EXHIBIT 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
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FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION
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$200,000,000
364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 30, 1998
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Administrative Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS........................................................................... 2
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms............................................................ 2
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions............................................ 19
ARTICLE II. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS.................................... 19
SECTION 2.01. Revolving Credit Commitments............................................. 19
SECTION 2.02. Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Evidence of Debt.................... 20
SECTION 2.03. Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing................................. 21
SECTION 2.04. Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments................. 21
ARTICLE III. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE REVOLVING
CREDIT LOANS...................................................................................... 22
SECTION 3.01. Interest Rates and Payment Dates......................................... 22
SECTION 3.02. Conversion and Continuation Options...................................... 22
SECTION 3.03. Minimum Amounts of Tranches.............................................. 23
SECTION 3.04. Optional Prepayments..................................................... 23
SECTION 3.05. Fees..................................................................... 23
SECTION 3.06. Computation of Interest.................................................. 24
SECTION 3.07. Inability to Determine Interest Rate..................................... 25
SECTION 3.08. Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.......................................... 25
SECTION 3.09. Illegality............................................................... 26
SECTION 3.10. Requirements of Law...................................................... 26
SECTION 3.11. Taxes.................................................................... 28
SECTION 3.12. Indemnity................................................................ 30
SECTION 3.13. Use of Proceeds.......................................................... 31
SECTION 3.14. Change of Lending Office; Replacement of Lenders......................... 31
ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...................................................... 32
SECTION 4.01. Financial Condition...................................................... 32
SECTION 4.02. No Change................................................................ 33
SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law................................. 33
SECTION 4.04. Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations.................. 33
SECTION 4.05. No Legal Bar............................................................. 34
SECTION 4.06. No Material Litigation................................................... 34
SECTION 4.07. No Default............................................................... 34
SECTION 4.08. Ownership of Property; Liens............................................. 34
SECTION 4.09. Intellectual Property.................................................... 34
SECTION 4.10. No Burdensome Restrictions............................................... 35
SECTION 4.11. Taxes.................................................................... 35
SECTION 4.12. Federal Regulations...................................................... 35
SECTION 4.13. ERISA.................................................................... 35
SECTION 4.14. Investment Company Act; Other Regulations................................ 36
SECTION 4.15. Subsidiaries............................................................. 36
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SECTION 4.16. Environmental Matters.................................................... 36
SECTION 4.17. Accuracy and Completeness of Information................................. 37
SECTION 4.18. Other Unsecured Indebtedness............................................. 37
SECTION 4.19. Security Documents....................................................... 38
SECTION 4.20. Solvency................................................................. 38
SECTION 4.21. Year 2000 Matters........................................................ 38
ARTICLE V. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.................................................................. 38
SECTION 5.01. Conditions Precedent to Revolving Credit Loans........................... 38
SECTION 5.02. Conditions to each Revolving Credit Loan................................. 40
ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS................................................................ 40
SECTION 6.01. Financial Statements..................................................... 41
SECTION 6.02. Certificates; Other Information.......................................... 41
SECTION 6.03. Accrual of Liabilities; Payment of Obligations........................... 42
SECTION 6.04. Maintenance of Corporate Existence; Maintenance of
Properties............................................................... 42
SECTION 6.05. Insurance................................................................ 42
SECTION 6.06. Notices.................................................................. 43
SECTION 6.07. Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Laws......................... 43
SECTION 6.08. Access to Books and Inspection........................................... 43
SECTION 6.09. Use of Proceeds.......................................................... 44
SECTION 6.10. Environmental Laws....................................................... 44
SECTION 6.11. Additional Collateral and Guaranties..................................... 44
SECTION 6.12. Foreign Collateral Matters............................................... 46
ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.................................................................. 46
SECTION 7.01. Cash Flow Coverage....................................................... 46
SECTION 7.02. Consolidated Leverage Ratio.............................................. 46
SECTION 7.03. Maintenance of Consolidated Net Worth.................................... 47
SECTION 7.04. Limitation on Liens...................................................... 47
SECTION 7.05. Limitation on Indebtedness............................................... 49
SECTION 7.06. Limitation on Guaranties................................................. 50
SECTION 7.07. Limitation on Fundamental Changes........................................ 51
SECTION 7.08. Limitation on Sale of Assets............................................. 51
SECTION 7.09. Limitation on Restricted Payments........................................ 52
SECTION 7.10. Restrictions on Special Purpose Subsidiaries............................. 53
SECTION 7.11. Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances............................ 54
SECTION 7.12. Limitation on Optional Payments and Modifications of Debt
Instruments, Certain Derivative Transactions, etc. ...................... 55
SECTION 7.13. Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks....................................... 55
SECTION 7.14. Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions................... 55
SECTION 7.15. Multiemployer Plans...................................................... 56
SECTION 7.16. Limitation on More Restrictive Covenants................................. 56
SECTION 7.17. Affiliates............................................................... 56
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ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.................................................................. 57
ARTICLE IX. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT............................................................. 59
SECTION 9.01. Appointment.............................................................. 59
SECTION 9.02. Delegation of Duties..................................................... 59
SECTION 9.03. Exculpatory Provisions................................................... 60
SECTION 9.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent......................................... 60
SECTION 9.05. Notice of Default........................................................ 60
SECTION 9.06. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders................................. 61
SECTION 9.07. Indemnification.......................................................... 61
SECTION 9.08. Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity.......................... 62
SECTION 9.09. Successor Administrative Agent........................................... 62
SECTION 9.10. Authorization to Release Liens........................................... 62
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS......................................................................... 63
SECTION 10.01. Amendments and Waivers.................................................. 63
SECTION 10.02. Notices................................................................. 63
SECTION 10.03. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.......................................... 64
SECTION 10.04. Survival of Representations and Warranties.............................. 64
SECTION 10.05. Payment of Expenses and Taxes........................................... 64
SECTION 10.06. Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.................. 65
SECTION 10.07. Adjustments; Set-Off.................................................... 68
SECTION 10.08. Counterparts............................................................ 69
SECTION 10.10. Severability............................................................ 69
SECTION 10.11. Integration............................................................. 69
SECTION 10.12. GOVERNING LAW........................................................... 69
SECTION 10.13. Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers..................................... 69
SECTION 10.14. Acknowledgements........................................................ 70
SECTION 10.15. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL................................................... 70
SECTION 10.16. Release of Collateral................................................... 70
SECTION 10.17. Confidentiality......................................................... 70
ANNEXES:
Annex A Pricing Grid
Annex B Alternative Covenants
SCHEDULES:
I Revolving Credit Commitments; Addresses
II Subsidiaries
III Existing Liens
IV Existing Indebtedness and Existing Guaranties
V Foreign Pledge Agreements
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4.19 Perfection Actions
7.08 Excluded Assets
EXHIBITS:
A Form of Note
B Form of Domestic Subsidiary Guarantee
C-1 Form of Domestic Pledge Agreement
C-2 Form of Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company Pledge Agreement
C-3 Form of New Pledge Agreement
D-1 Form of Trust Agreement (First Union)
D-2 Form of Trust Agreement (ABN AMRO)
E Form of Responsible Officer's Certificate
F Form of Assignment and Acceptance
H-1 Form of Opinion of Associate General Counsel of the Company
H-2 Form of Opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of September 30, 1998,
among FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation (the "Company"), the
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several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties hereto
(the "Lenders") and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a New York banking corporation (as
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hereinafter defined, the "Administrative Agent"), as administrative agent for
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the Lenders hereunder.
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Company is party to the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, dated as of December 18, 1997 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Existing Credit Agreement"), with the
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several banks and other financial institutions parties thereto and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as administrative agent;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, credit was
extended to the Company, which used the proceeds thereof to finance, inter alia,
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the acquisition of T & N plc, a company organized under the laws of England (the
"T & N Acquisition"), and Fel-Pro Master General Partnership and related
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entities and assets (the "Fel-Pro Acquisition"), as well as for working capital
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and other general corporate purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition Agreement (as
hereinafter defined), the Company is acquiring (as hereinafter defined, the
"▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition") the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Division (as hereinafter
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defined);
WHEREAS, (i) to finance, in part, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition,
the Company is entering into a Loan Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1998
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "New Term
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Loan Agreement"), with the lenders parties thereto and The Chase Manhattan Bank,
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as administrative agent, pursuant to which the lenders parties thereto are
making available term loan facilities in an aggregate principal amount of
$1,950,000,000 and (ii) to provide additional working capital financing, the
Company is entering into this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Company's obligations under this Agreement will be
guaranteed and secured equally and ratably with the Company's obligations under
the Existing Credit Agreement and the New Term Loan Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the
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following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Accumulated Funding Deficiency": any accumulated funding deficiency
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within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
"Administrative Agent": Chase, together with its affiliates, as
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arranger of the Revolving Credit Commitments and as administrative agent
for the Lenders under this Agreement or any successor thereto appointed
pursuant to Section 9.09.
"Affiliate": of any Person, shall mean any Person that, directly or
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indirectly, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with
such Person, or in the case of any Lender which is an investment fund, (i)
the investment advisor thereof and (ii) any other investment fund having
the same investment advisor. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlled by"
and "under common control with"), as used with respect to any Person, shall
mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
"Aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitments": as at any date of
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determination with respect to all Lenders, an amount equal to the Available
Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders on such date.
"Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments": the aggregate amount of the
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Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders.
"Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings": as at any date of
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determination with respect to any Lender, an amount equal to the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Loans on such
date.
"Agreement": this 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement, as the same may
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be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Applicable Margin": as determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid.
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"Assignee": as defined in Section 10.06(c).
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"Available Revolving Credit Commitment": as at any date of
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determination with respect to any Lender, an amount equal to the excess, if
any, of (a) the amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment in
effect on such date over (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings of
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such Lender on such date.
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"Base Rate": for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if
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necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) 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 for any reason, including the inability or failure of the
Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the
terms thereof, the Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause
(b) of the first sentence of this definition until the circumstances giving
rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Base Rate due to
a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be
effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the
Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"Base Rate Loans": Revolving Credit Loans for which the applicable
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rate of interest is based upon the Base Rate.
"Benefitted Lender": as defined in Section 10.07.
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"Board": the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any
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successor thereto).
"Bond Offering": the offering by the Company from time to time of its
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debt securities.
"Borrowing Date": any Business Day specified in a notice pursuant to
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Section 2.03 as a date on which the Company requests the Lenders to make
Revolving Credit Loans hereunder.
"Business": as defined in Section 4.16.
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"Business Day": (a) when such term is used in respect of a day on
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which a Eurodollar Loan is to be made, an interest rate is to be set in
respect thereof or any payment is to be made in respect thereof, such term
shall mean a London Banking Day, and (b) when such term is used in any
context in this Agreement (including as described in the foregoing clause
(a)), such term shall mean a day which, in addition to complying with any
applicable requirements set forth in the foregoing clause (a), is a day
other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New
York City are authorized or required by law to close.
"Capital Expenditures": all expenditures of the Company and its
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Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any fixed assets or improvements,
or for replacements, substitutions or additions thereto, which have a
useful life of more than one year, including, but not limited to, the
direct or indirect acquisition of such assets by way of increased product
or service charges, offset items or otherwise, including all expenditures
under capital leases, all determined in accordance with GAAP.
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"Capital Stock": any and all shares, interests, participations or
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other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation,
any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person other than a
corporation and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the
foregoing. For all purposes of this Agreement, "Capital Stock" shall
include the 11,500,000 shares of 7% Trust Convertible Preferred Securities
(Liquidation Amount $50 Per Convertible Preferred Security) issued by
Federal-Mogul Financing Trust and guaranteed by the Company upon terms
described in the Offering Memorandum issued November 24, 1997 and any other
substantially equivalent securities hereafter issued by a financing vehicle
for the benefit of the Company, and such Trust Convertible Securities and
substantially equivalent securities will be treated as preferred stock of
the Company and the Company shall not be deemed to have issued any
Indebtedness or Guarantee in connection therewith.
"Cash Equivalents": (a) securities with maturities of one year or
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less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed or insured by
the United States Government or any agency thereof, (b) certificates of
deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less
from the date of acquisition and overnight bank deposits of any Lender or
of any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of
$500,000,000, (c) repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial
bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition, having a
term of not more than 30 days with respect to securities issued or fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States Government, (d) commercial paper
of a domestic issuer rated at least A-2 by S&P or P-2 by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇, (e)
securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition
issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the
United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such
state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the
securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision,
taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at
least A by S&P or A by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ (or an equivalent rating for such foreign
securities), (f) securities with maturities of one year or less from the
date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any
Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of
this definition or (g) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which
invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a)
through (f) of this definition, provided that, in the case of any
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investment by a Foreign Subsidiary, "Cash Equivalents" shall also include:
(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 (f) 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 and (iii) shares of money market mutual or similar funds
which invest exclusively in assets otherwise satisfying the requirements of
this definition (including this proviso).
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"Cash Flow Coverage": for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated
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EBITDA less Capital Expenditures, divided by (b) (i) Interest Expenses plus
(ii) dividends paid on any class of the Company's Capital Stock in each
case determined for such period.
"Change of Control": (a) any "person" or "group" within the meaning
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of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, shall become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of more than 50% of
the then outstanding voting stock of the Company other than in a
transaction having the approval of the board of directors of the Company at
least a majority of which members are Continuing Directors or (b)
Continuing Directors shall cease to constitute at least a majority of the
directors constituting the board of directors of the Company.
"Chase": The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York banking corporation.
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"Closing Date": the date, on or before October 31, 1998, on which the
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conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.01 are satisfied or waived in
accordance with this Agreement.
"Code": the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
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time.
"Collateral": all Property of the Loan Parties, now owned or
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hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any
Security Document.
"Collateral Release Date": the date of receipt by the Administrative
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Agent of a written request by the Company to release the Collateral
following either (i) the date on which there is in effect either (A) an S&P
Bond Rating of at least BBB- or equivalent or (B) a ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Bond Rating of
at least Baa3 or equivalent or (ii) the date on which the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.0 to 1.0.
"Commonly Controlled Entity": an entity, whether or not incorporated,
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which is under common control with the Company within the meaning of
Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group which includes the Company and
which is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"Company": as defined in the preamble hereto.
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"Consolidated Current Assets": at any date, all amounts (other than
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cash and Cash Equivalents) which would, in conformity with GAAP, be set
forth opposite the caption "total current assets" (or any like caption) on
a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such
date.
"Consolidated Current Liabilities": at any date, all amounts which
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would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption "total
current liabilities" (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet
of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date, but excluding (a) the
current portion of any Funded Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries and
(b) without duplication of clause (a) above and to the extent
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otherwise included therein, all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Credit
Loans under (and as defined in) the Existing Credit Agreement and this
Agreement and Multicurrency Loans under (and as defined in) the Existing
Credit Agreement.
"Consolidated EBITDA": for any period, the sum of (a) the
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consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for
such period before deduction of income and franchise taxes and
depreciation, determined in conformity with GAAP, but excluding the income
of any Person (other than Subsidiaries of the Company) in which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, until such income has
been received by the Company or a Subsidiary in a cash distribution, plus
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(b) any Interest Expenses reported during such period, plus (c)
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amortization of Intangible Assets deducted in determining net income for
such period, plus, (d) with respect to the calculation of Consolidated
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EBITDA for any period which includes any fiscal quarter of the 1998 fiscal
year of the Company only, any integration, restructuring and research and
development charges taken in any such quarter, provided that the aggregate
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amount of such integration, restructuring and research and development
charges added to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (d) shall not
exceed $84,000,000, plus, (e) without duplication of any of the foregoing
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amounts, with respect to the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA for any
period which includes the third or fourth quarters of the 1998 fiscal year
of the Company or any fiscal quarter during the 1999 fiscal year of the
Company only, any integration and restructuring charges taken in any such
quarter relating to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition, provided that the
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aggregate amount of such integration and restructuring charges added to
Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (e) shall not exceed
$126,000,000.
"Consolidated Leverage Ratio": as at the last day of any period of
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four consecutive fiscal quarters, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt
on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such period; provided, that for
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purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters, the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person acquired
by the Company or its Subsidiaries during such period shall be included on
a pro forma basis for such period (assuming the consummation of each such
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acquisition and the incurrence or assumption of any Indebtedness in
connection therewith occurred on the first day of such period) if the
consolidated balance sheet of such acquired Person and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at the end of the period preceding the acquisition of such
Person and the related consolidated statements of income and stockholders'
equity and of cash flows for the period in respect of which Consolidated
EBITDA is to be calculated (i) have been provided to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders and (ii) either (A) have been reported on without a
qualification arising out of the scope of the audit (other than a "going
concern" or like qualification or exception) by independent certified
public accountants of nationally recognized standing or (B) have been found
acceptable by the Administrative Agent.
"Consolidated Net Income": for any period, the consolidated net
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income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period,
determined in conformity with GAAP, but excluding the income of any Person
(other than Subsidiaries of the
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Company) in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership
interest, until such income has been received by the Company or a
Subsidiary in a cash distribution.
"Consolidated Net Worth": at any date, shareholders equity
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(including, but not limited to, Capital Stock, additional paid-in capital
and retained earnings after deducting treasury stock and unearned
compensation) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
as at such date determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, that
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Consolidated Net Worth shall not reflect any additions or deductions
resulting from foreign currency translation gains or losses.
"Consolidated Total Debt": all Indebtedness of the Company and its
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Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis.
"Consolidated Working Capital": at any date, the excess of
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Consolidated Current Assets on such date over Consolidated Current
Liabilities on such date.
"Continuing Directors": the collective reference to (a) all members
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of the board of directors of the Company who have held office continually
since September 26, 1997, and (b) all members of the board of directors of
the Company who were elected as directors after September 26, 1997 and
whose nomination for election by the Company's shareholders was approved by
a vote of at least 50% of the Continuing Directors.
"Contractual Obligation": as to any Person, any provision of any
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security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other
undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound.
"▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition": the acquisition of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Automotive Division pursuant to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition
Agreement.
"▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition Agreement": the Purchase and Sale
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Agreement, dated as of August 17, 1998, between ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Industries, Inc. and
the Company and certain of the Subsidiaries of the Company.
"▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Division": the common stock of Champion Spark Plug
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Company, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Company, Moog Automotive Company, Champion
Aviation and the common stock of the Related Companies and certain assets
and liabilities of the Canadian Division, all as described in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Automotive Acquisition Agreement.
"Covenant Transition Date": the date, on or after the repayment in
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full of the Interim Term Loans and the New Interim Term Loans, on which the
Administrative Agent receives a written notice signed by a Responsible
Officer (which notice the Administrative Agent will promptly transmit to
each Lender) to the effect that the Company has elected that the covenants
set forth in Article VII will be replaced in their entirety by the
covenants set forth in Annex B.
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"Default": any of the events specified in Article VIII whether or not
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any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or
both, or any other condition has been satisfied.
"Disposition": with respect to any Property, any sale, lease, sale
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and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition
thereof; and the terms "Dispose" and "Disposed of" shall have correlative
meanings.
"Dollars": dollars in lawful currency of the United States of
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America.
"$": dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.
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"Domestic Pledge Agreement": the Domestic Pledge Agreement,
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substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 (relating to certain Domestic
Subsidiaries prior to giving effect to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition).
"Domestic Subsidiary": any Subsidiary of the Company organized under
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the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States, other than any
Subsidiary which is a Subsidiary of an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary.
"Domestic Subsidiary Guarantee": the Amended and Restated Domestic
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Subsidiary Guarantee, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, as the same
may from time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
"Effective Date": September 30, 1998.
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"Environmental Laws": any and all foreign, Federal, state, local or
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municipal, laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes,
decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements
of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability
or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the
environment, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
"ERISA": the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
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amended from time to time.
"ESOP Guaranty": the Guaranty, dated as of June 30, 1995, as amended,
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made by the Company in favor of Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, as agent under the ESOP Loan Agreement.
"ESOP Loan Agreement": the Loan Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1995,
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as amended, among the Federal-Mogul Corporation Salaried Employees' Stock
Ownership Trust, as borrower, various financial institutions, as lenders,
and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as agent.
"Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements": for any day as applied to a
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Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the rates
(expressed as a decimal fraction)
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of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including, without
limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any
regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or
other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto
dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding
(currently referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D of
such Board) maintained by a member bank of such System.
"Eurodollar Base Rate": with respect to each day during each Interest
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Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum equal to the
average (rounded upward to the nearest 1/16th of 1%) of the respective
rates notified to the Administrative Agent by each of the Reference Lenders
as the rate at which such Reference Lender is offered Dollar deposits at or
about 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of
such Interest Period in the London interbank market for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein.
"Eurodollar Loans": Revolving Credit Loans for which the applicable
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rate of interest is based upon the Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate": with respect to each day during each Interest
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Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for
such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the
nearest 1/100th of 1%):
Eurodollar Base Rate
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1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
"Event of Default": any of the events specified in Article VIII,
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provided that all requirements for the giving of notice, the lapse of time,
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or both, or any other condition, have been satisfied.
"Excluded Foreign Subsidiary": any Foreign Subsidiary (and any
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Domestic Subsidiary which is a Subsidiary of an Excluded Foreign
Subsidiary) if the pledge of more than 65% of the Capital Stock of such
Foreign Subsidiary (or Domestic Subsidiary, as the case may be) or the
execution by such Foreign Subsidiary (or Domestic Subsidiary, as the case
may be) of a Subsidiary Guarantee would, in the good faith judgment of the
Company, result in adverse tax consequences to the Company or would be
unlawful for such Foreign Subsidiary (or Domestic Subsidiary, as the case
may be).
"Existing Accounts Receivable Financing Program": the collective
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reference to (i) the Amended and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement
dated as of February 1, 1997, among the Receivables Subsidiary, as Seller,
the Company, as Servicer, and Chase, as Trustee, (ii) the Series 1997-1
Supplement dated as of February 1, 1997, among the Receivables Subsidiary,
as Seller, the Company, as Servicer, and Chase, as Trustee, (iii) the
Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of February
28, 1997, between the Receivables Subsidiary, as Buyer, and the Company, as
Seller, (iv) the Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated
as of
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February 28, 1997, between the Receivables Subsidiary, as Buyer, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Automotive Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Seller, (v) the
Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of February
28, 1997, between the Receivables Subsidiary, as Buyer, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Seal
Company, Inc., a Michigan corporation, as Seller, and (vi) all other
documents entered into in connection with any of the foregoing, as each of
the foregoing are amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"Existing Credit Agreement": as defined in the recitals hereto.
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"Existing Plan": any Plan existing on the date of this Agreement
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without giving effect to any amendment thereof made after the date of this
Agreement.
"Existing Public Securities": the Company's Medium Term Notes and 8.8%
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Notes outstanding under the Indenture, dated as of August 12, 1994, between
the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association (as successor to
Continental Bank), as trustee.
"Facility Fee Rate": as determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid.
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"Federal Funds Effective Rate": for any day, the weighted average of
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the rates per annum 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 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, in each case rounded up to the nearest
1/100th of 1%.
"Fel-Pro Acquisition": as defined in the recitals hereto.
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"Foreign Subsidiary": any Subsidiary of the Company other than a
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Domestic Subsidiary.
"Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company Pledge Agreement": the Pledge
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Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 (relating to the
Subsidiary of the Company holding the Capital Stock of certain Foreign
Subsidiaries).
"Funded Debt": all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries
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on a consolidated basis maturing one year or more after incurrence thereof
or that matures within one year from the date on which it was created, but
is renewable or extendible under terms such that under GAAP such
Indebtedness would be treated as long-term indebtedness.
"GAAP": generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
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of America in effect from time to time; provided, that if at any time after
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the date hereof there shall occur any change in respect of such generally
accepted accounting
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principles from those used in the preparation of the audited financial
statements referred to in Section 4.01 in a manner which would have a
material effect on any matter which is material to Article VII, the Company
and the Administrative Agent will, within five Business Days of a notice
from the Administrative Agent or the Company, as the case may be, to that
effect, commence, and continue in good faith, negotiations with a view
towards making appropriate amendments to the provisions hereof acceptable
to the Required Lenders, to reflect as nearly as possible the effect of the
provisions of Article VII as in effect on the date hereof.
"Governmental Authority": any nation or government, any state, or
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other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government.
"Guaranty": any guaranty by any Person of Indebtedness or other
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obligations of any other Person that is not a consolidated subsidiary of
such Person or any assurance with respect to the financial condition of any
other Person that is not a consolidated subsidiary of such Person
(including, without limitation, any purchase or repurchase agreement, any
indemnity or any keep-well, take-or-pay, through-put or other arrangement
having the effect of assuring or holding harmless any third Person against
loss with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of such other
Person) except endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection in the
ordinary course of business.
"Indebtedness": with respect to any Person, (a) all indebtedness of
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such Person which in accordance with GAAP would be shown as a liability on
the balance sheet of such Person and (b) obligations under leases which, in
accordance with GAAP, are to be recorded as capital leases; provided,
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however, that the term "Indebtedness" shall not include short-term
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obligations payable to suppliers incurred in the ordinary course of
business or indebtedness incurred by a special purpose, Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of the Company that purchases accounts receivable from the
Company and its other Subsidiaries to the extent that such indebtedness is
nonrecourse to the Company and each such other Subsidiary and is not
required under GAAP to be reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of
the Company.
"Indentures": (i) the Indenture, dated as of August 12, 1994, between
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the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National Association (as successor to
Continental Bank), as trustee and (ii) the Indenture, dated as of June 29,
1998, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee, each as
subsequently amended in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
"Insolvency": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition
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that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
"Insolvent": pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
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"Intangible Assets": assets having no physical existence and that, in
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conformity with GAAP, should be classified as intangible assets, including,
without
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limitation, patents, patent rights, trademarks, trade names, copyrights,
franchises, licenses, customer lists, organizational expenses and goodwill.
"Intellectual Property": as defined in Section 4.09.
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"Interest Expenses": with respect to any period, the aggregate of all
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interest expense reported by the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance
with GAAP during such period. As used in this definition, the term
"interest" shall include, without limitation, all interest, fees and costs
payable with respect to the obligations under this Agreement (other than
fees and costs which may be capitalized as transaction costs in accordance
with GAAP), any discount in respect of sales of accounts receivable and/or
related contract rights and the interest portion of capitalized lease
payments during such period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Interest Payment Date": (a) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last day
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of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Revolving
Credit Loan is outstanding, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an
Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest
Period and (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer
than three months, (i) each day which is three months, or a whole multiple
thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and (ii) the last day
of such Interest Period.
"Interest Period": with respect to any Eurodollar Loan:
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(a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or
conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar
Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected
by the Company in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as
the case may be, given with respect thereto; and
(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the
next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and
ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the
Company by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less
than three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto;
provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods
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are subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan
would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless
the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period
into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall
end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
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(ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan
that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day
for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last
Business Day of a calendar month; and
(iii) the Company shall select Interest Periods so as not
to require a payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar Loan during an
Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan.
"Interim Term Loans': the Interim Term Loans under (and as defined
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in) the Existing Credit Agreement.
"Investments": as defined in Section 7.11 (as in effect prior to the
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Covenant Transition Date).
"Lenders": as defined in the preamble hereto.
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"Lien": (i) any judgment lien or execution, attachment, levy,
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distraint or similar legal process and (ii) any mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, lien, charge, encumbrance or other security
interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation,
the interest of the lessor under any capital lease and the interest of the
seller under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement),
which secures or purports to secure any Indebtedness or other indebtedness
or obligations.
"Loan Documents": this Agreement, any Notes, the Security Documents,
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the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Trust Agreements.
"Loan Parties": the Company and each Subsidiary of the Company which
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is a party to a Loan Document.
"London Banking Day": any day on which banks in London are open for
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general banking business, including dealings in foreign currency and
exchange.
"Material Adverse Effect": a material adverse effect on (a) the
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business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or
prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the
ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or
any of the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party
or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Notes
or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.
"Material Environmental Amount": an amount payable by the Company
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(net of the proceeds of any applicable insurance and amount reasonably
expected to be paid by Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company and
that are jointly liable with the Company in respect of such amount) and/or
its Subsidiaries in excess of $20,000,000
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in any year or $100,000,000 in the aggregate for remedial costs, compliance
costs, compensatory damages, punitive damages, fines, penalties or any
combination thereof.
"Materials of Environmental Concern": any gasoline or petroleum
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(including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any
hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as
such in or under any Environmental Law, including, without limitation,
asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.
"Minority Interest": the minority interest of Persons other than the
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Company and its Subsidiaries in the Company's Subsidiaries as shown from
time to time in the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company
and its Subsidiaries.
"Moody's Bond Rating": for any day, the rating of the Company's
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senior long-term unsecured debt by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investor Service, Inc.
("Moody's") in effect at 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such day.
"Multiemployer Plan": a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined
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in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or any successor statute.
"Netherlands BV I": Federal-Mogul Holdings B.V., a Netherlands
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corporation.
"Netherlands BV II": Federal-Mogul Global B.V., a Netherlands
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corporation.
"Netherlands BV III": Federal-Mogul Investments B.V., a Netherlands
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corporation.
"Netherlands BV IV": Federal-Mogul Growth B.V., a Netherlands
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corporation
"New Domestic Pledge Agreement": the Pledge Agreement, substantially
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in the form of Exhibit C-3 (relating to certain Domestic Subsidiaries
acquired in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition).
"New Interim Term Loans': the New Interim Term Loans under (and as
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defined in) the New Term Loan Agreement.
"New Term Loan Agreement": are defined in the recitals hereto.
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"Non-Excluded Taxes": as defined in Section 3.11(a).
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"Note": as defined in Section 2.02(e).
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"Participants": as defined in Section 10.06(b).
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"PBGC": the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant
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to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA or any successor corporation.
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"Person": an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust,
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joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture,
Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
"Plan": at a particular time, any employee benefit plan which is
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covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Company or a Commonly
Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would
under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in
Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Pledge Agreements": the collective reference to (i) the Domestic
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Pledge Agreement, (ii) the New Domestic Pledge Agreement, (iii) the Foreign
Subsidiary Holding Company Pledge Agreement, (iv) the Pledge Agreements
described on Schedule V and (v) other pledge agreements in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
which shares of Subsidiaries may be pledged from time to time, in each
case, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
"Pledged Stock": the Capital Stock pledged pursuant to a Pledge
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Agreement.
"Pricing Grid": the pricing grid attached hereto as Annex A.
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"Prime Rate": the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from
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time to time by Chase as its prime rate in effect at its principal office
in New York City (each change in the Prime Rate to be effective on the date
such change is publicly announced). The Prime Rate is not intended to be
the lowest rate of interest charged by Chase in connection with extensions
of credit to debtors.
"Pro Forma Balance Sheet": as defined in Section 4.01(b).
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"Prohibited Transaction": any "prohibited transaction" as defined in
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Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
"Properties": as defined in Section 4.16(a).
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"Property": any right or interest in or to property of any kind
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whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or
intangible, including without limitation, Capital Stock.
"Receivables Subsidiary": Federal-Mogul Funding Corporation, a
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Michigan corporation.
"Reference Lenders": Chase and two other Lenders selected by Chase
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and the Company.
"Register": as defined in Section 10.06(d).
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"Reinvestment Deferred Amount": as defined in each of the Existing
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Credit Agreement and the New Term Loan Agreement.
"Reorganization": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the
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condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section
4241 of ERISA.
"Replacement Lender": a bank or financial institution (other than a
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Subsidiary of the Company) acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the
Company.
"Reportable Event": any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of
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ERISA or the regulations thereunder.
"Required Lenders": the holders of more than 50% of (a) until the
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date on which all Revolving Credit Commitments are terminated, the
aggregate undrawn amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments and (b)
thereafter, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit
Loans.
"Requirement of Law": as to any Person, the certificate of
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incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of
such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an
arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case
applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to
which such Person or any of its property is subject.
"Responsible Officer": the chief executive officer, the president,
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the chief financial officer, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or the
controller of the Company.
"Revolving Credit Commitment": as to any Lender at any time, its
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obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Company in an aggregate
amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount set forth opposite
such Lender's name in Schedule I under the heading "Revolving Credit
Commitment", as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.04 and the other applicable provisions hereof.
"Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage": as to any Lender at any
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time, the percentage which such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment then
constitutes of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.
"Revolving Credit Commitment Period": the period from and including
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the Closing Date to but not including the Revolving Credit Termination
Date, or such earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall
terminate as provided herein.
"Revolving Credit Loan": as defined in Section 2.01.
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"Revolving Credit Termination Date": the date which is 364 days after
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the Closing Date.
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"Secured Obligations": as defined in each Security Document, as
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applicable.
"Secured Reimbursement Obligations": at any time, the aggregate
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undrawn face amount of, plus the aggregate unreimbursed amount of all
drawings under, all letters of credit issued by any Lender for the account
of the Company, other than any such letter of credit in respect of which
the issuing Lender shall have delivered a written acknowledgement to the
Administrative Agent to the effect that the obligations of the account
party in respect of such letter of credit shall not be secured pursuant to
the Security Documents or guaranteed pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee.
"Security Documents": the collective reference to the Pledge
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Agreements, the Trust Agreements, and all other security documents
hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent (or any Trustee, as the
case may be) granting a Lien on any Property of any Person to secure the
obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any Loan Document, as
any of the foregoing may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
"Single Employer Plan": any Plan which is covered by Title IV of
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ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.
"Solvent": when used with respect to any Person, means that, as of
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any date of determination, (a) the amount of the "present fair saleable
value" of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the
amount of all "liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise", as of
such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with
applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the
insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of
such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be
required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts
become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such
date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its
business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature.
For purposes of this definition, (i) "debt" means liability on a "claim",
and (ii) "claim" means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a
right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent,
matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or
unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if
such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to
an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or
unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.
"Special Purpose Subsidiaries": the collective reference to U.S.
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Finance Subsidiary I, U.S. Finance Subsidiary II, U.S. Finance Subsidiary
III, Netherlands BV I, Netherlands BV II, Netherlands BV III, Netherlands
BV IV, U.K. Acquisition I and U.K. Acquisition II.
"S&P Bond Rating": for any day, the rating of the Company's senior
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long-term unsecured debt by Standard & Poor's Ratings Service ("S&P") in
effect at 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such day.
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"Subordinated Debt": unsecured Indebtedness of the Company having a
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final maturity date at least 91 days after the final maturity date of the
Tranche B Term Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) and a
weighted average life at least as long as the weighted average life of the
Tranche B Term Loans, and having subordination terms acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, acting reasonably.
"Subsidiary": at any particular time, any Person which could be
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included as a consolidated subsidiary of the Company in the financial
statements prepared and filed with the Company's annual reports on Form 10-
K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, if such financial
statements were prepared at, and as of, such time. Unless otherwise
qualified, all references to a "Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" in this
Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
"Subsidiary Guarantees": the collective reference to the Domestic
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Subsidiary Guarantee and the U.K. Acquisition I Guarantee, and any other
guarantee by a Subsidiary of the Indebtedness and obligations of the
Company hereunder that may be executed and delivered to the Administrative
Agent hereunder.
"T & N plc": T & N plc, a company organized under the laws of
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England.
"T&N Industries": T&N Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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"Tranche": the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans the then
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current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same
date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Revolving Credit
Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).
"Transferee": as defined in Section 10.06(f).
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"Trust Agreement": each of (or, as the context may require, both of)
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(i) the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of September 30,
1998, among the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company, and First
Union National Bank, as Trustee and (ii) the Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1998, among the Company, certain
Subsidiaries of the Company, and ABN AMRO Trust Company (Jersey) Limited,
in each case as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Trustee": each of First Union National Bank and ABN AMRO Trust
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Company (Jersey) Limited, in their respective capacities as Trustee under a
Trust Agreement, as the context may require.
"Type": as to any Revolving Credit Loan, its nature as a Base Rate
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Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.
"U.K. Acquisition I": F-M UK Holding Limited, a company organized
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under the laws of England.
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"U.K. Acquisition I Guarantee": the Guarantee to be made on or prior
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to the Closing Date by U.K. Acquisition I in favor of Chase, as amended,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"U.K. Acquisition II": Federal-Mogul Global Growth Limited, a company
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organized under the laws of England.
"U.S. Dollars": dollars in lawful currency of the United States of
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America.
"U.S. Finance Subsidiary I": Federal-Mogul Dutch Holdings Inc., a
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Delaware corporation.
"U.S. Finance Subsidiary II": Federal-Mogul Global Inc., a Delaware
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corporation.
"U.S. Finance Subsidiary III": Federal-Mogul U.K. Holdings Inc., a
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Delaware corporation.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary": as to any Person, any other Person all of
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the Capital Stock of which (other than directors' qualifying shares
required by law) is owned by such Person directly and/or through other
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise
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specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined
meanings when used in the Notes, the other Loan Documents or any certificate or
other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.
(b) As used herein and in the Notes and any other Loan Document, and
any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto,
accounting terms relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries not defined in
Section 1.01 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.01, to the extent
not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.
(c) The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, subsection,
Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
ARTICLE II. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS
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SECTION 2.01. Revolving Credit Commitments. (a) Subject to the
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terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make revolving
credit loans (each, a "Revolving Credit Loan") to the Company from time to time
during the Revolving Credit
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Commitment Period so long as after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent
repayment or prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans the Available Revolving Credit
Commitment of each Lender is greater than or equal to zero. During the
Revolving Credit Commitment Period the Company may use the Revolving Credit
Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in
part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.
(b) The Revolving Credit Loans may from time to time be (i)
Eurodollar Loans, (ii) Base Rate Loans or (iii) a combination thereof, as
determined by the Company and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance
with Sections 2.03 and 3.02, provided that no Revolving Credit Loan shall be
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made as a Eurodollar Loan after the day that is one month prior to the Revolving
Credit Termination Date.
SECTION 2.02. Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Evidence of Debt.
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(a) The Company hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each
Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender on the Revolving Credit Termination Date
and on such other dates and in such other amounts as may be required from time
to time pursuant to this Agreement. The Company hereby further agrees to pay
interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans from time
to time outstanding until payment thereof in full at the rates per annum, and on
the dates, set forth in Section 3.01.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice
an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Company to such Lender
resulting from each Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender from time to time,
including the amounts of principal and interest payable thereon and paid to such
Lender from time to time under this Agreement.
(c) The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Company, shall
maintain the Register pursuant to Section 10.06(d), and a subaccount therein for
each Lender, in which Register and subaccounts shall be recorded (i) the amount
of each Revolving Credit Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and each Interest
Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and
payable or to become due and payable from the Company to each Lender hereunder
in respect of the Revolving Credit Loans and (iii) both the amount of any sum
received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Company in respect of
the Revolving Credit Loans and each Lender's share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender
maintained pursuant to Section 2.02(b) shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
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obligations of the Company therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure
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of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such
account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of
the Company to repay (with applicable interest) the Revolving Credit Loans of
such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) The Company agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative
Agent by any Lender, the Company will execute and deliver to such Lender a
promissory note of the
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Company evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A with appropriate insertions as to date and principal
amount (each, a "Note"); provided, that the delivery of such Notes shall not be
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a condition precedent to the Closing Date.
SECTION 2.03. Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing. The Company
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may borrow under the Revolving Credit Commitments during the Revolving Credit
Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the Company shall give the
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Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, (a) three Business
Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, if all or any part of the requested
Revolving Credit Loans are to be initially Eurodollar Loans, or (b) on the
requested Borrowing Date, otherwise), specifying in each case (i) the amount to
be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date, (iii) whether the borrowing is
to be of Eurodollar Loans, Base Rate Loans or a combination thereof and (iv) if
the borrowing is to be entirely or partly of Eurodollar Loans, the amount of
such Type of Revolving Credit Loan and the length of the initial Interest
Periods therefor. Each borrowing under the Revolving Credit Commitments shall
be in an amount equal to (A) in the case of Base Rate Loans, $1,000,000 or a
whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then Aggregate
Available Revolving Credit Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such lesser
amount) and (B) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $10,000,000 or a whole multiple
of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice from the
Company, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof.
Not later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on each requested Borrowing Date
each Lender shall make an amount equal to its Funding Commitment Percentage of
the principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans requested to be made on such
Borrowing Date available to the Administrative Agent at its New York office
specified in Section 10.02 in immediately available funds. The Administrative
Agent shall on such date credit the account of the Company on the books of such
office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative
Agent by the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 2.04. Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit
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Commitments. The Company shall have the right, upon not less than three
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Business Days' notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving
Credit Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving
Credit Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction shall be
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permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the
Revolving Credit Loans made on the effective date thereof, either (a) the
Aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitments would not be greater than or
equal to zero or (b) the Available Revolving Credit Commitments of any Lender
would not be greater than or equal to zero. Any such reduction shall be in an
amount equal to $10,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof
and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.
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ARTICLE III. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE REVOLVING
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CREDIT LOANS
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SECTION 3.01. Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Eurodollar
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Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect
thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such
Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day.
(b) Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest for each day that it is
outstanding at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate for such day plus the
Applicable Margin in effect for such day.
(c) If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Revolving
Credit Loan, (ii) any interest payable thereon or (iii) any fee or other amount
payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate
per annum equal to the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant
to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2% or, if higher, the rate
described in paragraph (b) of this Section plus 2%.
(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section
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shall be payable from time to time on demand.
SECTION 3.02. Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) The Company
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may elect from time to time to convert outstanding Eurodollar Loans (in whole or
in part) to Base Rate Loans by giving the Administrative Agent at least two
Business Days' prior irrevocable notice of such election, provided that any such
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conversion of Eurodollar Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest
Period with respect thereto. The Company may elect from time to time to convert
outstanding Base Rate Loans (in whole or in part) to Eurodollar Loans by giving
the Administrative Agent at least three Business Days' prior irrevocable notice
of such election. Any such notice of conversion to Eurodollar Loans shall
specify the length of the initial Interest Period or Interest Periods therefor.
Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify
each Lender thereof. All or any part of outstanding Eurodollar Loans and Base
Rate Loans may be converted as provided herein, provided that (i) no Base Rate
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Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders have determined that such conversion is not appropriate, (ii)
any such conversion may only be made if, after giving effect thereto, Section
3.03 shall not have been violated and (iii) no Base Rate Loan may be converted
into a Eurodollar Loan after the date that is one month prior to the Revolving
Credit Termination Date.
(b) Any Eurodollar Loans may be continued as such upon the expiration
of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Company giving
notice to the Administrative Agent of the length of the next Interest Period to
be applicable to such Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the term "Interest Period" set forth in Section 1.01, provided
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that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such (i) when any Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
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Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders have determined that such
continuation is not appropriate, (ii) if, after giving effect thereto, Section
3.03 would be contravened or (iii) after the date that is one month prior to the
Revolving Credit Termination Date, and provided, further, that if the Company
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shall fail to give such notice or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant
to the preceding proviso such Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically converted
to Base Rate Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period.
SECTION 3.03. Minimum Amounts of Tranches. All borrowings,
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conversions and continuations of Revolving Credit Loans hereunder and all
selections of Interest Periods hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made
pursuant to such elections so that, immediately after giving effect thereto, (a)
the aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans comprising each Tranche
shall be equal to $10,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof and (b) there shall not be more than four Tranches at any one time
outstanding.
SECTION 3.04. Optional Prepayments. (a) The Company may at any time
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and from time to time prepay Revolving Credit Loans, in whole or in part, upon
at least three Business Days' irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent (in
the case of Eurodollar Loans) and at least one Business Day's irrevocable notice
to the Administrative Agent (in the case of Base Rate Loans), specifying the
date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans,
Base Rate Loans or a combination thereof, and, if a combination thereof, the
amount allocable to each. Upon the receipt of any such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. If any such
notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on
the date specified therein, together with any amounts payable pursuant to
Section 3.12. Optional partial prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans shall be
in an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof.
(b) Each prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this
Section 3.04 shall be accompanied by accrued and unpaid interest on the amount
prepaid to the date of prepayment and any amounts payable under Section 3.12 in
connection with such prepayment.
(c) Prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section
3.04 shall be applied first, to prepay Base Rate Loans then outstanding and
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second, to prepay Eurodollar Loans then outstanding.
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SECTION 3.05. Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the
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Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a fee for the period from
the Effective Date to but excluding the Closing Date at a rate per annum equal
to 0.50% on the aggregate amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment.
Such fee shall be payable on the Closing Date.
(b) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender, a facility fee for the period from and including the
Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or such
earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate as
provided herein), computed at the Facility Fee Rate on the daily average amount
of such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment (drawn and undrawn). Such facility
fees shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day
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of each March, June, September and December and on the Revolving Credit
Termination Date or such earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments
shall terminate as provided herein, commencing on the first of such dates to
occur after the date hereof.
(c) The Company shall pay (without duplication of any other fee
payable under this Section 3.05) to Chase, for its own account, fees in the
amounts and on the dates separately agreed to by the Company and Chase.
(d) The Company shall (without duplication of any other fee payable
under this Section 3.05) pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own amount,
fees in the amounts and on the dates separately agreed to by the Company and the
Administrative Agent.
SECTION 3.06. Computation of Interest. (a) Interest based on the
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Eurodollar Rate or (when it is based on the Federal Funds Effective Rate) the
Base Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days
elapsed; and interest (other than as specified above) shall be calculated on the
basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days
elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the
Company and the Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change
in the interest rate on a Revolving Credit Loan resulting from a change in the
Base Rate or a change in the Prime Rate shall become effective as of the opening
of business on the day on which such change becomes effective provided that such
change becomes effective prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such day.
The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Company and the
Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in the Base
Rate.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and
binding on the Company and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The
Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Company or any Lender, deliver
to the Company or such Lender a statement showing in reasonable detail the
quotations and calculations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any
interest rate pursuant to Section 3.01(a).
(c) If any Reference Lender shall for any reason no longer have any
Revolving Credit Loans, such Reference Lender shall thereupon cease to be a
Reference Lender, and if, as a result, there shall only be one Reference Lender
remaining, the Administrative Agent (after consultation with the Company and the
Lenders) shall, by notice to the Company and the Lenders, designate another
Lender as a Reference Lender so that there shall at all times be at least two
Reference Lenders.
(d) Each Reference Lender shall use its best efforts to furnish
quotations of rates to the Administrative Agent as contemplated hereby. If any
of the Reference Lenders shall be unable or shall otherwise fail to supply such
rates to the Administrative Agent upon its request, the rate of interest shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 3.07, be determined on the basis of the
quotations of the remaining applicable Reference Lenders or Reference Lender, as
applicable.
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SECTION 3.07. Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the
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first day of any Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company) that, by
reason of circumstances affecting the eurodollar market generally, adequate
and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for
such Interest Period, or
(b) the Administrative Agent has received notice from the Required
Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for such
Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such
Lenders (as certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their
Eurodollar Loans during such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the
Company and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is
given (i) any Eurodollar Loans requested to be made on the first day of such
Interest Period shall be made as Base Rate Loans, (ii) any Revolving Credit
Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period
to or continued as Eurodollar Loans shall be converted to or continued as Base
Rate Loans, and (iii) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be converted on the
first day of such Interest Period to Base Rate Loans. Until such notice has
been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be
made or continued as such, nor shall the Company have the right to convert Base
Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans.
SECTION 3.08. Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) (i) Each
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borrowing by the Company of Revolving Credit Loans hereunder and any reduction
of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders shall be made pro rata
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according to the respective Revolving Credit Percentages of the relevant
Lenders. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Company on account of
principal of and interest on the Revolving Credit Loans shall be made pro rata
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according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving
Credit Loans then held by the Lenders.
(ii) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Company
hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall
be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the Lenders, at the Administrative Agent's office specified in
Section 10.02, in Dollars and in immediately available funds. The
Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders entitled to
receive the same promptly upon receipt in like funds as received.
(iii) If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar
Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity
of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, with
respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then
applicable rate during such extension. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan
becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity of such
payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (and, with respect
to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then
applicable rate during such extension) unless the result of such extension would
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extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment
shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in
writing by any Lender prior to a Borrowing Date that such Lender will not make
the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is
making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative
Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Company a
corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such
Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with
interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds
Effective Rate for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately
available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative
Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this
Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender's
share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by
such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Company shall
repay such Lender's share of such borrowing (together with interest thereon from
the date such amount was made available to the Company at the rate per annum
applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder) to the Administrative Agent not later
than three Business Days after receipt of written notice from the Administrative
Agent specifying such Lender's share of such borrowing that was not made
available to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 3.09. Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision
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herein, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the
interpretation or application thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender to
make or maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, (a) such
Lender shall immediately notify the Company and the Administrative Agent, (b)
the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans, continue
Eurodollar Loans as such and convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall
forthwith be suspended until such time as it shall no longer be unlawful for
such Lender to make or maintain the affected Revolving Credit Loans and (c) such
Lender's Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any,
shall be converted automatically to Base Rate Loans on the respective last days
of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Eurodollar Loans or
within such earlier period as may be required by law. If any such conversion of
a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto, the Company shall pay to such Lender such
amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 3.12.
SECTION 3.10. Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or any
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change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof
or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority, made
subsequent to the date hereof:
(i) shall subject such Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever
with respect to this Agreement, any Note, any Eurodollar Loan made by it or
its obligation to make any Eurodollar Loan or change the basis of taxation
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Lender in respect thereof (except for taxes covered by Section 3.11 and
changes in rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender);
(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve,
special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held
by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans
or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any
office of such Lender which is not otherwise included in the determination
of the Eurodollar Rate hereunder, including, without limitation, the
imposition of any reserves with respect to Eurocurrency Liabilities under
Regulation D of the Board; or
(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender,
by an amount which such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into,
continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or to reduce any amount receivable
hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Company shall promptly
pay such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If
any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this
Section, it shall promptly notify the Company (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) of the event by reason of which it becomes so entitled. A certificate as
to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by such
Lender to the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Revolving Credit Loans and
all other amounts payable hereunder.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any
change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the
interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any
corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding
capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing
the rate of return on such Lender's or such corporation's capital as a
consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender
or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or
compliance (taking into consideration such Lender's or such corporation's
policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to
be material, then from time to time, after submission by such Lender to the
Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a prompt written request
therefor, the Company shall promptly pay to such Lender such additional amount
or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction.
(c) No Lender shall be entitled to compensation under this Section
3.10 for any costs incurred or reductions suffered with respect to any date that
it has such costs unless it shall have notified the Company that it will demand
compensation for such costs or reductions under paragraph (a) or (b) above, not
more than 120 days after the later of (i) such date and (ii) the date on which
it shall have become aware of such costs or reductions; provided that the
foregoing shall in no way operate in derogation of the undertaking contained in
the penultimate sentence of this paragraph (c). Notwithstanding any other
provision of this
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Section 3.10, no Lender shall demand compensation for any increased cost or
reduction referred to above if it shall not at the time be the general policy or
practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in similar circumstances
under comparable provisions of other credit agreements. In the event that any
Lender determines that any event or circumstances that will lead to a claim
under this Section 3.10 has occurred or will occur, such Lender will use its
best efforts to so notify the Company; provided, that any failure to provide
such notice shall in no way impair the rights of any Lender to demand and
receive compensation under this Section 3.10, but without prejudice to any
claims of the Company for compensation for actual damages sustained as a result
of any failure to observe this undertaking. The agreements of this Section
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Revolving
Credit Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
SECTION 3.11. Taxes. (a) All payments of principal and interest
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made by the Company under this Agreement and any Note shall be made free and
clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present
or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees,
deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected,
withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding income taxes and
franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of income taxes) imposed on the Administrative
Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or former connection between the
Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental
Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the
Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its
obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement, any Note
or any other Loan Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings ("Non-Excluded Taxes") are
required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or
any Lender hereunder or under any Note, the amounts so payable to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary
to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-
Excluded Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the
rates and in the amounts specified in this Agreement, provided, however, that
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the Company shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to any
Lender that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or a
state thereof if such Lender fails to comply with the requirements of paragraph
(b) of this Section. Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes are payable by the
Company, as promptly as possible thereafter the Company shall send to the
Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of such Lender, as
the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by
the Company showing payment thereof. If the Company fails to pay any Non-
Excluded Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to
the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary
evidence, the Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure. The
agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
the payment of the Revolving Credit Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
(b) Each Lender that is not incorporated or organized under the laws
of the United States of America or a state thereof shall:
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(i) in the case of a Lender other than a Lender described in
subsection 3.11(b)(ii);
(A) at least five Business Days before the date of the initial
payment to be made by the Company under this Agreement to such Lender,
deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent two duly completed
copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form 1001 or 4224, or
successor applicable form, as the case may be, certifying that it is
entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or
withholding of any United States federal income taxes; and
(B) deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent two
further copies of any such form or certification at least five
Business Days before the date that any such form or certification
expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event
requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it
to the Administrative Agent and the Company; and
(C) obtain such extensions of time for filing and complete such
forms or certifications as may reasonably be requested by the Company
or the Administrative Agent; and
(D) file amendments to such forms as and when required; and
(ii) in the case of a Lender that is not a "bank" under Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and that is legally unable to comply with the
requirements of subsection 3.11(b)(i);
(A) at least five Business Days before the date of the initial
payment to be made by the Company under this Agreement to such Lender,
deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (I) a statement
that such Lender (x) is not a "bank" under Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the
Code, is not subject to regulatory or other legal requirements as a
bank in any jurisdiction, and has not been treated as a bank for
purposes of any tax, securities law or other filing or submission made
to any Governmental Authority, any application made to a rating agency
or qualification for any exemption from tax, securities law or other
legal requirements, (y) is not a 10-percent shareholder within the
meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code and (z) is not a
controlled foreign corporation receiving interest from a related
person within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (II)
a properly completed and duly executed Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8 or applicable successor form; and
(B) deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent two
further properly completed and duly executed copies of said Form W-8,
or any successor applicable form at least five Business Days on or
before the date that any such Form W-8 expires or becomes obsolete or
after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most
recent form previously delivered by it to
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the Company or upon the request of the Company or the Administrative
Agent; and
(C) obtain such extensions of time for filing and completing
such forms or certifications as may be reasonably requested by the
Company and the Administrative Agent; and
(D) file amendments to such forms as and when required;
unless an event (including, without limitation, any change in treaty, law or
regulation) has occurred after the date such Person becomes a Lender hereunder
which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such Lender
from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and such
Lender so advises the Company and the Administrative Agent; provided, however,
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that the Company may rely upon such forms provided to the Company for all
periods prior to the occurrence of such event. Each Person that shall become a
Lender or a Participant pursuant to Section 10.06 shall, upon the effectiveness
of the related transfer, be required to provide all of the forms, certifications
and statements required pursuant to this Section, provided that in the case of
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such Participant, the obligations of such Participant pursuant to this Section
3.11(b) shall be determined as if such Participant were a Lender, except that
such Participant shall furnish all such required forms, certifications and
statements to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been
purchased.
(c) No Lender shall be entitled to payment under this Section 3.11
unless it shall have notified the Company that it will demand such payment not
more than 120 days after the date on which it shall become aware that it was
entitled to such payment provided that such notice requirement shall in no way
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operate in derogation of the undertaking contained in the second following
sentence of this Section 3.11(c). Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 3.11, no Lender shall demand any payment under this Section 3.11 if it
shall not at the time be the general policy or practice of such Lender to demand
such compensation in similar circumstances under comparable provisions of other
credit agreements. In the event that any Lender determines that any event or
circumstance that will lead to a claim by it under this Section 3.11 has
occurred or will occur, such Lender will use its best efforts to so notify the
Company provided that any failure to provide such notice shall in no way impair
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the rights of any Lender to demand and receive compensation under this Section
3.11, but without prejudice to any claims of the Company for failure to observe
this undertaking.
SECTION 3.12. Indemnity. The Company agrees to indemnify each Lender
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and to hold each Lender harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may
sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Company in payment when
due of the principal amount of or interest on any Eurodollar Loan, (b) default
by the Company in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of
Eurodollar Loans after the Company has given a notice requesting the same in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (c) default by the Company in
making any prepayment after the Company has given a notice thereof in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement or (d) the making by the Company of a
prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a day which is not the last day of an Interest
Period with respect thereto, including, without limitation, in each case, any
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loss or expense arising from the reemployment of funds obtained by it or from
fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.
Such indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i)
the amount of interest which would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not
so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such
prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of
such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or
continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such
failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Revolving
Credit Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin
included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably
determined by such Lender) which would have accrued to such Lender on such
amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading
banks in the interbank eurodollar market. All payments required to be made by
the Company to any Lender under this Section 3.12 shall be made no later than 30
days after receipt by the Company of a written notice from such Lender setting
forth in reasonable detail the basis upon which such Lender is entitled to
receive such payments. This covenant shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Revolving Credit Loans and all other amounts
payable hereunder.
SECTION 3.13. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Revolving Credit
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Loans shall be used to finance the working capital requirements of the Company
and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 3.14. Change of Lending Office; Replacement of Lenders. (a)
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Each Lender agrees that if it makes any demand for payment under Section 3.10 or
3.11, or if any adoption or change of the type described in Section 3.09 shall
occur with respect to it, it shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with its
internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions and so long as such
efforts would not be disadvantageous to it, as determined in its sole
discretion) to designate a different lending office if the making of such a
designation would reduce or obviate the need for the Company to make payments
under Section 3.10 or 3.11, or would eliminate or reduce the effect of any
adoption or change described in Section 3.09.
(b) If at any time any Lender makes any demand for payment under
Section 3.10 or 3.11 as a result of any condition described in any such Section,
then the Company may, if such condition continues to exist after such Lender
shall have used reasonable efforts pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section
3.14 and on 10 Business Days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent
and such Lender, replace such Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender
shall) assign pursuant to Section 10.06(c) all of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement to another Lender or other bank or financial institution
selected by the Company and acceptable to the Administrative Agent for a
purchase price equal to the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit
Loans, accrued interest, fees and other amounts owing to such Lender; provided
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that (i) the Company shall have no right to replace the Administrative Agent,
(ii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation
to the Company to find a replacement Lender or other bank or financial
institution, (iii) such replacement must take place no later than 180 days after
such Lender shall have made any such demand for payment, (iv) in no event shall
any Lender hereby replaced be required to pay or surrender to such replacement
Lender or other bank or financial institution any of the fees received by such
Lender pursuant to this Agreement, (v) the Company shall
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pay such amounts demanded under Section 3.10 or 3.11 to such Lender, together
with any amounts as may be required pursuant to Section 3.12, prior to such
Lender being replaced and the payment of such amounts shall be a condition to
the replacement of such Lender and (vi) such Lender shall not be required to pay
any fees required by Section 10.06(e) in connection with such replacement, which
fees shall be paid by the Company.
ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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The Company represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and
each Lender that:
SECTION 4.01. Financial Condition. (a) The consolidated balance
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sheets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 1996
and December 31, 1997, respectively, and the related consolidated statements of
earnings, cash flows and shareholders' equity for the fiscal years ended on such
dates, reported on by Ernst & Young LLP, copies of which have heretofore been
furnished to each Lender, are complete and correct in all material respects and
present fairly the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at such dates, and the consolidated results of
their operations and their consolidated cash flows for the fiscal years then
ended. The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at June 30, 1998 and the related unaudited
consolidated statements of earnings and of cash flows for the six-month period
ended on such date, certified by a Responsible Officer, copies of which have
heretofore been furnished to each Lender, are complete and correct and present
fairly the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of their operations
and their consolidated cash flows for the six-month period then ended (subject
to normal year-end audit adjustments). All such financial statements, including
the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by
such accountants or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, and as disclosed
therein). Neither the Company nor any of its consolidated Subsidiaries (taken
as a whole) had, at the date of the most recent balance sheet referred to above,
any material Guaranty, contingent liability or liability for taxes, or any long-
term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment, including, without
limitation, any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction,
which is not reflected in the foregoing statements or in the notes thereto.
Except as disclosed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made
by the Company on or prior to September 10, 1998, during the period from
December 31, 1997 to and including the date hereof there has been no sale,
transfer or other disposition by the Company or any of its consolidated
Subsidiaries of any material part of its business or property and no purchase or
other acquisition of any business or property (including any capital stock of
any other Person) material in relation to the consolidated financial condition
of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries at December 31, 1997, other
than any such sale, transfer or other disposition or purchase or acquisition
that would have been permitted by this Agreement if this Agreement had been in
effect at all times during such period.
(b) The unaudited projected pro forma consolidated balance sheet of
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the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 1998 (including
the notes
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thereto) (the "Pro Forma Balance Sheet"), copies of which have heretofore been
furnished to each Lender, has been prepared after giving effect on a projected
basis to (i) the consummation of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition, (ii) the
loans to be made under the New Term Loan Agreement and the use of proceeds
thereof and (iii) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the
foregoing. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet has been prepared based on the best
information available to the Company as of the date of delivery thereof, and
presents fairly on a projected pro forma basis the estimated financial position
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of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 1998, after
giving effect to the events specified in the preceding sentence.
SECTION 4.02. No Change. Since December 31, 1997, (a) there has been
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no development or event which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, and (b) to the best of the Company's knowledge, there
has been no development or event which has had or could reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, property,
condition (material or otherwise) or prospects of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Division
taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each of the
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Company and its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except to the
extent that, with respect to certain Subsidiaries, the lack of such
organization, existence or good standing could not, in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has the corporate or other
power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its property, to
lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it
is currently engaged except to the extent that, with respect to certain
Subsidiaries, the lack of such power, authority or legal right could not, in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity and in good standing under
the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of
property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except to
the extent that the failure to qualify or be in good standing could not, in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is
in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure
to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.04. Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable
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Obligations. Each Loan Party has the corporate or other power and authority,
and the legal right, to execute, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which
it is a party and, in the case of the Company, to borrow hereunder and has taken
all necessary corporate or other action to authorize the borrowings on the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and the Notes to which it is a party and to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which
it is a party. The Company has the corporate power and authority, and the legal
right, to consummate the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition. No consent or
authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any
Governmental Authority or any other Person is required with respect to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the borrowings hereunder
of the consummation of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition or, with the execution,
delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents to which
it is a party, except for (i) antitrust and other
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similar approvals to be obtained prior to the Closing Date and (ii) consents,
filings, authorizations or approvals which have been obtained and are in full
force and effect, and except for approvals the failure to obtain which could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. This Agreement has
been, and each other Loan Document has been or when executed pursuant hereto
will be, duly executed and delivered on behalf of each of the applicable Loan
Parties. This Agreement and each other Loan Document to which a Loan Party is a
party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person
enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether
enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law) and by an implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 4.05. No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance
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of the Loan Documents, the borrowings hereunder, the use of the proceeds thereof
and the consummation of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition will not violate any
Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of the Company or of any of its
Subsidiaries, other than any such violation which could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and will not result in, or require,
the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of its or their respective
properties or revenues pursuant to any such Requirement of Law or Contractual
Obligation, except Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents and any Lien
which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.06. No Material Litigation. No litigation, investigation
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or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by or against the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or against any of its or their respective properties or
revenues (a) with respect to any of the Loan Documents, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive
Acquisition or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, or (b) which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.07. No Default. Neither the Company nor any of its
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Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual
Obligations in any respect which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 4.08. Ownership of Property; Liens. Each of the Company and
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its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or a
valid leasehold interest in, all its material real property, and good title to,
or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other material property, and none of
such property is subject to any Lien except as permitted by Section 7.04.
SECTION 4.09. Intellectual Property. Each of the Company and its
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Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames,
copyrights, technology, know-how and processes necessary for the conduct of its
business as currently conducted except for those the failure to own or license
which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (the
"Intellectual Property"). No claim has been asserted and is pending by any
Person challenging or questioning the use of any such Intellectual Property or
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the validity or effectiveness of any such Intellectual Property, nor does the
Company know of any valid basis for any such claim which, in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The use of such
Intellectual Property by the Company and its Subsidiaries does not infringe on
the rights of any Person, except for such claims and infringements that, in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.10. No Burdensome Restrictions. No Requirement of Law or
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Contractual Obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.11. Taxes. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has
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filed or caused to be filed all U.S. tax returns and all other material tax
returns which, to the knowledge of the Company, are required to be filed and has
paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments
made against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees or other
charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority
(other than any (i) with respect to which the failure to pay, in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the
amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with
GAAP have been provided on the books of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the
case may be); no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the knowledge of the Company,
no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge.
SECTION 4.12. Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any
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Revolving Credit Loans will be used for "purchasing" or "carrying" any "margin
stock" within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve
System as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose which
violates the provisions of the Regulations of such Board of Governors (including
but not limited to the provisions of Regulation U and Regulation X) or any
similar rule of any other Governmental Authority. If the Company is requested
by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Company will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in
conformity with the requirements of Form FR U-1 or FR G-3 referred to in said
Regulation U.
SECTION 4.13. ERISA. Neither a Reportable Event nor an Accumulated
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Funding Deficiency has occurred during the five-year period prior to the date on
which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, and
each Plan has complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions
of ERISA and the Code. No termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred,
and no Lien in favor of PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five-year period.
The present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based
on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual
valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed
made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued
benefits by an amount which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, either individually or in the aggregate with all other Single
Employer Plans under which such accrued benefits exceed such assets. Neither
the Company nor any Commonly Controlled
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Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan
during the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is
made or deemed made which could, in the aggregate with other such withdrawals
during such period, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
and neither the Company nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject
to any liability under ERISA if the Company or any such Commonly Controlled
Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the
valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is
made or deemed made. No such Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or is
Insolvent.
SECTION 4.14. Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. The Company
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is not an "investment company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment
company", within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Company is not subject to any law or regulation which limits its ability to
incur the Indebtedness to be incurred by it under the Loan Documents.
SECTION 4.15. Subsidiaries. As of the date hereof, the Company has
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no Subsidiaries except those Subsidiaries identified on Schedule II to this
Agreement.
SECTION 4.16. Environmental Matters. (a) The facilities and
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properties owned, leased or operated by the Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries (the "Properties") do not contain, and have not previously
contained, any Materials of Environmental Concern in amounts or concentrations
which (i) constitute or constituted a violation of, or (ii) could reasonably be
expected to give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law except in either
case insofar as such violation or liability, or any aggregation thereof, is not
reasonably likely to result in the payment of a Material Environmental Amount.
(b) The Properties and all operations at the Properties are in
compliance, and have in the last five years been in compliance, in all material
respects with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no contamination
at, under or about the Properties or violation of any Environmental Law with
respect to the Properties or the business operated by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (the "Business") which could materially interfere with the
continued operation of the Properties or materially impair the aggregate fair
saleable value of the Properties.
(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any
notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential
liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws
with regard to any of the Properties or the Business, nor does the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice
will be received or is being threatened except insofar as such notice or
threatened notice, or any aggregation thereof, does not involve a matter or
matters that is or are reasonably likely to result in the payment of a Material
Environmental Amount.
(d) Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or
disposed of from the Properties in violation of, or in a manner or to a location
which could reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under, any
Environmental Law, nor have any Materials of Environmental Concern been
generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of
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the Properties in violation of, or in a manner that could reasonably be expected
to give rise to liability on the part of the Company or any Subsidiary under,
any applicable Environmental Law except insofar as any such violation or
liability referred to in this paragraph, or any aggregation thereof, is not
reasonably likely to result in the payment of a Material Environmental Amount.
(e) No judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action
is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, under any
Environmental Law to which the Company or any Subsidiary is or will be named as
a party with respect to the Properties or the Business, nor are there any
consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other
orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any
Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business except insofar
as such proceeding, action, decree, order or other requirement, or any
aggregation thereof, is not reasonably likely to result in the payment of a
Material Environmental Amount.
(f) There has been no release or threat of release of Materials of
Environmental Concern at or from the Properties, or arising from or related to
the operations of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the
Properties or otherwise in connection with the Business, in violation of or in
amounts or in a manner that could reasonably give rise to liability under
Environmental Laws except insofar as any such violation or liability referred to
in this paragraph, or any aggregation thereof, is not reasonably likely to
result in the payment of a Material Environmental Amount.
SECTION 4.17. Accuracy and Completeness of Information. All
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information heretofore furnished by each Loan Party to the Lenders for purposes
of or in connection with this Agreement does not, and all such information
hereafter furnished by such Loan Party to any Lender for purposes of this
Agreement will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made or to be
made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were or will be made,
not misleading. Prior to the date hereof, the Company has disclosed to the
Lenders in writing any and all facts which materially and adversely affect (to
the extent the Company can as of the date hereof reasonably foresee), the
business, operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations
under the Loan Documents. It is understood that no representation or warranty
is made concerning the forecasts, estimates, pro forma information, projections
and statements as to anticipated future performance or conditions, and the
assumptions on which they were based, contained in any such information,
reports, financial statements, exhibits or schedules, except that as of the date
such forecasts, estimates, pro forma information, projections and statements
were generated, (a) such forecasts, estimates, pro forma information,
projections and statements were based on the good faith assumptions of the
management of the Company and (b) such assumptions were believed by such
management to be reasonable.
SECTION 4.18. Other Unsecured Indebtedness. The obligations of the
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Company under this Agreement and the Notes and the other Loan Documents rank at
least pari passu in right of payment with all other unsubordinated Indebtedness
of the Company.
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SECTION 4.19. Security Documents. Each Security Document, when
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executed and delivered by the Loan Party which is a party thereto, will be
effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent (or the applicable
Trustee, as the case may be), for the benefit of the Lenders (and, as the case
may be, the other creditors which are secured thereby), a legal, valid and
enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds
thereof. When the actions described in Schedule 4.19 in respect of each
Security Document have been taken, the Security Documents shall constitute fully
perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of
the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for
the Secured Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other
Person.
SECTION 4.20. Solvency. Each Loan Party is, and after giving effect
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to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition and the incurrence of all Indebtedness and
obligations being incurred in connection herewith and therewith will be and will
continue to be, Solvent.
SECTION 4.21. Year 2000 Matters. Any reprogramming required to
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permit the proper functioning, in and following the year 2000, of (i) the
Company's computer systems and (ii) equipment containing embedded microchips
(including systems and equipment supplied by others or with which Company's
systems interface) and the testing of all such systems and equipment, as so
reprogrammed, will be completed within such period of time as is required to
avoid the occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect as a result of the failure to
complete such reprogramming. The cost to the Company of such reprogramming and
testing and of the reasonably foreseeable consequences of year 2000 to the
Company (including, without limitation, reprogramming errors and the failure of
others' systems or equipment) will not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE V. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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SECTION 5.01. Conditions Precedent to Revolving Credit Loans. The
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obligation of each Lender to make its initial Revolving Credit Loan is subject
to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or before the
Closing Date:
(a) Revolving Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have
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received this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer (or a duly authorized representative) of the Company, with a
counterpart or copy for each Lender.
(b) Corporate Proceedings. The Administrative Agent shall have
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received, with a counterpart or copy for each Lender, a copy of the
resolutions, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, of the Board of Directors of each of the Loan Parties, authorizing
(i) the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement and the
Loan Documents to which it is a party and (ii) in the case of the Company,
the borrowings by it contemplated hereunder, certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party, as of the Closing Date, which
certificate shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and shall state
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that the resolutions thereby certified have not been amended, modified,
revoked or rescinded.
(c) Incumbency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have
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received, with a counterpart or copy for each Lender, a certificate of each
of the Loan Parties, dated the Closing Date, as to the incumbency and
signature of the officers or representatives of such Loan Party executing
any Loan Document on the Closing Date, satisfactory in form and substance
to the Administrative Agent, executed by any of the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or the
Controller of such Loan Party and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary
(or a duly authorized representative, if such representative is also a duly
authorized officer of such Loan Party or otherwise authorized by such Loan
Party) of such Loan Party.
(d) Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have
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received, with a counterpart or copy for each Lender, true and complete
copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of each of the Loan
Parties, certified as of the Closing Date as complete and correct copies
thereof by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or a duly authorized
representative of such Loan Party.
(e) Approvals. All governmental and third party approvals necessary
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in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been
obtained and be in full force and effect (other than any such approvals the
failure to obtain which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect). The Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company to the foregoing
effect, to which shall be attached copies of any such approvals theretofore
obtained.
(f) Related Agreements. The Administrative Agent shall have
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received, with a copy for each Lender, true and correct copies, certified
as to authenticity by the Company, of the Indentures.
(g) Security Documents and Subsidiary Guarantees. The Administrative
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Agent shall have received (i) the Domestic Subsidiary Guarantees and the UK
Acquisition I Guarantee, executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer of each guarantor party thereto and (ii) subject to Section 6.12,
each of the Security Documents, executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer of each party thereto.
(h) Perfection Actions. Subject to Section 6.12, all actions
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required to perfect the security interests created by each of the Security
Documents shall have been completed.
(i) Fees. The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees to
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be received by the Administrative Agent or Chase on or prior to the Closing
Date in connection with this Agreement.
(j) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
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executed legal opinions of (i) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq., Associate General
Counsel of
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the Company, and (ii) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel to the
Company, each given upon the express instructions of the Company,
substantially in the forms of Exhibits H-1 and H-2, respectively. Subject
to Section 6.12, the Administrative Agent shall also have received such
legal opinions from Netherlands, English, Canadian and German counsel as it
shall reasonably request in respect of Security Documents or Guarantees
governed by the laws of such jurisdictions.
(k) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition
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shall have been consummated pursuant to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition
Agreement for an aggregate purchase price not exceeding $1,950,000,000.
(l) New Term Loan Agreement. All conditions precedent to the
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effectiveness of the New Term Loan Agreement shall have been satisfied.
SECTION 5.02. Conditions to each Revolving Credit Loan. The
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obligation of each Lender to make any Revolving Credit Loan requested to be made
by it (including, without limitation, its initial Revolving Credit Loan) is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and
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warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date
as if made on and as of such date, except if such representation or
warranty relates to an earlier date or refers to Schedules, in which case
such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all material
respects on such earlier date and after giving effect to any amendments of
such Schedules.
(b) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred
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and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the Revolving
Credit Loans requested to be made on such date.
(c) Additional Matters. All corporate and other proceedings, and all
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documents, instruments and other legal matters in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent,
and the Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents and
legal opinions in respect of any aspect or consequence of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby as it shall reasonably request.
ARTICLE VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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From and after the Effective Date, the Company hereby covenants and
agrees that so long as the Revolving Credit Commitments remain in effect, any
Revolving Credit Loan remains outstanding and unpaid or any other amount is
owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Company will
comply with the covenants set forth below in this Article VI:
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SECTION 6.01. Financial Statements. The Company will furnish to each
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Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and
the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for such year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous
year, certified without qualification or exception by independent public
accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by the Company, it
being understood and agreed that the delivery of the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for such fiscal year signed by a Responsible Officer
will satisfy the requirement set forth in this clause; and
(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 60 days after the
end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the
Company, a copy of the unaudited consolidated condensed balance sheet of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of each such quarter and the
related unaudited consolidated condensed statements of income and cash
flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the portion of the fiscal
year through such date, setting forth in each case in comparative form such
figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer, it being
understood and agreed that the delivery of the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the relevant fiscal quarter signed by a Responsible
Officer will satisfy the requirement set forth in this clause;
all such financial statements to be complete and correct in all material
respects and prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently throughout the periods reflected therein (except for such changes
in accounting principles as may be approved by such Responsible Officer and
concurred in by the Company's independent public accountants and disclosed
therein).
SECTION 6.02. Certificates; Other Information. The Company will
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furnish to each Lender:
(a) concurrently with each delivery of the financial statements
referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b), a certificate of a Responsible
Officer in the form of Exhibit E (i) stating that such officer has no
knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such
certificate and (ii) showing in reasonable detail the calculations
supporting such statement in respect of Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 7.03;
(b) on or prior to February 28 of each year, a copy of the
projections by the Company of the operating budget and cash flow budget of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for the succeeding fiscal year, such
projections to be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer to
the effect that such projections have been prepared on a reasonable basis
and in good faith, it being understood that no representation or warranty
shall be deemed to be made concerning the projections and budgets and the
assumptions on which they were based, except that as of the date on which
such projections and budgets were generated, (i) they were based on the
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faith assumptions of the management of the Company and (ii) such
assumptions were believed by such management to be reasonable;
(c) promptly after the same are sent, copies of all financial
statements and reports which the Company sends to its common or preferred
stockholders as a class, and promptly after the same are filed, copies of
all regular, periodic and special reports which the Company may file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor or analogous
Governmental Authority;
(d) if requested by the Administrative Agent or by any Lender through
the Administrative Agent, promptly after the same is furnished to PBGC,
copies of all information furnished by the Company, any Subsidiary or any
Commonly Controlled Entity to PBGC, except, in each case, information
furnished as to ordinary operational aspects of the business of the Company
or any Subsidiary and not relating to any deviation by the Company or any
Subsidiary from rules and regulations of PBGC; and
(e) promptly, such additional financial and other information as any
Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
SECTION 6.03. Accrual of Liabilities; Payment of Obligations. The
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Company will maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, in
accordance with GAAP, appropriate reserves for the accrual of taxes and all
other obligations, liabilities and claims and pay, discharge or otherwise
satisfy, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, discharge or otherwise
satisfy, at or before their maturity or before they become delinquent, as the
case may be, all obligations except (a) where the same are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued or (b) where the
failure so to pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy obligations would not, in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.04. Maintenance of Corporate Existence; Maintenance of
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Properties. The Company will (a) maintain its corporate existence, rights and
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franchises necessary to continue its business and the corporate existence,
rights and franchises necessary to continue the business of each of its
Subsidiaries, provided that the foregoing shall not be a limitation (i) on the
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right of the Company to discontinue any operations if in the opinion of the
Company such discontinuance is in the best interest of the Company and would not
materially affect the ability of the Company to pay its debts as they become
due, (ii) on asset sales permitted under Section 7.08 and (iii) on the right of
any Subsidiary of the Company to merge with or be liquidated into the Company or
another Subsidiary of the Company if a Default does not then exist and would not
result therefrom; and (b) maintain, and cause each Subsidiary to maintain, the
properties which are used or useful in its respective operations in good working
order and condition.
SECTION 6.05. Insurance. The Company will maintain, and cause each
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of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with financially sound and reputable
companies in such form and upon such terms and in such amounts and against such
risks (including liability for bodily injury and property damage) and subject to
such deductibles or retentions as in the reasonable opinion of the Company is
available on commercially reasonable terms and will
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provide sound and reasonable protection for the Company's or such Subsidiary's
assets and operations. At the Administrative Agent's request, the Company will
furnish to the Administrative Agent (with copies for each Lender) certificates
of insurance or other evidence that such insurance is being maintained.
SECTION 6.06. Notices. The Company will (a) promptly give notice in
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writing to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify each Lender) of
the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default under this Agreement, or of
the commencement of (i) any material litigation or proceedings affecting the
Company or any Subsidiary or (ii) any dispute between the Company or any
Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority or any other party if such litigation,
proceedings or dispute could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect; and (b) as soon as possible and in any event within 45 days
after the Company knows or has reason to know that any Reportable Event (other
than a Reportable Event not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to PBGC
pursuant to the regulations issued under ERISA) has occurred with respect to any
Single Employer Plan or that PBGC or the Company or any Commonly Controlled
Entity has instituted or will institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to
terminate any Single Employer Plan, deliver to the Administrative Agent (which
shall promptly notify each Lender) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the
Company setting forth details as to such Reportable Event and the action that
the Company proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any
notice of such Reportable Event that may be required to be filed with PBGC, or
any notice delivered by PBGC evidencing its intent to institute such proceedings
or any notice to PBGC that such Plan is to be terminated, as the case may be.
For all purposes of clause (b) of this Section 6.06, the Company shall be deemed
to have all knowledge or knowledge of all facts attributable to the
administrator of a Single Employer Plan.
SECTION 6.07. Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Laws. The
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Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all
provisions of any Contractual Obligation, applicable law, rule, regulation,
order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, award or ordinance to which it is
subject, except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.08. Access to Books and Inspection. The Company shall keep
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proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in
conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings
and transactions in relation to its business and activities; and give the
Administrative Agent and any reasonable number of representatives of the Lenders
access, at the Company's principal office, upon reasonable notice during normal
business hours to, and permit any such representatives to examine, copy or make
excerpts from, any and all books, records and documents in the possession of the
Company relating to its affairs and the affairs of the Subsidiaries, and to
inspect any of the properties of the Company or the Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding any provision in this Section, the Company (i) shall be given a
reasonable opportunity upon reasonable notice to have an officer or officers of
the Company accompany any such representative during any such visit, and (ii)
shall not be responsible for any expenses incurred by any such representative.
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SECTION 6.09. Use of Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds of
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the Revolving Credit Loans for the purposes specified in Section 3.13.
SECTION 6.10. Environmental Laws. The Company will, and will cause
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each Subsidiary to, (a) comply with, and ensure compliance by all tenants and
subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and
comply in all material respects with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants
and subtenants obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain, any
and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by
applicable Environmental Laws except to the extent that the failure to do so, or
any aggregation thereof, is not reasonably likely to result in the payment of a
Material Environmental Amount, (b) conduct and complete all investigations,
studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions
required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material respects
with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding
Environmental Laws except to the extent that the same are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and the pendency of such proceedings is
not reasonably likely to result in the payment of a Material Environmental
Amount and (c) defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders, and their respective employees, agents, officers and directors,
from and against any and all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities,
settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature known or
unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way relating to the
violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law
applicable to the operations of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the
Properties, or any orders, requirements or demands of Governmental Authorities
related thereto, including, without limitation, investigation and laboratory
fees, response costs, court costs, litigation expenses and reasonable attorneys'
and consultants' fees, except to the extent that any of the foregoing arise out
of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking
indemnification therefor. The agreements in clause (c) of this Section shall
survive repayment of the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder.
SECTION 6.11. Additional Collateral and Guaranties.
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(a) With respect to any new Subsidiary (other than an Excluded
Foreign Subsidiary) created or acquired after the Effective Date by the Company
or any Domestic Subsidiary (which new Subsidiary, for the purposes of this
paragraph (a), shall include any existing Subsidiary that ceases to be an
Excluded Foreign Subsidiary), the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable,
shall promptly (i) execute and deliver to the applicable Trustee such amendments
to the applicable Pledge Agreement, or such additional Pledge Agreement, as the
Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable in order to grant to such
Trustee, as security for the Secured Obligations secured under such Pledge
Agreement, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of
such new Subsidiary which is owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary), (ii) deliver to the applicable
Trustee the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated
stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of
the Company or such pledgor Subsidiary, as the case may be, or take such other
perfection actions in respect of such Capital Stock as shall be reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent to perfect its security interest therein,
(iii) cause such new Subsidiary to become a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee and
(iv) if reasonably requested by the
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Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions
relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and
substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
(b) With respect to any new Excluded Foreign Subsidiary created or
acquired after the Effective Date by the Company or any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries, the Company or such Domestic Subsidiary, as applicable, shall
promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments or
supplements to the applicable Pledge Agreement, or such other security
documents, as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable in order to
grant to the applicable Trustee, as security for the Secured Obligations secured
under such Pledge Agreement, a perfected first priority security interest in the
Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary which is owned by the Company or any of its
Domestic Subsidiaries (provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the
total outstanding Capital Stock of any such new Excluded Foreign Subsidiary be
required to be so pledged), (ii) deliver to the applicable Trustee the
certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock
powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the
Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, or take such other perfection
actions in respect of such Capital Stock and shall be reasonably requested by
the Administrative Agent to perfect its security interest therein, and (iii) if
requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal
opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in
form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.11 to the contrary,
(i) shares of the Capital Stock of Netherlands BV II and Netherlands BV IV shall
not be required to be pledged hereunder, and shares of Capital Stock of any
other Foreign Subsidiary shall not be required to be pledged hereunder to the
extent that, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the pledging of such
Capital Stock would result in adverse tax consequences to the Company or would
be unlawful and (ii) so long as the Existing Accounts Receivable Financing
Program is in effect, the Receivables Subsidiary shall not be required to become
a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee or to create a security interest in any of its
assets.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.11 to the contrary,
upon the consummation of the transfer of the Capital Stock of T&N Industries to
U.K. Acquisition I, U.K. Acquisition I shall not be required to pledge the
Capital Stock of T&N Industries as collateral security for the Obligations or to
cause T&N Industries to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a
Subsidiary Guarantee, provided that, until such time as U.K. Acquisition I
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pledges 100% of the Capital Stock of T&N Industries owned by it as collateral
security for the Obligations and causes T&N Industries to execute and deliver to
the Administrative Agent a Subsidiary Guarantee, T&N Industries shall be deemed
to be an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary for all purposes of the Loan Documents.
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SECTION 6.12. Foreign Collateral Matters. Notwithstanding the
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provisions of Section 5.01(g), (h) and (j) and Section 6.11 (but subject to
Section 6.11(c)):
(a) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary which is a first-tier
Foreign Subsidiary of the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary, the Company
shall take the actions required by Section 5.01 (g) and (h) to pledge 65%
of the Capital Stock of each such Foreign Subsidiary, and shall cause the
applicable legal opinions required by Section 5.01 (j) to be delivered, as
promptly as practicable, and in any event within 90 days after the Closing
Date, in the case of any such Capital Stock which is currently subject to a
pledge to secure the Existing Credit Agreement, and within 120 days after
the Closing Date, in the case of any such Capital Stock which is not
currently subject to a pledge to secure the Existing Credit Agreement; and
(b) the Company may satisfy the requirements of Sections 5.01 (g),
(h) and (j) and Section 6.11 with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary by
transferring all of the Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary to F-M
International Group Inc.
ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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From and after the Effective Date, the Company hereby covenants and
agrees that so long as any of the Revolving Credit Commitments remain in effect,
any Revolving Credit Loan remains outstanding and unpaid or any other amount is
owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Company will
comply with the covenants set forth below in this Article VII (provided, that
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from and after the Covenant Transition Date, the covenants set forth below in
this Article VII will be deemed replaced by the covenants set forth in Annex B
and cross references to Article VII of the Credit Agreement contained in the
Loan Documents will be modified accordingly):
SECTION 7.01. Cash Flow Coverage. The Company will not permit the
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Cash Flow Coverage for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending
during any period set forth below to be less than the ratio set forth below for
such period:
Period Cash Flow Coverage
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Effective Date 1.20 to 1.0
December 30, 1998
December 31, 1998 and 1.50 to 1.0
thereafter
SECTION 7.02. Consolidated Leverage Ratio. The Company will not
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permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at the last day of any fiscal quarter
ending during any period set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth
below for such period:
Period Consolidated Leverage Ratio
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Last day of first full fiscal 4.50 to 1.0
quarter after fiscal quarter in
which ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive
Acquisition occurs -
December 30, 1999
December 31, 1999 - 4.00 to 1.0
December 30, 2000
December 31, 2000 and 3.50 to 1.0
thereafter
SECTION 7.03. Maintenance of Consolidated Net Worth. The Company
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will not permit Consolidated Net Worth at any time to be less than $270,000,000.
SECTION 7.04. Limitation on Liens. The Company will not, nor will it
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permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume or incur or suffer to be
created, assumed or incurred or to exist any Lien on any of its properties or
assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, provided, however, that the
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foregoing restriction shall not apply to the following:
(a) Liens existing on the date of this Agreement and described on
Schedule III, and Liens on assets of T & N plc and its Subsidiaries
existing on the date of consummation of the T & N Acquisition;
(b) Liens on property or assets of any entity existing at the time
such entity becomes a Subsidiary and not created in contemplation thereof;
(c) Liens in favor of the Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary;
(d) Liens in favor of any Governmental Authority to secure progress,
advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or provision of any
statute;
(e) Liens (including, without limitation, the interest of the lessor
under any capital lease) on property or assets existing at the time of the
acquisition thereof (including acquisition through merger or consolidation)
or to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or
construction cost thereof or to secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to,
at the time of, or within six months after, the acquisition or completion
of such property or assets for the purpose of financing all or any part of
the purchase price or construction cost thereof;
(f) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions,
renewals or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Lien referred to
in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e), inclusive; provided that (i) no
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such extension, renewal or replacement shall result in an increase in the
liabilities secured thereby and (ii) such extension, renewal or replacement
Lien shall be limited to all or a part of the same
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property that secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus
additions, accessions, replacements and improvements to such property);
(g) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP or in the case
of a Subsidiary located outside the United States, general accounting
principles in effect from time to time in their respective jurisdictions of
incorporation;
(h) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', landlords', materialmen's,
repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business
(A) which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or (B) which
are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
pursued if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the
books of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance
with GAAP;
(i) easements, rights-of-way, zoning and similar restrictions and
other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred in the ordinary course
of business which, in the aggregate, are not greater than $15,000,000 (to
the extent the dollar values of such encumbrances are calculable) and which
do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property
subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
the Company or its Subsidiaries;
(j) any attachment or judgment lien, unless the judgment it secures
shall not, within 30 days after the entry thereof, have been discharged or
execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or shall not have been discharged
within 30 days after the expiration of any such stay;
(k) pledges or deposits in connection with workers' compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social legislation and deposits securing
liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance
arrangements;
(l) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts
(other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and
appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature
incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(m) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents or pursuant to
the Security Documents as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement;
(n) other Liens incidental to the conduct of the Company's or any
Subsidiary's business or the ownership of its property and assets that were
incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of
advances or credit or capital leases; provided, however, that the
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indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed in the aggregate for the
Company and all Subsidiaries of the Company an amount equal to $50,000,000;
and provided, further, that at no time shall the sum of (i) the
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Indebtedness secured by the Liens permitted under this Section 7.04(n) plus
(ii) all other Indebtedness of the Company's Subsidiaries (other than
Subsidiaries which are parties to a Subsidiary Guarantee) plus (iii) the
aggregate amount of Secured Reimbursement Obligations be equal to or
greater than forty percent (40%) of Consolidated Net Worth (determined as
of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company); and
(o) Liens granted by a special-purpose, Wholly Owned Subsidiary of
the Company that purchases accounts receivable from the Company and its
Subsidiaries to the extent such Liens are granted on such accounts
receivable to secure the payment of indebtedness of such Wholly Owned
Subsidiary.
SECTION 7.05. Limitation on Indebtedness. The Company will not, and
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will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Indebtedness of the Company to any Subsidiary and of any
Subsidiary which is a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee to the Company or any
other Subsidiary;
(c) (i) Indebtedness of the Subsidiaries described in Schedule 6.13
to the Existing Credit Agreement, (ii) additional Indebtedness of Excluded
Foreign Subsidiaries to the Company or any Subsidiary which is a party to a
Subsidiary Guarantee in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding
$200,000,000 at any time outstanding, (iii) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary
which is not a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee owing to any other
Subsidiary which is not a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee and (iv)
Indebtedness in the form of any investment permitted by Section 7.11;
(d) Indebtedness of the Company having a weighted average life longer
than the combined weighted average life of the Tranche A Term Loans and the
Tranche B Term Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) and a
final maturity after the final maturity of the Tranche B Term Loans, the
proceeds of which are used to prepay Indebtedness to the extent provided in
the Existing Credit Agreement and the New Term Loan Agreement; provided
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that up to $250,000,000 of such Indebtedness may have a final maturity
prior to the final maturity of the Tranche B Term Loans;
(e) Subordinated Debt the proceeds of which are used to prepay
Indebtedness to the extent provided in the Existing Credit Agreement and
the New Term Loan Agreement;
(f) Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.04(e),
including capital lease obligations, in an aggregate principal amount not
to exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding and any refinancings,
refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without any increase in the
principal amount thereof);
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(g) (i) Indebtedness which was outstanding on the date of the Existing
Credit Agreement and listed on Schedule IV and any refinancings,
refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without any increase in the
principal amount thereof), (ii) Indebtedness of T & N plc and its
Subsidiaries outstanding on the date of consummation of the T & N
Acquisition, but not any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions
thereof, (iii) Indebtedness of the entities acquired in the Fel-Pro
Acquisition outstanding on the date of consummation of the Fel-Pro
Acquisition and listed on Schedule IV-A, but not any refinancings,
refundings, renewals or extensions thereof, (iv) other Indebtedness of the
entities acquired in the Fel-Pro Acquisition outstanding on the date of
consummation of the Fel-Pro Acquisition in an aggregate principal amount
not exceeding $10,000,000 (provided, that the cash portion of the
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consideration for the Fel-Pro Acquisition shall be reduced by an equal
amount), but not any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions
thereof and (v) Indebtedness of the entities acquired in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Automotive Acquisition outstanding on the date of consummation of the
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition and listed on Schedule IV-B, but not any
refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof;
(h) additional Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
in an aggregate principal amount (for the Company and all Subsidiaries) at
any one time outstanding not to exceed forty percent (40%) of Consolidated
Net Worth (determined as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of
the Company);
(i) Indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement; and
(j) Indebtedness under the New Term Loan Agreement.
SECTION 7.06. Limitation on Guaranties. The Company will not, and
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will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Guaranty except:
(a) Guaranties in existence on the date hereof and listed on Schedule
IV and Guaranties of any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions
of the Indebtedness or obligations guaranteed thereby, provided that the
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amount of such Indebtedness or obligations are not increased, and
Guaranties of T & N plc and its Subsidiaries in existence on the date of
consummation of the T & N Acquisition;
(b) the Subsidiary Guarantees;
(c) Guaranties of Indebtedness permitted under clauses (a) through
(f) and (h) through (j) of Section 7.05;
(d) additional Guaranties in respect of Indebtedness and other
obligations not exceeding $50,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(e) [reserved];
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(f) Guaranties of the Loan Parties in respect of Subordinated Debt
which Guaranties shall have subordination terms acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, acting reasonably;
(g) Guaranties by any Subsidiary which is a party to a Subsidiary
Guarantee in respect of the obligations of the Company under the ESOP
Guaranty or the obligations of Federal-Mogul Corporation Salaried
Employees' Stock Ownership Trust under the ESOP Loan Agreement, provided
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that each such Guaranty shall provide that when any Subsidiary Guarantor
party to such Guaranty is released from its obligations under the
Subsidiary Guarantee to which it is a party, such Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be released from its obligations under such Guaranty; and
(h) Guaranties by any Subsidiary which is a party to a Subsidiary
Guarantee of Indebtedness incurred by the Company in connection with a Bond
Offering or under the Indentures; provided, that if any such Guaranty is in
connection with a Bond Offering in respect of Subordinated Debt, the
Guaranties in respect thereof shall have subordination terms acceptable to
the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably.
SECTION 7.07. Limitation on Fundamental Changes. The Company will
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not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any merger,
consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or
suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all
of its Property or business, or make any material change in its present method
of conducting business, except:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Company may be merged or consolidated with
or into the Company (provided that the Company shall be the continuing or
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surviving corporation) or with or into any Subsidiary which is a party to a
Subsidiary Guarantee (provided that such Subsidiary which is a party to a
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Subsidiary Guarantee shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) and
any Subsidiary of the Company which is not a party to a Subsidiary
Guarantee may be merged or consolidated with or into any other Subsidiary
which is not a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee;
(b) any Subsidiary of the Company may Dispose of any or all of its
assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Company or any
Subsidiary which is a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee, and any Subsidiary
of the Company which is not a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee may Dispose
of assets to any other Subsidiary which is not a party to a Subsidiary
Guarantee; and
(c) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.08(a), (d), (e), (f), (g),
(i) and (j).
SECTION 7.08. Limitation on Sale of Assets. The Company will not,
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and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, Dispose of any of its Property
or business (including, without limitation, receivables and leasehold
interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any
Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiary's Capital Stock to any
Person, except:
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(a) the Disposition of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary
course of business;
(b) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.07(a) and (b) or Section
7.11;
(d) the sale or issuance of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary which
is a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee to the Company or any Subsidiary, or
the sale or issuance of Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary to any
other Foreign Subsidiary;
(e) sales of receivables under the Company's existing accounts
receivable financing program (as amended from time to time); provided that
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the principal amount of the Company's existing accounts receivable
financing program may not be increased to an aggregate principal amount
greater than $150,000,000;
(f) Dispositions of assets required to comply with anti-trust laws;
(g) Dispositions of assets listed in Schedule 7.08;
(h) Dispositions pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions
permitted pursuant to Section 7.13;
(i) the transactions described in Section 7.10 (prior to the Covenant
Transition Date) or Section 7.13 (after the Covenant Transition Date) may
be consummated; and
(j) any other sales of assets, other than the assets set forth on
Schedule 7.08, having a book value which, when added to the book value of
all other assets sold pursuant to this clause (j) during such fiscal year,
does not exceed 5% of the gross book value of the assets of the Company and
its consolidated Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP, as of
the last day of the fiscal quarter ended immediately prior to the date of
such sale.
SECTION 7.09. Limitation on Restricted Payments. The Company will
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not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or pay any dividend
(other than dividends payable solely in common stock of the Person making such
dividend) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a
sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance,
retirement or other acquisition of, any shares of any class of Capital Stock of
the Company or any Subsidiary or any warrants or options to purchase any such
Capital Stock, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other
distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash
or property or in obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary (collectively,
"Restricted Payments"), except that:
(a) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Company or any
Subsidiary which is a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee, and any Foreign
Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any Foreign Subsidiary;
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(b) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, the Company may pay dividends in respect of its preferred
stock at the stated rate, and dividends in respect of its common stock at a
rate not exceeding $.48 per share per year, as adjusted for stock splits
and similar events; and
(c) the Company may issue common stock upon conversion of any of its
convertible preferred stock, or the preferred stock of an Affiliate
described in the second sentence of the definition of "Capital Stock".
SECTION 7.10. Restrictions on Special Purpose Subsidiaries. The
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Company will not permit any Special Purpose Subsidiary to (a) create, assume,
incur or suffer to exist any Lien, any Indebtedness, any Guaranty or any other
liabilities, direct or contingent, (b) make or suffer to exist any Investment,
(c) conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or other operations or
(d) own or lease any Property, except that, notwithstanding the foregoing
prohibitions:
(i) a Special Purpose Subsidiary may make an Investment in the
form of a loan or an equity contribution to, or hold the Capital Stock of,
another Special Purpose Subsidiary (x) as described on Schedule 6.13 to the
Existing Credit Agreement or (y) which does not have an adverse impact on
the Collateral; provided that the Company may transfer the Capital Stock of
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Federal Mogul, Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of the United
Kingdom, Federal-Mogul Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized under the
laws of the United Kingdom, and FP Diesel Ltd., a corporation organized
under the laws of the United Kingdom, to U.K. Acquisition I, and U.K.
Acquisition I may transfer such Capital Stock to U.K. Acquisition II;
(ii) U.K. Acquisition II may consummate the T & N Acquisition;
(iii) following consummation of the T & N Acquisition, U.K.
Acquisition I may acquire directly from T & N plc or indirectly through
U.K. Acquisition II, for fair market value, up to 100% of the Capital Stock
of T&N Industries;
(iv) the Special Purpose Subsidiaries may execute and deliver
the Loan Documents to which they are parties, incur and perform their
obligations thereunder and create and suffer to exist the Liens created
thereby and may execute and deliver the Guaranties permitted by Section
7.06 and perform their obligations thereunder; and
(v) the Special Purpose Subsidiaries may perform obligations
under the Investments permitted above and under their respective organic
documents and other Requirements of Law, may incur obligations to
Governmental Authorities in the ordinary course of business, such as income
and franchise tax liabilities and other incidental liabilities, and may
incur other immaterial liabilities directly related and incidental to the
permitted activities enumerated above.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the certificate of
incorporation or other charter or other organizational documents of each
Domestic Special Purpose Subsidiary
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shall contain the restrictions on the actions of such Domestic Special Purpose
Subsidiary substantially equivalent to those set forth above.
SECTION 7.11. Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances. The
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Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any
advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty of obligations of such
Person or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any stock, bonds,
notes, debentures or other securities of or any assets constituting all or a
material part of a business unit of, or make any other investment in, any Person
("Investments"), except:
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(a) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(c) Guaranties permitted by Section 7.06;
(d) loans and advances to employees of the Company or its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (including, without
limitation, for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses);
(e) the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive Acquisition;
(f) Investments made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount (provided that if such
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investment is the acquisition of, in a single transaction or in a series of
related transactions, all or substantially all of the equity interests of
any Person, such acquisition is approved by the board of directors or
analogous governing body of such Person);
(g) Investments (x) by any Subsidiary in the Company or (y) by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any Person that, prior to such
investment, is a Subsidiary and which, prior to or simultaneously with such
investment, is or becomes a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee;
(h) the Investments described in Section 7.10 or otherwise indicated
on Schedule 6.13 to the Existing Credit Agreement;
(i) Investments (x) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any
entity which at the time of such Investment is an Excluded Foreign
Subsidiary and which was not acquired or created in anticipation of the
making of such Investment in an aggregate amount outstanding not exceeding
$200,000,000 for all Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries, and (y) investments by
a Subsidiary which is not a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee in any other
Subsidiary which is not a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee;
(j) Investments to the extent that the consideration paid by the
Company and its Subsidiaries is Capital Stock of the Company (provided that
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if such Investment is the acquisition of, in a single transaction or in a
series of related transactions, all or
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substantially all of the equity interests of any Person, such acquisition
is approved by the board of directors or analogous governing body of such
Person);
(k) in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this
Section 7.11, Investments by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an
aggregate amount (valued at cost) not to exceed at any time outstanding
$300,000,000 while this Agreement is outstanding (provided that if such
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Investment is the acquisition of, in a single transaction or in a series of
related transactions, all or substantially all of the equity interests of
any Person, such acquisition is approved by the board of directors or
analogous governing body of such Person); and
(m) Investments permitted by Sections 7.07(a) and (b).
SECTION 7.12. Limitation on Optional Payments and Modifications of
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Debt Instruments, Certain Derivative Transactions, etc. The Company will not,
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and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) make or offer to make any
payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise defease or
segregate funds with respect to the Subordinated Debt (other than scheduled
interest payments required to be made in cash), (b) enter into any derivative
transaction or similar transaction obligating the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to make payments to any other Person as a result of a change in
market value of Subordinated Debt or Capital Stock of the Company or (c) amend,
modify, waive or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment,
modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the Subordinated
Debt (other than any such amendment, modification, waiver or other change which
would extend the maturity or reduce the amount of any payment of principal
thereof or which would reduce the rate or extend the date for payment of
interest thereon).
SECTION 7.13. Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks. Enter into any
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arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Company or any
Subsidiary of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or
transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary to such Person or to any other
Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the
security of such property or rental obligations of the Company or such
Subsidiary; provided, that (i) the Company may consummate sale and leaseback
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transactions in respect of assets having a book value in the aggregate not
exceeding $50,000,000 and (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries may consummate
sale and leaseback transactions in which the transferee is the Company or a
Subsidiary which is a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee and any Subsidiary which
is not a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee may consummate sale and leaseback
transactions in which the transferor is another Subsidiary which is not a party
to a Subsidiary Guarantee.
SECTION 7.14. Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions.
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The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into or
suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on
the ability of any Subsidiary of the Company to (a) pay dividends or make any
other distributions in respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by,
or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the
Company, (b) make loans or advances to the Company or any other Subsidiary of
the Company or (c) transfer any of its assets to the Company or any other
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Subsidiary of the Company, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing
under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents,
(ii) any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an
agreement which has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all
or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary, (iii)
any restrictions with respect to assets encumbered by a Lien permitted by
Section 7.04 so long as such restriction applies only to the asset encumbered by
such permitted Lien, (iv) any restrictions with respect to T & N plc and its
Subsidiaries, or any of the entities acquired in the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Automotive
Acquisition, existing on the date of consummation of the Company's acquisition
thereof and (v) any restrictions in respect of Subsidiaries which must be
disposed of after the Company's acquisition of T & N plc agreed to between the
Company and a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over antitrust or
competition issues as a condition to such Governmental Authority's approval of
such acquisition.
SECTION 7.15. Multiemployer Plans. The Company will not, as of any
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date, permit any liability to occur to which the Company or any Commonly
Controlled Entity would become subject under ERISA if the Company or any such
Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer
Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding such date.
SECTION 7.16. Limitation on More Restrictive Covenants. The Company
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shall not enter into any new debt agreement that would contain, nor enter into
any amendment, supplement or other modification to any indenture, instrument or
other agreement concerning the Funded Debt or any refinancing thereof, if such
indenture, instrument or other agreement at the time entered into or after
giving effect to any such amendment, supplement or other modification thereto,
would contain (a) any covenant or event of default that is more restrictive on
the Company than those set forth in this Agreement, (b) with respect to the
Company, any covenant with respect to financial performance the scope of which
is materially different from the covenants respecting such matters set forth in
Sections 7.01, 7.02 or 7.03, (c) any covenant which would prohibit the granting
of liens on its assets by the Company or its Subsidiaries in favor of the
Lenders, other than, in the case of this clause (c), Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to Section 7.05(f), and in the case of clauses (a) and (c),
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.05(g) constituting a refinancing,
refunding, extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness and having terms no
more restrictive than the Indebtedness refinanced, refunded, extended or renewed
thereby.
SECTION 7.17. Affiliates. The Company, will not, nor will it permit
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any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction (including, without
limitation, the purchase or sale of any property or service) with, or make any
payment or transfer to, any Affiliate except in the ordinary course of business
and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Company's or such
Subsidiary's business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to
the Company or such Subsidiary than the Company or such Subsidiary would obtain
in a comparable arms-length transaction.
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ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
(a) The Company shall fail to pay any principal of any Revolving
Credit Loan made to it when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the
Company shall fail to pay any interest, or any other amount payable by it
hereunder, within five days after any such interest or other amount becomes
due in accordance with the terms hereof; or
(b) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Company
herein or which is contained in any certificate, document or financial or
other statement furnished at any time under or in connection with this
Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect on or
as of the date made or deemed made; or
(c) The Company shall default in the observance or performance of any
agreement contained in Sections 6.04(a), 6.06 or 6.12 or Article VII; or
(d) The Company shall default in the observance or performance of any
other agreement contained in this Agreement (other than as provided in
paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Article), and such default shall
continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after receipt by the Company of
notice of such default from the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
(e) The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) default in any
payment or payments of principal or interest in an aggregate amount for the
Company and its Subsidiaries of more than $10,000,000 (or its equivalent in
another currency) at any one time on any Indebtedness (other than the
Revolving Credit Loans) or in the payment of more than $10,000,000 in the
aggregate under any Guaranties, beyond the period of grace (not to exceed
30 days), if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such
Indebtedness or Guaranty was created; or (ii) default in the observance or
performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any
Indebtedness (other than the Revolving Credit Loans) the principal amount
of which exceeds $10,000,000 in the aggregate for the Company and its
Subsidiaries or any Guaranty guaranteeing Indebtedness the principal amount
of which exceeds $10,000,000 in the aggregate for the Company and its
Subsidiaries or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing,
securing or relating to any such Indebtedness or Guaranty, beyond any
applicable period of grace (not to exceed 30 days), or any other event
shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event
or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such
Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guaranty (or a trustee
or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or
beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such
Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or such Guaranty to
become payable; or
(f) (i) The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall commence any
case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of
any jurisdiction,
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domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect
to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation,
dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts,
or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator
or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its
assets, or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall make a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be
commenced against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries any case,
proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above
which (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such
adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or
unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against
the Company or any of its material Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or
other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution,
distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its
assets which results in the entry of an order for any such relief which
shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal
within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its
consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in
clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in
writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or
(g) (i) Any Person shall engage in any Prohibited Transaction
involving any Plan, (ii) any Accumulated Funding Deficiency, whether or not
waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor of the
PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of the Company or any Commonly
Controlled Entity, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or
proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall
be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan,
which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a
trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, likely to
result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA,
(iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of
ERISA, (v) the Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall, or in the
reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders is likely to, incur any
liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or
Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan or (vi) any other 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; or
(h) One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries involving in the aggregate a liability
(not paid or fully covered by insurance as to which the insurance carrier
has admitted liability) of $30,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or
decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending
appeal within 30 days from the entry thereof; or
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(i) The validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Loan
Document or any of the other documents required to be delivered in
connection herewith shall be challenged by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or shall fail to remain in full force and effect for any
reason other than in accordance with its express terms; or
(j) A Change of Control shall occur; or
(k) The subordination provisions of any Subordinated Debt shall
cease, for any reason, to be valid or any Loan Party shall so assert in
writing;
then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified
in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Company,
automatically the Revolving Credit Commitments shall immediately terminate and
the Revolving Credit Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all
other amounts owing under this Agreement and the Notes shall immediately become
due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or
both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the
Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the
Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Company
declare the Revolving Credit Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon
the Revolving Credit Commitments shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the
consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the
request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to
the Company, declare the Revolving Credit Loans hereunder (with accrued interest
thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the Notes to be
due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and
payable.
Except as expressly provided above in this Article, presentment, demand,
protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived.
ARTICLE IX. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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SECTION 9.01. Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates
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and appoints Chase as the Administrative Agent of such Lender under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each Lender irrevocably authorizes
Chase to act as the Administrative Agent of such Lender, to take such action on
its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated
to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
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 this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.02. Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may
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execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by
or through agents or
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attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact
selected by it with reasonable care.
SECTION 9.03. Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative
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Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully
taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with
this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except for its or such Person's gross
negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of
the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by
the Company or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to
or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in
connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value,
validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of the Company to
perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall
not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the
observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions
of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or to inspect the properties,
books or records of the Company.
SECTION 9.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative
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Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon
any Note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter,
telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or
conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed,
sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of
legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company or any of
them), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the
owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment or transfer
thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such
advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it
shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and
all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or
continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases
be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required
Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant
thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the
Revolving Credit Loans.
SECTION 9.05. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not
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be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event
of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a
Lender or the Company referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or
Event of Default and stating that such notice is a "notice of default". In the
event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative
Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall
take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be
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reasonably directed by the Required Lenders; provided that unless and until the
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Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative
Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from
taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall
deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
SECTION 9.06. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender
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expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its
officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have
made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the
Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a
Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each
Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and
without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on
such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their
affiliates and made its own decision to make its Revolving Credit Loans
hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals
and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform
itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition
and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for
notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the
Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall
have no duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other
information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial
or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate
of a Loan Party which may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent
or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or
affiliates.
SECTION 9.07. Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the
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Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by
the Company and without limiting the obligation of the Company to do so),
ratably according to their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages in
effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section 9.07
(or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Revolving Credit
Commitments shall have terminated and the Revolving Credit Loans shall have been
paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Revolving Credit Commitment
Percentages immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time
(including, without limitation, at any time following the payment of the
Revolving Credit Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Revolving
Credit Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any
documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the
Administrative Agent under or in
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connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable
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for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
which resulted from the Administrative Agent's gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The agreements in this Section 9.07 shall survive the payment of
the Revolving Credit Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
SECTION 9.08. Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity. The
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Administrative Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from
and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though the
Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent. With respect to its
Revolving Credit Loans made or renewed by it the Administrative Agent shall have
the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as
any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative
Agent, and the terms "Lender" and "Lenders" shall include the Administrative
Agent in its individual capacity.
SECTION 9.09. Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative
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Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 days' notice to the Lenders and
the Company. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders
shall appoint from among the Lenders a successors agent for the Lenders, which
successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under paragraph (a) or (f) of
Article VIII with respect to the Company shall have occurred and be continuing)
be approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and
duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term "Administrative Agent" shall
mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the
former Administrative Agent's rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent
shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of
such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any
holders of the Revolving Credit Loans. If no successor agent has accepted
appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 30 days following a
retiring Administrative Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective
and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative
Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a
successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative
Agent's resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article IX
shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it
while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
SECTION 9.10. Authorization to Release Liens. The Administrative
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Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each of the Lenders to release, or
direct the applicable Trustee to release, any Lien created by any Security
Document covering any Property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is
the subject of a Disposition which is permitted by this Agreement or which has
been consented to in accordance with Section 10.01. In addition, the
Administrative Agent is hereby authorized by each of the Lenders to release, and
to direct the applicable Trustee to release, the Liens on the Collateral on the
Collateral Release Date.
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ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 10.01. Amendments and Waivers. (a) Neither this Agreement or
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any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended,
supplemented, waived or modified except in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 10.01. The Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of
the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, from time to time, (i) enter
into with the relevant Loan Parties written amendments, supplements or
modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding
any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any
manner the rights or obligations of the Lenders or of the Loans Parties
hereunder or thereunder or (ii) waive at the Loan Parties' request, on such
terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the
case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its
consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment,
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supplement or modification shall:
(A) reduce the amount or extend the scheduled date of maturity of any
Revolving Credit Loan, or reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee
payable hereunder or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof or
increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender's Revolving
Credit Commitment, or change the pro rata provisions contained in Section
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3.08, in each case without the consent of each Lender affected thereby;
(B) amend, supplement, modify or waive any provision of this Section
10.01 or reduce the percentage specified in the definition of "Required
Lenders" or consent to the assignment or transfer by the Company of any of
its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, in each case without the consent of all the Lenders; or
(C) release all or substantially all of the Collateral (except as
provided in Sections 9.10 and 10.16) or all or substantially all of the
guarantors under the Subsidiary Guarantees, in each case without the
consent of all the Lenders.
Any such waiver and any amendment, supplement or modification pursuant to this
Section 10.01 shall apply to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the
Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, and all future holders of
the Revolving Credit Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties, the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former positions
and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or
Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default,
or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 10.02. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon
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the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by
facsimile transmission) and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall
be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand, or three days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid (or, if later, the first
Business Day after being so deposited), or, in the case of
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telecopy notice, when received (or if received on a day that is not a Business
Day or if received after 5:00 p.m. local time at the place of reception on a
Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day), addressed as follows in the
case of the Company and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth in Schedule I
in the case of the other parties hereto, or to such other address as may be
hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto and any future holders of
the Notes:
The Company: Federal-Mogul Corporation
World Headquarters
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
The Administrative Agent: The Chase Manhattan Bank
One Chase ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Telecopy: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent
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or the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.03, 3.02, 3.04, 3.07 or 3.11 shall not be
effective until received.
SECTION 10.03. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to
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exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Company, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof;
nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or
privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies,
powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
SECTION 10.04. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All
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representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and
in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes and the
making of the Revolving Credit Loans hereunder.
SECTION 10.05. Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Company agrees (a)
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to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-
pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development,
preparation, execution and delivery of, and any amendment, supplement or
modification to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other
documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and
administration of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without
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limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel (and any special or
local counsel retained by such counsel to assist it) to the Administrative
Agent, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for all
its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or
preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and
any such other documents, (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and the
Administrative Agent harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and
any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying,
stamp, excise and other similar taxes, if any, which may be payable or
determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or
consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or
any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or
in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other
documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and the
Administrative Agent (and their respective directors, officers, employees,
agents, affiliates and successors) harmless from and against any and all other
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect
to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including,
without limitation, any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the
Revolving Credit Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability
under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries or any of the Properties (regardless of whether the
Administrative Agent or any Lender is a party to the litigation or other
proceeding giving rise thereto), (all the foregoing in this clause (d),
collectively, the "indemnified liabilities"), provided, that the Company shall
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have no obligation hereunder to the Administrative Agent or any Lender with
respect to (i) indemnified liabilities arising from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification or (ii) expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the
assignment of Revolving Credit Loans to an assignee (except pursuant to Section
3.14(b)(vi)) or the sale of any Revolving Credit Loan to a Participant. The
agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the Revolving Credit Loans
and all other amounts payable hereunder.
SECTION 10.06. Successors and Assigns; Participations and
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Assignments. (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Company, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, all future holders of the
Revolving Credit Loans and their respective successors and assigns, except that
the Company may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under
this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Lender.
(b) Any Lender may, in accordance with applicable law, at any time
sell to one or more banks or other entities ("Participants") participating
interests in any Revolving Credit Loan owing to such Lender, any Revolving
Credit Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents. In the event of any such sale by a Lender
of a participating interest to a Participant, such Lender's obligations under
this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such
Lender shall remain the holder of any such Revolving Credit Loan for all
purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Company and
the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal
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solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights
and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. No Lender
shall be entitled to create in favor of any Participant, in the participation
agreement pursuant to which the Participant's participating interest shall be
created or otherwise, any right to vote on, consent to or approve any matter
relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document except for those
specified in clauses (A) and (B) of the proviso to Section 10.01(a). The
Company agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement are due or
unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to
have, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the right of setoff in respect of
its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same
extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to
it as a Lender under this Agreement; provided that, in purchasing such
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participating interest, such Participant shall be deemed to have agreed to
share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof as provided in Section 10.07(a) as
fully as if it were a Lender hereunder. The Company agrees that each
Participate shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.09, 3.10, 3.11 and
3.12 with respect to its participation in the Revolving Credit Commitments and
the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding from time to time hereunder as if it was
a Lender; provided that, in the case of Section 3.11. such Participant shall
have complied with the requirements of said Section and provided, further, that
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no Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to any
such Section than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in
respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender
to such Participant had no such transfer occurred.
(c) Any Lender may, in accordance with applicable law, at any time
and from time to time assign to any Lender or any Affiliate thereof or, with the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld) and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Event
of Default, the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), to an
additional bank or financial institution or other entity that is regularly
engaged in making or purchasing loans (an "Assignee") all or any part of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
including, without limitation, its Revolving Credit Commitments and Revolving
Credit Loans, pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the
form of Exhibit F, executed by such Assignee, such assigning Lender (and, in the
case of an Assignee that is not then a Lender or an Affiliate thereof, by the
Administrative Agent and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Event of
Default, the Company) and delivered to the Administrative Agent for their
acceptance and recording in the Register; provided, that in the case of any such
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assignment to an additional bank, financial institution or other entity, the
aggregate amount of any Revolving Credit Commitment (or, if the Revolving Credit
Commitments have terminated or expired, the aggregate principal amount of any
Revolving Credit Loans) being assigned shall not be less than $5,000,000 (or (x)
if less, the then outstanding amount of such Revolving Credit Commitments and/or
Revolving Credit Loans or (y) such lesser amount as may be agreed by the Company
and the Administrative Agent). Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and
recording, from and after the effective date determined pursuant to such
Assignment and Acceptance, (I) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto
and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights
and obligations of a Lender hereunder with Revolving Credit Commitments and
rights in respect of Revolving Credit Loans as set forth therein, and (II) the
assigning Lender thereunder shall be released
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from its obligations under this Agreement to the extent that such obligations
shall have been expressly assumed by the Assignee pursuant to such Assignment
and Acceptance (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or
the remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this
Agreement, such assigning Lender shall cease to be a party hereto).
(d) The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Company, shall
maintain at its address referred to in Section 10.02 a copy of each Assignment
and Acceptance delivered to it and a register (the "Register") for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Revolving Credit
Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Revolving Credit Loans owing to,
each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall constitute
prima facie evidence of the information recorded therein, and the Company, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders may (and, in the case of any Revolving
Credit Loan or other obligation hereunder not evidenced by a Note, shall) treat
each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Revolving
Credit Loan or other obligation hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, notwithstanding any notice to
the contrary. Any assignment of any Revolving Credit Loan or other obligation
hereunder whether or not evidenced by a Note shall be effective only upon
appropriate entries with respect thereto being made in the Register. An
assignment of a Note shall be registered in the Register only upon surrender for
registration of assignment of the Note, accompanied by an Assignment and
Acceptance duly executed by the Assignor thereof, and thereupon one or more new
Notes shall be issued to the designated Assignee and the old Notes shall be
returned by the Administrative Agent to the Company marked "cancelled". The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Company or any Lender at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an
assigning Lender and an Assignee (and, in the case of an Assignee that is not
then a Lender or an Affiliate thereof, executed by the Company and the
Administrative Agent), together with payment to the Administrative Agent by the
Lender or the Assignee of a registration and processing fee of $2,500, the
Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance
and (ii) on the effective date determined pursuant thereto record the
information contained therein in the Register and give prompt notice of such
acceptance and recordation to the Lenders and the Company.
(f) The Company authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant
or Assignee (each, a "Transferee") and any prospective Transferee any and all
financial information in such Lender's possession concerning the Company and its
Affiliates which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the
Company pursuant to this Agreement or which has been delivered to such Lender by
or on behalf of the Company in connection with such Lender's credit evaluation
of the Company and its Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.
(g) For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement acknowledge
that the provisions of this Section concerning assignments of Revolving Credit
Loans and Notes relate only to absolute assignments and that such provisions do
not prohibit assignments creating security interests, including, without
limitation, any pledge or assignment by a Lender of any
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Revolving Credit Loan or Note to any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with
applicable law.
(h) If, pursuant to this Section, any interest in this Agreement or
any Revolving Credit Loan is transferred to any Transferee (which is not a
Lender) which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
United States or any state thereof, the transferor Lender shall cause such
Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, to agree (for
the benefit of the transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Company)
to provide the transferor Lender (and, in the case of any Transferee registered
in the Register, the Administrative Agent and the Company) the tax forms and
other documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.11(b) and to
comply from time to time with all applicable U.S. laws and regulations with
regard to such withholding tax exemption.
SECTION 10.07. Adjustments; Set-Off. (a) If any Lender (a
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"Benefitted Lender") shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its
Revolving Credit Loans then due and owing to it by the Company, or interest
thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or
involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature
referred to in paragraph (f) of Article VIII, or otherwise), in a greater
proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender,
if any, in respect of such other Lender's Revolving Credit Loans then due and
owing to it by the Company, or interest thereon, such Benefitted Lender shall
purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such
portion of each such other Lender's Revolving Credit Loans owing to it by the
Company, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such
collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such
Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or
proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any
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portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such
benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and
benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
(b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by
law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Company, any
such notice being expressly waived by the Company to the extent permitted by
applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable hereunder (whether at
the stated maturity thereof, by acceleration or otherwise) to set-off and
appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other
credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or
owing by such Lender or any branch, agency or Affiliate thereof to or for the
credit or the account of the Company. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the
Company and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made
by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect
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the validity of such set-off and application.
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SECTION 10.08. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one
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or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts
(including by facsimile transmission), and all of said counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of
the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be delivered to the
Company and the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 10.10. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which
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is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 10.11. Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan
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Documents represent the agreement of the Company, the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no
promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Company, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not
expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 10.12. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
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OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 10.13. Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Company
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hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in
respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the Courts of
the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the
Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in
such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to
the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such
action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to
plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding
may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail
(or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the
Company at the address specified in Section 10.02, or at such other address
of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant
thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect
service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the
right to ▇▇▇ in any other jurisdiction; and
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(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may
have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in
this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
SECTION 10.14. Acknowledgements. The Company hereby acknowledges
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that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) none of the Administrative Agent or any Lender has any fiduciary
relationship with or duty to the Company arising out of or in connection
with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the
relationship between the Administrative Agents and the Lenders, on the one
hand, and the Company, on the other hand, in connection herewith or
therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents
or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among
the Lenders or among the Company and the Lenders.
SECTION 10.15. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE COMPANY, THE
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT
OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
SECTION 10.16. Release of Collateral. As promptly as practicable
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after the Collateral Release Date, the Administrative Agent shall, and shall
instruct each Trustee to, take all necessary action to release the Liens created
by the Security Documents in all Collateral.
SECTION 10.17. Confidentiality. Each Lender agrees to keep
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confidential any written information (a) provided to it by or on behalf of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to or in connection with this
Agreement or (b) obtained by such Lender based on a review of the books and
records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that nothing herein
shall prevent any Lender from disclosing any such information (i) to the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (ii) to any Transferee or prospective
Transferee which agrees to comply with the provisions of this Section, (iii) to
its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional
advisors, or to any direct or indirect contractual counterparties in swap
agreements or such contractual counterparties' professional advisors provided
that such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual
agrees in writing to keep such information confidential to the same extent
required of the Lenders hereunder, (iv) upon the request or demand of any
Governmental Authority (or the National Association of Insurance Commissioners)
having jurisdiction over such Lender or as shall be required pursuant to any
Requirement of Law, (v) in response to any order of any court or other
Governmental Authority (or the National Association of
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Insurance Commissioners) or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any
Requirement of Law, (vi) in connection with any litigation to which such Lender
is a party, (vii) which has been publicly disclosed other than in breach of this
Agreement, or (viii) to the extent reasonably necessary, in connection with the
exercise of any remedy hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as
of the day and year first above written.
FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Administrative Agent and a Lender
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Title: Vice President
SOCIETE GENERALE
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Title: Director
NBD BANK
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Title: F V P
THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN,
LIMITED
By: /s/ Tohru Yasumaru
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Name: Tohru Yasumaru
Title: Senior Vice President
BAYERISCHE HYPO-UND
VEREINSBANK AG
New York Branch
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Title: Vice President
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Title: Assistant Vice President
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
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Title: Senior Vice President
DRESDNER BANK AG
New York and Grand Cayman Branches
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Title: Vice President
By: /s/ Brigitte Sacin
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Name: Brigitte Sacin
Title: Assistant Treasurer
CREDIT LYONNAIS CHICAGO
BRANCH
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Title: Vice President
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
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Name: ILLEGIBLE
Title: Senior Manager Loan Operations
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
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Title: Vice President
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL
TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
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Title: Vice President
THE FUJI BANK LIMITED
By: /s/ Tetsuo Kamatsu
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Name: Tetsuo Kamatsu (K-219)
Title: Joint General Manager
FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION
$200,000,000
364 - DAY REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
List of Omitted Exhibits and Schedules
The following exhibits and schedules to the 364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement
have not been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule
601(b) of Regulation S-K. Federal-Mogul Corporation shall furnish
supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the Securities and
Exchange Commission upon request.
Omitted Exhibits
I Revolving Credit Commitments; Addresses
II Subsidiaries
III Existing Liens
IV Existing Indebtedness and Existing Guaranties
V Foreign Pledge Agreements
Omitted Schedules
EXHIBITS:
A Form of Note
B Form of Domestic Subsidiary Guarantee
C-1 Form of Domestic Pledge Agreement
C-2 Form of Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company Pledge Agreement
C-3 Form of New Pledge Agreement
D-1 Form of Trust Agreement (First Union)
D-2 Form of Trust Agreement (ABN AMRO)
E Form of Responsible Officer's Certificate
F Form of Assignment and Acceptance
H-1 Form of Opinion of Associate General Counsel of the Company
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ANNEX A
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PRICING GRID/1/
Consolidated Leverage Ratio Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans Applicable Margin for ABR Loans
**4.5 to 1 150 50
*4.5 to 1 137.5 37.5
*4.0 to 1 117.5 17.5
*3.5 to 1 95 0
*3.0 to 1 75 0
Changes in the Applicable Margin and Facility Fee Rate resulting from changes in
the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective on the date (the
Adjustmenet Date") on which financial statements are delivered to the Lenders
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pursuant to Section 6.01 (but in any event not later than the 60th day after the
end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year or the
120th day after the end of each fiscal year, as the case may be) and shall
remain in effect until the next change to be effected pursuant to this
paragraph. Each determination of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio pursuant to
this definition shall be made with respect to the period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters of the Company ending at the end of the period covered by the
relevant financial statements.
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/1/ Applicable Margins and Facility Fee expressed in basis points.
/**/ Greater than or equal to
/*/ Less than
ANNEX B
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From and after the Covenant Transition Date, the following Article VII
will be deemed to replace Article VII set forth in the Agreement to which this
Annex B is attached and cross references to Article VII of the Credit Agreement
contained in the Loan Documents will be modified accordingly.
ARTICLE VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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The Company hereby covenants and agrees that so long as the Revolving
Credit Commitments remain in effect, any Revolving Credit Loan remains
outstanding and unpaid or any other amount is owing to any Lender or the
Administrative Agent hereunder the Company will comply with the covenants set
forth below in this Article VII:
SECTION 7.01. Cash Flow Coverage. The Company will not permit the
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Cash Flow Coverage to be less than a ratio of 1.50 to 1.00 for any period of
four consecutive fiscal quarters.
SECTION 7.02. Consolidated Leverage Ratio. The Company will not
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permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at the last day of any fiscal quarter to
be greater than 3.00 to 1.00.
SECTION 7.03. Maintenance of Net Worth. The Company will not permit
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Consolidated Net Worth at any time to be less than $270,000,000.
SECTION 7.04. Limitation on Liens. The Company will not, nor will it
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permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume or incur or suffer to be
created, assumed or incurred or to exist any Lien on any of its properties or
assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, provided, however, that the
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foregoing restriction shall not apply to the following:
(a) Liens existing on the date of this Agreement and described on
Schedule III, and Liens on assets of the T & N plc and its Subsidiaries
existing on the date of consummation of the T & N Acquisition;
(b) Liens on property or assets of any entity existing at the time
such entity becomes a Subsidiary and not created in contemplation thereof;
(c) Liens in favor of the Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary;
(d) Liens in favor of any Governmental Authority to secure progress,
advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or provision of any
statute;
(e) Liens (including, without limitation, the interest of the lessor
under any capital lease) on property or assets existing at the time of the
acquisition thereof (including acquisition through merger or consolidation)
or to secure the payment of all
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or any part of the purchase price or construction cost thereof or to secure
any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within six months
after, the acquisition or completion of such property or assets for the
purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or construction
cost thereof;
(f) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions,
renewals or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any Lien referred to
in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e), inclusive; provided that (i) no
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such extension, renewal or replacement shall result in an increase in the
liabilities secured thereby and (ii) such extension, renewal or replacement
Lien shall be limited to all or a part of the same property that secured
the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus additions, accessions,
replacements and improvements to such property);
(g) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued if adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP or in the case
of a Subsidiary located outside the United States, general accounting
principles in effect from time to time in their respective jurisdictions of
incorporation;
(h) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', landlords', materialmen's,
repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business
(A) which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or (B) which
are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
pursued if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the
books of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance
with GAAP;
(i) easements, rights-of-way, zoning and similar restrictions and
other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred in the ordinary course
of business which, in the aggregate, are not greater than $15,000,000 (to
the extent the dollar values of such encumbrances are calculable) and which
do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property
subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
the Company or its Subsidiaries;
(j) any attachment or judgment lien, unless the judgment it secures
shall not, within 30 days after the entry thereof, have been discharged or
execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or shall not have been discharged
within 30 days after the expiration of any such stay;
(k) pledges or deposits in connection with workers' compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social legislation and deposits securing
liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance
arrangements;
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(l) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts
(other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and
appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature
incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(m) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents or pursuant to
the Security Documents as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement;
(n) other Liens incidental to the conduct of the Company's or any
Subsidiary's business or the ownership of its property and assets that were
incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of
advances or credit or capital leases; provided, however, that the
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indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed in the aggregate for the
Company and all Subsidiaries of the Company an amount equal to $50,000,000;
and provided, further, that at no time shall the sum of (i) the
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Indebtedness secured by the Liens permitted under this Section 7.04(n) plus
(ii) all other Indebtedness of the Company's Subsidiaries (other than
Subsidiaries which are parties to a Subsidiary Guarantee) plus (iii) the
aggregate amount of Secured Reimbursement Obligations be equal to or
greater than forty percent (40%) of Consolidated Net Worth (determined as
of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Company); and
(o) Liens granted by a special-purpose, Wholly Owned Subsidiary of
the Company that purchases accounts receivable from the Company and its
Subsidiaries to the extent such Liens are granted on such accounts
receivable to secure the payment of indebtedness of such Wholly Owned
Subsidiary.
SECTION 7.05. Subsidiary Indebtedness. The Company will not permit
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any Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary which is a party to a Subsidiary
Guarantee to create, incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness to any Person
other than the Company or a Subsidiary, except (i) Indebtedness of the Company
and its Subsidiaries existing on the Covenant Transition Date and refinancings,
refundings, renewals or extensions thereof, (ii) Indebtedness of any Loan Party
pursuant to any Loan Document, (iii) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries incurred, in
accordance with the Existing Credit Agreement, in connection with the Company's
acquisition of T & N plc (iv) additional Indebtedness of Excluded Foreign
Subsidiaries to the Company or any Subsidiary which is a party to a Subsidiary
Guarantee in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $200,000,000 at any
time outstanding, (v) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary which is not a party to a
Subsidiary Guarantee owing to any other Subsidiary which is not a party to a
Subsidiary Guarantee, (vi) Indebtedness in the form of any investment permitted
by Section 7.11 as in effect on the Covenant Transition Date, (vii) Indebtedness
secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.04(e), including capital lease
obligations, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any
one time outstanding and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions
thereof (without any increase in the principal amount thereof) and (viii)
Indebtedness which, together with the secured Indebtedness allowed under Section
7.04(n), shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of
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Consolidated Net Worth (determined as of the end of the most recent fiscal
quarter of the Company).
SECTION 7.06. Limitation on Mergers. The Company will not, nor will
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it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, merge or consolidate with or into any
other corporation except that any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate (i) with
or into the Company (provided that the Company shall be the continuing or
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surviving corporation), (ii) with or into any one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries or (iii) with or into any Person to be acquired pursuant to Section
7.12.
SECTION 7.07. Multiemployer Plans. The Company will not, as of any
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date, permit any liability to occur to which the Company or any Commonly
Controlled Entity would become subject under ERISA if the Company or any such
Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer
Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding such date.
SECTION 7.08. Asset Sales. The Company will not, nor will it permit
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any Subsidiary to, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of its
property, assets or business to any Person other than the Company or a
Subsidiary except for (a) sales of assets in the ordinary course of business,
(b) sales of accounts receivable or related contract rights, (c) dispositions of
assets required to comply with anti-trust laws, (d) dispositions of assets
listed in Schedule 7.08, (e) dispositions in connection with sale and leaseback
transactions in respect of assets having a book value in the aggregate not
exceeding $50,000,000 and (f) any other sales of assets, other than the assets
set forth on Schedule 7.08 and sales of assets occurring prior to the Covenant
Transition Date, having a book value which, when added to the book value of all
other assets sold pursuant to this clause (g) during such fiscal year, does not
exceed 5% of the gross book value of the assets of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP, as of the last
day of the fiscal quarter ended immediately prior to the date of such sale.
SECTION 7.09. Limitation on More Restrictive Covenants. The Company
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shall not enter into any new debt agreement that would contain, nor enter into
any amendment, supplement or other modification to any indenture, instrument or
other agreement concerning the Funded Debt or any refinancing thereof, if such
indenture, instrument or other agreement at the time entered into or after
giving effect to any such amendment, supplement or other modification thereto,
would contain (a) any covenant or event of default that is more restrictive on
the Company than those set forth in this Agreement, (b) with respect to the
Company, any covenant with respect to financial performance the scope of which
is materially different from the covenants respecting such matters set forth in
Sections 7.01, 7.02 or 7.03, (c) any covenant which would prohibit the granting
of liens on its assets by the Company or its Subsidiaries in favor of the
Lenders, other than in the case of this clause (c), Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to Section 7.05(f) as in effect on the Covenant Transition Date and in
the case of clauses (a) and (c), Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section
7.05(g) as in effect on the Covenant Transition Date constituting a refinancing,
refunding extension or
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renewal of existing Indebtedness and having terms no more restrictive than the
Indebtedness refinanced, refunded, extended or renewed thereby.
SECTION 7.10. Subsidiary Guaranties. The Company will not, and will
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not allow any Subsidiary to, make or suffer to exist any Guaranty except (a) any
Guaranty existing on the Covenant Transition Date and any replacement in whole
or in part of such Guaranty in connection with any extension, refinancing or
refunding of the Indebtedness guarantied thereby, (b) Guaranties of any
Indebtedness permitted to exist hereunder other than Indebtedness outstanding on
the Covenant Transition Date or any extension, renewals or refinancings thereof,
(c) additional Guaranties with respect to Indebtedness or other obligations not
exceeding $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time and (d) Guaranties by any
Subsidiary which is a party to a Subsidiary Guarantee of Indebtedness incurred
by the Company in connection with the Bond Offering or the Existing Public
Securities.
SECTION 7.11. Affiliates. The Company, will not, nor will it permit
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any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction (including, without
limitation, the purchase or sale of any property or service) with, or make any
payment or transfer to, any Affiliate except in the ordinary course of business
and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Company's or such
Subsidiary's business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to
the Company or such Subsidiary than the Company or such Subsidiary would obtain
in a comparable arms-length transaction.
SECTION 7.12. Acquisitions. The Company will not, nor will it permit
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any of its Subsidiaries to, acquire, in a single transaction or in a series of
related transactions, all or substantially all of the equity interests in, or
assets of, any other Person, or all or substantially all of the assets
constituting a division or business segment of any other Person, except that the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries may make any such acquisition if:
(a) after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall
be in existence; and
(b) if such acquisition is the acquisition of equity interests of any
Person, such acquisition is approved by the board of directors or analogous
governing body of such Person.
SECTION 7.13. Restrictions on Special Purpose Subsidiaries. The
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Company will not permit any Special Purpose Subsidiary to (a) create, assume,
incur or suffer to exist any Lien, any Indebtedness, any Guaranty or any other
liabilities, direct or contingent, (b) make or suffer to exist any Investment,
(c) conduct, transact or otherwise engage in any business or other operations or
(d) own or lease any Property, except that, notwithstanding the foregoing
prohibitions:
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(i) a Special Purpose Subsidiary may make an Investment in the
form of a loan or an equity contribution to, or hold the Capital Stock of,
another Special Purpose Subsidiary (x) as described on Schedule 6.13 to the
Existing Credit Agreement or (y) which does not have an adverse impact on
the Collateral; provided that the Company may transfer the Capital Stock of
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Federal Mogul, Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of the United
Kingdom, Federal-Mogul Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized under the
laws of the United Kingdom, and FP Diesel Ltd., a corporation organized
under the laws of the United Kingdom, to U.K. Acquisition I, and U.K.
Acquisition I may transfer such Capital Stock to U.K. Acquisition II;
(ii) U.K. Acquisition II may consummate the T & N Acquisition;
(iii) U.K. Acquisition I may acquire directly from T & N plc or
indirectly through U.K. Acquisition II, for fair market value, up to 100%
of the Capital Stock of T&N Industries;
(iv) the Special Purpose Subsidiaries may execute and deliver
the Loan Documents to which they are parties, incur and perform their
obligations thereunder and create and suffer to exist the Liens created
thereby and may execute and deliver the Guaranties permitted by Section
7.10 and perform their obligations thereunder; and
(v) the Special Purpose Subsidiaries may perform obligations
under the Investments permitted above and under their respective organic
documents and other Requirements of Law, may incur obligations to
Governmental Authorities in the ordinary course of business, such as income
and franchise tax liabilities and other incidental liabilities, and may
incur other immaterial liabilities directly related and incidental to the
permitted activities enumerated above.
SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE II
SCHEDULE IV-A
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Additional Existing Indebtedness
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None.
SCHEDULE 4.19
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PERFECTION ACTIONS
1. Capital Stock of Domestic Subsidiaries:
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The certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock of issuers
organized under the laws of a State of the United States shall be delivered to
the Administrative Agent along with an undated stock power for each such
certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor
thereof.
2. Capital Stock of Foreign Subsidiaries:
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The customary steps for perfection of a pledge of stock of an issuer
organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, as advised
by counsel qualified in such jurisdiction, shall be taken.
3. Pledged Notes:
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The promissory notes shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent
along with an undated note allonge for each such note executed in blank by a
duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof.
SCHEDULE 7.08
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Excluded Assets
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Federal-Mogul World Trade Chile Ltda.
Federal-Mogul del Ecuador, S.A.
Federal-Mogul Panama S.A.
Federal-Mogul Puerto Rico Inc.
Federal-Mogul World Trade Inc.
Federal-Mogul de Venezuela C.A.
La Font Repuestos C.A.
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The chemicals division of the businesses acquired in connection with the Fel-Pro
Acquisition