Exhibit 4
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US$500,000,000
364-DAY REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 27, 2003
among
LIMITED BRANDS, INC.,
The Lenders Party Hereto
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Administrative Agent
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
and
CITICORP USA, INC.
as Co-Syndication Agents
and
HSBC BANK USA
and
FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
as Co-Documentation Agents
and
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ SECURITIES INC.
and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Joint Advisors, Joint Lead Arrangers and
Joint Bookrunners
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms....................................................1
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings..........................15
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally.................................................15
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP..........................................16
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Commitments.....................................................16
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings............................................16
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings...............................17
SECTION 2.04. Competitive Bid Procedure.......................................18
SECTION 2.05. Funding of Borrowings...........................................20
SECTION 2.06. Interest Elections..............................................20
SECTION 2.07. Termination, Reduction and Increase of Commitments..............21
SECTION 2.08. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Indebtedness....................23
SECTION 2.09. Prepayment of Loans.............................................24
SECTION 2.10. Fees............................................................24
SECTION 2.11. Interest........................................................25
SECTION 2.12. Alternate Rate of Interest......................................26
SECTION 2.13. Increased Costs.................................................27
SECTION 2.14. Break Funding Payments..........................................28
SECTION 2.15. Taxes...........................................................29
SECTION 2.16. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.....30
SECTION 2.17. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders..................31
SECTION 2.18. Term-Out Option.................................................33
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 3.01. Corporate Existence and Power...................................33
SECTION 3.02. Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention......33
SECTION 3.03. Binding Effect..................................................33
SECTION 3.04. Financial Information...........................................33
SECTION 3.05. Litigation and Environmental Matters............................34
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SECTION 3.06. Subsidiaries....................................................34
SECTION 3.07. Not an Investment Company.......................................35
SECTION 3.08. ERISA...........................................................35
SECTION 3.09. Taxes...........................................................35
SECTION 3.10. Disclosure......................................................35
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date..................................................35
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event...............................................37
ARTICLE V
Covenants
SECTION 5.01. Information.....................................................37
SECTION 5.02. Maintenance of Properties.......................................38
SECTION 5.03. Maintenance of Insurance........................................39
SECTION 5.04. Preservation of Corporate Existence.............................39
SECTION 5.05. Inspection of Property, Books and Records.......................39
SECTION 5.06. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.....................................39
SECTION 5.07. Debt to Capital Ratio...........................................40
SECTION 5.08. Limitations on Liens............................................40
SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Laws............................................40
SECTION 5.10. Limitations on Subsidiary Indebtedness..........................41
SECTION 5.11. Transactions with Affiliates....................................41
SECTION 5.12. Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets.....................41
SECTION 5.13. Use of Proceeds.................................................42
ARTICLE VI
Events of Default and Remedies
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default...............................................42
SECTION 6.02. Remedies........................................................45
SECTION 6.03. Notice of Default...............................................45
ARTICLE VII
The Administrative Agent
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
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SECTION 8.01. Notices.........................................................48
SECTION 8.02. Waivers; Amendments.............................................48
SECTION 8.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver..............................49
SECTION 8.04. Successors and Assigns..........................................50
SECTION 8.05. Survival........................................................52
SECTION 8.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness........................53
SECTION 8.07. Severability....................................................53
SECTION 8.08. Right of Setoff.................................................53
SECTION 8.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process......53
SECTION 8.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL............................................54
SECTION 8.11. Headings........................................................54
SECTION 8.12. Confidentiality.................................................54
SECTION 8.13. Interest Rate Limitation........................................55
SECTION 8.14. Waiver Under Existing Credit Agreement..........................56
SECTION 8.15. Collateral......................................................56
SCHEDULES:
Schedule 2.01 -- Commitments
Schedule 3.05 -- Disclosed Matters
Schedule 5.08 -- Existing Liens
EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit A -- Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit B-1 -- Form of Opinion of General Counsel
Exhibit B-2 -- Form of Opinion of Borrower's Counsel
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364-DAY CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 27, 2003
among LIMITED BRANDS, INC., the LENDERS party hereto,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Administrative Agent, and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A. and CITICORP USA, INC., as Co-Syndication
Agents.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
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SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings specified below:
"ABR", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
"Administrative Agent" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, in its capacity
as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
"Administrative Questionnaire" means an Administrative
Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, another
Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls
or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
"Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal
to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day or (b) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such
change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"Applicable Percentage" means, with respect to any Lender, the
percentage of the total Commitments represented by such Lender's Commitment. If
the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be
determined based upon the Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to
any assignments.
"Applicable Rate" means, for any day, with respect to any
Eurodollar Revolving Loan or any ABR Revolving Loan, or with respect to the
facility fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per
annum set forth below under the caption "Eurodollar Spread", "ABR Spread" or
"Facility Fee Rate", as the case may be, based upon the ratings by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and
S&P, respectively, applicable on such date to the
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Index Debt (and Usage, in the case of the "Eurodollar Spread" and "ABR Spread"),
provided that the rates per annum set forth below under the caption "Eurodollar
Spread" shall increase by 0.25% per annum after the Termination Date:
Eurodollar Spread ABR Spread
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Index Debt Ratings: Usage * 50% Usage **** 50% Usage * 50% Usage **** 50% Facility Fee Rate
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Category 1 0.190% 0.315% 0.00% 0.125% 0.060%
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A/A2
Category 2 0.305% 0.430% 0.00% 0.125% 0.070%
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A-/A3
Category 3 0.400% 0.525% 0.00% 0.125% 0.100%
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BBB+/Baa1
Category 4 0.500% 0.625% 0.00% 0.125% 0.125%
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BBB/Baa2
Category 5 0.700% 0.825% 0.00% 0.125% 0.175%
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*** BBB-/Baa3
* denotes less than
*** denotes less than or equal to
**** denotes more than or equal to
For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if either ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or S&P shall
not have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the
circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition) the
Applicable Rate shall be determined on the basis of the rating agency that does
then have a rating for the Index Debt in effect, (b) if neither ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ nor S&P
has in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the
circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition) then the
Index Debt shall be deemed to be rated in Category 5, (c) the Index Debt shall
be deemed to be rated in Category 5 at any time that an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, (d) if the ratings established or deemed to have
been established by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or S&P for the Index Debt are not in the same
Category, then the Applicable Rate will be determined by reference to the
Category next above that of the lower of the two ratings and (e) if the ratings
established or deemed to have been established by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and S&P for the Index
Debt shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system
of ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is
first announced by the applicable rating agency. Each change in an Applicable
Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such
change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the
next such change. If the rating system of ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or S&P shall change, or if
either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate
debt obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to
amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system, or the
unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness
of any such amendment, each Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to
the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
For purposes of the foregoing, "Usage" for any day during any
period will be (i) the sum of (x) the aggregate Competitive Loans and Revolving
Loans and (y) the aggregate "Competitive Loans" and "Revolving Loans" under and
as defined in the Five-Year Credit Agreement, as a percentage of (ii) the
aggregate Commitments and the aggregate "Commitments" under and as defined in
the Five-Year Credit Agreement; provided that if any Lender continues to have
any Revolving Credit Exposure (or an
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outstanding term loan pursuant to Section 2.18) when its Commitment terminates,
then Usage will be deemed to be greater than 50% during any period that the sum
of (A) the aggregate Competitive Loans, Revolving Loans and term loans
outstanding pursuant to Section 2.18 and (B) the aggregate "Competitive Loans"
and "Revolving Loans" under and as defined in the Five-Year Credit Agreement are
equal to or in excess of 50% of the sum of the aggregate Commitments immediately
before termination of the Commitments on the Termination Date and the aggregate
"Commitments" under and as defined in the Five-Year Credit Agreement.
"Assignment and Acceptance" means an assignment and acceptance
entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose
consent is required by Section 8.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent,
in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
"Availability Period" means the period from and including the
Effective Date to but excluding (or, if the Borrower shall have elected to
convert Revolving Loans into a term loan on the Termination Date pursuant to
Section 2.18, including) the earlier of the Termination Date and the date of
termination of the Commitments.
"Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States of America.
"Borrower" means Limited Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Borrowing" means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type made
converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as
to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (b) a Competitive Loan or
group of Competitive Loans of the same Type made on the same date and as to
which a single Interest Period is in effect.
"Borrowing Request" means a request by the Borrower for a
Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required
by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in connection with a
Eurodollar Loan, the term "Business Day" shall also exclude any day on which
banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank
market.
"Capital" means, at any time of determination, the sum of
Consolidated Debt plus Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.
"Capital Lease Obligations" of any Person means the obligations
of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other
arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a
combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP,
and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.
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"Change in Control" means (a) the acquisition of ownership,
directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group
(within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on July 13, 2001)
other than the Permitted Holders of shares representing more than 30% of the
aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Borrower or (b) occupation of a majority of the seats
(other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Borrower by Persons
who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Borrower nor
(ii) appointed by directors so nominated.
"Change in Law" means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or
regulation after (i) with respect to any Revolving Loan or the Commitments, the
date of this Agreement or (ii) with respect to any Competitive Loan, the date of
the related Competitive Bid, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in
the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after
(i) with respect to any Revolving Loan or the Commitments, the date of this
Agreement or (ii) with respect to any Competitive Loan, the date of the related
Competitive Bid, or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section
2.13(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender's holding
company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after (i) with
respect to any Revolving Loan or the Commitments, the date of this Agreement or
(ii) with respect to any Competitive Loan, the date of the related Competitive
Bid.
"Class", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers
to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving
Loans or Competitive Loans.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.
"Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment
of such Lender to make Revolving Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount
representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender's Revolving Credit
Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced or increased from time
to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time
pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 8.04. The
initial amount of each Lender's Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed
its Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders'
Commitments is $500,000,000.
"Competitive Bid" means an offer by a Lender to make a
Competitive Loan in accordance with Section 2.04.
"Competitive Bid Rate" means, with respect to any Competitive
Bid, the Margin or the Fixed Rate, as applicable, offered by the Lender making
such Competitive Bid.
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"Competitive Bid Request" means a request by the Borrower for
Competitive Bids in accordance with Section 2.04.
"Competitive Loan" means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.04.
"Consolidated Debt" means, at any date of determination, the sum,
without duplication, of (a) the total Indebtedness of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries at such date, (b) an amount equal to six times the
fixed minimum store rent commitments (less related sublease income) of the
Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for the then current Fiscal Year, as
reflected in the footnotes to the most recent audited financial statements of
the Borrower, and (c) an amount equal to six times the fixed minimum store rent
commitments (less related sublease income) for the then current Fiscal Year of
any Person other than the Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary to the extent
Guaranteed or assumed by the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary, all
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that, for
the purposes of calculating the fixed minimum store rent commitments referred to
in clause (b) or (c) above, if on or prior to the applicable date of
determination an acquisition or disposition outside of the ordinary course of
business has occurred that has the effect of increasing or decreasing any such
fixed minimum store rent commitments, then such fixed minimum store rent
commitments shall be determined on a pro forma basis to give effect to such
acquisition or disposition as if such acquisition or disposition had occurred
immediately prior to the commencement of the then current Fiscal Year.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, Consolidated Net
Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted
in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) consolidated
interest expense for such period, (ii) consolidated income tax expense for such
period, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such
period and (iv) any extraordinary or nonrecurring charges for such period, and
minus (b) without duplication and to the extent included in determining such
Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary or nonrecurring gains for such
period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated EBITDAR" means, for any period, Consolidated EBITDA
for such period plus, without duplication and to the extent deducted in the
determination of such Consolidated EBITDA, consolidated fixed minimum store
rental expense for such period, all determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP; provided that, if on or prior to the applicable date of
determination of Consolidated EBITDAR, an acquisition or disposition outside of
the ordinary course of business has occurred that has the effect of increasing
or decreasing Consolidated EBITDAR, then Consolidated EBITDAR shall be
determined on a pro forma basis to give effect to such acquisition or
disposition as if such acquisition or disposition had occurred immediately prior
to the commencement of the period for which Consolidated EBITDAR is to be
determined.
"Consolidated Fixed Charges" means, for any period, the sum of
(a) consolidated interest expense, both expensed and capitalized (including the
interest component in respect of Capital Lease Obligations), of the Borrower and
the Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, plus (b) consolidated fixed
minimum store rental expense of the Borrower and the
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Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, all determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that, if on or prior to the applicable
date of determination of Consolidated Fixed Charges, an acquisition or
disposition outside of the ordinary course of business has occurred that has the
effect of increasing or decreasing Consolidated Fixed Charges, then Consolidated
Fixed Charges shall be determined on a pro forma basis to give effect to such
acquisition or disposition as if such acquisition or disposition had occurred
immediately prior to the commencement of the period for which Consolidated Fixed
Charges is to be determined.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income
or loss of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary (other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary), the accounts of which are, or are required to be,
consolidated with those of the Borrower in the Borrower's periodic reports filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"Consolidated Tangible Net Worth" means, at any date of
determination (a) the aggregate amount of all common stock, preferred stock
(except preferred stock having sinking fund payments or other similar payments
(but not dividends) which are due prior to the Maturity Date), additional
paid-in capital and retained earnings (or deficit) less (b) the aggregate amount
of (i) all goodwill, licenses, patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade names,
service marks, experimental or organizational expenses and other similar
intangibles and unamortized debt discount and expense to the extent any of the
foregoing arise on or after July 6, 2001 and (ii) all investments, loans and
advances by the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary in or to any
Unrestricted Subsidiary, all determined with respect to the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
"Control" means, with respect to a specified Person, the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the
direction of, the management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. "Controlling" and
"Controlled" have correlative meanings.
"Default" means any event or condition which constitutes an Event
of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or
waived, become an Event of Default.
"Disclosed Matters" means the actions, suits and proceedings and
the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.05.
"dollars" or "$" refers to lawful money of the United States of
America.
"Effective Date" means the date on which the conditions specified
in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 8.02).
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"Environmental Laws" means all applicable laws, rules,
regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions or
binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental
Authority, relating to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural
resources or the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Material.
"Environmental Liability" means any liability, contingent or
otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental
remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a)
violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c)
exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of
any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or
other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed
with respect to any of the foregoing.
"Equity Interests" means shares of capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial
interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer
under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302
of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
"Eurodollar", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing,
refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the LIBO Rate.
"Event of Default" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Article VI.
"Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to the Administrative Agent,
any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of
any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed
on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, (b) income,
franchise or similar taxes imposed by the jurisdiction under the laws of which
such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in
the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located or
which are imposed by reason of any present or former connection between such
Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such taxes, other than solely as a result
of this Agreement or any Loan or transaction contemplated thereby, (c) any
branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax
imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (a) or (b) above and (d)
in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by
the Borrower under Section 2.17(b)), any withholding tax that (i) is in effect
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and would apply to amounts payable to such Foreign Lender under applicable law
at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates
a new lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its
assignor, if any) was entitled, under applicable law at the time of designation
of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the
Borrower with respect to any withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.15(a), or
(ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender's failure to comply with Section
2.15(e).
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, the weighted
average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on
overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business
Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Financial Officer" means the chief financial officer, principal
accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
"Fiscal Year" means the fiscal year of the Borrower which shall
commence on the Sunday following the Saturday on or nearest (whether following
or preceding) January 31 of one calendar year and end on the Saturday on or
nearest (whether following or preceding) January 31 of the following calendar
year.
"Five-Year Credit Agreement" means the Five-Year Revolving Credit
Agreement dated as of July 13, 2001 among the Borrower, the lenders party
thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as "Administrative Agent" under and as defined
in the Five-Year Credit Agreement.
"Fixed Rate" means, with respect to any Competitive Loan (other
than a Eurodollar Competitive Loan), the fixed rate of interest per annum
specified by the Lender making such Competitive Loan in its related Competitive
Bid.
"Fixed Rate Loan" means a Competitive Loan bearing interest at a
Fixed Rate.
"Foreign Lender" means any Lender that is organized under the
laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For
purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof
and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single
jurisdiction.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America.
"Governmental Authority" means the government of the United
States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof,
whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory
body, court, central bank or other entity
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exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
"Guarantee" of or by any Person (the "guarantor") means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the
economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect,
(a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or
supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to
purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring
the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c)
to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement
condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary
obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party
in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such
Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
"Hazardous Materials" means all explosive or radioactive
substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other
pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos
containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or
medical wastes in each case which are regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
"Hedging Agreement" means any interest rate protection agreement,
foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or
other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.
"Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all
obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property
(other than inventory) or services (excluding accruals and trade accounts
payable arising in the ordinary course of business), (d) all Indebtedness of
others secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether
or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (e) all Guarantees by
such Person of Indebtedness of others, (f) all Capital Lease Obligations of such
Person and (g) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in
respect of bankers' acceptances.
"Indemnified Taxes" means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes and
Other Taxes.
"Index Debt" means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for
borrowed money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other Person or
subject to any other credit enhancement.
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"Information Memorandum" means the Confidential Information
Memorandum dated June, 2003 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.
"Interest Election Request" means a request by the Borrower to
convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.06.
"Interest Payment Date" means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan,
the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to
any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the
Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar
Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months' duration, each day
prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three
months' duration after the first day of such Interest Period and (c) with
respect to any Fixed Rate Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable
to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Fixed Rate
Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than 90 days' duration (unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request), each day prior
to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of 90 days'
duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and any other dates that
are specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request as Interest Payment
Dates with respect to such Borrowing.
"Interest Period" means (a) with respect to any Eurodollar
Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on (i)
the date that is one or two weeks thereafter or (ii) the numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months
thereafter, in each case as the Borrower may elect and (b) with respect to any
Fixed Rate Borrowing, the period (which shall not be less than seven days or
more than 180 days) commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the
date specified in the applicable Competitive Bid Request; provided, that (i) if
any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest
Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless, in the case
of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of an integral number of
months only, such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar
month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding
Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Borrowing with
an Interest Period of an integral number of months that commences on the last
Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end
on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and
(iii) any Interest Period that would otherwise end after the Maturity Date will
end on the Maturity Date. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially
shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a
Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent
conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
"Lenders" means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other
Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Acceptance, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant
to an Assignment and Acceptance.
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"LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for
any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page 3750 of the Dow ▇▇▇▇▇ Market
Service (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any
successor to or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations
comparable to those currently provided on such page of such Service, as
determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of
providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the
London interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar
deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that
such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the "LIBO Rate"
with respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the
rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to
such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank
market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of
trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in,
on or of such asset.
"Loans" means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement.
"Margin" means, with respect to any Competitive Loan bearing
interest at a rate based on the LIBO Rate, the marginal rate of interest, if
any, to be added to or subtracted from the LIBO Rate to determine the rate of
interest applicable to such Loan, as specified by the Lender making such Loan in
its related Competitive Bid.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a)
the business, financial position or results of operations of the Borrower and
the Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower
to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or (c) the rights of or
benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement.
"Material Indebtedness" means Indebtedness (other than the
Loans), or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one
or more of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in an aggregate
principal amount exceeding $75,000,000. For purposes of determining Material
Indebtedness, the "principal amount" of the obligations of the Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be
the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the
Borrower or such Consolidated Subsidiary would be required to pay if such
Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
"Maturity Date" means the Termination Date or, if the Borrower
exercises its option under Section 2.18, the first anniversary of the
Termination Date.
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"Minority Interest Disposition" means a sale, transfer or other
disposition by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (including the issuer
thereof) of up to 20% of the Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of the Borrower.
"Moody's" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"Other Taxes" means any and all present or future recording,
stamp, documentary, excise, property or similar taxes, charges or levies imposed
by the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof arising
from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement
of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to
and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due;
(b) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's,
repairmen's and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course
of business and security obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business
in compliance with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other
social security laws or regulations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts,
leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and
other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of
business;
(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute
an Event of Default under clause (j) of Section 6.01; and
(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar
encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course
of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially
detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary
conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
provided that the term "Permitted Encumbrances" shall not include any Lien
securing Indebtedness.
"Permitted Holders" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, all descendants of
any of his grandparents, any spouse or former spouse of any of the foregoing,
any descendant of
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any such spouse or former spouse, the estate of any of the foregoing, any trust
for the benefit, in whole or in part, of one or more of the foregoing and any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity Controlled
by one or more of the foregoing.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability
company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
"Plan" means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section
412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section
4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
"Prime Rate" means the rate of interest per annum publicly
announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank as its prime rate in effect
at its principal office in New York City; each change in the Prime Rate shall be
effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being
effective.
"Register" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.04.
"Related Parties" means, with respect to any specified Person,
such Person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees,
agents and advisors of such Person and such Person's Affiliates.
"Required Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving
Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of
the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time;
provided that, for purposes of declaring the Loans to be due and payable
pursuant to Article VI, and for all purposes after the Loans become due and
payable pursuant to Article VI or the Commitments expire or terminate, the
outstanding Competitive Loans of the Lenders shall be included in their
respective Revolving Credit Exposures in determining the Required Lenders.
"Revolving Credit Exposure" means, with respect to any Lender at
any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's Revolving
Loans at such time.
"Revolving Loan" means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.03.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
"Statutory Reserve Percentage" means for any day the percentage
(expressed as a decimal) that is in effect on such day, as prescribed by the
Board, for determining the maximum reserve requirement for a member bank of the
Federal Reserve System for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
"Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve
percentage shall include those imposed
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pursuant to such Regulation D. The Statutory Reserve Percentage shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any
reserve percentage.
"subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person (the "parent") at
any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association
or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the
parent in the parent's consolidated financial statements if such financial
statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any
other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other
entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more
than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the
case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are,
as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date,
otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or
by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
"Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
"Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental
Authority.
"Termination Date" means June 25, 2004, subject to extension
pursuant to Section 2.07(d).
"Transactions" means the execution, delivery and performance by
the Borrower of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the
proceeds thereof.
"Type", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers
to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, is determined by reference to the LIBO Rate, the Alternate Base Rate
or a Fixed Rate.
"Unfunded Liabilities" means, with respect to any Plan at any
time, the amount (if any) by which (a) the present value of all benefits under
such Plan exceeds (b) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such
benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such
Plan, but only (i) to the extent that such excess represents a potential
liability of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to the PBGC or any other Person
under Title IV of ERISA or (ii) with respect to a Plan which is a Multiemployer
Plan as described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to the extent of the Unfunded
Liabilities of such Plan allocable to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate under
Section 4212 of ERISA.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in a written notice sent at any time after July 13, 2001
by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent which is engaged (a) primarily in
the business of making or discounting loans, making advances, extending credit
or providing financial accommodation to, or purchasing the obligations of,
others; (b) primarily in the business of insuring property against loss and
subject to regulation as an insurance company by any Governmental Authority; (c)
exclusively in the business of owning or leasing, and operating, aircraft and/or
trucks; (d) primarily in the ownership, management, leasing or
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operation of real estate, other than parcels of real estate with respect to
which 51% or more of the rentable space is used by the Borrower or a
Consolidated Subsidiary in the normal course of business; or (e) primarily as a
carrier transporting goods in both intrastate and interstate commerce, provided
that (i) the Borrower may by notice to the Administrative Agent change the
designation of any Subsidiary described in subparagraphs (a) through (e) above,
but may do so only once during the term of this Agreement, (ii) the designation
of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary more than 30 days after the
creation or acquisition of such Subsidiary where such Subsidiary was not
specifically so designated within such 30 days shall be deemed to be the only
permitted change in designation and (iii) immediately after the Borrower
designates any Subsidiary whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created as
an Unrestricted Subsidiary or changes the designation of a Subsidiary from an
Unrestricted Subsidiary to a Consolidated Subsidiary, the Borrower and all
Consolidated Subsidiaries would be in compliance with all of the provisions of
this Agreement.
"Value" means, when used in Section 6.01(e) with respect to
investments in and advances to a Consolidated Subsidiary, the book value thereof
immediately before the relevant event or events referred to in Section 6.01(e)
occurred with respect to such Consolidated Subsidiary.
"Withdrawal Liability" means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as
a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as
such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For
purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class
(e.g., a "Revolving Loan") or by Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Loan") or by Class
and Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Revolving Loan"). Borrowings also may be
classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a "Revolving Borrowing") or by Type
(e.g., a "Eurodollar Borrowing") or by Class and Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar
Revolving Borrowing").
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein
shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding
masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words "include", "includes" and
"including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation".
The word "will" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the
word "shall". Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from
time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein),
(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person's successors and assigns, (c) the words "herein", "hereof" and
"hereunder", and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this
Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all
references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to,
this Agreement and (e) the words "asset" and "property" shall be construed
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to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall
be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided
that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower
requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any
change occurring after [July 13, 2001] in GAAP or in the application thereof on
the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof
for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision
shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been
withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
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SECTION 2.01. Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower
from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal
amount that (after giving effect to the making of such Revolving Loans and any
concurrent repayment of Loans) will not result in (a) such Lender's Revolving
Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender's Commitment or (b) the sum of the total
Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Competitive Loans exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits
and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may
borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings. (a) Each Revolving Loan shall
be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders
ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. Each Competitive Loan
shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.04. The
failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the
Commitments and Competitive Bids of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall
be responsible for any other Lender's failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.12, (i) each Revolving Borrowing shall
be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may
request in accordance herewith, and (ii) each Competitive Borrowing shall be
comprised entirely of Eurodollar Loans or Fixed Rate Loans as the Borrower may
request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any
Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such
Lender to make such Loan; provided that
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any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to
repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount
that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $20,000,000. At the
time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an
aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than
$20,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate
amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments. Each
Competitive Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $20,000,000. Borrowings of more than
one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there
shall not at any time be more than a total of 12 Eurodollar Revolving Borrowings
outstanding.
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a
Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such
request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than
11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the
proposed Borrowing and (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00
a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such
telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed
promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written
Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by
the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify
the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar
Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest
Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by
the definition of the term "Interest Period"; and
(v) the location and number of the Borrower's account to which funds
are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section
2.05.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the
requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period
is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then
the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month's
duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with
this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details
thereof and of the amount of such Lender's Loan to be made as part of the
requested Borrowing.
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SECTION 2.04. Competitive Bid Procedure. (a) Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, from time to time during the Availability
Period the Borrower may request Competitive Bids and may (but shall not have any
obligation to) accept Competitive Bids and borrow Competitive Loans; provided
that the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures plus the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans at any time (after giving
effect to the borrowing of such Competitive Loans and any concurrent repayment
of Loans) shall not exceed the total Commitments. To request Competitive Bids,
the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone,
(a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York
City time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing and (b)
in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City
time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that
the Borrower may submit up to (but not more than) five Competitive Bid Requests
on the same day, but a Competitive Bid Request shall not be made within three
Business Days after the date of any previous Competitive Bid Request, unless any
and all such previous Competitive Bid Requests shall have been withdrawn or all
Competitive Bids received in response thereto rejected. Each such telephonic
Competitive Bid Request shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy
to the Administrative Agent of a written Competitive Bid Request in a form
approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such
telephonic and written Competitive Bid Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing or a
Fixed Rate Borrowing;
(iv) the Interest Period to be applicable to such Borrowing, which
shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term "Interest
Period"; and
(v) the location and number of the Borrower's account to which funds
are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section
2.05.
Promptly following receipt of a Competitive Bid Request in accordance with this
Section, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of the details
thereof by telecopy, inviting the Lenders to submit Competitive Bids.
(b) Each Lender may (but shall not have any obligation to) make
one or more Competitive Bids to the Borrower in response to a Competitive Bid
Request. Each Competitive Bid by a Lender must be in a form approved by the
Administrative Agent and must be received by the Administrative Agent by
telecopy, (x) in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive Borrowing, not later than
9:30 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the proposed date of
such Competitive Borrowing and (y) in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, not
later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the proposed date of such
Competitive Borrowing. Competitive Bids that do not conform
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substantially to the form approved by the Administrative Agent may be rejected
by the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall notify the
applicable Lender as promptly as practicable. Each Competitive Bid shall specify
(i) the principal amount (which shall be a minimum of $5,000,000 and an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and which may equal the entire principal amount of the
Competitive Borrowing requested by the Borrower) of the Competitive Loan or
Loans that the Lender is willing to make, (ii) the Competitive Bid Rate or Rates
at which the Lender is prepared to make such Loan or Loans (expressed as a
percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal
places) and (iii) the Interest Period applicable to each such Loan and the last
day thereof.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower
by telecopy of the Competitive Bid Rate and the principal amount specified in
each Competitive Bid and the identity of the Lender that shall have made such
Competitive Bid.
(d) Subject only to the provisions of this paragraph, the
Borrower may accept or reject any Competitive Bid. The Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent by telephone, confirmed by telecopy in a form approved by
the Administrative Agent, whether and to what extent it has decided to accept or
reject each Competitive Bid, (x) in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive
Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days
before the date of the proposed Competitive Borrowing and (y) in the case of a
Fixed Rate Borrowing, not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the
proposed date of the Competitive Borrowing; provided that (i) the failure of the
Borrower to give such notice shall be deemed to be a rejection of each
Competitive Bid, (ii) the Borrower shall not accept a Competitive Bid made at a
particular Competitive Bid Rate if the Borrower rejects a Competitive Bid made
at a lower Competitive Bid Rate, (iii) the aggregate amount of the Competitive
Bids accepted by the Borrower shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the
requested Competitive Borrowing specified in the related Competitive Bid
Request, (iv) to the extent necessary to comply with clause (iii) above, the
Borrower may accept Competitive Bids at the same Competitive Bid Rate in part,
which acceptance, in the case of multiple Competitive Bids at such Competitive
Bid Rate, shall be made pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such
Competitive Bid, and (v) except pursuant to clause (iv) above, no Competitive
Bid shall be accepted for a Competitive Loan unless such Competitive Loan is in
a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and an integral multiple of $1,000,000;
provided further that if a Competitive Loan must be in an amount less than
$5,000,000 because of the provisions of clause (iv) above, such Competitive Loan
may be for a minimum of $1,000,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and in
calculating the pro rata allocation of acceptances of portions of multiple
Competitive Bids at a particular Competitive Bid Rate pursuant to clause (iv)
the amounts shall be rounded to integral multiples of $1,000,000 in a manner
determined by the Borrower. A notice given by the Borrower pursuant to this
paragraph shall be irrevocable.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each bidding
Lender by telecopy whether or not its Competitive Bid has been accepted (and, if
so, the amount and Competitive Bid Rate so accepted), and each successful bidder
will thereupon
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become bound, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to make the
Competitive Loan in respect of which its Competitive Bid has been accepted.
(f) If the Administrative Agent shall elect to submit a
Competitive Bid in its capacity as a Lender, it shall submit such Competitive
Bid directly to the Borrower at least one quarter of an hour earlier than the
time by which the other Lenders are required to submit their Competitive Bids to
the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.
SECTION 2.05. Funding of Borrowings. (a) Each Lender shall make
each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire
transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to
the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such
purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans
available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like
funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in
New York City and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request
or Competitive Bid Request.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will
not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender's share of such
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section
and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a
corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share
of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the
applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative
Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for
each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the
Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at
(i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate
and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower,
the greater of the interest rate applicable to the Loans of the other Lenders
included in the applicable Borrowing and a rate determined by the Administrative
Agent to equal its cost of funds for funding such amount. If such Lender pays
such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such
Lender's Loan included in such Borrowing.
SECTION 2.06. Interest Elections. (a) Each Revolving Borrowing
initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request
and, in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial
Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower
may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such
Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, may elect
Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may
elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected
Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the
Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans
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comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This
Section shall not apply to Competitive Borrowings, which may not be converted or
continued.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower
shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time
that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower
were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election
to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest
Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand
delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election
Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the
Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall
specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and,
if different options are being elected with respect to different portions
thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing
(in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii)
and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest
Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a
Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the
Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such
election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the
term "Interest Period".
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does
not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month's duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request,
the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of
such Lender's portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election
Request with respect to a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as
provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be
converted to an ABR Borrowing.
SECTION 2.07. Termination, Reduction and Increase of Commitments.
(a) Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the
Termination Date, subject to the Borrower's option to extend the Termination
Date pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section.
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(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time
reduce, the Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Commitments
shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less
than $25,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the
Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in
accordance with Section 2.09, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures plus the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Competitive Loans would exceed the
total Commitments.
(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any
election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this
Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such
termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date
thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent
shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the
Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice
of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such
notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in
which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such
condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments
shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably
among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.
(d) The Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent
(which shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders) given not less than
45 days and not more than 60 days prior to the Termination Date at any time in
effect, request that the Lenders extend the Termination Date for an additional
period of not more than 364 days as specified in such notice; provided that the
Borrower may exercise such option no more than a total of three times. Each
Lender shall, by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent given not
earlier that the 30th day and not later than the 25th day prior to the
Termination Date then in effect, advise the Borrower whether or not it agrees to
such extension on the terms set forth in such notice. Any Lender that has not so
advised the Borrower and the Administrative Agent by such day shall be deemed to
have declined to agree to such extension. If the Borrower shall have requested
and Lenders representing more than 50% of the aggregate Commitments shall have
agreed to an extension of the Termination Date, then the Termination Date shall
be extended for the additional period and on the terms specified in the
Borrower's notice. The decision to agree or withhold agreement to any extension
of the Termination Date hereunder shall be at the sole discretion of each
Lender. The Commitments of any Lender that has declined to agree to any
requested extension of the Termination Date (a "Non-Extending Lender") shall
terminate on the Termination Date in effect prior to giving effect to any such
extension (the "Existing Termination Date"), and the principal amount of any
outstanding Loans accepted by such Lender, together with any accrued interest
thereon, and any accrued fees and other amounts payable to or for the account of
such Lender hereunder, shall be due and payable on the Existing Termination
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, the Borrower
shall have the right, pursuant to Section 2.17(b), to replace a Non-Extending
Lender with a Lender or other financial institution that will agree to an
extension of the Termination Date.
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(e) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative
Agent, executed by the Borrower and one or more financial institutions (any such
financial institution referred to in this Section being called an "Increasing
Lender"), which may include any Lender, cause Commitments of the Increasing
Lenders to become effective (or, in the case of an Increasing Lender that is an
existing Lender, cause its Commitment to be increased, as the case may be) in an
amount for each Increasing Lender set forth in such notice, provided, that (i)
the aggregate amount of all new Commitments and increases in existing
Commitments pursuant to this paragraph during the term of this Agreement shall
not exceed $150,000,000, (ii) each Increasing Lender, if not already a Lender
hereunder, shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and (iii) each Increasing Lender,
if not already a Lender hereunder, shall become a party to this Agreement by
completing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a duly executed accession
agreement in a form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
New Commitments and increases in Commitments pursuant to this Section shall
become effective on the date specified in the applicable notices delivered
pursuant to this Section. Following any extension of a new Commitment or
increase of a Lender's Commitment pursuant to this paragraph, any Revolving
Loans outstanding prior to the effectiveness of such increase or extension shall
continue outstanding until the ends of the respective Interests Periods
applicable thereto, and shall then be repaid or refinanced with new Revolving
Loans made pursuant to Section 2.01. Following any increase in the Commitments
pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower will use its reasonable best effort to
ensure that, to the extent there are outstanding Revolving Loans, each Lender's
outstanding Revolving Loans will be in accordance with such Lender's pro rata
portion of the Commitments.
SECTION 2.08. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Indebtedness. (a)
The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each
Revolving Loan on the Maturity Date and (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender that shall have made any Competitive Loan the then unpaid
principal amount of each Competitive Loan of such Lender on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable to such Loan.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual
practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to
such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts
of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it
shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type
thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any
principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by
the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each
Lender's share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to
paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the
existence and amounts of the
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obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the
Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in
any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by
a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and
deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender
(or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and
in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced
by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
assignment pursuant to Section 8.04) be represented by one or more promissory
notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such
promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION 2.09. Prepayment of Loans. (a) The Borrower shall have
the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or
in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this
Section; provided that the Borrower shall not have the right to prepay any
Competitive Loan without the prior consent of the Lender thereof.
(b) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by
telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of
prepayment of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New
York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment and (ii) in the
case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New
York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable
and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing
or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is
given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments
as contemplated by Section 2.07, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked
if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.07.
Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing,
the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each
partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would
be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type
as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be
applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments
shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.11.
SECTION 2.10. Fees. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a facility fee, which shall
accrue at the Applicable Rate on the daily amount of the Commitment of such
Lender (whether used or unused) during the period from and including the
Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates;
provided that, if such Lender continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure
(or an outstanding term loan pursuant to Section 2.18) after its Commitment
terminates, then such facility fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount
of such Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure (or outstanding
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term loan) from and including the date on which its Commitment terminates to but
excluding the date on which such Lender ceases to have any Revolving Credit
Exposure (or the date on which such term loan is repaid in full). Accrued
facility fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June,
September and December of each year and on the Maturity Date, commencing on the
first such date to occur after the date hereof; provided that any facility fees
accruing after the Maturity Date shall be payable on demand. All facility fees
shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for
the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the
last day).
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for
its own account, fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon
between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(c) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in
immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, and
in the case of facility fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable
under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.11. Interest. (a) The Loans comprising each ABR
Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable
Rate.
(b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear
interest (i) in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving Loan, at the LIBO Rate for
the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate, or
(ii) in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive Loan, at the LIBO Rate for the
Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus (or minus, as applicable) the
Margin applicable to such Loan.
(c) Each Fixed Rate Loan shall bear interest at the Fixed Rate
applicable to such Loan.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or
interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower
hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or
otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before
judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of
any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the
preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2%
plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this
Section.
(e) (i) For so long as any Lender maintains reserves against
"Eurocurrency liabilities" (or any other category of liabilities which includes
deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Eurodollar Revolving Loans
is determined or any category of extensions of credit or other assets which
includes loans by a non-United States office of any Lender to United States
residents), and as a result the cost to such Lender (or its lending office for
Eurodollar Revolving Loans) of making or maintaining its Eurodollar Revolving
Loans is increased, then such Lender may require the Borrower
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to pay, contemporaneously with each payment of interest on any Eurodollar
Revolving Loan of such Lender, additional interest on such Eurodollar Revolving
Loan for the Interest Period of such Eurodollar Revolving Loan at a rate per
annum up to but not exceeding the excess of (A)(x) the applicable LIBO Rate
divided by (y) one minus the Statutory Reserve Percentage over (B) the rate
specified in the preceding clause (x).
(ii) Any Lender wishing to require payment of additional interest
(x) shall so notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, in which case
such additional interest on the Eurodollar Revolving Loans of such Lender shall
be payable to such Lender at the place indicated in such notice with respect to
each Interest Period commencing at least three Business Days after the giving of
such notice and (y) shall furnish to the Borrower at least five Business Days
prior to each date on which interest is payable on the Eurodollar Revolving
Loans an officer's certificate setting forth the amount to which such Lender is
then entitled under this Section (which shall be consistent with such Lender's
good faith estimate of the level at which the related reserves are maintained by
it). Each such certificate shall be accompanied by such information as the
Borrower may reasonably request as to the computation set forth therein.
(f) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on
each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans,
upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant
to paragraph (d) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event
of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR
Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on
the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such
repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any
Eurodollar Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period
therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date
of such conversion.
(g) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate
Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall
be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and
in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including
the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or
LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.12. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the
commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBO Rate for such
Interest Period; or
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(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders
(or, in the case of a Eurodollar Competitive Loan, the Lender that is
required to make such Loan) that the LIBO Rate for such Interest
Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders
(or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan)
included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the
Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter, but not
later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the first day of such Interest
Period, and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the
Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i)
any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving
Borrowing to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurodollar
Borrowing shall be ineffective, (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then, unless the Borrower notifies the
Administrative Agent by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date of such
Borrowing that it elects not to borrow on such date, such Borrowing shall be
made as an ABR Borrowing and (iii) any request by the Borrower for a Eurodollar
Competitive Borrowing shall be ineffective; provided that if the circumstances
giving rise to such notice do not affect all the Lenders, then requests by the
Borrower for Eurodollar Competitive Borrowings may be made to Lenders that are
not affected thereby.
SECTION 2.13. Increased Costs. (a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or
similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of,
or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement
reflected in the Statutory Reserve Percentage); or
(ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other
condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender
(other than an imposition or change in Taxes, Other Taxes or Excluded
Taxes, or any Change in Law relating to capital requirements or the rate of
return on capital, with respect to which Section 2.15 and paragraph (b) of
this Section, respectively, shall apply);
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making or maintaining, or reduce the amount receivable by any Lender
with respect to, any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make
any such Loan), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount
or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or
reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding
capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return
on such Lender's capital or on the capital of such Lender's holding company, if
any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender, to a
level below that which such Lender or such Lender's holding company could have
achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender's
policies and the policies of such Lender's
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holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the
Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender or such Lender's holding company for any such reduction
suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be,
as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the
Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay
such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 15 days after
receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such
Lender's right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not
be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased
costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such
Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased
costs or reductions and of such Lender's intention to claim compensation
therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred
to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, a
Lender shall not be entitled to compensation pursuant to this Section in respect
of any Competitive Loan if the Change in Law that would otherwise entitle it to
such compensation shall have been publicly announced prior to submission of the
Competitive Bid pursuant to which such Loan was made.
SECTION 2.14. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the
payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan or Fixed Rate Loan other than on
the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of
an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to
borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Revolving Loan on the date specified in
any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be
revoked under Section 2.09(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), (d) the
failure to borrow any Competitive Loan after accepting the Competitive Bid to
make such Loan, or (e) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan or Fixed Rate Loan
other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result
of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.17, then, in any such event,
the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense
attributable to such event which, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender,
such Lender (or an existing or prospective participant in a related Loan)
incurred, including any loss incurred in obtaining, liquidating or employing
deposits from third parties, but excluding loss of margin for the period after
any such payment. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or
amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall
be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The
Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate
within 15 days after receipt thereof.
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SECTION 2.15. Taxes. (a) Any and all payments by or on account of
any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made free and clear of and
without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the
Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from
such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that
after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or Lender
(as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received
had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions
and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and
each Lender within 15 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of
any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such
Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account
of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder (including Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this
Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom
or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority; provided, that the Borrower shall not be obligated to make payment to
such Lender or Administrative Agent for penalties, interest or expenses
attributable to the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such Lender or
Administrative Agent. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or
liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or by the Administrative Agent
on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a
receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of
the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the
Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with
respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a
copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable
law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable
law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be
made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such Foreign Lender
has received written notice from the Borrower advising it of the availability of
such exemption or reduction and containing all applicable documentation.
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(f) If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its
sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to
which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the
Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay over
such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made,
or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section with respect to
the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket
expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other
than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to
such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the
Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant
Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event
the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to require the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any
other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the
Borrower or any other Person.
SECTION 2.16. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of
Set-offs. (a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it
hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under
Section 2.13, 2.14 or 2.15, or otherwise) on the date when due, in immediately
available funds, without set-off or counterclaim, and the Borrower agrees to
instruct its bank which will be transmitting such funds with respect to such
payments not later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date when due.
All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, except that payments pursuant to Sections
2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 8.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled
thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by
it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly
following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that
is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest,
interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments
hereunder shall be made in dollars.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and
available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied towards
payment of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the
parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal, interest
and fees then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or
counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or
interest on any of its Revolving Loans resulting in such Lender receiving
payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans
and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender,
then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at
face value) participations in the Revolving Loans of other Lenders to the extent
necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be
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shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of
principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans; provided
that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the
payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded
and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without
interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to
apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the
express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as
consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its
Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph
shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent
it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a
participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the
Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation
as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount
of such participation.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower
will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the
Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in
reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such
event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the
Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each
day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the
Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent
in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be
made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(b) or 2.16(d) then the Administrative Agent
may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply
any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of
such Lender to satisfy such Lender's obligations under such Sections until all
such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
SECTION 2.17. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. (a)
If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13 or additional interest
under Section 2.11(e), or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional
amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 2.15, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to
designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder
or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices,
branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or
assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section
2.13, 2.11(e) or 2.15, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not
subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise
be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all
reasonable costs
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and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or
assignment.
(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13 or
additional interest under Section 2.11(e), or if the Borrower is required to pay
any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the
account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, or if any Lender defaults in its
obligation to fund Loans hereunder, or if any Lender fails to agree to an
extension of the Termination Date as provided in Section 2.07(d), then the
Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the
Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without
recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in
Section 8.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement
(other than any outstanding Competitive Loans held by it) to an assignee that
shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender
accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not
unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an
amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans (other than Competitive
Loans), accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to
it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and
accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts)
and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 2.13, additional interest under Section 2.11(e) or
payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.15, such assignment will
result in a material reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall
not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as
a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling
the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
(c) In connection with any proposed amendment, modification or
waiver of or with respect to any provision of this Agreement (a "Proposed
Change") requiring the consent of all Lenders, if the consent of the Required
Lenders to such Proposed Change is obtained, but the consent to such Proposed
Change of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such
Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in this Section 2.17(c) being
referred to as a "Non-Consenting Lender"), then the Borrower may, at its sole
expense and effort, upon notice to each Non-Consenting Lender and the
Administrative Agent, require each Non-Consenting Lender to assign and delegate,
without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained
in Section 8.04) all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement
(other than any outstanding Competitive Loans held by it) to an assignee that
shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender
accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, (ii) such Non-Consenting Lender shall have received
payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans (other than
Competitive Loans), accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts
payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding
principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all
other amounts) and (iii) the Borrower shall not be permitted to require any
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Non-Consenting Lender to make any such assignment unless all Non-Consenting
Lenders are required to make such assignments and, as a result thereof, the
Proposed Change will become effective.
SECTION 2.18. Term-Out Option. The Borrower may, so long as no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing and upon 60 days' prior written
notice to the Administrative Agent, convert Revolving Loans outstanding on the
Termination Date into a term loan that will mature on the first anniversary of
the Termination Date; provided that all Commitments will terminate on the
Termination Date, and additional Borrowings will not be permitted after the
Termination Date. This Section shall not apply to Competitive Loans. After the
Termination Date, any term loans outstanding as a result of the exercise by the
Borrower of its rights under this Section shall continue to constitute Revolving
Loans for purposes of this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
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The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
SECTION 3.01. Corporate Existence and Power. The Borrower is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and has all corporate power and authority required
to carry on its business as now conducted.
SECTION 3.02. Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No
Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
Agreement and the Transactions are within the Borrower's corporate power, have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, require no action by or
in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official (other
than the filing of reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission) and do
not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law
or regulation or of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Borrower
or of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument
binding upon the Borrower.
SECTION 3.03. Binding Effect. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a valid and binding
obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of
whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.04. Financial Information. (a) The consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and the related consolidated
statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows as of and for (i)the
Fiscal Year ended February 1, 2003, reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.
and set forth in the Borrower's Annual Report on Form 10-K for such Fiscal Year,
a copy of which has been
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delivered to each of the Lenders, and (ii) the fiscal quarter ending May 3,
2003, certified by a Financial Officer, in each case fairly present, in
conformity with GAAP, the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and
the Subsidiaries as of such date and their consolidated results of operations
and cash flows for such Fiscal Year or portion of such Fiscal Year, as
applicable.
(b) From May 3, 2003 to the Effective Date, there has been no
material adverse change in the business, financial position or results of
operations of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, considered as a
whole.
SECTION 3.05. Litigation and Environmental Matters. (a) There is
no action, suit or proceeding pending against, or to the knowledge of the
Borrower threatened against or affecting, the Borrower or any Consolidated
Subsidiaries before any court or arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or
official in which there is, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower (which
shall be conclusive), a reasonable possibility of an adverse decision which
could materially adversely affect the business, consolidated financial position
or consolidated results of operations of the Borrower and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, or which in any manner draws into question
the validity or enforceability of this Agreement.
(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to
any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably
expected in the good faith judgment of the Borrower (which shall be conclusive)
to materially adversely affect the business, financial position or results of
operations of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries considered as a
whole, neither the Borrower nor any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries (i) has
failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply
with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law,
(ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received
notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of
any basis for any Environmental Liability.
(c) Since July 13, 2001, there has been no change in the status
of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the aggregate in the good
faith judgment of the Borrower (which shall be conclusive), has resulted in a
material adverse effect on the business, financial position or results of
operations of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries considered as a
whole.
SECTION 3.06. Subsidiaries. Each of the Consolidated Subsidiaries
is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and, to the extent
applicable, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation, and has all corporate power and authority required to carry on
its business as now conducted except to the extent that the failure of any such
Consolidated Subsidiary to be so incorporated, existing or in good standing or
to have such power and authority is not reasonably expected by the Borrower to
have a material adverse effect on the business, financial position or results of
operations of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries considered as a
whole.
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SECTION 3.07. Not an Investment Company. The Borrower is not an
"investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
SECTION 3.08. ERISA. The Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates (a)
have fulfilled their material obligations under the minimum funding standards of
ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan, (b) are in compliance in all
material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code
and (c) have not incurred any liability in excess of $75,000,000 to the PBGC or
a Plan under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to PBGC for premiums under
Section 4007 of ERISA; provided, that this sentence shall not apply to (i) any
ERISA Affiliate as described in Section 414(m) of the Code (other than the
Borrower or a Subsidiary) or any Plan maintained by such an ERISA Affiliate or
(ii) any Multiemployer Plan. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have made all
material payments to Multiemployer Plans which they have been required to make
under the related collective bargaining agreement or applicable law.
SECTION 3.09. Taxes. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed
all United States federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns
which, in the opinion of the Borrower, are required to be filed by them and have
paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment
received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except for assessments which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. The charges, accruals
and reserves on the books of the Borrower and Subsidiaries in respect of taxes
or other governmental charges are, in the opinion of the Borrower, adequate.
SECTION 3.10. Disclosure. The Information Memorandum, the
financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(i) and (ii), the
registration statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(vi) (in each case
in the form in which such registration statements were declared effective, as
amended by any post-effective amendments thereto) and the reports on Forms 10-K,
10-Q and 8-K delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(vi), do not, taken as a whole
and in each case as of the date thereof, contain any material misstatement of
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the
Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based
upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
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SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to
make Loans hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of
the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section
8.02):
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(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received
from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement
signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission
of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has
signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a written
opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and
dated the Effective Date) of each of (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, Esq.,
General Counsel of the Borrower, and (ii) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
counsel for the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibits B-1
and B-2, respectively, and covering such other matters relating to the
Borrower, this Agreement or the Transactions as the Required Lenders
shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to
deliver such opinions.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents
and certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may
reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good
standing of the Borrower, the authorization of the Transactions and
any other legal matters relating to the Borrower, this Agreement or
the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate,
dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President
or a Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the
conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02.
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and
other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date,
including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all
out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the
Borrower hereunder.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence
satisfactory to it of the termination of lending commitments under,
and the payment of all amounts outstanding under, the $500,000,000
364-Day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June 28, 2002 among the
Borrower, the banks party thereto and ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Chase Bank, as
administrative agent for such banks.
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the
Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not
become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived
pursuant to Section 8.02) at or
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prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 11, 2003 (and, in the event such
conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at
such time).
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to
make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to the satisfaction of
the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth
in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date of
such Borrowing.
(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such
Borrowing no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Each Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by
the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a)
and (b) of this Section.
ARTICLE V
Covenants
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The Borrower agrees that, so long as any Lender has any
Commitment hereunder or any amount payable hereunder remains unpaid:
SECTION 5.01. Information. (a) The Borrower will deliver to the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
(i) as soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the
end of each Fiscal Year, the Annual Report of the Borrower on Form 10-K for
such Fiscal Year, containing financial statements reported on in a manner
acceptable to the Securities and Exchange Commission by
PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. or other independent public accountants of
nationally recognized standing selected by the Borrower;
(ii) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the
end of each of the first three quarters of each Fiscal Year, a copy of the
Borrower's report on Form 10-Q for such quarter with the financial
statements therein contained to be certified (subject to normal year end
adjustments) as to fairness of presentation, generally accepted accounting
principles (except footnotes) and consistency, by a Financial Officer;
(iii) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial
statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate of a
Financial Officer (1) setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations
required to establish whether the Borrower was in compliance with the
requirements of Sections 5.06 and 5.07 on the date of such financial
statements and (2) stating whether, to the best
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knowledge of such Financial Officer, any Default exists on the date of such
certificate and, if any Default then exists, setting forth the details
thereof and the action which the Borrower is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto;
(iv) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial
statements referred to in clause (a) above, a statement of the firm of
independent public accountants which reported on such statements whether
anything has come to their attention to cause them to believe that any
Default existed on the date of such statements (insofar as such pertains to
accounting matters);
(v) promptly upon the mailing thereof to the stockholders of the
Borrower generally, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy
statements so mailed;
(vi) promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration
statements (other than the exhibits, thereto and any registration
statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent) and reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q
and 8-K (or their equivalents) which the Borrower shall have filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission;
(vii) within four Business Days of any executive officer of the
Borrower or any Financial Officer obtaining knowledge of any condition or
event recognized by such officer to be a Default, a certificate of a
Financial Officer setting forth the details thereof and the action which
the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
(viii) if and when any executive officer of the Borrower or any
Financial Officer obtains knowledge that any ERISA Affiliate (1) has given
or is required to give notice to the PBGC of any "reportable event" (as
defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to any Plan which might
constitute grounds for a termination of such Plan under Title IV of ERISA,
or knows that the plan administrator of any Plan has given or is required
to give notice of any such reportable event, a copy of the notice of such
reportable event given or required to be given to the PBGC, (2) has
received notice of complete or partial withdrawal liability under Title IV
of ERISA, a copy of such notice or (3) has received notice from the PBGC
under Title IV of ERISA of an intent to terminate or appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan, a copy of such notice; and
(ix) from time to time such additional information regarding the
financial position or business of the Borrower and Subsidiaries as the
Administrative Agent, at the request of any Lender, may reasonably request.
(b) Certificates delivered pursuant to this Section shall be
signed manually or shall be copies of a manually signed certificate.
SECTION 5.02. Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and
will cause each Consolidated Subsidiary to, maintain and keep in good condition,
repair and working order all properties used or useful in the conduct of its
business and supply such properties with all necessary equipment and make all
necessary repairs, renewals,
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replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of
the Borrower may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided
that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Borrower or any Consolidated
Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of such
properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Borrower, desirable
in the conduct of the business of the Borrower or such Consolidated Subsidiary,
as the case may be, and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Lenders.
SECTION 5.03. Maintenance of Insurance. The Borrower will, and
will cause each Consolidated Subsidiary to, insure and keep insured, with
reputable insurance companies, so much of its properties and such of its
liabilities for bodily injury or property damage, to such an extent and against
such risks (including fire), as companies engaged in similar businesses
customarily insure properties and liabilities of a similar character; or, in
lieu thereof, the Borrower will maintain, or cause each Consolidated Subsidiary
to maintain, a system or systems of self-insurance which will be in accord with
the customary practices of companies engaged in similar businesses in
maintaining such systems.
SECTION 5.04. Preservation of Corporate Existence. The Borrower
shall preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises and
privileges in the State of Delaware or in any other State of the United States
which it shall select as its jurisdiction of incorporation, and qualify and
remain qualified as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is necessary, except such jurisdictions, if any, where the failure
to preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises and
privileges, or qualify or remain qualified will not have a material adverse
effect on the business or property of the Borrower.
SECTION 5.05. Inspection of Property, Books and Records. The
Borrower will, and will cause each Consolidated Subsidiary to, make and keep
books, records and accounts in which transactions are recorded as necessary to
(a) permit preparation of the Borrower's consolidated financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and (b) otherwise
comply with the requirements of Section 13(b)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 as in effect from time to time. At any reasonable time during normal
business hours and from time to time, the Borrower will permit the
Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders or any agents or representatives
thereof at their expense (to the extent not in violation of applicable law) to
examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account
of, and visit the properties of, the Borrower and any Consolidated Subsidiaries
and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower and any
Consolidated Subsidiaries with any of their respective officers or directors.
Any information obtained pursuant to this Section or Section 5.01(a)(i) shall be
subject to Section 8.12.
SECTION 5.06. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not
permit the ratio of Consolidated EBITDAR to Consolidated Fixed Charges for any
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters to be less than 1.75 to 1.00.
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SECTION 5.07. Debt to Capital Ratio. The Borrower will not permit
the ratio of Consolidated Debt to Capital to exceed 0.825 to 1.
SECTION 5.08. Limitations on Liens. The Borrower will not, and
will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit
to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by
it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or
rights in respect of any thereof, except:
(a) Permitted Encumbrances;
(b) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary existing on July 13, 2001 and set forth in
Schedule 5.08; provided that (i) such Lien shall not apply to any
other property or asset of the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary
and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it
secured on July 13, 2001 and extensions, renewals and replacements
thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
(c) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the
acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary or
existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a
Consolidated Subsidiary after July 13, 2001 prior to the time such
Person becomes a Consolidated Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien
is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such
acquisition or such Person becoming a Consolidated Subsidiary, as the
case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or
assets of the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary and (iii) such
Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date
of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Consolidated
Subsidiary, as the case may be and extensions, renewals and
replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount thereof;
(d) Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or
improved by the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary; provided that
(i) with respect to a Consolidated Subsidiary, such security interests
secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 5.10, (ii) such security
interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to
or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such
construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby
does not exceed the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such
fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not
apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary; and
(e) other Liens securing obligations in an aggregate principal
amount not exceeding 15% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.
SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will
cause each Consolidated Subsidiary to, comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and requirements of
governmental authorities
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(including ERISA and the rules and regulations thereunder), except to the extent
that (a) the necessity of compliance therewith is contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings or (b) the failure to so comply would not result in any
material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of
operations of the Borrower and Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
SECTION 5.10. Limitations on Subsidiary Indebtedness. The
Borrower will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist any Indebtedness except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Consolidated Subsidiary which is, or the
direct or indirect parent of which is, acquired by the Borrower or any
other Consolidated Subsidiary after July 13, 2001, which Indebtedness
is in existence at the time such Consolidated Subsidiary (or parent)
is so acquired; provided such Indebtedness was not created at the
request or with the consent of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and
such Indebtedness may not be extended other than pursuant to the terms
thereof as in existence at the time such Consolidated Subsidiary (or
parent) was acquired; and
(b) other Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount for all
Consolidated Subsidiaries not exceeding 10% of Consolidated Tangible
Net Worth.
SECTION 5.11. Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will
not, and will not permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or
otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise
acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other
transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) at prices and on terms and
conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Consolidated Subsidiary
than could be obtained on an arm's-length basis from unrelated third parties,
(b) any transaction determined by a majority of the disinterested directors of
the Borrower's board of directors to be fair to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, (c) transactions between or among the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate and (d) any
transaction with respect to which neither the fair market value of the related
property or assets, nor the consideration therefor, exceeds $5,000,000.
SECTION 5.12. Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets. The
Borrower will not (a) consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, (b)
liquidate or dissolve or (c) sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or any
substantial part of the assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any other Person; provided that the Borrower
may merge with another Person if (i) the corporation surviving the merger is the
Borrower or a corporation organized under the laws of a State of the United
States into which the Borrower desires to merge for the purpose of becoming
incorporated in such State (in which case such corporation shall assume all of
the Borrower's obligations under this Agreement by an agreement satisfactory to
the Required Lenders (and the Required Lenders shall not unreasonably withhold
their consent to the form of such agreement) and shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent and
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the Lenders such legal opinions and other documents as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request to evidence the due authorization, validity and binding
effect thereof) and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such merger, no
Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and provided further that the
foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit any Minority Interest Disposition
or any other sale, lease or other transfer of assets (including by means of
dividends, share repurchases or recapitalizations) that does not involve all or
any substantial part of the assets of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
SECTION 5.13. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans will be
used only for general corporate purposes.
ARTICLE VI
Events of Default and Remedies
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SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. Any of the following shall be an
"Event of Default":
(a) The Borrower shall fail to make any payment of principal of
or interest on any Loan when due or to pay any fees or other amounts
payable hereunder when due, and such failure remains unremedied for
three Business Days after the Borrower's actual receipt of notice of
such failure from the Administrative Agent at the request of any
Lender;
(b) Any statement of fact or representation made or deemed to be
made by the Borrower in this Agreement or by the Borrower or any of
its officers in any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement
shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made
or deemed made, and, if the consequences of such representation or
statement being incorrect shall be susceptible of remedy in all
material respects, such consequences shall not be remedied in all
material respects within 30 days after any executive officer of the
Borrower or any Financial Officer first becomes aware of or is advised
that such representation or statement was incorrect in a material
respect;
(c) The Borrower shall fail to comply with any of the provisions
of Sections 5.06 or 5.07 and, if the consequences of such failure
shall be susceptible of remedy in all material respects, such
consequences shall not be remedied in all material respects within 20
days after any executive officer of the Borrower or any Financial
Officer first becomes aware or is advised of such failure to comply;
(d) (i) The Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary shall fail to
pay principal of or interest on any Material Indebtedness and the
longer of any periods within which the Borrower or such Consolidated
Subsidiary shall be allowed to cure such nonpayment shall have
elapsed, or 10 days shall have passed since such failure, in either
case without curing such nonpayment or (ii) any event or condition
shall occur which enables the holder of any Material Indebtedness or
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any Person acting on such holder's behalf to accelerate the maturity
thereof, and the longer of any periods within which the Borrower or
such Consolidated Subsidiary shall be allowed to cure such condition
or event shall have elapsed, or 10 days shall have passed since the
occurrence of such event or condition, in either case without curing
such event or condition, provided no Default under this clause (d)
shall be deemed to occur if (1) at the time the relevant event or
condition described in this clause (d) occurs, the Borrower's Index
Debt is rated (A) Baa3 or better by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and BBB- or better by S&P,
if both ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and S&P shall have in effect a rating for the
Borrower's Index Debt, or (B) Baa3 or better by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or BBB- or
better by S&P, if both ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and S&P shall not have in effect a
rating for the Borrower's Index Debt, (2) the Borrower's Index Debt
does not cease to have the ratings described in clause (1) above for
reasons attributable to the relevant event or condition described in
this clause (d), and (3) all Material Indebtedness that is affected by
any event or condition described in this clause (d) is either (A) owed
by a Consolidated Subsidiary not incorporated under the laws of any
State of the United States, the District of Columbia or Canada or any
province thereof, or (B) permitted under clause (a) of Section 5.10;
(e) The Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary shall (i) make a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) apply for or
consent (by admission of material allegations of a petition or
otherwise) to the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee or
liquidator of the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary or any
substantial part of the properties of the Borrower or any Consolidated
Subsidiary or authorize such application or consent, or proceedings
seeking such appointment shall be commenced without such
authorization, consent or application against the Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary and continue undismissed for 30 days (or if
such dismissal of such unauthorized proceedings cannot reasonably be
obtained within such 30 day period, the Borrower or any Consolidated
Subsidiary shall fail either to proceed with due diligence to seek to
obtain dismissal within such 30 day period or to obtain dismissal
within 60 days), (iii) authorize or file a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy, suffer an order for relief under any federal bankruptcy
law, or apply for or consent (by admission of material allegations of
a petition or otherwise) to the application of any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, insolvency,
dissolution, liquidation or other similar law of any jurisdiction, or
authorize such application or consent, or proceedings to such end
shall be instituted against the Borrower or any Consolidated
Subsidiary without such authorization, application or consent which
are not vacated within 30 days from the date thereof (or if such
vacation cannot reasonably be obtained within such 30 day period, the
Borrower shall fail either to proceed with due diligence to seek to
obtain vacation within such 30 day period or to obtain vacation within
60 days), (iv) permit or suffer all or any substantial part of its
properties to be sequestered, attached, or subjected to a Lien (other
than a Lien expressly permitted by the exception to Section 5.08)
through any legal proceeding or distraint which is not vacated within
30 days from the date thereof (or if such vacation cannot reasonably
be obtained within such 30 day period, the Borrower shall fail either
to proceed with due diligence to seek to obtain vacation within such
30 day period or to obtain vacation within 60
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days), (v) generally not pay its debts as such debts become due or
admit in writing its inability to do so, or (vi) conceal, remove, or
permit to be concealed or removed, any material part of its property,
with intent to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors or any of them;
provided, however, that the foregoing events will not constitute an
Event of Default if such events occur with respect to any Subsidiary
which is: (1) a Consolidated Subsidiary not incorporated under the
laws of any State of the United States, the District of Columbia or
Canada or any province thereof and not engaged in the retail business,
if the aggregate Value of the Borrower's and all Consolidated
Subsidiaries' investments in and advances to such Consolidated
Subsidiary and all such other Consolidated Subsidiaries to which these
tests are being applied within a period of 18 months ending on the
date of determination, does not exceed $75,000,000, or (2) a
Consolidated Subsidiary incorporated under the laws of any State of
the United States, the District of Columbia or Canada or any province
thereof and not engaged in the retail business, if (A) at the time the
relevant event or condition described in this clause (e) occurs, the
Borrower's Index Debt is rated (x) Baa3 or better by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and BBB-
or better by S&P, if both ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and S&P shall have in effect a
rating for the Borrower's Index Debt, or (y) Baa3 or better by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
or BBB- or better by S&P, if both ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and S&P shall not have in
effect a rating for the Index Debt, (B) the Borrower's Index Debt does
not cease to have the rankings described in clause (A) above for
reasons attributable to the relevant event or condition described in
this clause (e) and (C) the aggregate Value of the Borrower's and all
Consolidated Subsidiaries' investments and advances to such
Consolidated Subsidiary and all other such Consolidated Subsidiaries
to which these tests are being applied within a period of 18 months
ending on the date of determination, does not exceed $37,500,000;
(f) The Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate shall fail to pay when
due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $25,000,000 which it
shall have become liable to pay to the PBGC or to a Plan under Title
IV of ERISA; or notice of intent to terminate a Plan or Plans having
aggregate Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $75,000,000 (collectively
a "Material Plan") shall be filed under Title IV of ERISA by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, any plan administrator or any
combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings
under Title IV of ERISA to terminate or to cause a trustee to be
appointed to administer any Material Plan or a proceeding shall be
instituted by a fiduciary of any Material Plan against the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate to enforce Section 515 or 4219(c)(5) of ERISA and
such proceeding shall not have been dismissed within 30 days
thereafter; or a condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC
would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that any Material
Plan must be terminated;
(g) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe in any material
respect any other term, covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement (including without limitation Section 5.01) on its part to
be performed or observed and any such failure remains unremedied for
30 days after the Borrower shall have
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received written notice thereof from the Administrative Agent at the
request of any Lender;
(h) a Change in Control shall occur; or
(i) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an
aggregate amount in excess of $75,000,000, exclusive of amounts
covered by third party insurance, shall be rendered against the
Borrower, any Consolidated Subsidiary or any combination thereof and
the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days
during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action
shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon
any assets of the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary to enforce
any such judgment; provided that in calculating the amounts covered by
third party insurance, amounts covered by third party insurance shall
not include amounts for which the third party insurer has denied
liability.
SECTION 6.02. Remedies. If any Event of Default shall occur and
be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall (a) if requested by the Required
Lenders, by notice to the Borrower terminate the Commitments and they shall
thereupon terminate, and (b) if requested by Lenders holding more than 50% of
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans, by notice to the Borrower
declare the Loans (together with accrued interest thereon and all other amounts
payable by the Borrower hereunder) to be, and the Loans (together with accrued
interest thereon and all other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder) shall
thereupon become, immediately due and payable without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the
Borrower; provided that in the case of any of the bankruptcy Events of Default
specified in Section 6.01(e) with respect to the Borrower, without any notice to
the Borrower or any other act by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, the
Commitments shall thereupon terminate and the Loans (together with accrued
interest thereon and all other amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder) shall
become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
SECTION 6.03. Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall
give notice to the Borrower under Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(g) promptly upon being
requested to do so by any Lender and shall thereupon notify all the Lenders
thereof.
ARTICLE VII
The Administrative Agent
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Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the
Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to
take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to
the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
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The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have
the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and
may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such
bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally
engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other
Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations
except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or
other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is
continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any
discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary
rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is
required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or
percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as
provided in Section 8.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be
liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving
as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The
Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number
or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as
provided in Section 8.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or
wilful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have
knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the
Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent
shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i)
any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this
Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or
observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set
forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of
this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other
than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and
shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request,
certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The
Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by
telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not
incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult
with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent
accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any
action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such
counsel, accountants or experts.
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The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and
exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents
appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such
sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers
through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the
preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related
Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to
their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor
Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may
resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such
resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the
Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed
by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days
after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then
the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a
successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York,
New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its
appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor
shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative
Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees
payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as
those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower
and such successor. After the Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder, the
provisions of this Article and Section 8.03 shall continue in effect for the
benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their
respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges 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 credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
acknowledges 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 from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its
own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement,
any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The
Joint Advisors, Joint Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners, Co-Syndication Agents
and Co-Documentation Agents (each as identified on the cover page of this
Agreement), in their capacities as such, shall have no rights, powers, duties,
liabilities, fiduciary relationships or obligations under this Agreement or any
of the other documents related hereto.
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ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
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SECTION 8.01. Notices. Except in the case of notices and other
communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and
other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be
delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(a) if to the Borrower, to it at Three Limited Parkway, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention of Assistant Treasurer
(Telecopy No. (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇);
(b) if to the Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, Loan
and Agency Services Group, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (Telecopy No. (713)
750-2782), with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (Telecopy No. (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇);
(c) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy
number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and
other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.
SECTION 8.02. Waivers; Amendments. (a) No failure or delay by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to
enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of
any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower
therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by
paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not
be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such
Default at the time.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be
waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in
writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided
that no such
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agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written
consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce
the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the
written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled
date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest thereon, or
any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such
payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without
the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.16(b)
or (c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required
thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, or (v) change any of the
provisions of this Section or the definition of "Required Lenders" or any other
provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to
waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant
any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender; provided
further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the
rights or duties of the Administrative Agent without the prior written consent
of the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of
this Agreement may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the
Borrower, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent if (i) by the terms
of such agreement the Commitment of each Lender not consenting to the amendment
provided for therein shall terminate upon the effectiveness of such amendment
and (ii) at the time such amendment becomes effective, each Lender not
consenting thereto receives payment in full of the principal of and interest
accrued on each Loan made by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for
its account under this Agreement.
SECTION 8.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. (a) The
Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges
and disbursements of a single counsel for Administrative Agent, in connection
with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the
preparation and administration of this Agreement or any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) and (ii) if an
Event of Default occurs, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender, in
connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with
this Agreement.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and
each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such
Person being called an "Indemnitee") against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless
from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses,
including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any
Indemnitee in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding, whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto,
which may be incurred by any Indemnitee, relating to or arising out of any
actual or proposed use of proceeds of Loans hereunder for the purpose of
acquiring equity securities of any Person; provided, that no Indemnitee shall
have the right to be indemnified hereunder (i) with respect to the acquisition
of equity securities of
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a wholly-owned Subsidiary, or of a Person who prior to such acquisition did not
conduct any business, or (ii) for its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount
required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a) or (b)
of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
such Lender's Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the
applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid
amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim,
damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or
asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such.
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall
not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory
of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as
opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a
result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby,
the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that the
foregoing waiver shall not apply to special, indirect or consequential damages
(but shall apply to punitive damages) attributable to the failure of a Lender to
fund Loans, when required to do so hereunder, promptly after the receipt of
notice of such failure.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly
after written demand therefor.
SECTION 8.04. Successors and Assigns. (a) The provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the
Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted
assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and
void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to
confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of
this Agreement.
(b) Any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a
portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that
(i) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender,
each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent must give their prior written
consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),
(ii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender
or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's
Commitment, the amount of the Commitment of the assigning Lender subject to each
such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with
respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not
be less than $10,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative
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Agent otherwise consent, (iii) each partial assignment shall be made as an
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement, except that this clause (iii) shall not apply
to rights in respect of outstanding Competitive Loans, (iv) the parties to each
assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment
and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and
(v) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and provided further that
any consent of the Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be
required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Subject to
acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from
and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance the
assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a
Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released
from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 8.03). Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement
that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this
Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section.
(c) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent
of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in The City of New York a
copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of,
and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms
hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for
all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at
any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and
Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee's
completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a
Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph
(b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by
paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such
Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the
Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless
it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(e) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent sell participations to one or more banks or other entities
(a
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"Participant") in all or a portion of such Lender's rights and/or obligations
under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans
owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement
shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the
other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which
a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain
the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in clause (i), (ii) (iii) or (iv) of the first proviso to Section
8.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section,
the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had
acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.
To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the
benefits of Section 8.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant
agrees to be subject to Section 2.16(c) as though it were a Lender.
(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater
payment under Section 2.13 or 2.15 than the applicable Lender would have been
entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant,
unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the
Borrower's prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender
if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15 unless
the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such
Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section
2.15(e) as though it were a Lender.
(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security
interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure
obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure
obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any
such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge
or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender
as a party hereto.
SECTION 8.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the
certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to
this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties
hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
making of any Loans regardless of any investigation made by any such other party
or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender
may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or
warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in
full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any
Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding
and
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unpaid so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions
of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 8.03 and Article VII shall survive and remain
in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans and the Commitments or the
termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION 8.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and
any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the
Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating
to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and
understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except
as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall
have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent
shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the
signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
SECTION 8.08. Right of Setoff. If any Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time
owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the
Borrower against any of and all the obligations then due of the Borrower now or
hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender. The rights of each
Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION 8.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
Process. (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed
by the law of the State of New York.
(b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits,
for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United
States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate
court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating
to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement
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of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law,
that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and
determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such
Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any
such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent
or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to
this Agreement against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any
jurisdiction.
(c) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives,
to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which
it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to
in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service
of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 8.01. Nothing in this
Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process
in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 8.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER
BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES
THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 8.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the
Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not
part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken
into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 8.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as
defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its
Affiliates' directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants,
legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom
such disclosure is made will be informed of the
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confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information
confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to
the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder,
(f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as
those of this Section, to any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective
assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such
Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of
this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the
purposes of this Section, "Information" means all information received from the
Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business, other than any such
information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a
nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower. Any Person required
to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall
be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has
exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such
Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders (and any employee, representative or other
agent of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders) may disclose to any and all
persons, without limitation of any kind, such Administrative Agent's or
Lender's, as the case may be, tax treatment and the tax structure of the
transactions contemplated hereby relating to the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses)
that are provided to it relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.
However, no disclosure of any information relating to such tax treatment or tax
structure may be made to the extent nondisclosure is reasonably necessary in
order to comply with applicable securities laws.
SECTION 8.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan,
together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest
on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the "Charges"), shall exceed the
maximum lawful rate (the "Maximum Rate") which may be contracted for, charged,
taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with
applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder,
together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the
Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have
been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the
operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges
payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased
(but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together
with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of
repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
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SECTION 8.14. Waiver Under Existing Credit Agreement. By their
execution hereof, the undersigned Lenders that are also parties to the Credit
Agreement dated as of June 28, 2002, among the Borrower, the banks party thereto
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as agent for such banks, which Lenders constitute, in
the aggregate, "Required Lenders" thereunder, and as defined therein, hereby
waive the provisions of such Credit Agreement that would otherwise require
advance notice for the termination of commitments thereunder or the prepayment
of loans thereunder; provided that the foregoing waiver shall apply only to the
termination of all commitments under such Credit Agreement and repayment of all
loans outstanding thereunder, in each case in connection with the effectiveness
of this Agreement.
SECTION 8.15. Collateral. Each of the Lenders represents to the
Administrative Agent and each of the other Lenders that it in good faith is not
relying upon any "margin stock" (as defined in Regulation U of the Board) as
collateral in the extension or maintenance of the credit provided for in this
Agreement. In addition, the Borrower will not use or permit any proceeds of the
Loans to be used in any manner which would violate or cause any Lender to be in
violation of Regulation U of the Board.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement
to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and
year first above written.
LIMITED BRANDS, INC.,
by /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Treasurer - Cash & Banking
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, individually and as
Administrative Agent,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO 364-DAY COMPETITIVE
ADVANCE AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JUNE 27, 2003,
AMONG THE LIMITED BRANDS, INC., THE
BANKS PARTY THERETO, AND JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
by /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
CITICORP USA, INC.,
by /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FLEET NATIONAL BANK,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
HSBC BANK USA,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: First Vice President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Judge
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Judge
Title: Senior Vice President
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WACHOVIA BANK, National Association,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
BANK ONE, NA (Main Office Chicago)
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
PNC BANK, National Association,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: AVP/Credit Documentation
Standard Chartered Banking
KEY BANK, National Association,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, VP
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
NATIONAL CITY BANK,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, National Association,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
FIFTH THIRD BANK, Central Ohio,
By /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice President
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BANCA DI ROMA, Chicago Branch,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
By /s/ Enrico Verdoscia
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Name: Enrico Verdoscia
Title: Senior Vice President
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Second Vice President
BANCA NAZIONALE DEL LAVORA
S.P.A., New York Branch,
By /s/ Francesco Di Mario
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Name: Francesco Di Mario
Title: Vice President
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: First Vice President
U.S. BANK, National Association,
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Friend
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Friend
Title: Vice President