitment (other than the Issuer) shall be deemed to have
irrevocably purchased, to the extent of its pro rata Revolver B Commitment to
make Revolver B Loans, a participation interest in such Letter of Credit B
(including any Reimbursement Obligation with respect thereto), and such Bank
shall, to the extent of its Revolver B Commitment, be responsible for
reimbursing promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) the Issuer
for Reimbursement Obligations which have not been reimbursed by the Company in
accordance with Section 1.9.3. In addition, such Bank shall, to the extent of
its pro rata Revolver B Commitment to make Revolver B Loans, be entitled to
receive a ratable portion of the Letter of Credit A Fees payable pursuant to
Section 1.13(c) with respect to each Letter of Credit B and of interest
payable pursuant to Section 1.7 with respect to any Reimbursement Obligation.
(c) To the extent that any Bank has reimbursed any Issuer for a
Disbursement as required by this Section, such Bank shall be entitled to
receive its ratable portion of any amounts subsequently received (from the
Company or otherwise) in respect of such Disbursement.
Section 1.9.2. Disbursements. The Issuer will notify the Company and the
Administrator promptly of the presentment for payment of any Letter of Credit
issued by the Issuer, together with notice of the date (the "Disbursement
Date") such payment shall be made (each such payment, a "Disbursement").
Subject to the terms and provisions of such Letter of Credit and this
Agreement, the Issuer shall make such payment to the beneficiary (or its
designee) of such Letter of Credit. Prior to 11:00 a.m. (Boston, Massachusetts
time), on the first Business Day following the Disbursement Date, the Company
will reimburse the Administrator, for the account of the Issuer, for all
amounts which the Issuer has disbursed under such Letter of Credit, together
with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the highest rate per annum
then in effect pursuant to Section 1.7 for Revolving Loans A or Revolving
Loans B, as the case may be, for the period from the Disbursement Date through
the date of such reimbursement.
Section 1.9.3. Reimbursement. The Company's obligation (the
"Reimbursement Obligation") under Section 1.9.2 to reimburse the Issuer with
respect to each Disbursement (including interest thereon), and, upon the
failure of the Company to reimburse the Issuer, each Bank's obligation under
Section 1.9.1 to reimburse the Issuer, shall be absolute and unconditional
under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim
or defense to payment which the Company or such Bank, as the case may be, may
have or have had against the Issuer or any such Bank, including any defense
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based upon the failure of any Disbursement to conform to the terms of the
applicable Letter of Credit (if, in the Issuer's good faith opinion, such
Disbursement is determined to be appropriate) or any non-application or
misapplication by the beneficiary of the proceeds of such Letter of Credit;
provided, however, that after paying in full its Reimbursement Obligation
hereunder, nothing herein shall adversely affect the right of the Company or
such Bank, as the case may be, to commence any proceeding against the Issuer
for any wrongful Disbursement made by the Issuer under a Letter of Credit as a
result of acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of such Issuer.
Section 1.9.4. Deemed Disbursements. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of any Default of the type described in Section 7.1(g) or, with
notice from either of the Co- Administrative Agents, upon the occurrence and
during the continuation of any other Event of Default,
(a) an amount equal to that portion of all Letter of Credit
Outstandings attributable to the then aggregate amount which is undrawn
and available under all Letters of Credit issued and outstanding for the
account of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor shall, without demand
upon or notice to the Company or any other Person, be deemed to have been
paid or disbursed by the Issuer under such Letters of Credit
(notwithstanding that such amount may not in fact have been so paid or
disbursed); and
(b) upon notification by either of the Co-Administrative Agents to
the Company of its obligations under this Section, the Company shall be
immediately obligated to reimburse the Issuer for the amount deemed to
have been so paid or disbursed by such Issuer.
Any amounts so payable by the Company pursuant to this Section 1.9.4 (the
"Deemed Disbursement Amount") shall be deposited in cash with the
Administrator and held as collateral security for the Obligations in
connection with the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuers. At such time when
the Defaults or Events of Default giving rise to the deemed disbursements
hereunder shall have been cured or waived, the Administrator shall return to
the Company the Deemed Disbursement Amount, less any amount thereof applied to
the Obligations, together with accrued interest at the Federal Funds Rate,
which have not been applied to the partial satisfaction of such Obligations.
Section 1.9.5. Nature of Reimbursement Obligations. The Company and, to
the extent set forth in Section 1.9.1, each Bank with a Commitment in the
respective Tranche shall assume all risks of the acts, omissions or misuse of
any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof. The Issuer (except to the
extent of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) shall not be
responsible for:
(a) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal
effect of any Letter of Credit or any document submitted by any party in
connection with the application for and issuance of a Letter of Credit,
even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid,
insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged;
(b) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal
effect of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to
transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits
thereunder or the proceeds thereof in whole or in part, which may prove
to be invalid or ineffective for any reason;
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(c) failure of the beneficiary to comply fully with conditions
required in order to demand payment under a Letter of Credit;
(d) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or
delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise;
or
(e) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any
document or draft required in order to make a Disbursement under a Letter
of Credit.
None of the foregoing shall affect, impair or prevent the vesting of any of
the rights or powers granted to the Issuer or any Bank. In furtherance and
extension and not in limitation or derogation of any of the foregoing, any
action taken or omitted to be taken by an Issuer in good faith (and not
constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct) shall be binding upon the
Company and each such Bank, and shall not put such Issuer under any resulting
liability to the Company or any such Bank, as the case may be.
Section 1.10. Repayments and Prepayments of Principal of Loans and
Letters of Credit; Pro Rata Treatment; Application of Prepayments.
(a) Repayments of Principal.
(i) The entire principal of each of the Revolver A Notes and
the Bid Auction A Notes outstanding on the A Loan Maturity Date,
together with all accrued unpaid interest thereon, shall be
absolutely due and payable on the A Loan Maturity Date. All the
other Obligations shall, if not sooner paid, become and be
absolutely due and payable by the Company on the A Loan Maturity
Date.
(ii) The entire principal of each of the Revolver B Notes and
the Bid Auction B Notes outstanding on the B Loan Maturity Date,
together with all accrued unpaid interest thereon, shall be
absolutely due and payable on the B Loan Maturity Date.
(b) On the last day of each Interest Period for each Eurodollar Loan
and each Bid Auction Advance, the Company shall pay all principal,
interest and other amounts then outstanding in respect of such Eurodollar
Loan or such Bid Auction Advance. Such payment may be made with the
proceeds of a new or replacement Domestic Loan, Eurodollar Loan or Bid
Auction Advance, to the extent then available, pursuant to all of the
terms and limitations of this Agreement.
(i) In no event shall the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Revolver A Loans and Bid Auction A Advances together
with all Letter of Credit A Outstandings at any time exceed the
Total Revolver A Commitment at such time, as such Total Revolver A
Commitment may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the
provisions hereof. Accordingly, upon any such reduction in the Total
Revolver A Commitment, the Company agrees to prepay so much of the
Revolver A Loans (or cash collateralize the Stated Amount) as may be
necessary so that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Revolver A Loans, Bid Auction A Advances and Letter of Credit A
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Outstandings will not exceed the Total Revolver A Commitment, as so
reduced. For the avoidance of any doubt, the parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that, as used in this Agreement, Revolver A
Loans do not include Bid Auction A Advances.
(ii) In no event shall the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Revolver B Loans and Bid Auction B Advances together
with all Letter of Credit B Outstandings at any time exceed the
Total Revolver B Commitment at such time, as such Total Revolver B
Commitment may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the
provisions hereof. Accordingly, upon any such reduction in the Total
Revolver B Commitment, the Company agrees to prepay so much of the
Revolver B Loans (or cash collateralize the Stated Amount) as may be
necessary so that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Revolver B Loans, Bid Auction B Advances and Letter of Credit B
Outstandings will not exceed the Total Revolver B Commitment, as so
reduced. For the avoidance of any doubt, the parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that, as used in this Agreement, Revolver B
Loans do not include Bid Auction B Advances.
(d) Upon certain sales of assets described in Section 5.6, the
Company shall prepay all or a portion of the Loans in accordance with the
provisions of such Section 5.6.
(e) The Company may, at its option, subject to the provisions of
Section 1.17, prepay without premium, Loans, in whole or in part, on the
following conditions: (i) the Company shall give to the Administrator and
each of the Banks written notice of any prepayment of (A) Domestic Loans
not later than 10:00 a.m., Boston, Massachusetts time, on the Business
Day on which such prepayment is to be made and (B) Eurodollar Loans not
later than 10:00 a.m., Boston, Massachusetts time, on the third Business
Day prior to the date on which such prepayment is to be made; (ii) each
prepayment shall be in a minimum amount of $2,000,000 and an integral
multiple of $1,000,000; and (iii) each prepayment must be made to the
Administrator for disbursement as set forth in clause (f) and (g) below,
as applicable. Such notice of prepayment shall be irrevocable and shall
specify (i) the date of any such prepayment, (ii) the aggregate principal
amount to be prepaid pursuant to this clause (e) on such date, and (iii)
the Type and the Tranche of Loan to be prepaid. If any Eurodollar Loan is
prepaid, the Company shall indemnify each Bank in accordance with Section
1.17 hereof.
(f) Except for payments in respect of Bid Auction Borrowings, each
payment of principal of Loans hereunder shall be made to each Bank with a
Commitment in the respective Tranche pro rata based upon its percentage
of the aggregate outstanding amount of such Loans at the time of such
payment.
(g) Each payment of principal of or interest on any Bid Auction
Advance shall be made to the Administrator for the benefit of the Bank
which has made such Bid Auction Advance, regardless of such Bank's pro
rata percentage of the Total Revolver A Commitment and/or Total
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Revolver B Commitment, except that if any amounts are due and payable
upon any Loans at the time of any such payment of a Bid Auction Advance,
then such payment shall be made through the Administrator to each Bank
based on each Bank's pro rata share of the total outstanding principal
balance of all Loans and Bid Auction Advances of the respective Tranche.
(h) Any partial payment of the Obligations under or in respect of
any Note shall be applied by the Bank holding such Note (i) first, to the
payment of all of the interest which shall be due and payable on the
principal of such Note at the time of such partial payment, (ii) then, to
the payment of all (if any) other amounts (except principal) due and
payable under such Note at such time, and (iii) finally, to the payment
of principal of such Note.
(i) Each payment in respect of any Letter of Credit A or
Reimbursement Obligation in respect thereof and each payment of Fees
payable to all of the Banks with a Revolver A Commitment and each payment
in respect of a permanent reduction of the Total Revolver A Commitment
shall be made to the Administrator for prompt distribution to each such
Bank pro rata based upon its percentage of the Total Revolver A
Commitment.
(j) Each payment in respect of any Letter of Credit B or
Reimbursement Obligation in respect thereof and each payment of Fees
payable to all of the Banks with a Revolver B Commitment and each payment
in respect of a permanent reduction of the Total Revolver B Commitment
shall be made to the Administrator for prompt distribution to each such
Bank pro rata based upon its percentage of the Total Revolver B
Commitment.
(k) Each payment of Fees payable to either of the Co-Administrative
Agents or any Issuer hereunder or in connection herewith shall be made
directly to such Co-Administrative Agent or such Issuer.
Section 1.11. Payments and Computations.
(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each
payment payable by the Company to the Administrator, any
Co-Administrative Agent, any Bank or any Issuer under this Agreement, the
Notes, any Letter of Credit, any Subsidiary Guarantee or any other Credit
Document shall be made directly to the Administrator (unless such payment
is in respect of any Fees payable by the Company to either of the
Co-Administrative Agents (including in such Co-Administrative Agent's
capacity as an Issuer hereunder), in which case such payment shall be
made directly to such Co-Administrative Agent), in Dollars at the
Administrator's Funding Office (or, with respect to such
Co-Administrative Agent, at such office as notified to the Company by
it), not later than 2:00 p.m., Boston, Massachusetts time, on the due
date of each such payment and in immediately available funds. The
Administrator will promptly distribute to each Bank in immediately
available funds by wire transfer such Bank's share (if any) of each such
payment received by the Administrator.
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(b) If any sum would, but for the provisions of this clause (b),
become due and payable to the Administrator, any Co-Administrative Agent,
any Bank or any Issuer by the Company under this Agreement, any Note, any
Letter of Credit, any Subsidiary Guarantee or any other Credit Document
on any day which is not a Business Day, then such sum shall become due
and payable on the Business Day next succeeding the day on which such sum
would otherwise have become due and payable hereunder or thereunder, and
interest payable to the Administrator, such Co-Administrative Agent, such
Bank or such Issuer under this Agreement, any Note, any Letter of Credit,
any Subsidiary Guarantee or any other Credit Document shall be adjusted
by the Administrator (or such Co-Administrative Agent, as the case may
be) accordingly.
Section 1.12. Payments to be Free of Deductions.
(a) Each payment payable by the Company to the Administrator, any
Co-Administrative Agent or any Bank under this Agreement or any other
Credit Document shall be made in accordance with Section 1.11 hereof, in
Dollars, without set-off or counterclaim and free and clear of and
without any deduction for any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges,
fees, deductions, withholdings of any kind, now or hereafter imposed or
levied by any Governmental Authority. If any amounts are so levied or
imposed, the Company agrees to pay such amounts in full to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and as set forth
in paragraph (b) below, and such additional amounts as may be necessary
so that every payment of all amounts due hereunder or under any Note,
after withholding or deduction for or on account of any amounts imposed
or levied by any Governmental Authority, will not be less than the amount
provided for herein or in such Note.
(b) Each Bank that is not organized under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof (a "Foreign Bank") shall provide to the
Company and the Administrator on or prior to the Effective Date in the
case of each Foreign Bank signatory hereto, on the date of any assignment
pursuant to which it becomes a Bank in the case of each other Foreign
Bank, and at such other times as required by United States law or as the
Company or the Administrator shall reasonably request (if either such
form is applicable), two duly completed signed copies of either (A)
Internal Revenue Service Form W-ECI (or any successor form), certifying
that all payments to be made to such Foreign Bank under this Agreement or
any Note will be effectively connected to a United States trade or
business (a "Form W-8ECI Certification") or (B) Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), certifying that such Foreign Bank is
entitled to the benefits of a provision of a tax convention or treaty to
which the United States is a party which exempts from United States
withholding tax, in whole, all payments to be made to such Foreign Bank
under this Agreement or any other Credit Document (a "Form W-8BEN
Certification"). Each Foreign Bank agrees that it shall promptly upon a
change of its lending office or the selection of any additional lending
office, to the extent the forms previously delivered by it pursuant to
this section are no longer effective, and promptly upon the Company's or
the Administrator's reasonable request after the occurrence of any other
event (including the passage of time) requiring the delivery of a
Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI in addition to or in replacement of the forms
previously delivered, deliver to the Company and the Administrator, as
applicable, if and to the extent it is properly entitled to do so, a
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properly completed and executed Form W-8BEN, Form 8ECI, Form W-9, as
applicable (or any successor forms thereto). Each Foreign Bank shall also
deliver to the Company and the Administrator, to the extent applicable,
such other additional or supplemental forms as may at any time be
required as a result of changes in applicable law, rule, regulation or
treaty or the circumstances of such Foreign Bank in order to confirm or
maintain in effect its entitlement to an exemption from United States
withholding tax on any payments hereunder; provided, that the
circumstances of such Foreign Bank at the relevant time and applicable
law permit it to do so. If a Foreign Bank determines, as a result of (1)
applicable law, rule, regulation, treaty, or any official application
thereof, or (2) its circumstances, that it is unable to submit any form
or certificate that it is obligated to submit pursuant to this Section
1.12(b), or that it is required to withdraw or cancel any such form or
certificate previously submitted, it shall promptly notify the Company
and the Administrator of such fact (a "Withholding Notice"). In the event
that the withholding or deduction from any payment to be made by the
Company hereunder is required in respect of any taxes (excluding
franchise taxes and taxes imposed on or measured by any Bank's net income
or receipts) pursuant to any applicable law, rule or regulation, then the
Company will pay the full amount required to be deducted or withheld to
the United States Internal Revenue Service or other applicable
Governmental Authority within the time allowed for such payment under
applicable law and deliver to the Administrator and the Banks within
thirty (30) days after it has made such payment either (x) a receipt
issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing its receipt
of such payment, or (y) if the Company cannot obtain such a receipt after
using reasonable diligence under the circumstances, a certificate duly
executed by a principal financial officer of the Company stating the
amount and date of such payment and the Bank to which it relates. In the
event such taxes are directly asserted against the Administrator or any
Bank with respect to any payment received by the Administrator or such
Bank hereunder, the Administrator or such Bank may pay such taxes and the
Company will promptly pay such additional amount (including any
penalties, interest or expenses) as is necessary in order that the net
amount received by such person after the payment of such taxes (including
any taxes on such additional amount) shall equal the amount such person
would have received had not such taxes been asserted. If the Company
fails to pay any taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or
fails to remit to the Administrator, for the account of the respective
Banks, the receipt required by clause (x) above or certificate required
by clause (y) above, the Company shall indemnify each of the Banks for
any incremental taxes (excluding franchise taxes and taxes imposed on or
measured by any Bank's net income or receipts), interest or penalties
that may become payable by any Bank as a result of any such failure.
Section 1.13. Fees.
(a) Facility Fees. The Company shall pay to the Administrator, for
the benefit of the Banks with a Commitment in the respective Tranche, on
the first (1st) Business Day of each calendar quarter in arrears and on
the Termination Date (each, a "Facility Fee Payment Date"), a (i)
Revolver A Loan facility fee (the "Revolver A Facility Fee") and (ii)
Revolver B Loan facility fee (the "Revolver B Facility Fee") in the
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amount equal to the Applicable Margin for the applicable Facility Fee
then in effect, multiplied by, respectively, the average daily amount of
(A) the Total Revolver A Commitment during the period commencing on the
Effective Date and ending on the day before the current Facility Fee
Payment Date or (B) the Total Revolver B Commitment during the period
commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the day before the current
Facility Fee Payment Date. The Facility Fees shall be calculated on the
basis of a 365 or 366 day year (as applicable) and the actual number of
days elapsed. The Administrator shall promptly disburse the Facility Fee
to each of the Banks with a Commitment in the respective Tranche in
accordance with their respective percentage shares of the Total Revolver
A Commitment and/or Total Revolver B Commitment, as applicable.
(b) Administrator Fee and Other Fees. The Company agrees to pay each
of the fees or other amounts required by Administrator Fee Letter and the
Co-Lead Arrangers Fee Letter, in the amounts and at the times heretofore
agreed to as set forth therein.
(c) Letter of Credit Fee. The Company agrees to pay to the
Administrator, for the pro rata account of the Issuer and each other Bank
with a Commitment in the respective Tranche, (i) with respect to each
Letter of Credit A, a letter of credit fee (the "Letter of Credit A Fee")
in an amount equal to the then Applicable Margin on Eurodollar Loans
which are Revolver A Loans multiplied by the Stated Amount of such Letter
of Credit A, and (ii) with respect to each Letter of Credit B, a letter
of credit fee (the "Letter of Credit B Fee") in an amount equal to the
then Applicable Margin on Eurodollar Loans which are Revolver B Loans
multiplied by the Stated Amount of each such Letter of Credit B, all such
fees being payable on the first (1st) Business Day of each calendar
quarter in arrears and on the Termination Date. The Company further
agrees to pay to the Issuer on the date of issuance of each Letter of
Credit an issuance fee in an amount mutually agreed upon by the Issuer
and the Company.
Section 1.14. Use of Proceeds. The Company represents that the proceeds
of all Loans and all Bid Auction Advances made hereunder and all Letters of
Credit issued hereunder shall be used (a) to refinance Indebtedness, if any,
outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, (b) for its general corporate
purposes and (c) for acquisitions by the Company and related fees and expenses
in connection therewith, in compliance with this Agreement. The Company
further represents, warrants and covenants that the proceeds of all Loans and
all Bid Auction Advances and all Letters of Credit shall not be used by it in
any manner which would result in a violation by any Person of Regulation U or
X of the F.R.S. Board, 12 C.F.R. Parts 221 and 224.
Section 1.15. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, if
any applicable law, regulation or directive of any Governmental Authority, or
any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, shall make
it unlawful for any Bank to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans, (i) the
obligation of such Bank to make such Loans shall terminate, and (ii) the
Company shall, if any such Loans are then outstanding, promptly upon request
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from such Bank, either pay all such Loans (together with interest accrued
thereon) made by such Bank either in cash or with the proceeds of a
replacement Domestic Loan. If any such payment or replacement of Eurodollar
Loans is made on a day that is not the last Business Day of the Interest
Period applicable to such Loans, the Company shall pay such Bank all amounts
required by Section 1.17(a).
Section 1.16. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy; Suspensions of
Eurodollar Loans.
(a) Increased Costs Relating to Credit Facilities. In the event that
applicable law, treaty or regulation or directive from any Governmental
Authority, or any change therein or in the interpretation or application
thereof or compliance by any Bank with any request or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) from any central bank or Governmental
Authority, shall: (i) subject any Bank to any tax of any kind whatsoever
with respect to this Agreement or any Eurodollar Loan or Bid Auction
Advance, or subject any payment made by the Company to any Bank in
respect of principal, Fees, interest or any other amount payable
hereunder to any tax of any kind whatsoever (excluding franchise taxes
and taxes imposed on or measured by any Bank's net income or receipts);
(ii) impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit or
similar requirements against assets held by, or deposits in or for the
account of, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, any office
of any Bank, including pursuant to Regulations of the F.R.S. Board; or
(iii) impose on any Bank any other condition with respect to this
Agreement, any Note, any other Credit Document, or any of the Loans or
Bid Auction Advances hereunder, and the result of any of the foregoing is
(x) to increase the cost to such Bank of making, renewing or maintaining
its Eurodollar Loans or Bid Auction Advances (or any part thereof) by an
amount that such Bank deems, in such Bank's reasonable good faith
judgment, to be material or (y) to reduce the amount of any payment
(whether of principal, interest or otherwise) in respect of any of the
Eurodollar Loans or Bid Auction Advances by an amount that such Bank
deems to be material in such Bank's reasonable good faith judgment or (z)
to require any Bank to make any payment or to forego any interest or
other sum payable hereunder, the amount of which payment or foregone
interest or other sum is calculated by reference to the gross amount of
any sum receivable or deemed received by the Administrator or any Bank
from the Company hereunder, then, in any case, to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, the Company shall promptly pay such Bank,
upon its demand, such additional amount as will compensate such Bank for
such additional costs, reduction, payment or foregone interest, as the
case may be (collectively the "Additional Costs"). (b) Increased Capital
Costs. If any change in, or the introduction, adoption, effectiveness,
interpretation, reinterpretation or phase-in of, any law or regulation,
directive, guideline, decision or request (whether or not having the
force of law) of any court, central bank, regulator or other Governmental
Authority affects or would affect the amount of capital required or
expected to be maintained by any Bank or any corporation controlling any
Bank, and such Bank determines (in its reasonable judgment) that the rate
of return on its capital as a consequence of its Commitments (including
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its issuance of or participation in, as the case may be, Letters of
Credit) or the Loans or the Bid Auction Advances made by such Bank is
reduced to a level below that which such Bank could have achieved but for
the occurrence of any such circumstance, then, in any such case upon
notice from time to time by such Bank to the Company, the Company shall
immediately pay directly to such Bank additional amounts sufficient to
compensate such Bank for such reduction in rate of return. In determining
such amounts, such Bank will use reasonable methods of averaging and
attribution. The Company may, however, avoid paying such amounts for
future rate of return reductions if, within the maximum borrowings
permitted herein, the Company borrows such amounts as will cause the Bank
to avoid any such future rate of return reductions which would otherwise
be caused by such changed capital adequacy requirements or the Company
agrees to a reduction in the Total Revolver A Commitment and/or the Total
Revolver B Commitment to achieve the same result.
(c) If, with respect to any Interest Period, deposits in Dollars (in
the applicable amounts) are not being offered to the Administrator in any
LIBOR Market for such Interest Period, or the Administrator or the
Majority Banks otherwise determine (which determination shall be binding
and conclusive on the Company) that by reason of circumstances affecting
the LIBOR Market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining LIBOR, then the Administrator shall promptly notify the
Company and the Banks thereof and, so long as such circumstances shall
continue, (i) no Bank shall thereafter have any obligation to fund or
make available Eurodollar Loans and (ii) on the last day of the current
Interest Period for any Eurodollar Loans, such Loans shall, unless then
repaid in full, automatically convert to Domestic Loans.
Section 1.17. Certain Indemnities.
(a) Payment. The Company agrees to indemnify each Bank and to hold
each Bank harmless against and from any loss, costs (including the
increased costs referred to in Section 1.16 above) or expenses that it
may sustain or incur as a direct consequence of (i) any prepayment of the
principal of or interest on any Eurodollar Loan or Bid Auction Advance or
(ii) any failure by the Company to complete a borrowing, prepayment,
issuance, extension or replacement of or to a Domestic Loan, a Eurodollar
Loan, a Letter of Credit or Bid Auction Advance after notice thereof has
been given or after telephone notice has been given and is not followed
by written notice or is followed by written notice that differs in any
respect from the telephonic notice or (iii) any failure by the Company to
pay, punctually on the due date thereof, any amount payable to the
Administrator, either of the Co-Administrative Agents or any Bank or any
Issuer under this Agreement, any Note, any Letter of Credit, or any other
Credit Document or (iv) the acceleration, in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, of the time of payment of any of the Obligations. Such
losses, costs or expenses shall include, but shall not be limited to, (x)
any costs incurred by any Bank in carrying funds which were to have been
borrowed by the Company or in carrying funds to cover any overdue
principal, overdue interest or any other overdue sums payable by the
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Company to the Administrator, either of the Co-Administrative Agents or
any Bank or any Issuer under this Agreement, any Note, any Letter of
Credit, or any other Credit Document, (y) any interest payable by any
Bank to the lenders of the funds borrowed by it in order to carry the
funds referred to in the immediately preceding clause (x), and (z) any
losses (but excluding losses of anticipated profit) incurred or sustained
by any Bank in liquidating or re-employing funds acquired from third
parties to make, fund or maintain all or any part of any Loan, Letter of
Credit or Bid Auction Advance. Each Bank and each Issuer shall use
reasonable efforts to mitigate all such losses, costs or expenses.
(b) Additional Indemnity. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
each of the Indemnified Parties free and harmless from and against any
and all Liabilities.
Section 1.18. Bank Wires to the Company. All transfers by the
Administrator to the Company shall be effected by federal wire transfer of
immediately available funds to Account Number 0000195213 of Kaman Corporation
maintained at Fleet National Bank, unless specifically instructed otherwise in
writing by the Company to the Administrator.
Section 1.19. Administrator or Bank Certificate. A certificate signed by
an authorized employee of the Administrator, either of the Co-Administrative
Agents, any Bank or any Issuer, setting forth any amount required to be paid
by the Company to the Administrator, such Co-Administrative Agent, such Bank
or such Issuer pursuant to Section 1.7, Section 1.15, Section 1.16 or Section
1.17 and the computations made by the Administrator, such Co-Administrative
Agent, such Bank or such Issuer to determine such amount, shall be submitted
by the Administrator, such Co-Administrative Agent, such Bank or such Issuer
to the Company in connection with each demand made at any time by the
Administrator, such Co-Administrative Agent, such Bank or such Issuer upon the
Company under the foregoing Sections. Any such certificate submitted pursuant
to Section 1.15 or Section 1.16 shall, absent manifest error, constitute
conclusive evidence as to the amount owed pursuant to such Section.
Section 1.20. Interest Limitation. Notwithstanding any other term of this
Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document, the maximum amount of
interest which may be charged to or collected from any Person liable
hereunder, under any Note or under any other Credit Document by the Banks
shall be absolutely limited to, and shall in no event exceed, the maximum
amount of interest (the "Maximum Rate") which could lawfully be charged or
collected under applicable law (including, to the extent applicable, the
provisions of Section 5197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States of
America, as amended, 12 U.S.C. Section 85, as amended), so that the maximum of
all amounts constituting interest under applicable law, howsoever computed,
shall never exceed as to any Person liable therefor the Maximum Rate, and any
term of this Agreement or any Note or any other Credit Document which could be
construed as providing for interest in excess of such lawful maximum shall be
and hereby is made expressly subject to and modified by the provisions of this
clause. If, in any month, the effective interest rate on any amounts owing
pursuant to this Agreement or the Notes or any other Credit Document, absent
the Maximum Rate limitation contained herein, would have exceeded the Maximum
Rate, and if in the future month, such effective interest rate would otherwise
be less than the Maximum Rate, then the effective interest rate for such month
shall be increased to the Maximum Rate until such time as the amount of
interest paid hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been
paid if the same had not been limited by the Maximum Rate.
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ARTICLE II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce the Banks, each Issuer and the Co-Administrative
Agents to enter into this Agreement and to make extensions of credit
hereunder, the Company represents and warrants to each of the
Co-Administrative Agents and each Bank that:
Section 2.1. Due Organization; Good Standing; Qualification. The Company
and each of its Subsidiaries are duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation,
except where a Subsidiary's failure to be in good standing would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has all
requisite corporate power, authority, licenses, consents, approvals and the
like required to own and operate its respective properties (except where the
failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect) and to carry on its
respective business as presently conducted, and each is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction
wherein the character of the properties owned or leased by it therein or in
which the transaction of its respective business therein makes such
qualification necessary except where failure to comply with any of the
foregoing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 2.2. Due Authorization; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery
and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Notes and each other
Credit Document executed or to be executed by it, and the execution, delivery
and performance by each other Obligor of each Subsidiary Guarantee, and each
other Credit Document executed or to be executed by it, and the Company's
authority to make the borrowings and obtain the other extensions of credit
contemplated thereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or
other action on the part of the Company or each such other Obligor. Such
execution, delivery, and performance by the Company and each such other
Obligor, and the making by the Company of the borrowings and the obtaining of
the other extensions of credit contemplated hereby, do not and will not (a)
contravene any provision of the Company's or such other Obligor's Governing
Documents, (b) conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or
provisions of, or constitute a default under or result in the creation of any
Lien upon any of the property of the Company or such other Obligor, under any
agreement, trust, deed, indenture, mortgage or other instrument to which the
Company or such other Obligor is a party or by which the Company or such
Obligor or any of their respective properties is bound or affected, or (c)
require any waiver, consent or approval by any creditors, shareholders, or
public authority.
Section 2.3. Binding Agreements. This Agreement constitutes, the Notes
and each other Credit Document, when issued and delivered pursuant hereto for
value received shall constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of
the Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as
enforcement may be limited by principles of equity, bankruptcy, insolvency, or
other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally; and each
Subsidiary Guarantee, and each other Credit Document executed pursuant hereto
by each other Obligor shall, on the due execution and delivery thereof by such
Obligor, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited
by principles of equity, bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally.
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Section 2.4. Subsidiaries; Maintenance of Subsidiary Guarantee. (a) All
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary of
the Company which is owned by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, has
been validly issued and is fully paid and non assessable and is free and clear
of any Lien. No rights to subscribe for additional shares of stock of any
Subsidiary have been granted.
(b) As of the Effective Date, the Co-Administrative Agents and the Banks
have the full credit support of Subsidiary Guarantees, guaranteeing in full
the payment of all Obligations of the Company hereunder and under or in
respect of each other Credit Document, executed by each Domestic Subsidiary of
the Company.
Section 2.5. No Defaults. No Default or Event of Default is continuing.
Section 2.6. Financial Statements. The Company has furnished to each of
the Banks: (a) the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at December 31, 1999, and the related consolidated statements
of income, cash flows and shareholders' equity of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, certified by KPMG
LLP, certified public accountants, and (b) the unaudited consolidated and
consolidating balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at
March 31, 2000 and as at June 30, 2000 and related consolidated and
consolidating statements of income, cash flows and shareholders' equity for
the three (3) months ended March 31, 2000 and June 30, 2000, in each case
certified by the president or principal financial officer of the Company. Such
balance sheets and statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods specified and present
fairly the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as at the dates and for the periods indicated. The balance
sheets referred to in this Section 2.6 and the notes thereto disclose all
material liabilities, direct or contingent, known to the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof.
Section 2.7. No Material Adverse Changes. Since December 31, 1999, there
has been no change in the business, assets, operations, prospects, liabilities
or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, other than changes the effect of which have not had a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 2.8. No Material Litigation. No action, suit, investigation or
proceeding is pending or known to be threatened by or against or affecting the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or
rights before any Governmental Authority (a) which involves this Agreement,
the Notes or any other Credit Document or (b) as to which there is a
reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and which, if adversely
determined, could, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
Section 2.9. True Copies of Governing Documents. The Company has
furnished or caused to be furnished to each of the Co-Administrative Agents
true and complete copies of all of its Governing Documents.
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Section 2.10. Compliance with Environmental Laws. To the best of the
Company's knowledge and belief, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in
substantial compliance with all material provisions of applicable
Environmental Laws and all judgments, orders and decrees relating thereto and
binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except where failure to
be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 2.11. Liens. The aggregate principal amount of indebtedness for
borrowed money of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis,
which is secured by Liens on assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
is less than or equal to $25,000,000.
Section 2.12. Compliance With ERISA. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries is in substantial compliance with all material provisions of
ERISA.
Section 2.13. Existing Credit Agreement. As of the Effective Date, no
"Obligations" under (and as defined in) the Existing Credit Agreement are due
and payable, and no Default or "Event of Default" under (and as defined in)
the Existing Credit Agreement has occurred and is continuing.
Section 2.14. Ownership of Properties. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries owns good and marketable title to all of its properties and
assets, real and personal (except where the failure to so own such properties
or assets, or have such title, would not have a Material Adverse Effect), free
and clear of all Liens, except as permitted pursuant to Section 5.1.
Section 2.15. Taxes. Except for taxes the payment of which is being
diligently contested in good faith after the establishment of any reserves
required by GAAP, consistently applied, the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries has filed all tax returns and reports required by law to have
been filed by it and has paid or caused to be paid all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges of every kind thereby shown to be owing which would, in
the aggregate, if not paid, be material as to the Company and its Subsidiaries
when taken as a whole or be reportable under the Securities Exchange Act or
required under FASB Standards to be disclosed on the Company's consolidated
audited financial statements.
Section 2.16. Regulations U and X. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying margin stock, and no proceeds of any Loans or Advances,
nor any Letters of Credit, will be used for a purpose which violates, or would
be inconsistent with, F.R.S. Board Regulation U or X. Terms for which meanings
are provided in F.R.S. Board Regulation U or X or any regulations substituted
therefor, as from time to time in effect, are used in this Section with such
meanings.
Section 2.17. Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company
Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is an "investment
company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
or 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.
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Section 2.18. Accuracy of Information. All factual information heretofore
or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any other
Obligor in writing to the Administrator, any Co-Administrative Agent, any Bank
or any Issuer for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any
transaction contemplated hereby is, and all other such factual information
hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any other Obligor to the
Administrator, any Co-Administrative Agent, any Bank or any Issuer will be,
true and correct in every material respect on the date as of which such
information is dated or certified and as of the date of execution and delivery
of this Agreement by the Company, the Administrator, the Co-Administrative
Agent, and the Banks, and such information is not, or shall not be, as the
case may be, incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary to
make such information not misleading in light of the circumstances under which
such information is furnished and, in the case of projections on the basis of
reasonable assumptions made in good faith as disclosed in the Credit
Documents.
ARTICLE III.
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
AND CONDITIONS OF LENDING
Section 3.1. Conditions of Loans. The obligation of any Issuer to issue
any Letter of Credit and the obligation of each Bank to make Loans or to
consider making any Bid Auction Advance under this Agreement is subject to the
satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent at the time of the
execution of this Agreement:
(a) Execution of this Agreement, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantee
and each other Credit Document. This Agreement, a Subsidiary Guarantee
executed by each of the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company, and each of
the other Credit Documents required to be delivered on the Effective Date
shall have been duly and properly authorized, executed and delivered to
the Co-Administrative Agents by the respective party or parties thereto
and shall be in full force and effect on and as of the Effective Date.
Executed original counterparts of this Agreement shall have been
delivered to the Co-Administrative Agents.
(b) Evidence of Corporate Action; Certified Copies of Governing
Documents. The Co-Administrative Agents shall have received certified
copies of: (i) all corporate action taken by the Company and each such
other Obligor to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement, each Subsidiary Guarantee, and each other Credit
Document, and the borrowings and other extensions of credit to be made
hereunder; (ii) all the Company's Governing Documents; (iii) all the
Governing Documents of each other Obligor; and (iv) such other papers as
either of the Co-Administrative Agents may reasonably require.
(c) Proceedings and Documents. All corporate, governmental and other
proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and all instruments and documents incidental thereto
(including, but not limited to, those to be delivered pursuant to the
provisions of this Article III), shall be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Co-Administrative Agents, and the Co-Administrative
Agents shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or
other copies of all such instruments and documents as either of the
Co-Administrative Agents shall have reasonably requested.
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(d) Opinion of Counsel. The Co-Administrative Agents shall have
received an opinion addressed to the Banks, the Administrator and each of
the Co-Administrative Agents from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, Esq., counsel for the
Company, in or substantially in the form of Exhibit L attached hereto
dated the Effective Date and accompanied by such supporting documents as
either of the Co-Administrative Agents may reasonably require.
(e) Closing Fees, Expenses, etc. Each Co-Administrative Agent shall
have received for its own account, or for the account of each Bank or
such other Person, as the case may be, all fees, costs and expenses due
and payable pursuant to Section 1.13 and Section 10.1.
(f) Payment in Full under the Existing Credit Facility. The Company
shall have paid in full as of the Effective Date all amounts accrued and
outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement including all Fees or
amounts payable under the Existing Credit Agreement. Upon payment of all
such amounts in full in cash and as of the Effective Date, all
Commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement shall terminate.
Section 3.2. Conditions of Each Loan and Bid Auction Advance. The
obligation of any Issuer to issue any Letter of Credit and the obligation of
each Bank to make any Loan or to consider making any Bid Auction Advance is
subject to the satisfaction, at the time such Advance is to be made or such
Letter of Credit is to be issued, of each of the following conditions
precedent:
(a) Notice of Borrowing. The Company shall have duly and timely
given to the Administrator a Letter of Credit Election Notice, a Loan
Election Notice or a Bid Auction Election Notice, as the case may be,
required by this Agreement in connection with such Letter of Credit, such
Loan or such Bid Auction Advance. Such Letter of Credit Election Notice,
Loan Election Notice or Bid Auction Election Notice, as the case may be,
and the delivery thereof, without more, shall constitute certification by
the Company as to the matters set forth in clauses (c) and (d) below.
(b) Legality of Transactions. It shall not be unlawful for the
Company or any other Obligor to perform any of its agreements or
obligations under this Agreement, any of the Notes, any of the Subsidiary
Guarantees or any of the other Credit Documents.
(c) Performance; No Default. The Company and each other Obligor
shall have duly and properly performed, complied with and observed each
of its covenants, agreements and obligations contained in this Agreement,
the Notes, each of the Subsidiary Guarantees and each of the other Credit
Documents. Both before and after giving effect to any Advance, no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(d) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and
warranties made by the Company and each other Obligor in this Agreement
or any other Credit Document shall have been true and correct in all
material respects when made and shall for all purposes of this Agreement,
be deemed repeated on and as of the date of any application by the
Company for any Advance hereunder and on the date of making such Advance
and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of each
of such dates.
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ARTICLE IV.
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Company covenants and agrees with each of the Co-Administrative
Agents, each Issuer and each of the Banks that, so long as any Commitments
remain in effect and until such later date as all the Obligations are paid in
full in cash, unless the Majority Banks otherwise consent in writing, the
Company shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
Section 4.1. Financial Statements; Notice of Events of Default. Deliver
to each of the Co-Administrative Agents and each of the Banks and Issuers: (a)
within sixty (60) days after the close of each of the first three quarters of
each fiscal year of the Company and within one hundred twenty (120) days after
the close of each fiscal year of the Company, the consolidated and
consolidating balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the
close of each such period and consolidated and consolidating statements of
income, cash flows and shareholders' equity for such period, prepared in
conformity with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding
period or containing disclosure of the effect on financial position or results
of operations of any change in the application of GAAP during the period, and
certified by the president or a principal financial officer of the Company as
accurate, true and correct in all material respects; (b) together with each
such balance sheet, a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit G attached thereto; (which Compliance Certificate shall contain
written calculations by the Company in reasonable detail concerning compliance
or non-compliance, as the case may be, by the Company with the financial
covenants referred to herein); (c) together with the annual consolidated
financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a) above for
each fiscal year, a report containing an unqualified opinion of KPMG LLP or a
comparable nationally recognized certified public accounting firm, which
opinion shall state that such financial statements fairly present the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP; (d) promptly upon the written request of
either of the Co-Administrative Agents, such other information about the
financial condition and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and
any endorser or guarantor (if any), as either of the Co-Administrative Agents
may, from time to time, reasonably request; (e) promptly after becoming
available, copies of all financial statements, reports, notices and proxy
statements sent by the Company to stockholders, and of all regular and
periodic reports filed by the Company with any securities exchange or with the
SEC or any governmental agency successor to any or all of the functions of the
SEC, and of all press releases issued by the Company; (f) promptly upon
becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, notice thereof in writing;
(g) promptly upon becoming aware of any development that is likely to result
in an Event of Default, notice thereof in writing; and (h) promptly after
becoming aware of any Change in Control, notice thereof in writing.
Section 4.2. Securities Regulation Compliance Reports. Promptly deliver
to each of the Co-Administrative Agents and each of the Banks and Issuers a
copy of: (a) all filings including financial statements and reports filed
therewith and amendments thereto made by the Company with the SEC pursuant to
the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act, and the rules and
regulations promulgated under either of them; (b) all filings, financial
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statements and reports filed therewith and amendments thereto made by the
Company with each securities exchange on which the securities of the Company
are listed, if any, pursuant to the rules and regulations of each such
exchange; and (c) all written communications, financial statements, reports,
notices and proxy statements sent to any class of holders of securities of the
Company.
Section 4.3. Insurance. (a) Keep its properties insured against fire and
other hazards (so-called "All Risk" coverage) in amounts and with companies
satisfactory to the Co-Administrative Agents to the same extent and covering
such risks as are customary and reasonably available in the same or a similar
business; (b) maintain general liability coverage against claims for bodily
injuries or death; and (c) maintain all workers' compensation, employment or
similar insurance as may be required by applicable law. Alternatively, the
Company may self-insure in such amounts and in such manner as may be
appropriate in the Company's industry and in the Company's reasonable business
judgment. The Company, upon the request of either of the Co-Administrative
Agents, agrees to deliver certificates evidencing all of the aforesaid
insurance policies to the Co-Administrative Agents.
Section 4.4. Tax and Other Liens. Except for taxes the payment of which
is being contested in good faith after the establishment of any reserves
required by GAAP consistently applied, pay or cause to be paid all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges of every kind which would, in the
aggregate, if not paid, be material as to the Company and its Subsidiaries
when taken as a whole or be reportable under the Securities Exchange Act or
required under FASB Standards to be disclosed on the Company's consolidated
audited financial statements; and the Company shall deliver to the Co-
Administrative Agents such other information related to the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' taxes as may be reasonably requested by either of the
Co-Administrative Agents.
Section 4.5. Litigation. Promptly notify the Co-Administrative Agents
(which shall, in turn, promptly notify the Banks and each Issuer) of any legal
proceedings or litigation (a) material to the Company and its Subsidiaries
when taken as a whole or reportable under the Securities Exchange Act or
required under FASB Standards to be disclosed on the Company's consolidated
audited financial statement, or (b) which questions the validity of this
Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, any Subsidiary Guarantee or any
of the other Credit Documents or any instrument delivered in connection
herewith or therewith, or any action to be taken in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; and promptly provide to the
Co-Administrative Agents such other information related to such proceedings or
litigation as reasonably requested by either of the Co-Administrative Agents.
Section 4.6. Conduct of Business. Do or cause to be done all things
necessary to (a) preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal
existence under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; (b) obtain,
preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect all rights,
licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, trademarks
and trade names material to the conduct of its business; (c) comply in all
material respects with all Requirements of Law; (d) comply with all of its
Governing Documents; (e) maintain its qualification to do business in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of business requires such qualification; and
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(f) maintain and preserve all property material to the conduct of its business
and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition from time
to time, and make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs,
renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order
that the business carried on in connection therewith may properly be conducted
at all times, except, in each case, (i) where the failure to do so would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) that the Company may liquidate or
dissolve Subsidiaries from time to time as the Company in the proper exercise
of its judgment may determine, so long as any such liquidation or dissolution
shall not (x) either individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect or (y) be of a Subsidiary Guarantor, unless such liquidation or
dissolution is by merger into another Subsidiary which has executed and
delivered a Subsidiary Guarantee, or results in the replacement of one
Subsidiary Guarantee with a new Subsidiary Guarantee, and after giving effect
thereto there shall be no Default or Event of Default hereunder (including in
respect of Section 2.4(b) and Section 4.10) and (iii) the Company may
liquidate or sell such other assets as it may deem advisable, in the proper
exercise of its judgment, so long as such sale or liquidation is in compliance
with Section 5.6 and, after giving effect thereto, the Company is in
compliance with Section 4.10 and the representation and warranty set forth
in Section 2.4(b) shall be true and correct.
Section 4.7. Pension Plans. If and when the Company or any Subsidiary
gives or is required to give notice to the PBGC of any Reportable Event (which
Reportable Event is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries when taken as
a whole or is reportable under the Securities Exchange Act or required under
FASB Standards to be disclosed on the Company's consolidated audited financial
statements), with respect to any Plan which might constitute grounds for a
termination of such Plan under Title IV of ERISA, or knows that any member of
the Controlled Group or the plan administrator of any Plan has given notice or
is required to give notice of any Reportable Event, the Company shall
simultaneously send the Administrator a copy of such notice (and the
Administrator shall promptly forward a copy of such notice to the Banks).
Section 4.8. Records and Accounts. Maintain true records and books of
account, complete and correct in all material respects and in accordance with
GAAP, and maintain adequate accounts and reserves for all taxes (including
income taxes), all depreciation, depletion, obsolescence and amortization of
its properties, all other contingencies, and all other proper reserves.
Section 4.9. Inspection. Permit any officer or employee designated by any
Co-Administrative Agent or any Bank or Issuer to visit and inspect any of its
properties and to examine its books and discuss the affairs, finances and
accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with its officers, all at
such reasonable times, upon reasonable notice, in a reasonable manner and as
often as any Co-Administrative Agent or any Bank or Issuer may reasonably
request, subject to compliance with all applicable security regulations and
requirements of the United States and the Company's reasonable policies and
practices applicable to safeguarding its trade secrets and proprietary
products and practices. The Company agrees with each of the Co-Administrative
Agents and the Banks and each Issuer that such policies and practices may
restrict access by the Co-Administrative Agents and the Banks and each Issuer
to certain areas of certain facilities of the Company or its Subsidiaries, but
that such policies and practices shall not restrict in any material respect
access by the Co-Administrative Agents and the Banks and each Issuer to
personnel of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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Section 4.10. Subsidiary Guarantees. The Company shall cause the
Co-Administrative Agents and the Banks and each Issuer to have at all times
the full credit support of Subsidiary Guarantees, guaranteeing in full the
payment of all Obligations of the Company, executed by each of the Domestic
Subsidiaries of the Company.
Section 4.11. Further Assurances. Cooperate with each of the
Co-Administrative Agents and each Bank and each Issuer and take such action
and execute such further instruments and documents as either of the
Co-Administrative Agents shall reasonably request to effect the purposes of
this Agreement, the Notes and the other Credit Documents.
ARTICLE V.
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Company covenants and agrees with each of the Co-Administrative
Agents and the Banks and each Issuer that, at the time of the requesting or
making of any Advance or the issuance of any Letter of Credit or the extension
of any Stated Expiry Date of any Letter of Credit and so long as any Advance
or Letter of Credit (or Reimbursement Obligation in respect thereof) remains
outstanding or any Fees or interest payable hereunder remains unpaid after
becoming due and payable (and, with respect to the Company's covenants in
Section 5.4 and Section 5.6, so long as any Commitments remain in effect and
until such later date as all the Obligations are paid in full in cash), unless
the Majority Banks otherwise consent in writing, the Company shall not nor
will it permit any Subsidiary to:
Section 5.1. Liens. Incur or permit to exist any Lien against any of its
property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) any judgment Lien unless (in case of a judgment which shall be
material to the Company and its Subsidiaries when taken as a whole or
which is reportable under the Securities Exchange Act or required under
FASB Standards to be disclosed in the Company's audited consolidated
financial statements) the judgment it secures shall not, within thirty
(30) days after the entry thereof have been discharged or execution
thereof stayed pending appeal, or unless any such judgment shall not have
been discharged within sixty (60) days after the expiration of any such
stay;
(b) easements, rights-of-way, zoning and similar restrictions,
encumbrances or title defects (but specifically excluding mortgages and
any other Liens securing Indebtedness) which, in the aggregate, do not
materially detract from the value of the properties of, and do not
materially and adversely interfere with the ordinary conduct of the
business of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(c) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business (such as liens
on inventory granted in connection with the Company's securing of the
Company's repayment of reimbursement obligations under banker's
acceptances or commercial letters of credit but which liens cover solely
the inventory which is the subject of such banker's acceptance or
commercial letters of credit) which are not material (individually or in
the aggregate) to the Company and its Subsidiaries when taken as a whole
and do not secure indebtedness for borrowed money (other than
reimbursement obligations under banker's acceptances or commercial
letters of credit described in the foregoing parenthetical);
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(d) Liens on assets which secure previously existing Indebtedness of
corporations or business entities acquired by the Company or a
Subsidiary, whether by purchase of assets and assumption of liabilities
or by purchase of stock, so long as (i) such acquisition is otherwise
permitted by the terms of this Agreement, (ii) the Company is in
compliance with all of its covenants herein after the completion of such
acquisition, and (iii) such Liens were not incurred in contemplation of
such acquisition and as a result of such acquisition, and do not extend
to any of the Company's or any Subsidiary's assets owned before such
acquisition; provided, that, not later than 90 days after any such
acquisition the Company shall extinguish, or cause to be extinguished,
such Liens unless those Liens are otherwise permitted under the terms of
clauses (a), (b), (c), (e), or (f) of this Section 5.1;
(e) any other Liens at any time on assets owned by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries which, in the aggregate, do not secure
Indebtedness in excess of $25,000,000; and
(f) Liens granted to the Co-Administrative Agents, the Banks and any
Issuer pursuant to any Credit Document.
No Indebtedness or Liens which might be permitted in connection with the
transactions described in clauses (d) and (e) above shall be permitted if,
after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness or Liens, a
violation of the financial covenants contained in Article VI would or shall
exist.
Section 5.2. Limitation on Indebtedness. Create, incur or permit to exist
or remain outstanding any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under and in
respect of this Agreement, the Notes, any Letter of Credit and each of the
other Credit Documents), or issue or sell any obligation of any Subsidiary to
a third party lender (other than pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), if
such Indebtedness would (a) cause the Company to be in violation of any of the
financial covenants set forth in Article VI below or (b) in the case of
Indebtedness of Subsidiaries which are not Subsidiary Guarantors, exceed,
individually or in the aggregate, at any time, $15,000,000.
Section 5.3. Contingent Liabilities. Assume, guarantee, endorse or
otherwise become liable upon the obligations of any Person or enter into any
other agreement having substantially the same effect as a Guarantee, except
for (a) the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or
other transactions in the ordinary course of business which are not material
to the Company and its Subsidiaries when taken as a whole, (b) Repurchase
Obligations which individually and in the aggregate do not exceed $15,000,000
or (c) Repurchase Obligations permitted under Section 5.2 of this Agreement;
provided that (i) each Subsidiary may guarantee the Obligations of the Company
and each other Obligor hereunder and under each other Credit Document pursuant
to a Subsidiary Guarantee, (ii) the Company may guarantee Indebtedness of its
Subsidiaries, so long as the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness so
guaranteed, when totaled with all Consolidated Total Indebtedness, without
duplication (if not already included therein) shall not result in a violation
of any of the financial covenants herein or in any other Event of Default
hereunder. The foregoing shall not prohibit contractual indemnities, not
having substantially the same effect as a Guarantee, given in the ordinary
course of business nor shall such contractual indemnities be included for
purposes of calculating any financial covenant under this Agreement.
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Section 5.4. Consolidation or Merger. Enter into or undertake any plan or
agreement or transaction to merge into or consolidate with or into any Person,
unless immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, (a)
the Company or (if the merger or consolidation is between a Subsidiary and an
unaffiliated Person or if the Company elects to reincorporate by merger into a
wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary) such Subsidiary is the surviving entity
(and, in the case of such a reincorporation by merger, (i) such wholly-owned
Subsidiary expressly assumes, in a written instrument executed and delivered
to the Co-Administrative Agents, and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Co-Administrative Agents, all the Obligations of the
Company or such other Obligor, as the case may be, under this Agreement, each
of the Notes, each Letter of Credit and each of the other Credit Documents and
(ii) the Co-Administrative Agents and the Banks and each Issuer have received
a written opinion of outside legal counsel to the Company stating that,
pursuant to such merger and instrument of assumption, such wholly-owned
Subsidiary has assumed all the Obligations of the Company or such other
Obligor under this Agreement, each of the Notes, each Letter of Credit and
each of the other Credit Documents), (b) in the case of a merger of a Domestic
Subsidiary and a foreign Subsidiary, such Domestic Subsidiary is the surviving
entity, (c) the Company's management remains in control of the merged entity,
and (d) no Default or Event of Default hereunder shall exist or would be
reasonably likely to occur as a result of such transaction. For the purposes
of this Section 5.4, the acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company of all or substantially all of the shares of capital stock or all or
substantially all of the assets of any Person shall be deemed to be a
consolidation of such Person with the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case
may be. Nothing herein shall prohibit the Company from divesting a Subsidiary
by merging it with another corporation or otherwise so long as the Company
otherwise complies with Section 5.5, and after giving effect thereto, the
Company is in compliance with Section 4.10 and the representation and warranty
set forth in Section 2.4(b) thereto, shall be true and correct.
Section 5.5. Limitation on Certain Other Fundamental Changes. In the case
of the Company, liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any
liquidation, winding up or dissolution to occur), or make any liquidating
distribution.
Section 5.6. Sale of Assets. Sell or transfer any assets, except for:
(a) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business; and
(b) sales of assets (other than those referred to in clause (a)
above) for fair value (including sales for fair value of assets in
transactions in which the Company leases back the assets sold for fair
value) (i) the book value of which (at the time of sale) does not exceed
in the aggregate for any fiscal year of the Company, fifteen percent
(15%) of the Company's Consolidated Tangible Assets as at the last day of
the then most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial
statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries are required to have been
delivered to the Banks pursuant to Section 4.1, and (ii) with respect to
which the Aggregate Percentage obtained after taking into account such
sales does not exceed forty-five percent (45%).
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In the event of any sale or transfer of assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary not permitted by clause (a) or clause (b)(i) or clause (b)(ii)
above (referred to herein as a "Designated Sale"), the Company will promptly
(and, in any event, within five (5) Business Days) thereafter give written
notice of such Designated Sale to each of the Co-Administrative Agents and
each of the Banks and each Issuer (a "Designated Sale Notice"), describing in
reasonable detail all material terms of such Designated Sale, including a
reasonably detailed description of the assets sold, the purchase price and net
book value of such assets, and the net proceeds receivable by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries in connection with such Designated Sale. If any
Designated Sale occurs prior to the Termination Date, the Total Revolver A
Commitment and the Total Revolver B Commitment will be reduced on a pro rata
basis, on the tenth (10th) Business Day after receipt by the Company of
written notice (a "Pay-Down Notice") from the Administrator (at the direction
of the Majority Banks) that the Total Revolver A Commitment and/or Total
Revolver B Commitment is to be reduced. The Administrator shall give a
Pay-Down Notice, if at all, not later than thirty (30) days after receipt by
the Co-Administrative Agent, the Banks and each Issuer of a Designated Sale
Notice conforming to the requirements of this Section 5.6. The amount of each
such reduction in the Total Revolver A Commitment and Total Revolver B
Commitment shall be equal, in the aggregate, to the Reduction Amount.
For purposes of this Section 5.6, the following terms shall have the
meanings provided below:
"Aggregate Percentage" shall mean, at any time, the sum of all
Applicable Percentages since the Effective Date.
"Applicable Percentage" shall mean, with respect to each sale of
assets pursuant to Section 5.6(b), the percentage obtained by dividing
(i) the book value of all tangible assets sold (including assets sold in
transactions in which the Company leases back such assets), less the
portion thereof, if any, which resulted in a prior dollar for dollar
reduction of the Total Commitment, by (ii) the Company's Consolidated
Tangible Assets as at the last day of the then most recently completed
fiscal quarter for which financial statements for the Company and its
Subsidiaries are required to have been delivered to the Banks pursuant to
Section 4.1.
"Designated Percentage" shall mean, with respect to each sale of
assets pursuant to Section 5.6(b), an amount equal to (x) in the event
such sale or transfer is not permitted by clause(b)(i) above (but is
permitted by clause(b)(ii) above), 15%, (y) in the event such sale or
transfer is not permitted by clause(b)(ii) above (but is permitted by
clause(b)(i) above), 45%, and (z) in the event such sale or transfer is
not permitted by either clause(b)(i) or clause(b)(ii) above, that
percentage equal to 15% for each fiscal year since the Effective Date to
a cumulative percentage not to exceed 45%.
"Reduction Amount" shall mean, with respect to each sale of assets
pursuant to Section 5.6(b), the book value of such assets sold (including
assets sold in transactions in which the Company leases back such assets)
or any portion thereof, in respect of which the Aggregate Percentage
determined in connection with such sale exceeds the Designated
Percentage.
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Section 5.7. Affiliate Transactions. Enter into any transaction with an
affiliate, except in the ordinary course of business and pursuant to the
reasonable requirements of the Company's and, if applicable, such Subsidiary's
business and upon fair, reasonable and arm's-length terms.
Section 5.8. Certain Restrictive Agreements. Enter into or permit to
exist any indenture, agreement, instrument or other arrangement (other than
this Agreement), in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness which,
directly or indirectly, prohibits or limits, or has the effect of prohibiting
or limiting, (a) the incurrence of Indebtedness to the Banks pursuant to this
Agreement, or the payment of such Indebtedness or other Obligations to the
Banks or any Issuer, (b) the payment of dividends by any Subsidiary or the
making by any Subsidiary of any advances or other payments or distributions to
the parent of such Subsidiary or (c) any Subsidiary Guarantee contemplated
hereunder.
Section 5.9. Compliance With Environmental Laws. Except in compliance
with all applicable Environmental Laws (and except to the extent that
noncompliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect), (a) use any of the
Real Estate or any portion thereof for the handling, processing, storage or
disposal of Hazardous Substances, (b) cause or permit to be located on any of
the Real Estate any underground tank or other underground storage receptacle
for Hazardous Substances, or (c) generate any Hazardous Substances on any of
the Real Estate.
ARTICLE VI.
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
The Company covenants and agrees with each of the Co-Administrative
Agents and the Banks and each Issuer that, at the time of the requesting or
making of any Advance and so long as any Advance remains outstanding or any
Fees or interest payable hereunder remains unpaid after becoming due and
payable, unless the Majority Banks otherwise consent in writing, the Company
shall not:
Section 6.1. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
Cause or permit the ratio of (a) the Company's EBITDA for the four (4)
most recently completed fiscal quarters of the Company, to (b) the aggregate
consolidated interest expense on borrowed money (including the Obligations)
(net of cash income from investments) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for
such four fiscal quarters to be no less than 3.00 to 1.0.
Section 6.2. Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Total Capitalization.
Cause or permit the Company's Consolidated Total Indebtedness to exceed
fifty-five percent (55%) of its Total Capitalization at any time.
ARTICLE VII.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; CERTAIN REMEDIES
Section 7.1. Events of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the
following events or conditions shall constitute an "Event of Default":
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(a) the principal amount due upon any Note is not paid when due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, or the Company shall
default in the payment or prepayment when due of any Reimbursement
Obligation or any deposit of cash for collateral purposes pursuant to
Section 1.2(b), Section 1.2(c), Section 1.9.4 and Section 1.10;
(b) any interest on any Note or any Fee due hereunder is not paid
within five (5) Business Days of the due date thereof;
(c) default is made in the due observance or performance of any
covenant, term or agreement contained in Section 4.10, Section 5.4 and
Section 5.5 of this Agreement;
(d) default is made in the due observance or performance of any
covenant, term or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than
those referred to in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 7.1) or in
any other Credit Document, and such default continues unremedied for a
period of thirty (30) days after any executive, legal or financial
officer of the Company becomes aware or is notified by either of the
Co-Administrative Agents of such default, whichever first occurs;
(e) any representation made by the Company or any other Obligor in
Article II of this Agreement or in any other Credit Document shall be
false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made
or deemed to have been made or repeated, unless (i) (A) the fact or
condition which made such representation false or incorrect is changed or
remedied, within 15 days after any executive, legal or financial officer
of the Company becomes aware of such misrepresentation, to make such
representation true and correct in all material respects, or (B) the
Company shall have disclosed, or shall have caused to have been
disclosed, in reasonable detail to each of the Co-Administrative Agents
and each of the Banks and each Issuer the nature and extent of such
misrepresentation within 15 days after any executive, legal or financial
officer of the Company becomes aware of such misrepresentation, and (ii)
no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred as a result of the fact or
condition which made such representation false or incorrect;
(f) any obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary for the payment
of Indebtedness in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000),
individually or in the aggregate, (i) becomes or is declared to be due
and payable prior to the stated maturity thereof as a result of a default
by the Company or any Subsidiary, or (ii) is not paid when due or within
any grace period for the payment thereof, or (iii) is evidenced or
secured by an agreement pursuant to which there shall occur any default
in the performance or observance of any other term, condition or
agreement if the effect of such default is to cause or permit the holder
or holders of such obligation to cause such obligation to become due
prior to its stated maturity;
(g) the Company or any Subsidiary makes an assignment for the
benefit of creditors; admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as
they become due; files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy; is adjudicated
bankrupt or insolvent; files or consents to the filing of any petition or
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answer seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition,
readjustment, dissolution, liquidation or similar relief under any
present or future statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction;
petitions or applies to any tribunal for any receiver, liquidator, fiscal
agent or any other similar agent or any trustee; or there is commenced
against the Company or any Subsidiary any such proceeding without the
consent of the Company or such Subsidiary which is not dismissed within
thirty (30) days after the commencement thereof;
(h) any Change in Control occurs, and the Co-Administrative Agents
notify the Company within thirty (30) days after first being notified by
the Company or otherwise becoming aware of the Change in Control that the
Co-Administrative Agents and the Majority Banks do not consent to the
Change in Control; and
(i) the Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee shall
(except in accordance with its terms or except as expressly permitted
under this Agreement), in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be
effective or cease to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable
obligation of any Obligor party thereto; or the Company or any other
Obligor shall, directly or indirectly, contest in any manner such
effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability.
Section 7.2. Acceleration of Obligations. If any one or more Events of
Default shall at any time be continuing, the Co-Administrative Agents may,
and, upon the written direction of the Majority Banks, shall, by giving notice
to the Company, declare all of the Obligations, including the entire unpaid
principal of all the Notes, all of the unpaid interest or fees accrued
thereon, and all (if any) other sums payable by the Company or such other
Obligor under this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit (in accordance
with Section 1.9.4) or any of the other Credit Documents, to be immediately
due and payable; except that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under
Section 7.1(g), all of the Obligations, including the entire unpaid principal
of all the Notes, all of the unpaid interest or fees accrued thereon, and all
(if any) other sums payable by the Company or such other Obligor under this
Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit or any of the other Credit
Documents shall automatically and immediately be due and payable, without
notice or demand. Thereupon, all of such Obligations which are not already due
and payable shall forthwith become and be absolutely and unconditionally due
and payable, without any further notice (or any notice, as the case may be),
or any other formalities of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly and
irrevocably waived.
Section 7.3. Termination of Commitments; Exercise of Other Remedies. If
any one or more Defaults shall be continuing under Section 7.1(d), or if any
one or more Events of Default shall be continuing, then:
(a) Subject always to the provisions of Section 8.11, each of the
Banks, each Issuer, each Co-Administrative Agent and the Administrator
may proceed to protect and enforce all or any of its rights, remedies,
powers and privileges under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other
Credit Documents by action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate
proceedings, whether for specific performance of any covenant contained
in this Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted to the Administrator, any Co-Administrative
Agent or any Bank herein or therein; and
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(b) The Co-Administrative Agents may, and, upon the written request
of the Majority Banks, shall, by giving notice to the Company,
immediately terminate the Commitments of each of the Banks and each
Issuer in full, and each Bank shall, except as otherwise provided in
Sections 1.9 through 1.9.5 with respect to such Bank's participation in
Letters of Credit, thereupon be relieved of all of its obligations to
make any Loans hereunder; except that upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default under Section 7.1(g), the Commitments of all of the Banks and
each Issuer shall automatically terminate in full, and each Bank shall,
except as otherwise provided in Sections 1.9 through 1.9.5 with respect
to such Bank's participation in Letters of Credit, thereupon be relieved
of all of its obligations to make any Loans hereunder. No termination of
the Commitments of the Banks hereunder shall relieve the Company or any
other Obligor of any of its Obligations.
Section 7.4. No Implied Waivers; Rights Cumulative. No delay on the part
of the Administrator, any Co-Administrative Agent or any Bank or any Issuer in
exercising any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement, any of
the Notes, any Letter of Credit or any of the other Credit Documents provided
by statute or at law or in equity or otherwise shall impair, prejudice or
constitute a waiver of any such right, remedy, power or privilege or be
construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or as an acquiescence
therein. No right, remedy, power or privilege conferred on or reserved to the
Administrator, any Co-Administrative Agent or any Bank under this Agreement,
any of the Notes, any Letter of Credit or any of the other Credit Documents or
otherwise is intended to be exclusive of any other right, remedy, power or
privilege. Each and every right, remedy, power and privilege conferred on or
reserved to the Administrator, any Co-Administrative Agent or any Bank or any
Issuer under this Agreement, any of the Notes, any Letter of Credit or any of
the other Credit Documents or otherwise shall be cumulative and in addition to
each and every other right, remedy, power or privilege so conferred on or
reserved to the Administrator, any such Co-Administrative Agent or any such
Bank or any such Issuer and (subject to the provisions of Section 8.11) may be
exercised at such time or times and in such order and manner as the
Administrator, any Co-Administrative Agent or any such Bank or any such Issuer
shall (in its sole and complete discretion) deem expedient.
Section 7.5. Set-Off. Any deposits or other sums at any time credited by
or due from any Bank to the Company and any securities or other property of
the Company in any Bank's possession may at all times be held and treated as
collateral security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, and
the Company hereby grants to each of the Banks a continuing security interest
in such deposits, sums, securities or other property maintained with such
Bank. Regardless of the adequacy of any collateral, while any Event of Default
is continuing, any deposits or other sums credited by or due from any of the
Banks to the Company may be appropriately applied to or set-off against any of
the Obligations due to such Bank hereunder without notice to the Company or
compliance with any other condition precedent now or hereafter imposed by
statute, rule of law or otherwise (all of which are hereby expressly waived by
the Company). Each Bank agrees with each other Bank that (i) if an amount to
be set off is to be applied to indebtedness of the Company to such Bank, other
than the Obligations, such amount shall be applied ratably to such other
indebtedness and to the Obligations, and (ii) if such Bank shall receive from
the Company, whether by voluntary payment, exercise of the right of setoff,
counterclaim, cross action, enforcement of the claim evidenced by this
Agreement by proceedings against the Company, whether at law or in equity or
by proof thereof in bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, receivership or
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similar proceedings, or otherwise, and shall retain and apply to the payment
of the Company's Obligations to such Bank hereunder, any amount in excess of
such Bank's ratable portion of the payments to be received by all of the Banks
(such ratable portion being determined in accordance with the other provisions
of this Agreement), such Bank will promptly make such disposition and
arrangements with the other Banks with respect to such excess, either by way
of distribution, pro tanto assignment of claims, subrogation or otherwise as
shall result in each Bank receiving in respect of the Obligations to it of the
Company such Bank's proportionate payment; provided, however, that if all or
any part of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such Bank, such
disposition and arrangements shall be rescinded and the amount restored to the
extent of such recovery, but without interest.
ARTICLE VIII.
THE CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS
AND THE ADMINISTRATOR
Section 8.1. Authorization. Each of the Banks hereby appoints, and
authorizes to act, each of Scotiabank and Fleet as Co-Administrative Agents
and Fleet as the Administrator for the Banks with respect to this Agreement,
the Notes and each of the other Credit Documents, and each of the
Co-Administrative Agents and the Administrator hereby agrees to so act as
agent for the Banks, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Article VIII. All payments made by the Company to the Administrator, for
the benefit of the Banks, shall be distributed by the Administrator to the
Banks as set forth herein promptly after receipt thereof in immediately
available funds. Each Bank irrevocably authorizes the Administrator and/or the
Co-Administrative Agents, as the case may be, as the agent of such Bank to
take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the
Notes and each of the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers
hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to the Administrator
and/or the Co-Administrative Agents by the terms hereof and thereof, together
with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. With respect to the
Advances made pursuant hereto, each of the Co-Administrative Agents shall have
the same obligations and the same rights, powers and privileges (a) with
respect to its Commitment and the Advances made by it in its role as a Bank
hereunder, and (b) as the holder of any of the Notes, as any other Bank and
may freely exercise the same.
Section 8.2. No Liability. Neither of the Co-Administrative Agents nor
the Administrator any of their respective shareholders, directors, officers,
employees or agents nor any other Person assisting them in their duties nor
any agent or employee thereof shall be liable to any of the Banks for any
waiver, consent or approval given or any action taken, or omitted to be taken,
in good faith by it or them hereunder or under any other Credit Document, or
in connection herewith or therewith or be responsible to the Banks for the
consequences of any oversight or error of judgment whatsoever, except that
each of the Co-Administrative Agents and the Administrator may be liable for
losses due to its willful misconduct or gross negligence.
Section 8.3. Conditions of Acting as Administrator and of Accepting
Appointment as a Co-Administrative Agent. The Administrator agrees to act as
Administrator, and each of the Co-Administrative Agents accepts its
appointment as a Co-Administrative Agent, upon the following conditions set
forth in this Section 8.3.
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(a) Each of the Co-Administrative Agents and the Administrator may
execute any of its duties hereunder by or through agents or employees and
shall be entitled to rely upon advice of counsel concerning all legal
matters pertaining to the agency hereby created and its duties hereunder.
(b) Neither of the Co-Administrative Agents nor the Administrator
shall (i) be responsible to the Banks for any recitals, statements,
warranties or representations herein, in any other Credit Document or in
any related agreements furnished to either of the Co-Administrative
Agents, the Administrator or any of the Banks by or on behalf of the
Company or any other Obligor, or (ii) be bound to ascertain or inquire as
to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions,
covenants or agreements herein or under any other Credit Document on the
part of the Company or any other Obligor. Any such inquiry which may be
made by either of the Co-Administrative Agents or the Administrator shall
not obligate such Person to make any further inquiry or to take any
action.
(c) Each of the Co-Administrative Agents and the Administrator shall
be entitled to rely upon any Note, notice, consent, certificate,
affidavit, letter, telegram, teletype message, statement, order,
telephone communication or other document or communication believed by it
to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or communicated to it
by the proper Person or Persons and, in respect of legal matters, upon
the advice of counsel selected by the Co-Administrative Agents. Any
request, authority or consent of any Person who at the time of making
such request or giving such authority or consent is a Bank hereunder
shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent transferee or assignee
of such Bank.
(d) Neither of the Co-Administrative Agents nor the Administrator
shall be responsible to any Bank for the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement or any of the Notes or any of the other Credit Documents
or for the validity, enforceability or collectibility of any amounts
owing with respect to this Agreement or any of the Notes or any of the
other Credit Documents.
(e) Neither of the Co-Administrative Agents nor the Administrator
has made nor does it now make any representations or warranties, express
or implied, nor does it assume any liability to the Banks with respect to
the creditworthiness or financial condition of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(f) Neither of the Co-Administrative Agents nor the Administrator
shall be responsible to (i) any party on account of the failures of, or
delay in performance or breach by, any Bank (except for such
Co-Administrative Agent or the Administrator, in its capacity as a Bank
in respect of its obligations as such) of its obligations hereunder or
(ii) any Bank on account of the failure of or delay in performance or
breach by any other Bank or the Company hereunder or under the Notes or
under any of the other Credit Documents or in connection herewith or
therewith.
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Section 8.4. Co-Administrative Agents; Administrator; Documentation
Agent. In addition to Section 8.3, and except as otherwise expressly set forth
in this Agreement, none of the Banks identified on the signature pages of this
Agreement as a "Co-Administrative Agent", as an "Administrator" or as a
"Documentation Agent" shall have any right, power, obligation, liability,
responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all
Banks as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Banks so identified
as a "Co-Administrative Agent", as an "Administrator" or as a "Documentation
Agent" shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any
Bank. Each Bank acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any
of the Banks so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in
taking or not taking action hereunder or under any other Credit Document.
Section 8.5. Payments.
(a) If in the good faith opinion of the Administrator the
distribution of any amount received by it in such capacity hereunder
might subject it to liability, it may refrain from making such
distribution until its right to make such distribution shall have been
adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction. If a court of competent
jurisdiction shall adjudge that any amount received and distributed by
the Administrator is to be repaid, each Person to whom any such
distribution shall have been made shall either repay to the Administrator
its proportionate share of the amount so adjudged to be repaid or shall
pay over the same in such manner and to such Persons as shall be
determined by such court. With respect to obligations of the Company
hereunder, a payment to the Administrator shall be deemed to be a payment
to the Banks.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, any Bank that is
obligated to but fails (x) to make available to the Administrator its pro
rata share of any Advance (except as set forth in Section 1.15) or (y) to
comply with the provisions of Section 7.5 with respect to making
dispositions and arrangements with the other Banks, where such Bank's
share of any payment received, whether by setoff or otherwise, is in
excess of its pro rata share of such payments due and payable to all of
the Banks, in each case as, when and to the full extent required by the
provisions of this Agreement, shall be deemed delinquent (a "Delinquent
Bank") and shall be deemed a Delinquent Bank until such time as such
delinquency is satisfied. A Delinquent Bank shall be deemed to have
assigned any and all payments due to it from the Company, whether on
account of outstanding Loans or other Obligations, interest, fees or
otherwise, to the remaining nondelinquent Banks for application to, and
reduction of, their respective pro rata shares of all outstanding
Advances. The Delinquent Bank hereby authorizes the Administrator to
distribute such payments to the non-delinquent Banks in proportion to
their respective pro rata shares of all outstanding Advances. A
Delinquent Bank shall be deemed to have satisfied in full a delinquency
when and if, as a result of application of the assigned payments to all
outstanding Advances of the nondelinquent Banks, the Banks' respective
pro rata shares of all outstanding Advances have returned to those in
effect immediately prior to such delinquency and without giving effect to
the nonpayment causing such delinquency.
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Section 8.6. Holders of Notes. The Administrator may deem and treat the
payee of any Note as the absolute owner or purchaser thereof for all purposes
hereof until it shall have been furnished in writing with a different name by
such payee or obligor or by a subsequent holder, assignee or transferee.
Section 8.7. Modification of this Agreement, the Notes and the Letters of
Credit and each of the other Credit Documents; Waivers and Consents. The
Majority Banks shall have the power to assent to and authorize any
modification of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Notes or any of
the other Credit Documents and to waive or consent to any deviation from or
violation of the provisions of this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other
Credit Documents which may be requested by the Company (including waivers of
Defaults or Events of Default), and any such assent, authorization, waiver or
consent shall be binding upon all of the Banks and all holders of the Notes as
though such actions were specifically and expressly authorized by the terms
hereof; provided, that no such assent, authorization, waiver or consent shall,
without the consent of each Bank (with Obligations of the type being directly
affected thereby):
(a) amend or waive the obligation of the Company to pay the
principal of each of the Notes as and when the same becomes due and to
pay interest on each of them as the same shall become due from time to
time and to pay any Facility Fees or any Letter of Credit Fee as and when
the same become due;
(b) reduce the principal amount of any Note, the interest rate
thereon, or any Facility Fees or any Letter of Credit Fee payable
hereunder;
(c) increase the amount of any Revolver A Commitment and/or Revolver
B Commitment;
(d) amend, modify or waive (i) the definition of "Applicable
Margin", "A Loan Maturity Date", "B Loan Maturity Date" and "Majority
Banks" or (ii) clause (c) of Section 1.13;
(e) waive a Default or Event of Default under clauses (a), (b) or
(f) of Section 7.1;
(f) amend, modify or waive the provisions of Section 2.4(b), Section
4.10 or Section 5.1;
(g) amend or modify any Subsidiary Guarantee (or release of any
Subsidiary from its obligations thereunder) (unless such release is in
connection with the sale of all of the capital stock of any Subsidiary
Guarantor and such sale is permitted by this Agreement, in which case
such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from any and
all obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee);
(h) amend, modify or waive the provisions of this Section 8.7;
(i) amend, modify or waive the provisions of Section 1.2(b), Section
1.2(c), Section 1.9.4 or Section 1.10 which relate to the Company's
obligations to deposit cash for collateral purposes; and
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(j) extend the Stated Expiry Date of any Letter of Credit beyond the
A Loan Maturity Date (in the case of Letters of Credit A) or the B Loan
Maturity Date (in the case of Letters of Credit B);
and further provided that:
(A) the Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit may not be increased
unless consented to by the Issuer thereof;
(B) the interests, rights or obligations of any Issuer shall not be
adversely affected unless consented to by such Issuer; and
(C) the interests, rights or obligations of any Co-Administrative
Agent or Administrator shall not be adversely affected unless consented
to by such Co-Administrative Agent or Administrator.
Section 8.8. Costs of Co-Administrative Agents; Indemnification. Each
Bank agrees to reimburse each of the Co-Administrative Agents, pro rata (in
accordance with the amount of Loans owing to such Bank), for all costs,
expenses, and disbursements (including reasonable attorneys' fees and
disbursements and amounts paid to consultants and agents retained by such
Co-Administrative Agents) incurred by, or asserted against, such
Co-Administrative Agent and not reimbursed by the Company. Without limitation
of the foregoing, each Bank agrees to indemnify each of the Co-Administrative
Agents and the Administrator (to the extent not reimbursed by the Company)
ratably, as aforesaid, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against such Co-Administrative Agent or the
Administrator in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the
Notes or any of the other Credit Documents or any action taken or omitted by
such Co-Administrative Agent or the Administrator under this Agreement or the
Notes or any of the other Credit Documents, except to the extent that the same
may result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Co-Administrative Agent or the Administrator; provided, however, that at all
times during the continuance of an Event of Default, the aforesaid
reimbursement and indemnity obligations of each Bank shall be determined by
each Bank's pro rata share of the aggregate of the Company's Obligations
(including all Advances) outstanding at such time under this Agreement, the
Notes and each of the other Credit Documents. Each of the Co-Administrative
Agents and the Administrator shall be fully justified in failing or refusing
to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document unless it
shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Majority Banks as it
deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the
Banks against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by
reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. In all cases each of
the Co-Administrative Agents and the Administrator shall be fully protected in
acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the Notes and
the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the Majority Banks,
and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall
be binding upon all the Banks and all future holders of the Notes. If any
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indemnity in favor of any Co-Administrative Agent or the Administrator shall
be or become, in such Co-Administrative Agent's or the Administrator's
reasonable determination, inadequate, such Co-Administrative Agent or the
Administrator, as the case may be, may call for additional indemnification
from the Banks and cease to do the acts indemnified against hereunder until
such additional indemnity is given.
Section 8.9. Non-Reliance on Co-Administrative Agents and the
Administrator; Assignment.
(a) Each Bank hereby represents that it has made its own independent
investigation with respect to the creditworthiness and financial
condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries and has not relied upon any
statement or document furnished to it by any Co-Administrative Agent or
the Administrator, or any warranty, either express or implied, by any
Co-Administrative Agent or the Administrator. Each Bank also acknowledges
that it will, independently of each of the Co-Administrative Agents, the
Administrator and each other Bank, and based on such other documents,
information and investigations as it shall deem appropriate at any time,
continue to make its own credit decisions as to exercising or not
exercising from time to time any rights and privileges available to it
under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents.
(b) Each Bank further represents and warrants that it is entering
into this Agreement for investment purposes and not with the present
intention of distribution or resale. Except as permitted by Section 10.5
below, no Bank may assign its Commitments and/or obligations hereunder
without the prior consent of the Co-Administrative Agents, the Issuers
and the Company and any such transfers must comply with all applicable
laws.
Section 8.10. Successor Administrator. The Administrator may resign at
any time by giving written notice thereof to the Banks and the Company, which
resignation shall be effective upon the appointment of a successor
Administrator. A successor Administrator shall be appointed upon a vote of the
Majority Banks. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrator
hereunder by a substitute or successor Administrator, such substitute or
successor Administrator shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all
the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrator, and
the retiring Administrator shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
under this Agreement from the date of its resignation as specified in such
notice, but such resignation shall not discharge the Administrator from any
liability incurred in the discharge of its duties hereunder before such
resignation.
Section 8.11. Action by the Administrator. Except as otherwise provided
in this Agreement, the Administrator will take such action, assert such rights
and pursue such remedies under this Agreement, the Notes and any of the other
Credit Documents as the Majority Banks shall direct and as it shall be
entitled to do so. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
the Administrator will not (and will not be obligated to) take any action,
assert any rights or pursue any remedies under this Agreement or any of the
Notes or any of the other Credit Documents in violation or contravention of
any express direction or instruction of the Majority Banks. The Administrator
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may refuse(and will not be obligated) to take any action, assert any rights or
pursue any remedies under this Agreement or any of the Notes or any of the
other Credit Documents without the express written direction and instruction
of the Majority Banks. No Bank (other than the Administrator, acting in its
capacity as such) shall be entitled to take any action of any kind under this
Agreement or any Note or any of the other Credit Documents, other than to
enforce payment of amounts due and payable hereunder or under any Note issued
to such Bank.
Section 8.12. Substitution of Banks. (a) Within thirty (30) days after
any Bank has been unable, for any reason, to fund any Loan requested in
accordance with the terms hereof (and to which the Company is entitled under
the terms hereof) (such Bank is hereinafter referred to as an "Affected
Bank"), the Company may request the non-Affected Banks to acquire all or any
portion of such Affected Bank's Advances and to assume all or such portion of
such Affected Bank's Commitments. The non-Affected Banks may elect to acquire
less than, or none of, the amount of such Affected Bank's outstanding Advances
and to assume less than, or none of, the amount of the Affected Bank's
Commitments that the Company requested be acquired and be assumed. If the non-
Affected Banks do not elect to acquire or assume all of such Affected Bank's
outstanding Advances and Commitments, and with the written consent (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of non-Affected Banks constituting
the Majority Banks, the Company may designate a replacement lender or lenders
to acquire and assume all or any portion of the Advances and Commitment of the
Affected Bank not being acquired and assumed by the non-Affected Banks,
subject to the requirement that no such replacement lender may have a Revolver
A Commitment and Revolver B Commitment which in the aggregate are less than
$5,000,000.
(b) If one or more non-Affected Banks shall so agree in writing or if the
Company designates a replacement lender or lenders in respect of all or a
portion of the outstanding Advances of the Affected Bank, such non-Affected
Bank or Banks and/or such replacement lender or lenders shall purchase such
Advances or portion, without recourse to or warranty by (other than a warranty
from the Affected Bank as to the principal amount of the Advances being
purchased), or expense to, such Affected Bank, and such Affected Bank shall
sell such Advances, for a purchase price equal to the outstanding principal
amount of the Advances of such Affected Bank, in each case in such proportions
as the non-Affected Banks, the replacement lenders and the Company shall
agree, in the same mixture of the Eurodollar Loans, Domestic Loans and Bid
Auction Advances as all the outstanding Advances of the Affected Bank, and on
a date mutually acceptable to the parties. Such Affected Bank's Revolver A
Commitment and Revolver B Commitment shall be allocated among such non-
Affected Banks and/or such replacement lender or lenders in proportion to
their acquisition of the Affected Bank's Advances. All interest on and all
other fees payable on (including, without limitation, any payment or
indemnification due under Section 1.17) Advances being acquired by the non-
Affected Banks and any replacement lender or lenders accrued as of the date of
such acquisition shall be paid by the Company to the Affected Bank on the date
of such acquisition.
(c) If all of an Affected Bank's outstanding Revolver A Commitment and
Revolver B Commitment are acquired and assumed by a non- Affected Bank or a
replacement bank, the Affected Bank shall be considered to be released from
its obligations related to such assumed Commitments and shall no longer
constitute a Bank for the purposes of this Agreement.
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(d) Upon completing any purchase pursuant to this Section 8.12 and upon
executing a counterpart of this Agreement, each replacement lender shall
become a Bank hereunder.
(e) If the non-Affected Banks and any replacement lender(s) are only
willing to acquire less than all of the Affected Bank's outstanding Advances,
the Revolver A Commitment and Revolver B Commitment of the Affected Bank shall
not terminate, but shall be reduced in an amount proportionate to the
percentage of its Advances of the respective Tranche being acquired and the
Affected Bank shall continue to be a Bank hereunder with a reduced Revolver A
Commitment and Revolver B Commitment.
(f) The Company shall have no obligation to seek a replacement lender or
take any other action under this Section, and any failure on the part of an
Affected Bank to fund any Advances, unless otherwise excused hereunder, shall
be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement on the part of such Bank.
ARTICLE IX.
DEFINITIONS
Section 9.1. Accounting Terms, Changes in GAAP or FASB Standards; Rules
of Interpretation. Unless otherwise defined, all accounting terms shall be
construed, and all computations or classifications of assets and liabilities
and of income and expenses shall be made or determined, on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP. If either GAAP or FASB Standards are changed in
the future in such a way as to materially and adversely change the effect of
the financial covenants and reporting requirements as presently contained in
this Agreement, the Company and the Banks agree to negotiate in good faith to
amend the relevant portions of this Agreement which are controlled or
determined by the application of GAAP or FASB Standards, so that such relevant
portions shall continue to afford to the Banks the same information,
protections and covenants as provided and contained in this Agreement in its
form on this date. The defined terms used in this Agreement shall apply
equally to both the singular and the plural form of the terms defined. All
references herein to Sections and clauses shall be deemed references to
Sections and clauses of this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise
require. Each reference herein to a particular Person (including each of the
Banks) shall be deemed to include a reference to such Person's successors and
permitted assigns. Whenever used in this Agreement, the words "include",
"includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase
"without limitation".
Section 9.2. Other Definitions. As used herein, in the Notes, the Letters
of Credit and (unless otherwise provided therein) in each other Credit
Document or in any certificate, document or report delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"A Loan Maturity Date" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 1.1(a) of this Agreement.
"Accumulated Funding Deficiency" shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 302 of ERISA.
"Additional Costs" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 1.16(a).
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"Administrator Fee Letter" shall mean that letter dated as of
September 27, 2000, between the Administrator and the Company in connection
with this Agreement.
"Administrator" shall mean Fleet as the "Administrator" hereunder and any
successor, transferee and assign thereof in such capacity.
"Administrator's Funding Office" shall mean the Administrator's office at
Boston, Massachusetts, or such other office within the United States as the
Administrator may from time to time designate by written notice to the Company
and the Banks.
"Advances" shall mean, collectively, with respect to any Bank, (i) any
and all Loans and Bid Auction Advances made by such Bank (ii) and any and all
Letters of Credit issued by such Bank pursuant to this Agreement, including
the extension of any Stated Expiry Date of any Letter of Credit.
"Agreement" shall mean this Revolving Credit Agreement, as the same may
from time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
"Applicable Margin" shall mean a percentage based upon the highest of the
then applicable credit ratings from either S&P or Moody's with respect to
Public Senior Debt (whether or not any is outstanding) (and, with respect to
determining any applicable margin for any Loans, based upon the Level of
Usage) as follows:
(a) For the Revolver A Loans:
Credit Rating Facility Fee Base Rate LIBOR LIBOR
Applicable Applicable Applicable Applicable
Margin Margin Margin (if Margin (if Level
Level of Usage of Usage is
is 50.0% or greater than
S&P Moody's
>= A- >= A3 0.125% 0.00% 0.325% 0.450%
>= BBB+ >= Baa1 0.150% 0.00% 0.475% 0.600%
>= BBB >= Baa2 0.175% 0.00% 0.575% 0.700%
>= BBB- >= Baa3 0.200% 0.00% 0.800% 0.925%
less than BBB- less than Baa3 0.250% 0.25% 1.000% 1.125%
(b) For the Revolver B Loans:
Credit Rating Facility Fee Base Rate LIBOR LIBOR
Applicable Applicable Applicable Applicable
Margin Margin Margin (if Margin (if Level
Level of Usage of Usage is
is 50.0% or greater than
S&P Moody's
>= A- >= A3 0.100% 0.00% 0.350% 0.475%
>= BBB+ >= Baa1 0.125% 0.00% 0.500% 0.625%
>= BBB >= Baa2 0.150% 0.00% 0.600% 0.725%
>= BBB- >= Baa3 0.175% 0.00% 0.825% 0.950%
less than BBB- less than Baa3 0.225% 0.25% 1.025% 1.150%
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The Applicable Margin shall be adjusted on the Business Day after any
announcement, change, or withdrawal of S&P's or ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ rating of the
Company's Public Senior Debt; provided, that if at any time any Public Senior
Debt is not rated by either of S&P or Moody's, such Public Senior Debt shall,
for purposes of this definition, be deemed to have been rated one level above
the then applicable highest rating ascribed to the Company's Subordinated Debt
by S&P or Moody's; provided, further, that if at any time neither the
Subordinated Debt nor the Public Senior Debt of the Company is rated by either
of S&P or Moody's, or if at any time neither of S&P nor ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ is in the
business of rating debt securities such as the Company's Subordinated Debt or
Public Senior Debt, then the Company and the Banks shall enter into good faith
negotiations to establish an alternate basis for determining the Applicable
Margin, either with reference to credit ratings from an alternative rating
agency for any of the Subordinated Debt or Public Senior Debt or on some other
basis mutually acceptable to the Company and the Banks; provided further,
however, that until such an alternate basis for determining the Applicable
Margin is established, the Applicable Margin shall be the Applicable Margin in
effect immediately prior to such occurrence. The Company covenants and agrees
with each of the Co-Administrative Agents and the Banks to at all times use
its best efforts to cause S&P and Moody's to issue credit ratings (either
publicly or in the form of letters to the Co-Administrative Agents) for its
Public Senior Debt and/or its Subordinated Debt (whether or not any such
Public Senior Debt or Subordinated Debt is outstanding).
"Assignment and Acceptance" shall mean an assignment and acceptance
agreement, in or substantially in the form of Exhibit H attached hereto,
entered into by a Bank and an assignee of such Bank pursuant to Section 10.5,
and accepted by the Company and the Co-Administrative Agents.
"B Loan Maturity Date" shall mean November 9, 2001, or such later day to
which the Existing B Loan Maturity Date may be extended pursuant to Section
1.2(f) hereof.
"Banks" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to
this Agreement.
"Base Rate" shall mean, with respect to all Domestic Loans, a fluctuating
rate of interest per annum equal to the higher of (i) the rate interest most
recently announced by the Administrator at the Administrator's Funding Office
as its prime rate for dollar loans, and (ii) one-half of one percentage point
(1/2 of 1%) above the Federal Funds Rate.
The Base Rate is not necessarily intended to be the lowest rate of interest
determined by the Administrator in connection with extensions of credit.
Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any Domestic Loans
maintained as Base Rate Loans will take effect simultaneously with each change
in the Administrator's prime rate.
"Bid Auction Acceptance" shall mean a notice delivered by the Company to
any Bank or Banks pursuant to Section 1.4(d), substantially in the form of
Exhibit F hereto.
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"Bid Auction A Advance" and "Bid Auction A Advances" shall mean an
advance made to the Company by any or all of the Banks with a Revolver A
Commitment, pursuant to the terms of Section 1.4.
"Bid Auction A Borrowing" shall mean a borrowing under Section 1.4
consisting of one or more Bid Auction A Advances made by each of the Banks
with a Revolver A Commitment whose offer to make a Bid Auction A Advance as
part of such borrowing has been accepted by the Company under the auction
bidding procedure described in Section 1.4(d).
"Bid Auction A Note" and "Bid Auction A Notes" shall have the respective
meanings assigned to such terms in Section 1.4(j)(i).
"Bid Auction Advances" shall mean any and all Bid Auction A Advances
and/or Bid Auction B Advances.
"Bid Auction B Advance" and "Bid Auction B Advances" shall mean an
advance made to the Company by any or all of the Banks with a Revolver B
Commitment, pursuant to the terms of Section 1.4.
"Bid Auction B Borrowing" shall mean a borrowing under Section 1.4
consisting of one or more Bid Auction B Advances made by each of the Banks
(with a Revolver B Commitment) whose offer to make a Bid Auction B Advance as
part of such borrowing has been accepted by the Company under the auction
bidding procedure described in Section 1.4(d).
"Bid Auction B Note" and "Bid Auction B Notes" shall have the respective
meanings assigned to such terms in Section 1.4(j)(ii).
"Bid Auction Borrowing" shall mean any and all Bid Auction A Borrowings
and Bid Auction B Borrowings.
"Bid Auction Election Notice" shall mean a notice delivered to the
Administrator pursuant to Section 1.4(b), substantially in the form of
Exhibit D hereto.
"Bid Auction Offer" shall mean a notice delivered by any Bank with a
Commitment in the respective Tranche, to the Company pursuant to Section
1.4(c), substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto.
"Business Day" shall mean, with respect to Eurodollar Loans, any day on
which commercial banks are open for domestic and international dealings in
Dollar deposits in Hartford, Connecticut, New York, New York, Boston,
Massachusetts and London, England and, with respect to any other Loans or any
Bid Auction Advances or any other matters, any day other than a day on which
commercial banks in Hartford, Connecticut, Boston, Massachusetts, and New
York, New York, are required or permitted by law to close.
"Change in Control" shall mean the acquisition of more than fifty percent
(50%) of the Company's voting stock by any Person who is not affiliated with,
a member of, or a nominee of the Company's management, the Kaman family or any
trust, corporation, or other legal entity established by or for the benefit of
such affiliated Person.
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"Co-Administrative Agent" and "Co-Administrative Agents" shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the preamble of this Agreement.
"Co-Lead Arrangers" shall mean Fleet Securities, Inc. and Scotiabank.
"Co-Lead Arrangers Fee Letter" shall mean that letter dated as of
September 27, 2000 between the Co-Administrative Agents, Fleet Securities
Inc., and the Company in connection with this Agreement.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and all rules and
regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, as the same may from time to time be
supplemented or amended.
"Commitment" shall mean, with respect to each Bank, such Bank's Revolver
A Commitment and/or Revolver B Commitment, if any.
"Company" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble of
this Agreement.
"Consenting Banks" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 1.2(f).
"Consolidated Net Worth" shall mean the Company's consolidated
shareholders equity (including any and all Qualifying Preferred Stock) as
determined under GAAP.
"Consolidated Total Indebtedness" shall mean, as of any date, any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, other than any Indebtedness of
the Company to any Subsidiary or of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other
Subsidiary.
"Consolidated Tangible Assets" shall mean the Company's consolidated
assets, excluding all Intangible Assets.
"Contingent Liability" shall mean any liability, indebtedness or
obligation of the type described in or contemplated by Section 5.3.
"Controlled Group" shall mean all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) under common control which, together with the Company or any
Subsidiary, are treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or 414(c) of
the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
"Credit Documents" means (i) this Agreement, the Notes, each Letter of
Credit, each Subsidiary Guarantee, each Loan Election Notice, each Bid Auction
Election Notice, each Letter of Credit Election Notice, each Bid Auction
Acceptance, the Administrator Fee Letter, the Co-Lead Arrangers Fee Letter and
each other letter (including, without limitation, fee letters), notice,
agreement, certificate, document or instrument delivered in connection with
this Agreement and (ii) any agreements or instruments pursuant to which the
Obligations of the Company or any other Obligor under this Agreement, any of
the Notes or any of the Subsidiary Guarantees are refunded, refinanced or
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replaced (in whole or in part) from time to time, as such agreements,
certificates, documents and instruments referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of
this definition may from time to time be amended, supplemented, restated,
renewed or otherwise modified.
"Default" shall mean any event which, but for the giving of notice or the
lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Documentation Agent" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
preamble of this Agreement.
"Dollar", "Dollars" and the sign "$" shall mean lawful money of the
United States of America.
"Domestic Loan" shall mean all or any portion of any Loan made hereunder
which bears interest based on the Base Rate.
"Domestic Subsidiary" shall mean a Subsidiary organized under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof.
"EBITDA" shall mean the consolidated operating earnings of the Company
and its Subsidiaries for any fiscal period, after all expenses and other
proper charges but before the payment or provision for any income taxes,
interest expense, special items such as gains or losses on sales of assets,
extraordinary or special items reported net of taxes, depreciation or
amortization, and all other items reported as non-operating income for such
period, all determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Effective Date" shall mean November 13, 2000.
"Environmental Laws" shall mean any and all Requirements of Law
regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards or conduct
concerning, any Hazardous Substances or environmental protection.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
and all rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, as the same may
from time to time be supplemented or amended.
"Eurodollar Loan" shall mean all or any portion of any Loan made
hereunder which bears interest based on LIBOR.
"Event of Default" and "Events of Default" shall have the respective
meanings assigned to such terms in Section 7.1.
"Existing B Loan Maturity Date" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 1.2(f).
"Existing Credit Agreement" is defined in the first recital.
"Existing Letters of Credit" means any letter of credit which has been
previously issued by Scotiabank under the Existing Credit Agreement for the
account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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"Extension Consent Date" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 1.2(f).
"Extension Request" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 1.2(f).
"Facility Fees" shall mean the Revolver A Facility Fee and the Revolver B
Facility Fee.
"FASB Standards" shall mean the standards established by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board, in effect from time to time.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate
per annum equal for each day during such period to
(a) the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not
a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York; or
(b) if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business
Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions
received by the Administrator from three federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it.
"Fee" and "Fees" shall mean any and all Facility Fees, Letter of Credit
Fees, and all other fees payable under Section 1.13.
"Foreign Bank" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
1.12(b).
"F.R.S. Board" shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System or any successor thereto.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect
from time to time, applied on a consistent basis.
"Governing Documents" shall mean as to any Person, the articles or
certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational documents of
such Person, as amended. "Governmental Authority" shall mean any nation or
government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity
exercising any executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government.
"Guarantee" shall mean, in relation to any Person, any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic
effect of guaranteeing any liabilities of any other Person in any manner,
whether directly or indirectly.
"Hazardous Substances" shall mean any hazardous waste, substances or
materials, any pollutants or contaminants, any toxic substances, and any other
substances regulated by any Environmental Laws.
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"Indebtedness" shall mean, in relation to any Person, without
duplication: (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money; (b) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures or notes or similar
instruments which (in the case of such similar instruments only) are held by
financial institutions; (c) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, relative
to the Stated Amount of (i) all Letters of Credit, and (ii) any other letters
of credit (but only to the extent that all such other letters of credit exceed
$15,000,000), whether or not drawn, issued for the account of such Person; (d)
all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily
paid, excluding trade indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of
business; (e) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred
purchase price of property (other than trade indebtedness incurred in the
ordinary course of business); (f) all capitalized lease obligations of such
Person; (g) all obligations of such Person as an account party in respect of
bankers' acceptances and (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person relative to the Repurchase Obligations (but only to the extent that
such Repurchase Obligations, individually or in the aggregate, exceed
$15,000,000).
"Indemnified Party" and "Indemnified Parties" shall mean each of the
Co-Administrative Agents, the Administrator, each of the Banks, each affiliate
of any of the foregoing and the respective directors, officers, agents and
employees of each of the foregoing, and each other person controlling any of
the foregoing within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Intangible Assets" shall mean any and all goodwill, patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trade names, trade styles, copyrights, all
applications therefor, research and development costs, tax refunds, and all
other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries constituting intangible
assets as determined by GAAP.
"Interest Period" shall mean:
(a) Eurodollar Loans. With respect to each Eurodollar Loan, the
period commencing on the date of such Eurodollar Loan and ending 1, 3, or
6 months thereafter, as the case may be, as selected by the Company in
compliance with this Agreement and as set forth in the applicable Loan
Election Notice.
(b) Bid Auction Advances. With respect to each Bid Auction Advance,
the period commencing on the date of such Bid Auction Advance and ending
not less than 7 days nor more than 180 days thereafter, as the Company
and the lender of such Bid Auction Advance may agree, pursuant to
Section 1.4.
"Issuer" means either of the Co-Administrative Agents, in its capacity as
Issuer of the Letters of Credit. At the request of either of the
Co-Administrative Agents, another Bank or an affiliate of either of the
Co-Administrative Agents may issue one or more Letters of Credit hereunder;
provided, however, that the prior written consent of the Company (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required as to
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any such other Bank and, if the debt rating of such affiliate is less than
that of the applicable Co-Administrative Agent, as to any such affiliate. The
Company's consent shall be deemed to be reasonably withheld if the beneficiary
of the Letter of Credit declines to accept the Letter of Credit of such other
Bank or such affiliate.
"letter of credit" means each letter of credit issued for the account of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Letters of Credit).
"Letter of Credit" means any and all Letters of Credit A and Letters of
Credit B issued pursuant to this Agreement, including all Existing Letters of
Credit.
"Letter of Credit A" means any and all letters of credit issued by the
Issuer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and participated in by Banks
with a Revolver A Commitment, including all Existing Letters of Credit.
"Letter of Credit A Fee" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 1.13(c).
"Letter of Credit A Outstandings" means, on any date, an amount equal to
the sum of
(a) the then aggregate Dollar amount which is undrawn and available
under all issued and outstanding Letters of Credit A,
plus
(b) the then aggregate Dollar amount of all unpaid and outstanding
Reimbursement Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit A.
"Letter of Credit B" means any and all letters of credit issued by the
Issuer pursuant to this Agreement and participated in by Banks with a Revolver
B Commitment.
"Letter of Credit B Fee" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 1.13(c).
"Letter of Credit B Outstandings" means, on any date, an amount equal to
the sum of
(a) the then aggregate Dollar amount which is undrawn and available
under all issued and outstanding Letters of Credit B,
plus
(b) the then aggregate Dollar amount of all unpaid and outstanding
Reimbursement Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit B.
"Letter of Credit Commitment" means, with respect to an Issuer, such
Issuer's obligation to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 1.5 and,
with respect to each of the other Banks, the obligations of each such Bank to
participate in such Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 1.9 through 1.9.5.
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"Letter of Credit Election Notice" shall mean a notice delivered to the
Administrator pursuant to Section 1.9, substantially in the form of Exhibit J
hereto.
"Letter of Credit Fees" shall mean any and all Letter of Credit A Fees
and Letter of Credit B Fees.
"Letter of Credit Outstandings" means, on any date, an amount equal to
the sum of all Letter of Credit A Outstandings and all Letter of Credit B
Outstandings.
"Level of Usage" shall mean, at any time, the ratio (expressed as a
percentage) of (x) the aggregate amount of all Advances hereunder outstanding
at such time, over (y) the Total Commitment, at such time.
"Liabilities" shall mean any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or other costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' and other
professionals' fees and disbursements as and when incurred by such Indemnified
Party) to which an Indemnified Party may become subject which arise out of or
relate to or result from any transaction, action or proceeding related to or
connected with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, excluding those
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or other costs or expenses arising for
the account of a particular Indemnified Party by reason of the relevant
Indemnified Party's gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
"LIBO Rate" shall mean, with respect to each Interest Period for a
Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars (for a period
substantially equal to the period of such Interest Period and in an amount
substantially equal to the principal amount of such Eurodollar Loan) are
offered to the Administrator for delivery in the LIBOR Market at or about
11:00 A.M., local time two Business Days prior to the first day of such
Interest Period.
"LIBOR" shall mean, relative to any Loan to be made, continued or
maintained as, or converted into, a Eurodollar Loan for any Interest Period, a
rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16 of 1%)
determined pursuant to the following formula:
LIBOR LIBO Rate
(or "LIBO Rate = ---------------------------------
(Reserve Adjusted")) 1.00 - LIBOR Reserve Percentage
LIBOR for any Interest Period for Eurodollar Loans will be determined by the
Administrator on the basis of the LIBOR Reserve Percentage in effect on, and
the applicable rates furnished to and received by the Administrator, two
Business Days before the first day of such Interest Period.
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"LIBOR Reserve Percentage" shall mean, relative to any Interest Period
for Eurodollar Loans, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal) equal to
the maximum aggregate reserve requirements (including all basic, emergency,
supplemental, marginal and other reserves and taking into account any
transitional adjustments or other scheduled changes in reserve requirements)
specified under regulations issued from time to time by the F.R.S. Board and
then applicable to assets or liabilities consisting of and including
"Eurocurrency Liabilities", as currently defined in Regulation D of the F.R.S.
Board, having a term approximately equal or comparable to such Interest
Period.
"LIBOR Market" shall mean the London interbank market, or (with the prior
consent of the Company and each of the Banks) any other lawful offshore market
in which deposits of Dollars are offered by foreign branches of United States
banking institutions and by foreign banking institutions to each other.
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, security interest,
encumbrance, charge or lien (statutory or otherwise) in respect of an interest
in property intended to secure, support or otherwise assure payment of an
obligation.
"Loan" or "Loans" shall mean any and all Revolver A Loans and/or Revolver
B Loans.
"Loan Election Notice" shall mean a notice delivered to the Administrator
pursuant to clause (a) of Section 1.3, substantially in the form of Exhibit C
hereto.
"Majority Banks" shall mean (a) as of any date on which any Commitments
shall be in effect and shall not have been terminated under the terms hereof,
Banks whose aggregate Commitments constitute at least 66 2/3% of the Total
Commitment and (b) as of any date after the date on which all Commitments
hereunder shall have been terminated, Banks holding at least 66 2/3% of the
outstanding principal amount of the Loans and Bid Auction Advances outstanding
on such date.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean any of the following: (a) any
materially adverse effect on the business, assets, properties, operations,
prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) any material impairment of the ability of
the Company to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes
or any other Credit Document; (c) any impairment of the ability of any
Subsidiary Guarantor to perform any of its obligations under any Subsidiary
Guarantee which impairment would either (i) have a material adverse effect on
the obligations of all the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Subsidiary
Guarantees, when taken together as a whole, or (ii) result in non-compliance
with Section 4.10; or (d) any impairment of the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee or any of the rights,
remedies or benefits to either of the Co-Administrative Agents, the
Administrator or the Banks under this Agreement, the Notes, any Subsidiary
Guarantee or any other Credit Document.
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"Moody's" shall mean ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc.
"Non-Consenting Banks" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 1.2(f).
"Note" or "Notes" shall mean any and all of the Revolver A Notes, the
Revolver B Notes, the Bid Auction A Notes and the Bid Auction B Notes.
"Obligations" shall mean all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities
existing on the date of this Agreement or arising from time to time
thereafter, whether direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or
contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or
unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, of the Company
and each other Obligor to either of the Co-Administrative Agents, the
Administrator, any Issuer or any of the Banks (a) in respect of Loans or Bid
Auction Advances made to the Company by any of the Banks pursuant to this
Agreement, (b) in respect of any Letter of Credit issued for the account of
the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (including in respect of any
Reimbursement Obligation in respect thereof), or (c) arising or incurred under
or in respect of this Agreement, any of the Notes, any Letter of Credit or any
of the other Credit Documents.
"Obligor" and "Obligors" shall mean the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company obligated under any Credit Document.
"PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, association,
partnership, trust, unincorporated association, business, or other legal
entity, and any government or any governmental agency or political subdivision
thereof
"Plan" shall mean any employee benefit plan or other plan maintained for
employees covered by Title 10 of ERISA.
"Prohibited Transaction" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4975 of the Code.
"Public Senior Debt" shall mean long-term, publicly held senior unsecured
non-credit enhanced indebtedness of the Company (whether or not outstanding).
"Qualifying Preferred Stock" shall mean any issued and outstanding
preferred stock of the Company with respect to which no mandatory redemption
or repurchase is or could be required of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries prior to the Maturity Date.
"Real Estate" means any real estate owned or operated by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
"Register" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
10.5(d).
"Reimbursement Obligations" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 1.9.3.
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"Reportable Event" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4034 of ERISA.
"Repurchase Obligations" shall mean any and all contractual agreements
entered into in connection with the Company's or a Subsidiary of the Company's
sale of one or more K-Max helicopters pursuant to which the Company or such
Subsidiary is contractually obligated to repurchase such helicopter(s) for a
specified period of time following such sale upon the occurrence of certain
specified events.
"Requirement of Law" shall mean as to any Person, (i) the Governing
Documents of such Person, and (ii) any law, treaty, rule or regulation or
determination of any arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in
each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or
to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
"Revolver A Commitment" and "Revolver A Commitments" shall have the
respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 1.1(a) hereof.
"Revolver A Facility Fee" shall have the meaning assigned to such terms
in Section 1.13(a).
"Revolver A Loan" shall mean any revolving loan made hereunder pursuant
to Section 1.1(a).
"Revolver A Note" or "Revolver A Notes" shall have the respective
meanings assigned to such terms in Section 1.3(b).
"Revolver B Commitment" and "Revolver B Commitments" shall have the
respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 1.1(b) hereof.
"Revolver B Facility Fee" shall have the meaning assigned to such terms
in Section 1.13(a).
"Revolver B Loan" shall mean any revolving loan made hereunder pursuant
to Section 1.1(b).
"Revolver B Note" or "Revolver B Notes" shall have the respective
meanings assigned to such terms in Section 1.3(c).
"S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Securities Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
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"Senior Debt" means, collectively, all obligations of the Company under
or in respect of the Credit Documents, including all such obligations in
respect of principal, interest (including interest accruing after any
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding is commenced by or against the Company,
whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in such proceeding), fees,
costs, expenses or indemnities owing under any of the Credit Documents.
"Stated Amount" of each Letter of Credit or, if applicable, other letter
of credit, means the total Dollar amount then available to be drawn under such
Letter of Credit or, if applicable, other letter of credit.
"Stated Expiry Date" is defined in Section 1.9.
"Subordinated Debt" means (i) any Indebtedness of the Company under the
Indenture, dated as of February 4, 1987, between the Company and Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Company, as trustee, relating to the $85,000,000 (subject to
increase to $95,000,000) principal amount of 6% Convertible Subordinated
Debentures of the Company due 2012 and (ii) any Indebtedness of the Company
not described in the foregoing clause (i) which is expressly subordinated to
all Senior Debt on terms not materially less favorable to the holders of
Senior Debt than the terms of subordination of the Indebtedness described in
clause (i) of this definition.
"Subsidiary" and "Subsidiaries" shall mean any corporation or
corporations of which more than 50% of the outstanding shares of stock of each
class having ordinary voting power is at the time owned by the Company and/or
by one or more Subsidiaries.
"Subsidiary Guarantee" shall mean each Subsidiary Guarantee executed and
delivered by a Subsidiary of the Company to each of the Co-Administrative
Agents and the Banks pursuant to Section 3.1(a) or Section 4.10 of this
Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, as amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Subsidiary Guarantor" shall mean any Domestic Subsidiary of the Company
which (i) has executed a Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Section 3.1 of this
Agreement on the Effective Date or (ii) is required to execute a Subsidiary
Guarantee in accordance with Section 4.10 of this Agreement.
"Termination Date" shall mean the date all the Obligations then due and
payable have been paid in full and all the Commitments have terminated.
"Total Capitalization" means the aggregate amount at any time of the
Company's Consolidated Net Worth plus the Company's Consolidated Total
Indebtedness.
"Total Commitment" means the aggregate amount of the Total Revolver A
Commitment and the Total Revolver B Commitment.
"Total Revolver A Commitment" shall have the meaning assigned to such
terms in Section 1.1(a).
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"Total Revolver B Commitment" shall have the meaning assigned to such
terms in Section 1.1(b).
"Tranche" means the respective facility and Commitments utilized in
making Loans (and Bid Auction Advances) hereunder, with there being two
separate Tranches, i.e. Revolver A Loans and Revolver B Loans.
"Type" means, as to any Loan, its nature as a Domestic Loan or a
Eurodollar Loan.
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1. Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all out-of-pocket
expenses of each of the Co-Administrative Agents (including due diligence
costs and expenses and reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the
Co-Administrative Agents), the Administrator (including reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel to the Administrator) and the Banks (including reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel to the Banks) incurred in connection with: (i)
the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and
each of the other Credit Documents (including schedules and exhibits thereto),
and any amendments, waivers, consents, supplements or other modifications to
this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents as may from time to time
be hereafter required, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby are consummated; provided that the Company shall only be responsible
for the out-of-pocket expenses of each of the Co-Administrative Agents in the
case of this clause (i); and/or (ii) the collection of Obligations due
hereunder, under the Notes, the Letters of Credit or any of the other Credit
Documents; and/or (iii) the defense, protection, preservation, realization or
enforcement of any of the rights or remedies of any of the Co-Administrative
Agents, the Administrator or any of the Banks under any provisions of this
Agreement, any of the Notes or under any of the other Credit Documents; and/or
(iv) the syndication of the Loans; and/or (v) except to the extent such
action, suit or proceeding arose as a result of the gross negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct of such Co-Administrative Agent or the
Administrator or such Bank, any action, suit or proceeding in accordance with
this Section 10.1 (whether or not an Indemnified Party is a party or is
subject thereto); provided that no fees and expenses of counsel for the Banks
(other than the Co-Administrative Agents and the Administrator) shall be
payable by the Company unless incurred after an Event of Default has occurred.
Section 10.2. Prejudgment Remedy Waiver; Other Waivers. THE COMPANY
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FINANCING EVIDENCED HEREBY IS A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION
AND WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO NOTICE AND HEARING UNDER CHAPTER 903A OF THE
CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, OR AS OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY ANY STATE OR FEDERAL
LAW WITH RESPECT TO ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH ANY CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
THE ADMINISTRATOR OR ANY BANK MAY DESIRE TO USE, AND FURTHER WAIVES DILIGENCE,
DEMAND, PRESENTMENT FOR PAYMENT, NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT, PROTEST AND NOTICE OF
ANY RENEWALS OR EXTENSIONS. THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES AND RESERVES ITS RIGHT TO
NOTICE AND A HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT FOR PREJUDGMENT
REMEDY AS AFORESAID AND THE CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS, THE ADMINISTRATOR AND
THE BANKS ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMPANY'S RIGHT TO SAID HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE
ISSUANCE OF SAID WRIT.
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Section 10.3. Covenants to Survive; Binding Agreement. All covenants,
agreements, warranties, representations and statements of the Company made
herein, in the Notes, in any of the other Credit Documents or in any
certificates or other documents delivered by or on behalf of the Company
pursuant hereto shall be deemed to have been relied on by each of the
Co-Administrative Agents, the Issuer and each of the Banks notwithstanding any
investigation heretofore or hereafter made by it, and shall survive the
advances of money made by any Bank to the Company hereunder, the delivery of
the Notes, the Letters of Credit and each of the other Credit Documents and
all such covenants, agreements, warranties and representations shall be
binding upon the Company and inure to the benefit of the Bank(s) and their
respective successors and assigns, whether or not so expressed.
Section 10.4. Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement, the Notes,
the Letters of Credit or any of the other Credit Documents, nor any term,
covenant or condition hereof or thereof may be changed, waived, discharged,
modified or terminated except by a writing executed in compliance with Section
8.7. No failure on the part of any of the Co-Administrative Agents, the
Administrator, any Issuer, or any of the Banks to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, remedy or
power hereunder, under any Note, any Letter of Credit, or under any other
Credit Document shall preclude any other or future exercise thereof, or the
exercise of any other right, remedy or power. No waiver shall extend to or
affect any obligation not expressly waived.
Section 10.5. Transfer of Bank's Interest.
(a) To the extent set forth in this Section 10.5, the Company hereby
agrees that any of the Banks may sell, assign or otherwise transfer all
or any portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this
Agreement or any of the Notes (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and the Advances at any time owing to it and the Note or Notes
held by it) on the condition that in any such transfer: (i) the
transferee be bound to any confidentiality obligations the transferring
Bank owes to the Company; and (ii) the transferring Bank make the
transfer in compliance with this Section 10.5.
(b) Each Bank may, with (x) the consent of each of the
Co-Administrative Agents, and, so long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, the Company (which consent will not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (y) the consent of each Issuer,
assign to one or more banks or other financial institutions all or a
portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement or
any of the Notes (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the
Advances at the time owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it);
provided, however, that (i) the amount of the Commitment and Advances of
the assigning Bank subject to each such assignment (determined as of the
date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is
delivered to the Co-Administrative Agents) shall not be less than
$5,000,000 or, if less, the entire remaining Commitment or outstanding
Loans of the assigned Tranche at the time owing to such Bank, (ii) any
assignment by a Bank shall be of the same percentage for the (A) Revolver
A Commitment and/or outstanding Revolver A Loans and (B) Revolver B
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Commitment and/or outstanding Revolver B Loans of such Bank, and
(iii) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to
each Co-Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with
the Notes subject to such assignment and a processing and recordation fee
of $2,500 payable to the Administrator. Upon acceptance and recording
pursuant to clause (e) of this Section 10.5, from and after the effective
date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, which effective date
shall be at least five (5) Business Days after the execution thereof,
(A) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent
provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and
obligations of a Bank under this Agreement (which obligations shall in
any event include all obligations from which the assigning Bank is
released as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance) and (B) the
assigning Bank thereunder shall to the extent provided in such Assignment
and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the
remaining portion of an assigning Bank's rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Bank shall cease to be a party hereto but shall
continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 1.15, 1.16, 10.1 and
10.9). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Bank may assign, without the
consent of the Company, each Issuer or the Co-Administrative Agents, (x)
all of its rights and interests in respect of any Bid Auction Advance to
any person, without payment of the processing and recordation fee
referred to above in this clause (b), and (y) all or a portion of its
interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement, any of the Notes
(including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Advances at the
time owing to it and the Note or Notes held by it) or any Letters of
Credit to any affiliate of such Bank or to any other Bank; provided that
no such assignment to any affiliate of any Bank pursuant to the foregoing
clause (y) shall relieve such assigning Bank of its obligations hereunder
unless the Company shall have consented to such assignment (it being
understood that the Company's consent shall not be unreasonably withheld
or delayed).
(c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the
assigning Bank thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to
confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as
follows: (i) other than the representation and warranty by the assigning
Bank that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being
assigned thereby free and clear of any lien or security interest, neither
such assigning Bank, nor any Co-Administrative Agent, nor any Issuer, nor
the Administrator, nor any other Bank makes any representation or
warranty or assumes any responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this
Agreement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement, any of the Notes,
the Letters of Credit, any of the other Credit Documents or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) neither such
assigning Bank, nor any Co-Administrative Agent, nor any Issuer, nor the
Administrator, nor any other Bank makes any representation or warranty or
assumes any responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the performance or observance by
the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement, any of the
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Notes, any Letters of Credit, any other Credit Document or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee
confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with
copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 4.1 and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will independently and
without reliance upon any Co-Administrative Agent, any Issuer, such
assigning Bank, the Administrator or any other Bank and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under this Agreement and any Notes payable to it or under any other
Credit Document; (v) such assignee appoints each of the Co-Administrative
Agents as Co-Administrative Agent for it and appoints and authorizes the
Administrator to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise
such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Administrator by
the terms hereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto; and (vi) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance
with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement
are required to be performed by it as a Bank.
(d) The Administrator shall maintain at one of its offices in
Boston, Massachusetts a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered
to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of
the Banks, and the Commitment of, and the principal amount of the Loans
and Bid Auction Advances and Letters of Credit owing to, each Bank
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error and the Company, each of the Co-Administrative Agents, the
Administrator and each of the Banks may treat each person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof, as a Bank
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be
available for inspection by the Company and any Bank, at any reasonable
time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Upon the Administrator's receipt of a duly completed Assignment
and Acceptance executed by an assigning Bank and an assignee, and
accepted by the Company, each of the Issuers and each of the
Co-Administrative Agents, together with each Note subject to such
assignment and the processing and recording fee referred to in clause (b)
above, the Administrator shall record the information contained therein
in the Register. Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice,
the Company, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the
Administrator, in exchange for such surrendered Note, a new Note to the
order of such assignee in a principal amount equal to the applicable
Commitment and Loans assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and
Acceptance and, if the assigning Bank has retained a Commitment and
Loans, a new Note to the order of such assigning Bank in a principal
amount equal to the applicable Commitment and Loans retained by it. Such
new Notes shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such surrendered Note; such new Notes shall be dated
the date of the surrendered Note which it replaces. Canceled Notes shall
be returned to the Company.
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(f) Each Bank may (without the consent of the Company, any Issuer or
any Co-Administrative Agent) sell participations to one or more banks or
other financial institutions ("Participants") in all or any part of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Note or Notes held by
it (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Advances owing
to it); provided, however, that (i) such Bank's obligations under this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Bank shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such
obligations, (iii) Participants shall be entitled to the benefit of the
cost protection provisions contained in Section 1.16 and Section 1.17 but
shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment thereunder than the
Bank from which such Participant acquired its participation would be
entitled to receive with respect to the interest so sold if such interest
had not been sold and (iv) the Company, each of the Co-Administrative
Agents, each Issuer, the Administrator and the other Banks shall continue
to deal solely and directly with such Bank in connection with such Bank's
rights and obligations under this Agreement, and such Bank shall retain
the sole right to enforce the obligations of the Company relating to the
Loans, the Letters of Credit and Bid Auction Advances and to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement.
Except as provided herein, no Participant shall have any rights under
this Agreement (each Participant's rights against the Bank in respect of
such participation to be those set forth in the agreement executed by
such Bank in favor of such Participant) and all amounts payable by the
Company shall be determined as if such Bank had not sold such
participation. Except with respect to a reduction of interest rate,
increases in the principal amount of any Bank's Commitment, a reduction
of the amount of any Fees or the principal amount of any Advance without
payment in full thereof, an extension of scheduled dates for payment of
principal, interest, Fees or scheduled termination dates, or the
amendment or modification of any Subsidiary Guarantee (or release of any
Subsidiary from its obligations thereunder), the Bank making any
participation will not in any agreement with the Participant restrict
such participating Bank's ability to make any modification, amendment or
waiver to this Agreement.
(g) The Company shall not assign or delegate any of its rights or
duties hereunder, except pursuant to a merger of the Company with and
into a Domestic Subsidiary in compliance with Section 5.4.
(h) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any
Bank may at any time pledge all or any portion of its interest and rights
under this Agreement (including all or any portion of its Notes) to any
of the twelve (12) Federal Reserve Banks organized under ss.4 of the
Federal Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C. ss.341. No such pledge or the enforcement
thereof shall release the pledgor Bank from its obligations hereunder or
under any of the other Credit Documents.
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Section 10.6. Notices. Except as otherwise permitted herein, all notices,
requests, consents, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be mailed by first class mail or sent by overnight courier
or delivered in hand or sent by telegraph or facsimile transmission to the
respective parties to this Agreement as follows:
The Company: Kaman Corporation
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile No: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
The Co-Administrative The Bank of Nova Scotia
Agents: ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Director
Facsimile No: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Fleet National Bank
Multinational Banking Group
Fleet Bank - Mail Stop: MADE10010A
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▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Managing Director
Facsimile No: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
The Administrator: Fleet National Bank
Multinational Banking Group
Fleet Bank - Mail Stop: MADE10010A
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▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Managing Director
Facsimile No: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Each of the Banks As set forth below such Bank's or
and Issuers: Issuer's signature hereto.
Notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given when (a) if delivered by
hand or telecopied or otherwise telecommunicated, to a responsible officer of
the party to which it is directed, at the time of receipt thereof by such
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officer, (b) if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, three
days after the date when mailed, or (c) if sent by overnight mail or overnight
courier service, to such a responsible officer, when received by such officer.
With respect to notices given by the Company to the Administrator pursuant to
Section 1.3, 1.4, 1.6 or 1.10 hereof, such notices may be given by telephone
if they are confirmed by a writing received by the Administrator within one
(1) Business Day after the giving of such telephonic notice and in any event
prior to funding or conversion of the borrowing pursuant to Section 1.3, 1.4
or 1.6 or prepayment pursuant to Section 1.10.
Section 10.7. Headings; Severability: Entire Agreement. Section and
subsection headings have been inserted herein for convenience only and shall
not be construed as part of this Agreement. Every provision of this Agreement,
the Notes and the other Credit Documents is intended to be severable; if any
term or provision of this Agreement, the Notes, the other Credit Documents, or
any other document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or thereof
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. All Exhibits and
Schedules to this Agreement shall be annexed hereto and shall be deemed to be
part of this Agreement. This Agreement, the other Credit Documents and the
Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto embody the entire Agreement and
understanding between the Company, the Banks, the Administrator and the
Co-Administrative Agents and supersede all prior agreements and understandings
relating to the subject matter hereof.
Section 10.8. Governing Law. This Agreement and each other Credit
Document shall be construed and enforceable in accordance with, and governed
by, the laws of the State of Connecticut.
Section 10.9. Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendment hereof may
be executed in several counterparts and by each party on a separate
counterpart, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an
original, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. In
proving this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for
more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforcement is
sought.
Section 10.10. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS, THE
ADMINISTRATOR, THE ISSUER, THE BANKS, AND THE COMPANY HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR
IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES, OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT,
OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR
WRITTEN), OR ACTIONS OF ANY OF THE CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS, THE
ADMINISTRATOR, THE ISSUER, ANY OF THE BANKS OR THE COMPANY. THIS PROVISION IS
A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR EACH CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ADMINISTRATOR, THE
ISSUER AND EACH BANK TO BECOME A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 10.11. Consent to Jurisdiction. For the purposes of any action or
proceeding involving this Agreement or any of the Notes or any other Credit
Document, each of the parties hereto on the date hereof hereby expressly
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consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Federal or state court located
in Connecticut. Each party becoming a Bank hereunder after the date hereof
pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance shall, in such Assignment and
Acceptance, consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of any Federal or state
court located in Connecticut.
Section 10.12. Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective
among the parties hereto as of the Effective Date.
Section 10.13. Guarantee. The Company hereby absolutely, unconditionally
and irrevocably
(a) guarantees the full and punctual payment when due, whether at
stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration,
demand or otherwise, of all Obligations of any other Obligor, including
any Subsidiary for whose account a Letter of Credit is issued, whether
for principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise (including all such
amounts which would become due but for the operation of the automatic
stay under Section 362(a) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C.
ss.362(a), and the operation of Sections 502(b) and 506(b) of the United
States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. ss.502(b) and ss.506(b)), and
(b) indemnifies and holds harmless each Co-Administrative Agent,
Bank, Administrator, Issuer and each holder of a Note (herein, a "Bank
Party") for any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorney's fees and expenses) incurred by such Bank Party, in enforcing
any rights under the guarantee provided for in this Section 10.13 (the
"Guarantee").
This Guarantee constitutes a guaranty of payment when due and not of
collection, and the Company specifically agrees that it shall not be necessary
or required that any Bank Party exercise any right, assert any claim or demand
or enforce any remedy whatsoever against the Company or any other Obligor (or
any other Person) before or as a condition to the obligations of the Company
hereunder.
Section 10.13.1. Acceleration of Guarantee. The Company agrees that, in
the event of the dissolution or insolvency of the Company or any other Obligor
(including any Subsidiary for whose account a Letter of Credit has been
issued), or the inability or failure of the Company or such other Obligor to
pay debts as they become due, or an assignment by the Company or such other
Obligor for the benefit of creditors, or the commencement of any case or
proceeding in respect of the Company or such other Obligor under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws, and if such event shall occur at a
time when any of the Obligations of the Company may not then be due and
payable, the Company will pay to the Bank Parties forthwith the full amount
which would be payable hereunder by the Company if all such Obligations were
then due and payable.
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Section 10.13.2. Guarantee absolute, etc. This Guarantee shall in all
respects be a continuing, absolute, unconditional and irrevocable guaranty of
payment, and shall remain in full force and effect until all Obligations of
the Company have been paid in full, all obligations of each other Obligor
under each Credit Document shall have been paid in full and all Commitments
shall have terminated. The Company guarantees that the Obligations of each
other Obligor (including any Subsidiary for whose account a Letter of Credit
has been issued) will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the
Credit Agreement, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter
in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of any
Bank Party with respect thereto. The liability of the Company under this
Guarantee shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity, legality or enforceability of any
Subsidiary Guarantee, any Letter of Credit or any other Credit Document;
(b) the failure of any Bank Party
(i) to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or
remedy against any other Obligor or any other Person (including any
other guarantor) under the provisions of any Subsidiary Guarantee,
Letter of Credit or any other Credit Document or otherwise, or
(ii) to exercise any right or remedy against any other
guarantor of, or collateral securing, any Obligations of any other
Obligor;
(c) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any
other term of, all or any of the Obligations of any other Obligor, or any
other extension, compromise or renewal of any Obligation of any other
Obligor;
(d) any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination of the
Obligations of any other Obligor for any reason, including any claim of
waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be
subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination
whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality, nongenuineness,
irregularity, compromise, unenforceability of, or any other event or
occurrence affecting, the Obligations of any other Obligor or otherwise;
(e) any amendment to, rescission, waiver, or other modification of,
or any consent to departure from, any of the terms of any Subsidiary
Guarantee, Letter of Credit or any other Credit Document;
(f) any addition, exchange, release, surrender or non-perfection of
any collateral, or any amendment to or waiver or release or addition of,
or consent to departure from, any other guaranty (including any other
Subsidiary Guarantee), held by any Bank Party securing any of the
Obligations; or
(g) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, any other
Obligor, any surety or any guarantor.
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Section 10.13.3. Reinstatement, etc. The Company agrees that this
Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be,
if at any time any payment (in whole or in part) of any of the Obligations is
rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Bank Party, upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Obligor or otherwise, all as
though such payment had not been made.
Section 10.13.4. Waiver, etc. The Company hereby waives promptness,
diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to any of
the Obligations of any Obligor and this Guarantee and any requirement that
either of the Co-Administrative Agents or any other Bank Party protect,
secure, perfect or insure any security interest or Lien, or any property
subject thereto, or exhaust any right or take any action against any other
Obligor or any other Person (including any other guarantor) or entity or any
collateral securing the Obligations.
Section 10.13.5. Postponement of Subrogation, etc. The Company will not
exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of rights of subrogation under
this Guarantee, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, until the prior
payment, in full and in cash, of all Obligations of any Obligor (including any
Subsidiary for whose benefit a Letter of Credit was issued). Any amount paid
to the Company on account of any such subrogation rights prior to the payment
in full of all Obligations shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Bank
Parties and shall immediately be paid to the Administrator and credited and
applied against the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance
with the terms of the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that if
(a) the Company has made payment to the Bank Parties of all or any
part of the Obligations, and
(b) all Obligations have been paid in full and all Commitments have
been permanently terminated,
each Bank Party agrees that, at the Company's request, the Administrator, on
behalf of the Bank Parties, will execute and deliver to the Company
appropriate documents (without recourse and without representation or
warranty) necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to the Company of
an interest in the Obligations of each other Obligor resulting from such
payment by the Company. In furtherance of the foregoing, for so long as any
Obligations or Commitments remain outstanding, the Company shall refrain from
taking any action or commencing any proceeding against any other Obligor (or
its successors or assigns, whether in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding
or otherwise) to recover any amounts in the respect of payments made under
this Guarantee to any Bank Party.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the date
first written above.
KAMAN CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Page ▇▇
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as a Co-Administrative Agent
By:/s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
as a Co-Administrative Agent and
the Administrator
By:/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
BANK ONE N.A. (Main Office Chicago),
as Documentation Agent
By:/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Commercial Banking Officer
BANKS
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as a Bank and as an Issuer
By/s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
Domestic and LIBOR
Office: The Bank of Nova Scotia-
Atlanta Agency
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
Domestic and LIBOR
Office: Fleet National Bank
Multinational Banking Group
Fleet Bank - Mail Stop: MADE10010A
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Bank One N.A. (Main Office Chicago)
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Commercial Banking Officer
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Domestic and LIBOR
Office: Bank One N.A.
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CITIZENS BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
Domestic and LIBOR
Office: Citizens Bank of Massachusetts
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BANK
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
Title: Senior Vice President
Domestic and LIBOR
Office: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Bank
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
Domestic and LIBOR
Office: First Union National Bank
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
Title: Vice President
Domestic and LIBOR
Office: The Chase Manhattan Bank
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, V.P.
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MELLON BANK, N.A.
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
Domestic and LIBOR
Office: Mellon Bank, N.A.
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Facsimile No.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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EXHIBIT A
KAMAN CORPORATION
DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES
Following is a list of the Corporation's Domestic Subsidiaries. Second-tier
Subsidiaries are listed under the name of the parent Subsidiary.
KAMAN AEROSPACE GROUP, INC.
Kaman Aerospace Corporation
K-MAX Corporation
Kaman Aerospace International Corporation
Kaman X Corporation
Kamatics Corporation
KAMAN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
KAMAN MUSIC CORPORATION
KMI Europe, Inc.
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF REVOLVER A NOTE
$------------- November --, 2000
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned KAMAN CORPORATION, a Connecticut
corporation (the "Company"), hereby absolutely and unconditionally promises to
pay to the order of ------------ (the "Bank"), at the Administrator's Funding
Office:
(a) On the A Loan Maturity Date the principal amount of --------
DOLLARS ($-) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all
Revolver A Loans outstanding on the A Loan Maturity Date and made by the
Bank to the Company pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as
of November --, 2000 (together with all amendments and other
modifications, if any, from time to time thereafter made thereto, the
"Credit Agreement"), among Kaman Corporation, a Connecticut corporation
(the "Company"), the various financial institutions as are or may from
time to time become parties thereto (individually a "Bank" and
collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia ("Scotiabank") and
Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative agents (each a
"CoAdministrative Agent" collectively, the "CoAdministrative Agents"),
and Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"); and
(b) interest on the principal balance hereof from time to time
outstanding from the date hereof through and including the date on which
such principal amount is paid in full, at the times and at the rates
provided in the Credit Agreement.
This Note evidences borrowings under and has been issued by the
Company in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, and is one
of the Revolver A Notes referred to therein. The Bank and any other
holder hereof are entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement and
may enforce the agreements of the Company contained therein, and may
exercise the respective remedies provided for thereby or otherwise
available in respect thereof, all in accordance with the respective terms
thereof.
All capitalized terms which are used in this Note without definition and
which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings herein
as in the Credit Agreement.
The Bank shall, and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Company to,
endorse on the schedule attached to this Note or a continuation of such
schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof, an appropriate notation
evidencing advances and repayments of principal of this Note; provided, that
failure by the Bank to make any such notations shall not affect any of the
Company's obligations in respect of this Note.
The Company has the right in certain circumstances and the obligation in
certain other circumstances to prepay the whole or part of the principal of
this Note on the terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement.
If any one or more of the Events of Default shall occur and be
continuing, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note and all of the
unpaid interest accrued thereon may become or be declared due and payable in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement.
THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FINANCING EVIDENCED BY THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT AND THIS NOTE IS A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION AND WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO
NOTICE AND HEARING UNDER CHAPTER 903A OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, OR
AS OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO ANY
PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH ANY CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ADMINISTRATOR OR ANY
BANK MAY DESIRE TO USE, AND FURTHER WAIVES DILIGENCE, DEMAND, PRESENTMENT FOR
PAYMENT, NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT, PROTEST AND NOTICE OF ANY RENEWALS OR
EXTENSIONS. THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES AND RESERVES ITS RIGHT TO NOTICE AND A
HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT FOR PREJUDGMENT REMEDY AS
AFORESAID AND THE CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS, THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE BANKS
ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMPANY'S RIGHT TO SAID HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF
SAID WRIT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Credit Agreement, the
Company and every endorser and guarantor of this Note or the obligations
represented hereby (including each of the Subsidiaries parties to any of the
Subsidiary Guarantees) waive presentment, demand, notice, protest and all
other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance,
performance, default or enforcement of this Note, assent to any extension or
postponement of the time of payment of any amounts payable hereunder or under
the Credit Agreement and any other indulgence in respect hereof or thereof.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Connecticut.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, KAMAN CORPORATION has caused this REVOLVER A NOTE to
be signed in its corporate name and its corporate seal to be impressed hereon
by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.
KAMAN CORPORATION
(Corporate Seal]
By:----------------------
Name:
Title:
Attest:
Amount
of
Principal
Interest Balance
Rate Amount of
(Domestic Interest of Paid or Principal Notation
Date Eurodollar) Period Advance Prepaid Unpaid Made By
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF REVOLVER B NOTE
$------------- November , 2000
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned KAMAN CORPORATION, a Connecticut
corporation (the "Company"), hereby absolutely and unconditionally promises to
pay to the order of ------------- (the "Bank"), at the Administrator's Funding
Office:
(a) On the B Loan Maturity Date the principal amount of ------------
DOLLARS ($--) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all
Revolver B Loans outstanding on the B Loan Maturity Date and made by the
Bank to the Company pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as
of November --, 2000 (together with all amendments and other
modifications, if any, from time to time thereafter made thereto, the
"Credit Agreement"), among Kaman Corporation, a Connecticut corporation
(the "Company"), the various financial institutions as are or may from
time to time become parties thereto (individually a "Bank" and
collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia ("Scotiabank") and
Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative agents (each a
"CoAdministrative Agent" collectively, the "CoAdministrative Agents"),
and Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"); and
(b) interest on the principal balance hereof from time to time
outstanding from the date hereof through and including the date on which
such principal amount is paid in full, at the times and at the rates
provided in the Credit Agreement.
This Note evidences borrowings under and has been issued by the Company
in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, and is one of the
Revolver B Notes referred to therein. The Bank and any other holder hereof are
entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement and may enforce the
agreements of the Company contained therein, and may exercise the respective
remedies provided for thereby or otherwise available in respect thereof, all
in accordance with the respective terms thereof.
All capitalized terms which are used in this Note without definition and
which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings herein
as in the Credit Agreement.
The Bank shall, and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Company to,
endorse on the schedule attached to this Note or a continuation of such
schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof, an appropriate notation
evidencing advances and repayments of principal of this Note; provided, that
failure by the Bank to make any such notations shall not affect any of the
Company's obligations in respect of this Note.
The Company has the right in certain circumstances and the obligation in
certain other circumstances to prepay the whole or part of the principal of
this Note on the terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement.
If any one or more of the Events of Default shall occur and be
continuing, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note and all of the
unpaid interest accrued thereon may become or be declared due and payable in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement.
THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FINANCING EVIDENCED BY THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT AND THIS NOTE IS A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION AND WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO
NOTICE AND HEARING UNDER CHAPTER 903A OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, OR
AS OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO ANY
PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH ANY CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ADMINISTRATOR OR ANY
BANK MAY DESIRE TO USE, AND FURTHER WAIVES DILIGENCE, DEMAND, PRESENTMENT FOR
PAYMENT, NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT, PROTEST AND NOTICE OF ANY RENEWALS OR
EXTENSIONS. THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES AND RESERVES ITS RIGHT TO NOTICE AND A
HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT FOR PREJUDGMENT REMEDY AS
AFORESAID AND THE CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS, THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE BANKS
ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMPANY'S RIGHT TO SAID HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF
SAID WRIT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Credit Agreement, the
Company and every endorser and guarantor of this Note or the obligations
represented hereby (including each of the Subsidiaries parties to any of the
Subsidiary Guarantees) waive presentment, demand, notice, protest and all
other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance,
performance, default or enforcement of this Note, assent to any extension or
postponement of the time of payment of any amounts payable hereunder or under
the Credit Agreement and any other indulgence in respect hereof or thereof.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Connecticut.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, KAMAN CORPORATION has caused this REVOLVER B NOTE to
be signed in its corporate name and its corporate seal to be impressed hereon
by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.
KAMAN CORPORATION
(Corporate Seal]
By:------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Attest:-----------------
Amount
of
Principal
Interest Balance
Rate Amount of
(Domestic Interest of Paid or Principal Notation
Date Eurodollar) Period Advance Prepaid Unpaid Made By
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EXHIBIT B-1
FORM OF BID AUCTION A NOTE
$------- ------------ ----, 200-
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned KAMAN CORPORATION, a Connecticut
corporation (the "Company"), hereby absolutely and unconditionally promises to
pay to the order of ---------(the "Bank"), at the Administrator's Funding
Office:
(a) On the last day of each Interest Period for any Bid Auction A
Advance made by the Bank to the Company pursuant to the Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of November --, 2000, together with all amendments
and other modifications, if any, from time to time thereafter made
thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman Corporation, a Connecticut
corporation (the "Company"), the various financial institutions as are or
may from time to time become parties thereto (individually a "Bank" and
collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia("Scotiabank") and
Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative agents (each a
"CoAdministrative Agent" collectively, the "CoAdministrative Agents"),
and Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"), and on the A Loan Maturity Date, the principal amount of
---------------- MILLION DOLLARS ($----------) or, if less, the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of such Bid Auction A Advance outstanding on such
date; and
(b) interest on the principal amount of each Bid Auction A Advance
from time to time outstanding from the date such Bid Auction A Advance is
made through and including the date on which such principal amount is
paid in full, at the times and at the rates provided in the Credit
Agreement.
This Note evidences borrowings under and has been issued by the Company
in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, and is one of the Bid
Auction A Notes referred to therein. The Bank and any other holder hereof are
entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement and may enforce the
agreements of the Company contained therein, and may exercise the respective
remedies provided for thereby or otherwise available in respect thereof, all
in accordance with the respective terms thereof.
All capitalized terms which are used in this Note without definition and
which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings herein
as in the Credit Agreement.
The Bank shall, and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Company to,
endorse on the schedule attached to this Note or a continuation of such
schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof, an appropriate notation
evidencing advances and repayments of principal of this Note; provided, that
failure by the Bank to make any such notations shall not affect any of the
Company's obligations in respect of this Note.
The Company has the right in certain circumstances and the obligation in
certain other circumstances to prepay the whole or part of the principal of
this Note on the terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement.
If any one or more of the Events of Default shall occur and be
continuing, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note and all of the
unpaid interest accrued thereon may become or be declared due and payable in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement.
THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FINANCING EVIDENCED BY THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT AND THIS NOTE IS A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION AND WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO
NOTICE AND HEARING UNDER CHAPTER 903A OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, OR
AS OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO ANY
PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH ANY CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ADMINISTRATOR OR ANY
BANK MAY DESIRE TO USE, AND FURTHER WAIVES DILIGENCE, DEMAND, PRESENTMENT FOR
PAYMENT, NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT, PROTEST AND NOTICE OF ANY RENEWALS OR
EXTENSIONS. THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES AND RESERVES ITS RIGHT TO NOTICE AND A
HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT FOR PREJUDGMENT REMEDY AS
AFORESAID AND THE CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS, THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE BANKS
ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMPANY'S RIGHT TO SAID HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF
SAID WRIT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Credit Agreement, the
Company and every endorser and guarantor of this Note or the obligations
represented hereby (including each of the Subsidiaries parties to any of the
Subsidiary Guarantees) waive presentment, demand, notice, protest and all
other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance,
performance, default or enforcement of this Note, assent to any extension or
postponement of the time of payment of any amounts payable hereunder or under
the Credit Agreement and any other indulgence in respect hereof or thereof.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Connecticut.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, KAMAN CORPORATION has caused this BID AUCTION A NOTE
to be signed in its corporate name and its corporate seal to be impressed
hereon by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above
written.
KAMAN CORPORATION
(Corporate Seal]
By:-------------------------
Name:
Title:
Attest:-------------------------
Amount
of
Principal
Interest Balance
Rate Amount of
(Domestic Interest of Paid or Principal Notation
Date Eurodollar) Period Advance Prepaid Unpaid Made By
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EXHIBIT B-2
FORM OF BID AUCTION B NOTE
$-------------- ----------- --, 200-
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned KAMAN CORPORATION, a Connecticut
corporation (the "Company"), hereby absolutely and unconditionally promises to
pay to the order of ----------(the "Bank"), at the Administrator's Funding
Office:
(a) On the last day of each Interest Period for any Bid Auction B
Advance made by the Bank to the Company pursuant to the Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of November --, 2000 (together with all amendments
and other modifications, if any, from time to time thereafter made
thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman Corporation, a Connecticut
corporation (the "Company"), the various financial institutions as are or
may from time to time become parties thereto (individually a "Bank" and
collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia ("Scotiabank") and
Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative agents (each a
"CoAdministrative Agent" collectively, the "CoAdministrative Agents"),
and Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"), and on the B Loan Maturity Date, the principal amount of
-------- MILLION DOLLARS ($-----------) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of such Bid Auction B Advance outstanding on such date;
and
(b) interest on the principal amount of each Bid Auction B Advance
from time to time outstanding from the date such Bid Auction B Advance is
made through and including the date on which such principal amount is
paid in full, at the times and at the rates provided in the Credit
Agreement.
This Note evidences borrowings under and has been issued by the Company
in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, and is one of the Bid
Auction B Notes referred to therein. The Bank and any other holder hereof are
entitled to the benefits of the Credit Agreement and may enforce the
agreements of the Company contained therein, and may exercise the respective
remedies provided for thereby or otherwise available in respect thereof, all
in accordance with the respective terms thereof.
All capitalized terms which are used in this Note without definition and
which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings herein
as in the Credit Agreement.
The Bank shall, and is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Company to,
endorse on the schedule attached to this Note or a continuation of such
schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof, an appropriate notation
evidencing advances and repayments of principal of this Note; provided, that
failure by the Bank to make any such notations shall not affect any of the
Company's obligations in respect of this Note.
The Company has the right in certain circumstances and the obligation in
certain other circumstances to prepay the whole or part of the principal of
this Note on the terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement.
If any one or more of the Events of Default shall occur and be
continuing, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note and all of the
unpaid interest accrued thereon may become or be declared due and payable in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement.
THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FINANCING EVIDENCED BY THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT AND THIS NOTE IS A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION AND WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO
NOTICE AND HEARING UNDER CHAPTER 903A OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, OR
AS OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO ANY
PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH ANY CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ADMINISTRATOR OR ANY
BANK MAY DESIRE TO USE, AND FURTHER WAIVES DILIGENCE, DEMAND, PRESENTMENT FOR
PAYMENT, NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT, PROTEST AND NOTICE OF ANY RENEWALS OR
EXTENSIONS. THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES AND RESERVES ITS RIGHT TO NOTICE AND A
HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT FOR PREJUDGMENT REMEDY AS
AFORESAID AND THE CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS, THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE BANKS
ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMPANY'S RIGHT TO SAID HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF
SAID WRIT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Credit Agreement, the
Company and every endorser and guarantor of this Note or the obligations
represented hereby (including each of the Subsidiaries parties to any of the
Subsidiary Guarantees) waive presentment, demand, notice, protest and all
other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance,
performance, default or enforcement of this Note, assent to any extension or
postponement of the time of payment of any amounts payable hereunder or under
the Credit Agreement and any other indulgence in respect hereof or thereof.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Connecticut.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, KAMAN CORPORATION has caused this BID AUCTION B NOTE
to be signed in its corporate name and its corporate seal to be impressed
hereon by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above
written.
KAMAN CORPORATION
(Corporate Seal]
By:-------------------------
Name:
Title:
Attest:-------------------------
Amount
of
Principal
Interest Balance
Rate Amount of
(Domestic Interest of Paid or Principal Notation
Date Eurodollar) Period Advance Prepaid Unpaid Made By
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF LOAN ELECTION NOTICE
Fleet National Bank,
as Administrator
Multinational Banking Group
Fleet Bank - Mail Stop: MADE10010A
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▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Managing Director
Kaman Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Loan Election Notice is delivered to you pursuant to clause (a) of
Section 1.3 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November --, 2000
(together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to
time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "Co-Administrative Agent" collectively, the "CoAdministrative
Agents"), Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"), and Fleet as the Administrator (the "Administrator"). Unless
otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used herein
have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
The Company hereby requests that a [Revolver A or Revolver B] Loan be
made in the aggregate principal amount of $-------- on -------- -----, 200- as
[a Domestic Loan] [a Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of [1] [3] [6]
month[s]].
The Company hereby certifies and warrants that, pursuant to Section 3.2
of the Credit Agreement, each of the delivery of this Loan Election Notice and
the acceptance by the Company of the proceeds of the Loans requested hereby,
constitute a representation and warranty that, on the date the Loans requested
hereby are made, and both before and after giving effect thereto and to the
application of the proceeds therefrom, all statements set forth in clauses (c)
and (d) of Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all
material respects. The Company further certifies and warrants that *[(i) on
---------------
*Insert (i) or (ii), as applicable, and re-number as required.
The date the Revolver A Loans proposed hereby are made, the aggregate amount
of the proposed Revolver A Loans and all other Revolver A Loans, Letter of
Credit A Outstandings and Bid Auction A Advances outstanding after giving
effect to such Revolver A Loans (and any prepayments required pursuant to
Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement) will not exceed the Total Revolver A
Commitment, as in effect on such date;] and/or [(ii) on the date the Revolver
B Loans proposed hereby are made, (i) the aggregate amount of the proposed
Revolver B Loans and all other Revolver B Loans, Letter of Credit B
Outstandings and Bid Auction B Advances outstanding after giving effect to
such Revolver B Loans (and any prepayments required pursuant to Section 1.10
of the Credit Agreement) will not exceed the Total Revolver B Commitment, as
in effect on such date;] and (iii) the aggregate amount of the proposed Loans
and all other Loans, Letter of Credit Outstandings and Advances outstanding
after giving effect to such Loans (and any prepayments required pursuant to
Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement) will not exceed the Total Commitment, as
in effect on such date.
The Company agrees that if prior to the time of the funding of the Loans
requested hereby any matter certified to herein by it will not be true and
correct at such time as if then made, it will immediately so notify the
Administrator. Except to the extent, if any, that prior to the time of the
funding of the Loans requested hereby the Administrator shall receive written
notice to the contrary from the Company, each matter certified to herein shall
be deemed once again to be certified as true and correct at the date of the
funding of such Loans as if then made.
The Company hereby confirms that the requested Loans are to be made
available to it in accordance with Section 1.3 of the Credit Agreement.
The Company has caused this Loan Election Notice to be executed and
delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein to be made,
by its duly authorized officer this ------------------ day of --------, 200-.
KAMAN CORPORATION
By:-------------------------
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF BID AUCTION ELECTION NOTICE
Fleet National Bank,
as Administrator
Multinational Banking Group
Fleet Bank - Mail Stop: MADE10010A
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▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Managing Director
Kaman Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Bid Auction Election Notice is delivered to you pursuant to clause
(b) of Section 1.4 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November --,
2000 (together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time
to time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "CoAdministrative Agent" collectively, the "CoAdministrative
Agents"), Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent") and Fleet as Administrator (the "Administrator"). Unless otherwise
defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used herein have the
meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
The Company hereby proposes that a Bid Auction Borrowing be made on the
following terms:
A. 1. Date of Bid Auction
Borrowing: *------------ --, 20--
1. Tranche of Bid Auction
Borrowing: [A or B]
3. Aggregate Amount of Bid
Auction Borrowing: $--------------------
4. Bid Auction Advance Maturity
Date(s) for repayment of such ------------ --, 20--
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* Must be at least one (1) business day after the delivery of this Bid
Auction Election Notice
Bid Auction Advance(s):
5. The Interest Period(s) for such
Bid Auction Advance(s) **----------- --, 20--
6. Bid Auction Advance Interest
Payment Date(s): ***---------- --, 20--
**** [B. 1. Date of Bid Auction
Borrowing: ----------- --, 20--
2. Tranche of Bid Auction
Borrowing: [A or B]
3. Aggregate Amount of Bid
Auction Borrowing: $--------------------
4. Bid Auction Advance Maturity
Date(s) for repayment of such
Bid Auction Advance(s): ------------ --, 20--
5. The Interest Period(s) for such
Bid Auction Advance(s): --------------------
6. Bid Auction Advance Interest
Payment Date(s): ------------ --, 20--
C. 1. Date of Bid Auction
Borrowing: ------------ --, 20--
2. Tranche of Bid Auction
Borrowing: [A or B]
3. Aggregate Amount of Bid
Auction Borrowing: $-------------------
4. Bid Auction Advance Maturity
Date(s) for repayment of such
Bid Auction Advance(s): ------------ --, 20--
5. The Interest Period(s) for such
Bid Auction Advance(s): --------------------
6. Bid Auction Advance Interest
Payment Date(s): ------------ --, 20--]
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** Must be for such duration of 7 to 180 days.
*** Insert the Bid Auction Advance Maturity Date, and if the Bid Auction
Advance Maturity Date occurs more than three months after the date of the
proposed Bid Auction Advance, the date occurring on each three (and
integral of three) month anniversary of the making of the Advance after
the date of such bid Auction Advance.
**** Insert if more than one Bid Auction Advance is requested.
The Company hereby certifies and warrants that, pursuant to Section 3.2
of the Credit Agreement, the delivery of this Bid Auction Election Notice
constitutes a representation and warranty that, on the date the Bid Auction
Advances requested hereby are made, and both before and after giving effect
thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, all statements set
forth in clauses (c) and (d) of Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement are true
and correct in all material respects. The Company further certifies and
warrants that ******[(i) on the date the Bid Auction A Advances proposed
hereby are made, the aggregate amount of the proposed Bid Auction A Borrowing
and all other Revolver A Loans, Letter of Credit A Outstandings and Bid
Auction A Advances outstanding after giving effect to such Bid Auction A
Advances (and any prepayments required pursuant to Section 1.10 of the Credit
Agreement) will not exceed the Total Revolver A Commitment, as in effect on
such date] and/or [(ii) on the date the Bid Auction B Advances proposed hereby
are made, the aggregate amount of the proposed Bid Auction B Borrowing and all
other Revolver B Loans, Letter of Credit B Outstandings and Bid Auction B
Advances outstanding after giving effect to such Bid Auction B Advances (and
any prepayments required pursuant to Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement)
will not exceed the Total Revolver B Commitment, as in effect on such date;]
and (iii) the aggregate amount of the proposed Bid Auction Borrowing and all
other Loans, Letter of Credit Outstandings and Advances outstanding after
giving effect to such Bid Auction Advances (and any prepayments required
pursuant to Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement) will not exceed the Total
Commitment, as in effect on such date.
The Company agrees that if prior to the time of the Bid Auction Borrowing
requested hereby any matter certified to herein by it will not be true and
correct at such time as if then made, it will immediately so notify the
Administrator. Except to the extent, if any, that prior to the time of the Bid
Auction Borrowing proposed hereby, the Administrator shall receive written
notice to the contrary from the Company, each matter certified to herein shall
be deemed once again to be certified as true and correct at the date of such
Advance as if then made.
The Company has caused this Bid Auction Election Notice to be executed
and delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein to be
made, by its duly Authorized Officer this --- day of --------, 200-.
KAMAN CORPORATION
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
---------------
******Insert (i) or (ii), as applicable, and re-number as required.
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF BID AUCTION OFFER
----------- ---, 200-
Kaman Corporation
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Bid Auction Offer is delivered to you pursuant to clause (c) of
Section 1.4 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November --, 2000
(together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to
time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "CoAdministrative Agent" collectively, the "Co-Administrative
Agents"), and Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"). Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires,
terms used herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned Bank hereby makes a Bid Auction Offer in response to the
Bid Auction Election Notice made by the Company on -------, --, 2000 and in
that connection, sets forth the terms on which such Bid Auction offer is made:
*1. Date of Bid Auction Borrowing: ----------- ---, 200-
2. Tranche of Bid Auction Advance [A or B]
3. Minimum principal amount of Bid
Auction Advance the undersigned
is willing to make as part of such
proposed Bid Auction Borrowing: $-----------------
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* Information to be repeated if multiple Bid Auction Advances have been
requested to be made in respect of a single Bid Auction Election Notice.
4. Maximum principal amount of Bid
Auction Advance the undersigned
is willing to make as part of such
proposed Bid Auction Borrowing: $-----------------
5. Bid Auction Advance Maturity Date
for repayment of such Bid Auction
Advance will be ----------- ---, 200-
6. Bid Auction Advance Interest
Payment Date(s) will be ----------- ---, 200-
[---------- ---, 200-]
7. Rate of interest: ----------% per annum
[NAME OF BANK]
By:--------------------------
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF BID AUCTION ACCEPTANCE
[NAME AND ADDRESS OF BANK]
Attention:----------------
Kaman Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Bid Auction Acceptance is delivered to you pursuant to clause (d) of
Section 1.4 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November --, 2000
(together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to
time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "Co-Administrative Agent" collectively, the "Co-Administrative
Agents"), and Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"). Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires,
terms used herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
*The Company hereby accepts the Bid Auction offer, dated --------- --,
200-, made by [NAME OF BANK] on the following terms:
**1. Date of Bid Auction Advance ------------ --, 200-
2. Tranche of Bid Auction Advance [A or B]
3. Principal amount of Bid Auction
Advance $--------------------
4. Bid Auction Advance Maturity
Date: ------------ --, 200-
5. Rate of interest: ------% per annum
6. Bid Auction Advance Interest
Payment Date(s): ----------- --, 200-
[---------- --, 200-]
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* Repeat this paragraph (and information contained therein) for each Bank
whose Bid Auction offer is accepted by the Company or for multiple Bid
Auction Advances.
** Terms must conform to the Bid Auction Election Notice referred to in the
Bid Auction offer relating to such Bid Auction Borrowing.
The undersigned hereby confirms that it accepts such Bid Auction offer in
accordance with clause (d)(ii) of Section 1.4 of the Credit Agreement. The
Company hereby certifies and warrants that, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the
Credit Agreement, this acceptance by the Company of the proceeds of the Bid
Auction Advances constitutes a representation and warranty that, on the date
the Bid Auction Advances requested by the Bid Auction Election Request are
made, and both before and after giving effect thereto and to the application
of the proceeds therefrom, all statements set forth in clauses (c) and (d) of
Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects. The Company further certifies and warrants that ***[(i) on the date
the Bid Auction A Advances accepted hereby are made, the aggregate amount of
the proposed Bid Auction A Advances and all other Revolver A Loans, Letter of
Credit A Outstandings and Bid Auction A Advances outstanding after giving
effect to such Bid Auction Advances (and any prepayments required pursuant to
Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement) will not exceed the Total Revolver A
Commitment, as in effect on such date;] and/or [(ii) on the date the Bid
Auction B Advances accepted hereby are made, the aggregate amount of the
proposed Bid Auction B Advances and all other Revolver B Loans, Letter of
Credit B Outstandings and Bid Auction B Advances outstanding after giving
effect to such Bid Auction Advances (and any prepayments required pursuant to
Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement) will not exceed the Total Revolver B
Commitment, as in effect on such date;] and (iii) the aggregate amount of the
proposed Bid Auction Advances and all other Loans, Letter of Credit
Outstandings and Advances outstanding after giving effect to such Bid Auction
Advances (and any prepayments required pursuant to Section 1.10 of the Credit
Agreement) will not exceed the Total Commitment, as in effect on such date.
The Company has caused this Bid Auction Acceptance to be executed and
delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein to be made,
by its duly Authorized Officer this --- day of --------, 200-.
KAMAN CORPORATION
By:---------------------------
Name:
Title:
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*** Insert (i) or (ii), as applicable, and re-number as required
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF BID AUCTION OFFER
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Kaman Corporation
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Executive Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Bid Auction Offer is delivered to you pursuant to clause (c) of
Section 1.4 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November --, 2000
(together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to
time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "CoAdministrative Agent" collectively, the "Co-Administrative
Agents"), and Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"). Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires,
terms used herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned Bank hereby makes a Bid Auction Offer in response to the
Bid Auction Election Notice made by the Company on -------, --, 2000 and in
that connection, sets forth the terms on which such Bid Auction offer is made:
*1. Date of Bid Auction Borrowing: ----------- ---, 200-
2. Tranche of Bid Auction Advance [A or B]
3. Minimum principal amount of Bid
Auction Advance the undersigned
is willing to make as part of such
proposed Bid Auction Borrowing: $-----------------
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* Information to be repeated if multiple Bid Auction Advances have been
requested to be made in respect of a single Bid Auction Election Notice.
4. Maximum principal amount of Bid
Auction Advance the undersigned
is willing to make as part of such
proposed Bid Auction Borrowing: $-----------------
5. Bid Auction Advance Maturity Date
for repayment of such Bid Auction
Advance will be ----------- ---, 200-
6. Bid Auction Advance Interest
Payment Date(s) will be ----------- ---, 200-
[----------- ---, 200-]
7. Rate of interest: ----------% per annum
[NAME OF BANK]
By:--------------------------
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF BID AUCTION ACCEPTANCE
[NAME AND ADDRESS OF BANK]
Attention:----------------
Kaman Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Bid Auction Acceptance is delivered to you pursuant to clause (d) of
Section 1.4 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November --, 2000
(together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to
time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "Co-Administrative Agent" collectively, the "Co-Administrative
Agents"), and Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"). Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires,
terms used herein have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
*The Company hereby accepts the Bid Auction offer, dated --------- --,
200-, made by [NAME OF BANK] on the following terms:
**1. Date of Bid Auction Advance ------------ --, 200-
2. Tranche of Bid Auction Advance [A or B]
3. Principal amount of Bid Auction
Advance $--------------------
4. Bid Auction Advance Maturity
Date: ------------ --, 200-
5. Rate of interest: ------% per annum
6. Bid Auction Advance Interest
Payment Date(s): ----------- --, 200-
[---------- --, 200-]
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* Repeat this paragraph (and information contained therein) for each Bank
whose Bid Auction offer is accepted by the Company or for multiple Bid
Auction Advances.
** Terms must conform to the Bid Auction Election Notice referred to in the
Bid Auction offer relating to such Bid Auction Borrowing.
The undersigned hereby confirms that it accepts such Bid Auction offer in
accordance with clause (d)(ii) of Section 1.4 of the Credit Agreement. The
Company hereby certifies and warrants that, pursuant to Section 3.2 of the
Credit Agreement, this acceptance by the Company of the proceeds of the Bid
Auction Advances constitutes a representation and warranty that, on the date
the Bid Auction Advances requested by the Bid Auction Election Request are
made, and both before and after giving effect thereto and to the application
of the proceeds therefrom, all statements set forth in clauses (c) and (d) of
Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects. The Company further certifies and warrants that ***[(i) on the date
the Bid Auction A Advances accepted hereby are made, the aggregate amount of
the proposed Bid Auction A Advances and all other Revolver A Loans, Letter of
Credit A Outstandings and Bid Auction A Advances outstanding after giving
effect to such Bid Auction Advances (and any prepayments required pursuant to
Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement) will not exceed the Total Revolver A
Commitment, as in effect on such date;] and/or [(ii) on the date the Bid
Auction B Advances accepted hereby are made, the aggregate amount of the
proposed Bid Auction B Advances and all other Revolver B Loans, Letter of
Credit B Outstandings and Bid Auction B Advances outstanding after giving
effect to such Bid Auction Advances (and any prepayments required pursuant to
Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement) will not exceed the Total Revolver B
Commitment, as in effect on such date;] and (iii) the aggregate amount of the
proposed Bid Auction Advances and all other Loans, Letter of Credit
Outstandings and Advances outstanding after giving effect to such Bid Auction
Advances (and any prepayments required pursuant to Section 1.10 of the Credit
Agreement) will not exceed the Total Commitment, as in effect on such date.
The Company has caused this Bid Auction Acceptance to be executed and
delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein to be made,
by its duly Authorized Officer this --- day of --------, 200-.
KAMAN CORPORATION
By:---------------------------
Name:
Title:
---------------
*** Insert (i) or (ii), as applicable, and re-number as required
EXHIBIT G
KAMAN CORPORATION
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, , hereby certifies that s/he is the duly elected,
qualified and acting of Kaman Corporation (the "Company"), a Connecticut
corporation, and as such officer, s/he is familiar with the terms, covenants
and conditions of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November --,
2000 (together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time
to time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among the Company,
the various financial institutions as are or may from time to time become
parties thereto (individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank
of Nova Scotia ("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the
co-administrative agents (each a "CoAdministrative Agent" collectively, the
"CoAdministrative Agents"), and Bank One Corporation as documentation agent
(the "Documentation Agent"). All terms not specifically defined herein shall
have the definitions ascribed in the Credit Agreement.
This is to certify that, as of the date hereof (i) the company has
complied, and shall be in compliance, with all terms, covenants and conditions
of the Credit Agreement as required thereby; (ii) there exists no Default or
Event of Default; and (iii) the representations and warranties set forth in
Article II of the Credit Agreement are true and correct with the same effect
as though such representations had been made as of the date of this
Certificate.
The computations which produced the figures contained in this Compliance
Certificate are set forth on Annex A hereto.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company certifies
specifically as follows as of [insert last day of most recently ended fiscal
quarter]:
SECTION OF
CREDIT AGREEMENT (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
Requirement or Actual
Ceiling
5.1(e) Liens not to secure $25,000,000 $----------
Indebtedness in
excess of
$25,000,000
5.6(b)(i) Sale of Assets $---------- $----------
pursuant to (figure represents
Section 5.6(b) for this fiscal 15% of Company's
year through the Consolidated Tangible
date of this Assets as calculated
certificate pursuant to Section
5.6)
5.6(b)(ii) Sale of Assets $---------- $----------
pursuant to (figure represents
Section 5.6(b) through 45% of Company's
the date of this Consolidated Tangible
certificate since Assets as calculated
Effective Date pursuant to Section
5.6)
6.1 Fixed Charge 3.00:1.0 for the four --:1.0
Coverage Ratio (4) most recently
completed fiscal
quarters of the
Company
6.2 Consolidated Total
Indebtedness as a
percentage of Total
Capitalization 55% --%
KAMAN CORPORATION
Dated: [date of delivery
of Certificate]
By:-----------------------
Name:
Title:
Annex A
A. 5.6: Sale of Assets
(i) Applicable Percentage:
(a) The aggregate book value of all tangible assets
sold (as determined at the time of such sale)
divided by the Consolidated Tangible Assets as of
the most recently completed fiscal quarter at the
time of such asset sale: $---------
(ii) Aggregate Percentage:
The sum of all Applicable Percentages:
(a) For the current fiscal year- not to exceed 15%,
and therefore the Company [was] (was not] in
compliance with Section 5.6: ---------%
(b) Since the Effective Date - not to exceed 45%, and
therefore the Company [was] [was not] in
compliance with Section 5.6: ---------%
(iii) Designated Percentage:
Either of:
(a) 15%, for any fiscal year; or
(b) not to exceed a cumulative aggregate percentage
of 45% since the Effective
Date:
[15%]
[45%]
(iv) Reduction Amount:
An amount equal to:
(a) if Item (iii)(a) above applies, the book value of all
asset sales during the current fiscal year less 15%
of the Consolidated Tangible Assets as of the most
recently completed fiscal quarter less any Total
Revolver A Commitment reduction and Total
Revolver B Commitment reduction during such
current fiscal year; or $---------
(b) if Item (iii)(b) above applies, the book value
of all asset sales during the current fiscal
year less any $---------
Total Revolver A Commitment reduction and
Total Revolver B Commitment reduction during
such current fiscal year:
B. Consolidated Net Worth
(i) consolidated shareholders, equity: $---------
(ii) Qualifying Preferred Stock: $---------
(iii) Consolidated Net Worth (Item (i) plus
Item (ii)): $---------
C. 6.1: Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
(i) EBITDA for the four (4) most recently completed fiscal
quarters of Company: $---------
(ii) aggregate consolidated interest expense on borrowed
money (including the Obligations) (net of cash income
from Investments) for the four (4) most recently
completed fiscal quarters of the Company: $---------
(iii) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (ratio of Item (i) to Item
(ii)):* --:1.0
D. 6.2: Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Total Capitalization
(i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness: $---------
(ii) Consolidated Net Worth (see Item (iii) from Section B
above): $---------
(iii) Total Capitalization (Item (i) plus Item (ii)): $---------
(iv) Item (i) divided by Item (iii):** --%
---------------
* Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement requires the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio to be greater than or equal to 3.00:1.0.
** Section 6.2 of the Credit Agreement requires the Company's Consolidated
Total Indebtedness to be less than or equal to 55% of its Total
Capitalization
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT
Reference is made to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November
--, 2000 (together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from
time to time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "Co-Administrative Agent" collectively, the "Co-Administrative
Agents"), Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"), and Fleet as the Administrator (the "Administrator"). Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Credit Agreement.
This Assignment and Acceptance Agreement (this "Agreement") has been made
by ------------------ (the "Assignor") and ---------------- (the "Assignee"),
and consented to by the Company, the Issuer and each of the Co-Administrative
Agents, in order to effect the assignment by the Assignor, and the assumption
by the Assignee, of certain of the Assignor's rights and duties with respect
to the Credit Agreement and the Notes issued to it thereunder.
The Assignor and Assignee agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the
Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, a --% interest in and
to all of the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement in
respect of (a) its [Revolver A Commitment and Revolver A Loans] and/or
[Revolver B Commitment and Revolver B Loans] on the Assignment Effective Date
(as defined below), (b) each of the [Bid Auction A Advances] and/or [Bid
Auction B Advances] owing on the Assignment Effective Date to the Assignor,
(c) each [Revolver A Note][Revolver B Note][Bid Auction A Note] and/or [Bid
Auction B Note] held by the Assignor, and (d) all unpaid interest with respect
to such Advances and Fees owing to the Assignor and accrued to the Assignment
Effective Date.
2. The Assignor (a) represents that as of the date hereof, (i) its
Total Revolver A Commitment is $-----------, the aggregate outstanding
principal balances of its Revolver A Loans equals $-------------, its
aggregate participation interest in all Letter of Credit A Outstandings equals
$-----------; and the aggregate outstanding principal balance of its Bid
Auction A Advances equals $------------; and (ii) its Total Revolver B
Commitment is $-----------, the aggregate outstanding principal balances of
its Revolver B Loans equals $-------------, its aggregate participation
interest in all Letter of Credit B Outstandings equals $-----------, and the
aggregate outstanding principal balance of its Bid Auction B Advances equals
$------------; (in each case without giving effect to assignments thereof
which have not yet become effective), (b) makes no representation or warranty
and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value of the Credit Agreement, any of the Notes held by such Assignor, any of
the other Credit Documents or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant thereto, other than that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the
interests being assigned by it hereunder and that such interests are free and
clear of any lien or security interest, and (c) makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition
of the Company or any other Obligor or the performance or observance by the
Company or any other Obligor of any of its obligations under the Credit
Agreement, any of the Notes or any of the other Credit Documents or any other
instrument or documents furnished pursuant thereto.
3. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally
authorized to enter into this Agreement, (b) confirms that it has received a
copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent
financial statements referred to in Section 4.1 of the Credit Agreement and
such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its
own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (c) agrees that
it will, independently and without reliance upon any of the Co-Administrative
Agents, the Issuer, the Administrator, the Assignor or any other Bank and
based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the
time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under the Credit Agreement, any Notes held by it or any of the other Credit
Documents; (d) appoints and authorizes each of the Co-Administrative Agents
and the Administrator to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to either of
the Co-Administrative Agents and the Administrator by the terms thereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (e) agrees
that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations
which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it
as a Bank, including its obligations under Section 1.12 of the Credit
Agreement if it is organized outside the United States.
4. The Assignment Effective Date for this Agreement shall be
---------------- --, 200- (the "Assignment Effective Date").*
5. From and after the Assignment Effective Date, (a) the Assignee
shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent rights and
obligations have been transferred to it by this Agreement, have the rights and
obligations of a Bank thereunder and (b) the Assignor shall, to the extent its
rights and obligations have been transferred to the Assignee by this
Agreement, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under
the Credit Agreement.
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* See Section 10.5(b) of the Credit Agreement. Such date shall be at least
five (5) Business Days after the execution of this Agreement.
6. Upon receipt and recording of this Agreement by the
Administrator, from and after the Assignment Effective Date, the Administrator
shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement in respect of the interest
assigned hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal,
interest and Fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and
Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit
Agreement for periods prior to the Assignment Effective Date directly between
themselves.
7. The Assignee hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of any
Federal or State court located in Connecticut.
8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Connecticut.
ASSIGNOR:
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
ASSIGNEE:
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
hereby accepted by each of the
COMPANY:
KAMAN CORPORATION
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS:
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a
Co-Administrative Agent
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as a
Co-Administrative Agent
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
ISSUER:
[----------------], as Issuer
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE (this "Guarantee"), dated as of
----------------- made by [NAME OF SUBSIDIARY], a ------------------
corporation (the "Guarantor"), in favor of each of the Bank Parties (as
defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November
--, 2000 (together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from
time to time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "Co-Administrative Agent" collectively, the "Co-Administrative
Agents") and Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"), the Banks and each Issuer have extended Commitments to make Loans to
the Company and to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Company
and/or its Subsidiary Guarantors; and
WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the execution of the Credit
Agreement and to the making of Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit,
including for the account of the Guarantor, under the Credit Agreement, the
Guarantor is required to execute and deliver this Guarantee and become a
Subsidiary Guarantor under, and for all purposes of, the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and
performance of this Guarantee; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the Guarantor to execute this
Guarantee inasmuch as the Guarantor will derive substantial direct and
indirect benefits from the Loans and Advances made from time to time to the
Company (and, in the case of Letters of Credit, issued from time to time for
the account of the Company and/or its Subsidiary Guarantors) by the Banks and
each Issuer pursuant to the Credit Agreement, including Letters of Credit
issued from time to time for the account of the Guarantor;
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, and in order to induce the Banks to enter into the
Credit Agreement and to make Loans and Advances to the Company or, in the case
of Letters of Credit, issue such Letters of Credit for the account of the
Company and/or its Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the
Guarantor agrees, for the benefit of each Bank Party, as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Certain Terms.
The following terms (whether or not underscored) when used in this
Guarantee, including its preamble and recitals, shall have the following
meanings (such definitions to be equally applicable to the singular and plural
forms thereof):
"Administrator" means Fleet National Bank, in its capacity as
Administrator pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and each of its successors,
transferees and assigns thereto.
"Bank" and "Banks" is defined in the first recital.
"Bank Party" means, as the context may require, any Bank, any Issuer the
Administrator or either Co-Administrative Agent and each of their respective
successors, transferees and assigns.
"Co-Administrative Agent" and "Co-Administrative Agents" is defined in
the first recital.
"Company" is defined in the first recital.
"Credit Agreement" is defined in the first recital.
"Guarantee" is defined in the preamble.
"Guarantor" is defined in the preamble.
"Issuer" means any "Issuer" under (and as such term is defined in) the
Credit Agreement as an issuer of any Letter of Credit.
SECTION 1.2. Credit Agreement Definitions. Unless otherwise defined
herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Guarantee,
including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided in the Credit
Agreement.
ARTICLE II.
GUARANTEE PROVISIONS
SECTION 2.1. Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally
and irrevocably
(a) guarantees the full and punctual payment when due, whether at
stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration,
demand or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company, whether for
principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise (including all such
amounts which would become due but for the operation of the automatic
stay under Section 362(a) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C.
ss.362(a), and the operation of Sections 502(b) and 506(b) of the United
States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. ss.502(b) and ss.506(b)), and
(b) indemnifies and holds harmless each Bank Party and each holder
of a Note for any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorney's fees and expenses) incurred by such Bank Party or such holder,
as the case may be, in enforcing any rights under this Guarantee;
provided, however, that the Guarantor shall be liable under this
Guarantee for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby
incurred without rendering this Guarantee, as it relates to the
Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent
conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount. This
Guarantee constitutes a guaranty of payment when due and not of
collection, and the Guarantor specifically agrees that it
shall not be necessary or required that any Bank Party or any holder of
any Note exercise any right, assert any claim or demand or enforce any
remedy whatsoever against the Company or any other Obligor (or any other
Person) before or as a condition to the obligations of the Guarantor
hereunder.
SECTION 2.2. Acceleration of Guarantee. The Guarantor agrees that, in the
event of the dissolution or insolvency of the Company or the Guarantor, or the
inability or failure of the Company or the Guarantor to pay debts as they
become due, or an assignment by the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit
of creditors, or the commencement of any case or proceeding in respect of the
Company or the Guarantor under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws, and
if such event shall occur at a time when any of the Obligations of the Company
may not then be due and payable, the Guarantor will pay to the Bank Parties
forthwith the full amount which would be payable hereunder by the Guarantor if
all such Obligations were then due and payable.
SECTION 2.3. Guarantee absolute, etc. This Guarantee shall in all
respects be a continuing, absolute, unconditional and irrevocable guaranty of
payment, and shall remain in full force and effect until all obligations of
the Company have been paid in full, all obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
shall have been paid in full and all Commitments shall have terminated. The
Guarantor guarantees that the Obligations of the Company will be paid strictly
in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, regardless of any law,
regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting
any of such terms or the rights of any Bank Party or any holder of any Note
with respect thereto. The liability of the Guarantor under this Guarantee
shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity, legality or enforceability of the Credit
Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document;
(b) the failure of any Bank Party or any holder of any Note
(i) to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or
remedy against the Company, any other Obligor or any other Person
(including any other guarantor) under the provisions of the Credit
Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document or otherwise, or
(ii) to exercise any right or remedy against any other
guarantor of, or collateral securing, any obligations of the Company
or any other Obligor;
(c) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any
other term of, all or any of the Obligations of the Company or any other
Obligor, or any other extension, compromise or renewal of any Obligation
of the Company or any other obligor;
(d) any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination of the
Obligations of the Company or any other obligor for any reason, including
any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and
shall not be subject to (and the Guarantor hereby waives any right to or
claim of) any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination
whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality, nongenuineness,
irregularity, compromise, unenforceability of, or any other event or
occurrence affecting, the Obligations of the Company, any other Obligor
or otherwise;
(e) any amendment to, rescission, waiver, or other modification of,
or any consent to departure from, any of the terms of the Credit
Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document;
(f) any addition, exchange, release, surrender or non-perfection of
any collateral, or any amendment to or waiver or release or addition of,
or consent to departure from, any other guaranty (including any other
Subsidiary Guarantee), held by any Bank Party or any holder of any Note
securing any of the Obligations of the Company; or
(g) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, the Company,
any other
Obligor, any surety or any guarantor.
SECTION 2.4. Reinstatement, etc. The Guarantor agrees that this Guarantee
shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time any payment (in whole or in part) of any of the obligations is rescinded
or must otherwise be restored by any Bank Party or any holder of any Note,
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise,
all as though such payment had not been made.
SECTION 2.5. Waiver, etc. The Guarantor hereby waives promptness,
diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to any of
the Obligations of the Company and this Guarantee and any requirement that
either of the Co-Administrative Agents, any other Bank Party or any holder of
any Note protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or Lien, or
any property subject thereto, or exhaust any right or take any action against
the Company, any other Obligor or any other Person (including any other
guarantor) or entity or any collateral securing the Obligations of the
Company.
SECTION 2.6. Postponement of Subrogation, etc. The Guarantor will not
exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of rights of subrogation under
this Guarantee, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, until the prior
payment, in full and in cash, of all Obligations of the Company. Any amount
paid to the Guarantor on account of any such subrogation rights prior to the
payment in full of all obligations of the Company shall be held in trust for
the benefit of the Bank Parties and each holder of a Note and shall
immediately be paid to the Administrator and credited and applied against the
Obligations of the Company, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with
the terms of the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that if
(a) the Guarantor has made payment to the Bank Parties and each
holder of a Note of all or any part of the obligations of the Company,
and
(b) all Obligations of the Company have been paid in full and all
Commitments have been permanently terminated, each Bank Party and each
holder of a Note agrees that, at the Guarantor's request, the
Administrator, on behalf of the Bank Parties and the holders of the
Notes, will execute and deliver to the Guarantor appropriate documents
(without recourse and without representation or warranty) necessary to
evidence the transfer by subrogation to the Guarantor of an interest in
the Obligations of the Company resulting from such payment by the
Guarantor. In furtherance of the foregoing, for so long as any
obligations or Commitments remain outstanding, the Guarantor shall
refrain from taking any action or commencing any proceeding against the
Company (or its successors or assigns, whether in connection with a
bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise) to recover any amounts in the respect
of payments made under this Guarantee to any Bank Party or any holder of
a Note.
SECTION 2.7. Successors, Transferees and Assigns; Transfers of Notes,
etc.
This Guarantee shall:
(a) be binding upon the Guarantor, and its successors, transferees
and assigns; and
(b) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by either of the
Co-Administrative Agents and each other Bank Party.
Without limiting the generality of clause (b), any Bank may assign or
otherwise transfer (in whole or in part) any Note or Advance held by it to any
other Person or entity, and such other Person or entity shall thereupon become
vested with all rights and benefits in respect thereof granted to such Bank
under any Credit Document (including this Guarantee) or otherwise, subject,
however, to the provisions of Section 10.5 and Article VIII of the Credit
Agreement.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.1. Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor hereby
represents and warrants unto each Bank Party as to all matters contained in
Article II of the Credit Agreement insofar as the representations and
warranties contained therein are applicable to the Guarantor and/or its
properties, each such representation and warranty set forth in such Article
(insofar as applicable as aforesaid) and all other terms of the Credit
Agreement to which reference is made therein, together with all related
definitions and ancillary provisions, being hereby incorporated into this
Guarantee by reference as though specifically set forth in this Section.
ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS, ETC.
SECTION 4.1. Affirmative Covenants. The Guarantor covenants and agrees
that, so long as any portion of the Obligations shall remain unpaid or any
Bank shall have any outstanding Commitment, or any Advance shall remain
outstanding, the Guarantor will perform, comply with and be bound by all of
the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in each of Article IV and
Article V of the Credit Agreement which are applicable to the Guarantor and/or
its properties, each such agreement, covenant and obligation contained in such
Articles and all other terms of the Credit Agreement to which reference is
made therein, together with all related definitions and ancillary provisions,
being hereby incorporated into this Guarantee by reference as though
specifically set forth in this Section.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 5.1. Credit Document. This Guarantee is a Credit Document
executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise
expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered and applied in
accordance with the terms and provisions thereof, including, without
limitation, Article X thereof.
SECTION 5.2. Binding on Successors, Transferees and Assigns; Assignment.
In addition to, and not in limitation of, Section 2.7, this Guarantee shall be
binding upon the Guarantor and its successors, transferees and assigns and
shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each Bank Party and each
holder of a Note and their respective successors, transferees and assigns (to
the full extent provided pursuant to Section 2.7); provided, however, that the
Guarantor may not assign any of its obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of all the Banks.
SECTION 5.3. Amendments, etc. No amendment to or waiver of any provision
of this Guarantee, nor consent to any departure by the Guarantor herefrom,
shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed
by all of the Banks, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only
in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
SECTION 5.4. Notices. All notices and other communications provided to
the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be in writing and shall be mailed by
first class mail or sent by overnight courier or delivered by hand or sent by
telegraph, facsimile transmission or telex to the Guarantor at its address,
telex or facsimile number set forth below its signature hereto or at such
other address, telex or facsimile number as may be designated by the Guarantor
in a notice to each of the Bank Parties. Notices hereunder shall be deemed to
have been given when (a) if delivered by hand or telecopied or otherwise
telecommunicated, to the officer named below the Guarantor's signature hereto
(or such other responsible officer of the Guarantor notified to the Bank
Parties from time to time), at the time of receipt thereof by such officer,
(b) if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, three days after
the date when mailed, or (c) if sent by overnight mail or overnight courier
service, to such officer, when received by such officer.
SECTION 5.5. No Waiver; Remedies. In addition to, and not in limitation
of, Section 2.3 and Section 2.5, no failure on the part of any Bank Party or
any holder of a Note to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 5.6. Captions. Section captions used in this Guarantee are for
convenience of reference only, and shall not affect the construction of this
Guarantee.
SECTION 5.7. Setoff. In addition to, and not in limitation of, any rights
of any Bank Party or any holder of a Note under applicable law, each Bank
Party and each such holder shall, upon the occurrence of any Default described
in clause (f) of Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement or any Event of Default,
have the right to appropriate and apply to the payment of the obligations of
the Guarantor owing to it hereunder, whether or not then due, and the
Guarantor hereby grants to each Bank Party and each such holder a continuing
security interest in, any and all balances, credits, deposits, accounts or
moneys of the Guarantor then or thereafter maintained with such Bank Party or
such holder; provided, however, that any such appropriation and application
shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 5.8. Severability. Wherever possible each provision of this
Guarantee shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid
under applicable law, but if any provision of this Guarantee shall be
prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the
remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guarantee.
SECTION 5.9. Governing Law. THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
SECTION 5.10. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE GUARANTOR HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY
IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN
CONNECTION WITH, THIS GUARANTEE OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF
CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), OR ACTIONS
OF ANY BANK PARTY OR THE GUARANTOR. THE GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT
IT HAS RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND THAT
THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE BANKS ENTERING INTO THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT.
SECTION 5.11. Prejudgment Remedy Waiver; Other Waivers. THE GUARANTOR
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FINANCING TO WHICH THIS GUARANTEE RELATES IS A
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION AND WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO NOTICE AND HEARING UNDER
CHAPTER 903A OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, OR AS OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY
ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH EITHER
CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY BANK MAY DESIRE TO USE, AND FURTHER WAIVES
DILIGENCE, DEMAND, PRESENTMENT FOR PAYMENT, NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT, PROTEST AND
NOTICE OF ANY RENEWALS OR EXTENSIONS. THE GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND RESERVES
ITS RIGHT TO NOTICE AND A HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT FOR
PREJUDGMENT REMEDY AS AFORESAID AND THE CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS AND THE BANKS
ACKNOWLEDGE THE GUARANTOR'S RIGHT TO SAID HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE
OF SAID WRIT.
SECTION 5.12. Consent to Jurisdiction. FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING INVOLVING THIS GUARANTEE OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, THE
GUARANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY
FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN CONNECTICUT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY
SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE
BROUGHT, AT THE COADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS' OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY
JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly
executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date
first above written.
[NAME OF GUARANTOR]
By:------------------------
Name:
Title:
Address:
Attention:
Facsimile No:
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT ELECTION NOTICE
Fleet National Bank,
as Administrator
Multinational Banking Group
Fleet Bank - Mail Stop: MADE10010A
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Attention:
Kaman Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Letter of Credit Election Notice is delivered to you pursuant to
Section 1.9 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November --, 2000,
(together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to
time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "Co-Administrative Agent" collectively, the "Co-Administrative
Agents"), Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"), and Fleet as Administrator (the "Administrator"). Unless otherwise
defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used herein have the
meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
The Company hereby requests that [name of Issuer] ("Issuer") issue a
standby Letter of Credit -- [indicate Tranche A or B] on ------------, 20 --
(the "Date of Issuance") in the initial Stated Amount of $------------ with a
Stated Expiry Date (as defined therein) of ---------------, 200- for the
account of [the Company] [the Subsidiary Guarantor]1* [extend the Stated
Expiry Date (as defined under Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. --,
issued on --------------, 199-, in the initial Stated Amount of $ ---------)
to a revised Stated Expiry Date (as defined therein) of -----------, 19-].
** [The beneficiary of the requested Letter of Credit will be
***-----------------, and such Letter of Credit will be in support of
****------------------.]
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* Insert and complete as appropriate.
** Delete if Letter of Credit Election Notice is for an extension.
The Company hereby certifies and warrants that, pursuant to Section 3.2
of the Credit Agreement, each of the delivery of this Letter of Credit
Election Notice and the ***** [issuance] [extension] of the Letter of Credit
requested hereby, constitute a representation and warranty that, on the date
the Letter of Credit requested hereby is issued, and both before and after
giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, all
statements set forth in clauses (c) and (d) of Section 3.2 of the Credit
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects. The Company further
certifies and warrants that **[(i) on the date the Letter of Credit A proposed
hereby is issued, the aggregate amount of the proposed Revolver A Loans and
all other Revolver A Loans, Letter of Credit A Outstandings and Bid Auction A
Advances outstanding after giving effect to such Letters of Credit A (and any
prepayments required pursuant to Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement) will
not exceed the Total Revolver A Commitment, as in effect on such date;] and/or
[(ii) on the date the Letter of Credit B proposed hereby is issued, the
aggregate amount of the proposed Revolver B Loans and all other Revolver B
Loans, Letter of Credit B Outstandings and Bid Auction B Advances outstanding
after giving effect to such Letters of Credit B (and any prepayments required
pursuant to Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement) will not exceed the Total
Revolver B Commitment, as in effect on such date;] and (iii) the aggregate
amount of the proposed Loans and all other Loans, Letter of Credit
Outstandings and Advances outstanding after giving effect to such Letters of
Credit (and any prepayments required pursuant to Section 1.10 of the Credit
Agreement) will not exceed the Total Commitment, as in effect on such date.
[***The Company hereby represents and warrants that [NAME OF SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTOR], the account party to the Letter of Credit to be issued, is a
Subsidiary Guarantor as of the date hereof under and pursuant to the terms of
the Credit Agreement.]
The Company agrees that if prior to the time of the issuance of the
Letter of Credit requested hereby any matter certified to above will not be
true and correct, it will immediately so notify the Administrator and the
Issuer. If no such notice is delivered to the Administrator and the Issuer,
then each matter certified to shall be deemed to be certified as true and
correct on the date of the issuance of the Letter of Credit.
The Company hereby confirms that the requested Letter of Credit is to be
made available to it the in accordance with Section 1.9 of the Credit
Agreement.
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*** Insert name and address of beneficiary.
**** Insert description of supported Indebtedness or other obligation sand
name of agreement to which it relates.
***** Insert as appropriate.
** Insert (i) or (ii), as applicable, and re-number as required.
*** Insert a appropriate, i the account party is a subsidiary of the Company.
The Company has caused this Letter of Credit Election Notice to be
executed and delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein
to be made, by its duly authorized officer this -------- day of -------, 200-.
KAMAN CORPORATION
By:---------------------
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT H
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT
Reference is made to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November
--, 2000 (together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from
time to time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "Co-Administrative Agent" collectively, the "Co-Administrative
Agents"), Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"), and Fleet as the Administrator (the "Administrator"). Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Credit Agreement.
This Assignment and Acceptance Agreement (this "Agreement") has been made
by ------------------ (the "Assignor") and ---------------- (the "Assignee"),
and consented to by the Company, the Issuer and each of the Co-Administrative
Agents, in order to effect the assignment by the Assignor, and the assumption
by the Assignee, of certain of the Assignor's rights and duties with respect
to the Credit Agreement and the Notes issued to it thereunder.
The Assignor and Assignee agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the
Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor, a --% interest in and
to all of the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement in
respect of (a) its [Revolver A Commitment and Revolver A Loans] and/or
[Revolver B Commitment and Revolver B Loans] on the Assignment Effective Date
(as defined below), (b) each of the [Bid Auction A Advances] and/or [Bid
Auction B Advances] owing on the Assignment Effective Date to the Assignor,
(c) each [Revolver A Note][Revolver B Note][Bid Auction A Note] and/or [Bid
Auction B Note] held by the Assignor, and (d) all unpaid interest with respect
to such Advances and Fees owing to the Assignor and accrued to the Assignment
Effective Date.
2. The Assignor (a) represents that as of the date hereof, (i) its
Total Revolver A Commitment is $-----------, the aggregate outstanding
principal balances of its Revolver A Loans equals $-------------, its
aggregate participation interest in all Letter of Credit A Outstandings equals
$-----------; and the aggregate outstanding principal balance of its Bid
Auction A Advances equals $------------; and (ii) its Total Revolver B
Commitment is $-----------, the aggregate outstanding principal balances of
its Revolver B Loans equals $-------------, its aggregate participation
interest in all Letter of Credit B Outstandings equals $-----------, and the
aggregate outstanding principal balance of its Bid Auction B Advances equals
$------------; (in each case without giving effect to assignments thereof
which have not yet become effective), (b) makes no representation or warranty
and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or
value of the Credit Agreement, any of the Notes held by such Assignor, any of
the other Credit Documents or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant thereto, other than that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the
interests being assigned by it hereunder and that such interests are free and
clear of any lien or security interest, and (c) makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition
of the Company or any other Obligor or the performance or observance by the
Company or any other Obligor of any of its obligations under the Credit
Agreement, any of the Notes or any of the other Credit Documents or any other
instrument or documents furnished pursuant thereto.
3. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally
authorized to enter into this Agreement, (b) confirms that it has received a
copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent
financial statements referred to in Section 4.1 of the Credit Agreement and
such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its
own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (c) agrees that
it will, independently and without reliance upon any of the Co-Administrative
Agents, the Issuer, the Administrator, the Assignor or any other Bank and
based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the
time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under the Credit Agreement, any Notes held by it or any of the other Credit
Documents; (d) appoints and authorizes each of the Co-Administrative Agents
and the Administrator to take such action as agent on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to either of
the Co-Administrative Agents and the Administrator by the terms thereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (e) agrees
that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations
which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it
as a Bank, including its obligations under Section 1.12 of the Credit
Agreement if it is organized outside the United States.
4. The Assignment Effective Date for this Agreement shall be
---------------- --, 200- (the "Assignment Effective Date").*
5. From and after the Assignment Effective Date, (a) the Assignee
shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent rights and
obligations have been transferred to it by this Agreement, have the rights and
obligations of a Bank thereunder and (b) the Assignor shall, to the extent its
rights and obligations have been transferred to the Assignee by this
Agreement, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under
the Credit Agreement.
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* See Section 10.5(b) of the Credit Agreement. Such date shall be at least
five (5) Business Days after the execution of this Agreement.
6. Upon receipt and recording of this Agreement by the
Administrator, from and after the Assignment Effective Date, the Administrator
shall make all payments under the Credit Agreement in respect of the interest
assigned hereby (including, without limitation, all payments of principal,
interest and Fees with respect thereto) to the Assignee. The Assignor and
Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit
Agreement for periods prior to the Assignment Effective Date directly between
themselves.
7. The Assignee hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of any
Federal or State court located in Connecticut.
8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Connecticut.
ASSIGNOR:
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
ASSIGNEE:
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
hereby accepted by each of the
COMPANY:
KAMAN CORPORATION
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS:
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a
Co-Administrative Agent
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as a
Co-Administrative Agent
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
ISSUER:
[----------------], as Issuer
By:-----------------------------
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE (this "Guarantee"), dated as of
----------------- made by [NAME OF SUBSIDIARY], a ------------------
corporation (the "Guarantor"), in favor of each of the Bank Parties (as
defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November
--, 2000 (together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from
time to time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "Co-Administrative Agent" collectively, the "Co-Administrative
Agents") and Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"), the Banks and each Issuer have extended Commitments to make Loans to
the Company and to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Company
and/or its Subsidiary Guarantors; and
WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the execution of the Credit
Agreement and to the making of Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit,
including for the account of the Guarantor, under the Credit Agreement, the
Guarantor is required to execute and deliver this Guarantee and become a
Subsidiary Guarantor under, and for all purposes of, the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and
performance of this Guarantee; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the Guarantor to execute this
Guarantee inasmuch as the Guarantor will derive substantial direct and
indirect benefits from the Loans and Advances made from time to time to the
Company (and, in the case of Letters of Credit, issued from time to time for
the account of the Company and/or its Subsidiary Guarantors) by the Banks and
each Issuer pursuant to the Credit Agreement, including Letters of Credit
issued from time to time for the account of the Guarantor;
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, and in order to induce the Banks to enter into the
Credit Agreement and to make Loans and Advances to the Company or, in the case
of Letters of Credit, issue such Letters of Credit for the account of the
Company and/or its Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the
Guarantor agrees, for the benefit of each Bank Party, as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Certain Terms.
The following terms (whether or not underscored) when used in this
Guarantee, including its preamble and recitals, shall have the following
meanings (such definitions to be equally applicable to the singular and plural
forms thereof):
"Administrator" means Fleet National Bank, in its capacity as
Administrator pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and each of its successors,
transferees and assigns thereto.
"Bank" and "Banks" is defined in the first recital.
"Bank Party" means, as the context may require, any Bank, any Issuer the
Administrator or either Co-Administrative Agent and each of their respective
successors, transferees and assigns.
"Co-Administrative Agent" and "Co-Administrative Agents" is defined in
the first recital.
"Company" is defined in the first recital.
"Credit Agreement" is defined in the first recital.
"Guarantee" is defined in the preamble.
"Guarantor" is defined in the preamble.
"Issuer" means any "Issuer" under (and as such term is defined in) the
Credit Agreement as an issuer of any Letter of Credit.
SECTION 1.2. Credit Agreement Definitions. Unless otherwise defined
herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Guarantee,
including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided in the Credit
Agreement.
ARTICLE II.
GUARANTEE PROVISIONS
SECTION 2.1. Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally
and irrevocably
(a) guarantees the full and punctual payment when due, whether at
stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration,
demand or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company, whether for
principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise (including all such
amounts which would become due but for the operation of the automatic
stay under Section 362(a) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C.
ss.362(a), and the operation of Sections 502(b) and 506(b) of the United
States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. ss.502(b) and ss.506(b)), and
(b) indemnifies and holds harmless each Bank Party and each holder
of a Note for any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorney's fees and expenses) incurred by such Bank Party or such holder,
as the case may be, in enforcing any rights under this Guarantee;
provided, however, that the Guarantor shall be liable under this Guarantee for
the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without
rendering this Guarantee, as it relates to the Guarantor, voidable under
applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and
not for any greater amount. This Guarantee constitutes a guaranty of payment
when due and not of collection, and the Guarantor specifically agrees that it
shall not be necessary or required that any Bank Party or any holder of any
Note exercise any right, assert any claim or demand or enforce any remedy
whatsoever against the Company or any other Obligor (or any other Person)
before or as a condition to the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder.
SECTION 2.2. Acceleration of Guarantee. The Guarantor agrees that, in the
event of the dissolution or insolvency of the Company or the Guarantor, or the
inability or failure of the Company or the Guarantor to pay debts as they
become due, or an assignment by the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit
of creditors, or the commencement of any case or proceeding in respect of the
Company or the Guarantor under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws, and
if such event shall occur at a time when any of the Obligations of the Company
may not then be due and payable, the Guarantor will pay to the Bank Parties
forthwith the full amount which would be payable hereunder by the Guarantor if
all such Obligations were then due and payable.
SECTION 2.3. Guarantee absolute, etc. This Guarantee shall in all
respects be a continuing, absolute, unconditional and irrevocable guaranty of
payment, and shall remain in full force and effect until all obligations of
the Company have been paid in full, all obligations of the Guarantor hereunder
shall have been paid in full and all Commitments shall have terminated. The
Guarantor guarantees that the Obligations of the Company will be paid strictly
in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, regardless of any law,
regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting
any of such terms or the rights of any Bank Party or any holder of any Note
with respect thereto. The liability of the Guarantor under this Guarantee
shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity, legality or enforceability of the Credit
Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document;
(b) the failure of any Bank Party or any holder of any Note
(i) to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or
remedy against the Company, any other Obligor or any other Person
(including any other guarantor) under the provisions of the Credit
Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document or otherwise, or
(ii) to exercise any right or remedy against any other
guarantor of, or collateral securing, any obligations of the Company
or any other Obligor;
(c) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any
other term of, all or any of the Obligations of the Company or any other
Obligor, or any other extension, compromise or renewal of any Obligation
of the Company or any other obligor;
(d) any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination of the
Obligations of the Company or any other obligor for any reason, including
any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and
shall not be subject to (and the Guarantor hereby waives any right to or
claim of) any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination
whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality, nongenuineness,
irregularity, compromise, unenforceability of, or any other event or
occurrence affecting, the Obligations of the Company, any other Obligor
or otherwise;
(e) any amendment to, rescission, waiver, or other modification of,
or any consent to departure from, any of the terms of the Credit
Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document;
(f) any addition, exchange, release, surrender or non-perfection of
any collateral, or any amendment to or waiver or release or addition of,
or consent to departure from, any other guaranty (including any other
Subsidiary Guarantee), held by any Bank Party or any holder of any Note
securing any of the Obligations of the Company; or
(g) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, the Company,
any other Obligor, any surety or any guarantor.
SECTION 2.4. Reinstatement, etc. The Guarantor agrees that this Guarantee
shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time any payment (in whole or in part) of any of the obligations is rescinded
or must otherwise be restored by any Bank Party or any holder of any Note,
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise,
all as though such payment had not been made.
SECTION 2.5. Waiver, etc. The Guarantor hereby waives promptness,
diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice with respect to any of
the Obligations of the Company and this Guarantee and any requirement that
either of the Co-Administrative Agents, any other Bank Party or any holder of
any Note protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or Lien, or
any property subject thereto, or exhaust any right or take any action against
the Company, any other Obligor or any other Person (including any other
guarantor) or entity or any collateral securing the Obligations of the
Company.
SECTION 2.6. Postponement of Subrogation, etc. The Guarantor will not
exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of rights of subrogation under
this Guarantee, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, until the prior
payment, in full and in cash, of all Obligations of the Company. Any amount
paid to the Guarantor on account of any such subrogation rights prior to the
payment in full of all obligations of the Company shall be held in trust for
the benefit of the Bank Parties and each holder of a Note and shall
immediately be paid to the Administrator and credited and applied against the
Obligations of the Company, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with
the terms of the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that if
(a) the Guarantor has made payment to the Bank Parties and each
holder of a Note of all or any part of the obligations of the Company,
and
(b) all Obligations of the Company have been paid in full and all
Commitments have been permanently terminated, each Bank Party and each
holder of a Note agrees that, at the Guarantor's request, the
Administrator, on behalf of the Bank Parties and the holders of the
Notes, will execute and deliver to the Guarantor appropriate documents
(without recourse and without representation or warranty) necessary to
evidence the transfer by subrogation to the Guarantor of an interest in
the Obligations of the Company resulting from such payment by the
Guarantor. In furtherance of the foregoing, for so long as any
obligations or Commitments remain outstanding, the Guarantor shall
refrain from taking any action or commencing any proceeding against the
Company (or its successors or assigns, whether in connection with a
bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise) to recover any amounts in the respect
of payments made under this Guarantee to any Bank Party or any holder of
a Note.
SECTION 2.7. Successors, Transferees and Assigns; Transfers of Notes,
etc.
This Guarantee shall:
(a) be binding upon the Guarantor, and its successors, transferees
and assigns; and
(b) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by either of the
Co-Administrative Agents and each other Bank Party.
Without limiting the generality of clause (b), any Bank may assign or
otherwise transfer (in whole or in part) any Note or Advance held by it to any
other Person or entity, and such other Person or entity shall thereupon become
vested with all rights and benefits in respect thereof granted to such Bank
under any Credit Document (including this Guarantee) or otherwise, subject,
however, to the provisions of Section 10.5 and Article VIII of the Credit
Agreement.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.1. Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor hereby
represents and warrants unto each Bank Party as to all matters contained in
Article II of the Credit Agreement insofar as the representations and
warranties contained therein are applicable to the Guarantor and/or its
properties, each such representation and warranty set forth in such Article
(insofar as applicable as aforesaid) and all other terms of the Credit
Agreement to which reference is made therein, together with all related
definitions and ancillary provisions, being hereby incorporated into this
Guarantee by reference as though specifically set forth in this Section.
ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS, ETC.
SECTION 4.1. Affirmative Covenants. The Guarantor covenants and agrees
that, so long as any portion of the Obligations shall remain unpaid or any
Bank shall have any outstanding Commitment, or any Advance shall remain
outstanding, the Guarantor will perform, comply with and be bound by all of
the agreements, covenants and obligations contained in each of Article IV and
Article V of the Credit Agreement which are applicable to the Guarantor and/or
its properties, each such agreement, covenant and obligation contained in such
Articles and all other terms of the Credit Agreement to which reference is
made therein, together with all related definitions and ancillary provisions,
being hereby incorporated into this Guarantee by reference as though
specifically set forth in this Section.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 5.1. Credit Document. This Guarantee is a Credit Document
executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise
expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered and applied in
accordance with the terms and provisions thereof, including, without
limitation, Article X thereof.
SECTION 5.2. Binding on Successors, Transferees and Assigns; Assignment.
In addition to, and not in limitation of, Section 2.7, this Guarantee shall be
binding upon the Guarantor and its successors, transferees and assigns and
shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each Bank Party and each
holder of a Note and their respective successors, transferees and assigns (to
the full extent provided pursuant to Section 2.7); provided, however, that the
Guarantor may not assign any of its obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of all the Banks.
SECTION 5.3. Amendments, etc. No amendment to or waiver of any provision
of this Guarantee, nor consent to any departure by the Guarantor herefrom,
shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed
by all of the Banks, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only
in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
SECTION 5.4. Notices. All notices and other communications provided to
the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be in writing and shall be mailed by
first class mail or sent by overnight courier or delivered by hand or sent by
telegraph, facsimile transmission or telex to the Guarantor at its address,
telex or facsimile number set forth below its signature hereto or at such
other address, telex or facsimile number as may be designated by the Guarantor
in a notice to each of the Bank Parties. Notices hereunder shall be deemed to
have been given when (a) if delivered by hand or telecopied or otherwise
telecommunicated, to the officer named below the Guarantor's signature hereto
(or such other responsible officer of the Guarantor notified to the Bank
Parties from time to time), at the time of receipt thereof by such officer,
(b) if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, three days after
the date when mailed, or (c) if sent by overnight mail or overnight courier
service, to such officer, when received by such officer.
SECTION 5.5. No Waiver; Remedies. In addition to, and not in limitation
of, Section 2.3 and Section 2.5, no failure on the part of any Bank Party or
any holder of a Note to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 5.6. Captions. Section captions used in this Guarantee are for
convenience of reference only, and shall not affect the construction of this
Guarantee.
SECTION 5.7. Setoff. In addition to, and not in limitation of, any rights
of any Bank Party or any holder of a Note under applicable law, each Bank
Party and each such holder shall, upon the occurrence of any Default described
in clause (f) of Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement or any Event of Default,
have the right to appropriate and apply to the payment of the obligations of
the Guarantor owing to it hereunder, whether or not then due, and the
Guarantor hereby grants to each Bank Party and each such holder a continuing
security interest in, any and all balances, credits, deposits, accounts or
moneys of the Guarantor then or thereafter maintained with such Bank Party or
such holder; provided, however, that any such appropriation and application
shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 5.8. Severability. Wherever possible each provision of this
Guarantee shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid
under applicable law, but if any provision of this Guarantee shall be
prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the
remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guarantee.
SECTION 5.9. Governing Law. THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
SECTION 5.10. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE GUARANTOR HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY
IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN
CONNECTION WITH, THIS GUARANTEE OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF
CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), OR ACTIONS
OF ANY BANK PARTY OR THE GUARANTOR. THE GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT
IT HAS RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND THAT
THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE BANKS ENTERING INTO THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT.
SECTION 5.11. Prejudgment Remedy Waiver; Other Waivers. THE GUARANTOR
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FINANCING TO WHICH THIS GUARANTEE RELATES IS A
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION AND WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO NOTICE AND HEARING UNDER
CHAPTER 903A OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, OR AS OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY
ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH EITHER
CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY BANK MAY DESIRE TO USE, AND FURTHER WAIVES
DILIGENCE, DEMAND, PRESENTMENT FOR PAYMENT, NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT, PROTEST AND
NOTICE OF ANY RENEWALS OR EXTENSIONS. THE GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND RESERVES
ITS RIGHT TO NOTICE AND A HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT FOR
PREJUDGMENT REMEDY AS AFORESAID AND THE CO-ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS AND THE BANKS
ACKNOWLEDGE THE GUARANTOR'S RIGHT TO SAID HEARING SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE
OF SAID WRIT.
SECTION 5.12. Consent to Jurisdiction. FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING INVOLVING THIS GUARANTEE OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, THE
GUARANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY
FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN CONNECTICUT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY
SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE
BROUGHT, AT THE COADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS' OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY
JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly
executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date
first above written.
[NAME OF GUARANTOR]
By:------------------------
Name:
Title:
Address:
Attention:
Facsimile No:
EXHIBIT J
FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT ELECTION NOTICE
Fleet National Bank,
as Administrator
Multinational Banking Group
Fleet Bank - Mail Stop: MADE10010A
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Attention:
Kaman Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Letter of Credit Election Notice is delivered to you pursuant to
Section 1.9 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November --, 2000,
(together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to
time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "Co-Administrative Agent" collectively, the "Co-Administrative
Agents"), Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"), and Fleet as Administrator (the "Administrator"). Unless otherwise
defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used herein have the
meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
The Company hereby requests that [name of Issuer] ("Issuer") issue a
standby Letter of Credit -- [indicate Tranche A or B] on ------------, 20 --
(the "Date of Issuance") in the initial Stated Amount of $------------ with a
Stated Expiry Date (as defined therein) of ---------------, 200- for the
account of [the Company] [the Subsidiary Guarantor]1* [extend the Stated
Expiry Date (as defined under Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. --,
issued on --------------, 199-, in the initial Stated Amount of $ ---------)
to a revised Stated Expiry Date (as defined therein) of -------------, 19-].
** [The beneficiary of the requested Letter of Credit will be
***-----------------, and such Letter of Credit will be in support of
****------------------.]
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* Insert and complete as appropriate.
** Delete if Letter of Credit Election Notice is for an extension.
The Company hereby certifies and warrants that, pursuant to Section 3.2
of the Credit Agreement, each of the delivery of this Letter of Credit
Election Notice and the ***** [issuance] [extension] of the Letter of Credit
requested hereby, constitute a representation and warranty that, on the date
the Letter of Credit requested hereby is issued, and both before and after
giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, all
statements set forth in clauses (c) and (d) of Section 3.2 of the Credit
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects. The Company further
certifies and warrants that **[(i) on the date the Letter of Credit A proposed
hereby is issued, the aggregate amount of the proposed Revolver A Loans and
all other Revolver A Loans, Letter of Credit A Outstandings and Bid Auction A
Advances outstanding after giving effect to such Letters of Credit A (and any
prepayments required pursuant to Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement) will
not exceed the Total Revolver A Commitment, as in effect on such date;] and/or
[(ii) on the date the Letter of Credit B proposed hereby is issued, the
aggregate amount of the proposed Revolver B Loans and all other Revolver B
Loans, Letter of Credit B Outstandings and Bid Auction B Advances outstanding
after giving effect to such Letters of Credit B (and any prepayments required
pursuant to Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement) will not exceed the Total
Revolver B Commitment, as in effect on such date;] and (iii) the aggregate
amount of the proposed Loans and all other Loans, Letter of Credit
Outstandings and Advances outstanding after giving effect to such Letters of
Credit (and any prepayments required pursuant to Section 1.10 of the Credit
Agreement) will not exceed the Total Commitment, as in effect on such date.
[***The Company hereby represents and warrants that [NAME OF SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTOR], the account party to the Letter of Credit to be issued, is a
Subsidiary Guarantor as of the date hereof under and pursuant to the terms of
the Credit Agreement.]
The Company agrees that if prior to the time of the issuance of the
Letter of Credit requested hereby any matter certified to above will not be
true and correct, it will immediately so notify the Administrator and the
Issuer. If no such notice is delivered to the Administrator and the Issuer,
then each matter certified to shall be deemed to be certified as true and
correct on the date of the issuance of the Letter of Credit.
The Company hereby confirms that the requested Letter of Credit is to be
made available to it the in accordance with Section 1.9 of the Credit
Agreement.
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*** Insert name and address of beneficiary.
**** Insert description of supported Indebtedness or other obligations and
name of agreement to which it relates.
***** Insert as appropriate.
** Insert (i) or (ii), as applicable, and re-number as required.
*** Insert a appropriate, i the account party is a subsidiary of the Company.
The Company has caused this Letter of Credit Election Notice to be
executed and delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein
to be made, by its duly authorized officer this -------- day of -------, 200-.
KAMAN CORPORATION
By:---------------------
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT K
FORM OF EXTENSION REQUEST
Fleet National Bank,
as Administrator
Multinational Banking Group
Fleet Bank - Mail Stop: MADE10010A
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Kaman Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Extension Request is delivered to you pursuant to clause (f) of
Section 1.2 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2000
(together with all amendments and other modifications, if any, from time to
time thereafter made thereto, the "Credit Agreement"), among Kaman
Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the "Company"), the various financial
institutions as are or may from time to time become parties thereto
(individually a "Bank" and collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia
("Scotiabank") and Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative
agents (each a "Co-Administrative Agent" collectively, the "Co-Administrative
Agents"), Bank One Corporation as documentation agent (the "Documentation
Agent"), and Fleet as the Administrator (the "Administrator"). Unless
otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used herein
have the meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
In accordance with Section 1.2(f) of the Credit Agreement, the Company
hereby requests that the Banks with a Revolver B Commitment consent to an
extension of the B Loan Maturity Date for a period of 364 days to ---------,
200-.
The Company hereby certifies and warrants that, as of the date hereof, no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
The Company has caused this Extension Request to be executed and
delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein to be made,
by its duly authorized officer this day of , 200--1.
KAMAN CORPORATION
By:------------------------------
Name:
Title:
Please indicate your consent to such Extension Request by signing the
enclosed copy of this letter where indicated below and returning it to the
Administrator by not later than -----------, 200-2.
CONSENTED TO BY:
[Bank]
By:---------------------------
Name:
Title:
[Bank]
By:---------------------------
Name:
Title:
[Bank]
By:---------------------------
Name:
Title:
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1 A date not more than ninety (90) days nor less than sixty (60) days prior
to the Existing B Loan Maturity Date.
2 The date which is thirty (30) days prior to the Existing B Loan Maturity
Date.
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Fleet National Bank
Multinational Banking Group
Fleet Bank - Mail Stop: MADE10010A
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AND TO EACH OF THE BANKS ON THE ATTACHED LIST
Re: Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2000 (the
"Credit Agreement"), among Kaman Corporation, a Connecticut corporation
(the "Company"), the various financial institutions as are or may from
time to time become parties thereto (individually a "Bank" and
collectively the "Banks"), The Bank of Nova Scotia ("Scotiabank") and
Fleet National Bank ("Fleet"), as the co-administrative agents (each a
"Co-Administrative Agent" collectively, the "Co-Administrative Agents")
and Bank One, N.A. as documentation agent (the "Documentation Agent").
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have acted as counsel to the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in
connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of the Credit
Agreement, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees dated as of the date hereof
executed and delivered by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to the Credit
Agreement listed on Exhibit A hereto (the "Subsidiary Guarantees"), and each
of the other Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to such
terms in the Credit Agreement.
This opinion letter has been requested of me as an inducement to your
entering into the Credit Agreement with the Company. In this connection, I
have examined the Governing Documents of the Company and of each Subsidiary of
the Company and resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company and of
each Subsidiary of the Company and such certificates of public officials and
other corporate documents or records and have made such other examinations and
inquiries as I have deemed necessary or appropriate.
I have examined either original, certified copies or copies otherwise
authenticated to my satisfaction of such documents as I have deemed necessary
or advisable to examine in order to furnish the opinions herein expressed. I
have made such other examination as to matters of fact and law as I have
deemed necessary in order to enable me to give this opinion.
Based upon the foregoing and upon such investigations of law as I have
deemed appropriate, it is my opinion that, as of the date hereof:
1. The Company and each Subsidiary (a) is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective
jurisdiction of incorporation, (b) has all requisite corporate power to own
its respective material properties and conduct its respective business, and
(c) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each of the jurisdictions where the nature of its properties or
its business requires such qualification except where a Subsidiary's failure
to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
2. The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Agreement, the
Notes, each of the Subsidiary Guarantees and each of the other Credit
Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby (a) are within the
corporate authority of the Company or such Subsidiary of the Company, as the
case may be, (b) have been authorized by proper corporate proceedings, (c)
will not (i) contravene or conflict with any Governing Document of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with or result in a violation,
breach or, but for the giving of notice or passage of time or both, constitute
a default under (A) any provision of any existing statute, law, rule or
regulation binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the best
of my knowledge, after due inquiry and investigation, any order, judgment,
award, decree, license or authorization of any court or Governmental Authority
binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a "Requirement of Law"), or
(B) to the best of my knowledge, after due inquiry and investigation, any
mortgage, indenture, lease or other contract, agreement, instrument or
undertaking to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or will
be a party immediately after the Effective Date, or by which or to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or
assets is now or immediately after the Effective Date will be bound or subject
(a "Contractual Obligation"), or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien on any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, except as may be provided in the Credit Agreement, the Notes,
each of the Subsidiary Guarantees or any other Credit Documents.
3. No approval or consent of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority
and no consent or approval of the shareholders of the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any other Person is required to be obtained or made by or on
behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make valid and legally
binding the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Agreement, the
Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, or any other Credit Document. The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, the
Notes, the Letters of Credit, the Subsidiary Guarantees and each of the other
Credit Documents does not require any approval, authorization or consent of or
(except for such disclosures as may be required in accordance with filings
made by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business
such as customary SEC reporting) filing, registration or declaration with any
such Governmental Authority or Person.
4. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or immediately
after the Effective Date will be in default under any of its Governing
Documents or in violation of any Requirement of Law. To the best of my
knowledge, after due inquiry and investigation, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries is or immediately after the Effective Date will be in
violation of or default under any (a) Contractual Obligation, or (b) any
license, permit, certification or approval requirement of any customer,
supplier, Governmental Authority or other Person.
5. All of the shares of each Subsidiary which are owned of record by the
Company, have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
6. To the best of my knowledge, after due inquiry and investigation, no
action, suit, investigation or proceeding is pending or known to be threatened
by or against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties or rights before any Governmental Authority (a)
which involves the Existing Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Notes,
the Letters of Credit, the Subsidiary Guarantees or any other Credit Document
or any instrument delivered in connection therewith, or any action to be taken
in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or (b) as to which
there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and which, if
adversely determined, could, individually or in the aggregate result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
7. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries have duly and properly
executed and delivered each of the Credit Agreement, the Revolver A Notes and
Revolver B Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and each of the other Credit
Documents to which its is a party.
8. The agreements and obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries
contained in the Credit Agreement, each of the Revolver A Notes and Revolver B
Notes, each Letter of Credit, each of the Subsidiary Guarantees and each of
the other Credit Documents to which it is a party constitute the legal, valid
and binding obligations of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be,
enforceable against the Company or each such Subsidiary in accordance with
their respective terms, except to the extent their enforcement may hereafter
be limited by bankruptcy or insolvency or other laws affecting creditors
rights generally.
9. The rates of interest payable on the Revolver A Notes and Revolver B
Notes are not in violation of or prohibited by the laws of the State of
Connecticut.
Sincerely,
Attachments