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Exhibit 10(a)
$50,000,000 FACILITY AGREEMENT
dated 15 December 2000
for
HARSCO FINANCE B.V.
and
HARSCO INVESTMENT LIMITED
as Borrowers
and
HARSCO CORPORATION
as Guarantor
with
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PlC
acting as Lender
LINKLATERS
& ALLIANCE
LINKLATERS
Ref: JOBS/PHPS
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CONTENTS
CLAUSE PAGE
1. Definitions and interpretation............................... 1
2. The Facility................................................. 10
3. Purpose...................................................... 10
4. Conditions of Utilisation.................................... 10
5. Utilisation.................................................. 11
6. Optional Currencies.......................................... 12
7. Repayment.................................................... 13
8. Prepayment and cancellation.................................. 14
9. Interest..................................................... 15
10. Interest Periods............................................. 16
11. Changes to the calculation of interest....................... 17
12. Fees......................................................... 17
13. Tax gross up and indemnities................................. 18
14. Increased costs.............................................. 20
15. Other indemnities............................................ 21
16. Mitigation by the Lender..................................... 22
17. Costs and expenses........................................... 23
18. Guarantee and indemnity...................................... 23
19. Representations.............................................. 25
20. Information undertakings..................................... 30
21. Financial covenants.......................................... 32
22. General undertakings......................................... 33
23. Events of Default............................................ 37
24. Changes to the Lender........................................ 40
25. Changes to the Obligors...................................... 41
26. Conduct of business by the Lender............................ 42
27. Lender's Management Time..................................... 42
28. Payment mechanics............................................ 42
29. Set-off...................................................... 44
30. Notices...................................................... 44
31. Calculations and certificates................................ 45
32. Partial invalidity........................................... 45
33. Remedies and waivers......................................... 45
34. Amendments and waivers....................................... 45
35. Counterparts................................................. 46
36. Governing law................................................ 46
37. Enforcement.................................................. 46
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SCHEDULE PAGE
SCHEDULE 1 Conditions Precedent.......................................... 47
SCHEDULE 2 Requests...................................................... 49
SCHEDULE 3 Mandatory Cost Formulae....................................... 52
SCHEDULE 4 Existing Liens................................................ 54
SCHEDULE 5 Existing Indebtedness......................................... 55
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THIS AGREEMENT is dated 15 December 2000 between:
(1) HARSCO FINANCE B.V. (a private limited liability company with its
corporate seat in Amsterdam) and HARSCO INVESTMENT LIMITED (a private
limited company incorporated in England and Wales with company number
03985379) (the "BORROWERS" and each a "BORROWER");
(2) HARSCO CORPORATION (a corporation incorporated in the State of
Delaware) (the "GUARANTOR"); and
(3) NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK Plc as lender (the "LENDER").
IT IS AGREED as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement:
"AFFILIATE" means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that
person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of
that Holding Company.
"AUTHORISATION" means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution,
licence, exemption, filing or registration.
"AVAILABILITY PERIOD" means the period from and including the date of
this Agreement to and including the Business Day before the Final
Maturity Date specified in paragraph (a) of that definition.
"AVAILABLE COMMITMENT" means the Lender's Commitment minus:
(a) the Base Currency Amount of any outstanding Loans; and
(b) in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the Base Currency
Amount of any Loans that are due to be made on or before the
proposed Utilisation Date other than any Loans that are due to
be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation
Date.
"BASE CURRENCY" or "$" means Dollars.
"BASE CURRENCY AMOUNT" means, in relation to a Loan, the amount
specified in the Utilisation Request delivered by a Borrower for that
Loan (or, if the amount requested is not denominated in the Base
Currency, that amount converted into the Base Currency at the Lender's
Spot Rate of Exchange on the date which is three Business Days before
the Utilisation Date or, if later, on the date the Lender receives the
Utilisation Request) adjusted to reflect any repayment.
"BOARD" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of
the USA (or any successor).
"BREAK COSTS" means the amount (if any) by which:
(a) the interest which the Lender should have received for the
period from the date of receipt of all or any part of a Loan
or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest
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Period in respect of that Loan or Unpaid Sum had the principal
amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of
that Interest Period;
exceeds:
(b) the amount which the Lender would be able to obtain by placing
an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received
by it on deposit with a leading bank in the Relevant Interbank
Market for a period starting on the Business Day following
receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current
Interest Period.
"BUSINESS DAY" means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which
banks are open for general business in London and:
(a) (in relation to any date for payment or purchase of a currency
other than euro) the principal financial centre of the country
of that currency; or
(b) (in relation to any date for payment or purchase of euro) any
TARGET Day.
"CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS" of any person means the obligations of such
person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other
arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a
combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified
and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such person
under GAAP and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such
obligations at any time shall be the capitalised amount thereof at such
time determined in accordance with GAAP.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
"COMMITMENT" means $50,000,000, to the extent not cancelled, reduced or
transferred by the Lender under this Agreement.
"COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE" means a certificate in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lender.
"DEFAULT" means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance
specified in Clause 23 (Events of Default) which would (with the expiry
of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any
determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of
the foregoing) be an Event of Default.
"DOLLARS" and "$" mean the lawful currency of the USA.
"DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES" means any Subsidiary organised or incorporated
under the laws of one of the States of the United States, the laws of
the District of Columbia or the Federal laws of the United States.
"ENVIRONMENT" means living organisms including the ecological systems
of which they form part and the following media:
(a) air (including air within natural or man-made structures,
whether above or below ground);
(b) water (including territorial, coastal and inland waters, water
under or within land and water in drains and sewers); and
(c) land (including land under water).
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"ENVIRONMENTAL LAW" means all laws and regulations of any relevant
jurisdiction which:
(a) have as a purpose or effect the protection of, and/or
prevention of harm or damage to, the Environment;
(b) provide remedies or compensation for harm or damage to the
Environment; or
(c) relate to Hazardous Substances or health and safety matters.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LICENCE" means any Authorisation required at any time
under Environmental Law.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
"ERISA AFFILIATE" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that is a member of a group of which the US Obligor is a
member and which is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of
the Code.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" means any event or circumstance specified as such in
Clause 23 (Events of Default).
"FACILITY" means the revolving or, after the Term-Out Date, the term
loan facility made available under this Agreement as described in
Clause 2 (The Facility).
"FACILITY OFFICE" means the office or offices notified by the Lender to
the Guarantor and the Borrowers in writing as the office or offices
through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement.
"FEE LETTER" means any letter or letters dated on or about the date of
this Agreement between the Lender and the Guarantor setting out fees
payable in relation to the Facility.
"FINAL MATURITY DATE" means:
(a) in relation to a Revolving Loan not converted into a Term Loan
pursuant to Clause 7.2 (Term-Out), the date which is 364 days
from the date of this Agreement or, if extended in accordance
with Clause 7.3 (Extension), the date provided for in Clause
7.3 (Extension); or
(b) in relation to a Term Loan, the date provided for in Clause
7.2 (Term-Out).
"FINANCE DOCUMENT" means this Agreement, any Fee Letter and any other
document designated as such by the Lender and the Guarantor.
"FINANCIAL OFFICER" of any person means the Chief Financial Officer,
principal accounting officer, Treasurer or Controller of such person.
"GAAP" means the generally accepted accounting principles, standards
and practices in the United States.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" means any Federal, state, local or foreign
court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory
body.
"GROUP" means the Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the
time being.
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"GUARANTOR'S AUDITORS" means PricewaterhouseCoopers or such other
auditors as may be appointed to the Group in accordance with Clause
22.11 (Guarantor's Auditors).
"HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE" means any waste, pollutant, contaminant or other
substance (including any liquid, solid, gas, ion, living organism or
noise) that may be harmful to human health or other life or the
Environment or a nuisance to any person or that may make the use or
ownership of any affected land or property more costly.
"HOLDING COMPANY" means, in relation to a company or corporation, any
other company or corporation in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.
"INDEBTEDNESS" of any person means, without duplication:
(a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money or with
respect to deposits or advances of any kind;
(b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes or similar instruments;
(c) all obligations of such person upon which interest charges are
customarily paid;
(d) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other
title retention agreements relating to property or assets
purchased by such person;
(e) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the
deferred purchase price of property or services;
(f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder
of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or
acquired by such person, whether or not the obligations
secured thereby have been assumed;
(g) all guarantees by such person of Indebtedness of others;
(h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person;
(i) all obligations of such person in respect of interest rate
protection agreements, foreign currency exchange agreements or
other interest or exchange rate hedging arrangements; and
(j) all obligations of such person as an account party in respect
of letters of credit and bankers' acceptances,
provided, however, that Indebtedness shall not include trade accounts
payable in the ordinary course of business. The Indebtedness of any
person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such
person is a general partner.
"INTEREST PERIOD" means, in relation to a Loan, each period determined
in accordance with Clause 10 (Interest Periods) and, in relation to an
Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause 9.3
(Default interest).
"LENDER'S SPOT RATE OF EXCHANGE" means the Lender's spot rate of
exchange for the purchase of the relevant currency with the Base
Currency in the London foreign exchange market at or about 11:00 a.m.
on a particular day.
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"LIBOR" means, in relation to any Loan:
(a) the applicable Screen Rate; or
(b) (if no Screen Rate is available for the currency or period of
that Loan) the rate quoted by the Lender to leading banks in
the London interbank market,
as of 11:00 a.m. on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in
the currency of that Loan and for a period comparable to the Interest
Period for that Loan.
"LIEN" means, with respect to any asset:
(a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge
or security interest in or on such asset;
(b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional
sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement
relating to such asset; and
(c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or
similar right of a third party with respect to such
securities.
"LOAN" means a Revolving Loan or a Term Loan or the principal amount
outstanding for the time being of that Revolving Loan or, as the case
may be, Term Loan.
"MANDATORY COST" means the percentage rate per annum calculated by the
Lender in accordance with Schedule 3 (Mandatory Cost Formulae).
"MARGIN" means:
(a) during any period on or before the first anniversary of the
date of this Agreement, 0.425 per cent. per annum; and
(b) to the extent the Facility continues in accordance with this
Agreement, during any period after the first anniversary of
the date of this Agreement, 0.525 per cent. per annum.
"MARGIN STOCK" means margin stock or "Margin Security" within the
meaning of Regulations T, U and X.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means:
(a) a materially adverse effect on the business, assets,
operations, prospects or condition, financial or otherwise, of
the Group taken as a whole; or
(b) a material impairment of the ability of any Obligor to perform
any of its respective obligations under any Finance Document
to which it is or becomes a party.
"MONTH" means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and
ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month,
except that:
(a) if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day,
that period shall end on the next Business Day in that
calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one,
or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day;
and
(b) if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on
the last Business Day in that calendar month.
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The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.
"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the US Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate
(other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to
subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code) is making or accruing
an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding
five years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
"NET WORTH" has the meaning given to it in Clause 21 (Financial
covenants).
"OBLIGOR" means a Borrower or the Guarantor.
"OPTIONAL CURRENCY" means a currency (other than the Base Currency)
which complies with the conditions set out in Clause 4.3 (Conditions
relating to Optional Currencies).
"ORIGINAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" means:
(a) in relation to the Guarantor, the consolidated balance sheet
of the Group as at 31 December 1999 and the related
consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in
shareholders' equity of the Group for the fiscal year ended on
such date, with the opinion thereon of the Guarantor's
Auditors;
(b) in relation to the Guarantor, the unaudited consolidated
balance sheet of the Group as at 30 September 2000 and the
related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of
the Group for the nine-month period ended on such date; and
(c) in relation to each Borrower, its unaudited financial
statements for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2000.
"PARTICIPATING MEMBER STATE" means any member state of the European
Communities that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency
in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to
European Monetary Union.
"PARTY" means a party to this Agreement and includes its successors in
title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation of the USA
established pursuant to Section 4002 of the ERISA or any entity
succeeding to all or any of its functions under ERISA.
"PLAN" means any employee pension benefit plan as defined in Section
3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the
provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code which is
maintained for current or former employees, or any beneficiary thereof,
of the US Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate.
"QUALIFYING LENDER" has the meaning given to it in Clause 13 (Tax
gross-up and indemnities).
"QUOTATION DAY" means, in relation to any period for which an interest
rate is to be determined:
(a) (if the currency is Sterling or Dollars) the first day of that
period;
(b) (if the currency is euro) two TARGET Days before the first day
of that period; or
(c) (for any other currency) two Business Days before the first
day of that period,
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unless market practice differs in the London interbank market for a
currency, in which case the Quotation Day will be determined by the
Lender in accordance with market practice in the Relevant Interbank
Market (and if quotations for that currency and that period would
normally be given by leading banks in the Relevant Interbank Market on
more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those days).
"REGULATION T" means Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in
effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.
"REGULATION U" means Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in
effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.
"REGULATION X" means Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in
effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.
"RELEVANT AGREEMENT" means the $50,000,000 facility agreement dated on
or about the date of this Agreement between the Borrowers, the
Guarantor and Citibank, N.A.
"RELEVANT INTERBANK MARKET" means, in relation to euro, the European
interbank market and, in relation to any other currency, the London
interbank market.
"REPEATING REPRESENTATIONS" means each of the representations set out
in Clauses 19.1 (Status) to 19.4 (Power and authority), 19.6 (Dutch
provisions), 19.9 (No default), 19.10(b) (True and complete
disclosure), 19.11 (a) and (b) (Financial statements), 19.12 (Pari
passu ranking), 19.14 (Environment laws and licences) to 19.18
(Investment Company Act and Public Utility Holding Company Act).
"REPORTABLE EVENT" means any reportable event as defined in Section
4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a
Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is
considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to a subsection (m) or (o)
of Section 414 of the Code).
"REVOLVING LOAN" means a revolving loan made or to be made under the
Facility and which has not been converted into a Term Loan or the
principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.
"ROLLOVER LOAN" means one or more Loans:
(a) made or to be made on the same day that one or more maturing
Loans is or are due to be repaid;
(b) the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the
maturing Loan(s) (unless it is more than the maturing Loan(s)
solely because it arose as a result of the operation of Clause
6.2 (Unavailability of a currency));
(c) in the same currency as the maturing Loan(s) (unless it arose
as a result of the operation of Clause 6.2 (Unavailability of
a currency)); and
(d) made or to be made to the same Borrower for the purpose of
refinancing the maturing Loan(s).
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"SCREEN RATE" means the British Bankers' Association Interest
Settlement Rate for the relevant currency and period displayed on the
appropriate page of the Telerate screen. If the agreed page is replaced
or service ceases to be available, the Lender may specify another page
or service displaying the appropriate rate after consultation with the
Guarantor.
"SELECTION NOTICE" means a notice substantially in the form set out in
Part II of Schedule 2 (Requests) given in accordance with Clause 10
(Interest Periods) in relation to the Facility after the Term-Out Date.
"STERLING" means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
"SUBSIDIARY" means, in relation to any person (referred to in this
definition as the "PARENT"), any corporation, partnership, association
or other business entity:
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing
more than 50 per cent. of the equity or more than 50 per cent.
of the ordinary voting power or more than 50 per cent. of the
general partnership interests are, at the time any
determination is being made, owned, controlled or held; or
(b) which is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise
controlled by the parent or one or more Subsidiaries of the
parent or by the parent and one or more Subsidiaries of the
parent.
In this definition, one person being controlled by another means that
the other (whether directly or indirectly and whether by the ownership
of share capital, the possession of voting power, contract or
otherwise) has the power to appoint and/or remove all or the majority
of the members of the Board of Directors or other governing body of
that person or otherwise controls or has the power to control the
affairs and policies of that person.
"TARGET" means Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement
Express Transfer payment system.
"TARGET DAY" means any day on which TARGET is open for the settlement
of payments in euro.
"TAX" means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding
of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in
connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the
same).
"TAXES ACT" means the Income and Corporation ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇.
"TERM LOAN" means a Revolving Loan which has been converted into a term
loan on the Term-Out Date pursuant to Clause 7.2 (Term-Out), a loan
made or to be made on the Term-Out Date or the principal amount
outstanding for the time being of that loan.
"TERM-OUT DATE" has the meaning given to it in Clause 7.2(a)
(Term-Out).
"TERM-OUT NOTICE" means a notice substantially in the form set out in
Part III of Schedule 2 (Requests).
"TERM-OUT OPTION" has the meaning given to it in Clause 7.2(a)
(Term-Out).
"TOTAL CAPITAL" has the meaning given to it in Clause 21 (Financial
covenants).
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"TOTAL DEBT" has the meaning given to it in Clause 21 (Financial
covenants).
"UNPAID SUM" means any sum due and payable but unpaid by an Obligor
under the Finance Documents.
"USA" or "US" or "UNITED STATES" means the United States of America.
"US OBLIGOR" means the Guarantor to the extent incorporated in any
state of the USA.
"UTILISATION" means a utilisation of the Facility.
"UTILISATION DATE" means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on
which the relevant Loan is to be made.
"UTILISATION REQUEST" means a notice substantially in the form set out
in Part I of Schedule 2 (Requests).
"VAT" means value added tax as provided for in the Value Added Tax ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ and any other tax of a similar nature.
1.2 CONSTRUCTION
(a) Any reference in this Agreement to:
(i) "ASSETS" includes present and future properties, revenues and
rights of every description;
(ii) a "CHANGE OF CONTROL" shall be deemed to have occurred if (a)
any person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the
Securities and Exchange commission as in effect on the date of
this Agreement) shall own directly or indirectly, beneficially
or of record, shares representing more than 20 per cent. of
the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued
and outstanding capital stock of the Guarantor; or (b) a
majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board
of directors of the Guarantor shall at any time have been
occupied by persons who were neither (i) nominated by the
board of directors of the Guarantor, nor (ii) appointed by
directors so nominated; or (c) any person or group shall
otherwise directly or indirectly control the Guarantor.
(iii) the "EUROPEAN INTERBANK MARKET" means the interbank market for
euro operating in Participating Member States;
(iv) a "FINANCE DOCUMENT" or any other agreement or instrument is a
reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or
instrument as amended or novated;
(v) a "GUARANTEE" of or by any person means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of such person guaranteeing or having
the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any
other person (the "PRIMARY OBLIGOR") in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such
person, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance
or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for
the purchase of) any security for the payment of such
Indebtedness, (b) to purchase property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of
the payment of such Indebtedness or (c) to maintain working
capital, equity capital or other financial statement condition
or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the
primary obligor
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to pay such Indebtedness; provided, however, that the term
guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or
deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business;
(vi) a "PERSON" includes any person, firm, company, corporation,
government, state or agency of a state or any association,
trust or partnership (whether or not having separate legal
personality) or two or more of the foregoing;
(vii) a "REGULATION" includes any regulation, rule, official
directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the
force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or
supranational body, agency, department or regulatory,
self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
(viii) a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended
or re-enacted; and
(ix) unless a contrary indication appears, a time of day is a
reference to London time.
(b) Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
(c) Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance
Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document
has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.
(d) A Default (other than an Event of Default) is "CONTINUING" if it has not
been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is "CONTINUING" if it has not
been waived or otherwise cured.
1.3 THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ to enforce or enjoy the
benefit of any term of this Agreement.
2. THE FACILITY
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lender makes available to
the Borrowers a multicurrency 364-day renewable revolving loan facility
with a term-out option in an aggregate amount equal to the Commitment.
3. PURPOSE
3.1 PURPOSE
Each Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Facility
towards (i) the financing of the Group's working capital requirements
or (ii) supporting issues by the Group of commercial paper.
3.2 MONITORING
The Lender is not bound to monitor or verify the application of any
amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.
4. CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
4.1 INITIAL CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
No Borrower may deliver a Utilisation Request unless the Lender has
received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Schedule 1
(Conditions Precedent) in form and
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substance satisfactory to the Lender. The Lender shall notify the
Guarantor promptly upon being so satisfied.
4.2 FURTHER CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
The Lender will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Availability
of Loans) if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed
Utilisation Date:
(a) in the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is
continuing or would result from the proposed Loan and, in the
case of any other Loan, no Default is continuing or would
result from the proposed Loan; and
(b) the Repeating Representations to be made by each Obligor are
true in all material respects.
4.3 CONDITIONS RELATING TO OPTIONAL CURRENCIES
(a) A currency will constitute an Optional Currency in relation to a Loan if:
(i) it is readily available in the amount required and freely
convertible into the Base Currency in the Relevant Interbank
Market on the Quotation Day and the Utilisation Date for that
Loan; and
(ii) it has been approved by the Lender on or prior to receipt by
the Lender of the relevant Utilisation Request for that Loan.
(b) If the euro constitutes an Optional Currency at any time, a Loan will
only be made available in the euro unit or any other units of the euro
agreed by the Lender.
4.4 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF LOANS/CURRENCIES
A Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the
proposed Utilisation more than six Loans would be outstanding. Loans
may not be outstanding in more than three currencies at any one time.
5. UTILISATION
5.1 DELIVERY OF A UTILISATION REQUEST
A Borrower may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Lender of a duly
completed Utilisation Request not later than 3:00 p.m. one Business Day
before the Utilisation Date, in the case of Loans in Sterling or
Dollars, and not later than 3:00 p.m. three Business Days before the
Utilisation Date, in any other case.
5.2 COMPLETION OF A UTILISATION REQUEST
(a) Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as
having been duly completed unless:
(i) the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the
Availability Period;
(ii) the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause
5.3 (Currency and amount);
(iii) the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 10 (Interest
Periods); and
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(iv) it specifies the account and bank (which must be in the
principal financial centre of the country of the currency of
the Utilisation or, in the case of euro, the principal
financial centre of a Participating Member State in which
banks are open for general business on that day or London) to
which the proceeds of the Utilisation are to be credited.
(b) Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request.
5.3 CURRENCY AND AMOUNT
(a) The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be the Base
Currency or an Optional Currency.
(b) The amount of the proposed Loan must be an amount which is not more
than the Available Commitment and which is a minimum of $5,000,000 (and
integral multiples of $1,000,000) or, if less, the Available
Commitment.
5.4 AVAILABILITY OF LOANS
If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, the Lender
shall make each Loan available through its Facility Office.
6. OPTIONAL CURRENCIES
6.1 SELECTION OF CURRENCY
A Borrower shall select the currency of a Loan in the Utilisation
Request.
6.2 UNAVAILABILITY OF A CURRENCY
If before 3.00 p.m. on any Quotation Day:
(a) the Optional Currency requested is not readily available to
the Lender in the amount required; or
(b) compliance with the Lender's obligation to make available a
Loan in the proposed Optional Currency would contravene a law
or regulation applicable to it;
the Lender will give notice to the relevant Borrower to that effect by
5.00 p.m. on that day. In this event, the Lender will be required to
make the Loan available in the Base Currency (in an amount equal to the
Base Currency Amount or, in respect of a Rollover Loan, an amount equal
to the Base Currency Amount of the maturing Loan that is due to be
repaid).
6.3 EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS
(a) In respect of successive Interest Periods of a Term Loan denominated in
a currency (other than the Base Currency), the Lender shall calculate
the amount of the Term Loan in that currency for the next following
Interest Period (by calculating the amount of that currency equal to
the Base Currency Amount of that Term Loan at the Lender's Spot Rate of
Exchange three Business Days before the next following Interest Period
and (subject to paragraph (b) below):
(i) if the amount calculated is less than the existing amount of
that Term Loan in the relevant currency during the then
current Interest Period, promptly notify the relevant Borrower
that the Borrower shall pay, on the last day of that Interest
Period, an amount equal to the difference; or
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(ii) if the amount calculated is more than the existing amount of
that Term Loan in the relevant currency during the then
current Interest Period, the Lender shall, if no Event of
Default is continuing, on the last day of that Interest
Period, pay an amount equal to the difference.
(b) If the calculation made by the Lender pursuant to paragraph (a) above
shows that the amount of the Term Loan in the relevant currency has
increased or decreased by less than 5 per cent. compared to its Base
Currency Amount, no notification shall be made by the Lender and no
payment shall be required under paragraph (a) above.
7. REPAYMENT
7.1 REPAYMENT OF LOANS
(a) Subject to Clause 7.2 (Term-Out), each Loan drawn by a Borrower shall
be repaid on the last day of its Interest Period.
(b) Each Term Loan that a Borrower has drawn following an exercise of the
Term-Out Option shall be repaid on the Final Maturity Date (as
determined in accordance with Clause 7.2 (Term-Out)).
(c) Any Term Loan which is repaid may not be reborrowed.
7.2 TERM-OUT
(a) A Borrower may on or prior to the Final Maturity Date specified in
paragraph (a) of that definition (the "TERM-OUT Date") convert all or
part of the Revolving Loans advanced to it and outstanding at the close
of business on the Term-Out Date into Term Loans (in the same currency
as the Revolving Loan from which they are being converted) and/or draw
further Term Loans (the "TERM-OUT OPTION") by delivery to the Lender
of:
(i) a Term-Out Notice at least 5 days' prior to the Term-Out Date;
and
(ii) a duly completed Utilisation Request in relation to each Loan
being converted pursuant to this Clause 7.2 and any further
Term Loan the Borrower may request, in each case in accordance
with Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request).
(b) In the Term-Out Notice, the relevant Borrower shall specify:
(i) the date to which the Final Maturity Date for each Term Loan
converted from a Revolving Loan is to be extended, which date
shall be no later than the date falling 5 years after the date
of this Agreement;
(ii) the extent to which the Revolving Loans are to be converted,
if the Borrower does not intend to convert all Revolving
Loans;
(iii) any further Term Loan to be requested; and
(iv) the Final Maturity Date for any further Term Loan requested,
which date shall be no later than the date falling 5 years
after the date of this Agreement.
(c) If a Borrower has exercised the Term-Out Option, on the Term-Out Date:
(i) any part of Revolving Facility which remains undrawn at close
of business on that date shall be cancelled;
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(ii) to the extent that it is not to be converted into a Term Loan,
the Borrower shall repay each Revolving Loan;
(iii) save as provided in paragraph (c) (ii) above, each Revolving
Loan shall be converted into a Term Loan; and
(iv) the then Final Maturity Date shall be extended as provided in
Clause 7.2(b)(i) and, if applicable, (iv).
7.3 EXTENSION
(a) The Guarantor may, not earlier than 30 and not later than 15 days prior
to the end of the Availability Period by notice to the Lender request
an extension to the Availability Period subject to the provisions of
this Clause 7.3.
(b) Upon receipt of any such request, the Lender shall undertake a full
credit assessment of the Obligors. The Lender shall not be under any
obligation to extend the Availability Period.
(c) If the Guarantor requests an extension of the Availability Period the
Lender shall, at its absolute discretion, have the option to:
(i) subject to paragraph (d) below, extend the Availability Period
for a further period of 364 days from the date on which the
Availability Period is then due to expire; or
(ii) decline such request, in which event the Commitment shall be
cancelled on the date the Availability Period is then due to
expire.
(d) The Availability Period may be extended more than once pursuant to this
Clause 7.3 provided that no extension of the Availability Period shall
be made if the Term-Out Option has been exercised.
8. PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
8.1 ILLEGALITY
If it becomes unlawful in any jurisdiction for the Lender to perform
any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund any
Loan:
(a) the Lender shall promptly notify the Guarantor upon becoming
aware of that event;
(b) upon the Lender notifying the Guarantor, the Commitment will
be immediately cancelled; and
(c) each Borrower shall repay the Loans made to that Borrower on
the last day of the Interest Period for each Loan occurring
after the Lender has notified the Guarantor or, if earlier,
the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to
the Guarantor (being no earlier than the last day of any
applicable grace period permitted by law).
8.2 VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION
The Guarantor may, if it gives the Lender not less than 10 Business
Days' prior notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum
amount of $10,000,000 and integral multiples thereof) of the Available
Commitment.
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8.3 VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT OF LOANS
The relevant Borrower to which a Loan has been made may, if it gives
the Lender not less than 10 Business Days' prior notice, prepay the
whole or any part of a Loan (but, if in part, being an amount that
reduces the Base Currency Amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of
$5,000,000 and integral multiples thereof).
8.4 RESTRICTIONS
(a) Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this
Clause 8 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears
in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the
relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of
that cancellation or prepayment.
(b) Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued
interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without
premium or penalty.
(c) Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of the
Facility which is prepaid may be reborrowed in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.
(d) The Borrowers shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans
and the Guarantor shall not cancel all or any part of the Commitment
except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this
Agreement.
(e) No amount of the Commitment cancelled under this Agreement may be
subsequently reinstated.
9. INTEREST
9.1 CALCULATION OF INTEREST
The rate of interest on each Loan for each Interest Period is the
percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:
(a) Margin;
(b) LIBOR; and
(c) Mandatory Cost, if any.
9.2 PAYMENT OF INTEREST
The Borrower to which a Loan has been made shall pay accrued interest
on each Loan on the last day of each Interest Period (and, if the
Interest Period is longer than three Months, on the dates falling at
three monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period).
9.3 DEFAULT INTEREST
(a) If an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance
Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount
from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and
after judgment) at a rate which is the sum of one per cent. and the
rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during
the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of the
overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration
selected by the Lender (acting reasonably).
(b) However if the overdue amount is principal of a Loan and became due on
a day other than the last day of an Interest Period relating to that
Loan, the first Interest Period applicable to that
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overdue amount shall be of a duration equal to the unexpired portion of
that Interest Period and the rate of interest on that overdue amount
for that Interest Period shall be the sum of one per cent. and the rate
applicable to it immediately before it became due.
(c) Any interest accruing under this Clause 9.3 shall be immediately
payable by the relevant Obligor on demand by the Lender.
(d) Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be
compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period
applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and
payable.
9.4 NOTIFICATION OF RATES OF INTEREST
The Lender shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower of the
determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.
10. INTEREST PERIODS
10.1 SELECTION OF INTEREST PERIODS
(a) A Borrower (or the Guarantor on behalf of a Borrower) may select an
Interest Period for a Loan in the Utilisation Request for that Loan or
(in relation to a Term Loan that has already been borrowed) in a
Selection Notice.
(b) Each Selection Notice for a Term Loan is irrevocable and must be
delivered to the Lender by a Borrower (or the Guarantor on behalf of a
Borrower) not later than 3:00 p.m. one Business Day before the first
day of the relevant Interest Period, in the case of Loans in Sterling
or Dollars, and not later than 3:00 p.m. three Business Days before the
first day of the relevant Interest Period, in any other case.
(c) If the Borrower (or the Guarantor on behalf of a Borrower) does not
deliver a Selection Notice to the Lender in accordance with paragraph
(b) above, the relevant Interest Period will be three Months.
(d) Subject to this Clause 10, a Borrower (or the Guarantor) may select an
Interest Period of one, two or three Months other period not exceeding
12 months agreed between the Borrower and the Lender.
(e) An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Final
Maturity Date.
(f) A Revolving Loan has one Interest Period only.
(g) Each Interest Period for a Term Loan shall start on the Term-Out Date
or (if already made) the last day of its preceding Interest Period.
10.2 NON-BUSINESS DAYS
If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a
Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next
Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding
Business Day (if there is not).
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11. CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
11.1 MARKET DISRUPTION
(a) If a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan for any
Interest Period, then the rate of interest on that Loan for the
Interest Period shall be the rate per annum which is the sum of:
(i) the Margin;
(ii) the rate notified to the relevant Borrower by the Lender as
soon as practicable and in any event before interest is due to
be paid in respect of that Interest Period, to be that which
expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the
Lender of funding that Loan from whatever source it may
reasonably select; and
(iii) the Mandatory Cost, if any, applicable to that Loan.
(b) In this Agreement "MARKET DISRUPTION EVENT" means:
(i) at or about noon on the Quotation Day for the relevant
Interest Period the Screen Rate is not available and the
Lender is unable to provide a quotation to determine LIBOR for
the relevant currency and period; or
(ii) before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for
the relevant Interest Period, the relevant Borrower receives
notification from the Lender that the cost to it of obtaining
matching deposits in the Relevant Interbank Market would be in
excess of LIBOR.
11.2 ALTERNATIVE BASIS OF INTEREST OR FUNDING
(a) If a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Lender or the relevant
Borrower so requires, the Lender and the relevant Borrower shall enter
into negotiations (for a period of not more than 30 days) with a view
to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest.
(b) Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall,
with the prior consent of the Lender and the relevant Borrower, be
binding on all Parties.
11.3 BREAK COSTS
(a) Each Borrower shall, within three Business Days of demand by the
Lender, pay to the Lender its Break Costs attributable to all or any
part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum being paid by that Borrower on a day other
than the last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum.
(b) The Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by
the relevant Borrower, provide a certificate confirming the amount of
its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they accrue.
12. FEES
12.1 COMMITMENT FEE
(a) The Guarantor shall pay to the Lender a commitment fee in Dollars
computed at the rate of 0.15 per cent. per annum on the Available
Commitment from day to day during the Availability Period.
(b) The accrued commitment fee is payable in arrears quarterly from the
date of this Agreement and on the Final Maturity Date in respect of the
Revolving Loan or any earlier date on which the Lender's Commitment is
reduced to zero.
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12.2 UTILISATION FEE
(a) The Guarantor shall pay to the Lender a utilisation fee in Dollars
computed at the rate of 0.10 per cent. per annum on the aggregate
amount of the Loans outstanding payable in respect of each day that the
Base Currency Amount of all Loans exceeds 33 per cent. of the
Commitment on that day.
(b) The accrued utilisation fee is payable on the last day of each
successive period of three Months commencing on the date of this
Agreement and on the Final Maturity Date.
13. TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
13.1 DEFINITIONS
(a) In this Clause 13:
"QUALIFYING LENDER" means a person which is (on the date a payment
falls due) within the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax as
respects that payment and was a bank (as defined for the purpose of
section 349 of the Taxes Act in section 840A of the Taxes Act) at the
time the relevant Loan was made.
"TAX CREDIT" means a credit against, relief or remission for, or
repayment of any Tax.
"TAX DEDUCTION" means a deduction or withholding for or on account of
Tax from a payment under a Finance Document.
"TAX PAYMENT" means an increased payment made by an Obligor to the
Lender under Clause 13.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under Clause 13.3
(Tax indemnity).
"TREATY LENDER" means a person which is (on the date a payment falls
due) entitled to that payment under a double Taxation agreement in
force on that date (subject to the completion of any necessary
procedural formalities) without a Tax Deduction.
(b) In this Clause 13 a reference to "DETERMINES" or "DETERMINED" means a
determination made in the absolute discretion of the person making the
determination.
13.2 TAX GROSS-UP
(a) Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax
Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
(b) The Guarantor or the Lender shall promptly upon becoming aware that an
Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the
rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the other party
accordingly.
(c) If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor the
amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall, subject to
paragraphs (d) and (e) below, be increased to an amount which (on a net
after Tax basis) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have
been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
(d) In the case of a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by Harsco
Investment Limited, paragraph (c) shall only apply if the Lender:
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(i) is a Qualifying Lender or a Treaty Lender, unless Harsco
Investment Limited is able to demonstrate the Tax Deduction is
required to be made as a result of the Lender (as a Treaty
Lender) failing to comply with paragraph (h) below; or
(ii) is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender or, as the case
may be, Treaty Lender to the extent that this altered status
results from any change after the date of this Agreement in
(or in the interpretation, administration, or application of)
any law or double Taxation agreement or any published practice
or published concession of any relevant Taxing authority.
(e) In the case of a Tax Deduction for or on account of US Federal
withholding tax required by law to be made by the US Obligor, paragraph
(c) shall only apply if the Lender is:
(i) a Treaty Lender unless the US Obligor is able to demonstrate
the Tax Deduction is required to be made as a result of the
Lender failing to comply with paragraph (h) below; or
(ii) is not or has ceased to be a Treaty Lender to the extent that
this altered status results from any change after the date of
this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration or
application of) any law or double Taxation agreement or any
published practice or published concession of any relevant Tax
authority.
(f) If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall
make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with
that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount
required by law.
(g) Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required
in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax
Deduction shall deliver to the Lender evidence reasonably satisfactory
to the Lender that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable)
any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
(h) The Lender as a Treaty Lender and each Obligor which makes a payment to
which the Lender as a Treaty Lender is entitled shall co-operate in
completing any procedural formalities necessary for that Obligor to
obtain authorisation to make that payment without a Tax Deduction.
13.3 TAX INDEMNITY
(a) If the Lender is or will be, for or on account of Tax, subject to any
liability or required to make any payment in relation to a sum received
or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received
or receivable) under a Finance Document, then the Guarantor shall
(within three Business Days of demand by the Lender) pay to the Lender
an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which the Lender
determines will be or has been (directly or indirectly) suffered by it
for or on account of Tax.
(b) Paragraph (a) above shall not apply with respect to any Tax assessed on
the Lender:
(i) under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender is
incorporated or, if different, the jurisdiction (or
jurisdictions) in which the Lender is treated as resident for
tax purposes; or
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(ii) under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Lender's
Facility Office is located in respect of amounts received or
receivable in that jurisdiction,
if that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income
received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or
receivable) by the Lender.
(c) If the Lender makes, or intends to make, a claim pursuant to paragraph
(a) above, it shall promptly notify the Guarantor of the event which
will give, or has given, rise to the claim.
13.4 TAX CREDIT
If an Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the Lender determines that:
(i) a Tax Credit is attributable to that Tax Payment; and
(ii) the Lender has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax
Credit,
the Lender shall pay an amount to the Obligor which the Lender
determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax
position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been made by
the Obligor.
13.5 STAMP TAXES
The Guarantor shall pay and, within three Business Days of demand,
indemnify the Lender against any cost, loss or liability the Lender
incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other similar
Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document.
13.6 VALUE ADDED TAX
(a) All consideration payable under a Finance Document by an Obligor to the
Lender shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT. If VAT is
chargeable, the Obligor shall pay to the Lender (in addition to and at
the same time as paying the consideration) an amount equal to the
amount of the VAT.
(b) Where a Finance Document requires an Obligor to reimburse the Lender
for any costs or expenses, that Obligor shall also at the same time pay
and indemnify the Lender against all VAT incurred by the Lender in
respect of the costs or expenses.
14. INCREASED COSTS
14.1 INCREASED COSTS
(a) Subject to Clause 14.3 (Exceptions) the Guarantor shall, within three
Business Days of a demand by the Lender, pay the Lender the amount of
any Increased Costs incurred by the Lender or any of its Affiliates as
a result of (i) the introduction of or any change in (or in the
interpretation or application of) any law or regulation or (ii)
compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this
Agreement.
(b) In this Agreement "INCREASED COSTS" means:
(i) a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on the
Lender's (or its Affiliate's) overall capital;
(ii) an additional or increased cost; or
(iii) a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance
Document,
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which is incurred or suffered by the Lender or any of its
Affiliates to the extent that it is attributable to the Lender
having entered into its Commitment or funding or performing
its obligations under any Finance Document.
14.2 INCREASED COST CLAIMS
(a) If the Lender intends to make a claim pursuant to Clause 14 .1
(Increased costs) it shall notify the Guarantor of the event giving
rise to the claim.
(b) The Lender shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the
Guarantor, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased
Costs.
14.3 EXCEPTIONS
(a) Clause 14.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any
Increased Cost is:
(i) attributable to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by
an Obligor;
(ii) compensated for by Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have
been compensated for under Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) but was
not so compensated solely because one of the exclusions in
paragraph (b) of Clause 13.3 (Tax indemnity) applied);
(iii) compensated for by the payment of the Mandatory Cost; or
(iv) attributable to the wilful breach, or breach resulting from
gross negligence, by the Lender or its Affiliates of any law
or regulation.
(b) In this Clause 14.3, a reference to a "TAX DEDUCTION" has the same
meaning given to the term in Clause 13.1 (Definitions).
15. OTHER INDEMNITIES
15.1 CURRENCY INDEMNITY
(a) If any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a "SUM"),
or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has
to be converted from the currency (the "FIRST CURRENCY") in which that
Sum is payable into another currency (the "SECOND CURRENCY") for the
purpose of:
(i) making or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor;
(ii) obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation
to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,
that Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within three Business
Days of demand, indemnify the Lender against any cost, loss or
liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any
discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum
from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or
rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt
of that Sum.
(b) Each Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay
any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit
other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.
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15.2 OTHER INDEMNITIES
The Guarantor shall, within three Business Days of demand, indemnify
the Lender against any cost, loss or liability incurred by the Lender
as a result of:
(a) the occurrence of any Event of Default;
(b) a failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance
Document on its due date;
(c) funding, or making arrangements to fund, a Loan requested by a
Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of
the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this
Agreement (other than by reason of default or negligence by
the Lender alone); or
(d) a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance
with a notice of prepayment given by a Borrower or the
Guarantor.
15.3 INDEMNITY TO THE LENDER
The Guarantor shall promptly indemnify the Lender against any cost,
loss or liability incurred by the Lender (acting reasonably) as a
result of:
(a) investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default;
(b) entering into or performing any foreign exchange contract for the
purposes of Clause 6 (Optional Currencies); or
(c) acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it
reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately
authorised.
16. MITIGATION BY THE LENDER
16.1 MITIGATION
(a) The Lender shall, in consultation with the Guarantor, take all
reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which
would result in any amount becoming payable under, or cancelled
pursuant to, any of Clause 8.1 (Illegality), Clause 13 (Tax gross-up
and indemnities) or Clause 14 (Increased costs) including (but not
limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance
Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.
(b) Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any
Obligor under the Finance Documents.
16.2 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
(a) The Guarantor shall indemnify the Lender for all costs and expenses
reasonably incurred by the Lender as a result of steps taken by it
under Clause 16.1 (Mitigation).
(b) The Lender is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 16.1
(Mitigation) if, in its opinion (acting reasonably), to do so might be
prejudicial to it.
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17. COSTS AND EXPENSES
17.1 TRANSACTION EXPENSES
The Guarantor shall promptly on demand pay the Lender the amount of all
costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by it in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution
of:
(a) this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this
Agreement; and
(b) any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this
Agreement.
17.2 AMENDMENT COSTS
If (a) an Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent or (b) an
amendment is required pursuant to Clause 28.8 (Change of currency), the
Guarantor shall, within three Business Days of demand, reimburse the
Lender for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees)
reasonably incurred by the Lender in responding to, evaluating,
negotiating or complying with that request or requirement.
17.3 ENFORCEMENT COSTS
The Guarantor shall, within three Business Days of demand, pay to the
Lender the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees)
incurred by the Lender in connection with the enforcement of, or the
preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document.
18. GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
18.1 GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY
The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) guarantees to the Lender punctual performance by each Borrower
of all that Borrower's obligations under the Finance
Documents;
(b) undertakes with the Lender that whenever a Borrower does not
pay any amount when due under or in connection with any
Finance Document, the Guarantor shall immediately on demand
pay that amount as if it was the principal obligor; and
(c) indemnifies the Lender immediately on demand against any cost,
loss or liability suffered by the Lender if any obligation
guaranteed by it is or becomes unenforceable, invalid or
illegal. The amount of the cost, loss or liability shall be
equal to the amount which the Lender would otherwise have been
entitled to recover.
18.2 CONTINUING GUARANTEE
This guarantee is a continuing guarantee and will extend to the
ultimate balance of sums payable by any Obligor under the Finance
Documents, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole
or in part.
18.3 REINSTATEMENT
If any payment by an Obligor or any discharge given by the Lender
(whether in respect of the obligations of any Obligor or any security
for those obligations or otherwise) is avoided or reduced as a result
of insolvency or any similar event:
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(a) the liability of each Obligor shall continue as if the
payment, discharge, avoidance or reduction had not occurred;
and
(b) the Lender shall be entitled to recover the value or amount of
that security or payment from each Obligor, as if the payment,
discharge, avoidance or reduction had not occurred.
18.4 WAIVER OF DEFENCES
The obligations of the Guarantor under this Clause 18 will not be
affected by an act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this
Clause, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under
this Clause 18 (without limitation and whether or not known to it or
the Lender) including:
(a) any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with,
any Obligor or other person;
(b) the release of the Guarantor or any other person under the
terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of
any member of the Group;
(c) the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or
release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or
enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any
Obligor or other person or any non-presentation or
non-observance of any formality or other requirement in
respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full
value of any security;
(d) any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal
personality of or dissolution or change in the members or
status of an Obligor or any other person;
(e) any amendment (however fundamental) or replacement of a
Finance Document or any other document or security;
(f) any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any
obligation of any person under any Finance Document or any
other document or security; or
(g) any insolvency or similar proceedings.
18.5 IMMEDIATE RECOURSE
The Guarantor waives any right it may have of first requiring the
Lender (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or
enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from any person
before claiming from the Guarantor under this Clause 18. This waiver
applies irrespective of any law or any provision of a Finance Document
to the contrary.
18.6 APPROPRIATIONS
Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under
or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid
in full, the Lender (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) may:
(a) refrain from applying or enforcing any other moneys, security
or rights held or received by the Lender (or any trustee or
agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts, or apply and
enforce the same in such manner and order as it sees fit
(whether against those amounts or otherwise) and the Guarantor
shall not be entitled to the benefit of the same; and
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(b) hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any moneys
received from the Guarantor or on account of the Guarantor's
liability under this Clause 18.
18.7 DEFERRAL OF GUARANTOR'S RIGHTS
Until all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under
or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid
in full and unless the Lender otherwise directs, the Guarantor will not
exercise any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of
its obligations under the Finance Documents:
(a) to be indemnified by a Borrower;
(b) to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of the
Borrowers' obligations under the Finance Documents; and/or
(c) to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of
subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Lender under
the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security
taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance
Documents by the Lender.
18.8 ADDITIONAL SECURITY
This guarantee is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by
any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by the Lender.
19. REPRESENTATIONS
Each Obligor makes the representations and warranties set out in this
Clause 19 to the Lender on the date of this Agreement.
19.1 STATUS
(a) It is a company or corporation, duly organised, validly existing and in
good standing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
(b) It and each of its Subsidiaries has the power to own its assets and
carry on its business as it is being conducted.
19.2 BINDING OBLIGATIONS
The obligations expressed to be assumed by it in each Finance Document
are, except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganisation, moratorium or similar laws of general
applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and (b)
the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law),
legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.
19.3 NON-CONFLICT WITH OTHER OBLIGATIONS
The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions
contemplated by, the Finance Documents do not and will not conflict
with:
(a) any law or regulation applicable to it;
(b) the constitutional documents of any member of the Group; or
(c) any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any member of the Group
or any of its or any member of the Group's assets.
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19.4 POWER AND AUTHORITY
It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all
necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery
of, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and the transactions
contemplated by those Finance Documents.
19.5 VALIDITY AND ADMISSIBILITY IN EVIDENCE All Authorisations required or
desirable:
(a) to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and
comply with its obligations in the Finance Documents to which
it is a party; and
(b) to make the Finance Documents to which it is a party
admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation,
have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect.
19.6 DUTCH PROVISIONS
Harsco Finance B.V. meets the criteria set out in the Regulation of the
Dutch Minister of Finance of 4 February 1993 (Stcrt. 1993, 29) and will
not therefore qualify as a credit institution (kredietinstelling)
within the meaning of the Dutch 1992 Act on the Supervision of the
Credit System (Wet toezicht kredietwezen 1992).
19.7 DEDUCTION OF TAX
It is not required under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation
or organisation (as the case may be) (or, in the case of the US
Obligor, under the law of the USA or any state thereof) to make any
deduction for or on account of Tax from any payment it may make under
any Finance Document.
19.8 TAXES
(a) As of the date of this Agreement, the Guarantor and its
Domestic Subsidiaries are members of an affiliated group of
corporations filing consolidated returns for Federal income
tax purposes, of which the Guarantor is the "common parent"
(within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code) of such
group. The Guarantor and its Subsidiaries have filed all
Federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns
that are required to be filed by them and have paid all Taxes
due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment
received by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries. The
charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Guarantor
and its Subsidiaries in respect of Taxes and other
governmental charges are, in the opinion of the Guarantor,
adequate. The Guarantor has not been given or been requested
to give a waiver of the statute of limitations relating to the
payment of Federal, state, local and foreign Taxes or other
impositions.
(b) Under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
organisation (as the case may be) (or, in the case of the US
Obligor, under the law of the USA or any state thereof) it is
not necessary that the Finance Documents be filed, recorded or
enrolled with any court or other authority in that
jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration or similar tax be
paid on or in relation to the Finance Documents or the
transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents.
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19.9 NO DEFAULT
(a) No Event of Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to
result from the making of any Utilisation.
(b) No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a
default under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it
or any of its Subsidiaries or to which its (or its Subsidiaries')
assets are subject which might have a Material Adverse Effect.
19.10 TRUE AND COMPLETE DISCLOSURE
(a) The information, reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules
furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Guarantor to the Lender in
connection with the negotiation, preparation or delivery of the Finance
Documents or included therein or delivered pursuant thereto, when taken
as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements herein
or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
(b) All written information furnished after the date of this Agreement by
the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries to the Lender in connection with the
Finance Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby will be
true, complete and accurate in every material respect, or (in the case
of projections) based on reasonable estimates, on the date as of which
such information is stated or certified. There is no fact known to the
Guarantor that could have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been
disclosed herein or in a report, financial statement, exhibit,
schedule, disclosure letter or other writing furnished to the Lender
for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
19.11 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(a) Its Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied.
(b) Its Original Financial Statements fairly represent, in all material
respects, its financial condition (consolidated in the case of the
Guarantor) as at such dates and the results of its operations for the
fiscal year and three-month period ended on such dates (subject, in the
case of the financial statements as at 30 September 2000 to normal
year-end audit adjustments) unless expressly disclosed to the contrary
in those financial statements or in writing by the Guarantor to the
Lender before the date of this Agreement.
(c) There has been no material adverse change in its business or financial
condition (or the business or consolidated financial condition of the
Group, in the case of the Guarantor) since 31 December 1999.
19.12 PARI PASSU RANKING
Its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least pari
passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated
creditors, except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying
to companies generally.
19.13 NO PROCEEDINGS PENDING OR THREATENED
Except as disclosed in note 10 of the audited annual consolidated
financial statements of the Guarantor included in the Guarantor's Form
10-K dated 16 March 2000 and in the notes to the unaudited quarterly
consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor included in the
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Guarantor's Form 10-Q dated 14 November 2000 and filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, there are no legal or arbitral
proceedings, or any proceedings by or before any Governmental
Authority, now pending or (to the knowledge of the Guarantor)
threatened against it or any of its Subsidiaries that, if adversely
determined, could (either individually or in the aggregate) have a
Material Adverse Effect.
19.14 ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND LICENCES
(a) Except as disclosed in the notes to the unaudited quarterly
consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor included in
the Guarantor's Form 10-Q dated 14 November 2000 and filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it and each of
its Subsidiaries has:
(i) complied with all Environmental Laws to which it is
subject;
(ii) obtained all Environmental Licences required in
connection with its business; and
(iii) complied with the terms of those Environmental
Licences, in each case where failure to do so might
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in
the status of the matters disclosed in the notes to the
unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements of the
Guarantor included in the Guarantor's Form 10-Q dated 14
November 2000 and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission that, individually or in the aggregate, has
resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a
Material Adverse Effect.
19.15 ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASES
Except as disclosed in the notes to the audited annual and unaudited
quarterly consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor included
in the Guarantor's Form 10-K dated 16 March 2000 and 10-Q dated 14
November 2000 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
no:
(a) property currently or previously owned, leased, occupied or
controlled by it or any of its Subsidiaries (including any
offsite waste management or disposal location utilised by it
or any of its Subsidiaries) is contaminated with any Hazardous
Substance; and
(b) discharge, release, leaching, migration or escape of any
Hazardous Substance into the Environment has occurred or is
occurring on, under or from that property,
in each case in circumstances where this might have a Material Adverse
Effect.
19.16 PLANS
(a) Each Plan, and, to the knowledge of the US Obligor, each
Multiemployer Plan, is in compliance in all material respects
with, and has been administered in all material respects in
compliance with, the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code
and any other Federal or state law of the United States, and
no event or condition has occurred and is continuing as to
which the US Obligor would be under an obligation to furnish a
report to the Lender under Clause 20.5 (Information: ERISA).
(b) Except as do not have and could not be reasonably expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, the US Obligor has not and no
ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability
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to or could be reasonably expected to incur any liability to,
or on account of, a Multiemployer Plan as a result of
violation of Section 515 of ERISA or otherwise pursuant to
Section 4201, 4204 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
(c) There are no actions, suits or claims pending against or with
respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan (other than routine
claims for benefits) or, to its knowledge or the knowledge of
any ERISA Affiliate (in each case after due inquiry),
threatened against or with respect to any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan which has or could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, the US Obligor has not and no ERISA Affiliate
has ceased operations at a facility so as to become subject to
the provisions of Section 4063 of ERISA, withdrawn as a
substantial employer so as to become subject to the provisions
of Section 4062 of ERISA or ceased making contributions to any
Plan subject to Section 4064(a) of ERISA to which it made
contributions.
19.17 U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE REGULATION
(a) The proceeds of the Loan will not be used, directly or
indirectly, in whole or in part, for any purpose which might
(whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately) cause the
Loan (or any part thereof) to be a "purpose credit" within the
meaning of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X.
Following the application of the proceeds of the Loan, not
more than 25 per cent. of the value of the assets of the Group
(on a consolidated basis) will be Margin Stock.
(b) Neither any Obligor nor any agent acting on its behalf has
taken or will take any action which could cause any of the
Finance Documents or any of the documents or instruments
delivered pursuant thereto to violate any regulation of the
Board (including Regulations T, U and X) or to violate the US
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any applicable US federal
or state securities laws.
19.18 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT AND PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT
(a) The US Obligor has not and none of its Subsidiaries is subject
to regulation under the US Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, the US Federal Power Act or the US Investment Company
Act of 1940 or to any US federal or state statute or
regulation limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness.
(b) It is not an "investment company", or an "affiliated person"
of, or "promoter" or "principal underwriter" for, an
"investment company", as such terms are defined in the US
Investment Company Act of 1940.
(c) None of the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents
does or will violate any of such Acts, any applicable US
federal or state laws and regulations.
19.19 LIENS AND EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS
(a) Schedule 4 (Existing Liens) is a complete and correct list, as
of the date of this Agreement, of each Lien securing
Indebtedness of any person, the aggregate principal or face
amount of which equals or exceeds (or may equal or exceed)
$5,000,000 (or its
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equivalent) and covering any property of the Guarantor or any
of its Subsidiaries, and the aggregate Indebtedness secured
(or that may be secured) by each such Lien and the property
covered by each such Lien is correctly described in Schedule 4
(Existing Liens); and
(b) Schedule 5 (Existing Indebtedness) is a complete and correct
list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each credit
agreement, loan agreement, indenture, guarantee, letter of
credit or other arrangement providing for or otherwise
relating to any Indebtedness or any extension of credit (or
commitment for any extension of credit) to, or guarantee by,
the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, the aggregate
principal or face amount of which equals or exceeds (or may
equal or exceed) $5,000,000 (or its equivalent), and the
aggregate principal or face amount outstanding or that may
become outstanding under each such arrangement is correctly
described in Schedule 5 (Existing Indebtedness).
19.20 REPETITION
The Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by each Obligor by
reference to the facts and circumstances then existing on the date of
each Utilisation Request and the date of the Term-Out Notice, on each
date on which a Loan is made and the first day of each Interest Period.
20. INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
The undertakings in this Clause 20 remain in force from the date of
this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the
Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
20.1 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Guarantor shall supply to the Lender:
(a) as soon as the same become available, but in any event within
90 days after the end of each of its fiscal years:
(i) its consolidated balance sheets and related
statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity
and cash flows, showing the financial condition of
the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as of the close of
such fiscal year and the results of its operations
and the operations of its Subsidiaries during such
year, all audited by the Guarantor's Auditors and
accompanied by an opinion of such auditors (which
shall not be qualified in any material respect) to
the effect that such consolidated financial
statements fairly present the financial condition and
results of operations of the Guarantor on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied; and
(ii) the unaudited financial statements of each Borrower
for that fiscal year; and
(b) as soon as the same become available, but in any event within
45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal
quarters of each of its fiscal years, its consolidated balance
sheets and related statements of income, changes in
stockholders' equity and cash flows, showing the financial
condition of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as of the
close of such fiscal quarter and the results of its operations
and the operations of its
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Subsidiaries during such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed
portion of such fiscal year, all certified by one of its
Financial Officers as fairly presenting the financial
condition and results of operations of the Guarantor on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments.
20.2 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(a) The Guarantor shall supply to the Lender, with each set of financial
statements delivered pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) or (b) of Clause 20.1
(Financial statements), a Compliance Certificate setting out (in
reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 21
(Financial covenants) as at the date as at which those financial
statements were drawn up.
(b) Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by a Financial Officer of
the Guarantor or, if required to be delivered with the financial
statements delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) of Clause 20.1
(Financial statements), by the Guarantor's Auditors (which certificate,
when furnished by the Guarantor's Auditors, may be limited to
accounting matters and disclaim responsibility for legal
interpretations).
20.3 REQUIREMENTS AS TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Each set of financial statements delivered by the Guarantor pursuant to
Clause 20.1 (Financial statements) shall be certified by a Financial
Officer of the relevant company as fairly representing its (or, as the
case may be, its consolidated) financial condition and operations as at
the end of and for the period in relation to which those financial
statements were drawn up.
20.4 INFORMATION: MISCELLANEOUS
The Guarantor shall supply to the Lender:
(a) promptly after the same becoming publicly available, copies of
all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other
materials filed by it with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of
or all the functions of such Commission, or with any national
securities exchange, or distributed to its shareholders or
creditors generally, as the case may be;
(b) promptly upon becoming aware of such, the filing or
commencement of, or any threat or notice of intention of any
person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding,
whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental
Authority, against the Guarantor or any Affiliate thereof
which, if adversely determined, could have a Material Adverse
Effect; and
(c) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding
the operations, business affairs and financial condition of
the Guarantor or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms
of any Finance Document, as the Lender may reasonably request.
20.5 INFORMATION: ERISA
The Guarantor shall supply to the Lender:
(a) as soon as possible, and in any event within 30 days after the
US Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate either knows or has reason
to know that any Reportable Event has occurred that alone or
together with any other Reportable Event could reasonably be
excepted to result in liability of the US Obligor to the PGBC
in an aggregate amount exceeding
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$5,000,000, a statement of a Financial Officer setting forth
details as to such Reportable Event and the action proposed to
be taken with respect thereto, together with a copy of the
notice, if any, of such Reportable Event given to or received
from the PGBC;
(b) promptly after receipt thereof, a copy of any notice the US
Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate may receive from the PBGC
relating to the intention of the PGBC to terminate any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA
Affiliate which is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant
to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code) or to
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or Multiemployer
Plan; and
(c) within 10 days after the due date for filing with the PGBC
pursuant to Section 412(n) of the Code of a notice of failure
to make a required instalment or other payment with respect to
a Plan, a statement of a Financial Officer setting forth
details as to such failure and the action proposed to be taken
with respect thereto, together with a copy of such notice
given to the PBGC.
20.6 NOTIFICATION OF DEFAULT
(a) Each Obligor shall notify the Lender of any Default (and the steps, if
any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its
occurrence (unless that Obligor is aware that a notification has
already been provided by another Obligor).
(b) Promptly upon a request by the Lender, the Guarantor shall supply to
the Lender a certificate signed by one of its Financial Officers or
directors on its behalf certifying that no Default is continuing (or if
a Default is continuing, specifying the Default and the steps, if any,
being taken to remedy it).
21. FINANCIAL COVENANTS
21.1 FINANCIAL CONDITION
The Guarantor shall ensure that:
(a) Net Worth will not at any time be less than $475,000,000; and
(b) the ratio of Total Debt to Total Capital will not at any time
be greater than 0.60 to 1.00.
21.2 FINANCIAL COVENANT CALCULATIONS
(a) Net Worth, Total Capital and Total Debt shall be calculated and
interpreted on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and shall
be expressed in Dollars.
21.3 DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement:
"NET WORTH" means, as at any date, the sum for the Group (determined on
a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP) of
the following:
(a) the amount of common stock; plus
(b) the amount of any preferred stock that does not have any
requirement for the Guarantor to purchase, redeem, retire or
otherwise acquire the same; plus
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(c) the amount of additional paid-in capital and retained earnings
(or, in the case of an additional paid-in capital or retained
earnings deficit, minus the amount of such deficit); plus
(d) cumulative translation adjustments (or, in the case of
negative adjustments, minus the amount of such adjustments);
plus
(e) cumulative pension liability adjustments (or; in the case of
negative adjustments, minus the amount of such adjustments);
minus
(f) the cost of treasury stock.
"TOTAL CAPITAL" means, at any time, Net Worth plus Total Debt.
"TOTAL DEBT" means, at any time, the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of all Indebtedness of the Group at such time (other than
Indebtedness described in paragraphs (i) or (j) of the definition of
the term "Indebtedness") determined on a consolidated basis (without
duplication) in accordance with GAAP provided that the term "Total
Debt" shall include any preferred stock that provides for the mandatory
purchase, retirement, redemption or other acquisition of the same by
the Guarantor or any Subsidiary (other than preferred stock held by the
Guarantor or any Subsidiary).
22. GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
The undertakings in this Clause 22 remain in force from the date of
this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the
Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
22.1 AUTHORISATIONS
Each Obligor shall promptly:
(a) obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain
in full force and effect; and
(b) supply certified copies to the Lender of,
any Authorisation required under any law or regulation of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or organisation (as the case may be) to
enable it to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents and to
ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in
evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation of any Finance Document.
22.2 EXISTENCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
(a) Each Obligor shall (and the Guarantor shall ensure that each other
member of the Group will) preserve and maintain its corporate
existence, rights (charter and statute) and material franchises, except
as otherwise permitted by Clause 22.5 (Merger), provided, however, that
the Guarantor shall not be required to preserve any such right or
franchise if (i) the Guarantor shall determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the
Guarantor and (ii) the loss of any such right or franchise is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lender.
(b) Each Obligor shall comply in all respects with all laws to which it may
be subject, if failure so to comply would materially impair its ability
to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents.
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22.3 NEGATIVE PLEDGE
(a) No Obligor shall (and the Guarantor shall ensure that no other member
of the Group will) create incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien
upon any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
except:
(i) Liens in existence on the date of this Agreement which are
listed in Schedule 4 (Existing Liens);
(ii) Liens imposed by any Governmental Authority for Taxes,
assessments or charges not yet due or that are being contested
in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of
the Guarantor or the affected Subsidiaries, as the case may
be, in accordance with GAAP;
(iii) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's,
repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course
of business that are not overdue for a period of more than 30
days or that are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings and Liens securing judgements but only
to the extent for an amount and for a period not resulting in
an Event of Default under Clause 23.6(c) (Insolvency and
Insolvency Proceedings);
(iv) pledges or deposits under worker's compensation, unemployment
insurance and other social security legislation;
(v) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts
(other than for Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations,
surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course
of business;
(vi) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and
encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements,
licenses, restrictions on the use of property or minor
imperfections in title thereto that, in the aggregate, are not
material in amount, and that do not in any case materially
detract from the value of the property subject thereto or
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vii) Liens on property of any corporation that becomes a Subsidiary
of the Guarantor after the date of this Agreement, provided
that such Liens are in existence at the time such corporation
becomes a Subsidiary of the Guarantor and were not created in
anticipation thereof;
(viii) Liens upon real and/or tangible personal property acquired
after the date of this Agreement (by purchase, construction or
otherwise) by the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries, each
of which Liens either (A) existed on such property before the
time of its acquisition and was not created in anticipation
thereof or (B) was created solely for the purpose of securing
Indebtedness representing, or incurred to finance, refinance
or refund, the cost (including the cost of construction) of
such property, provided that no such Lien shall extend to or
cover any property of the Guarantor or such Subsidiary other
than the property so acquired and improvements thereon;
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(ix) additional Liens upon real and/or personal property created
after the date of this Agreement, provided that the aggregate
Indebtedness secured thereby and incurred on and after the
date hereof shall not exceed $25,000,000 (or its equivalent as
reasonably determined by the Lender) in the aggregate at any
one time outstanding; and
(x) any extension, renewal or replacement of the foregoing,
provided that the Liens permitted hereunder shall not be
spread to cover any additional Indebtedness or property (other
than a substitution of like property).
22.4 SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTIONS
No Obligor shall (and the Guarantor shall ensure that no other member
of the Group will) enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly,
with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or
personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other
property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or
purposes as the property being sold or transferred (such an arrangement
being a "SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTION"), other than:
(i) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions capitalised on the books of
the Guarantor in an aggregate capitalised amount not in excess
of $25,000,000 entered into in connection with the financing
of an aircraft to be used in connection with the Guarantor's
business; and
(ii) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions capitalised on the books of
the Guarantor (other than a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction
permitted by Clause 22.4(i)) if the capitalised amount of all
such Sale and Lease-Back Transactions shall not exceed
$20,000,000 in aggregate amount at any time outstanding.
22.5 MERGER
(a) No Obligor shall consolidate or merge with or into any other
person or sell, convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to any person, unless;
(i) the company or corporation formed by such
consolidation or merger or the person which acquires
by sale, conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the
properties and assets of such Obligor substantially
as an entirety shall be a company or corporation
organised and existing under the laws of a
jurisdiction acceptable to the Lender and shall
expressly assume, by an agreement supplemental
hereto, executed and delivered in favour of the
Lender, in form satisfactory to the Lender, the due
and punctual payment of the principal of and interest
on the Loans and all other obligations of such
Obligor under the Finance Documents and the
performance or observance of every covenant of this
Agreement on the part of such Obligor to be performed
or observed;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(iii) the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Lender an
officers' certificate and an opinion or, as may be
required by the Lender, opinions of counsel, each
stating
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that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
transfer or lease and such supplemental agreement
comply with this Clause 22.5(a) and that all
conditions precedent in this Agreement provided for
relating to such transaction and any other documents
which the Lender requests to be delivered at such
time have been complied with.
(b) Upon any consolidation by any Obligor with or merger by any
Obligor into any other corporation or any sale, conveyance,
transfer or lease of the properties and assets of any Obligor
substantially as an entirety in accordance with Clause
22.5(a), the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which such Obligor is merged or to which
such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the applicable Obligor under the Finance Documents
with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been
named as an Obligor herein, and thereafter, the predecessor
corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants
under the Finance Documents.
(c) This Clause 22.5 is without prejudice to the provisions of
Clause 23.14 (Change of Control).
22.6 LINES OF BUSINESS; FISCAL YEAR
The Guarantor shall not (and the Guarantor shall ensure that no other
member of the Group will) engage or invest in operations engaging to
any substantial extent in any line or lines of business activity other
than the business of manufacturing, providing, distributing and selling
such diverse goods and industrial services, principally for industrial,
commercial, construction and defence applications, the same or similar
to those goods and services as are manufactured, provided, distributed
and sold by the Guarantor on the date of this Agreement. In the case of
the Guarantor, the Guarantor shall not change its fiscal year end from
that in effect at 31 December 1999.
22.7 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
The Guarantor shall not (and the Guarantor shall ensure that no other
member of the Group will) sell or transfer any property or assets to,
or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage
in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except that as
long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Guarantor
or any Subsidiary may engage in any of the foregoing transactions in
the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions
not less favourable to the Guarantor or such Subsidiary than could be
obtained on an arm's-length basis from unrelated third parties.
22.8 PROPERTIES AND INSURANCE
(a) Each Obligor shall (and the Guarantor shall ensure that each
other member of the Group will) maintain and preserve all of
its properties which are used in the conduct of its business
in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted, to the extent that any failure to do so would result
in a Material Adverse Effect and except for dispositions
thereof permitted by Clause 22.4 (Sale and Lease-Back
Transactions).
(b) Each Obligor shall (and the Guarantor shall ensure that each
other member of the Group will) maintain insurance with
financially sound and reputable insurance
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companies (which insurance companies shall, in any event, have an A.M.
Best rating of "B+" or better), and with respect to property and risks
of a character usually maintained by corporations engaged in the same
or similar business similarly situated, against loss, damage and
liability of the kinds and in the amounts customarily maintained by
such corporations.
22.9 ENVIRONMENTAL UNDERTAKINGS
Each Obligor shall (and the Guarantor shall ensure that each other
member of the Group will):
(a) comply with all Environmental Laws to which it is subject;
(b) obtain all Environmental Licences required in connection with
its business;
(c) comply with the terms of all those Environmental Licences; and
(d) promptly notify the Lender of any claim, notice or other
communication received by it in respect of any actual or
alleged breach of or liability under Environmental Law,
in each case where failure to do so might have a Material Adverse
Effect.
22.10 US MATTERS
Each Obligor shall:
(a) comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions
of ERISA and the Code;
(b) ensure that neither it nor any of its ERISA Affiliates shall
engage in a complete or partial withdrawal, within the meaning
of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA, from any Multiemployer
Plan without the prior written consent of the Lender unless
such withdrawal could not reasonably by expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and
(c) use the proceeds of, or made available by virtue of, the
Facilities without violating any of Regulations U, T and X or
any applicable US federal or state laws and regulations.
22.11 GUARANTOR'S AUDITORS
The Company will retain a firm of recognised international standing as
auditors to the Group as it shall notify to the Lender from time to
time.
23. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Each of the events or circumstances set out in Clause 23 is an Event of
Default.
23.1 NON-PAYMENT
(a) There is a default made in the payment of any principal of any Loan
when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due
date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by
acceleration thereof or otherwise; or
(b) there is a default made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or
any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in Clause
23.1(a)) due under any Finance Document, when and as the same shall
become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for
a period of five days.
23.2 FINANCIAL COVENANTS
Any requirement of Clause 21 (Financial covenants) is not satisfied.
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23.3 OTHER OBLIGATIONS
(a) There is a default made in the due observance or performance by any
Obligor or any Subsidiary of any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Clause 20.4(b) (Information: miscellaneous), 20.6
(Notification of Default), 22.2(a) (Existence and Compliance with
laws), 22.3 (Negative Pledge), 22.4 (Sale and Lease-Back Transactions),
22.5 (Merger), 22.6 (Lines of business; Fiscal Year) or 22.7
(Transactions with Affiliates); or
(b) there is a default made in the due observance or performance by any
Obligor or any Subsidiary of any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in any Finance Document (other than those specified in
Clauses 23.1 (Non-payment), 23.2 (Financial covenants), or 23.3(a)
(Other obligations)) and such default shall continue unremedied for a
period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Lender to the
Guarantor.
23.4 MISREPRESENTATION
Any representation or warranty made or deemed made in or in connection
with any Finance Document or the borrowings hereunder, or any
representation, warranty, statement or information contained in any
report, certificate, financial statement or other instrument furnished
in connection with or pursuant to any Finance Document, shall prove to
have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made,
deemed made or furnished.
23.5 CROSS DEFAULT
(a) The Guarantor or any Subsidiary shall (A) fail to pay any principal or
interest, regardless of amount, due in respect of any Indebtedness in a
principal amount in excess of (I) $20,000,000 (or its equivalent in any
other currency or currencies), in the case of any single obligation, or
(II) $20,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or
currencies), in the case of all obligations in the aggregate, in each
case, when and as the same shall become due and payable; or (B) fail to
observe or perform any other term, covenant, condition or agreement
contained in any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing any
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $20,000,000
(or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) and such
failure shall continue beyond any applicable grace period; or
(b) Indebtedness of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, or any of them, in
a principal amount in excess of (A) $20,000,000 (or its equivalent in
any other currency or currencies), in the case of any single
obligation, or (B) $20,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency
or currencies), in the case of all obligations in the aggregate, shall
be declared due and payable or required to be prepaid prior to its
stated maturity.
23.6 INSOLVENCY AND INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS
(a) An involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition
shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief
in respect of any Obligor or any Subsidiary, or of a substantial part
of the property or assets of any Obligor or a Subsidiary, under Title
11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended,
or any other Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
similar law (or similar statute or law in any other jurisdiction), (ii)
the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator or similar official for any Obligor or any Subsidiary or
for a substantial part of the property or assets of any Obligor or a
Subsidiary or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of any Obligor or any
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Subsidiary; and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed
for 30 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the
foregoing shall be entered;
(b) any Obligor or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any
proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the
United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any
other Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar
law (or similar statute or law in any other jurisdiction), (ii) consent
to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate
manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in
Clause 23.6(a), (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar
official of any Obligor or any Subsidiary or of a substantial part of
the property or assets of any Obligor or any Subsidiary, (iv) file an
answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against
it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, (vi) become unable, admit in writing its
inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due or
(vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing; or
(c) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount
in excess of $10,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or
currencies) (exclusive of amounts fully covered by insurance where the
insurer has admitted liability in respect of such judgment) or in
excess of $20,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or
currencies) (regardless of insurance coverage) shall be rendered
against any Obligor, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the
same shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days
during which 60 days execution shall not be effectively stayed, or
otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith, or any action
shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or
properties of any Obligor or any Subsidiary to enforce any such
judgment.
23.7 RELEVANT AGREEMENT
An "Event of Default" shall have occurred as defined under the Relevant
Agreement.
23.8 CREDITORS' PROCESS
Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution
affects any asset or assets of a member of the Group which the Lender
determines could have a Material Adverse Effect and is not discharged
within 5 Business Days.
23.9 OWNERSHIP OF THE BORROWERS
A Borrower is not or ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Guarantor.
23.10 UNLAWFULNESS
It is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its material
obligations under the Finance Documents.
23.11 REPUDIATION
An Obligor repudiates a Finance Document or evidences in writing an
intention to repudiate a Finance Document.
23.12 INVALIDITY OF GUARANTEE
The obligations of the Guarantor under this Agreement become
ineffective, invalid, unenforceable or unlawful for any reason.
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23.13 ERISA MATTERS
A Reportable Event or Reportable Events, or a failure to make a
required instalment or other payment (within the meaning of Section
412(n)(l) of the Code), shall have occurred with respect to any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan that reasonably could be expected to result in
liability of any Obligor to the PBGC or to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan
in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000,000 and, within 30 days after
the reporting of any such Reportable Event to the Lender or after the
receipt by the Lender of the statement required pursuant to Clause 20.5
(Information: ERISA), the Lender shall have notified such Obligor in
writing that (a) it has made a determination that, on the basis of such
Reportable Event or Reportable Events or the failure to make a required
payment, there are reasonable grounds (i) for the termination of such
Plans or Multiemployer Plans by the PBGC, (ii) for the appointment by
the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer
such Plans or Multiemployer Plan(s) or (iii) for the imposition of a
Lien in favour of a Plan or Multiemployer Plan and (b) as a result
thereof an Event of Default exists or a trustee shall be appointed by a
United States District Court to administer any such Plan or
Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC shall institute proceedings to terminate
any Plan or Multiemployer Plan.
23.14 CHANGE OF CONTROL
There shall have been a Change of Control.
23.15 ACCELERATION
On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default the
Lender may, by notice to the Guarantor:
(a) cancel the Commitment whereupon it shall immediately be
cancelled;
(b) declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued
interest, and all other amounts accrued under the Finance
Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall
become immediately due and payable; and/or
(c) declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand,
whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by
the Lender.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in
Clauses 23.6 (Insolvency and Insolvency proceedings), or 23.8
(Creditors' process) occurs with respect to the US Obligor, then
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Clause 18 (Guarantee and
indemnity), each amount expressed by that Clause 18 (Guarantee and
indemnity) to be payable by the US Obligor upon demand shall be
immediately due and payable by the Guarantor without need for any
demand or other claim on the US Obligor and notwithstanding that the
obligations of the Borrowers payable by the US Obligor under Clause 18
(Guarantee and indemnity) are not then due and payable.
24. CHANGES TO THE LENDER
24.1 ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS BY THE LENDER
Subject to this Clause 24, the Lender (the "EXISTING LENDER") may:
(a) assign any of its rights; or
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(b) transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations, to
another bank or financial institution (the "NEW LENDER").
24.2 CONDITIONS OF ASSIGNMENT OR TRANSFER
(a) The consent of the Guarantor is required for an assignment or transfer
by the Lender, unless the assignment or transfer is to an Affiliate of
the Lender or an Event of Default is continuing.
(b) The consent of the Guarantor to an assignment or transfer must not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Guarantor will be deemed to have
given its consent five Business Days after the Lender has requested it
unless consent is expressly refused by the Guarantor within that time.
(c) The consent of the Guarantor to an assignment or transfer must not be
withheld solely because the assignment or transfer may result in an
increase to the Mandatory Cost.
(d) If:
(i) the Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or
obligations under the Finance Documents or changes its
Facility Office; and
(ii) as a result of circumstances existing at the date the
assignment, transfer or change occurs, an Obligor would be
obliged to make a payment to the New Lender or the Lender
acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 13 (Tax
gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 14 (Increased costs), then
the New Lender or the Lender acting through its new Facility
Office is only entitled to receive payment under those Clauses
to the same extent as the Existing Lender or the Lender acting
through its previous Facility Office would have been if the
assignment, transfer or change had not occurred.
24.3 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
The Lender may disclose to any of its Affiliates and any other person:
(a) to (or through) whom the Lender assigns or transfers (or may
potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement;
(b) with (or through) whom the Lender enters into (or may
potentially enter into) any sub-participation in relation to,
or any other transaction under which payments are to be made
by reference to, this Agreement or any Obligor; or
(c) to whom, and to the extent that, information is required to be
disclosed by any applicable law or regulation, any information
about any Obligor, the Group and the Finance Documents as the
Lender shall consider appropriate if, in relation to
paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the person to whom the
information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality
undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the Loan
Market Association or in any other form agreed between the
Guarantor and the Lender.
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25. CHANGES TO THE OBLIGORS
No Obligor may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights
or obligations under the Finance Documents.
26. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE LENDER
No provision of this Agreement will:
(a) interfere with the right of the Lender to arrange its affairs
(tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;
(b) oblige the Lender to investigate or claim any credit, relief,
remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order
and manner of any claim; or
(c) oblige the Lender to disclose any information relating to its
affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of
Tax.
27. LENDER'S MANAGEMENT TIME
Any amount payable to the Lender under Clause 15.3 (Indemnity to the
Lender) and Clause 17 (Costs and expenses) shall include the cost of
utilising the Lender's management time or other resources and will be
calculated on the basis of such reasonable daily or hourly rates as the
Lender may notify to the Guarantor.
28. PAYMENT MECHANICS
28.1 PAYMENTS TO THE LENDER
(a) On each date on which an Obligor is required to make a payment under a
Finance Document, that Obligor shall make the same available to the
Lender for value on the due date at the time and in such funds
specified by the Lender as being customary at the time for settlement
of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.
(b) Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre
of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in the
principal financial centre in a Participating Member State or London)
with such bank as the Lender may notify to that Obligor by not less
than five Business Days' notice.
28.2 PAYMENTS BY THE LENDER
(a) On each date on which the Lender is required to make a payment under a
Finance Document, the Lender shall make the same available to the
relevant Borrower for value on the due date at the time and in such
funds specified by the Lender as being customary at the time for
settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of
payment.
(b) Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre
of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in the
principal financial centre in a Participating Member State or London)
with such bank as the relevant Borrower may notify to the Lender in the
relevant Utilisation Request.
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28.3 DISTRIBUTIONS TO AN OBLIGOR
The Lender may (with the consent of the Obligor or in accordance with
Clause 29 (Set-off)) apply any amount received by it for that Obligor
in or towards payment (on the date and in the currency and funds of
receipt) of any amount due from that Obligor under the Finance
Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount of any currency to be
so applied.
28.4 PARTIAL PAYMENTS
(a) If the Lender receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all
the amounts then due and payable by an Obligor under the Finance
Documents, the Lender shall apply that payment towards the obligations
of that Obligor under the Finance Documents in any order selected by
the Lender.
(b) Paragraph (a) above will override any appropriation made by an Obligor.
28.5 NO SET-OFF BY OBLIGORS
All payments to be made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall
be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction
for) set-off or counterclaim.
28.6 BUSINESS DAYS
(a) Any payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day
shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if
there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
(b) During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or an
Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or
Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.
28.7 CURRENCY OF ACCOUNT
(a) Subject to paragraphs (b) to (e) below, the Base Currency is the
currency of account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under
any Finance Document.
(b) A repayment of a Loan or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum
shall be made in the currency in which that Loan or Unpaid Sum is
denominated on its due date.
(c) Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum
in respect of which the interest is payable was denominated when that
interest accrued.
(d) Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in
the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
(e) Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than the Base
Currency shall be paid in that other currency.
28.8 CHANGE OF CURRENCY
(a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or
currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of
any country as the lawful currency of that country, then:
(i) any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations
arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that
country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or
currency unit of that country designated by the Lender (after
consultation with the Guarantor); and
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(ii) any translation from one currency or currency unit to another
shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the
central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency
unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Lender (acting
reasonably).
(b) If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will,
to the extent the Lender (acting reasonably and after consultation with
the Guarantor) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any
generally accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant
Interbank Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.
29. SET-OFF
Following an Event of Default which is continuing, the Lender may set
off any matured obligation due from an Obligor under the Finance
Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by the Lender) against any
matured obligation owed by the Lender to that Obligor, regardless of
the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation.
If the obligations are in different currencies, the Lender may convert
either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of
business for the purpose of the set-off.
30. NOTICES
30.1 COMMUNICATIONS IN WRITING
Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance
Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be
made by fax or letter.
30.2 ADDRESSES
The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for
whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any
communication or document to be made or delivered under or in
connection with the Finance Documents is that identified with its name
below or any substitute address, fax number or department or officer as
the Party may notify to the other Parties by not less than five
Business Days' notice.
30.3 DELIVERY
(a) Any communication or document made or delivered by the Lender to
another Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents will
only be effective:
(i) if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
(ii) if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant
address or five Business Days after being deposited in the
post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that
address, and, if a particular department or officer is
specified as part of its address details provided under Clause
30.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.
(b) Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Lender
will be effective only when actually received by the Lender and then
only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or
officer identified with the Lender's signature below (or any substitute
department or officer as the Lender shall specify for this purpose).
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(c) Any communication or document made or delivered to the Guarantor in
accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or
delivered to each of the Obligors.
30.4 ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(a) Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must
be in English.
(b) All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance
Document must be:
(i) in English; or
(ii) if not in English, and if so required by the Lender,
accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this
case, the English translation will prevail unless the document
is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.
31. CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
31.1 ACCOUNTS
In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in
connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts
maintained by the Lender are, in the absence of manifest error, prima
facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.
31.2 CERTIFICATES AND DETERMINATIONS
Any certification or determination by the Lender of a rate or amount
under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error,
conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.
31.3 DAY COUNT CONVENTION
Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will
accrue from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days or, in any case where the
practice in the Relevant Interbank Market differs, in accordance with
that market practice.
32. PARTIAL INVALIDITY
If, at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes
illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any
jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the
remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of
such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way
be affected or impaired.
33. REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the
Lender, any right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall operate
as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or
remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any
other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this
Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies
provided by law.
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34. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
No term of any of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived
without the prior consent of the Lender and the Obligors and any such
amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.
35. COUNTERPARTS
Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts,
and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts
were on a single copy of the Finance Document.
36. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement is governed by English law.
37. ENFORCEMENT
37.1 JURISDICTION OF ENGLISH COURTS
(a) The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a
dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this
Agreement) (a "DISPUTE").
(b) The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate
and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will
argue to the contrary.
(c) This Clause 37.1 is for the benefit of the Lender only. As a result,
the Lender shall not be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a
Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by
law, the Lender may take concurrent proceedings in any number of
jurisdictions.
37.2 SERVICE OF PROCESS
(a) Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any
relevant law, each Obligor (other than Harsco Investment Limited):
(i) irrevocably appoints Harsco Investment Limited as its agent
for service of process in relation to any proceedings before
the English courts in connection with any Finance Document;
and
(ii) agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the relevant
Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings
concerned.
(b) Harsco Investment Limited hereby accepts its appointment as agent for
service of process of each Obligor not incorporated in England and
Wales.
THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO ON THE DATE STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS
AGREEMENT.
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SCHEDULE 1
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
1. OBLIGORS
(a) A copy of the constitutional documents of each Obligor.
(b) A copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each Obligor:
(i) approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by,
the Finance Documents to which it is a party and resolving
that it execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
(ii) authorising a specified person or persons to execute the
Finance Documents to which it is a party on its behalf; and
(iii) authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to
sign and/or despatch all documents and notices (including, if
relevant, any Utilisation Request) to be signed and/or
despatched by it under or in connection with the Finance
Documents to which it is a party.
(c) A specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution
referred to in paragraph (b) above.
(d) A certificate of the Guarantor (signed by the Guarantor's Senior Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer) confirming that
borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Commitment would not
cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on any
Obligor to be exceeded.
(e) A certificate of an authorised signatory of the relevant Obligor
certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this
Schedule 1 is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a
date no earlier than the date of this Agreement.
2. LEGAL OPINIONS
(a) A legal of ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq., Senior Vice President, Chief
Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary of the Guarantor,
substantially in the form agreed by the Lender prior to signing this
Agreement.
(b) A legal opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, legal advisers to the
Guarantor, substantially in the form agreed by the Lender prior to
signing this Agreement.
(c) A legal opinion of Boekel De Neree, legal advisers to Harsco Finance
B.V. in The Netherlands, substantially in the form agreed by the Lender
prior to signing this Agreement.
3. OTHER DOCUMENTS AND EVIDENCE
(a) A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or
assurance which the Lender considers to be necessary or desirable (if
it has notified the Guarantor accordingly) in connection with the entry
into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance
Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance
Document.
(b) The Original Financial Statements of each Obligor.
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(c) Evidence that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Guarantor
pursuant to the Fee Letter and Clause 17 (Costs and expenses) have been
paid or will be paid by the first Utilisation Date.
(d) The Fee Letter duly signed by the Guarantor.
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SCHEDULE 2
REQUESTS
PART I
UTILISATION REQUEST
From: [Borrower]
To: [Lender]
Dated:
Dear Sirs
$50,000,000 FACILITY AGREEMENT
DATED 15 DECEMBER 2000 (THE "FACILITY AGREEMENT")
1. We wish to borrow a Loan on the following terms:
Proposed Utilisation Date: [ ] (or, if that is not a Business
----------- Day, the next Business Day)
Currency of Loan: [ ]
-----------
[Amount:] * [ ] or, if less, the Available
----------- Commitment
Interest Period: [ ]
-----------
[Amount of Revolving
Loan to be converted:] * [ ]
-----------
2. We confirm that each condition specified in Clause 4.2 (Further
conditions precedent) is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation
Request.
3. The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to [account].
4. This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
5. Terms defined in the Facility Agreement shall have the same meanings
when used in this Utilisation Request.
Yours faithfully
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authorised signatory for
[ name of Borrower]
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* Delete as appropriate
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PART II
SELECTION NOTICE
APPLICABLE TO A TERM LOAN
From: [Borrower]
To: [Lender]
Dated:
Dear Sirs
$50,000,000 FACILITY AGREEMENT
DATED 15 DECEMBER 2000 (THE "FACILITY AGREEMENT")
1. We refer to the following Term Loan(s) in [identify currency] with an
Interest Period ending on [ ].*
-------------------
2. We request that the next Interest Period for the above Term Loan(s) is
[ ]
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3. This Selection Notice is irrevocable.
4. Terms defined in the Facility Agreement shall have the same meanings
when used in this Selection Notice.
Yours faithfully
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authorised signatory for
[name of Borrower]
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* Insert details of all Term-Out Loans in the same currency which have an
Interest Period ending on the same date.
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PART III
TERM-OUT NOTICE
From: [Borrower]
To: [Lender]
Dated:
Dear Sirs
US$50,000,000 FACILITY AGREEMENT
DATED 15 DECEMBER 2000 (THE "FACILITY AGREEMENT")
1. We wish to exercise the Term-Out Option under the Facility Agreement
with effect from the Term-Out Date being [ ].
2. We wish the following Revolving Loan(s) to be converted to Term Loans
in the same currency as the Revolving Loan to be converted and in the
amount(s) stated below and to have the following revised Final Maturity
Date(s):
LOAN AMOUNT CONVERTED FINAL MATURITY DATE
[ ] [ ] [ ]
3. [In addition, we wish to make [a] further Term Loan(s) in the following
amounts with the following Final Maturity Date(s):
LOAN FINAL MATURITY DATE
[ ] [ ]]*
4. A Utilisation Request in respect of [each of] the above Loan(s) shall
be delivered in due course.
5. Terms defined in the Facility Agreement shall have the same meanings
when used in this Term-Out Notice.
Yours faithfully
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authorised signatory for
[Name of Borrower]
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SCHEDULE 3
MANDATORY COST FORMULAE
1. The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate
the Lender for the cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the
Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or, in either
case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions)
or (b) the requirements of the European Central Bank.
2. On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible
thereafter) the Lender shall calculate, as a percentage rate, the
Mandatory Cost, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below.
3. If the Lender is lending from a Facility Office in a Participating
Member State, the Mandatory Cost will be the percentage notified by the
Lender to the Guarantor as the cost of complying with the minimum
reserve requirements of the European Central Bank.
4. If the Lender is lending from a Facility Office in the United Kingdom,
the Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Lender as follows:
(a) in relation to a Sterling Loan:
AB + C(B-D) + E x 0.01
---------------------- per cent. per annum.
100 - (A + C)
(b) in relation to a Loan in any currency other than Sterling:
E x 0.01
-------------- per cent. per annum.
300
Where:
A is the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to
be in excess of any stated minimum) which the Lender is from
time to time required to maintain as an interest free cash
ratio deposit with the Bank of England to comply with cash
ratio requirements.
B is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Margin and
the Mandatory Cost) payable for the relevant Interest Period
on the Loan.
C is the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which the
Lender is required from time to time to maintain as interest
bearing Special Deposits with the Bank of England.
D is the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of
England to the Lender on interest bearing Special Deposits.
E is the rate of charge payable by the Lender to the Financial
Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Regulations (but, for
this purpose, ignoring any minimum fee required pursuant to
the Fees Regulations) and expressed in pounds per L1,000,000
of the Fee Base of the Lender.
5. For the purposes of this Schedule:
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(a) "ELIGIBLE LIABILITIES" and "SPECIAL DEPOSITS" have the
meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant to
the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the
Bank of England;
(b) "FEES REGULATIONS" means the Banking Supervision (Fees)
Regulations 2000 or such other law or regulation as may be in
force from time to time in respect of the payment of fees for
banking supervision; and
(c) "FEE BASE" has the meaning given to it in, and will be
calculated in accordance with, the Fees Regulations.
6. In application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in
the formulae as percentages (i.e. 5 per cent. will be included in the
formula as 5 and not as 0.05). A negative result obtained by
subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting figures
shall be rounded to four decimal places.
7. Any determination by the Lender pursuant to this Schedule in relation
to a formula, the Mandatory Cost or any amount payable to the Lender
shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on
all Parties.
8. The Lender may from time to time, after consultation with the
Guarantor, determine and notify to all Parties any amendments which are
required to be made to this Schedule in order to comply with any change
in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the
Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European
Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all
or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties.
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SCHEDULE 4
EXISTING LIENS
1. Lien on the property and assets of Harsco Corporation's facility in
Drakesboro, Kentucky securing $6,500,000 indebtedness from a loan
agreement dated 15 September 1987, between Harsco Corporation and the
County of Muhlenberg, Kentucky due 1 September 2001.
2. Lien on Falcon 50 aircraft pursuant to a lease between Harsco
Corporation and General Electric Credit Corporation dated 22 December
1994.
3. Lien on Hawker 800XP aircraft pursuant to a lease between Harsco
Corporation and Mellon Leasing Corporation dated 9 November 1999.
4. Liens on various power access equipment pursuant to a master rental
agreement dated 30 May 1998 between SGB Services PLC and Genie
Financial Services Europe Limited.
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SCHEDULE 5
EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS
1. CREDIT AGREEMENTS
1.1 $6,500,000 loan agreement dated 15 September 1987 between Harsco
Corporation and the County of Muhlenberg, Kentucky, due 1 September
2001. Payments of both principal and interest under the Note are
irrevocably assigned to Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A. pursuant to an
indenture of trust dated 13 September 1987 between the County of
Muhlenberg, Kentucky, and Norwest Bank Minnesota N.A.
1.2 L20,000,000 master credit facility agreement effective 10 May 1998
between the National Westminster Bank PLC and the following
Subsidiaries: Heckett Limited, Heckett MultiServ PLC, Heckett MultiServ
(UK) Limited, Harsco Europa BV, Heckett International Services Limited,
Quipco Limited, Harsco (UK) Limited, The Permanent Way Equipment
Company Limited, Heckett MultiServ Investment Limited, Faber ▇▇▇▇▇
Limited, Faber ▇▇▇▇▇ Distribution Limited, Faber ▇▇▇▇▇ (Australia)
Limited, Faber ▇▇▇▇▇ (Overseas) Limited, Faber ▇▇▇▇▇ (Pacific) Limited,
Flixborough ▇▇▇▇ Limited, Slag Reduction Overseas Limited and ▇▇▇▇
Transport Services Limited.
1.3 CAD 12,000,000 Harsco Canada Limited short-term credit facility
agreement with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce dated 24 April
1992.
1.4 DEM 15,000,000 Harsco G.m.b.H. short-term credit facility agreement
with Commerzbank AG dated 1 July 1994.
1.5 $15,000,000 multicurrency credit facility agreement dated 4 February
1999 between Svenska Handelsbanken, Harsco Europa B.V. and Heckett
MultiServ PLC.
1.6 $20,000,000 multicurrency credit facility agreement dated 8 July 1998
between Harsco Europa B.V. and Bank Brussels ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.
1.7 ZAR 39,000,000 overdraft and other credit facilities agreement between
Heckett MultiServ (Pty.) Ltd, Heckett MultiServ (SR) (Pty.) Ltd., SRV
Mill Services (Pty.) Ltd., Heckett MultiServ (FS) (Pty.) Ltd.,
SteelServ (Pty.) Ltd. and Standard Bank of South Africa Limited.
1.8 $11,000,000 multicurrency credit facility agreement dated 8 May 2000
between Heckett MultiServ (Sweden) A.B. and Svenska Handelsbanken.
1.9 NLG 18,000,000 multicurrency credit facility dated 13 August 1997
between Harsco Europa B.V., Heckett MultiServ (Holland) B.V., Heckett
MultiServ International B.V., Heckett MultiServ Far East B.V., Heckett
MultiServ China B.V. and ING Bank N.V.
1.10 NLG 14,000,000 credit facility dated 1 September 1997 between
Bologginsmaatschappij Bouwtmatorieel Europe B.V., Stalen Steigers
Holland/Handep B.V. and SGB North Europe Central Sales B.V. and ABN
Amro Bank N.V.
1.11 $218,750,000 five-year credit facility dated 29 September 2000 between
Harsco Corporation, the banks named therein and The Chase Manhattan
Bank.
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1.12 $131,250,000 364-day facility dated 29 September 2000 between Harsco
Corporation, the banks named therein and The Chase Manhattan Bank.
1.13 The Relevant Agreement.
2. LOAN AGREEMENTS
Dealer agreement dated June 2000 between Heckett MultiServ (Sweden) AB
and Svenska Handelsbanken for the distribution of up to SEK 100,000,000
of bond loans (private placement Swedish Kroner bonds).
3. INDENTURES
3.1 $150,000,000 Notes issued under an Indenture dated 1 May 1985 between
Harsco Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank and due 15 September
2003.
3.2 L200,000,000 Guaranteed Notes issued under a Trust Indenture dated 27
October 2000 between Harsco Finance B.V., Harsco Corporation and The
Chase Manhattan Trustees Limited and due 27 October 2010.
4. GUARANTEES
4.1 Guarantee dated 5 May 1998 by Harsco Corporation in favour of the
National Westminster Bank PLC in respect of the bank's GBP 20,000,000
master credit facility extended to certain Subsidiaries (see 1.2
above).
4.2 Guarantee dated 1 May 1992 by Harsco Corporation in favour of Canadian
Imperial Bank of Commerce in respect of the bank's CAD 12,000,000
short-term credit facility extended to Harsco Canada Limited (see 1.3
above).
4.3 Guarantee dated 30 June 1994 by Harsco Corporation in favor of
Commerzbank AG in respect of the bank's DEM 15,000,000 short-term
credit facility extended to Harsco G.m.b.H. (see 1.4 above).
4.4 Guarantee dated 22 February 1999 by Harsco Corporation in favour of
Svenska Handelsbanken in respect of the bank's $15,000,000
multicurrency credit facility extended to Harsco Europa B.V. and
Heckett MultiServ PLC (see 1.5 above).
4.5 Guarantee dated 8 February 1999 by Harsco Corporation in favour of Bank
Brussels ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ in respect of the bank's $20,000,000 multicurrency
credit facility extended to Harsco Europa B.V. (see 1.6 above).
4.6 Suretyship dated 23 November 1999 by Harsco Corporation in favour of
Standard Bank of South Africa Limited in respect of the bank's ZAR
39,000,000 overdraft and other credit facilities extended to certain
Subsidiaries (see 1.7 above).
4.7 Guarantee dated 9 May 2000 by Harsco Corporation in favour of Svenska
Handelsbanken for $11,000,000 in respect of the bank's multicurrency
credit facility extended to Heckett MultiServ (Sweden) AB (see 1.8
above).
4.8 Guarantee dated 23 December 1997 by Harsco Corporation in favour of ING
Bank N.V for NLG 18,000,000 in respect of the bank's multicurrency
credit facility extended to certain Subsidiaries (see 1.9 above).
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4.9 Guarantee dated 11 November 1997 by Harsco Corporation in favour of
Svenska Handelsbanken for up to $27,240,736.50 in respect of the bank's
issuing letters of credit for the account of Fortuna Insurance Limited
(see 5.2 below).
4.10 Guarantee dated 13 June 2000, by Harsco Corporation in favour of
Svenska Handelsbanken as representative for the bondholders in
conjunction with the issuance of up to SEK 100,000.000 bond loans up
(private placement Swedish Kroner bonds) by Heckett MultiServ (Sweden)
AB (see 2 above).
4.11 Guarantee dated 25 September 1996 by Harsco Corporation in favour of
Banque Brussels ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ for up to BEF 3,000,000,000 in respect of the
bank's placement of commercial paper for the account of Harsco Europa
B.V. (see 6.4 below).
5. LETTERS OF CREDIT
5.1 $19,271,859 standby letter of credit dated 8 December 1997, issued by
Svenska Handelsbanken in favour of ACE Property & Casualty Insurance
Company and certain of its subsidiaries and for the account of Harsco
Corporation expiring on 31 December 2000.
5.2 $11,355,027 standby letter of credit dated 9 April 1997, issued by
Svenska Handelsbanken in favor of ACE Property & Casualty Insurance
Company and certain of its subsidiaries and for the account of Fortuna
Insurance Limited expiring on 31 December 2000.
6. OTHER ARRANGEMENTS
6.1 Commercial paper placement agency agreement dated 6 November 1998
between Chase Securities, Inc. and Harsco Corporation for the issuance
of Harsco Corporation's commercial paper under its $350,000,000
commercial paper programme.
6.2 Commercial paper placement agency agreement dated 1 October 2000
between ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Inc. and Harsco Corporation under its
$350,000,000 commercial paper programme.
6.3 Commercial paper placement agency agreement dated 11 October 1994
between ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers, Inc. and Harsco Corporation for the issuance
of Harsco Corporation's commercial paper under its $350,000,000
commercial paper programme.
6.4 Commercial paper placement agency agreement dated 25 September 1996
between Banque Brussels ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Harsco Europa B.V. for the
placement of Harsco Europa B.V.'s commercial paper up to BEF
3,000,000,000 or the equivalent in another currency.
6.5 $80,000,000.00 performance surety bond dated 29 October 1999, issued by
CNA Insurance Company in favour of the United States Treasury and for
the account of Harsco Corporation expiring on 25 October 2000.
6.6 Lease dated 22 December 1994, originally valued at $13,897,000 between
Harsco Corporation and General Electric Credit Corporation for the
lease of a Falcon 50 aircraft expiring 22 December 2004.
6.7 Lease dated 9 November 1999, originally valued at $12,122,784 between
Harsco Corporation and Mellon Leasing Corporation for the lease of
Hawker 800XP aircraft expiring 22 November 2014.
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6.8 Master rental agreement dated 30 May 1998 between SGB Services PLC and
Genie Financial Services Europe Limited for the lease of certain power
access equipment whose principal value is presently L18,058,000.
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THE GUARANTOR
HARSCO CORPORATION
Address: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Fax No: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
THE BORROWERS
HARSCO FINANCE B.V.
Address: Wenckebachstraat 1
1951 JZ ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Ijmudien
Fax No: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇
Attention: Financial Manager
and
Fax No: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Director
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Director
HARSCO INVESTMENT LIMITED
Address: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇
Fax No: + 44 20 7314 1491
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Director
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THE LENDER
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC
Address: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
Fax No: + 44 20 7375 8745
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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