THE ISSUER MAKES NO WARRANTY, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE PROJECT OR THE CONDITION THEREOF, OR THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE SUITABLE FOR THE PURPOSES OR NEEDS OF THE COMPANY. THE ISSUER MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT THE COMPANY WILL HAVE QUIET AND PEACEFUL POSSESSION OF THE PROJECT. THE ISSUER MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE MERCHANTABILITY, CONDITION OR WORKMANSHIP OF ANY PART OF THE PROJECT OR ITS SUITABILITY FOR THE COMPANY’S PURPOSES.
The Company agrees that the Issuer, the Credit Provider (if any) and the Trustee and their duly authorized agents, attorneys, experts, engineers, accountants and representatives shall have the right to inspect the Project at all reasonable times and on reasonable notice. The Issuer, the Credit Provider (if any) and the Trustee and their duly authorized agents shall also be permitted, at all reasonable times, to examine the books and records of the Company with respect to the Project.
The Issuer and the Company agree that they will, from time to time, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged and delivered, such supplements hereto and such further instruments as may reasonably be required for carrying out the expressed intention of this Agreement.
Whenever under the provisions of this Agreement the approval of the Issuer or the Company is required or the Issuer or the Company is required to take some action at the request of the other, such approval or such request shall be given for the Issuer by an Issuer Representative and for the Company by a Company Representative. The Trustee shall be authorized to act on any such approval or request.
The Company agrees to execute and file or cause to be executed and filed any and all financing statements or amendments thereof or continuation statements necessary to perfect and continue the perfection of the security interests granted in the Indenture. The Company shall pay all costs of filing such instruments. If the Company fails to file such statements, then the Trustee shall make such filings.
Section 6.06
Covenant to Provide Ongoing Disclosure.
The Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon the exercise by the Company of the Conversion Option to elect a Long Term Period, the Company shall enter into a written undertaking for the benefit of the holders of the Bonds, as required by Section (b)(5)(i) of Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR Part 240, §240.15c2-12) (the “Rule”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to enter into such written undertaking if the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, prior to the exercise of the Conversion Option, an opinion of Bond Counsel that, notwithstanding such election by the Company, the Rule is not applicable to the Bonds.
Section 6.07
Notice of Control.
The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee and the Remarketing Agent (if any) 30 days prior to the consummation of any transaction that would result in the Company controlling the Credit Provider (if any) or the Confirming Bank (if any) or being controlled by the Credit Provider (if any) or the Confirming Bank (if any) within the meaning of Section 2(a)(9) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 6.08
Acknowledgement and Covenant Regarding Commercial Paper or Long Term Period.
The Company acknowledges that the Bonds shall initially be rated only while the Interest Period for the Bonds is a Daily Period, a Two-Day Period or a Weekly Period. Further, the Company acknowledges that in the event that it shall select a Commercial Paper Period or Long Term Period as the Interest Period, it shall be required to provide a Substitute Credit Facility or an amendment to the Credit Facility in accordance withSection 2.08 of the Indenture. The Company covenants that, in the event that it shall select a Commercial Paper Period or Long Term Period, it shall amend or cause the amendment of, and supplement or cause the supplementation of, this Agreement and the Indenture, respectively, such that the Bonds shall continue to be rated as investment grade by Moody’s, Fitch or S&P.
Section 6.09
Environmental Matters.
The Company shall be solely responsible for, and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, the Owners and the Trustee from and against, any loss, damage, costs, expense, or liability, directly or indirectly, arising out of or attributable to the use, generation, storage, release, threatened release, discharge, disposal, or presence of Hazardous Material on, under or about the Project, including without limitation: (i) all foreseeable consequential damages; (ii) the cost of any required or necessary repair, clean-up or detoxification of the Project, and the preparation and implementation of any closure, remedial, or other required plans; and (iii) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Issuer and the Trustee in connection with clauses (i) and (ii), including but not limited to reasonable attorney’s fees. The Company shall, at its expense, take all necessary remedial action(s) in response to the presence of any Hazardous Material on, under or about the Project.
The said release and indemnification covenants of the Company shall apply equally to the officers and employees of the Issuer and to its Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE VII
ASSIGNMENT, SELLING, LEASING;
INDEMNIFICATION; REDEMPTION
Section 7.01
Assignment, Selling and Leasing.
The Project may be sold or leased, as a whole or in part, with the prior written consent of the Trustee and the Administrative Agent; provided, however, during a Credit Facility Period, the consent of the Trustee shall not be required); provided, further, that no such sale or lease shall, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, result in interest on any of the Bonds becoming includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes, or shall otherwise violate any provisions of the Act;providedfurther, however, that no such sale or lease shall relieve the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 7.02
Release and Indemnification Covenants.
(a)
The Company shall and hereby agrees to indemnify and save the Issuer and the Trustee harmless against and from all expenses, damages and claims by or on behalf of any person, firm, corporation or other legal entity arising from the conduct or management of, or from any work or thing done on, the Project, or any reason whatsoever in connection with the Project and/or the Bonds, including without limitation, (i) any condition of the Project, (ii) any breach or default on the part of the Company in the performance of any of its obligations under this Agreement, (iii) any act or negligence of the Company or of any of its agents, contractors, servants, employees or licensees or (iv) any act or negligence of any assignee or lessee of the Company, or of any agents, contractors, servants, employees or licensees of any assignee or lessee of the Company. The Company shall indemnify and save the Issuer and the Trustee harmless from any such claim arising as aforesaid, or in connection with any action or proceeding brought thereon, and upon notice from the Issuer or the Trustee, the Company shall defend them or either of them in any such action or proceeding.
(b)
Notwithstanding the fact that it is the intention of the parties hereto that the Issuer shall not incur any pecuniary liability by reason of the terms of this Agreement or the undertakings required of the Issuer hereunder, by reason of the issuance of the Bonds, by reason of the execution of the Indenture or by reason of the performance of any act requested of the Issuer by the Company, including all claims, liabilities or losses arising in connection with the violation of any statutes or regulation pertaining to the foregoing; nevertheless, if the Issuer should incur any such pecuniary liability, then in such event the Company shall indemnify and hold the Issuer harmless against all claims, demands or causes of action whatsoever, by or on behalf of any person, firm or corporation or other legal entity arising out of the same or out of any offering statement or lack of offering statement in connection with the sale or resale of the Bonds and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with any such claim or in connection with any action or proceeding brought thereon, and upon notice from the Issuer, the Company shall defend the Issuer in any such action or proceeding. All references to the Issuer in thisSection 7.02 shall be deemed to include its trustees, directors, officers, employees, and agents.
(c)
The provisions of this Section 7.02 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the redemption of the Bonds.
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Section 7.03
Issuer to Grant Security Interest to Trustee.
The parties hereto agree that pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuer shall assign to the Trustee, in order to secure payment of the Bonds, all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to this Agreement, except for Reserved Rights.
Section 7.04
Indemnification of Trustee.
The Company shall and hereby agrees to indemnify the Trustee for, and hold the Trustee harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including the costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability) incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Trustee and arising out of or in connection with its acting as Trustee under the Indenture.
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ARTICLE VIII
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 8.01
Defaults Defined.
The following shall be “Defaults” under this Agreement and the term “Default” shall mean, whenever it is used in this Agreement, any one or more of the following events:
(a)
Failure by the Company to pay any amount required to be paid underSection 4.02(a), (d) or(e)hereof.
(b)
Failure by the Company to observe and perform any covenant, condition or agreement on its part to be observed or performed, other than as referred to inSection 8.01(a) hereof, for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice specifying such failure and requesting that it be remedied shall have been given to the Company by the Issuer or the Trustee, unless the Issuer and the Trustee shall agree in writing to an extension of such time prior to its expiration;provided, however, if the failure stated in the notice cannot be corrected within the applicable period, the Issuer and the Trustee will not unreasonably withhold their consent to an extension of such time if corrective action is instituted by the Company within the applicable period and diligently pursued until such failure is corrected.
(c)
The dissolution or liquidation of the Company, except as authorized bySection 2.02 hereof, or the voluntary initiation by the Company of any proceeding under any federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, arrangement, reorganization, readjustment of debt or any other form of debtor relief, or the initiation against the Company of any such proceeding which shall remain undismissed for sixty (60) days, or failure by the Company to promptly have discharged any execution, garnishment or attachment of such consequence as would impair the ability of the Company to carry on its operations at the Project, or assignment by the Company for the benefit of creditors, or the entry by the Company into an agreement of composition with its creditors or the failure generally by the Company to pay its debts as they become due.
(d)
The occurrence of a Default under the Indenture or any default or “Event of Default” under the Credit Agreement.
The provisions of subsection (b) of this Section are subject to the following limitation: if by reason offorcemajeure the Company is unable in whole or in part to carry out any of its agreements contained herein (other than its obligations contained inArticle IV hereof), the Company shall not be deemed in Default during the continuance of such inability. The term “force majeure” as used herein shall mean, without limitation, the following: acts of God; strikes or other industrial disturbances; acts of public enemies; orders or restraints of any kind of the government of the United States of America or of the State or of any of their departments, agencies or officials, or of any civil or military authority; insurrections; riots; landslides; earthquakes; fires; storms; droughts; floods; explosions; breakage or accident to machinery, transmission pipes or canals; and any other cause or event not reasonably within the control of the Company. The Company agrees, however, to remedy with all reasonable dispatch the cause
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or causes preventing the Company from carrying out its agreement, provided that the settlement of strikes and other industrial disturbances shall be entirely within the discretion of the Company and the Company shall not be required to settle strikes, lockouts and other industrial disturbances by acceding to the demands of the opposing party or parties when such course is in the judgment of the Company unfavorable to the Company.
Section 8.02
Remedies on Default.
Whenever any Default referred to inSection 8.01 hereof shall have happened and be continuing, the Trustee, or the Issuer with the written consent of the Trustee, may take one or any combination of the following remedial steps:
(a)
If the Trustee has declared the Bonds immediately due and payable pursuant toSection 9.02 of the Indenture, by written notice to the Company, declare an amount equal to all amounts then due and payable on the Bonds and hereunder, whether by acceleration of maturity (as provided in the Indenture) or otherwise, to be immediately due and payable as liquidated damages under this Agreement and not as a penalty, whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable;
(b)
Have reasonable access to and inspect, examine and make copies of the books and records and any and all accounts, data and income tax and other tax returns of the Company during regular business hours of the Company if reasonably necessary in the opinion of the Trustee; or
(c)
Take whatever action at law or in equity as may appear necessary or desirable to collect the amounts then due and thereafter to become due, or to enforce performance and observance of any obligation, agreement or covenant of the Company under this Agreement.
Any amounts collected pursuant to action taken under this Section shall be paid into the Bond Fund and applied in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
Section 8.03
No Remedy Exclusive.
Subject toSection 9.02 of the Indenture, no remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Issuer or the Trustee is intended to be exclusive of any other available remedy or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given under this Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof, but any such right or power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. In order to entitle the Issuer or the Trustee to exercise any remedy reserved to it in this Article, it shall not be necessary to give any notice, other than such notice as may be required in this Article. Such rights and remedies as are given the Issuer hereunder shall also extend to the Trustee, and the Trustee and the Owners of the Bonds, subject to the provisions of the Indenture, shall be entitled to the benefit of all covenants and agreements herein contained.
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Section 8.04
Agreement to Pay Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses.
In the event the Company should default under any of the provisions of this Agreement and the Issuer or the Trustee should employ attorneys or incur other expenses for the collection of payments required hereunder or the enforcement of performance or observance of any obligation or agreement on the part of the Company herein contained, the Company agrees that it will on demand therefor pay to the Issuer and the Trustee the reasonable fee of such attorneys and such other expenses so incurred by the Issuer.
Section 8.05
No Additional Waiver Implied by One Waiver.
In the event any agreement contained in this Agreement should be breached by either party and thereafter waived by the other party, such waiver shall be limited to the particular breach so waived and shall not be deemed to waive any other breach hereunder.
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.01
Term of Agreement.
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect from the date hereof to and including December 1, 2040, or until such time as all of the Bonds and the fees and expenses of the Issuer and the Trustee shall have been fully paid or provision made for such payments, whichever is later;provided, however, that this Agreement may be terminated prior to such date pursuant toArticle V of this Agreement, but in no event before all of the obligations and duties of the Company hereunder have been fully performed, including, without limitation, the payments of all costs and fees mandated hereunder.
Section 9.02
Notices.
All notices, certificates or other communications hereunder shall be sufficiently given and shall be deemed given when delivered or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Issuer:
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority
2237 South Acadian Thruway, Suite 650
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
Attention: President and CEO
If to the Trustee:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
If to the Company:
IMTT-Finco, LLC
321 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Attention: John Siragusa
A duplicate copy of each notice, certificate or other communication given hereunder by the Issuer or the Company shall also be given to the Trustee and the Credit Provider (if any). The Issuer, the Company, the Trustee, the Credit Provider (if any) and the Confirming Bank (if any), may, by written notice given hereunder, designate any further or different addresses to which subsequent notices, certificates or other communications shall be sent.
Section 9.03
Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Issuer, the Company, the Credit Provider (if any), the Confirming Bank (if any), the Trustee, the Administrative Agent, the Owners of Bonds and their respective successors and assigns, subject, however, to the limitations contained inSection 2.02(b) hereof.
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Section 9.04
Severability.
In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision hereof.
Section 9.05
Amounts Remaining in Funds.
Subject to the provisions ofSection 6.11 of the Indenture, it is agreed by the parties hereto that any amounts remaining in any account of the Bond Fund, the Project Fund, or any other fund (other than the Rebate Fund) created under the Indenture upon expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement, as provided in this Agreement, after payment in full of the Bonds (or provision for payment thereof having been made in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture) and the fees and expenses of the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture, shall belong to and be paid to the Company by the Trustee.
Section 9.06
Amendments, Changes and Modifications.
Subsequent to the issuance of Bonds and prior to their payment in full (or provision for the payment thereof having been made in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture), and except as otherwise herein expressly provided, this Agreement may not be effectively amended, changed, modified, altered or terminated without the written consent of the Trustee and, prior to a Credit Facility Termination Date (if any) and payment of all amounts payable to the Credit Provider (if any) under a Credit Agreement (if any), the consent of the Credit Provider (if any), in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
Section 9.07
Execution in Counterparts.
This Agreement may be simultaneously executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 9.08
Applicable Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State.
Section 9.09
Captions.
The captions and headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and in no way define, limit or describe the scope or intent of any provisions or Sections of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer and the Company have caused this Agreement to be executed in their respective corporate names and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested by their duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.
(SEAL)
LOUISIANA PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
Attest:
By: /s/ Guy Campbell
Chairman
By: /s/ James W. Parks
Assistant Secretary
(Signature Page - Loan Agreement)
IMTT-FINCO, LLC
By: /s/ Howard W. Streiffer
Name:
Howard W. Streiffer
Title:
Chief Banking Officer
By: /s/ John Siragusa
Name:
John Siragusa
Title:
Senior Vice President-Chief
Financial Officer-Treasurer
(Signature Page - Loan Agreement)
EXHIBIT A
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Project consists of (i) expanding an existing bulk liquid products logistics facility owned or leased by an affiliate of the Company and located on the Mississippi River at 11842 River Road, St. Rose (St. Charles Parish, Louisiana), and/or (ii) expanding an existing bulk liquid products logistics facility owned or leased by an affiliate of the Company and located adjacent to the existing BASF plant on Highway 3, Geismar (Ascension Parish, Louisiana).
EXHIBIT B
REQUISITION NO. ____
Amount Requested:
Total Disbursements to Date:
1.
The Company requests a disbursement from the Project Fund in the amount of $______________.
2.
The Company requests that funds be transferred to the account and in the manner set forth in Attachment A.
3.
The Company hereby certifies that:
(a)
this disbursement is for expenditures that have been properly incurred, are a proper charge against the Project Fund and have not been the basis of any previous disbursement;
(b)
bills, invoices or statements of account for these expenditures are on file with the Company;
(c)
the expenditures of the amount requested under this Requisition, when added to all disbursements under previous Requisitions, will result in at least ninety-five percent (95%) of the total of such disbursements, other than disbursements for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, having been used to pay Qualified Project Costs; and
(d)
the expenditures of the amount requested under this Requisition, when added to all disbursements under previous Requisitions, will result in no more than two percent (2%) of the aggregate face amount of the Bonds being used for payment of Issuance Costs.
4.
All capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Loan Agreement dated as of November 1, 2010 between the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority and the Company.
This _______ day of ___________, 20____.
IMTT-Finco, LLC
By:_______________________________________
Company Representative
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ATTACHMENT A
Funds are to be transferred by wire transfer to the account of IMTT-Finco, LLC, as indicated below:
IMTT-Finco, LLC
321 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130
Whitney National Bank
228 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130
Account # 0714324841
ABA 065000171
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EXHIBIT C
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
To the Addressees:
This certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 3.05 of the Loan Agreement between Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Baton Rouge, Louisiana and IMTT-Finco, LLC (the "Company"), dated as of August 1, 2010 (the "Loan Agreement"). The undersigned hereby certifies that, except for amounts retained by the Trustee at the Company's direction to pay any Cost of the Project not then due and payable, (i) construction of the Project has been completed and all costs of labor, services, materials and supplies used in such construction have been paid, (ii) al other facilities necessary in connection with the Project have been acquired, constructed, improved, and equipped and all costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith have been paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this certificate is given without prejudice to any rights against third parties which exist at the date of such certificate or which may subsequently come into being.
IMTT-Finco, LLC
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Howard W. Streiffer
Title:
Chief Banking Officer
By:_______________________________________
Name:
John Siragusa
Title:
Senior Vice President-Chief Financial
Officer-Treasurer
Dated:__________________________
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