Exhibit 10.4
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 383 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10179 | CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. 388 Greenwich St. New York, NY 10013 | DNB CAPITAL, LLC DNB MARKETS, INC. 200 Park Avenue 31st Floor New York, NY 10166 | SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE 245 Park Avenue New York, NY 10167 | SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION 277 Park Avenue New York, NY 10172 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC 550 S Tryon Street, 6th Floor Charlotte, NC 28202 | BOFA SECURITIES, INC. Bank of America Tower 620 South Tryon St Charlotte, NC 28202 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. 800 Capitol Street, Suite 1560 Houston, TX 77002 | STANDARD CHARTERED BANK 1095 Avenue of the Americas, 37th Floor New York, NY 10036 | THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY 333 S. Wabash, WB-42 Chicago, IL 60604 |
January 7, 2021
TechnipFMC plc
One St. Paul’s Churchyard
London, EC4M 8AP
United Kingdom
Attention: Maryann T. Mannen, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Project Orion
Commitment Letter
Ladies and Gentlemen
TechnipFMC plc (the “Company” or “you”) has advised JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMCB”), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGMI”), on behalf of Citi (as defined below), DNB Capital, LLC (“DNB”), DNB Markets, Inc. (“DNB Markets”) Société Générale (“SG”), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (“SMBC”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“WFS” ), Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”), BofA Securities, Inc. (“BofA Securities”), Standard Chartered Bank (“SCB”) and The Northern Trust Company (“NTC” and, collectively with JPMCB, Citi, DNB, DNB Markets, SG, SMBC, Wells Fargo, WFS, BofA, BofA Securities and SCB, the “Commitment Parties”, “we” or “us”) that the Company (a) intends to spin off Technip Energies (as defined in Annex I) (the “Spinoff”) and (b) in connection therewith, seeks to consummate the other Transactions described in the Transaction Description attached hereto as Annex I (the “Transaction Description”), including refinancing certain indebtedness of the Company and paying fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Spinoff, in each case, as set forth in the Transaction Description.
Annexes II and IV hereto are referred to as the “Revolving Facility Summary of Terms”; Annexes III and IV are referred to as the “Bridge Summary of Terms” (and, together with the Revolving Facility Summary of Terms, the “Summaries of Terms”); and the Summaries of Terms, together with this letter and the Transaction Description are referred to as the “Commitment Letter”. You and your subsidiaries are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Companies”. The date of consummation of the Spinoff and satisfaction of all conditions precedent set forth herein, in the Summaries of Terms and under the Credit Documentation is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.” All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as specified in the Transaction Description and, if not defined therein, the Summaries of Terms. For purposes of this Commitment Letter, “Citi” means CGMI, Citibank, N.A., Citicorp USA, Inc., Citicorp North America, Inc. and/or any of their affiliates as Citi shall determine to be appropriate to provide the services contemplated herein.
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Commitments, Roles and Titles. In connection with the foregoing, (a) each of the following institutions is pleased to advise you of its several, but not joint, commitment to provide the following principal amounts the commitments in respect of the Revolving Facility JPMBC ($127.50 million), Citi ($127.50 million), DNB ($127.50 million), SG ($127.50 million), SMBC ($127.50 million), Wells Fargo ($127.50 million), BofA ($110.0 million), SCB ($90.0 million) and NTC ($35.0 million), (the “Revolving Commitments”) (the Commitment Parties, in such capacity, the “Initial Revolver Lenders”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Revolving Facility Summary of Terms and (b) each of the following institutions are pleased to advise you of its several, but not joint, commitment to provide the commitments for the following principal amount of the Bridge Facility JPMCB ($212.50 million), Citi ($112.50 million), DNB ($112.50 million), SG ($112.50 million), SMBC ($112.50 million), Wells Fargo ($112.50 million) and SCB ($75.0 million) (the “Bridge Commitments” and collectively with the Revolving Commitments, the “Commitments”) (the Commitment Parties, in such capacity, the “Initial Bridge Lenders” and, together with the Initial Revolver Lenders, the “Initial Lenders”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Bridge Summary of Terms.
In addition, (a) each of JPMCB, Citi, DNB, DNB Markets, SG, SMBC, WFS and BofA Securities (or any of its designated affiliates) is pleased to advise you of its willingness, and you hereby engage such persons, to act as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (in such capacity, the “Revolving Lead Arrangers”) for the Revolving Facility, (b) each of JPMCB, Citi, DNB, DNB Markets, SG, SMBC and WFS, is pleased to advise you of its willingness, and you hereby engage such persons, to act as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (in such capacity, the “Bridge Lead Arrangers”; in such capacities as Bridge Lead Arrangers and Revolving Lead Arrangers, the “Lead Arrangers”) for the Bridge Facility and (c) SCB is pleased to advise you of its willingness, and you hereby engage SCB, to act as the documentation agent for each facility (in such capacity, the “Documentation Agent”); provided that JPMCB may perform any of its responsibilities as a Lead Arranger through its affiliate, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. In addition, JPMCB is pleased to advise you of its willingness, and you hereby engage JPMCB, to act as administrative agent for the Revolving Facility (in such capacity, the “Revolving Administrative Agent”) and as administrative agent for the Bridge Facility (in such capacity, the “Bridge Administrative Agent”; in its capacity as both Revolving Administrative Agent and Bridge Administrative Agent, the “Administrative Agent”). It is further agreed that (a) JPMCB shall have “left” placement in any and all marketing materials or other documentation used in connection with each Facility and (b) Citi, DNB, DNB Markets, SG, SMBC, Wells Fargo, WFS, BofA, BofA Securities, SCB and NTC shall appear to the immediate right of JPMCB in any and all marketing materials or other documentation used in connection with each Facility. You agree that no other agents, co-agents, arrangers, bookrunners, manager or co-managers will be appointed, no other titles will be awarded and no compensation (other than compensation expressly contemplated by this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters referred to below) will be paid to any Lender (as defined below) for the purpose of obtaining its commitment to participate in any Facility unless you and we shall so agree. No Commitment Party is responsible for the performance of the obligations of any other Commitment Party, and the failure of a Commitment Party to perform its respective obligations hereunder will not prejudice the rights of any other Commitment Party hereunder.
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Syndication. Promptly after your acceptance of the terms of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters, the Lead Arrangers intend to commence syndication of the Facilities (the “Syndication”) to a group of lenders identified by us in consultation with you (the lenders under the Bridge Facility being, the “Bridge Lenders”; the lenders under the Revolving Facility (who shall be subject to the consent of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) being, the “Revolver Lenders”; and the Bridge Lenders and Revolving Lenders, collectively, the “Lenders”); provided that the Lead Arrangers will not syndicate or offer the opportunity to acquire a commitment or provide any portion of any Facility to any Disqualified Lenders (as defined below). You agree, prior to the earlier of (x) sixty (60) calendar days following the Closing Date and (y) the date on which a Successful Syndication (as defined in the Bridge Fee Letter) of the Bridge Facility (to the extent funded on the Closing Date) is achieved (the earlier of such dates, the “Syndication Date”), to actively assist us in achieving a Successful Syndication of the Facilities. Such assistance shall include (a) you and your subsidiaries providing and using your commercially reasonable efforts to cause your advisors to provide the Lead Arrangers and the Lenders upon request with all information that is reasonably deemed necessary by the Lead Arrangers to arrange the Facilities and complete such Syndication, including, but not limited to (i) information and evaluations prepared by you and your advisors, or on your behalf, relating to the Transactions as may be reasonably requested by us (including the Projections (as hereinafter defined)) and (ii) on or prior to the date of execution hereof, the financial model dated December 18, 2020 prepared by you and delivered to the Lead Arrangers; (b) your assistance in the preparation of a customary information memorandum with respect to the Facilities (the “Information Memorandum”) and other customary marketing materials to be used in connection with the Syndication of the Facilities (collectively with the Summaries of Terms and any additional summary of terms prepared for distribution to the Lenders, the “Information Materials”); (c) you providing those sections of the Information Memorandum that are customarily provided by borrowers (and to cooperate in completing all other sections of such Information Memorandum) no later than the start of the Bond Marketing Period and your making appropriate members of your senior management available to participate in the marketing of the Facilities at times and locations to be agreed; (d) your using commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the syndication efforts of the Lead Arrangers benefit materially from your existing lending relationships; (e) your using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, as promptly as practicable following the date of this Commitment Letter, monitored public corporate credit or family ratings (but not a minimum rating) for the Company after giving effect to the Transactions and ratings of the Revolving Facility and the Notes, as applicable, from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) (collectively, the “Ratings”); (f) until the Syndication Date, your ensuring that the Company shall not syndicate or issue or announce the syndication or issuance of, any competing debt credit facilities or debt securities of the Companies (other than (i) the Facilities, (ii) the Notes and (iii) indebtedness of you and any of your subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of short-term debt for working capital, capital leases, purchase money debt or equipment financings and deferred purchase price obligations); and (g) you making appropriate officers and advisors of the Company available from time to time upon reasonable advance notice to attend and make presentations regarding the business and prospects of the Company and the Transactions at one or more meetings (which may be by conference call or virtually) of prospective Lenders at times to be agreed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, you will not be required to provide any information to the extent the provision thereof would violate any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any obligation of confidentiality to a third party binding upon, or waive any attorney-client privilege that may be asserted by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (so long as any such confidentiality obligation was not entered into in contemplation of the Transactions); provided that in the event you do not provide information in reliance on this sentence, you shall provide notice to us that such information is being withheld and you shall use your commercially reasonable efforts to communicate, to the extent both feasible and permitted under applicable law, rule, regulation or confidentiality obligation, or without waiving such privilege, as applicable, the applicable information. Without limiting your obligations to assist with Syndication efforts as set forth in this section, it is agreed that (1) Syndication of, or receipt of commitments or participations or consents or assignments in respect of, all or any portion of the Initial Lenders’ commitments hereunder prior to the date of the consummation of the Spinoff and, with respect to the Revolving Facility, the Closing Date, and, with respect to the Bridge Facility, the date of the initial funding thereunder shall not be a condition to the Initial Lenders’ commitments, (2) except as you agree, the Initial Lenders shall not be released from their obligations hereunder in connection with any assignment or participation of the Facilities, including their commitments in respect thereof, until after, with respect to the Revolving Facility, the Closing Date, and, with respect to the Bridge Facility, the date of the initial funding thereunder, (3) except as you and the Initial Lenders agree, the Initial Lenders shall retain exclusive control over all rights and obligations with respect to their commitments in respect of the Facilities, including all rights with respect to consents, modifications, supplements, waivers and amendments, until, with respect to the Revolving Facility, the Closing Date, and, with respect to the Bridge Facility, the date of the initial funding thereunder and (4) the only financial statements the delivery of which are conditions to the initial funding under the Facilities shall be those set forth on Annex IV. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Initial Lender reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to assign its commitment(s) to any of its affiliates, and any office or branch of any of its affiliates, as it deems appropriate to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
For purposes of this Commitment Letter, the term “Disqualified Lender” shall mean, unless otherwise consented to by the Company in writing (which may be by email), (x) any entity reasonably determined by the Company to be a direct competitor of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (each, a “Competitor”) separately identified in writing (i) prior to the date hereof on the “Disqualified Lender” list provided by you to us or (ii) after the date hereof in a supplement to the “Disqualified Lender” list, and (y) any affiliate of such entity referred to in the foregoing clause (x), which affiliate is either (i) clearly identifiable as such based solely on the similarity of its name and is not a bona fide debt investment fund or (ii) identified as an affiliate in writing after the date hereof in a written supplement to the “Disqualified Lender” list and is not a bona fide debt investment fund; provided that any supplement to the “Disqualified Lender” list shall become effective three (3) business days after delivery to the Lead Arrangers, but which supplement shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any entities that have entered into a trade or previously acquired a commitment or a participation in any Facility in accordance with the terms of this Commitment Letter or the Credit Documentation; provided, further, that no supplements shall be made to the “Disqualified Lender” list from and including the date of the launch of primary syndication of any Facility through and including the Syndication Date. To be deemed received or effective, the “Disqualified Lender” list or any supplements thereto must be delivered to JPMDQ_Contact@jpmorgan.com.
It is understood and agreed that the Lead Arrangers will manage and control all aspects of the syndication of the Facilities in consultation with you, including when Lenders will be approached, titles offered to prospective Lenders, when commitments will be accepted and the final allocations of the commitments among the Lenders, subject to the provisions hereof with respect to Disqualified Lenders.
You hereby authorize the Lead Arrangers to download copies of the Company’s trademark logos from its website and post copies thereof and any Information Materials to a deal site on IntraLinks™, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other electronic platform chosen by the Lead Arrangers to be their electronic transmission system (an “Electronic Platform”) established by the Lead Arrangers to syndicate the Facilities, and to use the Company’s trademark logos on any confidential information memoranda, presentations and other marketing materials prepared in connection with the syndication of the Facilities or, with your consent (which consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), in any advertisements that we may place after the Closing Date in financial and other newspapers, journals, the World Wide Web, home page or otherwise, at our own expense describing our services to the Company hereunder. You also understand and acknowledge that we may provide to market data collectors, such as league table, or other service providers to the lending industry, information regarding the closing date, size, type, purpose of, and parties to, the Facilities.
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Information Requirements. You hereby represent and warrant that (a) all written factual information, other than Projections (as defined below) and other forward-looking information or information of a general economic or industry nature, that has been or is hereafter made available to the Commitment Parties by or on behalf of you or any of your representatives in connection with any aspect of the Transactions or any of the other transactions contemplated thereby (the “Information”), when taken as a whole after giving effect to all supplements and updates thereto, does not and will not when furnished contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading and (b) all financial projections concerning the Companies that have been or are hereafter made available to the Commitment Parties by or on behalf of you or any of your representatives (the “Projections”) have been or will be prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by you to be reasonable at the time provided (it being understood and agreed that the Projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts or a guarantee of financial performance or achievement, that the Projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond your control, and that actual results may differ from the Projections and such differences may be material and no assurances can be given that such Projections will be realized). You agree that if at any time prior to the Syndication Date, you become aware that any of the representations in the preceding sentence would be incorrect in any material respect if the Information and Projections were being furnished, and such representations were being made, at such time, then you will promptly supplement, or cause to be supplemented, the Information and Projections so that such representations will be correct in all material respects at such time under those circumstances (and such supplementation shall cure any breach of any such representation). In issuing this commitment and in arranging and syndicating the Facilities, the Commitment Parties are and will be using and relying on the Information and the Projections without independent verification thereof.
You acknowledge that (a) the Lead Arrangers on your behalf will make available Information Materials to the proposed syndicate of Lenders by posting the Information Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain prospective Lenders (such Lenders, “Public Lenders”; all other Lenders, “Private Lenders”) may have personnel that wish to receive Information Materials consisting exclusively of information with respect to the Companies, Technip Energies and the Spinoff that is either publicly available or not material non-public information (within the meaning of the United States federal securities laws) with respect to the Companies, their respective affiliates (including Technip Energies) or any other entity, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing (such information, “Non-MNPI”), and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such entities’ securities. If requested by the Lead Arrangers, you will assist the Lead Arrangers in preparing an additional version of the Information Materials containing only Non-MNPI (the “Public Information Materials”) to be distributed to prospective Public Lenders, and you agree that Information Materials made available to prospective Public Lenders in accordance with this Commitment Letter shall contain only Non-MNPI. Before distribution of any Information Materials (a) to prospective Private Lenders, you shall provide the Lead Arrangers with a customary letter authorizing the dissemination of the Information Materials and (b) to prospective Public Lenders, you shall provide the Lead Arrangers with a customary letter authorizing the dissemination of the Public Information Materials and confirming that the Public Information Materials contain only Non-MNPI. In addition, you hereby agree that (x) you will identify (and, at the reasonable request of the Lead Arrangers or the Administrative Agent (or their respective affiliates), shall identify) that portion of the Information Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders by clearly and conspicuously marking the same as “PUBLIC”; (y) all Information Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor”; and (z) the Lead Arrangers and the Administrative Agent (and their respective affiliates) shall be entitled to treat any Information Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor”. You agree that the Lead Arrangers and the Administrative Agent (and their respective affiliates) on your behalf may distribute the following documents to all prospective Lenders, unless you advise the Lead Arrangers and Administrative Agent in writing (including by email) within a reasonable time prior to their intended distributions) that such material should only be distributed to prospective Private Lenders: (a) administrative materials for prospective Lenders such as lender meeting invitations and funding and closing memoranda, (b) notifications of changes to the terms of the Facilities, (c) drafts and final versions of definitive documents with respect to the Facilities and (d) historical financial statements of the Companies that have been filed publicly. The Information Materials will be accompanied by a disclaimer exculpating you, and us with respect to any use thereof, and of any related Information Materials, by the recipients thereof. You acknowledge that the Commitment Parties’ public-side employees and representatives who are publishing debt analysts may participate in any meetings held pursuant to Section 2; provided that such analysts shall not publish any information obtained from such meetings (i) until the Syndication of the Facilities has been completed upon the making of allocations by the Lead Arrangers and the Lead Arrangers freeing the Facilities to trade or (ii) in violation of any confidentiality agreement between you and the Commitment Parties.
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Fees. You agree to reimburse the Commitment Parties and their affiliates for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including, but not limited to, (i) the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of (x) one firm of lead counsel to the Commitment Parties, taken as a whole, (y) one firm of local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction reasonably retained by the Commitment Parties, taken as a whole, and (z) in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the parties affected by such conflict inform you of such conflict, of another firm of counsel for such affected parties and (ii) the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket due diligence expenses incurred by the Lead Arrangers in connection with the Facilities, the Syndication of the Facilities, the preparation, administration or modification of the Revolving Credit Documentation (as defined in Annex II) and the Bridge Credit Documentation (as defined in Annex III and, together with the Revolving Credit Documentation, the “Credit Documentation”) or this Commitment Letter and the other transactions contemplated hereby), whether or not the Closing Date occurs or any of the Credit Documentation is executed and delivered or any extensions of credit are made under either of the Facilities. Such amounts shall be paid on the earlier of (i) the Closing Date (as provided in paragraph (viii) of Annex IV hereto or, if any such amounts are not timely invoiced, promptly thereafter) or (ii) promptly, and in any case, no more than ten (10) days following written request therefor following the termination of this Commitment Letter as provided below. You agree to pay or cause to be paid the fees agreed between you and us, including those set forth in the Agent Fee Letter, addressed to you, dated the date hereof from JPMCB (the “Agent Fee Letter”), the Revolver Fee Letter, addressed to you, dated the date hereof from the Commitment Parties (the “Revolver Fee Letter”) and the Bridge Fee Letter, addressed to you, dated the date hereof from the Commitment Parties (“the “Bridge Fee Letter” and, collectively with the Agent Fee Letter and the Revolver Fee Letter, the “Fee Letters” and, each, a “Fee Letter”).
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Limitation of Liability, Indemnity, Settlement.
(a)
Limitation of Liability.
You agree that (i) in no event shall the Commitment Parties or their respective affiliates or their respective officers, directors, employees, trustees, agents, advisors, controlling persons and other representatives (each, and including, without limitation, JPMCB, a “Commitment Party-Related Person”) have any Liabilities, on any theory of liability, for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages incurred by you, your affiliates (including Technip Energies) or your respective equity holders arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Commitment Letter, any Fee Letter or any other agreement or instrument contemplated hereby and (ii) no Commitment Party-Related Person shall have any Liabilities arising from, or be responsible for, the use by others of Information or other materials (including, without limitation, any personal data) obtained through electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems, including an Electronic Platform or otherwise via the internet; provided that nothing in this clause (a) shall relieve you of any obligation you may have to indemnify an Indemnified Person, as provided in clause (b) below, against any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such Indemnified Person by a third party. You agree, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to not assert any claims against any Commitment Party-Related Person with respect to any of the foregoing. As used herein, the term “Liabilities” shall mean any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities of any kind.
(b)
Indemnity.
You agree to (i) indemnify and hold harmless each of the Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, advisors, and agents (each, and including, without limitation, JPMCB, an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all Liabilities and related expenses, joint or several, to which any such Indemnified Person may become subject arising out of or in connection with this Commitment Letter, any Fee Letter, the Facilities, the use of the proceeds thereof, any related transaction or the activities performed or the commitments or services furnished pursuant to this Commitment Letter or the role of the Commitment Parties in connection therewith or in connection with any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation, arbitration or administrative, judicial or regulatory action or proceeding in any jurisdiction relating to any of the foregoing (including in relation to enforcing the terms of clause (a) above and the terms of this clause (b)) (each, a “Proceeding”), regardless of whether or not any Indemnified Person is a party thereto and whether or not such Proceeding is brought by you, your equity holders, affiliates, creditors or any other person and (ii) reimburse each Indemnified Person upon demand for any reasonable and documented legal expenses of one firm of counsel for all such Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole and, if relevant, of a single local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for all such Indemnified Persons, taken as a whole, and, solely in the case of a conflict of interest, where the Indemnified Person affected by such conflict notifies you of the existence of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, another firm of counsel for such affected Indemnified Person) and other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any of the foregoing regardless of whether or not in connection with any pending or threatened Proceeding to which any Indemnified Person is a party, in each case as such expenses are incurred or paid; provided that the foregoing indemnity will not, as to any Indemnified Person, apply to any Liabilities or related expenses to the extent (i) they are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to primarily result from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such Indemnified Person in performing its activities or in furnishing its commitments or services under this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters or (ii) arising from disputes solely between and among Indemnified Persons not arising from any act or omission of the Company or any of its affiliates (other than claims against an Indemnified Person acting in its capacity as an agent or arranger or similar role under the Facilities).
(c)
Settlement.
You shall not, without the prior written consent of the Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceeding in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by any Commitment Party unless (i) such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Commitment Parties from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding and (ii) does not include any statement as to any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Commitment Party or any injunctive relief or other non-monetary remedy. You acknowledge that any failure to comply with your obligations under the preceding sentence may cause irreparable harm to the Commitment Parties and the other Indemnified Persons.
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Conditions. The commitments of the Initial Lenders with respect to the funding of each of the Facilities is subject solely to the satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in Annex IV hereto (it being understood that there are no conditions (implied or otherwise) to the commitments hereunder (including compliance with the terms of this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters and the Credit Documentation) other than those that are expressly set forth in Annex IV hereto (it being understood that, if a condition is expressly stated to only be a condition for a particular Facility, it shall only be a condition for such Facility)) and upon satisfaction (or waiver by the Initial Lenders) of such conditions, the Administrative Agent and the Initial Lenders will execute and deliver the Credit Documentation and the funding of the applicable Facility shall occur.
Each of the parties hereto agrees that each of this Commitment Letter and each Fee Letter is a binding and enforceable agreement (subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law)) with respect to the subject matter contained herein.
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Confidentiality and Other Obligations. This Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters and the contents hereof and thereof are confidential and may not be disclosed in whole or in part to any person or entity without the prior written consent of the Commitment Parties except (a) this Commitment Letter and each Fee Letter may be disclosed (i) on a confidential basis to your directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, accountants, attorneys and other representatives and financial advisors who need to know such information in connection with the Transactions and are informed of the confidential nature of such information and (ii) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency, or otherwise as required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange requirement or compulsory legal process or to the extent requested or required by governmental or regulatory authorities (in which case you agree to inform the Commitment Parties promptly thereof prior to such disclosure to the extent permitted by applicable law and to use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such Fee Letter is accorded confidential treatment), (b) Annex I, Annex II, Annex III and Annex IV and the existence of this Commitment Letter and such Fee Letter (but not the contents of this Commitment Letter and such Fee Letter) may be disclosed to Moody’s, S&P or Fitch Ratings Inc. (“Fitch”) and any other rating agency, (c) the aggregate amount of the fees (including upfront fees and original issue discount) payable under such Fee Letter may be disclosed as part of any financial projections or generic disclosure regarding sources and uses for closing of the Spinoff (but without disclosing any specific fees, market flex or other economic terms set forth therein or to whom such fees or other amounts are owed), (d) this Commitment Letter and such Fee Letter may be disclosed on a confidential basis to your auditors for customary accounting purposes, including accounting for deferred financing costs, (e) you may disclose this Commitment Letter (but not such Fee Letter) and its contents in any information memorandum or syndication distribution or prospectus or offering memorandum related to the Notes, as well as in any proxy statement or other public filing relating to the Spinoff or the Facilities and (f) this Commitment Letter and such Fee Letter may be disclosed to a court, tribunal or any other applicable administrative agency or judicial authority in connection with the enforcement of your rights hereunder (in which case you agree to inform the Commitment Parties promptly thereof prior to such disclosure to the extent permitted by applicable law and to use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that such Fee Letter is accorded confidential treatment). Your obligations under this paragraph with regard to this Commitment Letter (but not such Fee Letter) shall terminate on the later of (x) the first anniversary of the date of this Commitment Letter or (y) one year following the termination of this Commitment Letter in accordance with its terms.
Each Commitment Party shall use all confidential information provided to it by or on behalf of you hereunder solely for the purpose of providing the services which are the subject of this Commitment Letter and otherwise in connection with the Transactions and shall treat confidentially all such information; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent such Commitment Party from disclosing any such information (a) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal or administrative proceeding or otherwise as required by applicable law or compulsory legal process (in which case such Commitment Party agrees to inform you promptly thereof prior to such disclosure to the extent not prohibited by law, rule or regulation), (b) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Commitment Party or any of its affiliates, (c) to the extent that such information becomes publicly available other than by reason of disclosure in violation of this agreement by such Commitment Party or any of its affiliates, (d) to the Commitment Parties’ affiliates, employees, directors, officers, legal counsel, representatives, independent auditors and other advisors, experts, professionals or agents who are informed of the confidential nature of such information and directed to keep such information confidential (provided that each Commitment Party shall be responsible for its affiliates’ and its employees’ compliance with this paragraph), (e) for purposes of establishing a defense in any legal proceeding or to enforce our rights thereunder, (f) to the extent that such information is received by a Commitment Party from a third party that is not to such Commitment Party’s knowledge subject to confidentiality obligations to you, (g) to the extent that such information is independently developed by a Commitment Party so long as not based on information obtained in a manner that would otherwise violate this provision, (h) to potential Lenders, participants, potential participants, assignees, potential assignees, credit insurers or potential credit insurers or any direct or indirect contractual counterparties to any swap or derivative transaction relating to you or your obligations under the Facilities, in each case who agree to be bound by the terms of this paragraph (or language substantially similar to this paragraph); provided that the disclosure of any such information to any of the foregoing parties referred to above may be satisfied by their acknowledgement and acceptance of information in accordance with the standard syndication processes of such Commitment Party or customary market standards for dissemination of such type of information, which shall in any event require “click through” or other affirmative action on the part of the recipient to access such confidential information, (i) to Moody’s, S&P and Fitch in connection with the Transactions and to Bloomberg, LSTA and similar market data collectors with respect to the syndicated lending industry; provided that such information is limited to Annex I, Annex II, Annex III and Annex IV and is supplied only on a confidential basis or (j) with your prior written consent. The Commitment Parties’ obligations under this paragraph shall automatically terminate and be superseded by the confidentiality provisions in the definitive documentation relating to each of the Facilities upon the execution and delivery of the definitive documentation therefor and in any event shall terminate on the later of (x) the first anniversary of the date of this Commitment Letter or (y) one year following the termination of this Commitment Letter in accordance with its terms.
The Commitment Parties may employ the services of their respective affiliates in providing certain services hereunder and, in connection with the provision of such services, may exchange with such affiliates information concerning you and the other companies that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter, and, to the extent so employed, such affiliates shall be entitled to the benefits, and be subject to the obligations, of the Commitment Parties hereunder. The Commitment Parties shall be responsible for their respective affiliates’ failure to comply with such obligations under this Commitment Letter.
You acknowledge that each Commitment Party is a full service securities or banking firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities as well as providing investment banking and other financial services. In the ordinary course of business, the Commitment Parties may provide investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for their own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of, you and other companies with which you may have commercial or other relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by each Commitment Party or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion. You further acknowledge that the Commitment Parties or their respective affiliates may be providing financing or other services to parties whose interests may conflict with yours. Each Commitment Party agrees that it will not furnish confidential information obtained from you to any of its other customers in violation of the confidentiality provisions above. Each Commitment Party further advises you that it will not make available to you confidential information that it has obtained or may obtain from any other customer.
In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated by this Commitment Letter, you acknowledge and agree, and acknowledge your affiliates’ understanding, that: (a) each of the Facilities and any related arranging or other services described in this Commitment Letter is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between you and your affiliates, on the one hand, and each Commitment Party, on the other hand, (b) no Commitment Party has provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby and you have consulted your own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent you have deemed appropriate, (c) you are capable of evaluating, and understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby, (d) in connection with the financing transactions contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transactions, each Commitment Party has been, is, and will be acting solely as a principal and has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for you or any of your affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party, (e) no Commitment Party has assumed nor will any Commitment Party assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in your or your affiliates’ favor with respect to any of the financing transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, and no Commitment Party has any obligation to you or your affiliates with respect to the financing transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth in this Commitment Letter, and (f) each Commitment Party and its affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from yours and those of your affiliates, and no Commitment Party has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to you or your affiliates. Without limiting the provisions of Section 5(b) hereof, you hereby agree not to assert any claim against any Commitment Party based on any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any financing transaction contemplated by this Commitment Letter.
Each Commitment Party hereby notifies you that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) (the “Patriot Act”) and 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230 (the “Beneficial Ownership Regulation”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies you and the Guarantors, which information includes the name, address, tax identification number and other information regarding the Company and the Guarantors that will allow such Commitment Party to identify you and the Guarantors in accordance with the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the Patriot Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation and is effective for each Commitment Party and its affiliates.
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Survival of Obligations. The provisions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 (with respect to jurisdiction, governing law and waiver of jury trial) shall remain in full force and effect regardless of whether any Credit Documentation shall be executed and delivered and notwithstanding the termination of this Commitment Letter or any commitment or undertaking of the Commitment Parties hereunder; provided that (a) the provisions of Sections 2 and 3 shall not survive if the commitments and undertakings of the Commitment Parties are terminated by any party hereto prior to the effectiveness of any of the Facilities and (b) if any of the Facilities close and the Credit Documentation is executed and delivered, (i) your obligations under this Commitment Letter, other than as set forth in Sections 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8, with respect to the applicable Facility shall automatically terminate and be superseded by the definitive documentation for such Facility (to the extent covered thereby), and, to the extent covered thereby, you shall be released from all liability with respect to such Facility hereunder once such definitive documentation is effective and (ii) the provisions of Section 2 and the second paragraph of Section 3 shall survive only until the Syndication Date. You may terminate this Commitment Letter and all of the Initial Lenders’ commitments with respect to the Facilities hereunder by providing notice to us, subject to the provisions of the preceding sentence.
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Miscellaneous. This Commitment Letter and each Fee Letter may be executed in multiple counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, all of which, taken together, shall constitute an original. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Commitment Letter, any Fee Letter and/or any document to be signed in connection with this letter agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures (as defined below), deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be. “Electronic Signatures” means any electronic symbol or process attached to, or associated with, any contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record. Headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration when interpreting, this Commitment Letter or such Fee Letter.
This Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The Company consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan (or if such court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (a) any and all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise) arising out of or relating to this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters, the Transactions or the actions of the Commitment Parties in the negotiation, performance or enforcement hereof and (b) any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such legal proceeding in the federal or state courts located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan. You hereby irrevocably appoint C T CORPORATION SYSTEM, 28 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10005, as your agent for service of process within 5 business days of the date of this letter, and agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by hand delivery or registered mail upon such agent shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court.
This Commitment Letter, together with the Fee Letters, embodies the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and your affiliates with respect to the provision of the Facilities and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter thereof. No party has been authorized by the Commitment Parties to make any oral or written statements that are inconsistent with this Commitment Letter. This Commitment Letter may not be amended or any term or provision hereof or thereof waived or modified except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.
This Commitment Letter, the Fee Letters and the commitments hereunder (other than as contemplated by the next sentence) may not be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of each party hereto (and any purported assignment without such consent will be null and void), and this Commitment Letter is intended to be solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and is not intended to confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of, any person other than the parties hereto (and the Indemnified Parties). Each Commitment Party may assign its rights and obligations hereunder and under the Fee Letters, in whole or in part, to any of its affiliates (subject to your consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
Please indicate your acceptance of the terms of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters by returning to the Lead Arrangers executed counterparts of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letters not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on January 7, 2021, whereupon the undertakings of the parties with respect to the Facilities shall become effective to the extent and in the manner provided hereby. This offer shall terminate with respect to the Facilities if not so accepted by you at or prior to that time. Thereafter, all commitments and undertakings of the Commitment Parties hereunder will expire, unless extended by the Commitment Parties in their sole discretion, on the earliest of (i) 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on April 7, 2021, (ii) the consummation of the Spinoff without the funding of the Facilities or (iii) the termination or abandonment of the Spinoff (such termination or abandonment to be communicated in writing by the Company in order for this clause (iii) to be effective) (the “Expiration Date”).
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We are pleased to have the opportunity to work with you in connection with this important financing.
| Very truly yours, |
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| JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. |
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| By: | /s/ Anson Williams |
| | Name: Anson Williams |
| | Title: Authorized Signatory |
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| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
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| By: | /s/ Mohammed S. Baabde |
| | Name: Mohammed S. Baabde |
| | Title: Managing Director |
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| DNB Capital, LLC |
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| | By: | /s/ Mita Zalavadia |
| | | Name: Mita Zalavadia |
| | | Title: Assistant Vice President |
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| | By: | /s/ Ahelia Singh |
| | | Name: Ahelia Singh |
| | | Title: Assistant Vice President |
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| DNB Markets, Inc. |
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| | By: | /s/ Daniel Hochstadt |
| | | Name: Daniel Hochstadt |
| | | Title: Managing Director |
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| | By: | /s/ David Lawrence |
| | | Name: David Lawrence |
| | | Title: Managing Director |
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| SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE |
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| By: | /s/ Jonathan Logan |
| | Name: Jonathan Logan |
| | Title: Director |
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| Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
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| By: | /s/ Michael Maguire |
| | Name: Michael Maguire |
| | Title: Managing Director |
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| By: | /s/ David Greenspoon |
| | Name: David Greenspoon |
| | Title: Executive Director |
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| WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
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| By: | /s/ Michael Janak |
| | Name: Michael Janak |
| | Title: Managing Director |
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| WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC |
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| By: | /s/ Kevin Scotto |
| | Name: Kevin Scotto |
| | Title: Managing Director |
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| BofA Securities, Inc. |
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| By: | /s/ Brian C. Fox |
| | Name: Brian C. Fox |
| | Title: Managing Director |
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| Bank of America, N.A. |
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| By: | /s/ Raza Jafferi |
| | Name: Raza Jafferi |
| | Title: Director |
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| STANDARD CHARTERED BANK |
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| By: | /s/ James Beck |
| | Name: James Beck |
| | Title: Associate Director |
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| THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY |
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| By: | /s/ Keith L. Burson |
| | Name: Keith S. Bursont |
| | Title: Senior Vice President |
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The provisions of this Commitment Letter are accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above:
TECHNIPFMC PLC | |
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By: | /s/ Maryann T. Mannen | |
| Name: Maryann T. Mannen | |
| Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
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Annex I
Transaction Description
The following transactions are referred to herein as the “Transactions”.
In connection herewith it is intended that:
1. The Company will separate from its Technip Energies business segment (“Technip Energies”). The transaction will be structured as a partial spin-off of Technip Energies, including the Genesis, Loading Systems, and Cybernetix businesses. The Company will distribute 50.1% of the ordinary shares of Technip Energies to shareholders of the Company (the “Distribution”), with the Company retaining the remaining 49.9% interest;
2. In connection with the proposed Spinoff, the Company will enter into the Share Purchase Agreement with Bpifrance Participations SA (“BPI”), pursuant to which BPI will purchase from the Company a number of Technip Energies shares representing up to 17.25% of the total number of Technip Energies shares outstanding immediately following the Distribution for a purchase price of $200.0 million;
3. The Company, FMC Technologies, Inc. (together with the Company, the “Revolver Borrowers”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent, and the lenders and other parties party thereto shall enter into a credit agreement (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”) governing the senior secured revolving credit facility on the terms set forth in Annex II (the “Revolving Facility”);
4. The Company, as issuer, shall issue and sell senior unsecured notes (the “Notes”) in a public offering or Rule 144A or other private placement on or prior to the Closing Date in the principal amount of up to $850.0 million;
5. To the extent that the Notes are not issued on or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall obtain a senior secured second lien bridge credit facility (subject to any commitment reductions under clause (a) of the section entitled “Mandatory Prepayments and Commitment Reductions” in the Bridge Summary of Terms) on the terms set forth in Annex III hereto (the loans issued thereunder, the “Bridge Loans”; the Bridge Loans, together with any Rollover Loans and Exchange Notes (each, as defined in Annex III-A hereto), the “Bridge Facility” and, collectively with the Revolving Facility, the “Facilities” and individually, a “Facility”); and
6. On or about the Closing Date, the Company will utilize the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes (or drawings under the Bridge Facility, as the case may be) and cash on hand to (i) effect the allocation of cash and cash equivalents between the Company and Technip Energies in accordance with that certain separation and distribution agreement dated January 7, 2021 by and between the Company and Technip Energies (the “Separation and Distribution Agreement”) and (ii) refinance, repay, redeem and/or cancel the following indebtedness and financing arrangements of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the indebtedness and financing arrangements described in clauses (a) through (f) below are referred to as the “Refinancing Debt”):
| a. | $1,091,000,000 aggregate principal amount equivalent in a combination of U.S. dollars and British pounds of the Company’s and FMC Technologies, Inc.’s commercial paper (the “Commercial Paper”) plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon; |
| b. | all of the Company’s 0.875% Non-Dilutive Cash Settled Convertible Bonds due 2021 with ISIN: XS1351586588 listed on Euronext Paris (the “Synthetic Convertible Bonds”) plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided, however, that to the extent the Closing Date occurs after January 25, 2021, the Company may, at its option, refinance or repay indebtedness incurred to redeem the Synthetic Convertible Bonds at their stated maturity; |
| c. | all of the Company’s 3.45% Senior Notes due 2022 with ISIN US87854XAD30 listed on the Euro MTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (the “2022 Notes”) plus premia and accrued and unpaid interest thereon; |
| d. | certain derivative instruments in respect of the Company’s Synthetic Convertible Bonds; |
| e. | the $2.5 billion revolving senior unsecured revolving credit facility agreement (the “Existing Revolving Credit Agreement”) dated January 17, 2017 (as amended from time to time) by and between FMC Technologies, Inc., Technip Eurocash SNC and the Company as borrowers, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as agent and arranger and SG Americas Securities LLC as arranger; and |
| f. | the €500.0 million revolving credit facility dated May 19, 2020 (as amended from time to time) by and between the Company and HSBC France as agent. |
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the same meanings as specified therefor in the Commitment Letter to which this Annex II is attached.
The Revolving Credit Documentation will contain provisions to be mutually agreed with respect to a replacement of the LIBO Rate and/or the EURIBOR Rate.
In the case of Loans bearing interest based upon the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Adjusted EURIBOR Rate (“Eurocurrency Loans”), on the last day of each relevant interest period and, in the case of any interest period longer than three months, on each successive date three months after the first day of such interest period.
The applicable margins and fees shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing table based on the most recent annual or quarterly financial statements and related compliance certificate of the Revolver Borrowers delivered pursuant to the Revolving Credit Documentation.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the same meanings as specified therefor in the Commitment Letter to which this Annex III-A is attached.
During the continuance of a payment or bankruptcy event of default, interest will accrue on the overdue principal of the Bridge Loans and on any other overdue amount at a rate of 2.00% above the rate otherwise applicable to the Bridge Loans and will be payable on demand. Overdue interest, fees and other amounts shall bear interest at 2.00% above the applicable rate.
In addition, in no event shall the interest rate on the Bridge Loans exceed the highest rate permitted under applicable law.
(b) After the Closing Date, the Bridge Borrower shall prepay the Bridge Loans without premium or penalty, together with accrued interest to the date of the proposed prepayment, (i) following the receipt of net cash proceeds by the Bridge Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries from the sale or other disposition of property or assets outside of the ordinary course of business, including sales or issuances of equity interests in any restricted subsidiary of the Bridge Borrower (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the disposition of any equity interests of Technip Energies, but excluding up to $200.0 million of net cash proceeds received from BPI on the Closing Date under the Share Purchase Agreement entered into in connection with the Spinoff) or any casualty or condemnation event (after giving effect to any repayments required pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Facility or any other secured debt), (ii) following the receipt of net cash proceeds by the Bridge Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries from the issuance or incurrence after the Closing Date of any Notes or any other debt for borrowed money (other than the Revolving Facility and certain other exceptions to be mutually agreed) of the Bridge Borrower or any of its restricted subsidiaries and (iii) following the receipt of net cash proceeds from the issuance of any equity of the Bridge Borrower (other than (A) stock options, phantom units or equity issued under a management incentive plan (or in connection with vesting of phantom units and exercising of stock options) and a dividend reinvestment plan and (B) any such net cash proceeds which are required to be applied to a mandatory prepayment in respect of the Revolving Facility or other secured debt).
The mandatory prepayment provisions will not apply to the Rollover Loans.
All mandatory prepayments from subsidiaries’ asset sales (including insurance and condemnation proceeds) are subject to customary exceptions and limitations based on permissibility under local law (e.g., financial assistance, corporate benefit, restrictions on upstreaming of cash intra-group, the fiduciary and statutory duties of the directors of the relevant subsidiaries and material organizational document restrictions imposed by law) and material adverse tax consequences, in each case subject to terms and conditions to be mutually agreed.
The Rollover Loans will be governed by the provisions of the Bridge Credit Documentation and will have the same terms as the Bridge Loans except as expressly set forth on Annex III-B hereto.
The Exchange Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture that will have the terms set forth on Annex III-C hereto. The Bridge Loans, the Rollover Loans and the Exchange Notes shall be pari passu in right of payment for all purposes.
In addition, if the Bridge Administrative Agent and the Bridge Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical nature in the Bridge Credit Documentation, then the Bridge Administrative Agent and the Bridge Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision without any further action or consent of any other party with notice given to the Bridge Lenders of any such amendment.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the same meanings as specified therefor in the Commitment Letter to which this Annex III-B is attached.
During the continuance of a payment or bankruptcy event of default, interest will accrue on the overdue principal of the Rollover Loans and on any other overdue amount at a rate of 2.00% above the rate otherwise applicable to the Rollover Loans and will be payable on demand. Overdue interest, fees and other amounts shall bear interest at 2.00% above the applicable rate.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the same meanings as specified therefor in the Commitment Letter to which this Annex III-C is attached.
During the continuance of a payment or bankruptcy event of default, interest will accrue on the overdue principal of the Exchange Notes and on any other overdue amount at a rate of 2.00% above the rate otherwise applicable to the Exchange Notes and will be payable on demand. Overdue interest, fees and other amounts shall bear interest at 2.00% above the applicable rate.
In addition, up to 40% of the principal amount of the Exchange Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Issuer prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date with the net cash proceeds of qualified equity offerings of the Issuer with a premium equal to the coupon on the Exchange Notes; provided that after giving effect to such redemption at least 60% of the aggregate original principal amount of Exchange Notes shall remain outstanding.
The optional redemption provisions will be otherwise customary for high yield debt securities.
In addition, the Exchange Notes will be subject to a customary offer to purchase at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase with the net cash proceeds from non-ordinary course dispositions by the Issuer or any of the Bridge Borrower’s restricted subsidiaries of at least an amount to be agreed in excess of amounts subject to reinvestment in the business of the Bridge Borrower or certain of its restricted subsidiaries or applied to repay (and reduce commitments under) the Revolving Facility or other secured debt within time periods customary for high yield unsecured debt securities (and no shorter than the corresponding periods of the Revolving Facility).
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the same meanings as specified therefor in the Commitment Letter to which this Annex IV is attached.
The initial extensions of credit under the Bridge Facility and any funding of the Revolving Facility on the Closing Date to fund the Transactions will be subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
In my capacity as a Responsible Officer of Company (as defined below), and not in my individual or personal capacity, I hereby certify that as of the date hereof:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Solvency Certificate on the date first written above.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the same meanings as specified therefor in the Commitment Letter to which this Annex VI is attached.
The obligations of the Credit Parties to provide guarantees and collateral on the Closing Date shall be limited by the security principles set forth below (the “Agreed Security Principles”), which Agreed Security Principles shall determine the extent, terms and the manner in which the security interests may be granted as well as assets, property and rights available to be secured as Collateral in relation to the Revolving Facility and the Bridge Facility on the Closing Date. It is agreed and understood that the parties will give due regard to the Agreed Security Principles in connection with future guarantee and collateral requirements set forth in the Revolving Credit Documentation and negotiate in good faith ongoing collateral and guarantee requirements therein, including, without limitation, with respect to additional guarantee jurisdictions, which provisions shall be based on standard market practice in connection with facilities of this type and take into account applicable jurisdictional limitations for future guarantees and collateral (including, with respect to the Agreed Security Principles).