EXHIBIT 10.1
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT dated as of July 22,
2003, among TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware
corporation ("Holdings"), TRW AUTOMOTIVE INTERMEDIATE
HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware corporation ("Intermediate
Holdings"), TRW AUTOMOTIVE INC. (formerly known as TRW
Automotive Acquisition Corp.), a Delaware corporation (the
"U.S. Borrower"), the FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS party
hereto, the LENDERS party hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
administrative agent under the Credit Agreement dated as of
February 27, 2003, among Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers party
thereto, the Lenders party thereto from time to time,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent and as
collateral agent for the Lenders, Credit Suisse First Boston,
acting through its Cayman Islands Branch, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Commercial
Paper Inc., and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., each as
co-syndication agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as
documentation agent, as in effect on the date hereof (the
"Original Credit Agreement").
WHEREAS Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the U.S. Borrower have
requested, and the Required Restatement Lenders (as defined below) and the
Administrative Agent have agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein, that (a) the Tranche C Lenders set forth on Schedule 1 (the
"Tranche C Lenders") extend credit in the form of (i) Tranche C-1 Term Loans on
the Restatement Effective Date (as defined below) in an aggregate principal
amount equal to $1,150,000,000, the proceeds of which will be used to repay all
outstanding Tranche B-1 Term Loans and $120,000,000 of the outstanding principal
amount of the Tranche A Term Loans under the Original Credit Agreement as of the
Restatement Effective Date and (ii) Tranche C-2 Term Loans in an aggregate
principal amount equal to (eurodollar)95,000,000, the proceeds of which will be
used to repay all outstanding Tranche B-2 Term Loans and the dollar equivalent
of (eurodollar)30,185,185 of the outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A
Term Loans under the Original Credit Agreement as of the Restatement Effective
Date and (b) the Original Credit Agreement be amended and restated to read in
its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A hereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, the
Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers party hereto, the Required Restatement Lenders and
the Administrative Agent hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Restated
Credit Agreement referred to below or, if not defined therein, in the Original
Credit Agreement. As used in this Agreement,
"Required Restatement Lenders" means, at any time, (i) the Required Lenders (as
defined in the Original Credit Agreement) and (ii) each of the Tranche C
Lenders.
SECTION 1.02. Restatement Effective Date. (a) The transactions
provided for in Sections 3 and 4 hereof shall be consummated at a closing to be
held on the Restatement Effective Date at the offices of Cravath, Swaine & ▇▇▇▇▇
LLP, or at such other time and place as the parties hereto shall agree upon.
(b) The "Restatement Effective Date" shall be specified by the
U.S. Borrower, and shall be a date not later than July 25, 2003, as of
which all the conditions set forth or referred to in Section 5 hereof
shall have been satisfied. This Agreement shall terminate at 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on July 25, 2003, if the Restatement Effective Date
shall not have occurred at or prior to such time.
SECTION 1.03. Tranche C Term Loans; Prepayment of Tranche B Term
Loans and the Tranche A Term Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, each Tranche C Lender agrees (i) to make a Tranche C-1 Term Loan
to the U.S. Borrower on the Restatement Effective Date in a principal amount
equal to the Tranche C-1 Term Loan Commitment set forth for such Tranche C
Lender on Schedule 1 hereto and (ii) to make a Tranche C-2 Term Loan to the U.S.
Borrower on the Restatement Effective Date in a principal amount equal to the
Tranche C-2 Term Loan Commitment set forth for such Tranche C Lender on Schedule
1 hereto. The Tranche C-1 Term Loans shall be made on the Restatement Effective
Date as ABR Borrowings. The Tranche C-2 Term Loans shall be made on the
Restatement Effective Date as Eurocurrency Borrowings. The Required Lenders
hereby waive (x) the requirements of Section 6.01 of the Original Credit
Agreement to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary to permit the U.S.
Borrower to incur the Tranche C Term Loans and make Borrowings thereunder on the
Restatement Effective Date and (y) the requirements of Section 2.10(f) of the
Original Credit Agreement to the extent, but only to the extent, such Section
requires more than one Business Day's notice of repayment to be given in respect
of the Loans to be repaid on the Restatement Effective Date.
(b) The U.S. Borrower hereby irrevocably directs the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.11(a) of the Original Credit
Agreement to apply (i) all the proceeds of the Tranche C-1 Term Loans
immediately upon the receipt thereof to prepay all the outstanding
principal of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans and $120,000,000 of the
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans and (ii) all
the proceeds of the Tranche C-2 Term Loans immediately upon the receipt
thereof to prepay all the outstanding principal of the Tranche B-2 Term
Loans and the dollar equivalent of (eurodollar)30,185,185 of the
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans. The U.S.
Borrower also agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent on the
Restatement Effective Date by intrabank transfer of immediately
available funds (i) an amount in dollars that, when added to the dollar
equivalent of (eurodollar)30,185,185 and $120,000,000, equals
$200,000,000, which amount shall be applied to prepay Tranche A Term
Loans on the Restatement Effective Date and (ii) all accrued interest,
fees and any other amounts owing in respect of the Tranche B Term Loans
as of such date.
(a) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from a Tranche C Lender prior to the Restatement Effective Date that
such Tranche C Lender will not make available to the Administrative
Agent such Tranche C Lender's share of such Tranche C Borrowing, the
Administrative Agent may assume that such Tranche C Lender has made
such share available on such date in accordance with this Section and
may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the U.S.
Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Tranche C Lender
has not in fact made its share of the Tranche C Borrowing available to
the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Tranche C Lender and the
U.S. Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding amount
with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such
amount is made available to the U.S. Borrower to but excluding the date
of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such
Tranche C Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the
U.S. Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such
Tranche C Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then
such amount shall constitute such Tranche C Lender's Tranche C Loan
included in such Tranche C Borrowing. If the U.S. Borrower pays such
amount to the Administrative Agent, then the U.S. Borrower shall have
the right, at the defaulting Tranche C Lender's expense, upon notice to
the defaulting Tranche C Lender and to the Administrative Agent, to
require such defaulting Tranche C Lender to transfer and assign without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained
in Section 9.04 of the Restated Credit Agreement) all its interests,
rights and obligations under the Restated Credit Agreement to another
financial institution which shall assume such interests, rights and
obligations; provided that (i) no such assignment shall conflict with
any law, rule or regulation or order of any Governmental Authority and
(ii) the assignee shall pay to the defaulting Tranche C Lender or the
Administrative Agent (as applicable), in immediately available funds on
the date of such assignment, the outstanding principal of and interest
accrued to the date of payment on the Tranche C Term Loans made by such
defaulting Tranche C Lender (or advanced by the Administrative Agent on
its behalf, as applicable) under the Restated Credit Agreement, if any,
and all other amounts accrued for such defaulting Tranche C Lender's
(or, if applicable, the Administrative Agent's) account or owed to it
under the Restated Credit Agreement in respect of such Tranche C Term
Loans.
SECTION 1.04. Amendment and Restatement of the Original Credit
Agreement; Loans and Letters of Credit. (a) Effective immediately after the
prepayment of the Tranche A Term Loans and the Tranche B Term Loans under
Section 3 above, the Original Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to
read in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the "Restated Credit
Agreement"), and the Administrative Agent is hereby directed by the Required
Restatement Lenders to enter into such Loan Documents and to take such other
actions as may be required to give effect to the transactions contemplated
hereby. From and after the effectiveness of such amendment and restatement, the
terms "Agreement", "this Agreement", "herein", "hereinafter", "hereto", "hereof"
and words of similar import, as used in the Restated Credit Agreement, shall,
unless the context otherwise requires, refer to the Original Credit Agreement as
amended and restated in the form of the Restated Credit Agreement, and
the term "Credit Agreement", as used in the other Loan Documents, shall mean the
Restated Credit Agreement.
(b) The aggregate principal amount of $210,000,000 of the Tranche
A Term Loans, all Revolving Loans, all Swingline Loans, all Letters of
Credit and all Ancillary Facilities outstanding under the Original
Credit Agreement on the Restatement Effective Date shall continue to be
outstanding under the Restated Credit Agreement and the terms of the
Restated Credit Agreement will govern the rights of the Lenders and the
Issuing Bank with respect thereto.
SECTION 1.05. Conditions. The consummation of the transactions set
forth in Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction
of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received
from Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, the Foreign
Subsidiary Borrowers party hereto and the Required Restatement Lenders
either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such
party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
(which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of
this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this
Agreement.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable
written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
and dated the Restatement Effective Date) of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ &
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel for Holdings and the U.S. Borrower,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B. Holdings and the U.S. Borrower
hereby request such counsel to deliver such opinion.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents
and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may
reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good
standing of each Loan Party, the authorization of the Restatement
Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Loan Parties,
the Loan Documents or the Restatement Transactions, all in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate,
dated the Restatement Effective Date and signed by a Responsible
Officer of the U.S. Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions
set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4.01 of the Restated
Credit Agreement.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and
other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Restatement Effective
Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of
all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements
of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Loan Party
hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(f) The Collateral Agent shall have received (i) all documents and
instruments required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral
Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create or perfect the
Liens intended to be created under the Security
Documents after giving effect to the Restatement Transactions, (ii) the
results of bring-down searches of the Uniform Commercial Code filings
made with respect to the Domestic Subsidiary Loan Parties and (iii) a
certificate, dated the Restatement Effective Date and signed by a
Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower, confirming that, except as
indicated in such certificate, the information relating to the U.S.
Borrower and the Domestic Subsidiary Loan Parties set forth in Schedule
1, Schedule 2B-1 (other than the information relating to Net Book
Value) and Item 2(c) of Schedule 2A of the Perfection Certificate,
delivered on the Closing Date, is true and correct as of the
Restatement Effective Date.
(g) The Collateral Agent shall have received (i) to the extent
requested by the Collateral Agent, amendments to each Mortgage executed
in connection with the Original Credit Agreement providing that the
Tranche C Term Loans (in addition to the other Obligations) shall be
secured by a Lien on each Mortgaged Property, signed on behalf of the
record owner of such Mortgaged Property and (ii) a policy or policies
of title insurance or a title endorsement to an existing title
insurance policy, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance
company, insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid first Lien
on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens
except as permitted by the Restated Credit Agreement, together with
such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent
or the Required Restatement Lenders may reasonably request.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that the
insurance required by Section 5.02 of the Restated Credit Agreement and
the Security Documents is in effect.
(i) A Reaffirmation Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
C hereto shall have been delivered by each party thereto.
(j) The Collateral Agent shall have received (i) amendments or
supplements to Security Documents set forth on Schedule 2(a) hereto
(and all necessary related documents) providing that the Tranche C Term
Loans (in addition to the other Obligations) shall be secured by a Lien
on the Collateral described therein and (ii) opinions of counsel set
forth on Schedule 2(b) hereto.
(k) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing
Request substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto (x) in respect of
the Tranche C-1 Term Loans, not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, one
Business Day before the Restatement Effective Date and (y) in respect
of the Tranche C-2 Term Loans, not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time,
three Business Days before the Restatement Effective Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the consummation of the transactions set forth in
Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement and the obligations of the Tranche C Lenders
to make Tranche C Term Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of
the foregoing conditions is satisfied at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on July 25, 2003 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied
or waived, the Tranche C Commitments shall terminate at such time).
SECTION 1.06. Post Restatement Effective Date Matters. (a) The
Collateral Agent shall receive, no later than 90 days after the Restatement
Effective Date, or by such later date as the Collateral Agent deems appropriate,
(i) amendments or supplements to Security Documents set forth on Schedule 3(a)
hereto (and all necessary related documents) providing that the Tranche C Term
Loans (in addition to the other Obligations) shall be secured by a Lien on the
Collateral described therein and (ii) opinions of counsel set forth on Schedule
3(b) hereto.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall receive, no later than 30 days
after the Restatement Effective Date, a certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower, confirming that, except as
indicated in such certificate, the information relating to the U.S.
Borrower and the Domestic Subsidiary Loan Parties set forth in
Schedules 9(A) and 9(B) of the Perfection Certificate, delivered on the
Closing Date, is true and correct as of the date of such certificate.
SECTION 1.07. Effectiveness; Counterparts; Amendments; Fees. This
Agreement shall become effective when copies hereof that, when taken together,
bear the signatures of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers party hereto and the
Required Restatement Lenders shall have been received by the Administrative
Agent. This Agreement may not be amended nor may any provision hereof be waived
except pursuant to a writing signed by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers party
hereto and the Required Restatement Lenders. This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 1.08. No Novation. This Agreement shall not extinguish the
Loans outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement. Nothing herein contained
shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the Loans outstanding under
the Original Credit Agreement, which shall remain outstanding after the
Restatement Effective Date as modified hereby. Notwithstanding any provision of
this Agreement, the provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05 of the
Original Credit Agreement as in effect immediately prior to the Restatement
Effective Date will continue to be effective as to all matters arising out of or
in any way related to facts or events existing or occurring prior to the
Restatement Effective Date.
SECTION 1.09. Notices. All notices hereunder shall be given in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9.01 of the Restated Credit Agreement
or, in the case of a notice to any Lender having Tranche B Term Loans, in
accordance with Section 9.01 of the Original Credit Agreement.
SECTION 1.10. Applicable Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. (A) THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
(B) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES AS SET FORTH IN SECTION
9.11 OF THE RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT AS IF SUCH SECTION WERE SET FORTH IN FULL
HEREIN.
▇▇▇▇▇ INDUSTRIES LIMITED
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
TRW SYSTEMS LIMITED
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
TRW DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
TRW DEUTSCHLAND HOLDING GMBH
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
TRW BRAKING SYSTEMS POLAND SP.ZO.O.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ Appelfeld
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ Appelfeld
Title: Operations Director
Acuation/Slip Control
TRW POLSKA SP.ZO.O.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
TRW SAFETY SYSTEMS POLAND SP.ZO.O.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
TRW SAFETY SYSTEMS POLAND SP.ZO.O.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Procurist
TRW STEERING SYSTEMS POLAND SP.ZO.O.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
EXHIBIT A
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 22, 2003,
Among
TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP.,
TRW AUTOMOTIVE INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS CORP.,
TRW AUTOMOTIVE INC. (f/k/a
TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION CORP.),
THE FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS PARTY HERETO,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Administrative Agent,
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMMERCIAL PAPER INC. and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Co-Syndication Agents
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Documentation Agent
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▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES INC.,
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON and
▇▇▇▇▇▇ BROTHERS INC.,
as Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions..........................................................3
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms..................................................3
SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally...............................................51
SECTION 1.03. Exchange Rates................................................51
SECTION 1.04. Redenomination of Certain Foreign Currencies..................51
SECTION 1.05. Effectuation of Transfers.....................................52
ARTICLE II The Credits........................................................52
SECTION 2.01. Commitments...................................................53
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings..........................................54
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings.......................................55
SECTION 2.04. Swingline Loans...............................................57
SECTION 2.05. Letters of Credit.............................................63
SECTION 2.06. Funding of Borrowings.........................................64
SECTION 2.07. Interest Elections............................................65
SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments......................66
SECTION 2.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt..........................67
SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Term Loans and Revolving Loans...................70
SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans...........................................71
SECTION 2.12. Fees..........................................................72
SECTION 2.13. Interest......................................................73
SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest....................................73
SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs...............................................73
SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments........................................75
SECTION 2.17. Taxes.........................................................75
SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs...76
SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders................78
SECTION 2.20. Foreign Subsidiary Loan Parties...............................79
SECTION 2.21. Additional Reserve Costs......................................79
SECTION 2.22. Ancillary Facilities..........................................80
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties....................................84
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers..........................................84
SECTION 3.02. Authorization.................................................84
SECTION 3.03. Enforceability................................................85
SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals........................................85
SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements..........................................85
SECTION 3.06. No Material Adverse Change or Material Adverse Effect.........86
SECTION 3.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases..................86
SECTION 3.08. Subsidiaries..................................................87
SECTION 3.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws..............................87
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SECTION 3.10. Federal Reserve Regulations...................................88
SECTION 3.11. Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act....88
SECTION 3.12. Use of Proceeds...............................................88
SECTION 3.13. Tax Returns...................................................89
SECTION 3.14. No Material Misstatements.....................................89
SECTION 3.15. Employee Benefit Plans........................................89
SECTION 3.16. Environmental Matters.........................................90
SECTION 3.17. Security Documents............................................90
SECTION 3.18. Location of Real Property and Leased Premises.................91
SECTION 3.19. Solvency......................................................91
SECTION 3.20. Labor Matters.................................................92
SECTION 3.21. Insurance.....................................................92
SECTION 3.22. Representations and Warranties in Purchase Agreement..........92
ARTICLE IV Conditions of Lending..............................................93
SECTION 4.01. All Credit Events.............................................93
SECTION 4.02. [Intentionally Omitted].......................................94
SECTION 4.03. Credit Events Relating to Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers........94
ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants...............................................94
SECTION 5.01. Existence; Businesses and Properties..........................95
SECTION 5.02. Insurance.....................................................95
SECTION 5.03. Taxes.........................................................97
SECTION 5.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc............................97
SECTION 5.05. Litigation and Other Notices..................................99
SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws.........................................100
SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections....100
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds..............................................100
SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Environmental Laws...........................100
SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances; Additional Mortgages.....................101
SECTION 5.11. Fiscal Year; Accounting......................................102
SECTION 5.12. Interest Rate Protection Agreements..........................102
SECTION 5.13. Proceeds of Certain Dispositions.............................103
ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants................................................103
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness.................................................103
SECTION 6.02. Liens........................................................106
SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.............................109
SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans and Advances..............................109
SECTION 6.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions....111
SECTION 6.06. Dividends and Distributions..................................113
SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates.................................114
SECTION 6.08. Business of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries........................116
SECTION 6.09. Limitation on Modifications of Indebtedness;
Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation,
By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc.................116
SECTION 6.10. Capital Expenditures.........................................117
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SECTION 6.11. Interest Coverage Ratio......................................118
SECTION 6.12. Leverage Ratio...............................................119
SECTION 6.13. Swap Agreements..............................................119
ARTICLE VII Events of Default................................................120
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default............................................120
SECTION 7.02. Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries.........................123
SECTION 7.03. U.S. Borrower's Right to Cure................................123
ARTICLE VIII The Agents......................................................124
SECTION 8.01. Appointment..................................................124
SECTION 8.02. Nature of Duties.............................................125
SECTION 8.03. Resignation by the Agents....................................125
SECTION 8.04. Each Agent in its Individual Capacity........................126
SECTION 8.05. Indemnification..............................................126
SECTION 8.06. Lack of Reliance on Agents...................................126
SECTION 8.07. Designation of Affiliates for Foreign Currency Loans.........127
ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous.....................................................127
SECTION 9.01. Notices......................................................127
SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement........................................128
SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect...............................................128
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns.......................................128
SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity..........................................132
SECTION 9.06. Right of Set-off.............................................133
SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law...............................................134
SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment...........................................134
SECTION 9.09. Interest Rate Limitation.....................................135
SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement.............................................135
SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.........................................135
SECTION 9.12. Severability.................................................136
SECTION 9.13. Counterparts.................................................136
SECTION 9.14. Headings.....................................................136
SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process..................136
SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality..............................................137
SECTION 9.17. Conversion of Currencies.....................................137
SECTION 9.18. [Intentionally Omitted]......................................138
ARTICLE X Ancillary Facility Adjustments.....................................138
SECTION 10.01. Exchange of Interests in Ancillary Facilities...............138
ARTICLE XI Collection Allocation Mechanism...................................139
SECTION 11.01. Implementation of CAM.......................................139
SECTION 11.02. Letters of Credit and Unfunded Ancillary
Credit Extensions........................................140
SECTION 11.03. Original Credit Agreement; Effectiveness of Amendment
and Restatement..........................................142
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Exhibits and Schedules
Exhibit A Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit B Form of Administrative Questionnaire
Exhibit C-1 Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit C-2 Form of Swingline Borrowing Request
Exhibit D Form of U.S. Mortgage
Exhibit E Form of U.S. Collateral Agreement
Exhibit F Form of Foreign Guarantee
Exhibit G Form of ▇▇▇▇▇ Guarantee
Exhibit H Form of Seller Note
Exhibit I Form of ▇▇▇▇▇ Note
Exhibit J Forms of Foreign Acquiror Notes
Exhibit K-1 Form of Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement
Exhibit K-2 Form of Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Termination
Exhibit L Reserve Costs for Mandatory Costs Rate
Exhibit M Form of Newco UK Note
Exhibit N Form of Acceptable Letter of Credit
Exhibit O Form of Reaffirmation Agreement
Schedule 1.01(a) Acquired Foreign Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01(b) Foreign Acquirors, Foreign Acquiror Equity
Contributions and Foreign Acquiror Loans
Schedule 1.01(c) Closing Date Ancillary Facilities
Schedule 1.01(d) Foreign Pledge Agreements
Schedule 1.01(e) Foreign Subsidiary Loan Parties
Schedule 1.01(f) Ancillary Facility Limits
Schedule 1.01(g) Collateral and Guarantee Requirement
Schedule 1.01(h) Certain U.S. Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01(i) Closing Date Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreements
Schedule 2.01 Commitments
Schedule 2.04(a) Swingline Dollar Commitments
Schedule 2.04(b) Swingline Foreign Currency Commitments
Schedule 2.05(a) Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 3.01 Organization and Good Standing
Schedule 3.04 Governmental Approvals
Schedule 3.05 Specified Transaction Documents
Schedule 3.08(b) Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.08(c) Subscriptions
Schedule 3.09 Litigation
Schedule 3.13 Taxes
Schedule 3.18 Mortgaged Properties
Schedule 3.20 Labor Matters
Schedule 3.21 Insurance
Schedule 6.01 Indebtedness
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Schedule 6.02 Liens
Schedule 6.04 Investments
Schedule 6.07 Transactions with Affiliates
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of July 22, 2003 (this
"Agreement"), among TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware corporation
("Holdings"), TRW AUTOMOTIVE INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware corporation
("Intermediate Holdings"), TRW AUTOMOTIVE INC. (f/k/a TRW AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION
CORP.), a Delaware corporation (the "U.S. Borrower"), the FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY
BORROWERS party hereto, the LENDERS party hereto from time to time, JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative
Agent"), and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent") for
the Lenders, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, acting through its Cayman Islands
Branch, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., each as
co-syndication agent (in such capacity, a "Co-Syndication Agent"), and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as documentation agent (in such capacity, the "Documentation
Agent").
Pursuant to or in connection with the Purchase Agreement (with such
term and each other capitalized term used but not defined in this preamble
having the meaning assigned thereto in Article I), (a) the Equity Contributions
were made, (b) the financing transactions described in this preamble were
consummated, (c) the ▇▇▇▇▇ Equity Contribution, the ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan, the Newco UK
Equity Contribution, the Newco UK Loan, the Foreign Acquiror Equity
Contributions and the Foreign Acquiror Loans were consummated, (d) the Stock
Purchases were consummated, and (e) fees and expenses (the "Transaction Costs")
incurred in connection with the Transactions were paid.
On the Closing Date, (a) Automotive Investors L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company and a Fund Affiliate, the Management Group and the
Management Equity Vehicle together, contributed not less than $500,000,000 in
cash to Holdings in exchange for not less than 500,000 shares of Holdings Common
Stock (the "Holdings Equity Contribution"), (b) Holdings contributed (i) the
proceeds of the Holdings Equity Contribution and (ii) a number of shares of
Holdings Common Stock (the "Stock Consideration"), that taken together with the
shares issued pursuant to the Holdings Equity Contribution had an implied value
of not less than $868,000,000, to Intermediate Holdings, in exchange for all the
issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings (the
"Intermediate Holdings Equity Contribution"), (c) Intermediate Holdings
contributed to the U.S. Borrower in exchange for all the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower (i) the cash proceeds of the Intermediate
Holdings Equity Contribution, (ii) the Stock Consideration and (iii) 62.7%
shares of LucasVarity Holdings purchased by Intermediate Holdings from a
subsidiary of Northrop Space and Mission in exchange for the Seller Note and (d)
the U.S. Borrower contributed $10,000,000 in cash to Automotive (LV) Corp. in
exchange for all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Automotive (LV)
Corp. (the steps described in clauses (a)-(d) of this paragraph together, the
"Equity Contributions").
On February 18, 2003, the U.S. Borrower issued and sold in offerings
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act")
and Regulation S under the Securities Act (a) Senior Notes having an aggregate
principal amount of $925,000,000, (b) Senior Notes having an aggregate principal
amount of (eurodollar)200,000,000, (c) Senior Subordinated Notes having an
aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 and (d) Senior Subordinated Notes
having an aggregate principal amount of (eurodollar)125,000,000.
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Simultaneously with the consummation of the Equity Contributions, (a)
the U.S. Borrower obtained, and made Borrowings in an aggregate amount the
Dollar Equivalent of which is not in excess of $1,544,000,000 under, the senior
secured credit facilities provided for by the Original Credit Agreement, (b) the
U.S. Borrower made the Management Equity Loan and (c) the U.S. Borrower and
certain of the Subsidiaries obtained $150,000,000 in proceeds under the
Permitted Receivables Financing.
Prior to the consummation of the transactions described in the
immediately preceding sentence, the U.S. Borrower contributed (eurodollar)12,500
in cash to ▇▇▇▇▇ in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding Equity
Interests of ▇▇▇▇▇ (the "▇▇▇▇▇ Equity Contributions"). Concurrently with the
consummation of the transactions described in the immediately preceding
paragraph, (a) the U.S. Borrower (i) made the Foreign Acquiror Equity
Contributions and the ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan and (ii) contributed no more than $12,000,000
to Automotive Holdings (UK), Ltd. ("Newco UK") in exchange for all the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests of Newco UK (the "Newco UK Equity
Contribution") and made the Newco UK Loan, (b) ▇▇▇▇▇ used the proceeds of the
▇▇▇▇▇ Loan to make the Foreign Acquiror Loans, (c) the U.S. Borrower purchased
from a subsidiary of Northrop Space and Mission all the issued and outstanding
shares of LucasVarity Holdings not purchased by Intermediate Holdings (as
described above) for $356,510,000 in cash, (d) (i) the Foreign Acquirors used
the proceeds of the Foreign Acquiror Equity Contributions and the Foreign
Acquiror Loans to purchase from subsidiaries of Northrop Space and Mission all
the Equity Interests of the Acquired Foreign Subsidiaries and (ii) Newco UK used
the proceeds of the Newco UK Equity Contribution and the Newco UK Loan to
acquire 80.4% of the issued and outstanding LucasVarity shares and all the
issued and outstanding Equity Interests in TRW UK Ltd and all the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of TRW INO Ltd., (e) Automotive Holdings (France)
S.A.S. purchased no less than 90% of the Equity Interests of TRW France Holdings
SAS from ▇▇▇▇▇ Investments, Limited in exchange for a subordinated note of
Automotive Holdings (France) S.A.S. in an aggregate principal amount of up to
$542,000,000, (f) Automotive (LV) Corp. purchased from a subsidiary of Northrop
Space and Mission 1% of the issued and outstanding LucasVarity shares for
$10,000,000 in cash, (g) the U.S. Borrower purchased from a subsidiary of
Northrop Space and Mission (i) all the issued and outstanding LucasVarity shares
not purchased by Automotive (LV) Corp. or Newco UK, and (ii) all the issued and
outstanding shares of TRW Steering & Suspension Co. Ltd., TRW Vehicle Safety
Systems and TRW Automotive JV LLC for $280,000,000 in cash and the Stock
Consideration, (h) the U.S. Borrower purchased from a subsidiary of Northrop
Space and Mission all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of TRW Auto
Holdings Inc. and TRW Automotive U.S. LLC for $1,126,000,000 in cash (the steps
described in clauses (c)-(h) of this paragraph together, the "Stock Purchases").
Following the consummation of the Stock Purchases, (i) the U.S. Borrower
contributed to LucasVarity 1% of the Equity Interests of ▇▇▇▇▇ acquired by the
U.S. Borrower as described in clause (a) above, (j) as soon as reasonably
practicable, the U.S. Borrower will contribute the Equity Interests of TRW
Steering & Suspension Co. Ltd. and the Foreign Acquirors (other than Spanish
Acquiror) to Dutch Holdco in exchange for the remaining issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of Dutch Holdco, (k) as soon as reasonably practicable, the
U.S. Borrower will contribute the Equity Interests of Dutch Holdco to Spanish
Acquiror in exchange for all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the
Spanish Acquiror (l) Spanish Acquiror formed U.S. Serviceco, and U.S. Serviceco
will enter into management contracts with certain of the Subsidiaries and (m)
the U.S. Borrower contributed to Newco UK all the LucasVarity shares
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purchased by U.S. Borrower (as described in clause (g) above) in exchange for
18.6% of the issued and outstanding shares of Newco UK.
The Borrowers borrowed (a) Tranche A Term Loans on the Closing Date, in
an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $410,000,000, (b) Tranche B-1
Term Loans (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement) on the Closing Date, in
an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $1,030,000,000, and (c) Tranche
B-2 Term Loans (as defined in the Original Credit Agreement) on the Closing Date
in an aggregate principal amount in Euros not in excess of
(eurodollar)64,814,815.
The proceeds of the Tranche A Term Loans and the Tranche B Term Loans
were used by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on the Closing Date,
together with (a) the Equity Contributions, (b) up to $12,000,000 in proceeds of
U.S. Revolving Facility Loans, (c) the proceeds of the offering and sale of the
Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes and (d) the proceeds of the
initial sale on the Closing Date of accounts receivable and related assets under
the Permitted Receivables Financing, solely (v) to make the Management Equity
Loan, (w) to make the ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan, (x) to make the Foreign Acquiror Loans and the
Newco UK Loan, (y) to make the Stock Purchases and (z) to pay the Transaction
Costs.
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, the Required
Restatement Lenders (as defined therein) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
administrative agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, acting through its Cayman
Islands Branch, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Commercial Paper Inc., and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
each as co-syndication agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as documentation agent,
have entered into an Amendment and Restatement Agreement dated as of July 22,
2003 (the "Amendment and Restatement Agreement").
Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the
Amendment and Restatement Agreement, the Original Credit Agreement shall be
amended and restated as provided herein.
ARTICLE II
Definitions
SECTION 2.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the meanings specified below:
"ABR Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
"ABR Loan" shall mean any ABR Term Loan, ABR Revolving Loan or
Swingline Dollar Loan.
"ABR Revolving Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR
Revolving Loans.
"ABR Revolving Loan" shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at
a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the
provisions of Article II.
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"ABR Term Loan" shall mean any Tranche A Term Loan or Tranche C-1 Term
Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base
Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
"Acceptable Letter of Credit" shall mean a letter of credit that (a) is
issued to ▇▇▇▇▇ by a commercial bank whose long-term debt, or whose parent
holding company's long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating)
or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization
(as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act), (b) has a face amount not
less than the outstanding principal amount of the ▇▇▇▇▇ Notes on the date of
issuance of such letter of credit, (c) is in substantially the form of Exhibit N
and (d) provides for drawing upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which
▇▇▇▇▇ is required by a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to pay
amounts in respect of principal due under the ▇▇▇▇▇ Notes and (ii) 10 Business
Days prior to the stated termination date of such letter of credit if such
letter of credit has not been replaced with a substantially identical letter of
credit.
"Acquired Foreign Subsidiaries" shall mean the Subsidiaries specified
on Schedule 1.01(a).
"Additional Mortgage" shall have the meaning provided in Section
5.10(c).
"Adjusted LIBO Rate" shall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency
Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards,
if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the product of (a) the LIBO Rate
in effect for such Interest Period and (b) Statutory Reserves applicable to such
Eurocurrency Borrowing, if any.
"Administrative Agent" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
"Administrative Agent Fees" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.12(c).
"Administrative Questionnaire" shall mean an Administrative
Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit B.
"Affiliate" shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person,
another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person
specified.
"Agents" shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
"Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure" shall mean the aggregate amount
of the Lenders' Revolving Credit Exposures and the Ancillary Facility Exposures.
"Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
"Agreement Currency" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.17(b).
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"Alternate Base Rate" shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum equal
to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. If for any reason the
Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal
Funds Effective Rate, including the failure of the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York to publish rates or the inability of the Administrative Agent to obtain
quotations in accordance with the terms thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall
be determined without regard to clause (b) of the preceding sentence until the
circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the
Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"Amendment and Restatement Agreement" has the meaning given to such
term in the preamble hereto.
"Ancillary Commitment" shall mean, with respect to any Ancillary
Lender, the maximum amount that such Ancillary Lender has agreed to make
available from time to time during the Availability Period under Ancillary
Facilities created pursuant to Section 2.22 by such Ancillary Lender; provided
that at no time shall (a) the sum of (i) the Ancillary Commitment of such
Ancillary Lender and (ii) the Available Unused Commitment of such Ancillary
Lender exceed (b) the Global Revolving Facility Commitment of such Ancillary
Lender.
"Ancillary Commitment Limit" shall mean $100,000,000; provided that the
Ancillary Commitments with respect to the Ancillary Facilities in the
jurisdictions set forth on Schedule 1.01(f) shall be limited to the amounts set
forth opposite such jurisdictions on such Schedule.
"Ancillary Credit Extensions" shall mean Funded Ancillary Credit
Extensions and Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extensions.
"Ancillary Facility" shall mean any facility or financial accommodation
(including any revolving, overdraft, foreign exchange, guarantee, letter of
credit, bonding, credit card or automated payments facility) made available to a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower by a Global Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to
Section 2.22.
"Ancillary Facility Document" shall mean, with respect to any Ancillary
Facility, the agreements between the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and
the Ancillary Lender thereunder providing for such Ancillary Facility.
"Ancillary Facility Exposure" shall mean, at any time with respect to
an Ancillary Facility made available by an Ancillary Lender, the sum of the
Dollar Equivalents at such time of each of the following amounts (as calculated
by such Ancillary Lender using the relevant Exchange Rate at such time):
(a) the aggregate principal amount under any overdraft, check drawing
or other account facilities, determined on the same basis as that for
determining any limit on such facilities imposed by the terms of such
Ancillary Facility;
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(b) the maximum potential liability (excluding amounts representing
interest, fees and similar amounts) under all letters of credit, guarantees
and bonds then outstanding under such Ancillary Facility;
(c) the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding thereunder; and
(d) in the case of any other facility or financial accommodation, such
other amount as fairly represents the aggregate exposure of such Ancillary
Lender under such facility or financial accommodation, as reasonably
determined by such Ancillary Lender from time to time in accordance with its
usual banking practice for facilities or accommodations of such type.
"Ancillary Facility Repayment Amount" shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.22(e)(ii).
"Ancillary Facility Termination Date" shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.22(e)(i).
"Ancillary Lender" shall mean, with respect to an Ancillary Facility,
the Global Revolving Facility Lender that has made such Ancillary Facility
available pursuant to Section 2.22.
"Ancillary Replacement Borrowing" shall mean a Global Revolving
Facility Borrowing made by an Eligible Borrower upon the termination of an
Ancillary Facility pursuant to clause (ii) of the first sentence of Section
2.22(e).
"Applicable Agent" shall mean (a) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing
denominated in Dollars or with respect to any payment that does not relate to
any Loan or Borrowing, the Administrative Agent and (b) with respect to a Loan
or Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency, a Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing or Swingline Foreign Currency Loan, the Administrative Agent or an
Affiliate thereof designated pursuant to Section 8.07.
"Applicable Creditor" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.17(b).
"Applicable Margin" shall mean, for any day with respect to any
Eurocurrency Loan that is a Term Loan or a Revolving Loan and any ABR Loan that
is a Term Loan or a Revolving Loan, the applicable margin per annum set forth
below under the caption "Revolving Loan ABR Spread", "Revolving Loan
Eurocurrency Spread", "Tranche A Term Loan ABR Spread", "Tranche A Term Loan
Eurocurrency Spread", "Tranche C-1 Term Loan ABR Spread", "Tranche C-1 Term Loan
Eurocurrency Spread" or "Tranche C-2 Term Loan Eurocurrency Spread", as
applicable, based upon the Leverage Ratio as of the most recent determination
date.
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Tranche C-1
Revolving Tranche A and Tranche
Revolving Loan Tranche A Term Loan Tranche C-1 C-2 Term Loan
Loan ABR Euro-currency Term Loan ABR Eurocurrency Term Loan ABR Euro-currency
Leverage Ratio: Spread Spread Spread Spread Spread Spread
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Category
1 3.25% 4.25% 3.25% 4.25% 2.75% 3.75%
Greater than 4.375
to 1.00
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Category
2
Less than or equal 2.50% 3.50% 2.50% 3.50% 2.00% 3.00%
to 4.375 to 1.00
but greater than
3.00 to 1.00
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Category
3
Less than or equal 2.00% 3.00% 2.00% 3.00% 2.00% 3.00%
to 3.00 to 1.00 but
greater than 2.50
to 1.00
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Category
4
Less than or equal 1.50% 2.50% 1.50% 2.50% 2.00% 3.00%
to 2.50 to 1.00 but
greater than 2.00
to 1.00
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Category
5 1.25% 2.25% 1.25% 2.25% 2.00% 3.00%
Less than or equal
to 2.00 to 1.00
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For purposes of the foregoing, (a) the Leverage Ratio shall be determined as of
the end of each fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower's fiscal year based upon the
consolidated financial information of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or (b) and (b) each change in the
Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall be
effective during the period commencing on and including the first Business Day
after the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated
financial information indicating such change and ending on the date immediately
preceding the effective date of the next such change; provided that until the
delivery of financial statements for the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries for
the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2003, the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be
in Category 2; provided, further, that the Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be
in Category 1 (i) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or (ii) at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request
of the Required Lenders, if the U.S. Borrower fails to deliver the consolidated
financial information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or
(b), during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof
until such consolidated financial information is delivered.
"Applicant Party" shall mean, with respect to a Letter of Credit, the
Borrower that requested such Letter of Credit.
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"Approved Fund" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.04(b).
"Asset Disposition" shall mean any sale, transfer or other disposition
by Holdings or any of the Subsidiaries to any person other than a Borrower or
any Subsidiary Loan Party of any asset or group of related assets in one or a
series of related transactions, the Net Proceeds from which exceed $50,000,000.
"Assignment and Acceptance" shall mean an assignment and acceptance
entered into by a Lender and an assignee, and accepted by the Administrative
Agent and the U.S. Borrower, in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as
shall be approved by the Administrative Agent.
"Automotive (LV) Corp." shall mean Automotive (LV) Corp., a Delaware
corporation.
"Availability Period" shall mean the period from and including the
Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date
and (a) in the case of each of Global Revolving Facility Loans, Global Revolving
Facility Borrowings, Swingline Foreign Currency Loans and Swingline Foreign
Currency Borrowings, the date of termination of the Global Revolving Facility
Commitments and (b) in the case of each of U.S. Revolving Facility Loans, U.S.
Revolving Facility Borrowings, Swingline Dollar Borrowings and Letters of
Credit, the date of termination of the U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments.
"Available Investment Basket Amount" shall mean, on any date of
determination, an amount equal to (a) the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow
Amount on such date minus (b) any amounts used to make investments pursuant to
clause (y) of Section 6.04(a), clause (ii) of Section 6.04(j) and/or clause (ii)
of Section 6.04(k) after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date, minus
(c) the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made after the Closing Date and
on or prior to such date pursuant to Section 6.10(c).
"Available Unused Commitment" shall mean, with respect to a Global
Revolving Facility Lender at any time, an amount equal to the amount by which
(a) the Global Revolving Facility Commitment of such Global Revolving Facility
Lender at such time exceeds (b) the sum of (x) the Global Revolving Facility
Credit Exposure of such Global Revolving Facility Lender at such time and (y)
the Ancillary Commitment (if any) of such Global Revolving Facility Lender at
such time. For purposes of calculating a Global Revolving Facility Lender's
Available Unused Commitment in connection with an Ancillary Replacement
Borrowing, the amount of the Ancillary Commitment of such Global Revolving
Facility Lender shall be reduced by the amount of the Ancillary Commitment being
terminated.
"Board" shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
of the United States of America.
"Borrowers" shall mean the U.S. Borrower and the Foreign Subsidiary
Borrowers.
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"Borrowing" shall mean a group of Loans of a single Type under a single
Facility and made on a single date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to
which a single Interest Period is in effect.
"Borrowing Minimum" shall mean (a) in the case of an ABR Revolving
Borrowing, $5,000,000, (b) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing
denominated in Dollars, $5,000,000, (c) in the case of a Global Revolving
Facility Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency, the smallest amount of
such Foreign Currency that is a multiple of 1,000,000 units of such Foreign
Currency and has a Dollar Equivalent in excess of $5,000,000, (d) in the case of
a Swingline Dollar Borrowing, $500,000 and (e) in the case of a Swingline
Foreign Currency Borrowing, the smallest amount of such Foreign Currency that is
a multiple of 500,000 units of such Foreign Currency and has a Dollar Equivalent
in excess of $1,000,000.
"Borrowing Multiple" shall mean (a) in the case of a Revolving
Borrowing denominated in Dollars, $1,000,000, (b) in the case of a Swingline
Dollar Borrowing, $500,000 and (c) in the case of a Global Revolving Facility
Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency or a Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing, 100,000 units of such Foreign Currency.
"Borrowing Request" shall mean a request by a Borrower in accordance
with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1.
"Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required
by law to remain closed; provided that (a) when used in connection with a
Eurocurrency Loan, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude any day on which
banks are not open for dealings in deposits in the applicable currency in the
London interbank market and (b) when used in connection with a Loan denominated
in Euros, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude any day on which the TARGET
payment system is not open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
"Calculation Date" shall mean (a) the last Business Day of each
calendar month, (b) each date (with such date to be reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent) that is on or about the date of (i) a Borrowing Request or
an Interest Election Request with respect to any Global Revolving Facility Loan
denominated in a Foreign Currency, (ii) the issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension of a Foreign Currency Letter of Credit or (iii) a request for a
Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing and (c) if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, any Business Day as determined by the Administrative Agent in
its sole discretion.
"CAM" shall mean the mechanism for the allocation and exchange of
interests in the Loans and extensions of credit under Ancillary Facilities,
participations in Letters of Credit and collections thereunder established under
Article XI.
"CAM Dollar Lender" shall mean each Lender other than a CAM Euro
Lender.
"CAM Euro Lender" shall mean a Lender that has made or holds only
Tranche C-2 Loans.
"CAM Exchange" shall mean the exchange of the Lenders' interests
provided for in Section 11.01.
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"CAM Exchange Date" shall mean the first date after the Closing Date on
which there shall occur (a) any event described in paragraph (h) or (i) of
Section 7.01 with respect to any Borrower or (b) an acceleration of Loans
pursuant to Section 7.01.
"CAM Percentage" shall mean, as to each Lender, a fraction, expressed
as a decimal, of which (a) the numerator shall be the sum of (i) the Dollar
Equivalent, determined using the Exchange Rates calculated as of the CAM
Exchange Date, of the aggregate Obligations owed to such Lender, (ii) the
Revolving L/C Exposure, if any, of such Lender, (iii) the Swingline Exposure, if
any, of such Lender, and (iv) the Ancillary Facility Exposure, if any, of such
Lender, in each case immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date, and (b) the
denominator shall be the sum of (i) the Dollar Equivalent, determined using the
Exchange Rates calculated as of the CAM Exchange Date, of the aggregate
Obligations owed to all the Lenders, (ii) the aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure
of all the Lenders and (iii) the Ancillary Facility Exposures of all Lenders, in
each case immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date; provided that, for
purposes of clause (a) above, the Obligations owed to a Swingline Lender will be
deemed not to include any Swingline Loans except to the extent provided in
clause (a)(iii) above.
"Capital Expenditures" shall mean, for any person in respect of any
period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such person during such
period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in "additions to
property, plant or equipment" or similar items reflected in the statement of
cash flows of such person, provided, however, that Capital Expenditures for the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall not include (a) expenditures to the
extent they are made with the proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests of
Holdings after the Closing Date or with funds that would have constituted Net
Proceeds under clause (a) of the definition of the term "Net Proceeds" (but that
will not constitute Net Proceeds as a result of the first proviso to such clause
(a)), (b) expenditures of proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards
and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned
assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made to
replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment
or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct,
improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries within 12 months of receipt of such proceeds,
(c) interest capitalized during such period, (d) expenditures that are accounted
for as capital expenditures of such person and that actually are paid for by a
third party (excluding Holdings or any subsidiary thereof) and for which neither
Holdings nor any subsidiary thereof has provided or is required to provide or
incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third
party or any other person (whether before, during or after such period), (e) the
book value of any asset owned by such person prior to or during such period to
the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such
period as a result of such person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset
during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made
in such period, provided that (i) any expenditure necessary in order to permit
such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the
period that such expenditure actually is made and (ii) such book value shall
have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally
acquired, (f) the purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to
the extent the consideration therefor consists of any combination of (i) used or
surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase and (ii) the proceeds
of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary
course of business, (g) investments in respect of a Permitted Business
Acquisition, (h) one-time
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capital expenditures made in 2003 related to the Transactions in an aggregate
amount not in excess of $10,000,000 or (i) investments or expenditures made
prior to the 12-month anniversary of the Closing Date that reduce the Koyo JV
Purchase Amount.
"Capital Lease Obligations" of any person shall mean 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 purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be
the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Card Programs" means (i) purchasing card programs established to
enable headquarters and field staff of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary to
purchase goods and supplies from vendors and (ii) any travel and entertainment
card program established to enable headquarters and field staff of the U.S.
Borrower or any Subsidiary to make payments for expenses incurred related to
travel and entertainment.
"Cash Interest Expense" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower
and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Interest Expense
for such period, less the sum of (a) pay-in-kind Interest Expense, (b) to the
extent included in Interest Expense, the amortization of any financing fees paid
by, or on behalf of, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, including
such fees paid in connection with the Transactions (including any such fees paid
by Holdings from the proceeds of distributions from the U.S. Borrower) and (c)
the amortization of debt discounts, if any, or fees in respect of Swap
Agreements; provided that Cash Interest Expense shall be deemed to be (x) for
the four fiscal quarter period ended June 30, 2003, the Cash Interest Expense
for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2003, multiplied by four, (y) for the four
fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2003, the Cash Interest Expense for
the two fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2003, multiplied by two and
(z) for the four fiscal quarter period ended December 31, 2003, the Cash
Interest Expense for the three fiscal quarter period ended December 31, 2003,
multiplied by 4/3.
A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to occur if:
(a) at any time, (i) Holdings shall fail to own directly, beneficially
and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of
Intermediate Holdings, (ii) Intermediate Holdings shall fail to own
directly, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower, (iii) a majority of the seats (other
than vacant seats) on the board of directors of Holdings shall at any time
be occupied by persons who were neither (A) nominated by the board of
directors of Holdings or a Permitted Holder nor (B) appointed by directors
so nominated or (iv) a "Change in Control" shall occur under the Senior
Notes Indentures or the Senior Subordinated Note Indentures;
(b) at any time prior to an initial public offering of Equity Interests
of Holdings, the Permitted Holders or any combination of Permitted Holders
shall fail to own beneficially, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate
Equity Interests representing at least 51% of (i) the aggregate ordinary
voting power represented by the issued and outstanding
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Equity Interests of Holdings and (ii) the common economic interest
represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings; or
(c) at any time from and after an initial public offering of Equity
Interests of Holdings, (i) the Permitted Holders or any combination of
Permitted Holders shall fail to own beneficially, directly or indirectly, in
the aggregate Equity Interests representing at least 51% of the aggregate
ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity
Interests of Holdings (such 51% to be reduced by the percentage of such
voting power represented by the Equity Interests sold by the Permitted
Holders in the initial public offering, or any subsequent public offering,
of Equity Interests of Holdings or by the dilution suffered by the Permitted
Holders in such public offering, but in any event not to a percentage below
25%) or (ii) any person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect on the Closing Date), other
than the Permitted Holders or any combination of the Permitted Holders,
shall own beneficially, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate Equity
Interests representing at least 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power
represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings and
the Permitted Holders own beneficially, directly or indirectly, a smaller
percentage of such ordinary voting power at such time than the Equity
Interests owned by such other person or group.
"Change in Law" shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or
regulation after the Original Execution Date, (b) any change in law, rule or
regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority after the Original Execution Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or
Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such
Lender or by such Lender's or Issuing Bank's holding company, if any) with any
request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the Original Execution Date.
"Charges" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.
"Closing Date" shall mean February 28, 2003.
"Closing Date Ancillary Facility" shall mean each Ancillary Facility
made available on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 1.01(c).
"Closing Date Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement" shall mean a
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement listed on Schedule 1.01(i) entered into by
Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers listed on such schedule on the Closing Date.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.
"Collateral" shall mean all the "Collateral" as defined in any Security
Document and shall also include the Mortgaged Properties.
"Collateral Agent" shall have the meaning given such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
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"Collateral and Guarantee Requirement" shall mean the requirement that:
(a) the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) from Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary Loan
Party, a counterpart of the U.S. Collateral Agreement duly executed and
delivered on behalf of such person, (ii) from each Subsidiary listed on
Schedule 1.01(d), a counterpart of a Foreign Pledge Agreement with respect
to the amount of the Equity Interests of each Foreign Subsidiary listed
opposite such Subsidiary on such Schedule, duly executed and delivered on
behalf of such party, (iii) except as set forth on Schedule 1.01(g), from
each Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party a counterpart of a Foreign Security
Agreement and a Foreign Mortgage, duly executed and delivered on behalf of
such Foreign Subsidiary, (iv) except as set forth on Schedule 1.01(g), from
each Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party a counterpart of the Foreign Guarantee,
duly executed and delivered on behalf of each such person, (v) from ▇▇▇▇▇, a
counterpart of the ▇▇▇▇▇ Guarantee and Foreign Pledge Agreements, with
respect to its interest in certain of the Foreign Acquiror Notes, in each
case, duly executed and delivered on behalf of ▇▇▇▇▇ and (vi) from the U.S.
Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party party thereto a counterpart
of the First-Tier Subsidiary Pledge Agreement, duly executed and delivered
on behalf of each such person;
(b) in the case of any person that becomes a Domestic Subsidiary Loan
Party after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received from
such subsidiary (i) a supplement to the U.S. Collateral Agreement, in the
form specified therein, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such
Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party, (ii) if such Subsidiary owns Equity
Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary that, as a result the law of the
jurisdiction or organization of such Foreign Subsidiary, cannot be pledged
to the Collateral Agent under the U.S. Collateral Agreement, a counterpart
of a Foreign Pledge Agreement with respect to such Equity Interests
(provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, other than ▇▇▇▇▇, be pledged to
secure Obligations of the U.S. Borrower), duly executed and delivered on
behalf of such Subsidiary and (iii) a supplement to the First-Tier
Subsidiary Pledge Agreement or a Foreign Pledge Agreement, as applicable,
with respect to the portion that is not being pledged pursuant to clause
(ii) above of the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary owned by it, duly
executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary;
(c) in the case of any person that becomes a Foreign Subsidiary Loan
Party after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i)
from such person (x) subject to clause (iii) of Section 5.10(f), a
counterpart of a Foreign Security Agreement and (if applicable) a Foreign
Mortgage, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such person and (y) a
supplement to the Foreign Guarantee, in the form specified therein, duly
executed and delivered on behalf of such person and (ii) from the parent of
such Foreign Subsidiary, a counterpart of a Foreign Pledge Agreement duly
executed and delivered on behalf of such parent;
(d) all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests (i) of (A)
Intermediate Holdings, (B) the U.S. Borrower, (C) each Domestic Subsidiary
Loan Party, (D) each Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party, (E) each Wholly Owned
Subsidiary directly owned by or on behalf of (1) the U.S. Borrower, (2) a
Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01(e), (3) any
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Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party or (4) subject to clause (iii) of Section
5.10(f), any person that becomes a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party after the
Closing Date, (ii) of any other person owned on the Closing Date directly by
or on behalf by any Loan Party, except to the extent that a pledge of such
Equity Interests would violate applicable law or a contractual obligation
binding upon such Equity Interests as of the Closing Date and for so long as
such restriction exists and (iii) subject to Section 5.10(h), that are
acquired by a Loan Party after the Closing Date, shall have been pledged
pursuant to the U.S. Collateral Agreement or a Foreign Pledge Agreement, as
applicable (provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, other than ▇▇▇▇▇, be
pledged to secure Obligations of the U.S. Borrower), and the Collateral
Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any)
representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other
instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(e) all Indebtedness of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower and each Subsidiary having an aggregate principal amount that has a
Dollar Equivalent in excess of $10,000,000 (other than intercompany current
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with
the cash management operations of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries)
that is owing to any Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note or
an instrument and shall have been pledged pursuant to the U.S. Collateral
Agreement or a Foreign Pledge Agreement, as applicable, and the Collateral
Agent shall have received all such promissory notes or instruments, together
with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto
endorsed in blank;
(f) all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens
intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each case, including
any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by,
and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been
filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for
filing, registration or the recording concurrently with, or promptly
following, the execution and delivery of each such Security Document;
(g) the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of each
Mortgage to be entered into on the Closing Date with respect to each
Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such
Mortgaged Property, (ii) a policy or policies of title insurance, paid for
by the U.S. Borrower, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance
company insuring the Lien of each U.S. Mortgage specified on Schedule 3.18
to be entered into on the Closing Date as a valid first Lien on the
Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except as
permitted by Section 6.02 and Liens arising by operation of law, together
with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent
may reasonably request, and (iii) such legal opinions and other documents as
the Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such
Mortgage or Mortgaged Property; and
(h) each Loan Party shall have obtained (i) all consents and approvals
required to be obtained by it in connection with (A) the execution and
delivery of all Security
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Documents (or supplements thereto) to which it is a party and the granting
by it of the Liens thereunder, (B) in the case of each Domestic Subsidiary
Loan Party, the performance of its obligations thereunder and (C) in the
case of each Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party, the performance of its
obligations under the Foreign Guarantee and (ii) in the case of a Foreign
Subsidiary Loan Party, all material consents and approvals required to be
obtained by it in connection with the performance by it of its obligations
under the Security Documents (other than the Foreign Guarantee).
"Commitment Fee" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.12(a).
"Commitments" shall mean, (a) with respect to any Lender, such Lender's
Global Revolving Facility Commitment, U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment,
Tranche A Term Loan Commitment, Tranche C-1 Term Loan Commitment and Tranche C-2
Term Loan Commitment and (b) with respect to any Swingline Lender, its Swingline
Dollar Commitment or Swingline Foreign Currency Commitment, as applicable.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any person for any
period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such person and its subsidiaries for
such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that (i) any net
after-tax extraordinary gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating
thereto) shall be excluded, (ii) any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal
of discontinued operations shall be excluded, (iii) any net after-tax gains or
losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset
dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in
good faith by the U.S. Borrower) shall be excluded, (iv) the Net Income for such
period of any person that is not a subsidiary of such person, or that is
accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the
extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in
cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent person or a
subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, (v) the Net Income for such period
of any subsidiary of such person shall be excluded to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such subsidiary
of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any
prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or
indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation
applicable to that subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with
respect to the payment of dividends or in similar distributions has been legally
waived, (vi) in the case of the U.S. Borrower, Consolidated Net Income for such
period shall be decreased by the amount of all payments made during such period
pursuant to Section 6.06(b) and used by Holdings or Intermediate Holdings to
make payments that reduce the Consolidated Net Income of Holdings or
Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, for such period and (vii) Consolidated Net
Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principles during such period.
"Consolidated Total Assets" shall mean, as of any date, the total
assets of the U.S. Borrower and the consolidated Subsidiaries, determined in
accordance with GAAP, as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the U.S.
Borrower as of such date.
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"Consolidated Total Debt" at any date shall mean the sum of (without
duplication), (a) all Indebtedness consisting of Capital Lease Obligations,
Indebtedness for borrowed money and Indebtedness in respect of the deferred
purchase price of property or services of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
determined on a consolidated basis on such date plus (b) the "Aggregate
Principal Balance" (as defined in the Receivables Loan Agreement) or any
analogous term in any replacement or amendment of the Receivables Loan Agreement
plus, (c) without duplication, the aggregate principal amount of any financing
of, or Net Investment in, accounts receivable that constitutes a Permitted
Receivables Financing.
"Control" shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a
person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise, and "Controlling" and "Controlled" shall have meanings correlative
thereto.
"Co-Syndication Agent" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
"Credit Event" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Article IV.
"Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount" shall mean, at any date,
an amount, not less than zero, determined on cumulative basis equal to the
amount of Excess Cash Flow for all Excess Cash Flow Periods ending after the
Closing Date that is not (and, in the case of any Excess Cash Flow Period where
the respective required date of prepayment has not yet occurred pursuant to
Section 2.11(d), will not on such date of required prepayment be) required to be
applied in accordance with Section 2.11(d).
"Cure Amount" shall have the meaning provided in Section 7.03.
"Cure Right" shall have the meaning provided in Section 7.03.
"Current Assets" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, the sum of
(a) all assets (other than cash and Permitted Investments or other cash
equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a
consolidated balance sheet of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current
assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or
deferred Taxes based on income or profits (including the Michigan Single
Business Tax and similar Taxes) and (b) in the event that the Permitted
Receivables Financing is accounted for off-balance sheet, (x) gross accounts
receivable sold by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to a Permitted
Receivables Financing less (y) collections against the amounts sold pursuant to
clause (x).
"Current Liabilities" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and
the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all
liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated
balance sheet of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current liabilities
at such date of determination, other than (a) the current portion of any debt or
Capital Lease Obligations, (b) accruals of Interest Expense (excluding Interest
Expense that is due and unpaid), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes
based on income or profits (including the Michigan Single Business Tax and
similar Taxes), (d) accruals,
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if any, of transaction costs resulting from the Transactions, (e) accruals of
any costs or expenses related to (i) severance or termination of employees prior
to the Closing Date or (ii) bonuses, pension and other post-retirement benefit
obligations, (f) the current portion of the obligations of the U.S. Borrower and
the Subsidiaries under the Trust Agreement between ▇▇▇▇▇ and Fidelity Management
Trust dated as of October 1, 1995, with respect to the Varity Automotive Inc.
Deferred Compensation Plan and the Varity Automotive Inc. Deferred Compensation
Trust Agreement dated as of November 1, 1997, with respect to the Varity
Automotive Supplemental Compensation and Deferred Compensation Plan and (g)
accruals for add-backs to EBITDA included in clauses (a)(v) through (a)(x) of
the definition of such term.
"Debt Service" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Cash Interest Expense for
such period plus scheduled principal amortization of Consolidated Total Debt for
such period (whether or not such payments are made).
"Default" shall mean any event or condition that upon notice, lapse of
time or both would constitute an Event of Default.
"Defaulting Lender" shall mean any Lender or Ancillary Lender with
respect to which a Lender Default is in effect.
"Documentation Agent" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
"Dollars" or "$" shall mean lawful money of the United States of
America.
"Dollar Equivalent" shall mean, on any date of determination (a) with
respect to any amount in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any
amount in any Foreign Currency, the equivalent in Dollars of such amount,
determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 1.03(b) using the
Exchange Rate with respect to such Foreign Currency at the time in effect under
the provisions of such Section.
"Dollar Letter of Credit" shall mean a Letter of Credit denominated in
Dollars.
"Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party" shall mean each Wholly Owned
Subsidiary that is not (a) a Foreign Subsidiary, (b) the Receivables Subsidiary,
(c) the Transferor, (d) U.S. Serviceco or (e) listed on Schedule 1.01(h).
"Dutch Holdco" shall mean Roadster Automotive B.V., a company organized
under the laws of The Netherlands.
"EBITDA" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income
of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period
PLUS (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent
the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (x) of this
clause (a) reduced such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period
for which EBITDA is being
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determined) (i) provision for Taxes based on income or profits of the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries (including the Michigan Single Business Tax
and similar Taxes) for such period and provision for Taxes based on income
or profits of Holdings and Intermediate Holdings during such period to the
extent paid using the proceeds of dividends made by the U.S. Borrower in
accordance with Section 6.06(b), (ii) Interest Expense of the U.S. Borrower
and the Subsidiaries for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization
expense of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, (iv) any
fees, expenses or charges related to any equity offering, any investment or
acquisition permitted hereunder or occurring prior to the Closing Date, any
recapitalization permitted hereunder or any Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred hereunder (whether or not successful) and fees, expenses, charges
or change of control payments related to the Transactions (including fees to
the Fund and Fund Affiliates) or the acquisition by Northrop Grumman
Corporation of TRW Inc., (v) the amount of any cash restructuring or other
nonrecurring charges incurred not in excess of (A) $30,000,000 in fiscal
years 2003 and 2004 or (B) $50,000,000 in any fiscal year thereafter, (vi)
any other noncash charges, including increases in costs of sales resulting
from purchase accounting, in relation to the Transactions or any acquisition
(but excluding any such charge which requires an accrual of a cash reserve
for anticipated cash charges for any future period), (vii) the amount of any
minority interest expense, (viii) noncash exchange, translation or
performance losses relating to any foreign currency hedging transactions or
currency fluctuations, (ix) the amount of management, consulting, monitoring
and advisory fees paid to the Fund and/or Fund Affiliates (or any accruals
related to such fees) during such period not to exceed $7,500,000 during any
four quarter period and (x) any expense relating to defined benefits pension
or post-retirement benefit plans (provided that, for purposes of subclauses
(vi) and (viii) of this clause (a), any noncash charges or losses shall be
treated as cash charges or losses in any subsequent period during which cash
disbursements attributable thereto are made),
MINUS (b) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the
extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (iii) and
(v) of this clause (b) increased such Consolidated Net Income for the
respective period for which EBITDA is being determined) (i) the amount of
any minority interest income, (ii) noncash exchange, translation or
performance gains relating to any foreign currency hedging transactions or
currency fluctuations, (iii) any income relating to defined benefits pension
or post-retirement benefit plans, (iv) any cash payment relating to defined
benefits pension or post-retirement benefit plans net of any amounts
receivable from Northrop Grumman Corporation pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement for post-retirement benefits plans (provided that any such amounts
calculated pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be reduced by $25,000,000 with
respect to fiscal year 2003, $35,000,000 with respect to fiscal year 2004,
and $20,000,000 with respect to fiscal year 2005) and (v) noncash items
increasing Consolidated Net Income of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
for such period (but excluding any such items (A) in respect of which cash
was received in a prior period or will be received in a future period or (B)
which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for,
anticipated cash charges in any prior period).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, EBITDA (i) shall be
deemed to be $239,000,000 and $276,000,000, respectively, for the fiscal
quarters ended September 30, 2002
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and December 31, 2002 and (ii) for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003,
shall be (x) increased by the amount of corporate allocations (including segment
allocations) deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal
quarter, and (y) decreased by $126,027 multiplied by the number of days from and
including January 1, 2003 to and including the Closing Date.
"Eligible Borrower" shall mean the U.S. Borrower or any Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower that has been designated under Section 2.20 to make
Borrowings under the Global Revolving Facility.
"EMU Legislation" shall mean the legislative measures of the European
Union for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of the Euro in one or
more member states of the European Union.
"environment" shall mean ambient air, surface water and groundwater
(including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or
subsurface strata, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental
Law.
"Environmental Laws" shall mean all applicable laws (including common
law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments,
injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into
by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment,
preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or
threatened release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to health and
safety matters (to the extent relating to the environment or Hazardous
Materials).
"Environmental Liability" shall mean any liability, contingent or
otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental
investigation or remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries directly or
indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) a violation of any Environmental
Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials,
(d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the
environment, or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement
pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
"Equity Contributions" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the preamble to this Agreement.
"Equity Interests" of any person shall mean any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participation or other
equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such person,
including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and
any limited liability company membership interest.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as the same may be amended from time to time.
"ERISA Affiliate" shall mean any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower or a Subsidiary is treated
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as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for
purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a
single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"ERISA Event" shall mean (a) any Reportable Event; (b) the existence
with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an
application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any
Plan; (d) the incurrence by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower,
a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA
with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate
from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to
terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section
4042 of ERISA; (f) the incurrence by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to
the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g)
the receipt by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary
or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan
from Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, a Subsidiary or any
ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability
or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent
or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
"Euro" or "(eurodollar)" shall mean the single currency of the European
Union as constituted by the treaty establishing the European Community being the
Treaty of Rome, as amended from time to time and as referred to in the EMU
Legislation.
"Euro Equivalent" shall mean, on any date of determination, (a) with
respect to any amount in Euros, such amount and (b) with respect to any amount
in Dollars or any Foreign Currency other than Euros, the equivalent in Euros of
such amount or determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
1.03(b) using the Exchange Rate with respect to such currency of the time in
effect under the provisions of such Section.
"Eurocurrency Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Eurocurrency Loans.
"Eurocurrency Loan" shall mean any Eurocurrency Term Loan or
Eurocurrency Revolving Loan.
"Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Eurocurrency Revolving Loans.
"Eurocurrency Revolving Loan" shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in
accordance with the provisions of Article II.
"Eurocurrency Term Loan" shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a
rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the
provisions of Article II.
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"Eurocurrency Tranche C-1 Term Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Eurocurrency Tranche C-1 Term Loans.
"Eurocurrency Tranche C-2 Term Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing
comprised of Eurocurrency Tranche C-2 Term Loans.
"European Purchaser" shall mean TRW Automotive Europe Receivables
Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Ireland.
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning given such term in Section
7.01.
"Excess Cash Flow" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and
the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any Excess Cash Flow Period, EBITDA
of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such
Excess Cash Flow Period,
MINUS, without duplication, (a) Debt Service for such Excess Cash Flow
Period, (b) (i) any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans during such Excess
Cash Flow Period, (ii) any permanent voluntary reductions during such Excess
Cash Flow Period of Revolving Credit Commitments to the extent that an equal
amount of Revolving Loans was simultaneously repaid and (iii) any voluntary
prepayment permitted hereunder of term Indebtedness during such Excess Cash
Flow Period to the extent not financed, or intended to be financed, using
the proceeds of the incurrence of Indebtedness, so long as the amount of
such prepayment is not already reflected in Debt Service, (c) (i) Capital
Expenditures by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period (excluding Capital Expenditures
made in such Excess Cash Flow Period where a certificate in the form
contemplated by the following clause (d) was previously delivered) that are
paid in cash, (ii) the aggregate consideration paid in cash during such
Excess Cash Flow Period in respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions and
other investments permitted hereunder (less any amounts received in respect
thereof as a return of capital) and (iii) one-time capital expenditures made
in 2003 related to the Transactions in an aggregate amount not in excess of
$10,000,000, (d) Capital Expenditures that the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary shall, during such Excess Cash Flow Period, become obligated to
make but that are not made during such Excess Cash Flow Period, provided
that the U.S. Borrower shall deliver a certificate to the Administrative
Agent not later than 90 days after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period,
signed by a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower and certifying that
such Capital Expenditures and the delivery of the related equipment will be
made in the following Excess Cash Flow Period, (e) Taxes paid in cash by the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such
Excess Cash Flow Period or that will be paid within six months after the
close of such Excess Cash Flow Period (provided that any amount so deducted
that will be paid after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period shall not
be deducted again in a subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period) and for which
reserves have been established, including income tax expense and withholding
tax expense incurred in connection with cross-border transactions involving
the Foreign Subsidiaries, (f) an amount equal to any increase in Working
Capital of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such Excess Cash Flow
Period, (g) to the extent not deducted in determining EBITDA, consulting,
monitoring and advisory fees paid to the
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Fund and Fund Affiliates during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (h) cash
expenditures made in respect of Swap Agreements during such Excess Cash Flow
Period, to the extent not reflected in the computation of EBITDA or Interest
Expense, (i) permitted dividends or distributions or repurchases of its
Equity Interests paid in cash by Holdings during such Excess Cash Flow
Period and permitted dividends paid by the U.S. Borrower on by any
Subsidiary to any person other than the U.S. Borrower or any of the other
Subsidiaries during such Excess Cash Flow Period, in each case in accordance
with Section 6.06, (j) amounts paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow
Period on account of (x) items that were accounted for as noncash reductions
of the Consolidated Net Income of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries in
a prior Excess Cash Flow Period and (y) reserves or accruals established in
purchase accounting, (k) extraordinary special charges or any nonrecurring
loss paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (l) to the extent not
deducted in the computation of Net Proceeds in respect of any asset
disposition or condemnation giving rise thereto, the amount of any mandatory
prepayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness created hereunder or
under any other Loan Document), together with any interest, premium or
penalties required to be paid (and actually paid) in connection therewith,
(m) the amount, if any, by which consolidated deferred revenues of the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries decreased during such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(n) the amount related to items that were added to Consolidated Net Income
in calculating EBITDA to the extent such items represented a cash payment,
or an accrual for a cash payment, by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (o) amounts not
deducted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA for such Excess
Cash Flow Period by operation of the proviso to clause (b)(iv) of the
definition of the term "EBITDA" and (p) the amount of minority interest
expense added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA for such
Excess Cash Flow Period,
PLUS, without duplication, (q) an amount equal to any decrease in
Working Capital for such Excess Cash Flow Period, (r) all proceeds received
during such Excess Cash Flow Period of Capital Lease Obligations, purchase
money Indebtedness, Sale and Lease-Back Transactions pursuant to Section
6.03 and any other Indebtedness, in each case to the extent used to finance
any Capital Expenditure (other than Indebtedness under this Agreement to the
extent there is no corresponding deduction to Excess Cash Flow above in
respect of the use of such Borrowings), (s) all amounts referred to in
clause (c) above to the extent funded with the proceeds of the issuance of
Equity Interests of, or capital contributions to, Holdings after the Closing
Date (to the extent not previously used to prepay Indebtedness (other than
Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans), make any investment or capital
expenditure or otherwise for any purpose resulting in a deduction to Excess
Cash Flow in any prior Excess Cash Flow Period) or any amount that would
have constituted Net Proceeds under clause (a) of the definition of the term
"Net Proceeds" if not so spent, in each case to the extent there is a
corresponding deduction from Excess Cash Flow above, (t) to the extent any
permitted Capital Expenditures and the corresponding delivery of equipment
referred to in clause (d) above do not occur in the Excess Cash Flow Period
of the U.S. Borrower specified in the certificate of the U.S. Borrower
provided pursuant to clause (d) above, the amount of such Capital
Expenditures that were not so made in the Excess Cash Flow Period of the
U.S. Borrower specified in such certificates, (u) cash payments received in
respect of Swap Agreements during such
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Excess Cash Flow Period to the extent (i) not included in the computation of
EBITDA or (ii) such payments do not reduce Cash Interest Expense, (v) any
extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Excess Cash
Flow Period (except to the extent such gain consists of Net Proceeds subject
to Section 2.11(c)), (w) to the extent deducted in the computation of
EBITDA, interest income, (x) the amount, if any, by which consolidated
deferred revenues of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries increased during
such Excess Cash Flow Period, (y) the amount related to items that were
deducted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent
such items represented cash received by the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period,
(z) the amount of minority interest income deducted from Consolidated Net
Income in calculating EBITDA for such Excess Cash Flow Period and (aa)
expenditures and investments that reduce the Koyo JV Purchase Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, items (f) and (q) of the foregoing definition
shall be excluded for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow for the Excess
Cash Flow Period ending December 31, 2003.
"Excess Cash Flow Period" shall mean (i) the period taken as one
accounting period beginning on July 1, 2003 and ending on December 31, 2003, and
(ii) each fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower ended thereafter.
"Exchange Rate" shall mean on any day, for purposes of determining the
Dollar Equivalent or Euro Equivalent of any other currency, the rate at which
such other currency may be exchanged into Dollars or Euros (as applicable), as
set forth at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day on the Reuters
World Currency Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not
appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined
by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange
rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the U.S. Borrower,
or, in the absence of such an agreement, such Exchange Rate shall instead be the
arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in
the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such
currency are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on such
date for the purchase of Dollars or Euros (as applicable) for delivery two
Business Days later; provided that if at the time of any such determination, for
any reason, no such spot rate is being quoted, the Administrative Agent may use
any reasonable method it deems appropriate to determine such rate, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
"Excluded Taxes" shall mean, with respect to the Agents, any Lender,
any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on
account of any obligation of a Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes
imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or
by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which
its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed
by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other
jurisdiction described in clause (a) above and (c) in the case of a Foreign
Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by a Borrower under Section
2.19(b)), any withholding tax (other than a withholding tax levied upon any
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amounts payable to such Foreign Lender in respect of any interest in any Loan or
Ancillary Credit Extension acquired by such Foreign Lender pursuant to Section
11.01) that is in effect and would apply to amounts payable hereunder to such
Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement
(or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender's
failure to comply with Section 2.17(e), except to the extent that such Foreign
Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a
new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from a
Borrower with respect to any withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.17(a).
"Existing Letter of Credit" shall mean each letter of credit previously
issued for the account of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary that is (a)
outstanding on the Closing Date and (b) listed on Schedule 2.05(a).
"Facility" shall mean the respective facility and commitments utilized
in making Loans and credit extensions hereunder, it being understood that as of
the date of this Agreement there are five Facilities, i.e., the Tranche A
Facility, the Tranche C-1 Facility, the Tranche C-2 Facility, the Global
Revolving Facility and the U.S. Revolving Facility.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" shall mean, for any day, the weighted
average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business
Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day which is a Business Day, the average (rounded upward, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for the day of such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Fees" shall mean the Commitment Fees, the L/C Participation Fees, the
Issuing Bank Fees and the Administrative Agent Fees.
"Financial Officer" of any person shall mean the Chief Financial
Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or
Controller of such person.
"Financial Performance Covenants" shall mean the covenants of the U.S.
Borrower set forth in Sections 6.11 and 6.12.
"▇▇▇▇▇" shall mean TRW Automotive Finance (Luxembourg) S.A ▇.▇., a
company organized under the laws of Luxembourg and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
"▇▇▇▇▇ Equity Contribution" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the preamble to this Agreement.
"▇▇▇▇▇ Guarantee" shall mean the ▇▇▇▇▇ Guarantee Agreement, in the form
of Exhibit G, between ▇▇▇▇▇ and the Collateral Agent, as amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time.
"▇▇▇▇▇ Loan" shall mean the loan from the U.S. Borrower to ▇▇▇▇▇ on the
Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount equal to approximately
$681,501,000 out of the proceeds
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of Loans made to the U.S. Borrower on the Closing Date, which loan shall be
evidenced by a note in the form of Exhibit I.
"First-Tier Subsidiary Pledge Agreement" shall mean the First-Tier
Subsidiary Pledge Agreement among the Subsidiaries party thereto and the
Collateral Agent.
"Foreign Acquiror Equity Contributions" shall mean direct or indirect
equity contributions from the U.S. Borrower to each Foreign Acquiror on the
Closing Date in the respective amount set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) in exchange
for all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Foreign Acquiror.
"Foreign Acquiror Loans" shall mean loans from ▇▇▇▇▇ to the Foreign
Acquirors on the Closing Date in the respective principal amounts set forth on
Schedule 1.01(b) out of the proceeds of the ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan, which loans shall be
evidenced by notes in the form of Exhibit J or other instruments reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
"Foreign Acquirors" shall mean the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries set forth
on Schedule 1.01(b).
"Foreign Currency" shall mean (a) with respect to an Ancillary
Facility, any currency reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent that is
freely available, freely transferrable and freely convertible into Dollars and
(b) otherwise, Euros and Sterling.
"Foreign Currency Letter of Credit" shall mean a Letter of Credit
denominated in a Foreign Currency.
"Foreign Guarantee" shall mean the Foreign Guarantee Agreement, in the
form of Exhibit F, among the Foreign Subsidiary Loan Parties and the Collateral
Agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Foreign Lender" shall mean any Lender that is organized under the laws
of a jurisdiction other than that in which the U.S. Borrower is located. For
purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof
and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single
jurisdiction.
"Foreign Mortgages" shall mean the mortgages, deeds of trust, charges,
assignments of leases and rents and other security documents delivered on the
Closing Date with respect to Mortgaged Properties located outside the United
States of America or pursuant to Section 5.10, each in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
"Foreign Perfection Certificate" shall mean a certificate with respect
to a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party in the form approved by the Collateral Agent.
"Foreign Pledge Agreement" shall mean a pledge agreement with respect
to the Pledged Collateral with respect to a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party or
Foreign Subsidiary, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
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"Foreign Security Agreement" shall mean one or more security
agreements, charges, mortgages or pledges with respect to the Collateral (other
than Pledged Collateral or Collateral that is subject to a Foreign Mortgage) of
a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party, each in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Foreign Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary that is incorporated or
organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
"Foreign Subsidiary Borrower" shall mean, at any time, each Foreign
Subsidiary Loan Party that (a) enters into a Closing Date Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower Agreement or (b) has been designated as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20, other than a Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower that has ceased to be a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower as provided in
Section 2.20.
"Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement" shall mean a Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit K-1.
"Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Termination" shall mean a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower Termination substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2.
"Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party" shall mean (a) each Foreign Subsidiary
that is set forth on Schedule 1.01(e) and (b) each Wholly Owned Foreign
Subsidiary that has met the requirements of Section 5.10(f) after the Closing
Date.
"Fund" shall mean Blackstone Capital Partners IV Merchant Banking Fund
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
"Fund Affiliate" shall mean (i) each Affiliate of the Fund that is
neither an operating company nor a company controlled by an operating company
and (ii) each general partner of the Fund or any Fund Affiliate who is a partner
or employee of the Blackstone Group L.P.
"Funded Ancillary Credit Extension" shall mean, at any time, an
extension of credit under an Ancillary Facility in respect of which the
applicable Ancillary Lender has advanced funds to, or on behalf of, the Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower thereunder.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect
from time to time in the United States, applied on a consistent basis.
"Global Lending Office" shall mean, as to any Global Revolving Facility
Lender, the applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Global Revolving
Facility Lender designated by such Global Revolving Facility Lender to make
Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency.
"Global Revolving Facility" shall mean the Global Revolving Facility
Commitments and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Global Revolving
Facility Lenders.
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"Global Revolving Facility Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised
of Global Revolving Facility Loans.
"Global Revolving Facility Commitment" shall mean, with respect to each
Global Revolving Facility Lender, the commitment of such Global Revolving
Facility Lender to make Global Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section
2.01, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount
of such Global Revolving Facility Lender's Global Revolving Facility Credit
Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant
to assignments by or to such Lender under Section 9.04. The initial amount of
each Global Revolving Facility Lender's Global Revolving Facility Commitment is
set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to
which such Global Revolving Facility Lender shall have assumed its Global
Revolving Facility Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Global
Revolving Facility Commitments on the date hereof is $325,000,000.
"Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure" shall mean, at any time,
the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Global Revolving Facility
Loans denominated in Dollars outstanding at such time, (b) the Dollar Equivalent
of the aggregate principal amount of the Global Revolving Facility Loans
denominated in a Foreign Currency outstanding at such time and (c) the Swingline
Foreign Currency Exposure at such time. The Global Revolving Facility Credit
Exposure of any Global Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall be the sum of
(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Global Revolving Facility Lender's
Global Revolving Facility Loans denominated in Dollars outstanding at such time,
(b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of Global Revolving
Facility Lender's Global Revolving Facility Loans denominated in a Foreign
Currency outstanding at such time and (c) such Global Revolving Facility
Lender's ratable share (based on Available Unused Commitments) of the Swingline
Foreign Currency Exposure at such time.
"Global Revolving Facility Lender" shall mean a Lender with a Global
Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding Global Revolving Facility
Loans.
"Global Revolving Facility Loan" shall mean a Loan made by a Global
Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to Section 2.01. Each Global Revolving
Facility Loan denominated in Dollars shall be a Eurocurrency Loan or an ABR
Loan, and each Global Revolving Facility Loan denominated in a Foreign Currency
shall be a Eurocurrency Loan.
"Governmental Authority" shall mean any federal, state, local or
foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory
body.
"Guarantee" of or by any person (the "guarantor") shall mean (a) any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the
economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect,
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of) such Indebtedness or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of
partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods,
securities or services, to take-or-pay or
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otherwise) or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of)
any security for the payment of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to
purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring
the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii)
to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement
condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary
obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iv) entered into for the
purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness or
other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss
in respect thereof (in whole or in part) or (v) as an account party in respect
of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such
Indebtedness or other obligation, or (b) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor
securing any Indebtedness (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of
the holder of Indebtedness to be secured by such a Lien) of any other person,
whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the
guarantor; provided, however, that the term "Guarantee" shall not include
endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of
business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the
Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition
of assets permitted under this Agreement.
"Hazardous Materials" shall mean all explosive or radioactive
substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other
pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos
containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or
medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated
pursuant to any Environmental Law.
"Holdings" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
"Holdings Common Stock" shall mean common stock issued by Holdings.
"Holdings Equity Contribution" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Indebtedness" of any person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such person for borrowed money, (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 (other than current trade liabilities and current
intercompany liabilities (but not any refinancings, extensions, renewals or
replacements thereof) incurred in the ordinary course of business and maturing
within 365 days after the incurrence thereof), (f) all Guarantees by such person
of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person, (h)
all payments that such person would have to make in the event of an early
termination, on the date Indebtedness of such person is being determined, in
respect of outstanding Swap Agreements, (i) all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit
and (j) all obligations of such person in respect of bankers' acceptances. The
Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in
which such person is a general
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partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing
such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such person in respect
thereof.
"Indemnified Taxes" shall mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
"Indemnitee" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.05(b).
"Information Memorandum" shall mean the Confidential Information
Memorandum dated January 2003, as modified or supplemented prior to the Closing
Date.
"Initial Lenders" shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, Credit Suisse First
Boston, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Commercial Paper Inc.,
Deutsche Bank A.G., Cayman Islands Branch, Deutsche Bank A.G., New York Branch,
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Bank of America, N.A. and Banc of America
Bridge LLC.
"Installment Date" shall mean a Tranche A Installment Date or a Tranche
C Installment Date, as applicable.
"Intercreditor Agreement" shall mean the Intercreditor Agreement dated
as of February 28, 2003, among JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative Agent, the
Receivables Subsidiary, the U.S. Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
"Interest Coverage Ratio" shall have the meaning given such term in
Section 6.11.
"Interest Election Request" shall mean a request by a Borrower to
convert or continue a Term Borrowing or Revolving Borrowing in accordance with
Section 2.07.
"Interest Expense" shall mean, with respect to any person for any
period, the sum of (a) gross interest expense of such person for such period on
a consolidated basis, including (i) the amortization of debt discounts, (ii) the
amortization of all fees (including fees with respect to Swap Agreements)
payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included
in interest expense, (iii) the portion of any payments or accruals with respect
to Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense and (iv) commissions,
discounts, yield and other fees and charges incurred in connection with the
Permitted Receivables Financing which are payable to any person other than the
U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party and (b) capitalized interest of such
person. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be
determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received by the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries with respect to Swap Agreements.
"Interest Payment Date" shall mean, (a) with respect to any
Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the
Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurocurrency
Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months' duration, each day
that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of
three months' duration been applicable to such Borrowing and, in addition, the
date of any refinancing or conversion of such Borrowing with or to a Borrowing
of a different Type, (b) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last day of each
calendar quarter, (c) with respect to any Swingline Dollar Loan, the day that
such Swingline Dollar Loan is required to be repaid pursuant
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to Section 2.09(a) and (d) with respect to any Swingline Foreign Currency Loan,
the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Swingline Foreign
Currency Loan or any day otherwise agreed to by the Swingline Foreign Currency
Lenders.
"Interest Period" shall mean, (a) as to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the
period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the
immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as
applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no
numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is 1,
2, 3 or 6 months thereafter (or 9 or 12 months, if at the time of the relevant
Borrowing, all Lenders make interest periods of such length available), as the
applicable Borrower may elect, or the date any Eurocurrency Borrowing is
converted to an ABR Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07 or repaid or
prepaid in accordance with Section 2.09, 2.10 or 2.11 and (b) as to any
Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing and ending on the day that is designated in the notice delivered
pursuant to Section 2.04 with respect to such Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing, which shall not be later than the seventh day thereafter; provided,
however, that if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business
Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month,
in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day.
Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to
but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.
"Intermediate Holdings" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
"Intermediate Holdings Equity Contribution" shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Issuing Bank" shall mean JPMorgan Chase Bank, each other Issuing Bank
designated pursuant to Section 2.05(l), in each case in its capacity as an
issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as
provided in Section 2.05(i) and, solely with respect to an Existing Letter of
Credit (and any amendment, renewal or extension thereof in accordance with this
Agreement) the Lender that issued such Existing Letter of Credit. An Issuing
Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be
issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term "Issuing Bank"
shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by
such Affiliate.
"Issuing Bank Fees" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.12(b).
"Judgment Currency" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 9.17(b).
"Koyo JV Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Purchase Agreement among
Automotive Investors L.L.C., Northrop Grumman Corporation, Northrop Space and
Mission, TRW Automotive Inc. and the U.S. Borrower, dated as of February 28,
2003, as amended,
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restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
"Koyo JV Purchase Amount" shall mean an amount equal to $75,000,000,
which amount shall be reduced from time to time by the portion of such amount
used to make (i) cash investments pursuant to Section 6.04(k), (ii) cash
investments pursuant to Section 6.04(s), (iii) cash expenditures to acquire,
maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the
business of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (iv) any purchase made
using cash of assets of TRW Koyo Steering Systems Company pursuant to Section
6.05(k), in each case as set forth in any certificate of a Financial Officer of
the U.S. Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant Section
5.04(c).
"L/C Disbursement" shall mean a payment or disbursement made by an
Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
"L/C Participation Fee" shall have the meaning assigned such term in
Section 2.12(b).
"Lender" shall mean each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01,
each financial institution listed on Schedule 1 to the Amendment and Restatement
Agreement, as well as any person that becomes a "Lender" hereunder pursuant to
Section 9.04.
"Lender Default" shall mean (i) the refusal (which has not been
retracted) of a Lender to make available its portion of any Borrowing, to
acquire participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.04 or to fund
its portion of any unreimbursed payment under Section 2.05(e), (ii) a Lender
having notified in writing the applicable Borrower and/or the Applicable Agent
that it does not intend to comply with its obligations under Section 2.04, 2.05
or 2.06 or (iii) the refusal of an Ancillary Lender to extend credit under an
Ancillary Facility other than a refusal in accordance with the terms of the
applicable Ancillary Facility Document and the terms hereof.
"Letter of Credit" shall mean any letter of credit (including each
Existing Letter of Credit) issued pursuant to Section 2.05.
"Leverage Ratio" shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated
Total Debt as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters of the U.S. Borrower most recently ended as of such date, all
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that to the
extent any Asset Disposition or any Permitted Business Acquisition (or any
similar transaction or transactions that require a waiver or a consent of the
Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or Section 6.05) has occurred during
the relevant Test Period, EBITDA shall be determined for the respective Test
Period on a Pro Forma Basis for such occurrences.
"LIBO Rate" shall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for
any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Applicable Agent at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Quotation Day for such Interest
Period by reference to the British Bankers' Association Interest Settlement
Rates for deposits in the currency of such Borrowing (as reflected on the
applicable Telerate screen page), for a period equal to such Interest Period;
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provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant
to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the "LIBO Rate" shall be the
average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the
respective interest rates per annum at which deposits in the currency of such
Borrowing are offered for such Interest Period to major banks in the London
interbank market by JPMorgan Chase Bank at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, on the Quotation Day for such Interest Period.
"Lien" shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of
trust, lien, hypothecation, 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 (or any financing
lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing)
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 Documents" shall mean this Agreement, the Amendment and
Restatement Agreement, the Letters of Credit, the Security Documents, the
Ancillary Facility Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement and any promissory
note issued under Section 2.09(e).
"Loan Parties" shall mean Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
"Loans" shall mean the Term Loans, the Revolving Loans and the
Swingline Loans.
"Local Time" shall mean (a) with respect to a Loan or Borrowing
denominated in Dollars, New York City time and (b) with respect to a Loan or
Borrowing denominated in any Foreign Currency, London time.
"London Administrative Office" shall mean the office of the
Administrative Agent at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Attention of
Loans Agency Division, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ (Telecopy No. 011-44-207-777-2360).
"▇▇▇▇▇" shall mean ▇▇▇▇▇ Industries Limited, a company organized under
the Laws of England and Wales.
"▇▇▇▇▇ Notes" shall mean the 10-7/8% Bonds due 2020 of ▇▇▇▇▇ issued
under the Trust Deed between ▇▇▇▇▇ and The Law Debenture Trust Corporation
p.l.c. dated January 10, 1989.
"LucasVarity" shall mean ▇▇▇▇▇-Varity Unlimited, a company organized
under the laws of England and Wales.
"LucasVarity Holdings" shall mean LucasVarity Automotive Holding Co., a
Delaware corporation.
"Majority Lenders" of any Facility shall mean, at any time, Lenders
under such Facility having Loans, Ancillary Commitments and unused Commitments
representing more
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than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding under such Facility, Ancillary
Commitments and unused Commitments under such Facility at such time.
"Management Equity Loan" shall mean (a) the loan on the Closing Date by
the U.S. Borrower or Holdings to the Management Equity Vehicle in an aggregate
principal amount not in excess of $12,000,000 and (b) if applicable, the loan on
the Closing Date by the U.S. Borrower to Holdings in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the loan, if any, by Holdings to the Management Equity Vehicle
on the Closing Date.
"Management Equity Vehicle" shall mean trust accounts pursuant to
escrow agreements dated as of February 21, 2003, and as of the Closing Date.
"Management Group" shall mean the group consisting of the directors,
executive officers and other management personnel of the U.S. Borrower, Holdings
and Intermediate Holdings on the Closing Date together with (1) any new
directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for
election by the stockholders of the U.S. Borrower, Holdings, or Intermediate
Holdings, as applicable, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors
of the U.S. Borrower, Holdings or Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, then
still in office who were either directors on the Closing Date or whose election
or nomination was previously so approved and (2) executive officers and other
management personnel of the U.S. Borrower, Holdings or Intermediate Holdings, as
applicable, hired at a time when the directors on the Closing Date together with
the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the U.S.
Borrower, Holdings or Intermediate Holdings, as applicable.
"Margin Stock" shall have the meaning given such term in Regulation U.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean the existence of events,
conditions and/or contingencies that have had or are reasonably likely to have
(a) a materially adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, assets
or financial condition of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, (b) a material impairment of the ability of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to perform any of its
material obligations under any Loan Document to which it is or will be a party
or to consummate the Transactions or (c) an impairment of the validity or
enforceability of, or a material impairment of the material rights, remedies or
benefits available to the Lenders, any Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent or
the Collateral Agent under, any Loan Document.
"Material Indebtedness" shall mean Indebtedness (other than Loans,
Ancillary Credit Extensions and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of the
Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $40,000,000.
"Maximum Rate" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.09.
"Moody's" shall mean ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc.
"Mortgaged Properties" shall mean the owned real properties of the Loan
Parties set forth on Schedule 3.18.
"Mortgages" shall mean the U.S. Mortgages and the Foreign Mortgages.
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"Multiemployer Plan" shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which a Borrower, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings
or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only
pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Code Section 414) is making or accruing an
obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan
years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
"Net Income" means, with respect to any person, the net income (loss)
of such person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in
respect of preferred stock dividends.
"Net Proceeds" shall mean (a) 100% of the cash proceeds actually
received by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of
principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price
adjustment receivable or otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements
and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any loss, damage,
destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition
(including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of real
property) to any person of any asset or assets of the U.S. Borrower or any of
the Subsidiaries (other than those pursuant to Section 6.05(a), (b), (c), (e),
(f), (g), (i) or (j)), net of (i) attorneys' fees, accountants' fees, investment
banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and
recording charges, transfer Taxes, deed or mortgage recording Taxes, required
debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the
applicable asset (other than pursuant hereto or pursuant to the Senior Notes or
Senior Subordinated Notes), other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant
and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith and (ii)
Taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, provided that, except in the case of
the sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset or group of related assets
resulting in Net Proceeds in excess of $150,000,000, if no Event of Default
exists and the U.S. Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible
Officer of the U.S. Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following
receipt of any such proceeds setting forth the U.S. Borrower's intention to use
any portion of such proceeds, to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve,
upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, or make investments pursuant to Section 6.04(k), in each case
within 12 months of such receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not
constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not so used within such 12-month
period, and provided, further, that (x) no proceeds realized in a single
transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds
unless such proceeds shall exceed $5,000,000 and (y) no proceeds shall
constitute Net Proceeds in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all
such proceeds in such fiscal year shall exceed $15,000,000, and (b) 100% of the
cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the U.S. Borrower or any
of the Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted
pursuant to Section 6.01), net of all Taxes and fees (including investment
banking fees), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in
connection with such issuance or sale. For purposes of calculating the amount of
Net Proceeds, fees, commissions and other costs and expenses payable to
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or the U.S. Borrower or any Affiliate of either
of them shall be disregarded, except for financial advisory fees customary in
type and amount paid to Affiliates of the Fund.
"Newco UK" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble
to this Agreement.
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"Newco UK Equity Contribution" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Newco UK Loan" shall mean the loan from the U.S. Borrower to Newco UK
on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount equal to $725,740,000 out
of the proceeds of Loans made to the U.S. Borrower on the Closing Date, which
loan shall be evidenced by a note in the form of Exhibit M and pledged pursuant
to a Foreign Pledge Agreement.
"Northrop Space and Mission" shall mean Northrop Grumman Space &
Mission Systems Corp., an Ohio corporation.
"Notice of Termination" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.22(e)(ii).
"Obligations" shall mean all amounts owing to any of the Agents, any
Lender or any Ancillary Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any
Ancillary Facility Document or any other Loan Document.
"Offering Memorandum" shall mean the Offering Memorandum, dated
February 6, 2003, in respect of the Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated
Notes.
"Original Credit Agreement" shall mean the Credit Agreement dated as of
February 27, 2003 among Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, the
Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto, the lenders party thereto from time
to time and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, Credit Suisse First
Boston, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Commercial Paper Inc.,
and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., each as co-syndication agent, and Bank of
America, N.A., as documentation agent.
"Original Execution Date" shall mean February 27, 2003, the date on
which the Original Credit Agreement was executed.
"Other Taxes" means any and all present or future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising
from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of, or otherwise with respect to, the Loan Documents.
"Participant" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.04(c).
"PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to
and defined in ERISA.
"Perfection Certificates" shall mean the U.S. Perfection Certificate
and the Foreign Perfection Certificates.
"Permitted Business Acquisition" shall mean any acquisition of all or
substantially all the assets of, or all the Equity Interests (other than
directors' qualifying shares) in, a person or division or line of business of a
person (or any subsequent investment made in a person, division or line of
business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition) if (a) such
person or
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division is engaged in the same or a similar line of business as the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries or a reasonable extension, development or
expansion of such line of business or a business ancillary to such line of
business, (b) such acquisition was not preceded by, or effected pursuant to, an
unsolicited or hostile offer and (c) immediately after giving effect thereto:
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would result therefrom; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be
consummated in accordance with applicable laws; (iii) the Equity Interests of
any acquired or newly formed corporation, partnership, association or other
business entity are held directly by (A) the U.S. Borrower, (B) a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party or (C) if such corporation,
partnership, association or other business entity is incorporated or organized
under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia, a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party and,
in each case, such acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary
Loan Party and all actions required to be taken with respect to such acquired or
newly formed Subsidiary Loan Party under Section 5.10 shall have been taken and
(iv)(A) the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro
Forma Basis after giving effect to such acquisition or formation, with the
covenants contained in Sections 6.11 and 6.12 recomputed as at the last day of
the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, and the U.S. Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower to such
effect, together with all relevant financial information for such Subsidiary or
assets, and (B) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for
any Indebtedness (except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01).
"Permitted Business Acquisition Step-Up Period" shall mean any period
commencing on the first day on which the Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma basis is
less than 3.00 to 1.00 and ending on the first day thereafter on which the
Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma basis is greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00.
"Permitted Cure Security" means an equity security of Holdings having
no mandatory redemption, repurchase or similar requirements prior to May 30,
2011, and upon which all dividends or distributions (if any) shall be payable
solely in additional shares of such equity security.
"Permitted Holder" shall mean the Fund, the Fund Affiliates and the
Management Group.
"Permitted Investments" shall mean: (a) direct obligations of the
United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the
United States of America or any agency thereof; (b) time deposit accounts,
certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of
the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is
organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or
any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital,
surplus and undivided profits having a Dollar Equivalent that is in excess of
$500,000,000 and whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding company's
long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at
least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in
Rule 436 under the Securities Act); (c) repurchase obligations with a term of
not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in
clause (a) above entered into with a bank meeting
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the qualifications described in clause (b) above; (d) commercial paper, maturing
not more than 180 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation
(other than an Affiliate of any Borrower) organized and in existence under the
laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the
United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment
therein is made of P-1 (or higher) according to ▇▇▇▇▇'▇, or A-1 (or higher)
according to S&P; (e) securities with maturities of six months or less from the
date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or
territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof, and rated at least A by S&P or A by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇; (f) in
the case of any Foreign Subsidiary: (i) direct obligations of the sovereign
nation (or any agency thereof) in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized and
is conducting business or in obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by
such sovereign nation (or any agency thereof), (ii) investments of the type and
maturity described in clauses (a) through (e) above of foreign obligors, which
investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described
in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies or
(iii) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (a) through (e)
above of foreign obligors (or the parents of such obligors), which investments
or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) are not rated as provided in such
clauses or in clause (ii) above but which are, in the reasonable judgment of the
U.S. Borrower, comparable in investment quality to such investments and obligors
(or the parents of such obligors); (g) shares of mutual funds whose investment
guidelines restrict 95% of such funds' investments to those satisfying the
provisions of clauses (a) through (e) above; (h) money market funds that (i)
comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and (iii) have portfolio
assets of at least $5,000,000,000; and (i) time deposit accounts, certificates
of deposit and money market deposits in an aggregate face amount not in excess
of 1/2 of 1% of the total assets of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis, as of the end of the U.S. Borrower's most recently completed
fiscal year.
"Permitted ▇▇▇▇▇ Refinancing Indebtedness" shall mean any Indebtedness
of (a) the U.S. Borrower or ▇▇▇▇▇ issued to Refinance the ▇▇▇▇▇ Notes or (b)
Indebtedness of ▇▇▇▇▇ issued to Northrop Space and Mission upon the drawing of
an Acceptable Letter of Credit pursuant to the Letter Agreement dated as of
February 5, 2003, between Northrop Grumman Corporation and BCP Acquisition
Company LLC; provided that the proceeds of such Acceptable Letter of Credit are
applied to repay the ▇▇▇▇▇ Notes or are held in an escrow account reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent until such proceeds are so applied;
provided, further, that, in either case, (v) the principal amount of such
Permitted ▇▇▇▇▇ Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of
▇▇▇▇▇ Notes (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon), unless such
excess could be incurred under any provision of Section 6.01 (other than clause
(a) thereof), (w) the stated maturity of such Permitted ▇▇▇▇▇ Refinancing
Indebtedness is no earlier than 180 days after the Tranche C Maturity Date, (x)
such Permitted ▇▇▇▇▇ Refinancing Indebtedness does not require any scheduled
amortization, principal or sinking fund payments prior to its stated maturity,
(y) such Permitted ▇▇▇▇▇ Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be guaranteed by any
Loan Party or any Subsidiary (other than, in the case of Permitted ▇▇▇▇▇
Refinancing Indebtedness issued by the U.S. Borrower, any Loan Party or
Subsidiary that guarantees the Senior Notes at the time such Permitted ▇▇▇▇▇
Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred) and (z) no Permitted ▇▇▇▇▇ Refinancing
Indebtedness shall be secured by any collateral.
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"Permitted Receivables Documents" means the U.S. Receivables Purchase
Agreement, the Receivables Transfer Agreement and the Receivables Loan Agreement
and all other documents and agreements relating to the Permitted Receivables
Financing.
"Permitted Receivables Financing" shall mean (a)(i) the sale by the
U.S. Borrower and certain Subsidiaries of accounts receivable to the Transferor
pursuant to the U.S. Receivables Purchase Agreement and (ii) the sale of such
accounts receivable by the Transferor to the Receivables Subsidiary pursuant to
the Receivables Transfer Agreement, (b)(i) the sale by certain Foreign
Subsidiaries of accounts receivable to the European Purchaser pursuant to
purchase agreements to be entered into after the Closing Date, (ii) the loans
made by the Transferor to the European Purchaser pursuant to a loan agreement to
be entered into after the Closing Date to finance the purchase of such accounts
receivable and (iii) the sale of such loans by the Transferor to the Receivables
Subsidiary pursuant to the Receivables Transfer Agreement, (c) the loans made by
the lenders under the Receivables Loan Agreement to the Receivables Subsidiary
to finance the purchase of such accounts receivables and loans, or (d) any sale
or financing by a Foreign Subsidiary of its accounts receivable (including any
bills of exchange) or by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary of accounts
receivable (including any bills of exchange) owing by an obligor domiciled
outside the United States, provided that (A) any such sale or financing shall
provide for recourse to such Foreign Subsidiary or the U.S. Borrower (as
applicable) only to the extent customary for similar sales or financings in the
jurisdiction relevant to such sale or financing and (B) the sum of, without
duplication, (x) the aggregate principal amounts financed pursuant to clauses
(a) through (c) of this definition, (y) the aggregate principal amounts financed
pursuant to clause (d) of this definition and (z) the aggregate Net Investment
in accounts receivable pursuant to clause (d) shall not exceed $600,000,000 at
any time. For the purpose of this definition, "Net Investment" means the cash
purchase price paid by the buyer in connection with its purchase of accounts
receivable (including any bills of exchange) less the amount of collections
received in respect of such accounts receivable and paid to such buyer,
excluding any amounts applied to purchase fees or discount or in the nature of
interest, in each case as determined in good faith and in a consistent and
commercially reasonable manner by the U.S. Borrower.
"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the U.S.
Borrower or a Subsidiary issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which
are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively,
to "Refinance"), Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(h) (or previous
refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) of the
U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable; provided that (a) the principal
amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if
applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and
premium thereon), (b) the average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness is greater than or equal to that of the Indebtedness being
Refinanced, (c) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of
payment to the Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on
terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the
documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (d) no Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness shall have different obligors, or greater guarantees or
security, than the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (e) if the Indebtedness
being Refinanced is secured by any collateral (whether equally and ratably with,
or junior to, the Secured Parties or
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otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such
collateral on terms no less favorable to the Secured Parties than those
contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced.
"person" shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or
government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Plan" shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section
412 of the Code and in respect of which Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were
terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as
defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Pledged Collateral" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the U.S. Collateral Agreement or a Foreign Pledge Agreement, as applicable.
"primary obligor" shall have the meaning given such term in the
definition of the term Guarantee.
"Prime Rate" shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly
announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate in
effect at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate
shall be effective on the date such change is publicly announced as being
effective.
"Pro Forma Basis" shall mean, as to any person, for any events as
described in clauses (i) and (ii) below that occur subsequent to the
commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such events is being
calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being
made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such
events occurred on the first day of the four consecutive fiscal quarter period
last ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the "Reference Period"):
(i) in making any determination of EBITDA, pro forma effect shall be
given to any Asset Disposition and to any Permitted Business Acquisition (or
any similar transaction or transactions that require a waiver or consent of
the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04 or 6.05), in each case that
occurred during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made
pursuant to the definition of the term "Permitted Business Acquisition",
occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and
including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition
is consummated); and
(ii) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all
Indebtedness (including Indebtedness incurred or assumed and for which the
financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement
or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness
incurred for working capital purposes and amounts outstanding under any
Permitted Receivables Financing, in each case not to finance any
acquisition) incurred or permanently repaid during the Reference Period (or,
in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term
"Permitted Business
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Acquisition", occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and
through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business
Acquisition is consummated) shall be deemed to have been incurred or repaid
at the beginning of such period and (y) Interest Expense of such person
attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is
being given as provided in preceding clause (x), bearing floating interest
rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates that would have
been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given
had been actually in effect during such periods.
Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of Pro Forma Basis shall
be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower and,
for any fiscal period ending on or prior to the first anniversary of a Permitted
Business Acquisition or Asset Disposition (or any similar transaction or
transactions that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders pursuant
to Section 6.04 or 6.05), may include adjustments to reflect operating expense
reductions reasonably expected to result from such Permitted Business
Acquisition, Asset Disposition or other similar transaction, less the amount of
costs reasonably expected to be incurred by the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries to achieve such cost savings, to the extent that the U.S. Borrower
delivers to the Administrative Agent (i) a certificate of a Financial Officer of
the U.S. Borrower setting forth such operating expense reductions and the costs
to achieve such reductions and (ii) information and calculations supporting in
reasonable detail such estimated operating expense reductions and the costs to
achieve such reductions.
"Projections" shall mean the projections of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries included in the Information Memorandum and any other projections
and any forward-looking statements (including statements with respect to booked
business) of such entities furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent
by or on behalf of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary prior to the Closing Date.
"Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Master Purchase Agreement between
BCP Acquisition Company L.L.C. and Northrop Grumman Corporation dated as of
November 18, 2002, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
"Quotation Day" shall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing
or Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing and any Interest Period, the day on
which it is market practice in the relevant interbank market for prime banks to
give quotations for deposits in the currency of such Borrowing for delivery on
the first day of such Interest Period. If such quotations would normally be
given by prime banks on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of
such days.
"Reaffirmation Agreement" means the Reaffirmation Agreement, entered
into in connection with the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, attached
thereto as Exhibit O, among Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower
and the other Reaffirming Parties (as defined therein), as amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Receivables Loan Agreement" shall mean the Receivables Loan Agreement
dated as of February 28, 2003, by and among the Receivables Subsidiary, the
conduit lenders and
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committed lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Credit
Suisse First Boston, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Commercial Paper Inc. and Deutsche Bank A.G., New
York Branch, as funding agents, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative
agent, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent
permitted by Section 6.09 and (b) any agreement replacing the Receivables Loan
Agreement, provided that such replacing agreement contains terms that are
substantially similar to such Receivables Loan Agreement and that are otherwise
no more adverse in any material respect to the Lenders than the applicable terms
of such Receivables Loan Agreement.
"Receivables Subsidiary" shall mean TRW Auto Global Receivables, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
"Receivables Transfer Agreement" shall mean (a) the Transfer Agreement
dated as of February 28, 2003, between the Transferor and the Receivables
Subsidiary, relating to the Permitted Receivables Financing, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted by Section
6.09 and (b) any agreement replacing such Receivables Transfer Agreement,
provided that such replacing agreement contains terms that are substantially
similar to such Receivables Transfer Agreement and that are otherwise no more
adverse in any material respect to the Lenders than the applicable terms of such
Receivables Transfer Agreement.
"Reference Period" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of the term Pro Forma Basis.
"Refinance" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of "Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness", and "Refinanced" shall have
a meaning correlative thereto.
"Register" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.04(b).
"Regulation U" shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to
time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.
"Regulation X" shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to
time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or
thereof.
"Related Parties" means, with respect to any specified person, such
person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents
and advisors of such person and such person's Affiliates.
"Remaining Present Value" shall mean, as of any date with respect to
any lease, the present value as of such date of the scheduled future lease
payments with respect to such lease, determined with a discount rate equal to a
market rate of interest for such lease reasonably determined at the time such
lease was entered into.
"Reportable Event" shall mean any reportable event as defined in
Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those
events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan
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(other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA
Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code).
"Required Issuance Date" shall mean, with respect to any claimed breach
of the terms of, or default under, the ▇▇▇▇▇ Notes, (a) the date that is no
later than the second Business Day prior to the expiration of any grace period
applicable to such claimed breach or default (unless the trustee under the ▇▇▇▇▇
Notes has theretofore been enjoined from declaring the ▇▇▇▇▇ Notes to be
immediately due and payable, in which event such date shall be deferred until
the earliest of (i) the 90th day after the date of issuance of such injunction,
(ii) the second Business Day prior to the date on which ▇▇▇▇▇ reasonably
determines that such injunction is likely to be lifted or to expire and (iii)
two Business Days after such injunction is lifted or expires) or (b) the date
that is no later than the second Business Day after the date on which the
trustee with respect to the ▇▇▇▇▇ Notes delivers written notice declaring the
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ to be immediately due and payable without having provided ▇▇▇▇▇ an
opportunity to remedy such claimed breach or default.
"Required Lenders" shall mean, at any time, Lenders having (a) Loans
(other than Swingline Loans) outstanding, (b) Revolving L/C Exposures, (c)
Swingline Exposures, (d) unused U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments (excluding
Commitments to make Swingline Loans), (e) Available Unused Commitments and (f)
Ancillary Commitments, that taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum
of (u) all Loans (other than Swingline Loans) outstanding, (v) Revolving L/C
Exposures, (w) Swingline Exposures, (x) unused U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments (excluding commitments to make Swingline Loans), (y) the total
Available Unused Commitments and (z) Ancillary Commitments at such time. The
Loans, Revolving L/C Exposures, Swingline Exposures, unused U.S. Revolving
Facility Commitment, Available Unused Commitment and Ancillary Commitment of any
Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any
time.
"Required Percentage" shall mean, with respect to an Excess Cash Flow
Period, (i) 75%, if the Leverage Ratio at the end of such Excess Cash Flow
Period is greater than or equal to 3.25 to 1.00, (ii) 50%, if the Leverage Ratio
at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period is greater than or equal to 2.00 to
1.00 but less than 3.25 to 1.00 and (iii) 25%, if the Leverage Ratio at the end
of such Excess Cash Flow Period is less than 2.00 to 1.00.
"Reserve Account" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 11.02(a).
"Reset Date" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
1.03(a).
"Responsible Officer" of any person shall mean any executive officer or
Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official
thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in
respect of this Agreement.
"Restatement Effective Date" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the Amendment and Restatement Agreement.
"Restatement Transactions" means the execution and delivery of the
Amendment and Restatement Agreement by each Person party thereto, the
satisfaction of the conditions to the effectiveness thereof, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including
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the borrowing of Tranche C Term Loans on the Restatement Effective Date and the
use of the proceeds thereof, together with the U.S. Borrower's cash on-hand, to
prepay all Tranche B Term Loans outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement
on the Restatement Effective Date.
"Revolving Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving
Loans.
"Revolving Credit Commitment" shall mean a Global Revolving Facility
Commitment or a U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment.
"Revolving Credit Exposure" shall mean, with respect to any Lender at
any time, the sum at such time, without duplication, of (a) such Lender's Global
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and (b) such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility
Credit Exposure.
"Revolving Credit Lender" shall mean a Lender with a Revolving Credit
Commitment.
"Revolving Credit Maturity Date" shall mean February 28, 2009.
"Revolving L/C Exposure" shall mean at any time the sum of (a) the
aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars
outstanding at such time, (b) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn
amount of all Letters of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency outstanding at
such time, (c) the aggregate principal amount of all L/C Disbursements (i) made
in Dollars that have not yet been reimbursed at such time or (ii) made in a
Foreign Currency and converted into Dollars pursuant to Section 2.05(e) or
2.05(k) and (d) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all
L/C Disbursements made in a Foreign Currency that have not yet been reimbursed
or converted into Dollars pursuant to Section 2.05(e) or 2.05(k). The Revolving
L/C Exposure of any U.S. Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean its
U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure at
such time.
"Revolving Loans" shall mean Global Revolving Facility Loans and U.S.
Revolving Facility Loans.
"Sale and Lease-Back Transaction" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 6.03.
"S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, Inc.
"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
successor thereto.
"Secured Parties" shall mean the "Secured Parties" as defined in the
U.S. Collateral Agreement.
"Securities Act" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preamble to this Agreement.
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"Security Documents" shall mean the Mortgages, the U.S. Collateral
Agreement, the Foreign Pledge Agreements, the Foreign Security Agreements, the
Foreign Guarantee, the ▇▇▇▇▇ Guarantee, the Reaffirmation Agreement and each of
the security agreements, mortgages and other instruments and documents executed
and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to Section 5.10.
"Seller Note" shall mean the subordinated Indebtedness in an aggregate
principal amount of $600,000,000 issued on the Closing Date by Intermediate
Holdings and evidenced by a note in the form of Exhibit H, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
"Senior Note Documents" shall mean the Senior Notes and the Senior Note
Indentures.
"Senior Note Indentures" shall mean the Indentures dated as of February
18, 2003, among the U.S. Borrower, the Subsidiaries party thereto and the
trustee named therein from time to time, as in effect on the Closing Date and as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
"Senior Notes" shall mean the U.S. Borrower's 9.375% Senior Notes due
2013 and 10.125% Senior Notes due 2013, in each case issued pursuant to the
Senior Note Indentures and any notes issued by the U.S. Borrower in exchange
for, and as contemplated by, the Senior Notes with substantially identical terms
as the Senior Notes.
"Senior Subordinated Note Documents" shall mean the Senior Subordinated
Notes and the Senior Subordinated Note Indentures.
"Senior Subordinated Note Indentures" shall mean the Indentures dated
as of February 18, 2003, among the U.S. Borrower, the Subsidiaries party thereto
and the trustee named therein from time to time, as in effect on the Closing
Date and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time in accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
"Senior Subordinated Notes" shall mean the U.S. Borrower's 11% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2013 and 11.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013, in
each case issued pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Note Indentures and any
notes issued by the U.S. Borrower in exchange for, and as contemplated by, the
Senior Subordinated Notes with substantially identical terms as the Senior
Subordinated Notes.
"Spanish Acquiror" shall mean Automotive Holdings (Spain) S.R.L., a
company organized under the laws of Spain.
"Statutory Reserves" shall mean, with respect to any currency, any
reserve, liquid asset or similar requirements established by any Governmental
Authority of the United States of America or of the jurisdiction of such
currency or any jurisdiction in which Loans in such currency are made to which
banks in such jurisdiction are subject for any category of deposits or
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liabilities customarily used to fund loans in such currency or by reference to
which interest rates applicable to Loans in such currency are determined.
"Sterling" or "(pound)" shall mean the lawful money of the United
Kingdom.
"Stock Consideration" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the preamble to this Agreement.
"Stockholders Agreement" shall mean the Stockholders Agreement dated as
of February 28, 2003, among the Fund and Northrop Grumman Corporation, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.
"Stock Purchases" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"Subordinated Intercompany Debt" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 6.01(e).
"Subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any person (herein referred to
as the "parent"), any corporation, partnership, association or other business
entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more
than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more
than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination
is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that
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.
"Subsidiary" shall mean a subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower.
"Subsidiary Loan Party" shall mean each Subsidiary that is (a) a
Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party or (b) a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party.
"Swap Agreement" shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap,
forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement
involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies,
commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or
pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or
any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, provided that
no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of
services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or
consultants of the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary shall be a Swap Agreement.
"Swingline Borrowing Request" shall mean a request by a Borrower
substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2.
"Swingline Dollar Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Swingline Dollar Loans.
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"Swingline Dollar Commitment" shall mean, with respect to each
Swingline Dollar Lender, the commitment of such Swingline Dollar Lender to make
Swingline Dollar Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. The amount of each Swingline
Dollar Lender's Swingline Dollar Commitment on the Closing Date is set forth on
Schedule 2.04(a). The aggregate amount of the Swingline Dollar Commitments on
the Closing Date is $75,000,000.
"Swingline Dollar Exposure" shall mean at any time the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Dollar Borrowings at such time.
The Swingline Dollar Exposure of any U.S. Revolving Facility Lender at any time
shall mean its U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Swingline
Dollar Exposure at such time.
"Swingline Dollar Lender" shall mean a Lender with a Swingline Dollar
Commitment or outstanding Swingline Dollar Loans.
"Swingline Dollar Loans" shall mean the swingline loans denominated in
Dollars and made to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.04.
"Swingline Exposure" shall mean at any time the sum of the Swingline
Dollar Exposure and the Swingline Foreign Currency Exposure.
"Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised
of Swingline Foreign Currency Loans.
"Swingline Foreign Currency Commitment" shall mean, with respect to
each Swingline Foreign Currency Lender, the commitment of such Swingline Foreign
Currency Lender to make Swingline Foreign Currency Loans pursuant to Section
2.04. The amount of each Swingline Foreign Currency Lender's Swingline Foreign
Currency Commitment on the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 2.04(b). The
aggregate amount of the Swingline Foreign Currency Commitments on the Closing
Date is $50,000,000.
"Swingline Foreign Currency Exposure" shall mean at any time the Dollar
Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline
Foreign Currency Loans at such time. The Swingline Foreign Currency Exposure of
any Global Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean its ratable share
(based on Available Unused Commitments) of the aggregate Swingline Foreign
Currency Exposure at such time.
"Swingline Foreign Currency Lender" shall mean a Lender with a
Swingline Foreign Currency Commitment or outstanding Swingline Foreign Currency
Loans.
"Swingline Foreign Currency Loans" shall mean the swingline loans
denominated in a Foreign Currency and made to a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.04.
"Swingline Foreign Currency Rate" shall mean with respect to any
Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, (a) for an Interest Period of 1 day or 7
days, the rate per annum determined by the Applicable Agent on the Quotation Day
for such Interest Period by reference to the British Bankers' Association
Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in the currency of such Borrowing (as
reflected on the applicable Telerate screen page), for a period equal to such
Interest Period or (b) for any other Interest Period, the average (rounded
upward, if necessary, to
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the next 1/100 of 1%) of the respective interest rates per annum at which
deposits in the currency of such Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing are
offered for such Interest Period to major banks in the London interbank market
by JPMorgan Chase Bank, Deutsche Bank A.G. and Bank of America, N.A. on the
Quotation Day.
"Swingline Lender" shall mean (i) the Swingline Dollar Lenders, in
their respective capacities as Lenders of Swingline Dollar Loans, and (ii) the
Swingline Foreign Currency Lenders, in their respective capacities as Lenders of
Swingline Foreign Currency Loans.
"Swingline Loans" shall mean the Swingline Dollar Loans and the
Swingline Foreign Currency Loans.
"Taxes" shall mean any and all present or future taxes, levies,
imposts, duties (including stamp duties), deductions, charges (including ad
valorem charges) or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
"Term Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Term Loans.
"Term Loans" shall mean the Tranche A Term Loans and the Tranche C Term
Loans. Each Tranche A Term Loan and each Tranche C-1 Term Loan shall be a
Eurocurrency Term Loan or an ABR Term Loan. Each Tranche C-2 Term Loan shall be
a Eurocurrency Term Loan.
"Test Period" shall mean, on any date of determination, the period of
four consecutive fiscal quarters of the U.S. Borrower then last ended (taken as
one accounting period).
"Total Revolving Credit Commitment" shall mean, at any time, the total
Global Revolving Facility Commitments and the total U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments, as in effect at such time.
"Tranche A Facility" shall mean the Tranche A Term Loan Commitments and
the Tranche A Term Loans made hereunder.
"Tranche A Installment Date" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.10(a).
"Tranche A Maturity Date" shall mean February 28, 2009.
"Tranche A Term Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Tranche
A Term Loans.
"Tranche A Term Loan Commitment" shall mean with respect to each
Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Tranche A Term Loans hereunder as
set forth in Section 2.01. The aggregate amount of the Tranche A Term Loan
Commitments on the Closing Date was $410,000,000.
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"Tranche A Term Loans" shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders to
the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01.
"Tranche C Installment Date" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.10(b).
"Tranche C Maturity Date" shall mean February 28, 2011.
"Tranche C Term Loans" shall mean the Tranche C-1 Term Loans and the
Tranche C-2 Term Loans.
"Tranche C-1 Facility" shall mean the Tranche C-1 Term Loan Commitments
and the Tranche C-2 Term Loans made hereunder.
"Tranche C-1 Term Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Tranche C-1 Term Loans.
"Tranche C-1 Term Loan Commitment" shall mean with respect to each
Lender, the commitment of such Lender under the Amendment and Restatement
Agreement to make Tranche C-1 Term Loans on the Restatement Effective Date. The
aggregate amount of the Tranche C-1 Term Loan Commitments on the date hereof is
$1,150,000,000.
"Tranche C-1 Term Loans" shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders
to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01.
"Tranche C-2 Facility" shall mean the Tranche C-2 Term Loan Commitments
and the Tranche C-2 Term Loans made hereunder.
"Tranche C-2 Term Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Tranche C-2 Term Loans.
"Tranche C-2 Term Loan Commitment" shall mean with respect to each
Lender, the commitment of such Lender under the Amendment and Restatement
Agreement to make a Tranche C-2 Term Loans on the Restatement Effective Date.
The aggregate amount of the Tranche C-2 Term Loan Commitments on the date hereof
is (eurodollar)95,000,000.
"Tranche C-2 Term Loans" shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders
to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement.
"Transaction Costs" shall have the meaning given such term in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"Transactions" shall mean all the transactions described in the
preamble to, or otherwise contemplated by, this Agreement or the Purchase
Agreement.
"Transferor" shall mean TRW Automotive Receivables, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
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"Type", when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to
the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising
such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term "Rate" shall include
the Adjusted LIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate and the Swingline Foreign
Currency Rate.
"Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension" shall mean, at any time, an
extension of credit under an Ancillary Facility in respect of which the
applicable Ancillary Lender has not previously advanced funds to, or on behalf
of, the Foreign Subsidiary Borrower but in respect of which such Ancillary
Lender remains obligated so to advance funds.
"U.S. Borrower" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
"U.S. Collateral Agreement" shall mean the U.S. Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, in the form of Exhibit E, among Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower, each Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party and the Collateral Agent.
"U.S. Lending Office" shall mean, as to any Lender, the applicable
branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make
Loans in Dollars.
"U.S. Mortgages" shall mean the mortgages, deeds of trust, assignments
of leases and rents and other security documents delivered on the Closing Date,
as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, with respect
to Mortgaged Properties located in the United States of America or pursuant to
Section 5.10, each substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
"U.S. Perfection Certificate" shall mean a certificate in the form of
Annex I to the U.S. Collateral Agreement or any other form approved by the
Collateral Agent.
"U.S. Receivables Purchase Agreement" shall mean (a) the Receivables
Purchase Agreement dated as of February 28, 2003, among the Receivables
Subsidiary, Transferor, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries party thereto,
related to the Permitted Receivables Financing, as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted by Section 6.09 and
(b) any agreement replacing such agreement, provided that such replacing
agreement contains terms that are substantially similar to the agreement being
replaced and that are otherwise no more adverse in any material respect to the
Lenders than the applicable terms of the agreement being replaced.
"U.S. Revolving Facility" shall mean the U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the U.S. Revolving
Facility Lenders.
"U.S. Revolving Facility Borrowing" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
U.S. Revolving Facility Loans.
"U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment" shall mean, with respect to each
U.S. Revolving Facility Lender, the commitment of such U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender to make U.S. Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section 2.01, expressed
as an amount representing the
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maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility
Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to
time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time
pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The
initial amount of each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance
pursuant to which such U.S. Revolving Facility Lender shall have assumed its
U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the
U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments on the Closing Date was $175,000,000.
"U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure" shall mean, at any time, the
sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the U.S. Revolving Facility Loans
outstanding at such time, (b) the Swingline Dollar Exposure at such time and (c)
the Revolving L/C Exposure at such time. The U.S. Revolving Facility Credit
Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be such Lender's U.S. Revolving
Facility Percentage of the U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure at such time.
"U.S. Revolving Facility Lender" shall mean a Lender with a U.S.
Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding U.S. Revolving Facility Loans.
"U.S. Revolving Facility Loan" shall mean a Loan made by a U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to Section 2.01. Each U.S. Revolving Facility
Loan shall be a Eurocurrency Loan or an ABR Loan.
"U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage" shall mean, with respect to any
U.S. Revolving Facility Lender, the percentage of the total U.S. Revolving
Facility Commitments represented by such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitment. If the U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated or
expired, the U.S. Revolving Facility Percentages shall be determined based upon
the U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect
to any assignments pursuant to Section 9.04.
"U.S. Serviceco" shall mean TRW Management Co. L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company of which the Spanish Acquiror shall be the sole
member.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any person means a subsidiary of such
person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors' qualifying
shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law)
are owned by such person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such person.
Unless the context otherwise indicates, all references herein to a "Wholly Owned
Subsidiary" are references to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the U.S. Borrower.
"Withdrawal Liability" shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as
a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as
such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
"Working Capital" shall mean, with respect to the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current
Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of
determination; provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow,
increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to
any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a)
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any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as
applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of purchase
accounting.
SECTION 2.02. Terms Generally. The definitions set forth or referred to
in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words "include",
"includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without
limitation". All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules
shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and
Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any
Loan Document shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if the U.S.
Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the U.S. Borrower requests an
amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the
operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the U.S.
Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof
for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision
shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been
withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. For the purposes of
determining compliance with Section 6.01 through Section 6.10 with respect to
any amount in a currency other than Dollars, amounts shall be deemed to equal
the Dollar Equivalent thereof determined using the Exchange Rate calculated as
of the Business Day on which such amounts were incurred or expended, as
applicable.
SECTION 2.03. Exchange Rates. (a) Not later than 1:00 p.m., New York
City time, on each Calculation Date, the Administrative Agent shall (i)
determine the Exchange Rate as of such Calculation Date and (ii) give notice
thereof to the Borrowers. The Exchange Rates so determined shall become
effective on the first Business Day immediately following the relevant
Calculation Date (a "Reset Date") or other date of determination, shall remain
effective until the next succeeding Reset Date, and shall for all purposes of
this Agreement (other than any other provision expressly requiring the use of an
Exchange Rate calculated as of a specified date) be the Exchange Rates employed
in converting any amounts between Dollars and each of the Foreign Currencies.
(b) Not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Reset Date,
the Administrative Agent shall (i) determine the aggregate amount of the Dollar
Equivalents of the principal amounts of the Loans denominated in Foreign
Currencies then outstanding (after giving effect to any Loans denominated in
Foreign Currencies made or repaid on such date) and the Revolving L/C Exposure
and (ii) notify the Lenders, each Issuing Bank and the Borrowers of the results
of such determination.
SECTION 2.04. Redenomination of Certain Foreign Currencies. (a) Each
obligation of any party to this Agreement to make a payment denominated in the
national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the
Euro as its lawful
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currency after the Closing Date shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of
such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the
currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in
this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any
convention or practice in the London Interbank Market for the basis of accrual
of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by
such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state
adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Borrowing in the
currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date,
such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at the end
of the then current Interest Period.
(b) Without prejudice and in addition to any method of conversion or
rounding prescribed by any EMU Legislation and (i) without limiting the
liability of any Borrower for any amount due under this Agreement and (ii)
without increasing any Commitment of any Lender, all references in this
Agreement to minimum amounts (or integral multiples thereof) denominated in the
national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the
Euro as its lawful currency after the Closing Date shall, immediately upon such
adoption, be replaced by references to such minimum amounts (or integral
multiples thereof) as shall be specified herein with respect to Borrowings
denominated in Euros.
(c) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such
reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to
time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member
state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices
relating to the Euro.
SECTION 2.05. Effectuation of Transfers. Each of the representations
and warranties of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers contained in
this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect
to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.
ARTICLE III
The Credits
SECTION 3.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, each Lender agrees (a) to make (i) Global Revolving Facility Loans
denominated in Dollars to the U.S. Borrower from its U.S. Lending Office and
(ii) Global Revolving Facility Loans denominated in Dollars or Foreign
Currencies to Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from its Global Lending Office, in
the case of clauses (i) and (ii) from time to time during the Availability
Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (A) such
Lender's Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding (1) such Lender's
Global Revolving Facility Commitment minus (2) such Lender's Ancillary
Commitment or (B) the Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding (1)
the total Global Revolving Facility Commitments minus (2) the total Ancillary
Commitments, and (b) to make U.S. Revolving Facility Loans denominated in
Dollars to the U.S. Borrower from its U.S. Lending Office from time to time
during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not
result in (i) such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding
such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment or (ii) the U.S. Revolving
Facility Credit Exposure exceeding
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the total U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments; provided that Revolving Loans
made on the Closing Date (x) shall be made only to the U.S. Borrower and (y)
shall not exceed $12,000,000 in aggregate principal amount. Within the foregoing
limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers
may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein and in the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, each
Lender having a Tranche C-1 Term Loan Commitment or a Tranche C-2 Term Loan
Commitment made a Tranche C-1 Term Loan or a Tranche C-2 Term Loan, as
applicable, to the Borrower on the Restatement Effective Date in a principal
amount equal to its Tranche C-1 Term Loan Commitment and its Tranche C-2 Term
Loan Commitment. All Tranche A Term Loans, Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and
Letters of Credit outstanding under the Original Credit Agreement on the
Restatement Effective Date shall remain outstanding hereunder on the terms set
forth herein. Amounts repaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
SECTION 3.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Loan shall be made as part
of a Borrowing consisting of Loans under the same Facility and of the same Type
made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments
under the applicable Facility (or, in the case of Swingline Loans, in accordance
with their respective Swingline Dollar Commitments or Swingline Foreign Currency
Commitments, as applicable); provided, however, that Global Revolving Facility
Loans under the Global Revolving Facility shall be made by the Global Revolving
Facility Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Available Unused
Commitments on the date such Loans are made hereunder. The failure of any Lender
to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of
its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are
several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender's failure to
make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.14, (i) each Borrowing denominated in Dollars
(other than a Swingline Dollar Borrowing) shall be comprised entirely of ABR
Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the applicable Borrower may request in accordance
herewith and (ii) each Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a
Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing) shall be comprised entirely of
Eurocurrency Loans. Each Swingline Dollar Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.
Each Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of
Swingline Foreign Currency Loans. Each Lender at its option may make any ABR
Loan or Eurocurrency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate
of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option
shall not affect the obligation of the applicable Borrower to repay such Loan in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Lender shall not be
entitled to any amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.17 or 2.21 solely in
respect of increased costs resulting from such exercise.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency
Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an
integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing
Minimum; provided that a Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowing that is an Ancillary
Replacement Borrowing shall be permitted to be in an amount necessary to finance
Ancillary Credit Extensions under an Ancillary Facility being terminated
pursuant to Section 2.22(e). At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is
made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum;
provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is
equal to the entire
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unused balance of the U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments or that is required to
finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section
2.05(e). Each Swingline Dollar Borrowing and Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing
Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. Borrowings of more than one
Type and under more than one Facility may be outstanding at the same time;
provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of (i) 10
Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under each of the Tranche A Facility, the
Tranche C-1 Facility and the Tranche C-2 Facility and (ii) 35 Eurocurrency
Borrowings outstanding under each of the Global Revolving Facility and the U.S.
Revolving Facility (not including Ancillary Replacement Borrowings).
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Borrower
shall be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing
if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date, Tranche A Maturity Date or Tranche C Maturity
Date, as applicable.
SECTION 3.03. Requests for Borrowings. Except in the case of an
Ancillary Replacement Borrowing (which shall be governed by Section 2.22(e)), to
request a Revolving Borrowing, the applicable Borrower shall notify the
Applicable Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency
Borrowing, not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, three Business Days before the
date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later
than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed
Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to
finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section
2.05(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on the date of the
proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable
and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Applicable
Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Applicable Agent
and signed by the applicable Borrower. Each such telephonic and written
Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with
Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrower requesting such Borrowing;
(ii) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Global Revolving
Facility Borrowing or a U.S. Revolving Facility Borrowing;
(iii) in the case of a Global Revolving Facility Borrowing requested by
a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, the Foreign Currency in which such Borrowing
is to be denominated;
(iv) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing (expressed in
Dollars or the applicable Foreign Currency);
(v) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(vi) in the case of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars, whether such
Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;
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(vii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest
Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by
clause (a) of the definition of the term "Interest Period"; and
(viii) the location and number of the applicable Borrower's account to
which funds are to be disbursed.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the
requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing, unless such Global
Revolving Facility Borrowing (i) is denominated in a Foreign Currency and (ii)
is being requested by a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, in which case such Global
Revolving Facility Borrowing shall be a Eurocurrency Borrowing. If no Interest
Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then
the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of
one month's duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in
accordance with this Section, the Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender of
the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender's Loan to be made as part
of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 3.04. Swingline Loans. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, (i) each Swingline Dollar Lender agrees to make Swingline
Dollar Loans to the U.S. Borrower from time to time during the Availability
Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not
result in (x) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Dollar
Loans made by such Swingline Dollar Lender exceeding such Swingline Dollar
Lender's Swingline Dollar Commitment or (y) the U.S. Revolving Facility Credit
Exposure exceeding the U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments and (ii) each
Swingline Foreign Currency Lender agrees to make Swingline Foreign Currency
Loans to the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time during the
Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding
that will not result in (x) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Swingline Foreign Currency Loans made by such Swingline
Foreign Currency Lender exceeding such Swingline Foreign Currency Lender's
Swingline Foreign Currency Commitment or (y) the sum of the Global Revolving
Facility Credit Exposure and the total Ancillary Commitments exceeding the total
Global Revolving Facility Commitments; provided that no Swingline Lender shall
be required to make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline
Dollar Borrowing or Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing. Within the foregoing
limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers
may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.
(b) To request a Swingline Dollar Borrowing or Swingline Foreign
Currency Borrowing, the applicable Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent of
such request by telephone (confirmed by a Swingline Borrowing Request by
telecopy), not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the day of a proposed
Swingline Dollar Borrowing or Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing. Each such
notice and Swingline Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify
(i) in the case of a Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, the Borrower
requesting such Borrowing, (ii) the requested date (which shall be a Business
Day), (iii) in the case of a Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing, the Foreign
Currency in which such Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing is to be
denominated, (iv) the amount of the requested Swingline Dollar Borrowing
(expressed in Dollars) or Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing (expressed in the
applicable Foreign Currency), as applicable, and (v) in the case of a Swingline
Foreign
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Currency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be
a period contemplated by clause (b) of the definition of the term "Interest
Period". The Applicable Agent shall promptly advise each Swingline Dollar Lender
(in the case of a notice relating to a Swingline Dollar Borrowing) or each
Swingline Foreign Currency Lender (in the case of a notice relating to a
Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowing) of any such notice received from a
Borrower and the amount of such Swingline Lender's Swingline Loan to be made as
part of the requested Swingline Dollar Borrowing or Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing, as applicable. Each Swingline Dollar Lender shall make each Swingline
Dollar Loan to be made by it hereunder in accordance with Section 2.02(a) on the
proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 3:00
p.m., Local Time, to the account of the Applicable Agent most recently
designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Swingline Dollar Lenders. The
Applicable Agent will make such Swingline Dollar Loans available to the U.S.
Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the
general deposit account of the U.S. Borrower with the Applicable Agent (or, in
the case of a Swingline Dollar Borrowing made to finance the reimbursement of an
L/C Disbursement as provided in Section 2.05(e), by remittance to the applicable
Issuing Bank). Each Swingline Foreign Currency Lender shall make each Swingline
Foreign Currency Loan to be made by it hereunder in accordance with Section
2.02(a) on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available
funds by 3:00 p.m., Local Time, to the account of the Applicable Agent most
recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Swingline Foreign
Currency Lenders. The Applicable Agent will make such Swingline Foreign Currency
Loans available to the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower by (i) promptly
crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the general deposit account
with the Applicable Agent of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower most
recently designated to the Applicable Agent or (ii) by wire transfer of the
amounts received in immediately available funds to the general deposit account
of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower most recently designated to the
Applicable Agent.
(c) A Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Applicable
Agent (and to the other Swingline Dollar Lenders or Swingline Foreign Currency
Lenders, as applicable) not later than 10:00 a.m., Local Time, on any Business
Day require (i) in the case of a Swingline Dollar Lender, the U.S. Revolving
Facility Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a
portion of the outstanding Swingline Dollar Loans made by it or (ii) in the case
of a Swingline Foreign Currency Lender, the Global Revolving Facility Lenders to
acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the
outstanding Swingline Foreign Currency Loans made by it. Such notice shall
specify the aggregate amount of such Swingline Loans in which the U.S. Revolving
Facility Lenders or Global Revolving Facility Lenders, as applicable, will
participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Applicable Agent will
give notice thereof to each such Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender's
U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage or such Global Revolving Facility Lender's
ratable share (based on Available Unused Commitments), as applicable, of such
Swingline Loan or Loans. Each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender hereby absolutely
and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above, to pay to
the Applicable Agent, for the account of the applicable Swingline Dollar Lender,
such U.S. Revolving Facility Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of such
Swingline Dollar Loan or Loans. Each Global Revolving Facility Lender hereby
absolutely and unconditionally agrees, upon receipt of notice as provided above,
to pay to the Applicable Agent, for the account of the applicable Swingline
Foreign Currency Lender, such Global Revolving Facility Lender's ratable share
(based on Available Unused Commitments) of such
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Swingline Foreign Currency Loan or Loans. Each Global Revolving Facility Lender
and each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender acknowledges and agrees that its
respective obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Foreign Currency
Loans and Swingline Dollar Loans, as applicable, pursuant to this paragraph is
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance
whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction
or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made
without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each
Revolving Credit Lender shall comply with its obligation under this paragraph by
wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in
Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender (and
Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the
Lenders), and the Applicable Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable
Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Credit
Lenders. The Applicable Agent shall notify the applicable Borrower of any
participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph (c),
and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the
Applicable Agent and not to the applicable Swingline Lender. Any amounts
received by a Swingline Lender from the applicable Borrower (or other party on
behalf of such Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by such
Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be
promptly remitted to the Applicable Agent; any such amounts received by the
Applicable Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Applicable Agent to the
Revolving Credit Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this
paragraph and to such Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided
that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to such Swingline Lender or to
the Applicable Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is
required to be refunded to the applicable Borrower for any reason. The purchase
of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not
relieve the applicable Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.
SECTION 3.05. Letters of Credit. (a) General. Each Existing Letter of
Credit is deemed to be a letter of credit issued hereunder for all purposes of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In addition, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, each Borrower may request the issuance of
Dollar Letters of Credit and Foreign Currency Letters of Credit for its own
account, in each case in a form reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing
Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period and prior
to the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit
application or other agreement submitted by the Applicant Party to, or entered
into by the Applicant Party with, an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of
Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain
Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment,
renewal (other than an automatic renewal in accordance with paragraph (c) of
this Section) or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Applicant
Party shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication,
if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank)
to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in
advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a
notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter
of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of
issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be
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a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which
shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of
Credit, (subject to paragraph (n) of this Section) the currency in which such
Letter of Credit is to be denominated, the name and address of the beneficiary
thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to issue, amend, renew
or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank,
the Applicant Party also shall submit a letter of credit application on such
Issuing Bank's standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of
Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if
(and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the
Applicant Party shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving
effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the Revolving L/C
Exposure shall not exceed $175,000,000 and (ii) the U.S. Revolving Facility
Credit Exposure shall not exceed the total U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments.
(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to
the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of
the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or
extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date
that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided
that any Letter of Credit with a one-year tenor may provide for the automatic
renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which, in no event, shall
extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) of this paragraph (c)).
(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an
amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any
further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the U.S. Revolving
Facility Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each U.S. Revolving
Facility Lender, and each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender hereby acquires from
such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate
amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and
in furtherance of the foregoing, each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender hereby
absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent in
Dollars, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such U.S. Revolving
Facility Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of (i) each L/C
Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank in Dollars and (ii) the Dollar
Equivalent, determined using the Exchange Rates calculated as of the date such
payment is required, of each L/C Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank in a
Foreign Currency and, in each case, not reimbursed by the U.S. Borrower on the
date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement
payment required to be refunded to the U.S. Borrower for any reason (or, if such
reimbursement payment was refunded in a Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent
thereof determined using the Exchange Rates calculated as of the date of such
refund). Each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender acknowledges and agrees that its
obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of
Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any
Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or
termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without
any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(e) Reimbursement. If the applicable Issuing Bank shall make any L/C
Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the U.S. Borrower shall reimburse
such L/C
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Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such L/C
Disbursement in Dollars or (subject to the immediately succeeding sentence) the
applicable Foreign Currency, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the Business Day immediately following the date the U.S. Borrower receives
notice under paragraph (g) of this Section of such L/C Disbursement, provided
that in the case of any L/C Disbursement made in Dollars with respect to a
Letter of Credit issued for the account of the U.S. Borrower, the U.S. Borrower
may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in
accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.04 that such payment be financed with an ABR
Revolving Borrowing or a Swingline Dollar Borrowing, as applicable, in an
equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the U.S. Borrower's obligation
to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR
Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Dollar Borrowing. If the U.S. Borrower fails to
reimburse any L/C Disbursement when due, then (i) if such payment relates to a
Foreign Currency Letter of Credit, automatically and with no further action
required, the obligation to reimburse the applicable L/C Disbursement shall be
permanently converted into an obligation to reimburse the Dollar Equivalent,
determined using the Exchange Rates calculated as of the date when such payment
was due, of such L/C Disbursement and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify the applicable Issuing Bank and each other U.S. Revolving
Facility Lender of the applicable L/C Disbursement, the Dollar Equivalent
thereof (if such L/C Disbursement relates to a Foreign Currency Letter of
Credit), the payment then due from the U.S. Borrower in respect thereof and, in
the case of a U.S. Revolving Facility Lender, such Lender's U.S. Revolving
Facility Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each
U.S. Revolving Facility Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars
its U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of the payment then due from the U.S.
Borrower (determined as provided in clause (i) of the immediately preceding
sentence, if such payment relates to a Foreign Currency Letter of Credit), in
the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such
Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment
obligations of the U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders), and the Administrative
Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank in Dollars the amounts
so received by it from the U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders. Promptly following
receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the U.S. Borrower
pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such
payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that U.S. Revolving
Facility Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such
Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may
appear. Any payment made by a U.S. Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to this
paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any L/C Disbursement (other than the
funding of an ABR Revolving Loan or a Swingline Dollar Borrowing as contemplated
above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the U.S. Borrower of
its obligation to reimburse such L/C Disbursement.
(f) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the U.S. Borrower to
reimburse L/C Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall
be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances
whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any
Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any
draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a
Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or
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circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that
might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the U.S. Borrower's
obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor any
Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or
responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of
any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder
(irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding
sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission
or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any
Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder),
any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from
causes beyond the control of such Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing
shall not be construed to excuse the applicable Issuing Bank from liability to
an Applicant Party to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to
consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by each
Applicant Party to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by such
Applicant Party that are caused by (i) such Issuing Bank's failure to exercise
care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a
Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof or (ii) such Issuing Bank's
refusal to issue a Letter of Credit in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross
negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank, such
Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination
and each refusal to issue a Letter of Credit. In furtherance of the foregoing
and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with
respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial
compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank
may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents
without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such
documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such
Letter of Credit.
(g) Disbursement Procedures. The applicable Issuing Bank shall,
promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to
represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Such Issuing Bank shall
promptly notify the Administrative Agent, the Applicant Party and the U.S.
Borrower (if the U.S. Borrower is not the Applicant Party) by telephone
(confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank
has made or will make a L/C Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure
to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the U.S. Borrower of
its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the U.S. Revolving Facility
Lenders with respect to any such L/C Disbursement.
(h) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any L/C
Disbursement, then, unless the U.S. Borrower shall reimburse such L/C
Disbursement in full on the date such L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid
amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date
such L/C Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the U.S. Borrower
reimburses such L/C Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR
Revolving Loans; provided that, if such L/C Disbursement is not reimbursed by
the U.S. Borrower when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then
Section 2.13(d) shall apply; provided, further, that, in the case of a L/C
Disbursement made under a Foreign Currency Letter of Credit, the amount of
interest due with respect thereto shall (i) in the case of any L/C Disbursement
that is reimbursed on or before the date such L/C Disbursement is required to be
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reimbursed under paragraph (e) of this Section, (A) be payable in the applicable
Foreign Currency and (B) bear interest at a rate equal to the rate reasonably
determined by the applicable Issuing Bank to be the cost to such Issuing Bank of
funding such L/C Disbursement plus the Applicable Margin applicable to
Eurocurrency Revolving Loans at such time and (ii) in the case of any L/C
Disbursement that is reimbursed after the date such L/C Disbursement is required
to be reimbursed under paragraph (e) of this Section, (A) be payable in Dollars,
(B) accrue interest on the Dollar Equivalent, determined using the Exchange
Rates calculated as of the date such L/C Disbursement was made, of such L/C
Disbursement, (C) bear interest at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR
Revolving Loans and (D) Section 2.13(d) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant
to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank,
except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse
such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender to the extent of such payment.
(i) Replacement of an Issuing Bank. An Issuing Bank may be replaced at
any time by written agreement among the U.S. Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At
the time any such replacement shall become effective, the U.S. Borrower shall
pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank
pursuant to Section 2.12. From and after the effective date of any such
replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and
obligations of the replaced Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to
Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term
"Issuing Bank" shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous
Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the
context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the
replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all
the rights and obligations of such Issuing Bank under this Agreement with
respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement but shall
not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(j) Cash Collateralization. If any Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, (i) in the case of an Event of Default described in Section 7.01(h)
or (i), on the Business Day or (ii) in the case of any other Event of Default,
on the third Business Day, in each case, following the date on which the U.S.
Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent (or, if the maturity of
the Loans has been accelerated, U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders with Revolving
L/C Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total Revolving L/C Exposure)
demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the U.S.
Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name
of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in
Dollars in cash equal to the Revolving L/C Exposure as of such date plus any
accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that (i) the portion of such
amount attributable to undrawn Foreign Currency Letters of Credit or L/C
Disbursements in a Foreign Currency that the U.S. Borrower is not late in
reimbursing pursuant to Section 2.05(e) shall be deposited with the
Administrative Agent in the applicable Foreign Currencies in the actual amounts
of such undrawn Letters of Credit and L/C Disbursements and (ii) upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to a Borrower described in
clause (h) or (i) of Section 7.01, the obligation to deposit such cash
collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become
immediately due and payable in Dollars, without demand or other notice of any
kind. The U.S. Borrower also shall deposit cash collateral
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pursuant to this paragraph as and to the extent required by Section 2.11(b).
Each such deposit pursuant to this paragraph or pursuant to Section 2.11(b)
shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and
performance of the obligations of the U.S. Borrower under this Agreement. The
Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the
exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned
on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the
option and sole discretion of (i) for so long as an Event of Default shall be
continuing, the Administrative Agent and (ii) at any other time, the U.S.
Borrower, in each case, in Permitted Investments and at the risk and expense of
the U.S. Borrower, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits,
if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such
account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each Issuing
Bank for L/C Disbursements for which such Issuing Bank has not been reimbursed
and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the
reimbursement obligations of the U.S. Borrower for the Revolving L/C Exposure at
such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to
the consent of U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders with Revolving L/C Exposure
representing greater than 50% of the total Revolving L/C Exposure), be applied
to satisfy other obligations of the U.S. Borrower under this Agreement. If the
U.S. Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a
result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not
applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the U.S. Borrower within three
Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived. If the U.S.
Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder pursuant
to Section 2.11(b), such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall
be returned to the U.S. Borrower as and to the extent that, after giving effect
to such return, the U.S. Borrower would remain in compliance with Section
2.11(b) and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(k) Conversion. In the event that the Loans become immediately due and
payable on any date pursuant to Section 7.01, all amounts (i) that the U.S.
Borrower is at such time or thereafter become required to reimburse or otherwise
pay to the Administrative Agent in respect of L/C Disbursements made under any
Foreign Currency Letter of Credit (other than amounts in respect of which the
U.S. Borrower has deposited cash collateral pursuant to Section 2.05(j), if such
cash collateral was deposited in the applicable Foreign Currency to the extent
so deposited or applied), (ii) that the U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders are at
the time or thereafter become required to pay to the Administrative Agent and
the Administrative Agent is at the time or thereafter becomes required to
distribute to an Issuing Bank pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section in
respect of unreimbursed L/C Disbursements made under any Foreign Currency Letter
of Credit and (iii) that constitute each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender's
participation in any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit under which a L/C
Disbursement has been made, in each case, shall, automatically and with no
further action required, be converted into the Dollar Equivalent, determined
using the Exchange Rates calculated as of such date (or in the case of any L/C
Disbursement made after such date, on the date such L/C Disbursement is made),
of such amounts. On and after such conversion, all amounts accruing and owed to
an Agent, an Issuing Bank or any Lender in respect of the Obligations described
in this paragraph shall accrue and be payable in Dollars at the rates otherwise
applicable hereunder.
(l) Additional Issuing Banks. From time to time, the U.S. Borrower may
by notice to the Administrative Agent designate up to three Lenders (in addition
to JPMorgan Chase Bank) that agree (in their sole discretion) to act in such
capacity and are reasonably satisfactory
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to the Administrative Agent as Issuing Banks. Each such additional Issuing Bank
shall execute a counterpart of this Agreement upon the approval of the
Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and
shall thereafter be an Issuing Bank hereunder for all purposes.
(m) Reporting. Unless otherwise requested by the Administrative Agent,
each Issuing Bank shall report in writing to the Administrative Agent (i) on the
first Business Day of each week and the first Business Day of each fiscal
quarter, the aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit issued by it and
outstanding as of the last Business Day of the preceding week or the preceding
fiscal quarter, as applicable, (ii) on or prior to each Business Day on which
such Issuing Bank expects to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit,
the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, and the aggregate
face amount of the Letters of Credit to be issued, amended, renewed or extended
by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal
or extension occurred (and whether the amount thereof changed), (iii) on each
Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any L/C Disbursement, the date of
such L/C Disbursement and the amount of such L/C Disbursement and (iv) on any
other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall
reasonably request.
(n) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if, after
the Closing Date, any Change in Law shall make it unlawful for an Issuing Bank
to issue Letters of Credit denominated in a Foreign Currency, then by prompt
written notice thereof to the Borrowers and to the Administrative Agent (which
notice shall be withdrawn whenever such circumstances no longer exist), such
Issuing Bank may declare that Letters of Credit will not thereafter be issued by
it in the affected Foreign Currency or Foreign Currencies, whereupon the
affected Foreign Currency or Foreign Currencies shall be deemed (for the
duration of such declaration) not to constitute a Foreign Currency for purposes
of the issuance of Letters of Credit by such Issuing Bank.
SECTION 3.06. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make each
Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of
immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, Local Time, to the account of the
Applicable Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to
the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section
2.04. The Applicable Agent will make such Loans available to the applicable
Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an
account of the applicable Borrower maintained with the Applicable Agent (i) in
New York City, in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars, or (ii) in London,
in the case of Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency and designated by the
applicable Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR
Revolving Loans and Swingline Dollar Borrowings made to finance the
reimbursement of a L/C Disbursement and reimbursements as provided in Section
2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing
Bank.
(b) Unless the Applicable Agent shall have received notice from a
Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not
make available to the Applicable Agent such Lender's share of such Borrowing,
the Applicable Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available
on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a
corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share
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the applicable Borrowing available to the Applicable Agent, then the applicable
Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Applicable
Agent forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding amount with
interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made
available to the applicable Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the
Applicable Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, (x) the greater of the
Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent
in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation (in the case
of a Borrowing denominated in Dollars) or (y) the rate reasonably determined by
the Applicable Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount (in the case of
a Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency) or (ii) in the case of the
applicable Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans (in the case of a
Borrowing denominated in Dollars) or the rate reasonably determined by the
Applicable Agent to be the cost to it of funding such amount (in the case of a
Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency). If such Lender pays such amount to
the Applicable Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender's Loan
included in such Borrowing.
SECTION 3.07. Interest Elections. (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be
of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a
Eurocurrency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in
such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the applicable Borrower may elect to convert
such Borrowing to a different Type, in the case of Borrowings denominated in
Dollars, or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency
Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.
The applicable Borrower may elect different options with respect to different
portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing,
and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate
Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowings
or Swingline Dollar Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the applicable
Borrower shall notify the Applicable Agent of such election by telephone by the
time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such
Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type and denominated in the Foreign
Currency resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such
election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable
and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Applicable
Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the
Applicable Agent and signed by the applicable Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify
the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and,
if different options are being elected with respect to different portions
thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing
(in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and
(iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
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(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest
Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a
Eurocurrency Borrowing; provided that the resulting Borrowing is required to
be a Eurocurrency Borrowing in the case of a Borrowing denominated in a
Foreign Currency; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the
Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such
election, which shall be a period contemplated by clause (a) of the
definition of the term "Interest Period".
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does
not specify an Interest Period, then the applicable Borrower shall be deemed to
have selected an Interest Period of one month's duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the
Applicable Agent shall advise each Lender to which such Interest Election
Request relates of the details thereof and of such Lender's portion of each
resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the applicable Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest
Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Borrowing prior to the end of
the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as
provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be
converted to an ABR Borrowing (unless such Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign
Currency, in which case such Borrowing shall be continued as a Eurocurrency
Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month's duration commencing on the last
day of such Interest Period). Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent,
at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the
Required Lenders, so notifies the applicable Borrower, then, so long as an Event
of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or
continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing, (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency
Borrowing denominated in Dollars shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the
end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (iii) unless repaid, each
Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be continued as a
Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month's duration.
SECTION 3.08. Termination and Reduction of Commitments. (a) Unless
previously terminated, the Global Revolving Facility Commitments shall terminate
on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and the U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. The parties
hereto acknowledge that the Tranche A Commitments terminated at 5 p.m. New York
City time on the Closing Date and the Tranche C-1 Term Loan Commitments and the
Tranche C-2 Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the Restatement Effective Date.
(b) The U.S. Borrower (on behalf of itself and all Foreign Subsidiary
Borrowers) may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the
Commitments under any Facility; provided that (i) each reduction of the
Commitments under any Facility shall be in an amount
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that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 (or, if
less, the remaining amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments) and (ii) the
U.S. Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments if,
after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in
accordance with Section 2.11, (x) the Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure
plus the total Ancillary Facility Commitments would exceed the total Global
Revolving Facility Commitments or (y) the U.S. Revolving Facility Credit
Exposure would exceed the total U.S. Revolving Facility Commitments.
(c) The U.S. Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any
election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments under paragraph
(b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of
such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date
thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent
shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice
delivered by the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable;
provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments
delivered by the U.S. Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon
the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be
revoked by the U.S. Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior
to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any
termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction
of the Commitments under any Facility shall be made ratably among the Lenders in
accordance with their respective Commitments under such Facility.
SECTION 3.09. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The U.S.
Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Applicable Agent for
the account of each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender the then unpaid principal
amount of each U.S. Revolving Facility Loan to the U.S. Borrower on the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date, (ii) to the Applicable Agent for the account of
each Global Revolving Facility Lender the then unpaid amount of each Global
Revolving Facility Loan to the U.S. Borrower on the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date, (iii) to the Applicable Agent for the account of each Lender the then
unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section
2.10 and (iv) to the Swingline Dollar Lender the then unpaid principal amount of
each Swingline Dollar Loan on the earlier of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date
and the first date after such Swingline Dollar Loan is made that is the 15th or
last day of a calendar month and is at least five Business Days after such
Swingline Dollar Loan is made; provided that on each date that a U.S. Revolving
Facility Borrowing is made by the U.S. Borrower, the U.S. Borrower shall repay
all Swingline Dollar Loans then outstanding. Each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Applicable Agent for the
account of each Global Revolving Facility Lender the then unpaid principal
amount of each Global Revolving Facility Loan to such Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and (ii) to each Swingline
Foreign Currency Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline
Foreign Currency Loan made by such Lender on the earlier of the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date and the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such
Swingline Foreign Currency Loan.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an
account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of each Borrower to such Lender
resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal
and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
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(c) Each Applicable Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall
record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Facility and Type thereof
and the Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each
Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) any amount received by such
Applicable Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender's
share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph
(b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and
amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any
Lender or an Applicable Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein
shall not in any manner affect the obligation of any Borrower to repay the Loans
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a
promissory note. In such event, the applicable Borrower shall prepare, execute
and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender
(or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and
in a form approved by the Applicable Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by
such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory
notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such
promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION 3.10. Repayment of Term Loans and Revolving Loans. (a) Subject
to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, the U.S. Borrower shall
repay Tranche A Term Borrowings on each date set forth below in the aggregate
principal amount set forth opposite such date (each such date being referred to
as a "Tranche A Installment Date")1:
Date Amount
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March 31, 2007 $15,250,000.00
June 30, 2007 $23,062,500.00
September 30, 2007 $23,062,500.00
December 31, 2007 $23,062,500.00
March 31, 2008 $23,062,500.00
June 30, 2008 $25,625,000.00
September 30, 2008 $25,625,000.00
December 31, 2008 $25,625,000.00
Tranche A Maturity Date $25,625,000.00
(b) Subject to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section,
the U.S. Borrower shall repay Tranche C Term Borrowings on each date set forth
below in the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite such date (each such
date being referred to as a "Tranche C Installment Date":
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1 The U.S. Borrower will use the portion of the proceeds of the Tranche
C-1 Term Borrowings and the Tranche C-2 Term Borrowings in excess of
the amounts required to repay the Tranche B-1 and Tranche B-2 Term
Borrowings, respectively, as well as cash on-hand to repay $200,000,000
of the Tranche A Term Borrowings.
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Amount of
Tranche C-1 Term Amount of
Borrowings Tranche C-2 Term Borrowings
Date to be Repaid to be Repaid
---- ------------ ------------
June 30, 2004 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
September 30, 2004 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
December 31, 2004 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
March 31, 2005 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
June 30, 2005 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
September 30, 2005 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
December 31, 2005 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
March 31, 2006 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
June 30, 2006 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
September 30, 2006 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
December 31, 2006 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
March 31, 2007 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
June 30, 2007 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
September 30, 2007 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
December 31, 2007 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
March 31, 2008 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
June 30, 2008 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
September 30, 2008 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
December 31, 2008 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
March 31, 2009 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
June 30, 2009 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
September 30, 2009 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
December 31, 2009 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
March 31, 2010 $ 2,875,000.00 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
June 30, 2010 $ 2,512,135.92 (eurodollar) 237,499.95
September 30, 2010 $537,987,864.08 (eurodollar) 44,412,500.65
December 31, 2010 $ 2,512,135.92 (eurodollar) 37,499.95
Tranche C Maturity Date $537,987,864.08 (eurodollar) 4,412,500.65
(c) To the extent not previously paid, (i) all Tranche A Term Loans
shall be due and payable on the Tranche A Maturity Date and (ii) all Tranche C
Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Tranche C Maturity Date.
(d) Except as set forth in paragraph (e) below:
(i) all Net Proceeds to be applied at any time to prepay Term
Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.11(c) shall be applied to the Tranche A
Term Borrowings, Tranche C-1 Term Borrowings and Tranche C-2 Term Borrowings
ratably in accordance with the respective principal amounts outstanding
thereof;
(ii) Excess Cash Flow to be applied at any time to prepay Term
Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.11(d) shall be applied to the Term
Borrowings as directed by the U.S. Borrower;
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(iii) each prepayment of principal of the Term Borrowings pursuant to
Section 2.11(a) shall be applied to the Term Borrowings as directed by the
U.S. Borrower; and
(iv) any portion of the Koyo JV Purchase Amount to be applied to prepay
Term Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.11(e) shall be applied to the Tranche
A Term Borrowings, Tranche C-1 Term Borrowings and Tranche C-2 Term
Borrowings ratably in accordance with the respective principal amounts
outstanding thereof.
Prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11 shall be applied to each Term
Borrowing, (A) in the case of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11(a) or
Section 2.11(d), to reduce scheduled amortization payments under paragraphs (a)
and (b) above as directed by the U.S. Borrower and (B) in the case of
prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11(c) or Section 2.11(e), (1) to reduce
in order of maturity the scheduled amortization payments under paragraphs (a)
and (b) above occurring within the 12-month period after the date of such
payment in respect of such Term Borrowing and (2) thereafter, to reduce on a pro
rata basis (based on the amount of such amortization payments) the remaining
scheduled amortization payments in respect of such Term Borrowing. For purposes
of determining any allocation made ratably or on a pro rata basis contemplated
under this paragraph at any time, the amount of any Tranche C-2 Term Loan shall
be the Dollar Equivalent of the principal amount thereof, determined using the
Exchange Rate calculated as of the date of such prepayment. For purposes of
determining the amount of any prepayment of Tranche C-2 Term Borrowings pursuant
to Section 2.11(c), 2.11(d) or 2.11(e), the applicable Exchange Rate on the date
such prepayment is to be made shall be used.
(e) Any Lender holding Tranche C-1 Term Loans or Tranche C-2 Term Loans
may elect, on not less than two Business Days' prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent with respect to any mandatory prepayment made pursuant to
Section 2.11(c), 2.11(d) or 2.11(e), not to have such prepayment applied to such
Lender's Tranche C-1 Term Loans or Tranche C-2 Term Loans, as applicable, in
which case (i) so long as Tranche A Term Borrowings are outstanding (A) an
amount equal to 50% of the amount not so applied shall be applied to prepay
Tranche A Term Borrowings, and shall reduce scheduled payments under Section
2.10(a) after the date of any prepayment on the same basis as is provided for
the respective types of payments pursuant to Section 2.10(d) and (B) 50% of the
amount not so applied shall be retained by the U.S. Borrower and (ii) once all
Tranche A Term Borrowings have been repaid in full, the amount not so applied
shall be retained by the U.S. Borrower.
(f) Prior to any repayment of any Borrowing under any Facility
hereunder, the U.S. Borrower or the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, as
applicable, shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings under the applicable
Facility to be repaid and shall notify the Applicable Agent by telephone
(confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time,
(i) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, one Business Day before the scheduled date
of such repayment and (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, three
Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment. Each repayment of a
Borrowing (x) in the case of the Global Revolving Facility, shall be applied to
the Global Revolving Facility Loans included in the repaid Borrowing such that
each Global Revolving Facility Lender receives its ratable share of such
repayment (based upon the respective Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposures
of the Global Revolving Facility Lenders at the time of such repayment) and (y)
in all other cases, shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid
Borrowing. Notwithstanding
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anything to the contrary in the immediately preceding sentence, prior to any
repayment of a Swingline Dollar Borrowing or a Swingline Foreign Currency
Borrowing hereunder, the U.S. Borrower or the applicable Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower, as applicable, shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid
and shall notify the Applicable Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of
such selection not later than 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the scheduled date of
such repayment. Repayments of Borrowings shall be accompanied by accrued
interest on the amount repaid.
SECTION 3.11. Prepayment of Loans. (a) The applicable Borrower shall
have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in
whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.16), in
an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing
Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum or, if less, the amount
outstanding, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 2.10(f).
(b) In the event and on such occasion that (i) (A) the sum of (1) the
Global Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and (2) the total Ancillary
Commitments exceeds (B) (x) 105% of the total Global Revolving Facility
Commitments solely as a result of currency fluctuations or (y) the total Global
Revolving Facility Commitments (other than as a result of currency
fluctuations), the Borrowers under the Global Revolving Facility shall prepay
Global Revolving Facility Borrowings or Swingline Foreign Currency Borrowings
made to such Borrowers, or reduce total Ancillary Commitments, in an aggregate
amount equal to the amount by which (A) the sum of (1) the Global Revolving
Facility Credit Exposure and (2) the total Ancillary Commitments exceeds (B) the
total Global Revolving Facility Commitments or (ii) the U.S. Revolving Facility
Credit Exposure exceeds (A) 105% of the total U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments solely as a result of currency fluctuations or (B) the total U.S.
Revolving Facility Commitments (other than as a result of currency
fluctuations), the U.S. Borrower shall prepay U.S. Revolving Facility Borrowings
or Swingline Dollar Borrowings (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding,
deposit cash collateral in an account with the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 2.05(j)) in an aggregate amount equal to the amount by which the U.S.
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeds the total U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments.
(c) The U.S. Borrower shall apply all Net Proceeds promptly upon
receipt thereof to prepay Term Borrowings in accordance with paragraphs (d)
through (f) of Section 2.10.
(d) Not later than 90 days after the end of each Excess Cash Flow
Period, the U.S. Borrower shall calculate Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash
Flow Period and shall apply an amount equal to the Required Percentage of such
Excess Cash Flow to prepay Term Borrowings in accordance with paragraphs (d)
through (f) of Section 2.10. Not later than the date on which the U.S. Borrower
is required to deliver financial statements with respect to the end of each
Excess Cash Flow Period under Section 5.04(a), the U.S. Borrower will deliver to
the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the U.S.
Borrower setting forth the amount, if any, of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal
year and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail.
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(e) Not later than the 12-month anniversary of the Closing Date, the
U.S. Borrower shall apply an amount equal to the Koyo JV Purchase Amount at such
time to prepay Term Borrowings in accordance with paragraphs (d) through (f) of
Section 2.10.
SECTION 3.12. Fees. (a) The U.S. Borrower (on behalf of itself and the
Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers) agrees to pay to each Lender (other than any
Defaulting Lender), through the Administrative Agent, 10 Business Days after the
last day of March, June, September and December in each year, and three Business
Days after the date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders
shall be terminated as provided herein, a commitment fee (a "Commitment Fee") on
the sum of (a) the daily unused amount of the U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitment, (b) the daily amount of the Available Unused Commitment and (c) the
daily unused amount of the Ancillary Commitment of such Lender during the
preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the Closing Date or ending
with the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Lender shall be
terminated) at a rate equal to (x) 0.75% per annum in respect of each day on
which the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding the Swingline
Exposures) is less than or equal to 50% of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment
or the Leverage Ratio is greater than 3.25 to 1.00, (y) 0.50% per annum in
respect of each day on which the Aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure (excluding
the Swingline Exposures) represents more than 50% of the Total Revolving Credit
Commitment or the Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.25 to 1.00 but
greater than 2.00 to 1.00 and (z) 0.375%, if the Leverage Ratio is less than or
equal to 2.00 to 1.00 (without regard to the Aggregate Revolving Credit
Exposure). All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. For the purpose of calculating any
Lender's Commitment Fee, the outstanding Swingline Loans during the period for
which such Lender's Commitment Fee is calculated shall be deemed to be zero. The
Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date
and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the last of the Commitments of
such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein.
(b) The U.S. Borrower (on behalf of itself and the Foreign Subsidiary
Borrowers) from time to time agrees to pay (i) to each U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), through the Administrative Agent, 10
Business Days after the last day of March, June, September and December of each
year and three Business Days after the date on which the Revolving Credit
Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a fee (an
"L/C Participation Fee") on such Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of
the daily aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure (excluding the portion thereof
attributable to unreimbursed L/C Disbursements), during the preceding quarter
(or shorter period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date or the date on which the U.S. Revolving Facility
Commitments shall be terminated) at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable
Margin for Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings effective for each day in such
period minus the amount of Issuing Bank Fees (as defined below) set forth in
clause (ii)(x) below and (ii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, (x)
three Business Days after the last day of March, June, September and December of
each year and three Business Days after the date on which the U.S. Revolving
Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein,
a fronting fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank
for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit
to and including the termination of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate
equal to 1/4 of 1% per annum of the daily average stated amount of such Letter
of Credit), plus (y) in connection with
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the issuance, amendment or transfer of any such Letter of Credit or any L/C
Disbursement thereunder, such Issuing Bank's customary documentary and
processing charges (collectively, "Issuing Bank Fees"). All L/C Participation
Fees and Issuing Bank Fees that are payable on a per annum basis shall be
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360
days.
(c) The U.S. Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for
the account of the Administrative Agent, the fees set forth in the
Administrative Agent Fee Letter dated as of November 15, 2002, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, at the times
specified therein (the "Administrative Agent Fees").
(d) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available
funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate,
among the Lenders, except that Issuing Bank Fees shall be paid directly to the
applicable Issuing Banks. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under
any circumstances.
SECTION 3.13. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing
(including each Swingline Dollar Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base
Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear
interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such
Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.
(c) The Swingline Foreign Currency Loans comprising each Swingline
Foreign Currency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Swingline Foreign Currency
Rate plus 1.50% per annum plus the Applicable Margin then in effect for
Eurocurrency Revolving Borrowings.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on
any Loan or any Fees or other amount payable by the applicable Borrower
hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or
otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before
judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of
any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the
preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount (x)
payable in Dollars, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in
paragraph (a) of this Section or (y) payable in a Foreign Currency, the rate set
forth in clause (i) of this sentence; provided that this paragraph (d) shall not
apply to any Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to
Section 9.08.
(e) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on
each Interest Payment Date for such Loan, (ii) in the case of Global Revolving
Facility Loans, upon termination of the Global Revolving Facility Commitments,
(iii) in the case of U.S. Revolving Facility Loans, upon termination of the U.S.
Revolving Facility Commitments, (iv) in the case of the Tranche A Term Loans, on
the Tranche A Maturity Date and (v) in the case of the Tranche C Term Loans, on
the Tranche C Maturity Date; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to
paragraph (d) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of
any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR
Revolving Loan prior to the end of
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the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or
prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii)
in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan prior to the end of the
current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable
on the effective date of such conversion.
(f) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of
360 days, except that (i) interest on Borrowings denominated in Sterling and
(ii) interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the
Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of
a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be
payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but
excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate
or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Applicable Agent, and such determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 3.14. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement
of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in any currency:
(a) the Applicable Agent determines (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as
applicable, for such Interest Period; or
(b) the Applicable Agent is advised by the Required Lenders or the
Majority Lenders under the Global Revolving Facility that the Adjusted LIBO
Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or
maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Applicable Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrowers and the
Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and,
until the Applicable Agent notifies the Borrowers and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest
Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or
continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in such
currency shall be ineffective and such Borrowing shall be converted to or
continued as on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (A) if
such Borrowing is denominated in Dollars, an ABR Borrowing or (B) if such
Borrowing is denominated in a Foreign Currency, as a Borrowing bearing interest
at such rate as the Majority Lenders under the Global Revolving Facility and the
applicable Borrower shall agree adequately reflects the costs to the Global
Revolving Facility Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans, and (ii) if any
Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing in such currency, such
Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing (if such Borrowing is requested to
be made in Dollars) or shall be made as a Borrowing bearing interest at such
rate as the Majority Lenders under the Global Revolving Facility shall agree
adequately reflects the costs to the Global Revolving Facility Lenders of making
the Loans comprising such Borrowing.
SECTION 3.15. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
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(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or
similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of,
or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement
reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate or those for which payment has been
requested pursuant to Section 2.21) or Issuing Bank; or
(ii) impose on any Lender or Issuing Bank or the London interbank
market any other condition affecting this Agreement, Eurocurrency Loans or
Swingline Foreign Currency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit
or participation therein (except those for which payment has been requested
pursuant to Section 2.21);
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan or Swingline Foreign
Currency Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to
increase the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or
maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by such Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal,
interest or otherwise), then the applicable Borrower (in the case of a Loan) or
the U.S. Borrower (in the case of a Letter of Credit) will pay to such Lender or
Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, for such additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law
regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate
of return on such Lender's or Issuing Bank's capital or on the capital of such
Lender's or Issuing Bank's holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by,
such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level
below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender's or such
Issuing Bank's holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law
(taking into consideration such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's policies and the
policies of such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding company with respect to
capital adequacy), then from time to time the applicable Borrower (in the case
of a Loan) or the U.S. Borrower (in the case of a Letter of Credit) shall pay to
such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or
amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender's or
such Issuing Bank's holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the
amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its
holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section shall be delivered to the applicable Borrower (in the case of a Loan) or
the U.S. Borrower (in the case of a Letter of Credit) and shall be conclusive
absent manifest error. The applicable Borrower (in the case of a Loan) or the
U.S. Borrower (in the case of a Letter of Credit) shall pay such Lender or
Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount shown as due on any such certificate
within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Promptly after any Lender or any Issuing Bank has determined that
it will make a request for increased compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15,
such Lender or Issuing Bank shall notify the applicable Borrower thereof.
Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such
Lender's or Issuing Bank's right to demand such compensation; provided that a
Borrower
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shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this
Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior
to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, notifies such
Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions
and of such Lender's or Issuing Bank's intention to claim compensation therefor;
provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased
costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above
shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 3.16. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment
of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan or Swingline Foreign Currency Loan
other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including
as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan
other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the
failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date
specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (d) the assignment of any
Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto as a result of a request by a Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then,
in any such event, such Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost
and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan or
Swingline Foreign Currency Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall
be deemed to be the amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any,
of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount
of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would
have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to
the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a
failure to borrow, convert or continue a Eurocurrency Loan, for the period that
would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of
interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the
interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of
such period, for deposits in the applicable Foreign Currency of a comparable
amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of
any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to
receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to such Borrower and shall
be conclusive absent manifest error. Such Borrower shall pay such Lender the
amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt
thereof.
SECTION 3.17. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of any
obligation of any Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without
deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if a Borrower
shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such
payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after
making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section) any Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank, as
applicable, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no
such deductions been made, (ii) such Borrower shall make such deductions and
(iii) such Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrowers shall pay any Other Taxes to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Each Borrower shall indemnify the Agents, each Lender and each
Issuing Bank, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount
of any Indemnified
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Taxes or Other Taxes paid by such Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable,
on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of such
Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or
asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any
penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or
legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A
certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to such
Borrower by a Lender or an Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on its
own behalf, on behalf of another Agent or on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing
Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes by a Borrower to a Governmental Authority, such Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a
receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of
the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding Tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which a
Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with
respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to such Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable
law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable
law or reasonably requested by such Borrower as will permit such payments to be
made without withholding or at a reduced rate.
(f) If an Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it
has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been
indemnified by a Borrower or with respect to which such Borrower has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17, it shall pay over such refund
to such Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or
additional amounts paid, by such Borrower under this Section 2.17 with respect
to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses of such Agent or such Lender and without interest (other
than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to
such refund); provided that such Borrower, upon the request of such Agent or
such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Borrower (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) to such Agent or such Lender in the event such Agent or such Lender
is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section
shall not be construed to require any Agent or any Lender to make available its
Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems
confidential) to the Borrowers or any other person.
SECTION 3.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of
Set-offs. (a) Unless otherwise specified, each Borrower shall make each payment
required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or
reimbursement of L/C Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15,
2.16, 2.17 or 2.21, or otherwise) prior to 1:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date
when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any
amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the
Applicable Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments
shall be made to the Applicable Agent to the
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applicable account designated to the U.S. Borrower by each Applicable Agent,
except payments to be made directly to the applicable Issuing Bank or the
applicable Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that
payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.21 and 9.05 shall be made
directly to the persons entitled thereto. The Applicable Agent shall distribute
any such payments received by it for the account of any other person to the
appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment
hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any
payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of
such extension. All payments hereunder of (i) principal or interest in respect
of any Loan shall be made in the currency in which such Loan is denominated,
(ii) reimbursement obligations shall, subject to Sections 2.05(e) and 2.05(k),
be made in the currency in which the Letter of Credit in respect of which such
reimbursement obligation exists is denominated or (iii) any other amount due
hereunder or under another Loan Document (other than an Ancillary Facility
Document) shall be made in Dollars. Any payment required to be made by an
Applicable Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time
required if such Applicable Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the
necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or
operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by such
Applicable Agent to make such payment. Any amount payable by any Applicable
Agent to one or more Lenders in the national currency of a member state of the
European Union that has adopted the Euro as its lawful currency shall be paid in
Euros.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to
the Applicable Agent from any Borrower to pay fully all amounts of principal,
unreimbursed L/C Disbursements, interest and fees then due from such Borrower
hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest
and fees then due from such Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to
such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed L/C
Disbursements then due from such Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed
L/C Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or
counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or
interest on any of its Term Loans, Revolving Loans or participations in L/C
Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a
greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Loans
and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest
thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender
receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value)
participations in the Term Loans, Revolving Loans and participations in L/C
Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so
that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in
accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on
their respective Term Loans, Revolving Loans and participations in L/C
Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations
are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is
recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price
restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the
provisions of this paragraph (c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment
made by a Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this
Agreement or any payment obtained by a
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Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any
of its Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements to any assignee or
participant, other than to such Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof
(as to which the provisions of this paragraph (c) shall apply). Each Borrower
consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the
foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and
counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were
a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless the Applicable Agent shall have received notice from a
Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Applicable Agent
for the account of the Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder that
such Borrower will not make such payment, the Applicable Agent may assume that
such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may,
in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the applicable
Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has
not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the applicable
Issuing Bank, as applicable, severally agrees to repay to the Applicable Agent
forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank
with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is
distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative
Agent, at (i) the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules
on interbank compensation (in the case of an amount denominated in Dollars) and
(ii) the rate reasonably determined by the Applicable Agent to be the cost to it
of funding such amount (in the case of an amount denominated in a Foreign
Currency).
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by
it pursuant to Section 2.04(c), 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06(b) or 2.18(d), then the
Applicable Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision
hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Applicable Agent for the
account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender's obligations under such Sections
until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
SECTION 3.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a) If
any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15 or 2.21, or if a Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such
Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for
funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the
reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would
eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15, 2.17 or 2.21, as
applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such
Lender in any material respect. Each Borrower hereby agrees to pay all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such
designation or assignment.
(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15 or 2.21, or
if a Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17,
or is a Defaulting Lender, then such Borrower may, at its sole expense and
effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative
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Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in
accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all
its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that
shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender
accepts such assignment); provided that (i) such Borrower shall have received
the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not
unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an
amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in L/C
Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and
all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of
such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or such Borrower (in
the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment
resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or 2.21 or payments
required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a
reduction in such compensation or payments. Nothing in this Section 2.19 shall
be deemed to prejudice any rights that any Borrower may have against any Lender
that is a Defaulting Lender.
SECTION 3.20. Foreign Subsidiary Loan Parties. On or after the Closing
Date, the U.S. Borrower may designate any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary as a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower by delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement executed by such
Foreign Subsidiary and the U.S. Borrower. Each such designation shall specify
whether such Foreign Subsidiary shall be entitled (i) to make Borrowings under
the Global Revolving Facility and request Letters of Credit under the U.S.
Revolving Facility and/or (ii) to request the creation of Ancillary Facilities
under Section 2.22, and each such designation shall be subject to the consent of
the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld).
Upon the execution by the U.S. Borrower and delivery to the Administrative Agent
of a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Termination with respect to any Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower, such Foreign Subsidiary shall cease to be a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower and a party to this Agreement; provided that no Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower Termination will become effective as to any Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower (other than to terminate such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower's
right to make further Borrowings under this Agreement) at a time when any
principal of or interest on any Loan to such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower or any
Foreign Currency Letter of Credit for the account of such Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower shall be outstanding hereunder or any Ancillary Facility under which
Ancillary Credit Extensions may be made available to such Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower has not been previously terminated. Promptly following receipt of any
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement or Foreign Subsidiary Borrower
Termination, the Administrative Agent shall send a copy thereof to each
Revolving Credit Lender. The U.S. Borrower shall be entitled to designate any
Foreign Subsidiary that complies with the requirements described in Section
5.10(f) as a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party.
SECTION 3.21. Additional Reserve Costs. (a) For so long as any Lender
is required to make special deposits with the Bank of England or comply with
reserve assets, liquidity, cash margin or other requirements of the Bank of
England, to maintain reserve asset ratios or to pay fees, in each case in
respect of such Lender's Eurocurrency Loans or Swingline Foreign Currency Loans,
such Lender shall be entitled to require the applicable Borrower to pay,
contemporaneously with each payment of interest on each of such Loans,
additional interest on such Loan at a rate per annum equal to the Mandatory
Costs Rate calculated in accordance with the formula and in the manner set forth
in Exhibit L hereto.
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(b) For so long as any Lender is required to comply with reserve
assets, liquidity, cash margin or other requirements of any monetary or other
authority (including any such requirement imposed by the European Central Bank
or the European System of Central Banks, but excluding requirements reflected in
the Statutory Reserves or the Mandatory Costs Rate) in respect of any of such
Lender's Eurocurrency Loans Swingline Foreign Currency Loans, such Lender shall
be entitled to require the applicable Borrower to pay, contemporaneously with
each payment of interest on each of such Lender's Loans subject to such
requirements, additional interest on such Loan at a rate per annum specified by
such Lender to be the cost to such Lender of complying with such requirements in
relation to such Loan.
(c) Any additional interest owed pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above
shall be determined by the applicable Lender, which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error, and notified to the applicable Borrower (with
a copy to the Administrative Agent) at least five Business Days before each date
on which interest is payable for the applicable Loan, and such additional
interest so notified to the applicable Borrower by such Lender shall be payable
to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender on each date on which
interest is payable for such Loan.
SECTION 3.22. Ancillary Facilities. (a) General. If a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower and a Global Revolving Facility Lender agree, subject to (i)
compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 2.22 and (ii) such
Foreign Subsidiary Borrower having complied with Sections 2.20 and 4.03, such
Global Revolving Facility Lender shall be permitted to provide an Ancillary
Facility on a bilateral basis to such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower. The total
Ancillary Commitments shall not at any time exceed the Ancillary Commitment
Limit.
(b) Creation of Ancillary Facilities. To request the creation of an
Ancillary Facility, a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent not later than 10 Business Days prior to the first date on
which such Ancillary Facility is proposed to be made available:
(i) a notice in writing specifying:
(A) the Foreign Subsidiary Borrower to which extensions of credit
will be made available thereunder;
(B) the first date on which such Ancillary Facility shall be made
available and the expiration date of such Ancillary Facility (which
shall be no later than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date);
(C) the type of Ancillary Facility being provided;
(D) the identity of the Ancillary Lender; and
(E) the amount of the Ancillary Commitment with respect to such
Ancillary Facility (which shall be expressed in Dollars and shall not
(x) exceed the Available Unused Commitment of such Ancillary Lender on
the first date on which such Ancillary Facility shall be made available
or (y) when combined with all Ancillary
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Commitments of the Ancillary Lenders, exceed the Ancillary Commitment
Limit) and the Foreign Currencies in which such Ancillary Facilities
shall be made available.
(ii) a copy of the Ancillary Facility Document with respect to such
Ancillary Facility (which shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent), together with a certificate of a Responsible Officer
certifying that the terms of such Ancillary Facility satisfy the
requirements set forth in clauses (i)(B) and (i)(E) above and in paragraph
(d) of this Section; and
(iii) such other information that the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request in connection with such Ancillary Facility.
The Administrative Agent shall give notice to each Global Revolving Facility
Lender of such matters. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the 10
Business Day notice period specified in the first sentence of this paragraph
shall not apply to any Closing Date Ancillary Facility.
(c) Amendment of Ancillary Facilities. To request an amendment of an
Ancillary Facility, the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall deliver to
the Administrative Agent, not later than five Business Days prior to the
effective date of such amendment, (i) a notice in writing (A) identifying the
Ancillary Facility to be amended, (B) the effective date of such Amendment and
(C) the documentation relating to such proposed amendment (which shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (ii) a certificate of a
Responsible Officer certifying that the terms of such Ancillary Facility, after
giving effect to such proposed amendment, satisfy the requirements set forth in
clauses (i)(B) and (i)(E) of paragraph (b) of this Section and in paragraph (d)
of this Section. The Administrative Agent shall give notice to each Global
Revolving Facility Lender of such matters.
(d) Terms of Ancillary Facility. Each Ancillary Facility shall contain
terms and conditions acceptable to the applicable Ancillary Lender and the
applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower thereunder; provided that such terms
shall at all times: (i) be based upon normal commercial terms at the time of the
creation of such Ancillary Facility pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section;
(ii) permit extensions of credit thereunder to be made only to such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower; (iii) provide that the Ancillary Commitment of the
applicable Ancillary Lender under such Ancillary Facility shall not exceed such
Ancillary Lender's Available Unused Commitment and that, in the event and on
such occasion that such Ancillary Commitment exceeds such Available Unused
Commitment, such Ancillary Commitment shall be automatically reduced by the
amount of such excess; (iv) provide that the Ancillary Commitment under such
Ancillary Facility be canceled, and that all extensions of credit under such
Ancillary Facility be repaid, not later than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date;
(v) provide that the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall be conditions to
each extension of credit under such Ancillary Facility; and (vi) not provide for
the payment of commitment fees in respect of the Ancillary Commitment for such
Ancillary Facility.
(e) Termination and Demand for Repayment.
(i) Any Ancillary Facility shall be permitted to be terminated by the
applicable Ancillary Lender in accordance with the terms of such Ancillary
Facility and, upon the
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effective date of such termination (an "Ancillary Facility Termination
Date"), all Ancillary Credit Extensions under such Ancillary Facility shall
be refinanced with the proceeds of an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing as set
forth below, unless the Loans shall have been accelerated pursuant to
Section 7.01.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the
Ancillary Facility Document relating to the Ancillary Facility to be
terminated, the Ancillary Lender seeking to terminate an Ancillary Facility
shall deliver to the Applicable Agent, with a copy to the applicable Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower, a written notice of termination (a "Notice of
Termination") not later than five Business Days prior to the Ancillary
Facility Termination Date specified in such Notice of Termination for such
Ancillary Facility. Each such Notice of Termination shall specify:
(A) the names of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and
Ancillary Lender;
(B) the aggregate amount of Ancillary Credit Extensions under the
applicable Ancillary Facility (which shall not exceed the Ancillary
Commitment in respect of such Ancillary Facility) (the "Ancillary
Facility Repayment Amount"); and
(C) the applicable Ancillary Facility Termination Date.
(iii) Following receipt of a Notice of Termination with respect to an
Ancillary Facility, the applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall deliver
to the Applicable Agent a written notice not later than 2:00 p.m., Local
Time, three Business Days prior to the Ancillary Facility Termination Date
with respect to such Ancillary Facility, which notice shall specify the
following information relating to an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing:
(A) the name of the Eligible Borrower that shall make such
Ancillary Replacement Borrowing;
(B) the currency in which such Ancillary Replacement Borrowing is
to be denominated (which shall be Dollars, Euros or Sterling);
(C) the initial Interest Period to be applicable to such Ancillary
Replacement Borrowing, which shall be a period contemplated by clause
(a) of the definition of the term "Interest Period"; and
(D) the location and number of the applicable Eligible Borrower's
account to which funds are to be disbursed.
(iv) On the Ancillary Facility Termination Date for an Ancillary
Facility, the Global Revolving Facility Lenders shall make Loans composing
an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the Ancillary Facility Repayment amount in accordance with Sections 2.02 and
2.06.
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(v) The Eligible Borrower to which such Ancillary Replacement Borrowing
is made shall use the proceeds of such Ancillary Replacement Borrowing
solely (i) to repay to the applicable Ancillary Lender all Funded Ancillary
Credit Extensions under such terminated Ancillary Facility and (ii) to
deposit cash collateral with such Ancillary Lender in respect of all
Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extensions under such terminated Ancillary
Facility. Each deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph shall
be held by the applicable Global Revolving Facility Lender as collateral for
the payment and performance of the obligations of the applicable Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower in respect of Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extensions under
such terminated Ancillary Facility. Such Global Revolving Facility Lender
shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of
withdrawal, over such account; provided that, on the CAM Exchange Date, the
Administrative Agent shall assume exclusive dominion and control, including
the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any
interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall
be made at the option and sole discretion of (i) for so long as an Event of
Default shall be continuing, the applicable Global Revolving Facility Lender
and (ii) at any other time, the applicable Eligible Borrower, in each case,
in Permitted Investments and at the risk and expense of such Eligible
Borrower, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if
any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such
account shall be applied by the applicable Global Revolving Facility Lender
to offset amounts payable in respect of Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extensions
made under such terminated Ancillary Facility. In the event that after the
ancillary Facility Termination Date for an ancillary Facility but prior to
the CAM Exchange Date, an Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension made under
such terminated Ancillary Facility shall expire without requiring payment,
the portion of the cash collateral deposited hereunder with respect to such
expired Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension shall be distributed to the
applicable Eligible Borrower.
(f) Cancelation by Foreign Subsidiary Borrower. The Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower to which an Ancillary Facility has been made available shall be
permitted at any time to request the cancelation of all or a portion of such
Ancillary Facility by delivery of a notice in writing to the Administrative
Agent and the applicable Ancillary Lender, specifying the Ancillary Facility to
be canceled and the proposed cancelation date. Such notice shall be delivered
not less than five Business Days prior to the proposed cancelation date. Such
cancelation shall be effective as of the proposed cancelation date unless the
Ancillary Facility Exposure under such Ancillary Facility has not been reduced
to zero as of such date.
(g) Additional Information. Each Ancillary Lender shall report in
writing to the Administrative Agent on the first Business Day of each fiscal
quarter (i) the Ancillary Facility Exposure for each day during the preceding
fiscal quarter for each Ancillary Facility under which it is an Ancillary Lender
and (ii) the portion (expressed in Dollars) of its Ancillary Commitment that was
unused on each day during the preceding fiscal quarter for each Ancillary
Facility under which it is an Ancillary Lender. In addition, each Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower to which an Ancillary Facility has been made available and
each Ancillary Lender shall, upon request by the Administrative Agent, promptly
supply the Administrative Agent with any information relating to the operation
of such Ancillary Facility (including the Ancillary Facility Exposure) as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
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(h) Conflict with Loan Documents. In the event of any conflict between
the terms of an Ancillary Facility Document and any other Loan Document (other
than an Ancillary Facility Document), the terms of such other Loan Document
shall govern.
(i) Termination and Expiration of Ancillary Commitments. On each date
on which an Ancillary Facility expires, is terminated or is canceled (in whole
or in part), the Available Unused Commitment of the Ancillary Lender under such
Ancillary Facility shall be increased by an amount equal to the portion of such
Ancillary Facility that has expired or been canceled, unless the Global
Revolving Facility Commitments shall have been previously terminated.
ARTICLE IV
Representations and Warranties
Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers represents
and warrants to each of the Lenders that:
SECTION 4.01. Organization; Powers. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.01, each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and each of the
Subsidiaries (a) is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing (or, if applicable in a foreign
jurisdiction, enjoys the equivalent status under the laws of any jurisdiction of
organization outside the United States) under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property
and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do
business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where
the failure so to qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other
agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party
and, in the case of each Borrower, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit
hereunder.
SECTION 4.02. Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, and each of the Subsidiaries
of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the borrowings
hereunder and the transactions forming a part of the Transactions (a) have been
duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, limited liability company or
partnership action required to be obtained by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower and such Subsidiaries and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any
provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the certificate or articles
of incorporation or other constitutive documents or by-laws of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any such Subsidiary, (B) any
applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any
Governmental Authority or (C) any provision of any indenture, certificate of
designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any such Subsidiary is a
party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii)
be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice
or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in
any cancelation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any
payment) or to a loss of a material benefit under any such indenture,
certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or
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other instrument, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred
to in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 3.02, could reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii)
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any
property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any such Subsidiary, other than the Liens created
by the Loan Documents.
SECTION 4.03. Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and each Borrower and constitutes,
and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party that
is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Loan Party enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its
terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii)
implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 4.04. Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval
of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental
Authority is or will be required in connection with the Transactions, except for
(a) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, (b) filings with
the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright
Office and comparable offices in foreign jurisdictions and equivalent filings in
foreign jurisdictions, (c) recordation of the Mortgages, (d) such as have been
made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (e) such actions, consents
and approvals the failure to be obtained or made which could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (f) filings or other actions
listed on Schedule 3.04.
SECTION 4.05. Financial Statements. (a) The U.S. Borrower has
heretofore furnished to the Lenders combined balance sheets and combined
statements of income, cash flows and owners' equity of TRW Automotive Inc. and
subsidiaries (i) as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1999,
December 31, 2000 and December 31, 2001, audited by and accompanied by the
opinion of Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants as set forth in the
Offering Memorandum and (ii) as of and for the nine-month period ended September
30, 2002, reviewed by Ernst & Young LLP pursuant to Statement of Auditing
Standards No. 71, as set forth in the Offering Memorandum. Such combined
financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position and results of operations of TRW Automotive Inc. and subsidiaries as of
such dates and for such periods. None of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries has or shall have as of the Closing
Date any Guarantee, contingent liability or liability for Taxes, or any
long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment, including any
interest rate or foreign currency hedging transaction, that individually is
material and is not reflected in the foregoing statements or the notes thereto,
other than pursuant to the Loan Documents and except pursuant to the documents
relating to the Transactions set forth on Schedule 3.05 to this Agreement. Such
financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal
year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of clause
(ii) above).
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(b) The U.S. Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders its pro
forma consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2002, prepared giving
effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions had occurred on such date.
Such pro forma consolidated balance sheet (i) has been prepared in good faith
based on the same assumptions used to prepare the pro forma financial statements
included in the Offering Memorandum (which assumptions are believed by the U.S.
Borrower to have been reasonable at the time made and to be reasonable as of the
Closing Date (it being understood that such assumptions are based on good faith
estimates with respect to certain items and that the actual amounts of such
items on the Closing Date is subject to variation)), (ii) subject to the
assumptions and qualifications described in the Offering Memorandum, accurately
reflects all adjustments necessary to give effect to the Transactions and (iii)
subject to the assumptions and qualifications described in the Offering
Memorandum presents fairly, in all material respects, the pro forma financial
position of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2002, as
if the Transactions had occurred on such date.
SECTION 4.06. No Material Adverse Change or Material Adverse Effect.
Since December 31, 2002, there has been no material adverse change (or
occurrence that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse change) in the
business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, it being understood that prior
to the Closing Date, the assets and liabilities of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries constituted all the assets and liabilities of TRW Automotive Inc.
and subsidiaries as reflected in the combined financial statements described in
Section 3.05(a).
SECTION 4.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases. (a) Each of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries has good
and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other
limited property interests in, all its properties and assets (including all
Mortgaged Properties), except for minor defects in title that do not interfere
with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize
such properties and assets for their intended purposes and except where the
failure to have such title could not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such properties
and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Liens expressly permitted by
Section 6.02 or arising by operation of law.
(b) Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries has complied with all obligations under all leases to which it is a
party, except where the failure to comply would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in
respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and
undisturbed possession under all such leases, other than leases in respect of
which the failure to enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession could not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
(c) Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries owns or possesses, or could obtain ownership or possession of, on
terms not materially adverse to it, all patents, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary for
the present conduct of its business, without any known conflict with the rights
of others, and free from any burdensome restrictions, except
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where such conflicts and restrictions could not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) As of the Closing Date and the Restatement Effective Date, none of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries has
received any notice of any pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding
affecting any of the Mortgaged Properties or any sale or disposition thereof in
lieu of condemnation that remains unresolved as of the Closing Date or the
Restatement Effective Date.
(e) None of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries is obligated on the Closing Date or the Restatement Effective Date
under any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to sell,
assign or otherwise dispose of any Mortgaged Property or any interest therein,
except as permitted under Section 6.02 or 6.05.
SECTION 4.08. Subsidiaries. (a) As of the Closing Date and the
Restatement Effective Date, and after giving effect to the Transactions,
Holdings will have no subsidiaries other than Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries.
(b) Schedule 3.08(b) sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and
jurisdiction of incorporation of each Subsidiary and, as to each such
Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by the U.S.
Borrower or by any such Subsidiary.
(c) As of the Closing Date and the Restatement Effective Date, there
are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other
agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or
directors and directors' qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Equity
Interests of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries, except under the Loan Documents, rights of employees to purchase
Equity Interests of Holdings in connection with the Transactions or as set forth
on Schedule 3.08(c).
SECTION 4.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws. (a) Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.09, there are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity
or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending or, to
the knowledge of Holdings or the U.S. Borrower, threatened in writing against or
affecting Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such person (i) that
involve any Loan Document or the Transactions or (ii) as to which an adverse
determination is reasonably probable and which could reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or materially
adversely affect the Transactions.
(b) None of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, the
Subsidiaries and their respective properties or assets is in violation of (nor
will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as
currently conducted violate) any law, rule or regulation (including any zoning,
building, Environmental Law, ordinance, code or approval or any building permit)
or any restriction of record or agreement affecting any Mortgaged Property, or
is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any
Governmental
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Authority, where such violation or default could reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.10. Federal Reserve Regulations. (a) None of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries is engaged
principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending
credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly
or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to
purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund indebtedness originally
incurred for such purpose, or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of,
or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board,
including Regulation U or Regulation X.
SECTION 4.11. Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company
Act. None of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries is (a) an "investment company" as defined in, or subject to
regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (b) a
"holding company" as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
SECTION 4.12. Use of Proceeds. The Borrowers will use the proceeds of
the Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and will request the issuance of Letters of
Credit solely for general corporate purposes. The U.S. Borrower will use the
proceeds of the Tranche C Term Loans for the purposes specified in the Amendment
and Restatement Agreement.
SECTION 4.13. Tax Returns. Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be timely filed
all federal, and all material state and local, Tax returns (and, in the case of
a Foreign Subsidiary, except as provided in Schedule 3.13, all material Tax
returns required to be filed in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign
Subsidiary is organized) required to have been filed by it and has paid or
caused to be paid all material Taxes shown thereon to be due and payable by it
and all material assessments, except Taxes or assessments that are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Section
5.03 and for which Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves. Each of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries has paid in full
or made adequate provision (in accordance with GAAP) for the payment of all
Taxes due with respect to all periods ending on or before the Restatement
Effective Date, which Taxes, if not paid or adequately provided for, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except, in the case of
clauses (b) and (c), as set forth on Schedule 3.13, as of the Closing Date and
the Restatement Effective Date, with respect to each of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (a) no material claims are
being asserted in writing with respect to any Taxes, (b) no presently effective
waivers or extensions of statutes of limitation with respect to Taxes have been
given or requested, (c) no Tax returns are being examined by, and no written
notification of intention to examine has been received from, the Internal
Revenue Service or, with respect to any material potential Tax liability, any
other Taxing authority and (d) except as are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings in accordance with
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Section 5.03 and for which Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or
a Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves, no currently pending
issues have been raised in writing by the Internal Revenue Service or, with
respect to any material potential Tax liability, any other taxing authority.
SECTION 4.14. No Material Misstatements. (a) All written information
(other than the Projections, estimates and information of a general economic
nature) (the "Information") concerning Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower, the Subsidiaries, the Transactions and any other transactions
contemplated hereby included in the Information Memorandum or otherwise prepared
by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to
any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or
the other transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, were true and
correct in all material respects as of the date thereof, as of the date such
Information was furnished to the Initial Lenders and as of the Closing Date and
did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made.
(b) The Projections and estimates prepared by or on behalf of the U.S.
Borrower or any of its representatives and that have been made available to any
Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the
other transactions contemplated hereby (i) have been prepared in good faith
based upon assumptions believed by the U.S. Borrower to be reasonable as of the
date thereof, as of the date such Projections and estimates were furnished to
the Initial Lenders and as of the Closing Date, and (ii) as of the Restatement
Effective Date, have not been modified in any material respect by the U.S.
Borrower.
SECTION 4.15. Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Each of the Borrowers,
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates is in
compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the provisions of the
Code relating to Plans and the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder and any similar applicable non-U.S. law, except for such
noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. No Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as to which
the Borrowers, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Subsidiary or any ERISA
Affiliate was required to file a report with the PBGC, other than reports that
have been filed and reports the failure of which to file could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date and the
Restatement Effective Date, the excess of the present value of all benefit
liabilities under each Plan of the Borrowers, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates (based on those assumptions used to
fund such Plan), as of the last annual valuation date applicable thereto for
which a valuation is available, over the value of the assets of such Plan could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and the excess of
the present value of all benefit liabilities of all underfunded Plans (based on
those assumptions used to fund each such Plan) as of the last annual valuation
dates applicable thereto for which valuations are available, over the value of
the assets of all such underfunded Plans could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Borrowers, Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the
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Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates has incurred or could reasonably be
expected to incur any Withdrawal Liability that could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Borrowers, Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates has received any written
notification that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or has been
terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or has knowledge that any
Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be
terminated, where such reorganization or termination has had or could reasonably
be expected to have, through increases in the contributions required to be made
to such Plan or otherwise, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries is in compliance (i) with all applicable provisions of law and all
applicable regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to
any employee pension benefit plan or other employee benefit plan governed by the
laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States and (ii) with the terms of
any such plan, except, in each case, for such noncompliance that could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.16. Environmental Matters. Except for the matters that could
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect, neither the U.S. Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has
failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply
with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law,
(ii) is subject to, or responsible for, any Environmental Liability, (iii) has
received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv)
knows of any facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result
in any Environmental Liability.
SECTION 4.17. Security Documents. (a) The U.S. Collateral Agreement is
effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the
Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the
Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged
Collateral described in the U.S. Collateral Agreement, when certificates or
promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral are
delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral
described in the U.S. Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property
(as defined in the U.S. Collateral Agreement)), when financing statements and
other filings specified on Schedule 3 of the U.S. Perfection Certificate in
appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 5 of the U.S.
Perfection Certificate, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured
Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all
right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and, subject to
Section 9-315 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, as
security for the Obligations to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in
right to any other person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged
Collateral, Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02(a) and Liens having
priority by operation of law).
(b) When the U.S. Collateral Agreement or a summary thereof is properly
filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States
Copyright Office, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest
cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing
statements referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Collateral Agent (for the
benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and
security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties
thereunder in the Intellectual Property, in each case prior and superior in
right to any other Person (it being understood that subsequent
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recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United
States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a lien on registered
trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and registered
copyrights acquired by the grantors after the Closing Date).
(c) Each Foreign Pledge Agreement and each Foreign Security Agreement
is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the
Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged
Collateral described in a Foreign Pledge Agreement, when certificates or
promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral are
delivered to the Collateral Agent, and, in the case of the Collateral described
in a Foreign Security Agreement, when filings are made in the appropriate
offices in each relevant jurisdiction and the other actions, if any, specified
on such Schedule are taken, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured
Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all
right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the
proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations, in each case prior and
superior in right to any other person (except, in the case of Collateral other
than Pledged Collateral, Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02(a) and Liens
having priority by operation of law).
(d) The Mortgages entered into after the Closing Date pursuant to
Section 5.10 shall be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for
the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all
of the Loan Parties' right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property
thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when such Mortgages are filed or
recorded in the proper real estate filing or recording offices, the Collateral
Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien
on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties
in such Mortgaged Property and, to the extent applicable, subject to Section
9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, in each case prior
and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to the rights
of a Person pursuant to Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02(a) and Liens
having priority by operation of law.
SECTION 4.18. Location of Real Property and Leased Premises. (a)
Schedule 2B to the U.S. Perfection Certificate and each Foreign Perfection
Certificate lists completely and correctly as of the Closing Date all material
real property owned by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and
the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the addresses thereof. As of the Closing Date,
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries own in
fee all the real property set forth as being owned by them on such Schedules.
(b) Schedule 2B to the U.S. Perfection Certificate lists completely and
correctly as of the Closing Date all material real property leased by Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Domestic Subsidiary Loan
Parties and the addresses thereof. As of the Closing Date, Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Domestic Subsidiary Loan
Parties have valid leases in all the real property set forth as being leased by
them on such Schedules.
SECTION 4.19. Solvency. (a) Immediately after giving effect to the
Transactions (i) the fair value of the assets of each Borrower (individually)
and the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair
valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, of each Borrower (individually) and
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the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively;
(ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of each Borrower
(individually) and the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable
liability of each Borrower (individually) and the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, respectively, on their debts and other
liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and
other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) each Borrower
(individually) and the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and
matured; and (iv) each Borrower (individually) and the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital
with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such
businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the
Closing Date.
(b) None of Holdings or the Borrowers intend to, and does not believe
that it or any of its subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay
such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to
be received by it or any such subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to
be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such
subsidiary.
SECTION 4.20. Labor Matters. There are no strikes pending or threatened
against Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The hours worked and payments made
to employees of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries have not been in violation in any material respect of the Fair
Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law dealing with such matters. All
material payments due from Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or
any of the Subsidiaries or for which any claim may be made against Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, on account
of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been
paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent required by GAAP. Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.20, consummation of the Transactions will not give rise
to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union
under any collective bargaining agreement to which Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is a
party or by which Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of
the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is bound, other than collective bargaining
agreements that, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.21. Insurance. Schedule 3.21 sets forth a true, complete and
correct description of all material insurance maintained by or on behalf of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or the Subsidiaries as of the
Closing Date. As of such date, such insurance is in full force and effect. The
U.S. Borrower believes that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries is
adequate.
SECTION 4.22. Representations and Warranties in Purchase Agreement. All
representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Purchase
Agreement were true
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and correct in all material respects as of the time such representations and
warranties were made and shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of the Closing Date as if such representations and warranties were made on and
as of such date, unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which
case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of such earlier date.
ARTICLE V
Conditions of Lending
The obligations of (a) the Lenders (including the Swingline Lenders) to
make Loans and (b) any Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit or increase the
stated amounts of Letters of Credit hereunder (each, a "Credit Event") are
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
SECTION 5.01. All Credit Events. On the date of each Borrowing (other
than an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing) and on the date of each issuance,
amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received, in the case of a
Borrowing, a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 (or a Borrowing
Request shall have been deemed given in accordance with the last paragraph
of Section 2.03) or, in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the
applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent shall have received a
notice requesting the issuance of such Letter of Credit as required by
Section 2.05(b).
(b) The representations and warranties set forth in Article III hereof
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of
such Borrowing or issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of
Credit (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit
without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as
applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date,
except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to
an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
(c) At the time of and immediately after such Borrowing or issuance,
amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit (other than an
amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase
in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, no Event of
Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing (other than an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing) and each
issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed
to constitute a representation and warranty by the applicable Borrower (in the
case of a Borrowing) and each Applicant Party (in the case of a Letter of
Credit) on the date of such Borrowing, issuance, amendment, extension or renewal
as applicable, as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this
Section 4.01.
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SECTION 5.02. [Intentionally Omitted].
SECTION 5.03. Credit Events Relating to Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers.
The obligations of (x) the Lenders (including the Swingline Foreign Currency
Lenders) to make Loans to any Foreign Subsidiary that becomes a Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower after the Closing Date, (y) any Issuing Bank to issue
Letters of Credit for the account of any such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and
(z) any Ancillary Lender to make available an Ancillary Facility to such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower, in each case to the extent designated in accordance with
Section 2.20, are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions (which
are in addition to the conditions contained in Section 4.01):
(a) With respect to the initial Loan made to, the initial Letter of
Credit issued at the request of, or the creation of an Ancillary Facility
for, such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, whichever comes first,
(i) the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received
a Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement with respect to such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower duly executed by all parties thereto; and
(ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received such documents
(including legal opinions) and certificates as the Administrative Agent
or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the formation,
existence and good standing of such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower, the
authorization of Borrowings as they relate to such Foreign Subsidiary
Borrower and any other legal matters relating to such Foreign
Subsidiary Borrower or its Foreign Subsidiary Borrower Agreement, all
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and its counsel.
(b) The Administrative Agent and the applicable Ancillary Lender, if
any, shall be reasonably satisfied that Section 5.10(f) shall have been
complied with in respect of such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and that the
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been satisfied with respect
to such Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and its subsidiaries.
ARTICLE VI
Affirmative Covenants
Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers covenants and
agrees with each Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect
and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest
on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan
Document shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been
canceled or have expired and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed
in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, each of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers will, and will cause each of
the ERISA Affiliates and Subsidiaries to:
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SECTION 6.01. Existence; Businesses and Properties. (a) Do or cause to
be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and
effect its legal existence, except as otherwise expressly permitted under
Section 6.05, and except for the liquidation or dissolution of Subsidiaries if
the assets of such Subsidiaries to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities
are acquired by a Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of a Borrower in such
liquidation or dissolution, provided that Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties may
not be liquidated into Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and domestic
Subsidiaries may not be liquidated into Foreign Subsidiaries.
(b) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) obtain,
preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits,
franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal
conduct of its business, (ii) comply in all material respects with all material
applicable laws, rules, regulations (including any zoning, building, ordinance,
code or approval or any building permits) or any restrictions of record or
agreements affecting the Mortgaged Properties and judgments, writs, injunctions,
decrees and orders of any Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or
hereafter enacted and (iii) at all times maintain and preserve all property
necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good
repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be
made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and
replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in
connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each
case except as expressly permitted by this Agreement).
SECTION 6.02. Insurance. (a) Keep its insurable properties insured at
all times by financially sound and reputable insurers in such amounts as shall
be customary for similar businesses and maintain such other reasonable insurance
(including, to the extent consistent with past practices, self-insurance), of
such types, to such extent and against such risks, as is customary with
companies in the same or similar businesses and maintain such other insurance as
may be required by law or any other Loan Document.
(b) Cause all such property and casualty insurance policies with
respect to the Mortgaged Properties to be endorsed or otherwise amended to
include a "standard" or "New York" lender's loss payable endorsement, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent, which endorsement shall provide that, from and after the
Closing Date, if the insurance carrier shall have received written notice from
the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent of the occurrence of an Event
of Default, the insurance carrier shall pay all proceeds otherwise payable to
the U.S. Borrower or the Loan Parties under such policies directly to the
Collateral Agent; cause all such policies to provide that neither the U.S.
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any other party
shall be a coinsurer thereunder and to contain a "Replacement Cost Endorsement",
without any deduction for depreciation, and such other provisions as the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably (in light of a
Default or a material development in respect of the insured Mortgaged Property)
require from time to time to protect their interests; deliver original or
certified copies of all such policies or a certificate of an insurance broker to
the Collateral Agent; cause each such policy to provide that it shall not be
canceled, modified or not renewed upon less than 30 days' prior written notice
thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent;
deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
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prior to the cancelation, modification or nonrenewal of any such policy of
insurance, a copy of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of
renewal of a policy previously delivered to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent), or insurance certificate with respect thereto, together with
evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent of
payment of the premium therefor.
(c) If at any time the area in which the Premises (as defined in the
Mortgages) are located is designated a "flood hazard area" in any Flood
Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any
successor agency), obtain flood insurance in such reasonable total amount as the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably
require, and otherwise comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set
forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as it may be amended from
time to time.
(d) With respect to each Mortgaged Property, carry and maintain
comprehensive general liability insurance including the "broad form CGL
endorsement" and coverage on an occurrence basis against claims made for
personal injury (including bodily injury, death and property damage) and
umbrella liability insurance against any and all claims, in each case in amounts
and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the
same or similar industry operating in the same or similar locations naming the
Collateral Agent as an additional insured, on forms reasonably satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent.
(e) Notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent promptly
whenever any separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing in the event
of loss with that required to be maintained under this Section 5.02 is taken out
by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries; and promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent a duplicate original copy of such policy or policies, or an
insurance certificate with respect thereto.
(f) In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 5.02, it
is understood and agreed that:
(i) none of the Agents, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and their
respective agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage
insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this
Section 5.02, it being understood that (A) the U.S. Borrower and the other
Loan Parties shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other
parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or
damage and (B) such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation
against the Agents, the Lenders, any Issuing Bank or their agents or
employees. If, however, the insurance policies do not provide waiver of
subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then each of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the U.S. Borrower hereby agree, to the
extent permitted by law, to waive, and to cause each of the Subsidiaries to
waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Agents, the Lenders, any
Issuing Bank and their agents and employees; and
(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage
by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent under this Section 5.02
shall in no event be
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deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or the Lenders that such insurance is adequate for the
purposes of the business of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties.
SECTION 6.03. Taxes. Pay and discharge promptly when due all material
Taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon
its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall
become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies or otherwise that, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien
upon such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that such payment
and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such Tax, assessment,
charge, levy or claim so long as the validity or amount thereof shall be
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or the affected Subsidiary, as applicable, shall
have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect
thereto and such contest effectively suspends collection of the contested
obligation and the enforcement of any Lien securing such obligation.
SECTION 6.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to the
Administrative Agent (which will furnish such information to the Lenders):
(a) within 90 days (or such shorter period as the SEC shall specify for
the filing of Annual Reports on Form 10-K) after the end of each fiscal
year, a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations,
cash flows and owners' equity showing the financial position of the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the
consolidated results of their operations during such year, all audited by
independent public accountants of recognized national standing reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent and accompanied by an opinion of such
accountants (which shall not be qualified in any material respect) to the
effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all
material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP (it being understood that the delivery by the U.S. Borrower of
Annual Reports on Form 10-K of the U.S. Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(a) to the
extent such Annual Reports include the information specified herein,
provided that for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, the U.S. Borrower
shall furnish (i) not later than March 31, 2003, an unaudited combined
balance sheet and related unaudited statements of income and cash flows as
of the close of such fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of
the U.S. Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the
financial position and results of operations of TRW Automotive Inc. and
subsidiaries on a combined basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to the
absence of footnotes and purchase accounting) and (ii) as promptly as
practicable after the Closing Date, and in no event later than May 15, 2003,
a combined balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows
and owners' equity showing the financial position of the TRW Automotive Inc.
and subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the combined
results of their operations during such year, all audited by independent
public accountants of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Agent and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants
(which shall not be qualified in any
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material respect) to the effect that such combined financial statements
fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results
of operations of TRW Automotive Inc. and subsidiaries on a combined basis in
accordance with GAAP;
(b) within 45 days (or such shorter period as the SEC shall specify for
the filing of Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q) after the end of each of the
first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, a consolidated balance
sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows showing the
financial position of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the close
of such fiscal quarter and the consolidated results of their operations
during such fiscal quarter and the then-elapsed portion of the fiscal year,
all certified by a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower, on behalf of the
U.S. Borrower, as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial
position and results of operations of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes and except that purchase
accounting may be reflected on a preliminary basis in financial statements
delivered for the fiscal quarters ending in 2003) (it being understood that
the delivery by the U.S. Borrower of (i) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of
the U.S. Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries shall satisfy the
requirements of this Section 5.04(b) to the extent such Quarterly Reports
include the information specified herein and (ii) with respect to the fiscal
quarters ending after March 2003, a Registration Statement on Form S-4 to
the extent that such Registration Statement includes the information
specified herein);
(c) (x) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under
(a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower
(i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such
an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and
extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with
respect thereto, (ii) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30,
2003, setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained
in Sections 6.10, 6.11 and 6.12 and (iii) setting forth the portion of the
Koyo JV Purchase Amount used during the quarter (or the fourth quarter in
the case of annual financial statements) covered by the financial statements
to which such certificate relates to make (A) cash investments pursuant to
Section 6.04(k), (B) cash investments pursuant to Section 6.04(s), (C) cash
expenditures to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or
repair assets useful in the business of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries and (D) a purchase made using cash of assets of TRW Koyo
Steering Systems Company pursuant to Section 6.05(k) and (y) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under (a) above, a certificate of
the accounting firm opining on or certifying such statements stating whether
they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such
statements of any Default or Event of Default (which certificate may be
limited to accounting matters and disclaims responsibility for legal
interpretations);
(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all
periodic and other publicly available reports, proxy statements and, to the
extent requested by the Administrative Agent, other materials filed by
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
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Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the SEC, or distributed to its
stockholders generally, as applicable;
(e) if, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies
from those as in effect on the Closing Date, the consolidated financial
statements of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to
paragraph (a) or (b) above will differ in any material respect from the
consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to
such clauses had no such change in accounting principles and policies been
made, then, together with the first delivery of financial statements
pursuant to paragraph (a) and (b) above following such change, a schedule
prepared by a Financial Officer on behalf of Holdings and the U.S. Borrower
reconciling such changes to what the financial statements would have been
without such changes;
(f) within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, an
operating and capital expenditure budget, in form satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent prepared by the U.S. Borrower for each of the four
fiscal quarters of such fiscal year prepared in reasonable detail, of the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries, accompanied by the statement of a
Financial Officer of the U.S. Borrower to the effect that, to the best of
his knowledge, the budget is a reasonable estimate for the period covered
thereby;
(g) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, deliver
updated Perfection Certificates (or, to the extent such request relates to
specified information contained in the Perfection Certificates, such
information) reflecting all changes since the date of the information most
recently received pursuant to this paragraph (g) or Section 5.10(e);
(h) promptly, a copy of all reports submitted to the Board of Directors
(or any committee thereof) of any of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with any material interim or
special audit made by independent accountants of the books of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary; and
(i) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the
operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or
compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, or such consolidating
financial statements, as in each case the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request.
SECTION 6.05. Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the
Administrative Agent written notice of the following promptly after any
Responsible Officer of the U.S. Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof:
(a) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent
thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect
thereto;
(b) the filing or commencement of, or any written 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 or in
arbitration, against Holdings,
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Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries as to
which an adverse determination is reasonably probable and which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any other development specific to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is not a matter of general
public knowledge and that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have,
a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) the occurrence of any ERISA Event, that together with all other
ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in
liability of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, the
Subsidiaries and all ERISA Affiliates in an aggregate amount in excess of
$60,000,000.
SECTION 6.06. Compliance with Laws. Comply with all laws, rules,
regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its
property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
provided that this Section 5.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are
the subject of Section 5.09, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject
of Section 5.03.
SECTION 6.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and
Inspections. Maintain all financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit
any persons designated by the Agents or, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender to visit and inspect the
financial records and the properties of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries at reasonable times, upon reasonable
prior notice to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, or the U.S. Borrower, and as
often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such
financial records, and permit any persons designated by the Agents or, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender upon
reasonable prior notice to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or the U.S. Borrower
to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the officers thereof
and independent accountants therefor (subject to reasonable requirements of
confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract).
SECTION 6.08. Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans,
Swingline Loans and request issuance of Letters of Credit solely for general
corporate purposes. Use the proceeds of the Tranche C Term Loans for the
purposes specified in the Amendment and Restatement Agreement. In the case of an
Eligible Borrower, use the proceeds of an Ancillary Replacement Borrowing only
for the purposes set forth in Section 2.22(e).
SECTION 6.09. Compliance with Environmental Laws. Comply, and make
reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons occupying its
properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations
and properties; and obtain and renew all material, authorizations and permits
required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties;
accordance with Environmental Laws, except, in each case with respect to this
Section 5.09, to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 6.10. Further Assurances; Additional Mortgages. (a) Execute any
and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and
take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing
statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents), that may be
required under any applicable law, or that the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request, to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and
remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and provide to the
Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of
the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
(b) If any asset (including any real property or improvements thereto
or any interest therein) that has an individual fair market value in an
amount having a Dollar Equivalent greater than $10,000,000 is acquired by
the U.S. Borrower or any other Loan Party after the Closing Date or owned by
an entity at the time it becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (in each case other
than assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become
subject to the Lien of such Security Document upon acquisition thereof),
cause such asset to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and
take, and cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall
be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant
and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (a) of this
Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties, subject to paragraph (h)
below.
(c) In the case of the U.S. Borrower, grant and cause each of the
Domestic Subsidiary Loan Parties to grant to the Collateral Agent security
interests and mortgages in such real property of the U.S. Borrower or any
such Domestic Subsidiary Loan Parties as are not covered by the original
U.S. Mortgages, to the extent acquired after the Closing Date and having a
value at the time of acquisition in excess of $10,000,000 pursuant to
documentation substantially in the form of the U.S. Mortgages delivered to
the Collateral Agent on the Closing Date or in such other form as is
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (each, an "Additional
Mortgage") and constituting valid and enforceable perfected Liens superior
to and prior to the rights of all third persons subject to no other Liens
except as are expressly permitted by Section 6.02 or arising by operation of
law, at the time of perfection thereof, record or file, and cause each such
Subsidiary to record or file, the Additional Mortgage or instruments related
thereto in such manner and in such places as is required by law to
establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the
Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Additional Mortgages
and pay, and cause each such Subsidiary to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and
other charges payable in connection therewith, in each case subject to
paragraph (h) below.
(d) If any additional direct or indirect subsidiary of Holdings is
formed or acquired after the Closing Date if such subsidiary is a Domestic
Subsidiary Loan Party, within five Business Days after the date such
subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders thereof and, within 20 Business Days after the date such subsidiary
is formed or acquired, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be
satisfied with respect to such subsidiary and with respect to any Equity
Interest in or Indebtedness of such subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any
Loan Party.
(e) In the case of the U.S. Borrower, (i) furnish to the Collateral
Agent prompt written notice of any change (A) in any Loan Party's corporate
name, (B) in any Loan Party's
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identity or corporate structure or (C) in any Loan Party's organizational
identification number; provided that the U.S. Borrower shall not effect or
permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been
made within any statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code or
otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at
all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected
security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured
Parties and (ii) promptly notify the Administrative Agent if any material
portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.
(f) Prior to any Foreign Subsidiary becoming a Foreign Subsidiary Loan
Party, cause (i) the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied
with respect to such Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) the Equity Interests and
Pledged Collateral (if any) of such Foreign Subsidiary to be pledged
pursuant to a Foreign Pledge Agreement and (iii) after giving effect to
paragraph (h) below, at least a substantial portion of the assets (as
reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) of such Foreign
Subsidiary to be subject to a valid first lien in favor of the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
(g) [Intentionally Omitted]
(h) The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the other provisions
of this Section 5.10 need not be satisfied with respect to (i) any real
property held by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary as a lessee under a lease, (ii) any Equity Interests acquired
after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.04(j) if, and to the extent
that, and for so long as (A) doing so would violate applicable law or a
contractual obligation binding on such Equity Interests and (B) such law or
obligation existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not
created or made binding on such Equity Interests in contemplation of or in
connection with the acquisition of such Subsidiary (provided that the
foregoing clause (B) shall not apply in the case of a joint venture,
including a joint venture that is a Subsidiary), (iii) any assets acquired
after the Closing Date, to the extent that, and for so long as, taking such
actions would violate a contractual obligation binding on such assets that
existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made
binding on such assets in contemplation or in connection with the
acquisition of such assets (except in the case of assets acquired with
Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(i) that is secured by a Lien
permitted pursuant to Section 6.02(i)) or (iv) any Subsidiary or asset with
respect to which the Collateral Agent determines that the cost of the
satisfaction of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or the provisions
of this Section 5.10 with respect thereto exceeds the value of the security
afforded thereby; provided that upon the reasonable request of the
Collateral Agent, the U.S. Borrower shall, and shall cause any applicable
Subsidiary to, use commercially reasonable efforts to have waived or
eliminated any contractual obligation of the types described in clauses (ii)
and (iii) above, other than those set forth in joint venture agreements to
which the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary is party.
SECTION 6.11. Fiscal Year; Accounting. In the case of the U.S.
Borrower, cause its fiscal year to end on December 31.
SECTION 6.12. Interest Rate Protection Agreements. In the case of the
U.S. Borrower, as promptly as practicable and in any event within 90 days after
the Closing Date, enter into, and for a period of not less than three years
after the Closing Date will maintain in
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effect, one or more Swap Agreements with one or more of the Lenders (or
Affiliates thereof), the effect of which is that at least 50% of Consolidated
Total Debt will bear interest at a fixed rate or the interest cost in respect of
which will be fixed, in each case on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable,
taking into account current market conditions, to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 6.13. Proceeds of Certain Dispositions. If, as a result of the
receipt of any cash proceeds by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary in
connection with any sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset,
including any Equity Interest, the U.S. Borrower would be required by the terms
of the Senior Note Indentures or Senior Subordinated Note Indentures to make an
offer to purchase any Senior Notes or Senior Subordinated Notes, as applicable,
then, in the case of the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary, prior to the first day
on which the U.S. Borrower would be required to commence such an offer to
purchase, (i) prepay Loans in accordance with Section 2.11 or (ii) acquire
assets, Equity Interests or other securities in a manner that is permitted by
Section 6.04 or Section 6.05, in each case in a manner that will eliminate any
such requirement to make such an offer to purchase.
ARTICLE VII
Negative Covenants
Each of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the Borrowers covenants and
agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect
and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest
on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan
Document have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been canceled or
have expired and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full,
unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, none of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or the U.S. Borrower will, or will cause or
permit any of the Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 7.01. Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist
any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule
6.01, but not any extensions, renewals or replacements of such Indebtedness
except (i) renewals and extensions expressly provided for in the agreements
evidencing any such Indebtedness as in effect on the Closing Date, (ii)
refinancings and extensions of any such Indebtedness if the average life to
maturity thereof is greater than or equal to that of the Indebtedness being
refinanced or extended, provided that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii),
such extending, renewal or replacement Indebtedness shall not be (x)
Indebtedness of an obligor that was not an obligor with respect to the
Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced or (y) in a principal
amount that exceeds the Indebtedness being extended or refinanced (plus
unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon), (iii) Permitted ▇▇▇▇▇
Refinancing Indebtedness and (iv) in the case of Holdings, the Management
Equity Loan;
(b) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;
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(c) Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries pursuant to
Swap Agreements permitted by Section 6.13;
(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters
of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) any person providing
workers' compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or
property, casualty or liability insurance to the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such
person, provided that upon the incurrence of Indebtedness with respect to
reimbursement obligations regarding workers' compensation claims, such
obligations are reimbursed not later than 30 days following such incurrence;
(e) Indebtedness of any Borrower to any Subsidiary and any Subsidiary
to any Borrower or any other Subsidiary, provided that (i) Indebtedness of
the Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties to the Borrowers and the Loan
Parties shall be subject to Section 6.04(d) and (ii) Indebtedness of any
Borrower to any Subsidiary and Indebtedness of any other Loan Party to any
Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party (the "Subordinated
Intercompany Debt") shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(f) Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower or the Subsidiaries in respect of
performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion
guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary
course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and
environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business and any
extension, renewal or refinancing thereof to the extent that the amount of
refinancing Indebtedness is not greater than the amount of Indebtedness
being refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon);
(g) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial
institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against
insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, provided that such
Indebtedness is extinguished within two Business Days of its incurrence;
(h) (i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or
a corporation merged into or consolidated with the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary after the Closing Date and Indebtedness assumed in connection
with the acquisition of assets, which Indebtedness in each case, exists at
the time of such acquisition, merger or consolidation and is not created in
contemplation of such event and where such acquisition, merger or
consolidation is permitted by this Agreement and (ii) any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness, provided
that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness at the time of, and
after giving effect to, such acquisition, merger or consolidation, such
assumption or such incurrence, as applicable (together with Indebtedness
outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (h), paragraph (i) of this Section
6.01 and the Remaining Present Value of outstanding leases permitted under
Section 6.03), would not exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the
end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such acquisition,
merger or consolidation, such assumption or such incurrence, as applicable,
for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04;
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(i) Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and purchase money
Indebtedness incurred by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary prior to or
within 270 days after the acquisition, lease or improvement of the
respective asset permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such
acquisition or improvement, and extensions, renewals and refinancings
thereof, in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after
giving effect to, the incurrence thereof (together with Indebtedness
outstanding pursuant to paragraph (h) of this Section 6.01, this paragraph
(i) and the Remaining Present Value of leases permitted under Section 6.03)
would not exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal
quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial
statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04, provided that any
such extension, renewal or refinancing Indebtedness shall not be (i)
Indebtedness of an obligor that was not an obligor with respect to the
Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced or (ii) in a principal
amount that exceeds the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced
(plus unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon);
(j) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that is
permitted under Section 6.03;
(k) other Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries, in an
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding pursuant to this
paragraph (k) not in excess of $250,000,000, provided that the aggregate
amount of Indebtedness of all Subsidiaries that are not Domestic Subsidiary
Loan Parties outstanding pursuant to this paragraph (k) shall not exceed
$150,000,000;
(l) Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower (i) pursuant to the Senior Notes
in an aggregate principal amount that is not in excess of the sum of
$925,000,000 and (eurodollar)200,000,000 less the aggregate amount of all
repayments of the Senior Notes effective after the Closing Date and (ii)
pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Notes in an aggregate principal amount
that is not in excess of the sum of $300,000,000 and (eurodollar)125,000,000
less the aggregate amount of all repayments of the Senior Subordinated Notes
effective after the Closing Date;
(m) (i) Guarantees by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings and the
Subsidiaries of the Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower described in paragraph
(l), in each case pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes Indenture or
Senior Subordinated Indenture, as applicable, and (ii) Guarantees by
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary of any
Indebtedness of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary expressly permitted to
be incurred under this Agreement, provided that Guarantees by the U.S.
Borrower and the Loan Parties of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not
a Subsidiary Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.04(d);
(n) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or
similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with
the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than
Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any person acquiring all or any
portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of
financing such acquisition;
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(o) in the case of Intermediate Holdings, the Seller Note;
(p) the Permitted Receivables Financing;
(q) the ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan and the Foreign Acquiror Loans;
(r) letters of credit or bank guarantees (other than Letters of Credit
issued pursuant to Section 2.05) having an aggregate face amount not in
excess of $20,000,000;
(s) all premium (if any), interest (including post-petition interest),
fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations
described in paragraphs (a) through (r) above; and
(t) Indebtedness arising under Card Programs, provided that the
aggregate outstanding amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed
$15,000,000 at any time.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) ▇▇▇▇▇ shall not be
permitted to incur any Indebtedness other than the ▇▇▇▇▇ Loan and a Guarantee
pursuant to paragraph (m)(i) of this Section 6.01 and (ii) none of the Spanish
Acquiror, Dutch Holdco and U.S. Serviceco shall be permitted to incur any
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to any Loan Party that is evidenced
by a promissory note and pledged pursuant to a Foreign Pledge Agreement, which
Indebtedness shall be subject to Section 6.04(d)).
SECTION 7.02. Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien
on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any person,
including any subsidiary of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or the U.S.
Borrower) at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in
respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Liens on property or assets of the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.02,
provided that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they
secure on the Closing Date (and extensions, renewals and refinancings of
such obligations permitted by Section 6.01(a)) and shall not subsequently
apply to any other property or assets of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(b) any Lien created under the Loan Documents or permitted in respect
of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage;
(c) any Lien on any property or asset of the U.S. Borrower or a
Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
permitted by Section 6.01(h), provided that such Lien (i) does not apply to
any other property or assets of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the
date of the acquisition of such property or asset (other than after-acquired
property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations
incurred prior to such date and which Indebtedness and other obligations are
permitted hereunder that require a pledge of after-acquired property, it
being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to
any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such
acquisition), (ii) such Lien is not created
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in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition and (iii) in the
case of a Lien securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, any such Lien is
permitted, subject to compliance with clause (e) of the definition of the
term "Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness";
(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or
levies not yet delinquent or that are being contested in compliance with
Section 5.03 or for property Taxes on property that Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or one of the Subsidiaries has determined to
abandon if the sole recourse for such Tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim
is to such property;
(e) landlord's, carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's,
repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business
and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or that
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect
of which, if applicable, Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower
or the relevant Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in
accordance with GAAP;
(f) (i) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers'
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or
regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under
insurance or self-insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations and
(ii) pledges and deposits securing liability for reimbursement or
indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters
of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers
providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the U.S. Borrower or
any Subsidiary;
(g) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other
than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations),
statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business,
including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental
obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(h) zoning restrictions, easements, trackage rights, leases (other than
Capital Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments, rights-of-way,
restrictions on use of real property and other similar encumbrances incurred
in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not
substantial in amount and do not materially detract from the value of the
property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the
business of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries;
(i) purchase money security interests in equipment or other property or
improvements thereto hereafter acquired (or, in the case of improvements,
constructed) by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the interests
of vendors and lessors under conditional sale and title retention
agreements), provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness
permitted by Section 6.01(i) (including any refinancing of such Indebtedness
permitted under Section 6.01(i)), (ii) such security interests are
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incurred, and the Indebtedness secured thereby is created, within 270 days
after such acquisition (or construction), (iii) the Indebtedness secured
thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of such equipment or other property
or improvements at the time of such acquisition (or construction), including
transaction costs incurred by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary in
connection with such acquisition (or construction), (iv) such expenditures
are permitted by this Agreement and (v) such security interests do not apply
to any other property or assets of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary
(other than to accessions to such equipment or other property or
improvements), provided, further, that individual financings of equipment
provided by a single lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings
of equipment provided solely by such lender;
(j) Liens arising out of capitalized or operating lease transactions
permitted under Section 6.03, so long as such Liens attach only to the
property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions
thereto or proceeds thereof and related property;
(k) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default
under Section 7.01(j);
(l) other Liens with respect to property or assets not constituting
collateral for the Obligations with an aggregate fair market value (valued
at the time of creation thereof) of not more than $75,000,000 at any time;
(m) Liens disclosed by the title insurance policies delivered on the
Closing Date and pursuant to Section 5.10 and any replacement, extension or
renewal of any such Lien, provided that such replacement, extension or
renewal Lien shall not cover any property other than the property that was
subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal,
provided, further, that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by
such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by this Agreement;
(n) Liens in respect of the Permitted Receivables Financing;
(o) any interest or title of a lessor under any leases or subleases
entered into by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course
of business;
(p) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the
establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection
with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep
accounts of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of
overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase
orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the U.S. Borrower
or a Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law
provision relating to banker's liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;
(r) Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of
credit permitted under Section 6.01(r) and covering the goods (or the
documents of title in
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respect of such goods) financed by such letters of credit and the proceeds
and products thereof;
(s) licenses of intellectual property granted in a manner consistent
with past practice; and
(t) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a
matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the
importation of goods.
SECTION 7.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. 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 that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or
purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a "Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction"), provided that a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall be
permitted so long as at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered
into, and after giving effect to the entering into of such Lease, the Remaining
Present Value of such lease (together with Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to
paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 6.01 and the Remaining Present Value of
outstanding leases previously entered into under this Section 6.03) would not
exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter
immediately prior to the date such lease is entered into for which financial
statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04.
SECTION 7.04. Investments, Loans and Advances. Purchase, hold or
acquire (including pursuant to any merger with a person that is not a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger) any Equity Interests,
evidences of indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any
loans or advances (other than intercompany current liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of
the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries) to or Guarantees of the obligations of,
or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other
person, except:
(a) investments (i) existing on the Closing Date in the Equity
Interests of the Subsidiaries, (ii) by Holdings in the Equity Interests of
Intermediate Holdings, (iii) by Intermediate Holdings in the Equity
Interests of the U.S. Borrower and (iv) by any Borrower or any Subsidiary in
any Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that investments by the Borrowers
and the Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to this paragraph (a) in
Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties may be made in an aggregate amount
(valued at the time of the making thereof and without giving effect to any
write-downs or write-offs thereof), together with outstanding intercompany
loans permitted under Section 6.04(d)(ii) and Guarantees subject to the
proviso to Section 6.04(m) by Loan Parties of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries
that are not Loan Parties, not to exceed (x) $200,000,000 (plus any return
of capital actually received by the respective investors in respect of
investments theretofore made by them pursuant to this paragraph (a)), plus
(y) the portion, if any, of the Available Investment Basket Amount on the
date of such election that the U.S. Borrower elects to apply to this
paragraph (a);
(b) Permitted Investments and investments that were Permitted
Investments when made;
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(c) investments arising out of the receipt by the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary of noncash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under
Section 6.05;
(d) intercompany loans from the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Loan
Parties to (i) Borrowers or Subsidiary Loan Parties and (ii) Subsidiaries
that are not Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount (together with
investments made pursuant to clause (x) of the proviso to Section
6.04(a)(iv) and Guarantees subject to the proviso to Section 6.04(m) by Loan
Parties of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties), not to
exceed $200,000,000;
(e) (i) loans and advances to employees of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding
(calculated without regard to write-downs or write-offs thereof) and (ii)
advances of payroll payments and expenses to employees in the ordinary
course of business;
(f) accounts receivable arising and trade credit granted in the
ordinary course of business and any securities received in satisfaction or
partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to
the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;
(g) Swap Agreements permitted pursuant to Section 6.13;
(h) investments existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule
6.04;
(i) investments resulting from pledges and deposits referred to in
Sections 6.02(f) and (g);
(j) other investments by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an
aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without
giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed (i)
$200,000,000 (plus any returns of capital actually received by the
respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it
pursuant to this paragraph (j)), plus (ii) the portion, if any, of the
Available Investment Basket Amount on the date such election is made that
the U.S. Borrower elects to apply to this paragraph (j);
(k) investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions in an
aggregate amount, which shall be deemed to include the principal amount of
Indebtedness that is assumed pursuant to Section 6.01 in connection with
such Permitted Business Acquisitions, not to exceed (i) $250,000,000 (net of
any return representing return of capital in respect of any such investment
and valued at the time of the making thereof), provided that during any
Permitted Business Acquisition Step-Up Period, such amount shall be
increased to $400,000,000, plus (ii) the portion, if any, of the Available
Investment Basket Amount on the date such election is made that the U.S.
Borrower elects to apply to this paragraph (k), provided, further, that if
the amount of investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions in
accordance with this Section 6.04(k) and outstanding at the time a Permitted
Business Acquisition Step-Up Period ends exceeds the amount of investments
constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions that would be
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permitted under this Section 6.04(k) immediately after the end of such
Permitted Business Acquisition Step-Up Period, then the amount of such
excess (less the amount by which investments constituting Permitted Business
Acquisitions are reduced from such time until the commencement of the next
Permitted Business Acquisition Step-Up Period, if any) shall be deemed to be
permitted under this Section 6.04(k);
(l) additional investments may be made from time to time to the extent
made with proceeds of Equity Interests (excluding proceeds received as a
result of the exercise of Cure Rights pursuant to Section 7.03) of Holdings,
which proceeds or investments in turn are contributed to Intermediate
Holdings and in turn to the U.S. Borrower;
(m) Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01,
provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness of
Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is Guaranteed by any Loan Party
(together with investments made pursuant to clause (x) of the proviso to
Section 6.04(a)(iv) and intercompany loans permitted under Section 6.04(d))
shall not exceed $200,000,000;
(n) investments arising as a result of the Permitted Receivables
Financing;
(o) the Transactions;
(p) investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or
judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary
course of business;
(q) investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a
corporation merged into the U.S. Borrower or merged into or consolidated
with a Subsidiary in accordance with Section 6.05 after the Closing Date to
the extent that such investments were not made in contemplation of or in
connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in
existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(r) Guarantees by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries of leases (other
than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not
constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by any Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business; and
(s) investments in Equity Interests of TRW Koyo Steering Systems
Company made on or prior to the 12-month anniversary of the Closing Date in
an aggregate amount not to exceed the Koyo JV Purchase Amount at the time of
such investment.
SECTION 7.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and
Acquisitions. Merge into or consolidate with any other person, or permit any
other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or
any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue,
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary or preferred equity interests of
Holdings, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a
series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of any other
person, except that this Section shall not prohibit:
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(a) the purchase and sale of inventory in the ordinary course of
business by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) the acquisition of any
other asset in the ordinary course of business by the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary, (iii) the sale of surplus, obsolete or worn out equipment or
other property in the ordinary course of business by the U.S. Borrower or
any Subsidiary or (iv) the sale of Permitted Investments in the ordinary
course of business;
(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto
no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i)
the merger of any Subsidiary into a Borrower in a transaction in which such
Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) the merger or consolidation of
any Subsidiary into or with any Subsidiary Loan Party in a transaction in
which the surviving or resulting entity is a Subsidiary Loan Party (which
shall be a Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party if any party to such merger or
consolidation shall be a domestic Subsidiary) and, in the case of each of
clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than a Borrower or Subsidiary Loan
Party receives any consideration, (iii) the merger or consolidation of any
Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party into or with any other
Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party or (iv) the liquidation or
dissolution of any Subsidiary (other than a Borrower) if the U.S. Borrower
determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best
interests of the U.S. Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the
Lenders;
(c) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to the U.S. Borrower
or a Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided that any
sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions by a Loan Party to a
Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be made in compliance with Section
6.07;
(d) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 6.03;
(e) investments expressly permitted by Section 6.04;
(f) the purchase and sale of accounts receivable and related assets
pursuant to the Permitted Receivables Financing;
(g) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of
business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;
(h) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions of assets not
otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05; provided that the aggregate gross
proceeds (including noncash proceeds) of any or all assets sold,
transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this paragraph
(h) shall not exceed, in any fiscal year of the U.S. Borrower, 10% of
Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal
year;
(i) any merger or consolidation in connection with a Permitted Business
Acquisition, provided that following any such merger or consolidation (i)
involving a Borrower, such Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii)
involving a domestic Subsidiary, the surviving or resulting entity shall be
a Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and
(iii) involving a Foreign Subsidiary, the surviving
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or resulting entity shall be a Foreign Subsidiary Loan Party that is a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary;
(j) licensing and cross-licensing arrangements involving any technology
or other intellectual property of the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business; and
(k) a purchase of a substantial portion of the assets of TRW Koyo
Steering Systems Company made on or prior to the 12-month anniversary of the
Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Koyo JV Purchase
Amount at the time of such acquisition.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, (i) Holdings shall at
all times own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of
Intermediate Holdings, (ii) Intermediate Holdings shall at all times own,
directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the U.S. Borrower, (iii)
each Foreign Subsidiary Borrower and ▇▇▇▇▇ shall be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary,
(iv) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by this
Section 6.05 (other than sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to Loan
Parties pursuant to paragraph (c) thereof) unless such disposition is for fair
market value, (v) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be
permitted by paragraphs (a) or (d) of this Section 6.05 unless such disposition
is for at least 75% cash consideration and (vi) no sale, transfer or other
disposition of assets in excess of $10,000,000 shall be permitted by paragraph
(h) of this Section 6.05 unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash
consideration.
SECTION 7.06. Dividends and Distributions. Declare or pay, directly or
indirectly, any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital
or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof,
with respect to any of its Equity Interests (other than dividends and
distributions on Holdings Common Stock payable solely by the issuance of
additional shares of Holdings Common Stock) or directly or indirectly redeem,
purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to
purchase or acquire) any shares of any class of its Equity Interests or set
aside any amount for any such purpose; provided, however, that:
(a) any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends to, repurchase its
Equity Interests from or make other distributions to the U.S. Borrower or to
any Wholly Owned Subsidiary (or, in the case of non-Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries, to the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary and to each other owner
of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more
favorable basis from the perspective of the U.S. Borrower or such
Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests);
(b) the U.S. Borrower may declare and pay dividends or make other
distributions to Intermediate Holdings (which may, in turn, declare and pay
dividends or make other distributions to Holdings, in an amount equal to the
dividends and distributions received by Intermediate Holdings) in respect of
(i) overhead, tax liabilities of Holdings and Intermediate Holdings, legal,
accounting and other professional fees and expenses, (ii) fees and expenses
related to any equity offering, investment or acquisition permitted
hereunder (whether or not successful) and (iii) other fees and expenses in
connection with
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the maintenance of its existence and its ownership of the U.S. Borrower or
Intermediate Holdings, as applicable, and in order to permit Holdings to
make payments permitted by Sections 6.07(b) and (c);
(c) Holdings may purchase or redeem (and the U.S. Borrower may declare
and pay dividends or make other distributions to Intermediate Holdings, the
proceeds of which are to be used by Intermediate Holdings to pay dividends
or make other distributions to Holdings, the proceeds of which are used so
to purchase or redeem) Equity Interests of Holdings (including related stock
appreciation rights or similar securities) held by then present or former
directors, consultants, officers or employees of Holdings, the U.S. Borrower
or any of the Subsidiaries or by any Plan upon such person's death,
disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of
any such Plan or any other agreement under which such shares of stock or
related rights were issued, provided that the aggregate amount of such
purchases or redemptions under this paragraph (c) shall not exceed in any
fiscal year $7,500,000 (plus the amount of net proceeds received by Holdings
during such calendar year from sales of Equity Interests of Holdings to
directors, consultants, officers or employees of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with permitted
employee compensation and incentive arrangements) which, if not used in any
year, may be carried forward to any subsequent calendar year;
(d) noncash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon
exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion of
the exercise price of such options; and
(e) during the 30-day period beginning on the Closing Date, Holdings
shall be permitted to redeem up to $12,000,000 in the aggregate of Holdings
Common Stock (at a price per share equal to the price paid by the Management
Equity Vehicle on the Closing Date) from the Management Equity Vehicle using
proceeds from purchases of Holdings Common Stock by any of the Fund, Fund
Affiliates or members of the Management Group pursuant to the TRW Automotive
Holdings Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan
SECTION 7.07. Transactions with Affiliates. (a) Sell or transfer any
property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or
otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates or any
known direct or indirect holder of 10% or more of any class of capital stock of
Holdings, unless such transaction is (i) otherwise permitted (or required) under
this Agreement (including in connection with the Permitted Receivables
Financing) and (ii) upon terms no less favorable to Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be
obtained in a comparable arm's-length transaction with a person that is not an
Affiliate; provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to (A) the payment to
the Fund of the monitoring and management fees referred to in paragraph (c)
below or fees payable on the Closing Date or (B) the indemnification of
directors of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the
Subsidiaries in accordance with customary practice.
(b) The foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit, to the extent
otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (i) any issuance of securities, or
other payments, awards or
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grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of,
employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by
the board of directors of Holdings, (ii) loans or advances to employees of
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in accordance with
Section 6.04(e), (iii) transactions among the Borrowers and the Subsidiary
Loan Parties and transactions among the Subsidiary Loan Parties otherwise
permitted by this Agreement, (iv) the payment of fees and indemnities to
directors, officers and employees of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (v)
transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence on the Closing
Date and set forth on Schedule 6.07 or any amendment thereto to the extent
such amendment is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect, (vi)
any employment agreements entered into by any of the U.S. Borrower or any of
the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (vii) dividends,
redemptions and repurchases permitted under Section 6.06, (viii) any
purchase by the Fund or any Fund Affiliate of Equity Interests of Holdings
or any purchase by Intermediate Holdings of Equity Interests of the U.S.
Borrower or any contribution by Intermediate Holdings to the equity capital
of the U.S. Borrower, provided that any Equity Interests of the U.S.
Borrower purchased by Intermediate Holdings shall be pledged to the
Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to the U.S. Collateral
Agreement, (ix) payments by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate made
for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or
in respect of other investment banking activities, including in connection
with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by the
majority of the board of directors of Holdings, in good faith, (x) subject
to paragraph (c) below, the existence of, or the performance by Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of its obligations under the
terms of, the Purchase Agreement, or any agreement contemplated thereunder
to which it is a party as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that the
existence of, or the performance by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the
U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary of obligations under any future amendment to
any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into
after the Closing Date shall only be permitted by this clause (x) to the
extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not
otherwise disadvantageous to the Lenders in any material respect, (xi)
transactions with Wholly Owned Subsidiaries for the purchase or sale of
automotive goods, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary
course of business in a manner consistent with past practice, (xii) any
transaction in respect of which the U.S. Borrower delivers to the
Administrative Agent (for delivery to the Lenders) a letter addressed to the
Board of Directors of the U.S. Borrower or of the applicable Subsidiary from
an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in each case of
nationally recognized standing that is (A) in the good faith determination
of the U.S. Borrower qualified to render such letter and (B) satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent, which letter states that such transaction is on
terms that are no less favorable to the U.S. Borrower or such Subsidiary, as
applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm's-length transaction
with a person that is not an Affiliate or (xiii) subject to paragraph (c)
below, the payment of all fees, expenses, bonuses and awards related to the
transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, including fees to the
Fund or any Fund Affiliate.
(c) Make any payment of or on account of monitoring or management or
similar fees payable to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate in an aggregate
amount in any fiscal year in excess of $7,500,000 (plus reasonable expenses
in connection therewith).
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SECTION 7.08. Business of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower and the Subsidiaries. Engage at any time in any business or business
activity other than (a) in the case of the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries
(other than the Subsidiaries specified in clauses (d) through (f) below), any
business or business activity conducted by it on the Closing Date and any
business or business activities incidental or related thereto, or any business
or activity that is reasonably similar thereto or a reasonable extension,
development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto, including the
consummation of the Transactions, (b) in the case of Intermediate Holdings, (i)
ownership of the Equity Interests in the U.S. Borrower, together with activities
directly related thereto, (ii) performance of its obligations under and in
connection with the Loan Documents, the Seller Note, the Purchase Agreement, the
Senior Note Documents and the Senior Subordinated Note Documents, (iii) actions
incidental to the consummation of the Transactions, (iv) the Guarantees
permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(m) and (v) actions required by law to
maintain its existence, (c) in the case of Holdings, (i) the ownership of the
Equity Interests in Intermediate Holdings, together with activities directly
related thereto, (ii) performance of its obligations under and in connection
with the Loan Documents, the Purchase Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement, the
other agreements contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Senior Note
Documents and the Senior Subordinated Note Documents, (iii) actions incidental
to the consummation of the Transactions (including pursuant to the Management
Equity Loan), (iv) the Guarantees permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(m) and (v)
actions required by law to maintain its existence, (d) in the case of the
Spanish Acquiror, (i) the ownership of the Equity Interests in Dutch Holdco and
Foreign Subsidiaries organized under the laws of Spain, together with activities
directly related thereto, (ii) performance of its obligations under and in
connection with the Loan Documents, (iii) actions incidental to the consummation
of the Transactions, (iv) Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by it, or loans
made by it to the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case pursuant to
Section 6.01 and (v) actions required by law to maintain its existence, (e) in
the case of Dutch Holdco, (i) the ownership of the Equity Interests in the
Foreign Acquirors and the Acquired Foreign Subsidiaries, together with
activities directly related thereto, (ii) performance of its obligations under
and in connection with the Loan Documents, (iii) actions incidental to the
consummation of the Transactions, (iv) Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by
it, or loans made by it to the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case
pursuant to Section 6.01 and (v) actions required by law to maintain its
existence and (f) in the case of U.S. Serviceco, (i) entry into, and performance
under, management contracts with the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii)
performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Loan Documents,
(iii) actions incidental to the consummation of the Transactions, (iv)
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by it, or loans made by it to the U.S.
Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case pursuant to Section 6.01 and (v)
actions required by law to maintain its existence.
SECTION 7.09. Limitation on Modifications of Indebtedness;
Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other
Agreements; etc. (a) Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the
Lenders, or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if
such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders), the
articles or certificate of incorporation or by-laws or partnership agreement or
limited liability company operating agreement of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, the Purchase Agreement,
the Stockholders Agreement or the Koyo Purchase Agreement.
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(b) (i) Make, or agree or offer to pay or make, directly or indirectly,
any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other
property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on the Senior Notes,
the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Seller Note or the Permitted Receivables
Financing, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities
or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on
account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancelation or
termination of the Senior Notes, the Senior Subordinated Notes, the Seller
Note or the Permitted Receivables Financing, except payments of regularly
scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect
thereof, other than payments in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes or
the Seller Note prohibited by the subordination provisions thereof; or
(ii) amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any
provision of the Seller Note, any Senior Note, any Senior Subordinated Note,
any ▇▇▇▇▇ Note, any Permitted Receivables Document, any Permitted ▇▇▇▇▇
Refinancing Indebtedness or any agreement (including any Senior Notes
Document or Senior Subordinated Notes Document) relating thereto, other than
amendments or modifications that are not in any manner materially adverse to
Lenders and that do not affect the subordination provisions thereof (if any)
in a manner adverse to the Lenders.
(c) Permit any Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument
that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or
the making of cash advances by such Subsidiary to the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (ii)
the granting of Liens by such Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Documents,
in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in
each case, restrictions existing by reason of: (A) restrictions imposed by
applicable law; (B) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on
the Closing Date under (x) any Senior Note Document, any Senior Subordinated
Note Document, the Seller Note or any Permitted Receivables Document or (y)
any agreements related to any permitted renewal, extension or refinancing of
any Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date that does not expand the scope
of any such encumbrance or restriction; (C) any restriction on a Subsidiary
imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of
all or substantially all the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary
pending the closing of such sale or disposition; (D) customary provisions in
joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint
ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business; (E) any
restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness
permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only
to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness; or (F) customary
provisions contained in leases or licenses of intellectual property and
other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 7.10. Capital Expenditures. Permit Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or the Subsidiaries to make any Capital Expenditure,
except that:
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(a) During any fiscal year the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries may
make Capital Expenditures so long as the aggregate amount thereof does not
exceed the amount set forth opposite such fiscal year below:
Year Amount
---- ------
2003 $495,000,000
2004 $540,000,000
2005 $585,000,000
2006 $600,000,000
2007 $630,000,000
and thereafter
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in paragraph (a)
above, to the extent that the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made
by the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries in any fiscal year of the U.S.
Borrower pursuant to Section 6.10(a) is less than the amount set forth for
such fiscal year, the amount of such difference may be carried forward and
used to make Capital Expenditures in the two succeeding fiscal years,
provided that in any fiscal year, the amount permitted to be applied to make
Capital Expenditures pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall in no event exceed
an amount equal to 50% of the amount set forth in Section 6.10(a) for such
fiscal year.
(c) In addition to the Capital Expenditures permitted pursuant to the
preceding paragraphs (a) and (b), the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries may
make additional Capital Expenditures at any time in an amount not to exceed
the portion, if any, of the Available Investment Basket Amount on the date
of such Capital Expenditure that the U.S. Borrower elects to apply to this
Section 6.10(c).
SECTION 7.11. Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the ratio (the "Interest
Coverage Ratio") on the last day of any fiscal quarter occurring in any period
set forth below, for the four quarter period ended as of such day of (a) EBITDA
to (b) Cash Interest Expense to be less than the ratio set forth below for such
period; provided that to the extent any Asset Disposition or any Permitted
Business Acquisition (or any similar transaction or transactions for which a
waiver or a consent of the Required Lenders pursuant to Section 6.05 has been
obtained) has occurred during the relevant Test Period, the Interest Coverage
Ratio shall be determined for the respective Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis
for such occurrences:
Period: Ratio:
June 30, 2003 2.20:1.00
September 30, 2003 2.20:1.00
March 31,2004 2.20:1.00
June 30, 2004 2.20:1.00
September 30, 2004 2.20:1.00
December 31, 2004 2.20:1.00
March 31, 2005 2.20:1.00
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June 30, 2005 2.50:1.00
September 30, 2005 2.50:1.00
December 31, 2005 2.50:1.00
March 31, 2006 2.50:1.00
June 30, 2006 2.75:1.00
September 30, 2006 2.75:1.00
December 31, 2006 3.00:1.00
March 31, 2007 3.00:1.00
June 30, 2007 3.25:1.00
and thereafter
SECTION 7.12. Leverage Ratio. Permit the Leverage Ratio on the last day
of any fiscal quarter occurring in any period set forth below, to be in excess
of the ratio set forth below for such period:
Period: Ratio:
June 30, 2003 4.90:1.00
September 30, 2003 4.90:1.00
December 31, 2003 4.90:1.00
March 31, 2004 4.90:1.00
June 30, 2004 4.90:1.00
September 30, 2004 4.90:1.00
December 31, 2004 4.75:1.00
March 31, 2005 4.90:1.00
June 30, 2005 4.20:1.00
September 30, 2005 4.20:1.00
December 31, 2005 4.00:1.00
March 31, 2006 4.00:1.00
June 30, 2006 3.70:1.00
September 30, 2006 3.70:1.00
December 31, 2006 3.50:1.00
March 31, 2007 3.50:1.00
June 30, 2007 3.00:1.00
and thereafter
SECTION 7.13. Swap Agreements. Enter into any Swap Agreement, other
than (a) Swap Agreements required by Section 5.12 or any Permitted Receivables
Financing, (b) Swap Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business
to hedge or mitigate risks to which the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary is
exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities and
(c) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange
interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another
floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or
investment of the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary.
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ARTICLE VIII
Events of Default
SECTION 8.01. Events of Default. In case of the happening of any of the
following events ("Events of Default"):
(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, U.S. Borrower or any other Loan Party in any Loan
Document, 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 Loan Document,
shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so
made, deemed made or furnished by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower or any other Loan Party;
(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan,
any Ancillary Credit Extension or the reimbursement with respect to any L/C
Disbursement 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;
(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan,
any Ancillary Credit Extension or on any L/C Disbursement or in the payment
of any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in (b)
above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due
and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five
Business Days;
(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section
5.01(a) (with respect to a Borrower), 5.05(a), 5.08, 5.10(d) or in Article
VI;
(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan
Document (other than those specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above)
and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after
notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the U.S. Borrower;
(f) (i) any event or condition occurs that (A) results in any Material
Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or (B) enables or
permits (with all applicable grace periods having expired) the holder or
holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their
behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the
prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its
scheduled maturity or (ii) any Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to pay
the principal of any Material Indebtedness at the stated final maturity
thereof, provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to (x) secured
Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer
of the property or assets securing
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such Indebtedness if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under
the documents providing for such Indebtedness or (y) a breach of the ▇▇▇▇▇
Notes so long as an Acceptable Letter of Credit has been issued in respect
of such breach prior to the Required Issuance Date and such Acceptable
Letter of Credit remains in effect or has ceased to be in effect as a result
of a drawing thereof;
(g) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;
(h) 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 Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Borrower or any of
the Subsidiaries, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries,
under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter
amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for a
substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or (iii) the winding-up or
liquidation of Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries; and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for
60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing
shall be entered;
(i) Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Borrower or any of the
Subsidiaries 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, state or foreign
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (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 paragraph (h) above,
(iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for a
substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, (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
or (vi) become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to
pay its debts as they become due;
(j) the failure by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower
or any Subsidiary to pay one or more final judgments aggregating in excess
of $40,000,000, which judgments are not discharged or effectively waived or
stayed for a period of 30 consecutive days, or any action shall be legally
taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary to enforce any
such judgment;
(k) (i) a Reportable Event or Reportable Events shall have occurred
with respect to any Plan or a trustee shall be appointed by a United States
district court to administer any Plan, (ii) the PBGC shall institute
proceedings (including giving notice of intent thereof) to terminate any
Plan or Plans, (iii) Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
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Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by
the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed
Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such person does not
have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is not
contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner,
(iv) Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, any Subsidiary or
any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a
Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is
being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, (v) Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA
Affiliate shall engage in any "prohibited transaction" (as defined in
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan or (vi)
any other similar event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a
Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) above, such event or
condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(l) (i) any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted by Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries not to
be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any
security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to
extend to assets that are not immaterial to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
the U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall cease
to be, or shall be asserted by the U.S. Borrower or any other Loan Party not
to be, a valid and perfected security interest (having the priority required
by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document) in the securities,
assets or properties covered thereby, except to the extent that any such
loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the Collateral
Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it
representing securities pledged under the Collateral Agreements or to file
Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements and except to the extent
that such loss is covered by a lender's title insurance policy and the
Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such
insurer, (iii) the Guarantees pursuant to the Security Documents by
Holdings, Intermediate Holdings or the Subsidiary Loan Parties of any of the
Obligations shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in
accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted by Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party not to
be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations or (iv) the
Obligations of the Borrowers or the Guarantees thereof by Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings and the Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to the
Security Documents shall cease to constitute senior indebtedness under the
subordination provisions of the Senior Subordinated Note Documents or such
subordination provisions shall be invalidated or otherwise cease, or shall
be asserted by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any
Subsidiary to be invalid or to cease, to be legal, valid and binding
obligations of the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their
terms; or
(m) failure of all amounts in respect of the Management Equity Loan to
be repaid in full in cash on or prior to the 30th day after the Closing
Date;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to a Borrower
described in paragraph (h) or (i) above), and at any time thereafter during the
continuance of such event, the
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Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice
to the Borrowers, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or
different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans
then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon
the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with
accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities
of the Borrowers accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall
become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any
other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrowers, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the
contrary notwithstanding and (iii) demand cash collateral pursuant to Section
2.05(j); and in any event with respect to a Borrower described in paragraph (h)
or (i) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate, the principal of
the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any
unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrowers accrued hereunder
and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable
and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have made a demand for cash
collateral to the full extent permitted under Section 2.05(j), without
presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers, anything contained herein or in any
other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 8.02. Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries. Solely for the
purposes of determining whether a Default has occurred under clause (h) or (i)
of Section 7.01, any reference in any such clause to any Subsidiary shall be
deemed not to include any Subsidiary affected by any event or circumstance
referred to in any such clause that did not, as of the last day of the fiscal
quarter of the U.S. Borrower most recently ended, have assets with a value in
excess of 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or 5.0% of total revenues of the
U.S. Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of such date, provided that if it is
necessary to exclude more than one Subsidiary from clause (h) or (i) of Section
7.01 pursuant to this Section 7.02 in order to avoid an Event of Default
thereunder, all excluded Subsidiaries shall be considered to be a single
consolidated Subsidiary for purposes of determining whether the condition
specified above is satisfied.
SECTION 8.03. U.S. Borrower's Right to Cure. (a) Financial Performance
Covenants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.01,
in the event that the U.S. Borrower fails to comply with the requirements of any
Financial Performance Covenant, until the expiration of the 10th day subsequent
to the date the certificate calculating such Financial Performance Covenant is
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c), Holdings shall have the
right to issue Permitted Cure Securities for cash or otherwise receive cash
contributions to the capital of Holdings, and, in each case, to contribute any
such cash to the capital of Intermediate Holdings (which shall contribute all
such cash to the capital of the U.S. Borrower) (collectively, the "Cure Right"),
and upon the receipt by U.S. Borrower of such cash (the "Cure Amount") pursuant
to the exercise by Holdings of such Cure Right such Financial Performance
Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma
adjustments:
(i) EBITDA shall be increased, solely for the purpose of measuring the
Financial Performance Covenants and not for any other purpose under this
Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; and
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(ii) If, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, the U.S.
Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of all Financial
Performance Covenants, the U.S. Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied
the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenants as of the relevant
date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no
failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or
default of the Financial Performance Covenants that had occurred shall be
deemed cured for this purposes of the Agreement.
(b) Limitation on Exercise of Cure Right. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, (a) in each four-fiscal-quarter period there shall
be at least one fiscal quarter in which the Cure Right is not exercised, (b)
in each eight-fiscal-quarter period, there shall be a period of at least
four consecutive fiscal quarters during which the Cure Right is not
exercised and (c) in each 12-month period, the sum of all Cure Amounts
contributed to the U.S. Borrower pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall not
exceed $200,000,000.
ARTICLE IX
The Agents
SECTION 9.01. Appointment. (a) In order to expedite the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (i) JPMorgan Chase Bank is hereby appointed to
act as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and an Issuing Bank, (ii) Credit
Suisse First Boston acting through its Cayman Islands Branch, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Commercial
Paper Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are each hereby appointed to act as
a Co-Syndication Agent and (iii) Bank of America, N.A. is hereby appointed to
act as Documentation Agent. Each of the Lenders, each assignee of any such
Lender and each Ancillary Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes the
Administrative Agent to take such actions on behalf of such Lender, assignee or
Ancillary Lender and to exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to
the Administrative Agent by the terms and provisions hereof and of the other
Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. The Administrative Agent is hereby expressly authorized by
the Lenders, each Ancillary Lender and each Issuing Bank, without hereby
limiting any implied authority, (a) to receive on behalf of the Lenders and such
Issuing Bank all payments of principal of and interest on the Loans, all
payments in respect of L/C Disbursements and all other amounts due to the
Lenders and such Issuing Bank hereunder, and promptly to distribute to each
Lender or such Issuing Bank its proper share of each payment so received; (b) to
give notice on behalf of each of the Lenders and each of the Ancillary Lenders
of any Event of Default specified in this Agreement of which the Administrative
Agent has actual knowledge acquired in connection with the performance of its
duties as Administrative Agent hereunder; and (c) to distribute to each Lender
and each Ancillary Lender copies of all notices, financial statements and other
materials delivered by any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement as received by
the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Agents are hereby expressly authorized to execute any and all documents
(including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of the
Secured Parties with respect thereto, as contemplated by and in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement and the Security Documents. In the event that
any party other than the Lenders and the Agents shall participate in all or any
portion of the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents, all rights and
remedies in respect of such Collateral shall be controlled by the Collateral
Agent.
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(b) Neither the Agents nor any of their respective directors, officers,
employees or agents shall be liable as such for any action taken or omitted
by any of them except for its or his own gross negligence or wilful
misconduct, or be responsible for any statement, warranty or representation
herein or the contents of any document delivered in connection herewith, or
be required to ascertain or to make any inquiry concerning the performance
or observance by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party of any of the terms,
conditions, covenants or agreements contained in any Loan Document. The
Agents shall not be responsible to the Lenders or any Ancillary Lender for
the due execution, genuineness, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of
this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or other instruments or
agreements. The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or
refraining from acting, in accordance with written instructions signed by
the Required Lenders and, except as otherwise specifically provided herein,
such instructions and any action or inaction pursuant thereto shall be
binding on all the Lenders and all the Ancillary Lenders. Each Agent shall,
in the absence of knowledge to the contrary, be entitled to rely on any
instrument or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons.
Neither the Agents nor any of their respective directors, officers,
employees or agents shall have any responsibility to any Borrower or any
other Loan Party or any other party hereto on account of the failure, delay
in performance or breach by, or as a result of information provided by, any
Lender, Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank of any of its obligations hereunder
or to any Lender, Ancillary Lender or Issuing Bank on account of the failure
of or delay in performance or breach by any other Lender, Ancillary Lender
or Issuing Bank or any Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of their
respective obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in
connection herewith or therewith. Each Agent may execute any and all duties
hereunder by or through agents or employees and shall be entitled to rely
upon the advice of legal counsel selected by it with respect to all matters
arising hereunder and shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered
in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel.
SECTION 9.02. Nature of Duties. The Lenders and the Ancillary Lenders
hereby acknowledge that no Agent shall be under any duty to take any
discretionary action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by the Required
Lenders. The Lenders and the Ancillary Lenders further acknowledge and agree
that so long as an Agent shall make any determination to be made by it hereunder
or under any other Loan Document in good faith, such Agent shall have no
liability in respect of such determination to any person. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent
shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth
herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants,
functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read
into the Loan Documents or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
Each Lender recognizes and agrees that the Co-Syndication Agents and the
Documentation Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any fiduciary relationship with any
Lender or Ancillary Lenders, and shall have no functions, responsibilities,
duties, obligations or liabilities for acting as the Co-Syndication Agents or as
a Documentation Agent hereunder.
SECTION 9.03. Resignation by the Agents. Subject to the appointment and
acceptance of a successor Agent as provided below, any Agent may resign at any
time by notifying the Lenders and the U.S. Borrower. Upon any such resignation,
the Required Lenders
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shall have the right to appoint a successor with the consent of the U.S.
Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor shall
have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and approved by the U.S. Borrower
and shall have accepted such appointment within 45 days after the retiring Agent
gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the
Lenders and the Ancillary Lenders with the consent of the U.S. Borrower (not to
be unreasonably withheld or delayed), appoint a successor Agent which shall be a
bank with an office in New York, New York and an office in London, England (or a
bank having an Affiliate with such an office) having a combined capital and
surplus having a Dollar Equivalent that is not less than $500,000,000 or an
Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent
hereunder by a successor bank, such successor shall succeed to and become vested
with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and the
retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.
After the Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and
Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent.
SECTION 9.04. Each Agent in its Individual Capacity. With respect to
the Loans made by it hereunder and Ancillary Facilities made available by it
pursuant to Section 2.22, each Agent in its individual capacity and not as Agent
shall have the same rights and powers as any other Lender and may exercise the
same as though it were not an Agent, and the Agents and their Affiliates may
accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business
with any Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or other Affiliates thereof as if
it were not an Agent.
SECTION 9.05. Indemnification. Each Lender and each Ancillary Lender
agrees (a) to reimburse the Agents, on demand, in the amount of its pro rata
share (based on its Commitments hereunder (or if such Commitments shall have
expired or been terminated, in accordance with the respective principal amounts
of its applicable outstanding Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements, as
applicable)) of any reasonable expenses incurred for the benefit of the Lenders
and Ancillary Lenders by the Agents, including counsel fees and compensation of
agents and employees paid for services rendered on behalf of the Lenders and
Ancillary Lenders, which shall not have been reimbursed by the U.S. Borrower and
(b) to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents, on demand, in the amount of such pro rata share,
from and against any and all liabilities, Taxes, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any
kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against it in its capacity as Agent or any of them in any way relating to or
arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken or
omitted by it or any of them under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, to
the extent the same shall not have been reimbursed by the U.S. Borrower,
provided that no Lender or Ancillary Lender shall be liable to an Agent for any
portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the gross
negligence or wilful misconduct of such Agent or any of its directors, officers,
employees or agents.
SECTION 9.06. Lack of Reliance on Agents. Each Lender and each
Ancillary Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance
upon the Agents, any Lender or any Ancillary Lender and based on such documents
and information as it has deemed
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appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Agreement. Each Lender and each Ancillary Lender also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Agents, any other Lender or any
Ancillary Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from
time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or
not taking action under or based upon this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 9.07. Designation of Affiliates for Foreign Currency Loans. The
Administrative Agent shall be permitted from time to time to designate one of
its Affiliates to perform the duties to be performed by the Administrative Agent
hereunder with respect to Loans and Borrowings denominated in Foreign Currencies
and Foreign Currency Letters of Credit. The provisions of this Article VIII
shall apply to any such Affiliate mutatis mutandis.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
SECTION 10.01. Notices. (a) Notices and other communications provided
for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight
courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as
follows:
(i) if to any Borrower, to it at TRW Automotive Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (Telecopy No. (734)
266-4590), and if to Holdings, to it in care of the U.S. Borrower, in each
case with a copy to The Blackstone Group, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (Telecopy No. (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇);
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, to
JPMorgan Chase Bank, Loan and Agency Services Group, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (Telecopy No. (713)
750-3563), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (Telecopy No. (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇);
(iii) if to an Issuing Bank other than the Administrative Agent, to it
at the address or telecopy number set forth separately in writing;
(iv) if to any Ancillary Lender, to it at the address and telecopy
number set forth in the applicable Ancillary Facility Document; and
(v) if such notice relates to a Global Revolving Facility Borrowing
denominated in a Foreign Currency, to the London Administrative Office.
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be
delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures
approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not
apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the
Applicable Agent and the applicable Lender. Each of the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and the U.S. Borrower (on behalf of itself and
the Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers) may, in its discretion, agree to accept
notices and other
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communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided, further, that approval of such
procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
(c) All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have
been given on the date of receipt if delivered by hand or overnight courier
service, sent by telecopy or (to the extent permitted by paragraph (b)
above) electronic means or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by
certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or
mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 9.01
or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given
in accordance with this Section 9.01.
(d) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for
notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties
hereto.
SECTION 10.02. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties made by the U.S. Borrower and the Loan Parties
herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments
prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders,
each Issuing Bank and each Ancillary Lender and shall survive the making by the
Lenders of the Loans, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the
issuance of the Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by such
persons or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long
as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or L/C Disbursement, any
extension of credit under Ancillary Facility remains outstanding or any Fee or
any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is
outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the
Commitments have not been terminated. Without prejudice to the survival of any
other agreements contained herein, indemnification and reimbursement obligations
contained herein (including pursuant to Sections 2.13, 2.15, 2.18 and 9.05)
shall survive the payment in full of the principal and interest hereunder, the
expiration of the Letters of Credit and the termination of the Commitments or
this Agreement.
SECTION 10.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective
when it shall have been executed by Holdings, the U.S. Borrower and the Agents
and when the Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof which, when
taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and
thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Holdings, the
Borrowers, each Issuing Bank, the Agents and each Lender and their respective
permitted successors and assigns.
SECTION 10.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any
Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i)
other than pursuant to a merger permitted by Section 6.05(b) or 6.05(i), no
Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted
assignment or transfer by a Borrower without such consent shall be null and
void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or
obligations hereunder except in accordance
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with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be
construed to confer upon any person (other than the parties hereto, their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of
any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent
provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, each Issuing
Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by
reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below,
any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights
and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent
(such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
(A) the U.S. Borrower; provided that no consent of the U.S. Borrower
shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender,
an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
any other assignee (provided that any liability of the Borrowers to an
assignee that is an Approved Fund or Affiliate of the assigning Lender under
Section 2.15, 2.17 or 2.21 shall be limited to the amount, if any, that
would have been payable thereunder by such Borrower in the absence of such
assignment); and
(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the
Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of (i) a Global
Revolving Facility Commitment to an assignee that is a Lender with a Global
Revolving Facility Commitment immediately prior to giving effect to such
assignment, (ii) a U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment to an assignee that is
a Lender with a U.S. Revolving Facility Commitment immediately prior to
giving effect to such assignment or (iii) a Term Loan to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender or Approved Fund immediately prior to giving effect to
such assignment.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a
Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount
of the assigning Lender's Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the
assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date
the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered
to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than (x) $5,000,000 (or
$1,000,000 in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a
Lender or an Approved Fund), in the case of Revolving Credit Commitments,
Revolving Loans denominated in Dollars and Tranche A Term Loans, (y) the
smallest amount of the applicable Foreign Currency that is a multiple of
1,000,000 units of such Foreign Currency and has a Dollar Equivalent in
excess of $5,000,000, in the case of Tranche C-2 Term Loans and Global
Revolving Facility Loans denominated in a Foreign Currency and (z)
$1,000,000, in the case of Tranche C Term Loans, unless each of the U.S.
Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided that no
such consent of the U.S. Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default
under paragraph (b), (c), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 has occurred and is
continuing;
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(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a
proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations
under this Agreement;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500;
(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and
(E) no assignment of Global Revolving Facility Loans or Global
Revolving Facility Commitments shall be permitted to be made to an assignee
that cannot make Global Revolving Facility Loans in Dollars and each of the
Foreign Currencies.
For purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term "Approved Fund" shall
have the following meaning:
"Approved Fund" shall mean any person (other than a natural person)
that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is
administered or managed by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an entity or an
Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph
(b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each
Assignment and Acceptance the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and,
to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have
the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning
Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to
be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections
2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04
shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of
this Section.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of
the U.S. Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each
Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of
the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal
amount of the Loans and L/C Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the
terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in the Register
shall be conclusive, and the U.S. Borrower, the Agents, each Issuing Bank and
the Lenders may treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register
pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this
Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
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contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the U.S. Borrower,
any Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time
upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance
executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee's completed
Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender
hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of
this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph
(b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and
Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No
assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been
recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the U.S. Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Swingline Lender, sell
participations to one or more banks or other entities (a "Participant") in all
or a portion of such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it);
provided that (A) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain
unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrowers, the
Agents, each Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely
and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which
a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain
the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in Section 9.04(a)(i) or clauses (i) (disregarding for this purpose
the parenthetical contained therein), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of the
first proviso to Section 9.08(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to
paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, each of the Borrowers agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to
the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by
assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by
law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.06 as
though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment
under Section 2.15 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled
to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless
the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the U.S.
Borrower's prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender
if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.17 unless
the U.S. Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and
such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrowers, to comply with
Section 2.17(e) as though it were a Lender.
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in
all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of
such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or
assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or
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assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender
as a party hereto.
SECTION 10.05. Expenses; Indemnity. (a) The U.S. Borrower agrees to pay
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including documentary Taxes) incurred by
the Agents in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, or by the Agents in connection with the syndication of the
Commitments or the administration of this Agreement (including expenses incurred
in connection with due diligence and initial and ongoing Collateral examination
to the extent incurred with the reasonable prior approval of the U.S. Borrower
and the reasonable fees, disbursements and the charges for no more than one
counsel in each jurisdiction where Collateral is located) or in connection with
any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof
(whether or not the transactions hereby contemplated shall be consummated) or
incurred by the Agents, any Lender or any Ancillary Lender in connection with
the enforcement or protection of their rights in connection with this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, in connection with the Loans made, the Ancillary
Facilities made available pursuant to Section 2.22 or the Letters of Credit
issued hereunder, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
Cravath, Swaine & ▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent, and, in connection with any such enforcement or protection, the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any other counsel (including the
reasonable allocated costs of internal counsel if a Lender elects to use
internal counsel in lieu of outside counsel) for the Agents, any Issuing Bank,
any Lender or any Ancillary Lender (but no more than one such counsel for any
Lender or any Ancillary Lender).
(b) The U.S. Borrower agrees to indemnify the Agents, each Issuing
Bank, each Lender, each Ancillary Lender and each of their respective directors,
trustees, officers, employees and agents (each such person being called an
"Indemnitee") against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable
counsel fees, charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any
Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the
execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any
agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the
parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the
consummation of the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby,
(ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the use of any Letter of Credit or
(iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the
foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses result primarily from
the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee (treating, for this
purpose only, any Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender, any Ancillary Lender and
any of their respective Related Parties as a single Indemnitee). Subject to and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the U.S. Borrower
agrees to indemnify each Indemnitee against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless
from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses,
including reasonable counsel or consultant fees, charges and disbursements,
incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way
connected with, or as a result of (A) any Environmental Claim related in any way
to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings,
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the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or (B) any actual or alleged
presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials on any Property
or any property owned, leased or operated by any predecessor of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, provided
that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent
that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such
Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties. The provisions of this Section 9.05
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration
of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or
unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of any Agent, any Issuing
Bank, any Lender or any Ancillary Lender. All amounts due under this Section
9.05 shall be payable on written demand therefor.
(c) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the U.S. Borrower shall be entitled to assume the defense of any action for
which indemnification is sought hereunder with counsel of its choice at its
expense (in which case the U.S. Borrower shall not thereafter be responsible for
the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by an Indemnitee except
as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to each such Indemnitee. Notwithstanding the U.S. Borrower's
election to assume the defense of such action, each Indemnitee shall have the
right to employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such
action, and the U.S. Borrower shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses
of such separate counsel, if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the U.S. Borrower
to represent such Indemnitee would present such counsel with a conflict of
interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such
action include both the U.S. Borrower and such Indemnitee and such Indemnitee
shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it
that are different from or additional to those available to the U.S. Borrower
(in which case the U.S. Borrower shall not have the right to assume the defense
or such action on behalf of such Indemnitee); (iii) the U.S. Borrower shall not
have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee to represent it
within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv)
the U.S. Borrower shall authorize such Indemnitee to employ separate counsel at
the U.S. Borrower's expense. The U.S. Borrower will not be liable under this
Agreement for any amount paid by an Indemnitee to settle any claims or actions
if the settlement is entered into without the U.S. Borrower's consent, which
consent may not be withheld or delayed unless such settlement is unreasonable in
light of such claims or actions against, and defenses available to, such
Indemnitee.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.05, this
Section 9.05 shall not apply to Taxes, it being understood that the U.S.
Borrower's only obligations with respect to Taxes shall arise under Sections
2.15 and 2.17.
SECTION 10.06. Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Ancillary
Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other
indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such
Ancillary Lender to or for the credit or the account of Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary against any of and all the
obligations of Holdings or the U.S. Borrower now or hereafter existing under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document held by such Lender, such Issuing Bank
or such Ancillary Lender, irrespective of whether or not such
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Lender, such Issuing Bank or such Ancillary Lender shall have made any demand
under this Agreement or such other Loan Document and although the obligations
may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each
Ancillary Lender under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender, such Issuing Bank
or such Ancillary Lender may have.
SECTION 10.07. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN LETTERS OF CREDIT AND AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 10.08. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay of the
Agents, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any Ancillary Lender in exercising any
right or power hereunder or under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or
any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power,
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right or power. The rights and remedies of the Agents, each Issuing Bank, the
Lenders and each Ancillary Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would
otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or consent to any departure by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any
Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective
unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver
or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose
for which given. No notice or demand on Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any
Borrower or any other Loan Party in any case shall entitle such person to any
other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any
provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except (x) in the
case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the Borrowers and the Required
Lenders, (y) in the case of any Ancillary Facility Document, pursuant to an
agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each party thereto and (z) in
the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in
writing entered into by each party thereto and the Collateral Agent and
consented to by the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such agreement
shall (i) decrease or forgive the principal amount of, or extend the final
maturity of, or decrease the rate of interest on, any Loan or any L/C
Disbursement, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly affected
thereby, (ii) increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender or decrease the
Commitment Fees or L/C Participation Fees or other fees of any Lender without
the prior written consent of such Lender, (iii) extend or waive any Installment
Date or extend any date on which payment of interest on any Loan or any L/C
Disbursement is due, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely
affected thereby, (iv) amend or modify the provisions of Section 2.18(b) or (c)
in a manner that would by its terms alter the pro rata sharing of payments
required thereby, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely
affected thereby, (v) amend or modify the provisions of this Section or the
definition of "Required Lenders", "Majority Lenders" or any other provision
hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders or Ancillary Lenders
required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any
determination or grant any
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consent hereunder, without the prior written consent of each Lender or Ancillary
Lender adversely affected thereby (it being understood that, with the consent of
the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement
may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders on substantially
the same basis as the Loans and Commitments are included on the Closing Date),
(vi) release all or substantially all the Collateral or release any of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings or any Subsidiary Loan Party from its Guarantee under the
U.S. Collateral Agreement or the Foreign Guarantee, as applicable, unless, in
the case of a Subsidiary Loan Party, all or substantially all the Equity
Interests of such Subsidiary Loan Party is sold or otherwise disposed of in a
transaction permitted by this Agreement, without the prior written consent of
each Lender adversely affected thereby, (vii) effect any waiver, amendment or
modification that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of
payments or collateral of Lenders participating in any Facility differently from
those of Lenders participating in other Facilities, without the consent of the
Majority Lenders participating in the adversely affected Facility or (viii)
change the relative rights in respect of payments or collateral of the Lenders
participating in different Facilities or Ancillary Facilities without the
consent of the Majority Lenders participating in each adversely affected
Facility and each adversely affected Ancillary Lender; provided, further, that
no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties
of the Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank acting as such
at the effective date of such agreement, as applicable. Each Lender shall be
bound by any waiver, amendment or modification authorized by this Section 9.08
and any consent by any Lender pursuant to this Section 9.08 shall bind any
assignee of such Lender.
SECTION 10.09. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, if at any time the applicable interest rate, together
with all fees and charges that are treated as interest under applicable law
(collectively, the "Charges"), as provided for herein or in any other document
executed in connection herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received,
taken or reserved by any Lender, any Ancillary Lender or any Issuing Bank, shall
exceed the maximum lawful rate (the "Maximum Rate") that may be contracted for,
charged, taken, received or reserved by such Lender in accordance with
applicable law, the rate of interest payable hereunder, together with all
Charges payable to such Lender, such Ancillary Lender or such Issuing Bank,
shall be limited to the Maximum Rate, provided that such excess amount shall be
paid to such Lender, such Ancillary Lender or such Issuing Bank on subsequent
payment dates to the extent not exceeding the legal limitation.
SECTION 10.10. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and
the agreements regarding certain Fees referred to herein constitute the entire
contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any previous
agreement among or representations from the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied,
is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto and thereto
any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 10.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION
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DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES
THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND
THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL
WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.
SECTION 10.12. Severability. In the event any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor
in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as
possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 10.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which,
when taken together, shall constitute but one contract, and shall become
effective as provided in Section 9.03.
SECTION 10.14. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of
Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 10.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) Each of
Holdings and each Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for
itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State
court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City,
and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any
such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or,
to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties
hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be
conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or
in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any
right that any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any Ancillary Lender may otherwise
have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents against Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, any Borrower or any Loan
Party or their properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each of Holdings and each Borrower hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do
so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of
any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating
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to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any New York State or federal
court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance
of such action or proceeding in any such court.
SECTION 10.16. Confidentiality. Each of the Lenders, each Issuing Bank,
each Ancillary Lender and each of the Agents agrees that it shall maintain in
confidence any information relating to Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, the U.S.
Borrower and the other Loan Parties furnished to it by or on behalf of Holdings,
Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or the other Loan Parties (other than
information that (a) has become generally available to the public other than as
a result of a disclosure by such party, (b) has been independently developed by
such Lender, such Issuing Bank, such Ancillary Lender or such Agent without
violating this Section 9.16 or (c) was available to such Lender, such Issuing
Bank, such Ancillary Lender or such Agent from a third party having, to such
person's knowledge, no obligations of confidentiality to Holdings, Intermediate
Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any other Loan Party) and shall not reveal the
same other than to its directors, trustees, officers, employees and advisors
with a need to know or to any person that approves or administers the Loans on
behalf of such Lender or the Ancillary Facility on behalf of such Lender (so
long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the same
confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), except: (A) to the extent
necessary to comply with law or any legal process or the requirements of any
Governmental Authority, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or
of any securities exchange on which securities of the disclosing party or any
Affiliate of the disclosing party are listed or traded, (B) as part of normal
reporting or review procedures to Governmental Authorities or the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners, (C) to its parent companies, Affiliates
or auditors (so long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the
same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), (D) in order to enforce
its rights under any Loan Document in a legal proceeding, (E) to any prospective
assignee of, or prospective Participant in, any of its rights under this
Agreement (so long as such person shall have been instructed to keep the same
confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16) and (F) to any direct or
indirect contractual counterparty in Swap Agreements or such contractual
counterparty's professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or
professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the
provisions of this Section. Furthermore, prior to the 75th day after the Closing
Date, no Lender, Agent, Issuing Bank or Ancillary Lender shall, without the
prior consent of the U.S. Borrower, make any public announcement (except to the
extent required by law) concerning the Transaction or the financing therefor.
SECTION 10.17. Conversion of Currencies. (a) If, for the purpose of
obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing
hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto (including
any Foreign Subsidiary Borrower) agrees, to the fullest extent that it may
effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first
currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day
immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given.
(b) The obligations of each Borrower in respect of any sum due to any
party hereto or any holder of the obligations owing hereunder (the "Applicable
Creditor") shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the "Judgment
Currency") other than the currency
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in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder (the "Agreement Currency"), be
discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the
Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency,
the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the
relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment
Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the
sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, such
Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment,
to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss. The obligations of the
Borrowers contained in this Section 9.17 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of all other amounts owing hereunder.
SECTION 10.18. [Intentionally Omitted].
ARTICLE XI
Ancillary Facility Adjustments
SECTION 11.01. Exchange of Interests in Ancillary Facilities. (a) On
the CAM Exchange Date and immediately prior to the deemed exchange of interests
pursuant to the CAM Exchange as provided in Section 11.01(a)(ii):
(i) the principal amount of each Global Revolving Facility Loan
denominated in a Foreign Currency and of each Ancillary Credit Extension
shall, automatically and with no further action required, be converted into
the Dollar Equivalent, determined using the Exchange Rates calculated as of
the CAM Exchange Date, of such amount and, subject to Section 11.01(a)(iv),
on and after such date all amounts accruing and owed to any Lender or any
Ancillary Lender in respect of such Obligations shall accrue and be payable
in Dollars at the rates otherwise applicable hereunder;
(ii) in the event that on the CAM Exchange Date any Unfunded Ancillary
Credit Extension (in respect of which cash collateral shall not have
previously been deposited pursuant to Section 2.22(e)) shall exist, or the
applicable Foreign Subsidiary Borrower shall have failed to reimburse a
disbursement made by the applicable Ancillary Lender, the applicable
Ancillary Lender shall promptly pay over to the Administrative Agent, in
immediately available funds, an amount in Dollars equal to such Unfunded
Ancillary Credit Extension or unreimbursed disbursement, together with
interest thereon from the CAM Exchange Date to the date on which such amount
shall be paid to the Administrative Agent at the rate that would be
applicable at the time to an ABR Revolving Loan in a principal amount equal
to such Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension or unreimbursed disbursement.
The Administrative Agent shall establish an account (the "Unfunded Ancillary
Credit Extension Account") and shall deposit all amounts received pursuant
to the previous sentence and all amounts of cash collateral previously
deposited pursuant to Section 2.22(e) in the Unfunded Ancillary Credit
Extension Account pending application of such amounts pursuant to Section
11.02. The Administrative Agent shall have sole dominion and control over
the Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension Account; and
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(iii) there shall be a deemed buying and selling of interests (without
regard to Section 9.04) in the outstanding Global Revolving Facility Loans
and Ancillary Credit Extensions by the Global Revolving Facility Lenders
(and each Global Revolving Facility Lender shall promptly make payment
therefor to the Administrative Agent in the same manner as provided in
Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Global Revolving Facility
Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to such payment
obligations of such Global Revolving Facility Lender) for distribution to
the applicable Global Revolving Facility Lenders) such that, after giving
effect to such deemed buying and selling of interests, each Global Revolving
Facility Lender holds its ratable share of the Global Revolving Facility
Loans (based on the respective Global Revolving Facility Commitments of the
Global Revolving Facility Lenders immediately prior to the CAM Exchange
Date) of each outstanding Global Revolving Facility Loan and each Ancillary
Credit Extension.
ARTICLE XII
Collection Allocation Mechanism
SECTION 12.01. Implementation of CAM. (a) On the CAM Exchange Date, (i)
the Commitments shall automatically and without further act be terminated as
provided in Section 7.01, (ii) each Global Revolving Facility Lender shall
immediately be deemed to have acquired (and shall promptly make payment therefor
to the Applicable Agent in accordance with Section 2.04(c)) participations in
the Swingline Loans (other than any Swingline Foreign Currency Loan in respect
of which Global Revolving Facility Lenders have funded their purchase of
participations pursuant to Section 2.04(c)) in an amount equal to such Global
Revolving Facility Lender's ratable share (based on the respective Global
Revolving Facility Commitments of the Global Revolving Facility Lenders
immediately prior to the CAM Exchange Date) of each Swingline Foreign Currency
Loan outstanding on such date, (iii) each U.S. Revolving Facility Lender shall
immediately be deemed to have acquired (and shall promptly make payment therefor
to the Applicable Agent in accordance with Section 2.04(c)) participations in
the Swingline Dollar Loans (other than any Swingline Dollar Loan in respect of
which the U.S. Revolving Facility Lenders have funded their purchase of
participations pursuant to Section 2.04(c)) in an amount equal to such U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of each Swingline
Dollar Loan outstanding on such date, (iv) simultaneously with the automatic
conversions pursuant to clause (v) below, the Lenders shall automatically and
without further act (and without regard to the provisions of Section 9.04) be
deemed to have exchanged interests in the Loans (other than the Swingline
Loans), Funded Ancillary Credit Extensions and participations in Unfunded
Ancillary Credit Extensions, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit, such that in
lieu of the interest of each Lender in each Loan, Letter of Credit and Ancillary
Credit Extension in which it shall participate as of such date (including such
Lender's interest in the Obligations of each Loan Party in respect of each such
Loan, Letter of Credit and Ancillary Credit Extension), such Lender shall hold
an interest in every one of the Loans (other than the Swingline Loans) and
Funded Ancillary Credit Extensions and a participation in every one of the
Swingline Loans, Letters of Credit and Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extensions
(including the Obligations of each Loan Party in respect of each such Loan and
Ancillary Credit Extension and each Reserve Account established pursuant to
Section 11.02 below), whether or not such Lender shall previously have
participated therein, equal to such
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Lender's CAM Percentage thereof and (v) simultaneously with the deemed exchange
of interests pursuant to clause (iv) above, (A) in the case of the CAM Euro
Lenders, the interest in the Loans and Funded Ancillary Credit Extensions
denominated in a currency other than Euros to be received in such deemed
exchange shall, automatically and with no further action required, be converted
into the Euro Equivalent, determined using the Exchange Rate calculated as of
such date, of such amount and on and after such date all amounts accruing and
owed to the CAM Euro Lenders in respect of such Obligations shall accrue and be
payable in Euros at the rates otherwise applicable hereunder and (B) in the case
of the CAM Dollar Lenders, the interests in the Loans and Funded Ancillary
Credit Extensions to be received in such deemed exchange shall, automatically
and with no further action required, be converted into the Dollar Equivalent,
determined using the Exchange Rate calculated as of such date, of such amount
and on and after such date all amounts accruing and owed to the CAM Dollar
Lenders in respect of such Obligation shall accrue and be payable in Dollars at
the rate otherwise applicable hereunder. Each Lender and each Loan Party hereby
consents and agrees to the CAM Exchange, and each Lender agrees that the CAM
Exchange shall be binding upon its successors and assigns and any person that
acquires a participation in its interests in any Loan or Ancillary Credit
Extension. Each Loan Party agrees from time to time to execute and deliver to
the Administrative Agent all such promissory notes and other instruments and
documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to evidence and
confirm the respective interests of the Lenders after giving effect to the CAM
Exchange, and each Lender agrees to surrender any promissory notes originally
received by it in connection with its Loans hereunder to the Administrative
Agent against delivery of any promissory notes evidencing its interests in the
Loans and Funded Ancillary Credit Extensions so executed and delivered;
provided, however, that the failure of any Loan Party to execute or deliver or
of any Lender to accept any such promissory note, instrument or document shall
not affect the validity or effectiveness of the CAM Exchange.
(b) As a result of the CAM Exchange, upon and after the CAM Exchange
Date, each payment received by the Applicable Agent or the Collateral Agent
pursuant to any Loan Document in respect of the Obligations, and each
distribution made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to any Security Document in
respect of the Obligations, shall be distributed to the Lenders pro rata in
accordance with their respective CAM Percentages. Any direct payment received by
a Lender upon or after the CAM Exchange Date, including by way of set-off, in
respect of an Obligation shall be paid over to the Applicable Agent for
distribution to the Lenders in accordance herewith.
SECTION 12.02. Letters of Credit and Unfunded Ancillary Credit
Extensions. (a) In the event that on the CAM Exchange Date any Letter of Credit
shall be outstanding and undrawn in whole or in part, or any L/C Disbursement
shall not have been reimbursed either by an Applicant Party or, in the case of
any L/C Disbursement made in Dollars, with the proceeds of a U.S. Revolving
Facility Borrowing or Swingline Dollar Borrowing, each U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender shall promptly pay over to the Administrative Agent, in immediately
available funds, an amount in Dollars equal to such U.S. Revolving Facility
Lender's U.S. Revolving Facility Percentage of such undrawn face amount (or, in
the case of any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit, the Dollar Equivalent of such
face amount) or (to the extent it has not already done so) such unreimbursed
drawing, as applicable, together with interest thereon from the CAM Exchange
Date to the date on which such amount shall be paid to the Administrative Agent
at the rate that would be applicable at the time to an ABR Revolving Loan in a
principal amount equal
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to such undrawn face amount or unreimbursed drawing, as applicable. The
Administrative Agent shall establish a separate account (each, a "Reserve
Account") or accounts for each Lender for the amounts received with respect to
each such Letter of Credit pursuant to the preceding sentence The Administrative
Agent shall deposit in each Lender's Reserve Account such Lender's CAM
Percentage of (x) the amounts received from the Revolving Credit Lenders as
provided above and (y) the amounts on deposit in the Unfunded Ancillary Credit
Extension Account. The Administrative Agent shall have sole dominion and control
over each Reserve Account, and the amounts deposited in each Reserve Account
shall be held in such Reserve Account until withdrawn as provided in paragraph
(b), (c), (d) or (e) below. The Administrative Agent shall maintain records
enabling it to determine the amounts paid over to it and deposited in the
Reserve Accounts in respect of each Letter of Credit and Unfunded Ancillary
Credit Extension and the amounts on deposit in respect of each Letter of Credit
and Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension attributable to each Lender's CAM
Percentage. The amounts held in each Lender's Reserve Account shall be held as a
reserve against the Revolving L/C Exposures and payment obligations in respect
of Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extensions, shall be the property of such Lender,
shall not constitute Loans to or give rise to any claim of or against any Loan
Party and shall not give rise to any obligation on the part of the U.S. Borrower
to pay interest to such Lender, it being agreed that the reimbursement
obligations in respect of (x) Letters of Credit shall arise only at such times
as drawings are made thereunder, as provided in Section 2.05, and (y)
disbursements under any Ancillary Facility shall arise only at such time as
payments are required under such Ancillary Facility.
(b) In the event that after the CAM Exchange Date any drawing shall be
made in respect of a Letter of Credit or any payment shall be made in respect of
an Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension, the Administrative Agent shall, at the
request of the applicable Issuing Bank or Ancillary Lender, as applicable,
withdraw from the Reserve Account of each Lender any amounts, up to the amount
of such Lender's CAM Percentage of such drawing or payment, deposited in respect
of such Letter of Credit or Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension and remaining on
deposit and deliver such amounts, in the case of a Letter of Credit, to such
Issuing Bank in satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the U.S.
Revolving Facility Lenders under Section 2.05(d) (but not of the U.S. Borrower
under Section 2.05(e)) or, in the case of an Unfunded Ancillary Credit
Extension, to the applicable Ancillary Lender. In the event that any U.S.
Revolving Facility Lender shall default on its obligation to pay over any amount
to the Administrative Agent as provided in this Section 11.02, the applicable
Issuing Bank shall have a claim against such U.S. Revolving Facility Lender to
the same extent as if such Lender had defaulted on its obligations under Section
2.05(d), but shall have no claim against any other Lender in respect of such
defaulted amount, notwithstanding the exchange of interests in the applicable
Borrower's reimbursement obligations pursuant to Section 11.01. Each other
Lender shall have a claim against such defaulting U.S. Revolving Facility Lender
for any damages sustained by it as a result of such default, including, in the
event that such Letter of Credit shall expire undrawn, its CAM Percentage of the
defaulted amount.
(c) In the event that after the CAM Exchange Date any Letter of Credit
shall expire undrawn, or an Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension shall expire
without requiring payment, the Administrative Agent shall withdraw from the
Reserve Account of each Lender the amount remaining on deposit therein in
respect of such Letter of Credit, or Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension, as
applicable, and distribute such amount to such Lender.
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(d) With the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent (not to
be unreasonably withheld), any Lender may withdraw the amount held in its
Reserve Account in respect of the undrawn amount of any Letter of Credit or
Unfunded Ancillary Credit Extension. Any Lender making such a withdrawal shall
be unconditionally obligated, in the event there shall subsequently be a drawing
under such Letter of Credit or payment in respect of an Unfunded Ancillary
Credit Extension, to pay over to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
the Issuing Bank or Ancillary Lender, as applicable, on demand, its CAM
Percentage of such drawing or payment.
(e) Pending the withdrawal by any Lender of any amounts from its
Reserve Account as contemplated by the above paragraphs, the Administrative
Agent will, at the direction of such Lender and subject to such rules as the
Administrative Agent may prescribe for the avoidance of inconvenience, invest
such amounts in Permitted Investments. Each Lender that has not withdrawn its
amounts in its Reserve Account as provided in paragraph (d) above shall have the
right, at intervals reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent, to
withdraw the earnings on investments so made by the Administrative Agent with
amounts in its Reserve Account and to retain such earnings for its own account.
SECTION 12.03. Original Credit Agreement; Effectiveness of Amendment
and Restatement. Until this Agreement becomes effective in accordance with the
terms of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, the Original Credit Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected hereby. After
the Restatement Effective Date, all obligations of the Borrowers under the
Original Credit Agreement shall become obligations of the Borrowers hereunder,
secured by the Security Documents, and the provisions of the Original Credit
Agreement shall be superseded by the provisions hereof.